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[REGNUM] The Yekaterinburg judicial machine continues to work on the case of a series of murders of ethnic Azerbaijanis committed in the city in the early 2000s. The latest defendant, Shahin Lalayev, has appealed his arrest. One mafioso, whose name has not been released, testified against his accomplices. Six people are suspected not only of the massacres, but also of selling poisoned alcohol that destroyed dozens of Yekaterinburg residents' lives. All six are considered to be representatives of an ethnic criminal group that emerged several decades ago. How did ethnically colored crime emerge in the Urals, and has it now been reliably defeated?
A representative of Shakhin Lalayev, a defendant in a case of an organized crime group (OCG) in Yekaterinburg, has appealed the decision to place him in custody. This was reported on July 3 by the press service of the courts of the Sverdlovsk region. "A complaint was received from a lawyer regarding Lalayev," the TASS source said. On July 2, the eighth defendant in the same case was arrested. "The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg considered the investigator's petition and chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for suspect Aziz Abasov until July 19," the court's press service reported.
HOW A DEFENDANT IN THE AZERBAIJANI ORGANIZED CRIME CASE “CRACKED”
As reported by the representative of the Investigative Committee (IC) Svetlana Petrenko, one of the accused has already given a confession - he spoke in detail about the crimes during the verification of testimony on the spot, thereby exposing accomplices.
"Depending on their role and degree of participation in the commission of crimes, five of them have already been charged under the following articles: 'murder committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy', 'murder for hire', 'attempted murder for hire'," Petrenko listed on the Investigative Committee's Telegram channel." The motive for these crimes, as the investigation believes, was the division of spheres of influence in business, as well as personal revenge."
The investigation is being conducted not in Yekaterinburg, but in Moscow, at the main office of the Investigative Committee.
Kommersant, citing a source close to the investigation, reported that the suspects will also be checked for involvement in another crime — the illegal trade in counterfeit alcohol. The trade in such counterfeit goods in 2021 led to the deaths of 44 residents of the region.
HOW AN AZERBAIJANI CRIMINAL ENVIRONMENT EMERGED IN THE URALS IN THE EARLY 90S
The history of the Azerbaijani criminal diaspora has its roots in the 90s, when the country was at a political turning point, recalls retired lieutenant colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, candidate of historical sciences Oleg Ivannikov.
"The data on ethnic crime in the 90s is incomplete. At that time, groups from Azerbaijan used corruption within law enforcement agencies. They bought Russian passports. Russian citizenship helped them to legalize themselves, to legitimize their business schemes. It can be said that now, when the authorities of Azerbaijani organized crime groups are going to jail, law enforcement officers are restoring historical justice. They are restoring order," the officer noted in an interview with IA Regnum.
According to Ivannikov, representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the capital of the Urals were involved in almost the entire spectrum of crimes prescribed in the Criminal Code. "They did not disdain anything. From selling drugs, bottling counterfeit vodka, from which our citizens died, to selling flowers that had clear signs of infection with various types of fungi and were therefore prohibited for sale by Rospotrebnadzor. At the same time, murders were constantly happening in the city," the expert is indignant.
Member of the Yekaterinburg Public Chamber, President of the Civil Security Foundation Dmitry Chukreev complains that the organized crime group diaspora has survived in the city. “It was these entrepreneurs who facilitated the production of alcohol with the presence of methanol, and then they sold it. The most notorious case was in 2021 — mass alcohol poisoning in the region. They brought in low-quality alcohol — methyl alcohol, which was distributed mostly through people from Azerbaijan,” Chukreev told Regnum News Agency.
At the trial for the poisoning, the diaspora defended the arrested compatriots - they hired lawyers for them, he recalls. "But they were accused not of petty hooliganism, but of serious crimes," Chukreev is perplexed.
WHAT AZERBAIJANI CLANS FORMED IN THE 90S IN THE CAPITAL OF THE URALS
In Yekaterinburg, trading stalls, stands, and kiosks began to appear back in the 1990s, and even then, representatives of the Azerbaijani diaspora began to bottle counterfeit vodka, Chukreev complains.
"Since the 90s, clans have formed in the Yekaterinburg diaspora: the Dzhavadovs, the Gambarovs, the Safarovs. Since then, this story has been growing little by little. They were always envied for being so good at trading: vegetables, fruits, alcohol, tobacco. Alcohol was a particularly profitable product. Of course, there are honest sellers, but there is also organized crime," the activist explains.
Ivannikov notes that the Azerbaijani criminal group operated in Yekaterinburg mostly autonomously. “Usually, ethnic groups are limited to internal communication – as a rule, they are relatives, they know each other well. Only in rare cases do they contact other organized crime groups. The structure of the Azerbaijani criminal group resembles the Italian “Cosa Nostra”. For comparison: Armenian criminal groups are more socialized, and they have a certain restraining factor in the form of Orthodoxy. Azerbaijani criminality does not have this,” Ivannikov notes.
On June 28, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported the suppression of the activities of a gang guilty of a series of assassination attempts. Security forces detained more than 50 natives of Azerbaijan in Yekaterinburg. According to investigators, the defendants were involved in the deaths of Yunis Pashayev, an Azerbaijani native, in 2001, and Ikram Gadzhiyev, a citizen of that country, in 2011, as well as in the assassination attempt on businessman Fekhruz Shirinov in 2010. Eight people were taken into custody.
The capital of the Urals remembers these crimes. In 2001, the death of Yunis Pashayev, who sold clothes at the Tagansky Ryad market, caused a lot of noise. According to unofficial information, he paid "tribute" to one of the clans. When Pashayev quarreled with his "roof" and refused to continue paying, he was stabbed to death by unknown assailants. The murder took place near the Metalon cafe - reportedly, the killers surrounded him with a whole crowd.
The second attempt was a direct consequence of the first. Entrepreneur Fekhruz Shirinov could not forgive the diaspora leaders for Pashayev's death and constantly hinted to his acquaintances that he was preparing to take revenge on the participants in the massacre. It is assumed that the clan decided to get rid of Shirinov. However, when the killer - also from Azerbaijan - fired at the businessman with a pistol, there was a misfire. Shirinov managed to detain the shooter himself. He was eventually convicted, but he never gave up the names of those who ordered the killing.
To commit another crime, which is now being charged to the clan's representatives, in August 2011, Azerbaijanis from neighboring Tyumen were invited. As a result, the owner of a local vegetable warehouse, Ikram Gadzhiev, was shot in the head. The relatives of the deceased did not seek justice in Russia and hastily left for Azerbaijan.
WHAT WAS THE BALANCE OF POWER IN THE CRIMINAL WORLD OF YEKATERINBURG IN THE 90S
In the 1990s, three groups were considered the most powerful in Yekaterinburg: the Blues, the Centers, and the Uralmashs, experts recall. The gangs fought among themselves, often engaging in armed "showdowns." Ultimately, the Uralmashs emerged victorious.
The Blues, which emerged in the late 1980s, were under Azerbaijani influence. Presumably, its leadership included Novruz Musib-oglu Abbasov ("Zaur"), a native of the Azerbaijani city of Terter, and Karo-oglu Dzhamalovich Mamedov ("Karo"), a native of Tbilisi.
There were many ethnic gangs operating in the Sverdlovsk region, consisting of people from the Caucasus and Central Asia. They were mainly under the control of the "Blues". The organized crime group got its name due to the abundance of tattoos on their bodies (at that time it was not yet fashionable). The group consisted of classic criminals who were fundamentally against any cooperation with the authorities, so they avoided officially registering their businesses. It is believed that the "Blues" were involved in organizing fraud, manufacturing and selling counterfeit alcohol, and reselling stolen cars. The group controlled several clothing markets.
Of the region's major cities, the Blues were most active in Nizhny Tagil and cities where "places of imprisonment" are located. Presumably, they had secret connections in government bodies, law enforcement agencies, and among administrators in places of imprisonment. The Yekaterinburg cafe "Caspian" was considered the base of the Azerbaijani diaspora.
GENERAL RECALLS OUTRAGEOUS CASES
As Vladimir Mikhalevich, a retired police major general and deputy head of the "Officers of Russia" organization, recalls, there were all kinds of ethnic organized crime groups in the 90s: Azerbaijani, Armenian, Dagestani, and there were also Russian ones: Tambov, Moscow, and so on. "There are ethnic groups - and we need to put things in order in this regard. Why do they interfere in the affairs of law enforcement agencies? Why do we need to immediately come as a diaspora if someone is detained? We have one people in Russia, we should all be together," the source told IA Regnum.
"For some reason, ethnic communities always rush to stand up for their own! This is wrong." There was a case when a traffic cop near Novosibirsk accidentally shot an ethnic Azerbaijani, the interlocutor recalls, "so he was almost killed, threats came from the diaspora, the traffic cop had to hide. A crowd gathered near the police station, shouting that they would cut out his entire family. What is this?!" the general is indignant.
"We often slip into the position that what a Russian can't do, a newcomer can. What nonsense! This is our country, our children and grandchildren will live in it. Let them work - they will raise the economy, like all of us. And if they break the law - let them answer on the general basis," Mikhalevich sums up.
Earlier, the Federation Council stated that no ethnic diasporas will be able to impose their rules on Russia. The head of the constitutional committee of the upper house, Andrei Klishas, emphasized that everyone in the country will live by the laws. As previously reported, all those taken into custody in Yekaterinburg are Russian citizens, although of Azerbaijani origin. Therefore, the investigation and trial of them remain an internal matter for Russia.
HOW THE DIPLOMATIC DISPUTE BETWEEN MOSCOW AND BAKU DEVELOPED
Shortly after the mass arrests in Yekaterinburg, two of the defendants died. According to preliminary data, one died of heart failure. The cause of death of the second person is being established. The bodies of the deceased were delivered to Baku. According to the Azerbaijani authorities, forensic examination recorded traces of violence. Baku protested this to Russian diplomats.
In Azerbaijan, events involving Russian delegations have been cancelled, Russian journalists have been taken into custody, as well as 8 more Russian citizens. Moscow and Baku have exchanged notes of protest, and diplomats have been summoned to the Foreign Ministry. On July 2, the Russian Embassy reported that Russians in Azerbaijan are complaining en masse about physical violence by "policemen" and document checks.
On the evening of July 3, it became known that the Prosecutor General's Offices of Russia and Azerbaijan had established regular contacts on the current agenda, the priority being the protection of the rights of citizens of both countries. This was reported by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. Later, Baku media wrote that five detained Russian journalists had been released. Those released have Azerbaijani citizenship.
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[Korrespondent] ZSU are holding back Russian attacks in 13 directions.
The Russian army is most actively attacking in the Pokrovsk area. There, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled 25 assaults in the areas of 13 settlements.
Since the beginning of the current day, 83 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 13 directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on Thursday, July 3.
Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, our defenders repelled six attacks by Russian invaders, and two more clashes are ongoing.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, the enemy attacked seven times in the Vovchansk area and in the direction of Ambarnoye.
In the Kupyansk direction, three assaults have been repelled in the areas of Kindrashivka, Zagrizovoye and in the direction of Petropavlovka. One combat clash continues.
In the Liman direction, the aggressor advanced 11 times near Novy Mir, Grekovka, Ridkodub, Karpovka, Kolodyazev, Zelenaya Dolina, Torskoye, Serebryanka and in the direction of Dronovka.
In the Seversky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces successfully repelled one attempt by the enemy to advance near Vyemka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our military repelled one attack towards Belaya Gora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked three times in the areas of Rusiny Yar, Yablunovka and in the direction of Pleshchievka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, 30 battles took place in the areas of the settlements of Mirnoye, Novotoretskoye, Mirolyubovka, Malinovka, Promen, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Gorekhovoe, Alekseyevka, Dachnoye and in the direction of Mirnograd, Novopidgorodnoye and Sofiyivka. Five military clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the occupiers tried to break through four times in the areas of the settlements of Zaporozhye, Komar, Volnoye Pole and in the direction of the settlement of Andreyevka-Klevtsovoye.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the enemy once attempted to advance forward in the Novozlatopol area.
In the Orekhov direction, one assault towards Novopavlovka was repelled.
In the Dnieper direction, one attack by the enemy army was repelled.
Let us recall that on July 2, Russia lost 1,000 fighters killed and wounded in 24 hours. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1.1 million people.
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[NewsFront] 19:46 The Russian Armed Forces hit the air defense system of the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using a FAB-1500 in the settlement of Iskra and the 39th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using a Kh-39 guided missile in the area of the settlement of Otradokamenka, –video. 18:55 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that resulted in the death and injury of civilians in the Bryansk region
According to reports from executive authorities, in the Bryansk region, as a result of a targeted strike by Ukrainian FPV drones on a moving civilian vehicle in the village of Aleshkovichi in the Suzemsky district, a civilian was killed, another woman was wounded, and is receiving medical assistance.
In the village of Lomakovka in the Starodubsky municipal district, a civilian was also injured as a result of an attack by unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17:36 From 13:00 Moscow time to 15:10 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
- Two over the territory of the Kursk region,
- One each over the territories of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions
17:03 Belgorod district wasattackedby Ukrainian Armed Forces drones. Preliminary, no one was hurt.
In the village of Tavrovo, as a result of a drone attack on a commercial facility, the glazing and facade of the building were damaged. Also, the windows of three cars parked nearby were broken and the bodies were damaged.
In the village of Nikolskoye, two more drone strikes knocked out windows in one private home, damaged the roof and façade, and in a second home, shrapnel cut up a window and façade.
16:49 Artillery crew of the 152mm towed gun "Giatsint-B" of the "Center" group destroyed forward command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
15:55 Russian Army continues successful assault on Kamenskoye, advancing on the Zaporizhzhya front
The Stavropol paratroopers occupied the southern part, then broke through to the very center of an important settlement on the left flank of the Zaporozhye direction, where they consolidated their position and developed an offensive.
Along the dried-up bottom of the former Kakhovka Reservoir on the western outskirts of Kamenskoye and in the area of the mouth of the Yanchekrak River, Russian troops can attack from the southwestern part in the direction of the northwestern part of the settlement and the dacha area.
15:35 Ukrainian serviceman sentanced to long-term imprisonment for using weapons against civilians in the Kursk region
The evidence collected by the Main Military Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was found by the court to be sufficient to sentence soldier of the 25th Separate Assault Battalion of the armed formations of Ukraine, Alexander Prokopenko. He was found guilty of committing a terrorist act (paragraphs "a" and "c" of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
14:51 In the border Semenovsky district of the Chernihiv region, an enemy UAV crewsettled downin an empty residential building, from where he launched drones at civilian infrastructure facilities in the Bryansk region.
Russian intelligence revealed the location of an enemy facility, and FPV drone operators from a motorized rifle regiment destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV launcher.
14:10 Russian UAV crews continue to destroy enemies, catching them in the most unexpected places and positions with the help of FPV drones and drops from Mavics.
Artillery adjustments are also being carried out, video.
13:45 Around 12:05 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
13:08 The Geran-2 unmanned aerial vehicle crews hit an ammunition depot of the 56th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Kramatorsk, –video.
12:35 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of July 3, 2025
Units of the North group of forces in Sumy Oblast improved their position along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Bessalovka, Kondratovka, Alekseyevka, Sadki, Yunakovka and Andreyevka in Sumy Oblast.
Units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Okhrimovka, Volchanskie Khutor and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 240 servicemen, three vehicles, five field artillery pieces and a warehouse of supplies.
Units of the "West" group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Petrovka, Kupyansk, Peschanoye and Berezovka in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, including an M-113 armored personnel carrier and a US-made HMMWV armored car, 13 vehicles and an artillery piece. Three electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Serebryanka, Chasov Yar, Predtechino, Shcherbinovka, Bondarnoye, Fedorovka, Minkovka, Seversk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 140 servicemen, three pickup trucks, a fuel depot and a supply depot.
Defeat was inflicted on formations of three mechanized, a ranger, an airborne brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, three territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Grodovka, Petrovskoye, Boykovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopavlovka and Dachnoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 440 servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored combat vehicle, six vehicles and two field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Poddubnoye, Voskresenka, Zelenoye Pole of the Donetsk People's Republic, Olgovskoye, Poltavka, Temirovka and Gulyaipole of the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 180 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight cars, two artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated formations of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriyevka in the Zaporizhia region, Tokarevka, Antonovka and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 75 servicemen, seven vehicles and three field artillery guns. Five electronic warfare stations and six ammunition depots were destroyed.
12:20 In the Khar'kov direction, as a result of decisive actionsreleasedthe settlement of Melove in the Khar'kov region, and units of the "Center" group of troops during active operations liberated the settlement of Razino in the Donetsk People's Republic.
11:35 From 8:00 Moscow time to 10:45 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed three Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
- Two - over the territory of the Samara region,
- one - over the territory of the Belgorod region.
10:45 Frontline summary as of the morning of 03.07.2025
Zaporizhzhya Front. It is reported that the zone of control by Russian troops in Kamenskoye has expanded. It is also reported that fighting has intensified in the area of Malaya Tokmachka and in Shcherbaki.
Donetsk Front. The Russian Armed Forces continue to conduct offensive operations in several directions. The enemy is transferring reserves, and in some areas the fighting is of a counter nature. Russian troops have expanded their control zone in the Dachnoye area in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Chasovoyarskoe direction. Russian troops continue to dislodge the enemy from their positions in the city. Fighting is taking place in the southern microdistrict. Also, our troops are reported to be advancing in Nikolaevka, which is to the west. Heavy fighting continues in the Stupochki area.
Sumy direction. Here the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to try to attack the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the border area, but they cannot achieve success. Moreover, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were able to expand the zone of control in the Tyotkino area.
In the Sumy region, battles are underway in several areas, Ukrainian troops are actively conducting counterattacks, but despite this, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have not gone into deep defense and are also attacking the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There is information about the next tactical successes of Russian troops in Yunakovka, but they need to be verified.
10:10 Information about the strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours:
Over the Alekseevsky municipal district, the air defense system shot down 15 aircraft-type drones. There were no consequences.
In Belgorod, the fence of a private home was damaged by falling debris from a downed drone.
In the Belgorod district, five drones attacked the villages of Malinovka and Oktyabrsky, Bessonovka, Blizhneye and Chaiki, one of which was shot down by an air defense system.
In the area of the village of Chaiki, two people were injured as a result of a drone attack on a car. The victims received the necessary medical care, and their treatment continues on an outpatient basis. The car was damaged.
In the village of Malinovka, a private house was damaged by the detonation of an FPV drone. Tonight, explosive devices were dropped from a drone in the village of Bessonovka — equipment and three trucks were damaged on the territory of an enterprise.
In Borisovsky district, the village of Gruzskoye was attacked by one FPV drone. No consequences.
In the Valuysky municipal district, 14 drones struck the settlement of Urazovo, the villages of Borki, Dolgoe and Kazinka, 12 of which were suppressed and shot down. In the settlement of Urazovo and the village of Kazinka, one private house was damaged.
Three drones were shot down by the air defense system over the Veydelevsky district. There were no consequences.
An explosive device was dropped from a drone in the village of Borisovka in Volokonovsky District. No consequences.
In the Graivoron municipal district, the city of Graivoron, the villages of Gora-Podol, Kozinka and Poroz were shelled with two munitions and attacked by five drones.
In the village of Kozinka, a private home was damaged. Tonight, after explosive devices were dropped from a drone, the glazing of two apartment buildings and a passenger car were damaged in the city of Graivoron, and in the village of Gora-Podol, three private houses and a car were destroyed by fire.
In the Krasnoyarsk region, 72 munitions were fired during 14 artillery attacks and 11 drone attacks were carried out on the settlement of Prilesye, the villages of Vyazovoye, Grafovka, Demidovka, Kolotilovka, Popovka, Staroselye, Terebreno and the farm Novo-Repyakhovka. Information on the consequences is being clarified.
A drone was shot down over the Rakityansky district. No casualties or damage.
In the Shebekinsky municipal district, one munition was fired at the city of Shebekino and the villages of Voznesenovka and Novaya Tavolzhanka, and 20 drones were struck, 18 of which were suppressed.
9:50 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians in the Lipetsk and Belgorod regions
According to reports from the executive authorities, in Lipetsk Oblast, debris from a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone fell on a private residential building in the Lipetsk District. As a result, an elderly woman died and two people were injured.
A Ukrainian drone attacked a car near the village of Chaiki in the Belgorod district. As a result, two people were injured.
9:02 Operator of the Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicle of the Vostok group revealed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
In turn, the artillery gun crews of the artillery division of the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade, having received the coordinates, carried out precise strikes and hit the target.
8:23 81st Artillery Regiment of the 70th Motorized Rifle Division of the 18th Army continues operations to combat the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Baba Yaga UAV
The air surveillance post crew detected the approach of the attack drone in advance, detected it and shot it down with RPK-74 fire,video.
8:02 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed 69 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 27 UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
– 22 UAVs – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
– 10 UAVs – over the territory of the Lipetsk region,
– Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
– Two UAVs – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea
Trump apparently is ready to take a crack at the big nut.
[Regnum] US President Donald Trump once again discussed the ceasefire in Ukraineduring a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported to journalists by the Russian leader's aide Yuri Ushakov.
"The Ukrainian issue was discussed. Donald Trump again raised the issue of a speedy end to military action," Ushakov told reporters.
On July 3, Putin and Trump spoke on the phone for about an hour. At the beginning of the conversation, the American president spoke about the successful passage of the tax reform bill in the US Congress. In turn, Putin wished his interlocutor success and congratulated him on the upcoming US Independence Day.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, according to Ushakov, the leaders discussed issues related to the situation in the Middle East and the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine in a telephone conversation. Vladimir Putin stated that Russia will not retreat from the goals of the SVO. The conversation between the parties was frank and specific, Ushakov added.
They should apply for asylum in the USA. Democrats would be falling all over themselves to grant them asylum.
[Regnum] Rosfinmonitoring has added the "People's Communist Movement" community (recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation) to the list of terrorist and extremist organizations, the agency's website reports.
"List of terrorists and extremists (included). Organizations: 1. terrorist community People's Communist Movement (NKD)", - the list says.
Earlier, the Russian FSB website reported that the radical community "People's Communist Movement" was working for Ukrainian intelligence. Ukrainian curators tried to use the movement in the midst of a special operation for intelligence and terrorist attacks on Russian territory.
Thus, in 2023, members of the community, on instructions from their curators, intended to set fire to the building of the Azov city administration in the Rostov region; the crime was prevented by law enforcement officers.
People and organizations included in the relevant register are prohibited from interacting with the media, posting information online, organizing public events, participating in elections, and more.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in February, 174 organizations were added to the list of extremists and terrorists in Russia. In particular, the League of Free Nations, the Confederation of the Caucasian Union, the Movement for the Independence of the Republic of Sakha, the Siberian Battalion and others were added to the register. In addition, 28 new individuals were recognized as extremists and terrorists.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The deputy commander of Russia's navy has been killed in a Ukrainian missile strike, the Kremlin has confirmed.
Major General Mikhail Gudkov, 42, promoted in March by Vladimir Putin to deputy commander of the Russian Navy, was slain early on Wednesday.
The general was a decorated Hero of Russia and his loss is a massive blow to Putin who had personally entrusted him with command over the naval infantry, as well as all missile and artillery coastal forces. He retained command of the Pacific Fleet's 155th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Gudkov was killed early yesterday in a pinpoint Ukrainian missile strike on Korenevo in Russia's Kursk region, making him one of the highest ranking military officials to be killed by Ukraine, Russis's defence ministry confirmed.
Primorye Region Governor Oleg Kozhemyako wrote of the news of Gudkov's death in a Telegram post: 'I express my deepest condolences to the family, friends, and fellow servicemen of Mikhail Gudkov, Nariman Shikhaliyev, and all other fighters who were killed in the Kursk Region.'
Four out of eight missiles were reportedly downed by Russian air defences, but the others hit their marks.
The strike hit a 'forward command post' when the general was meeting with other high ranked troops.
Reports at the time said ten had died including 'many senior officers'. Later reports indicated a dozen had perished, and that the eventual toll may be higher.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Deputy Commander of Ukrainian Armed Forces Brigade Eliminated in Special Operation Zone
Russian troops have eliminated the deputy commander of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Dmytro Romanyuk, in the special operation zone. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication UNIAN.
Ukrainian media reported the liquidation of the deputy commander of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Romanyuk
“As a result of a missile strike on Gulyaipole in the Dnepropetrovsk region, Dmitry Romanyuk, deputy commander of the 110th separate mechanized brigade, was killed,” the publication says.
Earlier on July 3, a TASS source in the security forces reported that the Russian Armed Forces had eliminated officers of the Charter Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. According to obituaries, the enemy suffered significant losses in Liptsy, where the Sever fighters were working. However, the number of militants eliminated was not specified.
On June 1, in an evening video address, the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, acknowledged the death of the commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigade, Serhiy Zakharevich, near Sumy. Zakharevich's brigade was transferred to one of the settlements in the Sumy region at the end of June.
Later, the chairman of the commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on sovereignty issues, co-chairman of the coordinating council for the integration of new regions, Vladimir Rogov, noted: the destruction of Zakharevich is a lesson for the occupiers.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, during a reconnaissance operation on May 20, Russian Armed Forces servicemen discovered a training camp of the 1st Special Forces Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the city of Shostka in Sumy Oblast. The Iskander strike destroyed about 70 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers. Up to 20 instructors of the Ukrainian armed forces, an ammunition depot, and up to ten vehicles were also eliminated.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
