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[Regnum] A police officer was wounded during a shootout on Narodnaya Street in St. Petersburg, Telegram channel “112” reported on May 25.
According to him, an unknown person barricaded himself in the apartment and opened fire on the police from there. Now they are trying to detain him.
As reported by IA Regnum, on May 14 in St. Petersburg, a motorist opened fire near the Pionerskaya metro station. As a result of the incident, a man was injured. The cause of the shooting was a traffic dispute. The attacker fled in a black foreign car with Moscow license plates.
On April 26, in St. Petersburg, an armed man was eliminated after wounding a policeman who arrived at one of the apartments on Anglisky Avenue after calling an ambulance. A woman contacted doctors and reported that her 42-year-old son had taken 100 tablets prescribed for epilepsy. In the presence of doctors, the man began to behave inappropriately. The police arrived and helped the doctors and persuaded him to get dressed. Suddenly he grabbed a pistol from his jacket pocket and shot point-blank at one of the law enforcement officers. The second officer returned fire and the man suffered a non-life-threatening bullet wound.
On April 14 in St. Petersburg, a shot was fired at the delivery point of one of the marketplaces. A man who was reprimanded for having a dog with him opened fire from an aerosol pistol towards an employee at the distribution point. No one was injured as a result of the incident. The shooter turned out to be a previously convicted 42-year-old resident of St. Petersburg. He was detained, taken to the police department, and the weapon was confiscated.
“In St. Petersburg, SOBR officers of the Russian Guard neutralized a citizen who had previously opened fire on law enforcement officers and the street, and then barricaded himself in an apartment on Narodnaya Street,” the report says.
The Russian National Guard clarified that they negotiated with the man for several hours, but this did not yield any results. The special forces soldiers decided to storm the apartment where the man had barricaded himself.
As reported by IA Regnum, the shooting on Narodnaya Street in St. Petersburg became known on the afternoon of May 25. It was reported that a police officer was wounded during the shootout. However, later the Ministry of Internal Affairs denied this information.
During the assault, the man who had barricaded himself in the apartment was eliminated. According to the publication “78.ru”, the man is 59 years old, he was born in Chechnya, and previously served a sentence for murder under aggravating circumstances.
Earlier, a man had a conflict with a salesman in a fishing store. Presumably, the reason was a remark about smoking. The man began to threaten the seller, and then returned to the store with a traumatic pistol and shot the seller in the head. The wounded man was hospitalized. After that, law enforcement officers arrived at the shooter’s house; he refused to go out to them and opened fire from the balcony.
Kavkaz-uzel.eu has more details on the shootings: A native of Chechnya was killed during an apartment storm in St. Petersburg
During the storming of an apartment in St. Petersburg, security forces killed a native of Chechnya, who opened fire on police officers. The head of the Ministry of Press of Chechnya said that Lechi Alkhanov, who shot at the security forces, was mentally ill.
A man who shot at police officers in St. Petersburg and barricaded himself in an apartment was killed, the Russian National Guard reported today. “Several hours of negotiations did not produce results, after which the special forces of the Russian Guard stormed the apartment. During the arrest, the suspect offered armed resistance. SOBR officers, in accordance with the law, used service weapons and special means,” the Russian Guard for the Northwestern Federal District reported in its Telegram channel.
The name of the shooter was announced by the head of the Ministry of Press of Chechnya, Akhmed Dudayev. “This is 59-year-old Lechi Alkhanov, who, according to preliminary information, has repeatedly undergone treatment in various medical institutions for mentally ill people. A person with mental disabilities, who, among other things, has other serious illnesses,” he said today in his Telegram channel.
He stressed that “there is no talk of terrorism or extremism here.” “Those who persistently focus on his nationality are provocateurs trying to stir up an interethnic conflict in our country,” Dudayev said.
The head of the representative office of the head of Chechnya in the Northwestern Federal District, Alash Ozdamirov, said that Lechi Alkhanov is known to many Chechens of St. Petersburg and that, in addition to mental illnesses, Alkhanov had cancer and a number of others that “tormented him very much.” Alkhanov’s act could be associated with a progressive illness, Ozdamirov suggested in a video that Akhmed Dudayev posted today on his Telegram channel.
The details of what happened before the storming of the apartment were reported by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. “On May 25, the police received a report of a conflict with shooting, which was allegedly carried out from a traumatic weapon on Narodnaya Street, 27. A squad of police arrived at the scene, but the attacker managed to escape. The operatives established his identity and found out that he lives in the house No. 5 on the same street. The police arrived at the house, but the man, seeing the law enforcement officers, fired shots in their direction and barricaded himself in the apartment,” says a message on the department’s Telegram channel.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:29 As a result of the Russian strike on the Epicenter in Kharkov, six people were killed, 40 were injured, 16 were missing , said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. As a result of another enemy attack on the center of Kharkov, 18 people were injured.
22:03 Almost 350 prisoners have already been released for mobilization into the army, said Minister of Justice Denis Maluska. According to him, the courts are considering most of the 4,300 applications for mobilization filed by convicts. The minister also clarified that a person convicted of a single murder can be released if the crime was not committed with aggravating circumstances, such as sexual assault.
21:45 Since the beginning of the day, the Russians have used about 40 KABs on the positions of Ukrainian units and civilian infrastructure, the General Staff reported. Also, to date, the total number of enemy offensive and assault actions has increased to 99. Most of the clashes are recorded in the Kupyansky, Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions.
20:54 In Kharkov, the number of deaths as a result of a strike on a construction hypermarket has increased to three, 38 people were injured. In addition, as a result of the strike in the city center, there are already 14 casualties , said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov.
20:42 As a result of today's Russian strike on the village. Osinovo, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, five people were injured, including an ambulance driver, a paramedic and a patient, the National Police reported. Two more people were injured in a civilian car, both are in serious condition. Previously, the Russians hit the village with a KAB.
20:23 The Russians struck the central part of Kharkov - at the moment, 12 casualties are known, including a 13-year-old child, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
19:16 During the day, the Russians shelled Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, three people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. An industrial enterprise, two administrative buildings, two private houses, a warehouse, and a utility company were damaged.
18:50 The Russian Federation hit a construction hypermarket in Kharkov with two KABs, a fire broke out over an area of 15,000 square meters. Two people were killed and 33 were injured , said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. There could have been several hundred people inside the hypermarket. Some of the hypermarket staff are being sought.
18:34 On Sunday, May 26, during the day in all regions of Ukraine, restrictions on electricity consumption for household and industrial consumers are not predicted, Ukrenergo reported.
17:58 Soldiers of the 110th separate mechanized brigade shot down another Russian Su-25 today, Zelensky said in an evening video message.
16:10 Finance ministers of the G7 countries supported the idea of providing Ukraine with a loan secured by income from frozen Russian assets in order to finance Kiev after 2024. The ministers' discussion was based on the US proposal to issue a loan to Ukraine in the amount of about $50 billion, which would be repaid using income from the assets of the Russian Central Bank in the amount of about 190 billion euros.
14:52 A case has been opened against the commanders of the 125th brigade due to the Russian breakthrough in the Kharkov region. The court decision states that on May 10, near Strelechye, Krasny, Borisov, Pylny, Gatishche and other settlements of the Kharkov region, units of the 125th brigade abandoned their combat positions during the assault operations of the Russians. The SBI investigation into the breakdown of defense involves 56 military personnel.
14:31 The Russian Army struck Kupyansk-Uzlovoy in the Kharkov region with a KAB, at least five people were injured. The emergency vehicle was damaged, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
12:45 The Russian breakthrough in the direction of Kharkov ended in military casualties 1:8 - one Ukrainian for eight Russians, Zelensky said in an interview with journalists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Zelensky also said that a temporary suspension of fire was impossible: “We personally agreed with Putin on this in Normandy. We agreed, and there were no massacres, yes. Our troops stood along the contact line, they were ordered not to shoot. Artillery, heavy weapons - no one shot. 20-30 Russian snipers came out and “trained” for a week. That is, they just continued to kill our people.”
As for Putin’s statements about the illegitimacy of Zelensky, then, according to the Ukrainian president, they are “boring and uninteresting”: “All adequate people who know how to read the law, but I believe that if you know how to read, then read it and find a conclusion. That’s all So it doesn't bother me much at all."
11:58 Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with The Guardian that the United States allegedly promised to destroy all positions of the Russian army if Russia uses nuclear weapons: “The Americans told the Russians: if you use nuclear weapons, even if they don’t kill anyone, we will hit against all your positions in Ukraine with conventional weapons, we will destroy them all."
10:53 The Russians struck a populated area in the Kharkov region, information was received about one wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:00 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkov with S-300 missiles. In the Slobodsky district, an educational institution building and apartment buildings were damaged. No people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov. Over the past 24 hours, one person was wounded as a result of shelling. Verkhnyaya Pisarevka, Chuguevsky district.
07:46 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of May 25:
personnel - about 500,080 (+1140) people,
tanks - 7650 (+15),
armored combat vehicles - 14,786 (+11),
artillery systems - 12 929 (+27),
MLRS - 1082 (+2),
air defense systems - 814 (+1),
aircraft - 356 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 10 414 (+4),
cruise missiles - 2209 (+0),
ships/boats - 27 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 17,608 (+39),
special equipment - 2104 (+3).
05:38 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to Europe, where he will discuss military support for Ukraine, writes Reuters. In particular, he will visit the Czech Republic and Moldova from May 28 to 31. In Prague, Blinken will take part in an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers. At the meeting, decisions will be prepared that will be adopted at the July NATO summit in Washington.
"We do not expect Ukraine to receive an invitation to join NATO, but we do believe there will be significant demonstration of support for Ukraine in its efforts to win the war," said James O'Brien, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. According to him, it will be about NATO support for the development of Ukraine's future armed forces and efforts aimed at helping the country carry out the reforms necessary for the country's accession to the EU and NATO.
03:43 Zelensky intends to travel to Madrid early next week to meet with King Philip VI of Spain and the head of the country’s government, Pedro Sanchez, writes Cadena SER, citing sources. The publication recalls that Zelensky and Sanchez were previously supposed to sign a security agreement between Spain and Ukraine, but the Ukrainian president canceled his visit due to the situation at the front after the Russian offensive in the Kharkov region.
02:17 Stoltenberg called on NATO allies to lift the ban on the use of their weapons to strike Russia: “It’s time for the allies to think about whether they should lift some of the restrictions that they have imposed on the use of weapons that they transferred to Ukraine. Especially now, when in the Kharkov region, "There is a lot of fighting going on near the border. Because Ukraine does not have the ability to use these weapons against legitimate military targets on Russian territory, it is very difficult for it to defend itself."
The Secretary General also noted that he has “harsh words” for European NATO members: “The European allies promised one million artillery shells. We have not seen anything close to this.”
00:19 In the Kharkov direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are pushing the enemy away from the front line of defense with assault actions, and are having success in some areas, the General Staff reported. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy has partial success in the Petropavlovka and Ivanovka areas, the situation is tense. The Russians also have partial success east of Evgenievka in the Pokrovsky direction.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders courageously hold the defense.
The enemy is especially active today in the Pokrovsky direction. Here the intensity of enemy attacks more than tripled.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of 13:30 on Saturday, May 25.
During the day, the number of military clashes increased to 44. In the Kharkov direction, the enemy is attacking with the use of guided aerial bombs. The number of clashes here has increased to eight. Currently, fighting continues in the area of Volchansk (here the occupiers used six UAB) and Liptsy (four UAB). Since the beginning of the day, six military clashes have been recorded in the Kupyansk direction. Two of them continue near Petropavlovka and Stelmakhovka, the report says.
It is also reported that in the Kramatorsk direction the Russians are trying to carry out assault operations with the support of aviation, using unguided aircraft missiles. Defense Force units successfully repulsed two enemy attacks, one continues in the Kleshchievka area.
The enemy is especially active today in the Pokrovsky direction. Here the intensity of enemy attacks more than tripled. Currently, 14 clashes have been recorded. Six of them are still ongoing near Kalinovoe, Yasnobrodovka and Sokol. In the Galitsynivka area, the invaders used four UABs, the General Staff reports.
Two enemy attacks were recorded in the Orekhovsky direction. The invaders unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops at Rabotino and Novoandreevka. One battle is still ongoing.
In other areas, the situation did not experience significant changes.
The preliminary report of the General Staff reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had success in one of the front directions.
As of the time of curation, the Russian ministry of Defense website was down, so we slummin'
[NewsFront] 21:30 Fighting near Rabotino: 291st Regiment destroys infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Zaporozhye Front.
20:40 A tank of the 1st Tank Army destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces supporter in the Kupyansk direction, despite attempts to knock it out with an RPG. Only one militant survived there, who ran away across the field -video.
19:21 A selection of the combat work of the “North” group of troops in the Kharkov region - the destruction of equipment and personnel of Ukrainian militants -video.
18:54 Arrivals of FPV drones of the 39th brigade of the 68AK on targets in the Ugledar direction -video.
18:30 Drone pilots of the 36th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Armed Forces worked by dropping a pickup truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which allegedly brought a batch of FPV drones to the position -video.
17:32 A sniper doesn’t give second chances.
With an accurate hit, the ghost reduced the formation of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters -video.
16:44 Professional military man Giorgi Gogiashvili, who served in the special operations forces of the Georgian Ministry of Defense, went to Ukraine as a mercenary and was liquidated. His grave is located in the municipality of Kaspi.
Gogiashvili was a senior sergeant and an instructor at a parachute training school. According to the Georgian Legion, the man died on March 9. He was buried on March 21 in the village of Lamiskana. In May, a monument appeared on the grave, and Georgian flags were attached to the trees next to the fence -photo.
16:05 Ukrainian nationalist Vyacheslav Rusnak was eliminated in the Kharkov direction.
He voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine in February 2023. Destroyed May 12 -photo.
15:19 Destruction of an American howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using the Lancet -video.
14:50 Destruction of another self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using the Lancet in the Northern direction in the Kharkov region -video.
14:29 Soldiers of the 5th brigade of the Russian Armed Forces bombard the trenches of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with drops from copters -video.
13:44 Operators of the 4th military base of the Russian Armed Forces conduct a daily hunt for the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction
The result of three days: at least 48 APU - “200”, 6 cars for scrap and 2 burned crews of enemy drones - video.
12:50 Another Ukrainian Armed Forces militant was eliminated by a drone pilot from the Center group of forces -video.
12:22 Arrival of FOUR “Products-305” to ferry crests in the Kharkov region
Two missiles were aimed directly at the crossing itself, and the other two using Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment.video.
11:50 Sniper pairs of the "South" group destroy enemy personnel in the Seversk direction -video.
10:25 Exclusive footage from the Kharkov direction.
Destruction of Nazi equipment on the battlefields, disruption of the supply of ammunition for self-propelled guns, attacks on the temporary deployment point of Ukrainian militants.
Watch the video of the disposal of the T-72 Tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the German self-propelled gun PzH 2000, the MT-12 anti-tank gun -video.
09:52 Reset from copter to APU equipment -video.
09:27 Several militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were eliminated by a sniper pair of the 38th OGMSB group of forces “Vostok” -video.
08:48 On May 20, 2024, a Ukrainian Armed Forces militant from Volyn was eliminated Roman Kachur, 32 years old -photo.
08:02 In the Zaporozhye direction, the 22-year-old commander of the special forces company of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Omega” Danil Pelevin was eliminated -photo.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 05/25/2024 to 00:00 05/26/2024.
A total of 24 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Three civilians were reported injured.
DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings.
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 19 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 82 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:35 Berestovoe village in the Svatovo-Kupyansky direction came under the control of Russian troops.
20:44 Around 19.00 Moscow time suppressed an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation using the RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system.
Fifteen rockets were destroyed by duty air defense systems over the Belgorod region.
19:55 Reported, that a group of our Geranium UAVs is approaching the Kherson and Odessa regions.
18:51 Ivanovka liberated -video.
18:22 Special military operation. Situation on May 25 –map.
17:25 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of May 25, 2024) -video.
16:41 New explosion in Khar'kov –photo.
There is a huge column of smoke over the city, and the air raid alarm continues to blare. Ukrainian resources report the arrival of a FAB guided bomb from the UMPC. A huge column of smoke rises from the spot.
16:03 Khar'kov and Khar'kov region. New arrivals.
Reported about new strikes by FAB-500 and KAB-500 on military buildings and structures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during offensive operations. It is also reported that the enemy self-propelled gun "Bogdan" and the T-64 tank, as well as Ukrainian Armed Forces trucks, were hit.
15:37 South Donetsk direction. District settlement Krasnogorovka.
Reported about the new successful use of our Lancet loitering ammunition against enemy armored vehicles. It is reported that an enemy BTR-4 and a Turkish-made armored car, Kirpi, were hit.
14:57 An air raid alert has been declared in a number of regions in Ukraine –map:
13:20 RF Armed Forces released Arkhangelskoye village north of Ocheretino.
12:55 Chasov Yarsk direction.
Enemy acknowledges the loss of Kleshcheevka and reports that our fighters occupied the central and southern part of the village.
12:09 Krivoy Rog. Explosion.
Single powerful explosionthunderedat the military industry enterprise in the suburbs of Krivoy Rog.
The equipment and weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed. The strike was carried out by our Iskander OTRK missile.
11:48 South Donetsk direction. district settlement Novomikhailovka.
Reported that the initiative has again passed to our troops. The Russian Armed Forces began to push the enemy even harder in the Novomikhailovka area.
11:15 Situation in the NWO zone –map.
Situation in the Kupyansk direction: The Russian army advanced north of Kislovka and reached the outskirts of Ivanovka.
Situation in the Lugansk direction: The Russian army has advanced to the village Berestovoye.
10:33 Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group -video.
As a result of active actions, units of the “Southern” group of forces improved the situation along the front line, defeated the manpower and equipment of the 72nd, 93rd Mechanized, 111th Territorial Defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Konstantinovka, Andreevka and Novy.
The enemy lost more than 400 military personnel, three vehicles, a 155mm M777 howitzer, a 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery station and four field ammunition depots were destroyed.
09:54 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Solonetz three rounds;
-- at Aleshki settlement five rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka three rounds;
-- n.p. Kairo four rounds;
-- n.p. Nizhny Rogachik two rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe four rounds.
As a result of a drone attack in the village. Novaya Kakhovka and settlement Residential buildings in Dnipro received significant damage.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Kakhovka, n.p. Malaya Lepetikha, n.p. Aleshki, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:22 Around 08.15 Moscow time suppressed an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
On duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
08:40 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for May 24, 2024
– Russian troops continue to strike both along the front line and in rear areas. Enemy targets at the Kanatovo airfield in Kirovograd, a railway depot in Kharkov, as well as enemy positions in the Sumy and Zaporozhye regions were hit.
– In the Slobozhansky direction there are heavy battles along the entire sector of the front, in particular on the outskirts of Liptsy and in Volchansk. Systematic work continues to reduce the enemy’s combat potential.
– In the Svatovsko-Kupyansky direction, Russian troops are advancing in the direction of Stelmakhovka, and are also fighting directly in Berestovo.
– In the Seversky direction, Russian troops retreated from several strong points northeast of Belogorovka. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were knocked out south of the settlement, and the configuration of the front southwest of Spornoye was also clarified.
– In the Avdeevsky direction, Russian assault groups completely liberated Umanskoye, developing a further offensive in the direction of Yasnobrodovka.
– In the Ugledar direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a successful attack, occupying several forest belts south of Konstantinovka. West of Novomikhailovka, oncoming battles continue.
08:00 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC.
24 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
Four civilians were reported injured.
Damaged:
Seven residential buildings,
One civil infrastructure facility.
Eight attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 16 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 69 units of various ammunition.
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[REGNUM] Vladimir Putin’s statement about the illegitimacy of Vladimir Zelensky - “we are aware that the legitimacy of the current head of state has ended” - was expected, but this does not negate the various interpretations of its meaning and goals. Continued on Page 49
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[Regnum] The first defendant in the case of the theft of metal structures, which involves the former commander of the 58th Army of the Russian Armed Forces, Major General Ivan Popov, was another general who died in the special operation zone. Kommersant writes about this on May 25, citing sources.
Popov is charged with fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to investigators, he was involved in the theft of more than 1,700 tons of metal structures worth more than 130 million rubles, which were intended for the construction of defensive fortifications in the Zaporozhye region.
“Meanwhile, according to Kommersant’s sources, initially the materials featured a completely different general, who also participated in the Northern Military District. However, even before the start of a full-fledged investigation, he died and was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia,” the publication says.
The investigation believes that this general transferred part of the money allegedly raised from the sale of rolled metal to Popov’s bank card. Based on Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, we are talking about at least 1 million rubles, but only 500 thousand rubles came to Popov’s card. Allegedly, he borrowed and did not steal this amount, the source notes.
Popov's defense pointed out in court that Popov had nothing valuable at home. The investigation objected that the general lost about 30 million rubles on one of the online bookmaking sites, as evidenced by the data on his phone. Popov allegedly received this money as a result of fraud.
The publication notes that Popov is accused of fraud committed by a group of people using military officials' official position. He did not admit the charge.
As Regnum reported, on May 24, the Second Western District Military Court rejected the appeal to transfer Ivanov from the pre-trial detention center to house arrest. Both the defense and the investigation asked for this. The general will remain in custody. The hearing on the complaint was held behind closed doors.
Earlier that same day, Popov failed to appear in court to consider a motion to change the preventive measure. Later, he was taken to the meeting from the pre-trial detention center and led into the hall, accompanied by one guard.
Ivan Popov’s father, in a conversation with the agency, stated that his son was not guilty of anything. Popov Sr. is convinced that ill-wishers deliberately “digged” for the general. He called the current situation a “set-up.”
Popov's colleagues also do not believe the version of the security forces. The soldiers are convinced that the general could not steal from his own people. According to them, he “jumped into the trenches with ordinary privates.”
According to the source, an apartment in Rostov-on-Don worth from 3.5 million to 6.2 million rubles was registered in the name of the arrested major general. He also owns two cars - a Mitsubishi Outlander and a Cruze Chevrolet. In 2020, Popov’s salary was 75,000 rubles.
Popov commanded the 58th Combined Arms Army in 2023. Previously, he was the chief of staff of the 22nd Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces in Crimea and the chief of staff of the 11th Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kaliningrad region.
"Popov's colleagues also do not believe the version of the security forces. The soldiers are convinced that the general could not steal from his own people. According to them, he “jumped into the trenches with ordinary privates.”
With AI anything can be created. I prefer his soldiers comment.
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[Regnum] NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg must be tried for his idea of allowing Ukraine to fire Western weapons into Russian territory. This was stated by First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Alexey Chepa.
According to him, Ukraine’s Western allies will not allow their weapons to be used against military targets on Russian territory.
“No, they won’t allow it. He will have to be tried for proposals that are pushing the world towards disaster,” the deputy said in an interview with Lenta.ru.
As reported by Regnum, on May 25, in an interview with The Economist, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the Kiev regime’s Western allies “the time has come to consider” whether to lift some of the restrictions they have placed on the use of transferred weapons, thereby allowing their use for attacks on Russian territory.
Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova said that it is useful for participants of the conference in Switzerland on the Ukrainian conflict to know about the call by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to lift restrictions for Kiev on strikes on Russian territory.
Formal “permission” to strikes with American weapons on Russian territory could lead to a serious escalation of the conflict, this is feared by the administration of US President Joseph Biden, which is trying to ensure the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict on a non-military track, senior researcher at INION RAS, political scientist, noted in a conversation with IA Regnum. Americanist Boris Mezhuev.
For a participant in a conference in Switzerland on the Ukrainian conflict, it is useful to know about the call by the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) Jens Stoltenberg to lift restrictions for Kiev on strikes on Russian territory. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova in the Telegram channel.
Earlier, Stoltenberg said that Kyiv’s Western allies should lift the current restrictions on Ukraine on strikes with their weapons on Russian territory.
“This is useful to know for everyone who is invited to the supposed “peace conference” in Switzerland,” the diplomat commented on the words of the alliance’s secretary general.
As Regnum reported, in an interview with The Economist, Stoltenberg noted that the time had come for the allies of the Kiev regime to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions they had imposed on the use of transferred weapons. He noted that after the offensive of Russian troops in the Kharkov region, Ukrainians became especially irritated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had to use domestic drones to attack targets on Russian territory. At the same time, the offensive of the Russian army will continue; Ukraine is already experiencing significant difficulties, the secretary general added.
Prior to this, on May 21, Politico wrote that a group of American congressmen from both parties called on the Pentagon to “allow” Ukraine to strike Russian territory with weapons supplied from the United States. The congressmen noted that strikes can be carried out against strategic targets and under certain circumstances.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed on May 24 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are already using American and other Western weapons to attack civilian targets in Russia outside the conflict zone.
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[Regnum] Poland, instead of commenting on the conflict in Ukraine, should publish the data it has on US participation in undermining the Nord Streams.Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this on May 25 in an interview with Izvestia.
“It would be better if the Polish Foreign Minister told us what he knows about the bombings of Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 and Washington’s role in this crime,” the diplomat urged.
This is how Zakharova responded to the statements of Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who in an interview with The Guardian said that the United States allegedly threatened Russia to strike military positions in the special operation zone if Moscow used nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
As Regnum reported, according to Sikorsky, if the ban on the use of nuclear weapons is violated, then several countries, including Japan and South Korea, will become “nuclear.” NATO countries need to “learn to play the game of escalation better” so that Russian President Vladimir Putin can only guess about the alliance’s intentions, the head of the Polish Foreign Ministry added.
On April 26, China's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, said at a meeting of the Security Council of the world organization that the terrorist attack on Nord Stream should be investigated under the auspices of the UN. He called on the relevant countries to actively interact and cooperate with Russia in the joint investigation of the terrorist attack.
According to American journalist Seymour Hersh, the US authorities decided to blow up Nord Stream because they feared Germany would resume gas purchases along this route in winter conditions. US President Joe Biden wanted to be sure that Germany “will not leave the game” and will remain a participant in the confrontation with Russia, the journalist believes.
On April 3, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office appealed to the United States, Germany, France and Cyprus in the case of undermining the Nord Streams. The department expressed the hope that their Western colleagues will consider these materials in good faith and fulfill their obligations to conduct an investigation into the information provided, assist in obtaining evidence and ensure the inevitability of punishment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin in November 2022 called the bombing of Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 an obvious terrorist attack. He also stated that, theoretically, the United States was interested in the explosions at the SP, which, as a result of the terrorist attack, expanded the possibilities for selling liquefied natural gas in Europe.
The Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines were blown up in September 2022. As a result, both SP threads and one of the two SP-2 threads completely failed. The incident occurred in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and Denmark. The FSB opened a criminal case under the article on international terrorism (Part 1 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
After the start of the special operation, the United States threatened Russia with a strike on its positions in Ukraine, which would allegedly be delivered if the Russian military used nuclear weapons, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with The Guardian.
“The Americans told the Russians that if you detonate a nuclear weapon, even if it doesn’t kill anyone, we will hit all your targets in Ukraine with conventional weapons,” he said, without specifying who allegedly made the statement.
If the ban on the use of nuclear weapons is violated, Sikorsky said, then several countries, including Japan and South Korea, will immediately become “nuclear.” He also said NATO countries need to "learn to play the escalation game better" so that Russian President Vladimir Putin can only guess at the alliance's intentions.
As reported by IA Regnum, earlier Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov stated that Russia would move away from the topic of “red lines” and would respond to the West in a mirror manner in matters of nuclear threats.
The diplomat also stated the need to strengthen nuclear deterrence measures due to Western actions. He called exercises to develop skills in the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons one of the necessary steps.
On May 6, the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, began preparations for exercises with missile formations of the Southern Military District, involving aviation and the navy. During the exercises, activities will be held to practice the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons.
The Ministry of Defense noted that the exercises should support the readiness of personnel and equipment of units for the combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons to respond and in order to unconditionally ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Russian state in response to provocative statements and threats of individual Western officials against Russia.
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