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One Dead, Several Injured in Explosions Near Russian Air Base in Crimea

Multiple explosions near a Russian naval air base on the western coast of annexed Crimea killed one person and injured several more Tuesday, according to eyewitness accounts and local pro-Kremlin officials.

Videos filmed by eyewitnesses show a huge plume of black smoke rising from the direction of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's Saki air base and beach-goers fleeing in the nearby resort town Novofyodorovka.

A total of 13 blasts of varying intensity were reported in the area, according to eyewitness reports cited by Reuters.

Local officials confirmed that an explosion had taken place but said they were still working to determine the cause.

"I can confirm the fact of several explosions in the area of Novofyodorovka. I ask everyone to wait for the official information and not to spread [fake] explanations," Oleg Kryuchkov, an aide to the Moscow-installed head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov, said on the Telegram messaging app.

Officials initially said that no one had been hurt but Aksyonov later said that one person had died as a result of the blasts.

Earlier Tuesday, the region's top health official said that five people including a child had been injured.

Aksoynov posted a video from the explosion site, where he can be seen saying that residential buildings located near the air base were evacuated.

The air base is located deep within Russian-controlled territory over 200 kilometers behind the front lines, leading to speculation that the incident may have been the result of a long-distance missile strike by Kyiv’s forces.

An unnamed senior Ukrainian military official told The New York Times that Kyiv's forces were in fact behind the explosions.

“This was an air base from which planes regularly took off for attacks against our forces in the southern theater,” the official told The New York Times, saying only that “a device exclusively of Ukrainian manufacture was used” in the strike.

The Russian Defense Ministry however linked the incident to the “detonation of several aviation munitions” in a statement carried by the state-run TASS news agency.

"As a result of the explosion no one was hurt."

Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Kremlin-backed RT network, also quickly dismissed rumors of the explosions being the result of a Ukrainian attack.

“And here’s what really happened. Several munitions detonated at the storage area. No harm done. The equipment is also intact,” Simonyan tweeted.

The Russian-installed Crimean officials also dismissed rumors that Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency in the region.

“I’m asking you not to spread Ukrainian fakes,” Kryuchkov wrote, attaching a picture of the fake order allegedly published by a pro-Ukrainian Telegram channel with less than 200 subscribers.

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World on the brink of nuclear catastrophe – Moscow

If Ukrainian forces keep attacking the Zaporozhye power plant, a nuclear disaster could happen at any moment, Moscow warns

Kiev’s “reckless” actions are pushing the world ever closer to a major nuclear disaster, Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, told the body's Security Council on Thursday.

The Zaporozhye power plant in southern Ukraine has been under the control of Russian forces since February and has since been shelled by Kiev's troops on several occasions.

“We have repeatedly warned our Western colleagues that, should they fail to talk sense into the Kiev regime, it would take the most heinous and reckless steps, which would have consequences far beyond Ukraine,” Nebenzia warned at a meeting focused on the issue.

“That is exactly what is happening,” he said, adding that the Western “sponsors” of Kiev would have to bear the responsibility for a potential nuclear catastrophe.

If the Ukrainian forces continue their attacks on the power plant, a disaster can happen “at any moment,” Nebenzia warned. According to the Russian envoy to the UN, a catastrophe at the Zaporozhye power plant – the biggest one in Europe – could lead to radioactive pollution of vast swathes of territory, affecting at least eight Ukrainian regions, including its capital, Kiev, major cities like Kharkov or Odessa, and some territories of Russia and Belarus bordering Ukraine. The Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, as well as Moldova, Romania, and Bulgaria are likely to suffer as well, he warned.

“And these are the most optimistic expert forecasts,” Nebenzia said, adding that the potential scale of a nuclear disaster of such magnitude was “difficult to imagine.”

The Zaporozhye plant, which is located in the Russia-controlled Ukrainian city of Energodar, has been subjected to a series of attacks over the past few weeks. Moscow has accused Kiev of launching artillery and drone strikes on the facility, branding these moves as “nuclear terrorism.” Kiev has claimed that Russia was the one targeting the plant in an alleged plot to discredit Ukraine while stationing its troops at the facility.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, told the Security Council that the situation at the plant was under control and that there was “no immediate danger” to its safety as of yet. At the same time, he called reports his agency received from Russia and Ukraine “contradictory” and urged both sides to provide the IAEA access to the facility “as soon as possible.”

“I ask that both sides cooperate … and allow for a mission of the IAEA to proceed,” he said. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for any military activities around the plant to be stopped as the Security Council was holding its meeting.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry deputy spokesman Ivan Nechaev said that Moscow was in favor of an IAEA inspection of the Zaporozhye plant.

“The facility must not be used as part of any military operation. Instead, urgent agreement is needed at a technical level on a safe perimeter of demilitarization to ensure the safety of the area,” the UN chief said in a statement.

China also urged all “interested parties” to sit down at the negotiating table and “find a solution” to the issue. Meanwhile, the US has put all of the responsibility squarely on Russia.

The US under secretary for arms control and international security affairs, Bonnie Jenkins, argued that Russia created all the risks now associated with the plant by invading Ukraine and demanded Moscow withdraw its troops. At the same time, she also backed Guterres’ call for a demilitarized zone.

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Russia, North Korea planning to strengthen relationship: State media

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un intend to strengthen their diplomatic ties, according to state media on Monday.

Putin sent his greetings to Kim on the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, writing that the two countries share a tradition of bilateral friendship and cooperation, the dpa news agency reported.

It is in both countries’ peoples’ interests to strengthen relations, which would also help “strengthen security and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the whole Northeast Asian region”, Putin was reported as saying.

Significantly isolated Since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February, causing widespread outrage in the West, North Korea has pledged its support for Russia.

Pyongyang, like Russia and Syria, recognised the Donetsk and Luhansk regions as independent republics in July, which most countries rejected, prompting Ukraine to cut diplomatic ties with North Korea.

On February 24, the day it invaded Ukraine, Russia recognised Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states.

According to North Korean reports, Kim also sent a greeting message to Putin, saying friendly relations “will become stronger in all areas” as a result of the agreements reached at the two countries’ April 2019 summit in Vladivostok, Russia.

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Russia sees 38% rise in energy export earnings this year - govt document

Higher oil export volumes, coupled with rising gas prices, will boost Russia’s earnings from energy exports to $337.5 billion this year, a 38% rise on 2021, according to an economy ministry document seen by Reuters.

The jump in revenues, if it materialises, will help shore up Russia’s economy in the face of waves of Western sanctions.

It will provide President Vladimir Putin with cash to fund military spending or to boost wages and pensions at a time when the economy has fallen into recession and inflation is eroding living standards.

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US has doomed EU to hunger and cold

Washington has harmed the bloc to serve its own interests, a top Putin ally has warned.

The United States has doomed the EU to hunger, cold and isolation by pressuring the bloc to cut its ties with Moscow, Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Friday.

He wrote on Telegram that Washington would “stop at nothing to cling to its power over the world as it throws under the bus the citizens’ welfare and the economies of European countries to achieve this end.”

He noted that natural gas in the US costs $333 per 1,000 cubic meters. “At the same time, Washington sells it to Europe for a price which is 7.3 [times] higher, rendering the EU economy uncompetitive,” he wrote, adding that the eurozone’s annual inflation rate had hit a record 8.9%.

‘The clown is leaving’ – top Putin ally on PM Johnson

Volodin said Europe had been hit by a heatwave that triggered huge problems in the agriculture sector, as well as an energy crisis which had seen prices soar six times in one year.

The EU’s decision to phase out Russian energy supplies and cut economic ties with Moscow “have been made under Washington’s pressure,” the State Duma speaker claimed.

“US policies in Europe are enforced by England that has left the EU high and dry, as well as by a number of countries that are sovereign in name only – Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine – with Poland, the Czech Republic and Finland joining this Russophobic coalition in the hopes of getting an American handout,” Volodin wrote.

His comments come as the EU is plagued by an energy crisis due to rising global prices. Earlier this month, the bloc approved a plan that would see its member states reduce gas consumption by 15% in a bid to tackle the crisis.

Another factor that has exacerbated the energy crunch was the EU’s decision to wean itself off natural gas from Russia, as the bloc considers these supplies to be unreliable. However, President Vladimir Putin has rejected accusations that Moscow could cut off gas supplies to the EU, stating that Russian energy giant Gazprom is “ready to pump as much as necessary ” but that the bloc has “closed everything themselves .”

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A Deadly Glimpse of Russia’s Bombardment of Ukrainian Troops

This is not a good time to be a Ukrainian soldier on the frontlines facing off against the Russians. I want to show you two videos where you can see how two different Russian weapons are employed on the battlefied–the Zala Drones and the TOS 1A Heavy Flamethrower. For those who say this is just Russian propaganda, I would note in passing that Ukraine is not posting comparable videos showing it wreaking havoc on Russian positions. That is another case of the dog not barking.

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THIS woman’s death may cause Putin, Russia to ESCALATE SOON

Daria Dugina wasn’t just a Russian political commentator. She was the daughter of longtime Putin ally, Alexander Dugin — a radical, Russian nationalist who has called for his homeland to confront the West, including the United States, for years. And now, with the recent, mysterious murder of his daughter, Dugin seems to want revenge. Rebekah Koffler, author of ‘Putin’s Playbook,’ is a U.S. intelligence expert who once lived in the Soviet Union. She joins Glenn to dissect Daria’s passing, Alexander Dugin’s influence on Putin, and what the Russian president may do next as a result of it all.

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Russian FSB identifies alleged Dugina assassin

The Russian Federal Security Service (“FSB”) has claimed that the assassination of Dugina was committed by a covert operative of Ukraine. The FSB has identified Natalia Vovk as the alleged assassin. “As a result of a complex of urgent operational-search measures, the Federal Security Service has solved the murder of Russian journalist Darya Dugina, born in 1992,” the FSB announced, going on to emphasize the culpability of the Ukrainian government by stating that “the crime was prepared and committed by the Ukrainian special services[.]”

According to the FSB’s investigation, Vovk entered Russia in July before situating herself in the same apartment building that Dugina resided in. Vovk would then follow Dugina to the festival in which the explosive device that led to her death was planted. Vovk, who was accompanied by her 12-year old daughter, fled to Estonia following the assassination, according to Russian intelligence. Following her identification, Russian law enforcement agencies declared their intent to seek her extradition.

Following Dugina’s assassination, Ukraine was naturally implicated as being behind the murder given her father’s significant, albeit enigmatic, reputation as one of Vladimir Putin’s most influential ideologues. Kiev urgently washed its hands of any involvement as advisor Mykhailo Podolyak stated “Ukraine, of course, has nothing to do with yesterday’s explosion[.]” Although Ukrainian officials denied any involvement in the attack, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of his anticipation that Dugina’s murder would inextricably result in the intensification Russia’s military campaign.

*PUTIN CALLS DUGINA MURDER DASTARDLY, BRUTAL CRIME: TASS

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Given the reports of Vovk’s escape to Estonia, the location of the alleged assassin places Russia in a conflict against a NATO member state even more directly than the proxy war in Ukraine has. In 2016, the European Court of Justice set precedent which would justify any extradition request for Vovk by Russia. The case law that set that standard occurred when the court found that any member state of the European Union is obligated to accommodate an extradition request of any third-party non-member state even if the subject of the request is not a citizen of the EU nation itself. This decision followed a case in which Russia requested to have Estonian national Aleksei Petruhhin extradited from Latvia for drug trafficking offenses.

The legal framework set by the European Court of Justice will place Estonia in a crucible if Vovk has indeed found safe haven in the Baltic state. In addition to joining the EU in 2004, Estonia joined NATO that same year. The potential conflict arising between Estonia and the Russian Federation has the potential to trigger Article 5 of the NATO Charter which puts forth a collective defense clause meaning that any military engagement with a NATO member state constitutes action taken against the entire trans-Atlantic body whether it occurs as far east as Tallinn or as far west as Hawai’i.

Article 5 has been constantly dangled before Russia as a Sword of Damicles of sorts designed to dissuade any escalation of the Ukrainian conflict. The veiled threat was most recently invoked in response to Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and increased military incursions by Ukrainian military forces into Crimea. “Any deliberate damage causing potential radiation leak to a Ukrainian nuclear reactor would be a breach of NATO’s Article 5,” said UK MP Tobias Ellwood. His sentiments were echoed by US Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R – IL) who followed Ellwood’s declaration by stating “This really isn’t even up for debate; any leak will kill people in NATO countries, that’s an automatic article 5[.]” just hours before Dugina’s assassination.

While Article 5 of the NATO Charter has been used to threaten Russia from intensifying any aggression, the officials who have constantly cited the collective defense policy have done so under the pretense of preventing any further aggression. The assassination of Darya Dugina is a drastically different circumstance as Russia will surely perceive any potential action it takes to have Vovk extradited from Estonia as entirely justified and as a response to the murder, not an offensive attack against a NATO member state. As the manhunt for Vovk ensures, Europe again finds itself in the political crucible that enveloped the continent following Gravrilo Princip’s assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. However, in this historical iteration, it is the European central powers who find themselves in a position of being the aggressor that could provoke a catastrophic conflict with Russia.

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International Military Tribunals to be Held in Mariupol, Ukraine!

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Ukrainian Assassin Who Bombed Russian Darya Dugina, Found STABBED TO DEATH

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The female member of the Ukrainian National Guard, Natalya Vovka, who entered Russia on July 23 and moved into the same building as Darya Dugina, stalked Darya, and planted a bomb to murder Darya by blowing up the car she was driving, has been found stabbed to death in a hotel in Austria.

Natalya Vovka was reportedly found with seventeen (17) stab wounds, laying dead in a hotel room in Austria.

Dead men (or women) tell no tales.

Looks as though Ukraine is tying-up "loose ends" by assassinating the Assassin. Or perhaps Russia got even?

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Heavily armed Russian Navy ships sail between Britain and Ireland

In a proactive move, a group of Russian Navy ships are currently entering the Irish Sea. There are clear indications that they will sail up and around the United Kingdom. Among other things, this will take them close to major submarine base of Faslane.

The group is led by the SLAVA class cruiser Marshal Ustinov. The UDALOY class destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov and a tanker, Vyazma, are with her (him).

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The exact positions of the cruiser and destroyer are not currently visible by open sources. But the tanker is broadcasting its position on AIS (automated identification system).

It has passed the entrance of the English Channel and is sailing into the Irish Sea. A Royal Navy warship, indicated to be HMS Lancaster, is shadowing them.

Ustinov left the Mediterranean on August 24 and has slowly approached the UK. The Russian warships are understood to be returning home after over 6 months deployed to the Mediterranean to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

When the warship was deploying there in January it planned live firing exercises in Irish EEZ (exclusive Economic Zone), at the time a controversial move. These had to be relocated after Irish fishermen complained.

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The cruiser is the sister ship (brother ship in Russian convention?) of the ill fated Moskva. The latter was sunk By Ukrainian forces in the Black Sea on April 13-14. Ustinov is however a more updated ship. Part of the Russian Navy’s northern fleet, she relieved upgraded systems and weapons.

Even on their homeward voyage the route that they take appears provocative, sending a message to NATO members.

It is also a reminder to Ireland, which is not a NATO member, of its strategic position from a Russian perspective. In many respects Ireland is a weak point on Europe’s western edge.

Right now, the vessels appear to have done a U-turn and are currently sailing southwest. This is a fluid situation however, we will have to see how it plays out.

Russia has limited facilities in the Mediterranean and cannot maintain individual vessels there indefinitely. One by one they will have to return home, weakening the Russian position there.

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Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the Soviet Union, dies at 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, Russian news agencies cited hospital officials as saying.

Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain that had divided Europe since World War Two and bring about the reunification of Germany.

"Mikhail Gorbachev passed away tonight after a serious and protracted disease," Interfax news agency cited Russia's Central Clinical Hospital as saying in a statement.

Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitter

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was saluted Wednesday as a rare leader who changed the world and for a time brought hope for peace among the superpowers.

But the man who died Tuesday at 91 was also reviled by many countrymen who blamed him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union and its diminution as a superpower. The Russian nation that emerged from its Soviet past shrank in size as 15 new nations were created.

The loss of pride and power also eventually led to the rise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has tried for the past quarter-century to restore Russia to its former glory and beyond.

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Putin says ‘impossible’ to isolate Russia, vowing to cut gas and oil supplies

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday it was “impossible” to isolate Moscow and vowed to cut gas and oil deliveries to countries imposing a price cap on supplies.

Speaking Wednesday at an economic forum, over six months after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine, the Russian leader sought to pivot towards allies in Asia, the Middle East and Africa as his country faces a barrage of Western sanctions.

“No matter how much someone would like to isolate Russia, it is impossible to do this,” Putin told the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s Pacific port city of Vladivostok.

He said the coronavirus pandemic has been replaced by other global challenges “threatening the whole world”, including “sanctions fever in the West”.

Putin has repeatedly said that Russia’s economy is weathering the barrage of sanctions well, as the Kremlin’s ties with the West sink to new lows.

On Wednesday, he vowed to cut off any countries imposing price caps on oil and gas exports, just as the EU proposed to do just that.

Capping prices “would be an absolutely stupid decision”, Putin said.

“We will not supply anything at all if it is contrary to our interests, in this case economic (interests),” he said.

“No gas, no oil, no coal, no fuel oil, nothing.”

Europe, which is heavily dependent on Russian supplies, has accused Moscow of using energy as a weapon and on Wednesday, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed that member states agree a price cap.

G7 industrialised powers on Friday vowed to move urgently towards implementing a price cap on Russian oil imports, in a bid to cut off a major source of funding for Moscow’s military action in Ukraine.

“Those who are trying to impose something on us are in no position today to dictate their will,” Putin said.

“They should come to their senses.”

Von der Leyen’s remarks come days after Russia closed the key Nord Stream pipeline to Europe, saying it would be under repair for an indefinite period of time.

“They say that Russia uses energy as a weapon. More nonsense! What weapon do we use? We supply as much as required according to requests” from importers, Putin told the economic forum.

“Give us a turbine, we will turn Nord Stream on tomorrow,” Putin said.

The Kremlin insists sanctions have prevented the proper maintenance of Russian gas infrastructure and, in particular, blocked the return of a Siemens turbine that had been undergoing repairs in Canada.

Putin’s participation in the forum in the Far East — a region with close geopolitical and economic ties to Russia’s neighbours in Asia — comes a day after the Russian president oversaw large-scale military drills there.

The week-long manoeuvres, called Vostok-2022, were concluding on Wednesday and involved several Kremlin-friendly countries, including troops sent by Beijing.

As Moscow seeks to bolster ties with Asia — especially key ally China — Putin welcomed the growing role of the Asia-Pacific region in global affairs.

“The role… of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region has significantly increased,” he said at the forum, adding that partnerships will create “colossal new opportunities for our people”.

Putin was joined at Wednesday’s forum by China’s top legislator Li Zhanshu — who ranks third in the Chinese government hierarchy — with a bilateral meeting scheduled for later in the day.

The Russian leader is expected next week to hold an in-person meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, who has not left China since 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The two leaders will meet at a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) held in Uzbekistan on September 15 and 16, a Russian diplomat said Wednesday.

Beijing and Moscow have drawn closer in recent years, ramping up cooperation as part of what they call a “no limits” relationship, acting as a counterweight to the global dominance of the United States.

Beijing has refused to condemn Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine, while Moscow was in full solidarity with Beijing during the visit of US House speaker Nancy Pelosi to self-ruled Taiwan, which China considers its territory.

In a sign of further rapprochement, Russia announced Tuesday that China will be switching from US dollars to the national currencies of the two countries — yuan and rubles — to pay for deliveries of Russian natural gas.

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Russia legalizes cryptocurrencies for cross-border transactions

The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has approved a policy legalizing the use of cryptocurrencies for cross-border payments.

Russian lawmakers have been historically opposed to the idea of using cryptocurrencies as a payment method. In 2020, the government passed a law that prohibited the use of cryptocurrencies for payment purposes. The central bank has also been skeptical because it wants to protect the status of the ruble as the only legal tender in Russia.

In late 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin said it was “still premature” to talk about using crypto for trading energy resources like oil and gas.

But the idea of allowing cryptocurrency payments for national trades in Russia persisted. And on Monday, Sept. 5, local news agency TASS reported that the central bank finally reached an agreement with the Ministry of Finance to legalize cross-border cryptocurrency payments.

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Dozens dead as fresh clashes erupt along Azerbaijan-Armenia border

Armenia said Tuesday that nearly 50 of its soldiers had been killed in the worst clashes with Azerbaijan since their war two years ago, but Russia said it had convinced the historic rivals to agree to a rapid ceasefire.

After several hours of fierce border fighting overnight, Armenia appealed to world leaders for help, saying Azerbaijani forces were trying to advance on its territory.

The fighting was the worst since the end of a 2020 war between the ex-Soviet republics over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region that left more than 6,500 killed on both sides.

It came with Yerevan's closest ally Moscow – which deployed thousands of peacekeepers in the region after the war – distracted by its six-month invasion of Ukraine.

But Russia said it had succeeded in bringing the clashes to a halt, with the foreign ministry in Moscow saying a ceasefire had been agreed from 9am Moscow time (0600 GMT).

"We expect that an agreement reached as a result of Russian mediation on a ceasefire... will be carried out in full," the ministry said in a statement, adding that it was "extremely concerned" by the uptick in fighting.

Armenia's defence ministry said later that clashes had subsided but that the situation on the border "remains extremely tense".

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed parliament on Tuesday morning, after he called French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to demand "an adequate reaction" to "Azerbaijan's aggressive acts".

"For the moment, we have 49 (troops) killed and unfortunately it's not the final figure," Pashinyan told lawmakers.

Call to Moscow for help

Azerbaijan said it had also suffered casualties in the fighting, but did not specify the number of dead. The defence ministry in Yerevan said the clashes started early Tuesday, with Armenian territory coming under fire from artillery, mortars and drones in the direction of the cities of Goris, Sotk, and Jermuk.

"The enemy is trying to advance (into Armenian territory)," it said in a statement.

But Azerbaijan accused Armenia of "large-scale subversive acts" near the districts of Dashkesan, Kelbajar and Lachin and said its armed forces were responding with "limited and targeted steps, neutralising Armenian firing positions".

Turkey, a long-standing political and military sponsor of Azerbaijan, accused Armenia of being responsible for the outbreak in fighting and urged Yerevan to negotiate.

"Armenia should cease its provocations and focus on peace negotiations and cooperation with Azerbaijan," Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu tweeted after a phone call with Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov.

Pashinyan on Tuesday chaired an emergency session of the country's security council that agreed to formally ask for military help from Moscow, which is obligated under a treaty to defend Armenia in the event of foreign invasion.

Defence Minister Suren Papikyan and Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu "held a phone conversation to discuss Azerbaijan's aggression against Armenia's sovereign territory", the defence ministry in Yerevan said, adding that the two "agreed to take necessary steps to stabilise the situation".

Armenia is a member of the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) which also includes several former Soviet republics in Central Asia.

Washington concerned

The United States earlier called for an end to the fighting, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying the US was "deeply concerned" over the situation, including "reported strikes against settlements and civilian infrastructure" in Armenia.

"As we have long made clear, there can be no military solution to the conflict," Blinken said in a statement. "We urge an end to any military hostilities immediately."

Last week, Armenia accused Azerbaijan of killing one of its soldiers in a border shootout.

In August, Azerbaijan said it had lost a soldier and the Karabakh army said two of its troops had been killed and more than a dozen injured.

The neighbours fought two wars -- in the 1990s and in 2020 -- over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Azerbaijan's Armenian-populated enclave.

The six weeks of brutal fighting in the autumn of 2020 ended with a Russian-brokered ceasefire.

Under the deal, Armenia ceded swathes of territory it had controlled for decades and Moscow deployed about 2,000 Russian peacekeepers to oversee the fragile truce.

During EU-mediated talks in Brussels in May and April, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Pashinyan agreed to "advance discussions" on a future peace treaty.

Ethnic Armenian separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh broke away from Azerbaijan when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. The ensuing conflict claimed around 30,000 lives.

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A “UFO” has reportedly crashed in Russia’s southern Stavropol region injuring five people including one child, local media reports.Footage purportedly of the fallen object shows scattered metal parts, with locals speculating whether it was a plane.A firefighter was also reportedly injured putting out the flames left by the object’s crash.

‘Unidentified Flying Object’ Crashes in Russia - Media

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Putin’s motorcade attacked with explosives and ‘loud bang sounded from the left front wheel’ with ‘heavy smoke’ seen

Vladimir Putin’s motorcade was attacked with explosives used and a “loud bang” sounded from the tyrants armored car.

It is not known exactly when this took place but unverified reports on Telegram say the attack was recent.

A Kremlin insider who runs the General SVR Telegram channel said a car had blocked Putin’s motorcade and threw an explosive at the car which the Russian leader was in.

General SVR said, “On the way to the residence, a few kilometers away, the first escort car was blocked by an ambulance, the second escort car drove around without stopping, a sudden obstacle, and while driving around the obstacle, the third car, in which Putin was, a loud bang sounded from the left front wheel followed by heavy smoke.”

The report claims that despite the explosion, the car carrying Putin managed to reach its destination. However, it adds that “the investigation into the incident and all information on it is classified.”

There are strong fears there could be a coup under way against Putin and thousands of Chechen fighters have been reportedly sent to Moscow.

Domestic discontent has been brewing across Russia for many months over the war in Ukraine and Putin has been accused of sending the “country back into the Cold War era.”

The former bodyguard of Viktor Zolotov heads up the Rosgvardia which is also known as Putin’s “private army” which has been used over the past six months to violently suppress anti-Putin demonstrations and to arrest those who call the special military operation a war.

The news site Kavkaz Center tweeted, “Interesting info from Chechnya.

“KC sources report that a large batch of armed #Kadyrovtsy has been transferred to #МMoscow .

“The numbers vary from 3 to 7 thousand. Allegedly at the command of Zolotov.

“There is no official data, but this information is widely disseminated among the population.”

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The military commissars of the regions of Russia issued the same orders, which explains the procedure for mobilization. People in the reserve have been restricted from moving around the country. The authorities will be able to confiscate cars for the needs of the army.

The military commissars of different regions of Russia published almost identical orders “On the announcement of mobilization”, which explains the procedure for appearing at collection points. In particular, such orders were issued by military commissars Tatarstan, Dagestan, Yakutia, Samara, Sverdlovsk, Smolensk and Voronezh regions, as well as Yeisk and Shcherbinsky districts Krasnodar Territory.

One of the first to order noticed head of the human rights association “Agora” Pavel Chikov. He noted that the orders are “typical” and written “like a blueprint.” Chikov suggested that the wording “was sent down from above”, and similar orders “will appear in every region of the Russian Federation from day to day.”

People in reserve were forbidden to leave their cities

The docs say that everything officers, warrant officers, midshipmen, sergeants, foremen, soldiers and sailors of the reservewho have mobilization orders or who have received summons, must appear at the dates and addresses indicated in them at the collection points.

If a person in the reserve temporarily lives in the territory of the region, then he needs to move immediately to the place of permanent residence and come to the points indicated in the mobilization instructions. If this is not possible, then to the military commissariat at the place of military registration.

Those storekeepers who do not have mobilization orders or agendas, travel outside the district or city is temporarily prohibitedwhere they are.

At the same time, on the eve of the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Andrei Kartapolov declaredthat in Russia there will be no restrictions on movement for citizens subject to mobilization (until they receive a summons). However, he “advised” citizens not to travel abroad and not even move around the country.

In addition to the storerooms, the orders contain appeals to their employers. They must release the conscripts from work and service, pay them a salary and “ensure their appearance” at collection points.

Besides, some the orders contain a clause according to which the heads of organizations, as well as citizens – vehicle owners must deliver serviceable vehicles, road construction, underground transport and other vehicles to the military registration and enlistment offices on the orders of the military commissariats. Pavel Chikov, commenting on this point, noted: “Yes, vehicles will be confiscated. SUVs and trucks.

Those who violate the order are threatened in the document with “responsibility in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation.”

Some points of the orders caused a great resonance. They had to be explained and even changed.

Sources of “Business Online” after the publication of the order declaredthat in Tatarstan the paragraph on the ban on leaving will not affect the vast majority of storekeepers – but only those who have received a summons and, most likely, a special order. The publication suggested that the corresponding paragraph of the order appeared because the Ministry of Defense has not yet determined the complete list of those to be mobilized.

Another resonant point – about vehicles – commented source of the pro-government edition “Tatar-inform”. According to him, each company that owns transport receives an order from the Russian Defense Ministry, which indicates which vehicles, if necessary, can be withdrawn for the needs of the army. The interlocutor of the agency called fake reports that the residents of the republic will be taken away cars.

Official structures in Tatarstan promised to “give clarifications on mobilization activities and procedures” on September 22, Business Online reported.

Eventually, writes local publication Realnoe Vremya, the order was amended, replacing some of the wording. So, the ban on leaving for the reserve was changed to the instruction “to agree on the procedure for leaving and arriving at the military registration and enlistment office”, and a clarification was added to the paragraph on vehicles that vehicles must be delivered to collection points “by special order”.

In the Smolensk region, a point for the provision of cars commented like this: “Currently, the issue of providing cars and other equipment is not worth it.”

Kursk military commissar Vladimir Rodionov also informedthat residents of the region who are registered with the military commissariat and in reserve are prohibited from leaving the region without the permission of the military commissariat. The mobilization order in the Kursk region was not promptly found by Meduza.

In Yakutia clarifiedthat, first of all, those who served in the army no more than three years ago and those who have the skills of military service are mobilized in the region. At the same time, the military commissar of Yakutia, Alexander Avdonin, said that those called up as part of the mobilization would receive at least 205 thousand rubles a month.

It was not reported that changes were made to the orders of other regions. However, in the Chelyabinsk region, the order of the military commissar on mobilization (judging by media publications, also resonant wording) were first hung out on information stands and doors of military registration and enlistment offices, and then removed.

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And this is Magadan: sending the first mobilized.

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