Russia is struggling to deal with threats on the southern front, to British army intelligence.
Aircraft introduced from the Black Sea naval fleet are playing a vital role in seeking to counter Ukraine’s progress, the British Ministry of Defence said.
Air patrol operations are underway to temporarily identify the drones, while the fleet has been moved to Novorossiysk following the attacks on Sevastopol.
“The naval air component of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has played a leading role in fleet operations as it struggles to confront competing threats on the southern flank of the war in Ukraine,” Britain’s Defense Ministry said.
“Russia will use naval air power to deploy its force over the northwestern Black Sea. “
Amphibious aircraft such as the Be-12 Mail, designed in the 1950s, took off from their bases in occupied Crimea, while Su-24 Fencer and Flanker fighter jets carried out airstrikes, adding one on Snake Island.
Prigozhin’s son, Pavel Prigozhin, 25, will take over the leadership of the Wagner Group, according to a U. S. think tank.
It is negotiating with Russia’s National Guard, Rosgvardia, the mercenary organization joining the fighting in Ukraine, the Institute for War Studies said, citing a main Telegram channel affiliated with the group.
This move would provide an elected leader to Wagner Commander Andrey Troshev, who signed with the Defense Ministry and publicly supported through Vladimir Putin.
This indicates that “some of Wagner are interested in joining a choice between the Kremlin and Troshev, connected to Prigozhin, aligned with the Ministry of Defense,” the ISW said.
“It is transparent exactly what the Kremlin thinks about the appointments between Wagner’s elements and the Russian government,” ISW said.
Rosgvardia is subordinate to the presidential administration, which makes “Putin’s public adherence to Troshev and the subordination of elements of Wagner to the Russian Defense Ministry remarkable,” the U. S. -based analysts explained.
“Anyway, the Ministry of Defense would have to supply the apparatus and materials for a giant and reconstituted force under Rosgvardia’s command, since Rosgvardia has the logistical infrastructure to do it alone. “
Even so, the ISW quoted Wagner as saying that negotiations between Prigozhin and the National Guard implied that the paramilitary organization would retain its name, symbols, ideology, commanders and leadership.
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Russian hackers have targeted the British royal family, in revenge for the king’s condemnation of war in Ukraine.
The hacktivist organization KillNet said it would close royal. uk for 90 minutes this morning, according to a report by The Sun newspaper.
The organization reportedly boasted of having conducted a denial-of-service attack on Telegram.
According to the newspaper, the private accounts of members of the royal family were not hacked or any confidential information stolen.
Rustem Umerov revealed that he had a verbal telephone exchange with Sean Austin in which the US Secretary of Defense confided that he would continue US aid to Ukraine.
The Biden administration has gone to great lengths to ensure that military and monetary aid to Ukraine will continue, even though Congress overlooked Kiev’s investment in the deal reached to avert a government shutdown.
The president himself has said that the United States “in no way can allow the American action for Ukraine to be interrupted” and expects McCarthy to “fulfill his commitment to the Ukrainian people and ensure the necessary support for Ukraine at this critical time. “time. “.
Dmytro Kuleba said Russia is making a mistake if it thinks it can simply “wait for it to end” military aid to Ukraine.
On X, formerly known as Twitter, Ukraine’s foreign minister said: “Ukraine will become more potent and Russian aggression will fail.
We are stepping up domestic production and co-production with NATO partners and beyond. “
Sky News military analyst Sean Bell speaks in Grant Shapps’ Sunday Telegraph about sending British troops to Ukraine.
It also discusses comments by Rishi Sunak that pushed them back and an incendiary former Russian president that all British troops deployed in Ukraine would be “mercilessly destroyed. “
Biden warned that “there’s not a lot of time” to keep U. S. cash in Ukraine and suggested Congress “stop the games and get to work. “
In a speech at the White House, the president said, “I need to assure our American allies, other Americans, and Ukrainians that they can count on our support. We won’t leave. “
He added that he was “tired of brinkmanship” after a partial federal government shutdown was narrowly avoided.
He told Ukrainians that his message about long-term aid was: “We will make it. “
The U. S. stance on Ukraine remains “unwavering” despite the announcement that the interim budget followed to avert a federal government shutdown will not include new monetary measures for Kiev, a Ukrainian official said.
Oleg Nikolenko, spokesman for Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry, said a shutdown could have had an effect on ongoing aid programs, but the transition budget would not cover the billions of dollars in monetary aid already pledged through Washington.
“Support for Ukraine remains unwavering within the American administration, in either party, in the chambers of the U. S. Congress and, most importantly, among the American people,” Nikolenko wrote on social media.
The omission of more aid to Ukraine in the short-term investment bill, which aims to keep the government in office until Nov. 17, has raised concerns for Kiev, which relies heavily on the West in its fight against Russia.