Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted March 27, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted March 27, 2024 Latest news on Russia and the war in Ukraine Russian investigators to study request to probe Western involvement in ‘terrorism’ A police officer patrols in front of the Russian State Duma and the building of the Hall of Columns, April 8, 2022. Natalia Kolesnikova | Afp | Getty Images Russian state investigators said on Wednesday they would study a request from parliamentarians to investigate what they called the “organisation, financing, and conduct of ********** acts” against Russia by the ******* States and other Western countries. The director of Russia’s FSB security agency said on Tuesday that he believed Ukraine, along with the ******* States and Britain, were involved in an ******* on a concert hall just outside Moscow that ******* at least 139 people. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron posted on X: “Russia’s claims about the West and Ukraine on the Crocus City Hall ******* are utter nonsense.” Islamic State took responsibility for the Moscow *********. Washington and Paris have said they have intelligence confirming the Islamist militant group was behind the *******. — Reuters Ukraine gets a morale boost after Euros qualification Oleksandr Zinchenko and Artem Dovbyk of Ukraine celebrate after winning the UEFA EURO 2024 play-offs final match with Iceland at the Tarczynski Arena on March 26, 2024, in Wroclaw, Poland. Mateusz Slodkowski | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images Ukraine’s spirits were lifted Tuesday night after the national soccer team beat Iceland to qualify for a place in the Euro 2024 tournament. There was jubilation on the pitch, at least for the Ukrainian players, after they came from behind to beat Iceland 2-1. The result means Ukraine will make their fourth appearance in the quadrennial tournament in which Europe’s football teams battle it out to become the team that lifts the Henri Delaunay Cup. Ukraine has been drawn in Group E This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , which kicks off in Germany in June. “I am very proud to be a Ukrainian, to be of the same blood as those who are now giving their lives for our freedom,” team captain Oleksandr Zinchenko said after Tuesday’s victory, Reuters reported. “We need to talk about it, shout about it every day. This is the only way we can win. It was one of our most emotional games,” he said. Describing the qualification as an “amazing feeling” Zinchenko said it was “another dream come true.” “A big thank you to our fans, they helped us through these difficult times amazingly.” — Holly Ellyatt Kyrgyzstan urges citizens to limit travel to Russia Kyrgyzstan’s foreign ministry has urged citizens of the Central ****** nation to put off unnecessary travel to Russia after a deadly ********* that was blamed on migrants from the region. The developments have increased existing anti-immigrant sentiment in Russia, especially towards migrant labourers from the predominantly ******* countries of Central Asia. A Kyrgyzstan-born man was remanded in pre-trial custody by a Russian court on Tuesday, accused of providing accommodation to the four suspected perpetrators, who are of Tajik origin. Those four and three others of Tajik origin suspected of complicity are also in pre-trial detention. This combination of pictures created on March 24, 2024 shows (Clockwise from top L) Rachabalizoda Saidakrami, Dalerdjon (alternatively spelled Dalerdzhon) Barotovich Mirzoyev, Muhammadsobir Fayzov and Shamsidin Fariduni suspected of taking part in the ******* of a concert hall that ******* 137 people, the deadliest ******* in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, sitting inside the defendant cage as he waits for his pre-trial detention hearing at the Basmanny District Court in Moscow overnight March 24 and 25, 2024. Tatyana Makeyevaolga Maltseva | Afp | Getty Images Islamic State has said it was responsible for the ******* and has released video footage of the massacre, which ******* 139 people and wounded 182. The group has not identified any of the attackers. Videos and photographs circulated online appear to show the suspects being tortured. The Kremlin declined to comment on the matter and many Russian politicians heaped praise on the security officers involved in the detentions. Hundreds of thousands of people from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan work in Russia, and some have already said it has become tougher for them to do so. Some passengers, for example, refuse to board taxis with Tajik drivers. In an advisory issued this week, the Kyrgyz foreign ministry urged citizens to visit Russia only if necessary and, if they do, to make sure they have all the required documents on them at all times and comply with lawful orders of Russian police. — Reuters U.S. defended Ukraine too quickly after ******* *******, Russian foreign ministry says Russian officials continue to accuse the West and Ukraine of involvement in the Crocus City Hall ******* last Friday in which 139 people were *******. Ukraine denies any involvement and the White House said last Sunday that “ISIS bears sole responsibility for this *******,” using an acronym for the Islamic State militant group, which said it was behind the *******. White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson added that there was “no Ukrainian involvement whatsoever.” On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed the U.S.’ initial rejection of any Ukrainian involvement was suspicious and said the Islamic State group was created by the West. “The fact that the Americans in the first 24 hours [after the *******], before they even had time to put out the *****, started shouting that this is not Ukraine, I think this is evidence. I cannot classify this in any other way, this is evidence in itself,” Zakharova told the Sputnik radio outlet, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up “The second point is the U.S.’ cries that this is definitely the banned ********** organization ISIS,” Zakharova said, adding that “the speed with which they did all this is amazing.” “The actions of the Ukrainian regime will not go unpunished,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, according to comments published by state news agency Tass. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images “It seems to me that they drove themselves into an absolute ***** end, because as soon as they started shouting that it was ISIS, all the people who deal with international relations, who are political scientists and experts, remembered and asked everyone else to remember, what is ISIS?” she said. “You are behind ‘ISIS’, you – the ******* States, Britain created them yourself,” Zakharova claimed. Russia has repeatedly accused the West of fostering instability in the Middle East, ignoring its own history of war in the region and against Muslims, most recently with the ******* war against Afghanistan, and two Chechen wars in the 1990s and early 2000s. — Holly Ellyatt Russia sees no chance of Swiss leading Ukraine peace process, envoy says Russia sees no chance of Switzerland leading efforts to secure peace in Ukraine, a senior Russian diplomat said on Tuesday, after Bern said it planned to host a high-level Ukraine peace conference in the coming months. Swiss authorities have said that Russia is unlikely to take part, at least not at the outset of the talks. “As of now, we don’t see any possibility that Switzerland would take the lead and organise something,” said Gennady Gatilov, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the ******* Nations in Geneva. Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago, has said the Swiss initiative is doomed to fail without Moscow’s participation. Gatilov said that while Moscow was not against negotiations to end the war, it would not take part in talks in Switzerland, a country he said had relinquished its neutrality with its stance on the conflict. Switzerland has adopted the ********* Union’s sanctions against Russia over the invasion and frozen some 7.7 billion Swiss francs ($8.53 billion) in financial assets belonging to Russians, which Gatilov described as “stolen money”. “That’s why we believe that Bern unfortunately devaluated its status as a neutral state,” he said. — Reuters Ukraine’s Zelenskyy dismisses head of security council Ukrainian politician who has been the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov attends the ‘Ukraine. Year 2024’ forum in Kyiv. Aleksandr Gusev | Lightrocket | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday dismissed the secretary of the country’s security council, Oleksiy Danilov, according to a This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up -translated This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up published on the government website. Danilov has held the position since October 2019. His position will now be held by Oleksandr Lytvynenko, who served as the head of the Ukrainian foreign intelligence service. No reason was given for the decision, which comes shortly after Zelenskyy replaced the head of the armed forces in a key military shake up. — Sophie Kiderlin Russian intelligence chief claims U.S., U.K. and Ukraine behind Moscow attacks The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on Tuesday said that the U.S., U.K. and Ukraine were behind a deadly ********** ******* in Moscow last week. FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov told pro-Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin claimed that the U.S., U.K. and Ukraine were responsible for the *******, claiming that the ******* was beneficial to Western intelligence services and Ukraine to destabilize Russia. “We believe that the action was prepared by the ******** Islamists themselves, and naturally the Western intelligence services contributed to this, and the Ukrainian intelligence services themselves are directly related to this,” Bortnikov said, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Ukraine has already vehemently denied any involvement in the ******* and the White House has said Russian claims to the contrary are “Kremlin ***********.” The U.K., U.S. and Ukraine have not commented on Bortnikov’s latest claims. Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov waits to watch the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on May 9, 2022. Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images Almost 140 people were ******* in the Crocus City Hall concert hall, when gunmen entered the venue and opened *****, as well as set ***** to the venue. The Islamic State militant group claimed responsibility, but Russia was quick to connect Ukraine to the outrage, without presenting evidence. Since then, Russian President Vladimir ****** has accepted that the ******* was carried out by so-called “******** Islamists,” but continued to claim Ukraine was linked to the *******. Bortnikov reiterated Russia’s claim that the attackers were caught, as they tried to flee toward Ukraine, where, he said, they were expected and were going to be greeted “as heroes.” “The bandits intended to go abroad. Precisely to the territory of Ukraine. According to our preliminary operational information, they were expected there,” he told Zarubin, in an interview posted in Russian on his This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . — Holly Ellyatt Tue, Mar 26 20247:55 AM EDT One of Russia’s most powerful officials backs baseless claim of Ukraine involvement in ******* Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev and President Vladimir ****** during a meeting with the BRICS countries’ senior officials in charge of security matters at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 26, 2015. Sergei Karpukhin | AFP | Getty Images One of the most powerful and influential men in Russian President Vladimir ******’s inner circle claimed unequivocally on Tuesday that Ukraine was responsible for the Moscow ********** ******* carried out last Friday. Nikolai Patrushev — the secretary of Russia’s Security Council and in charge of issuing guidance and policy proposals on national security issues — was asked by Russian reporters whether Ukraine or the Islamic State militant group was behind the ******* that ******* 139 people. The Islamic State group said it had carried out the *******. “Of course Ukraine,” Patrushev answered reporters, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up A former intelligence officer and an ideological Kremlin figurehead who is extremely close to ******, Patrushev joins the ranks of several high-profile Russian officials pointing the finger of blame at Ukraine without presenting any evidence of Kyiv’s involvement. Ukraine itself denies any role in the *******. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said it was “absolutely predictable” that Moscow would try to pin the blame on Ukraine. Patrushev’s comments could signal that Moscow is ready to double down on its allegations of a link between Kyiv and the ******* perpetrators. Analysts say the Kremlin is likely to use the ******* to its advantage, politically, in any case, perhaps to put Russian citizens on a firmer war footing and ahead of possible further mobilization. So far, the Kremlin has been cautious about giving further details or evidence to back up its claims of a connection. ******’s press secretary refused to be drawn on the matter earlier on Tuesday. On Monday, ****** conceded that the ******* had been carried out by “******** Islamists,” but once again claimed there was a link with Ukraine, again without presenting proof. — Holly Ellyatt Tue, Mar 26 20246:59 AM EDT Kremlin refuses to comment on alleged link between Moscow attackers and Ukraine A man walks in Zaryadye park in front of the Kremlin’s Spasskaya tower and St Basil’s cathedral during the sunset in downtown Moscow on April 19, 2022. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images) Kirill Kudryavtsev | Afp | Getty Images The Kremlin refused to comment Tuesday on whether it believed there was a link between the Ukrainian government and the gunmen who ******* 139 people in a ********** ******* on a Moscow concert hall last Friday. Asked during a call with reporters whether there was a direct link between Ukraine and the “******** Islamists” that were behind the *******, as President Vladimir ****** described the suspects on Monday, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said he had “nothing to add to what has already been said on this topic.” “As for whether it is possible to say ‘one way or another’: you can say it any way you want. And observers and analysts can probably afford this. But (…) while the investigation is underway, the official authorities cannot afford to do any statements on this matter,” Peskov told reporters, news agency Interfax reported. “Although I recommend that you very carefully reread President ******’s statements that he made over the last two days. In this context, they are very important,” Peskov said. During a conference call with Kremlin officials on Monday, President ****** said the ******* was carried out by “******** Islamists” but again claimed that there was a link to Ukraine, or a “Kyiv trace,” as Moscow has described it and that U.S. intelligence dismissing any link was unconvincing. Russia has presented no evidence that there was any involvement by Ukraine and Kyiv itself vehemently denies any role in the deadly ******* on concertgoers. Eight suspects, nationals of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, have been remanded in custody and charged with terrorism offenses ahead of trial. — Holly Ellyatt Read CNBC’s previous live coverage here: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Breaking News: Europe,Breaking news,War,Foreign policy,Russia,Russia-Ukraine Crisis,Politics,Ukraine,Volodymyr Zelenskyy,Government and politics,National security,business news #Latest #news #Russia #war #Ukraine This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/7839-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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