/1. Just now. Explosion occurred in Moscow, Russia.
According to preliminary data, the person killed in the explosion may be the creator of the "Arbat" battalion of the Russian and also the President of the Boxing Federation of the so-called DPR and, Armen Nagapetovich Sargsyan.
The incident occurred 12km from Kremlin.
/2. Photo of the Armen Nagapetovich Sargsyan. It is also known that he had a conflict with the Chechens. So in February 2024 there was even a shootout between his security and a Chechen militant in Moscow. Then three people were hospitalized with bullet wounds. As a number of Russian media wrote, it was provoked by his daughter's car accident.
/3. Also, during the explosion in Moscow, Oleg Kaspirovich, who had previously been deputy commander of a separate special forces detachment of the Crimean territorial command of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was wounded.
/4. Armen Sargsyan survived the explosion but is in serious condition and was hospitalized. He was placed in intensive care.
/5. Video from the site of the explosion in Moscow. Preliminary, the radio-controlled IED could have been planted above the ceiling.
/6. Update: Russian war criminal Armen Nagapetovich Sargsyan died in the hospital.
/7. Another version from media is that the IED could have been installed in a sofa or armchair standing in the hallway of the entrance. The nature of the injuries allegedly indicates this. Also, according to preliminary data, the power of the explosive device planted in was 300-400 grams of TNT equivalent.
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(1/8) In Sweden, nuns from the St. Elisabeth Convent, originally based in Belarus, embedded in 20 churches, worked for Russian intelligence and raised funds for the Russian army while posing as a charity.
(2/8) This exposure forced the Swedish Church to issue an official warning to other Catholic communities, stating that nuns of the St. Elisabeth Monastery direct their earnings toward supporting Russian nationalism and Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, while maintaining close ties to the GRU.
In Sweden, those nuns became known as the “Z-nuns.”
(3/8) What Z-nuns sold as “souvenirs” in Swedish churches actually served as a funding tool for Russian military units.
Thus proceeds from the sales were channelled directly towards supporting Russia's war effort.
Vehicle complies with STANAG 4569 Level 1. Protection covers 7.62×51 mm non-AP fire beyond 30 m and the effects of a 155 mm HE-fragmentation round at ≥80 m.
Mine protection withstands a 3 kg TNT equivalent and DM 51 grenades detonated under the hull center.
/3. UAT-FOX
Vehicle is an armored conversion project based on the Mitsubishi L200, while fully retaining a civilian exterior appearance.
/1. During a tense meeting at the White House on Friday, Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s terms, warning that Putin had said he would “destroy” Ukraine if Kyiv refused. - Financial Times
/2. During the meeting with Zelenskyy in the White House Trump was “cursing all the time”, tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points Putin had made in their call a day earlier. - Financial Times.
/3. During Friday’s meeting, Trump appeared to have adopted many of Putin’s talking points verbatim, even when they contradicted his own recent statements about Russia’s weaknesses, said European officials briefed on the meeting. - Financial Times