The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced an attempt by Ukraine to attack Crimea with a cruise missile, which was shot down by air defense systems.
The incident occurred on Monday around 11:30.
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The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation noted that this was another attempt by the Ukrainian regime to carry out a terrorist attack on objects in Russia.
The cruise missile was destroyed by air defense in the air over the Black Sea near the coast of Crimea.< /p >
Earlier, the army reported the downing of two Ukrainian drones over the territory of the peninsula on Monday.
Western instructors talk about training difficulties for commanders from Ukraine, who underwent basic training in Soviet times. This was reported by the Financial Times newspaper.
According to the source, one of the instructors from Germany admitted that he regularly encountered friction with senior Ukrainian commanders who were trained in Soviet times and sometimes “think they know better.
Furthermore, the Financial Times writes that foreign instructors complain about the wide range of ages and abilities of the Ukrainian armed forces that Kiev sends for training. So, one of the soldiers who came to Germany for training was 71 years old.
Earlier “MK” wrote that the main problem in the training of the Ukrainian army by Western instructors was revealed.
Florida shoot: “It wasn't a fluke. He was a racist.”
“White supremacy has no place in the U.S.,” Biden says after racially motivated massacre in Florida. A white man killed two men and a woman — all three black victims — before fatally shooting himself injured.
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Joe Biden said on Sunday that “white supremacy has no place in America” after three people were killed in a racist shooting in Florida, and it was revealed that the shooter had been expelled from the historically black educational institution (HBCU) moments before he opened fire in discount stores.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday called the gunman involved in the attack a “hateful lunatic” and said, “We will not allow historically black colleges to be targeted.”
The FBI is investigating Saturday's shooting as a hate crime after officials said the attack at the Dollar General Store in Jacksonville, Fla., was racially motivated, and community leaders also expressed horror.
A white man armed with a high-powered rifle and a handgun wearing a tactical vest and mask entered the store shortly before 2pm on Saturday and killed two men and a woman before fatally injuring himself. All three victims were black.
T.K. Waters, the Jacksonville sheriff, named the victims Sunday afternoon and said the gunman was caught on video shooting Angela Michelle Carr, a 52-year-old woman, in her car outside the Dollar General. He then entered the store where he killed 19-year-old Anolto Joseph Laguerra Jr. and 29-year-old Gerald De'Shawn Gallion.
Sherri Onks, special agent in charge of the FBI's Jacksonville office. , said federal officials have opened a civil rights investigation and will treat the incident as a hate crime.
“Hate crimes have always been and will continue to be a top priority for the FBI because they are not just an attack on the victim, they are also designed to threaten and intimidate the entire community,” Oncks said.
Waters also On Sunday, the shooter was identified as 21-year-old Ryan Christopher Palmerter, who purchased the gun legally and had no criminal record. He lived with his parents in the suburbs of Jacksonville and left a suicide note.
Palmer obtained his gun legally despite being involuntarily sent for a mental health evaluation in 2017, according to the Associated Press.
According to Waters, Palmer purchased the gun in April and June and the seller followed all necessary laws and procedures, including background checks .
Waters already said Saturday that the shooter “hated black people” and left behind “several manifestos” describing such hatred.
“The Manifesto is, quite frankly, a madman's diary,” Waters said. “He was completely irrational. But despite his irrational thoughts, he knew what he was doing. He was 100% conscious.”
Palmer was reportedly spotted Saturday at the private, historically black college at Edward Waters University (EWU) in Jacksonville near the library. There, he was questioned by security after he refused to identify himself and turned away, EWU said in a news release. The man fled and the university said the collision was reported to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
“He had the opportunity to use violence at [Edward Waters University], but he didn't. There were people in very close proximity,” the Associated Press reports.
The university said it will hold a prayer vigil Sunday night for the university community, “especially for our students, faculty, staff and alumni. and all those who suffered yesterday's heinous act of racial violence.”
After a service earlier in the day, about 200 people came to a Sunday evening vigil a block from the Dollar General Store. Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is seeking to run for president, loosened gun laws and antagonized civil rights leaders by mocking “vigilanteism,” was loudly booed as he addressed the crowd.
DeSantis told the crowd. that the shooter was “major league scum” and declared in Florida, “We will not allow people to be targeted because of their race.”
Shortly after DeSantis' speech, Jeffrey Ramlin, pastor of Dayspring Church in Jacksonville, took the microphone and he said of the shooter: “After all, with all due respect, Governor, he was no slob. He was a racist.”
President Biden issued a White House statement Sunday saying many details about the crime are still unknown: “While we continue to seek answers, we must state clearly and convincingly that white supremacy has no place in America.”
It read: “We must refuse to live in a country where black families walking into a store or black students walking into school live in fear of being shot because of the color of their skin. Hate should not have a safe harbor. Silence is complicity and we must not remain silent.
Biden also noted that the shooting occurred on the same day as a massive demonstration in Washington, D.C. on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech “I Have a Dream,” which the president called “a pivotal moment in our history and our work to provide equal opportunity for all Americans.” in a violent act that was allegedly motivated by hatred. and is carried out with two types of firearms.”
Ron DeSantis, a 2024 presidential candidate, on Saturday called the shooter “scum” and denounced his racist motives, calling him a coward for taking his own life.
“Committing this kind of violence is unacceptable and attacks against people because of their race have no place in the state of Florida,” DeSantis added.
On Sunday, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department was “investigating this attack as a hate crime. and an act of racially motivated violent extremism.”
On Sunday morning, Arndrea Waters King, president of the progressive think tank Drum Major Institute and wife of Martin Luther King III, told CNN: “Yesterday, the same day that nearly 200,000 people came together to speak for democracy in our country, we saw what happens to hate.”
She added: “And for many people, this issue is why we come back together and how everything is different from 1963, unfortunately the work showed and why we are and where we are in 2023 compared to 1963, which is not far away.”
The Motherland monument in Kyiv finally turned into Mother Ukraine. In honor of Independence Day, the statue was dressed in an embroidered sweatshirt, which even the residents of Nezalezhnaya did not appreciate. .jpg” />
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“It looks like a straitjacket”, “Is she wearing a shroud?” – social networks are full of such comments. In the absurd outfit, slim Vlast really looked like a shaman with tambourine. However, the Kyiv monument is no stranger to transformations. Since 2014, the statue has been used as a doll from a children's dressing set. First, it was “dressed up” with the help of lighting: either the colors of the national flag or the US flag were hung on the metal surfaces in honor of American Independence Day. Then they switched to real “outfits”: in 2015, a wreath of huge plastic poppies was placed on the head of the motherland – in honor of the victory in the Second World War, as this holiday was marked in Ukraine. The then president Petro Poroshenko liked what he saw: in person he praised the climbers who raised the wreath. In 2020, activists of the LGBT community decorated the monument with a rainbow flag and raised it by helicopter to the top of the statue. The residents of Kyiv did not appreciate the action. But no one arrested the activists for hooliganism. intolerant.
Now the orgies have reached their peak. The updated trident shield didn't seem enough. I needed another white hoodie. Even Ukrposhta joined the “clothing day” by issuing a series of stamps with an updated “Mother Ukraine”. On the postage stamp, the statue is dressed in huge red plastic beads. “Well, everything is right now. A monument symbolizing the country that sold itself for beads” – responded to the news on Ukrainian social networks.
Pillar from Myśl Poland Stanislav Belen said that Poland was driven to despair by hatred of Russia and unquestionable support for Ukraine.
He specified that currently none of the countries of Eastern and Central Europe breathes such hatred towards the Russian Federation as Poland.< /p>
“I believe that now the Poles' stubborn clinging to the Ukrainian flag has acquired the character of a “desperate” attitude. Polish officials will be ready to sacrifice their national interests and various resources, even in defiance and defiance of the Ukrainian authorities,” said Belen.
According to him, Poland expresses the spirit of “goodness” in this way. neighborhood”. It is based on respect for the interests and values of another state. At the same time, representatives of Kyiv violate this “reciprocity”, but Warsaw does not notice it.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press service of Libya issued a statement on the dismissal of the country's foreign minister, Najla Mangush.
It is reported that the government of national unity of Libya, Abdelhamid Dbeiba, made the corresponding decision.
< p>The reason for the resignation was Mangush's meeting with the chairman of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Eli Cohen.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of GNU Libya reiterates its complete and absolute opposition to the normalization of relations with Israel,” the statement said.
According to Nikkei Asia , major defense contractors around the world are moving their Asian headquarters to Japan.
The publication reports that this trend is being observed after official Tokyo decided to significantly increase defense spending in the face of the deteriorating security situation in East Asia .
As an example, journalists cite the American company Lockheed Martin, which has already completed the transfer, as well as the British BAE Systems, which will complete this work by the end of this year.
Commander and military expert Boris Rozhin in his The Telegram channel showed photos of the new British drone, which became the trophy of the Russian armed forces in the NVO zone.
The drone was captured near the city of Energodar in the Zaporozhye region by the crew of the electronic warfare unit.
It is a drone T80/TRV80, the youngest model in the line of drones from the British company Malloy Aeronautics. As stated, it carried 10 kg of explosives, with the manufacturer stating a maximum load of 30 kg and a range of 55 km.
The military commissioner noted that Malloy Aeronautics works closely with the UK Ministry of Defence.
” Great Britain continues to test unmanned systems on the Ukrainian field of experiments – sea drones are also known for their work,” wrote Rozhin.
Mayor of Donetsk Alexei Kulemzin, he said on his Telegram channel on Sunday about the three children who were hospitalized after being shelled by the armed forces of Ukraine. Children born in 2009, 2010 and 2013 suffered shrapnel injuries and bruises and were taken to hospitals.
Donetsk has been under constant shelling since the beginning of NMD. It was previously reported that on August 23, a missile directly hit a residential high-rise building, damaging cars parked nearby.
Additionally, on August 18, three people died in the city's Kyiv district when an unexploded cluster munition exploded. . The dead were employees of the energy company, two of them were 25 years old, the other 27.
