A plane crashed in the Russian Federation, carrying Yevgeny Prigozhin and the commanders of PMC Wagner; Russian pilot gives Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine; Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
The head of the Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash. It was announced on August 23 by the state television channel Russia 24. In the Tver region of Russia on Wednesday, August 23, his plane crashed. The business jet was heading from Moscow to St. Petersburg and had seven passengers on board – the leaders of PMC Wagner. The Federal Air Transport Agency officially confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin were on the list of passengers on the plane. All on board were killed. The reasons for the crash have not been officially announced, but the Financial Times, citing a well-informed Western official, said that Prigozhin’s plane shot down Russian air defenses.
The Russian combat helicopter Mi-8, with the entire crew, flew to Ukraine and surrendered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by journalist Yuri Butusov. Russian media say that the helicopter, allegedly due to navigational errors, ended up at the airport in Poltava. In this regard, GUR spokesman Andrey Yusov confirmed the information about the landing of the Russian Mi-8 in Poltava. According to him, the work is being done with the crew. Ukrayinska Pravda claims that this was a special operation of the Ukrainian intelligence that lasted more than six months. At the same time, it is said that the Mi-8 reached the Kharkov region. Two crew members were removed. The pilot himself and his family are in Ukraine. The family was taken out of Russia earlier. This was confirmed by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov. Mi-8 remained in Ukraine with parts for fighter planes, which he was supposed to deliver to the Russians.
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, the Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR). “At about 10:00, an explosion occurred near the village of Olenevka on Cape Tarkhankut in temporarily occupied Crimea, which destroyed the Russian S-400 Triumf long-range and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems,” said message. It is indicated that the installation itself, the missiles installed in it and personnel were completely destroyed. Despite the “incredible features”, the complex was put to sleep by the attack of the Ukrainian military. Not only was the S-400 hit by a missile that theoretically should have been shot down. The main attention should be paid to the fact that the GUR filmed a video from a reconnaissance drone that recorded the defeat. That is, the air defense system of the Russians missed not only the means that destroyed the complex, but also the standard UAV.
On Wednesday night, Russian terrorists attacked the south of the Odessa region with strike drones for three hours. Air defense forces destroyed 9 Shahed-136/131 drones. At the same time, there were hits in the production and transshipment complex, where a fire broke out with a total area of 700 m2. “13,000 tons of grain was destroyed by Russia as a result of the Shahed attack on the port of Izmail. Several private grain terminals and warehouses, cargo infrastructure were damaged at the same time. Agricultural products destined for in Egypt and Romania, “the Ministry of Reconstruction. said in a statement.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that one of the drones that attacked the city at night hit Moscow City. According to him, the drone hit a skyscraper under construction. In addition, according to Sobyanin, the second drone was shot down in the Mozhaisk district of the Moscow region.
The hit of unidentified flying objects on the Moscow City building can be explained by the fact that there are institutions involved in the planning of Russian war crimes. This was announced by the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Yusov. “The noble unidentified flying objects were sent exclusively to those objects and institutions involved in the genocidal war of modern Russia against Ukraine,” said the representative of GUR. He emphasized that these are the places where some special services, offices, and ministries are located.
On the night of August 23, Russian troops launched another attack using Shahed-136/131 strike drones from the southeast. In total, up to 20 shock drones were released. Of these, 11 were destroyed, nine in Odessa and two within the Zaporozhye region.
Russian aggressors attacked a school in the city of Romny using Shahed-type drones. The building of the institution was completely destroyed, four teachers died. Rescuers pulled the bodies of the school director, deputy director, secretary and librarian from the rubble.
On Wednesday, August 23, the landing module of the Chandrayaan-3 lunar station carrying the lunar rover successfully landed on the Earth satellite. The landing took place near the South Pole. The region is considered an area of major scientific and strategic interest for space nations, as scientists believe the region is home to water ice deposits. Thus, India became the fourth country to place its equipment on Earth’s satellite after USSR, USA and China.
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Source: korrespondent
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