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Russia Is Hiding Real Battlefield Casualty Numbers By Labeling Missing Soldiers as Deserters: Report

A new report reveals that Russian commanders are classifying missing soldiers as deserters to hide actual battlefield losses and withhold benefits from families.

Latin Times

Telegram rejects allegations over links to Russian Intelligence

"Unauthorized access to any data is impossible," said the provider – rejecting a new report’s allegations.

TechRadar

Son of CIA deputy director was killed while fighting for Russia, report says

Michael Alexander Gloss, 21, who died on 4 April 2024, was the son of top-ranking US spy Juliane Gallina

The Guardian - US

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New Russian militia Convoy rises as Wagner Group gets too big to control

Established in Russian-occupied Crimea in 2022, the Convoy militia is getting increasing publicity on social media as it recruits fighters. The rise of the new Russian militia comes as the Kremlin is trying to encourage the emergence of other mercenary groups to compete with Wagner, which has become too powerful…

France 24

Russia gives suspended sentence to soldier who admitted killing Ukrainian civilian

Daniil Frolkin’s sentence on charges of spreading ‘fake news’ seen as attempt to silence other service personnel

The Guardian - UK

Russia blames ‘terrorists’ after reports of fighting near Ukraine border

Anti-Putin émigré group claims its fighters crossed into Russia after Kyiv dismisses reports as ‘false flag’ attack

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive-The global supply trail that leads to Russia’s killer drones

The hundreds of Russian drones hovering ominously over the Ukrainian battlefield owe their existence to an elastic, sanctions-evading supply chain that often runs through a shabby office above a Hong Kong marketplace, and sometimes through a yellow stucco home in suburban Florida.

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In poor, rural Buryatia, Russia's partial mobilisation hits hard

(This Sep. 23 story has been updated to correct the name and age of the student quoted in the final three paragraphs to Nastya, 21, not Aryuna, 19.)

Reuters

Russian soldier, 21, confesses to murdering Ukrainians under orders of commanders

A Russian soldier claims he was given the order to lead Ukrainian civilians outside to "shoot them" and "destroy their phones". Daniil Frolkin confessed to a team of reporters after they tracked him down

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin sending prisoners to their deaths as ‘cannon fodder’ in Ukraine war

Russian criminals are reportedly being offered 200,000 roubles - just over £2,800 - and an amnesty if they travel to deadly frontline but they must survived six months to get their reward

Daily Mirror

Putin’s daughter flew to Germany 50 times in two years

Katerina Tikhonova is believed to be dating former head of Bavarian State Ballet

The Independent UK

Putin’s daughter flew to Munich ‘more than 50 times’ in two years, leaks reveal

Investigation also suggests president’s youngest daughter is in a relationship with ballet dancer Igor Zelensky

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin's secret services blame each other over Ukraine intelligence blunder

It comes amid claims that the spymaster Col-General Sergei Beseda, seen as responsible for telling Vladimir Putin that Ukraine was ripe for invasion, has not been arrested following earlier reports he had been detained

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