Nikita Klinkov, deputy commander of an intelligence unit for the Russian military intelligence agency GRU, was killed in Moscow Oblast on October 16 by an unknown assailant. This was reported by Russian state-controlled media.
The Moscow Times reported that Klenkov was 44 and the deputy commander of the GRU unit 43292, a training center for Special Operations Forces.
Baza, a Russian Telegram channel, reported that Klenkov had been shot on the side of the road in Melenki to the east of Moscow. The assailant fired eight shots out of the window of a vehicle.
According to a GRU-sourced source, Klenkov, who is a correspondent for the Russian state media outlet TASS was “home a week ago” after serving on the front lines of Ukraine.
The Russian state media reported on the ongoing investigation.
The Kyiv independent could not confirm any of the reports made by Russian state media.
It is currently unclear if the attack was intended as politically-motivated assassination. Kyiv hasn’t commented on the situation.
In July, a GRU officer had his feet blown away in a car-bomb attack in Moscow.
Kyiv denied involvement in the attack. Mykhailo Podolyak, Ukrainian presidential adviser, told independent Russian media that he believed “a malfunction with gas equipment in the vehicle.”
The White House has rescheduled the Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting for November in a virtually based setting, after U.S. president Joe Biden cancelled all his foreign trips this month due to the effects of multiple hurricanes at home.
Voice of America reported that Smith stated, “We are not in a stage where the Alliance will be discussing issuing an invite in the near future.” Smith was speaking ahead of a NATO meeting of defense ministers in Brussels.
The Guardian reported that U.K. counterterrorism officials are investigating if Russian intelligence agents planted an incendiary inside a parcel which caught fire at a DHL warehouse near Birmingham. The Guardian reported on Oct. 16 that U.K. counter-terrorism officials are investigating whether Russian intelligence officers planted an incendiary device inside a parcel that caught fire at a warehouse near Birmingham.
Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, announced that the next meeting between the Ukraine and NATO Council will be held on October 17. The meeting will include defense ministers of NATO member states and Ukraine’s Rustem Umerov, the country’s Minister of Defense.
The White House released a statement saying that the new package would include “additional capabilities in air defense, air-to ground munitions, armored cars, and critical munitions for Ukraine’s urgent requirements.”
According to unnamed sources cited by RBC-Ukraine, the individual in question is Oleh Hrybenko. He is reportedly responsible, according to the media outlet, for maintaining the security at critical infrastructure facilities.
The tanks will be part of a larger package worth 245 million Australian Dollars ($163 millions).
It wasn’t the first time that missiles and drone debris were found on Moldovan soil.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he would “if asked” speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that no decisions would take place without the input from Ukraine or other Western Allies.
The Defense Ministry stated that the drone is resistant to electronic warfare from Russia and can adjust artillery fire thanks to its “high-tech materials”.
In an interview published by Tengrinews.kz on October 16, a government spokeswoman said that Kazakhstan’s President has “carefully” considered proposals to join BRICS, but Astana won’t seek to join “in the near future”.
According to HUR’s report, Ukrainian soldiers captured an area of Russian battalion defence, destroyed three motorized-rifle battalions, Storm platoons, and a reconnaissance unit of Russia’s Seventh Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment.
Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s state-owned power company, said later in the day that repairs were underway. The outages had been caused by “technical” reasons that were not specified. The energy supply will resume “within a few hours.”
CNN reported on October 16 that U.S. president Joe Biden will meet with the leaders of Germany France and the U.K. later this week in Berlin after his earlier trip was postponed because of Hurricane Milton.
Sebastien Lecornu, French Defense Minister, said on October 16 that France has successfully tested its first kamikaze drones and will deliver these to Ukraine “in upcoming weeks”.
After a conversation with his counterpart in the U.K., Tony Radakin Commander-in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that they discussed the possible of hitting Russian military objectives “in operational depth and strategic depth.”
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