The owner of the exploded Toyota Land Cruiser Prado in the north of Moscow turned out to be former SBU officer Vasily Prozorov, source 112 reports .

The man moved to Russia several years ago, and before that, in his own words, since 2014 he had been collaborating with Russian intelligence services, passing on information about the progress of the ATO to them.

Today his foreign car exploded as soon as the man turned the key in the ignition. According to the main version, an explosive device went off. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case for attempted murder.

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UPDATE FROM WARGONZO

⚡️Volunteer Russell Bentley has disappeared in Donetsk. ⚡️

There is alarming news about the disappearance of a volunteer from Texas and a friend of our project, Russell Bentley. We managed to talk with his wife Lyudmila.

Lyudmila says that on the day of his disappearance, April 8, she and her husband were in the executive committee building. When the arrivals began and information appeared about a shell hitting the private sector near the motor depot, Russell decided to go help people, realizing that repeated arrivals were possible, he left his wife with the executive committee. Since the family had to go further to fill out documents and they were in a hurry, the wife looked at the departure time - 16:15. In a comment for @wargonzo, Lyudmila spoke about what happened after her husband left:

“I waited until 6 quite calmly, because I know that he is completely devoted to helping. At the same time, the shelling in that area continued; I was able to go only when it subsided. I found his car at the service station. Everything was as usual: the windows were down, the doors were closed. But the main thing is that we found a broken phone on the dashboard on the steering wheel side. Experts have already admitted that the phone was broken as a result of outside influence.

He had a passport with him with registration in the Petrovsky district. There was a Makarov pistol along with a weapons permit, there were bank cards, a wallet with a military ID. At the service station, I talked to a man, possibly an employee, who said that he heard someone being twisted and confirmed that the Russian words sounded characteristic of the husband: “Bro,” and the like.

The investigation is ongoing. He is definitely not among those killed or wounded during the shelling.”

Russell Bentley traveled a lot around the world, but found his home in the Donbass, where he has lived since 2014. The Texan fought in the Vostok battalion and took part in the battles for the Donetsk airport. We have recorded interviews with him more than once, we know about his active volunteer activities and we really hope that everything will be resolved successfully.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇳🇪 RUSSIAN SPECIALISTS ARRIVE IN NIGER TO HELP FIGHT TERRORISM.

Russian counter-terrorism specialists are in Niamey, Niger to train local security forces.

Stockpiles of weapons that Western countries left predominantly in Libya, following their adventures against former leader Gaddafi, have flooded the black market and found their way to sectarian groups.

Said U.S troops remain just a few kilometers away - but Niger has plans of cutting ties.

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The first group of mercenaries from the French Foreign Legion arrived at the location of the Ukrainian military in Slavyansk in the DPR. This was stated in the Telegram channel “Military Chronicle”.

According to journalists, the first group of 100 mercenaries arrived in the city controlled by Kyiv. It includes artillery reconnaissance specialists and engineers whose specialization is fortification and construction of field fortifications. Insiders claim that representatives of the 3rd infantry regiment of the French Foreign Legion arrived the day before at the location of the 54th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

At the same time, legionnaire recruits so far move around the city only accompanied by Ukrainian soldiers. It is assumed that the French will assist the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the defense of Slavyansk.

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Russia, US in touch on non-deployment of nuclear weapons in space

Sergey Ryabkov said that the United States was trying to smear Russia, telling tales about Moscow's alleged plans to deploy weapons in outer space.

"Our delegations at relevant international platforms, and first of all in New York, where the US Administration is pushing ahead with accusations against Russia, are in touch and discussing this issue," Ryabkov said. "From our side, exhaustive comments have been made at all levels: Russia’s president and minister of foreign affairs have made statements on this score and the same topic has been touched upon several times at news briefings by the Russian Foreign Ministry’s official representatives."

Ryabkov said that the United States was trying to smear Russia, telling tales about Moscow's alleged plans to deploy weapons in outer space.

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US trying to spread tentacles into all CIS regions, Commonwealth states see this — Lavrov

"They are trying to undermine the agreements on stabilization in the Caucasus, particularly in the South Caucasus," the top Russian diplomat said.

Replying to a question about whether the meddling of external forces in the affairs of the CIS member countries was discussed, Lavrov told a news conference: "Yes, it was discussed at the narrow format meeting." "Sergey Nikolayevich [Lebedev] has just mentioned it. Everyone understands everything perfectly well: the US and its satellites are trying to intrude into all regions of our common space," he said.

"They are trying to undermine the agreements on stabilization in the Caucasus, particularly in the South Caucasus. They do not want to allow the implementation of agreements that were reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan with Russia's assistance. They are also trying to infiltrate into Central Asia in the most active way," Lavrov went on to say.

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"A successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile from a mobile ground-based missile system was carried out from the Kapustin Yar test site" says Russian Ministry of Defence.

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Russia pounds Ukrainian energy, military-industrial sites in precision strikes over week

Russian forces gained advantageous positions and repulsed 23 Ukrainian army counterattacks in the Donetsk area where the enemy lost over 3,000 troops and three tanks in the past week, the Defense Ministry reported.

"On April 6-12, the Russian Armed Forces delivered one massive and 47 combined strikes by air-launched, seaborne and ground-based precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against Ukrainian fuel and energy and military-industrial sites in retaliation to the Kiev regime’s attempts to inflict damage on Russia’s oil and gas industry and energy installations. In addition, the strikes targeted maintenance bases and temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian special operations forces and foreign mercenaries," the ministry said in a statement.

"All the designated targets were destroyed," it stressed.

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Istanbul treaty can serve as basis for dialogue with Ukraine — Kremlin

Dmitry Peskov pointed out that any political and diplomatic search of the solution "can only be based on negotiations".

"This return to negotiations is possible only in the form of dialogue, readiness for dialogue. Our readiness for negotiations was confirmed yesterday by the president [Vladimir Putin]. As a rule, negotiations are still based on something. It was said that, among other things, we could rely on this document [the Istanbul treaty - TASS], but, of course, a lot of changes have taken place since then. We have new subjects in the Constitution, which was not the case two years ago. Therefore, there are indeed a number of new realities that we cannot abstract from, but at the same time this (treaty - TASS) could be a certain basis for the start of negotiations," the spokesman said.

Peskov pointed out that any political and diplomatic search of the solution "can only be based on negotiations."

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Minsk to respond harshly to Ukrainian attempts to attack infrastructure — Lukashenko

The Belarusian leader stressed that Minsk does not intend to attack Ukraine itself.

"Our fugitives (Belarusian opposition abroad - TASS), yours (Russian - TASS) and ours, I was informed yesterday, are shouting to the Poles and others: let's hit the Mozyr oil refinery (which is several dozen kilometers from the Ukrainian border - TASS), they supply the 'aggressor' with fuel for military needs, this is our (Ukraine’s - TASS) legitimate target," he told reporters in the Kremlin.

Lukashenko said that in response to these threats he "called his military officers and said: 'Put everything we have in position.'" "And then we will respond with an iron fist," the Belarusian leader said.

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President Putin reacts to Switzerland’s plans to host a Ukraine peace summit without Russia’s participation.

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🇬🇧 The defeat of Ukraine would be “a catastrophe worse than Vietnam” for the West, Boriska Johnson said.

If Putin “captures” Kiev, NATO will be defeated in a European war for the first time in 75 years, The Telegraph quotes the former British Prime Minister as saying.

Johnson added that he is “praying” that Republicans in the US Congress will stop blocking $60 billion in aid to Kiev.

❗️The moment a brave member of the public corners the knife wielding Bondi mall attacker using a bollard as an improvised weapon. 👏

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❗️Australian federal authorities confirm five victims have died from a knife attack at Bondi Junction in Sydney

The key assailant has not yet been identified but was also killed.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on X that Australia’s “hearts go out” to victims.

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A Russian was the only civilian who dared to fight back the attacker at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center in the east of Sydney, Australia; the man detained the attacker on the escalator using a fence post, reports the Australian TV channel 7NEWS, citing eyewitnesses of the incident.

ABC previously reported that the large Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center was evacuated in the east of Sydney, Australia, after reports of several people being stabbed. According to eyewitnesses, shots were heard in the building.

Australian police later reported six deaths as a result of the attack. The Russian Embassy in Australia told RIA Novosti that it does not have information about Russians among those injured in the incident.

https://ria.ru/20240413/7news-1939820320.html

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💥 OPEN APPEAL BY LYUDMILA BENTLEY TO THE INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES OF RUSSIA, DPR

Source: https://news.1rj.ru/str/TXDPR/13454

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