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What is known about new Vityaz anti-drone vehicle being built for Russia's special forces

A new light military utility vehicle that may help keep reconnaissance units and special operations teams safe from enemy drones is currently being developed in Russia.

Coined Vityaz [lit. Knight, not to be mistaken with the air defense system of the same name], the vehicle's main advantages are high road performance and the fact that it is easy to maintain, Konstantin Badgasarov, CEO of Argo, the company that developed Vityaz, said.

“Launching the Vityaz project, we were mostly driven by the desire to make a light, easy to maintain vehicle that would also feature a powerful diesel engine and an effective modular electronic warfare system like Volnorez [anti-drone jamming station],” Badgasarov said, adding that the vehicle is being made “for the servicemen of our reconnaissance units and special forces” operating in the Ukrainian conflict zone.


According to Badgasarov, Vityaz can be employed to provide additional protection for recon units when they deploy towards the front line.

🔹 The new vehicle is based on the design of the UAZ 469 off-road military utility vehicle and has a 100 horsepower engine with a torque output of 250 Nm.

🔹 The vehicle’s chief anti-drone defense comes in the form of the Volnorez, a compact modular electronic countermeasure system that weighs only 13 kilograms. Volnorez is specifically designed to be easy to use and easy to reprogram in case the enemy changes its drones’ frequencies.

🔹 Vityaz can also be equipped with an anti-aircraft machine gun mount with a co-axial KPV heavy machine gun.

The first prototype is nearly finished and is expected to be sent for field testing soon.

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❗️The US and UK carried out four airstrikes in the Hodeidah province in western Yemen, reports Al Masirah TV channel, controlled by the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (Houthis).

“US and UK carried out four airstrikes in the Ras Isa area in Al-Salif district,” the TV channel said in a statement.


Earlier, it was reported that the US and UK carried out five airstrikes on Houthi positions in Hodeidah, which started a large fire in fuel tanks in the port of Hodeidah.

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🇷🇺🇸🇾 Russian President Vladimir Putin sent congratulations to his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Russian Federation and Syria, and noted that Russia will invariably support Damascus in its quest to uphold sovereignty and ensure national security.

Earlier today, Assad said in a message to Putin that Russia's policy confirms its position as a force for peace that respects other nations' sovereignty.

"Russian policies and stances are based on respect principles of states sovereignty," Assad was quoted as saying by Syrian state-run news agency SANA, adding that the Syrian president wished the Russian government and the people continued progress and prosperity.

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The Russian rescue and towing vessel, SB-45, have entered the territorial waters of Iran in the Caspian Sea. 

Rescue exercises will be held there, with the participation of Russian and Iranian vessels.

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Spy shortage? German Federal Intel Service hit by lack of staff

The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is experiencing a staff shortage that significantly hampers the body’s work, the Bild newspaper has cited unnamed sources as saying.

"Currently, a total of 6,500 men and women work for the BND, with more than 700 positions remaining unfilled," the sources said, adding that some employees do not want to give up the opportunity to work remotely one day a week, while others often take sick leave.


In addition, the BND’s work is complicated by the so-called rotation principle, which in particular stipulates that specialists dealing with North Korea’s missile program are forced to retrain and handle finance-related issues, while experts on Russia have to switch to the issue of South American drug cartels, according to Bild.

The newspaper referred to problems related to finding new motivated personnel for the BND, despite the launch of an advertising campaign in March, which was reviewed by about 10 million internet users. As a result, the BND selected 10,000 candidates, but no one was recruited at the end of the day, per Bild.

It typically takes the BND 13 months to complete the application process for one candidate, a process that is worth more than €100,000 ($108.875). About 40% of applicants for the highest level required for spies do not pass the security check, Bild pointed out.

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Volodymyr Zelensky has started speaking about the possibility of negotiations with Russian representatives on ending the conflict in Ukraine, despite the previously imposed ban on negotiations with Moscow.

“We will be ready to speak together with partners with representatives of Russia,” Zelensky has said.


Russia has repeatedly indicated that it is ready for negotiations, but Ukraine introduced a ban on them at the legislative level. Russian President Vladimir Putin previously made new proposals to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow also noted that Zelensky’s legitimacy cannot be restored by any means.

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🇧🇩 In Bangladesh, there has been no Internet access for the third day amid protests, according to an international monitoring service.

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⚡️Biden said he is withdrawing from the presidential race

He added that, despite withdrawing from the election race, he will remain president until the end of his term.

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The full text of Joe Biden's statement on his withdrawal from the presidential race. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️Russian FM spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the decision of US President Joe Biden to withdraw from the election race:

“The next step should be to investigate the conspiracy of the American media and political circles that hid the true state of affairs about his mental state, manipulating public opinion and playing along with one political party,” she said.


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❗️Joe Biden said he is leaving the presidential race

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❗️Joe Biden was thinking about continuing the race on Saturday night, but on Sunday afternoon he decided not to run for a second term, Reuters writes, citing sources.

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❗️Joe Biden was thinking about continuing the race on Saturday night, but on Sunday afternoon he decided not to run for a second term, Reuters writes, citing sources. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️Donald Trump on Biden's decision to withdraw from the election race: he will go down as the worst president in history.

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❗️Donald Trump on Biden's decision to withdraw from the election race: he will go down as the worst president in history. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️Joe Biden endorses Vice President Kamala Harris as US presidential candidate.

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❗️Joe Biden endorses Vice President Kamala Harris as US presidential candidate. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Former Governor of Illinois Rod R. Blagojevich commented on Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race:

"I’ve known Obama since 1995. We both come out of Chicago politics. I know how it works. He’s behind the campaign to dump 15 million Dem primary voters & replace Biden with his choice. Classic Chicago Democrat machine politics. Selection over election. The bosses over the people," he wrote on X.

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⚡️Biden said he is withdrawing from the presidential race He added that, despite withdrawing from the election race, he will remain president until the end of his term. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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Larry Johnson: 'American politics entered a great new period of chaos'

The retired CIA intelligence officer and State Department official stated that Joe Biden's decision to leave the Presidential race "set off a mad scramble".

"The Democrat power brokers, what they want is to replace Kamala Harris with Michelle Obama... If they dump Kamala and do not replace Kamala with a black woman, then this is going to set off a real upheaval in the Democrat party," noted the expert.


He further noticed that "Kamala Harris is not going to give up easily" as "she wants to be anointed as a successor" and this will bring additional instability to the fore coming Democratic National Convention.

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❗️US House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Joe Biden to resign immediately. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️The Democrats' prospects in the November elections will not improve if Kamala Harris participates; she was an accomplice to Biden's failed policies, says US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

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❗️The Democrats' prospects in the November elections will not improve if Kamala Harris participates; she was an accomplice to Biden's failed policies, says US House Speaker Mike Johnson. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
❗️Republican Congressman Paul Gosar tells Sputnik that Biden's decision to withdraw from the presidential race may have been the result of a takeover in the Democrat Party.

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