Iraq files complaint with UN over Israel's airspace violation - Govt

Iraq has officially sent a protest note to the UN secretary general and Security Council, condemning the use of its airspace by the Zionist entity to attack the Islamic Republic of Iran on October 26, and violation of its sovereignty, the government said in a statement quoted by the INA news agency.

Iraq does not allow its airspace or territory to be used for attacks on other countries, especially if these are neighboring countries with whom Iraq has good neighborly relations and mutual interests, the statement read.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🇮🇳🤩Incredible drone show in India

Residents of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh were lucky to observe the spectacular performance organized by the Drone Federation of India and BotLab Dynamics.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

📹Russian dreadlock-style tanks hit front lines to fend off drones

Russian tanks in the special military operation zone have been equipped with anti-drone “grills” that, from a distance, resemble dreadlocks - a hairstyle made of rope-like strands of hair. 

The protective structure is installed on the tank turret in the form of a "grill" made of reinforced industrial steel cables.

“We have designed these ‘dreads’ all by ourselves. Thanks to them, the cumulative jet of an enemy FPV drone detonates outside the tank's armor without damaging it, a tank commander with the call sign, Fedya, told Sputnik. 

He added that his tank - which is part of the 150th Guards Motor Rifle Division with the Tsentr battlegroup – was also equipped with an electronic warfare system designed to tackle the Ukrainian army’s unmanned aerial vehicles.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

Lacking troops, Kiev regime hunts for Ukrainian men at city venues 

The Ukrainian authorities are hunting in public places in Kiev and Odessa, specifically concert halls and luxury grocery stores, for men of military age, the Wall Street Journal reports. 

According to the newspaper, the number of Ukrainian citizens mobilized into the Ukrainian armed forces continues to decrease, despite the law on strengthening mobilization and tightening control. As a result, Kiev is facing pressure from the West who insists on further lowering the connoscription age.

The shortage of personnel has become a critical problem for Ukraine, despite efforts to create reserves and train new soldiers, including help from the French army, the article points out. Without additional weapons from Western allies, effective mobilization has become a difficult task, the WSJ concludes.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️ Russian troops liberated the settlement of Tsukurino in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry announced

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️LIVE: Lavrov holds talks with Kuwaiti counterpart in Moscow

👉Watch the livestream here or on Sputnik's website

📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt

🗣 The Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, on parliamentary elections in Georgia: It is important that third countries do not interfere in their results, this is the choice of the Georgian people

Moscow does not interfere in Georgia's internal affairs and does not intend to interfere in them, he added.

📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️Key statements by the Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov at the briefing:

▪️ Russian President Vladimir Putin had no contact with the leadership of countries involved in the Middle East conflict this weekend

▪️ Putin and the UN secretary general exchanged views on a variety of issues at a meeting in Kazan

▪️ Necessary measures to ensure all aspects of the security of the leaders participating in the BRICS Summit in Kazan were taken

▪️ The format of the meeting between Putin and the UN secretary general in Kazan was closed at the request of Guterres

▪️ The situation in the Middle East remains extremely tense, it is important to promote restraint.

📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt

A fire broke out in a pyrotechnics store in Hyderabad, India

No casualties were reported.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️The Russian Vostok Battlegroup repelled a Ukrainian attack; the enemy's losses amounted to 115 militants

🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:

◻️Ukrainian losses in the area of responsibility of the Russian Yug combat group amounted to more than 665 soldiers;

◻️Ukrainian troops lost up to 115 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the Russian Sever Battlegroup in the Kharkov region;

◻️The Russian Zapad combat group improved its tactical situation. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 570 militants;

◻️The Russian Tsentr Battlegroup destroyed two Ukrainian armored vehicles. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 520 soldiers;

◻️The Russian air defense forces shot down three Hammer aerial bombs and 120 Ukrainian drones during the day.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

Zelensky has submitted to parliament draft bills on extending mobilization and martial law in Ukraine for 90 days - until February 7, 2025

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

New assassination attempt on Slovak PM Robert Fico 

A new assassination attempt occurred this month at the Dukla pass, where the 80th anniversary of the Carpathian-Dukla military operation was celebrated, the Slovak prime minister told local media. 

A fully loaded pistol was detected on a man attempting to enter the visitor's area. Fico cited his position on Ukraine as a possible reason for the assassination attempt.

In May 2024, 71-year-old Juraj Cintula tried to assassinate the Slovak PM by shooting him several times. Fico was injured in the abdominal cavity, limbs and chest.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️LIVE: Lavrov holds presser after talks with Kuwaiti counterpart

👉Watch the livestream here or on Sputnik's website

📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️Ukrainian losses in the Russian Kursk region amounted to more than 350 servicemen during the day; seven armored vehicles were destroyed, and three militants surrendered, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt

❗️Russia believes that the worst-case scenario after the Israeli strikes on Iran is now being avoided, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said

Russia is doing everything possible to help stop the escalation in the Middle East and defuse the situation after the Israeli strikes on Iran, he added.

Moscow expects the UN Security Council to help calm the situation in the Middle East after the Israeli strikes on Iran, the minister concluded.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

The New York Times reported on war crimes by Ukrainian troops in populated areas of Russia's Kursk region, citing eyewitnesses

Russian volunteer Maria Skrob told the newspaper that Ukrainian militants who attacked the village of Korenevo shot at civilians.

“Every car that approached that place was shot at,” said volunteer Maria Skrob, who helped take bodies to a morgue in the provincial capital. “Everyone was trying to get out, but as you can see, they did not succeed.”

According to the newspaper, residents of the nearby village of Kurilovka also shared information that Ukrainian militants were firing at civilians.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt

Russian Army Aviation: How it began and what can it do?

The Army Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces celebrates its 76th anniversary today. Having come a long way from its humble beginnings as a helicopter squadron founded in 1948, the Russian Army Aviation today is a full-fledged military branch capable of performing a variety of tasks that range from providing direct fire support to ground troops, airlifting personnel, conducting reconnaissance and engaging in special operations.

Military purposes aside, the Army Aviation can also be deployed to help deal with the aftermath of disasters, both natural and manmade.

📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt