Ukraine War, Day 870

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova Ukraine said at a press conference Planning An attack on its own hydroelectric power plant.

Zakharova pointed to the hydroelectric stations in Kiev and Kaniv. Both units are located along the Dnieper River, hundreds of kilometers apart.

The northern border of Kiev Million City is only three kilometers south of the Kiev Reservoir Power Station.

Zakharova said Ukraine was planning an attack on the dams of its own hydroelectric power stations with the intention of blaming Russia for the attack.

– Zakharova said this was another cynical provocation against Russia.

Zakharova said Ukraine had destroyed the Kaovka Dam in the summer of 2023 and planned to destroy it again.

Russia itself is believed to have destroyed the Kakhovka Dam, which was under the control of Russian armed forces before its destruction, causing extensive damage in Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian side, the Kremlin’s statement is an attempt to cause panic among the Ukrainian people.

– Ukrainska Pravdan, the Ukrainian National Anti-Disinformation Center, commented that through Zakharova’s statement, Russia seemed to confirm its alibi before the attack go through.

The center noted that Russia does not have the ability to destroy the dam.

Russian soldier shoots two comrades dead on Ukrainian border before fleeing

According to multiple Russian media reports, a Russian contract soldier shot two of his comrades and wounded a third before fleeing the unit.

The incident took place in the Belgorod region, close to the Ukrainian border.

According to Russia’s Telegram channel, the move was due to “internal conflict.”

The soldiers’ party night started with drinking.

The suspect was said to have taken out a machine gun and shot his comrades after they started bullying him.

The military police have launched a search operation. The suspect has not been found yet. He is suspected to have fled to Ukraine.

Peskov calls CNN’s report on Russian assassination plan fake news

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Commenting on the news from the American news company CNN, Russia plans to assassinate the CEOs of several European defense industry companies.

Peskov said the story did not contain any specific claims or facts.

– It is difficult for us to comment on reports from various media without serious reasons. They are similar in style to fake news, so we cannot take them seriously, Peskov said at a press conference.

Kremlin responds to Biden attack

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov Friday said the world is watching the U.S. President Joe Biden Mistakes at NATO meeting in Washington.

Biden mixed up his remarks twice on Thursday. He first introduced Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky The President said so For Putin.

Then Biden accidentally called Terrible Harris To Vice President Trump.

‘We note that the whole world is watching what is happening and we cannot comment here, but it is clear that these were mistakes,’ Peskov said, according to Reuters.

Peskov said the future prospects of US presidential candidates will be decided by American voters.

The spokesman added that the Kremlin remains aware of Biden’s “disrespectful” comments about Putin. Peskov did not specify what those comments were.

In a 2021 television interview, Biden described Putin as a “killer,” and last February he called a Russian colleague a “crazy asshole.”

Ukrainian drone strikes strategic Russian space center

It is reported that Ukraine has for the first time attacked the Russian strategic missile test and launch site built after World War II in Kapustin Yar in the Astrakhan region. Economic newspapers and others reported on this issue Forbes.

Earlier this week, at least one Ukrainian drone hit a rocket launch system inside a Kapustin tank, causing it to catch fire. Neither Ukraine nor Russia has commented on the attack.

This is the second time Ukraine has attacked a Russian space facility in two weeks. According to Forbes, in late June, a Ukrainian drone attacked the NIP-16 space communications facility in the Russian-occupied Crimea Peninsula.