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The story of the 56 km armored convoy sent by Russia for the occupation of Kiev
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On the third day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, on December 26, 2022, a huge 15.5-kilometer convoy of armored military vehicles was reflected in satellite images.
That same morning, 67-year-old Volodymyr Sherbinin was in front of a grocery store in the north of Kyiv as hundreds of military vehicles were on their way to the city. Both the satellites and Sherbin were witnessing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to seize the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and overthrow the government as well.
48 hours later, on February 29, 2022, the length of the convoy extended to a colossal 56 kilometers.
But instead of taking direct action to achieve victory, they waited for weeks. Then one night they disappeared.
So what happened so that such a large convoy could not reach Kyiv?
The BBC team spoke with a large number of people who all contacted the convoy, including military personnel, national and international intelligence services, civilians, veterans, and people from the area defense. The team also gained access to some Russian maps and documents. All these documents pointed to the convoy’s plan and shed a striking light on why it had failed.
The story begins on Ukraine’s northern border with Belarus.
Vladislav, 23, of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of Ukraine, saw bright lights in the night sky when he went outside to smoke his first cigarette of the day.
“I remember watching the lights coming out of the forest. At first, I thought these were car headlights. But then I realized that these are Grad missiles. It was firing towards us.”
Deep in the forest, located in the forbidden zone in Chornobyl, a team from Vladislav’s unit was on patrol when the first Russian vehicles crossed the border with Ukraine.
“The whole world was shaking. Have you ever been in a tank in your life? There is no such sound. It’s a very powerful thing.”
Vladislav and his 80th Brigade blew up the bridge connecting Chornobyl to the next big city, Ivankiv, as planned in case of any attack.
The Russians would have to spend time building a mobile bridge, which would have given Vladislav and his troops time to retreat to Kyiv.
“I was surprised at first, I thought why didn’t we stop them in Chornobyl? But we had to find out who our enemy was. That’s what we did.”
Being so close to the Belarusian border, the Ukrainians could not risk opening fire and starting another conflict. Their priority was to understand Russia’s war plan before deporting its troops to the front.
Putin’s master plan
According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, contrary to many media reports at the time, the 56-kilometer convoy included ten separate tactical battalions.
A Russian document reached by the BBC had a timeline for the attack. After the first battalion crossed into Ukraine at 04:00 on 24 February, it was ordered to advance directly to Kyiv to arrive at 14:55.
The attack relied heavily on two elements: stealth and speed.
According to RUSI, defense research thinks tank in the UK, Russian soldiers, who kept their plans to attack the capital secret, could outnumber the Ukrainian forces north of Kyiv by 1 in 12.
However, Putin’s secrecy has come at a price. His trick was so successful that even most of his commanders did not receive any orders until 24 hours before the invasion.
On a tactical level, this left them vulnerable. They had no food, no fuel, and no maps. They also did not have the proper means of communication. Their ammunition was insufficient. They were caught unprepared even for winter conditions.
The Russians, who used the wrong tires and were surrounded by snow, got stuck in the mud. Civilians close to Ivankiv say Russian soldiers asked Ukrainian farmers to help them get their tanks out of the mud.
Russian vehicles had to use asphalt roads to avoid the soft ground, which required thousands of vehicles to gather in a single row.
However, limited communication between the battalions soon caused traffic jams.
As one field military expert said, “You never go into enemy territory in a long queue. Never.”
Based on witness statements and intelligence data from the Ukrainian army, we were able to map the route the convoy traveled from February 24 to the end of March. As the troops avoided traveling between the fields, the convoy route ended on the main roads north of Kyiv.
When the queue reached a length of 56 km, it contained around a thousand tanks, 2,400 mechanized infantry vehicles, and 10,000 personnel, as well as dozens of supply trucks carrying food, fuel, oil, and ammunition.
united resistance
Having run out of food and fuel during their hold north of Kyiv, the Russians also underestimated their enemies.
Volodymyr Sherbi and his friends, most of whom are retired, had prepared for the arrival of the convoy to their hometown of Bucha for three days.
Armed with machine guns, locals removed entire road signs, built checkpoints, and prepared hundreds of Molotov cocktails.
Finally, Russian tanks entered the city on Sunday morning.
For about thirty minutes, Sherbinin and the others engaged in tanks with whatever they had.
“We set fire to two vehicles and thus we were able to slow down the convoy,” Şerbin explains.
But then came the retaliation.
30-year-old Maksim Şokoropar said, “When they saw us throwing bottles, they started shooting. “I was a bartender, I had no military training,” he says.
By the end of that half hour, everyone in Şerbinin’s team had been shot and taken to the hospital.
However, Şerbinin continued to fight even from the infirmary. He cross-checked footage of the convoy he received of civilians from all over Kyiv and kept in touch with the Ukrainian authorities.
On the other end of the line was Roman Pohorilil, 23-year-old Irpin’s deputy governor.
“We didn’t sleep for three days. We were working with one person on the municipal telephone line. As we received calls about the convoy, we also received information about saboteurs who marked the route that the convoy should follow.”
Pohorilil is a counselor by day and an open-source intelligence specialist by night. Pohorilil, the co-founder of the website DeepState, gathered social media and intelligence data, geolocated this data, and then republished it on his site.
“The Russians were posting videos on social media on their way to Kyiv. We reposted the videos to reveal his moves. They were just playing to the stands, but they were caught doing it.”
But Pohorilil says that the most important thing during the attack on Kyiv was a sense of a united Ukraine.
“Everyone was doing something in some way. I admit that the first days are very hectic. But there were retired soldiers helping civilians. Everyone wanted to defend their city.”
Hundreds of attacks on the convoy were carried out in all towns and villages in the Kyiv region by dozens of them, from civilians armed with homemade weapons to mechanized infantry and artillery.
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Outdated tactics
In stark contrast to the Ukrainians, the Russian forces have repeatedly demonstrated their inability to make dynamic decisions on the ground.
Vladislav of the 80th Brigade said, “The Russians all carried large metal boxes with the words ‘secret’ on them. Once we ambushed and confiscated one of these boxes. We found maps showing all of their routes. After that, we learned all his strategies.”
Putin’s secrecy meant that Russian commanders on the ground had no idea of the scope of the war plan.
Unfortunately, the navigation tools were also out of date. A year after the invasion, the BBC team continued to find maps dating back to the 1960s and 1970s on vehicles left behind by the Russians. Many towns that were not on those maps now exist today. We also found semaphore flags, a very old way of communicating between troops.
One of the successful tactics of the Ukrainian resistance was to blow up the bridges and embankments in front of the convoy. Thus, the Russians were asked to change their route. Relying on old maps and having difficulties communicating with their bases, Russian troops were paralyzed many times by indecision.
A few satellite images show that Russian vehicles are just circling, so to speak.
The Russians withdrew after four weeks
Pressured by Ukrainian airstrikes and artillery, the Russian convoy finally had to stop just outside the Kyiv city limit. For the civilians living in the settlements around the troops stationed in the area, this situation was quite scary.
“They looted everywhere, they emptied all the shops,” Vladislav said. They also used civilians as human shields.”
What is happening in many villages and towns to the north and west of Kyiv is still being investigated by numerous authorities, including the International Criminal Court.
Vladislav said that while he was at a checkpoint, shots were fired from the Russian convoy and said, “Civilians were caught in the middle of a war. It was terrible,” he says.
After four long weeks, the Russians finally began to retreat.
Two of the largest remaining battalions were defeated near Hostomel Airport. 370 trucks abandoned in the village of Zdvizhivka were also destroyed by artillery fire.
The Ukrainian army continued to push back the Russian troops until 19 March. Then the Russians withdrew completely from Kyiv.
Despite speculation that there will be a new attack on Kyiv, most experts agree that this is unlikely due to the absence of a large-scale deployment of Russian troops to the Belarusian border.
Russia continues to advance towards the industrial center of Donbas in the east and to attack the regions of Kherson, Melitopol, and Zaporizhia in the south.
(Source: BBC)
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Protests grow after police kill 17-year-old in France: At least 150 people were detained
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The demonstrations that started on Tuesday after a 17-year-old teenager was killed in Paris, the capital of France, after he did not comply with the stop warning of the traffic police, continued yesterday.
Clashes broke out between the police and the demonstrators in Paris, at least 150 people were detained. The demonstrations spread to other cities as well.
The most intense clashes took place in Nanterre, a suburb to the west of Paris, where the teenager, identified as Nahel M, was killed.
Demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails at the police in Nanterre and burned down an electrical installation. The newspaper Le Monde reported that the police had to partially withdraw from Nanterre.
In the videos circulating on social media, it is seen that vehicles are burned and shops are looted.
Molotov cocktails were thrown at many police stations in Paris.
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Luxembourgers will soon be able to legally keep and smoke weed
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Luxembourgers of age will soon be allowed to keep a maximum of four cannabis plants at home for their own use. They may also smoke the ‘harvest’ thereof. Weed is prohibited in public.
It took the Luxembourg parliament five years to reach this agreement. It is a watered-down version of a plan to fully legalize marijuana.
The partial legalization is part of a package of measures. With this, the Luxembourg government wants to reduce drug crime in the country.
Among other things, the government wants to develop state-controlled supply chains and control cannabis sales.
Justice Secretary Sam Tanson said the drug policy of the past fifty years was a “failure”. Although weed was banned, it was widely used.
Public use and possession remain prohibited
The use and possession of marijuana in public remains prohibited. However, the fine will be reduced to 25 to 500 euros for possession of less than 3 grams. Anyone who carries more weed on the street risks six months in prison or a fine of 2,500 euros.
The government hopes that the new rules will prevent drug trafficking and protect Luxembourgers from contaminated weed. According to opponents, the illegal trade will continue and will not limit consumption.
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UBS to lay off thousands of Credit Suisse employees
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Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, is preparing to fire thousands of employees of the bank it bought after completing its state-aided takeover of rival Credit Suisse.
Swiss banking giant UBS is preparing for layoffs after taking over Credit Suisse. The giant bank will dismiss more than half of the employees at Credit Suisse, which has 45,000 personnel, next month.
The segments that will be most affected by the wave of layoffs will be bankers, processors and support personnel. Employees of Credit Suisse branches in London, New York and some Asian regions will be the ones most affected by this wave.
THERE WILL BE 3 SEPARATE WAVE OF WORK
There will be three separate waves of layoffs this year, according to sources who asked for anonymity as the plans have not yet been made public. It is stated that the first wave is expected to take place by the end of July, while the other two tours are planned in September and October.
Three months after UBS bought Credit Suisse in a government-brokered bailout, the full extent of the layoffs began to become clear.
When the deal was completed, UBS’ total headcount rose to nearly 120,000, and the company said it aims to save about $6 billion in personnel costs in the coming years.
IT WILL FIND 35 THOUSAND PEOPLE
It is thought that UBS plans to eventually cut its total headcount by around 35,000 people. UBS spokespersons are refusing to comment on the layoffs for now.
After the Wall Street investment banks, including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, announced that they would lay off thousands of their staff, UBS also started to lay off their staff, showing that things are getting worse for the global financial sector.
WHAT HAPPENED?
After the banking crisis that started in the USA in March, there was a Credit Suisse panic in Europe. The developments after the Saudi National Bank, the biggest partner of Credit Suisse bank, announced that it would not increase its capital, dragged the bank to the brink of bankruptcy.
Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS, bought 167-year-old Credit Suisse for 3 billion francs, with the government’s liquidity support of 200 billion francs.
While the total number of employees of UBS and Credit Suisse reached 120,000 worldwide, UBS announced that it would make layoffs to reduce costs.
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After the death of a 17-year-old teenager by police fire in France, many vehicles were set on fire, and many people were detained in the incidents.
In the city of Nanterre, France, 13 people were detained in the events that started with the death of the 17-year-old driver yesterday as a result of the fire opened by the police.
Those who reacted to the incident took to the streets in different cities such as Nanterre, Suresnes and Mantes-la-Jolie and set garbage bins and vehicles on fire. While the firefighters were responding to the fires, a brawl broke out between the youth and the police in different neighborhoods of the city.
A fire broke out in the town hall and a school, and a total of 13 people were detained.
REACTION FROM POLITICIANS
Police opened fire on a vehicle in Nanterre, which had 3 people and did not comply with the “stop” warning, and the 17-year-old driver died. While one child in the vehicle was taken into custody, the other child fled the scene and an investigation was launched into the incident.
While the French politicians were reacting to the incident, in the images reflected on social media, it is seen that the police who opened fire were not in front of the vehicle, but at the level of the front left seat.
In the footage, it is evaluated that the vehicle hit the pole after the police fired the gun pointed at the driver.
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2 people died in Spain due to hot weather
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The first extreme heatwave of summer in Spain killed two people.
A 47-year-old farmer in Seville on 24 June and a 46-year-old farmer in Ciudad Real on 26 June died from extreme heat while working in the field, according to information from the civil aid organization and local governments.
Stating that the heat especially affects the farmers and construction workers working in the open field, the authorities demanded that measures such as drinking plenty of water, using a hat and not staying in the open area during the peak hours of the sun.
ALARM IS GIVEN
Due to the first extreme heat wave of summer, which started last weekend and is expected to leave the country from tomorrow, 8 of 17 autonomous administrations in Spain were given a 1st or 2nd degree alarm.
According to the meteorological forecasts, the air temperatures in the Andalusia region in the south of the country will decrease to 30-38 degrees from tomorrow.
On the other hand, the Public Health Agency in Spain announced that a total of 10 extreme heat waves were seen in the summer of 2022 and the hottest summer of the last 30 years was detected. In the data, it was shared that 10 people died from extreme heat in 2022 and that heat had an indirect effect on 337 deaths.
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Coup attempt in Russia: Wagner, the mercenary group condoned by Putin, rebelled against the Russian army!
The Federal Security Agency asked the Wagner fighters to arrest their leader, Prigojin.
Yevgeni Prigojin, the founder and leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, claimed that he ordered the leaders of the Russian army to strike the group’s camps and killed a large number of Wagner warriors.
Wagner’s leader, who has been making statements against the Russian Ministry of Defense for months, made an unorthodox statement against the leaders of the Russian army, saying he would “stop” them and asked Russian citizens to remain calm.
“Putin is aware of developments”
Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “aware of the developments” and emphasized that “all necessary measures will be taken”.
According to Russia’s public broadcaster RIA Novosti, the Federal Security Agency has launched a criminal investigation for starting an armed uprising. Agency asks Wagner fighters to arrest their leader Prigojin
“The evil brought by the army of this country must be stopped”
“We were ready to make concessions to the Ministry of Defense, we were going to lay down our weapons. Today we see that the promises made have been broken. They launched missile attacks on our camps,” Prigojin said in the audio recording released by his spokespersons.
Prigojin said, “Wagner’s council of commanders has made a decision. The evil brought by the army of this country must be stopped” and called on the Russians “not to resist them”. “We’re 25,000 people, and we’re going to take a look at why there is total lawlessness in this country,” said the Wagner leader.
“Prigojin’s statements do not match reality”
“We are not carrying out a coup,” said Prigojin. “We are marching for justice. Our moves do not endanger ordinary Russian soldiers.”
“Prigojin’s statements do not match reality,” said the Russian Defense Ministry.
According to Vyorsyka’s report, Wagner members called their relatives on Friday and said goodbye to them before Prigojin’s statements.
“Coup Attempt in Russia”
T24 writer Hakan Aksay evaluated the developments with his social media account. Describing the tension as a “coup attempt in Russia”, Aksay announced that an investigation was launched. Aksay included the following statements in his message:
“The coup attempt in Russia. Prigojin, the owner of the mercenary Wagner units, which Putin allowed to develop and gain strength with dubious methods, announced that he took action with 25 thousand armed youth not only against the Minister of Defense Shoigu, but also “against the turmoil in the country.”
Kremlin spokesman Peskov said that President Putin is aware of everything and that necessary measures will be taken. The Russian intelligence agency FSB launched an investigation into Prigojin’s statement on the allegation of “coup attempt.”
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Streaming service Netflix is now opening a restaurant, too.
Netflix is opening a restaurant. The chefs in the cooking shows will cook.
Netflix is also stepping into the food industry after digital broadcasting and mobile gaming.
The company announced two days ago, Netflix Bites, to open its restaurant in Los Angeles, USA. At the restaurant, the Chef’s Table on the platform, Nailed It! and Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend (Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend), will present their dishes to customers.
Chefs include Curtis Stone, Dominique Crenn, Ming Tsai, Andrew Zimmern, Rodney Scott, Ann Kim and Jacques Tortres. Mixologists such as Frankie Solarik and Julie Reiner on the Cocktails are Our Business (Drink Masters) program will also showcase their drinks at the restaurant.
This temporary restaurant, which will open on June 30, will host its guests for two weeks.
Netflix’s statement said it would provide “fans and gourmets with a restaurant experience like no other.” Josh Simon, Vice President of Consumer Products at Netflix, said:
“With Netflix Bites, we’re creating a face-to-face experience where fans can immerse themselves in their favorite cooking shows. We’re excited to collaborate with these exceptional chefs who will bring that vision to life and showcase their delicious menus.”
Reservations for the restaurant can be made online.
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There will be a fee to enter the New York city center by car
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There will be a fee to enter the New York city center by car. In order to reduce traffic congestion in New York City, USA, it was decided to charge a vehicle entry fee to the Lower Manhattan area.
It is on the agenda to collect money from those who enter the busy Manhattan area of New York with their vehicles.
According to the news reported by CNN, the administration of US President Joe Biden has approved the program that will charge vehicles entering the Lower Manhattan area of New York City.
If the app goes live, it will work like any road toll. However, it will be a first in the United States, as there will be a special charge for driving in the high-traffic area below 60th Street in Manhattan.
WHO WANTS TO ENTER THE REGION WILL PAY 9-23 DOLLARS
According to the proposals, charges will be made from $ 9 to $ 23 during peak hours. The application will go into effect next spring.
Although the plan was discussed for years, it was delayed each time. But last month, the Federal Highway Administration took the first step by approving the publication of the environmental assessment on the subject. “This program is critical to the long-term success of New York City,” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said last month.
ONE OF THE WORLD’S WORST TRAFFIC
Every day, 700,000 cars, taxis and trucks flock to Lower Manhattan, one of the busiest areas in the world. Lower Manhattan is known as one of the most congested traffic areas in the United States.
Since the traffic is very crowded, cars can only travel at a speed of 12.1 km per hour here. Bus speeds have dropped 28 percent since 2010, while New Yorkers lose an average of 117 hours each year in traffic.
It is planned to reduce the number of vehicles entering the congested area by at least 10 percent, if a toll is charged. It is thought that the application will increase public transportation.
Similar systems are currently being implemented in 7 cities in Europe. This system has already been implemented in London and Durham (England), Stockholm and Gothenburg (Sweden), Milan (Italy), Znaym (Czech) and Valletta (Malta).
CRITICAL APPLICATION
On the other hand, there are also criticisms of the system. Commuters from New York City’s outer boroughs and New Jersey say the program will hurt drivers who have no viable means of getting to Manhattan other than by car, and it will disproportionately affect low-income drivers.
In addition, opponents of the application are of the opinion that traffic in Manhattan could be diverted to low-income areas of the city such as the Bronx.
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Berlusconi, former prime minister of Italy, passed away
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Famous businessman Silvio Berlusconi, who was the prime minister of Italy for many years, passed away.
Silvio Berlusconi, one of the former prime ministers of Italy, who has been struggling with health problems for a while and entered politics after building one of the country’s largest media empires, has passed away.
It has been announced that the billionaire businessman who steered Italian politics and led four governments from 1994 to 2011 died in San Raffaele Hospital in Milan.
Berlusconi, who allegedly had sexual intercourse with young women in a villa in 2010 and made orgies known as “bunga bunga”, had a very difficult time. It was claimed that Berlusconi had an affair with Moroccan Karima al-Mahroug.
Berlusconi, who continued his political life despite the corruption and sex scandals about him, was 86 years old.
HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE COALITION GOVERNMENT
Berlusconi, who was diagnosed with cancer, was hospitalized in April due to a lung infection and was treated in the hospital for a long time.
Berlusconi, who is the head of the centre-right party Forza Italia, of which he is the founder, found himself in the coalition government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the elections held in September. Berlusconi was also in the Italian Senate.
Berlusconi, the owner of the Italian football club AC Milan, had a hard time with sex scandals, also known as “Bunga bunga”, in the early 2010s.
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F-16 warplanes caused panic in Washington, the capital of the USA. The sound of a huge explosion heard in Washington caused panic.
In the social media posts, it was stated that around 15:30 local time, a big noise similar to the sound of a sonic explosion was heard. While it was recorded that shaking was felt in the houses due to the explosion, some social media users commented that the explosion may be related to a possible military exercise.
It was recorded that the police asked the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about the incident after citizens called the emergency lines, and the US Department of Homeland Security tweeted, “We are aware of the explosion sound heard in the capital, there is no threat at the moment.” expression was used.
Later, on the social media account of the Annapolis Emergency Management Office, it was shared that the explosion was caused by an “authorized flight under the Ministry of Defense” and that the military plane exceeding the sound limit caused the sonic boom.
In a written statement from the Federal Aviation Administration, it was reported that the Cessna-type plane, which took off from Tennessee to Long Island, entered the no-fly zone over the capital, then crashed into a mountainous terrain in the southwest region of Virginia.
A few hours after the plane crashed, the local police announced that the rescue team had reached the wreckage of the plane. In the statement, which stated that there were no survivors in the accident, according to the first determinations, it was noted that the investigations at the accident site were continuing.
In the US press, there was information that the plane in question did not respond to the radio warnings, and thereupon, the F-16s took off with the emergency response authority at supersonic speed, which caused the explosion of sound.
It was also stated that during the incident, military jets used flares that could be seen by the public in order to attract the attention of the pilot, and that the flares did not pose a danger to the people on the ground due to their rapid and completely extinguishing feature.
No information was shared about why the plane did not answer the calls, how many people were in it, and why it crashed.
White House officials announced that US President Joe Biden, who was playing golf at the Maryland military base, was informed during the incident.
It was noted that the FAA is continuing its investigation into the incident and will relay the details later.
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