Under the alleged plan, Ukraine's western lands could be claimed by neighboring countries, while its eastern regions would be annexed by Russia and the remaining territory converted into a Russian-controlled puppet state.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Sept. 17 that it had repelled Ukraine's new attempts to cross into Russia's Kursk Oblast west of the currently controlled territories.
The Russian Navy has started the naval exercise Ocean-2024, which will take place on five seas and test operational readiness and the use of high-precision weapons, among other objectives, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Sept. 10.
According to Russia's Investigative Committee, Major General Valery Mumindzhanov is accused of receiving a bribe of over 20 million rubles ($224,000) while helping facilitate defense ministry contracts for military uniforms.
Pavel Popov is accused of using construction companies contracted for work on the Patriot Park to construct a private residence.
Anna Tsyvilova has been sanctioned by both the United Kingdom and the European Union over her connections to Putin and her support for the invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian Defense Ministry published videos claiming to show successful strikes against Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast. One video was filmed in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, while another was first published three weeks before the Kursk incursion, the Insider reports.
This is the first time the Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian forces reached the town amid multiple reports about their presence there.
Vladimir Demchik, former head of the Property Department of the Russian Defense Ministry, is suspected of taking a four-million ruble ($46,900) bribe.
According to the Investigative Committee, Vyacheslav Akhmedov and Major General Vadim Shesterov, along with "other accomplices," are accused of embezzling government funds intended for the park.
The Russian navy began scheduled exercises involving a significant portion of its fleet, including 20,000 personnel and 300 ships, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on July 30.
In his previous position, former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Bulgakov was in charge of the military's logistics chains during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. His dismissal was widely seen as a response to the logistic failures that accompanied the early months of Russia's all-out war.
Kommersant reported there may be additional charges in the future, as both the company and Andrei Belkov himself were previously supervised by former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov, who is currently also under investigation on corruption-related charges.
Lieutenant General Yuri Kuznetsov, the head of the main personnel directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry, was detained on May 13 on criminal charges, the state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing undisclosed law enforcement sources.
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