2023-05-28 06:13:44
Drone incursions into Russian territory are increasing, after the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, it is around the Pskov region about ten kilometers from the border with Belarus.
After a turbulent week in the Belgorod region, two drones damaged a building administering an oil pipeline in the Pskov region of western Russia, the regional governor announced on Saturday. The explosion is the latest in a series of airstrikes in Russia in recent weeks.
«Early in the morning, an explosion damaged the administrative building of the oil pipeline near Litvinovo, in the Nevelsky district“, about ten kilometers from the border with Belarus, said Governor Mikhail Vedernikov. Shortly after, he added that according to initial information, the building had been “damaged following an attack by two unmanned aerial vehicles“. No casualties have been reported and an investigation is ongoing. According to unconfirmed reports published by Baza, a Russian media outlet on Telegram with sources in the secret service, the drones targeted the Transneft oil pumping station in Pskov.
In recent weeks, reports of drone attacks in Russia have increased, usually in regions bordering Ukraine. On Friday, two drones damaged buildings in the center of the city of Krasnodar in southern Russia.
Moscow has blamed kyiv and its Western backers for the growing number of attacks and sabotage operations. In general, Ukraine denies these accusations.
“Moscow’s Diplomatic Declaration of War”
This measure follows a decision by the Russian authorities requiring Germany to significantly reduce its diplomatic staff and public institutions such as the Goethe Institut cultural center or the German school in Moscow by the beginning of June, added the same source. confirming information revealed by the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, which speaks of a “Moscow diplomatic declaration of war” in Berlin. It’s about “of a unilateral, unjustified and incomprehensible decisionfor the German Foreign Office.
Following a recent reduction in the presence of the Russian secret services in Germany, under pressure from Berlin, the Russian Foreign Ministry has set “in April a ceiling for the number of diplomatic personnel and German public organizationsallowed to stay in Russia, the same Russian government source explained.
«This limit set by Russia from the beginning of June implies major cuts in all areas of presenceGerman, according to Germany.
The number of people involved has not been revealed, but a Russian government source said that information from the daily Süddeutsche Zeitung, which speaks of several hundred people, was “correct“. The German authorities have tried in recent weeks to get the Russian ministry to reverse its decision, but without success, according to the newspaper.
Consequently, because of the ceiling now in force, andto be able to maintain the diplomatic presenceGerman on the spot, a large number of employees of the German public sector must leave the country, explains one to the German ministry of Foreign Affairs. These are diplomatic and consular staff, but above all people working in culture and education.
Berlin ensures that it does not stop there and works towards a “true balancein terms of reciprocal presence with Russia, following this measure, according to the ministry.
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