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Russia has once again prosecuted a

prominent Kremlin critic this critic who

questioned the effectiveness of the war

has been charged with inciting extremism

the arrest is a part of the clampdown

which the Kremlin has carried out

against those critical of President

Vladimir Putin and other senior

officials this Hardline nationalist has

been identified as Igor Gerkin he is a

former member of Russia's Federal

Security Service as well as a

battlefield Commander in fact Durkin had

even helped Russia to Annex Crimea in

2014.

he was supportive of Ukraine's Invasion

as well but recently had accused Putin

and top military brass of not pursuing

the war with due diligence

he has been charged with inciting

extremism which carries a maximum

sentence of five years in prison

the charges were bought by the federal

security service now the 52 year old has

been remanded in custody until the 18th

of September

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meanwhile Russian strikes on Port areas

have become incessant ever since it

exited from the Black Sea Green deal

Ukrainian officials on Friday said that

Moscow carried out air strikes on green

terminals in southern Ukraine

two people have been hurt after Russian

missiles struck an agricultural

enterprise in the southern region of

Odessa as per the Region's Governor 100

tons of peas and 20 tons of barley was

destroyed in the attack

meanwhile at least one person died in a

missile attack in the northern region of

Tunis reacting to the strikes Ukrainian

President Vladimir zelensky vowed a

response separately he also raised the

need for long-distance weapons

so I would really draw attention to the

long-range armaments

again we have been waiting for it for

quite some time and let us still have

hopes and wait for it with a hope that

the United States will resolve the

matter

and really at the moment

it all depends on the lead role of the

United States with its defense

assistance

it is also important to note

the domination in the skies and we need

to tell that

Russia

is clearly dominating the sky

U.S officials say that they are planning

to announce a new military package for

Ukraine the package which Washington is

looking to announce as soon as Tuesday

will be worth up to 400 million dollars

it will consist of artillery advents

missiles and ground vehicles

meanwhile Ukrainian Army is stepping up

its God at its border with Belarus a top

Commander said that the troops are

preparing to repel fighters from the

Wagner group and other troops in case

they launch an attack from its territory

this came after Wagner Fighters launched

joint drills with the Belarusian

military on Thursday

Poland also beefed up its border

security in response to the drills

reacting to this Russian President Putin

warned that any form of aggression

against Belarus will be met with an

effective response from Moscow

now Russia says that it has stepped up

strikes on Port areas in response to the

explosions which rocked the Crimea

bridge on Monday though no one claimed

responsibility for the attack but it was

welcomed by zelinski who said the bridge

bought only war and therefore was a

legitimate military Target

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