A French-made SCALP missile was deactivated in Russia’s borderline Kursk Region, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said.
"Russian emergencies ministry’s bomb specialists neutralized a French-made SCALP cruise missile. Before deactivating and destroying the missile, the sappers surveyed the area with the use of drones to ensure that there was no one in the vicinity. After that, the missile was deactivated and its warhead was blown up on the site," it said.
Since August 2024, Russian emergencies ministry specialists have neutralized around 2,000 explosive objects in nearly 300 locations.
Russian drone reduces Ukrainian armored vehicle to burned-out wreck
The Russian Defense Ministry has showcased a first-person view (FPV) strike against a Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle in a video released on Monday.
The footage shows the interception of the moving military vehicle from several angles, including the robotic aircraft’s perspective. The kamikaze drone targeted a vulnerable section of the vehicle, circumventing the anti-drone shield that protected it from above.
Additional segments filmed from a distance captured a powerful explosion, depicted through thermal imaging and visible light. The armored vehicle was left a charred wreck, with only the lower chassis remaining relatively intact.
The military said a unit from the Zapad force carried out the strike, confirming it took place in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
In its regular update earlier in the day, the ministry reported ongoing combat near three settlements in the DPR, where Zapad troops had recently engaged. Their operations reportedly led to the destruction of two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, four military vehicles, two artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
Russian forces have been making significant battlefield gains in recent months, while media reports indicate that Ukraine is struggling to achieve its military mobilization goals amid high desertion rates among conscripted recruits.
Last week, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky announced a plan to draft “volunteers” aged 18 to 24 – a group currently exempt from mandatory enlistment. Although existing laws permit these individuals to join the military, Zelensky claimed the government could offer appealing incentives, including generous salaries, to attract more recruits.
Ukrainian draft dodger arrested after pepper-spraying military recruiter
Ukrainian police have arrested a potential draftee in the northern city of Chernigov after he attacked a recruitment officer with pepper spray to avoid an ID check, officials have said. The incident comes amid Kiev’s struggling mobilization campaign, which has been marred by widespread violence between reluctant recruits and recruitment officers.
In a statement on Monday, local police said they had apprehended a man last week on suspicion of assaulting and threatening a serviceman from the Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center, a body tasked with carrying out Kiev’s draft campaign.
According to officials, the 43-year-old “refused to show identification during a routine check, acted aggressively and sprayed the recruiter in the face with pepper spray before fleeing the scene.” The man later barricaded himself in his apartment.
Police dispatched a patrol and a canine unit to raid the suspect’s home, where they recovered a telescoping baton – which the suspect allegedly used to threaten a recruitment officer – nearly 1kg of cannabis, and approximately 200 rounds of ammunition of various calibers.
The authorities released footage of the raid showing four heavily equipped agents smashing through a flimsy door before using an angle grinder to cut through another, sturdier door into the suspect’s apartment. The man was quickly apprehended and handcuffed, with police showing the camera a large amount of ammunition and drugs.
The suspect has been charged with intentionally causing bodily harm to a public official, illegal possession of narcotics, and illegal handling of weapons and ammunition. The charges carry a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.
Ukraine announced general mobilization after the escalation of the conflict with Russia in 2022, barring most men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country. The campaign has struggled due to widespread draft-dodging and bribery. Faced with manpower shortages, Kiev last year lowered the draft age from 27 to 25 and tightened mobilization rules.
In recent months, Ukrainian recruiters have begun to raid public places to hunt for potential conscripts, with social media flooded with videos of violent confrontations between draft officers and would-be conscripts.
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