‘Brain-dead NATO’ has gone too far, Lavrov says

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NATO, whom French President Emmanuel Macron at one time called ‘brain dead’, has gone too far, judging from the US-led Western bloc’s recent policies on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.

Addressing a meeting of the United Russia party’s commission at an international forum on environmental policies and sustainable development, Russia’s top diplomat said: "Macron at one time, diagnosed the North Atlantic alliance as being `brain dead.’ Judging from how the bloc has been grooming Kiev’s neo-Nazi regime, the disease has deteriorated far too much already."

"As you know, a summit of the so-called European Political Community was convened yesterday at the initiative of President Macron, and after the meeting the EU’s diplomacy chief [Josep] Borrell proudly declared that a security structure has been evolving without Russia’s involvement. So, they have been toeing Kiev’s line while encouraging the insane fantasies of those who still have power there," the Russian foreign minister said.

According to Lavrov, the United States and its allies are thus responsible for the "dangerous spike in global tensions," since they have been ratcheting up weapons supplies to the regime of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, "despite his overt nuclear ambitions."

Russian diplomat slams Kiev's reaction to Crimean Bridge incident

Ukraine’s reaction to an incident on the Crimean Bridge highlights the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Telegram on Saturday.

"The Kiev regime’s reaction the destruction of civilian infrastructure highlights its terrorist nature," she pointed out, commenting on remarks from Kiev officials.

Moscow: Kiev Regime's Reaction To Destruction of Civilian Infrastructure Proves its Terrorist Nature

A truck was blown up on the motorway section of the Crimean Bridge, causing seven fuel tanks of a train travelling to the peninsula to go up in flames, the National Anti-Terrorist Committee said on Saturday. The cause of the explosion is now being investigated.

The Kiev regime's reaction to destruction of civilian infrastructure proves its terrorist nature, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote in her Telegram account on Saturday, after an explosion rattled the Crimean bridge.

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's office, Mykhailo Podolyak, went on Twitter shortly after the emergency on the Crimean Bridge to write that this was just "the beginning".

The official page of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense also responded to the incident on what it referred to as a "notorious symbol of (Russian) power".

Traffic and rail services were suspended on the Crimean Bridge early on Saturday after a truck was blown up on the on the motorway section. No injuries have been reported yet, according to the regional authorities.

"Today, at 6:07am, a truck was blown up on the motorway section of the Crimean Bridge from the Taman Peninsula, which caused seven fuel tanks of a train travelling to the Crimean peninsula to go up in flames. Two motorway sections of the bridge have partially collapsed. The arch over the land part of the bridge has not been damaged," the National Anti-Terrorist Committee stated, adding that the cause of the explosion was being investigated.

All trains which were scheduled to leave for Crimea in the near future, have been temporarily suspended because of the incident on the Crimean Bridge, state-owned transport company Russian Railways said on Saturday on Telegram. Meanwhile, the Kerch Strait ferry line, which connects the Crimean peninsula to Russia's Krasnodar region, has resumed operations, the Russian Transport Ministry told Sputnik. There is no timescale as yet of how long it will take to restore the Crimean Bridge, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik on Saturday.

Almost 12 miles long, the Crimean Bridge - the longest in Europe - was built to connect the Taman peninsula with the Kerch peninsula after Crimea rejoined Russia. In a March 2014 referendum, nearly 97 percent of voters supported the move to rejoin the country, with Moscow repeatedly stating that the decision made by the Crimean people was conducted in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter.

Ledakan Jembatan Krimea Tewaskan Tiga Orang

Jembatan Krimea, yang menghubungkan Semenanjung Krimea dan wilayah Krasnodar, pada hari Sabtu, pukul 6.07 pagi, sebuah truk diledakkan di bagian mobil jembatan Krimea, dari sisi Semenanjung Taman, yang menyebabkan kebakaran 7 tangki bahan bakar kereta api yang menuju Krimea, lapor NAC (Komite Antiterorisme Nasional Rusia).

Dua bentang mobil sebagian runtuh, lengkungan di atas bagian tanah jembatan tidak rusak, kata NAC. Api telah padam, rekaman dari tempat kejadian dipublikasikan di jejaring sosial.

Kepala Krimea mengatakan bahwa menurut penilaian visual satu jalur mobil dari Kerch ke Taman masih utuh. menurut data awal, tidak ada korban akibat keadaan darurat, kata penasihat kepala Krimea.

Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin telah menerima laporan dari Perdana Menteri Mishustin, Wakil Perdana Menteri Khusnullin, Kepala Kementerian Situasi Darurat Kurenkov dan Kementerian Transportasi Savelyev dan kepala lembaga penegak hukum, atas nama Presiden, kepala Kementerian Situasi Darurat dan Kementerian Perhubungan pergi ke lokasi

Video Saat kejadian dan pasca ledakan Jembatan Krimea.

Putin menginstruksikan untuk membentuk komisi pemerintah untuk menentukan penyebab dan menghilangkan konsekuensinya, itu juga akan mencakup kepala Wilayah Krasnodar dan Krimea, perwakilan Garda Nasional, FSB, Kementerian Dalam Negeri

Sebuah kasus pidana telah dibuka pada fakta meledakkan truk.

Lalu lintas di jembatan telah ditangguhkan, RIA Novosti diberitahu di departemen jalan Taman, kereta api yang berkomunikasi dengan Krimea tidak akan dikirim sementara, penjualan tiket telah ditangguhkan, Kereta Api Rusia melaporkan (detail di sini), Yandex.Maps menunjukkan bahwa bagian melalui jembatan akan ditutup hingga 31 Oktober.

Penyeberangan feri Kerch kembali beroperasi, Kementerian Perhubungan memberi tahu RIA Novosti, pengiriman di Selat Kerch tidak berhenti, Rosmorrechflot memberi tahu kami

Persatuan Penanggung Seluruh Rusia mengatakan kepada RIA Novosti bahwa mereka memperkirakan kerusakan dari keadaan darurat tersebut mencapai 200-500 juta rubel. Khusnullin mengatakan, syarat pemulihan bisa dipanggil setelah selesai pemeriksaan.

Kepala Krimea meminta hotel dan resor untuk memperpanjang masa tinggal turis - wilayah tersebut mengkompensasi biaya

Komite Antiterorisme Nasional Rusia (NAC) mengatakan pada hari Sabtu bahwa sebuah truk diledakkan di Jembatan Krimea, yang menyebabkan tujuh tangki bahan bakar kereta api terbakar

Dua bagian jalan raya jembatan sebagian runtuh. Lengkungan di atas bagian tanah jembatan belum rusak, seperti yang diperkirakan oleh NAC.

Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin telah memerintahkan pembentukan komisi pemerintah untuk menyelidiki keadaan darurat di Jembatan Krimea

"Sebuah kasus kriminal telah dibuka setelah ledakan truk di Jembatan Krimea", kata Komite Investigasi Rusia.

Juru bicara Kremlin Dmitry Peskov mengatakan bahwa tidak ada perkiraan kapan Jembatan Krimea akan diperbaiki

Semua lalu lintas motor dan kereta api telah dihentikan di jembatan

️Kereta api Rusia mengatakan bahwa penjualan tiket kereta api ke Krimea telah ditangguhkan karena keadaan darurat di jembatan

Persimpangan feri di Kerch telah kembali beroperasi.

Moskow: "Reaksi rezim Kiev terhadap penghancuran infrastruktur sipil membuktikan sifat terorisnya"

Sebelumnya, Mykhailo Podolyak, seorang penasihat presiden Ukraina, Volodymyr Zelensky, sebenarnya mengakui keterlibatan Ukraina dalam ledakan di jembatan Krimea, dengan men-tweet bahwa “Crimea, jembatan, awal :"Segala sesuatu yang ilegal harus dihancurkan." Kementerian Pertahanan Ukraina juga bereaksi terhadap ledakan di jembatan itu, secara retoris menanyakan "apa yang terjadi selanjutnya"".

Kementerian Luar Negeri Rusia pada pernyataan Kementerian Luar Negeri Estonia tentang ledakan di jembatan Krimea: "Pembunuhan, sabotase, penghancuran: logika kriminal telah mengikat rezim NATO."

Sebelumnya, Kementerian Luar Negeri Estonia mengatakan bahwa negara itu "tentu saja menyambut (ledakan) ini dan mengucapkan selamat kepada pasukan khusus Ukraina yang mungkin berada di balik operasi ini dan menganggapnya sebagai hal positif bahwa lalu lintas telah berhenti," meskipun fakta bahwa jembatan "adalah tidak dihancurkan secara fisik."

Pembukaan Kuil Hindu di Dubai

Pengunjung berdiri di luar Kuil Hindu yang baru diresmikan di Dubai, Uni Emirat Arab, 4 Oktober 2022. REUTERS/Rula Rouhana Reuters

UEA - Sebuah kuil Hindu yang megah dan besar telah diresmikan di Desa Jebel Ali Dubai, menjadi keajaiban arsitektur baru kota emirat, menandai upacara pembukaan resmi kuil Hindu terbaru di Dubai hari Senin, 04/10/2020.

'Desa Ibadah' di Jebel Ali sekarang menampung sembilan tempat suci keagamaan, termasuk tujuh gereja, Guru Nanak Darbar Sikh Gurudwara, dan rumah ibadah Hindu yang baru.

Kompleks ini pembangunannya memakan waktu hampir tiga tahun. Kuil menampung berhala dari 16 dewa Hindu termasuk Siwa, Kresna, Ganesha, dan Mahalakshmi.

Bangunan ini memadukan motif arsitektur tradisional Hindu dan Arab, dengan teratai raksasa yang dicetak 3D membentang di kubah tengah.

Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Menteri Negara untuk Toleransi UEA, ke-2 kanan, dan Duta Besar India di UEA, Sunjay Sudhir, kiri ke-2, ambil bagian pada upacara pembukaan kuil Hindu baru, di Dubai, Uni Emirat Arab, Selasa, 4 Oktober 2022.

Seorang wanita panindita saat memberkati seorang tamu Emirat selama upacara pembukaan kuil Hindu baru, di Dubai, Uni Emirat Arab, Selasa, 4 Oktober 2022.

Seorang jamaah berdoa di kuil Hindu yang baru diresmikan di lingkungan Jebel Ali Dubai pada 4 Oktober 2022, menyediakan tempat ibadah dan jaringan dukungan untuk komunitas besar India.

Sebuah gambar menunjukkan aula doa di kuil Hindu yang baru diresmikan di lingkungan Jebel Ali Dubai pada 4 Oktober 2022, menyediakan tempat ibadah dan jaringan dukungan untuk komunitas besar India

Orang-orang berdoa selama upacara pembukaan kuil Hindu baru, di Dubai, Uni Emirat Arab, Selasa, 4 Oktober 2022.

Para Pemangku berpose untuk foto bersama di kuil Hindu yang baru diresmikan di lingkungan Jebel Ali Dubai pada 4 Oktober 2022, menyediakan tempat ibadah dan jaringan dukungan bagi komunitas besar India.

Bangunan dibuat oleh Raju Shroff, seorang pengusaha India yang memimpin proyek komunitas, menggambarkannya sebagai kuil modern yang dibangun untuk generasi terakhir.

“Kuil ini adalah representasi sejati dari bagaimana saya memandang agama — terbuka untuk semua orang,” kata Shroff, wali dari Sindhi Guru Darbar yang mengawasi desain dan konstruksi bangunan.

Keluarga Shroff membantu membangun kuil di Bur Dubai pada tahun 1958 dan mereka meminta otoritas emirat untuk membangun tempat ibadah yang lebih besar untuk mengakomodasi komunitas yang berkembang.

Dua kuil Hindu UEA bertempat di dalam kamar di dalam bangunan tua di jantung kota yang bersejarah.

Shroff mengatakan mimpinya adalah untuk membangun "sebuah kuil modern yang luas dan mudah diakses, di mana generasi muda dan tua dapat belajar dan mempraktikkan iman mereka dan yang akan berfungsi sebagai pusat pertumbuhan komunitas di masa depan".

Keluarga Mr Shroff membantu membangun kuil di Bur Dubai pada tahun 1958 dan mereka meminta otoritas emirat untuk membangun tempat ibadah yang lebih besar untuk mengakomodasi komunitas yang berkembang.

Dua kuil Hindu UEA bertempat di dalam kamar di dalam bangunan tua di jantung kota yang bersejarah.

Mr Shroff mengatakan mimpinya adalah untuk membangun "sebuah kuil modern yang luas dan mudah diakses, di mana generasi muda dan tua dapat belajar dan mempraktikkan iman mereka dan yang akan berfungsi sebagai pusat pertumbuhan komunitas di masa depan".

Doa, kesedihan di kuil-kuil saat Thailand berduka atas anak-anak yang terbunuh dalam pembantaian

Ratusan orang berkumpul di kuil-kuil di timur laut Thailand pada hari Sabtu, mempersembahkan lilin, mainan dan doa untuk menandai kehidupan lebih dari 30 korban kebanyakan anak-anak dari amukan senjata dan pisau yang mengejutkan seluruh dunia.

Sebagian besar anak-anak, berusia antara dua dan lima tahun, ditebas sampai mati pada Kamis, sementara orang dewasa ditembak, kata polisi setelah salah satu korban tewas anak-anak terburuk di dunia dalam pembantaian oleh seorang pembunuh tunggal dalam sejarah baru-baru ini.

Di kuil Si Uthai pada hari Sabtu, kerabat dan keluarga dari mereka yang tewas bergabung dengan komunitas yang hancur untuk memberikan penghormatan kepada mereka yang dibunuh oleh seorang mantan polisi Bangkok, yang diskors dari tugas polisi setelah mengaku menggunakan metamfetamin.

Pejabat pemerintah dan militer mengunjungi kuil Wat Rat Samakee menyusul penembakan massal di kota Uthai Sawan, provinsi Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand 8 Oktober 2022. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

Mereka menyalakan lilin di depan peti mati dengan karangan bunga dan bingkai foto orang mati, termasuk balita Pattarawat Jamnongnid, mengenakan kemeja sepak bola Amerika merah muda, yang merupakan salah satu dari dua korban anak yang dijuluki "Kapten", setelah aktor terkenal.

Di atas peti matinya ada model dinosaurus dan sebotol susu.

Ibunya, pekerja pabrik berusia 40 tahun, Daoreung Jamnongnid, mengatakan bahwa dia adalah anak tunggalnya dan energik serta banyak bicara.

Pada usia dua tahun 10 bulan, dia adalah korban termuda, katanya, dan dia sudah tahu alfabetnya.

"Dia sangat pintar," kata Daoreung. "Dia suka menonton film dokumenter bersama ayahnya."

Korban terakhir mantan polisi itu adalah istri dan anaknya di rumah, sebelum dia menembak dirinya sendiri.

Polisi mengidentifikasi penyerang sebagai Panya Khamrap, 34, mantan sersan polisi yang diadili atas tuduhan narkoba.

Tidak jelas apakah Panya masih menggunakan narkoba. Sebuah laporan otopsi menunjukkan dia tidak menggunakannya pada hari serangan, kata polisi pada hari Jumat.

'INSIDEN JAHAT'

Perdana Menteri Prayuth Chan-ocha prihatin dengan trauma di masyarakat setelah tragedi itu, kata juru bicaranya pada hari Sabtu.

Departemen kesehatan mental mendesak orang untuk tidak menonton liputan berita setelahnya dan berhenti berbagi gambar kekerasan di media sosial.

Peti mati korban dengan bunga terlihat di kuil Wat Si Uthai, menyusul penembakan massal di kota Uthai Sawan di provinsi Nong Bua Lam Phu, Thailand, 8 Oktober 2022. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

"Perdana menteri meminta semua orang untuk saling mendukung dan melewati kehilangan brutal ini bersama-sama," kata juru bicara pemerintah Anucha Burapachaisri.

Tiga anak laki-laki dan dua perempuan selamat dari serangan itu dan semua kecuali satu dari mereka berada di rumah sakit, menurut polisi.

Pada Jumat malam, Raja Maha Vajiralongkorn mengunjungi rumah sakit tempat para korban luka dibawa.

Mengenakan setelan abu-abu gelap, raja mengatakan dia sangat sedih dan mengungkapkan kesedihannya atas apa yang merupakan "insiden jahat".

"Tidak ada kata lain untuk menggambarkan perasaan ini," katanya kepada orang-orang di rumah sakit.

“Saya ingin memberikan dukungan moril kepada kalian semua untuk menjadi kuat, agar jiwa anak-anak tersebut dapat merasakan kelegaan bahwa keluarganya akan tetap kuat dan dapat melangkah maju.”

Kittisak Polprakan, 29, yang berada di daerah itu pada saat pembunuhan besar-besaran, pada hari Jumat menggambarkan Panya sebagai orang yang tenang ketika dia keluar dari pusat penitipan anak setelah membunuh 22 anak-anak prasekolah, menyayat sebagian besar dari mereka dengan pisau melengkung yang besar.

"Saya tidak berpikir sebuah tragedi telah terjadi ... begitu tenang," katanya.

"Tidak ada suara, tidak ada teriakan, tidak ada apa-apa. Hanya dia yang keluar."

Pada hari Sabtu, orang-orang meninggalkan bunga mainan dan truk mainan di luar pusat penitipan anak Uthai Sawan, sebagai persembahan kepada arwah mereka yang terbunuh.

Di kuil lain, Wat Rat Samakee, emosi sangat kuat, dengan kerabat menangis saat biksu berjubah kunyit melantunkan.

Penduduk desa duduk di atas karpet dengan tangan terkepal di depan serangkaian peti mati yang dihiasi dengan bunga dan potret anak-anak tersenyum yang dibunuh dalam amukan mantan polisi.

Penduduk desa duduk di atas karpet dengan tangan terkepal di depan serangkaian peti mati yang dihiasi dengan bunga dan potret anak-anak tersenyum yang dibunuh dalam amukan mantan polisi.

Seorang wanita berpakaian hitam, yang kehilangan dua keponakannya yang berusia 3 tahun, terlihat menangis saat dia berlutut, telapak tangan menempel di salah satu peti mati mereka.

Saat kejadian pembunuhan 37 anak oleh mantan polisi Thailand

Uvalde school district suspends entire police force after May shooting

Police deploy in a hallway after Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary school to kill 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, U.S. May 24, 2022 in a still image from police body camera video. City of Uvalde Police Department/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

The police department has been under investigation for its response to the shooting in May, including delays by officers in reaching the gunman while he was holed up in a classroom.

The school district said it requested additional officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety to provide campus security.

Pete Arredondo, who led the small police force tasked with patrolling school grounds, was fired as police chief in August. He faced fierce criticism for law enforcement's reaction.

The suspension of the police force comes more than a week after parents of children who survived the shooting sued the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, former officials, the manufacturer of the gun used in the massacre and others.

Uvalde officials came under scrutiny after nearly 400 law enforcement officers waited outside school classrooms for more than an hour before confronting and killing the shooter.

In July, the Texas legislature released a report blaming the response on “systemic failures” and poor leadership, adding that inaction allowed for the death toll to grow higher.

Reporting by Brendan O'Brien; Editing by Tim Ahmann and Leslie Adler

BPBD: Sebanyak 22 Daerah di Kota Sukabumi Dilanda Banjir dan Tanah Longsor

Ilustrasi tanah lonsgor yang melanda sebagian wilayah di Indonesia.(Dok. Basarnas)

Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah atau BPBD Kota Sukabumi mencatat hingga pukul 20.30 WIB ada 22 wilayah yang dilanda bencana banjir dan longsor yang terjadi di Kota Sukabumi, Jawa Barat pada Jumat, 07/10/2022.

"Dari hasil pendataan, bencana yang terjadi tersebut mulai dari banjir, longsor dan lainnya dipicu oleh turunnya hujan deras sejak pagi hingga menjelang malam," kata Kepala Pelaksana BPBD Kota Sukabumi Imran Wardhana di Sukabumi.

Walikota Sukabumi dan BPBD beserta unsur lain terjun langsung ke lapangna meninjau longsor

Menurut Imran, 22 titik bencana tersebut hampir tersebar di seluruh kecamatan tetapi mayoritas berada di Kecamatan Cibeureum dan Lembursitu. Namun hingga kini pihaknya belum menerima laporan adanya korban jiwa pada kejadian bencana ini.

Adapun 22 titik bencana tersebut yakni jalan ambles di Jalan Selakaso, RT 03, RW 02, Kelurahan Babakan, Kecamatan Cibeureum, longsor di RT 01, RW 08, Kelurahan Benteng, Kecamatan Warudoyong, kemudian di RT 04, RW 01 Kelurahan Karang tengah, Kecamatan Gunungpuyuh, selanjutnya di Kampung Cipanengah, RT 02, RW 02 Kelurahan Cipanengah, Kecamatan Lembursitu.

Longsor juga melanda RT 005, RW013 Kelurahan Cisarua, Kecamatan Cikole, Jalan Kokom Komariah, RT 04, RW 04, Kelurahan Subangjaya, Kecamatan Cikole, belakang SDN SKIP, Jalan Aminta Azmali RW 09, Kelurahan Sriwidari, Kecamatan Gunungpuyuh, Perum Gading RT 01, RW 17, Kelurahan Karangtengah, Kecamatan Gunung Puyuh dan di Ciandam, RT 003, RW 007, Kelurahan Cibeureumhilir, Kecamatan Cibeureum.

Selanjutnya jembatan putus di Gang Jayaniti, Kampung Babakanjampang, RT 01, RW 10 Kelurahan Cisarua, Kecamatan Cikole. Pohon tumbang di Kampung Cikundulgirang, RT 01, RW 07, Kelurahan Cikundul, Kecamatan Lembursitu dan di Jalan Lingkar Selatan Kelurahan Limusnunggal, Kecamatan Cibeureum.

Kemudian bencana banjir Sungai Cisuda di RT002, RW003 Kelurahan Cibeureumhilir, Kecamatan Cibeureum, Kampung Cibungur RT 05, RW 03, Kelurahan Sindangpalay Kecamatan Cibeureum, Jalan KH Ahmad .SANUSI (Terminal Tipe A Kota Sukabumi) Jalan Lingkar Selatan, Kelurahan Sudajayahilir, Kecamatan Baros.

Jalan Dalem Sakti Gebang, Kampung Selaeurih, Kelurahan Babakan, Kecamatan Cibeureum, Jalan Parahita Nugraha, Kampung Cibitung, Kelurahan Limusnunggal, Kecacamatan Cibeureum, RT 01, RW 12, Kelurahan Limusnunggal, Kecamatan Cibereum, Jalan Proklamasi, Pemandian Air Panas Cikundul, Kecamatan Lembursitu.

Terakhir banjir melanda Perum Pangon, RT 03, Kelurahan Karangtengah, Kecamatan Gunungpuyuh dan Jalan Ciandam (samping pintu rel kereta), Kelurahan Cibeureumhilir, Kecamatan Cibeureum.

"Hingga saat ini kami dan petugas gabungan lainnya dari unsur TNI, Polri, Palang Merah Indonesia (PMI) dan relawan lainnya masih berada di beberapa titik lokasi bencana," tambahnya.

Imran mengatakan tidak menutup kemungkinan jumlah lokasi yang dilanda bencana bertambah, maka dari itu warga diimbau untuk selalu siapa siaga apalagi seperti diketahui dalam beberapa hari terakhir hujan deras turun hampir sepanjang hari yang bisa memicu terjadinya bencana.

Kadyrov reveals how many Chechens involved in Russia’s special operation in Ukraine

Head of Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov
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GROZNY - About 10,000 Chechen combatants are fighting in Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine, Chechnya Head Ramzan Kadyrov said at a festive lineup of the republic’s security, defense and law-enforcement agencies in honor of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 70th birthday on Friday.

"About 10,000 of our courageous sons are already fighting on the frontiers (in the area of the special military operation). Additional regiments will set off for the zone of the special operation in the coming days. Each day, our republic is receiving volunteers who trust our instructors and want to join the ranks of the Akhmat formations," the Chechen leader said.

This is a display of "the consolidation of Russian society that Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov (the first head of the Chechen Republic) and Vladimir Putin dreamt of," Kadyrov stressed.

"Western intelligence has been waging a subversive information war, trying to make Russians believe that the Chechen Republic was not a part of Russia," he went on to say. "However, we have proven that we, the Chechens, are an inalienable part of Russia's big family," Kadyrov emphasized.

Regardless of the special operation’s outcome, "Russia and we will rub out the Satanists and the Chechen-speaking Shaitans down to the very last one in any place of the world," he assured.

"With the help of Allah the Almighty, we will cleanse the earth of this abomination," the Chechen leader vowed.

Lineup in honor of Russian president A festive lineup of over 20,000 personnel of the defense, security and law-enforcement agencies of the Chechen Republic was held in the republic’s capital of Grozny on Friday, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene.

"Today our dear and beloved president, supreme commander-in-chief celebrates his 70th birthday. On behalf of all of us and on behalf of the entire Chechen people, I want to congratulate him and wish him health, love in his family and security in the state. The people of the Russian Federation have united around our dear president and safeguarded its independence and its sovereignty. I am confident that we will achieve all of this together," Kadyrov said.

Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) acting Head Denis Pushilin was also present at the festive lineup in Grozny.

"It is on the day of the jubilee of the true leader of (our) great Russia, the supreme commander-in-chief, the president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, that I am confident that this immense Russia in its entirety wishes him strong health, happiness and, of course, new triumphs for our shared Motherland, which he will certainly lead us to," Pushilin stressed.

Hurricane Ian number of victims continues to grow: 115 dead

In this aerial photo, damaged boats and debris are stacked along the shore in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Fort Myers, Fla. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

Ian is the second-deadliest storm to hit the mainland US in the 21st century behind Hurricane Katrina, which left more than 1,800 people dead in 2005.

Hurricane Ian passed through Florida a week ago, but the number of victims continues to grow, 115 dead.

Boats are seen stacked in the Fort Myers Beach area

Hurricane Ian is already considered one of the deadliest in history after passing through the state of Florida. Until now, the authorities have confirmed the death of at least 115 people, a figure that unfortunately is expected to continue to rise.

According to the first data provided by the commission of medical examiners of the state, the more than one hundred confirmed deaths occurred both during the passage of the hurricane, and before -while residents were preparing- and after -trying to repair the damage-.

For nowthe youngest person to die during Ian is a 19-year-old Cuban woman, who came with a group of seven other migrants on a precarious boat to Florida. Their boat capsized in bad weather a few miles off the coast of Key West and they all perished.

The oldest person confirmed to have died is a 96-year-old man in Charlotte County who drowned after becoming trapped under a parked vehicle trying to shelter from floodwaters.. In general, most of the deceased were over 60 years of age, being the median age of confirmed death so far is 73 years.

The roads of Fort Myers are littered with boats, yachts and jet skis, after the passage of Hurricane Ian that hit the coastal city on Wednesday as a category 4 storm, leaving it decimated and unrecognizable Already last week, with far fewer cases of confirmed deaths, the Governor Ron DeSantis warned that many of the deaths in these cases usually occur after storms.

“We have seen in recent storms that have affected the country that there are usually more fatalities after the hurricane than during its passage, for a wide variety of reasons”, explained DeSantis.

Residents of Florida’s devastated barrier islands are starting to return, assessing the damage to homes and businesses despite limited access to some areas. According to the Insurance Information Institute, only about 4% of homeowners nationwide have flood insurance although 90% of catastrophes in the US involve flooding. In Florida that number is only about 18%.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, at a news conference says that 85,000 customers remain without electricity, down from highs above 2.6 million across the state. Also, he said rescue workers have conducted around 2,500 missions, particularly on barrier islands on the Gulf coast as well as in inland areas that have seen intense flooding. More than 90,000 structures have been inspected and checked for survivors.

And so it seems to be happening with Ian. At least two confirmed cases of suicide after the passage of the hurricane draw attention, apparently due to the despair of having lost everything. Both occurred in Lee County – the most affected – and involved two men, one in his 70s and the other in his 73s.

Russian Animal Shelter Owner Rescues Dozens of Abandoned Pets From Ukrainian Conflict Zone

Some of the pets rescued from Mariupol have been either reunited with their original owners or adopted by new ones. Others, however, still remain in the shelter.

While the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has ruined the lives of thousands of civilians who live in areas ravaged by the fighting, it also affected numerous pets, whose owners were killed or who were abandoned in the ensuing chaos.

Enter Tatiana, owner of the “Forgotten Hearts” animal shelter in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, who has managed to save dozens of pets from the conflict zone. Tatiana and her colleague from the shelter have made three trips to Mariupol during the past six months, in order to rescue pets who became trapped in the city that became the site of one of the most intense battles of the ongoing conflict.

The efforts of the two women have resulted in the rescue of some 120 pets – 40 dogs and 80 cats – whose owners either fled the city in a hurry amid the fighting or were killed.

“Finding the animals wasn’t difficult, they were everywhere,” Tatiana recalled. “They were crawling out of the ruins because they were hungry… Soldiers and those locals who chose to remain in the city directed us to areas where the animals were hiding.”

Pets rescued from Mariupol by "Forgotten hearts" animal shelter's owner.
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“Sometimes, people locked their pets inside at their homes when they left, thinking that they would be back in a couple of days,” said Tatiana. “These pets often ended up dead because we learned about them only a month later. Birds, pet rabbits and chinchillas died that way. Many cats survived but they were very emaciated; dogs too.”

She also noted that, while their primary goal was to rescue animals, she and her colleague also sought to help the civilians who remained in the city and who were very grateful for the aid.

“We brought pet food for cats and dogs, anti-parasitic drugs, and food for people. We pre-packaged everything in plastic bags – hygienic supplies, canned food, food that’s ready to eat – people there cook on open fires; there’s no water or gas,” she said. “We also brought candles, matches, coloring books and sweets for children, and a lot of water.”

As it turned out, a number of Russian soldiers deployed in the city shared their own rations with the animals stranded in the city and were eager to help the women with their rescue mission.

Pets rescued from Mariupol by "Forgotten hearts" animal shelter's owner.
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These soldiers escorted Tatiana and her colleague during their stay in the city and protected them when things got dangerous.

“We were being fired upon deliberately, because there wasn’t anyone but us there at that time,” Tatiana said. “It was right next to Azovstal, where we were trying to dig out animals trapped in the ruins. There were no people there, no one to feed those animals or to dig them out. There were two- and three-story buildings there; older structures. And when those buildings were destroyed, the animals who remained in the apartments escaped and hid in the basements there.”

About 38 of the pets Tatiana rescued from Mariupol have been reunited with their owners. Many others, however, remain in the shelter as their owners were either killed or simply turned their backs on their animals.

Pets rescued from Mariupol by "Forgotten hearts" animal shelter's owner.
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“The last time, I went there with a list of addresses, as owners from Russia and Ukraine asked me specifically to find their pets,” she said. “Some of the pets we managed to find, some we could not. All of the owners thanked us. For other ‘animal refugees’, we found new owners.”

At this time, Tatiana does not intend to return to Mariupol because her shelter has limited funds that are already stretched to the limit due to the need to care for the 126 cats and 200 dogs that currently stay at the shelter.