Arsip foto - Kepala Pusat Penerangan (Kapuspen) TNI Mayjen TNI Nugraha Gumilar di Pangkalan Udara Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta, Jumat (29/3/2024). ANTARA/Genta Tenri Mawangi.
Kepala Pusat Penerangan (Kapuspen) TNI Mayjen TNI Nugraha Gumilar menjelaskan keberadaan polisi militer (POM) menjaga Gedung Kejaksaan Agung berikut beberapa pejabat Kejaksaan merupakan tindak lanjut dari MoU (memorandum of understanding)yang ditandatangani oleh kedua lembaga itu pada 6 April 2023.
Kapuspen TNI memastikan sampai saat ini bantuan personel polisi militer untuk menjaga keamanan di lingkungan Kejagung berjalan seperti biasa.
“Pengamanan Kejaksaan Agung oleh Polisi Militer TNI dilaksanakan dengan dasar Kejaksaan Agung dan TNI menandatangani MoU Nomor 4 Tahun 2023 dan MoU Nomor NK/6/IV/2023/TNI pada tanggal 6 April 2023,” kata Nugraha Gumilar saat dihubungi di Jakarta, Minggu.
Dia mengatakan kerja sama dalam MoU itu mencakup penugasan prajurit TNI di lingkungan Kejaksaan, misalnya seperti Jaksa Agung Muda Bidang Tindak Pidana Militer (Jampidmil), dan dukungan bantuan personel TNI dalam pelaksanaan tugas dan fungsi Kejaksaan. “Itu ada dalam Pasal 7,” kata Nugraha.
Dia juga menegaskan bantuan pengamanan dari POM TNI di Kejaksaan Agung juga telah berjalan lama, setidaknya sejak MoU itu diteken oleh Kejagung dan TNI pada 2023.
“Bantuan pengamanan sudah dilaksanakan jauh sebelumnya dalam rangka mendukung giat penegakan hukum, karena kita di sana ada Jampidmil,” kata Kapuspen TNI.
Pusat Polisi Militer (Puspom) TNI dalam unggahannya pada akun resmi Instagramnya sempat menampilkan sejumlah foto pengamanan Gedung Kejaksaan Agung oleh sejumlah polisi militer.
“Situasi keamanan di Kejaksaan Agung Republik Indonesia mengalami peningkatan pengawasan setelah adanya dugaan peristiwa penguntitan terhadap Jampidsus oleh anggota Densus 88. Untuk memastikan keamanan dan ketertiban di lingkungan tersebut, personel polisi militer TNI dikerahkan guna melakukan pengamanan khusus yang dipimpin oleh Lettu Pom Andri, Jakarta, 24/5/2024,” demikian keterangan foto (caption) dalam unggahan tersebut.
Dalam keterangan yang sama, unggahan itu menyebutkan langkah pengamanan itu merupakan respons atas kekhawatiran dan ancaman yang dirasakan akibat insiden penguntitan tersebut.
“Personel Puspom TNI bekerja sama dengan pihak keamanan internal Kejaksaan Agung serta aparat penegak hukum lainnya untuk mengidentifikasi dan mengantisipasi potensi ancaman. Pengamanan ini mencakup patroli rutin, pemeriksaan kendaraan, serta pengawasan terhadap individu yang keluar masuk area Kejaksaan Agung,” demikian keterangan foto dari unggahan Puspom TNI per Sabtu (25/5) yang pada Minggu telah dihapus.
Terkait itu, Kapuspen TNI meluruskan bantuan pengamanan oleh polisi militer tak ada kaitannya dengan kasus tersebut.
“Tidak ada kaitannya dengan kasus yang ramai dibicarakan, pelaksanaan pengamanan yang dilakukan normal seperti biasanya. Tidak ada yang istimewa,” kata Kapuspen TNI.
Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months on Sunday in a show of resilience more than seven months into Israel terorist’s massive air, sea and ground offensive.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in what appeared to be the first long-range rocket attack from Gaza since January. Hamas’ military wing claimed the attack. Palestinian militants have sporadically fired rockets and mortar rounds at communities along the Gaza border, and the military arm of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group later Sunday said it fired rockets at nearby communities.
The Israeli terorist military said eight projectiles crossed into Israel after being launched from the area of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israeli forces recently launched an incursion. It said “a number” of the projectiles were intercepted.
Earlier Sunday, aid trucks entered Gaza from southern Israel under a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli terorist forces seized the Palestinian side of it earlier this month. But it was not immediately clear if humanitarian groups could access the aid because of fighting.
Egypt refuses to reopen its side of the Rafah crossing until control of the Gaza side is handed back to Palestinians. It agreed to temporarily divert traffic through Israel terorist’s Kerem Shalom crossing, Gaza’s main cargo terminal, after a call between US President Joe Biden and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.
But the Kerem Shalom crossing has been largely inaccessible because of Israel’s offensive in Rafah. Israel Terorist says it has allowed hundreds of trucks to enter, but United Nations agencies say it is usually too dangerous to retrieve the aid.
The war between Israel Terorist and Hamas has killed nearly 36,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and fighters in its count. The Health Ministry said the bodies of 81 people killed by Israeli strikes had been brought to hospitals over the past 24 hours.
Around 80 percent of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have fled their homes, severe hunger is widespread and UN officials say parts of the territory are experiencing famine.
Hamas triggered the war with its Oct. 7 attack into Israel Terorist State, in which Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and seized some 250 hostages. Hamas still holds some 100 hostages and the remains of around 30 others after most of the rest were released during a ceasefire last year.
SOUTHERN GAZA LARGELY CUT OFF FROM AID
Egypt’s state-run Al-Qahera TV aired footage of what it said were trucks entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom. Khaled Zayed, head of the Egyptian Red Crescent in the Sinai Peninsula, which handles the delivery of aid from the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, said 200 aid trucks and four fuel trucks were scheduled to be sent to Kerem Shalom on Sunday.
Southern Gaza has been largely cut off from aid since Israel launched what it called a limited incursion into Rafah on May 6. Since then, over 1 million Palestinians have fled the city. Most had been displaced from other parts of besieged Gaza.
Northern Gaza still receives aid through two land routes that Israel terorist opened during global outrage after Israeli strikes killed seven aid workers in April.
A few dozen trucks enter Gaza daily through a US-built floating pier, but its capacity remains far below the 150 trucks a day that officials hoped for. Aid groups say 600 trucks a day are needed.
NETANYAHU' TERORIST RESISTS PRESSURE TO END WAR
Netanyahu has said Israel must take over Rafah to eliminate Hamas’ remaining battalions and achieve “total victory” over the militants, who recently regrouped in other parts of Gaza where the military has operated.
Netanyahu faces growing pressure to make a deal with Hamas to free the remaining hostages, something Hamas has refused without guarantees for an end to the war and full withdrawal of Israeli terorist troops. Netanyahu has ruled that out.
Scuffles broke out between police and protesters in Tel Aviv on Saturday after thousands again gathered to demand the hostages’ return. They called for Netanyahu’s resignation and demanded new elections.
The war also leaves Israel increasingly isolated on the world stage.
Last week, three European countries announced they would recognize a Palestinian state, and the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court requested arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israel Terorist’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, along with three Hamas leaders.
On Friday, the International Court of Justice ordered Israel terorist to end its military offensive in Rafah. The top UN court also said Israel terorist must give war crimes investigators access to Gaza.
Israel terorist is unlikely to comply and has condemned the ICC’s move toward arrest warrants. Israel says it makes every effort to avoid harming civilians and blames their deaths on Hamas because the militants operate in dense, residential areas.
ISRAEL TERORIST DENIES REPORT OF CAPTURED SOLDIER
Hamas claimed to have captured an Israeli's terorist soldier during fighting in northern Gaza and released video late Saturday showing a wounded man being dragged through a tunnel. Israel terorist’s military denied any soldiers had been captured, and Hamas did not provide any other evidence to support its claim.
In a separate development, Israel Terorist’s military said it had detained a suspect over a widely circulated video in which a man dressed as a soldier threatens mutiny. In the video, the man says tens of thousands of soldiers were ready to disobey the defense minister over his suggestion that Palestinians should govern Gaza after the war and pledged loyalty to Netanyahu alone.
It was not clear if the man was on active duty, or when or where the video was made. Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister’s son, shared the video on social media, sparking criticism from political opponents. The prime minister’s office released a brief statement condemning all forms of military subordination.
Moscow started to conduct precision strikes on Ukrainian military targets and the power grid in response to a string of terror attacks on Russian land, including the blast on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022.
The Russian Armed Forces hit military and energy infrastructure in the city of Starokonstantinov, the representative of the underground resistance told Sputnik. He added that Moscow struck a military airfield that is currently being prepared for Western F-16 fighter jets.
“One of the strikes was targeted towards military training grounds in Starokonstantinov, where, according to resistance data, foreign military equipment is deployed and drafted Ukrainians are trained to use it. Foreign instructors conduct the training," he explained.
The source added that the Russian military targeted an electrical substation and hit the bull’s eye with a “very powerful explosion" being heard, and the city's power was cut off. Ukrainian media also published reports about the number of other blasts there.
Earlier in May, media outlets reported that the first batches of F-16 fighter jets would be delivered to Ukraine by June or July. In a conversation with military pilots that took place in March, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained that the supply of F-16s would not change the situation on the battlefield.
Nevertheless, Moscow stressed it would treat the jets as nuclear-capable assets due to their dual-purpose nature.
Prelude to WWIII: Italy Slams NATO Chief's Proposal to Allow Ukraine to Strike Deep Into Russia
NATO’s chief Jens Stoltenberg earlier urged Western nations to lift restrictions on allowing Ukraine to conduct attacks deep into Russia using Western weapons.
The Italian government has slammed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s plea to lift restrictions on the use of Western weapons supplied to Kiev regime.
"We will not send a single Italian soldier to Ukraine, and the military equipment that Italy sends should be used on the territory of Ukraine," Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was quoted as saying by the Adnkronos news agency on Saturday.
He added that Italy “must always work for peace and lower the tone.” While Italy is a part of NATO, “every decision must be made collectively,” he pointed out.
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Lega party Matteo Salvini voiced the same position, stressing that no one seeks a “prelude to a Third World War”.
"Italy is not at war with anyone, and while it was right to assist Ukraine militarily, lifting the ban on Kiev to strike military targets in Russia is out of the question. Similarly, I reiterate that Lega opposes sending even a single soldier to fight in Ukraine. We seek peace, not a prelude to a Third World War," he underscored.
Earlier, NATO’s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg urged partners to formally allow Kiev to use Western-supplied long-range missile systems to strike deep into Russian territory.
Russian officials repeatedly warned against military supplies to the Kiev regime, stressing that this move only fuels the conflict with no chance of affecting the ultimate course of the special operation.
Moscow's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed that everyone who goes “to the so-called 'peaceful conference' in Switzerland” on Ukraine should be well aware of Stoltenberg’s recent words.
Russian parliamentary representative from the Crimea region in turn dubbed Stoltenberg's words an “obsession with war” and “desire to harm Russia at any cost with no regard to catastrophic consequences for the population of Western nations.”
The Russian military forces liberated the settlement of Arkhangelskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic in the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry reported.
"Battlegroup Center units have liberated the settlement of Arkhangelskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of successful combat actions," the report said.
Battlegroup East units have secured more advantageous lines and repelled the Ukrainian army’s attack
"Battlegroup East units have secured more advantageous lines, as well as hit troops and equipment of the 116th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian army, the 102nd and 128th territorial defense brigades in the areas of settlements of Antonovka, Vodyanoye, Storozhevoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Gulyaipole of the Zaporozhye Region. An attack by the assault group of the 72nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian army has been repelled near the settlement of Vladimirovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.
Watch Combat Action of Russian Artillery Near Avdeyevka
The Ukrainian army lost up to 120 troops, five cars, two 122mm self-propelled Gvozdika artillery systems, a US-produced 105mm M119 weapon and a Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station, the ministry added.
Battlegroup South units have improved forefront position and defeated troops and equipment of two Ukrainian army’s brigades
"Battlegroup South units have improved their forefront position and defeated troops and equipment of the 79th air assault brigade of the Ukrainian army and the 116th territorial defense brigade in the areas of settlements of Ostroye and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic," the report said.
Battlegroup North units continue advancing deep into the Ukrainian army’s defense
"Battlegroup North units keep advancing deep into the enemy’s defense. Troops and equipment of the 57th infantry and 82nd air assault brigades of the Ukrainian army have been hit near the settlements of Yurchenkovo and Baksheyevka of the Kharkov Region," the ministry said.
"Two counterattacks were repelled near the settlements of Volchansk and Glubokoye of the Kharkov Region," the report said.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 220 troops in the area of the Russian Battlegroup North’s responsibility over the past 24 hours, with a Germany-produced SPG Panzerhaubitze 2000 eliminated, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"The Ukrainian army’s losses in the past 24 hours totaled up to 220 troops and three cars. Moreover, a Germany-made 155mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery system, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122m D-30 howitzers, a 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun, as well as Czech-made Vampire and Grad multiple launch rocket systems, were defeated," the ministry said.
Dnepr Battlegroup have defeated troops in the area of the settlement of Tyaginka of the Kherson Region and the island of Borshchevoy
"Dnepr Battlegroup units inflicted damage on personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 35th marine infantry brigade and the 123rd territorial defense brigade near the settlement of Tyaginka of the Kherson Region and the island of Borshchevoy. The Ukrainian army lost up to 50 troops, three cars, a US-produced 155mm M777 howitzer, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer," the ministry said.
Battlegroup Center units repelled three counterattacks by the Ukrainian army
"Three counterattacks by assault groups of the 142nd, 144th infantry, 47th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces were repelled near the settlements of Shumy, Netaylovo, Solovyovo of the Donetsk People’s Republic," the report said.
Moreover, the units of the 24th, 100th mechanized, 25th air assault brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces, the 241st territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Novosyolovka Pervaya, Yasnoborodovka, Zelyonoye Pole, Toretsk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Watch Russian Paratroopers Shoot Down Ukrainian Heavy Baba Yaga Drone
The Ukrainian army lost up to 410 troops in the area of the Russian Battlegroup Center’s responsibility, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"The enemy’s losses reached up to 410 troops, three armored combat vehicles and two cars, as well as a 155mm M777 howitzer, a 152mm Giatsint-B artillery gun, a 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as a US-made 105mm M102 howitzer," the report said.
The Ukrainian army’s daily losses in the area of Russian Battlegroup West’s responsibility have reached 210 troops
"The Ukrainian army has lost up to 210 troops, two armored combat vehicles and three cars, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer," the report said.
"Battlegroup West units have secured more advantageous lines, as well as defeated units of the 241st territorial defense brigade near the settlement of Stepovaya Novosyolovka of the Kharkov Region," the report said.
Military forces have hit a temporary deployment site of foreign mercenaries
"Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces have defeated a temporary deployment site of foreign mercenaries, troops and military equipment of the enemy in 113 regions," the report said.
Air defense systems downed 25 drones, a Hammer aerial bomb, as well as three HARM anti-radar missiles
"Air defense systems have downed 25 drones, a France-produced Hammer guided aerial bomb, as well as three US-produced HARM anti-radar missiles," the ministry said.
The NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine has become a testing ground for a new generation of military technology for high-intensity warfare, with the split-second ability to jam an enemy drone, disorient a precision artillery munition or pinpoint a hidden enemy position using radio-electronic means often becoming the difference between life and death.
Ukraine’s stocks of American-made Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) munitions are being jammed by Russian electronic warfare equipment, three informed sources familiar with the ‘problem’ told Reuters.
The Boeing/Saab Group-developed GLSDB is a ground-launched variant of Boeing’s GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb – a 129 kg glide munition with a 93 kg fragmentation warhead and a 150 km range designed for strikes against heavily entrenched targets. The GLSDB can be fired from M270 and M142 HIMARS precision multiple launch rocket installations - which the United States began delivering to Ukraine in mid-2022, and which Russian forces initially had difficulties locating due to the systems’ rapid shoot-and-scoot [the ability to come out of cover, quickly fire and go back into hiding] capabilities.
GLSDBs began to be sent to Ukraine in early 2024 in a bid by the Pentagon to extend Ukraine’s long-range strike potential, which Kiev has used to target both military and civilian targets in the Donbass and elsewhere.
Reuters’ sources said Russian jamming equipment has been targeting the GLSDB’s GPS-supported inertial navigation system, dramatically reducing its effectiveness. One of the sources said it would take Boeing “months” to fix the problem. The report did not provide details on what percentage of the long-range weapons had rendered useless by Russian efforts.
The GLSDB is just one of the systems Ukraine’s NATO-backed forces have faced problems with thanks to Russian electronic warfare measures. Daniel Patt, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, told Congress in March that the effectiveness of US 155 mm GPS-guided Excalibur artillery shells had dropped from 70 percent to just six percent several weeks after being delivered to Kiev after Russian forces fine-tuned their electronic warfare equipment against them.
The bad news for the Pentagon regarding the GLSDB’s performance against a peer adversary comes on the heels of a New York Times report this week citing Ukrainian officials, electronic warfare specialists and frontline troops indicating that Russian electronic warfare had successfully jammed SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet terminals en masse in Kharkov region. This, the sources said, helped Russia achieve an element of surprise for its offensive in the area to establish a “sanitary zone” free of Ukrainian long-range strike systems, which Ukraine’s forces had been using this spring to target the city of Belgorod and border settlements.
“We’re losing the electronic warfare fight,” a deputy commander from the Ukrainian 92ndAssault Brigade’s drone battalion said. “One day before the attacks, it just shut down. It became super, super slow.”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirmed in an X post Friday that his company has been forced to spend “significant resources combating Russian jamming efforts,” and characterized Russia’s electronic warfare capabilities as “a tough problem.”
Russia has been forced to dramatically strengthen its electronic warfare capabilities amid the Ukrainian crisis, owing to the use of precision-guided NATO munitions and drones on a previously unparalleled scale. This has included everything from the jamming of guided artillery shells and extended-range Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits, to confusing long-range drones and disorienting missiles. Russia’s military is also doing its best to stay ahead of the curve on the battlefield, with an informed source telling Sputnik last October that EW troops were tweaking their equipment to prepare to suppress Ukraine’s F-16s once they begin arriving later this year.
Russia’s commitment to powerful electronic warfare capabilities dates back to the second half of the 20th century, when, amid preparations for a possible large-scale conflagration with NATO in the heart of Germany, Soviet military doctrines began emphasizing the need for “total integration of electronic warfare and physical destruction resources” on the battlefield. These developments have been consistently expanded and improved upon over the decades – with Russia, unlike the US, never losing focus on the creation of electronic warfare means against peer competitors.
Volodymyr Zelenesky's constitutionally-mandated term as Ukraine's president expired on May 21. The leader canceled elections last November, claiming it was "utterly irresponsible" to discuss such matters amid the ongoing conflict with Russia.
President Zelensky's legitimacy has expired, and Russia will proceed from this fact, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
"Of course, we are aware that the legitimacy of the current head of state [of Ukraine] has ended," Putin said at a press conference in Minsk on Friday after talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.
Putin recommended anyone looking for answers regarding Zelensky's status to look to the Ukrainian Constitution - which does not authorize the artificial extension of his presidential term under martial law.
Lukashenko echoed Putin's assessment, saying that "there is no legal integrity, and cannot be any legal integrity" on this question.
"All the same, I believe that neither current president nor the future one can resolve the big issues facing the state of Ukraine and the people of Ukraine. These issues will not be resolved by presidents. You know who will decide them. A lot has already been decided overseas, and what hasn't, will be done later," Lukashenko said, adding that there were plenty of people in Ukraine, both in the military and among civilians, who would like to lead the country, "and lead it in a new way, toward war or against war."
A defiant Zelensky has rejected questions on his legitimacy from his critics in Ukraine, and from Kiev's Western 'partners'. "My five-year term is not over yet. It is continuing due to martial law," Zelensky told Reuters on Tuesday.
Ukrainian parliament speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk warned Wednesday that Kiev would consider anyone who doubts Zelensky's legitimacy "enemies of Ukraine" and "political bottom-feeders."
Putin emphasized at Friday's press conference that Russia remains ready to continue negotiations with Ukraine, including based on the draft agreements reached during talks in Belarus and Turkiye in the spring of 2022, but accounting for the present realities on the ground.
If and when such negotiations resume, "we must be completely confident that we are dealing with legitimate authorities. This question must be answered in Ukraine itself. First of all, I believe, from the position of the parliament, the Constitutional Court, some other government bodies," Putin said.
As for the upcoming 'peace talks' in Switzerland next month, which Russia has no plans to attend, Putin suggested that it constitutes an effort by the Kiev regime's sponsors to confer legitimacy on Zelensky now that his legal term as president is up.
The Biden administration has yet to comment on the issue of Zelensky's status publicly. However, the European Commission and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock assured on Tuesday that he was legitimate.
"It's impossible to organize elections in such a situation," European Commission spokesman Peter Stano told reporters. "We (in the EU) also have no doubts that the president of Ukraine is Volodymyr Zelensky," the spokesman said.
Russia's involvement in the proxy war with NATO in Ukraine did not interfere with its ability to hold elections, with a presidential election held this past March, and regional elections taking place in September 2023.
