That is the second Putin‘s aide Alexander Dugin watches the flaming wreckage of a automotive bomb meant for him that killed his daughter as a substitute when the 2 switched automobiles final minute.
Dugin, a infamous fascist and Russian ultranationalist, is in hospital after being filmed on the scene of the explosion that killed his 35 yr previous daughter, Darya Dugina.
He was travelling on a freeway close to the village of Bolshiye Vyazyomy simply exterior the capital on Saturday evening — however determined to journey in a unique automotive to his daughter, avoiding dying solely by probability.
Vladimir Putin’s closest supporters have demanded vengeance on Ukraine over the ‘assassination’ of Dugina, daughter of the Russian chief’s religious guru, who died in his stead.
A distressing video from Baza media exhibits the bereft father – referred to as Putin’s ‘Rasputin’ – on the scene of the explosion.
The automotive is seen as a fireball as emergency companies sirens wail. Studies mentioned she died on the spot.
However her father – seen because the brains behind Putin’s interference in Ukraine from 2014 – was supposed to be within the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado which was hit, however the former professor apparently switched vehicles on the final minute.
The explosion came about as Ms Dugina was getting back from a cultural competition she had attended along with her father.
Dugina was a political analyst and editor of pro-Putin journal United World Worldwide and a joint writer of a ebook on Putin’s conflict in Ukraine.
Her father is the writer of an excessive rightwing view of Russia’s position on this planet which held an enchantment to Putin.
The pair had been pictured collectively at a pro-Putin public occasion shortly earlier than she was slain.
Andrey Krasnov, the pinnacle of the Russian Horizon social motion and an in depth buddy of the lifeless girl, mentioned: ‘I knew Darya personally.
‘This was the daddy’s automobile. Darya… took his automotive as we speak, whereas Alexander went differently. He returned, and he was on the website of the tragedy.
‘So far as I perceive, Alexander or most likely each of them had been the goal.’
Alexander Dugin – father of 30-year-old Darya Dugina who died within the automotive explosion late on 20 August 2022 in Moscow area – is proven on the explosion website
The charred jeep the place Darya Dugina, 30, was killed by an explosion on 20 August. 30-year-old Darya Dugina died within the automotive explosion late on 20 August 2022 in Moscow area
Denis Pushilin, head of the breakaway Donetsk Individuals’s Republic in jap Ukraine, branded the authors of the ‘assault’ ‘vile villains’. (Pictured: Darya and Alexander Dugin)
Investigators work on the website of a suspected automotive bomb assault that killed Darya Dugina, daughter of ultra-nationalist Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, within the Moscow area, Russia August 21
Investigators are pictured inspecting the aftermath of the automotive bomb in Moscow. A lot of the wreckage the place Darya Dugina was killed has been cleared away for use as proof.
The automotive bombing is believed to have taken place in Bolshiye Vyazyomy, on the outskirts of Moscow
There isn’t any direct proof Ukraine or its brokers had been concerned within the Moscow assault, however senior pro-Putin conflict supporters had been fast to demand an all out assault on Kyiv over the alleged assassination.
Margarita Simonyan, head of RT ‘propaganda’ community, posted on Telegram: ‘Determination-making centres! Determination-making centres!! Determination-making centres!!!’
Her name echoes a requirement from hardliners loyal to Putin for him to wreak havoc with huge missile strikes on central Kyiv.
Propaganda journalist Maxim Kononenko messaged: ‘The handle of the principle constructing of the SBU [Ukrainian secret services]: Volodymyrska 33, Kyiv. I will attempt to sleep now, and once I get up, I hope to learn on the information that it was f****** bombed together with its basements.’
There have been additionally warnings that different pro-Putin propagandists might be in peril.
Denis Pushilin, the pinnacle of the Donetsk Individuals’s Republic [DPR], a pro-Moscow puppet state in jap Ukraine, posted: ‘The terrorists of the Ukrainian regime, making an attempt to eradicate Alexander Dugin blew up his daughter…in a automotive. Blessed reminiscence of Daria, she is an actual Russian lady.’
He immediately blamed ‘terrorists of the Ukrainian regime’.
Dugina was described as ‘a younger, sensible, stunning and extremely proficient and sympathetic girl’.
Whereas he has no formal position in authorities, Dugin, a far-Proper occult author who used to edit the staunchly pro-Putin Tsargrad TV community, is considered the Russian warmonger’s ‘guru advisor’ and reportedly exerts heavy affect over him.
He’s credited with giving new life to the time period Novorossiya (New Russia), which was adopted by Putin to justify his annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Dugin has lengthy dreamed of an expansionist Russia, advocating for Russian rule ‘from Dublin to Vladisvostok’ in his 1997 ebook Foundations of Geopolitics. He as soon as mentioned not taking again management of Ukraine could be ‘an infinite hazard for all of Eurasia’ – earlier than he was sanctioned by the US in 2015 after allegedly recruiting fighters for Russia-backed forces within the nation.
His daughter Darya was additionally sanctioned by the US Treasury after she turned chief editor of the United World Worldwide (UWI) web site – which was owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin, who’s suspected of interfering within the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Information of Alexander Dugin’s tried assassination comes after a kamikaze drone strike hit Russia’s Navy headquarters in Crimea and sparked an enormous explosion on Saturday, in one other suspected Ukrainian raid.
Smoke was seen billowing by means of the air following the assault, which got here regardless of frantic makes an attempt from Putin’s forces to shoot down the UAV, as seen in a video the place repetitive gunfire is heard.
The naval HQ suffered a direct hit, mentioned studies whereas terrified Russian vacationers fled the favored summer time peninsula.
Footage allegedly taken on the scene exhibits an enormous inferno burning by a roadside with no less than one hearth truck in attendance
Unconfirmed studies say she was driving her Land Cruiser Prado close to the village of Bolshiye Vyazyomy when the automobile instantly exploded (alleged image from scene)
Darya Dugin (pictured, whereas proper, her father Alexander) was ‘blown to items’ in a Hollywood-style ‘assassination plot’ close to the village of Bolshiye Vyazyomy, on the outskirts of Moscow
Alexander is usually known as ‘Putin’s mind’ or ‘thinker’ as a consequence of his shut relationship with the warring president (pictured)
Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev confirmed the assault, writing on Telegram: ‘Sadly, [the drone] was not shot down, though they labored on the bay with small arms. [It] went low. There have been no victims.’
He warned: ‘The tenacity of those Ukro-Reich morons is superb. Everybody, if attainable, must be dwelling within the subsequent hour.’
Russia additionally suffered incoming assaults on resort Yevpatoriya, north of Sevastopol, the place one man was heard saying: ‘This isn’t humorous. Let’s pack up and get out of right here. These are not any fireworks.’
The air defence system was activated within the Western Crimea, the pinnacle of Putin’s regime in annexed Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, mentioned.
‘The goal is hit. There isn’t any harm, nor any wounded. Our navy clearly, professionally and successfully perform their duties. I ask everybody to stay calm and belief solely official data.’
Initially because the wave of assaults got here in, Razvozzhaev mentioned: ‘I’m at my office within the authorities. In addition to most of the townspeople, I heard the clapping within the [city] centre.
‘Related sounds had been heard within the Strelka space somewhat earlier. The air defence was working within the bay. Naval artillery [operated] within the centre. The identical as yesterday. In response to preliminary knowledge [they were shooting down drones. Targets were hit. We remain calm. The military is doing their job perfectly. Let’s support them.’
However, the fear of attacks on Crimea – a new development in the war this month – is palpable among tourists who are fleeing the peninsula.
It is the latest in a string of mystery blasts, widely believed to be inflicted by Ukrainian forces, deep in the occupied peninsula.
Intelligence officials revealed last night how the strikes have crippled the invaders’ military capabilities, while also displaying Kyiv’s ability to wreak havoc on Russian logistics.
It follows a huge blast at a Russian air base in Crimea last week. Western officials have now revealed the incident knocked out half of Russia’s Black Sea naval aviation force.
A source said: ‘They’ve lost their flagship Moskva, they lost Snake Island, they lost half of their naval aviation package and their military headquarters was struck. I think we can assume attacks by Ukrainians behind enemy lines.’
The explosions were reported at an air base near the village of Belbek, on the south-west coast near Sevastopol, HQ of Vladimir Putin’s Black Sea fleet.
On the opposite end of the peninsula, the sky has been lit up at Kerch near a huge bridge to Russia, with what Moscow has claimed was fire from its air defences.
Inside Russia, two villages have been evacuated after explosions at an ammunition dump in Belgorod province, more than 60 miles from territory controlled by Ukrainian forces.
Kyiv also announced a strike on a bridge at the Kakhovska Dam, near Kherson – one of the last routes for Russia to supply its troops on the west bank of the Dnipro River.
Such attacks were having a ‘significant psychological effect on the Russian leadership’, said the official.
Russia has denied any aircraft were damaged in what it called an accident at the base, although satellite pictures showed at least eight warplanes completely burned out.
The recent explosions have had a major psychological effect on Moscow’s leadership, with its invasion of Ukraine at ‘near operational standstill’, Western officials have said.
More than half of the Russian navy’s Black Sea Fleet combat jets were put out of action in blasts last week at the Russian-operated Saky military airfield in western Crimea, an area Moscow previously considered secure, according to Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD).
The Kremlin is busy seeking to allocate blame for the debacle and President Putin is struggling to hide Ukraine’s success from the Russian population.
This comes as thousands of Russians fleeing Crimea have streamed into the country, officials said on Friday, and as a fire at a munitions depot near the Russian village of Timonovo has led to the evacuation of two villages in Russia’s Belgorod region.
Roughly 1,100 people reside in the villages of Timonovo and Soloti, around 15 miles from the Ukrainian border. There were no casualties in the blaze late Thursday, Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
In the attack on the Crimean airbase last week, nine Russian warplanes were reported destroyed.
The strike demonstrated both the Russians’ vulnerability and the Ukrainians’ capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines, previously not thought possible.
Ukrainian authorities have stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility, but President Volodymyr Zelensky alluded to Ukrainian attacks behind enemy lines after the blasts in Crimea, which Russia has blamed on ‘sabotage.’
Three Kremlin ‘spies’ are arrested after ‘spraying chemicals in faces of soldiers when they were caught breaking into weapons factory in NATO member Albania’
Three alleged Kremlin spies caught breaking into an arms factory in Albania are accused of spraying chemicals into the faces of the soldiers who stopped them.
Two men with Russian passports and one Ukrainian national, most likely from one of the country’s Moscow-ruled breakaway republics, tried to enter the weapons factory tonight, the NATO country’s ministry of defence explosively claimed.
It added: ‘The officers who were guarding the plant reacted immediately, but during their efforts to stop the three foreign nationals, two of our soldiers were injured.’
Two Albanian soldiers defending the arms factory were hospitalised with chemical burns
Factory director Lorenc Zani confirmed there was a ‘physical clash’, at which point the defending soldiers were sprayed with the unknown material, Albanian Daily News reported.
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said the three individuals are ‘suspected of espionage.’
Officers arrested the three men, with the Albanian soldiers now hospitalised with illnesses arising from the apparent chemical poisoning. They are said to be in a stable condition.
The defense ministry said one of the arrested, identified only as a Russian national MZ, 24 years old, entered the plant’s territory and was trying to take photos.
Two others, a Russian woman identified as ST, 33, and Ukrainian man FA, 25, were also arrested nearby.
Gramsh military base in central Albania is an unusual location for foreign ‘tourists’ to visit.
On Ukraine’s capabilities, one Western official said: ‘Ukraine is now consistently achieving kinetic effects deep behind Russia’s lines.
‘The incidents have been having a material effect on Russia’s logistics support, but as importantly, there’s a significant psychological effect on the Russian leadership.’
They added that the attacks had forced the Black Sea Fleet into a defensive posture and stymied Russia’s ability to launch a successful amphibious assault on Odesa on Ukraine’s coast, which would cut off much of Ukraine’s access to the sea.
It comes as the war has entered a phase of ‘near operational standstill’, with neither side’s ground forces having enough concentrated combat power to launch effective offensive actions, the Western official said.
Russia is facing an increasingly acute shortage of stocks, even of basic munition, as well as manpower issues as it struggles to reconstitute its forces.
‘There was a point when there was constant shelling, there was a real high point, particularly around the battle for the Donbas,’ they said.
‘We aren’t at that high point anymore.
‘The whole tempo of the campaign has slowed down, partly because both sides have become more conscious that this is a marathon not a sprint and that expenditure rates and conserving their munitions is important’.
At least a dozen civilians were killed by Russian strikes in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv this week, according to the MoD.
‘This civilian suffering provides an unusually stark example of Russian cynicism,’ the official said, adding that Moscow was not planning to launch an offensive in the area or gain any major operational advantage from the bombardment.
Meanwhile, the head of the GCHQ intelligence service said Moscow had failed to gain ground in cyberspace against Ukraine.
‘So far, President Putin has comprehensively lost the information war in Ukraine and in the West,’ Sir Jeremy Fleming wrote in an op-ed in The Economist.
‘Just as with its land invasion, Russia’s initial online plans appear to have fallen short.’
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in televised remarks Friday that statements from Ukrainian officials about striking facilities in Crimea mark ‘an escalation of the conflict openly encouraged by the US and its NATO allies.’
Ryabkov said Russian officials had warned the US against such actions in phone calls with high-level members of the Biden administration.
He added that ‘deep and open US involvement’ in the war in Ukraine ‘effectively puts the US on the brink of becoming a party to the conflict.’
‘We don’t want an escalation,’ Ryabkov said. ‘We would like to avoid a situation where the US becomes a party to the conflict, but so far we haven’t seen their readiness to deeply and seriously consider those warnings.’
A Ukrainian drone strike has hit Russia’s Navy headquarters in Crimea, causing a huge explosion
Smoke was seen billowing through the air this morning following the attack, which came despite frantic attempts from Putin’s forces to shoot down the UAV
The naval HQ suffered a direct hit, said reports while terrified Russian tourists fled the popular summer peninsula
Clips which emerged from the scene appeared to show the charred remains of a Russian fighter jet and the smouldering wreckage of several cars on torn up tarmac (pictured)
Satellite pictures released on last week showed the devastation at the Russian air base, hit in the attack that suggests Kyiv may have obtained new long-range strike capability with potential to change the course of the war. Pictured before (top) and after (bottom) the blasts
In response to the attacks, Putin sacked his Black Sea naval commander earlier this week.
The removal of Igor Osipov marked the most prominent sacking of a military official in the nearly six months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine.
State-owned RIA said the new chief, Viktor Sokolov, was introduced to members of the fleet’s military council in the port of Sevastopol.
One source said it was ‘normal’ that the appointment was not publicly announced at a time when Russia is conducting what it calls its special military operation in Ukraine.
Speculation has followed that Osipov was sacked following the sinking of the Moskva flagship on April 14, but the naval commander appears to have kept his job until recently.
Osipov was absent from the Red Square ‘victory parade’, with Moscow claiming he was ‘not in the mood’ to appear following the loss of the flagship.
