Belarus again ruled out participating in the war in Ukraine alongside Russia, while mystery swirls around the fate of the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
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Russia's Defense Ministry published a video in which Admiral Viktor Sokolov was purportedly seen attending a video conference with Russian defense officials Tuesday. It is unknown when the video was filmed, however. "Since the start of the invasion, Russia has only rarely maintained an uncommitted army-size grouping which could potentially form the basis of a major new offensive thrust," it noted.
Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Viktor Sokolov appears on the screen at the meeting that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held with ministry officials in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 26, 2023."We've looked at the video, it's not very clear and it jumps around quite a lot. We've located the person on the video who looks most like Sokolov, and it may be him, but it's not a completely clear match," Clarke said.
Belarus again ruled out participating in the war in Ukraine alongside Russia, with its top diplomat insisting that a political and diplomatic solution is the only way to end the conflict.whether he sees a situation in which Belarus could take part in the war. But he blamed Ukraine and other countries "indirectly involved in the conflict" for the failure of those negotiations, and said Belarus "will continue to make peace efforts."
But if Belarus were invaded, "I will not exclude any instruments to be used to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of our country," he said.Russian President Vladimir Putin and then-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow, Russia, February 23, 2018.Russia's former president Dmitry Medvedev said Tuesday that he had visited troops near the frontline in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, upon orders from President Vladimir Putin, according to AFP.
Commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Viktor Sokolov appears on the screen at the meeting that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu held with ministry officials in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 26, 2023.Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said in a statement Tuesday that they had not confirmed the death of the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov.
In addition, Shoigu said that new formations of the Airborne Forces are being created in Russia and their strike capabilities are being increased.
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