![]() ![]() It also identifies possible graves at one prison complex.Ī Conflict Observatory hub that analyses evidence of Russian war crimes released a report on Thursday which they say provides proof of forced deportation and filtration camps in Ukraine. The Conflict Observatory report cites commercial satellite imagery and open-source information to identify with ‘high confidence’ the separate locations - including facilities that previously served as schools, markets and regular prisons. Russia and its proxy forces in Ukraine are operating 21 locations used to detain, interrogate and process prisoners of war and civilians, according to a new report by Yale University researchers backed by the US state department. ![]() 06.42 BST Report identifies 21 'filtration' locations in Ukraine run by Russia “Nearly every organised opposition group had an informer at low or mid-level.” “I am convinced there were hundreds of us,” Sokolov said, sitting at a cafe near the refugee centre in the south of the Netherlands. He is part of what appears to be a trend of ex-FSB informers coming clean after Moscow’s decision to invade Ukraine. Sokolov’s story shines a rare light on the inner workings of Moscow’s secretive security services and their attempts to infiltrate the Russian opposition at home and abroad. The 25-year-old is now living in a crowded dormitory, shunned by fellow activists, while being trolled online by his former FSB handlers. I am happy I am no longer in the claws of the FSB,” the former FSB informant and staffer for the jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s anti-corruption network said in an interview with the Guardian this week. “The last six years were a rollercoaster. When Mikhail Sokolov signed up to work for the FSB security services, he never imagined his journey would end here: in a crowded refugee camp on the outskirts of a sleepy town in the rural Netherlands. ![]() Russia blames the Ukrainian military for strikes in the area. This will be the only guarantee that nothing major happens.” “Our personnel is trying everything they can in the circumstances to ensure it functions uninterruptedly … The power plant poses a risk to the whole of Europe.”Īsked about updates on whether Russia will allow international inspectors on to the plant site, he said: “We have claims by the Russian side that they will allow this inspection – we hope that they honour that commitment but the ultimate solution is not just admitting the inspection … the ultimate solution is the complete demilitarisation of the nuclear plant, making sure that the Russian soldiers leave Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Russian soldiers must leave the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in order to guarantee safety, an adviser to Ukraine’s defence minister has said.Īppearing on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Yuriy Sak said that since the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was captured by Russian soldiers in March, it has been controlled by them but run by Ukrainian personnel. 07.35 BST Russian soldiers must leave nuclear plant to guarantee its safety, says Ukraine military adviser “Starting around June, we saw this huge peak, and it just didn’t go away. “I’ve never seen an LNG plant flare so much,” Dr Jessica McCarty, an expert on satellite data from Miami University in Ohio, told the broadcaster. ![]() While gas flaring is a normal process used in industry, the scale at which gas is being burned at the plant was unprecedented, researchers said. The plant is near a compressor station at the start of the Nordstream 1 pipeline, which transports gas to Germany.įinnish citizens reported seeing a large flame earlier this summer, and researchers have reported a significant increase in heat coming from the facility. Scientists are concerned about the quantities of carbon dioxide and soot the new liquified natural gas (LNG) plant at Portovaya, north-west of St Petersburg, is creating. Russia is burning off large amounts of natural gas that it would previously have exported to Germany while energy costs soar in Europe, the BBC has reported.Īccording to BBC News, which cites an analysis by Rystad Energy, a plant near Russia’s border with Finland is burning an estimated £8.4m-worth of gas every day. 08.15 BST Russia is burning vast quantities of gas as energy costs skyrocket ![]()
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