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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Yahoo
Ukrainian serviceman sentenced to 15 years in prison in Russia for alleged terrorist attack in Kursk Oblast
In Russia, Serhii Chumasov, a Ukrainian soldier of the 17th Separate Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been found guilty of allegedly committing a "terrorist act" on the territory of Russia. Source: Investigative Committee of Russia Details: The Russian investigation states that in October 2024, Chumasov and his comrades, armed with an AK-74 rifle and a grenade launcher, allegedly illegally crossed the Russian border and entered the village of Olgovka, Kursk Oblast. There, according to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, he mined roads and, threatening with weapons, prevented the evacuation of civilians. It is noted that Serhii Chumasov was detained by the Russians during the fighting and handed over to investigative authorities. A court in Russia sentenced the Ukrainian soldier to 15 years in prison. He will serve the first three years in prison, and the rest of his sentence in a maximum-security colony. Background: In January 2025, the 2nd Western Military District Court of Moscow sentenced seven captured Ukrainians who took part in the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive in Russia's Kursk Oblast. The soldiers received prison terms of 15 to 16 years. In the summer of 2023, the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don hosted a show trial for 22 Azov Brigade members who defended the city of Mariupol and Azovstal steelworks, including 8 women. In November 2023, a so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" court sentenced Vitalii Matvienko, a combat medic from the 36th Separate Motorised Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to 30 years in a maximum security prison. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Calgary Herald
07-05-2025
- Calgary Herald
Alberta far-right extremist who stockpiled weapons given another year in jail for possessing child pornography
An Alberta man serving a six-year sentence for stockpiling weapons and explosives as part of what police believe was a far-right extremist plot has been sentenced to additional time behind bars for possessing child pornography. Article content Article content Kelvin Maure, 30, was sentenced Monday to a year in jail, months after Court of King's Bench Justice Steven Mandziuk found him guilty of possessing hundreds of files containing child sex abuse material on his cellphones. Article content Article content The Crown had asked for two years in prison, while the defence sought a two-year conditional sentence order to be served in the community. Article content Article content During a sentencing hearing last year, prosecutor Craig Krieger said police came across Maure's collection of child sex abuse material after seizing his devices following a probe by the RCMP's Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET). At the time of his arrest, the agency said Maure 'presented a threat to critical infrastructure, police, and the public.' Article content Investigators searched Maure's father's Parkland County property, where they found the younger Maure had stashed assault rifles and materials for homemade bombs. He also built a complex of tunnels on the property, which he often talked about on the message board site 4chan using the handle ' Moleman.' Article content Police learned about Maure from his 4chan posts, which displayed what a judge later called a 'potential association or fascination with extreme right-wing groups' with 'fascistic or neo-Nazi predilections.' In early 2021, Maure posted about doing 'something to get more guns banned,' as well as infiltrating TransAlta's Keephills gas power plant outside Edmonton, where he fantasized about using explosives to topple transmission towers. Article content Article content 'Moleman' also posted photos of himself wearing masks and posing with guns outside the Alberta legislature. Shortly before his arrest, police observed Maure driving around Parkland County shooting at road signs, trees and oil and gas facilities. Article content Maure eventually pleaded guilty to eight of the 34 charges against him, including possessing a pistol, fully automatic AK-47 and AK-74 assault rifles, firearms suppressors and extended-capacity magazines. Article content His weapons collection also included erythritol tetranitrate and triacetone triperoxide (TATP), used for making improvised explosives, as well as police arm patches. Article content A police probe of Maure's cellphones turned up 1,200-plus files of child sex abuse material. The materials included images and videos of sexual violence against what the Crown described as 'very young girls.' Article content At trial, defence lawyer Jordan Titosky argued the Crown had not proven Maure knew about the files, noting many had nondescript file names and were contained in larger caches of other material.
Time of India
02-05-2025
- Time of India
All weapon buffs and nerfs in Warzone Season 3 Reloaded
The Warzone Season 3 Reloaded update is here, and true to form, it brings with it a complete overhaul of the arsenal, which is likely to disrupt player routines, force changes in loadouts, and probably, redefine the meta even across casual and competitive lobbies. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now But while the headlines are dominated by the launch of Ranked Play in Verdansk, it is the sweeping weapon tuning that really shakes the foundations. The fine-tuning goes across the board in the areas of Raven Software and Treyarch as they cover quite a lot of weapon classes-SMGs to snipers, rifles to shotguns, into a balancing act of buffs, nerfs, or subtle reworks. The aim? To create a more finely-tuned, competitive sandbox environment. But for players, this becomes simple: adapt or be outgunned. A complete list of buffs and nerfs AK-74 Headshot multiplier reduced from 1.2x to 1.12x Lower Torso multiplier reduced from 0.95x to 0.9x Sprint to Fire speed slowed from 190ms to 215ms Aim Down Sight speed slowed from 270ms to 285ms Aim Down Sight move speed reduced from 3.2m/s to 3m/s CR-56 AMAX Reload Speed Increased by 15% to align with other Black Ops 6 ARs Flip Mag adjusted from 25 rounds to 30 rounds Kilo 141 Reload Speed Increased by 15% to align with other Black Ops 6 ARs BAL-27 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 28 Range: 0 – 31.8m Damage: 32 Range: 0 – 31.8m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 26 Range: 31.8 – 43.1m Damage: 26 Range: 31.8 – 41.9m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 22 Range: >48.2m Damage: 22 Range: >41.9m *NEW* TOP 5 BROKEN META LOADOUTS after SEASON 3 RELOADED UPDATE! (Warzone Meta Loadouts) BO6 Holger 556 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 38 Range: 0 – 40.6m Damage: 40 Range: 0 – 35.5m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 34 Range: 40.6 – 50.8m Damage: 38 Range: 35.5 – 45.7m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 30 Range: >50.8m Damage: 32 Range: 45.7m Additional Adjustments Bullet Velocity increased from 720m/s to 810m/s Sprint to Fire speed improved from 252ms to 200ms Headshot multiplier decreased from 1.3x to 1.14x Lower Torso multiplier decreased from 0.96x to 0.85x Visual Recoil Reduced Attachments 40 Round Mag increased to 50 rounds M4 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 27 Range: 0 – 25.4m Damage: 32 Range: 0 – 43.18m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 24 Range: 25.4 – 40.64m Damage: 27 Range: 43.18 – 55.88m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 20 Range: 40.64m Damage: 25 Range: 55.88m Additional Adjustments Bullet Velocity increased from 720m/s to 820m/s Upper Torso multiplier decreased from 1.1x to 0.95x Visual Recoil Reduced TAQ-56 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 31 Range: 0 – 35.56m Damage: 39 Range: 0 – 38.1m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 28 Range: 35.56 – 47m Damage: 33 Range: 38.1 – 48.2m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 25 Range: >47m Damage: 29 Range: >48.2m Additional Adjustments Bullet Velocity increased from 720m/s to 800m/s Visual Recoil Reduced SMGs C9 10mm Auto 30-Round Mag Vertical Recoil penalty reduced from 40% to 20%. HRM-9 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 28 Range: 0 – 11.9m Damage: 24 Range: 0 – 10.6m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 24 Range: 11.9 – 19m Damage: 32 Range: 10.6 – 17.7m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 20 Range: 19m Damage: 21 Range: 17.7m Additional Adjustments Medium Damage Range 2 Removed Lower Torso multiplier decreased from 1x to 0.85x WSP-9 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 42 Range: 0 – 11.4m Damage: 45 Range: 0 – 11.9m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 35 Range: 11.4 – 20.3m Damage: 38 Range: 11.9 – 20.3m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 27 Range: >20.3m Damage: 30 Range: >20.3m Additional Adjustments Medium Damage Range 2 Removed Sprint to Fire speed slowed from 66ms to 120ms Headshot multiplier decreased from 1.3x to 1.13x Upper Torso multiplier decreased from 1.1x to 1x Lower Torso multiplier decreased from 1x to 0.95x Visual Recoil Reduced MX9 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 34 Range: 0 – 10.1m Damage: 38 Range: 0 – 11.1m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 28 Range: 10.1 – 22.3m Damage: 34 Range: 11.1 – 19.8m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 19 Range: >22.3m Damage: 24 Range: >19.8m Additional Adjustments Medium Damage Range 2 Removed Bullet Velocity increased from 300m/s to 530m/s Sprint to Fire speed slowed from 88ms to 110ms Upper Torso multiplier decreased from 1.1x to 1x Lower Torso multiplier decreased from 0.94x to 0.9x Visual Recoil Reduced Attachments Extended Mag rounds increased from 45 to 50 PDSW 528 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 28 Range: 0 – 10.1m Damage: 30 Range: 0 – 12.2m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 24 Range: 10.1 – 20.5m Damage: 28 Range: 12.2 – 20m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 19 Range: >20.5m Damage: 20 Range: >20m Additional Adjustments Medium Damage Range 2 Removed Bullet Velocity decreased from 680m/s to 570m/s Aim Down Sight speed improved from 240ms to 210ms Headshot multiplier increased from 1.2x to 1.27x Lower Torso multiplier decreased from 1x to 0.95x Visual Recoil Reduced Shotguns ASG-89 Rapid Fire Rate of Fire improvement increased from 3% to 5% Marine SP Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 60 Range: 0 – 1.8m Damage: 60 Range: 0 – 1.8m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 45 Range: 1.8 – 6.3m Damage: 55 Range: 1.8 – 6.3m Medium Damage Range 2 Damage: 32 Range: 6.3 – 8.9m Damage: 45 Range: 6.3 – 8.9m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 32 Damage: 45 Additional Adjustments Each Damage Value is per Pellet Attachments 12 Gauge Slugs Headshot multiplier increased from 1.2x to 1.6x Lockwood 680 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 60 Range: 0 – 1.02m Damage: 60 Range: 0 – 1.8m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 45 Range: 1.02 – 4.5m Damage: 45 Range: 1.8 – 6.3m Medium Damage Range 2 Damage: 32 Range: 4.5 – 8.9m Damage: 32 Range: 6.3 – 8.9m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 21 Range: >8.9m Damage: 21 Range: >8.9m Additional Adjustments Each Damage Value is per Pellet LMGs General All Black Ops 6 Belt Fed Mag Attachments have their max ammo reduced from 500 to 210 Feng 82 Fast Mag I Now reduces Pre-Fire Delay to 19ms (25% reduction). PU-21 Fast Mag I Now reduces Pre-Fire Delay to 10ms (50% reduction). Fast Mag II Now removes Pre-Fire Delay (100% reduction). XMG Fast Mag I Now reduces Pre-Fire Delay to 25ms (25% reduction). Fast Mag II Now reduces Pre-Fire Delay to 17ms (50% reduction). Pulemyot 762 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 36 Range: 0 – 38.1m Damage: 45 Range: 0 – 43.1m Medium Damage Range 1 New Range: N/A Damage: 38 Range: 43.1 – 55.8m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 34 Range: 38.1m Damage: 34 Range: 55.8m Additional Adjustments Headshot multiplier increased from 1.12x to 1.19x Upper and Lower Torso multipliers decreased from 1.1x to 1x Visual Recoil Reduced TAQ Eradicator Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 30 Range: 0 – 39.3m Damage: 32 Range: 0 – 40.6m Medium Damage Range 1 New Range: N/A Damage: 29 Range: 40.6 – 50.8m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 26 Range: >39.3m Damage: 27 Range: >50.8m Additional Adjustments Aim Down Sight speed slowed from 330ms to 400ms Headshot multiplier decreased from 1.2x to 1.19x Lower Torso multiplier decreased from 1.1x to 1x Visual Recoil Reduced WARZONE: Full SEASON 3 RELOADED UPDATE PATCH NOTES! META UPDATE, Map Changes, & More! (1.72 UPDATE) RAAL MG Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 38 Range: 0 – 41.9m Damage: 49 Range: 0 – 40.5m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 35 Range: 41.9 – 53.3m Damage: 42 Range: 40.5 – 53.3m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 37 Range: >53.3m Damage: 37 Range: >53.3m Additional Adjustments Headshot multiplier decreased from 1.3x to 1.18x Lower Torso multiplier increased from 0.95x to 1x Visual Recoil Reduced Sakin MG38 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 30 Range: 0 – 39.3m Damage: 38 Range: 0 – 35.5m Medium Damage Range 1 Damage: 27 Range: 39.3 – 50.8m Damage: 34 Range: 35.5 – 45.7m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 25 Range: >50.8m Damage: 30 Range: >45.7m Additional Adjustments Headshot multiplier decreased from 1.4x to 1.14x Upper Torso multiplier decreased from 1.15x to 1x Lower Torso multiplier decreased from 1.05x to 1x Visual Recoil Reduced Marksman Rifles General All non bolt action Marksman Rifles in MWII, MWIII and BO6 will now use AR ammo instead of sniper ammo. AEK-973 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 44 Range: 0 – 40.6m Damage: 50 Range: 0 – 43.1m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 40 Range: >40.6m Damage: 43 Range: >43.1m Additional Adjustments Bullet Velocity decreased from 900m/s to 860m/s Headshot multiplier increased from 1.1x to 1.2x Lower Torso multiplier decreased from 1x to 0.9x Attachments Rapid Fire Maximum Damage increased from 25 to 45 Minimum Damage increased from 20 to 40 Rate of Fire increased from 5% to 10% Damage Range penalty decreased from 35% to 25% Bullet Velocity penalty decreased from 20% to 10% DM-10 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 78 Range: 0 – 45.7m Damage: 78 Range: 0 – 50.8m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 60 Range: >45.7m Damage: 43 Range: >50.8m Additional Adjustments Bullet Velocity increased from 890m/s to 920m/s Aim Down Sight speed improved from 350ms to 330ms Inflicted Flinch to enemies increased Received Flinch from enemies decreased SWAT 5.56 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 62 Range: 0 – 45.7m Damage: 62 Range: 0 – 50.8m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 43 Range: >45.7m Damage: 47 Range: >50.8m Additional Adjustments Bullet Velocity increased from 870m/s to 910m/s Attachments Rapid Fire Damage Range penalty decreased from 30% to 15% Bullet Velocity penalty decreased from 18% to 10% TR2 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 62 Range: 0 – 45.7m Damage: 59 Range: 0 – 45.7m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 55 Range: >45.7m Damage: 59 Range: >45.7m Additional Adjustments Bullet Velocity increased from 880m/s to 1020m/s Lower Torso multiplier increased from 0.9x to 1x Headshot multiplier increased from 1.2x to 1.27x Inflicted Flinch to enemies increased View Kick Strength improved significantly Tsarkov 7.62 Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 78 Range: 0 – 43.1m Damage: 80 Range: 0 – 50.8m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 60 Range: >43.1m Damage: 60 Range: >50.8m Additional Adjustments Bullet Velocity decreased from 915m/s to 890m/s Neck multiplier increased from 1x to 1.25x Snipers HDR Aim Down Sight speed slowed from 510ms to 600ms FJX Imperium Damage Range Pre-patch Post-patch Maximum Damage Range Damage: 150 Range: 0 – 50.8m Damage: 150 Range: 0 – 58.4m Minimum Damage Range Damage: 125 Range: >50.8m Damage: 145 Range: >58.4m Additional Adjustments
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
A Brit who fought in Ukraine reveals his war essentials: guns, grenades, and candy
A British man who fought in Ukraine shared insights on essential gear for his reconnaissance work. Macer Gifford, a former trader, fought with Ukraine's 131st reconnaissance battalion. Equipment shortages in Ukraine make retrieving lost gear crucial for soldiers, he said. A British man who volunteered to fight with a Ukrainian army unit against Russia's invasion told Business Insider about the standard — and unexpected — items he carried while he was fighting there. Macer Gifford is the nom de guerre of former currency trader Harry Rowe, who has fought in both Syria and Ukraine as an international volunteer. He spoke to BI's Authorized Account series about what it's really like to defend Ukraine. He described the kit he found essential when carrying out missions in a reconnaissance unit and the simple rules he followed to keep it and himself safe. Gifford fought with Ukraine's 131st reconnaissance battalion in 2022, fighting in places like Lyman and the islands of the freezing Dnipro river before later forming a specialized drone unit. He told BI that he had different kit for different roles, but there were some constants, like his uniform. "Broadly speaking, I would prefer to use a British military uniform, primarily for quality reasons," he told BI. Gifford said that, during reconnaissance missions, he needed slim body armor to navigate tight spaces such as thorny wooded thickets or to squeeze through gaps in buildings. He'd carry magazines and grenades on a plate carrier vest, with additional magazines on a battle belt. "There was a knife constantly on my plate carrier," he said. He also had an assault pack for combat operations, though during hotter weather, he would don a Camelbak — a pack with an inbuilt water reservoir and tube, which also had space for more ammo and grenades. Gifford said most of his time was spent in cold conditions. As for his guns, he started out with the 131st's standard-issue AK-74. Later, he was given the Grot — a Polish rifle, which he said he customized with a full grip and a red dot sight with a magnifier. He also replaced the steel magazines with plastic, he said. For a secondary weapon, he carried a US-made 40mm single-shot grenade launcher and carried 12 grenades slung around his neck. While US and UK-made grenades were "prized" among Ukrainians, he generally used Soviet-made ones, he said. He described how, for longer missions, his crew might carry an RPG, a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon. "But in regards to actually anti-tank, it was always NATO that would provide the best kits," he said, pointing to NLAWs, Javelins, and the Spanish-made Matador. Gifford didn't bring any personal effects with him as he's "not a very superstitious person." But he did take two small luxuries that made all the difference. One key item? Wet wipes. Far away from hot showers, Gifford would wash with a quick "bird bath" using the wipes to bring "some level of civility" to missions that could last up to a week, he said. On top of basic food and drink, there was one other essential: candy. Looking forward to eating one piece of candy each day "helps you regimen your days, which are so incredibly long," he said. Ukraine's ongoing equipment shortages mean that every piece of kit is precious. Gifford said that he had to fundraise for much of his equipment, and losing it was a serious matter. "You can lose something that's incredibly valuable, very fast," he said. "It could be some night vision goggles that cost like two grand, three grand — gone, like that." Soldiers have reported risking their lives to retrieve lost gear. Oleksandr Pleskov, a soldier in Ukraine's 125th Brigade, previously told BI of a perilous attempt to retrieve a drone that had malfunctioned and landed in no-mans-land near Bakhmut. The $6,000 drone was recovered — but the risk involved was "stupidity and audacity," Pleskov said. Similarly determined, Gifford recalled running into a burning house the Russians had just shelled to retrieve precious kit. "I was just running through this burning building, just collecting gear, even stuff that other guys had dropped, and bringing it out," he said. There's a strong incentive to retrieve even ruined kit, he said. Soldiers are heavily scrutinized if they report losing a weapon, something that Gifford attributes to Ukraine's efforts to counter procurement corruption in the military. He recalled returning to the burned-down house later to retrieve a PKM machine gun that had been "burned to a crisp" just so they could account for it to their higher-ups, he said. "You have to prove that the weapon is lost in combat," he said. "And if you can prove that, there's obviously no punishment, and you'll be reissued a weapon." One of Gifford's passions has been to fundraise for thousands of IFAKs, or Individual First Aid Kits, and for soldiers to be trained in using them on the front lines. He said IFAKs were essential to his own missions, ensuring that soldiers could provide each other with tactical combat casualty care, or "TCCC," even if they didn't have a combat medic. "There's nothing worse than having a casualty and not being able to treat them effectively," he said. "Not just for the person who's suffering, but also for the people who are having to work around them and to watch them suffer." In Syria, where he was from 2015 to 2017, he saw deaths from what he said were "very survivable" injuries due to a lack of TCCC knowledge, he said. Some people died of hypothermia even before they bled out — making temperature regulation an overlooked issue for TCCC, he said. The kit and training allow for basic medical treatment while under fire, giving soldiers "the treatment they need to extend their life just as long for them to get to the hospital," Gifford told BI. Read the original article on Business Insider
