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Economic Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- Economic Times
Russia says destroyed Ukraine's Sapsan missile production facilities funded by Germany just hours before Putin-Trump meeting
Amid rising tensions, Russia announces the destruction of Ukrainian missile manufacturing plants known for producing Sapsan missiles, funded by German investments. This bold move comes just prior to a pivotal summit in Alaska between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, where the Ukraine conflict is expected to dominate discussions. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads List of Ukrainian missile production units hit Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads What is the Sapsan missile? The Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska Russia claimed that it destroyed several facilities in July 2025 deep inside Ukraine where medium-range Sapsan missiles , financed by Germany, were being produced. But the details of the covert operations were revealed only on August 13, 2025, just hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska's Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on August 13, 2025 asserted that Germany's link to the production of Sapsan missiles was confirmed and five Ukrainian defense facilities making them and other weapons destroyed in a joint operation with the Defense missile is also known as Hrіm-2, Grom or OTRK Sapsan and has an official range of about 500 kilometers (over 310 miles). But Russia believes it can be used against targets over 700 km (435 miles) away, potentially bringing its capital Moscow within news outlet TASS reported that the FSB and Russian Defense Ministry carried out a sabotage mission to destroy production facilities where Sapsan missiles were being manufactured. The FSB claimed that it was a much bigger operation than Ukraine Security Service's much-talked about Operation Spider's Web on June 1, 2025, in which dozens of armed drones were smuggled inside Russia and used to attack its strategic heavy bomber aircraft across several airbases, some thousands of miles away from the frontlines."The damage to the Ukrainian military-industrial complex is colossal, far outweighing the harm done to Russia in Operation Spiderweb carried out by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Main Intelligence Directorate," TASS reported from the FSB strikes were carried out at five locations - two in Pavlograd, two in Shostka, and one in Zhytomyr Pavlograd, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (eastern Ukraine), a chemical plant producing solid fuel to power Sapsan missiles, and also making and stockpiling shells, small aerial bombs, and thermobaric charges was targeted. A mechanical plant nearby which produced and assembled missiles, propulsion units, control systems, and Sapsan warheads was also 580 kms to the north, two facilities in Shostka in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine, were hit. One was the Shostka State Plant "Zvezda" where gunpowder and warheads were made and the second was the Shostka Research Institute of Chemical Products. Here rocket fuel for flamethrower systems was produced and new types of explosive materials were being that the covert operations were carried out against ballistic missile production facilities to neutralize Ukraine's offensive capabilities, the FSB report claimed that Kiev was also on the verge of developing and deploying longer range projectiles against also quoted a FSB officer, who was involved in the planning the covert strike, as stating that Germany had financed the production facilities where Sapsan missiles were being built."It has been established that with Germany's financial support and the assistance of foreign specialists the development and production of the Sapsan medium-range operational-tactical missile systems capable of striking deep into the territory of the Russian Federation has been carried out at defense enterprises in the Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions of Ukraine," the officer stated according to a TASS report.A June 23, 2025, report states that Germany had advanced a financial aid of 5 billion euro defense package to Ukraine for the development of longer range hypersonic missiles to counter Russia's massive has maintained that Ukraine used the Soviet stockpile and technical knowhow to develop its own missile started developing the Sapsan missile in 2014 and two years later Saudi Arabia joined the project by investing $40 million into it. Sapsan was successfully test-fired for the first time in August 2024.A few months later on November 9, 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the country had produced 'its first 100 missiles'. International defence experts concluded that he was referring to the Sapsan based on Zelenskyy's comment that these could be used for 'striking deeper and deeper into Russia'. Some experts were of the opinion that he was referring to the R-360 Neptune, a subsonic cruise missile with a maximum range of 1,000 kms (620 miles).The officially admitted maximum range of Sapsan is 300 km (190 mi) with a 480 kilogram conventional warhead. The missile can fly hypersonic with a top speed of Mach 5.2 (1.1 mi/s; 1.8 km/s). It is powered by a single-stage solid propellant two leaders are meeting on August 15 at a military base in the US state of Alaska. They will discuss ways and means to bring the war in Ukraine, which has been going on since late February 2022, to an has warned Russia of "severe consequences" if Putin fails to end the war in Ukraine. However, he has not spelt out his plans if Putin refuses a Russian President has been adamant on annexing the entire eastern part of Ukraine. These include Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson. Crimea has been under Russian rule since 2014 when Putin sent his forces into Ukraine for the first currently occupies almost 25 percent of Ukraine. An Al Jazeera report states that almost 114,500 square km (44,600 square miles) of Ukraine's land is under Russian control.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Russia says destroyed Ukraine's Sapsan missile production facilities funded by Germany just hours before Putin-Trump meeting
Amid rising tensions, Russia announces the destruction of Ukrainian missile manufacturing plants known for producing Sapsan missiles, funded by German investments. This bold move comes just prior to a pivotal summit in Alaska between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, where the Ukraine conflict is expected to dominate discussions. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads List of Ukrainian missile production units hit Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads What is the Sapsan missile? The Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska Russia claimed that it destroyed several facilities in July 2025 deep inside Ukraine where medium-range Sapsan missiles , financed by Germany, were being produced. But the details of the covert operations were revealed only on August 13, 2025, just hours before Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump in Alaska's Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) on August 13, 2025 asserted that Germany's link to the production of Sapsan missiles was confirmed and five Ukrainian defense facilities making them and other weapons destroyed in a joint operation with the Defense missile is also known as Hrіm-2, Grom or OTRK Sapsan and has an official range of about 500 kilometers (over 310 miles). But Russia believes it can be used against targets over 700 km (435 miles) away, potentially bringing its capital Moscow within news outlet TASS reported that the FSB and Russian Defense Ministry carried out a sabotage mission to destroy production facilities where Sapsan missiles were being manufactured. The FSB claimed that it was a much bigger operation than Ukraine Security Service's much-talked about Operation Spider's Web on June 1, 2025, in which dozens of armed drones were smuggled inside Russia and used to attack its strategic heavy bomber aircraft across several airbases, some thousands of miles away from the frontlines."The damage to the Ukrainian military-industrial complex is colossal, far outweighing the harm done to Russia in Operation Spiderweb carried out by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Main Intelligence Directorate," TASS reported from the FSB strikes were carried out at five locations - two in Pavlograd, two in Shostka, and one in Zhytomyr Pavlograd, a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (eastern Ukraine), a chemical plant producing solid fuel to power Sapsan missiles, and also making and stockpiling shells, small aerial bombs, and thermobaric charges was targeted. A mechanical plant nearby which produced and assembled missiles, propulsion units, control systems, and Sapsan warheads was also 580 kms to the north, two facilities in Shostka in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine, were hit. One was the Shostka State Plant "Zvezda" where gunpowder and warheads were made and the second was the Shostka Research Institute of Chemical Products. Here rocket fuel for flamethrower systems was produced and new types of explosive materials were being that the covert operations were carried out against ballistic missile production facilities to neutralize Ukraine's offensive capabilities, the FSB report claimed that Kiev was also on the verge of developing and deploying longer range projectiles against also quoted a FSB officer, who was involved in the planning the covert strike, as stating that Germany had financed the production facilities where Sapsan missiles were being built."It has been established that with Germany's financial support and the assistance of foreign specialists the development and production of the Sapsan medium-range operational-tactical missile systems capable of striking deep into the territory of the Russian Federation has been carried out at defense enterprises in the Dnepropetrovsk and Sumy regions of Ukraine," the officer stated according to a TASS report.A June 23, 2025, report states that Germany had advanced a financial aid of 5 billion euro defense package to Ukraine for the development of longer range hypersonic missiles to counter Russia's massive has maintained that Ukraine used the Soviet stockpile and technical knowhow to develop its own missile started developing the Sapsan missile in 2014 and two years later Saudi Arabia joined the project by investing $40 million into it. Sapsan was successfully test-fired for the first time in August 2024.A few months later on November 9, 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the country had produced 'its first 100 missiles'. International defence experts concluded that he was referring to the Sapsan based on Zelenskyy's comment that these could be used for 'striking deeper and deeper into Russia'. Some experts were of the opinion that he was referring to the R-360 Neptune, a subsonic cruise missile with a maximum range of 1,000 kms (620 miles).The officially admitted maximum range of Sapsan is 300 km (190 mi) with a 480 kilogram conventional warhead. The missile can fly hypersonic with a top speed of Mach 5.2 (1.1 mi/s; 1.8 km/s). It is powered by a single-stage solid propellant two leaders are meeting on August 15 at a military base in the US state of Alaska. They will discuss ways and means to bring the war in Ukraine, which has been going on since late February 2022, to an has warned Russia of "severe consequences" if Putin fails to end the war in Ukraine. However, he has not spelt out his plans if Putin refuses a Russian President has been adamant on annexing the entire eastern part of Ukraine. These include Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson. Crimea has been under Russian rule since 2014 when Putin sent his forces into Ukraine for the first currently occupies almost 25 percent of Ukraine. An Al Jazeera report states that almost 114,500 square km (44,600 square miles) of Ukraine's land is under Russian control.
Business Insider
3 days ago
- Politics
- Business Insider
Ukraine studied drug cartels to learn how to sneak drones into Russia for its 'Operation Spiderweb' attack
The architects behind Ukraine's audacious "Operation Spiderweb" attack studied drug cartels to plan how to smuggle drones into Russia, Kyiv's security service chief said. Vasyl Malyuk, head of Ukraine's internal security service and widely hailed as a driving force in the June attack, said in an interview aired on Tuesday that his team leveraged its experience battling international crime for the complex strike. "Operation Spiderweb" involved Ukraine sneaking hundreds of military quadcopters deep behind Russian lines, transporting the drones via wooden house-like structures mounted on trucks. These trucks were brought to four airbases, where the drones were then launched to wreak destruction on strategic bombers and early warning and control planes there. "Speaking of logistics," Malyuk told Ukrainian TV channel My-Ukrainia, "I should note that we drew on our experience in fighting transnational crime, when we studied in detail how international drug cartels secretly deliver various prohibited substances to different corners of the world without detection by customs and border authorities." The security service head alluded to an earlier covert attack that Ukraine carried out in October 2022, when its forces severely damaged a Russian-controlled bridge in Crimea with a truck filled with explosives. "If you read between the lines and look at it professionally, I think many have noticed certain parallels between the first strike on the Crimea bridge," Malyuk said. He said that in both situations, Ukraine didn't employ smugglers but relied on customs officials in Russia. "Who are, by their nature, very corrupt," Malyuk said. "At a certain stage, they actually played to our advantage in delivering the cabins I mentioned." A fake company with drivers in the dark Malyuk said that Ukraine, through its agents in Russia, created a logistics company that purchased five vehicles and rented warehouse space for the operation. One of these warehouses was even in the same city block as Russia's Federal Security Service headquarters in the Chelyabinsk region, the security service chief said. Malyuk added that the shell logistics company hired Russian citizens as truck drivers, sending them on multiple regular delivery jobs to avoid suspicion before springing the attack. The security service chief said these drivers were only told to deliver the cabins near the airbases, whereupon a customer was meant to arrive and pay for them. The drivers themselves were left in the dark, Malyuk added. The security chief said that when one of the drivers inadvertently saw the drones inside one cabin, Ukrainian agents told him the systems were hunting tools for observing animals. "In reality, they committed no illegal acts, and there was no intent in their actions," Malyuk said. The SBU chief also said that his team wanted to launch the attack in May but hit several delays, including the drivers getting drunk during the Easter holiday season. According to Malyuk, each truck-mounted cabin included solar panels and a battery to keep the drones charged and ready for deployment in cold weather; the quadcopters were launched in temperatures as low as 104 degrees Fahrenheit. "But at the same time, it created additional difficulties in bringing these cabins into the territory of the Russian Federation, because these types of goods simply can't be taken there, since Russia is under sanctions," Malyuk. The security service chief declined to share further details about the smuggling process, but said his team went "through seven circles of hell." He added that Ukraine had designed attack drones specifically for "Operation Spiderweb" and that each could carry a payload of 1.6 kg. Ukrainian officials have said that the attack hit about a third of Russia's strategic bomber capacity, inflicting damage on roughly $7 billion worth of equipment. Since the attack, satellite images show that Russia has begun constructing hardened shelters for its bombers. Ukraine has, in recent months, simultaneously stepped up long-range drone assaults via fixed-wing uncrewed systems.
Shafaq News
4 days ago
- Shafaq News
Russia's FSB foils planned car bombing near Moscow
Shafaq News – Moscow Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested a dual Russian-Ukrainian national accused of plotting a car bombing in the Moscow region. According to a statement on Tuesday, the suspect, born in 1989, was allegedly an agent of Ukrainian intelligence operating under the codename 'Voron' and recruited in a third country. 'He followed instructions sent via the Telegram messaging app to build an improvised explosive device, hide it in a vehicle purchased with foreign funds, and prepare to detonate it near a senior Russian Defense Ministry officer.' The car, containing more than 60 kilograms of explosives, was to be parked at a designated location and triggered as the target passed. Investigators said he admitted working with Ukrainian intelligence and claimed he was promised an exemption from military service in Ukraine in return for carrying out the attack. The FSB said the man has been placed in pre-trial detention and could face a life sentence if convicted.
Shafaq News
08-08-2025
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Terror recruitment network: Russia arrests nine foreigners
Shafaq News – Moscow Nine foreign nationals have been detained in Moscow on suspicion of recruiting migrant workers for a banned international terrorist group, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Friday. The agency said the joint operation with Uzbekistan's State Security Service targeted a cell "guided by ideologues in the European Union." Members allegedly organized secret meetings—both in person and via Telegram—to promote the doctrine of a 'global caliphate' and train recruits for active roles. Prohibited propaganda materials, communications equipment, and electronic files describing the group's structure and methods were seized during searches of the suspects' residences. Two of the detainees face charges under Article 205.5 of Russia's Criminal Code, covering the organization and participation in terrorist activities.
