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Daily Mirror
7 hours ago
- Daily Mirror
'Monster' confesses to 'trying to murder' baby throwing him headfirst in airport
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT In footage that is too awful to show, monster Vladimir Vitkov, 31, a Belarusian construction worker, picks the 18-month-old up by the leg and hurls him on the floor of Moscow Airport This is the moment a 'monster' who tried to kill a helpless infant fleeing the Israel-Iran conflict confessed to his heinous crimes. Sickening footage - which is too violent to show - shows the Belarusian man, 31, who works as a construction worker at a nuclear plant, picking up the tot before hurling him to the ground of Moscow airport's arrivals hall. Just minutes earlier, the child had arrived in Russia after he and his mum fled the bombs raining down on Iran. Little Yazdan, aged 18 months, is now fighting for his life with serious skull fractures and spinal injuries. The man, Vladimir Vitkov, was reported by some outlets to have been on the same flight as the child and his mother who were escaping from war-ravaged Iran where they had been visiting relatives. They had reached Afghanistan after fleeing Iran. Earlier, Vitkov had been fired from a nuclear power plant construction job in Egypt after failing a spot check for drugs and alcohol, and was returning home via Moscow, according to a friend. 'He was valued there, appointed a foreman,' the friend told Daily Storm. 'But there are constant checks, you have to blow into a pipe before work. Apparently, he drank or smoked something there - and because of that he was sent home. He was at the airport because he was returning from work in Egypt.' The boy was thrown head first on the ground by the stranger, who was reported by Russian law enforcement to have been high on drugs. He 'confessed' when a police interrogator asked: 'Explain what you did." 'I attempted to murder a child," he responded. When asked where it happened, he said "at Sheremetyevo Airport [in Moscow].' His motive was then questioned, to which he replied that he didn't know because he was "under the influence of drugs". Reports said cannabis had been found in his possession and there were traces of the drug in his blood. Mash news outlet reported today that he had drunk three bottles of whisky and obtained cannabis in Cairo before the incident. The Moscow region children's ombudswoman Ksenia Mishonova labelled him a 'drug-addled monster', and called for him to be punished with 'hard labour until he is feeble with old age'. 'I am always very, very careful, but here I no longer have the strength not to say simply - [this was] a stoned drug addict, a monster,' she said after seeing the boy in hospital. 'I cannot call this person anything else. I believe that he is not sick at all. In our country, drug addiction is like a disease — it is not a disease, but this is my position. He is an absolute monster, a criminal who should be judged in the most severe manner for what he did…. 'God simply saved the boy. In any other situation, a slightly different tilt of the head, and he, of course, would not have survived.' By a 'miracle' the child's brain was not damaged, she said, adding that he was now out of a medically-induced coma as doctors assessed his condition. The boy's distraught mother Hajizada Sahar had repeatedly asked her if her son would recover, she said. Dr Tatyana Shapovalenko, chief doctor at the Roshal Children's Centre, Moscow, said: "The child was admitted with a severe craniocerebral injury. He has an open fracture of the skull bones, a fracture of the base and vault of the skull, a subdural haematoma.'
Al Bawaba
12 hours ago
- Al Bawaba
Video: 18-month-old child in coma after being violently thrown to the ground at Moscow Airport
ALBAWABA - A video has caused panic and anger among Russians after an 18-month-old child fell into a coma after he was violently picked up by a stranger and thrown to the ground at Moscow Airport. Shocking footage was shared on social media showing the moment a baby boy was lifted and thrown headfirst into the floor by a male passenger in the arrivals hall of Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport. According to sources, the little boy, who had just arrived in Russia with his mother after fleeing from Iran, was hospitalized, and he is now in a coma, suffering from serious skull fractures and spinal injuries. A man was arrested after attacking a child at Moscow Airport. (X) He is in a critical condition, fighting for his life, The Nightly outlet said on Wednesday. The Daily Mail said the boy's pregnant mother was collecting his pushchair following their flight. Some media reportedly said that the attacker is being questioned by police on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs when he committed this horrific action. The alleged attacker, who was arrested by security forces at the Moscow Airport, was identified as a 31-year-old Vladimir Vitkov from Belarus, lingering near the child, who was standing next to the suitcase. Then, out of the sudden, the man picked him up and threw him hard to the ground. Warning/ Distressing content :
Libya Observer
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Libya Observer
Haftar arrives in Moscow with his son Saddam
Khalifa Haftar and his son Saddam arrived in the Russian capital, Moscow, on an official visit whose purpose was not publicly disclosed. Haftar was received at Moscow Airport by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yunus-bek Yevkurov. Haftar's media office did not provide further details about the visit's agenda or the nature of the expected meetings. Meanwhile, Russia Today, citing sources close to Haftar, reported that the visit was part of extensive consultations Haftar had been holding with several Russian officials. The discussions are expected to cover military cooperation, political and security developments in Libya, and topics related to reconstruction in cities across eastern Libya. News Tagged: Khalifa Haftar Russia
CBS News
12-02-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Mother of Marc Fogel recalls the phone call from her son telling her he was coming home
BUTLER (KDKA) - Malphine Fogel is feeling joyfully resolute; she and Marc Fogel's wife and siblings have been waiting more than three and a half years for this day. Although she's been hopeful for this day, his release today came as a total surprise to her, too. "I really wondered if I would get to see him again, I think he worried about it," she said. Malphine Fogel's daily prayers were finally answered as her son Marc was finally released, put on a plane, and headed home. The teacher, husband, and father had been in a Russian prison since August 2021 for possession of half of an ounce of medical marijuana legally dispensed in Pennsylvania. Malphene described the surprising phone call she received from her son. "He said, 'bonjourno' and I said 'Well, this is the wrong time to be calling' and I [asked] 'Where are you?" Malphene described. "He said, 'I'm in the Moscow Airport, I'm waiting for a plane.'" He went on to tell his mother that he would be in Washington D.C. on Tuesday night. He was coming home. "I just got dizzy, I thought, did I get this right? I couldn't process it," she said. The story has been filled with so many ups and downs, family frustration, and crushing news when Marc was not included in a prisoner swap with Russia in August. "That crushed Marc, he said they released Russian dissidents and they left me over here," Malphene recalled. Malphene filed a lawsuit against the U.S. State Department and former Secretary of State Antony Blinken. She's been advocating non-stop to get her son back home. The 95-year-old credits Western Pennsylvania's congressional delegation and President Trump, who she met with right before his July campaign rally in Butler County. "He went like this - if I get in, he said, I will get him out, about three times," she recalled. "I said you have to remember his name. He spoke his name, I think he has really been pushing for this. I had written him a couple of letters." "I can't imagine what it took to survive, we are proud of him for making it," said Sasha Phillips, the Fogel family's attorney. "We are happy to bring him home." Malphene said while she does feel some anger, she's just happy her son is coming home. "It was such a minor offense, it doesn't call for any kind of prison time, it was strictly political, he was a pawn," she said. "We are going to hang in there and piece his life together, he's going to have a lot of support. I am just so thankful that this day has happened." The Fogel family attorney said that Marc won't be coming back to Pittsburgh right away. He'll be going to a hospital in Texas to be assessed and treated and he'll likely remain there for a week or two.
