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Fire breaks out at Usinsk gas processing plant in RussiaNotably the sabotage against Russia is occurring alongside a surge of similar incidents in the West - although largely against the food supply chain - and it seems probable that those responsible may be linked:
Russian outlets RIA Novosti and TASS report.
It is noted that there were allegedly no injuries as a result of the fire. The fire was quickly extinguished.
At the same time, the Baza Telegram channel reports a fire at the Transneft oil refinery in Usinsk, Russia. Employees of the enterprise were evacuated, the cause of the fire is unknown.
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The Russians deny the fire, RBC report, citing a statement by Transneft.
"Currently, all the company's facilities are operating normally, and the fire has nothing to do with the infrastructure of Transneft-Sever," the statement says.
- Russia reports shooting down at least 36 unmanned aerial vehicles over three regions on the night and morning of August 6. A fire broke out in the Kursk region.
Andrey Belousov has officially become the ninth minister of defense in the history of modern Russia. He was nominated by President Vladimir Putin on May 12. The decision was unexpected, as he is the first civilian to hold the post. Belousov has never served in law enforcement agencies and spent most of his career working as an academic economist.
At the same time, Belousov is a longstanding member of the Russian political elite who has held important government positions for the past 20 years. In these years, he has demonstrated his professionalism and his unique vision of Russia's future.
To help get a better idea of who Andrey Belousov is, RT has compiled a selection of quotes from the new defense minister's recent speeches and interviews.
Comment: What's particularly insidious is that these crimes against humanity are undeniable - there's now even video documentation for this particular crime - however, yet again, the 'international, rules based order', the citizens thereof, as well as Israel's population, in their silence and inaction, may be making themselves complicit. And complicity with such heinous acts does not bode well for the future of those peoples: Whom The Gods Would Destroy...
As the following posts note: the UN found no evidence of the rape or sexual assault of Israelis by Palestinians or Hamas, and Israeli officials and commentators openly laud the systematic sexual abuse and rape of Palestinians: