Month: July 2022

The Prosecutor General’s Office issued a warning to another group of representatives of media structures and users of social networks.

According to the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office, “during the monitoring, it was found that when publishing information, in some cases, the requirements of Article 14.1.11 of the “Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Mass Media”, i.e., “an impartial and objective presentation of facts and events,” are observed. not observed.

In order to prevent situations leading to a violation of stability, human and civil rights and freedoms, the defendants were invited to the Prosecutor General’s Office, where measures were taken to influence them.

Thus, in accord with Article 22 of the Law “On the Prosecutor’s Office”, Sahavat Mammadov, Rovshan Mammadov, Zulfugar Aleskerov, Elgyun Rahimov, Fuzuli Kahramanli, Zeynal Bakhshiev and Ruslan Izzetli were warned about the inadmissibility of committing such negative actions in the future.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Azerbaijan appeals to the mass media and users of social networks and once again reminds that the dissemination of unverified information without any explanation in state bodies is unacceptable and entails responsibility provided for by the legislation.

At the same time, the press release does not unveil which of these persons is a media representative and who is a user of social networks.

Source: Turan News Agency

Export controls that have been imposed on Moscow by the United States, partners and allies around the world are “just now starting to have an effect,” a senior U.S.. defense official told reporters on Friday, ticking off a list that included:

Major Russian state-owned companies have lost 70-90% of their market capitalization

Around 1,000 multinational companies have suspended operations in Russia.

Inflation in Russia is rising up to 20%.

The Russian stock market has lost a third of its value.

“This is just the beginning of the impact of these sanctions,” the official emphasized, TURAN’s Washington correspondent reports.

For the Pentagon’s assessment, Russia is ‘failing’ on the battlefield and suffering domestic failures at home.

Fighting continues in the east and south of Ukraine as Russian advances slow to a crawl, grind to a halt in some places, or are slowly reversed in areas like Kherson, while the Ukrainians have become very effective in finding and killing Russian command and control nodes and destroying swaths of Russian materiel, the official said.

“Even as Russia is talking the big talk, even as Russia is menacing the Ukrainian population, the Ukrainians continue to bravely advance. They’re making tremendous use of the $8.2 billion in equipment we’ve provided, thus far,” the official said.

The menace to Ukrainian civilians includes air strikes in the Ukrainian cities of Odesa and near Kyiv over the past week, according to the official.

As for military support to Kyiv, the Pentagon is consulting closely with Ukraine’s ministry of defense to ensure materiel, including ammunition, that they need is forthcoming, and is putting together another security assistance package that will address those needs, the official said.

Source: Turan News Agency

According to Russian sources, Russia is pulling forces in the Kherson direction in expectation of counterattack by Ukrainian forces.

The telegram-channel “Insider” reports that supplies of tanks and ammunition are being delivered to the northwest of Kherson. 32 sabotage and reconnaissance groups are also being formed in Crimea. They, together with paratroopers, are transferred to the border with the Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

The 106th Tula Airborne Division, whose officers have already arrived at the site, is being prepared for transfer to this region.

In total, 14-15 amphibious battalion tactical groups with a total strength of up to 8,500 people are concentrated in the Southern direction. It is planned to increase their grouping to 11.000.

In the last week alone, up to six battalion-tactical groups of paratroopers were transferred from Mariupol to Novaya Kakhovka. Troops are being transferred from Melitopol to Kherson to direct pontoon crossings. Two engineering and sapper tactical groups are already in place to force the Southern Bug river.

There is an intensified formation of new artillery divisions. Thus, 16 units of large-caliber 207-millimeter “Peony” systems have already been delivered. At the same time, ammunition depots are no longer concentrated in one place.

It can be concluded that the grouping of the Russian Federation is not defensive, but offensive. And it has two vectors of movement – to Nikolaev and Krivoy Rog.

The south will be the direction of the main strike of the Russians, while in the remaining areas, including Donbass, they will switch to “active defense,” the publication believes.

Source: Turan News Agency

Earthquake hits Iran, APA’s Tehran bureau reports.

Earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale were recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers near the Black Tree area of East Azerbaijan Province.

No damage or injuries have been reported yet.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency

On Saturday, July 30, under the leadership of Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov, an official meeting was held with the participation of the leadership of the department, commanders of various types of troops, commanders of military associations and formations stationed in the liberated territories.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense, Hasanov thoroughly analyzed the operational situation and the current condition on the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border, as well as in the Karabakh economic zone where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily stationed. The Minister gave an order to be ready for immediate and decisive suppression of any possible provocation of the enemy.

Source: Turan News Agency

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev sent a letter of condolences to the President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili, APA reports.

The letter reads: “Dear Madame President,

We were deeply saddened by the news of the death of the crew and rescuers as a result of the border police helicopter crash in Gudauri.

On the occasion of this heavy tragedy, on my own behalf and on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan, I extend my deepest condolences to you, families and loved ones of those who died, and all the people of Georgia”.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency