The Russian military says it has fended off a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow that prompted authorities to briefly close one of the city's airports. Ukrainian authorities didn’t claim responsibility for the raid. Tuesday's attack, which follows previous similar raids on the Russian capital, comes after a mutiny launched by mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, which saw his Wagner troops approach Moscow in the biggest challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin in more than two decades. The Russian Defense Ministry said in the new incident four drones were downed by air defenses on the outskirts of Moscow and one was jammed and forced down. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said there were no casualties or damage.
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Residents of the Jenin refugee camp fled their homes as the Israeli military pressed ahead with an operation in the area, in Jenin, West Bank, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Palestinian health officials put the Palestinian death toll from the two-day raid at 10. The Israeli military said Israel launched the operation because some 50 attacks over the past year had emanated from Jenin. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Residents of the Jenin refugee camp fled their homes as the Israeli military pressed ahead with an operation in the area on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Palestinian health officials put the Palestinian death toll from the two-day raid at 10. The Israeli military said Israel launched the operation because some 50 attacks over the past year had emanated from Jenin. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show what appeared to be a newly built military-style camp in Belarus. A Belarusian guerrilla group has suggested it might be used to house fighters from Russian mercenary group Wagner. The images provided by Planet Labs PLC suggest that dozens of tents were erected at a former military base about 230 kilometers (142 miles) north of Ukraine's border. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his fighters escaped prosecution and were offered refuge in Belarus last week after they agreed to end what appeared to be an armed insurrection in Russia. The leader of the guerrilla group told the AP that construction of a site for Wagner fighters was underway.
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A Russian general appears to be one of the first officials to suffer consequences after Wagner Group mercenaries staged a brief rebellion.
Key players in events stemming from last weekend's armed rebellion in Russia include mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and Gen. Sergei Surovikin. Prigozhin is the head of the Wagner Group, a private military contractor that has been a vital force fighting in Ukraine. He has criticized both Shoigu and Gerasimov, saying the way they conducted the fighting in Ukraine has been incompetent. Surovikin has longtime links to Prigozhin and was nicknamed “General Armageddon” by Western media for his brutal tactics leading Russian forces in Syria.
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to address to the units of the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya), the Russian Interior Ministry, the Russian Federal Security Service and the Russian Federal Guard Service, who ensured order and legality during the mutiny, at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 27, 2023. After a chaotic and stumbling response to mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's mutiny, Putin tried to fix the damage to his standing with a series of events aimed at projecting an image of strength and authority. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin listens arrives to deliver a speech at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 27, 2023 to the units of the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardiya), the Russian Interior Ministry, the Russian Federal Security Service and the Russian Federal Guard Service, who ensured order and legality during the mutiny. A week after the mutiny raised the most daunting challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s rule in over two decades, key details about the uprising remain shrouded in mystery. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
FILE - Ammunition are placed as Ukrainian soldiers take part in a military exercise at a military training camp in an undisclosed location in England, on March 24, 2023. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Ukraine’s military was largely reliant on Soviet-era weaponry. While that arsenal helped Ukraine fend off an assault on the capital of Kyiv and prevent a total rout in the early weeks of the war, billions of dollars in military assistance has since poured into the country, including more modern Western-made weapons. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
