Ukraine News in brief. Sunday 24 September. [Ukrainian sources]

TODAY'S HEADLINES:
Russia's interference in American elections: the United States made a new important statement.  An unauthorized rally against a war with Ukraine took place in St. Petersburg.  The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced the presence of US technology in the "ID" controlled areas of Syria.  The manual of the US Army to counter the hybrid war of the RF has become available to the general public.  Terrorists "DNR" claim detention of 6 people after assassination on "minister" Timofeev.  

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The Russian government failed to gain access to Oregon's secretary's computer network during the 2016 US presidential election.

This was stated by the state authorities, reports Associated Press.

It is noted that this information was confirmed by the Department of Homeland Security of the state of Oregon. The Oregon secretary is the highest official responsible for the electoral process.

Secretary of State Oregon Dennis Richardson said that Russian cyberattacks managed to be prevented through the computer security program.

Journalists note that in November last year, Office of the then Secretary of State of Oregon, Joan Atkins, published a report criticizing computer security systems that threatened personal data of citizens.

In Oregon, voters vote with paper ballots, which are then processed by computers, do not have access to the Internet - this complicates the potential evil of the system.

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In St. Petersburg, several hundred people left the square near the Kazan Cathedral for an unauthorized action against the war with Ukraine, UNIAN reports.

У Санкт-Петербурзі кілька сотень людей вийшли на несанкціоновану акцію проти війни з Україною pic.twitter.com/PW0qal71DG

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Residents of St. Petersburg went out for a campaign with yellow-and-blue flags, as well as with scarves and ribbons of colors of the Ukrainian flag.



Earlier, the "March of Peace" was planned in the city, however, it was not sanctioned by local authorities, so the event takes place in the form of a people's anti-war assembly.



Police warned that the action was not coordinated and participation in the event could lead to administrative liability, as well as a fine of 10 to 20 thousand rubles.

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The Ministry of Defense of Russia has published aerial photographs of the areas of the deployment of militants of the radical extremist organization "Islamic State" in Syria, which allegedly shows American armored vehicles.

This is stated in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of.

In the Russian department, they said they took pictures from the 8th to the 12th of September this year and saw them allegedly "a large number of American armored cars of the" Hammer "type that are being armed with the US Special Forces."



In Russia it is believed that US Army units are located at those checkpoints that were previously equipped with an ID.

"However, around these objects there are no traces of assault, fighting with terrorists" ID "or craters from air strikes by the international coalition. It can only be said that all US troops feel in areas held by terrorists in complete security", - stated in the Ministry of Defense of.

In early September, it became known that the US is building a military base in northern Iraq.

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The terrorist organization "DPR" claims to arrest the organizers of the car of the so-called "minister of incomes and charges" of the DPR "Alexander Timofeev with callous Tashkent.

According to Tsensor.NET with reference to the "News of Donbass", militants claim that "hot pursuit" detained 6 people. They were arrested by the "MGB DPR".

Terrorists say that the detainees are involved in the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

Recall that on the morning of September 23, an explosion occurred in Donetsk , which caused Timofeev to suffer. The leader of the "Dnieper" Alexander Zakharchenko strengthened the guard after an assassination attempt on a subordinate.

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The US Army issued a manual on how to resist the hybrid war on the part of the Russian Federation, whose conclusion was based on data on events in eastern Ukraine.

This is reported by The National Interest , informs Tsensor.NET.

The brochure titled "Russian New Generation Warfare Handbook", which was released in late 2016, has recently appeared on the Internet.

The handbook contains photographs and data on Russian military units and equipment used in operations to seize the Crimea and the Donbas.

"The Russian strategy is based on the achievement of a regime change by joining with local loyal forces, and not on the usual military superiority of Russian troops, since the new goal is to change the entire system of government," the military edition explains.

The manual describes in detail the active use of Russian hybrid forces of manned and unmanned anti-aircraft detection systems, stretch marks and a large number of snipers.

Also known as vulnerable places of the Russian army, in particular lack of motivation, poor logistics and the prevalence of artillery and airborne assets suppress the enemy over the effectiveness of their use.

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In the auction house "Alexander" in Russia put up for sale silverware of Kievan Rus

The silverware of Kievan Rus (XI century) with the images of the Kiev and Chernihiv princes and the Ukrainian trident is illegally put up for sale in the Russian auction house "Alexander". This is informed by the magazine "Museums of Ukraine".

"The magazine" Museums of Ukraine "has traditionally appealed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, the SBU, the Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation. The relics that are illegally plundered in our people must be returned! And a personal appeal to the owners and managers of the auction house "Alexander": in order not to get an extra trouble with Interpol, special services, various inspections - we advise you to quietly redeem those silver jewelry and officially hand them over to the embassy of Ukraine as a gift to any state museum of Ukraine of your choice. Believe me, it will be so calm and cheaper for you ... And more, please do not put things stolen in Ukraine! "- noted in the publication.

According to Victor Trigub, editor of Museums of Ukraine, after several loud international scandals organized by the team of the Interpol magazine, the press, senior officials of Ukraine, diplomats, Moscow antique dealers have subsided and, for several years, did not risk exposing illegally exported items from Ukraine, part of either stolen from state museums in the turbulent 90s, or illegally excavated by "black" archeologists and illegal smuggling methods, is transmitted across the Ukrainian-Russian border.

Trigub is convinced that "Ukraine should act according to the Italian-Greek scheme: as soon as the official auction of a registered auction presents something from Ancient Greece or Rome - an instant reaction of the embassy, ​​an appeal to law enforcement agencies demanding the immediate arrest of those lots and returning to their homeland."

The editors of the magazine of Ukrainian museum workers hope that this time our diplomats will promptly request an auction on the legality of the presence of silver chains of Kievan Rus in Russia.

"Who moved them across the customs border of Ukraine? Accordingly, which of the Ukrainian officials gave permission - which, as we understand, does not exist ... So, silverware are in Russia illegally and should be returned to the legal owner - Ukraine. Although, we recommend the embassy to write statements to the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia at once ... "- the author of the publication advises.

The ancient symbolic silverware of the times of Kievan Rus with the trident, which is the coat of arms of Ukraine, must be sought and returned by the efforts of the state, and not just independent journalists, - they are convinced in the edition of "Museums of Ukraine", as there are very few coins in the Ukrainian museum exposition.

Reference: According to official information, in the state museum fund of Ukraine there are only 30 silver chains of Kievan Rus. Everything else was taken to Russia and other countries.

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In the United States, a ban on the participation of the Russian national team in the Olympics

Head of anti-doping agency USA Travis Tigert is alarmed by the fact that the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency can allow Russia to the next winter Olympics in South Korea. Tiger said that "it makes sense to give permission to participate in certain Russian athletes if they prove that they did not use steroids, but in general there can not be a place at the Olympics in a country that in fact has led to the usual practice of using illicit drugs."

"Any measure that is milder than a total ban will mean that we allow a violent world to overcome this law with impunity," Tigert said.

Anti-doping agencies from seventeen countries require Russia to be eliminated from the 2018 Winter Olympics. Participation in it of the Russians "strikes the net athletes and the future of the Olympic movement," the joint statement said. He was signed, in particular, by heads of the National Doping Organization (NADO) of Great Britain, the United States and Canada.

Doping fighters stressed that the investigation of violations at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi has not yet been completed, and Russia does not fulfill the promise of the cleanliness of the sport. The authors called on the International Olympic Committee to punish Russia for a doping scandal. Earlier, the IOC promised to complete the investigation of violations by the end of the year.

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Russian bots in the social network Twitter intensified sharply on election day in Germany, supporting the German ultra-right party "Alternative to Germany" (AfD).

This is reported by the German edition of Bild.

It is noted that bots are also massively involved in the distribution of right messages on election day. They drew the hashtag of "falsification of the elections" top topical.

It is noted that a number of newly created accounts that supported AfD in the social network received unnaturally a large number of retweets and keynotes, which may indicate that these accounts are running bots.

Hundreds of accounts that revert messages in support of AfD come from Russia and have Russian names that consist of arbitrary alphanumeric combinations.

Earlier, many of them distributed advertising of real estate and cars in Russia, news about events in Russia, for example, about the leader of the Russian opposition Alexander Navalny. Now they suddenly all supported AfD.

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As a result of mortar shelling by IDIL militants in Syria, Russian lieutenant general Valery Asapov was killed.

This is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Meduza reports.

It is noted that the general helped the Syrian government troops to manage the Deir-ez-Zor liberation operation and "received a deadly wound from the bursting of mines."

"The senior group of Russian military advisers, Lieutenant-General V. Asapov, was at the command post of the Syrian troops, assisting the Syrian commanders in managing the operation to liberate the city of Deir-ez-Zor," - stated in the Ministry of Defense of.



Earlier it was reported that Valery Asapov participated in the war against Ukraine in the Donbas as "commander of the 68 Army Corps of the Eastern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation".

As reported by the "Apostrophe", the three Russian Special Forces Special Forces were injured during the battles with the militants of the Jebhat al-Nusra group in the Syrian province of Idlib.

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The former goalkeeper of the USSR hockey team Viktor Tolmachov was found dead in his home in Moscow.

This is reported by the Russian edition of the Moscow Komsomolets.

Victor Tolmachov was found dead on September 22 in his own apartment. The ex-wife of the athlete told the police about his disappearance.

In an athlete's apartment, law enforcement officers met his daughter, who said that her father is resting in Ukraine, in Transcarpathia.

The district experienced a sharp smothering smell in the apartment. He found on the sofa a semi-detached corpse, covered with tarpaulin.

The reason for the death of a pensioner was 7 stabbing injuries. Tolmachio's daughter lived for several days in an apartment with her father's corpse.

Tolmachov is a champion of the USSR in 1963-1966 in the CSKA, for the national team of the USSR held 10 matches.

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