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Ukraine war: 'Truly brave and courageous' Irishman Rory Mason killed fighting in Kharkiv - Sky News

A "truly brave and courageous" Irishman has been killed fighting in Ukraine, his family has confirmed.

Rory Mason, 23, from Dunboyne in County Meath, died while fighting for Ukraine's International Legion in the Kharkiv counter-offensive near the Russian border.

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His father Rob said: "Rory was a private young man of drive, purpose and conviction.

"Though we are deeply saddened at his death, we are enormously proud of his courage and determination and his selflessness in immediately enlisting to support Ukraine.

"Rory was never political but he had a deep sense of right and wrong and an inability to turn the other way in the face of injustice.

"He had a long-standing interest in eastern Europe, in travel, and in learning new languages, including Russian. Those who fought alongside Rory speak of 'a truly brave and courageous man who could have left at any time but chose not to'.

"In the words of a colleague who served with him, 'Rory was a man who from a glance could seem shy, however when it came to actions and character he proved, again and again, he was a man of fortitude, principle and honour'.

"Rory was our son and we will miss him enormously. As our family is still trying to come to terms with Rory's death, we would appeal for privacy at this difficult time."

Before joining the International Legion in March, his family said he had been working in Germany to help fund his travel ambitions.

The International Legion paid tribute to their "brother-in-arms", who it said was killed in action when his unit came under attack.

The legion said: "We are in contact with the family and in coordination with them, following their wishes and instructions, the International Legion and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are handling the repatriation process.

"At this time, to protect operational security and the family's privacy we cannot release more information.

"Rory's memory will live on in his unit, in the legion and the armed forces of Ukraine."

Mr Mason leaves behind his parents Rob and Elizabeth and a 22-year-old brother and 21-year-old sister.

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2022-10-05 09:16:03Z
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South Korea apologises after missile fired in response to North Korea test crashes and sparks panic and confusion - Sky News

South Korea's military has apologised after a missile it launched during a joint live-fire drill with the United States malfunctioned and crashed, causing alarm among residents of the coastal city of Gangneung.

The launch was supposed to be a show of strength in response to North Korea firing a missile over Japan for the first time in five years on Tuesday.

Instead, South Korean residents thought they were under attack from the North, already feeling uneasy over the increasingly provocative weapons tests by Pyongyang.

The panic and confusion only grew as military and government officials provided no explanation about the explosion for hours.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff eventually confirmed a South Korean Hyunmoo-2 missile failed shortly after launch and crashed during the drill, and that no one was hurt.

Footage shared on social media showed an orange ball of flames emerging from an area internet users described as near the air force base.

During the same drill, the US military launched four of its own missiles that are part of the Army Tactical Missile System and South Korea fired another Hyunmoo-2 successfully.

The homegrown missile is key to South Korea's pre-emptive and retaliatory strike strategies against North Korea, and is a version of a Russian-designed Iskander missile, which is also possessed by Pyongyang.

Kwon Seong-dong, a ruling party politician representing Gangneung, wrote on Facebook that a "weapons system operated by our blood-like taxpayer money ended up threatening our own people" and called for an investigation.

South Korea's military later said it was investigating the cause of the missile's "abnormal flight", and apologised for sparking alarm among residents.

South Korea and the US have been conducting firing and bombing drills in the Yellow Sea, including volleys of missiles.

A US aircraft carrier has been redeployed to South Korea's east coast, following yesterday's ballistic missile test by North Korea.

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2022-10-05 07:06:42Z
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North Korea: US deploys aircraft carrier to the east coast of Korean peninsula after Pyongyang fires missile over Japan - Sky News

A US aircraft carrier is to be redeployed to South Korea's east coast, following Tuesday's ballistic missile test by Pyongyang.

Although the Pentagon has refused to confirm which ship is being sent, the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier USS Ronald Reagan is in the area and as recently as last week was taking part in military drills with the South Korean navy.

The flagship of Carrier Strike Group Five, the Ronald Reagan has a compliment of 90 fixed wing aircraft and helicopters.

South Korea and the US have also been conducting firing and bombing drills in the Yellow Sea, including volleys of missiles.

Officials confirmed that a South Korean Hyunmoo-2 missile failed shortly after launch and crashed during the drill, but that no one was hurt.

South Korea's military said that the missile carried a warhead but that it did not explode, and apologised for causing residents to worry.

Tuesday's test by North Korea fired an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) farther than ever before, sending it soaring over Japan for the first time in five years and prompting a warning for residents there to take cover.

Analysts and security officials said it may have been a variant of the Hwasong-12 IRBM, which North Korea unveiled in 2017 and said it had the capability to hit US military bases in Guam.

US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned North Korea's test in the "strongest terms," the European Union called it a "reckless and deliberately provocative action", and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the launch and said it was a violation of Security Council resolutions.

The UN Security Council will meet on later today to discuss North Korea at the request of the United States, despite China and Russia telling council counterparts they were opposed to an open meeting of the 15-member body.

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2022-10-05 03:39:59Z
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Flounder-ing Putin pays recruits' families in fish - The Times

Russia’s beleaguered enlistment officers were given a new way to entice men to join up this week: plying their families with fresh fish.

The local chief of President Putin’s ruling party, Mikhail Shuvalov, promised islanders in the far-eastern Sakhalin island 5kg of flounder, pollock and salmon in exchange for sending their men to a war believed to have already killed 50,000 Russian soldiers.

“We take your husband and you get to eat for a few weeks,” said Anton Barbashin, a Russian political analyst. “That’s a true indication of poverty officials want everyone to forget.” The initiative follows a scheme in Tuva where families receive one sheep, coal, 50kg of flour and two bags of potatoes for each family member dispatched to the front.

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2022-10-04 23:01:00Z
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Selasa, 04 Oktober 2022

Reports of a 'nuclear train' heading to Ukraine should be treated with caution - Sky News

Reports of a "nuclear train" heading to Ukraine have spread online but these reports should be treated with caution, according to an expert.

This video was released online yesterday, and some reports have claimed it shows a convoy of the unit responsible for transporting Russia's nuclear arsenal heading to Ukraine.

The train has been geo-located to Sergiyev Posad, northeast of Moscow. This is approximately 350-400 miles from the Ukrainian border and it cannot be confirmed where the train is heading from the video alone.

Forbes McKenzie, former British Army intelligence officer and chief executive of McKenzie Intelligence Services Ltd, told Sky News: "The train that has been observed has all the signatures of the 12th Main Directorate."

The 12th Main Directorate is responsible for the safe-keeping, maintenance, transportation and disposal of the country's nuclear arsenal.

"The signature equipment that is being seen is a BPM-97 armoured vehicle which we know the 12th Directorate have but it is a utility vehicle which we see throughout Russian force such as the Border Guard," he said.

These vehicles are highlighted in this photo of the train released on Russian social media. Analysts have noted they may feature a rare combination of weaponry, including a 30mm cannon and grenade launcher. It is unclear which units operate this version of the vehicle.

It is also not unlikely that the vehicles seen in the video could be part of a resupply to Russian units due to losses served over almost eight months of war in Ukraine.

McKenzie warned: "At this time of year we would expect to see 12th Directorate exercising and that is not unusual. NATO units do the same thing, in fact all countries that have a nuclear capability do that."

One possible explanation is that these movements are a warning to the West. As McKenzie explains, these movements are "something that is very visible from space. It shows capability and demonstrates if Russia wanted to use tactical weapons, it could do".

But reports of a possible nuclear escalation should be treated with caution.

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"I would strongly argue Russia doesn't have the opportunity to deploy nuclear weapons. It is a one-way ticket to losing, we've been told that clearly and in no uncertain terms by NATO," McKenzie said.

"At no point have the ground forces on the Russian side been seen to be preparing to operate in a nuclear environment.

"There are very particular units that need to be brought forward in order to deploy nuclear capabilities and troops on the ground need to be equipped with hazmat suits. We've not seen any of that take place."

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2022-10-04 15:07:07Z
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Trading in Twitter shares halted as Elon Musk 'plans to buy social media company for original offer price' - Sky News

Trading in Twitter shares was halted as the stock spiked following reports that Elon Musk is planning to buy the company for his original offer price.

The world's richest man is proposing to go ahead with purchasing the social media giant for $54.20 per share, a total value of $44bn (£38.4bn), following months of legal battles, according to Reuters, citing two sources.

The shares had been up by nearly 13% at $47.93 before trading was paused following the news.

Twitter and Mr Musk were due to be in court later this month as the company attempted to hold Mr Musk to his original offer, made in April.

"This is a clear sign that Musk recognised heading into Delaware Court that the chances of winning versus Twitter board was highly unlikely and this $44bn deal was going to be completed one way or another," said Dan Ives, analyst at investment firm Wedbush.

Mr Musk, the Tesla CEO, had wanted to back out of the deal over the number of bot accounts on the platform.

He said it was above Twitter's estimate of 5% of users and claimed in July that meant he could exit the deal.

Bots are automated accounts whose existence can lead to an overestimation of how many humans use the website. Knowing the number of genuine users is important for advertising sales and the overall value of the platform.

The takeover deal had received approval from Twitter shareholders last month.

More than $16bn worth of Tesla shares had been exchanged as of midday New York time on Tuesday resulting in a stock value plunge which rebounded in afternoon trading.

The proposal by Mr Musk may end months of turbulent litigation which was heading into a face-off in Delaware's Court of Chancery on 17 October.

In the past he has taken to Twitter to stir controversy, such as suggesting a peace plan for the Ukraine-Russia war that drew swift condemnation from Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Mr Musk also said he would overturn former president Donald Trump's ban from the site.

According to text messages that came to light during the litigation, Mr Musk planned to change the platform by battling spam by verifying accounts; hosting money transfers, and wanted to create Twitter subscriptions instead of relying on advertising.

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2022-10-04 17:43:52Z
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Kremlin dismisses UK media report on Russian nuclear test - Reuters

This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.

MOSCOW, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it did not want to take part in "nuclear rhetoric" spread by the West after a media report that Russia was preparing to demonstrate its willingness to use nuclear weapons in its conflict with Ukraine.

The Times newspaper reported on Monday that the NATO military alliance had warned members that President Vladimir Putin was set to demonstrate his willingness to use nuclear weapons by carrying out a nuclear test on Ukraine's border.

The London-based newspaper also said Russia had moved a train thought to be linked to a unit of the defence ministry that was responsible for nuclear munitions.

When asked about the Times report, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia did not want to take part in what he cast as Western exercises in "nuclear rhetoric".

"The Western media, Western politicians and heads of state are engaging in a lot of exercises in nuclear rhetoric right now," Peskov said. "We do not want to take part in this."

Italian daily La Repubblica reported on Sunday that NATO had sent its members an intelligence report on the movements of the Belgorod nuclear submarine.

"Now it is back to dive in the Arctic seas and it is feared that its mission is to test for the first time the super-torpedo Poseidon, often referred to as 'the weapon of the Apocalypse'," La Repubblica said.

The Italian defence minister declined to comment on the matter. NATO did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

Putin on Sept. 21 ordered Russia's first mobilisation of military reservists since World War Two to put more troops on the battlefield and backed a plan to annex swathes of Ukraine, warning the West he was not bluffing when he said he'd be ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia.

Russia is the world's biggest nuclear power based on the number of nuclear warheads: it has 5,977 warheads while the United States has 5,428, according to the Federation of American Scientists.

Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, additional reporting by Giselda Vagnoni in Rome; Editing by Kevin Liffey, Frank Jack Daniel and Gareth Jones

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2022-10-04 13:17:00Z
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