Vedant Patel
Washington on Wednesday said that it considers Russia's latest actions to be "another example of how the [war in Ukraine] is not going according to President Putin’s plans," and that "he is having to turn to increasingly desperate actions to keep the war machine going," State Department's principal deputy spokesperson said during the daily press briefing.
Patel's comments came in response to TURAN's questions about Russia's reportedly recruiting Afghan commanders, trained by the U.S. Navy SEALs, as well as Ramzan Kadyrov's recent declaring "great jihad" against Ukrainians.
While the State Department didn't immediately have any new assessment to offer or confirmation for those reports, Patel said, "this is a possible follow-up to the Russian Federation attempting to provision assets from places like the DPRK and Iran and elsewhere."
TURAN also asked the State Department official about Putin's personally monitoring Russian strategic nuclear forces drill, as fears are rising that a major event on Ukrainian soil in the near future will be a Russian “false flag” operation, given that Moscow looks to regain momentum amid a successful counteroffensive from Kyiv.
Russia, the White House official said, notified Washington of the tests in advance.
As for the drills, which involved multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles, "were successful," according to the Kremlin.
Alex Raufoglu
Washington D.C.
Politics
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On January 23, the Deputy Commander of the Azerbaijani Ground Forces, Ilgar Latifov, met with a Pakistani delegation headed by the Director General of Military Operations, Abdullah Kashif. The parties discussed the state and prospects for the development of military cooperation between Azerbaijan and Pakistan, as well as the importance of increasing the intensity of joint exercises.
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The announcement of 2025 as the "Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty" in Azerbaijan has sparked rumors and speculation about the government's plans to hold a constitutional referendum this year. Today's statement in the Milli Majlis by the head of the parliamentary committee on human rights and concurrently the director of the Center for Humanitarian Studies, Zahid Oruj, confirmed that these expectations are not groundless.
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As part of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Armenia has proposed solutions to all agenda issues, stated Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia's Security Council, on January 23. "We are not asking for peace, we are offering peaceful solutions to all existing issues. For the two unresolved points, we have sent proposals and are waiting for a response from the Azerbaijani side. We hope that we will find solutions," Grigoryan said, according to Armenian media. Meanwhile, the press service of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Turan that "negotiations on the text of the peace agreement are ongoing."
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On January 23, Hilal Mammadov, a member of the Board of the Public Council of Talysh of Azerbaijan (OSTA), was interrogated by the State Security Service (SGB) as a witness in the case of researcher Igbal Abilov, who is accused of treason. As reported by Turan, Mammadov was questioned about Abilov's activities, scientific works, and publications.
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