johnson 23 sailboat

Specifications

LOA - 23' 5"
LWL - 20' 0"
BEAM - 8' 6"
DRAFT, Board up - 1' 11"
DRAFT, Board down - 5' 4"
Displacement - 2,450 lbs.
Ballast - 850 lbs. (Internal fixed lead)
Sail area - 248 sq. ft.
Mast height above DWL - 35' 4"
Designer: -- Jim Taylor

Standard Equipment

Hull and Deck

• ISO/NPT gel coat finish
• Hand laminated fiberglass construction
• Molded in contrasting non-skid surface
• Shoal draft keel with fiberglass centerboard
• Internal fixed lead ballast
• Recessed anchor locker on deck
• Molded toe rails w/drains
• Aluminum frame opening forward hatch4-6" mooring cleats
• Stainless steel bow pulpit
• Stainless steel stern rail, stanchions & lifelines
• Stainless steel boarding ladder
• Stainless steel bow eye
• Accent waterline & sheer stripes
• Teak handrails
• 7'0" self bailing cockpit
• Ventilated fuel tank locker
• Sail locker
• Laminated ash and mahogany tiller
• Stainless steel adjustable motor mount
• Welded aluminum rudder head
• Molded 'structural grid' hull liner
• Deluxe fabric covered cushions
• Berths for 4 adults
• Backrest cushions w/shelves
• Shelves over v-berths
• Molded storage lockers under berths
• 12 volt electrical system
• Fused switch panel
• Interior lights
• Navigation lights
• Steaming light

Spars and Rigging

• Aluminum anodized mast & boom
• 4:1 Harken mainsheet system
• Harken genoa winches & handle
• Harken ball bearing blocks
• Genoa track with cars
• Pre-stretched Dacron halyards
• Spliced halyard shackles
• Pre-stretched Dacron sheets & running rigging
• Split backstayChromed bronze open body turnbuckles w/toggles
• Topping lift
• Hinged mast step
• Alcohol stove
• Stainless steel sink
• Manual water pump
• Storage bins
• Self contained water system
• Dacron main and jib
• Jiffy reefing system with 1 reef point

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23’ Feet 1930 Hubert Johnson Laker launch

$20,000 (usd), boat id: 42508, contact us directly - 800-675-4089, learn how the process works (faq).

Viking, renamed Bess in 2002 upon our purchase was built by Hubert Johnson in 1930 for Mr. Swinglehurst of New York. He passed away in 1932 and the boat was sold in 1934 to Max Nydegger who kept her in his boathouse on Lake Winnepasake until his death in 1964. Title then passed to his daughter Mrs. Hugh E. Thomson then her son Hugh E. Thomson Jr. until 1986 when the property was sold. The boat was purchased by Steve Camann of Manchester NH. He promptly had the boat refit and repowered, replacing the original Chrysler Ace with a Flagship 283, by New England Boat & Motor, Inc. Laconia New Hampshire. I purchased her from Mr. Camann in 2002. I relocated her to Sausalito CA for use at Lake Tahoe. During my 20 year custody, she has been totally restored twice, 2002, 2015. She was repowered again in 2018. Fresh varnish and paint 2022. She is warehouse stored during off season and is lift launched during use. She is comfortable big boat, safe and roomy for up to 10 passengers and their gear. As a semi displacement boat, she comes up on plane easily and cruises dry and safe. She can be seen in Florida, Cape Coral, or at the Mt. Dora ACBS show in March. She is a unique boat that needs a new caretaker for the next 20 years.

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August 30, 2023 - russia-ukraine news.

What we covered here

• Russia saw the largest drone assault on its territory Wednesday since it launched its  war on Ukraine . Multiple regions inside Russia were targeted by drones , and the assault caused airport closures and flight delays across the country. Russian authorities have not reported any casualties and said most attacks were thwarted.
• Ukrainian officials meanwhile said Russia hit the capital of Kyiv with a “massive” bombardment overnight, killing at least two people. Russian rocket attacks were also reported in the southern city of Odesa.
• Moscow on Wednesday claimed it destroyed four Ukrainian military boats with special forces on board in the Black Sea. Kyiv has not commented on the claim.
• Russia is considering the possibility of “deliberate” action in its investigation of the plane crash that killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin — but Moscow won’t allow international authorities to intervene, the Kremlin said.

Our live coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine has moved here.

Ukrainian president announces review of military medical commissions after corruption revelations

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a review of military medical commissions is underway following revelations that some had accepted bribes to help Ukrainians evade conscription.

During his nightly address on Wednesday, Zelensky said that “the inspection of military medical commissions across the country is underway.”

Thousands of military-aged men have avoided conscription and fled abroad since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 with the help of bribes and “unreasonable decisions” by military medical commissions, the president said.

On Tuesday, the Security Service of Ukraine reported that an investigation is underway into the head of the military medical commission in Kyiv region who is suspected of allowing over 50 men of enlistment age to evade the draft in exchange for bribes on the basis of fictitious documents about “bad” health.

According to the security service, the head of the military medical commission and five others were a part of the criminal scheme that helped men who wanted to evade the draft and flee abroad.

Zelensky said all of those who accepted bribes would be brought to justice.

Zelensky noted that “the criminal proceedings are currently underway” against the staff of military medical commissions and medical social expert commissions of Ukraine.

“The list of those who went abroad due to obviously dubious decisions of MMCs will be analyzed separately,” he noted, adding that these are “at least thousands of people.”

Zelensky also announced his intention to equate corruption with treason during wartime in his interview with Ukrainian media on Sunday. Zelensky said the Ukrainian parliament will get a proposal from him “in the coming week.”

Russia saw the largest drone assault since the start of the war. Here are other headlines you should know

Six Russian regions, including Moscow, came under attack early Wednesday in the  biggest drone assault  on its territory since the full-scale invasion began last February. Russian officials haven’t reported any casualties and claimed to have thwarted almost all of the strikes.

A Kremlin spokesman has attributed the assault to the “continued terrorist activity of the Kyiv regime.”

Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said the  attacks  are an indication the “war is increasingly moving to Russia’s territory.” The official, however, stopped short of claiming responsibility for last night’s attacks. 

Residents told CNN of their panic and fear as the city was shaken by the powerful assault.

Here are other headlines you should know:

• Ukraine attacks on Russia: An attack on the election headquarters of a pro-Russian party in the occupied Kherson region has been claimed by a Ukrainian insurgent group. The group, Atesh, says it blew up the headquarters of the United Russia Party in Nova Kakhovka on Tuesday. The group said three Russian soldiers were killed in the attack, a claim that was denied by a pro-Russian politician in the area. Additionally, one person has died and 13 were injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling of Russian-occupied Donetsk region, according to the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin. And the Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) guerilla group claimed responsibility for  an August 27 drone  on the Russian region of Kursk, saying that it worked in tandem with the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). 
• On the ground developments: Six Ukrainian pilots were killed during a combat mission near Bakhmut, Yevhen Rakita, spokesperson for the Igor Sikorsky 18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade, told national broadcaster Suspilne on Wednesday. Russian air defense forces also shot down a Ukrainian missile over eastern Crimea and two drones over the Bryansk region, which borders northeastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, Russian officials said.
• Prigozhin plane crash: Russia is considering the possibility of “deliberate” action in its investigation of the plane crash that killed Wagner boss  Yevgeny Prigozhin , but Moscow will not allow international authorities to intervene, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday. The possibility of a “deliberate atrocity” is one of many scenarios under consideration, Peskov said.
• Ukrainian precautions: The northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has set up 60 classrooms in its subway ahead of the start of the school year in September, the mayor said in a statement. The underground classrooms will accommodate around 1,000 students, with plans to set up even more classrooms to allow for safe in-person education several days a week, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
• Potential arms deal: Russia and  North Korea  are “ actively advancing ” their negotiations over a potential arms deal that would provide significant ammunition for different types of weapons systems, including artillery, in the latest indication that the Kremlin is desperate to obtain further materiel for its failing invasion of Ukraine, according to newly released US intelligence. The news of the potential deal comes despite North Korea’s public claims to the contrary. 
• Grain discussions: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will hold meetings on grain supplies in Moscow this week, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Lavrov and Fidan will discuss alternatives to  the Black Sea grain deal  that is no longer in effect, during meetings in the Russian capital on Thursday and Friday, the ministry said.

Pro-Ukrainian Russian guerillas claim responsibility for Sunday's drone strike on Russia's Kursk region

The Russian Volunteer Corps (RVC) guerilla group claimed responsibility for an August 27 drone on the Russian region of Kursk, saying that it worked in tandem with the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). 

On August 27, the Russian defense ministry claimed it destroyed the drones that were launched at the Kursk region. The RVC has disputed this and accused both the Russian defense ministry and the Kursk governor of covering up that a stray air defense missile hit a residential high-rise building. CNN cannot independently verify these claims.

The Russian Ministry of Defense, the Kursk governor and the SBU have not commented on the RVC’s claims.

The Russian Volunteer Corps is a guerilla group made up of Russian citizens fighting on the side of Ukraine. In March, the group claimed responsibility for a cross-border attack on Bryansk, a Russian region bordering Ukraine.

War in Ukraine caused "one of the most disruptive periods" for global food security, US intel shows

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused deep disruptions in the global food supply, raising prices and increasing the risk of food insecurity in poorer nations in the Middle East and North Africa, America’s top spy agency said in an  unclassified report  released by Congress on Wednesday. 

The direct and indirect effects of the war “were major drivers of one of the most disruptive periods in decades for global food security,” the eight-page report found — in large part because Ukraine and Russia were among the world’s largest pre-war exporters of grain and other agricultural products.  

Although food security concerns have abated since the start of this year, according to the report, the future trajectory of global food prices likely will depend in part on what happens with the Black Sea Grain Initiative , which Russia ended in July. The deal, facilitated by the United Nations, had allowed Ukrainian agricultural shipments to safely exit Black Sea ports and reach the international market. 

How much acreage Ukraine is able to cultivate as the war continues to rage and the cost and availability of fertilizers will also have an impact on global food prices, the report found. Global fertilizer prices reached near-record levels in mid-2022 as global oil and natural gas prices rose. 

Droughts last year in Canada, the Middle East, South America and the United States also compounded the war-related stress on global food supplies, according to the report. 

Intelligence officials have  accused Russia in the past  of weaponizing food supplies by blocking Ukrainian exports, destroying infrastructure and occupying Ukrainian agricultural land.

Citing satellite imagery and open-source reporting, the report said that Russia stole nearly 6 million tons of Ukrainian wheat harvested from occupied territories in 2022. Cargo ships used to transport the stolen grain out of Russian-occupied territories in 2022 would steer along the coast of Turkey to deliver shipments to ports in Syria, Israel, Iran, Georgia and Lebanon, the report said.

“We cannot confirm if the buyers of the Russian cargoes were aware of the grains’ Ukrainian origin,” the report said. 

Russia says it shot down a cruise missile over eastern Crimea and 2 drones over Bryansk region

Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian missile over eastern Crimea and two drones over the Bryansk region, which borders northeastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, Russian officials said.

“Air defense forces shot down a cruise missile in the eastern part of Crimea. I ask everyone to remain calm and trust only official sources of information,” Sergey Aksyonov, Russia-appointed head of Crimea, said in a Telegram post. 

His advisor, Oleg Kryuchkov, said the fragments of the missile set the grass in the field on fire. “Emergency services are working on the scene,” Kryuchkov said.

Aksyonov and Kryuchkov didn’t provide additional details about the missile. 

Aleksandr Bogomaz, governor of Russia’s Bryansk region, said two drones were shot down Wednesday. 

“Two aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down over the Bryansk region,” Bogomaz said, adding there were no casualties or damage. 

EU’s top diplomat on Ukraine: "We have to work on looking for peace. But this peace has to be a just peace"

The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell stressed Wednesday that the efforts must be maintained to search for peace in Ukraine, but that it “has to be a just peace.” 

Speaking to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Borrell said it was “difficult to believe that peace negotiations can take place” right now, given the relentless Russian attack on Ukrainian cities.

Russia and Turkey's foreign ministers will discuss grain supplies during meetings in Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will hold meetings on grain supplies in Moscow this week, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

Lavrov and Fidan will discuss alternatives to the Black Sea grain deal that is no longer in effect, during meetings in the Russian capital on Thursday and Friday, the ministry said.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry also said on Wednesday that Fidan will be traveling to Russia on Thursday and Friday. 

“During the visit, issues on our bilateral agenda as well as regional and global developments will be discussed,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a brief statement.

1 killed and 13 wounded in Ukrainian shelling of Russian-occupied Donetsk region, official says

One person has died and 13 were injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling of Russian-occupied Donetsk region, according to the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin.

“Peaceful towns of the Republic endured another day of fierce shelling by Ukrainian armed formations. One man was killed […] thirteen were wounded, including two minors,” Pushilin said.

The casualties occurred in and around the city of Donetsk, he said. Houses and civilian infrastructure were also damaged, Pushilin added. 

6 Ukrainian pilots killed during combat mission near Bakhmut, brigade spokesperson says 

Six Ukrainian pilots were killed during a combat mission near Bakhmut, Yevhen Rakita, spokesperson for the Igor Sikorsky 18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade, told national broadcaster Suspilne on Wednesday. 

“On August 29, six pilots from the Igor Sikorsky 18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade were killed in the Bakhmut sector. It happened while performing a combat mission,” Rakita said.

Rakita also noted all six pilots held the rank of officer and that the details of the incident are not being disclosed due to security reasons.

Pskov airport to resume operations on Thursday, Russian authorities say 

Pskov airport will resume operations on Thursday, regional Gov. Mikhail Vedernikov said in a statement published Wednesday on his Telegram channel.

“The results of the inspection of the state of the civil infrastructure of Pskov airport have been summed up. In short: everything is in order! From tomorrow, the airport will resume normal operations,” Vedernikov said.

Late Tuesday night, Russian authorities reported drone attacks in Russia’s northwestern Pskov region, which caused damage to four IL-76 military aircraft at the airport. The airport is used for both civilian and military aircraft.

Six Russian regions, including Moscow, came under attack early Wednesday in the biggest drone assault on its territory since the full-scale invasion began last February. Russian officials haven’t reported any casualties and claimed to have thwarted almost all of the strikes.

Russia and North Korea "actively advancing" in negotiations to reach arms deal, according to US intelligence

Russia and North Korea are “actively advancing” their negotiations over a potential arms deal that would provide significant ammunition for different types of weapons systems, including artillery, in the latest indication that the Kremlin is desperate to obtain further materiel for its failing invasion of Ukraine, according to newly released US intelligence.

The news of the potential deal comes despite North Korea’s public claims to the contrary. 

The Biden administration said Wednesday that it remains concerned that the two pariah states are in the middle of arms negotiations and that following Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s trip to North Korea last month a second delegation of Russian officials have visited Pyongyang for follow up discussions on a potential deal.

In addition to the second delegation, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have exchanged letters “pledging to increase their bilateral cooperation,” according to John Kirby, National Security Council strategic communications coordinator.

Meanwhile, Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US representative to the United Nations, accused Russia and North Korea of negotiating arms deals. Greenfield called it “shameful” and a violation of Security Council resolutions approved by Russia. 

The public disclosure of the new intelligence is the latest example of how the Biden administration plans to continue to publicize Russia’s efforts to avoid Western sanctions and source weapons for its war, as well as put North Korea on notice that the US is closely monitoring these efforts. It is also the most detailed evidence provided in recent months of Russia’s outreach to North Korea to help fuel its invasion of Ukraine.

“Under these potential deals Russia would receive significant quantities and multiple types of munitions form the DPRK, which the Russian military plans to use in Ukraine. These potential deals could also include the provision of raw materials that would assist Russia’s defense industrial base,” Kirby said, pledging that the US would take direct action to sanction any entities involved in a potential deal and urged Pyongyang to cease the negotiations.

Earlier this month, the US Treasury sanctioned a sanctions evasion network aimed at supporting arms deals between Russia and North Korea.

Kirby also said Russia’s attempts to source weapons from places like Iran and North Korea was a clear signal of Moscow’s distress.

“There is no other way to look at that than desperation and weakness, quite frankly,” the official said.

At the end of last year Pyongyang delivered infantry rockets and missiles to the Wagner private military company for their troops in Ukraine and Western officials have said that Iran has supplied Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine. Iran and North Korea have both denied these claims.

CNN’s Richard Roth contributed reporting to this post.

Recent drone attacks show war is "increasingly moving" to Russian territory, Zelensky adviser says

Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said the recent drone attacks on Russia are an indication the “war is increasingly moving to Russia’s territory.” The official, however, stopped short of claiming responsibility for last night’s attacks. 

When referring specifically to drone attacks on the Russian northwestern region of Pskov that damaged aircrafts and grounded flights, Podolyak said the increased movement of the war into Russia’s territory “cannot be stopped.” 

Without directly claiming responsibility for the attacks, the adviser said Ukraine “strictly adheres to the obligation not to use the weapons of its partners to strike Russian territory and acts exclusively within the principles of defensive war.”  

He dismissed calls to avoid strikes on Russian soil as “absurd.”

More background: The attacks on Wednesday were the biggest drone assault on Russian soil since the war began. Six Russian regions including Moscow came under attack early Wednesday , while in the city of Pskov, near the Estonian border, several transport planes were reportedly damaged when drones targeted an airport. Russian officials haven’t reported any casualties, and claimed to have thwarted almost all of the strikes.

Ukraine has increasingly been emboldened to hit strategic targets inside Russia through the air in recent weeks, even as it suffers assaults on its own cities, setting up a new phase of the conflict defined by Kyiv’s apparent efforts to wear down domestic Russian support for the war.

Kyiv officials meanwhile said Russia hit the Ukrainian capital with a “massive” bombardment overnight. 

CNN’s Rob Picheta, Anna Chernova and Gul Tuysuz contributed reporting to this post.

Kharkiv sets up underground classrooms for Ukrainian children returning to school

The northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has set up 60 classrooms in its subway ahead of the start of the school year in September, the mayor said in a statement.

Kharkiv, which lies roughly 20 miles from the Russian border, was occupied by Russian forces in the early months of the war. Ukraine managed to liberate the city in September last year — but Russian forces have since tried to recapture the city, which has come under frequent bombardment for much of this summer.

The underground classrooms will accommodate around 1,000 students, with plans to set up even more classrooms to allow for safe in-person education several days a week, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

The city’s subways were the main shelter for its residents during intense Russian bombardment in the first few months of the war.

Ukraine ordered mandatory evacuations in Kharkiv region earlier this month, after a local Ukrainian official said that substantial reinforcements had turned the area into the “epicenter” of hostilities.

Russia claimed to have captured several Ukrainian positions near the city of Kharkiv in recent weeks, with the eventual goal of capturing the city for a second time.

Kremlin says overnight drone attacks on Russia are "continued terrorist activity of Kyiv regime"

A Kremlin spokesman has attributed the biggest drone assault on Russian territory since the war in Ukraine began to the “continued terrorist activity of the Kyiv regime.”

The Russian President Vladimir Putin is receiving “timely and up-to-date information” on all developments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.

Journalists on the regular Kremlin call pressed Peksov on whether the drones that attacked the northwestern Pskov region could have been launched from the territory of neighboring Estonia or Latvia.   

Some context: Russia saw the largest drone assault on its territory since the start of the war on Wednesday after six regions including Moscow came under attack.

In the city of Pskov, drones attacked an airport some 35 miles away from the Estonian border late Tuesday night, causing a fire and damage to four IL-76 military aircraft which led to the cancellation of all flights.

Russian officials haven’t reported any casualties, and claimed to have thwarted almost all of the strikes.

Ukrainian insurgent group claims responsibility for Kherson attack

An attack on the election headquarters of a pro-Russian party in the occupied Kherson region has been claimed by a Ukrainian insurgent group.

The group, Atesh, says it blew up the headquarters of the United Russia Party in Nova Kakhovka on Tuesday. The group said three Russian soldiers were killed in the attack, a claim that was denied by a pro-Russian politician in the area. 

The town’s mayor Vladimir Leontiev described it as a “terrorist attack,” according to Russian state news agency TASS. “No one will disrupt our peaceful life,” he said.

Some context: Nearly half of Ukrainians held in detention centers in Kherson have been subjected to widespread torture including sexual violence, according to a report published earlier this month, compiled by the  Mobile Justice Team , part of the UK, EU and US-sponsored Atrocity Crimes Advisory Group (ACA).

The report adds that suffocation, waterboarding, severe beatings and threats of rape were other techniques commonly used against victims by Russian guards in the Kherson torture chambers.

Russia has repeatedly denied accusations of torture and human rights abuses in Ukraine despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, investigated, compiled and shared by international human rights organizations and news organizations. 

"There is nothing to feel, it was just fear": Kyiv residents tell of their panic as capital hit with largest attack since spring

Residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv have told CNN of their panic as the city was shaken by a powerful assault overnight on Tuesday.

Russia conducted a “massive” attack on Kyiv using drones and missiles, killing at least two men aged 26 and 36, and injuring three others, Ukrainian officials said.

Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, wrote on Telegram that “Kyiv had not experienced such a powerful attack since spring.”

Lyudmyla Savchuk, 57, school worker

Yelena Yemelyanova, 69, retired medical worker

Victor Savchuk, 58, pensioner

Russia to investigate “deliberate” action in Prigozhin’s plane crash, says Kremlin   

Russia is considering the possibility of “deliberate” action in its investigation of the plane crash that killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin , but Moscow will not allow international authorities to intervene, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.

The possibility of a “deliberate atrocity” is one of many scenarios under consideration, Peskov said.

His comments came after Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee reportedly rejected an offer by Brazilian authorities and the aircraft manufacturer, Brazilian company Embraer, to participate in the investigation.

The committee said that because the crash took place on Russian soil, an international investigation is unnecessary, Reuters reported Tuesday, citing the Brazilian agency.  

It's 3pm in Kyiv. Here's what you need to know

Russia on Wednesday saw the most significant drone assault on its territory since the start of the war, causing airport closures and flight delays across the country.

Meanwhile, Russia fired 28 cruise missiles at Ukraine overnight, all of which were intercepted, according to Kyiv’s top general.

Below are the latest developments…

• Russian territory: Russia has seen the biggest drone assault inside its borders since it invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Multiple regions inside Russia were targeted by drones, although Russian authorities have not reported any casualties and claim they thwarted almost all of the attacks. An earlier drone attack late on Tuesday night damaged four Russian military planes at an airport in Pskov.
• Kyiv strikes: Russia launched a “massive” attack on Ukraine’s capital overnight using drone missiles, according to Kyiv city officials. Two men aged 26 and 36 were killed, while three others sustained injuries of varying severity.
• Cruise missile attacks: The attack on Kyiv came amid a larger overnight assault on areas in Ukraine. In total, Russia fired 28 cruise missiles at Ukraine, all of which were intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses, Kyiv’s top general said Wednesday.
• Military boats destroyed: Four Ukrainian military boats sailing in the Black Sea with special forces on board have been destroyed by Russian aircraft, according to Russia’s defense ministry. CNN has reached out to Ukrainian military officials for comment.
• Prigozhin plane crash: Russia is considering the possibility of “deliberate” action in its investigation of the plane crash that killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin , but Moscow won’t allow international authorities to intervene, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

Russia sees biggest drone attack on its territory since the start of the war

Russia has seen the most significant drone assault on its territory since the beginning of the war in February 2022, causing airport closures and flight delays across the country.

Multiple regions, including Moscow , Oryol, Ryazan, Bryansk, Kaluga, and Pskov, were targeted by drones Wednesday, although Russian authorities have not reported any casualties and claim they thwarted almost all of the attacks.

Russian air defense forces claimed to have intercepted a drone heading towards Moscow in the Ruza district of the Moscow region, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said Wednesday morning.

In response to the security situation, all four Moscow airports temporarily suspended flight operations. According to Sobyanin, there were no casualties or reported damage at the time. 

Russia’s defense ministry said its forces intercepted three Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over the Bryansk region which damaged an administrative building, while another unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the Oryol region was also obstructed.

The ministry also said a UAV was brought down over the Kaluga region, while two other attacks were thwarted in the Ryazan region. Local authorities confirmed the attacks saying there were no immediate reports of casualties.

In Pskov, some 600 km (370 miles) north of Ukraine, drones also attacked an airport late Tuesday night, causing damage to four IL-76 military aircrafts and leading to the cancellation of all flights. A fire broke out at the airport as a result of the attack. 

Pskov region Governor Mikhail Vedernikov said that all flights remain cancelled until Thursday, “to clarify the nature of the possible damage to the runway.” 

Ukraine's top general says Russia launched more than 40 aerial attacks overnight

Russia fired 28 cruise missiles at Ukraine overnight, all of which were intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses, Kyiv’s top general said Wednesday.

Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander in Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said Ukraine additionally destroyed 15 of 16 drones launched by Russia.

Earlier, Ukrainian officials said Russia had conducted a “massive” drone and missile attack on Kyiv that killed at least two people.

Russia thwarts Ukrainian drone attack on Bryansk TV tower, governor says

Russian air defenses thwarted a Ukrainian drone attack on a television tower in the southwestern Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, a local official said Wednesday.

Bryansk Gov. Aleksandr Bogomaz said a fire had been extinguished and emergency services were working at the site of the alleged attack. 

Earlier Wednesday, Russia’s defense ministry said Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the regions of Bryansk, Oryol and Kaluga.

Oryol Gov. Andrey Klychkov said two drones were shot down over the western region. In Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, a third drone was destroyed over Sukhinichsky district, according to its governor Vladislav Shapsha.

There were no reports of damage or injuries in the alleged attacks. 

The reports come a day after four Russian aircraft were damaged in a drone attack at an airport in the western city of Pskov, officials said.

Russia launched a "massive" attack on Kyiv overnight, official says

Russia conducted a “massive” attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Tuesday night using drones and missiles, said Serhii Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, on Wednesday.

Popko said several groups of drones traveled towards Kyiv “from different directions,” and later missiles were launched toward the city from Tu-95MS strategic bombers.

Air defense forces destroyed more than 20 “enemy targets,” he added.

Two men ages 26 and 36 were killed, while three others sustained injuries of varying severity from falling debris, according to the Kyiv city military administration. Two of those injured were hospitalized.

Earlier Wednesday, Kyiv mayor’s said fire and rescue services were working at wreckage sites in the Darnitsky and Shevchenkivskiy districts.

Odesa attacks: Meanwhile, Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported explosions in the southern city of Odesa early Wednesday after the head of its regional military administration, Oleh Kiper, warned of Russian rocket attacks and asked residents to stay in shelter.

It's early in Kyiv. Here's what you need to know

Russian forces targeted Ukraine’s Kyiv and Odesa regions early Wednesday, according to Ukrainian officials.

Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said at least two people were killed and two others injured in the capital as fire and rescue services work at wreckage sites in the Darnitsky and Shevchenkivskiy districts.

In Odesa, Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported explosions after officials warned of Russian rocket attacks.

Here’s the latest updates from Russia’s war in Ukraine:

• Russian claims: Russia on Wednesday said it destroyed four Ukrainian military boats with special forces on board in the Black Sea. Ukraine has not commented on the claim. Meanwhile, Russia also said it repelled Ukrainian drone attacks early Wednesday on several Russian regions and the occupied Crimean peninsula. It comes after four Russian aircraft were damaged in a drone attack at an airport, used by civilian and military planes, in the western city of Pskov, officials said.
• Southern battles: Ukrainian and Russian accounts speak of heavy fighting along part of the southern front, as Kyiv’s forces try to push further toward the strategic hub of Tokmak. Much of the combat is taking place south and east of the Zaporizhzhia region village of Robotyne, which the Ukrainians claimed to have secured last week. Evacuations are underway in areas close to the front lines in the region, according to Ukrainian officials.

• US aid: The United States is providing an additional $250 million security assistance package to Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday. The package includes air defense missiles, artillery ammunition, Javelin systems and rockets, and mine-clearing equipment, he said.
• Papal controversy: Ukrainian officials have criticized Pope Francis’ recent address to Russian youth , calling his remarks “imperialist propaganda.” The pontiff made a video address to the 10th All-Russian Catholic Youth Assembly in St. Petersburg on Friday, during which he urged them to view themselves as descendants of the Russian empire.
• Warlord’s funeral: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s funeral took place “in a closed format,” a company owned by the Wagner founder said. It did not specify when the funeral took place. “Those wishing to say goodbye can visit the Porokhovskoe cemetery” in St. Petersburg, it added.
• Prigozhin’s legacy: A Russian network of  internet trolls  has begun to spread messages online  blaming “enemies from the West ” for the  plane crash  that killed the Wagner boss last week, according to two experts who monitor the activity of the trolls. Prigozhin had previously turbo-charged the use of trolls to push messages designed to disrupt and polarize Western societies.
• Kyiv’s take: Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Prigozhin’s fate proves the futility of possible peace negotiations with Russia. “Prigozhin was in conflict with Putin,” he said Tuesday. “They agreed on security guarantees, and then Putin killed him. There’s no reason to believe that in other negotiations Putin would behave differently.” The Kremlin  has denied  any involvement in the crash that killed Prigozhin.

Russian missile strikes kill at least 2 in Kyiv, officials say

At least two people were killed and two others injured following Russian missile attacks on Kyiv early Wednesday, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said.

Odesa attacks: Meanwhile, Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne reported explosions in the southern city of Odesa early Wednesday after the head of its regional military administration, Oleh Kiper, warned of Russian rocket attacks.

“Russian terrorists attack Odesa region with rockets,” he said, asking residents to stay in shelter.

Ukrainian military boats with special forces on board destroyed in Black Sea, Russia claims

Russian aircraft destroyed four Ukrainian military boats with special forces on board in the Black Sea, Russia’s defense ministry claimed on Wednesday.

CNN has reached out to Ukrainian officials for comment.

The Russian claim comes nearly a week after Kyiv officials said Ukrainian forces  had carried out one of their most complex and ambitious operations to date against  Russian military facilities  in the  occupied region of Crimea .

Special forces landed on the western shore of Crimea in a joint operation with the country’s Navy, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence said last week.

Drone wars: Russia’s defense ministry also said several Ukrainian drones were intercepted over various Russian regions in the early hours of Wednesday.

Three drones were intercepted over the southwest Bryansk region, one over the western Oryol region and one over Kaluga, southwest of Moscow, the ministry said.

Meanwhile in Crimea, Sevastopol Gov. Mikhail Razvozhaev said Russian air defenses repelled Ukrainian drone attacks in the area of Sevastopol Bay in the early hours of Wednesday.

Ukraine blasts Pope Francis' address to Russian youth as "imperialist propaganda"

Ukrainian  officials have criticized Pope Francis’ recent address to Russian youth, calling his remarks  “imperialist propaganda.”

The pontiff made a video address to the 10th All-Russian Catholic Youth Assembly in St. Petersburg on Friday, during which he urged them to view themselves as descendants of the Russian empire.

On Monday, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko lambasted the pope’s speech.

The pope’s mission should be “precisely to open the eyes of Russian youth to the devastating course of the current Russian leadership” and instead he is promoting “Russian great-power ideas, that are, in fact, the reason for Russia’s chronic aggression,” Nikolenko said.

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Russian military intercepts drone attack on airport in Pskov, regional governor says

The airport in Russia’s western city of Pskov — which is used for both civilian and military aircraft — came under drone attacks on Tuesday, according to the region’s governor.

In a Telegram post, Pskov Gov. Mikhail Vedernikov said he was at the scene and there were no casualties, according to preliminary information.

Vedernikov posted a video showing what appears to be a large plume of smoke coming from behind buildings in what looks like a residential area. 

Russian state news agency TASS reported that “as a result of drone attacks four Il-76 aircraft were damaged,” in Pskov. A fire broke out and two aircraft were engulfed in flames, TASS said, citing emergency services

Flights over Pskov and the region have been restricted, TASS added. 

US announces additional $250 million security assistance package for Ukraine

The United States is providing an additional $250 million security assistance package to Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday.

Blinken said the package includes air defense missiles, artillery ammunition, Javelin systems and rockets, and mine-clearing equipment

The US will also supply ambulances, “spare parts, services, training, and transportation,” Blinken said.

Prigozhin's internet trolls blame West and defend Putin over Wagner chief’s death, researchers say

A Russian network of  internet trolls  has begun to spread messages online blaming “enemies from the West” for the  plane crash  that killed Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin last week, according to two experts who monitor the activity of the trolls.

Prigozhin had previously turbo-charged the use of trolls to push messages designed to disrupt and polarize Western societies. His St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency created hundreds of fake accounts on social networks aiming to meddle in other countries’ politics, leading the United States in 2018 to  sanction Prigozhin  for election meddling.

At that time, CNN obtained  undercover video  recorded inside the secretive Internet Research Agency, where internet provocateurs worked 12-hour shifts, aiming to distort political debate in the US.

It’s unclear whether the Internet Research Agency still exists, especially in the light of US sanctions and the  short-lived mutiny  led by Prigozhin at the end of June. But two groups of independent analysts —  Bot Blocker  and  Chef’s Trap  — have been analyzing several dozen Russian troll accounts on the social networks Vkontakte and X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Ukrainian rocket attack kills civilians, Russian governor says

A Ukrainian cross-border rocket attack killed an unspecified number of people, including a child, in Russia’s southwestern Bryansk region, the local governor said Tuesday.

Gov. Alexander Bogomaz said on Telegram that the Ukrainian military had fired at the village of Klimovo with multiple launch rocket systems.

Bryansk and other Russian regions bordering Ukraine have come under almost daily attack in recent months, with Russian officials saying Ukrainian drones and shelling have wounded or killed civilians.

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