Ukraine Sneers At Russia For Blaming Azov For Dugina's Slay

Ukraine has mocked Russia for claiming to have solved the assassination of Daria Dugina, daughter of Russian ultra-nationalist Alexander Dugin, within 48 hours by blaming the Azov Regiment for the blast and pinpointing a certain “Natalia Vovk” as the bomber, Ukraine Daily reported.

Photo Insert: Andriy Yusov, representative of the Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate

Russia's Interfax news agency quoted the FSB as saying the woman is a Ukrainian citizen who came to Russia with her underaged daughter and left the country after the blast. After the FSB published its statement, Russian propaganda began linking "Natalia Vovk" to Natalia Shaban, who they allege is linked to Ukraine's Azov Regiment.

As this developed, Andriy Yusov, representative of the Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate, said that there is a threat of an increased number of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine’s Independence Day today, Aug. 24.

"The fact that Russia still has a large number of missiles – albeit not high-precision ones – is true," said Yusov.

Valery Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, said on Aug. 22 that those sent to the front lines of Russia's war against Ukraine "may be among the 9,000 heroes who have died." Despite Zaluzhnyi's statement, the Ukrainian government has not disclosed the official number of Ukrainian losses since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion on Feb. 24.

On the other hand, Ukraine claimed on Aug. 23, 2022 that Russia has lost 45,400 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24. The General Staff reported on Aug. 22 that Russia had also lost 1,919 tanks, 4,230 armored fighting vehicles, 1,032 artillery systems, 266 multiple launch rocket systems, 145 air defense systems, 198 helicopters, 234 airplanes, 815 drones, and 15 boats.

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