Page 30 - Ake Epstein News Today

The US Navy acknowledged last month that the drinking and bathing water on one of its aircraft carriers was contaminated by jet fuel.

"We all know the drones are Iranian, but the government has not admitted to it," Ruslan Pukhov said on air before the interview began.

Moscow said it was a technical problem, but the Russian military has engaged in provocative actions around US and NATO forces in the Black Sea before.

Ukrainian troops are bearing down on the southern city, which Russia illegally annexed earlier this month even as its forces lost ground.

The pilots could face a punishment of "deprivation of liberty" for up to seven years, according to Russia's criminal code.

"For Ukraine, this means more saved lives and a better protected energy infrastructure," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in response.

E. coli bacteria was found in the water on USS Abraham Lincoln, but Navy officials said this was unrelated to the water's "odor and cloudiness."

A UK defense official said steps are being taken to halt Beijing's "recruitment schemes," which British media reported can come with big payouts.

Russian forces have been using Iranian-made suicide drones in Ukraine, launching them into civilian areas and spreading terror and panic.

Russia is using its limited supply of long-range precision weapons to attack civilians, a strategy that's unsustainable, war experts and officials say.