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The FREEDOM yacht is a 229ft / 69.8m luxury yacht built and launched by yacht builder Benetti . Delivered to a proud yacht owner in 2000 and refit in 2015, this luxury yacht sleeps up to 12 guests in 8/10 staterooms and has accommodations for 25 crew. She has a beam of 41ft / 12.5m, a draft of 12ft / 3.7m, and she measures in at 1,975 gross tons. Her hull is steel and her decks are teak. Her max speed is 22.6 knots and cruising speed is 14 knots. She is propelled by Caterpillar engines at 2,000 hp each.

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Freedom is a custom motor yacht launched in 2000 by Christensen in Vancouver Wa, United States and most recently refitted in 2001.

Christensen Shipyard has earned itself a position amongst the world's composite fibreglass construction leaders with its renowned custom and semi-custom superyachts. With a current fleet of yachts from 35 to 48m, the American company prides itself on achieving the finest quality and attention to detail in each of its megayachts.

Freedom measures 43.00 metres in length, with a max draft of 2.10 metres and a beam of 8.50 metres. She has a gross tonnage of 360 tonnes. She has a deck material of teak.

Freedom has a GRP hull with a GRP superstructure.

Her interior design is by Setzer Design Group.

Freedom also features naval architecture by Christensen.

Performance and Capabilities

Freedom has a top speed of 22.00 knots and a cruising speed of 15.00 knots. She is powered by a twin screw propulsion system.

Freedom has a fuel capacity of 39,368 litres, and a water capacity of 5,678 litres.

She also has a range of 4,000 nautical miles.

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Freedom accommodates up to 8 guests in 4 cabins. She also houses room for up to 7 crew members.

Other Specifications

Freedom is MCA compliant, her hull NB is 023.

Freedom is an ABS+A1-AMS class yacht. She flies the flag of st vincent and the grenadines.

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Motor yacht FREEDOM is a 35.20m (115' 6") luxury vessel constructed by the Sunseeker shipyard in 20117. Her excellent layout with plenty of outdoor spaces is ideal for charter vacations, while her interiors sleep up to 10 charter guests over 6 ensuite cabins. She has an attentive and professional crew of 5.

NOTABLE FEATURES OF FREEDOM: ~Foredeck Jacuzzi ~Plenty of sunbathing spots ~Modern interiors ~Choice of dining areas ~Retractable flybridge sunroof ~Side terraces off salon ~Main deck Master suite ~Range of 1,250 nautical miles ~Air conditioning ~Wi-Fi

The main deck aft has two large dining table wrapped on three sides by a plush sofa for comfortable outdoor lounging and dining in the shade. Two stairways connect to the lower deck swim platform, a starboard stairway lead up to the flybridge, and side walkways along the main deck join to the foredeck.

The foredeck has three sofas and a drinks table, two large sunbeds forward and a circular Jacuzzi at the bow.

The flybridge has a large sunbed and a sofa aft. There is gym equipment under the shade of the hardtop, in addition to an alfresco dining table and bar to port, and a lounge to starboard.

The lower deck layout includes the crew accommodation, guest accommodation, engine room and tender garage, where the water toys are also stored.

On the main deck the Master suite is forward with the main foyer amidships to port and the galley to starboard. Aft is the main salon combined with the formal dining area. Glass sliding doors on both sides lead out onto fold-down terraces, and create a more alfresco environment inside. The lounge is a symmetrical setting of an L-shaped sofa, armchair and coffee table on both sides of the room, and a widescreen TV concealed behind the mirror above the forward formal dining table.

FREEDOM Specifications

Twin MTU Diesel engines of 2,640 HP each grant a top speed of 24 knots, a cruising speed of 14 knots and a range of 1,250 nautical miles.

Tenders & Toys: 1 x Williams 565 Yanmar Jet Tender, 1 x Seadoo RXP 300RS 300 hp, 1 x Seabob F7-SR 2019, 2 x wakeboards, 1 x waterskis, 1 x inflatable kayak, 1 x large trampoline, 1 x large waterslide, 1 x water mattress, 1 x diving set, goggles

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The accommodation sleeps a total of 10 guests in 5 en-suite cabins: 1 Master suite, 2 double cabins and 2 twin cabins convertible to doubles, both with a Pullman berth. The Master suite is placed on the main deck forward and is furnished with a king-sized bed, widescreen TV, two sofas and a side table beside one window and a desk/vanity adjacent, a wardrobe and an en-suite bathroom with a sink, toilet and a shower. The double cabins are located on the lower deck. Both come with a queen-sized bed, widescreen TV, desk/vanity, wardrobe and an en-suite bathroom with a sink, toilet and shower. The convertible twin cabins are also on the lower deck, and both have two single beds that join together to create a double, a widescreen TV, desk/vanity, wardrobe and an en-suite bathroom with a sink, toilet and shower.

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Tenders & Toys Tenders & Toys: 1 x Williams 565 Yanmar Jet Tender 1 x Seadoo RXP 300RS 300 hp 1 x Seabob F7-SR 2019 2 x wakeboards 1 x waterskis 1 x inflatable kayak 1 x large trampoline 1 x large waterslide 1 x water mattress 1 x diving set goggles Audio Visual Equipment and Deck Facilities: Smart 75" Samsung TV in Saloon, Harmon Kardon 580 5.1 -3D Bluray surround system. Smart 64" Samsung TV in the Master State - Denon AVR-X3300W Audio surround system. Smart Samsung 32" HD LED TV in each Double Guest Stateroom, Harmon Kardon 280 2.1- Bluray surround system Smart Samsung 22'' HD LED TV in each Twin Guest Stateroom, Harmon Kardon 280 2.1- Bluray surround system In addition to Two apple TVs one in the Master state and 1 in the Saloon. Communications: Wifi is available via 3G/4G sim onboard Gym equipment: 1 x Technogym Spazio Forma Foldable Treadmill selection of yoga equipment, including resistance bands, mats and free weights

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The luxury motor yacht FREEDOM is a private yacht and is not available to charter.

FREEDOM was built by Horizon and delivered to her owner in 2023.

FREEDOM can accommodate 10 guests in 5 cabins consisting of a primary suite with a king size bed and en-suite bathroom facilities, 3 cabins with a queen size bed and en-suite bathroom facilities and a cabin with a double bed and en-suite bathroom facilities.

Amenities on board include Air Conditioning, BBQ, Outdoor shower, Indoor audio system, Jacuzzi on deck, Satellite TV, Stabilisers At Anchor, Swim platform, TV saloon and Wi-Fi.

An extensive list of further amenities and water toys can be seen under the features and amenities section.

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FREEDOM has a weekly charter price starting at $100,000 and an estimated daily charter price of $16,700.

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FREEDOM can accommodate 10 sleeping guests on board in 5 cabins.

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FREEDOM is a 38.1 m Motor Yacht, built in the United States of America by Westport and delivered in 2018. She is one of 9 125 models.

Her top speed is 25.0 kn, her cruising speed is 22.0 kn, and she boasts a maximum cruising range of 2500.0 nm at 12.0 kn, with power coming from two MTU diesel engines. She can accommodate up to 10 guests in 5 staterooms, with 5 crew members waiting on their every need. She has a gross tonnage of 329.0 GT and a 7.98 m beam.

She was designed by Westport , who also completed the naval architecture and designed the interior. Westport has designed 89 yachts, created the naval architecture for 63 yachts, and designed the interior of 112 yachts for yachts above 24 metres.

FREEDOM is in the top 30% by LOA in the world. She is one of 1138 motor yachts in the 35-40m size range, and, compared to similarly sized motor yachts, her cruising speed is 3.67 kn above the average, her top speed 3.11 kn above the average, and her volume 62.11 GT above the average.

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Apr 24 2017

City Street Guides by f.d. walker: A Street Photography Guide to Moscow, Russia

*A series of guides on shooting Street Photography in cities around the world. Find the best spots to shoot, things to capture, street walks, street tips, safety concerns, and more for cities around the world. I have personally researched, explored and shot Street Photography in every city that I create a guide for. So you can be ready to capture the streets as soon as you step outside with your camera!

At over 12 million people, Moscow is the largest city in Russia and second largest in Europe by population ( Istanbul is #1). An urban, cosmopolitan metropolis with more than enough glitz and glam to cater to the elite, but without losing its fair share of Soviet era roughness around the edges. It can be fast paced, brash, busy, and trendy like other big cities, but it has its blend of West meets Russia atmosphere and beauty that provides plenty of unique interest. The Red Square is as famous as it gets, but there’s so much more to this city, including the most beautiful subway system you’ve ever seen. It would take years to capture all of Moscow, but that means you have an endless amount of areas to discover.

So here’s a Street Photography guide so you can be ready to capture all that Moscow has to offer before you even arrive!

• Patriarch’s Pond
• Old Arbat Street
• Maroseyka Street
• Tverskoy Boulevard

Top 5 Street Spots:

1. red square.

The Red Square is the most famous square in not just Russia, but all of Eastern Europe. The name actually doesn’t come from the color of the bricks or communism, but from the name in Russian, Krásnaya, once meaning “beautiful” before its meaning changed to “red.” This large plaza is what you see on the cover of guide books and magazines for Moscow, with St. Basil’s Cathedral being the center piece next to Lenin’s Mausoleum surrounded by the Kremlin Wall. Of course, the Red Square attracts hordes of tourist due to the main attractions, but all that activity around an interesting atmosphere does provide street photo opportunities. It’s also the central square connecting to the city’s major streets, providing a good starting point to explore outward.

You’ll also find the popular pedestrian only Nikolskaya Street connecting the Red Square to Lubyanka Square. This line of expensive shops includes plenty of activity, while also leading you to another popular square. Filled with history rivaling any city, the Red Square and surrounding areas are the heart and soul of Russia.

2. Patriarch’s Ponds

Patriarch’s Ponds is one of the most exclusive neighborhoods in Moscow. Despite the name being plural, there’s only one large pond, but it’s worth a visit with your camera. It’s a popular spot for locals and expats to come relax or take a stroll around the pond. You get an interesting mix of young and old too, from young love to “babushkas” feeding pigeons. It’s a very peaceful park atmosphere in one of the nicer areas within the city center, while bringing enough activity for street photography. 

The pond is shallow and in the winter becomes a popular spot for ice-skating too. The area is also well-known for the location in the famous Russian novel, The Master and Margarita. 

3. Old Arbat (Stary Arbat)

Old Arbat is the most famous pedestrian street in Moscow, and dating back to the 15th century, also one of its oldest. Originally, it was an area of trade, but soon became the most prestigious residential area in Moscow. During the 18th century, Arbat started attracting the city’s scholars and artists, including Alexander Pushkin. Cafes lined the streets and impressive homes filled the neighborhood. Since then, New Arbat street was created as a highway in the area, while Old Arbat was paved for a 1km pedestrian only walkway.

Due to the historic buildings, famous artists that lived here, and the bohemian atmosphere, Old Arbat has become a big attraction for tourists today. Now, there’s a mix of cafes, restaurants, souvenir shops, street performers, street merchants and other attractions for visitors, and some locals, to come enjoy. It can get really busy here and there’s usually something interesting going on so it’s a good street to come walk with your camera for guaranteed life.

4. Gorky Park

One of the most famous places in Moscow is Gorky Park. The official name is Maxim Gorky’s Central Park of Culture & Leisure, which gives you an idea of what goes on here. When built, it was the first of its kind in the Soviet Union. Divided into two parts, it stretches along Moscow River. One end contains fair rides, foods stands, tennis courts, a sports club, a lake for boat rides, and more. This end brings more active life due to its number of attractions, while the other end is more relaxed, where you’ll find gardens, trees, older buildings, and an outdoor amphitheater.

Gorky Park attracts mostly locals so it’s a good spot to capture the non-tourist side of Moscow life. Muscovites come here to escape the city and unwind in a picturesque setting. The park remains alive outside of the warmer months too, especially when the lake turns into the city’s largest outdoor skating rink. I’d recommend taking the metro out here to spend at least half a day exploring the massive park’s life with your camera.

5. Maroseyka Street

Maroseyka Street is a popular area not too far from the Red Square. The long, winding street turns into Pokrovka and is lined with restaurants, cafes, bars and places to stay. It’s actually where I like to stay when I’m in Moscow due to its location and solid street photography opportunities itself. You have Kitay-gorod station near and if you keep walking southwest, you’ll get to the Red Square. But if you walk northwest, as it changes to Pokrovka, you can find a long street of activity for photography with its own interesting atmosphere.

6. Tverskoy Boulevard

Tverskoy Boulevard is the oldest and longest boulevard in Moscow, beginning at the end of Nikitsky Boulevard, and finishing at Pushkin Square, a spot to come for activity itself. The boulevard is made up of two avenues, with pedestrian walkways in-between. You’ll find grass, shrubbery, trees, benches and more walking it’s almost kilometer length. Many people come here to enjoy some relaxation, walk their dog, or just to use it to walk wherever they’re going. Its center location also provides a nice place to walk with your camera near plenty of other spots you’ll want to check out anyway.

Sample Street Walk:

For a full day of Street Photography, covering some of the best spots, you can follow this sample street walk for Moscow:

• Start your morning walking around the Red Square (1), while exploring the surrounding area, including Nikolskaya Street
• Then walk northwest to Patriarch’s Ponds (2) and slowly walk the pond and surrounding area with your camera
• Next, walk east to the Pushkin Monument and stroll down Tverskoy Boulevard (6)
• Once Tverskoy Boulevard (6) ends, it will turn into Nikitsky Boulevard. Follow this down until you get to the start of Old Arbat Street (3), across from Arbatskaya station
• After you’re done walking down Old Arbat Street (3) for more street photography, spend some time checking out Moscow’s beautiful metro stations
• To finish off the day with more street photography, get off the metro near Red Square (1) again, Maroseyka Street (5) or wherever you’re staying for the night.

3 Things I’ll Remember about Shooting in Moscow:

1. museum metro.

The Moscow metro system was the first underground railway system in the Soviet Union and today includes 203 stations across 340km of routes. The elaborate system has some of the deepest stations in the world too, with escalators that seem to go on forever. None of this is what makes it so special, though. Many of its stations feel like stepping inside a museum, making it without a doubt the most interesting and beautiful metro system I’ve been in.

When built, Stalin wanted to make the metro stations “palaces for the people” with marble, chandeliers, and grand architecture. The best part is the variety of architecture and styles used, making many of the stations a completely different experience visually. You could easily spend a whole day traveling the stations and there are even tours available for people who wish to do just that. My advice, though, would be just to buy a ticket and hop on and off at different stations, while exploring different lines. The museum-like surrounding mixed with the crowds of characters can make for a great photography experience.

Since there are so many stations, here are some of my favorites to check out:

• Novoslobodskaya
• Mayakovskaya
• Elektrozavodskaya
• Komsomolskaya
• Ploschad Revolyutsii
• Dostoyevskaya
• Prospekt Mira

2. Moscow is Big

It’s no secret that Moscow is a big city, but it can feel even bigger with how spread out much of it is. This is especially true if you compare it to cities outside of Asia. If I compared it to cities in Europe, I’d probably say only Istanbul would warrant more time to really discover the depths of this city. Most only explore around the Red Square and surrounding area, but that is such a small part of the city. Although, that central area does give you plenty to see on its own.

Fortunately, I had a good friend living in the city to show me around, but it opened up my eyes even more to how much there is to discover in Moscow. It’s a big city with a variety of atmosphere that can take you from “east” to “west” and trendy to rugged depending on where you go. I’d imagine you’d have to live here a while to really know the city.

3. Cosmopolitan Mix of East meets West

Modern skyscrapers mixed with amazing architecture, a world-class metro system with museum-like beauty, trendy fashion and chic clubs, Moscow is a rich mix of Russian culture and history in a more western cosmopolitan package. There is a push to keep the Russian culture, while also pushing forward with a modern metropolis the whole world will envy. This comes with an impressive skyline, that continues to grow, and endless modernities, but with soviet nostalgia and atmosphere mixed in for good measure.

Mixed in with this grand western cosmopolitan atmosphere, is a strong national pride in Russia. This includes their famous leader, Vladimir Putin. Maybe no other place will you see a country’s leader more often. All over, from the pricey tourist shops to the underground walkway stalls, you’ll find goods with Putin’s likeness covering them. From t-shirts to magnets to Matryoshka dolls. There’s a strong national pride that can be seen around the city, which also extends to their leader. Moscow is many things. It’s East meets West, modernizations meets Soviet era, and a whole lot more.

What To Do For a Street Photography Break?:

Eat at a stolovaya.

Stolovayas are Russian cafeterias that became popular in the Soviet days. You grab a tray and walk down the line of freshly prepared local dishes, and select whatever you want from the chefs. They’re usually inexpensive and a much better value than restaurants, while giving you the opportunity to try from a wide selection of everyday Russian food. They’re also very tasty. I always include some borsch on my tray and go from there. The places themselves are all over Moscow and usually come with Soviet-era aesthetics to complete the experience.

Street Safety Score: 7

*As always, no place is completely safe! So when I talk about safety, I’m speaking in general comparison to other places. Always take precaution, be smart, observe your surroundings and trust your instincts anywhere you go!

Being the 2nd largest city in Europe with over 12 million people, you’re going to have your dangerous areas, but for the most part, it feels safe walking around. Russia is statistically higher in crime compared to most of Europe, but this generally doesn’t apply to tourists and visitors. Around the Red Square and surrounding city center, you should feel completely safe walking around. Pick pocketing can happen, but no more than other touristic places. I always explore Moscow freely without coming across too much to worry about. It’s a spread out city, though, so of course it matters where you are. Just use basic street smarts, know where you are and Moscow shouldn’t give you a problem. 

People’s Reaction Score: 7

Moscow is fast paced, big city life, which usually means people aren’t too concerned with you, or your camera. I don’t find people notice or pay much attention to me when I’m out taking photos in Moscow. For the most part, people just go about their day. You shouldn’t get too many looks or concern. But it can depend on the area you are in. The more you stick out, the more you might get noticed with suspicions. I’ve never had any problems in Moscow, or Russia, but just be careful who you’re taking a photo of if you get out of the city center. Other than that, it’s about average for reactions. 

Street Tips:

Learn the alphabet .

Much of Moscow, including the metro system, doesn’t use english. The Russian alphabet uses letters from the Cyrillic script, which if you aren’t familiar with it and don’t know the sounds, can be hard to decipher the words. This is most important for street names and metro stops when trying to get around. It can save confusion and make it easier getting around if you learn the basic alphabet. At the very least then, you can sound out the words to see which are similar in the english conversion, which can help matching them to maps. When out shooting street photography, getting around is as important as anything. So save yourself some time and frustration by learning the Russian Alphabet.

Use the metro

While Saint-Petersburg feels very walkable for a city its size, Moscow can feel very spread out, even for its bigger size. Outside of the Red Square area, you can have plenty of walking before getting anywhere very interesting, so you’ll need to take the metro a lot if you really want to explore the city. Maps are deceiving here too, it will always be further than it looks.

Another reason it’s less walkable than Saint-Petersburg is its completely different set-up. Moscow’s streets are mostly contstructed in rings with narrow, winding streets in-between. This is common with medieval city cities that used to be confined by walls, but you usually don’t have it in a city this massive. Saint-Petersburg has a more grid-like pattern that also uses the canals to help you know your way around. When it comes to navigating on foot in Moscow, it can be more difficult, so bring a map and take the metro when needed. It’s why Moscow’s metro carries more passengers per day than the London and Paris subways combined.

Explore other areas if you have time

Moscow is really big. While most people stay around the Red Square within the Boulevard Ring, there’s so much more to the city. I covered some other spots outside of this circle, but if you really want to see the city, you’ll need time. If you do have time, some other areas I’d check out first are Zamoskvarechye, along some of the south and western Moscow.

Inspiration:

For some more inspiration, you can look through the Street Photography of Moscow photographer Artem Zhitenev  and check out 33 of my photos taken in Moscow .

Conclusion:

Moscow’s name brings a certain mystique, but once you’re there it might bring a different atmosphere than you expect. It’s big and sprawling, but beautiful in many ways. It can feel like a European capital on a grand scale, but you can definitely find its Russian side in there.

The urban sprawl of Moscow can be intimidating, but give it enough time and you’ll be rewarded with plenty to discover. All with the world’s best metro system to take you around.

I hope this guide can help you start to experience some of what Moscow contains. So grab your camera and capture all that Moscow has to offer for Street Photography!

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Russia says a Ukrainian drone damaged a building in Moscow.

A Ukrainian drone hit Moscow’s financial center and damaged a building early Friday, Russia said, one in a series of drone strikes as Ukraine steps up its campaign to bring the war home to the Russian capital and Russian citizens.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses had intercepted the drone, but that it then fell on a building in an exhibition center in the capital’s financial district, called Moscow City. The ministry has reported that around 20 drones have targeted Moscow and the surrounding region since the beginning of July.

The attack came as a fire erupted at the freight port in the southern city of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, disrupting one of Russia’s most important sites for exporting oil and grain. The Russian authorities did not say what caused the blaze.

Together, the episodes sowed early morning chaos at two of Russia’s economic hubs.

Ukraine’s drone attacks within Russia show that Kyiv has developed the ability to strike hundreds of miles behind enemy lines. The strikes have done only minor damage and caused few casualties, but they have forced ordinary Russians to think about the war and, potentially, their own vulnerability, fracturing the air of normalcy that President Vladimir V. Putin has tried to preserve.

Ukraine did not immediately comment on the drone attack in Moscow or on the fire at the Novorossiysk port.

Footage and images published by Russian state news media showed how the wall of one of the buildings in Moscow’s ExpoCenter, the exhibition center, had collapsed as a result of the impact of the drone. The building predates Moscow City, but is connected to that complex of skyscrapers, which have previously been a target of Ukrainian drone attacks .

The Russian authorities said no one was injured in the episode. Flights were temporarily restricted at Moscow’s four airports, according to the state news agency Tass, but the airspace was subsequently reopened.

In Novorossiysk, black smoke billowed out of the freight terminal in footage circulated in Russian news media early Friday, before firefighters managed to subdue the blaze.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which operates the oil terminal in the city’s port, said in a statement that facility remained in working order. It said the fire took place at one of the private cargo yards outside the Caspian Pipeline Consortium complex.

The Russian emergency authorities said that wooden shipping pallets had caught fire and that a 1,300-square-meter area — about 14,000 square feet — of the port was affected. It was unclear whether the fire was the result of an attack. Earlier this month, a Ukrainian maritime drone hit a Russian warship near the Russian Black Sea port.

Ukraine has been increasingly targeting places far from the front lines, reaching deep into Russian territory.

In May, two drones exploded over the Kremlin in an attack that U.S. officials said was probably carried out by one of Ukraine’s special military or intelligence units.

A few weeks ago, another building in Moscow City, one that houses government ministries, was hit twice by drones in 48 hours. Moscow City was built mostly during Mr. Putin’s rule and was heralded as a symbol of Russia’s economic modernization.

Marc Santora and Erin Mendell contributed reporting.

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Allied nations will be allowed to send F-16s to Ukraine after its pilots are trained, a U.S. official says.

In a long-awaited move, the United States will allow allies to send American-made F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv once Ukrainian pilots are trained to operate them, a U.S. official confirmed on Thursday. However, the requirement that Ukraine’s pilots be fully trained means that the approvals will not come for months.

Ukraine’s counteroffensive, which began two months ago, has a chance of prevailing without the fighter jets, experts say , but it is likely to be far more difficult.

The time frame for the U.S. approvals is unlikely to surprise Ukraine. A spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force, Yuriy Ihnat, said on Wednesday that it had become clear the country would not be able to operate or receive F-16 fighter jets this coming fall or winter, confirming that the planes will not play a role in the counteroffensive.

“We had high hopes for this aircraft,” he said.

The U.S. decision had been anticipated since May, when President Biden eased his resistance to NATO allies’ efforts to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s and provide the jets to Ukraine. The official who confirmed the U.S. shift was not authorized to publicly discuss the agreement and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Some of the pilot training may now occur in the United States, a Pentagon spokesman said on Thursday.

“The U.S. is prepared to support the training effort in coordination with the coalition, and is willing to host training for Ukrainian pilots within the U.S. if the capacity is reached in Europe,” Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, said in a statement.

Ukraine has Soviet-era MIG and Sukhoi fighter jets, but has long argued that F-16s could enable it to achieve air superiority, something neither side has decisively attained since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

“Ukraine has proven that the impossible is indeed possible,” Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s defense minister, wrote on Friday in a post on X, the social-media platform formerly known as Twitter, in which he thanked the United States. “Our military has proven it is filled with fast learners.”

The U.S. transfer approvals, when they come, are expected to go to Denmark and the Netherlands, which are leading a coalition to train the pilots. The Dutch foreign minister, Wopke Hoekstra, on Friday thanked Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken in a post on X for Washington’s “good and swift cooperation.”

A March assessment by the U.S. Air Force suggested the most rapid time frame for full training would be four to six months; other estimates are longer. And time-consuming training on how to maintain the jets will also be necessary.

American officials have said that Ukraine has identified only eight combat pilots who speak English well enough to start training. That is fewer than necessary for a single squadron. About 20 others are being sent to Britain this month to learn English.

The F-16, or Fighting Falcon, first flown in 1976, is used by militaries in dozens of countries for air-to-air combat and air-to-ground strikes.

The F-16 fighter jets are built by the American defense contractor Lockheed Martin and are manufactured in Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway. All four countries have signaled their willingness to transfer the planes to Kyiv, according to a senior Ukrainian official.

In May, before Mr. Biden agreed to allow the Ukrainian pilots to be trained on F-16s, the leaders of Britain and the Netherlands announced an international coalition to provide Ukraine with the fighter jets and the training to fly them. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain said then that the training would begin this summer .

In July, Denmark’s acting defense minister, Troels Poulsen, told reporters that the country hoped to see “results” from the training early next year.

— Eric Schmitt ,  John Ismay and Lauren McCarthy

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A fire broke out at Novorossiysk, a key Russian port on the Black Sea.

A fire that erupted on Friday at the freight port in the southern city of Novorossiysk disrupted one of Russia’s most important trade sites for exporting oil and grain. It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze.

Here is a look at the Black Sea port and its significance for Moscow:

What is Novorossiysk?

The Novorossiysk commercial seaport is one of Russia’s largest by volume and among the biggest in Europe — a major node in the export of Russian grain, oil, and other products to countries around the world.

It has been a hub of international commerce for Russia since the 19th century and the city was also the site of the first Pepsi factory in Russia, opened in the Soviet Union in the early 1970s during the Cold War détente.

Before his illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia allocated significant resources to the construction of the naval base at Novorossiysk, turning the port into one of the country’s main naval hubs for the Black Sea.

How important is Novorossiysk for Russia’s economy?

The port is a significant export hub for grain, given its proximity to Russia’s biggest grain-producing regions and its location on the Black Sea, which allows for easy exports to Africa, Asia and South America, in addition to Europe.

At a summit with African leaders last month in St. Petersburg, Russia, Mr. Putin promised free grain to a number of African nations — grain that probably would be exported from Russia via Novorossiysk.

What does the fire mean for Russia?

The Russian authorities did not say what caused the blaze on Friday, only that wooden shipping pallets had caught fire and that a 1,300-square-meter area of the port was affected.

But the blaze comes amid heightened tensions in the Black Sea and just weeks after a Ukrainian maritime drone hit a Russian warship in Novorossiysk.

That attack — and the subsequent pause in maritime traffic at the port — prompted wheat futures to rise at the time, an indication of Novorossiysk’s importance to the global grain trade. Russia is the world’s largest wheat exporter.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which operates an oil terminal at Novorossiysk, said Friday that the terminal was “operating normally” after the blaze, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.

The U.S. extends and expands a program allowing Ukrainian refugees to stay and work.

The Biden administration extended and expanded on Friday a program designed to provide humanitarian relief to Ukrainians living in the United States without legal documentation, allowing them to stay and work in the country for another 18 months, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

“Russia’s ongoing military invasion of Ukraine and the resulting humanitarian crisis requires that the United States continue to offer safety and protection to Ukrainians who may not be able to return to their country,” Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, said in a statement on Friday.

Currently, about 26,000 Ukrainians are in the United States under a “ temporary protected status, ” which is set to expire in October, the department said. The administration extended that status through April 19, 2025, and has opened the benefit to Ukrainians who have been in the United States since Aug. 16. Officials estimate more than 166,000 Ukrainians could benefit from the expanded designation.

Ukraine is one of 16 countries that benefits from the relief. The U. S. government regularly gives 18-month extensions to countries when unsafe conditions impede their citizens from returning.

For example, people from Somalia received this benefit first, in the 1990s, and the United States has continued to issue extensions.

The administration also offers a temporary two-year parole for Ukrainians with sponsors in the United States. Ukrainians currently in the United States are not eligible to apply for that program.

— Eileen Sullivan

The Ukraine war and China’s ties to Russia frame Biden’s summit with South Korea and Japan.

President Biden is hosting a landmark summit with the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David on Friday, aiming to forge a trilateral mutual security arrangement in the face of an increasingly assertive, and increasingly Russia-aligned, China.

Russia and China have drawn closer as the United States and its allies have isolated Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. Now, many in the region worry that Beijing may be learning lessons from the war that could apply to its long-held desire to politically unify with Taiwan. The island has been self-governing since 1949, but China continues to claim it as its territory.

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has also forced Japan and South Korea, historically enemies, to face their own vulnerabilities in a region dominated by China. Recent South Korean moves toward rapprochement have helped ease longstanding hostilities that stem most acutely from Japan’s brutal 35-year occupation of the Korean Peninsula.

Biden administration officials said the leaders at the Camp David summit would sign off on a formal “commitment to consult,” an understanding that the three nations would treat any security threat to one of them as a threat to all of them requiring mutual discussion about how to respond. The pledge would not go as far as the NATO treaty’s Article 5, which obligates allies to “take action” in the event of an attack on any member, but it would reinforce the expectation that the three would act in tandem.

The three are also expected to bolster cooperation on ballistic missile defense, expand annual three-way military exercises and develop a framework for security assistance in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. They will also inaugurate the first trilateral hotline so that the leaders can communicate securely in the event of a crisis, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss agreements before they are formally announced. Annual summit meetings are also expected to be established.

Experts on the region said the three-way accord would not have been possible just a year or two ago, a sign of how much China’s rise has scrambled the equation in the region and how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has focused thinking about the need for security.

“This consolidation of the alliance relationships is happening now because the external environment is just so uncertain and unstable,” said Victor Cha, a vice president for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and former Asia adviser to President George W. Bush. “There is nothing like an actual real war, even though it’s in another part of the world, to completely change the way or affect the way leaders think about their own security.”

— Peter Baker

When a Ukrainian tank breaks down at the front, these mechanics get a call.

Behind the thousands of Ukrainian troops assembled along the 100-mile front line for Kyiv’s counteroffensive is a small army of mechanics, engineers and weapon technicians responsible for keeping the country’s growing fleet of Western-made tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment in working order.

They work in forest camps or in disused buildings a few miles from the front line, or as mobile breakdown teams, taking their services to military units where they are deployed to avoid towing equipment on long journeys back to base or even to factories abroad.

“Vehicles are needed at the front now, and this way allows us to get them back quickly to the front line,” said Maj. Valerii Shershen, the head of communications at the Ukrainian logistics command.

Not unlike combat medics who risk their lives daily to bring out the wounded, mechanics have been venturing onto the battlefield, navigating minefields and shell fire, to retrieve and repair broken down or bombed-out vehicles.

Since it began in early June, Ukraine’s counteroffensive has suffered heavy casualties, with scores of vehicles damaged and destroyed on dense minefields and under heavy aerial and artillery bombardment.

The losses have been a severe blow to Ukraine and have forced the military command to adjust its tactics . In the meantime, mechanics and engineers have been racing to retrieve the wrecked NATO vehicles, as well as captured Russian equipment, to get them back up and working.

— Oleksandr Chubko and Carlotta Gall reporting from the southern front in Ukraine

A Russian court ordered the Sakharov Center, a prominent human rights hub, to dissolve.

Years before Andrei Sakharov won a Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, the dissident physicist wrote an essay in The New York Times in 1968 in which he urged readers with rights and privileges to advocate for those who did not.

One of its major tenets was that “intellectual freedom is essential to human society.”

Now, the Sakharov Center, an organization established in Moscow to preserve his memory after he died in 1989 and to protect that very intellectual freedom in Russia, will soon dissolve, after a Russian court said the group was illegally hosting conferences and exhibitions, according to Tass, the Russian state news agency.

The Russian Justice Ministry found a “number of violations” after performing an unscheduled inspection earlier this year, Tass said, and in July asked Moscow City Court to liquidate the center.

The center’s director, Sergey Lukashevsky, condemned the court’s decision on Friday morning.

“Disgusting, but it reflects reality,” he wrote in Russian on Facebook. “The public commission on Sakharov’s legacy and today’s Russian Federation cannot coexist. Because legacy — it is not dusty piles of documents, but living values. And everything that is happening today is exactly the opposite of what Sakharov fought for.”

In 2014, the center was designated as a “foreign agent,” a label the Russian government uses to ostracize and diminish its opposition, effectively branding them enemies of the state. When Russia passed a law last December barring “foreign agents” from receiving any state support, the rental agreements of the center were terminated, and the center was forced to shutter.

Mr. Sakharov, who played a pivotal role in the Soviets’ development of the hydrogen bomb, later issued critical warnings of the consequences of the same nuclear weapons he helped create. He became more outspoken in his criticism of the Soviet establishment, censorship, and global threats from war and society’s destruction of the environment.

When he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1975 “for his struggle for human rights in the Soviet Union, for disarmament and cooperation between all nations,” according to the Nobel website , the Kremlin barred him from leaving the country to collect the award.

After Mr. Sakharov died in Moscow in 1989, the center was established in 1996 and had since served as a hub to discuss relevant historical issues, human rights, and humanitarian problems to “aid the creation of civil society in Russia,” according to its website . Part of the center includes a museum dedicated to the history of oppression and resistance to the Soviet Union, and the legacy of Mr. Sakharov.

Valeriya Safronova contributed reporting.

— Gaya Gupta

Turkey offers a mild warning to Russia over its boarding of a cargo ship in the Black Sea.

Days after a Russian naval ship fired warning shots and sent armed officers aboard a Turkish-owned cargo ship in the Black Sea, Turkey’s government took its first official notice of the act, reposting on Thursday a mildly worded caution issued by an agency that is under the presidential communications office.

The message, reposted by the Turkish presidency on X, formerly known as Twitter, pointed out that while the ship, the Sukru Okan, had a Turkish owner, it was not flying a Turkish flag. The ship was under the flag of Palau, a small Pacific island nation.

“In international law, what matters is the flag,” said the message, originally posted by the Center to Combat Disinformation, underscoring Turkey’s lack of interest in regarding the boarding as an affront to one of its nationals.

“Following the intervention on the ship, the counterparts in the Russian Federation have been appropriately warned to avoid such actions, which could escalate tensions in the Black Sea,” the statement read.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, unusually for the leader of a NATO member , has worked to keep close ties to President Vladimir V. Putin since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began 18 months ago. Two weeks ago, Mr. Erdogan’s office reported that the two had spoken by phone and that Mr. Putin would be visiting Turkey at an unspecified time.

The ship’s boarding came in the days after Russia terminated an international deal that had for a year enabled Ukraine to export grain through the Black Sea. Russia then warned that any ship in or near Ukrainian waters would be considered potentially hostile.

Turkey, along with the United Nations, played a pivotal role in brokering the deal. Since the agreement ended last month, Russia has conducted strikes on Ukrainian ports and has since destroyed hundreds of thousands of tons of Ukrainian grain.

The Russian boarding of the ship, carried out last weekend, was seen as a deterrent to commercial shipping. This week, Ukraine tested Russia’s control of the Black Sea, as a container ship under a Hong Kong flag with German and Chinese co-owners left Odesa on Wednesday for Istanbul via a protected corridor. The nearly 1,000-foot-long vessel, the Joseph Schulte, had been stranded in the port since the start of the war. On Thursday, it safely arrived in Turkish waters.

— Nikita Richardson and Gulsin Harman

Putin didn’t disclose his plans until a ‘few days’ before Russia invaded Ukraine, Lukashenko says.

Belarus’s authoritarian leader, a close ally of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, claimed in an interview released on Thursday that he and Mr. Putin had not discussed Russia’s plans for Ukraine until a “few days” before the full-scale invasion, and that when they did, Mr. Putin asked him to “watch my back.”

The Belarusian leader, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, made the claims in an interview with a pro-Russian Ukrainian journalist.

According to the Belarusian state news agency Belta , Mr. Lukashenko said he and Mr. Putin “never had any talks about Russia taking any action against Ukraine” until they met at the Russian leader’s country residence shortly before the invasion in February 2022. By that time, Russia had spent months deploying thousands of troops to Belarus, arming them with tanks and artillery, fighter jets and helicopters, and advanced rocket systems, and had massed an invasion force at the Ukraine-Belarus border.

“So Vladimir Putin said: ‘If anything happens …’ I asked: ‘Listen, what can happen?’” Mr. Lukashenko recalled. He said Mr. Putin replied, “Well, if anything happens, watch my back, please.”

Mr. Lukashenko is deeply dependent on the Russian leader for financial, fuel and security assistance to maintain his own grip on power. While he has so far refrained from adding his own forces to the war in Ukraine , he agreed to allow Russia to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus earlier this year, and in June he made a deal to halt a short-lived rebellion by Wagner mercenary group fighters that allowed them to relocate to Belarus .

Mr. Lukashenko also claimed in the interview, Belta reported, that Ukraine’s military intelligence service had been in direct contact with Belarus as recently as “several months ago,” but that President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had ordered the communications to stop. Mr. Zelensky’s office did not immediately comment on the matter.

Mr. Lukashenko’s interview was released the same day he hosted the defense minister of China, Li Shangfu, in a show of trilateral diplomacy with a fellow — and far more powerful — Russian ally.

Mr. Li arrived in Minsk after delivering a speech in Moscow earlier this week at a security conference that focused on bolstering Russia’s military alliances outside of the West.

China has used Western efforts to isolate Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine as an opportunity to become Russia’s most important economic and geopolitical partner. Mr. Lukashenko sought to strengthen Belarus’s own relationship with China on Thursday, saying he hoped Mr. Li’s visit would not be the last.

“I am very grateful to you for your support in military-technical and military cooperation,” Mr. Lukashenko told Mr. Li, according to Belta. “In this regard, we rely on our friends, first of all, the Russian Federation and China.”

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