Four U.S. military personnel were injured Tuesday when their vehicle was side-swiped by a Russian military armored vehicle during a tense encounter with Russian troops in eastern Syria, according to a U.S. official. After the 2016 election, the fear for many here in the States was that Russia would continue to meddle in American politics, hoping to sow discord, and that appears to the case: a new CNN piece tells the story of Jack Delaney, an aspiring writer who unknowingly got roped in to a Russian interference scheme.. "In accordance with past practice, both have agreed to keep the specific details of their conversation private," said Col. DeDe Halfhill, the spokesperson for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. A video posted by a reportedly pro-Kremlin propaganda site showed Russian forces side-swiping a U.S. armored vehicle at high speed and injuring four. Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is in intensive care in a coma with after being allegedly poisoned with something slipped into his tea, his press secretary said. A Russian court sentenced a second U.S. Marine to nine years prison. Russian authorities say the 28-year-old grabbed the arm of the driving officer, causing him to swerve into another lane, and elbowed another officer who tried to intervene.
The case has drawn comparisons to Paul Whelan amid fears Russia has seized them as hostages. Outspoken critic of Vladimir Putin, Alexey Navalny is being treated in intensive care in a coma amid allegations he’s been poisoned, although the hospital has not confirmed the cause of illness. Russia's leading opposition figure was poisoned with Novichok, Germany says. In addition to the actions by the Russian military vehicles, Russian military helicopters in the vicinity also hovered above the tops of the American vehicles for some time, according to the U.S. official.
Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny on Tuesday posted a message for the first time since his suspected poisoning. Reed was charged in August 2019 with assaulting the officers who were driving him to a police station after picking him up following a night of heavy drinking at a party. The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny for poisoning says his condition improved enough for him to be released, Russian President Vladimir Putin is offering an unusual gift to mark the U.N.'s 75th anniversary, German media are reporting that IT experts investigating a cyberattack that paralyzed computer systems at a major hospital in western Germany say one of the trails they are following leads to Russia, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has demanded that Russia return the clothes he was wearing on the day he fell into a coma, calling it a “crucial piece of evidence” in his poisoning.
"At approximately 10 a.m. (Syria Time), Aug. 25, a routine Defeat-ISIS Coalition security patrol encountered a Russian military patrol near Dayrick, in northeast Syria," said John Ullyot, a spokesman for the National Security Council, in a statement.