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Vicus

23rd January 2024, 20:09

Crushing of the Ukrainian defenses in Kupyansk-Liman: The Russian 1st T/T Army captured the settlements of Koltiarovka, Berestovo and Krakhmalnoye 22/01/2024

Big attack with T-90M, T-72B3 and T-80 tanks

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The Ukrainian defense in NE Kharkiv shows a picture of collapse as the 1st Guards Armored Army managed to capture the settlements of Koltiarovka, Berestovo and Krakhmalnoye expanding the axes of attack towards Kupyansk and Krasny Liman.

"Northwest and southwest of Vladimirovka, Russian troops launched an offensive in the direction of Tabaevka and Krakhmalny. "According to the first information, Russian infantry entered several forest zones west of the railway," Ukrainian analysts said.

The settlement was occupied by the 47th Guards Tank Division, which is part of the 1st Armored Army of the Western Military District with permanent deployment in the village of Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod Region.

The Russians occupied the Krakhmalnoye settlement in Kharkiv

In more detail, the Russian army declared that it captured a small village in the Kharkiv region, in eastern Ukraine, with the forces of Kiev assuring for their part that the village has "no significance" from a military point of view.

This announcement, however, demonstrates the increased pressure exerted by Moscow's forces on the front in recent weeks. Last Thursday, the Russian army announced that it had captured another small village, Veseli, in the Donetsk region (east).

"The village of Krakhmalnoye, in the Kharkiv region, was liberated thanks to the operations successfully conducted by the units of the 'West' military corps in the Kupyansk zone," the Russian Defense Ministry said in its daily bulletin on operations in Ukraine.

The community, home to some 45 residents before February 24, 2022, is located 30 kilometers southeast of Kupyansk, which has been the target of attacks by Russian forces for months.

According to a representative of the Ukrainian ground forces, Volodymyr Fitio, interviewed today on Ukrainian television, the capture of the village "is of no importance" from a strategic point of view for the front.

"It is about five houses. They were destroyed by the Russians", he said, assuring that Ukrainian troops had "moved to ready reserve positions", where they "now continue to defend, preventing the enemy from continuing his advance".

Faced with these repeated attacks, the Ukrainian authorities, for their part, had earlier in the week ordered the evacuation of 26 communities in the Kharkiv region, where Kupyansk is located, a decision that affected about 3,000 people, including 279 children.

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Vicus

23rd January 2024, 20:28

Medvedev denounces Zelensky’s ‘territorial claims’ to Russia 22 Jan, 2024

Kiev is really trying to draw public attention away from its frontline setbacks, the former Russian president said

The latest decree by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky essentially amounts to “territorial claims” on sovereign Russian regions, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday. Posting on Telegram, he was referring to a document declaring six Russian regions to be “historically inhabited by Ukrainians.”

Signed on Monday, Ukraine’s Day of Unity, the presidential decree claims that six territories that are universally recognized as a part of Russia – the Krasnodar, Rostov, Voronezh, Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk regions – had been “historically” populated by “ethnic Ukrainians” that were then supposedly subjected to “forced Russification.”

The document then orders the Kiev government to develop an “action plan” to “preserve” the Ukrainian national identity in Russia and demands the “true history” of Ukraine be made known to the “world.” It also demands Russia provide people living in these regions with access to Ukrainian-language mass media and to some special “civil, social, cultural and religious rights.”

Medvedev dismissed the decree as a “crude PR stunt” aimed at drawing public attention away from the Ukrainian forces’ failures on the front lines. He also said there was even no need to comment on the contents of the order, since the territories mentioned in it have always been part of Russia.

The former president (2008-2012) also said it was high time Zelensky “stopped” such policies and abandoned them, or he might end up “annexing Canada in the near future.” :laughs:

Zelensky himself described signing the decree as a way to promote “truth about Ukrainians… and their history.” He also claimed that it was aimed at “restoring the truth about the historical past for the Ukrainian future.”

he Russian regions mentioned in the decree have been regularly subjected to drone and missile attacks as well as shelling by the Ukrainian troops. In December, Belgorod – the capital of one of the regions supposedly “historically inhabited by Ukrainians” – was struck by a major Ukrainian attack. The strike claimed the lives of 25 people, including children. The Russian Defense Ministry also said that Kiev’s forces used banned cluster munitions in an attack targeting the city center just a day before New Year’s Eve celebrations.

https://swentr.site/russia/591106-medvedev-zelensky-territorial-claims-russia/

Vicus

23rd January 2024, 20:42

Trump won’t change anything – Lavrov 23 Jan, 2024

US-Russia relations have deteriorated beyond the point of repair, even if the Republican frontrunner reaches the White House, the top diplomat has said.

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Ties between Moscow and Washington are unlikely to improve, even if Donald Trump wins the upcoming 2024 US presidential election, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told CBS in an interview that aired on Tuesday. The former US president had previously repeatedly boasted about his good relations with Vladimir Putin.

America’s general approach towards Russia has not changed over the past decades, Lavrov said, adding that Washington itself had ruined its relations with Moscow by dismantling all the “confidence-building” mechanisms and eroding mutual trust.

The minister pointed in particular to the decision by former US President George W. Bush to withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty) in 2002. The key arms control agreement signed by the US and the USSR in 1972 limited the number of ballistic missile defense systems each side could have and was designed to de-pressurize the arms race between the two Cold War rivals.

Washington has since shattered the “foundations” of bilateral relations with Russia by terminating “all agreements on strategic stability, parity, mutual trust, inspections and transparency,” Lavrov said. Trump himself was instrumental in dismantling one of the few remaining arms control treaties – the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Agreement, which banned the two nations from having any ground-launched missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 kilometers.

The US first unilaterally suspended the INF Treaty in February 2019, during Trump’s presidency, and then withdrew from it in August of the same year. Russia suspended the agreement in February in response to the initial American move.

According to Lavrov, Washington is still too obsessed with its own perceived “superiority” and “impunity” to change its approach to relations with Moscow. The US leaders had “ignored [the] huge amount of goodwill shown by Putin during his first two terms,” the Russian minister said, adding that American politicians apparently sought to keep the Russian president “in their pocket.”

They had “miscalculated everything,” Moscow’s top diplomat said, adding that the current generation of US politicians had not learned a “single lesson” from the mistakes of their predecessors.

In recent months, Trump has on several occasions vowed to put an end to the conflicts both between Moscow and Kiev and Israel and Hamas. He particularly claimed that he would be able to quickly convince both Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to sit down at the negotiating table since he allegedly knew both leaders “well.”
Moscow denied it had held any talks with the former US president and the current GOP frontrunner on reaching peace with Kiev. “There have been no contacts on this issue,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

https://swentr.site/russia/591159-trump-presidency-no-change-lavrov/

Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 03:59

Lavrov replies in English in this interview with CBS but if you cannot view the video since it’s Sputnik, here are the key points.

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Main points of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statements in interview with CBS:

▪️More and more cruelty will occur in the Arab and Muslim world until a Palestinian state is created;

▪️The current US administration is not interested in political dialogue with Russia;

▪️Moscow is ready to listen to everyone who is interested in stopping the use of Ukraine as an instrument of war against Russia;

▪️Lavrov said he does not believe the situation regarding Ukraine would have been different if Trump had been elected US president;

▪️Washington began destroying the foundations of relations between Russia and the United States under President George W. Bush, when it withdrew from the ABM Treaty;

▪️The United States is demonstrating an escalating “superiority complex” and “impunity complex”;

▪️The US ignored enormous displays of goodwill from Putin as Russia’s president;

▪️US politicians have not learned a single lesson from the unacceptable policies that Washington pursued after the collapse of the USSR.

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Mike Gorman

24th January 2024, 05:10

We are amidst unprecedented times, Ukraine lost this conflict a long time ago, Russia is simply mopping up and securing its interests, ensuring the Russian folks in the east are not going to fall prey to the neo-con driven NATO gamesmanship - it seems the unthinkable is actually manifesting, Russia cannot back down now it has all gone way too far and the toppling of the USA/UK alliance, the twin pillars of the old western empire. I am dizzy trying to unthread the tangled mess of the world, we are at the threshold of the new world.

grapevine

24th January 2024, 14:10

Britain on the brink of war?: Farage calls for negotiations to prevent 'death on a massive scale'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ot5fFPp6mic (9:17) - also posted on the Turmoil in the British Isles thread

Nigel Farage comments on the likelihood of Britain gearing up to fight in a war against Russia. He was asked whether Russia going in to Ukraine was because the West was seen as weak, and he cited the abysmal withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan under the leadership of Joe Biden as one reason. The best thing Nigel Farage said about Ukraine-Russia was that it's time for everyone to get round the negotiating table.

There was also some talk about Donald Trump's win in New Hampshire

bojancan

24th January 2024, 16:59

What we know about Russia's crashed military plane | DW News
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bojancan

24th January 2024, 17:14

Ja... it’s amazing how that cameraman was there on point....

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 18:25

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RU MOD statement:

Today at 11:15, the Kiev regime committed a terrorist act, resulting in the downing of a Russian military transport aircraft that was on a flight from Chkalovsky Aerodrome to Belgorod, carrying Ukrainian military personnel for exchange.

The aircraft was hit by the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the area of the Liptsy settlement in the Kharkov region, using an anti-aircraft missile system.

The launch of two Ukrainian missiles was observed by the radar systems of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Onboard the aircraft were six crew members, 65 Ukrainian military personnel for exchange, and three accompanying Russian military personnel. The crew and all passengers on the aircraft perished.

The Ukrainian leadership was well aware that, according to established practice, today there would be a transfer of Ukrainian military personnel for exchange by military transport aircraft at Belgorod Aerodrome.

According to an agreement reached earlier, this event was supposed to take place in the second half of the day at the Kolotilovka checkpoint on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Yet, the Nazi Kiev regime took this step, aiming to accuse Russia of destroying Ukrainian military personnel.

By committing this act of terrorism, the Ukrainian leadership has shown its true face – disregarding the lives of its citizens.

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 18:28

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 18:36

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⚡️Russian FM Lavrov's statements on the IL-76 crash:

▪️Russia has requested an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council at 3:00 p.m. New York time over the crash of the IL-76 plane in the Belgorod region;

▪️A prisoner exchange had been agreed between Russia and Ukraine, but Kiev hit the IL-76 with anti-aircraft missiles;

▪️We would not like to see a repeat of April 2022, when the British presidency [of the UN Security Council] refused to meet for three days after the Ukrainian staging in Bucha of the bodies of people whose names we still do not know.

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 18:42

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‼️🇷🇺✈️🇺🇦💥 The #Russian Ministry of Defense has called the Il-76 plane crash in the Belgorod region a terrorist attack by the Kiev regime
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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 18:48

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 19:06

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 19:13

In Switzerland they started talking about peace negotiations on Ukraine, taking into account the Russian position

Earlier, the Swiss Foreign Ministry stated that they were considering the possibility of acting as a mediator in peace negotiations. Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, after a meeting with Sergei Lavrov, said that the “Zelensky formula” could be the “starting point” for negotiations. However, Cassis admits that it takes into account only Ukrainian interests and is not suitable for the final draft of the agreement, so Switzerland is ready to listen not only to Kyiv, but also to Moscow.

📝 “This is a starting point, even if it’s actually not a very good one. But nevertheless, if we do not engage in such political dialogue, what is the alternative? Just let the conflict continue and watch people die every day on both sides? It is for this reason that Switzerland is, in principle, ready to do something, even without knowing for sure what exactly,” Cassis concluded.

❗️ Almost simultaneously with this, a senior politician of the Swiss People's Party, Alexander Chevalier, said that the Swiss are changing their attitude towards the Ukrainian conflict. Since 2022, it has come to the realization that the reasons for the start of the SVO turned out to be more complex than Western propaganda convinced the Europeans. And now Switzerland needs to restore its tarnished reputation as a “neutral country.”

Ostashko reports

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 19:20

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 19:28

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🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️Mainstream Ukrainian media quickly made changes to the headlines of their news posts, which "with reference to their own sources in the MoD" claimed "The downing of the Il-76 near Belgorod is the work of the AFU" and replaced it with "The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine cannot yet confirm that the plane was shot down by the Ukrainian defense forces".

Now, phrases like "the plane crashed" appear in the news without specifying the reasons for the crash, or "the Il-76 was carrying missiles for the S-300". The versions differ because this time it is impossible to even come up with a logical justification for the actions of the Ukrainian authorities, who were aware that the aircraft was transporting captured military personnel of the AFU.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺🛩 IL-76 was shot down by a Patriot SAM system

According to preliminary information from a member of the commission that arrived at the crash site of the Russian Air Force's IL-76 in the Belgorod Region, the nature of the destruction and the damage to the fuselage indicates that the aircraft was hit by a US-made Patriot SAM missile.

The likelihood that the AFU command did not know that there were Ukrainian servicemen on board the IL-76 to be exchanged is virtually nil.

Another question is whether this particular Patriot SAM system was Ukrainian and to what extent it was under the command of the AFU. On the one hand, it is quite possible that the fatal launch was carried out by professional instructors from the United States or Britain who were unaware of the humanitarian purpose of the IL-76 they hit. On the other hand, it is possible that the Western instructors knew who they hit and wanted to thwart any humanitarian initiatives.

Soon the results of the investigation will shed light on this tragedy and Ukrainians will know the names of those responsible for the deaths of their husbands and sons who will never return home.

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🇺🇦Cases when Ukrainian army shot their own military

The Ukrainian side knew their own prisoners of war were passengers on the downed Russian Il-76. This is not the first time the Ukrainian army have struck their own military or prisoners of war:

🔸December 2023. Ukrainian artillery killed 25 of their own fighters who tried to surrender to Russian troops in the Donetsk region, the deputy commander of the 1st infantry battalion of the 110th regiment told Sputnik;

🔸October 2023. Ukrainian drones three times tried to attack a detention center in Bryansk, where Ukrainian prisoners of war, including detained subversives, were being held;

🔸October 2023. The Ukrainian forces hit a Russian pickup truck that was transporting Ukrainian prisoners of war by FPV drone. Two prisoners died, reported Vladimir Rogov, a senior official in the Zaporozhye regional administration:

🔸May 2023. Ukrainians attacked Ukrainian prisoners with HIMARS missiles in Artyomovsk, where they were being prepared for an exchange. The number of deaths remains unknown;

🔸July 2023. The Kiev regime launched HIMARS at the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka, DPR. 40 captured Ukrainian soldiers and Azov terrorists died.

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 20:45

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France turns down Russian request to hold UNSC meeting on downed plane Wednesday — mission

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting at 3:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. GMT) on Wednesday
UNITED NATIONS, January 24. /TASS/. France, which holds the rotating UN Security Council presidency this month, has turned down Russia’s request to hold a UN Security Council meeting on Wednesday to discuss the downing of a Russian military plane by the Ukrainian military, Russian First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia requested an urgent UN Security Council meeting at 3:00 p.m. local time (8:00 p.m. GMT) on Wednesday.

"The French Presidency declined our request for an urgent Council meeting <…> today for 3 p.m.," he wrote on Telegram, adding that "in this endeavor, the French Presidency <…> abuses its presidential functions.".

Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 20:51

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 21:04

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Ravenlocke

24th January 2024, 21:08

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 How Russian Forces penetrated the AFU defenses in Avdeevka.

Video of the pipe used by Russian Forces, to penetrate into the "Tsarska Okhota."

The object was discovered a year ago by scouts, and the details of the operation and its preparation have been kept secret all this time.

The work to cut passages in the pipe was accompanied by active artillery and mortar shelling, masking the noise of the ongoing operations. The first attempt was unsuccessful due to a lack of oxygen, leading to the need for additional ventilation shafts. Later, the pipe was flooded with water due to a flood.

Only now have the Russian Forces been able to carry out this daring operation. They entered the AFU rear, cutting off a significant portion of fortifications near Avdeevka, captured a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and eliminated the rest.

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Vicus

25th January 2024, 15:30

Court issues longest prison sentence for woman in Russian history 25 Jan, 2024

Darya Trepova has been sentenced to 27 years behind bars for the assassination of military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky

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Darya Trepova, who was found guilty of assassinating Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky last spring, has been handed a 27-year prison sentence. It’s the longest jail term for a woman in modern Russian history, with life imprisonment reserved exclusively for male convicts.

Vladlen Tatarsky was killed on April 2, 2023, when a bust gifted to him by Trepova exploded. Some 52 people at an event organized by the blogger in a St. Petersburg cafe also sustained injuries.

The court found the woman guilty on counts of terrorism, as well as illegal possession of explosive devices and a counterfeit driver’s license. She pleaded guilty only to the latter charge.

Aside from the lengthy prison term, Trepova was also slapped with a fine totaling 600,000 rubles ($6,720). Her defense team said they would appeal the decision.

Trepova’s accomplice, Dmitry Kasintsev, who is believed to have allowed her to hide at his home after the assassination, was sentenced to almost two years behind bars.

Trepova was apprehended shortly after the bombing as she tried to change her appearance and flee Russia.

Following the arrest, she repeatedly insisted that she was unaware that the statuette had contained an explosive device and claimed that she had been duped.

At a court hearing in April, she said she “deeply regretted” what happened, adding that she herself had survived the explosion by accident.

Moscow described the assassination as an act of terrorism, pointing the finger at the Ukrainian government.

The FSB, the Russian security agency, identified a key accomplice of Trepova’s as Ukrainian national Yuri Denisov. He allegedly provided the disguised bomb and collected intelligence on Tatarsky

https://swentr.site/russia/591274-tatarsky-bombing-trepova-sentenced/

Vicus

25th January 2024, 15:36

Türkiye unlikely to let US warships enter Black Sea – Lavrov 25 Jan, 2024

Ankara has assured Russia it will continue to abide by the Montreux Convention, the foreign minister says

The US will not be able to persuade Türkiye to allow access for its warships to the Black Sea amid the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

Speaking at a press conference in New York on Wednesday, where he was attending a UN meeting on Ukraine and the Middle East, Lavrov was asked on whether Türkiye could abrogate the Montreux Convention regulating maritime traffic via the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits connecting the Aegean and Black Seas.

The question came after Pentagon official Celeste Wallander said on Tuesday that Washington wanted to work with Black Sea powers, including Türkiye, to “move away from the state of conflict” which allowed Ankara to block warships from passing through the Turkish straits.

Earlier this month, Turkish officials cited the treaty when denying passage to the Black Sea to minesweepers donated to Ukraine by the UK.

Commenting on Wallander’s statement, Lavrov suggested that the US was trying to convince Ankara to soften the maritime regime in the straits, particularly regarding foreign military vessels entering the Black Sea.

“If this is the case, our Turkish colleagues have told us that they, as the guardians of the legacy of the Montreux Convention, will strictly abide by its provisions,” Lavrov said. He suggested that the US has stepped up diplomatic efforts on this front after Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital last week following two weeks of treatment for prostate cancer.

Adopted in 1936, the Montreux Convention grants commercial ships unhindered passage through the Turkish Straits. Warships must comply with a number of regulations in times of peace, while in wartime belligerents are not allowed to sail them through the straits, except when they are returning to base.

Shortly after the start of Russia’s military operation against Ukraine – which Ankara has described as “a war” – Türkiye banned all foreign states from sending their warships through the straits, repeatedly stressing that it intends to follow the rules stipulated in the convention.

https://swentr.site/russia/591265-turkey-russia-us-warshups-straits/

Vicus

25th January 2024, 15:43

Ex-Pentagon Adviser Macgregor Says at Least 400 Americans Died in Ukraine 11 hours ago

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Former Pentagon Adviser Col. Douglas Macgregor said Wednesday that at least 400 Americans have died in Ukraine and accused authorities of the United States of concealing this information.

"Our friend [US Senator] Lindsey Graham said we should be so grateful no Americans have died in Ukraine. This is a Lie. We know that at least 400 Americans have died whether they are contractors or in uniform," Macgregor said on X without saying where the number came from.
Macgregor added that the Biden administration "won't say this and it won't be published by the media."

The former Pentagon official also believes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "will end up in one of his mansions in Cyprus or Italy or possibly end up in Florida" when the Ukraine conflict is over, adding that "this whole thing is a scam and the Ukrainians have been exploited by the United States."

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240125/ex-pentagon-adviser-macgregor-says-at-least-400-americans-died-in-ukraine-1116373349.html

Vicus

25th January 2024, 15:53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wk3mMU-79A

Interesting info about USA intern problems... :chuckle:

Ravenlocke

25th January 2024, 19:27

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Ravenlocke

25th January 2024, 20:05

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https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/moscow-signals-to-us-readiness-for-talks-to-end-ukraine-war

Moscow signals to US readiness for talks to end Ukraine war: Bloomberg
Russian President Vladimir Putin has put forward signals to the United States through back channels that Moscow is open to discussing ending the war in Ukraine, including post-war arrangments for the neighboring country, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

Putin has repeatedly declared that the war in Ukraine will not end until "objectives of the Special Military Operation" are achieved, which could indicate that Russia is nearing fulfilling these goals amid the growing tensions in the Middle East following the launch of the Israeli war on Gaza and all events in the region that followed as a result, most notably the situation in the Red Sea due to Yemeni operations, which left the United States and top European states preoccupied, reshifting their focus away from Ukraine to protect the occupation entity.

However, according to the newspaper, US officials had said that there are no clear signs that suggest that the Russia President is serious about testing paths to end the war.

Begging for aid

This comes as the United States - Ukraine's main backer by far - announced on several occasions that funding to Kiev is reaching its final phase.

This is due to the high costs of the war without tangible achievements, as well as internal political Congressional disputes regarding providing financial assistance to a foreign country while the US' economy is struggling and the previously unanticipated Israeli war.

Read more: How the West is 'quietly shifting' its Ukraine strategy: Politico

Additionally, divisions are growing among Kiev's European allies, with some of the bloc's members already announcing the halt of shipments to Ukraine, citing domestic needs as a priority.

Moreover, with EU economies doing even worse than that of the US and with persistently high inflation and interest rates, declining collective financial assistance to Ukraine is being felt in Kiev, which saw President Volodymyr Zelensky almost begging for aid, as described by Western experts.

The Kremlin officials added that the signals were passed on to US officials through a third party, which they chose not to disclose.

According to the report, Putin may be willing to disregard earlier demands of a neutral Ukraine and even opposing that it becomes a NATO member.

“President Putin has stated numerous times that Russia was, is and will continue to be open for negotiations on Ukraine,” Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in response to a question from Bloomberg News.

“We are determined to reach our goals. And would prefer to complete it by diplomatic means. If not, the military operation will be continued till we reach our goals.”

Read more: Zelensky warns against defeat in war as weapon stockpiles are depleted

Washington wants a new form of war

However, the US distancing itself from the war does not necessarily mean that it will end its meddling in the conflict, especially regarding its goal to continue provoking Russia and building a security threat right at its border.

The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service(SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, revealed on Monday that Washington has begun creating “a colonial administration” in Ukraine of local politicians who have sworn allegiance to the US.

He elaborated that the US government has demanded that Zelensky “remove” dozens of high-ranking officials, whom Washington no longer trusts, from their posts under various pretexts, and replace them with "Ukrainians trained in the West, who have sworn allegiance to American interests."

“As part of the policy of total vassalization of Ukraine, the US has started forming what is essentially a colonial administration in that country,” Naryshkin stated, adding that those instructions from Washington were given to him when the Ukrainian president visited in December.

Testing the proposition

US National Security Council Spokesperson Adrienne Watson said Washington is "unaware of the shifts in Russia’s position described” in the Bloomberg report.

“It will be up to Ukraine to decide whether, when and how to negotiate with Russia," she said.

European officials had also acknowledged coming across the report.

“I heard these rumors and I don’t know what to make out of them - if it’s to win political gains, to be perceived as moderate,” Swedish National Security Advisor Henrik Landerholm said in an interview in Washington, where he was meeting his US counterpart, Jake Sullivan.

“Putin would obviously be pretty happy if he could get an agreement based on the current territorial gains, which is of course out of the question for our Ukrainian friends.”

Read more: Seymour Hersh: Russia, Ukraine peace underway, 4 new region additions

Last month, The New York Times reported that middle parties conveyed to US officials that the Russian President expressed interest in a ceasefire as per the current frontlines.

“We’re headed toward a stalemate, a frozen conflict in which Ukraine focuses more on defending and rebuilding what it has than on trying to retake the Donbas and Crimea,” said a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, Charles Kupchan, referring to land currently controlled by Russia. “It is a de facto policy shift even if not a declared policy shift by the US and by Ukraine," according to Kupchan.

In early January, the Ukrainian President and his Swiss counterpart Viola Amherd revealed plans to hold a senior-level conference in Switzerland to discuss peace in Ukraine, which would approach the matter based on the country's 1991 border.

“The Russians from Putin on down have been saying publicly that they are ready to talk for months,” said Samuel Charap, a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. “It may be a trap, a bluff, or a devious attempt at wedge-driving. Or it may be real. Until someone tests that proposition, we’ll never know for sure.”

Ravenlocke

25th January 2024, 20:21

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Il-76 shootdown provoked by NATO to ‘burn bridges’ of communication between Russia and Ukraine

“I believe [the PoW-carrying Il-76 shootdown] was an operation prepared ahead of time. Because the Ukrainian air defense system fired without turning on its radar, that is, fired using external target designation means. Such means are possessed by the Americans and the British, who are now factually managing the conflict in Ukraine,” veteran Russian military analyst Alexei Leonkov told Sputnik.

The Il-76 shootdown has cast doubt on the possibility of continued Russian-Ukrainian prisoner exchanges – which until this point served as one of the last major channels of communication and cooperation between Moscow and Kiev. It was also the latest in a long chain of provocations by London, Leonkov emphasized, recalling former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s central role in breaking off peace talks in the spring of 2022, and newly tapped Foreign Secretary David Cameron’s recent remarks about the UK being “prepared to support” Ukraine through the year 2026.

“The British are burning all the bridges so that Ukraine has no chance of conducting any negotiations,” the observer stressed.

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❗️ Russian air defenses shot down 91 Ukrainian drones in the DPR, LPR, Kharkov, Kherson, and Zaporozhye regions over the past day

🇷🇺🪖 More statements from Russian MoD briefing on progress of special military op in Ukraine:

▪️ In the Kherson region, Ukrainian forces lost up to 45 soldiers;

▪️ Air defense systems shot down four HIMARS missiles and one Tochka-U tactical missile;

▪️ In the Zaporozhye region, Ukrainian troops lost up to 130 soldiers killed and wounded; a Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS and Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzer were hit;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces improved their positions in the DPR, repelling three attacks; Kiev lost up to 310 military personnel and four tanks;

▪️ Near Krasny Liman, up to 270 Ukrainian military personnel, two tanks, and two infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed;

▪️ In the south of the DPR, enemy losses amounted to up to 130 military personnel, a tank, and two infantry fighting vehicles;

▪️ Four attacks were repelled near Kupyansk, with Ukraine losing up to 40 servicemen;

▪️ Near Krasny Liman, up to 270 Ukrainian military personnel, two tanks, and two infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed.

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After visiting Chukotka, Russia’s easternmost region, Vladimir Putin decided to visit the country’s westernmost one – Kaliningrad.

This visit is not a message to NATO, but ordinary work as part of visiting Russian regions, the Kremlin said.

Putin's visit comes following a recent announcement by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda that Lithuania and Poland are planning to hold exercises in the so-called Suwalki Gap on the border of the two countries in April.

The Suwalki Gap is a section of territory near the city of Suwalki in northeastern Poland located between Russia’s Kaliningrad region and Belarus’ Grodno region. Its length is about 100 kilometers.

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Ravenlocke

25th January 2024, 20:27

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Ravenlocke

25th January 2024, 20:47

The Duran with Brian Berletic

Ukraine conflict reality hits Collective West w/ Brian Berletic (Live)

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Ravenlocke

26th January 2024, 01:53

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Russia's Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, spoke at the Security Council meeting about the crash of the Il-76 in the Belgorod region:

- All data regarding the Il-76 incident point to a deliberate and premeditated crime by Kiev.

- If it is confirmed that the Il-76 was shot down using Patriot or Iris, Western countries will be direct accomplices in the crime.

- Russia will do everything to ensure all those responsible for the Il-76 crash are held accountable.

- Russia is outraged by the refusal of international organizations to condemn the incident with the downed Il-76.

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ExomatrixTV

26th January 2024, 04:40

Scott Ritter: Putin Issues Final Warning To Nato! Crossed The Red Line, Ukraine Faces Destruction:

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Ravenlocke

26th January 2024, 19:18

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❗️Putin's statements on Il-76 shoot-down:

▪️The Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate knew that 65 Ukrainian POWs were being carried on board and they still attacked the plane;

▪️ It is obvious that Kiev did this, two missile launches were recorded from territories controlled by the Kiev regime;

▪️I will ask the Investigative Committee to make public all the circumstances of this crime to the maximum, so that people in Ukraine know what really happened;

▪️ Ordnance found on the spot indicate that this is an air defense missile;

▪️ Most likely, these are American Patriot systems, or European air defense systems, most likely French;

▪️ The exact answer from which system the fire was fired will be in two or three days.

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❗️Key points from the Putin's statement during the meeting with students participating in the conflict in Ukraine:

▪️About Special mil op: there were no other considerations except for the defense of Russia.

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▪️After the collapse of the USSR, nationalists became the de facto rulers of Ukraine.

▪️Our geopolitical adversary orchestrated a coup and began physically eliminating those willing to build normal relations with Russia.

▪️Everything that happened in Donbas is genocide; on our historical territories, Russians were declared a non-titular nation.

▪️An anti-Russian enclave began to be created on Ukraine's territory, and they left us no chances.

▪️The special military operation is an attempt to end the war.

▪️We will achieve the implementation of the tasks and goals of the special military operation.

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Ravenlocke

26th January 2024, 19:21

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26th January 2024, 19:26

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26th January 2024, 19:30

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Kiev knew Ukrainian POWs were on plane it downed – Putin

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, the GUR, knew there were prisoners of war aboard a Russian military transport plane shot down by Kiev’s forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. The full story of the shootdown will “become clear in a couple of days,” he added.

The IL-76 military transport plane was shot down over Russia’s Belgorod Region on Wednesday morning. Everyone on board – 65 prisoners, six crew members, and three Russian soldiers – died. The Russian Defense Ministry claims that the plane was brought down by Ukrainian anti-aircraft missiles while en route to a prisoner exchange in the city of Belgorod, located near the Russia-Ukraine border.

The GUR was aware that Ukrainian prisoners were traveling on the plane, Putin said on Friday, according to RIA Novosti.

“The entire current Kiev regime is based on crimes committed daily, including against its own citizens,” Putin said. “The [GUR] knew that we were transporting 65 military personnel there … and knowing this, they struck the plane.”

In a statement issued on Wednesday night, the GUR did not deny that the jet was taken out by Ukrainian forces. Instead, the agency said that it was unsure whether the prisoners would be taken to the exchange point by air or other means, and that it “was not informed about the need to ensure the safety of the airspace” over the border region.

Putin said that material seized from the crash site suggests that an American or French air-defense missile was used to bring down the plane, and that exactly how the aircraft was shot down “will become clear in a couple of days.”

“The results of the investigation into the IL-76 case will be published so that the Ukrainian people know” what happened to their soldiers, he stated.

READ MORE: Belgorod plane attack: Why did Ukraine shoot down an aircraft carrying dozens of its own soldiers?
Russian State Duma Defense Committee chief Andrey Kartapolov has also alleged that Western weapons were used to target the flight, claiming that American Patriot or German Iris-T missiles were fired at the jet. A French military source told Radio France on Wednesday that a Patriot missile had struck the fatal blow.

“All currently available data points to a deliberate, premeditated crime,” Russia’s deputy representative to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky, told a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday. “The Ukrainian leadership was well aware about the route and means by which [the Ukrainian] soldiers would have been transported to the agreed exchange point,” he claimed, alleging that “the regime in Kiev had decided this time to sabotage [the swap] in the most barbaric way.”

Ravenlocke

26th January 2024, 19:50

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🇺🇸🇬🇧 JUST IN: The United States is planning to station nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years as the threat from Russia increases, Pentagon documents seen by The Telegraph reveal.

Procurement contracts for a new facility at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk confirm that the US intends to place nuclear warheads three times the strength of the Hiroshima bomb at the air base.

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Ravenlocke

26th January 2024, 20:00

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Bruce G Charlton

26th January 2024, 20:01

This is further evidence that the UK is, incrementally, having a large target painted over it; by our national puppet leadership who eagerly cooperate-with/ are-implicated-by the US, in many of the worst atrocities being perpetrated around the globe.

Ravenlocke

26th January 2024, 20:27

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NATO's Steadfast Defender 2024 may be used as covert support to Ukraine

"I think that an option [to provide extra weapons to Ukraine under the guise of military drills] may not be excluded," Vasily Dandykin, a captain 1st rank reserve and military expert, told Sputnik.

Dandykin said some of weapons used in Steadfast Defender 2024 – the largest in decades – could be transferred to Ukraine via Poland, which has become a hub for transportation of the West's weapons to Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict.

NATO's military drills, which will continue up until May 31, 2024 and will take part from the High North to Central and Eastern Europe, could also be used to draw some Russian forces away from the zone of the special military operation, according to Dandykin. Presently, the Russian military is steadily improving their strategic positions along the entire front line. "Things are getting pretty bad for the Ukrainian military," he stressed.

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NATO's plans to hold the Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise near Russian borders are provocative, increase the risk of military incidents and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said:
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NATO’s planned drills near Russian borders increase risk of military incidents — MFA

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stressed that the Russian side "has no plans to attack NATO countries"

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. The North Atlantic Alliance's plans to hold the Steadfast Defender 2024 military exercise near Russian borders are provocative, increase the risk of military incidents and could lead to tragic consequences for Europe, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.

"The maneuvers [of Exercise Steadfast Defender 2024] are openly provocative in nature. For several months, a 90,000-strong group of forces from 31 NATO member countries, as well as Sweden, will be actively operating near Russian borders on the territory from Norway to Romania. This step is deliberately aimed at escalating things. It increases the risk of military incidents and could ultimately lead to tragic consequences for Europe," she said.

The diplomat stressed that the Russian side "has no plans to attack NATO countries."

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, NATO does not hide the fact that during the drills "tasks to repel <...> the Russian threat" will be practiced.

"The chairman of its military committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said that the alliance is preparing for a conflict with Russia. Similar comments have also been repeatedly heard from the leadership of NATO countries," Zakharova went on.

"In this way the alliance is trying to justify its existence in the eyes of millions of Europeans and Americans, as well as its agenda to contain Russia, to justify the insane increase in military spending, and, of course, in some way distract public opinion and audience attention from the failures in the field of that very hybrid war [NATO is conducting] by the hands of the Kiev regime against our country," the diplomat said.

Earlier, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Christopher Cavoli, announced that the largest NATO exercise in recent decades, Steadfast Defender 2024, will begin at the end of January. About 90,000 military personnel from the alliance’s countries and Sweden will take part in it.

Vicus

26th January 2024, 21:08

Surprise From Underground: Russians Deceived Ukrainian Defense In Avdeevka 26.01.2024

The battle for Avdeevka began in October of last year. Despite significant successes around the city, the Russian military has failed to surround the large enemy stronghold so far. However, this did not stop the Russian advance and last week was marked by new Russian victories inside Avdeevka itself.

Despite the attempts of the Ukrainian General Staff to refute the reports on the Russian breakthrough, referring to them as ‘Russian propaganda’, Ukrainian sources were the first to reveal the details of the Russian military operations in the city. They were soon confirmed by Russian sources.

The Ukrainian defense in the south-eastern part of the city was destroyed as a result of a risky and unique Russian operation.

The servicemen of various Russian units had been preparing the operation for several weeks.
They sawed open passages in an old flooded underground pipe, which was less than a meter in diameter. The pipe passed under the railway, right under the Ukrainian positions and led to the residential quarters. Special equipment, including oxygen cylinders, were delivered to the front. Special air ducts were made in the pipe, the necessary military equipment and ammunition were hidden inside. The operation was carried out under heavy fire from Russian artillery aimed at avoiding detection of the underground forces.

As a result, the operation ended with success. A group of about 150 Russian servicemen passed more than 2 km in the icy water in the pipe and suddenly attacked from behind the enemy’s back. The Ukrainian military even did not understand where the Russian fighters came from.

At the same time on the surface, the Ukrainian positions were attacked by three reconnaissance and assault detachments of the ‘Veterans’ volunteer brigade.

As a result of the sudden attack, the Ukrainian stronghold in the area of the resort Tsarskaya Ohota was destroyed in several hours. The Ukrainian army suffered sensitive losses; a lot of Ukrainian servicemen were captured and became prisoners.

The successful operation allowed the Russian military to gain a foothold in the southeastern part of Avdeevka and enter the city streets. They advanced along the streets of Grushevskogo, Chernishevskogo and Sportivnaya and reached the southern part of Sobornaya street.

The advance in the area was also possible due to the recent Russian victory on the territory of the former air defense military base located on Donetsk road. After prolonged battles, Russian forces took control of this strategically-important Ukrainian stronghold, to the west of which there are open field areas, where the retreating Ukrainian units have no place to hide.

According to preliminary reports, the battles already reached the 9th district in the south of Avdeevka. It is a complex of high-rise buildings, control of which will allow Russian forces to control almost the entire city, increasing losses of the defending Ukrainian grouping.

https://southfront.press/surprise-from-underground-in-avdeevka/

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Very interesting operation, like only know from movies. you can see that very good explain in a short video.
That video cant be bedded, so go to the page.
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ExomatrixTV

27th January 2024, 02:58

“Ukraine Needs To Give Up!” – Slovakian Prime Minister:

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Newly elected Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has come out firmly in favor of a negotiated end to the Ukraine War by acknowledging that Ukraine will not retake territory lost to Russia. Ukraine is little more than a puppet of the United States, Fico says, and it would be entirely unreasonable to expect Russia to tolerate an antagonist right on its border. Jimmy and Kurt Metzger discuss the slowly increasing recognition across Europe and the west that Ukraine can never defeat Russia.

norman

27th January 2024, 11:26

Some readers here may be interested in this substack writer's page..

I've not dug deeply but it comes recommended by Sarah Westall. "CIAgate" (https://ciagate.substack.com)

Tintin

27th January 2024, 12:10

Vicus

27th January 2024, 17:31

Russian Forces Urge Ukrainians to Surrender Yesterday

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The ZS-88 radio station used by Russian forces on the contact line during the special military operation is based on the BTR-80, armed with machine guns, including a large-caliber one, as well as the Kolokola (Bells) turntable sound broadcasting system with a transmission range of up to six kilometers.

Servicemen of Battlegroup Tsentr are using a broadcasting system to call on the enemy to surrender in the Krasny Liman area, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

"The servicemen of Battlegroup Tsentr continue their planned combat work to call on Ukrainian servicemen to lay down their arms and surrender voluntarily, thereby saving their own lives. For this purpose, the crews of the ZS-88 audio transmission systems based on BTR-80 armored personnel carriers are deployed on the contact line," the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters.

The ministry added that the crews of the sound broadcasting stations, risking their lives, inform enemy troops about the basic aspects of international humanitarian law, reminding them that the criminal regime in Kiev intends to fight to the last soldier.

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Ravenlocke

27th January 2024, 19:22

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Today marks the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) from the Nazi blockade, which lasted almost 900 days.

The blockade of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) was carried out by German troops from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944 in order to break the resistance of the city's defenders and seize the city. However, the German invaders were confronted with the military might of the Soviet Army and the steadfastness of the citizens of Leningrad.

After the interruption of navigation, the road across the Ladoga Lake was the only military and strategic road connecting the besieged Leningrad with the country, along which supplies were delivered. For this reason it was called "the road of life".

The siege of Leningrad became the bloodiest blockade in the history of mankind: more than 641 thousand inhabitants died of starvation and shelling; the Nuremberg Trials put the figure at 632 thousand. Only 3% of them died from bombing and shelling, the rest from starvation.

The lifting of the blockade and the liberation of people, children and the elderly became possible thanks to the heroic actions of Soviet soldiers who bravely repelled the Nazi invaders.

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin lays flowers at the 'Landmark monument' in the honor of those who fell during the siege of Leningrad

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On the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad, Russian President Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the “Boundary Stone” monument on the Nevsky bridge-head.

Тhis bridgehead on the left bank of the Neva river became a symbol of the courage of Soviet soldiers in the battle for Leningrad.

Earlier, Vladimir Putin told that his father was on the Nevsky bridge-head as part of a partisan detachment, where during the battle with the Nazis he was wounded by a grenade fragment. Putin’s father was saved by a friend with whom he lived in Peterhof - he carried him to the other side of the Neva river to the hospital.

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27th January 2024, 19:29

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🇷🇺🇺🇦‼️🚨 The Russian fighter single-handedly stopped the assault on Ukrainian soldiers by throwing grenades at them

Earlier, near Avdeevka, soldiers of the 9th Brigade of the 1st Army Corps captured an enemy stronghold. The Ukranians decided to return it and sent their specialists to recapture the position. But instead of a successful assault, the Russian fighter drove the AFU fighters into a corner and kept them there until reinforcements arrived, throwing grenades at them.

The man is simply a hero!

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27th January 2024, 19:34

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27th January 2024, 19:46

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🇩🇪 Germany admitted responsibility for the siege of Leningrad

Germany accepts responsibility for the siege of Leningrad, and therefore finances the renovation of a hospital in St. Petersburg. Many survivors of the siege are treated there. This was reported by the German Foreign Ministry.

📝 “Germany stands for preserving the memory of the horrors of war crimes committed in the Second World War and acknowledges its historical responsibility for the crimes committed by the German Wehrmacht in Leningrad,” the ministry said on its website.

✅ It is noted that, as a sign of memory and reconciliation, Germany, with the help of financial investments, supports the modernization of the hospital in St. Petersburg, where many participants in the siege are being treated. - Ostashko reports

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27th January 2024, 19:52

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The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in killed and wounded exceed a thousand people daily

And these are only those who can be counted in hospitals, said Kiev Russophobe TV presenter Daniil Yanevsky.

"Medics transport people from the frontline at a rate of 1000-1200 people, every day. 1000-1200 people. This is the answer to many questions that may arise," he said.

▪️Meanwhile, Arakhamia previously tried to convince the Ukrainians that the losses were “much less” than they seem.

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27th January 2024, 20:02

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🇺🇦🏴‍☠️Up to 30% of Ukrainian soldiers at the front suffer from acute mental disorders , - The Times

▪️The forecast of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine states that from 3 to 4 million, both military and civilian, will need treatment after suffering psychological trauma during the war .
▪️“For 10 months, my only victory was that my hands stopped shaking, and now that has started again. The fight for one’s own mental health is one of the most difficult battles on the battlefield,” says a Ukrainian Armed Forces military officer.
▪️“ The General Staff understands the nature of the problem, but not its scale . We have an unprecedented number of injured soldiers, and we need to be prepared for them,” said volunteer Elena Tolkacheva.
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Vicus

28th January 2024, 17:35

Ukraine uncovers another $40 Million in weapons fraud 27 Jan 2024

The war-torn nation has announced a clean-out of its weapons procurement process amid ongoing corruption.

Ukraine's National Police and Security Service on Ukraine (SBU), alongside the country's Ministry of Defense, announced on Saturday they have uncovered an insider network that has been charged with embezzling almost $40 million in funds marked for weapons purchases.

Five individuals who formed a suspected criminal organization have been served "notices of suspicion" — the first stage in Ukrainian legal proceedings — for "appropriation, embezzlement of property, or possession of it by abuse of official position," the SBU said.

Four of the suspects are current or former employees of the Ministry of Defense, including the head of the Department of Military and Technical Policy, Development of Weapons and Military Equipment of the Ministry of Defense, and the head and commercial director of the Lviv Arsenal company.

Another suspect is an ex-official from the ministry, who has been detained while trying to leave the country at a border crossing point.

A businessman representing a foreign company, presumed to be the arms supplier, has also been charged.

The weapons were scheduled for delivery to the military in December 2022 but to date, no part of the order has been fulfilled. The Defense Ministry had paid in advance for the shipment.

Corruption within the military has been a particularly sensitive issue in Ukraine as it tries to maintain wartime public morale and present its case to join the 27-nation European Union.

continue: https://www.sott.net/article/488310-Ukraine-uncovers-another-40-Million-in-weapons-fraud

grapevine

28th January 2024, 18:01

Why are UK and Europe Poking the Bear?

UK must 'listen carefully' as army chief warns public could face conscription, says Tobias Ellwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXLZp8qXPuk (8:52)

Nuclear fever SWEEPS NATO as EU politician calls for Europe to develop own deterrent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q45604NlmG4 (5:25)

Russian Envoy Scolds UK Army Chief; 'Stop War Provocations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH6SkgZ99Sw&t=1s (irritating background music - advise muting before watching)

Russia has issued a big threat to the United Kingdom over "provocation." Russia’s ambassador to London warned the UK to avoid confrontation. Ambassador Andrei Klein advised British leaders to study and memorise lessons from history, saying nobody has ever been able to defeat Russia. The warning comes as the UK army chief called for a “national military mobilisation” to fight Russia.

jaybee

28th January 2024, 19:22

Why are UK and Europe Poking the Bear?

UK must 'listen carefully' as army chief warns public could face conscription, says Tobias Ellwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXLZp8qXPuk (8:52)

{other two videos in post 13057 above}
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I'm so sick of these shameless warmongers... they won't be happy til we're all dead... the comments under this video gives (again) a snap shot of what the public are thinking - it's THEM who should listen carefully -

Tobias Ellwood looks totally inauthentic as he speaks... they want more money and they want to persuade the public to go along with their insanity... the UK and Europe are poking the Bear because the Globalists have ordered it.... because they 'the Globalists' want to control Russia and it's natural resources and bring it into alignment with the NWO...

some comments under the video...the first few

Young people can't even afford a house or get a job or a gp appointment or an operation and now they want us to fight their wars 😂

6000 homeless veterans is the poster image for the army. This guy should wake up.

Any conscription must make it mandatory for MPs sons and daughters to go first and the BoE nominee like Rothschild.

Why would I want to fight and sacrifice my life for a country that doesn’t even look after its own people. I will pass thankyou!

Any conscription should involve MPs sons and daughters, even MPs themselves, only the ones directly involved with the war cabinet should be exempt.

No I’m good thanks I’ve lost enough friends and family members who thought they were protecting democracy but they were actually protecting politician’s wallets

So the situation for young people today is low pay, job insecurity, the prospect of never owning a home or retiring... and now they may want us to die for a country that does nothing for us? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah you'd have to imprison half the under 30s

It is fascinating how men heading towards their grave due to old age will aggravate a situation and then ask young people to go die.

I speak for the UK youth when I say, good luck with that one x

The government have got to realise we are not in the 1940’s, England has changed, for the worst and the people will simple refuse to fight. And I don’t blame them

Notice his body language and how excited at the prospect of all out war he is.

Vicus

29th January 2024, 17:50

"Western values"

Another Ukrainian death list with names of Western politicians and journalists exposed 28 .01.2024

https://fondfbr.ru/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image-16-1-1024x579.jpg

LICENSE TO KILL: THE UKRAINIAN WEBSITE MOLFAR, ESTABLISHED WITH THE SUPPORT OF BRITISH SECRET SERVICES, HAS STARTED A HUNT ON WESTERN JOURNALISTS AND PUBLIC FIGURES

Human rights activists from the Anti-Repression Fund foundation have exposed the activities of the Ukrainian website Molfar, which collects and distributes personal data of journalists and public figures from Western countries who promote peace and criticize NATO. The website, which has turned Zelensky into a repressive tool of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), poses a serious threat to Western public figures and politicians, defaming their personal and professional reputations and a direct threat to their lives and health represents. The Anti-Repression Fund has received evidence of the launch of a campaign to physically remove people from the Molfar database, carried out on direct orders from the British MI6.

At about the same time, Molfar began compiling a list of foreign public figures, businessmen and media representatives who were considered by the British intelligence services not only as enemies and critics of the Zelensky regime , but also as people from one or the other Reason not to welcome and condemn the excessive expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance . As of the end of January 2024, Molfar's databases contain the personal information of 91 people from the United States, France, Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom and several other European countries . The lists of people practically hunted by Molfar are constantly updated and created directly in the structures controlled by the British MI6 . If you look at the names of Western journalists, activists and public figures on the Molfar website, you will see that not all of them support Russia or condemn the Zelensky regime . Many of them criticize the military policies of the USA and Great Britain and expose the criminal actions of NATO and some Western governments that are fueling the conflict in Ukraine .

continue:
https://www-anti--spiegel-ru.translate.goog/2024/weitere-ukrainische-todesliste-mit-namen-westlicher-politiker-und-journalisten-enttarnt/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Vicus comment:

Fabulous article with names and photos from target personalitys in media,politics etc.
Very long but ... take your time... :sherlock:

Vicus

29th January 2024, 18:02

Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service: Sad fate awaits the regime that rules Ukraine 1 day ago

Russia will not stop halfway, and a sad fate awaits the ruling regime of Ukraine, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin said in an interview with VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin published in the journalist’s Telegram channel on January 28.

“It appears that the fate of Ukraine as the state that currently exists, the regime that rules Ukraine, is a very sad fate. Russia will not stop halfway, in the philosophical sense of the word,” – said the head of the SVR.

Earlier, Naryshkin said that because of the loss in Ukraine, the West will try to organize provocations on Russian territory.

https://eu.eot.su/2024/01/28/director-of-the-russian-foreign-intelligence-service-sad-fate-awaits-the-regime-that-rules-ukraine/

Vicus

29th January 2024, 18:13

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaQ70_gD_0c

juicy info about ALL war theaters in the World...

Kryztian

30th January 2024, 23:24

Zelensky, always prioritizing Death over Life:

‘Stop giving money to our refugees’ – Zelensky
Kiev has asked Berlin to pour funds into its budget instead of spending them on Ukrainians who fled to Germany
https://www.rt.com/russia/591558-zelensky-germany-money-refugees-ukraine/

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has called on the German government to abandon its policy of financially supporting Ukrainian refugees on its territory and divert the cash to Kiev instead. The scheme would make aid mechanisms more transparent, he argued in an interview with the public German broadcaster ARD over the weekend.

People who have fled Ukraine and moved to Germany currently receive financial assistance from both countries, Zelensky claimed in the interview, released on Monday by his administration. This needs to change, he insisted.

“It would be better if Germany supported Ukrainians by giving money to the budget of Ukraine,” the president said. He added that the government in Kiev would then distribute the funds, depending on each person’s whereabouts.

According to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) – a major German think tank – Berlin spent almost €14 billion ($15.19 billion) on Ukrainian refugees between January 24, 2022 and October 31, 2023. Germany has become the second biggest donor to Ukrainian refugees – after Poland, which surpassed €15.6 billion ($16.93 billion) over the same period, according to IfW.

Zelensky’s plea comes as Kiev faces a crunch in its cash lifeline from Western backers. Last month, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmygal allegedly requested an emergency meeting with Western donors to discuss “exceptionally high uncertainty” over its budget, Bloomberg reported.

The finance ministry in Kiev said at the time that fiscal needs for 2024 were estimated at $37.3 billion, despite having received more than $42 billion in foreign aid last year. Finance Minister Sergey Marchenko also warned in December that Ukraine might suffer a deficit in the first two months of the year.

Ukraine has been rocked by a number of corruption scandals over the last few months, including some involving senior government officials. Earlier this month, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry revealed $262 million in military corruption-related costs, citing an internal audit. Transparency International recently ranked the country 104th out of 180 in its Corruption Perceptions Index report.

In mid-January, German outlet Der Spiegel weekly also reported that the government in Berlin was unsure where its military aid sent to Ukraine ended up. Berlin’s massive military assistance to Kiev was left unsupervised, as German policymakers relied on assurances from Kiev, the paper said.

Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 17:37

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 JUST IN: ICJ Says Russia Violated Parts of U.N. Anti-Terrorism Treaty in Eastern Ukraine

On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) determined that Russia breached certain aspects of a U.N. anti-terrorism treaty by neglecting to probe financial backing for "separatist factions" in eastern Ukraine in 2014. However, the court did not grant Ukraine's request for compensation.

The ICJ has instructed Russia to conduct an investigation into "plausible claims of terrorism financing."

The ICJ also chose not to make a specific ruling on Russia's alleged involvement in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, as requested by Kiev.

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Russian Ministry of Defense:

At about 17.00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using 20 aircraft guided missiles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.

Duty air defense systems destroyed 17 Ukrainian missiles over the Black Sea and three more over the Crimean Peninsula.

Fragments of Ukrainian missiles fell on the territory of a military unit in the area from the settlement. Lyubimovka of the Republic of Crimea.

There was no damage to aircraft.
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Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 17:40

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The IL-76 was shot down by Patriot. The prisoner exchange with Kiev will continue.

Other key points of Vladimir Putin's statements at the meeting with his confidants:

📌 Despite the tragedy of the IL-76 shot down by the US Patriot system, the Russian Federation will not stop the exchanges: "We must get our guys back home";

📌 About Russian fighters in the direction of Avdeyevka: "The Russian men there are fighting well";

📌 At the moment there is fighting on the line of contact, "this is the most critical and dangerous part of the struggle for Russia";

📌 Russian drones are very effective in solving tasks in the conflict zone.

@ukraine_watch

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Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 18:09

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🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️UN's Top Court Throws Out Ukraine's Claims that Russia Funded Terrorism - "Knowledge" Not Evidence

The Intl Court of Justice has dismissed the bulk of Ukraine's allegations that Russia violated the Suppression of Terrorism Financing convention.

It firmly states that providing monetary resources is not the equivalent of committing an act of terror... or support for training/providing weapons. In many cases, it found Ukraine lacked evidence and relied on "knowledge".

It means Kiev will get no compensation for MH-17 and has failed to pin its own civil war on Russia. It did state that Russia should investigate its funding further & more can be done to protect Crimean/Tatar rights - specifically in education.

RT

https://x.com/dana916/status/1752746164183515521

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Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 18:16

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195 Russian prisoners of war have been returned from territory controlled by the Kiev regime, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. In exchange, 195 Ukrainian prisoners of war were transferred to Ukraine.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1752682517579158013

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❗️ The UAE provided humanitarian mediation in the return of Russian servicemen from captivity, the Russian Defence Ministry said

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Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 18:30

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If fired, Zaluzhny could focus on political competition with Zelensky

"The fact is that there was an attempt to replace Zaluzhny; it was an impromptu attempt that failed, because Zelensky hoped to remove a political competitor, not so much a military one," Alexander Dudchak, leading researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries, expert on the 'Another Ukraine' movement, told Sputnik.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is still seeking to replace Zaluzhny despite quashing the rumors of the general's sacking earlier, the Financial Times reported. The newspaper's sources claimed that Zaluzhny was offered a position as a defense adviser which he turned down.

Dudchak explained that the controversy over Zaluzhny is fanned by Washington and London which are pulling the strings of Ukrainian politics in order to reach their separate geopolitical objectives. Still, even if Zaluzhny is ousted he could become a formidable political rival for Zelensky, according to the analyst.

"In fact, if [Zaluzhny] resigned and went into politics, perhaps this would be the best option for him, because presently it is problematic to achieve any success on the battlefield," Dudchak said. "In such a position, he could have said what a brilliant commander he is, and that all the failures stemmed from [Zelensky's] decisions, which were not agreed upon with the military leadership."

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1752753733719449950

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Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 18:38

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Putin comments on the downed IL-76:

▪️There is no understanding why Ukraine shot down a plane with its prisoners

▪️There may be different assumptions, but in any case this is a crime

▪️Ukraine is probably provoking retaliatory actions

▪️Moscow will not stop prisoner exchanges with Ukraine

▪️The Ukrainian side always gives signals about their readiness to exchange prisoners; what they should do with their guys is their business

▪️We will not forget about the crimes of the Kiev regime against our citizens

▪️In the West, the media are trying to hush up the story of the plane crash with Ukrainian PoWs

▪️Russia asks and insists on an international investigation into the IL-76 crash

▪️The IL-76 plane was shot down by the American Patriot system, this was established by the investigation

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1752701619911987710

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In the video, Putin says,

"They're trying to sweep it under the rug. Take a look at what the Western press [reports]. Nothing! Just one "click" and that's it. Everything is promptly forgotten, everything immediately vanishes from the information field, everything gets purged. However, we won’t forget the crimes they commit against our citizens," Putin said.

"It has been already established for certain, the plane was shot down by the American Patriot system. That's already been established by forensics. That is the first. The second [thing]. The Ukrainian authorities have said somewhere that they would like to conduct an international investigation. We are asking for that and we are insisting that an international investigation to be conducted," Putin said.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1752703414625255907

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❗️The key points from Vladimir Putin’s statements at a meeting with electoral trustees:

▪️Much has been done in recent years, there is something to show the country and people, although not all results were achieved;

▪️The situation around the special operation shows that Russian society has a solid foundation, and the “foam” is gradually being washed away;

▪️Historical Russia has risen and is forced to defend its interests, including through armed struggle;

▪️Russia is going through a very difficult and important stage of strengthening its sovereignty;

▪️Putin on Russian troops in the special operation: “the men there are fighting properly”;

▪️Putin called Avdeevka one of the most important areas where military operations are currently taking place, noted the exploits of the soldiers there;

▪️Right now there are battles on the line of contact, “this is the most acute, sensitive and dangerous area of the struggle for Russia.

▪️It is necessary to move the front line to such a distance that will protect the territory of the Russian Federation from shelling from Western weapons;

▪️Putin called the shelling of civilians by the Armed Forces of Ukraine a “bloody crime”;

▪️Putin said that the Russian Federation will not stop the exchange of prisoners of war with Ukraine, “we need to get our guys back”;

▪️The Russian Federation will not forget about Kyiv’s crimes against Russian citizens;

▪️Putin said that the proportion of prisoners of war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine is approximately one to ten.

▪️The ROC and the Ministry of Sports must finally decide on the issue of the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympics under conditions of discrimination;

▪️International sports officials are now perverting the very idea of Olympianism;

▪️In world sports now every step depends on sponsors, and they depend on the political elites of their countries, this is what causes all the problems;

▪️Without Russian athletes, many Olympic competitions become flawed and uninteresting;

▪️Russia will adhere to the principles of Olympianism;

▪️Not all, but some foreign countries refuse to service medical equipment previously supplied to the Russian Federation, although this is in a purely humanitarian sphere;

💬 "The Ukrainian military shot down our Il-76 plane, which, as you rightly pointed out, was carrying 65 of their own soldiers for a swap. You asked why they did that? I don't know. Well, I don't understand. I mean, can anyone still imagine, why are they shelling peaceful towns? There are several purposes: to divert the attention of their own people and their sponsors from the failure of their so-called counter-offensive, to show that they can do something, [and] to provoke us to retaliate," Putin said

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1752714630177103990

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Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 18:42

Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 18:55

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❗️💥 Russian strikes on Kharkov on Wednesday night hit a number of military facilities: the Kharkov Tractor Plant (where Ukrainian military equipment was repaired), AFU fuel and ammunition depots, and the building of the Ukrtelecom telecommunications company, the coordinator of the pro-Russian Nikolayev underground, Sergey Lebedev, told RIA Novosti, citing data from his colleagues in Kharkov.

He added that agents had long reported the presence of military and foreign specialists in the Ukrtelecom building. He showed a photograph taken outside the building showing a group of people, including a man in a protective uniform with a Swedish flag on his sleeve.

@ukraine_watch

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Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 18:58

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Ravenlocke

31st January 2024, 19:07

https://x.com/MaimunkaNews/status/1752658411538313576

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ExomatrixTV

2nd February 2024, 09:22

False Flag Warnings For Martial Law in the USA and War with Russia:

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Baby Steps

2nd February 2024, 11:39

Here we are now drifting inexorably into something very nasty and deadly, call if WW3 if you want.

I would just like to say that in history people always look back and wonder how such disasters could happen. They puzzle over how, if the people don't want the wars, why are they happening.

Well its happening again. There is a flow of very specific actions that are being taken now that are deliberate and escalatory.

The vast Majority of these are being done by the west.

The press is not alerting the masses as to where they are being herded.

Who are these people doing this? Maybe we do not know but we can identify the leadership that are herding us to the abattoir.

Joe Biden/Kamala Harris
Ursula Von Der Leyen
Rishi Sunak
Justin Trudeau
Emanuel Macron
Jens Stoltenberg
Olaf Scholz
Andrzej Duda
Lloyd Austin
Benjamin Netanyahu
Anthony Albanese
Mark Rutte

etc etc

Now is the time for the people to show that they will not accept this

Baby Steps

2nd February 2024, 12:02

How the west is steering the conflict

Lavrov stated some time back that the amount of buffer zone in Ukraine that Russia needed was related to the missile capability & range that the Rump Ukrainian State posesses.

How the west tried initially to appear not to be escalating was to provide longer range missiles but subject to an agreement that they would not be fired at Russia proper.

But the game the west is really playing now, knowing that Ukraine is losing, is to maximise the amount of the country that Russia deems necessary to take.

The reason this suits the west is that the bloodbath on both sides is much heavier if Russia pushes further in, and if they feel forced to take areas of western Ukraine that are ethnically Ukrainian, the possibility of a long term brutal insurgency is much greater. This of course assists western propaganda and in a way keeps the conflict alive.

We can therefore expect more and longer range missiles, in a apalling act of escalation by the west.

We can expect the Million man strong Russian forces to push hard against the still powerful half million strong Ukrainian defenders. It could be large scale and dreadful. Its what we in the west want, and are playing for.

Ernie Nemeth

2nd February 2024, 14:40

Let's talk about the Big Secret. Nazis and Communists are ideologically and effectively sewn of the same cloth. They are anti-'the people' and pro-'the ruling class'.

It is fun reading along on this thread and the other 'war' thread. It makes me shake my head that anti-propaganda can sway the 'peace activists'. Communists are communist and Nazis are Nazis, and nothing changes that - not even 'the lesser of two evils'.

The most evil of all forms of government is a democracy. The only good it serves is that the tyranny of the elected government only lasts until the next election. Only the super rich and the largest corporations can lobby the government with their concerns 24/7, 365. Everyone else has to go to work to eke out a living. And so our elected officials do not concern themselves with those that got them elected, only those that are constantly in their ear, hounding them day and night. They are the donor class, and they run our democracies, not the people.

That's the Big Secret - our democracies waver back and forth, from Nazi to Communist, depending which party wins the election. This is because democracy is not a state of political will or ideology. Nazis/Communists are not free, but democracies pretend to be. The only constant in any form of government is that the people are not represented and their will is never carried out.

Still not a believer? Consider that funds can always be found for a new war, but there is never enough in the kitty to help the poor, the hungry, the displaced.

The talk can continue on about the color, style, and regalia of the Emperor's new cloths.
It does not change the fact that the Emperor is buck naked!

Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 00:15

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 00:25

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 00:32

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 00:44

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 00:48

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February 2️⃣. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

◾️Putin met with the participants of the "All for Victory" forum in Tula and revealed the secret of success in combat - it is necessary to react quickly to what is happening and find a way to suppress the enemy's intelligence and defeat his equipment.

◾️Victory at the front cannot be achieved without comprehensive support, the Russian defence industry is demonstrating very good rates and quality of work, it has a lot of orders, Putin said.

◾️The hosts of neo-Nazis in Ukraine are pushing them to continue the conflict and using them as a tool in the fight against Russia, the AFU has long since turned into a terrorist organisation, the Russian president said.

◾️If Russia does not protect its people in Crimea, Novorossiya and Donbass, it will turn into a decrepit country that will be of no use to anyone, the president said.

◾️The state defence order for 2024 has again been significantly increased and fully funded, there is no doubt that it will be fulfilled, Putin said.

◾️Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu held a meeting with the top brass of the Russian Armed Forces and said that after the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, Russian troops are maintaining the strategic initiative along the entire line of contact, advancing, expanding their zones of control and improving their position on the front line.

◾️Groups of the Russian Armed Forces are methodically reducing the enemy's combat potential, over the month Kiev lost more than 23,000 people killed and wounded and more than 3,000 units of various weapons, including German Leopard tanks, American Bradley IFVs, Patriot and HIMARS launchers," Shoigu said.

◾️In January, the Russian armed forces carried out 127 precision-guided strikes on Ukraine's military infrastructure and facilities of the military-industrial complex, the Russian defence minister said.

◾️Kiev, trying to prevent the collapse of its defences, is throwing its remaining reserves into the fray, hastily carrying out another forced mobilisation, carrying out terrorist attacks against Russian civilians, and is not afraid to destroy its own citizens, Shoigu said.

◾️The Russian armed forces repelled 10 attacks during the day and also improved the front line in the direction of Krasny Liman and took more favourable lines and positions in the direction of Donetsk, the defence ministry said.

◾️Kiev shelled Donetsk and Gorlovka with 20 shells of various calibres, launched kamikaze drones and dropped munitions from drones.

◾️Hungarian Prime Minister Orban said there was a threat that money owed to Hungary would be sent to Ukraine, but he has now received assurances that this will not happen.

◾️An adviser to the head of Zelensky's office, Podolyak, has admitted that "tactical mistakes" were made during the Ukrainian troops' counter-offensive last year and that he has a "certain negative residue".

@ukraine_watch

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 00:53

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The head of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that he would go to Washington to persuade those who have not yet been convinced to provide assistance to the Kiev Regime.

Of course, the head of Polish MFA is no other than Radek Sikorski, husband of Anne Applebaum, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and also a board member of the National Endowment for Democracy.

And of course, who could forget his diplomatic blunder when he Tweeted "Thank you USA" when they blew up Nord Stream.

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 00:57

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ExomatrixTV

3rd February 2024, 05:08

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 17:53

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🇷🇺🏴‍☠️The new pro-Russian hacker team JUST EVIL, through the NATO military, gained access to the US and Baltic military systems
▪️The team of hackers JUST EVIL (old comrades
@RVvoenkor
- former creators of Killnet) compromised access to the mail of a number of US and Lithuanian military personnel, gaining access to the following electronic systems:
➖1. Access to the US Rapid Response Terrorism Training Coordination Center.
➖2. Access to the US Coast Guard training and development system.
➖3. Access to the ILIAS system of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

http://t.me/WeJustEvil

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 18:16

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The rules based order:

EU demonstrating it is anything but a democracy.

Trying to create a run on a currency is a classic textbook move made by the US when they are seeking regime change.

Relatively few understand that the EU was a Washington construct so they could assert control over this region via their Atlanticists inside Brussels. This was primarily to justify the ongoing existence of NATO and ensure there was no Russian German integration.

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 18:41

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The FT finally admitting that economic sanctions on Russia have been a complete failure (which was immensely predictable, in fact I wrote an article saying it'd be the case in May 2022: https://tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/is-america-the-real-victim-of-anti-russia-sanctions).

It is without a doubt one of the most significant economic stories of the century, starkly demonstrating the West's diminishing power. Despite Bruno Le Maire, France's Minister of the Economy, claiming the West would "cause the collapse of the Russian economy," Russia's economic growth in 2023 surpassed that of all G7 countries—almost quadrupling France's growth rate—and is projected to continue this trend in 2024 (see attached FT graph). It's nothing short of extraordinary.

As Vladimir Putin is quoted as saying in the FT article, "Russia’s economy had not only withstood an onslaught of sanctions from western countries — but [is] now bigger than all but two of them." (!)

It is also yet another proof, if need be, of Western hubris, of the West living in a glorious mental universe where they think they can bring the rest of the world to heel. This proves the immense - tectonic size - gap between what they believe and reality. It shows that whilst they think they inhabit a world in which they lead, we've in fact fully entered the multipolar era.

In almost all his movies, Will Ferrell essentially always plays a version of the same character: that of the uber-confident guy who isn't aware he's in fact a complete loser. It's absolutely hilarious (I love Will Ferrell movies!) but also on a more serious level a commentary on the tragedy of self-deception. There's a subtle layer of pathos in his characters' inability to see themselves as they truly are, on the fine line between confidence and delusion. And it's all the more tragic and much less funny if it happens on the scale of entire countries...

It also obviously raises the question of China, whose economy is six times the size of Russia's in PPP terms and 20% larger than that of the U.S.. What happened with Russia demonstrates, clearly, that they now command more economic power than the West. It was a form of tug of war with the West saying we'll “cause the collapse of the Russian economy” and China saying "we don't want to." And the result is the Russian economy didn't collapse, it grew faster than the West (and so did China's). That means something...

In conclusion, it is imperative for the West to confront reality and shed its old colonialist worldview. Time and time again now, the West emerges as the principal victim of its own delusions, the global Will Ferrell. Everything points to the fact that the rest of the world is more attuned to the realities in place, and when your actions are based on a humble assessment of the truth rather than on hubris, the outcome is better, it's that simple. When reality keeps punching you in the face, at some point you need to wake up.

Link to the FT article: https://ft.com/content/d304a182-997d-4dae-98a1-aa7c691526db

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3rd February 2024, 18:51

This man Z have to ask for permission ... this county is sold forever...

The Ukrainian government has reportedly informed the White House about its plans to fire the country's top military commander General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. The reported ouster comes after several clashes between Zaluzhnyi and Ukrainian President Zelensky, with latest one on mobilisations of troops. The Ukrainian Commander proposed call up for half a million troops, a move that Zelensky opposes. Zaluzhnyi is overseeing Ukraine's war against Russia.

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Russia condemns Ecuador over decision to hand Russian military hardware to US for Ukraine - RIA

MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry on Friday condemned a decision by Ecuador to hand over Russian-made military hardware to the United States for use in Ukraine as a "reckless" breach of contract, the RIA news agency reported.

The Ecuadorean government said last month it would take up an offer from Washington to swap what it called "Ukrainian and Russian scrap metal" for advanced U.S. equipment worth $200 million.

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The United States has said the arms it gets from Ecuador will be sent to Ukraine to help bolster its forces on the battlefield against Russia.

Maria Zakharova, the Russian foreign ministry's spokeswoman, told RIA that Ecuador's decision was made under pressure from external forces.

"Such a reckless decision was taken by the Ecuadorian side under serious pressure from outside interested parties," she said.

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"Our partners are well aware of the provisions of the contracts, which include an obligation to use the supplied equipment for the stated purposes and not to transfer it to a third party without obtaining the relevant agreement of the Russian side."

Authorities in Ecuador have said that Moscow had advised against the hardware swap, but that they believed they had the right to do it anyway.

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Top UN court says it has jurisdiction in Ukraine genocide case

The top court of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), ruled Friday that it has jurisdiction in a case brought by Ukraine that accuses Russia of genocide and disputes a claim of genocide invoked by Moscow against Kyiv.

The court at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, tossed out a number of Russia’s objections to the case, ruling that there is a dispute over alleged violations of the genocide convention and it has jurisdiction to oversee the case.

But judges also decided against taking up whether Russia has committed genocide by invading Ukraine.

The ICJ ruled in favor of Russia on two matters: It would not decide whether Russia’s nearly 2-year-old invasion of Ukraine violates two articles of the genocide convention and that Russia’s recognition of the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk are also violations of the genocide convention.

“It is not the convention that the Russian Federation would have violated but the relevant rules of international law applicable to the recognition of states and the use of force,” ICJ President Joan Donoghue said.

However, the court said it was admissible for Ukraine’s request to move forward on a ruling that Kyiv did not commit genocide in two eastern regions of Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, which it has accused Russia of using as a pretext to invade.

The ICJ handily dismissed a number of Russian objections to dismissing the case at large, as Moscow claimed the court did not have jurisdiction.

“It is not sufficient for the applicant to claim an alleged violation of the treaty and for the respondent to contest it. It must be ascertained whether the actions or omissions of the respondent complained of by the applicant fall within the scope of the treaty allegedly violated,” Donoghue said. “In other words, whether the facts of issue, if established, are capable of constituting violations of obligations under the treaty.”

Ukraine filed the ICJ case just days after Russia invaded the country in February 2022, sparking the largest land war in Europe since World War II and an ongoing conflict. Ukrainian soldiers and Russian-backed separatists have also fought in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions since 2014, which is at the center of this case.

Separately, the ICJ this week dismissed most of Ukraine’s terrorism case against Russia, which was filed in 2017 and accused Moscow of violating a United Nations anti-terrorism treaty by funding separatists in eastern Ukraine.

In that case, the court did rule that Russia violated its requirement to investigate the issue but declined Ukraine’s request for reparations and only said it must investigate the issue.

It also said Russia failed to protect the Ukrainian language in schools after annexing the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.

ICJ rulings are legally binding, but the court cannot enforce them. It can appeal to the U.N. Security Council, but permanent members like Russia have veto power there.

The ICJ in a preliminary ruling said Russia must halt its invasion of Ukraine, but Moscow dismissed the order.

A final ruling in the case could take years. The ICJ has never ruled an entire country has committed genocide before, though it is hearing other cases on the issue, including a dispute between South Africa and Israel over the war in Gaza.

Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 19:20

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Three victims were released home after receiving medical care, five are in hospitals.
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The SBU opened over 8.1 thousand criminal cases against Ukrainian citizens on charges of cooperation with Russia

According to The Guardian, Ukrainians convicted of this are held in “certain prisons, where they are kept separately from other prisoners.”

And this is curious, because immediately, contrary to its own claims, a British publication publishes a photo and story of a man sentenced to 12 years in prison, who was attacked by his cellmates. They tattooed the word "Orc" on his forehead.

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◾The cruelty of Ukraine is increasingly leaking into the world. MASS MEDIA.

◾The Guardian published an article in which it showed Ukrainian prisoners - pro-Russian citizens - who were labeled as “collaborators”.

- The arrested man had an “Orc” tattoo tattooed on his forehead. Torture by the Zelensky regime.

- A 30-year-old resident of Chasov Yar was thrown into prison for 15 years along with her 2-year-old daughter and is terrified that she will be taken away when her daughter reaches 3 years of age.

- A 34-year-old teacher from Slavyansk is serving time for trying to escape to his friends in Crimea. There are those arrested for participating in organizing a referendum in Kherson.

- 57-year-old resident of Artemovsk Yuri Tsybulsky explained to the British: “ My parents raised me to fight fascism, and here is fascism .”

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3rd February 2024, 19:30

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3rd February 2024, 19:34

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❗️ Over the past week, Russian troops carried out 37 strikes on Ukrainian decision-making centers, military-industrial complex facilities, and arsenals; all targets were hit.

🇷🇺🪖 More statements from the Russian MoD’s weekly briefing on the progress of the special military op in Ukraine:

▪️ The Russian Army continued to improve its position along the front line near Kupyansk, and repelled 41 attacks.

▪️ Ukrainian forces lost over 750 troops near Kupyansk.

▪️ In the DPR, Russian troops improved their position along the front line and repelled 22 enemy attacks.

▪️ Near Krasny Liman, 19 attacks were repelled and the enemy lost up to 1,825 soldiers killed and wounded.

▪️ Ukrainian losses in the DPR amounted to more than 2,245 military personnel.

▪️ In the southernn DPR, enemy losses amounted to 735 military personnel.

▪️ Ukrainian forces lost more than 385 military personnel in the Zaporozhye region.

▪️ In the Kherson region, the enemy lost up to 290 soldiers killed and wounded, and 26 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.

▪️ During the week, air defenses and aviation shot down 20 air-launched guided missiles, a JDAM guided bomb, as well as 53 HIMARS, Hurricane, and Alder rockets, and 423 UAVs.

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Ravenlocke

3rd February 2024, 19:46

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5th February 2024, 16:42

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Vicus

5th February 2024, 16:42

'Monstrous Terrorist Act': Kremlin Slams Ukrainian Bombing of Bakery in LPR 6 hours ago

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov condemned the recent bloody attack on a bakery in the city of Lisichansk in the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) as a "monstrous terrorist act" conducted by the Ukrainian military.

On February 3, the Kiev regime bombed a bakery that was filled with people, completely destroying the building and leaving approximately 40 civilians trapped beneath the rubble. This horrendous act resulted in the death of at least 28 individuals, one of whom was a child, while 10 others sustained injuries.

"It is impossible to call it anything other than an act of terrorism. The relentless attacks on civilian infrastructure, such as a bakery in this case, are monstrous terrorist acts ... To ensure that there are no more of them, the special military operation carries on," Peskov told reporters.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have morphed into a terrorist organization, specifically targeting innocent civilians. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also maintained that the Kiev regime, seeking to showcase its achievements to its Western backers, consistently perpetrates acts of terrorism against Russian civilians.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240205/kremlin-calls-monstrous-terrorist-act-ukrainian-forces-attack-on-lisichansk-bakery-1116600316.html

Ravenlocke

5th February 2024, 16:46

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⚡️ LPR Minister of Emergency Situations Alexey Poteleshchenko died as a result of a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on a bakery in Lisichansk on February 3

This was stated by a representative of the region's Ministry of Emergency Situations. According to the minister’s son, on the day of the tragedy, his father came to the birthday party of deputy Ivan Zhushma at the Adriatica cafe.

✖️ When the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the establishment, Poteleshchenko was inside along with other guests. - Ostashko reports

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Vicus

5th February 2024, 16:50

Scott Ritter: How the Chechen miracle kick-started the Russian ‘Path of Redemption’ 4 Feb, 2024

In my recent visit, I met with people who once fought a bitter war against Moscow, but are now the country’s fiercest defenders

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Over the course of 24 days – from December 28 to January 20 – I was able to take in the sights and sounds of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, as these two cities celebrated both the New Year and Russian Orthodox Christmas (I also got to experience the freezing cold of the Russian winter, which was very much part of the experience!)

I viewed my winter sojourn in Russia as an extension of the journey I began in May 2023, when I embarked on a mission of trying to discover the country's essence in a manner that could be made discernible to my fellow Americans as sort of an antidote to the poison of Russophobia. The combined experiences of observing the Christmas Eve service hosted by Kirill, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the center of Moscow and watching Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker performed live in St. Petersburg’s renowned Mikhailosky Theatre on Christmas Day, January 7, helped ground me in the importance of family and culture in the lives of the Russian people.

Russia’s mettle, however, can't be measured by its social and cultural accomplishments alone. The true test of a people comes only when the foundation of their society is threatened, and the nation is called upon to rally together in its collective defense. Amidst all the holiday celebration and fanfare that I witnessed there lurked an underlying reality that Russia was very much a nation at war. This war was defined in the mindset of those people I met not so much in terms of a Russian-Ukrainian conflict as it was an existential struggle between Russia and the collective West – led by the US – in which Ukraine is being used as a proxy.

continue: https://swentr.site/russia/591663-gauntlet-of-redemption-chechnya-russia/

Ravenlocke

5th February 2024, 16:59

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This is extraordinary. Ukraine's former ambassador to Germany (now ambassador to Brazil), famous in Germany for his vehement demands for weapon deliveries, now says "no one in Ukraine wants to fight this war to the last soldier", lambasts the complete absence of any diplomatic efforts and calls for a solution similar to the Minsk-agreement.

However he obviously fails to understand the lesson from the failed Minsk agreement, because he presents the agreement's virtue as having given Ukraine "seven years to become stronger - strong enough to be able to better fend off Russia's current large-scale aggression. There should have been more preventative rearmament. But unfortunately that didn't happen, it's over. The lessons remain."

That's actually the whole reason why Minsk 2 failed: because the Ukrainian side, together with France and Germany as guarantors, signed the agreement in bad faith, as a way to buy time for Ukraine to build up its army, pump the country with weapons, make it a de-facto (not de-jure) member of NATO and all the while ignoring Ukraine's gross violations of the agreement with regards its commitment to grant the Russian-speaking regions in eastern Ukraine a constitutionally-protected autonomous status. Both Merkel and François Hollande have publicly essentially admitted to this, with Merkel literally saying that the Minsk agreements had been an attempt to "give Ukraine time" to build up its defenses, even though the spirit of the agreement was to bring about a permanent end to the conflict.

So not quite clear what the ambassador has in mind here: implementing another duplicitous Minsk-like agreement so Ukraine can rebuild an army and fight another round in a few years? If so that's delusional, why would Russia agree to that? He's entirely right that the war should end and diplomacy is badly needed, but the purpose - the only worthy purpose - should be permanent peace, not another war... That's the real lesson from Minsk: all parties should be serious about peace, they weren't before and we got war...

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Vicus

5th February 2024, 16:59

Kiev’s Terrorist Attack Thwarted: Georgia Intercepted Cargo Of Explosives Sent From Ukraine To Russia 05.02.2024

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The terrorist Kiev regime continue attempts to launch attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation. On February 5, the State Security Service of Georgia reported that a large shipment of explosives was discovered and detained in the country. The cargo was heading from Ukraine to Russia for massive terrorist attacks.

According to the official report by the Georgian law enforcement forces, the cargo was sent from the Ukrainian city of Odessa to the Russian city of Voronezh. It was heading from the Ukrainian territory through Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia to Russia for the purpose of a terrorist attack.

The cargo consisted of batteries for electric vehicles, which were disguised to hide large amount of 14 kg of explosive. The inspection revealed that there were explosive devices filled with C-4 explosive.

A container with an explosive substance with a total weight of 14 kg, as well as 6 detonators and 6 special keys, were discovered in a car driven by a citizen of Ukraine.

Three bombs were seized on the border of Russia and Georgia, and three more were “hidden in Tbilisi at a specific address.”

Citizens of Georgia, Ukraine, and Armenia were involved in transporting explosives through Georgia to the Russian Federation. It is possible that some of them were not aware of the cargo they carried and were used by the organizers of the thwarted terrorist attacks.

The investigation launched by the Georgian State Security Service identified the sender of the dangerous cargo, a deputy from the ruling Zelensky’s Servant Of The People party, Andrei Sharashidze. Born in Georgia, the man attempted to build a political career in Ukrainian city of Odessa.

According to Georgian security officials, explosions were supposed to take place in Russia at “symbolic and crowded” transport facilities (most likely in the subway, public transport, on the Crimean Bridge, in shopping malls, etc.). According to the Ukrainian plan, Russian special services had to find a “Georgian trace” and blame Georgia for the terrorist attacks.

The terrorist Kiev regime attempted to use the plan similar to the attack on the Crimean Bridge on October 8, 2022. LINK The transfer of dangerous cargos across the Georgian territory is also aimed to lure Tbilisi into the war.

Ukrainian political officials are not hiding that they are taking part in organisation of terrorist operations, coordinated by Ukrainian special services, the terrorist attacks on civilians in the Donbass and other Russian regions do not stop. Meanwhile, NATO countries continue to manipulate the public opinion, assuring their population that they have to support the ‘victim’ Kiev, not a terrorist. Moreover, the NATO member states support Kiev’s terrorist attacks.

Surprisingly, security forces in Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey did not discover the explosives in the car which successfully passed a large part of its route to Russia.

https://southfront.press/kievs-terrorist-attack-thwarted-georgia-intercepted-cargo-of-explosives-sent-from-ukraine-to-russia/

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5th February 2024, 17:07

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5th February 2024, 17:14

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5th February 2024, 17:19

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A Polish mercenary previously fighting for Ukraine was captured by Moscow's forces and joined the ranks of the Russian Army.

It is reported that he was captured near Krynki in Kherson region. He was wounded at the time and the Ukrainian militias had abandoned him.

His time in Russia opened his eyes, and now he is ready to liberate not only Ukraine, but also the whole of Europe from the Banderites.

In December 2023, Russian military correspondents had reported that a wounded Polish mercenary was captured near Krynki. He was sent to the nearest hospital.

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❗️In Donetsk, the Russian forces have taken more advantageous positions. Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 290 military personnel, two armored vehicles and four cars.

🇷🇺🪖 Other statements from the Russian Defense Ministry briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ In Krasny Liman, Russian forces repelled two attacks by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian losses amounted to 260 soldiers;

▪️ In the Kupyansk region, Russian troops repelled seven attacks by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 130 servicemen;

▪️ In the south of Donetsk, Russian troops destroyed a field ammunition depot for Ukrainian artillery. Ukrainian losses amounted to more than 145 servicemen;

▪️ The air defense of the Russian Federation shot down 58 drones of the Ukrainian armed forces in one day.

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Death toll from Ukraine’s strike on Lisichansk up to 28

The Russian Emergencies Ministry have rescued 10 people

MOSCOW, February 4. /TASS/. The number of fatalities following the Ukrainian strike on Lisichansk has climbed to 28 people, the press service of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told TASS.

"Operatives from the Russian Emergencies Ministry have rescued 10 people. Unfortunately, 28 people, including one child, died," it said in a statement.

The agency noted that the search-and-rescue operation at the collapsed bakery in Lisichansk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) was underway. "About 65% of destroyed construction elements have been pulled out," the press service added.

Ukrainian troops delivered a strike on a bakery in Lisichansk on Saturday afternoon. Work on removing the rubble continued overnight.

Ravenlocke

5th February 2024, 17:35

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Lisichansk shelled with Western weapons — Russian Foreign Ministry

Ukrainian armed forces have completely evolved into a terrorist organization, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said

MOSCOW, February 3. /TASS/. Kiev’s terrorist attack on Lisichansk’s residential areas was, according to preliminary reports, conducted with the weapons provided by Western countries, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a statement, posted on the ministry’s website.

"According to preliminary information, the strike was carried out with Western weapons," she said. "Another terrorist attack is a ‘thank you’ from Kiev extremists for the ‘generous’ financial support by the European Union countries."

Zakharova pointed out that EU citizens must know what their taxes are used for, as "they are used for purchasing lethal weapons systems and for sending them to the Kiev regime that uses them to kill civilians."

"This (the strike on Lisichansk - TASS) is new proof of the criminal nature of the Kiev regime, its kingpins on Bankovaya (a street in Kiev that houses Ukraine’s government institutions - TASS) and the fact that the Ukrainian armed forces, as Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated, have completely evolved into a terrorist organization," the diplomat said.

The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said that Russia "will notify international organizations of another terrorism act committed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s gang."

"We expect the concerned international organizations to promptly and unequivocally condemn the crime committed by the Kiev militants," she added.

The Ukrainian armed forces conducted a strike on Lisichansk’s bakery on Saturday afternoon. Twenty people were killed and ten more were wounded. It was reported that up to 40 civilians might have been under the rubble.

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5th February 2024, 17:40

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🇬🇧🇺🇦❗️Zaluzhny To Become UK Ambassador - Verkhovna Rada deputy

Verkhovna Rada deputy Yevgeny Shevchenko claims that Kiev's commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny has agreed to leave as ambassador to the UK.

According to Shevchenko, the commander-in-chief may be dismissed in the coming days.

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5th February 2024, 17:43

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🇬🇪🇺🇦Georgian special services intercepted a shipment of explosives heading from Ukraine to Russia in order to carry out a terrorist attack.

Containers with 6 improvised explosive devices with a total weight of 14 kg, disguised as batteries, moved from Odessa through Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey and crossed the Turkish-Georgian border through the Sarpi checkpoint on January 19 . The final destination was Voronezh.

Three bombs were seized on the Russia-Georgia border, and three more were “left in Tbilisi at a specific address.”

Citizens of Georgia, Ukraine and Armenia were involved in transporting explosives through Georgia to the Russian Federation (some may have been used in the dark). Zelensky's party deputy Andrei Sharashidze was behind the transportation of explosives from Georgia to the Russian Federation.

A little later, the State Security Service clarified that the bombs could allegedly have been used for a terrorist attack on the territory of Georgia itself. Which is extreme...

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Vicus

6th February 2024, 17:14

Russia Looking Forward to Sweden Announcing Verdicts on Nord Stream Explosions - Kremlin 6 hours ago

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia is looking forward to Sweden announcing the verdicts and decisions on the Nord Stream pipelines explosions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.

"Of course, we are waiting with interest for any verdicts and decisions that will be made," Peskov said, answering the question whether Russia had received any data on the investigation.
The Swedish prosecutor's office said on Monday that by the end of this week it will decide whether to close the investigation or bring charges in the case of the Nord Stream sabotage. Earlier, the Russian Embassy in Stockholm said that Sweden has failed to identify the perpetrators of the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines over the past year, which has demonstrated the incompetence of the Swedish authorities.

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The Nord Stream pipelines, built to deliver gas under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, were hit by explosions in September 2022. Nord Stream AG said that the damage was unprecedented and it was impossible to estimate the timeframe for repairs. Sweden, as well as Denmark, Germany and Norway, launched investigations into the explosions but left Russia out of their probes, prompting Moscow to launch its own investigation. Russian officials have characterized the attacks as international terrorism.
So far, no official results of the investigations have been announced, but Pulitzer Prize-winning US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a report in February 2023 saying the explosions were organized by the US government with the assistance of authorities in Norway. Washington has denied any involvement in the attack.
During his joint "Direct Line" Q&A session and annual press conference on December 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Nord Stream pipelines were likely blown up by the United States.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240206/russia-looking-forward-to-sweden-announcing-verdicts-on-nord-stream-explosions---kremlin-1116623029.html

Vicus

6th February 2024, 17:24

How NATO brainwashes Western society with its anti-Russia wargames

Steadfast Defender 2024, the bloc’s largest exercise in decades, is not only about military cohesion – it’s about selling war to the people

NATO has launched its largest exercise since the Cold War ended. Steadfast Defender 2024 will last several months and involve about 90,000 troops, over 50 naval vessels, 1,100 ground vehicles (including at least 133 tanks and 533 armored troop carriers), and 80 aircraft of various kinds (planes, helicopters, and drones).

All 31 alliance members will participate, as will Sweden, which is in the process of joining. However, it’s not only a matter of numbers and duration. The massive event is also special for two more reasons, one fairly straightforward, the other more complicated and worthy of serious scrutiny.

In simple terms, the exercise will test regional defense plans, which NATO has not done since the end of the Cold War. A political benefit of returning to such detailed plans is that they provide leverage, in essence to Washington through NATO’s SACEUR office, to make European governments toe the line by committing troops, gear, and money. That is what The Economist pointed out, with satisfaction, at the time of last year’s Vilnius summit, when all of this was set in motion. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko’s observation is correct: The maneuver marks an “irrevocable return” of the alliance to Cold War mode, although, this, too, is only a new peak of a long period of aggressive development. Hence its no surprise either that the enemy targeted in this imaginary fight is Russia (even if appearing only as a “near-peer adversary” in Steadfast Defender’s official announcement).

continue: https://swentr.site/news/591608-steadfast-defender-2024-nato/

Vicus

6th February 2024, 17:30

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Vicus

6th February 2024, 17:47

UK bypassing own ban on Russian oil – study 6 Feb, 2024 :chuckle:

Britain has bought over $700 million worth of petroleum products derived from sanctioned oil since 2022, a report has found

The UK has been bypassing its own ban on Russian oil by using a “refinery loophole” to import millions of barrels of the sanctioned commodity in the form of fuels processed in third countries, the BBC reported on Monday, citing two separate studies.

A recent investigation by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) claimed that India and China, which have become the top buyers of Russian oil after the West banned it, are refining sanctioned crude into jet fuel and diesel and then re-selling it to countries across the world, including the UK.

Re-exporting processed oil is not illegal and does not breach the UK’s ban on Russian oil due to internationally recognized “rules of origin,” which define the country where crude was processed into fuel for commercial purposes as the country of origin.

However, the “refining loophole” comes in contrast to London’s claims that there have been no imports of Russian oil since 2022.

“The issue with this loophole is that it increases the demand for Russian crude and enables higher sales in terms of volume and pushing up their price as well,” Isaac Levi, head of CREA’s Europe-Russia policy and energy analysis, commented.

A separate research by campaign group Global Witness revealed that some 5.2 million barrels of refined petroleum products made of Russian oil were imported by the UK last year. Most of that volume, or about 4.6 million barrels, arrived in the form of jet fuel and was used in one in 20 UK flights.

Meanwhile, CREA estimated that in the twelve months since Western restrictions on Russian oil took effect in 2022, the UK imported some £569 million ($712.5 million) worth of oil products derived from sanctioned crude.

https://swentr.site/business/591912-uk-importing-russian-oil-ban/

ExomatrixTV

6th February 2024, 19:57

Why We're Interviewing Vladimir Putin:

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Ravenlocke

7th February 2024, 01:18

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Ravenlocke

7th February 2024, 01:23

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February 6️⃣. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

◾️Kiev is trying to destabilise the situation in Russia with terrorist attacks amid the failure of its military actions and the reduction of Western assistance, the head of Russian Federal Security Service Patrushev said.

◾️Russian air defences shot down 7 Ukrainian drones in the skies over Belgorod, the Defence Ministry said.

◾️The Russian military has improved its position along the front line in the Krasny Liman and southern Donetsk directions, while more favourable lines have been occupied in the Donetsk direction, the Russian Defence Ministry's summary shows.

◾️Kiev deliberately destroyed forests in Donbass before the start of the special military operation, LPR security officials said.

◾️The AFU lacks shells and other means of defeat, Ukrainian minister Danilov admitted.

◾️The European Commission has involved Ukraine in the development of the EU defence industry strategy, the head of the European Commission has said.

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Ravenlocke

7th February 2024, 01:27

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🇫🇮 A politician who called for killing Russians again became the Speaker of the Finnish Parliament.

Jussi Halla-aho from the True Finns party in 2023 ordered the inscription “For the Freedom of Finland” to be painted on a shell for a donation to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and then declared that it is “good to kill” Russians:

The killing of Russian soldiers is necessary, and we must help the Ukrainians kill them.
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Mike Gorman

7th February 2024, 07:53

Why We're Interviewing Vladimir Putin:

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Coming soon: bit.ly/3RCq6cc (https://bit.ly/3RCq6cc)

Isn't it incredible how Tucker's courageous interview with Putin is disturbing the force among the corporate media and intelligence community? The whole point of this media embargo on Russia was enforced was to prevent ordinary folks from applying rudimentary critical thinking and considering the motivation of Russia in attacking the Uke-Nazi regime, they have tried so desperately to manage the story! We need to project our best vibes (prayers) for Mr Carlson, he truly is our nearest and dearest friend! (All cynicism suspended)

ExomatrixTV

7th February 2024, 12:01

Oh SH*T! It's even worse than we thought in Ukraine:

These resold weapons we keep giving to Ukraine will eventually be used on US in the Middle East. The US government will discover this and claim it was Iran's weapons, and we will be sending more US military to make up for the ones lost to continue to be in jeopardy against US taxpayer armaments. The drunks are in charge of our own arsenals. Keep up the good work, cabinet of clowns in the pentagon.

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Kryztian

7th February 2024, 17:56

The Duran sums up the latest situation in Ukraine. Alexander Mercouris tries to remain objective as he states that this is "not good news for those have invested in Project Ukraine", but from his smile and joviality, you can tell where he is invested.

Zelensky "retreats into grandiosity" as he discounts the failures of Ukraine in the war and boasts of new plans for an offensive.

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Ravenlocke

7th February 2024, 19:14

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 Pfizer tests vaccine in Ukraine, 40 children die - Chicago Chronicle.

Video recordings and documents allegedly confirming the experiment and the fact of the death of children were made public by Anna Sakhno, an employee of the Kiev office of Pfizer. All the company’s activities were carried out with the approval of the president’s office, and even 40 deaths, as the publication writes, did not cause the experiment to be stopped.

The third wave of vaccinations with the same experimental vaccine will take place in Kiev in February 2024. - FRWL reports

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Ravenlocke

7th February 2024, 19:20

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The Hunger Games

🇺🇦⚡In Ukraine, a law on tightening the mobilization of the population to Zelensky’s slaughterhouse was adopted in the first reading. Nobody doubted it. The hunt for Ukrainians will continue with even greater ferocity. Not only everyone will be able to escape from Ukraine. - ISZ reports

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☠️🇺🇦 "All the men have been kidnapped": there are no men in the village in Kharkov region

Not far from Kupyansk, in the village of Shevchenkovo, mobilisation officers have kidnapped all the men. Locals believe that the mobilisation butchers are trying to mobilise as many men as possible to the AFU in order to "reduce the number of pro-Russian people".

Till the last Ukrainian...

@ukraine_watch

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7th February 2024, 20:28

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7th February 2024, 20:50

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(thread 1/2)❗️ US ‘hired gun’ neutralized by Russian forces in the Kherson region, Sputnik discovers

◾️The Ukrainian International Legion recently confirmed the death of Brendon J. Bowersox, a 35-year-old US mercenary, on the battlefield. They are now seeking donations to honor him. (photo 1);

◾️Brendon Bowersox was officially dismissed from the US Army in 2018 following a judgment issued by the US Court of Federal Claims, over his persistent abuse of cannabis, alcohol, and prescription drugs. (photo 2);

◾️According to an interview with Brendon's mother, Beth Bowersox, conducted by Task & Purpose, he arrived in Ukraine in September 2023. He made the decision to go there after he lost custody of his two children to their mother following their divorce. (photo 3);

thread 2/2) ◾️Beth Bowersox confirmed that Brendon had previously served as a Patriot missile operator in the US Army. In Ukraine, he served in the 37th Marine Brigade. (photo 4);

◾️The US mercenary was reportedly killed while attempting to cross the Dnepr river in the Kherson region. However, his body has not yet been recovered. (photo 5).

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Thumbs up and all clear: Russia rolls out swarm of mine-detecting drones

Developers from Grozny – the capital of the Chechen Republic in Russia’s North Caucasus, have created a swarm of drones to help sappers clear mines.

The swarm includes ten ultra-light unmanned aerial vehicles, which are capable of swiftly scanning a large area and drawing up a map of mines for further demining of hard-to-reach areas.

“Since demining the areas stipulates flying at low altitudes, the UAVs will be equipped with optical systems to track and avoid obstacles,” project engineer Islam Salamov from the Grozny State Petroleum Technical University, told reporters.

The swarm will be controlled with the help of a hybrid positioning system, which combines satellite and local communication system. It allows the drones in flight to exchange information about obstacles in the area and adjust the trajectory of movement, something that facilitates rapid scanning of the territories, Salamov specified.

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Michel Leclerc

7th February 2024, 21:19

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Thumbs up and all clear: Russia rolls out swarm of mine-detecting drones

Developers from Grozny – the capital of the Chechen Republic in Russia’s North Caucasus, have created a swarm of drones to help sappers clear mines.

The swarm includes ten ultra-light unmanned aerial vehicles, which are capable of swiftly scanning a large area and drawing up a map of mines for further demining of hard-to-reach areas.

“Since demining the areas stipulates flying at low altitudes, the UAVs will be equipped with optical systems to track and avoid obstacles,” project engineer Islam Salamov from the Grozny State Petroleum Technical University, told reporters.

The swarm will be controlled with the help of a hybrid positioning system, which combines satellite and local communication system. It allows the drones in flight to exchange information about obstacles in the area and adjust the trajectory of movement, something that facilitates rapid scanning of the territories, Salamov specified.

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Brightness added to the days.

This will help more heroic deminers – ...and civilians – ...and soldiers – remain alive.

Ravenlocke

7th February 2024, 21:36

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🚨 NGP intelligence reports on airstrikes on Avdeevka

Right now in Avdos, the Russian Aerospace Forces are hitting the AFU with FABs; the strikes are shaking the ground even on the outskirts of Donetsk.

At the moment there is a real fiery hell in Avdeevka.

Over the last 10 minutes, the flyers dropped 4 more cast-iron boar-breakers on the AFU heads.

It will be a long night for the enemy, we guarantee it. - IlRusso reports

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Vicus

8th February 2024, 16:17

Russian Strike Hit Foreign Specialists at Ukrainian Military Drone Factory in Nikolayev 3 hours ago

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During the special military operation, both sides of the conflict have increasingly relied on the use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), due to their versatility and effectiveness in various military operations. Drones are used for a variety of purposes, including reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition, and strikes.

Russian strikes on the night of February 8 in Nikolayev hit the Ekvator factory, where drones for the Ukrainian Armed Forces were being produced, Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of the Nikolayev resistance movement, told Sputnik, citing data from his comrades in the city itself, who passed on relevant photo and video footage.

"On the night of February 8, there were a number of attacks on military facilities in the city of Nikolayev. One of them came to the center of the city, on the factory Ekvator. The video shows an explosion in the factory shop," Lebedev said.

According to him, Ekvator was struck with three Russian drones: the first one hit a workshop where Ukrainian UAVs were being produced, while the second hit the factory's dormitory building, where Ukrainian militants and foreign specialists who helped assemble and customize the drones were located.

"The third explosion was the most powerful, hitting the central, inner part of the factory. According to our data, there were jeeps with military license plates and military equipment," Lebedev said.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240208/russian-strike-hit-foreign-specialists-at-ukrainian-military-drone-factory-in-nikolayev-1116665548.html

Vicus

8th February 2024, 16:42

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNt9pDAxecc

2 hours ago video

something very interesting: a Russian tank is attacked by drone and nothing happens...
thanks a new " ceiling"... some extra protection against drones! (some electro/magnetic
disturbance) I posted about some 2 months ago. MARK 3:17

Ravenlocke

8th February 2024, 17:32

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akhmut Butcher” - what is known about the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky?

✅ Russian by nationality, born in the village of Novinki in the Vladimir region;

✅ A graduate of the Moscow Combined Arms Command School, he started in the Soviet Army.

✅ ATO participant, served as chief of staff of the ATO/JFO group, commanded the unsuccessful defense of Debaltsevo;

✅ During the Northern Military District, he commanded the defense group of Kyiv and the autumn offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkov region;

✅ Associated with the Office of the President of Ukraine, many are considered the creation of Ermak and Zelensky.

✅ He became famous in a negative sense in 2023, first for the defense of Bakhmut, when he threw freshly formed mobilized units into battle against the attack aircraft of the Wagner PMC and the Russian Armed Forces, just to fulfill Zelensky’s task - to maintain the “Bakhmut Fort” as a media symbol.

It is considered a harbinger of bad events if he comes to one or another front-line city (no joke!)

Known for "meat assaults" on the flanks of Bakhmut during the summer "counterattack".

To sum up, we can say that his figure is extremely convenient for Zelensky - Syrsky, as a true servant, will follow all instructions coming from Kyiv and from “Western partners.”

For the Ukrainian military, he is an extremely inconvenient figure; Syrsky is not used to taking losses into account.

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Ravenlocke

8th February 2024, 17:42

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Breaking News: President Zelensky Meets with Zaluzhny and Dismisses Him – Parliamentarians and Media Report

Zelensky held a meeting with General Zaluzhny, ultimately leading to the latter's dismissal, as reported by both parliamentary sources and the media.

While neither Zelensky nor Zaluzhny explicitly mentioned the dismissal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (VSU), Zelensky did assert that there would be a change in the leadership of the VSU.

However, within the Parliament, direct statements have been made regarding Zaluzhny's removal from the position of VSU Commander-in-Chief.

President Zelensky stated, "I met with General Zaluzhny. I thanked him for two years of defending Ukraine. We discussed the necessary updates for the VSU. We also discussed who could be part of the renewed leadership of the VSU. The time for such renewal is now. I proposed to Valeriy Fedorovych to continue to be part of the team."

Zaluzhny commented on the meeting, saying, "A decision has been made regarding the necessity of changing approaches and strategy."

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Riot of police in Dnepr: The national police will disband the special-purpose regiment of the Main Directorate of the National Police of the region, everyone will go to the assault brigade "Lyut"

Police officers who refuse the transfer will be fired and given summonses.

@ukr_leaks_eng

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Ex-deputy of the presidential party “Servant of the People” Bogdan Torokhtiy has acquired two Mercedes G400 since the beginning of the Special Military Operation.

However, according to his tax declaration, the cost of each car is 10,000 UAH.

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8th February 2024, 17:55

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Elon Musk began supplying Starlink communication systems to the Russian military.

More than 10 Russian online stores have begun selling subscriber receiving equipment of the American Starlink satellite network. Unlike last year’s single sales of non-activated Starlink devices, this time deliveries to the Russian Federation are on a wholesale scale, and the kits have an activated account and a price that is at least half as low as last year’s.

The Starlink network does not work in the Russian Federation, but its signal is available in “new territories” and in Crimea. Merchants do not hide the fact that Starlink kits are addressed to SBO participants and are bought up by them in large quantities. - FRWL reports

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8th February 2024, 18:10

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100 Russian servicemen, who were in mortal danger in Ukrainian captivity, were returned, the Russian Ministry of Defense said, adding that 100 prisoners of war were transferred to the Kiev regime.

During the return of Russian military personnel from Ukrainian captivity, the United Arab Emirates provided humanitarian mediation, the Ministry of Defense stated.

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Ravenlocke

8th February 2024, 18:18

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Who is Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s new Commander-in-Chief?

Valery Zaluzhny is out as the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The torch has now been passed to Oleksandr Syrsky, a senior officer in Ukraine’s military command.

Gen. Syrsky, born and raised in Russia’s Vladimir Region, led the Ukrainian campaign to try to hold the line in Artemovsk (Bakhmut), a strategic settlement in the Donbass, and then mounted a subsequent “counteroffensive” of Artemovsk, failing both times and getting tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers killed. Russian forces ended up liberating the city, thus gaining better strategic ground in this area.

What else do we know about Syrsky’s background in the army?

🔺In 2019, Zelensky appointed Syrsky as the commander of the Ukrainian ground forces;

🔺On August 23, 2020, he was promoted to the rank of colonel-general;

🔺After the start of the special military op, Syrsky led the “defense” of Kiev, for which Zelensky gave him the “Hero of Ukraine” title;

🔺In 2014, Syrsky was in charge of covering Ukrainian forces exit from the so-called Debaltsevo Couldron, a major battle between Kiev regime forces and defenders of Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics. Syrsky received the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky for the ‘successful completion of the combat mission.” Many Ukrainian soldiers, however, blamed Syrsky for failing the operation due to heavy losses.

In December, 2022 Syrsky told the Economist that "the Russians aren’t idiots." "They aren’t weak. Anyone who underestimates [them] is headed for defeat,” he prophesized.

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⚡️Zelensky said that he appointed Syrsky as commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Syrsky first commanded the defense of Artemovsk, and then the counter-offensive near Artemovsk, as a result of which he successfully lost both battles, losing several tens of thousands of people killed

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8th February 2024, 18:28

Ravenlocke

8th February 2024, 18:46

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🇷🇺 The Russian Electoral Committee announced the registration of four presidential candidates:

🔺Vladimir Putin, running as an independent candidate

🔺Vladislav Davankov, the State Duma Deputy Chair and member of the liberal ‘New People’ Party

🔺MP Leonid ****sky, the chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs and head of the Liberal Democratic Party.

🔺MP Nikolai Kharitonov, member of the Communist Party.

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⚡️A Russian strike hit an AFU drone factory in Nikolaev today, underground coordinator Sergey Lebedev said.

Another attack hit the factory's dormitory building, which housed Ukrainian fighters and foreign specialists.

A factory producing reinforced concrete products was also hit - the underground repeatedly registered military trucks there.

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Who is Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s new Commander-in-Chief?Well, he's not a very good military commander. But he's the guy who got the job when the only other contender was intelligence chief Budanov, skilled in covert operations but with zero experience of commanding even the smallest unit in battle.

The choice is significant, because if Budanov had replaced Zaluzhny, it'd have signified that the plan from here on out was to scale the conventional operations right down and focus on covert insurgency (terrorism) instead. It means that the US is determined (somehow!) to continue the conventional war.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 US Senate votes to advance foreign aid package with assistance for Ukraine and Israel

The US Senate held a key vote on Thursday to advance a $95.3 billion foreign aid package that provides assistance for Israel and Ukraine after Republicans blocked a broader bill that included border security measures earlier this week.

The major foreign aid package now moves one step closer to a final passage vote, which could still be days away.

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Ravenlocke

8th February 2024, 18:54

Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer: Ukraine On Life Support

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9th February 2024, 14:28

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Who is Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine’s new Commander-in-Chief?Well, he's not a very good military commander. But he's the guy who got the job when the only other contender was intelligence chief Budanov, skilled in covert operations but with zero experience of commanding even the smallest unit in battle.

The choice is significant, because if Budanov had replaced Zaluzhny, it'd have indicated that the plan from here on out was to scale the conventional operations right down and focus on covert insurgency (terrorism) instead. It means that the US is determined (somehow!) to continue the conventional war.More on Syrsky from The Moon of Alabama. :)

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/02/ukraine-sitrep-an-unliked-new-commander-a-critical-lack-of-infantry.html#more

Ukraine SitRep: A Hated New Commander - Critical Lack of Infantry

The Ukrainian President Zelenski has fired the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces General Zaluzny.

Zaluzny was replaced by General Syrski, a somewhat unexpected choice as Syrski is hated by the troops for pushing them into meat grinders without a perspective of winning. Syrski, who was born as a Russian, had lost the cauldron battles of Debaltsevo (2015), Soledar (2023) and Bakhmut (2023). Currently Avdeevka is in a cauldron and likely to fall.

Rumors say that Syrski already ordered reserves to reinforce the troops in Avdeevka. Russian FAB bombs will welcome them (https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/02/ukraine-sitrep-finally-a-wonder-weapon-that-does-what-it-promised-to-do.html).

The Economist describes Syrski (https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/02/08/the-dismissal-of-valery-zaluzhny-is-a-crucial-new-phase-in-the-war) as thus:
General Syrsky has a reputation for being willing to engage the enemy, even if the cost in men and machines is high. He is a divisive figure who provokes strong reactions from serving officers. Some praise his professionalism, others say he terrifies his subordinates and rules by fear. He is less likely to question the priorities of his president. As he takes on the top job, he will have to soften his style of command and learn to speak truth to power. The reorganisation will also cause disruption as officers shift to new positions in the chain of command. It is important that these changes do not degrade Ukraine’s capacity to fight. Before long, the country will need a new mobilisation even if General Syrsky uses his troops mostly for defence—as, for now, he should.
Simplicius discusses the most plausible reason (https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/zaluzhny-finally-dismissed-as-chaos) why Zalauzny got fired and Syrski promoted:
Ask yourself, why would Zelensky appoint a commander that the entire armed forces allegedly hates? In fact, this is a ‘design feature’ not a bug.
Recall that the reason Zaluzhny was given the boot was he had become too powerful: he was too loved by the troops, and by the people. Why? One of the reasons is likely because he fought for the troops multiple times. In early 2023, documents were leaked showing that he nearly begged Zelensky to pull troops back from Bakhmut, but the narco-Fuhrer refused, wanting it as a symbolic city defense—perhaps taken with romantic delusions of Stalingrad.
During the grand summer ‘counteroffensive’, Zaluzhny pulled the brigades of the 10th Army Corps back and began to use them sparingly—much to the chagrin and disapproval of US sponsors—after the initial first few wipes devastated columns of Leopards and Bradleys along the infamous road of death near Rabotino and Mala Tokmachka.
Recently it was claimed Zaluzhny likewise attempted to get Avdeevka totally withdrawn. It does not seem that he likes to waste men for what he knows to be fruitless efforts. Syrsky on the other hand appears glad to grind them down.
So, has it become obvious yet? Zelensky needs a commander-in-chief he can control, someone not universally loved by the troops; someone who cannot use those troops at a time of opportunity to ‘march on Kiev’ and oust Zelensky from his citadel. Syrsky appears to fit the perfect prototypical role: undefiant, unpopular, uncharismatic, and most importantly, untempted by political ambitions—the ideal subserviant factotum to Zelensky’s regime.
There is no word yet what Zaluzny is going to do. He has the respect of the troops and good relations (https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/02/the-moa-week-in-review-ot-2024-039.html) with the 'nationalists', i.e. the Nazi fringe militia of Ukraine. He also has the support of some politicians opposed to Zelenski.

A coup is thereby a possible outcome of this change.

Yesterday a Washington Post article, sources from interviews at the Ukrainian front, describes the utter shamble (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/08/ukraine-soldiers-shortage-infantry-russia/) the Ukrainian forces are in:
In interviews across the front line in recent days, nearly a dozen soldiers and commanders told The Washington Post that personnel deficits were their most critical problem now, as Russia has regained the offensive initiative on the battlefield and is stepping up its attacks. One battalion commander in a mechanized brigade fighting in eastern Ukraine said that his unit currently has fewer than 40 infantry troops — the soldiers deployed in front-line trenches who hold off Russian assaults. A fully equipped battalion would have more than 200, the commander said.
Under normal circumstances a mechanized battalion is supposed to hold a 3 kilometer long frontline. With only 40 infantry soldiers available that becomes an impossible task. The further deterioration from that depleted state will be rapid.
Oleksandr, a battalion commander, said the companies in his unit on average are staffed at about 35 percent of what they should be. A second battalion commander from an assault brigade said that is typical for units that carry out combat tasks. Asked how many new soldiers he has received — not including those who have returned after injuries — Oleksandr said his battalion was sent five people over the past five months. He and other commanders said the new recruits tend to be poorly trained, creating a dilemma about whether to send someone immediately onto the battlefield because reinforcements are needed so badly, even though they are likely to get injured or killed because they lack the know-how.
“The basis of everything is the lack of people,” Oleksandr said.
“Where are we going? I don’t know,” he added. “There’s no positive outlook. Absolutely none. It’s going to end in a lot of death, a global failure. And most likely, I think, the front will collapse somewhere like it did for the enemy in 2022, in the Kharkiv region.”
The new Ukrainian mobilization law, which is supposed to refill the army with fresh bodies, is still creeping through the Ukrainian parliament. It will likely come into force only by April. The first new troops conscripted under it will take until July to be combat capable. One wonders is the current Ukrainian army can hold that long.

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9th February 2024, 18:04

Ravenlocke

9th February 2024, 19:29

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❗️NATO to chair 'Ramstein' meetings on Ukraine

The German newspaper Handelsblatt reports that the US and NATO want to chair a 'contact group on Ukraine's defence' to coordinate military aid to Ukraine. Germany is opposed.

Jens Stoltenberg and Jake Sullivan, the US president's national security adviser, made the proposal.

"The Alliance's motto has always been that it does not want to go to war with Russia under any circumstances. But now the taboo has been broken. One reason: the fear of Donald Trump's return. NATO wants to coordinate the supply of military aid to Ukraine", - says in the material.

German journalists say that Berlin is sceptical about the proposal because it will "convince Russia that NATO is waging a war against it".

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Ravenlocke

9th February 2024, 19:35

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🇨🇦Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ignored the question of his office inviting Ukrainian Nazi Yaroslav Hunka (Hunka) to the country’s parliament.

And Russian President Vladimir Putin called the mention of this episode in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson an element of Russian propaganda.

📝 “Of course, he (Putin - ed.) will use any propaganda he can, but I can say that Canadians will not be fooled. Canada supports Ukraine not only because we are friends of Ukraine, but also because the rules-based order, the legal system and the UN Charter protect all of us, not just Ukrainians. We will support Ukraine as long as necessary,” said the Canadian Prime Minister.

In an interview with Carlson, Putin said that denazification, which is stated as one of the goals of the special military operation in Ukraine, means getting rid of people who promote the theory and practice of Nazism. As an example, he cited the appearance of the Nazi Hunka in the Canadian parliament during Zelensky’s visit. - Ostashko reports

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9th February 2024, 19:40

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9th February 2024, 19:52

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bojancan

9th February 2024, 20:05

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky sacked the country's army chief, General Zaluzhny amid growing friction between the two leaders. Zaluzhny, who has led Ukraine's army since 2019, helped successfully defend several of Kyiv's regions after Russia's invasion in 2022. However, he has been at odds with Zelensky, and had admitted that Ukraine's war has reached a stalemate in 2023. As Zelensky replaces Zaluzhny with ground forces commander Syrsky- can this change help revive Kyiv's campaign against Moscow? Palki Sharma explores....

Amid Growing Friction, Zelensky Sacks Ukraine's Military Chief

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Ravenlocke

9th February 2024, 20:06

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9th February 2024, 20:17

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Ball in NATO’s court on ending Ukrainian crisis

“I think that the most important message in Putin's interview [to Tucker Carlson] is that Russia is ready for a political or diplomatic solution of the Ukraine conflict,” Russian international affairs observer Dmitry Suslov told Sputnik.

“But it requires a political will from the United States. Putin identified the concrete conditions on which Russia would be ready to end the conflict through diplomacy. And this is first, the recognition of the current territorial settlement. Putin bluntly said that it's up for NATO to look for and to find a form which could be, I mean, not humiliating for them, but accepts the current territorial settlement. Secondly, Istanbul communique [agreed in the spring of 2022, before the West forced Kiev to break off negotiations, ed.],” Suslov, the deputy director of the Center for European and International Studies at Russia’s Higher School of Economics, said.

“Thirdly, he identified in a very detailed way the condition of denazification and explained what it means, and also, mentioned that it was partly included into the Istanbul communique. So, I think that this is a very important message, that if the United States is ready for serious negotiation on the basis of these conditions, Russia would not hesitate to resume and to start those negotiations,” the observer noted.

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Russian tankers of the military group "Yug" smash the enemy near Donetsk

The modernized T-90M Proryv tanks advance to the fire positions using the terrain, eliminate the Ukrainian servicemen in their shelters, suppress their firing positions, and allow Russian assault groups to advance further into the enemy's defense lines.

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Syrsky’s command will see more ‘meat assaults’ driven by fanatical loyalty to Zelensky

Newly picked Ukrainian Armed Forces commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky is “absolutely loyal to the current government. He is ready to continue the policy of ‘meat assaults’ and it is easier for him to do this, since his reputation allows for it,” Nikolai Kostikin, an expert from the Military-Political Analysis Bureau think tank, told Sputnik.

“Ukraine’s Armed Forces now have prospects for the continued mass slaughter of their personnel. And it is not Ukrainians who command Ukrainian troops. The policy of meat assaults will continue until the front collapses like dominos,” Kostikin said, adding that “so far, Syrsky has proven himself only as a ‘cauldron general’, responsible, in the minds of Ukrainian officers, for the defeat at Debaltsevo in 2015.”

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Ravenlocke

9th February 2024, 20:28

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Ukrainian forces lose up to 300 servicemen in Donetsk area over past 24 hours — top brass

According to the report, Russian forces repulsed five Ukrainian army attacks in the Kupyansk area, eliminating roughly 185 enemy troops over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine

MOSCOW, February 9. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces lost roughly 300 servicemen in the Donetsk area over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"In the Donetsk area, Russia’s Battlegroup South occupied more favorable positions, inflicted fire damage on the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian 3rd, 5th assault, 17th tank, 81st airmobile, 93rd mechanized brigades near Krasnoye, Kirovo, Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka and Andreyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). Also, two attacks by assault teams of the Ukrainian 79th airborne assault and 24th mechanized brigades were repelled," the ministry said, adding that the enemy lost up to 300 servicemen, five vehicles, a D-20 howitzer and a D-30 gun.

In addition, Russian forces hit two Ukrainian drone control centers, an electronic warfare station and two munitions depots in the Donetsk direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

South Donetsk area

In the south Donetsk area, the enemy’s losses amounted to over 190 personnel, two tanks, six motor vehicles and a Msta-B howitzer over the past day, the Russian military said.

Units from the Battlegroup East operating in interaction with aircraft inflicted damage on the Ukrainian army’s personnel and equipment of the 31st mechanized brigade and the 105th territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Priyutnoye in the Zaporozhye Region and Staromaiorskoye in the DPR, the Defense Ministry specified.

Krasny Liman area

Over the past 24-hour period, the Russian army has improved frontline positions and repelled two Ukrainian attacks near Krasny Liman, the Defense Ministry said in a report.

"In the Krasny Liman area the battlegroup group Center improved positions along the frontline and with artillery support repelled two attacks by assault groups of Ukraine’s 63rd mechanized brigade and 5th brigade of the National Guard in the areas of Chervonaya Dibrova, in the Lugansk People's Republic and Grigorovka, in the Donetsk People's Republic," the report reads.

Kupyansk area

According to the report, Russian forces repulsed five Ukrainian army attacks in the Kupyansk area, eliminating roughly 185 enemy troops over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine.

"In the Kupyansk direction, units of Russia’s battlegroup West repelled five attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 30th, 44th mechanized brigades as well as of the National Guard’s 18th brigade near the settlements of Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region and Terny in the Donetsk People’s Republic [DPR]," the Defense Ministry stated.

"The enemy’s losses totaled up to 185 personnel, two pickup trucks and a US-manufactured M119 artillery gun," the ministry specified.

Kherson area

Russian forces struck units from the 37th marine brigade and the 121st territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"Near the Kherson sector of the line of engagement, units from [Ukraine’s] 37th marine brigade and 121st territorial defense brigade were hit near Tyaginka and Mikhailovka in the Kherson Region. The Ukrainians lost roughly 50 troops, five cars and a D-30 howitzer," the ministry said.

Air strikes

Russian forces destroyed two S-300 missile launchers and a radar in the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said in the report.

"Operational-tactical aviation and drones as well as missile and artillery crews of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed two S-300 missile launchers and a radar and hit Ukrainian manpower and military equipment in 118 areas," according to the report.

Tally of destroyed equipment

Since the beginning of the special military operation, as many as 570 planes, 265 helicopters, 12,137 unmanned aerial vehicles, 464 air defense systems, 14,953 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,218 multiple rocket launch systems, 8,000 artillery systems and mortars, and 18,404 special combat motor vehicles have been destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry concluded.

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Russian servicemen released from Ukrainian captivity arrive in Moscow

"All the released are provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance," the Russian Defense Ministry pointed out

MOSCOW, February 9. /TASS/. Russian troops freed from Ukrainian captivity have been transported to Moscow for treatment and rehabilitation, the Russian Defense Ministry has informed.

"The released POWs were transported to Moscow by Russian Air Force military transport aircraft to undergo treatment and rehabilitation in Russian Defense Ministry medical facilities. All the released are provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance," the ministry pointed out.

The department published a related video on its official Telegram channel. "I cannot believe it; we are so glad to be safe and sound. These are our first hours on our native land. We got a great welcome here, they gave us new clothes, it's nice that they were waiting for us," one of the Russian soldiers said in the video.

The Defense Ministry said on Thursday that 100 Russian servicemen had been released from Kiev-controlled territory and the same number of Ukrainian POWs had been sent in return. The authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) provided humanitarian mediation assistance for the return of Russian servicemen from Ukrainian captivity, the ministry added.

The previous exchange was announced on January 31. Back then, following negotiations, 195 Russian servicemen were returned from Kiev-controlled territory and 195 Ukrainian armed forces soldiers were transferred to Ukraine in exchange.

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Jaak

9th February 2024, 20:33

The Ukrainian President Zelenski has fired the commander in chief of the Ukrainian armed forces General Zaluzny.

Zaluzny was replaced by General Syrski, a somewhat unexpected choice as Syrski is hated by the troops for pushing them into meat grinders without a perspective of winning.

It seems like the world is experiencing two genocidal wars at the moment. One is designed to kill Palestinians (Moslems and Christians) and the other is focused on genociding Ukrainian men. Horrifying and sad.

And in both conflicts the ¨chosen people¨ seem to be playing significant role.Like jewish gangster billionaire Ihor Kolomoyski who created and financed most of these Ukrainian neonazi militias like Dnepr,Tornado,Azov etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihor_Kolomoyskyi If you havent heard about this guy then read up. Seems Zelenski is wiping out both him and his useful idiot nazis who have now become a threat to secure his throne.Supposedly the plane that prisoner plane that got shot down recently was full of Azov guys ?
While he was governor of Dnipropetrovsk he pretty much ethnicly cleansed the region from russians with his nazi militias and israeli mercenaries while creating many massgraves that most still havent heard of.
Zelenski got him locked up not so long ago on corruption charges and alot of his wealth got confiscated. Them chosen people are blinded by their own greed and keep going at each others throats to get more wealth and power...Like it happened when they created soviet union..

Persia kicked out the satanic talmudic jews who ended up in Khazaria and eventually took it over and became the ruling class.Russia destroyed Khazaria and khazarian jews escaped to ukraine/poland/lithuania.Khazar jews then destroyed russia with bolshevik revolution/soviet union.Most if not all Israeli prime ministers have been born in soviet union,none in israel.

¨Before Crimea Was an Ethnic Russian Stronghold, It Was a Potential Jewish Homeland¨
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/crimea-as-jewish-homeland

https://www.rbth.com/history/326412-stalin-jewish-autonomous-region-russia

More information about the chosen people and Ukraine -
¨Israel’s Secret Plan for a "Second Israel" in Ukraine¨ (Dec 12,2014)
https://redice.tv/news/israel-s-secret-plan-for-a-second-israel-in-ukraine

The role of Jewish figures and that of the State of Israel in the Ukrainian crisis has not gone unnoticed considering that this community represents less than 1 percent of the population. However, a secret report in the hands of the Netanyahu administration confirms that Ashkenazi Jews do not originate from the Levant, but are the descendants of the Khazars. This little-known population founded a Jewish empire in the tenth century on the banks of the Black Sea. Therefore, some Zionists see in Ukraine a possible second Israel.

The Times of Israel, an independent Israeli newspaper that counts among its staff a number of former reporters for the Israeli daily Ha’aretz, published a fascinating but largely overlooked story datelined Jerusalem and Zhitomir, Ukraine, March 16, 2014, and which was written by its respective Russian and Ukrainian correspondents, Hirsh Ostropoler and I. Z. Grosser-Spass, citing a secret report provided to the Israeli government . The report, written by a select panel of scholars of Jewish history drawn from academia and other research centers, concluded that that European Jews are in fact descended from Khazars, a war-like Mongol-Tatar group that ruled over Ukraine and southern Russia, which mass-converted to Judaism in the eighth century AD.

Zionists have long argued that the land claimed by Israel was the biblical birthright of the Jewish people who were forced from the land in a so-called «diaspora» after repeated conquests by various empires. Proof that Ashkenazi Jews, which make up a majority of the Israeli Jewish population, have no historical link to Palestine would call into question the entire premise of Israel as the historical «5,000-year old» homeland of the Jewish people.

The Israeli journalists noted that any conversation of the Khazars and modern Israel has always been met with disdain by Israeli leaders. They quote Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir as once saying, «Khazar, Schmazar. There is no Khazar people. I knew no Khazars. In Kiev. Or Milwaukee. Show me these Khazars of whom you speak». DNA proof that a migratory Khazar population from Europe is now claiming ancient roots in Palestine largely eliminates Zionist claims to the region.
The evidence that eastern and central European Jews have no historical claim to Palestine has resulted in a flurry of activity in Israel and abroad. The Israeli Knesset will soon vote on a bill passed by the Israeli Cabinet that legalizes Israel as a Jewish «national state». Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who read the secret report on the Khazars, has declared that «Israel is the Jewish, nationalist state for the Jewish people». With the Ashkenazi claims to Israel tenuous, at best, Netanyahu, his Likud Party, and his Jewish Orthodox and West Bank settler party allies have no other choice but to aggressively stake their nationalist claims to not only Israel but also to the West Bank – which the nationalists refer to as «Judea and Samaria».
The Times of Israel’s explosive story about the Khazarian roots of the Ashkenazis also revealed that Israel, knowing that a Palestinian state is inevitable considering the increasing pressure for it from Europe, is preparing to resettle Ashkenazi settlers in the West Bank to Ukraine. Israel’s advanced research in genetics resulted in a direct DNA line being established between Israel’s Ashkenazis and the Khazars who were dispersed across eastern and central Europe after Russia conquered the Khazarian Empire in the 11th century.
Israelis and their Zionist allies around the world have always accused proponents of the Khazarian-Ashkenazi genetic connection of deep-rooted anti-Semitism. However, the genetic research contained in the secret Israeli report confirms what Israeli historian Shlomo Sand revealed in his book, «The Invention of the Jewish People». The concept of the Khazarian bloodline was first broached by Hungarian historian Arthur Koestler in his 1976 «The Thirteenth Tribe».

The Times of Israel reporters quoted an unnamed aide to Netanyahu who revealed the plans for Israeli emigration to Ukraine: «We first thought that admitting we are really Khazars was one way to get around [Palestinian President Mahmoud] Abbas’s insistence that no Jew can remain in a Palestinian state. Maybe we were grasping at straws. But when he refused to accept that, it forced us to think about more creative solutions. The Ukrainian invitation for the Jews to return was a godsend. Relocating all the settlers within Israel in a short time would be difficult for reasons of logistics and economics. We certainly don’t want another fashlan like the expulsion of the settlers in the Gaza Hitnatkut [disengagement]».

Ostropoler and Grosser-Spass also quoted an anonymous Israeli intelligence source as saying: «We’re not talking about all the Ashkenazi Jews going back to Ukraine. Obviously that is not practical. The press as usual exaggerates and sensationalizes; this is why we need military censorship».

Ravenlocke

9th February 2024, 21:51

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🇺🇦 Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Shaptala fired

Major General Bargilevich was appointed in his place.

Previously, Bargilevich commanded the TrO forces. At the beginning of the Northern Military District, he was placed in one of the defense sectors of Kyiv near Gostomel.

❗️Zelensky continues to purge Zaluzhny’s allies.

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9th February 2024, 21:59

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February 9️⃣. Special military operation progress, stay tuned for tomorrow:

◾️In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Putin says he wants a negotiated settlement to the situation in Ukraine.

◾️Russia and Ukraine will come to an agreement sooner or later, relations between the nations will be restored anyway, the Russian president believes.

◾️Russia has not yet achieved the goals of the special military operation because one of them is denazification, Putin told Carlson.

◾️Zaluzhny's resignation and Syrsky's appointment as AFU commander-in-chief will not change the course of the special military operation, Peskov said.

◾️Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the zone of the special military operation - he visited the command post of one of the units of the Western grouping of troops and held a meeting at the headquarters of the joint grouping.

◾️Shoigu instructed to conduct more active reconnaissance of the entire depth of the AFU's defences and to act proactively, as well as to maintain special control over the supply of troops in the zone of the special military operation.

◾️Russian forces improved their position on the front line in the direction of Krasny Liman and occupied more favourable lines and positions in the direction of Donetsk, the Defence Ministry said in its summary.

◾️The Russian air defence intercepted and destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones overnight over the territories of the Kursk , Bryansk and Orel regions, the Krasnodar region and the Black Sea, the Defence Ministry said.

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9th February 2024, 22:35

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Politico: Ukrainian soldiers call Syrsky “butcher and General 200”

from Anti-Spiegel

February 9, 2024 1:16 p.m

A Ukrainian soldier said in an interview with Politico that the appointment of the new commander-in-chief is unlikely to lead to positive results

The new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, Aleksander Syrsky, is extremely unpopular among the soldiers. They refer to him as “Butcher and General 200.” Politico reports this, citing Ukrainian soldiers.

“A very bad decision,” a Ukrainian commander commented on Syrsky’s appointment to Politico on condition of anonymity. His point of view was supported by another soldier who said that the appointment of the new commander-in-chief is unlikely to lead to positive results for Ukraine. According to Politico's interviewees, the military nicknamed Syrsky "Butcher" and "General 200" because of his tendency to risk the lives of his soldiers. ( Translator's note: In the Russian and Ukrainian armies, fallen soldiers are referred to as “200s”. A “Transport 200”, for example, is a transport of fallen soldiers )

Syrsky was unpopular with soldiers, Politico said, because he led Ukrainian forces in the Battle of Artyomovsk (Ukrainian name: Bakhmut), in which many Ukrainian soldiers were killed.

Rumors about the resignation of the former head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Saluzhny appeared back on January 29, and since then the topic has not gone silent in the Ukrainian and Western media. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced Saluzhny's resignation and Syrsky's appointment on the evening of February 8, but the decrees were not published for a long time. Zelensky thanked Saluzhny for his work as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and offered him to stay “in the team.” It is not known whether the general accepted this offer. At the same time, the Ukrainian head of state pointed out Ukraine's stagnation at the front. He expects Syrsky to present an action plan for the armed forces for 2024 and the presentation of the “reset team” in the coming days.

Syrsky was born in the Vladimir region in 1965 and graduated from the Moscow Combined Arms Higher School. Zelensky described him as “the most experienced Ukrainian commander.”

Translation from the Russian news agency TASS

Michel Leclerc

9th February 2024, 23:35

Kryztian

9th February 2024, 23:42

Nuland told Zelensky not to fire top general – The Times
The State Department’s number two reportedly tried to save Valery Zaluzhny’s job
https://www.rt.com/russia/592203-nuland-zaluzhny-kiev-zelensky/

US Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland was unhappy with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s plan to fire General Valery Zaluzhny and offered to “smooth over” the differences between the two, The Times reported on Friday.

Zelensky fired Zaluzhny as commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces on Thursday. Nuland was in Kiev at the end of January, as rumors of Zaluzhny’s impending dismissal began to gain traction. In a meeting with the US ambassador to Kiev, Bridget Brink, and Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, she supposedly offered to help bridge the gap between the president and his top military leader.

Citing a source privy to the meeting, The Times reported that Nuland was “unhappy to see Zaluzhny go” and offered to “smooth over misunderstandings.”

Umerov reportedly told Nuland that Zaluzhny had “reacted with skepticism” to Zelensky’s public statements and direct orders, going so far as to negotiate directly with Western countries about weapons deliveries behind the Defense Ministry’s back.

Zelensky was unhappy that the general would not provide any plans for his 2024 military campaigns, Umerov is said to have told Nuland.

Russia’s chief delegate to the military security and arms control talks in Vienna, Konstantin Gavrilov, had identified the Zaluzhny affair as the reason for Nuland’s visit long before the Times.

“Nuland flew there for a good reason, apparently to sort things out and clear up this conflict between Zelensky and Zaluzhny and to find out what is really happening and how it might all end,” Gavrilov told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on February 1. He also predicted that a reconciliation is “unlikely” because things between the two have “gone too far.”

Officially, the US has neither supported nor opposed Zaluzhny’s replacement. Within days of Nuland’s visit, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told American media that “we’re just not going to get embroiled in that particular decision.”

Currently the acting deputy to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Nuland was previously in charge of European and Eurasian affairs at the State Department. In December 2013, she visited Ukraine to hand out pastries to the armed protesters in Kiev’s central square. She was then taped discussing how to “midwife this thing” just days before the February 2014 coup that overthrew the elected Ukrainian government and triggered a conflict with Russia over Crimea and Donbass.

Michel Leclerc

9th February 2024, 23:43

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Newly picked Ukrainian Armed Forces commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky is “absolutely loyal to the current government. He is ready to continue the policy of ‘meat assaults’ and it is easier for him to do this, since his reputation allows for it,” Nikolai Kostikin, an expert from the Military-Political Analysis Bureau think tank, told Sputnik.

“Ukraine’s Armed Forces now have prospects for the continued mass slaughter of their personnel. And it is not Ukrainians who command Ukrainian troops. The policy of meat assaults will continue until the front collapses like dominos,” Kostikin said, adding that “so far, Syrsky has proven himself only as a ‘cauldron general’, responsible, in the minds of Ukrainian officers, for the defeat at Debaltsevo in 2015.”

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1756000682195239229

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 01:44

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Bill Ryan

10th February 2024, 11:42

https://x.com/dana916/status/1756130726292894165
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Imran Khan coming back as president of Pakistan will be a significant loss for the West and a win for Russia. Pakistan sold Ukraine artillery shells.
Just a note here to reference this other important Avalon thread.

Pakistan: Imran Khan jailed for 14 years (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?118295-Pakistan-Imran-Khan-jailed-for-14-years)

I just changed that thread title to update it with the development of his imprisonment, which is a dreadful and totally corrupt thing to have happened. But remarkably, despite all attempts (including many by the US) to repress and cancel them, his party has won the recent election.

So that means that unless there's more election interference from the US or other agencies, Imran's party's international policies will be continued, and that's the point of this tweet. Imran was targeted specifically because he was very much aligned with Russia and wanted Pakistan to remain geopolitically neutral.

Imran would indeed again be Prime Minister (he never was 'President') were he to be released from prison, which is possible but would entail a great deal of unrest, conflict and international controversy were that to occur. It's a fascinating situation, an important one to watch carefully, and just about anything at all could happen in Pakistan right now.

Bill Ryan

10th February 2024, 13:29

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Syrsky’s command will see more ‘meat assaults’ driven by fanatical loyalty to Zelensky

Newly picked Ukrainian Armed Forces commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky is “absolutely loyal to the current government. He is ready to continue the policy of ‘meat assaults’ and it is easier for him to do this, since his reputation allows for it,” Nikolai Kostikin, an expert from the Military-Political Analysis Bureau think tank, told Sputnik.

“Ukraine’s Armed Forces now have prospects for the continued mass slaughter of their personnel. And it is not Ukrainians who command Ukrainian troops. The policy of meat assaults will continue until the front collapses like dominos,” Kostikin said, adding that “so far, Syrsky has proven himself only as a ‘cauldron general’, responsible, in the minds of Ukrainian officers, for the defeat at Debaltsevo in 2015.”

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1756000682195239229

1756000682195239229I knew this about Syrsky's parents in Russia — but not about his son in Australia.

https://t.me/DDGeopolitics/101160

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The Australian son of General Syrskiy the newly appointed head of Ukraine's military has publicly denounced his own father calling him "scum".
Plot twist: Syrski's own son is a staunch Russian Patriot and General Syrski's parents live in Russia!
DDGeopolitics/101160

Vicus

10th February 2024, 17:12

Russian Strikes Hit Oil Depot, Ports In Ukrainian Rear Regions. Kiev Failed To Respond 10.02.2024

On the night of February 10, new wave of Russian strikes hit Ukrainian military and industrial facilities in the rear regions. In their turn, Ukrainian forces attempted another attack on the Crimean peninsula and Russian border regions.

An air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine since the evening of February 9, when Kiev reported that its “reconnaissance had noted the departure of the Russian MiG-31K carrier of hypersonic weapons from one of the Russian airfield .” However, the local sources later reported drone strikes in the southern regions of Ukraine.

A series of explosions thundered in the Mykolaiv and Odessa regions. At least three of them were reported in the port town of Ochakov, where warehouses with Ukrainian naval drones were reportedly destroyed. More Russian drones struck Ukrainian military facilities in the ports of Kilia and Izmail located on the Danube coast.

The Russian night attack was not limited by the southern regions. The border Kharkiv region came under another wave of strikes. A series of explosions thundered in the region. As a result of the drone strike, a large fire destroyed an oil depot in the city of Kharkiv. The local authorities attempted to assure their audience that the attack destroyed a civilian petrol station but footage from the city revealed their lie.

Other targets of the Russian attack last night included Ukrainian military facilities in the Sumy region and in the western areas of the Donetsk People’s Republic which are under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including the areas near the town of Pakrovsk which is struck on a regular basis.

In its turn, the Ukrainian military attempted to attack Russian rear regions with UAVs and naval drones.

According to the official reports by the Russian Ministry of Defense, over the past night, three Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in the Bryansk region. According to the Russian MoD, on the evening of February 9, Kiev attempted a terrorist attack on civilian ships in the south-western waters of the Black Sea. Russian patrol boats deployed in the area repelled the attack, destroying one unmanned boat with artillery fire and intercepting several others with EW means.

Amid the ongoing attempts of the Ukrainian military to launch constant attacks in the Black Sea region, Russian daily precision strikes on the Ukrainian military facilities in the southern Odessa and Mykolaiv regions are likely to resume.

https://southfront.press/russian-strikes-hit-oil-depot-ports-in-ukrainian-rear-regions-kiev-failed-to-respond/

Vicus

10th February 2024, 17:19

Doom Hung Over Kiev. Rats Fight For Handouts And Prepare To Jump Ship 09.02.2024

The tide of the Ukrainian conflict is making a not really unexpected, but still unfortunate turn for Kyiv and globalist forces that made a bet on it. The recent series of failures made the regime a lame duck in the eyes of its puppeteers and sponsors. This situation worsened because of the further increasing levels of corruption, incompetence and a strengthening internal struggle for power within the top Ukrainian leadership.

This is happening amid the looming threat of the painful defeat in Avdeevka. A large heavily fortified Ukrainian stronghold on the outskirts of Donetsk is balancing on the edge of collapse. The Russian troops gnaw through Ukrainian defenses on the streets, taking the Ukrainian grouping into a cauldron. Russian warplanes are grinding Ukrainian positions with dozens of heavy bombs dropped every night.

On the northern Donbass frontlines, Russian troops entered the village of Belogorovka. As a result of heavy battles, they took control of the industrial zone and continue further assaults. In the Southern Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian military lost control of the eastern part of Novomikhailovka.

At the same time, the Russian air defense forces are quite successfully fighting NATO-supplied drones and missiles. On the night of February 9 alone, 19 Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted in five Russian regions.

Together with the failure of the “summer counter-offensive” that cost Kyiv hundreds of NATO-supplied armored vehicles and more than 100,000 personnel, it becomes hard for Ukrainian public leaders to put a brave face on a sorry business. They prefer to blame whipping boys for the obvious failures and struggle against each other for the remains of what power that they have.

After weeks of speculation, Zelensky finally fired the Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny, who was in charge for the “summer counter-offensive” and was hearlded by MSM all the previous year as the military leader that would allow Kyiv to capture Crimea. Thanks to this, Zaluzhny got a lot of media attention and political points, but lost a notable part of the remaining military potential under his command. Permanent NATO support and supplies helped to avoid a total collapse, but were not able to change the trend. Battlefield and diplomatic conditions have reached the point when even key Western sponsors are publicly slowing down the flow of military supplies and financial support.

Meanwhile, advocates of the Kyiv regime in Washington took a hard hit in its media war. Despite all the efforts of Western diplomats and MSM to put Moscow into an information blockade and ruin it with sanctions, today the whole world is listening to Putin. The White House called on Americans not to believe anything that the Russian President says in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Judging by the hysterical reaction of MSM and top Western officials, a single interview appeared to be enough to deliver a painful blow to Western propaganda. Attempts to create a fictional media reality around the ongoing developments put the construct of this reality at a disadvantage. In turn, seedlings of a new, honest and mutually-beneficial structure of international relations are pushing their way to life from the current crisis.

https://southfront.press/doom-hung-over-kiev/

Vicus

10th February 2024, 18:12

Donbass: The Flipside of War

That is the title from a RT Documentary:
https://swentr.site/?ysclid=lsgd5s1sdt911076897
You found it at almost end of the page

https://odysee.com/@RTDocumentary:4/Donbass_The_Flipside_Of_War:b

@RTDocumentary:4/Donbass_The_Flipside_Of_War:b

Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 18:28

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🇺🇦🇷🇺Without US help, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will face a “rapid collapse” at the front this year, - New York Times
▪️Although the Armed Forces of Ukraine have a new commander-in-chief, the problems remain the same. General Syrsky, having taken office, will soon again be faced with the grim calculations that accompany the 2-year war: “when the cost of protecting the territory outweighs any benefit obtained from harming the enemy.”
▪️Ukrainian troops are exhausted, they lack weapons and ammunition, and air defense systems are depleted and will only last until March, and US assistance is still in question.
▪️Western officials and military experts warn that without US help, a “rapid collapse” at the front awaits this year.
▪️In 2 months, the lack of help will affect on a large scale.
▪️“By next month, Ukraine may have difficulty conducting local counterattacks, and by early summer, the Armed Forces of Ukraine may face difficulties in repelling Russian attacks. However, [...] it will be difficult for Russia to quickly create sufficient capacity to carry out a major offensive in eastern Ukraine,” writes the NYT, citing an assessment by US officials.
http://t.me/RVvoenkor

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Russian Forces Reach Railway Junction in Center of Avdeevka, Closing in on Last Supply Route of Ukrainian Forces

Russian forces have reached the railway junction in the center of Avdeevka, advancing to within just 700 meters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' last supply route in the southern part of the city.

Military analyst Julian Röpcke from Bild has provided video footage showing drones attempting to halt the advancement of Russian fighters. Analysts have determined the distance from the road to the Russian positions based on their location.

"In these areas, there is not a single soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who could resist those who are moving further west," writes Röpcke.

At the same time, Ukrainian military experts report that the threat of encirclement of Avdeevka is becoming increasingly real.

- RVvoenkor

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Battle for Avdiivka: the Russian Armed Forces are getting closer to cutting the city in two

In the area of the Avdiivka motorbase, Russian units were able to gain a foothold on Chystyakova Street, moving even closer to actually cutting the city in two.

❗️At the moment, the industrial zone between the railroad and Industrial'nyy Avenue remains under AFU control, which acts as the last relatively safe supply route between AFU forces in the northern and southern parts of Avdiivka. In the event of its loss, the AFU will be left to withdraw westward through the fields.

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Vicus

10th February 2024, 18:32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9o5jSgG10pg

29 minutes ago

Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 18:34

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Maria Zakharova:

“Not a joke.

Briefing at the UN on February 9, 2024:

Question: Has the Secretary-General watched the interview with the President of Russia?

Answer: In his free time, the Secretary-General prefers to read books on medieval history rather than watch television.

Now it's clear why many believe that the UN is in a deep crisis. It's no wonder that we have been unable to obtain from António Guterres for a year and a half the list of "victims" of the staging in Bucha.

It is interesting whether other acute international events remain without deep involvement from the Secretariat leadership for the same reason.”

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 18:39

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 18:42

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"The war must be transferred to Russia"

Pro-Ukrainian Christian Democrat Roderich Kiesewetter was so tired of the chancellor's indecision on the issue of Ukraine that he decided to take matters into his own hands.

Instruction number one: we are transferring the war to Russia. Then we deliver the Taurus to Ukraine. And finally, we polish the successes: We are destroying "oil refineries in Russia, ministries, command posts and combat positions."

Because — attention: "It's time for the Russian people to realize that they have a dictator who is sacrificing the future of Russia."

Didn't Tucker call these kinds of people "insane" just yesterday?

@ukraine_watch

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 18:45

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 18:55

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 19:01

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Ukrainian soldiers continue beating and psychologically abusing a disabled conscript, who was forcefully mobilised and sent to the frontlines.

Vaha is a clueless young man with a down syndrome, who is systematically bullied and beaten on camera by the Ukrainian soldiers for their amusement and Tik Tok views.

This time he is offered to shoot a mortar by his "brothers in arms", but when he cluelessly picks up the mine the wrong way around, he is immediately beaten, screamed at and forced to crawl back to his trench while insulted and kicked on the butt.

This is extremely disturbing and sad.

https://x.com/OlgaBazova/status/1756348521073041475

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 19:10

The first part of the video, Tucker explains his reaction to when Putin started his lecture on the history of Ukraine

https://x.com/runews/status/1756373475638362533

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 19:17

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 19:20

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 19:32

Google translation from Swedish,

Translated from Swedish by
Is there a colonel within Särintresset in Sweden who has the ability to somewhat correctly analyze the situation and tell it like it is? Arms deliveries without Swedish soldiers as accomplices only increase Ukrainian losses. Without hope of victory.

https://x.com/mazzenilsson/status/1756387402518606229

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 19:38

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Ravenlocke

10th February 2024, 19:45

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🇺🇦🇷🇺Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 717:

Situation north of Avdivka: In the last few hours, Russian army has made further advances in the city. The troops advanced along Stepova & Pershotravneva streets forcing Ukrainian troops to withdraw from "Donetsk beach" south of Avdiivskyi Quarry. From south, new Russian advance is also developing through Chystiakova & Heroiv streets to enter the railway station, located dozens of metres away from Russian soldiers.

On the other hand, Russian forces advanced beyond the railway taking partial control of Automobil Depot (some warehouses still under grey zone, as well as Tymiriazieva Street) & are heading towards the gas station on Industrialnyi Avenue where Ukrainian Army has barricaded itself. Simultaneously, Russians have taken full control of the dachas south of the railway bridge & are attacking the "Alter Group Limited
Liability Company" complex.

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https://x.com/dana916/status/1756389570977878120

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🇺🇦🇷🇺 Avdiivka supply lines:

Avdiivka is split to 2 parts (not technically yet but it's almost impossible to move between 2 parts as Russian forces only around 320m away) dividing between the coke plant and the city.

Russian forces around 320m away within the range of small arms.

Russian forces are 800m away within the range of ATGM, snipers, longer range RPG.

According to Ukrainian sources, they have been using the blue rout to Sjeverne.

no_mainstreamW

https://x.com/dana916/status/1756390708682842306

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Photos have appeared online where it looks like Russian army soldiers are unpacking Starlink terminals

And all this against the backdrop of Elon Musk’s statement on social network X:

"It is necessary to stop the meat grinder in Ukraine. This should have been done a year ago"

Has Agent Ilya Maskov stopped conspiring?

And there, AFI complained that in the Avdeevka area, the Starlink connection began to sag greatly

Slavyangrad
https://x.com/dana916/status/1756391411132338317

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🛰 The Russian Military increasingly began to use Starlink Terminals in its Positions

Oleg Kutkov, an engineer from Kiev, who deals with Starlink terminals for the Ukrainian military, said that also started a lot of complaints about the stability of communication and speed on the frontline.

"Indeed, the Russians have begun to actively use terminals on the frontline," says the engineer.

Terminals are actively purchased and resold by Russian resellers. The purchase goes through third countries, to the front people.

"It is unrealistic to track and cover these schemes, because our volunteers also vacuum terminals in all countries and pay with different cards," Oleg Kutkov says.

These terminals operate exclusively on the territory of Ukraine, including in the temporarily occupied parts of the front. The fact is that in a 20-km zone on the frontline, it is impossible to distinguish which side the terminal belongs to. This allows the Russian military on the frontline to also use Starlink terminals.

"Therefore, either everyone is working or no one is working," Oleg Kutkov said.

petrenko_IHS

https://x.com/dana916/status/1756391213937090900

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 00:14

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 00:35

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🇪🇺 Hungarian authorities told how the European Union threatened them for refusing financial support to Ukraine

Advisor to the Prime Minister of Hungary Balazs Orban in an interview with Exxpress said that the leaders of the European Union directly threatened to harm the Hungarian economy if they refused to accept the next support package for Kyiv.

“The situation was serious. When the heads of state and government of the EU spoke on the phone with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, they told him precisely about this threat,” an adviser to the Hungarian Prime Minister answered a journalist’s question about the publication of the Financial Times newspaper, which reported plans to undermine the Hungarian economy in in case of her refusal to help Ukraine.

Budapest supported Kyiv's aid package, but did not agree to the supply of military equipment.

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1756447838823686348

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ExomatrixTV

11th February 2024, 14:12

How Russia Built A Stealth Jet To Beat The West - SU-57 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-57):

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wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-57 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-57)

Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 18:08

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The Russian Army is confidently cutting Avdeevka into 2 parts, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are introducing fresh forces, trying to stop our troops

▪️Russian units have powerfully wedged themselves into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the north and are building on their success by crossing the railway with battles, approaching the cutting of the “road of life” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, storming a motor depot and knocking out the enemy from their dachas.
▪️There is also advancement on the flanks. So, during the assault on Pervomaisky, ours advanced and took new quarters.
❗️Ukrainian propagandists publish new maps and scream more and more hysterically about the dire situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Avdeevka :
▪️ “In the northern part of Avdeevka, the Russian Armed Forces advanced along the streets of Lesya Ukrainka, Donetskaya, Chistyakov and Zheleznodorozhny Lane in an area up to 1.1 km wide to a depth of up to 700 m,” they wrote in the morning following the results of yesterday, now the progress is even greater.
▪️ “The enemy continues to advance deeper into the city. Dacha villages south of AKHZ, several streets in the city, positions in the direction of the non-standard equipment plant and Industrial Avenue have been lost,” other Ukrainian military analysts report.
▪️ “The Russians continue to advance with the private sector in the southeast of AKHZ, capturing a significant part of it. They have advanced 200 meters in the direction of the fire station,” another echoed them."

Source:
http://t.me/RVvoenkor

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 18:15

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦🪖 “Almost all young and all from Kiev” - it is reported that the new prisoners of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are very young boys mostly in the age of 21-23. #RussiaUkraineWar

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 18:34

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 18:39

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kfm27917

11th February 2024, 18:41

The Day After
Postwar U.S. Strategy Toward Russia (according to RAND Institute)

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RBA2510-1.html

Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 18:42

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🦴 Kiev authorities have decided to trade in human bones

The head of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra State Museum-Reserve, which is under the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture, Maxim Ostapenko, said that the remains of Pyotr Stolypin, who was buried on the territory of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, should be included in the exchange fund with Russia.

🤦‍♂️ Ostapenko explained his idea by the necessity to return to Ukraine "living heroes" who are in captivity on the territory of Russia.

Earlier, Ukrainian Nazis had already suggested digging up not only Stolypin's remains, but also the remains of Soviet Army General Nikolay Vatutin, who was buried in Kiev, and Soviet spy Nikolay Kuznetsov, who was buried in Lvov, to create an "exchange fund".

@ukraine_watch

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1756710353772192059

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 18:58

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Former Ukrainian First Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Pavlyuk has been appointed commander of the ground forces to replace Oleksandr Syrsky, who became the commander-in-chief. Kiev also replaced the commanders of the airborne assault troops and the joint forces of the Ukrainian Army.
https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1756615370968813605

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 19:07

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Combat training of Basurmanin BMP crews continues at training ranges of special military operation

During another training session, the gunners-operators of the infantry fighting vehicles fired 2A37 30mm automatic cannon and Kalashnikov tank machine gun at a range of 500 to 3,500 metres, suppressing the firing points of a mock enemy. At the same time, drivers and commanders of combat vehicles improved their skills.

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⚓️ The departure of the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, which was supposed to become the flagship of NATO exercises, has been postponed at the last moment, reports The Telegraph.

Earlier, the Royal Navy reported that the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, commissioned in 2017, would not participate in the NATO Steadfast Defender exercises due to technical issues. Instead of HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Prince of Wales was supposed to participate in the exercises.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1756724462022476024

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 19:21

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 23:22

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Ravenlocke

11th February 2024, 23:38

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The Russian Army created a “tsar train” of 2,000 cars, 30 km long, in Donbass
▪️It is actually a mobile line of defense, write the DS analytical resource working for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪️ “A continuous structure of freight cars stretches along the line from the railway station in Yelenovka and has about 2,100 cars of various types. The construction of this carriage centipede began in July 2023,” the message says.
▪️This super-train can be considered as a separate line of defense, since it is extremely difficult to damage, move or explode a 30-kilometer mass of metal, and the advancement of equipment due to such an obstacle is impossible without breaking through the corridor, according to DS.
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Vicus

12th February 2024, 16:52

NATO Copies Russian Tactics in Wake of Ukraine's Disastrous Counteroffensive

The US and its allies sent tens of billions worth of advanced military hardware to Kiev in preparation for a massive counteroffensive that was supposed to break Russia’s will to fight. Five months later, the now ex-commander of Ukraine’s military admitted that the operation had failed and that there would be no “deep and beautiful breakthrough.”

Countries in NATO’s Eastern European flank have apparently been “taking notes” on Russia’s defensive strategy in the military operation zone after the blunting of Ukraine’s blood-soaked counteroffensive, showing interest in how the Russian military has revived the strategy of static defense into a key tool in modern warfare.

“Fortification measures have played a significant role in wars in our region in history,” Estonian defense official Susan Lillevali told The Economist amid efforts by the Baltic States and Poland to build “anti-mobility defensive installations” near their frontiers with Russia and Belarus. Tallinn has been ‘studying’ the NATO-Russia proxy war in Ukraine for tips, Estonian Defense League Lieutenant-Colonel Kaido Tiitus confirmed.

“Our main lesson is that we need to find a way to stop the advance of Russian armored units,” Tiitus said, without elaborating on why Russia would bother placing “armored units” into a NATO country and potentially triggering World War III, something President Putin said recently he has absolutely no interest in doing.

https://sputnikglobe.com/20240211/nato-copies-russian-tactics-in-wake-of-ukraines-disastrous-counteroffensive-1116732702.html

Vicus comment:
Normally I don't bother anymore to post stupid parlance from "west", but this one resume everything...if you don't have creativity like they show for 2 years and counting the only thing for you is copy ...every 50 years plus/minus they try their chance at Russia, learning nothing only again and again armed only with bravado, and Russia just waited with something new like they show from beginning until now from their SMO
And now with that fantastic defense (for whatever may come)from 30 km long train...what you gonna do west? copie that!

Vicus

12th February 2024, 17:02

Birth of a myth: By replacing his top general, Zelensky has laid a trap for himself 12 Feb, 2024

Valery Zaluzhny’s political ambitions are boosted by Ukraine’s president, who just removed the commander from leading a doomed war

In his masterpiece, the pre-World War II ‘Le fil de l’épée,’ a young Charles de Gaulle observes that soldiers and politicians usually can’t get along well: They’re too different by temperament, socialization, and purpose. And yet the man who would brilliantly succeed at being both a military and a political leader also insisted that, ultimately, they must cooperate to serve their country. That cooperation is precisely what has just broken down in Ukraine, in the middle of a large war that is going very badly for Kiev.

For, make no mistake, while there are several important aspects (discussed below) to the drawn-out dismissal of Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Valery Zaluzhny, the fundamental fact remains that it is a story of failure, the failure of a key relationship in any state, but especially one fighting a war it is losing.

Zaluzhny, it is important to note, was not a particularly bad commander-in-chief. It is true that Kiev’s war effort is failing but there is no good reason to blame him or, at least, him most of all. He is a mediocre strategist instead of the quiet genius that some silly Western hype used to depict. Yet, the causes of Ukraine’s current, quite-possibly fatal difficulties on the battlefield in logistics and manpower are fundamental, not a matter of one less-than-brilliant general. Remember: Once short on clients, soldiers, and supplies, even Napoleon (and Zaluzhny definitely is no Napoleon) was defeated: There are things in war, especially in a war of attrition, that crushingly outweigh individual talent.

Hence, the ouster of his commander-in-chief is precisely what President Vladimir Zelensky is trying to pretend it is not: a political operation, not a result of level-headed analysis of strategic necessity and a systematic reboot.

continue: https://swentr.site/russia/592312-zelensky-replacing-top-general-zaluzhny/

Vicus

12th February 2024, 17:06

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmIsWei1vfI

Riot In The Army | Bloody Protests Against Mobilization | More POWs. Military Summary For 2024.02.12

ExomatrixTV

13th February 2024, 08:06

Report: Ukraine to Enact DRACONIAN Bank Account Seizure Scheme to FORCE Citizens to Fight Russia:

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Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave discuss Ukraine's plan to drop 5,000 more citizens.

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They’re Using Ukraine to Sabotage a Potential Trump Presidency:

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The Ukrainian government canceled elections and killed an American journalist. Congress is about send them another $60 billion. J.D. Vance is trying to stop it.

ExomatrixTV

13th February 2024, 12:32

BREAKING: "This is TREASONOUS what they're doing to the American people!":

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What president Joe Biden and Congress are doing the American people is treasonous. While you were enjoying your weekend Congress was busy trying send another $95 billion dollars to Ukraine and Israel.

Vicus

13th February 2024, 12:43

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Open Minded Dude

13th February 2024, 14:33

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A little dated though. A man is now in charge of the German ministry of 'defence' ('war' in my view).
Ursula von der Leyen (the one on the right) has been in the meantime promoted to play the 'Queen of the EU'.
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Vicus

13th February 2024, 14:51

I knew it, but that was the "team" from west and Russia by the beginning of the SMO

That later changed has no one notice in nothing...

What a dream job for those pathetic woman to bring men to death, there should be a law against childless women and men to
be at post related with war/defense...

kfm27917

13th February 2024, 16:22

https://asiatimes.com/2024/02/kiev-needs-new-strategy-not-just-a-military-reshuffle/

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 17:52

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 18:00

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“- When they killed Berkut on the Maidan, I was silent.
-When they burned people in the House of Trade Unions, I was silent.
-When they said that everyone in Donbass is a Moskal [a derogatory word for "Russian"] and they all need to be killed, I was silent
-When they promised me peace before the elections, and then continued to kill the residents of Donbass, I was silent...
..And then one day I went to work as usual...and ended up in Avdeevka. And I realized that this was a one-way ticket and retribution for my silence😔"
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To understand the essence of what is happening, this video must be watched with sound. In the video you will not see any Abrams, Leopards or other Bradleys that could cover soldiers with their armor. You can only the people whom Zelensky's butchers will now send to the meat grinder.

Soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have a chance to save their lives in spite of the Ze-butchers - call "Volga". And if it didn’t work out before the assault, while sitting in the “hole” (it’s hard to make a mistake), they should throw a weapon in front of it so that from the drone and from the side of the assaulters it was visible and when the assaulters approached, and at the top of their lungs they should yell “I surrender!!” .

❗️Warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine! If you want to live and return to your family and friends, tune to the frequency 149.200, 449.200, 49.200 on any Baofeng radio station and call Volga.

This way we will understand that you want to give up. No one will harm you, you yourself know that the Russian Army complies with all international rules for the treatment of prisoners.

❗️In every unit of the RF Armed Forces, radio operators are constantly on duty at this frequency, and if you get in touch, you will be informed about the procedure for surrendering.

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1757114234750574968

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 18:05

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 18:45

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https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/02/ukraine-sitrep-a-collapse-is-coming-and-then.html#more

Ukraine SitRep: A Collapse Is Coming - And Then?
February 13, 2024

In the last Ukraine situation report I discussed (https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/02/ukraine-sitrep-an-unliked-new-commander-a-critical-lack-of-infantry.html) the choice of General Oleksandr Syrski as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He is likely to support the more aggressive choices the Ukrainian president Zelenski will make.

For mostly public relation reasons Zelenski demands constant attacks on Russian forces and no retreat of Ukrainian forces until absolutely necessary. Syrski is willing to deliver on that even as history says that he is unlikely to be successful:
Syrski, who was born as a Russian, had lost the cauldron battles of Debaltsevo (2015), Soledar (2023) and Bakhmut (2023). Currently Avdeevka is in a cauldron and likely to fall. Rumors say that Syrski has already ordered reserves to reinforce the troops in Avdeevka.
The latest news says (https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/13/7441626/) that some reinforcements have indeed arrived:
Some units of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade in Avdiivka have been replaced by other units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Source: Ivan Sekach, Chief of Public Relations of the 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after Marko Bezruchko, in an interview with Radio Liberty (https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-avdijivka-pidkiplennya/32817518.html) on 13 February
Quote: "We lack sufficient capabilities to maintain control of the city, but reinforcements are arriving, and we rely on friendly units. For the first time in almost two years of the 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade's operation, some of our units have been fully withdrawn from combat for rest and rotation. Indeed, reinforcements have come. I won't specify [which] unit, but it provides substantial support. We feel a bit more at ease since its arrival."
We do not know for sure which brigades have replaced the completely worn down 110th Mechanized. Rumors have it (https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-may-deployed-3rd-assault-145000562.html) that the 3rd Assault Brigade was sent to relieve Avdeevka. The 3rd had evolved out of the 'nationalist', i.e neo-nazi, Azov militia. Other news said that at least parts of the planned reinforcements for Avdeevka were successfully attacked (https://twitter.com/squatsons/status/1757411772020183376) on their march while still being far away from the city.

All lines of communications to Avdeevka are under Russian fire but have yet to be physically cut. After a few days of sprints the Russian attacks have noticeably slowed down. This may be because of increased resistance from the Ukrainian side but could also have plenty of other reasons. Large scale FAB500 bombings (https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status/1757425623234986473) continue to destroy the city and its defenders.

The Russian army is now on attack along the whole frontline. This is reflected in unusually high Ukrainian losses as reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Today's report (https://eng.mil.ru/en/special_operation/news/more.htm?id=12500295@egNews) lists up to 1145 Ukrainian casualties - double the number than usual. Material losses on the Ukrainian side are also high. In total some 23 armored vehicles and over 60 trucks were reported to have been hit during the last 24 hours. The number is a lot higher than on the days before.

The mismatch between armored vehicle losses and the losses of mere trucks, which earlier in the war was one to one or even two to one, has now held up for several weeks. My interpretation of these numbers is that Ukraine has lost so many armored vehicles that it needs to use trucks to ferry troops and supplies to the front lines. Many of those get destroyed by the proliferating use of First Person View drones.

Reports of Ukrainian artillery pieces hit by Russian counter battery fire are down by a large margin. Months ago some 20 or more gun kills per day were normal business.

The reported numbers have now come down to just a handful per day. I associated this with a lack of ammunition on the Ukrainian side. Guns which have nothing to shoot do not have to reveal their position and are more safe than guns which actively fire.
While the carnage along the frontline continues every day, Russian artillery forces use long range drones and missiles to hit weapon production facilities and troop agglomerations deep within Ukrainian territory. As the Ukrainian air defense also lacks ammunition more of these attacks are able to successfully destroy their targets.

The Ukrainian army is lacking ground forces. As previously described (https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/02/ukraine-sitrep-an-unliked-new-commander-a-critical-lack-of-infantry.html):
Yesterday a Washington Post article, sourced from interviews at the Ukrainian front, describes the utter shamble (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/02/08/ukraine-soldiers-shortage-infantry-russia/) the Ukrainian forces are in:
In interviews across the front line in recent days, nearly a dozen soldiers and commanders told The Washington Post that personnel deficits were their most critical problem now, as Russia has regained the offensive initiative on the battlefield and is stepping up its attacks.Even if efforts to raise more personnel succeed, at high economic costs, it will take months until they will reach the frontline:
The new Ukrainian mobilization law, which is supposed to refill the army with fresh bodies, is still creeping through the Ukrainian parliament. It will likely come into force only by April. The first new troops conscripted under it will take until July to be combat capable.But even if the existing Ukrainian forces can hold out that long they still will lack the ammunition to hit back at Russian efforts. Even if the U.S. agrees soon to spend more money on Ukraine, which seems unlikely, it would take many months to refill the Ukrainian arsenals.

For all these reasons I expect that the Ukrainian frontline will break rather sooner - within weeks - than later - i.e. within months.

Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism takes a look at what will probably happen beyond that point (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/02/ukraine-collapse-starting-what-happens-next.html):
Ukraine now resembles a patient with a terminal disease who is staring to exhibit multi-organ failure. His longevity is still uncertain but is measured in months, not years. It’s not obvious which system will go first and whether that one by itself will be fatal or will kick off the terminal cascade. But the odds of pulling out of the current trajectory are poor. We’d like to step back and consider what Russia’s choices might be as Ukraine starts coming unglued.
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“Collapse” means a combination of widespread surrenders, retreats/abandonment of positions, and Russian captures of Ukraine forces because they are surrounded and lack the ammo to fight back.
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[Why] a big arrow move toward the Dnieper might be seen as suboptimal is the unhinged state of the West. You do not make sudden moves around crazy people. Yet another reason to watch and see how Ukraine comes apart is the administrative burden of occupying territory. That is likely a reason for Russia bulking up its military so much.
If Russia did want to rachet up pressure on Kiev, some sort of re-run of its 2022 pining operation might be a preferred move. If Russia is lucky, the government will decamp to Lvov, which would be an admission that they expect to lose Kiev and much of central Ukraine.
The reason for trying to engage in a bit more granular thinking is that many commentators can envision some end states Russia would like, but how to get from A to B is not obvious.
The best Russian move may well be to continue on a slow pace:
So aside from possibly pinning Kiev and finishing incorporating the missing parts of the four oblasts, one possible path is for Russia to keep biting off pieces as what is left of the central government and the US and NATO are forced to watch and are relegated to missile and drone attacks, but not enough to change the direction of travel. Kharkiv might be next on the menu due to proximity (and therefore less Poland / Baltic freakout) and high proportion of ethnic Russians. Taking Odessa is a logistical challenge; the best train lines are either through Krivoy Rog or from the northeast across the country.Back in March 2022 I looked at the future constellation of Ukraine (https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/03/what-will-be-the-geographic-end-state-of-the-war-in-ukraine.html) and concluded that Krivoy Rog and Odessa, for ethnic, historic and economic reasons, should be part of the Russia friendly area:
When the war to disarm the Ukraine started to my utter surprise I asked what Russia would desire as the geographic end state of the war (https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/02/disarming-ukraine.html):
It is difficult to discern what the planed end state of this operation is. Where is this going to stop?
Looking at this map I believe that the most advantageous end state for Russia would be the creation of a new independent country, call it Novorossiya, on the land east of the Dnieper and south along the coast that holds a majority ethnic Russian population and that, in 1922, had been attached to the Ukraine by Lenin. That state would be politically, culturally and militarily aligned with Russia.

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This would eliminate Ukrainian access to the Black Sea and create a land bridge towards the Moldavian breakaway Transnistria which is under Russian protection.
The rest of the Ukraine would be a land confined, mostly agricultural state, disarmed and too poor to be build up to a new threat to Russia anytime soon. Politically it would be dominated by fascists from Galicia which would then become a major problem for the European Union.
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Novorossiya roughly includes the red and yellow areas in the above map. It also includes the valuable Soviet developed iron ore mines and factories of Kryvyi Rih [Krivoy Rog] west of the Dnieper river.My best hunch is that the Russian government has come to the same conclusion.
Yves continues (https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/02/ukraine-collapse-starting-what-happens-next.html) her outlook:
But the other reason for being maddeningly slow, aside from getting better data, is that with hyperinflation and a highly-likely baked-in economic collapse in non-Russian controlled Ukraine, is that things may get so bad that having Russia come in and take charge may start looking less bad to many of the locals. Again, the longer Russia hangs back and lets more of Ukraine drift into failed state territory, the more this dynamic has the potential to kick in.
I am not saying any of these are givens. But Russia still needs to move carefully and deliberately if it is to increase its odds of having what is left of Ukraine not merely be neutral as the result of an imposed settlement, but have a very sizeable majority of its citizens be so sick of war and war-related privations that they will be highly resistant to NATO and CIA efforts to turn them back to being its pawns.
Yves's ruminations point to a quite plausible longer term state of the Russian operation.
It will continue to be a very slow walk for Russia which will give the West time to come back to its senses.

This also fits well with the latest RAND paper (https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2510-2.html) on the war which urges for early U.S. negotiations with Russia and for finding a long term security agreement to prevent a future deterioration of East-West relations into a larger war.

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In Selidovo, the SBU began looking for traitors, those who surrendered the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The city is closed for exit and entry. Ambulances and corpse trucks travel in and out in large numbers.

Meanwhile, the Ukranian channels still do not know how to react to this. They are in complete shock.

Resident UA:
Our source in the General Staff said that Syrsky gave the order to suppress any information on losses at the Selidovo training ground, the city was the main transshipment base for the Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves, which were collected for the release of Avdiivka.

The main TG channel in Selidovo, where locals posted city news, went offline.

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Jaak

13th February 2024, 18:55

Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 18:58

https://x.com/RattusIncognito/status/1757286423374315746

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The Game is Over for NATO - Netanyahu not winning | Dmitry Orlov

Dmitry Orlov was born in Leningrad, USSR, into an academic family, and emigrated to the US in the mid-1970s. He holds degrees in Computer Engineering and Linguistics, and has worked in a variety of fields, including high-energy physics, Internet commerce, network security and advertising. He is the author of several previous books, including Reinventing Collapse and The Five Stages of Collapse.

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 19:04

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STEVE SWEENEY, DONBASS

❗️MY BRIEFING TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE MINSK AGREEMENT

I was honoured to address the UN Security Council on the real life consequences of the failure of the Minsk Agreements and the impact of the daily shelling and acts of terror committed by Ukraine against the people of Donbass - with the full backing of the West.

The response was predictable, a litany of lies, with the UK representative - a man so insignificant even Google doesn’t know his name - sounding nervous and unable to look up from his pre-prepared statement, while we were subjected to the hypocrisy of a lecture by the US on international law and respect for sovereignty.

Ukraine disregarded my statement as “bunkum and balderdash” which shows the disregard it has for human life, even those it regards as it’s own citizens.

My speech aimed to humanise the situation and bring the truth from the ground. I hope I did justice to the people of Donbass, because despite the UNSC, their lives matter.

@stevesweeneyjournalist

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 19:08

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Margarita Simonyan wrote:
"In the basement of Hospital No. 7 in #Mariupol, new documents were found confirming that Western pharmaceutical companies conducted experiments on patients in the psychiatric department.

Rheumatological drugs were tested on them for several years.🔽

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13th February 2024, 19:12

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 19:17

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Rheumatological drugs had been allegedly tested for several years on patients of the Mariupol hospital's psychiatric ward at the request of major Western pharmaceutical companies and with the assistance of Ukrainian officials, according to documents seen by Sputnik.

The documents belonged to the psychiatric ward of the hospital and were drafted in 2008-2016. According to the initial inspection of the documents, it can be seen that certain drugs with numbers and without proper titles were tested on humans.

The primary purpose of the research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug in relation to the proportion of patients who achieved the response according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR).

Such companies like Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Celltrion, Novatris International AG, IQVIA, Sanofi, Galapagos NV, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, AbbottLaboratories, Covance, Merck KGaA, CentocorBiopharmaceutical and a branch of Samsung that produces medical equipment were mentioned in the documents.

In addition, boxes containing many ready-made envelopes from logistics companies and containers for biomaterial with recipient addresses of laboratories in Switzerland, the UK and the US were found on the site of the hospital.

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Infants were allegedly used by major Western pharmaceutical companies for testing drugs during experiments that were held on patients of the psychiatric ward of the Mariupol hospital, according to documents seen by Sputnik.

The list of patients who were administered one of the drugs included infants under one year old. The drug was also administered to children aged from one to 11 years.

The documents were discovered by builders in the basement of hospital No. 7 in Mariupol during its restoration.

Major Western pharmaceutical companies, with the assistance of Ukrainian officials, purportedly conducted testing of rheumatological drugs on patients in a Mariupol psychiatric ward for several years, according to documents obtained by Sputnik.

These findings of interest turned out to be records from a hospital psychiatric ward, dating from 2008 to 2016. Upon examination, these documents detailed a series of human experiments involving certain undisclosed drugs, which were solely identified by numbers.

https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1756971749567029736

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 19:30

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A good start, Syrsky!

The situation in Selidovo after a massive strike on the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The city is completely blocked for entry and exit, there are many ambulances and corpse trucks at the landfill. According to reports, the enemy's military leadership is at a complete loss. The number of losses is in the hundreds.

According to preliminary data, it was the 3rd assault brigade "Azov", which was supposed to go to unlock the Avdiivka garrison, that fell under this distribution.
Russian troops used several Iskander missiles with a cluster part and added Smerch MLRS, also with a cluster part.

The SBU is raiding the city in search of our gunners.

https://t.me/vicktop55/21303

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Today's report lists up to 1145 Ukrainian casualties - double the number than usual. Material losses on the Ukrainian side are also high. In total some 23 armored vehicles and over 60 trucks were reported to have been hit during the last 24 hours. The number is a lot higher than on the days before.
https://eng.mil.ru/en/special_operation/news/more.htm?id=12500295@egNews

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 19:35

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The Russian army cut Avdeevka in half, cutting off the south of the city!
▪️Now the supply of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the southern part of the city is under enormous threat. Resources working for the Armed Forces of Ukraine write about this in panic, publishing maps of the changed situation.
▪️Also before this, the Ukrainian military correspondent reported that the “Road of Life” was cut by Russian soldiers.
▪️Now on the maps of the enemy, the Russian Armed Forces occupied the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the motor depot and reached the edge of Avdeevka - Industrial Avenue, now advancing in both directions against the Armed Forces of Ukraine grouping divided into 2 parts.
▪️As early as this morning , Ukrainian analysts reported that “in the northern part of Avdeevka there are battles in the area of the western dachas, the motor depot, along Chistyakov Street and the 50th Anniversary AKHZ Lane.”
▪️ “In the south of Avdeevka, Russian troops continue assault operations along Sobornaya, Chernyshevsky streets and in the area of the Vinogradniki 2 gardening community.”
❗️Now much of this is under the control of the Russian army.
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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 19:38

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Vladimir Zelensky’s former presidential adviser Alexey Arestovich spotted in luxurious Monaco

He appeared to be heading towards the famed Hôtel de Paris from the even more famous Casino de Monte-Carlo.

And just in time, as the US Senate voted to finalize its bill on aid to Ukraine which will now be heading to Congress.
- Two Majors

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Ravenlocke

13th February 2024, 20:26

Ukr Political Crisis:
Draft Protests Grow,
Rus Hunts Ukr Avdeyevka Reserves,
Surrounds Ukr Troops

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Ravenlocke

14th February 2024, 00:11

https://x.com/djuric_zlatko/status/1757543869460214090

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Ravenlocke

14th February 2024, 00:18

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Why did Macron refuse to visit Ukraine?

Interesting details emerge regarding the death of two “volunteers” from France in Ukraine – winemaker Adrien Baudon de Mony-Pajol and technical specialist Gennady Germanovich. Let me remind you that on February 1, the head of the Kherson administration Prokudin announced the death of two Frenchmen as a result of a strike by the Russian Armed Forces, and later Macron himself spoke about their death. But according to my information, the situations are much more interesting.

First of all, they are not volunteers. This myth was quickly debunked, proving that Germanovich was a highly qualified specialist in the field of security. He was a former soldier of the French Foreign Legion and had close ties not only with representatives of the neo-Nazi movements of France, but also with the Belarusian regiment of Kastus Kalinouski.

Secondly, according to my information, the French were shot on the Odessa-Kyiv highway in the area of the Razdelnyanskaya community in the Odessa region, and not as a result of a Russian drone strike on a car in Berislav, as Prokudin said.

As I learned from my sources in the SBU, those killed as consultants were involved in organizing the visit of a high-ranking delegation from France, and their work included assisting the Ukrainian special services in carrying out some kind of provocation, probably for the subsequent accusation of Russia. However, having found out the details of the Ukrainian special operation, the French refused further “cooperation” and hurried to Kyiv to urgently leave Ukraine. This refusal cost them their lives.

By a completely non-random coincidence, a few days after their deaths, the French President canceled his visit to Ukraine for security reasons.

I do not rule out that the Ukrainian security forces may soon return to the idea of carrying out a similar provocation, but with the participation of a delegation from another country. Conclusions are drawn and errors are analyzed.

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ExomatrixTV

14th February 2024, 10:36

If I am correct:

When someone says: "Radius of 9 Kilometers aka 5.6 Miles" you have to double that size that makes it 18 km/11.2 Miles and that is just 1 point to another point on a 2D map!

What you see in the video below is not "just 1 point to another point on the map" but "squared"! >>> 18 Km squared is alt least an impact of 324 Km/201 Miles area! >>> not counting the aftermath of the surrounding area outside the zone of impact!... Aftermath like: the enormous shockwave & super heat wave affecting 40 Km/24.85 Miles squared and the radiation fall out of contaminated particles coming down, making a huge area at least 100Km/62 Miles squared unlivable for centuries!

And that was a Russian made weapon, ready for use in 1961 ... 63 years ago! ... Let that sink in for a moment!
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Please correct me if I am wrong in understanding what people on Earth could face in coming decades?

Unless UFOs/UAPs will intervene as they already did in the past ... there are multiple "UFOs & Nukes" Project Avalon Forum Threads discussing exactly that:

UFOs & Nukes | Nuke Launch Control Officer Robert Salas release audio recording of AARO interview (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?121191-UF0s-Nukes-Nuke-Launch-Control-Officer-Robert-Salas-release-audio-recording-of-AARO-interview---May-22-2023&highlight=Nukes)
UFOs and NUKES: Full Documentary by Robert Hasting (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?98611-UFOs-and-NUKES-Full-Documentary-by-Robert-Hastings&highlight=Nukes)
UFOs & Nukes Press Conference (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?116026-UFOs-Nukes-Press-Conference-2021&highlight=Nukes)
UFOs & NUKES (https://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?104364-UFOs-NUKES&highlight=Nukes)
rumble.com/search/all?q=UFOs%20and%20NUKES
(https://rumble.com/search/all?q=UFOs%20and%20NUKES)

cheers,
John Kuhles (https://substack.com/@johnkuhles) 🦜🦋🌳
February 14th, 2024

Vicus

14th February 2024, 17:24

No chance of negotiated peace with Ukraine – Lavrov 14 Feb, 2024

Western nations want a Russian defeat and are not prepared to compromise, the foreign minister has told MPs

The West will not offer a realistic diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict because the US and its allies are still intent on inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.

Briefing Russian MPs on his ministry’s work and the current international situation, Lavrov stated that Moscow is “at the advance guard in the fight for a better future,” adding that the Western-dominated system is giving way to a multipolar world.

The US and its allies, however, remain committed to waging a hybrid war against anyone that prioritizes national interests, as evidenced by the continued Ukraine conflict, Lavrov claimed.

There has been a shift in Western rhetoric due to Moscow’s battlefield successes, according to the minister, with officials now focusing on preventing a Russian victory rather than ensuring its defeat. Nonetheless, their core policy of trying to damage Russia remains the same, Lavrov said, meaning the conflict is unlikely to be resolved diplomatically.

“Considering that those who declared a war on us offer no serious proposals and are unwilling to respect our interests and the reality on the ground, getting an agreement at the negotiating table will certainly be impossible. No such scenario is foreseen,” the diplomat stated.

Lavrov insisted that the West had initiated the conflict through its continued quest for “global domination and exceptionalism.” Russia, meanwhile, is working with its allies to dismantle the current system, which it perceives as colonialist in nature, he told the lawmakers.

https://swentr.site/russia/592421-lavrov-ukraine-negotiated-peace/

Vicus

14th February 2024, 17:44

Over 1,500 Ukrainian soldiers believed to be killed as Russia strikes range ground 13.02.2024

Russian Iskander missiles strike crowded Ukrainian range ground in Selidovo

The Russian army launched Iskander missiles with cluster warheads to strike the range ground of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Selidovo in the Donetsk direction.

About 1,500 Ukrainian soldiers could be staying at the range ground at the time of the strike, Mash Telegram channel said. The soldiers were undergoing combat training in Selidovo to try to unblock the settlement of Avdiivka in a few days, the channel also said.

The Russian Armed Forces fired several missiles with cluster warheads from the Iskander operational-tactical missile system. An hour later, another strike was conducted, and then, some time later, the range ground was hit for the third time.

It is believed that the number of those killed and injured in the triple missile attack could range from 300 to 1,500 people.

Former people's deputy Igor Mosiychuk confirmed the missile attack in Selidovo. He did not provide any details; information about the victims is yet to be specified.

RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan wrote in her Telegram channel that the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky forbade to disclose any information about Ukrainian losses as a result of the attack on Selidovo.

Avdiivka is an important settlement for the Russian Armed Forced as control over Avdiivka will ensure safety for Donetsk. For Ukraine, Avdiivka is important from the political point of view. The Armed Forces of Ukraine constantly send new forces to Avdiivka, since abandoning it would be tantamount to recognising the success of the Russian military.

According to Forbes, Ukraine sent one of its best brigades to Avdiivka to maintain control of the town. The brigade had been kept in reserve in Kramatorsk since December 2023. The Ukrainian military decided to strengthen their positions in Avdiivka despite great risks, the magazine said.

https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/158927-iskander_strike_selidovo/

Vicus

14th February 2024, 17:54

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqRJbhLNOGo

2 hours ago

Jaak

14th February 2024, 18:36

ExomatrixTV

14th February 2024, 20:11

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Ravenlocke

15th February 2024, 04:25

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🇷🇺🇺🇦Special Operation, 14 Feb 2024, Main; pub. 19:00

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD), Ukrainian troops lost up to 1010 militants killed and wounded in total in all directions over the day;

In the Krasnyliman direction the situation along the frontline has been improved, in the Donetsk direction more advantageous lines have been occupied, in the SouthDonetsk direction the tactical position has been improved;

9 Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed at night: 2 over the Belgorod region, 1 over the Voronezh region and 6 over the Black Sea, MoD said;

Peskov told reporters that the Kremlin does not comment on reports of an attack on a Russian ship in the Black Sea, as this is related to the progress of the special operation and comments are the prerogative of the MoD;

Putin signed a law on confiscation of property for fakes about the Russian army;

Peskov denied media reports that Putin, through intermediaries, offered the US to freeze the conflict in Ukraine;

Shoygu was shown the Khrizantema-S ATGM, Gibka-S MANPADS and the Arena-M active protection complex at an enterprise in the Moscow region; it was submitted for qualification tests;

Lavrov said that Russia is ready for a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict in Ukraine based on realities "on the ground".

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ExomatrixTV

15th February 2024, 09:40

Elon Musk & Vivek OUTRAGED Interviewing Senators:

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00:00 Rationale & Defense for Ukraine Funding
01:02 The Reality of Corruption in Ukraine
02:57 The Industrial Base Argument and Accountability
04:22 The Artillery Ammunition Issue
06:03 The Reality of the War in Ukraine
07:38 The Potential Consequences of Regime Change in Russia
08:49 The Deliberate Nature of the Ukraine War Funding
12:10 The Potential for a Third Impeachment of Donald Trump
12:39 The Need for Border Security and Ukraine Funding
13:51 The Consequences of Funding the Ukraine War
18:45 The Intention to Handcuff the Next President
22:19 Understanding the Political Incentives
23:09 The Impact of Public Opinion on Political Decisions
24:45 The Consequences of Misguided Policies
25:21 The Strategy and Challenges in Ukraine
26:29 The Collapse of America's Strategic Capacity
27:07 The Reality of Ukraine's Situation
28:20 The Failure of Previous Funding for Ukraine
29:59 The Impact of War on Ukraine's Demographics
34:17 The Strain on the Defense Industrial Base
36:11 The Need for Congressional Oversight and Accountability
41:34 The Consequences of Prolonging the War
42:18 The Importance of Public Pressure and Free Speech

pounamuknight

15th February 2024, 10:58

NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT: RUSSIA WANTS TO PUT NUKES IN SPACE

$95 billion foreign aid bill is being held up (https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-heads-toward-final-passage-ukraine-aid-bill-2024-02-13/) by a few interesting Republicans

The warpigs freak out, so what do they do? Scare em' of course!

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Even ex-Libya invasion-monger, David Cameron, butted in by invoking Godwin's Law (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/feb/14/cameron-urges-us-to-aid-ukraine-and-not-show-weakness-shown-to-hitler)

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Marjorie Taylor Greene's response was perfectly appropriate, I reckon :chuckle:

David Cameron needs to worry about his own country, and frankly, he can kiss my ass!

kfm27917

15th February 2024, 15:45

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-life-during-wartime-road-donbass

Escobar: Life During Wartime – On The Road In Donbass

kfm27917

15th February 2024, 15:51

'Surovikin Defensive Line' Impregnable

https://sputnikglobe.com/20230621/surovikin-defensive-line-impregnable-kiev-should-sue-for-peace-to-avoid-further-losses-1111373042.html

bojancan

15th February 2024, 17:50

It's so hard to believe one side or another completely... I am thinking.. if Russian industry is self-sufficient... in armament production.. than why is it buying from the Norks and Iranians? We know, that is happening... why hasn't it built a replacement for the Moskva or gotten its aircraft carrier operational??? It is all embarrassing and I can not be align with trustworthy of all involved...

Putin's War Empties West's Arsenal as Russia-Ukraine War Nears Two-Year Mark | Firstpost America
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'Russia cannot be beaten, our resources are enormous', Putin's top diplomat in UK tells Sky News
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Ravenlocke

15th February 2024, 18:16

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"The enemy has left the Donetsk Filtration Station and is retreating to the city.
The collapse of Avdeevka's defense began. The enemy gradually abandons some of the positions and moves towards Khimik, trying to narrow the defense front and prevent individual positions from being cut off."

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It is possible that in the next few hours we will see the Russian flag at the entrance to Avdivka. The retreat has accelerated and there is a withdrawal of Ukrainian forces in the eastern forest and in the Summer cottage. Russian troops are slowly but surely carrying out combing operations in the grey area.

Ukrainian-Russian war. Day 723:
Situation on Avdivka front:
- From the northern axis #RussianArmy continue advancing in the forest belt east of Lastochkyne and are now 1,3 Km from the village, 600 meters from the latest supply line and 3 Km from the Russian troops of the southern front. In addition, troops advanced north and south of Industrial avenue taking control over Brevno checkpoint and parts of Avdiivka Plant of Metal Structures and the railway station.
- From the southern axis Russian Army took full control over the Former air defense missile battalion and Cheburashka following the withdrawal of #UkrainianArmy northwards. Currently Russian Army is pressing from east and west in order to close the bottleneck, which is almost empty.
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In addition to Zenit, the Ukrainian army is reported to have abandoned the neighboring Cheburashka and its easternmost position at the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS).

If the data is confirmed, this means that the defense of the southern sector of Avdiivka continues to fall apart after the looming threat of encirclement.

It seems that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating to the high-rise buildings of the 9th microdistrict and to the territory of Koksokhim, where they will continue to hold positions for now.

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‼️🇷🇺The 1st Slavic Brigade raised the Russian flag over the main fortress of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the south of Avdeevka, taking the Zenit fortified area!
▪️In the south of Avdeevka, our fighters completed the encirclement and capture of the powerful Zenit fortified area with flank maneuvers!
▪️The most important defense center fell - the air defense base in the southwest near Avdeevka, which was turned by the Ukrainian Armed Forces into a real fortress with underground fortifications filled with thick concrete.
▪️This fortified area could have shackled our offensive, wedging into Russian positions and preventing the assault on Avdeevka from this direction.
▪️And so, during a competent operation, the fighters of the 1st Slavyanskaya knocked out the enemy, taking this fortress of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Ravenlocke

15th February 2024, 18:22

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https://tass.com/emergencies/1747109

Ukrainian shelling attack on Belgorod kills five, leaves 18 wounded
According to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, emergency services are working to figure out the consequences on the ground

MOSCOW, February 15. /TASS/. The Ukrainian military’s shelling attack on the borderline Russian city of Belgorod has killed five people, including a child, and left another 18 wounded, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.

"According to preliminary reports, five people, including a child, have been killed in Belgorod, and another 18 have suffered wounds, including five kids. Ambulances have rushed the wounded to the hospital; they are receiving all the necessary assistance," he wrote on Telegram.

According to the governor, air defenses shot down 14 aerial targets over the city of Belgorod and the Belgorodsky District, and emergency services are working to figure out the consequences on the ground. Seven private houses in Belgorod were damaged with their windows shattered, and roofs and fences badly cut. Several windows were also shattered in five apartment buildings. About five cars were damaged by shrapnel, as well as a store and an industrial facility. "Damage was also recorded to two private houses and a car in the village of Shagarovka in the Belgorodsky District," the governor added.

Death toll in Ukrainian attack on Belgorod climbs to seven — Russian Health Ministry

Eighteen people, including four children, sustained wounds
MOSCOW, February 15. /TASS/. The death toll following the recent Ukrainian armed forces strike on Belgorod has climbed to seven with 18 people wounded, the press service of the Russian Health Ministry told reporters.

"According to the most recent data, seven people, including one child, were killed in the shelling attack. Eighteen people, including four children, sustained wounds. Four of them received outpatient treatment, 14 people have been hospitalized in various conditions, they are receiving all necessary aid," the agency said in a statement.

The press service also noted that getting aid to those injured in the attack is under the direct supervision of Health Minister Mikhail Murashko.

Ukraine’s armed forces shelled civilian facilities in Belgorod on Thursday afternoon. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense systems destroyed 14 RM-70 Vampire MLRS rockets over the territory of the borderline Belgorod Region.

Ravenlocke

15th February 2024, 18:25

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Russian forces strike Ukrainian aircraft engine-, ammo-producing plants over past day

Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet near Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic over the past day

MOSCOW, February 15. /TASS/. Russian forces delivered a combined strike against Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises rolling out aircraft engines and mortar ammunition over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Thursday.

"In the morning, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a combined strike by airborne and seaborne long-range precision weapons against Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises engaged in the production and repairs of aircraft engines, radio-electronic and communications equipment and mortar ammunition, and also against the factories producing fuel for the Ukrainian army’s military hardware. The goal of the strike was achieved. All the targets were destroyed," the ministry said in a statement.

Russian forces destroy more than 100 Ukrainian troops in Kupyansk area over past day

Russian forces destroyed more than 100 Ukrainian troops, a multiple rocket launcher and two artillery guns in the Kupyansk area over the past day, the ministry reported.

"In the Kupyansk direction, units of the western battlegroup inflicted damage on enemy manpower and equipment in areas near the settlements of Berestovoye and Peschanoye in the Kharkov Region and Makeyevka in the Lugansk People’s Republic and repelled an attack by an assault group of the 30th mechanized brigade near the settlement of Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region. The Ukrainian army’s losses amounted to 105 personnel, three motor vehicles, a Grad multiple launch rocket system, a French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery system and a Gvozdika motorized artillery gun," the ministry said.

Ukraine’s army loses 305 troops in Krasny Liman area over past day

The Ukrainian military lost roughly 305 troops and 15 armored vehicles in the Krasny Liman area over the past day, the ministry reported.

Units of Russia’s battlegroup Center improved their forward edge positions and repulsed two attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 60th and 63rd mechanized brigades near the settlements of Yampolovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People’s Republic in the Krasny Liman direction over the past 24 hours, the ministry specified.

"The enemy’s losses amounted to 305 personnel, 15 armored combat vehicles, including a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, 14 motor vehicles, a Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery gun and a D-30 howitzer," the ministry said.

Russian forces repulse 10 Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk area over past day

Russian forces repulsed ten Ukrainian army attacks and kept improving their positions in the Donetsk area over the past day, the ministry reported.

"In the Donetsk direction, units of the southern battlegroup gained more advantageous frontiers and positions, repulsed 10 enemy attacks and inflicted damage on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 17th tank, 79th air assault, 72nd mechanized and 112th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Krasnoye, Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka, Leninskoye, Konstantinovka and Paraskoviyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

Kiev suffers 360 casualties in Donetsk area over past day

Russian forces struck Ukrainian army units in the Donetsk area, killing and wounding roughly 360 enemy troops and destroying a US-made Bradley combat vehicle over the past day, the ministry reported.

"The Ukrainian army lost as many as 360 troops, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, including a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, and also 27 motor vehicles. In counter-battery fire, the following targets were destroyed: a Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, two US-made M777 artillery systems, an FH70 howitzer and an L119 howitzer of UK manufacture, a Msta-B howitzer, a D-30 howitzer and three D-20 howitzers," the ministry said.

Russian forces strike four Ukrainian army brigades in south Donetsk area over past day

Russian forces struck four Ukrainian army brigades in the south Donetsk area, eliminating roughly 200 enemy troops over the past day, the ministry reported.

"In the south Donetsk direction, units of the battlegroup East inflicted damage on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 58th infantry, 72nd mechanized, 128th and 127th territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Vodyanoye, Vladimirovka and Urozhainoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Priyutnoye in the Zaporozhye Region. The Ukrainian army lost as many as 200 personnel, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and eight motor vehicles," the ministry said.

In counter-battery fire, Russian forces destroyed a UK-made FH70 howitzer, two US-manufactured M198 howitzers and a Gvozdika motorized artillery system, the ministry specified.

Russian forces strike two Ukrainian army brigades in Kherson area over past day

Russian forces inflicted damage on two Ukrainian army brigades in the Kherson area, eliminating roughly 20 enemy troops and a US-made artillery system over the past day, the ministry reported.

"In the Kherson direction, Russian air strikes and artillery fire inflicted damage on the personnel and equipment of the [Ukrainian army’s] 35th marine infantry brigade and 126th territorial defense brigade in areas near the settlements of Tyaginka, Ivanovka and Yantarnoye in the Kherson Region," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in the Kherson direction over the last 24 hours amounted to 20 personnel, two motor vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system and a D-30 howitzer, the ministry specified.

Russian air defenses down Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet near Kramatorsk

Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet near Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Air defense capabilities shot down a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 aircraft near the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

Russian air defenses down 95 Ukrainian UAVs over past day

Russian air defense forces intercepted eight rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and an American JDAM smart bomb and destroyed 95 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Over the last 24 hours, air defense capabilities intercepted eight rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and a JDAM air guided bomb of US manufacture. In addition, they destroyed 95 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Zhitlovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Soledar, Volnovakha and Yelenovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Lyubimovka, Inzhenernoye, Pologi and Ocheretovatoye in the Zaporozhye Region and Velikiye Kopani in the Kherson Region," the ministry said.

Russian forces strike Ukrainian troops in more than 100 areas over past day

Russian forces inflicted damage on the Ukrainian army’s personnel and military hardware in more than 100 areas over the past day, the ministry reported.

"Operational/tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of Russian groupings of forces struck a command post of the Ukrainian army’s 72nd mechanized brigade, and also manpower and military equipment in 102 areas," the ministry said.

In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 571 warplanes, 266 helicopters, 12,485 unmanned aerial vehicles, 469 surface-to-air missile systems, 15,056 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,221 multiple rocket launchers, 8,061 field artillery guns and mortars and 18,729 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.

Ravenlocke

15th February 2024, 18:31

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Slovak PM calls Russian withdrawal from Donbass and Crimea 'absolutely unrealistic'

Robert Fico opined that there is no military solution to the conflict in Ukraine

BRATISLAVA, February 15. /TASS/. The idea that Russia will leave Donbass and Crimea is ‘absolutely unrealistic,’ Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.

"If someone thinks that the only solution [to the conflict in Ukraine] is that the Russians will return to the border where they were [before the escalation of the conflict in February 2022] and leave Crimea, it is absolutely unrealistic. We need to adapt to the new reality that has now emerged," Fico said in an interview with the hlavnespravy.sk news outlet. "It is naive to think that the Russians will leave Donbass and Lugansk, it is naive to think that the Russians will leave Crimea," he emphasized.

The Slovak prime minister opined that there is no military solution to the conflict in Ukraine. "I really want this war to end. Otherwise we will see a large number of casualties on both sides," he said. "I can't imagine what peace between Russia and Ukraine will look like, but it will come and it will be painful," the top official pointed out.

The Slovak prime minister is opposed to the West sending arms to the Kiev authorities. According to Fico, military aid will only escalate the situation. At the same time, the top official is in favor of providing Ukraine with substantial humanitarian aid.

Ravenlocke

15th February 2024, 18:38

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https://tass.com/politics/1746763?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm_social_share

FACTBOX: Key facts about latest series of explosions in Ukraine

A nationwide air raid alert was announced across Ukraine and remained in effect for more than two hours

MOSCOW, February 15. /TASS/. A series of several explosions went off in the morning in Kiev and other major Ukrainian cities, Ukrainian media and authorities said.

A nationwide air raid alert was announced across Ukraine and remained in effect for more than two hours. The Russian Defense Ministry has not yet officially commented on these reports. TASS has gathered the key facts about what happened.

Geography of events

- An air raid alert was declared throughout Ukraine at 5:01 a.m. Moscow time (2:01 a.m. GMT). It was canceled after more than two hours.

- Explosions were heard in the city of Kiev and in the adjacent Kiev Region. According to eyewitnesses, at least two heavy explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital.

- At least two series of explosions were heard in Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk) and the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporozhye, as well as three in Lvov in far western Ukraine.

- Explosions were also reported in the Ivano-Frankovsk and Poltava regions.

Aftermath

- An infrastructure facility was damaged in the city of Zaporozhye. Damage to infrastructure in the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye Region was also reported.

- Lvov Mayor Andrey Sadovoy reported on damage to infrastructure in his city.

- Poltava Regional Administration Head Philip Pronin reported a fire at a warehouse in the Mirgorodsky District. According to him, the area of the fire amounted to 100 square meters.

Previous series of explosions

- This is the second major series of explosions in Ukraine since the beginning of the month; the previous one took place on February 7. Back then, electricity was lost in some districts of Kiev, with the left-bank section of the city experiencing water and heat supply problems. At that time, the Russian Defense Ministry reported a strike on enterprises in the Ukrainian defense sector.

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❗️The Ukrainian military has already begun a partial withdrawal in Avdeevka. They consider the surrender of the city to Russian forces to be only a matter of time, according to the Washington Post.

"The ruined coke and chemical plant, once an economic pillar in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region, is likely to be the last Ukrainian stronghold in Avdeevka, which has been embattled since 2014. Ukrainian troops say it is just a matter of time before they will have to surrender the city, and on Thursday the military said a partial withdrawal has already begun," the Washington Post writes.

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Key points from Jens Stoltenberg’s statements at a press conference following a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels:

▪️NATO countries agreed to create a training center for Ukrainian forces in Poland;

▪️The NATO group announced its intention to supply Ukraine with one million drones;

▪️NATO countries must move to high rates of ammunition production necessary in conflict situations.

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Ravenlocke

15th February 2024, 19:16

❗️ What is known so far about the Ukrainian attack on the Russian city of Belgorod:

▪️ A shopping mall was hit, nearby residential buildings, a school building, and a school stadium were damaged.

▪️ According to latest information, six people were killed and another 17 injured, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

▪️ A 4-month-old baby and their mother were killed in the attack.

▪️ The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 14 shells of the Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS were fired by Ukrainian forces over the Belgorod region.

▪️ Russia will raise the issue of the attack on Belgorod at the UN Security Council and other international organizations, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

▪️ All residents whose homes were damaged in the attack will be offered temporary hotel accommodations, the mayor's office announced.

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already begun a partial withdrawal from Avdievka, considering the surrender of the city to the Russian army only a matter of time - Washington Post
▪️The pilot of the drone “Alpha” with the call sign “Vitamin” from Avdievka told WP that the Russians are seeking to surround the Avdiivka coke plant, which has become the main base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city.
▪️“Storming a coke plant will be very difficult and probably makes no sense. They'll try to get around him and surround him, and that's it. Our forces will be forced to retreat."
▪️The Russians “are now trying to put pressure on the right flank of the coke plant, and they are succeeding.”
▪️ “Capturing Avdiivka would mark Moscow’s most significant military victory since the failure of a Ukrainian counteroffensive last year – and would be the clearest sign yet that Russian forces are regaining the initiative as Kiev lacks soldiers, weapons, ammunition, morale and money.” – writes the Washington Post.
▪️Although “a complete withdrawal of troops from Avdievka now seems likely,” during the reporters’ trip to the city, “fresh forces from the assault brigades were deployed there to help repel Russian attacks and continue the defense of Avdievka.”
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15th February 2024, 19:36

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🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺❗ Statement by Russian Ambassador Gennady Gatilov:

▪️ Belgorod, a city that has already lived through much suffering, today faced another gruesome attack by Ukrainian neo-Nazis. As a result of indiscriminate strikes from Western-supplied MLRS against civilian objects of the city (local shopping center, school stadium, etc.), 6 people were killed, including an infant; 17 people, including four children, sustained various injuries. Unfortunately, these terrible numbers may still rise.

❗️ We call on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and members of his Office to act responsibly and watch the horrific footage taken by witnesses of this tragedy. Perhaps the video will finally compel the international human rights defenders to break their usual hypocritical silence regarding the barbaric shellings of Russian cities by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and condemn these crimes of the Zelenskiy regime.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Front Summary for 15 Feb 2024 by 19:47

In Kherson Direction, another AFU evacuation group has been struck by our military.

In Zaporozhye Direction, the speaker of the AFU Troop Group "Tavria", which is fighting on the southern front, said that the AFU expects Russian forces to attack.

In SouthDonetsk Direction, a Russian offensive is continuing in Novomikhaylovka, where the Russian army is advancing. Russian fighters have firmly entrenched themselves in the eastern part of the village and periodically enter the centre. From the southern side of the village Russian troops are breaking through to help. At Pobeda Russian forces are pressing southeast of the village from the side of "Zverinets-2".

In Donetsk Direction, Russian stormtroopers are aimed at cutting the remaining dirt roads through which the AFU supplies the Avdeyevka garrison. From the side of the Motor Depot, Russian fighters are expanding the zone of control and have also advanced to the forest plantations near Lastochkino. They create a denser coverage of the Coke Plant from the south. Russian fighters are breaking through from Opytnoye to meet them. The army continues to bring its Avdeyevka flanks closer together. While the arrived AFU reserves are trying to unclench the pincers around their city garrison. Some of the AFU forces are withdrawing from the centre to the Khimik Microdistrict. Others are trying to fight virtually surrounded. At the same time, Russian forces have not yet completely blocked the fortified areas of Zenit and Cheburashka, although their flanks are about to meet. It is said that Zenit has an underground tunnel leading to Khimik, for both supply and evacuation.

📌 Given the reinforcements from the 3rd Brigade, Syrsky will probably try to counterattack from Lastochkino and from Coke Plant.

In Bakhmut Direction, at Chasov Yar, the AFU continue to retreat. Russian fighters have advanced south of Popovsky Forest and approached the northern outskirts of Ivanovskoye (Krasnoye). Having advanced from the Chernobylets village, Russian forces came close to Ivanovskoye from the east as well. The AFU are trying to counterattack, but so far they have only managed to slightly reduce the pace of Russian attacks.

In Svatovo Direction, on the Liman front at Terny, Laptev Yar is being assaulted, but Russian forces failed to gain a foothold there, the AFU managed to mine everything tightly. In the Kupyansk sector, the advance of Russian forces in the area of Ivanovka is confirmed. An arsenal from artillery to FABs hits enemy positions. There are positional battles near Peschanoye and Berestovoye, the frontline has not changed yet. At Sinkovka Russian troops advanced from the northeastern side.

Our Aerospace Forces hit military facilities in Ukraine during the night. Deployment points in Lvov, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Chernigov region, and ammo depots in Poltava region came under attack. In Kiev, explosions occurred at an UAV production plant. New attacks on the Starokonstantinov airfield, which began to be restored after previous attacks.

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