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[Korrespondent] 22:19 The head of the Kharkov OVA, commenting on Forbes information about the Russian offensive in the Kupyansk direction, recalled that the Russian army has been advancing there since February 2022: “And since the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the occupiers have not given up their intentions to reconquer these territories again, because for them it is logistically important direction... For more than six months, heavy fighting has been going on in all sectors of the front, the Russians are conducting high-intensity assault operations. But the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelling enemy attacks all this time, we are constantly strengthening the defense capability of the entire region. The armed forces are ready for any further scenarios, enemy actions and rapid response to intelligence results."
20:54 Russia has concentrated about 500 tanks, more than 600 combat vehicles and approximately 40 thousand soldiers in the Kupyansk direction in order to recapture the territory of the Kharkov region, from where the Armed Forces of Ukraine expelled Russian troops in the fall of 2022, Forbes writes with reference to the Ukrainian military. The Russian group is opposed by about ten Ukrainian brigades with a total number of 20 thousand military personnel. At the same time, the main problem is the shortage of ammunition among the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the publication notes.
19:13 National Security Advisor to the US President Jake Sullivan said that Washington will not interfere in the issue of Zaluzhny’s possible dismissal. According to him, this is the sovereign right of Kyiv and the right of the president to make his own personnel decisions. "We made it clear that we were not going to be involved in this particular decision. We told the Ukrainians directly about this," Sullivan said.
18:42 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had arrived in Krivoy Rog: “Now - Krivoy Rog, the entire region and other communities of the region, a meeting on energy and water supply to the cities and villages of the Dnieper region, including Krivoy. Protection of energy facilities. Strengthening mobile fire groups, air defense, electronic warfare. Restoration of energy capacities."
16:35 The Russians fired at the village. Glushkovka, Kurilov community, Kharkov region, one person was injured, the prosecutor’s office reported.
16:08 Zelensky said that he visited the Air Command of Skhid - they discussed the protection of cities and villages, critical infrastructure facilities and the front line from the air, the features of the use of Western air defense systems and strengthening thanks to future supplies.
The president also held a meeting on the security situation in the Zaporozhye region - he heard reports from the military command and heads of law enforcement agencies. We discussed the situation on the battlefield, defense actions in the Avdeevsky direction, the situation in the Rabotino area and other sectors of the front, fortifications, as well as the protection of critical infrastructure and the region’s military-industrial complex from the enemy.
15:22 The Russian army fired artillery at the housing sector in Toretsk, Donetsk region - one person was killed, two were wounded, the prosecutor's office reported.
14:19 Zelensky said that he visited Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, including the location of the 65th separate mechanized brigade. I talked with the defenders and presented state awards.
12:57 Journalist Andrei Tsaplienko reports, citing his sources in Avdievka, that today the situation in the city has become critical. Russian attack aircraft, taking advantage of cloudy weather and the impossibility of high-quality aerial reconnaissance, entered the city from the northeast. They bypassed the Ukrainian battle formations and entrenched themselves in the buildings. “This means that they are hundreds of meters away from the main logistics artery of the Ukrainian defenders. But the situation is not hopeless yet, the military says... In fact, the fate of Avdiivka is being decided these days,” Tsaplienko said.
12:01 Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoyt said that in the village of Tetkino, Glushkovsky district, infrastructure communications facilities were damaged as a result of a UAV attack.
11:16 Germany will sign an agreement on security guarantees with Ukraine on February 16 in Berlin, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports, citing sources in the German government. The signing will take place during the Munich Security Conference, which will take place in Berlin these days.
11:10 In the Sumy direction, fighters of the Territorial Defense Forces stopped another attempt by the enemy DRG to cross the state border of Ukraine, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev. An armed group of ten people was spotted on the approaches to the Glukhiv community. After an hour and a half battle, the DRG retreated with losses.
10:54 In the Donetsk region, one person was wounded as a result of Russian shelling of Maksimilyanivka, Maryinsky community, the National Police reported. In addition, the Russians launched a missile strike on Pokrovsk - a plant and the building of the State Emergency Service were damaged. An apartment building in Avdeevka was destroyed.
10:12 Belgium proposed a plan to the G7 to unblock Russian assets in favor of Ukraine, writes the Financial Times. In particular, the Belgian government has initiated the issuance of debt obligations that will raise funds for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Russian assets will be used to pay off the debt. The publication explains that Ukraine’s allies will demand that Russia repay the debt under the issued obligations, but if Moscow refuses, then the partners will attract frozen assets of the Russian Federation. This will help bypass some legal obstacles to the confiscation of Russian funds.
09:47 Yesterday’s attack on the energy infrastructure of Krivoy Rog was the third in a week and one of the most massive in a year, Ukrenergo reported. Now work on both the main and distribution networks continues, but the power supply has already been restored.
09:19 In the Kharkov region on February 3, one person was injured as a result of Russian shelling. Grigoryevka, Kupyansky district, with two controlled aerial bombs, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA.
09:11 Ukrainian sources do not confirm information from Russian publics about the alleged liquidation of a Russian general as a result of a strike on the Belbek airfield on January 31, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces. She called this information a hoax.
09:05 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 4:
personnel - about 388,750 (+810) people,
tanks - 6343 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 11,818 (+13),
artillery systems - 9331 (+31),
MLRS - 979 (+0),
air defense systems - 663 (+0),
aircraft - 332 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7173 (+12),
cruise missiles - 1848 (+1),
ships/boats - 24 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,393 (+41),
special equipment - 1479 (+6).
08:56 In occupied Lysichansk, the bodies of 28 people were found under the rubble of a bakery, the “authorities” reported. Debris clearance continues. Reuters reports that the location believed to have been hit corresponds to the location of the former Adriatic restaurant. Photos of the destroyed building published by Russian public pages also show a restaurant sign.
08:18 Over the past 24 hours, 66 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 27 enemy attacks near Novokalinovo and Avdeevka and three more attacks near Pervomaisky, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, seven attacks were repulsed near Krasnohorivka, Georgievka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, five enemy attacks were repelled near Sinkovka and Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - eight attacks in the areas of Serebryansky forestry, Belogorivka in the Lugansk region, Ternov and Yampolevka in the Donetsk region; on Bakhmutskoye - three attacks near Bogdanovka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - three attacks south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - one attack in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repulse five assaults by Russian troops in one day.
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[Korrespondent] Ukraine has concentrated approximately 10 brigades near Kupyansk, which amounts to about 20,000 troops and hundreds of tanks, combat vehicles and howitzers.
The troops of the aggressor country Russia plan to capture Kupyansk, Kharkov region, before March 2024, when presidential elections will be held in the Russian Federation. 500 Russian tanks, more than 600 combat vehicles, hundreds of howitzers and 40 thousand soldiers are concentrated in this direction, writes Forbes.
“A piece of the Kharkov region would be a gift” to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for the elections from the Russian army, the material says.
In turn, Ukraine has concentrated approximately 10 brigades near Kupyansk, which amounts to about 20,000 troops and hundreds of tanks, combat vehicles and howitzers. However, there remains a problem with ammunition, which Ukraine is experiencing after the cessation of systematic military assistance from the United States, Forbes writes.
So Russia's new advantage in firepower allows it to concentrate artillery without fear of heavy Ukrainian counter-battery fire. According to analysts at Frontelligence Insight, this allows occupiers to destroy populated areas to make them unprotected. They emphasize that the demolition of the city has already begun - damage around Kupyansk is confirmed by satellite images.
Russia first occupied Kupyansk in February - the beginning of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In September 2022, the Defense Forces liberated the city during a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region.
Let us remind you that on January 21, ISW stated that the Russians advanced along the Kupyansk-Svatovo-Kremennaya line and captured Krakhmalnoye in the Kharkov region. Subsequently, the head of the public relations service of the command of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Vladimir Fityo, confirmed this.
On February 2, the OSV Khortytsia reported that the Russian occupiers had concentrated approximately 40 thousand military personnel, more than 500 tanks and 650 armored combat vehicles in the Kupyansk area.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled four attacks launched by assault groups of AFU 30th, 32nd Mechanised, 25th Airborne brigades near Sin'kovka (Khar'kov region) and Terni (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made M777 artillery system have been eliminated.
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces improved thier positions along the front line.
Aviation and artillery repelled three attacks launched by AFU 60th Mechanised and 12th Azov Special Operations brigades near Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at AFU manpower near Torskoye (Donestk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled two attacks of AFU 112th Territorial Defence, 24th Mechanised brigades' units near Krasnoye and Leninskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of AFU 22nd, 93rd Mechanised, 80th Air Assault brigades close to Bogdanovka, Noviy, Kleshcheyevka, and Shumy (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 380 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three Kozak armoured vehicles, and six pickup trucks have been neutralised.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20, and one122mm D-30 howitzers were hit.
One ammunition depot of the AFU 47th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed close to Pokrovsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicoptes, and artillery inflicted loses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and the 1st National Guard Brigade close to Ugledar and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Up to 115 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, two 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer have been eliminated.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of AFU 33rd, 65th, 118th Mechanised, 128th Mountain Assault brigades close to Rabotino, Verbovoye, Nesteryanka, and Sherbaki(Zaporozhye region).
The enemy lost up to 45 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS.
In Kherson direction, coordinated efforts of the Russian Group of Forces in coordination with aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems defeated clusters of AFU manpower near Ivanovka, Tyaginka, Kazatskoye, and Zolotaya Balks (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy has lost up to 30 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one M777 artillery system, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have destroyed one AFU fuel depot, and have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 124 areas during the day.
Air defence systems shot down 97 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Velikiy Vyselok (Kharkov region), Golikovo, Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Tokmak, Novoye, Ocheretovatoye, and Chistopolye (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 568 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 11,775 unmanned aerial vehicles, 462 air defence missile systems, 14,904 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,216 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,963 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 18,230 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:43 Breakthrough on the flank of Avdievka: the Ukrainian Armed Forces are in a critical situation, the Russian army has advanced 1 km, cutting off the N-20 highway
Russian units fought their way through almost more than one km, crossed the N-20 highway and entered forest plantations near the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS).
Ukrainian military analysts scream about the success of our troops all day long:
“The Russians managed to enter our positions in the forest north of the filtration station, advancing up to a kilometer into the depth of our defense,”
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to stop the advance of the Russians, but they, despite everything, continue to put pressure.”
On the northern flank of Avdievka, Russian troops are pressing in the Stepovoye area and from the territory of the Ivushka station in the direction of Stepovaya and Pershotravnevaya streets.
The fighting also continues on the southern flank of Avdievka.
Russian troops intensified assault operations in the area of Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye, Tonenkoye and Severny.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report reports that the Russian army, with the support of aviation, carried out 31 attacks during the day: 21 in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Stepovoy, Avdeevka and another 10 attacks near Tonenkoye, Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelskoye, trying to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:30 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: always in touch
In modern combat, without communications there can be no clear control of units. Regardless of whether fighters are attacking or defending, they always need reliable communications.
The fighter with the call sign “Flash” is one of those on whom control of the battle depends.
“When there is communication, you can very quickly understand the essence of the problem and react so that everything is fine and no one gets hurt,” says a military signalman about his work.
20:30 T-90M “Breakthrough”, endured several hits from enemy FPV kamikazes.
19:30 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits
Exchange of experience: motorized riflemen are training to capture strong points at a training ground in the Zaporozhye region
Assault squads, under the guidance of experienced instructors with more than one successfully completed combat mission behind them, perfect their actions in various situations to the point of automaticity.
“Here we exchange experience with other types and branches of the military, with other divisions and regiments. Everyone who comes to the test site shares their experience. It happens that the instructors themselves listen to the servicemen,” says the commander of a flamethrower platoon with the call sign “Kamin.”
Assault units are supported by flamethrowers who hone their shooting skills with Bumblebee rocket-propelled infantry flamethrowers.
“One flamethrower hits 52 square meters. If this is an infantry group, an assault group, a sabotage and reconnaissance group, there will be nothing left of them,” said the flamethrower platoon commander.
18:30 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction. Ugledar. 04.02 18:00
It is reported that in the area of the village of Ugledar, Donetsk People's Republic, our fighters from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade repelled another attack by the enemy drg and resumed offensive operations.
The enemy tried to attack with up to one squad and with the support of several armored vehicles.
17:30 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. Assault. 04.02 16:30
It is reported that our assault units continue assault operations in the Avdeevsky operational direction.
Many sources confirm the rapid breakthrough of our assault groups on the right flank (northeast direction).
The enemy (often under the influence of psychotropic and other substances) stubbornly resists.
16:30 Over the past 24 hours, Russian military personnel improved position along the front edge in the Krasnolimansky direction.
Air strikes and artillery fire repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 60th Mechanized Brigade and the 12th Special Forces Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka DPR and Chervonaya Dibrova LPR.
In addition, enemy personnel were defeated in the areas of the settlement of Torskoye DPR and Serebryansky forest.
Operational-tactical aviation, UAVs, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a fuel depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnepropetrovsk region, and also defeated the personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 124 districts.
15:35 Front bird broadcasts: Nikolaevkskaya area. Air defense. 04.02 15:15
Local public pages report on the work of enemy air defense.
The rumble was heard in the southern part of the region in the port area.
Arrival information is being updated.
Our UAV has undergone preliminary testing.
13:40 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 04.02 13:35
There is information that tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is identifying enemy positions for high-precision strikes.
A loud explosion was reported.
13:00 Front bird broadcasts: Zaporozhye direction. Verbovoe. Analysis. 04.02
The situation at the site is complex, tense, but controllable.
In some places, there are trench firefights, and attempts are made to storm particularly important heights and landings, both us and the enemy, using a small resource of manpower and artillery.
In this approach, surprise and decisiveness are most important. There are no obvious successes.
There are a number of trenches in this direction, a small square on the ground, for which battles take place all the time and it is passed from hand to hand.
Constant artillery artillery attack from both sides against planned and newly identified targets.
The front, in this sector, is not silent and is not at all like a passive, monotonous positional war. People are injured and, worse, killed every day.
12:20 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction
Bomber aircraft strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and places where manpower accumulated in the 58th motorized infantry brigade, 72nd Mechanized Brigade and 127th Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of Urozhainy, Ugledar, Vodyanoy and Staromayorsky, destroyed a temporary deployment point and unmanned aircraft control center.
During the day, attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strengthen forward positions and carry out rotations of militants in the areas of Staromayorsky and Ravnopol were stopped.
The enemy's losses included: an electronic warfare station, an ATV, a Fury unmanned aerial vehicle, and more than 95 military personnel.
11:30 Front bird broadcasts: South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut)
North of Kleshcheevka our troops occupied a farm. The enemy is trying to counterattack.
10:40 Everything is like in battle: attack aircraft of the “Southern” group of forces are training to capture strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Experienced instructors conduct classes in tactical, fire and medical training. The training program takes into account the real situation on the contact line. The personnel practice actions in pairs and groups.
Military personnel carry out an “assault” on enemy positions using T-72B3 tanks and BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles. Military personnel also practice shooting with small arms and learn to operate in urban and field conditions. Particular attention is paid to practicing the conduct of combat operations when displacing the enemy from strongholds.
Daily training at the training ground takes place in conditions as close as possible to combat conditions.
09:45 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Novyi Lagerya four rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka two rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha six rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi three rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Kakhovka, n.p. Proletarka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Aleshki, firing a total of 14 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:20 Telegram channel «Two Majors"
Overview – Summary for the morning of February 4, 2024.
“The enemy switched to a defensive operation along the entire front line with the task of exhausting our troops and trying to switch to offensive operations in the spring of this year. These actions of his are planned, official speakers of the enemy provoke us to mistakes and hasty conclusions with phrases like “now it’s the Russians’ move.”
The Ukrainian Armed Forces compensated for the decrease in the supply of artillery weapons and UAV equipment of all types, deployed relay networks on the ground and in the sky, and enemy FPVs were constantly in the air. Agricultural drone-bombers of the “Baba Yaga” type also pose a serious threat to our troops: from one of the directions it was reported that soon they will even begin to pay rewards for the destruction of them.
– The tragic video of the death of our advancing group of equipment near Novomikhailovka became resonant: many drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces simultaneously hit our column. At the same time, in another direction, near Priyutny, our armored group took advantage of the surprise factor and successfully completed the task and occupied the designated positions.
– In the Black Sea, our fleet lost the missile boat “Ivanovets”: the sailors bravely fought with many enemy MBECs, continued to fight for the survivability of the boat even after one of the drones was blown up close to the side.
– The enemy’s tactics to inflict maximum military and economic damage on our country are also indicated by strikes on refineries and other enterprises by long-range UAVs. Also indicative is the enemy’s propaganda technique of indicating in almost every official publication the amount of damage caused in dollars: apparently, Kyiv has found a successful form of reporting to the West for the period of the defensive operation.
– Along the entire front line, the Russian Armed Forces maintain the initiative; even in the notorious Krynki in the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are only replenishing the significantly reduced group of infantry on our shore with manpower and exhausting our troops with drones and artillery.
– On the Zaporozhye front, battles near Verbovoy and Rabotino. Enemy FPV drones fly 15-20 km from the LBS, and repeaters are suspended in the air on aircraft-type UAVs.
– Our zone of control has been expanded on the Vrem'evsky ledge near Priyutny. In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction there were battles near Novomikhailovka and Georgievka.
– Bloody battles are taking place near Avdievka: the Ukrainian Armed Forces retain the ability not only to defend, but also to counterattack, like the “Tsar’s Hunt”, occupied by our troops. To the south of the village The cheerful advance of the Russian Armed Forces is also recognized by the enemy’s resources.
– West of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) The Russian Army is advancing north of Kleshcheevka, the other day they managed to knock the enemy out of the farm, the enemy is trying to recapture the position. There are battles near Ivanovsky, the enemy counterattacked in Bogdanovka.
– Near Belogorovka, the Russian Armed Forces are also conducting offensive operations. The enemy skillfully defends himself, effectively using many drones and artillery strikes. Instantly delivers massive attacks on positions occupied by our troops, which indicates the systematic nature of its actions and the effective organization of communications and artillery.
– Our military pilots are working hard, “shipping” to the enemy many FABs with UMPC along the entire front line. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have pulled up air defense systems to the LBS, and more and more often our aircraft are forced to dodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces' anti-aircraft missiles.
– Along the entire front line, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are carrying out terrorist attacks on civilian targets: buses, cars, infrastructure. Drone operators cannot help but see where they are hitting. There are targeted attacks on civilians.
08:40 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for February 3, 2024
– The Russian Armed Forces continue to methodically strike at the critical infrastructure of the so-called. Ukraine. Russian kamikaze drones "Geran-2" hit another transformer substation in Krivoy Rog, which led to the shutdown of industrial consumers and a stop in the technological process.
– In the Avdeevsky direction, the RF Armed Forces, after recent successes, are consolidating their achieved positions. To the east of the Experienced Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, they struck at the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the former anti-aircraft unit: at the moment, battles are taking place on the outskirts of it.
– In the Krynok area in the Kherson direction, the enemy still holds a bridgehead. Trying to suppress the launch areas of Ukrainian FPV drones, the Russian Army is striking coastal settlements on the right bank of the Dnieper.
– At the same time, in the Slobozhansky direction, the Sumy military administration established a five-kilometer zone along almost the entire border of the region, where civilian vehicles are prohibited from passing. This may be connected both with the preparation of another provocation, and with the aim of protecting the state border from Russian reconnaissance groups.
– At night, the enemy attacked the rear regions of Russia with drones. In the Belgorod region and Voronezh, all targets were shot down. In Volgograd, a drone damaged the infrastructure of the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka plant.
08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
30 armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Damaged:
One residential building.
Recorded attacks:
Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 25 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 109 units of various ammunition.
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[Regnum] In order to destroy the Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft, which was carrying prisoners, Ukrainian terrorists received data for the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) through the Western Link-16 system.Military analyst and specialist in air defense systems Alexey Leonkov voiced his opinion to RIA Novosti.
The expert explained that Link-16 is used in the armies of the US and NATO countries. The Patriot air defense system, which fired two missiles at the plane, operated without a detection radar.
“Information about the target was received at the complex’s control center via the Link-16 data transmission system. Therefore, the complex itself was not detected before the launch, since it did not emit probing signals,” Leonkov clarified.
The specialist suggested that the Il-76 was tracked in real time by a passive electronic reconnaissance system, from which data was already received by Link-16.
“It follows from this that the operation to destroy the plane with prisoners was planned by the Western side,” the expert concluded.
As reported by Regnum news agency, there is no need to make a full display of fragments of the crashed Russian Il-76 - the data from the black boxes and the examination clearly confirmed the fact of an attack on the plane using the Patriot system.
The Il-76 was shot down on January 24 in the Belgorod region, killing everyone on board, including the Russian crew of six and three accompanying officers.
Judging by the fragments recovered from the crash site, a MIM-104A anti-aircraft guided missile from the Patriot complex was used to strike the plane. Presumably, the crew of the air defense system was mixed, it included both Ukrainians and Americans.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces prepared in advance an attack on the Russian Il-76 plane with prisoners of war; a missile was fired at it from an ambush, a source in the security forces said on February 2.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
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[ColonelCassad] The enemy reports that the Russian Armed Forces broke through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near a flooded quarry and entered the northern part of the city onto the first streets, where street fighting began.
The key supply road for the Avdievka garrison from the breakthrough site is several hundred meters away. In view of this, the enemy is now attempting counterattacks to stabilize the situation.
At the same time, fierce fighting continues in the south-eastern quarters of the city from the Tsar’s Hunt. There are also heavy battles to the west of Zenit (part of the air defense).
Today, Poroshenko’s minions - Butusov, Mosiychuk, Tsaplienko and the rest - threw a massive hysteria about this. They demand to send reserves and stop lying about the situation in Avdievka.
I've already seen this somewhere...Oh yes, during the battle for Artemovsk. Zelensky, meanwhile, took pictures in the rear areas near Orekhov.
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REGNUM] Falsification of history in Latvia has long acquired the character of a purposeful policy. The Latvian authorities are forming the image of a “truly European, democratic state,” the “dark spots” in the history of which appeared solely as a result of the “aggressive” policies of the USSR and Germany in the 30s and 40s. XX century A special role in this context is given to the glorification of the Latvian Waffen-SS legionnaires and other Nazi collaborators.
The attempt to present Hitler’s henchmen as “freedom fighters” is one of the key elements of the evidence base for the concept of “ Soviet occupation” and “patriotic education” of youth.
In January 2015, Latvia, taking advantage of its status as chairman of the Council of the European Union, achieved a ban on the exhibition “Stolen Childhood ” in the Central Hall of UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Victims of the Holocaust through the eyes of young prisoners of the Salaspils concentration camp.” Another striking manifestation of the line on rewriting history should be considered the silencing and downplaying of the crimes committed by the Nazis in the Salaspils concentration camp.
In his book “Salaspils camp, 1941-1944.” “historians” K. Kangers, U. Neuburgs, R. Viksne argue that Salaspils was a “labor colony”, and only 2,000 victims, mostly children, can be considered “documentedly confirmed” (of which 500 allegedly entered the camp in "very poor condition").
The data of Soviet and Russian historiography (from 53,000 to 100,000 tortured) in Latvia is called “Kremlin propaganda”. The Latvian public human rights organization “Return Our Names” and its leader, Riga Duma deputy Ruslan Pankratov, together with the film company “Rigafest”, began implementing the project “Children and War” - a series of video interviews with former juvenile prisoners of the Salaspils concentration camp to document their testimonies.
The first interview is published today.
Please introduce yourself, what is your name ?
"Elena Georgievna Gribun. I was born in the Pskov region, right on the border of Latvia and Russia, in the village of Kalinkovo. The whole family lived there: dad, mom, me and my little sister. Our father worked as the chairman of a collective farm. The collective farm united 14 villages. They were all located along the border with Latvia. Such proximity to the border gave us the opportunity to often hear Latvian speech. Relatives on my mother’s side were Russian, and they all lived in Latvia."
How did it all happen?
"When the punitive expedition began, all our houses in all border villages were burned. We were all kicked out of our houses and told to line up outside our houses. When we saw our houses go up in flames, it became clear to everyone that we would not be brought back. Then they forced us to form a column and drove us on foot to the Zilupe station on Latvian territory.
"It was the spring of 1943, at the end of March - at the beginning of April. Everyone was in the column: children, women, and grandparents. They drove through slush and mud. We were not allowed to take anything with us, it was cold. My godfather was sick, limped, fell several times, and was raised several times. He was shot, and his wife was not even allowed to approach him. She wanted to say goodbye, maybe even make sure: he was alive, maybe still breathing. She was driven away, and his body remained lying on the side of the road.
"It was in this spirit that we were persecuted and persecuted. We got to the station when it was already completely dark. We spent the whole night at this station. In the morning, freight cars arrived and they began to herd us into them.
"Not only our village was there, there were many people from different villages there. And until this train was fully staffed, we did not move. We were not allowed out of the carriages. They didn't give us food or water. Those who had any crumbs of provisions left, then, of course, that’s what they ate. They shared, of course, with everyone, with each other, yes, but how else? When all the carriages were full, we left. We drove for some time, then we were stopped again for some reason. This stopped me several times. They didn't give me any food or water.
"Parents lifted the children to the window so that the hand could get through the window. They asked those passing by to give at least something. The entire train was cordoned off and no one was allowed near the carriages. Well, since there were a lot of children in the carriages, sometimes one of the adults still managed to slip a piece of bread or a little water into their hand. It took us, well, maybe 3 or 4 days from Zilupe station to Salaspils. I don’t remember exactly now. When we arrived at the place, we were all lined up in a column, 4 people each.
"From the Salaspils station we walked to our camp. When we walked past the Stalag 350 camp - this is a prisoner of war camp, an elderly woman stood on the side of the road, and since we had a lot of children in our column, I myself was 7 years old at the time, and with me there was also a little sister, well, one grandmother She handed something from the food to the child, maybe some kind of croissant, I don’t know exactly what, I don’t remember exactly, I didn’t notice, but she was beaten very badly for it. The first day we were all forced into one common barracks."
Please describe what a barracks is? What did he look like?
"A wooden building, a structure made of planks, with very small windows near the ceiling. The windows were, however, very high, it was impossible to come up and just look into the street through them. The bunks were three-story.
"The first day we were all in the same barracks. There was some kind of cement floor, I remember, very scary. Everyone was in the same barracks. The next day we were all kicked out. Everyone was told to undress and taken to the sanitary inspection room. They drove everyone naked. I remember now, through thawed patches where there was no snow, where there was dirt, barefoot, somehow jumping over. The distance was, well, maybe 200-300 meters. We had to get to the next barracks. There they had already started sorting us from left to right, women to men.
"Everyone was doused with cold water. There were some iron basins. Well, just wash yourself. Well, what kind of washing was that? After this wash, go outside again. They gave out one thing at a time and who got what. Who got a T-shirt, who got panties, no more, only one thing at a time.
"Both adults and children. And after that they took me to another barracks and drove me. There, now I can’t say how long we were all there, but they said that supposedly we could take our clothes back. They were looking for something there, clothes were all scattered on the floor, everything was lying around. Well, it was clear that they were looking for something, maybe they thought that there were rich people there, they hid something, maybe good clothes, maybe money, like the Jews, they thought it was sewn into the clothes, I don’t know. We were looking for our clothes, who could find what, of course, not all the clothes could be found or the exact ones we had left could be found.
"When everyone had already gotten dressed, everyone was kicked out into the street again, that’s when it all started... Children in one direction, women in another, men in a third. It was scary, very scary... It was impossible to survive it.
"Mom had three children. She held the smallest one in her arms, they tore it right out of her arms, she screamed, and the child was thrown to where all the children were. All the women there were screaming at that moment, crying, fainting. Then we were all driven back to the barracks. With dogs. When they brought us there, there were bunks in 3 tiers, we were told that the smallest ones should be at the bottom, and the older ones, since they could climb, were ordered to climb higher. Well, there were three of us sisters, we somehow got together and all climbed onto the 2nd shelf.
"There was nothing there at all, just boards, boards, boards... We slept on our own clothes and covered ourselves with our own, I had some kind of coat. The food we were fed was simply terrible. In the morning, some kind of liquid, you won’t understand what it is, sweet/not sweet, coffee/not coffee, well, some kind of liquid. At lunch they gave us some kind of soup, but these were cleanings.
"It was spring. The cabbage was not just rotten, it was rotten, it all smelled of rot, it was all inedible, and it all looked like slop. I wanted to eat, but I couldn’t eat it, but we ate it. They gave us mugs, we rubbed what was there with a spoon so that we couldn’t see what it was, and we drank this liquid. Sometimes they gave me some kind of porridge, but this was very rarely given. But when the epidemic began, the children fell ill with dysentery, and the little ones who lived on the first floor got sick very often, well, if they ended up in the infirmary, then no one ever returned from the infirmary.
"No one ever returned. How they got there, everything... We were all afraid to go to the infirmary. If anyone had dysentery, they hid it in every possible way, as best they could, they were afraid to say that, well, well, I have such a problem, bad stomach. But no. They were afraid. They didn't say anything to anyone. They were afraid. They just stopped eating to let it all go away. There were women in our barracks who looked after us. They suggested what to do, what to eat, what not to eat.
"And so we survived little by little. But it was very dangerous. Those who helped the children were shot. They didn't survive. During epidemics, a cart drove up every day and corpses were placed on it, especially from the first floor, the smallest ones. They gave us the order to leave the barracks, line up, and they themselves checked whether anyone was dead or not. We only walked around the barracks ; we were not allowed to go outside."
Who guarded you?
"There were different forms. And black, and green, and gray overcoats. Everyone spoke German to us. Maybe they spoke Latvian, but who knows how we children could understand it, we confused everything out of fear. We were with dogs all the time. We saw women walking in the distance, we all really wanted to see our mother. These women carried earth or sand from one side of the camp to the other. Then my mother told me: we’ll take the sand to one place, but the guards say: now take the same earth in the other direction, to another place. So they mocked me. We were allowed to use the toilet behind the barracks only a few times a day."
What was the toilet like?
"These were holes. We were scared to go there, we were afraid to fail there. Well, we had a secret dream or hope, even if from afar, but still to see our mother. Mom or not mom, as you see from afar, we couldn’t know that. But we lived in this hope. And every time we returned from the toilet, I said: I saw my mother. Everyone lived in hope in the camp. I supported the little one so much. So I saw my mother, implying that there is hope."
Did they explain to you the reason for your arrest and detention?
"But who will explain anything there, no, of course. What is the reason, there was no reason there. We just lived on the border. I later found out that this event was called “ Winter Magic”. Our region was partisan, so the Germans believed that by destroying our settlements they were also fighting the partisans. Obviously this was the case. My father joined the partisans, then entered military service in the active Red Army. So he reached Berlin and also met victory in Berlin."
What did you talk about at camp, what did you dream about, maybe, maybe played something?
"There was nothing to play with, nothing to play with. There was nothing there at all. The only thing we thought was that the time would really come when we would be able to eat enough bread, just some simple bread, but enough. When the nuns from the Riga Convent on Kryšena Barona Street, house 126, took us out and brought us to the Marlenskaya volost, and the mistress who took me, she simply thought that it was a living skeleton, skin and bones, a living corpse, there was nothing to take on.. Well, they brought me there to her to help in the field. She washed me and gave me something to wear. The first week I could barely walk, but then that was it, there were no concessions. It was summer, we had to go to the fields and work. It was, yes."
How long were you in the camp?
"This was from the end of March to July 7, 1944."
Did the Germans do anything to you, did they do any experiments or analyses?
"They took our blood. I remembered the woman who took the blood. She was very beautiful, she had such blond hair, she always had a very beautiful hairstyle, her robe was always very clean and white. Nowadays all the robes have buttons forward, but before they were always tied at the back and at the neck at the front. When they took my blood, I don’t know what happened, maybe I passed out for a while, maybe I fainted, maybe what else happened, I don’t know. I still don’t understand how I ended up back in the barracks, I don’t know. I don’t remember this moment in more detail. It’s surprising that much of this episode has been erased from my memory, but this woman is somehow etched into my memory. It even seems to me that if I had seen her after the war, I would have recognized her immediately."
How was the blood sample taken?
"Well, at first we were all called supposedly for some kind of medical examination. They sat me down on a chair, there was one big one, one small one, so you could climb on it. They asked me to give my right hand, that is, to move it to the side so that it lay freely on the table. They gave me something sweet, or tea, maybe, or just sweetened water, I don’t know what kind of drink it was, maybe some kind of compote.
"A prerequisite is not to look in that direction. Many children were crying. They persuaded them, begged them in every way. It’s clear that children are children. Of course, many people began to panic out of fear. Before the camp, I was in the hospital in Sebezh, suffering from scarlet fever, maybe it saved me, because I wasn’t so afraid. I said that I was sick, but they still took blood. It seemed like they didn’t take it from my little sister, but she was very small, she was about four years old, no more..."
How did your life develop after your release from the camp?
"We were all brought to the Marlenskaya volost. The teacher wanted to take the little one. She and her husband did not have children, and they wanted to take her with them. They were Latvians. My eldest and I were sent to other families, also Latvian. It was later that we found out that we lived in the same volost, not far from each other, before that we did not know that we lived and worked nearby. She did more than me, as it turned out later. She, like me, also went to the field, but she also looked after the cows, sent them, milked them, and cleaned the house. Then the mothers were brought to this volost.
"Apparently, other women told our mother, she first found a small one. They offered to give it to her for good, but her mother did not agree and did not sign anything. Then she found me too. She began to visit us, but it was only occasionally. We all had to work, you didn’t visit much. Towards the end of the war, in the winter of 1944, I was released to live with my mother, and the youngest began to live with us, and then the eldest joined us. My mother found my father through the military registration and enlistment office and found out that he was alive and well."
Mom didn’t say anything, how did she spend this period of time?
"She tried to talk about it very little. She worked very hard and worked as a laborer for the owners. She was a very good dressmaker, and the owner had two daughters, and she sewed for them, I think that this is what helped her survive and hold out all this time. This owner allowed the youngest to be taken into his house, well, I mean, where my mother lived. Mom did everything to take me to her home, and a little later the eldest. This is probably what saved us all.
"I know that there was a plan that everyone who lived with the owners would be transported to Germany. The owner knew about this, he warned us. He was supposed to take us to the railway station and hand us over there against everyone’s signature. I don’t know how this happened, who specifically helped, but somehow they hid the mother, and it seems like the children can’t be alone. I don’t know how they did it, my mother didn’t say either, but as a result, no one sent us anywhere to Germany.
What happened to the owner after his release?
"To be honest, I don't know. My father returned only in the fall of 1945. He was sent to restore the Kegums hydroelectric power station, he took us all, and we all went there to live. He was a party member, and he was immediately given housing, such a comfortable barracks for workers, we were assigned to a Latvian school. She was 7 km from our house. A little later he was transferred to Riga, given an apartment, and so we all ended up in Riga."
The most vivid impressions that just seemed to be etched into your memory?
"I always wanted to eat in camp. I remember holding the crust of bread in my hand, that smell. I really wanted to eat, but I couldn’t eat everything, so I really enjoyed the smell. You walk around with this crust all the time, smell it and imagine that it’s like you’ve eaten it. That's how you fall asleep. Otherwise there was no way to fall asleep. Impossible to sleep.
"How many years have passed, I still remember this sweetest smell of my life. Long after the war, I always carried a crust of bread in my hand or purse for scent. There was nothing better for me then than this smell. He calmed me down, gave me strength, hope, and energy to live on."
You have experienced a lot of things, terrible and painful experiences, what do you think now, from the height of your years, what was it all for, why did you suffer such torment, what was it all for?
"God forbid that this happens again. God forbid that children find out that this can happen. All these horrors of war. Let them know better from the movies, as long as this doesn’t happen in reality and never happens again. Well, look at what is happening in the world, where there is war, where people are being killed, well, why all this? Why is all this needed? Why kill each other?"
The ex-president of Latvia, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, wrote in her book that the Salaspils concentration camp was a labor and educational camp.
"I would like her or other politicians to live in such a camp for at least a week, in the conditions we lived for months. I am sure that this would be enough for them for a long time. Thank God that he gave us the opportunity to still survive in those conditions. We were rural children, we lived well in those days, in abundance, as they would say now, that is, we were well-fed, perhaps this also helped us survive, but not everyone was able to survive it. Not all villages lived equally well ; there were worse places.
It’s impossible to forget this. How everyone in the bathhouse got their hair cut, both young and old. Everyone was cut to zero. The women were screaming. My mother's sister had a waist-length braid. She had such beautiful hair, such a braid... as long as her arm. They cut her hair, but not completely, but as it was cut, they left a little hair on her head. She cried and screamed, you know, a young woman, then she was, well, maybe 25 years old, my mother was 28.
"Everyone had to go through the sanitary checkpoint. The orderlies were all men. I don’t know, maybe they were soldiers. They examined everyone after the bath. I don’t know what they were looking at and what they wanted to see, but they looked at everyone. But in the carriage it was impossible to sit or lie down ; it was jam-packed. But I had to go to the toilet. Well, the adults somehow tore the board off the edge, and that’s where everyone went."
Did they tell you where they were taking you?
"No, of course, who will answer what? Come on... Well, one man tried to ask something, so they answered him in Latvian: Salaspils. And that’s what it seemed to him: “There is lard.” Well, they probably answered him from Salaspils, well, how does he know, he heard it that way, so he said that we were being taken to Salo to eat, everything was fine.
When we were kicked out of our houses, many took their cows with them. Well, where would a family be without a cow, you understand that there’s nowhere, so they took it, and it seemed like they even allowed it. They said that they would be with us. That they will travel on the train with us, but only in a separate carriage. Well, of course, no one gave anything away. Some had horses, some had goats. It is clear that nothing was returned to anyone."
And who took you out, the Germans?
There were Germans and Latvians, Aizsargi. The Germans were in greatcoats, aizsargi in black uniforms with a bandage on their sleeves. They were mainly guarded by aizsargi, there were simply more of them. They were punished for everything. And they put me in a corner, and they forced me to clean, and they forced me to clean and look after the little ones. What were they punished for? He said not to go out - that means not to go out. But I wanted to go to the toilet, but I just wanted to go out into the fresh air and have a look."
What form?
"They were in uniform, they were in white coats, there were also camp workers, I think they worked so that they themselves would not be taken to Germany.
Previously, people were invited to school and told a lot, but now... all this is prohibited. You see."
What kind of owner is this?
"These were Aizsarg's parents. I remember this for sure, I remember this form, I saw it. He came, we were asked to clean the house both upon his arrival and upon his departure. I don’t remember names, much less last names. Tanta, tanta... that's all. It was later that I learned from books that they paid 5 Deutschmarks there for hiring us out for work. In the summer it was agricultural work ; in the winter they carried hay from the barn. They took a blanket or a sheet, dumped hay in it and just like that they carried it to the barn to the cows, goats, whoever was there."
What happened to this family then ?
"Oh, I don't know. Who will find out what there, we didn’t say anything. They worked and worked. They didn't do anything bad at all. They didn't beat me, that's for sure. That's it, I remember for sure that they didn't beat me. Well, of course, sometimes they scolded me. The hostess basically scolded me if I did something wrong or did something wrong, yes, of course. It was. Sometimes they punished me. She could have threatened that she wouldn’t give me “plate” on Saturday. Every Saturday the hostess baked something there, some cookies, or something tasty and usually gave a little to me. Plate is a white flatbread fried in an oven. That’s how she punished, but she also punished, but she always left a small piece in the oven, but didn’t give it directly, but just like, go and tidy up the kitchen there, clean the oven. She herself knew that she left a piece there."
How many of you did she have there?
"I was alone. I was the only one of the children. There was also a married couple there, a husband and wife, but they also worked around the house, mowed there, cleaned the barn, what else, I don’t know, but these were adults, yes, that’s for sure. But they were also soon sent somewhere or taken away, I don’t know, no one told us anything. The war was coming to an end, who knows where they went after that."
About the concentration camp...
More than 3-4 months, I don’t know who could stand it there. People were dying. If you don’t do anything, some kind of disease will definitely take root. It was impossible to avoid. As with children, as soon as they get sick, that’s it. Nobody treated anyone there, they only killed them. It was scary to get sick there. This was the most important thing - not to get sick. If you get sick, then..."
Recorded on February 25, 2015, 13:00, Elena Georgievna Gribun, Riga, Latvia. Authors: producer - Ruslan Pankratov, cameraman - Victor Griberman.
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[Regnum] American authorities are alarmed by journalist Tucker Carlson's possible interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US House of Representatives member Marjorie Taylor Greene said on February 3.
“Democrats and their media propagandists shudder at the thought of Tucker Carlson interviewing Putin,” she wrote on social media X.
According to her, Americans “hear the truth” from people like journalist Carlson, but the US authorities don’t like it when “someone like Carlson doesn’t go according to script.”
As IA Regnum reported, on February 3, photographs of Tucker Carlson appeared on social networks, who was allegedly spotted at the Moscow Bolshoi Theater. The former TV presenter of the American Fox News channel visited the Spartak ballet. The purpose of Carlson's first unannounced visit to Russia remains unknown.
In September 2023, Tucker Carlson, in a conversation with the Swiss publication Die Weltwoche, accused people at the helm in the United States of disrupting an interview he planned to conduct with the Russian president. The journalist explained that the American government had been making very aggressive attempts for decades to take control of everything that was available in the country's media. Press workers, he said, are afraid to say anything that might accidentally offend people in power. Carlson emphasized that no one came to his defense or reminded the authorities of the journalist’s right to interview Putin so that people could hear the Russian president’s point of view.
Host Tucker Carlson was fired from Fox News on April 24, 2023. He was sharply critical of US President Joe Biden. Also in one of his shows, the journalist called for an investigation into the son of American leader Hunter Biden.
Former US House of Representatives member and political commentator Republican Adam Kinzinger called journalist Tucker Carlson a traitor. He left his opinion on the social network X.
Air National Guard Lieutenant Colonel Kinzinger briefly commented on Carlson's visit to Russia.
“He is a traitor,” Kinzinger wrote, commenting on a publication that said Carlson had come to Moscow.
As Regnum reported, Carlson came to Moscow to interview Russian leader Vladimir Putin or a senior member of the government if the conversation with the president does not take place. This very angers the White House, which does not allow alternative points of view in the United States, said political scientist, American public relations specialist and ex-journalist for The New York Times John Varoli.
Varoli drew attention to the fact that the US authorities do not want the American people to hear, for example, how Putin has been asking his Western colleagues for 14 years not to expand NATO to the east.
Tucker Carlson's colleague Jenson Hinkle also suggested that the American journalist was in Moscow to interview the Russian president.
Carlson's arrival in Russia was commented on in the US Congress. Republican Party spokeswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said that Democrats and the propagandists they control shudder at the fact that an American journalist would interview Putin.
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There is twitter video from Russia this morning purportedly showing Tucker getting in a van in a hotel parking garage and following that van to a Kremlin entrance.
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