[RFERL] In a publicity gesture in November, Sergei Aksyonov -- the Russian-installed head of Ukraine's Crimea region -- visited frontline Russian forces on mainland Ukraine last month and delivered to them socks and other basic goods.
"I visited the region controlled by our warriors, once again bearing gifts," Aksyonov reported. "We brought two truckloads of essentials -- socks, clothes, medicine, generators, and so on. We also brought our defenders televisions."
Crimea -- which Russia has occupied since 2014 -- has been a key staging area for the Russian military since Moscow launched its massive invasion of Ukraine in February. Troops, weaponry, equipment, and supplies have been funneled through the peninsula over the Russian-built bridge that spans the Kerch Strait and by sea.
But in recent months, Moscow has ramped up efforts to mobilize the peninsula's resources in support of the war against Ukraine. In late October, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a heightened state of security for regions bordering Ukraine and for Crimea. Under Putin's order, occupation authorities in Crimea have expanded authority to "requisition civilian infrastructure to meet the needs of the armed forces," according to international security consultants Crisis24.
Virtually all the major enterprises on the peninsula are working under the occupation-authority slogan "For Russia's Victory," and increasingly small businesses and civilian organizations, including schools, are being harnessed to provide basic supplies to Russia's ill-equipped army. Shortly after Putin announced military mobilization in late September, the local offices of Russia's ruling United Russia political party began collecting supplies for the troops from Crimean civilians.
The region's efforts to send the most basic supplies to the troops seem to confirm reports that Russia has had difficulty equipping the force that officials routinely call "the No. 2 army in the world."
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A report from a media outlet linked to the occupation authorities on November 17 said that "Crimean organizations and enterprises have directed their work toward aiding the front."
"The production of a plant in [regional capital] Simferopol is being used for ground, air, and space weapons…. Crimean bakeries are sending pies and croissants to the front. Simferopol college students are sewing raincoats for the military," the report asserted. "Volunteers from across Crimea are making borscht, producing candles, and knitting socks."
In a social-media post on December 6, Aksyonov reported the shipment of "humanitarian aid" to Russian ground forces, including "gas stoves and canisters, portable heaters, thermal underwear, warm clothes, sleeping bags, medicines, groceries, and hygiene products."
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions also came under enemy fire.
by Iryna Lysohor
The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Ternopil Oblasts, Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr Oblast, Kyiv Oblast and Cherkasy Oblast.
In Chernihiv Oblast , there were enemy shelling from mortars: Koryukivsky, Novgorod-Siversky districts, a total of 49 explosions. No losses and destruction, says the summary from OVA as of 0900 hrs in the morning.
During the day, the enemy shelled the Putivl community of the Sumy region with mortars. There were 14 arrivals. Yesterday morning, three enemy mines exploded on the outskirts of the Seredino-Buda community. In both cases – without victims and destruction.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Mala Tokmachka, Temyrivka, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaki, Kamianske, Orihiv, Novodanilivka, Dorozhnyanka, Malynivka, Biloghirya, Olgivske, Charivne, Stepnohirsk.
A total of 11 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of the Russian occupiers. Information about the consequences is being clarified.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region , this morning the enemy again shelled the Nikopol district. Chervonogrihorivska community came under attack. Previously, people were not injured. The consequences are being clarified. At night, the Russians shelled Myrivska and Marganetska communities in the Nikopol region with 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" and heavy artillery. No casualties. Private houses and farm buildings were damaged. Details are being clarified. At the site of the shelling, representatives of the State Emergency Service continue to survey the territories.
In the Luhansk direction , the Russians from tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery opened fire on Makiivka, Ploschanka, Nevsky, Dibrov and Chervonpopivka in the Limansk direction. On the Kupyansk direction, Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka were damaged by the enemy.
Over the past day, the Ukrainian aviation has carried out 13 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and five strikes on the positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems. Almost every day, the Russians suffer the greatest losses in the Lyman and Bakhmut directions.
In the Donetsk region, during the night there were shelling of the positions and outskirts of the Torets community with heavy weapons and small arms. The situation is tense, but controlled in the area of the villages of Ozoryanivka, Kurdyumivka, New York, Northern, Southern, Shumy, Druzhba, Magdalinivka and the town of Zalizne. The situation near Bakhmut and Avdiivka is difficult. Over the past day in Donetsk region: two dead, four injured.
In the Mykolaiv region , the Black Sea community was under enemy fire this morning. The infrastructure facility was damaged. There are no casualties. Yesterday afternoon, the enemy attacked the water area and the coastal zone of Ochakivska hromada from salvo rocket systems. Without victims and victims.
The community also suffered massive artillery strikes today at 06:00 and 07:05. Infrastructure objects were destroyed and damaged. There are no previous victims. The consequences are clarified.
In the Kharkiv region, the enemy continued to strike in the direction of Kupyansk yesterday. The occupiers shelled the positions of our military in the areas of Chervona Zorya, Krasne, Staritsa, Dvorichna and Novomlynsk settlements. A 63-year-old woman received a shrapnel wound in the village of Kivsharivka, Kupian district. Hospitalized in moderate condition.
At night, a critical infrastructure object was damaged in the city of Kupyansk as a result of shelling from the S300 air defense system. Also, in the morning, a two-story administration building burned down in the Kupyan district due to enemy shelling. There are no victims or injured. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified.
The enemy continues to shell the Kherson region . Fires artillery, tanks, mortars, and MLRS at peaceful settlements. According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the affected areas were Novovorontsovka, Osokorivka, Novotyaginka, Tokarivka, Yantarne and the city of Kherson.
According to available information, the occupiers mined country plots and the coast of the Konka and Chaika rivers within the Oleshkiv urban territorial community of the Kherson region.
Racists shelled the Dnipro district of Kherson. Enemy shells hit residential buildings. An 8-year-old child died. Another woman was caught by Russian shelling on her way home. She died on the spot from her injuries. Two people received medium and severe injuries.
Last day, rockets from multiple rocket systems hit the center of Kherson. Shells hit the building of Kherson OVA - two floors were damaged. According to preliminary information, there are no victims. Work continues in the region to restore normal life to the liberated Kherson region, humanitarian aid is arriving.
It will be recalled that yesterday six Kherson residents were injured as a result of enemy shelling . The authorities call on the citizens to temporarily leave for safer places, as the Russians do not stop firing on the liberated settlements.
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[Vesti] December 15 is the 295th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
Russia launched 31 air and eight missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the Donetsk region, and also carried out 61 shelling from the MLRS.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks of the Russian army in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Vesele and Marinka in the Donetsk region.
During the day, Ukrainian aviation inflicted 13 strikes on areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and five strikes on the positions of Russian air defense systems.
Missile and artillery units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit 2 command posts, eight enemy personnel concentration areas, and fuel and lubricants.
Donetsk region. Donetsk has been subjected to the heaviest shelling since 2014, the so-called. Deputy head of the "DPR" Natalya Shutkina. According to her, 40 rockets from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS were fired at the city. Three squares of the central part of the city were damaged.
On December 14, it became known about two civilians of the region killed by the Russians: in Bakhmut and Rozdolovka.
08:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. At night and in the morning, the Russians attacked the Nikopol region from 122mm BM-21 "Gradov" and heavy artillery . Initially, there were no casualties.
Nikolaevkskaya area. Russia launched massive artillery strikes on the Ochakovo bulk . Destroyed and damaged infrastructure facilities. There are no previous casualties. In the morning, the Black Sea community was under shelling - an infrastructure facility was damaged, there were no casualties.
Kharkov region. Kupyansk was fired from the S-300 air defense system - a critical infrastructure facility was damaged. In the Kupyansky district, a two-story administrative building was on fire due to shelling. There are no victims or injured.
09:00 . Zaporozhye region. The Russians are trying to connect the ZNPP to the energy system of the Russian Federation. According to the General Staff, the "authorities" are working on switching.
Lugansk region. At night, there was an arrival at the barracks with the personnel of the Russians in uncontrolled Kadievka.
Kherson region. The Russians shelled the territory of the Kherson region 86 times from artillery, MLRS, tanks, mortars and UAVs . There are hits in a shipyard, an educational institution, warehouses, newspaper premises, a school, a shop, the building of the Kherson Regional State Administration, private and apartment buildings. three people died , including an 8-year-old boy. Another 13 residents were injured of varying severity.
10:00 a.m. Donetsk region. Nine people died as a result of the morning shelling of Donetsk, according to the so-called. "authorities" in the "DNR".
11:00 am . Kherson region. The Russians hit the center of Kherson, 100 meters from the OVA building. Two people died.
Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result of the morning shelling of the Nikopol region from 122mm BM-21 "Gradov" and heavy artillery in the Krasnogrigoryevsk, Nikopol and Marganets communities, houses and power lines were damaged. Two local residents aged 66 and 67 were wounded.
11:50 am . Kherson region. Explosions in Kherson. The light went out in the city. The Russian projectile hit the place where the point of medical assistance and humanitarian extradition is located. A 31-year-old paramedic and a 70-year-old man died. A 44-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man were injured.
12:30 pm The Armed Forces of Ukraine have advanced in eastern Ukraine, Brigadier General Oleksiy Gromov, a representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. In the course of conducting offensive operations, the defense forces advanced up to 1.5 km in the area of the settlement of Dibrova.
13:00 . Kharkov region. Shelling from the S-300 from the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:00 . Kherson region. The Russians mined summer cottages and the banks of the Konka and Chaika riverswithin the Oleshkovsky urban territorial community, the General Staff said.
14:30 . Kharkov region. Explosions are reported in Kharkov - the Russians are shelling infrastructure facilities.
Zaporozhye region. As a result of hitting two rockets in Orekhov, two employees of the local KP "Vodokanal" were injured , one in serious condition.
15:15 . Kharkov region. Rocket hit in Kholodnogorsk district of Kharkov.
16:30 . Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians shelled the Nikopol region with heavy artillery from the territory of the temporarily uncontrolled Energodar. A 65-year-old man died in Marganets. At least three people were injured: a 16-year-old girl, a 38-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man. They are in the hospital. Houses, shops, a school and a college were damaged in the city.
18:00 Video surveillance equipment, which is not yet available in Ukraine, has been installed in the Chernobyl zone, and special cameras and sound sensors will protect power plants.
18:30 On Thursday, December 15, the State Border Service of Ukraine does not record a possible invasion from Belarus. Andrey Demchenko, a representative of the State Border Service, commented on this.
18:55 During the day, Russian troops launched two missile strikes, and also made more than five attacks from the MLRS. Operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the evening of December 15
19:19 Ukrainian aviation inflicted 11 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and two strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems.
19:55 Russia is preparing a new wave of mobilized reservists and will resort to an escalation of the war in the winter. The next wave of the offensive will most likely be launched in February, just like last year. This is their plan. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
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The West has new plans for another war between Serbia and Kosovo. A warm simmer now but a long effort even older than Ukraine. Pin pricks on the bear who up till now has maintained a slow methodical management of events. Seems the best approach is to allow the West to drain the life out of itself. The West has done its best to cause Russia to do something really dramatic to rally the West. The theater of replays of the Wests efforts are now extremely tiresome.
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[Korrespondent] 23:23 In Bakhmut, the occupiers are marching unceremoniously, in groups of 30 people. The Ukrainian military say they are destroying them, and then a new wave goes over the corpses. For more details, see Russian Tactics and Mountains of Corpses .
23:20 During today's Russian shelling of Kherson, a shell hit a Red Cross help center, a female paramedic, a volunteer, died, Zelensky said in an evening video message. Also today communities of the Kharkiv region were shelled again.
In the Donbas, according to the president, brutal Russian attacks continue: “The invaders are throwing everyone and everything they have on the offensive. They cannot defeat our army, and therefore they are physically destroying every city and village so that there are no buildings, no even walls , which can be used for any defense".
23:08 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "Good conversation - we are preparing to strengthen our defense cooperation. I thank Prime Minister Trudeau and all Canadians for their principled leadership in the sanctions policy. Every sanctions step against Russia during the war, which has already been done by the free world, really helps us bring peace closer. We are also preparing important international events for next week. Something that can give Ukraine more defense support this winter, more military capabilities."
23:02 Another 19,200 Ukrainians will undergo military training in the UK from January 1, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Vadim Prystaiko said: "By the New Year, we are completing the training of almost 10,000 military personnel, and starting from January 1, another 19,200 soldiers and officers will be trained within the UK."
22:41 Telegram channels write about a strike on an enemy ammunition depot in the occupied Irmino, Luhansk region.
22:37 In the occupied Zhelezny Port of the Kherson region, a hotel was blown up in which representatives of the FSB lived, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk.
22:33 The ambassadors of the EU countries have agreed on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia - the written procedure for agreeing on sanctions should be completed on Friday, December 16, Radio Liberty editor Rikard Jozwiak said.
22:04 Negotiations on the creation of a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are difficult, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said: "Ukraine's position is clear, we have never changed it - the Russians must leave the station. We are talking about the military, heavy equipment and Rosatom personnel, which actually helps occupation. And after that we will talk about the zone, how it will be defined, how many kilometers it will be."
21:16 The grain deal is unlikely to be expanded in the near future to include new Ukrainian ports or to reduce the time it takes to check ships, Martin Griffiths, UN Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, said during a visit to Ukraine: "It would be great if the deal could be The more grain is sent to the world, the better - both from our point of view and from the point of view of the whole world. But I do not think that this is already possible to do. "
20:40 The Russians fired at the DTEK energy company today - there were no casualties, but the equipment was seriously damaged. Currently, the enterprise is completely disconnected from the energy system, the shutdown has led to a limitation of heat supply in the region, the company said.
20:14 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley: "I updated the issue of providing the Ukrainian Defense Forces with weapons, ammunition and equipment necessary to deter Russian full-scale aggression. I shared with General Milley my main conclusion of an active war with Russia - with such an enemy it is not only necessary, but quite possible to fight to the very end.
19:45 The Russian company Special Technology Center, which manufactures UAVs, is still receiving Western components for the Orlan-10 drone. In particular, intermediaries in the United States, China and Russia help her bypass restrictions. According to Britain's Royal United Defense Research Institute (RUSI), between January and October, the sanctioned STC purchased more than $25 million worth of Western components through intermediaries.
19:37 Russia plans to launch another wave of offensives in February, Reznikov told The Guardian: "While Ukraine can now successfully defend itself against Russian missile attacks on critical infrastructure, including the energy grid, there is evidence that the Kremlin is preparing a new broad offensive. .. Conscripts have been preparing for at least three months. Therefore, they will try to start the next wave of the offensive, most likely in February, like last year. This is their plan."
19:09 Russia can deliver another massive strike at any time, it is not worth predicting their actions, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "We know what to expect from the Russian Federation, a terrorist state, but in this situation we will not be tied to the calendar of holidays. Because this empire of evil has its own logic.We see that strikes can be associated with dates or events (for example, a UN meeting), they can be on Mondays, Wednesdays or Thursdays, or they can be unrelated, but chosen on some other logic. In particular, military or internal political on the territory of the Russian Federation."
18:57 The Russian army is concentrating its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions. He is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky direction, and in the Kupyansky and Zaporizhzhya - he is building up a grouping, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an evening summary. According to the General Staff, in order to make up for losses, the Russians are forced to staff the command level of the operational-tactical level with retired officers transferred to the reserve, and even retired officers. They are sent to the area of warfare.
18:45 The Ministry of Internal Affairs is working on installing special cameras and sound sensors that will protect power plants: they will be able to detect objects such as a drone or missile and notify the air defense forces about them, Andriy Nebytov, head of the Main Directorate of the NPU in the Kiev region, said.
According to him, video surveillance devices have already been installed in the Chernobyl zone, which are not yet in Ukraine: law enforcement officers see and record the situation even at night, observing all movements in the border zone to the scale of a person. And recently, the regional council supported a program worth 77 million hryvnias to install video surveillance cameras with face recognition technology in public places.
18:23 EU leaders still agreed to pay Ukraine 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance in 2023, Radio Liberty Europe editor Rikard Jozwiak said.
17:58 The United States announced the imposition of sanctions against the Russian oligarch, owner of Norilsk Nickel and Tinkoff Bank Vladimir Potanin, as well as against the first deputy chairman of the Russian government Andrei Belousov. In addition, sanctions have been imposed against a number of Russian governors. Potanin's holding company Interros, which owns shares in Norilsk Nickel, fell under sanctions, but Norilsk Nickel itself did not fall under the restrictions.
17:47 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny in an interview with The Economist analyzed the course of further military operations in the war against Russia. The main thing from his interview is in the material They will go again .
17:26 In Warsaw, in the building of the Main Police Department, one of the gifts that the head of the Polish National Police Yaroslav Shimchik received during his working visit to Ukraine on December 11-12 exploded, the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. The explosion occurred at 7:50 on Wednesday, December 14, in a room adjacent to the office of the head of the Polish police. He received minor injuries and is in the hospital for examination. The Polish side turned to the Ukrainian side with a request to provide an explanation.
During his visit to Ukraine, the commandant met with the leadership of the police and the State Emergency Service, and the gift was from one of the leaders of the Ukrainian services. Gazeta Wyborcza writes, citing its sources, that the grenade launcher exploded when the officers were playing with it in the room.
16:54 The Russians fired at the Nikopol region - they fired from heavy artillery from the territory of Energodar, hiding behind a nuclear power plant. In Marganets, one person died, at least three were injured, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
16:48 Pro-Kremlin media received manuals from the presidential administration explaining the cancellation of Putin's message to the Federal Assembly, as well as his "direct line" and press conference. According to two interlocutors of the channel We can explain , they decided to tell the Russian people that the president is focused on the "special operation" and its consequences - such as the restoration of the occupied territories. And all events will take place when the country reaches its goals. At the same time, the “special operation” itself is going according to plan, and Putin allegedly communicates with the people enough anyway.
16:37 The hotline of the project I want to live has already received more than 4,300 calls from Russians on the issue of surrender, project representative Vitaly Matvienko said. According to him, the calls came from the territory of Russia. All those who contacted the hotline are being worked on for safe surrender.
16:08 Occupants in Crimea are preparing for the landing of Ukrainian troops. Thus, a network of minefields, trenches and trenches is being built along the coast near the village of Molochnoye in the Saki region. Additionally, the so-called "dragon's teeth" are being installed - rows of concrete pyramids, which should stop the advance of heavy equipment, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.
15:49 A new Russian offensive may begin as early as February. The occupiers may go not from the Donbass, but towards Kyiv, from Belarus, and the southern direction is not ruled out, Zaluzhny said in an interview with The Economist. According to him, it is now important for Ukraine to focus on accumulating resources for protracted and difficult battles that may begin next year: "An important strategic task for us is to create reserves and prepare for a war that can take place in February, at best in March, at worst - at the end of January.
15:40 In the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, as a result of two rockets fired from an aircraft, two employees of the local Vodokanal KP were wounded, one of them is in serious condition, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
15:38 The German government has updated the weekly list of aid to Ukraine. It will include: missiles for IRIS-T; two units of BREM Bergepanzer 2; 30,000 shells for 40 mm grenade launchers; 5000 artillery ammunition 155 mm; four ambulances; 18 8x8 trucks with a special loading system (Wechselladesystem).
15:36 There will be no ceasefire in honor of the New Year, said Alexei Gromov, deputy head of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, "I believe that a complete ceasefire on our part will only take place when not a single occupier is left on our land."
15:29 In the occupied territories, the Russians intensify terror after each successful action of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the resistance forces. So, after the destruction of the headquarters of the invaders in the Hunter's Rest in Melitopol, filtration measures intensified - they check mobile phones, cars, people are taken "to the basement," said Mayor Ivan Fyodorov.
In addition, according to him, from January 1, the Russians will also intensify economic terror - the circulation of the hryvnia will be banned, and the use of the Ukrainian currency will be equated with a "federal crime." Melitopol residents, who are already on the verge of survival due to the occupation, are forced to exchange hryvnia for rubles at an extremely unfavorable rate, and local collaborators and their Moscow curators take the difference.
15:23 Zaluzhny said in an interview with The Economist that the Ukrainian army is well equipped, but needs more weapons. Answering a question about a possible new wave of mobilization in Ukraine, the commander-in-chief said: “We are already conducting it in the form in which it is. We have enough people, and I clearly see what I have. I have enough. we need hundreds of thousands more. We need tanks, we need armored personnel carriers, we need infantry fighting vehicles. And we need ammunition."
15:18 The Russians are preparing about 200,000 new soldiers and will go to Kiev again, Zaluzhny told The Economist: "The Russian mobilization has worked. It's not true that their problems are so terrible that these people won't fight. They will fight. The Tsar says they go to war and they go to war. I studied the history of the two Chechen wars - everything was the same. They may not be as well equipped, but they still present a problem for us. According to our estimates, they have a reserve of 1.2 "1.5 million people... The Russians are preparing about 200 thousand new soldiers. I have no doubt that they will go to Kiev again."
“Ammunition is being prepared, not very good, but still. It will not be the resources that could be in two years of a truce. It will be lousy, and the combat potential will be very, very low. Even if he recruits another million people into the army, to throw corpses, as Zhukov did, it still will not bring the desired result," Zaluzny added.
15:11 Ukraine will be able to reach the frontiers on February 23 if it has 300 tanks, 600-700 infantry fighting vehicles and 500 howitzers, Zaluzhny said in an interview with The Economist. Now, according to him, Ukraine gets "what it gets, but it's less than it needs." The Commander-in-Chief added that with such resources he cannot conduct "new major operations", although the Armed Forces of Ukraine are currently working on one of them. According to him, this operation is "already on the way."
Answering a question about the attack on Crimea, Zaluzhny noted that in order to reach the borders of Crimea, the Armed Forces of Ukraine need to overcome the distance of 84 km to Melitopol - its liberation will give Ukraine full fire control over the land corridor to the occupied peninsula. But in order to reach Melitopol, Ukraine needs resources, Zaluzhny stressed.
15:02 Zaluzhny, in an interview with The Economist, told what he thinks about the commander of the Russian troops in Ukraine, Sergei Surovikin: "With all due respect to Mr. Surovikin, if you look at him, he is an ordinary commander from the time of Peter I, let's say, a bullshit. You look at and you understand that either you complete the task, or you are finished. And we have long understood that this approach does not work. "
According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, everything is different in the Ukrainian army - sometimes 21-year-old lieutenants command men who are 50-60 years old. And "keeping order with fists and biceps" does not work in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Zaluzhny stressed that he trusts his generals, and also listens to those who are on the ground, "because the initiative is there."
14:43 The vast majority of Ukrainians surveyed - 97% - are confident that Ukraine will be able to repel Russia's attack, according to the opinion poll of the Rating group.
14:27 The leader of the "LPR" Pasechnik banned the sale of alcohol in the front-line territories.
14:16 Zelensky said during an address to the European Council that the next six months will be decisive in many respects in the confrontation that Russia began with its aggression. The President highlighted the main points to focus on:
Russia's energy terror must be defeated in all forms.
Winter stability of Ukraine, energy supply of Ukrainians.
Defense support should be no less than in the past six months.
Diplomacy and support for the Ukrainian formula for peace.
Value task for the next six months: European integration of Ukraine.
13:48 The European Parliament voted to recognize the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people. In the resolution, the EP "recognizes the Holodomor, the artificial famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, caused by the conscious policy of the Soviet government, genocide against the Ukrainian people, as it was committed with the aim of destroying a group of people by deliberately creating living conditions calculated for their physical destruction."
In this regard, the European Parliament called on the Russian Federation "as the legal successor of the Soviet Union to officially recognize the Holodomor and apologize for these crimes." In addition, the EP called on "all countries and international organizations that have not yet recognized the Holodomor as genocide to do so."
13:35 The Baltic countries and Poland are blocking the adoption of a new package of EU sanctions against the Russian Federation, as some countries have proposed to mitigate them under the pretext of ensuring food exports, said Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.
13:18 Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Gromov does not rule out that Belarus is preparing for a war against Ukraine. In particular, according to him, this is evidenced by the fact that territorial defense is being created in the regions bordering Ukraine, and the ban on visiting the territories bordering the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions has been extended. In addition, the death penalty for state treachery is introduced for civil servants and the military.
13:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced in the east of Ukraine, said the representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksiy Gromov: "During the offensive operations, the defense forces advanced up to 1.5 km in the area of the settlement of Dibrova."
13:06 Kherson is completely de-energized due to enemy shelling, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich. According to him, there is a powerful shelling of a critical infrastructure facility in the Ship District of the city. As soon as possible, power engineers will start restoring power grids.
12:30 Since the beginning of the voluntary evacuation, 11,000 residents have left Kherson, Irina Vereshchuk said. Of these, 7 thousand took advantage of free state evacuation, another 4 thousand left on their own. According to the minister, now in the de-occupied Kherson, people most of all need to clear the territory and resume the supply of electricity.
Vereshchuk also called on all residents of the temporarily occupied territories who have such an opportunity to evacuate.
12:26 Carriers of Kinzhal MiG-31K missiles and A-50U early warning aircraft have arrived in Belarus. Oleksiy Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that this indicates an increase in the aggressor's ability to launch air strikes on the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, according to him, there is not yet enough Russian aviation on the territory of Belarus to conduct a land offensive.
12:07 Biden approved the expansion of training of the Ukrainian military at the American base in the German Grafenwöhr. It is planned to increase the number of the military and update tactics, writes The New York Times, citing officials. Expanded training will allow US instructors to train one Ukrainian battalion - about 600 to 800 troops - every month. Currently, Americans train an average of 300 military personnel per month.
U.S. instructors will train Ukrainian soldiers in more advanced combat tactics, including conducting team drills such as coordinating ground infantry maneuvers with artillery support. It is planned that the expanded training program will start at the beginning of 2023.
11:54 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russia is likely preparing for a new large-scale offensive in January-February along the Kharkiv-Luhansk border or in the Donetsk region. Thus, Russian troops are already moving heavy equipment from the rear areas of the Lugansk region to areas located near the current front line. At the same time, the troops of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk region are significantly reinforced by units released after Russia left the Kherson region, as well as mobilized reservists.
11:16 The enemy again hit the center of Kherson, 100 meters from the UVA building. There is information about two dead, the President's Office reported.
11:03 A significant shortage of electricity remains in the energy system of Ukraine, the situation is significantly complicated by weather conditions, Ukrenergo reported. In the east, the enemy again launched an artillery strike on one of the de-occupied regions - energy infrastructure facilities were damaged. Limits of daily electricity consumption in some areas have already been exceeded in the morning, emergency shutdowns have been applied.
10:59 The UN is ready for possible new large waves of displacement of Ukrainians, Deputy Secretary General Martin Griffiths said. At the same time, he expressed the hope that the situation that developed after the start of the Russian invasion, when there was the largest displacement of people since the Second World War, would not be repeated.
10:43 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 15.
personnel - about 96,590 (+590) people liquidated,
tanks - 2975 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 5946 (+9),
artillery systems - 1943 (+12),
MLRS - 406 (+2),
air defense systems - 211 (+0),
aircraft - 281 (+0),
helicopters - 264 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1644 (+27),
cruise missiles - 592 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4563 (+1),
special equipment - 172 (+1).
10:07 Russians over the past day fired at the territory of Kherson 86 times. Three people were killed, including an eight-year-old child, and 13 more civilians were injured, said the head of the UVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
10:04 The head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, announced a strike on an enemy ammunition depot in Kadievka.
09:45 The Ukrainian military managed to push the occupiers out of two blocks of Bakhmut, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Pogrebinsky told the Kiev TV channel: “The President noted the 46th brigade, this is my brigade, where I serve. Yesterday we counterattacked the enemy’s positions and knocked him out of several blocks of Bakhmut .Now it's not there."
09:17 British intelligence believes that the joint forces of the Russian Federation and Belarus are now hardly capable of a successful offensive from Belarusian territory.
09:04 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two civilians were killed - in Bakhmut and Razdolovka. Four more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:41 The Russian army continues to focus its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions. He is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Kupyansky, Limansky and Zaporozhye directions. In other directions, it is trying to restrain the actions of the Defense Forces, the General Staff said in the morning summary . Over the past day, attacks by invaders were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoe, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Vesele and Marinka, Donetsk region.
According to the General Staff, the invaders mined summer cottages and the banks of the Konka and Chaika rivers in the Oleshkovsky community of the Kherson region. The enemy also forcibly evacuated Ukrainian citizens living on Bolshoi Potemkinsky Island near Kherson to the territory controlled by the Russian Federation. The occupying "authority" is working to switch the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to the energy system of the Russian Federation.
07:43 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin's decision to postpone the annual address to the Federal Assembly indicates that he is not confident in his ability to shape the Russian information space amid growing criticism of the invasion of Ukraine.
Putin has also ditched the annual live conference to avoid tough questions. Analysts say this could undermine Putin's populist appeal as a ruler who stays in touch with his population.
07:12 The EU and NATO plan to soon officially publish a joint call for Russia to end the war and leave Ukraine, writes Politico. According to the publication, the declaration was being prepared for more than a year, but was delayed due to tensions between Turkey and Cyprus. While the text is largely unremarkable, giving it official status would be a significant diplomatic achievement, Politico notes.
06:41 "Mayor" of Donetsk said that the city center on the morning of December 15 was subjected to "the most massive strike since 2014." Russian propagandists blame the UAF for the attack, although local residents talk about the sounds of "sorties" nearby.
06:18 The United States plans to transfer advanced electronic equipment to Ukraine capable of converting unguided aircraft munitions into "smart bombs", writes The Washington Post. According to senior US officials, the Ukrainian military can use "smart bombs" to hit Russian military positions with a high degree of accuracy.
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) - a set of equipment based on GPS technology that turns simple free-fall bombs into all-weather corrective ("smart") munitions. However, it remains to be seen whether Biden or any of his top national security advisers approved of the proposed transfer of JDAM to Ukraine.
00:22 The Sejm of Poland adopted a resolution recognizing the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:17 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that a total of more than 140 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in different directions in a day.
21:58 The West hooked Ukraine on the "credit needle" to use it against Russia, said RIA Novosti Alexey Muratov, Deputy Secretary of the Donetsk regional branch of the United Russia party, head of the central executive committee of the public movement "Donetsk Republic". 18:54 Footage of the destruction of positions of Ukrainian troops near Maryinka from 152mm Msta-B howitzers -video
18:32 Night work of 122mm BM-21 “Grad” MLRS crew on positions and equipment of APU militants —video
18:11 Under Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have significant losses, they cannot be in the trenches due to the large accumulation of water, weather conditions (mud, soft and loose earth, equipment is hard to pass), apathy has begun (judging by their video messages and screams that they were abandoned), hospitals are full.
15:11 Russian paratroopers thwarted the offensive of the "armored fist" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
15:04 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (15.12.2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, preemptive fire from artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, as well as air strikes from the army, thwarted an enemy attempt to attack Russian troops in the direction of the settlement of Sofiyivka in the Luhansk People's Republic. Up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and three pickup trucks were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, as a result of army aviation strikes and artillery fire, an attempt by four assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to counterattack in the direction of the settlements of Ploschanka, Golikovo and Kremennaya of the Luhansk People's Republic was thwarted. More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and three armored vehicles were destroyed.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continue offensive operations, as a result of which new advantageous lines and positions are occupied. During the day, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the position of his troops in the areas of the settlements of Severnoye and Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. All counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled. The losses of the enemy in this direction per day amounted to about 30 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, an armored personnel carrier and two cars.
In the South-Donetsk direction, air strikes and artillery fire hit enemy reserves in the area of the settlement of Dobrovolye of the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were discovered and destroyed in the area of the settlement of Pavlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The daily losses of Ukrainian troops in this direction amounted to 40 servicemen killed and wounded and four vehicles.
Rocket troops and artillery hit the command posts of units of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Petropavlovka and the 105th Territorial Defense Brigade in the area of the settlement of Sinkovka, Kharkiv region, as well as 45 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 86 districts.
An ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region.
A warehouse of weapons, military and special equipment of the Ukrainian troops was destroyed near the village of Tyaginka in the Kherson region.
In the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, a warehouse of material and technical means of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
In the area of the settlement of Kleshcheevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar was destroyed.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Yablonovka. A Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down near the village of Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense means in the areas of the settlements of Stepnoe, Novoandreevka, Volnoye, Nikolskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Sadovoe, Semenovka, Zaporozhye region. ◽️In addition, two missiles of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system were intercepted in the area of the settlement of Novohorivka, Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, 2,669 unmanned aerial vehicles, 396 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,127 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,685 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 7,614 units of special military vehicles.
14:37 Calculations of 120mm 2S4 self-propelled mortars "Tulip" hit the fortified positions of Ukrainian formations -video
12:51 Acting head of the DPR: Maryinkareleasedby 80%. In Artemovsk there are fierce battles on the outskirts of the city
12:50 The world's largest mortar "Tulip" erases Ukrainian militants into dust -video
11:24 Soldiers of the Russian army group "Brave" repulse Ukrainian attacks on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line in the LPR. The video also shows the work of artillery and tanks -video
11:22 In the area of Artyomovsk, a group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, while moving, comes under mortar fire. The result of the shelling was one Ukrainian KIA and two wounded. After that, the Armed Forces decided to retreat immediately -video
11:21 Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet" destroyed the Ukrainian radar station in the Kherson direction, the personnel of objective control is at the disposal of RIA Novosti -video
10:05 RF Armed Forces are working on Ukrainianpositions in a constant mode, not letting them raise their heads -video
08:16 Summary on the morning of December 15
The advance of our forces on Artemovsk (Bakhmut) continues, the enemy is concentrating forces in Chasovoy Yar.
Fighting is going on in Marinka in the Donetsk direction, it is reported that the Russian Armed Forces are gradually cutting off the supply lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Ugledar direction near Velikaya Novoselka, our units stopped attacking operations and took up defense.
In the Kherson region, artillery duels are going on across the river. Dnipro, in the city of Kherson, a blow was dealt to the city administration.
The Russian Armed Forces attacked targets in Kyiv and the region with Geran-2 kamikaze UAVs.
AFU fired at the settlement. Zhuravlevka in the Belgorod region.
Air defense was working in the Kursk district of the Kursk region yesterday.
In the LPR, the Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt a blow to Stakhanov.
In the DPR, four civilians were killed by shelling, three were injured.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:31 Assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" completed the cleanup of Yakovlevka and its environs. Now units of the second echelon are entering the settlement. The main enemy forces were driven out of there on December 7, but during the cleansing, separate pockets of resistance were revealed.
Having liberated Yakovlevka, the orchestra discovered the road to Soledar. Fierce fighting continues.
23:12 More than 80 percent of Maryinka in the DPR has been liberated, Pushilin said. According to him, after its complete release, the intensity of attacks on Donetsk will decrease.
22:31 On Thursday, Donetsk suffered the most massive strike since 2014, there were direct hits on high-rise buildings, hospitals and schools were damaged.
21:11 Another shelling of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk was recorded. At 20:57, three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from Krasnogorovka, temporarily controlled by the Ukrainian fascists.
Details are being specified.
17:47 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 15, received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- on the street. Petrovsky, 233 "a," a woman born in 1972 died.
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- st. Petrovsky, 233 "a" - an apartment building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
17:11 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 15, received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
Shelling in10:45:
- st. Kuibysheva, 105 - apartment building.
Shelling in16:12:
- st. Kornienko, 101, 107 - apartment buildings.
16:02 For half an hour, Ukrainian fascists shelled the Kyiv, Kirov and Kuibyshev regions. In total, 10 rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at civilians in Donetsk.
Data on the victims and destruction are being specified.
15:50 Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of the city remain under enemy fire. From Krasnogorovka, Ukrainian fascists fired 10 rounds of 155mm caliber at civilians.
Data on the victims and destruction are being specified.
14:38 In the direction of the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts at 14:14, another four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired from Krasnogorovka. This is reported by the SCCC.
14:11 Terrorists from Ukraine again fired at the Kyiv district of Donetsk at 13:51, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm from positions in Orlovka.
Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts were hit at 13:51. From Krasnogorovka, enemy artillerymen fired five rounds of 155mm caliber.
13:09 According to additional information, as a result of today's shelling of Donetsk, the following were also injured:
- in the Voroshilovsky district, women born in 1958 and 1968;
- in the Kiev region, women born in 1944 and 1958.
12:52 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 15, received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Voroshilovsky district:
- unfortunately, a woman born in 1961. who received a severewoundat the intersection of B. Khmelnitsky Ave. and st. University - deceased.
- at the intersection of B. Khmelnitsky Ave. and st. University injured a man born in 1988. and a woman born in 1958
— by updated data on st. Naberezhnaya, 151, a woman born in 1968 was wounded.
As of 12:30 pm, the total number of civilian casualties frommorning attackVFU in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk is eight people (one died, seven injured, including a child born in 2012).
Kyiv district:
- on Kievsky Ave., 7 "c", a woman born in 1958 was injured.
- on the street. Economic, 8, wounded woman born in 1944
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Miners of Donbass, 51 - an apartment building.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Nikitovsky district:
The village is de-energized. Mercury.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
11:48 At 10:45 shelling of the Kuibyshev region continued. From n. three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired at the settlement of Netaylovo.
10:34 Shelling of the Kuibyshev region continues. According to the JCCC, at 9:45 a.m. six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired in Netaylovo settlement.
10:23 Frontline summary on the morning of 15.12.2022
In the Kherson direction, the Russian army launched an artillery strike on the regional center. She also worked in Chernobaevka, Antonovka, Nikolsky and Tokarevka. (Fig. 1)
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops attacked again in the area of Novomikhailovka and Pobeda. Fierce fighting in the city of Marinka. Also, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations near Nevelskoye. Artillery hit the fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka. (Fig. 2)
South of Bakhmut PMC "Wagner" is attacking from Kurdyumovka. On the eastern outskirts of the city, oncoming battles again. Despite the difficult situation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not leave attempts to go on the counterattack. Near Soledar there are also encounter battles in the area of Bakhmutsky and Donetsk Belogorovka. (Fig. 3)
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops are attacking the local Belogorovka. Also oncoming battles near Krasnopopvka and Novoselovsky. (Fig. 4)
10:22 As a result of the nightshellingDonetsk Petrovsky district burned down one private house.
09:16 Russian units continue to advance on the Bakhmutsky (Artemovsky) sector -video
08:34 The combat work of the special forces of the Russian Guard: the fighters identify the firing points of Ukrainian militants hitting peaceful areas and destroy them -video
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[REGNUM] Permanent mission of Russia to the EU condemned the resolution of the European Parliament on the "genocide of the Ukrainian people"
Of course they did. After all, it was only a partially successful attempted genocide, leaving enough stubborn Ukrainians behind to attempt it a second time now.
The resolution of the European Parliament on the "genocide of the Ukrainian people," which was allegedly caused by the "Holodomor" in 1932-1933, is a deliberate gross distortion of historical facts. This is not just ignorance of history, but also an insult to the memory of the dead. This opinion is reflected in the statement of the Permanent Mission of Russia to the EU.
Recall that on December 15, the deputies of the European Parliament during the plenary session in Strasbourg by a majority of votes adopted a resolution recognizing the "Holodomor" in Ukraine in 1932-1933 as genocide. MEPs in their document condemned the actions of the Soviet authorities, through whose fault in Ukraine, in their opinion, there was a "Holodomor."
The statement of the Russian diplomatic mission says that this resolution "indicates ignorance of history or a deliberate gross distortion of historical facts." As noted in the document, in those years, famine raged everywhere in the USSR, not only Ukrainians, but also other peoples died from it, so it’s at least stupid to talk about a special “holodomor” arranged on a national basis.
“No one denies that in the 1930s there really was a famine in a significant part of the territory of the USSR. The victims of that tragedy, the causes of which scientists call drought and forced collectivization, were Russians, Ukrainians, Belarusians, Kazakhs and representatives of other peoples who inhabited the USSR.
To say that the famine was organized, and even on a national basis, is not just stupidity, but also an insult to the memory of the dead,” the Russian diplomatic mission said.
#1
Maybe Badanov can comment, but wasn't this more about getting Western currency or paying off debts (forgive me, I can't remember) than a "genocide"?
#2
The original plan was threaten the Ukrainians into giving up pretensions to independence and rejoin the union, DooDahMan — now Russian instead of Soviet, but otherwise still the same Great Russia-dominated empire. But as the Ukrainians bloodied Russian noses in their continued defiance, the propaganda changed from freeing the brotherly Little Russians from the Nazis leading them astray to killing all the “Nazis” who dare insist that Ukrainians have their own language and history separate from Russia’s. And in the meantime Russia has made off with a good portion of Ukraine’s grain stores, just as they did during the Holodomor, and interfered with planting and harvesting the next crop...
Direct Translation via Google Translate
[ColonelCassad] About how the law on the protection of the Russian language will work in terms of combating foreign words.
Languages grow organically as their speakers copy or invent new words to meet new needs. The French and Germans have been unsuccessfully fighting this for a century or more. It does keep the linguists and the dictionary writers too busy to engage in other, more harmful pursuits, but is otherwise pointless.
On December 13, the State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill on protecting the Russian language from the dominance of foreign words. The document assumes the inadmissibility of the use of foreign words, with the exception of those that do not have commonly used analogues in the Russian language, the list of which is contained in normative dictionaries.
Who will control compliance with the norms of the Russian language, in what areas will borrowings be punished, and what is the influence of other languages on modern Russian? Margarita Rusetskaya, a member of the Russian Language Council under the President of the Russian Federation, a Moscow City Duma deputy, philologist Margarita Rusetskaya, spoke about this in an interview with the Public News Service.
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#1
I very much doubt this. UK is falling apart now. The new PM is performing badly. His rich family connections in India did not prepare him for treachery and the maladjusted in UK. His wife's father as I recall is the richest man in India.I have a high regard for the intelligence of the many of India I have met.
#3
^ very good there Mr. B. "For a moment, Jindal appeared to be the future of Republican politics: he was young, diverse, sharp, and hawkish on both foreign policy and the social safety net. But after Donald Trump won in 2016, Jindal seemed to disappear. We now rarely see Jindal in the news unless he’s written an op-ed on healthcare or health policy reform. So where has the Republican wunderkind gone? And what is his legacy?" A great talent asleep at this time.
#4
I think that time when he gave the republican response on TV to some donk thing or another, he cut such a nerdy, unforceful figure that the party power brokers dropped him.
In 2017, Jindal took a position as an operating adviser for Ares Management, a global investment firm based in Los Angeles.[87]
He is also active writing op-eds, joining in Republican festivities at Mar-a-Lago, speaking and consulting on various political issues, and posting on social media.
#14
Since Russian maintenance of their weapons appears to be worse then the Muslim standards... What happens when one of Putin's big nukes self destructs?
by Sergey Pyatakov
[RIA Novosti] In the Russian Orthodox Church, they again started talking about the lack of priests. There are many temples, but often there is no one to serve. And there are fewer and fewer who are ready to take the dignity. However, a similar problem is encountered in many countries. About personnel shortage - in the material of RIA Novosti. Continued on Page 49
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