[NYT] Poorly trained Russian soldiers captured by Ukraine describe being used as cannon fodder by commanders throwing waves of bodies into an assault.
Creeping forward along a tree line late at night toward an entrenched Ukrainian position, the Russian soldier watched in horror as his comrades were mowed down by enemy fire.
His squad of 10 ex-convicts advanced only a few dozen yards before being decimated. "We were hit by machine-gun fire," said the soldier, a private named Sergei.
One soldier was wounded and screamed, "Help me! Help me, please!" the private said, though no help arrived. Eight soldiers were killed, one escaped back to Russian lines and Sergei was captured by Ukrainians.
The soldiers were sitting ducks, sent forth by Russian commanders to act essentially as human cannon fodder in an assault.
And they have become an integral component of Russia’s military strategy as it presses a new offensive in Ukraine’s east: relying on overwhelming manpower, much of it comprising inexperienced, poorly trained conscripts, regardless of the high rate of casualties.
There are two main uses of the conscripts in these assaults: as "storm troops" who move in waves, followed by more experienced Russian fighters; and as intentional targets, to draw fire and thus identify Ukrainian positions to hit with artillery.
In interviews last week, half a dozen prisoners of war provided rare firsthand accounts of what it is like to be part of a sacrificial Russian assault.
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This war is an environment where every man with a rifle has a machine gun, and where artillery does massive and indiscriminate damage.
Not surprising Russians would suffer heavy casualties in that environment, as it is not surprising Ukrainian heavy losses are downplayed by western media as well.
This is a knife fight and everyone is going to suffer.
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/\ Agree! "War is Hell" and this appears to be Hell at it's very depths. The loss of human life is staggering. Neither side will recover in our lifetimes, possibly anyone's lifetime.
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Vladimir Putin is pulling mercenaries from Russia's notorious Wagner Group out of Ukraine over fears from the Kremlin that they are becoming 'too powerful', reports say.
The squad, which consists of 50,000 troops, have been a key part of Russia's horrific invasion of Ukraine - fighting in the east of the war-torn nation.
The Russian President, Putin, reportedly became more concerned about his own position before the demotion of Wagner, founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin - which recruits many convicted criminals - was ordered.
Prigozhin has halted in the recruiting of prisoners and he will withdraw soldiers in the next few weeks, sources reportedly claimed.
But these soldiers will reportedly be replaced by up to 300,000 regular Russian troops to fight in Ukraine.
While Prigozhin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov are allies of Putin, they are said to be becoming increasingly more powerful.
Both them, as well as Russian General Sergey Surovikin - who was recently demoted - are also suspected as possible plotters against Putin, the Mirror reports.
Russia expert Bruce Jones told the paper that President Putin and Prigozhin have been 'very close contacts and allies for decades'.
He added: 'This appears to be a parting of the way after Prigozhin had been openly critical, even abusive to senior military figures in the regular forces.'
He added that his criticism of the conduct of Russia's regular armed forces and their leaders was an implied slight against the Russian President, 'who now sees him as a potential rival'.
'We see no sign whatsoever that [Russian] president [Vladimir] Putin is preparing for peace ... What we see is president Putin and Russia still wanting to control Ukraine', he said, almost one year after Moscow launched the war in February 2022.
'We see how they are sending more troops, more weapons, more capabilities.'
Russia is widely thought to be planning a major new offensive to regain momentum in the war, which has been in a stalemate since Ukraine's counteroffensives last year that recaptured vast swathes of its territory.
Ukraine says it needs main battle tanks, fighter jets and long-range missiles to counter this and to recapture more of its lost territory.
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Always "mercenaries", very effective fighting professional force. Totally patriotic to the motherland. Where is your Mozart?. Western media is unaware of this. I give little thought to this western news source. "Notorious" but extremely effective. All the west can do is operate their psychological Operations.
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This doesn't sound like Russia at all. If Putin were genuinely concerned about Wagner he just order them to conduct a few suicidal attacks. Kill a bunch off, then blame Prigozhin.
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Calling this one as #fakenews. MI6 has it wrong. Only the Brits are reporting this arc: British Soap Opera. There might be a rotation planned after Bakhmut falls, like how Wagner got a break after Mariupol. But a demotion plz, b/c Putin "became more concerned about his own position" - that's a silly statement, laughable.
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If they're so powerful, why aren't they winning?
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If they're so powerful, why aren't they winning?
Cause there are Charlie Sheen winning
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If you guys had been observing Russian state TV, you would know Putin and Shoigu are done with Prizghorin( Wagner's owner).
Shoigu has his own mercenary group "Patriot PMC" which will now be in the ascendancy.
Priz might get "killed" in the Donbas, that remains to be seen.
I doubt Putin orders Wagner out, he more likely will allow them all to be massacred to rid himself of them without him lifing a hand. Like King David got rid of Uriah the Hittite( or so David thought).
In the meantime, Russians with brains are fleeing Russia asap:
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So it is your belief that Wagner and Patriotic are Mutually Exclusive. Are you sure that's not fan fiction you're writing?
Observing RT.com today 2/14
The head of Russia's Wagner group says his fighters have taken the Donetsk Republic village of Krasnaya Gara. A key foothold near Artyomovsk, also known as Bakhmoot, which the Ukrainians have been fiercely defending for months...
Observing TASS today 2/14
MOSCOW, February 14. /TASS/. The situation in Artyomovsk (Ukrainian name - Bakhmut) is not such that Russian forces can "take it tomorrow," because the Ukrainian army brings in new reserves, the founder of PMC Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said.
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Some articles are saying that Wagner will transfer operations to Africa where they can make money exploiting resources for Prigozhin and Putin. Back to 2021. That puts the convicts in a precarious situation and I guess that the remaining 10,000 or so will be burned up in futile Donbass offensives.
PMC Patriot (Shoigu's Wagner Mini Me) is now recruiting from prisons but I don't think he has the stomach to be as brutal as the sociopath Prigozhin.
Ukrainian officials claim huge numbers of enemy troops have been killed
Carnage led Russian hardliners to call for public show trials to punish generals
The carnage – and loss of at least 130 armoured vehicles – led Russian hardliners to call for public show trials to punish incompetent generals responsible for the repeated battlefield massacres of their soldiers.
‘Some of them are complete cretins – all the mistakes that were made before were repeated,’ said Igor Girkin, a Russian former intelligence officer who helped stage the pro-Moscow 2014 insurgencies in Donetsk and Crimea. Girkin complained that Russian soldiers were mown down ‘like turkeys in a shooting range’ as Ukrainians held higher positions.
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I guessed the filtering of comments was mainly about spammers. And I appreciate all the "manual" filtering that the mods do. They are the secret sauce here.
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[Moscow Times] Wagner goes Hollywood? Weird. What is the truth?.
A Wagner Group fighter who deserted in Ukraine was kidnapped and executed by fellow fighters, a Telegram channel with links to the Russian mercenary outfit claimed Monday, sharing video of the alleged killing.
This is the second publicly shared video of a Wagner recruit’s apparent death by sledgehammer in recent months after its leader threatened extrajudicial measures for convicted criminals who flee the battlefield.
But a video released later Monday by Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s press service showed Yakushchenko alive.
In the video, he expresses gratitude to Wagner for "sparing" him in return for "bringing valuable information from captivity that saved many" Russian fighters’ lives.
The footage then goes blurry and Yakushchenko is shown being presumably bludgeoned with a sledgehammer three times.
The gruesome video’s authenticity was immediately disputed by independent journalist David Frenkel, who claimed the slow-motion sledgehammer execution may have been staged.
It was not possible to independently verify the footage shared by Grey Zone.
According to the independent Agentsvo news outlet, Ukraine returned Yakushchenko to Russia in December as part of a prisoner exchange.
Prigozhin was filmed threatening Russian prisoners with execution for deserting in widely circulated recruitment videos last fall.
In November, another video of Wagner fighter and convicted murderer Yevgeny Nuzhin’s sledgehammer killing for deserting in Ukraine was widely circulated on social media.
Yesterday a video appeared where a traitor was allegedly executed with a sledgehammer. Today, before lunch, various "reviews," and "analyses" of this video, were released.
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A week ago, Yevgeny "Top Gun Maverick" Prigozhin challenges Zelensky to a dogfight for control of Bakhmut. The clip was released by Prigozhin's press service, which said it was filmed aboard a Su-24 bomber plane operated by Wagner.
[Politico.eu] ’The plan included sabotage and militarily trained people disguised as civilians to carry out violent actions,’ according to Moldovan leader.
Russia wants to stage a coup d’état in Moldova, the country’s President Maia Sandu said Monday.
Sandu called for heightened security measures in Moldova after the pro-EU government resigned last week, following months of pressure from Moscow which is waging an all-out war on neighboring Ukraine.
"The plan included sabotage and militarily trained people disguised as civilians to carry out violent actions, attacks on government buildings and taking hostages," Sandu told reporters at a press conference Monday.
She added that citizens of Russia, Montenegro, Belarus and Serbia would be among those entering Moldova to try to spark protests in an attempt to "change the legitimate government to an illegitimate government, controlled by the Russian Federation to stop the EU integration process."
Moldova was granted candidate status to the European Union last June, together with Ukraine.
Sandu’s remarks come after she nominated a new prime minister on Friday to keep her country on a pro-EU trajectory after the previous government fell earlier in the day.
"Reports received from our Ukrainian partners indicate the locations and logistical aspects of organizing this subversive activity. The plan also envisages the use of foreigners for violent actions," she said, adding that earlier statements from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about Russia’s plans to stoke unrest have been confirmed by Moldova’s authorities.
Zelenskyy told EU leaders during Thursday’s European Council summit in Brussels that Ukraine had intercepted Russian plans to "destroy" Moldova, which Moldovan intelligence services later confirmed.
[CNN] The scenes are chaotic: Russian tanks veering wildly before exploding or driving straight into minefields, men running in every direction, some on fire, the bodies of soldiers caught in tank tracks.
Russian military bloggers are calling it a fiasco, and worse.
These scenes have been recorded by Ukrainian military drones over the past two weeks around the town of Vuhledar in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, where successive Russian assaults have failed.
The Vuhledar debacle suggests chronic failures in the command and tactics of the Russians as they gear up for a spring offensive. If replicated elsewhere on the long military front in Donetsk and Luhansk, such failings could jeopardize the Kremlin's plans to seize more territory.
About 20 videos geolocated by CNN show basic tactical blunders in an area that's open and flat, where Ukrainian spotters on higher ground can direct artillery strikes and where minefields are worsening Russian casualties.
#Russia’s foreign spy service said on Monday that it had received intelligence that the #US military was training terrorists to attack targets in Russia and the former Soviet Union. pic.twitter.com/vFD7EWaERU
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"Though West's yellow press may be jaundiced,
My railways are best, yes, and strongest!
This camouflaged car
That conveys me to war
With my tables is also the longest."
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Paste Vlad's face on there, substitute slavs and rus for the folks by the tracks and the picture still works just fine
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Don't get me wrong, an armored train sounds pretty cool and every aspiring super-villain should have one. But an armored train is slow and obvious. And Russia is really big. It almost seems like misdirection. "There goes Mr Bigstuff in his fancy-ass train again." In the meantime, some guy slips out the back unnoticed into a black Mercedes and heads for a military helicopter.
[JustTheNews] The U.S. also said citizens should not visit Russia because of the "unpredictable consequences" of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
The United States on Monday told American citizens in Russia to leave "immediately" due to the risk of wrongful detention or harassment by Russian authorities.
"U.S. citizens residing or traveling in Russia should depart immediately," the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Russia said. "Exercise increased caution due to the risk of wrongful detentions."
The U.S. also said citizens should not visit Russia because of the "unpredictable consequences" of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, limited ways to travel into and out of the country and the embassy's "limited ability to assist U.S. citizens."ct the expression of individuals, particularly those with whom those presently in power disagree.
"Do not travel to Russia," the advisory also warns.
The U.S. embassy told citizens nearly a year ago to leave Russia over flight cancellation concerns as many airlines stopped providing service to Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the alert. He said the warnings "have been voiced by the State Department many times in the last period, so this is not a new thing," Reuters reported.
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[LB] The Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions were also attacked by the enemy.
by Iryna Lysohor
Yesterday, during the day, the enemy shelled four territorial communities in the Sumy region : Esmanska, Yunakivska, Krasnopilska, and Znob-Novgorodska. More than 50 arrivals were recorded. Esman community: as a result of shelling, a cafe in one of the community's villages was damaged. In other communities, there are no consequences, says the summary from OVA as of 0900 hrs in the morning.
In the Zaporizhzhia region , the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Gulyaipole, Novodanilivka, Mala Tokmachka, Olgivske, Charivne, Malynivka, Novoandriivka, Staroukrainska, Chervone, Temyrivka, Biloghirya, Stepove, Kamianske, Stepnohirsk. There is destruction as a result of shelling, the details of the consequences are being clarified.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region yesterday, the aggressor attacked the Nikopol district three times with barrel artillery and MLRS. The communities of Nikopol, Marganetska and Myrivska came under enemy fire. A 53-year-old woman died as a result of shelling in Nikopol. Two people - pensioners - were injured. In the city, six high-rise buildings, a water supply and a college building were damaged. In the Marganets community, there were no victims or victims; 20 private houses, power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged.
In the Kharkiv regionthis morning the enemy shelled the city of Kupyansk. Several residential buildings were damaged, there were fires. No casualties. Last day, the enemy opened fire on at least 10 settlements in the Kharkiv region. In the Slobozhansk direction, the areas of settlements: Krasne, Hlyboke, Vovchansk, Figolivka, Novomlynsk and Dvorichna were subjected to enemy shelling.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery shelling of the areas of settlements: Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Pishchane and Berestov. Yesterday, the city of Kupyansk was under enemy fire during the day. Residential buildings, fences, farm buildings were damaged. During the day, the village of Dvorichna in the Kupyan district was shelled. There, a two-story residential building, garages and a car were damaged. A private house was damaged as a result of shelling in Vovchansk, Chuguyiv district, which took place in the evening.
In the Luhansk region : over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the regions of Kreminnaya and Bilogorivka. On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on Novoselivsky, Makiivka, Nevsky, Dibrova, and Bilogorivka. The situation in the region remains difficult.
In Donetsk region at night, the Russians hit Druzhkivka and Pokrovsk, which are relatively far from the front: in Druzhkivka, a hospital was damaged by a rocket, in Pokrovsk, seven houses and kindergartens were damaged by shelling. Information about the victims is being clarified. Near Soledar, the situation is difficult: in the village of Paraskoviyvka, intensive shelling and assault operations are taking place. Isolated shelling took place near the villages of Rozdolivka and Fedorivka.
Three private houses were damaged in the village of Vasyukivka, and there were no casualties. The voltage does not drop near Ugledar. Constant shelling of these settlements, as well as settlements of neighboring communities. In particular, Marinska and Kurakhivska. One person was wounded in Elizavetivka in the Marin community; one house was destroyed and four were damaged in Krasnohorivka; four houses were damaged in Zoryanyi.
In the Mykolaiv region yesterday, the enemy attacked the settlement of the Kutsurub community with anti-aircraft missiles. Hitting in an open area. There are no casualties.
According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the Kherson direction , enemy artillery fire affected Kherson, as well as the districts of 20 settlements, including Mylovo, Zmiivka, Respublikanets, Novokairy, Vesele, Mykilske, Antonivka, and Dniprovske. The Russian army shelled the Kherson community. One person was injured - the man was hospitalized in a serious condition.
Near the village of Novoraysk, Beryslav district, a car carrying civilians blew up on a mine left by the Russian occupiers. Two men, 45 and 48 years old, were driving a car along a country road on which many Russian mines remained. Both men died on the spot from their injuries. In total, during the day, three people were killed and one was injured due to Russia's actions in the region. 78 people were evacuated from the de-occupied territories, three of them children.
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[Korrespondent] 23:00 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief today: “We heard reports from the commanders of the directions, the commander-in-chief, intelligence leaders. Protection of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the south of our country, Odessa and the region. Constant attention is paid to the supply of weapons, shells and everything that gives our warriors strength and stamina."
The President also reported on a number of telephone conversations and noted that Ukrainian diplomacy now has a clear task - "to go to all regions of the world where our position is still insufficiently represented, to make Ukraine and Ukrainian interests understandable to all those states and peoples with whom we have So far there are no stable ties.
22:41 The Russians opened the floodgates near the machine room of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which is why local residents have no water in the wells in some places, Kakhovka Mayor Vladimir Kovalenko said: "The lower part of the Dnieper is flooding, and the upper part, as local residents estimate, "The height of the water fall reaches two meters. Today, not everyone has water in the well, because the groundwater level has dropped significantly, there are problems much further, to the Zaporozhye region. There is an ecological danger of the destruction of fish stocks."
22:29 Zelensky said that he had the first conversation with the elected President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides: "Thanked for the unwavering support of Cyprus to Ukraine, for humanitarian assistance within the UN. We appreciate the support of Ukraine on our way to the EU."
21:23 Tehran has sent Moscow six types of multi-purpose drones that are capable of returning to base after being hit. More details - in the material Now "mohadzhery" .
21:11 The Canadian Foreign Ministry also called on the citizens of the country to immediately leave Belarus due to the risk of arbitrary application of local laws and war in Ukraine.
20:48 The head of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Geusgen, spoke out against any "red lines" in providing military assistance to Ukraine. In his opinion, one should be guided solely by military necessity - therefore, the supply of fighter aircraft cannot be ruled out.
20:41 Zelensky signed a decree according to which a military man with the rank of lieutenant general or vice admiral can be appointed as the first deputy defense minister.
19:59 Moscow considers it inexpedient to extend the grain deal if sanctions affecting its agricultural exports are not lifted from Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said. According to him, the grain initiative is "carried out unfairly" due to sanctions against Russian agricultural exports. The Russian Foreign Ministry also once again complained that Ukrainian grain is allegedly exported mainly to developed countries.
19:50 Reznikov said that on Friday, February 10, he held a meeting of the working group on the creation of an anti-corruption advisory body under the Ministry of Defense. Activists, experts and public organizations have already joined the working group, including, in particular, Bigus Info, the Center for Defense Strategies, Demsokira, Stop Corruption, the NABU Public Control Council, VO Automaidan and others.
19:04 Zaluzhny said that on the eve of the meeting in the Ramstein format, he had a telephone conversation with the Supreme Commander of the Allied NATO Armed Forces in Europe and the Commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe, Christopher Cavoli: "We discussed the supply of international military assistance to Ukraine and the training of our units on the territory of partner countries . Shared assessments of the operational situation on the front of the Russian-Ukrainian war and plans for further actions."
"Ukraine's victory will mean not only the liberation of its territories, but also the creation of such conditions and such Armed Forces that will never allow the Russians to attack our state in the future," the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stressed.
19:01 Poland is disappointed with the draft of the tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia, said Polish Ambassador to the European Union Andrzej Sadosz. According to him, it does not provide for sanctions against Rosatom, there is no ban on the import of Russian diamonds and the exclusion of Gazprom from the Upstream Emission Reduction system, which provides for trading in emission certificates for hydrocarbon production.
18:56 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the capture of Krasnaya Gora near Bakhmut, however, the speaker of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Sergei Cherevaty, said in a comment to CNN that this is not true and that fighting continues there.
18:53 Mobilized Russian servicemen from units belonging to the 1st Army Corps of the Southern Military District are increasingly refusing to go on the offensive. Therefore, the mobilized men from the Donetsk region are removed from the second and third lines and sent to the training grounds. There they train for two weeks and are formed into assault units for offensive operations in the Avdiivka direction, the State Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
18:46 Reznikov announced the personnel and structural renewal of the Ministry of Defense after the scandal surrounding the purchase of food for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The minister said that he had submitted a list of new deputies for approval.
18:17 Financial Times writes, citing sources, about an acute shortage of ammunition in Ukraine. The intelligence of one of the NATO countries reported that the Ukrainian army spends 5,000 shells per day - so many small countries buy in a year. At the same time, the Russian army is estimated to spend four times more. Stoltenberg said that Ukraine's current rate of ammunition consumption is "many times higher than our current rate of production."
17:54 Russia now does not have the strength to lay a land corridor through Odessa to Transnistria and encircle Ukraine from the back, although there is still such a plan, said NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana. At the same time, he recalled the Kremlin’s attempts to undermine the situation in Moldova from within, in order to prevent its European integration and undermine the leadership of President Maia Sandu: “I want to say to Moldovan, Georgian friends: you can count on us, don’t let yourself be intimidated. strength."
17:45 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stere: "Thanked for the new defense package, which will strengthen us on earth, in the sky and at sea. I am also grateful for the weighty five-year assistance package that is being prepared for approval in Norway. We discussed our further cooperation."
17:17 After Ukraine's victory, NATO allies will be able to become a party to agreements on providing security guarantees to Kiev, Stoltenberg said: "I will not speculate exactly how they can be formulated, but I say that any agreements where NATO allies can provide any guarantees to Ukraine are absolutely possible, and this may be part of the overall solution for Ukraine to secure against further Russian attacks."
At the same time, the Secretary General stressed that "before securing the future of Ukraine, we must help them win this war." According to him, Ukraine needs to be strengthened and re-equipped according to NATO standards to such an extent that it is able to withstand further aggression.
16:49 The French Foreign Ministry called on the citizens of their country to immediately leave Belarus in connection with the hostilities in Ukraine.
16:36 The offensive of the Russian military near Vuhledar has bogged down, but the White House predicts more bloody battles for Donbass in the spring. About what is known at the moment - in the material "The Great Offensive" of the Russians .
16:11 Putin, six months before the war, from August 2021, began to move around the country more often not by plane, but by a special armored train, the Dossier Center reports. This is due to privacy and security considerations, since it is impossible to track the movement of the train, as it happens with aircraft using various services. At the same time, an armored train built specifically for it is visually indistinguishable from standard Russian Railways trains. The train schedule in Russia is specially adjusted so that Putin can travel at maximum speed without stopping.
15:46 In Poland, the exercises of Ukrainian tankers on Leopard 2 also began, Radio Liberty reported and showed the first footage.
15:12 The Russians have already assigned two "deputies" to the Gauleiter of the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, from Chelyabinsk and the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, local residents refuse to cooperate with the Russians even for the sake of "prestigious" positions, and the Kremlin bosses do not trust local collaborators and control them from all sides.
15:05 Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi criticized the current Prime Minister George Meloni for meeting with Zelensky and accused Ukraine of allegedly "attacking the Donbass." He also called for an end to support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In response, Meloni's office stressed that Italy would continue to firmly support Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko, in turn, recalled how Berlusconi once kissed the hands of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, demonstrating loyalty. Now, he says, Berlusconi is trying to "kiss Putin's hands, which are up to the elbows in blood."
14:59 The Russian army is expanding the training ground near Voronezh and has built a tent camp for the mobilized near the village of Postoyalyye Dvory in the Kursk region, Radio Liberty reports. At the Pogonovo training ground, work began on January 25, and the camp was built between January 28 and February 7. Satellite images from Planet clearly show the pace of construction.
14:43 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrived in Minsk and said that he would present Budapest's position on the need for peace talks on Ukraine. "Obviously, many will attack me because of the visit, but our position is clear: the channels of communication must be kept open," he said.
14:27 Stoltenberg said that NATO defense ministers will discuss the acceleration of military supplies to Ukraine on February 14-15. He added that the meeting will also discuss the supply of military aircraft to Kyiv. However, according to him, the priority now is not planes, but the already promised weapons, including armored vehicles.
The NATO Secretary General noted that a new Russian offensive in Ukraine has already begun.
13:49 More than 150 officials from different countries will come to Munich for this year's security conference, Russia will not be represented, said the head of the conference, Christoph Heusgen. Ukraine will be represented by Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and more than 20 parliamentarians.
Heusgen emphasized that Russia was not invited this year, as well as the "right" deputies of the German Bundestag from the Alternative for Germany party. In addition, the head of the conference called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov "the mouthpiece of Putin and the Kremlin." According to him, the forum could not allow the event to be used for propaganda: "We have been intensively watching in recent months and weeks what is happening. Putin has not deviated one iota from his line in his statements. He denies the right to existence of an independent Ukraine.. "There are indications that traces of the MH17 crash lead to the Kremlin."
The Munich Security Conference will be held February 17-19.
13:35 According to the UN, since the start of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, more than 21 million tons of agricultural products have been exported from the ports of Ukraine, almost half of this volume is corn. Among the recipients of cargo in the first place are China (4.2 million tons), Spain (3.8 million), Turkey (2.4 million), the Netherlands (1.2 million) and Egypt (724.7 thousand tons).
13:16 Training of Ukrainian tank crews to operate the Leopard 2 has started in Germany, the German Defense Ministry has reported. They should be completed by the end of the first quarter - simultaneously with the transfer of 14 Leopard 2А6 tanks to Kyiv.
12:47 On the Luhansk front, massive round-the-clock attacks by Russians are expected in the coming days, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai. Now, according to him, the hottest spots are in Belogorovka and in the Kremennaya area. In particular, today at about four in the morning the Russians attacked Belogorovka from all sides, but the Ukrainian forces repelled the offensive. The same situation occurred in the Kremensk direction: the enemy attacked with a large number of personnel, but after a military clash with the Ukrainian defense forces, he retreated. The situation in the Svatovsky direction is stable.
12:26 Telegram channels close to PMC Wagner have published a video of supposedly another execution of a mercenary who surrendered to Ukrainian captivity . The man introduces himself as Dmitry Yakushchenko from Crimea and says that he fought in the PMC, but supported Ukraine. The first part of the video was recorded in Ukrainian captivity. Yakushchenko is then shown lying on the floor in the room. There he says that he woke up in this room after being hit on the head and now he will be judged. Afterwards, a retouched video shows him allegedly being killed with a sledgehammer. The public suggests that Yakushchenko could have been exchanged in December, after which he again fell into the hands of the Wagnerites.
11:57 Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that Russia plans to carry out a coup d'état in the country, including through opposition protests and with the involvement of people with military training, as well as citizens of the Russian Federation, Belarus, Serbia and Montenegro. According to her, they plan to attack government buildings and change power in the republic.
Sandu recalled that there were already such attempts last autumn, but thanks to the prompt intervention of the Moldovan authorities, they were unsuccessful. "Documents received from our Ukrainian partners indicate the locations and logistical aspects of organizing this subversive activity," Sandu added.
11:39 The EU is preparing sanctions against four Russian banks, including Alfa Bank, as well as 130 organizations and individuals, Politico reports, citing sources.
11:18 Electricity consumption in Ukraine on Monday, February 13, is gradually growing, but there is no shortage of power yet, Ukrenergo reported. This is due, among other things, to generation from renewable energy sources and electricity imports from Slovakia. Consumption limits in the region have not been set to date, measurements of actual consumption are carried out in accordance with the schedule.
At the same time, due to the damaged network infrastructure in Odessa, there are hourly outage schedules. In Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Zhytomyr regions and Kiev, as consumption increases, it is also possible to apply shutdowns in accordance with schedules to avoid the risk of equipment overload.
10:46 Reznikov said that he left for the next meeting in the Ramstein format, which will be held in Brussels on Tuesday, February 14. He listed the main items on the agenda of the ninth meeting:
protection of the Ukrainian sky, including by attracting an aviation platform,
the development of a "tank coalition",
formation of a margin of safety for ammunition,
training programs for Ukrainian soldiers,
support stability - logistics, maintenance, repair, practical implementation of the "military Schengen".
10:21 British intelligence reports, citing images from open sources, that as of February 7, Russia has further strengthened defenses in the central part of the Zaporozhye region, including near Tarasovka. In addition, as of January 8, the Russian Federation installed defense fortifications between the cities of Vasilyevka and Orekhov, Zaporozhye region.
Analysts note that while Russia has focused its operational efforts on the central Donbas, it remains concerned about protecting the outermost sections of its extended front line. After all, a significant breakthrough by Ukrainian troops in the Zaporozhye region would cast doubt on the viability of the Russian land bridge connecting the Rostov region and Crimea, and Ukraine's success in Lugansk would further undermine Russia's proclaimed military goal - "liberation of Donbass." Deciding which of these threats to prioritize is likely one of the biggest dilemmas for Russian operational planners, the intelligence said.
10:09 The Ministry of Defense reported that Denmark transferred to Ukraine all of its CAESAR self-propelled howitzers.
09:27 Speaker OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk admits that the next time the Russian Federation may launch a massive missile attack on Ukraine on the anniversary of the February 24 invasion. According to her, the Russians have recently been delivering such strikes once every two weeks, and the last one was on February 10th.
09:22 In the evening of February 12, at least three loud explosions sounded in the Mariupol region, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said. It is known about getting into the premises of school No. 3 in the village. Nikolsk, where the Russians were stationed. The Russians themselves, an hour later, said that they allegedly shot down the Tochka U missile, but this is not true. After the explosions, the sounds of detonation were heard for some time.
Meanwhile, compulsory passportization of children began in the Mariupol region: all students in the 9th and 11th grades are forced to obtain a Russian passport, threatening that without it they will not be issued a certificate. Students of the 9th grade can get a passport only if their parents already have a Russian passport.
09:13 Ukrzaliznytsia reported damage to the railway track as a result of shelling in the Kherson region, which is why train No. 102/101 Kiev-Kherson will temporarily follow to Nikolaev. From there, passengers will be delivered to Kherson by bus shuttles. Passengers from Kherson, who are waiting for a flight in the Kiev direction, will also be transported by buses to Nikolaev. The road repair is already in progress.
09:02 American astronaut Scott Kelly called on Elon Musk to return full access to the Starlink Internet to Ukraine. Musk replied that this type of communication is the main one for the Ukrainian military at the front, where other communications are completely destroyed, but he will not allow an escalation that could lead to a third world war.
08:57 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed, another was injured, the OVA reported.
08:53 Russian occupiers in Berdyansk dispersed pensioners standing in line for payments near the post office with shots, the city military administration reported. The GVA recalled that the occupiers banned the hryvnia, so local residents are forced to receive assistance in rubles. Since there is no well-functioning system in the temporarily occupied territories, people have to stand in lines for days to receive payments or pay for services.
Pensioners, in order to receive 10 thousand rubles, occupied a queue from midnight on February 11. In the morning there was a crush, and people broke down the door of the post office. As a result, the so-called "police" arrived and began to disperse the pensioners with shots in the air.
08:46 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died - in the Clock Yar. Another person in the region was injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:34 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 13.
personnel - about 138,340 (+560) people liquidated,
tanks - 3283 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 6492 (+4),
artillery systems - 2290 (+3),
MLRS - 465 (+0),
air defense systems - 234 (+0),
aircraft - 296 (+0),
helicopters - 286 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2007 (+0),
cruise missiles - 857 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5150 (+2),
special equipment - 217 (+2).
08:23 The Russians are suffering significant losses, especially in manpower, but they continue to attempt an offensive in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary . Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Kharkiv region; Kremennaya and Belogorovka, Luhansk region; Vyemka, Fedorovka, Vasyukovka, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye and Klescheevka in Donetsk region and Zheleznodorozhnoe in Zaporozhye region.
About 200 servicemen of the National Guard arrived in the Kherson region to strengthen counter-sabotage measures. They were settled on the territory of the Chaika recreation center in Lazurny, and for the safety of the occupiers, the movement of local residents in the village was limited.
Due to the poor provision of winter uniforms, the number of Russian servicemen with frostbite has increased significantly since January. So, in medical institutions of Gorlovka, Donetsk region, the number of patients with such a diagnosis reaches 30% of all wounded.
07:40 The US Embassy in Russia appealed to American citizens to leave the territory of the Russian Federation and not to go there because of the risk of unlawful detentions, persecution and terrorism, and also given the limited ability of diplomats to provide assistance.
06:26 Russia probably completely lost the elite 155th Marine Brigade in the battles near Ugledar, Politico reports citing Alexei Dmitrashkovsky, a representative of the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction. The brigade from Vladivostok was defeated, including the command staff.
"The 155th brigade has already had to be understaffed three times already. The first time - after Irpen and Bucha, the second time - after the defeat near Donetsk. And now almost the entire brigade has been destroyed near Ugledar," Dmitrashkovsky is quoted as saying. According to him, 150-300 Russian marines were killed in this direction every day, and about 130 units of enemy equipment, including 36 tanks, were destroyed in a week.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Elena Karaeva
[RIA] The French military correspondents went to the Donbass, to the location of the Russian unit in the area of Kremennaya and Svatovo. It was impossible not to see the inscription "PRESS" on their helmets and body armor. All three were targeted by a Ukrainian tank.
The Russian military came to the rescue of the citizens of a NATO country. Régis Le Sommier's "They Are Ready to Die" was released on Omerta Media this week. Nowhere else is it possible to see and hear an honest story about what is happening in the NMD zone from the Western journalistic corps.
What is contained in what Régis Le Sommier said that frightens those who fear the truth more than anything in the world? The very truth. About what's happening. About what our people are fighting for, and about what they are ready to give their lives for.
A year after the start of the special operation, it is clear that Russia did not want to resolve the issue by military means. It was Russia who stood for negotiations, for a diplomatic approach, for a clear observance of the interests of both Ukraine and the inhabitants of Donbass. For eight years , Moscow has made titanic efforts to avoid blood, casualties, destruction and save the lives of both Russians and Ukrainians.
A year after the start of the special operation, it is obvious that behind Moscow's back, Washington and Brussels , as well as London , Berlin and Paris , laughed, they deceived Moscow, imitating "diplomatic activity", its trust in its then partners was publicly abused, all the while preparing the sanctions policy , and sabotage, and provocation.
A year later, the truth came out.
The Russian economy has easily switched to the rails that the European "television military" (analogous to our couch experts) call "militaristic", enterprises work, releasing everything that is needed for those who are on the line of clashes. Repair teams have been brought up, hospitals and medical units have been deployed. Russia is able to withstand any intensity of hostilities and win them. Methodically, slowly, calmly fulfilling the plan of the special operation.
Those who ordered a proxy blitzkrieg, shedding only other people's blood on it, trying to defeat Russia in order to appropriate everything for themselves later, did not count on such a thing. When you live for a long time in custom-made myths, when faced with reality, you start to panic. And this panic is felt physically in Europe today.
The cacophony of shouts - "let's send aviation", "no, there is no talk about it yet", calls to give missiles "of such a range to hit Crimea" and almost immediately calls for "caution in discussions about the supply of weapons to Ukraine" - evidence of the uterine horror of European politicians.
They have driven themselves into a situation from which there is only one way out. Wanting to defeat Russia by proxy, there is no other option than the supply of a triple armada - heavy tanks, long-range air defense systems and fighters - no longer exists. It is on the podium and in a beautiful hall that one can speak using abstractions, while military affairs are concrete and have their own laws.
Speakers and callers - or rather, the military, whom they command - all understand this. But if earlier these characters deceived Russia, Putin, Lavrov and all Russians, now they are lying to their voters. The scheme is the same: perhaps no one will notice how these voters will find themselves in the same position as Régis Le Sommier and his comrades. On the front line. The only difference is that the journalists went there consciously, to work.
European inhabitants can find, no matter what they think, that the reality of their lives will be tents, dugouts, shelling of such intensity as has not been seen since the Battle of Stalingrad. Injuries. Blood. Death. And the impossibility, precisely because of the intensity of the work of artillery, to pull out the bodies of the dead for two weeks.
Finally pulled out, yes. The Russians don't abandon their own. Neither the living nor the dead. And they don’t leave strangers in mortal danger, as the French were convinced of this.
How Europeans will behave in similar conditions is unknown.
But European leaders are dragging them there. Only a year has passed between the words “the Russian economy will die under sanctions”, “the people will rise up and overthrow the government, and we are not a party to the conflict” and deliveries of heavy equipment to Kiev worth tens of billions.
And nothing today excludes a change in the concept and the urgent need for the "golden half a billion" in Europe to dig trenches and set up dugouts in a year, because "it seems we are at war here."
The end of the story that proclaimed "happy globalism" has every chance of becoming exactly the finale. No further history.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Vladimir Kornilov
[RIA] A week has passed since the publication of the sensational investigation by the famous American journalist Seymour Hersh about who blew up the Nord Stream, and the Western community still pretends that nothing happened. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, is sarcastically interested in this regard: “Well, where are the NATO experts on Novichok and dead ducks, who once a year regularly made absurd accusations from scratch, stating that they have high-likes? data?"
The mainstream Western media generally got water in their mouths at first, trying not to notice this story. Some people then reluctantly published somewhere on the twentieth pages a few lines that Hersh had printed "something ridiculous there," but that was the end of the topic. And some media generally decided to omit the story itself, immediately starting with "exposing black magic." For example, the Reuters agency, whose materials are reprinted indiscriminately by many in the West, published a separate article stating that Hersh had previously allegedly been seen promoting "controversial" theories. As a result, some Western newspapers simply told their public who Hersh was, without even bothering to explain why they remembered him.
The reaction of the Los Angeles Times , an influential newspaper in the USA , is indicative . Without writing about the content of the Hersh investigation itself, its editor began his note thus: "You must have seen the report by the Pulitzer laureate Seymour Hersh." Original approach! That is, the newspaper is aware of the significance and resonance of the investigation, but decides to immediately hit on its author, without informing readers about the content.
Moreover, the "exposure" is no less original. The LAT editor scoffs at Hersh's claim that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been working closely with American intelligence agencies since the Vietnam War . The author calls this "absurd": they say that the war ended when Stoltenberg was 16 years old! He obviously (unlike Hersh) did not get acquainted with the biography of the current head of NATO. Otherwise, I would have learned from her that his political career began with participation in a protest against the bombing of Vietnam near the US Embassy in Oslo , during which the window of the diplomatic mission was broken. As a result, the police arrested several friends of the young Stoltenberg, but not himself. Isn't it clear what Hersh is transparently hinting at?
But, trying to hide from its public the sensational exposure of an act of state terrorism committed by the United States and Norway , the Western press is still carefully watching our reaction to it. The British Daily Express , once again misinterpreting the words of Dmitry Peskov , is sounding the alarm: “Russia threatens the Britain-Norway gas pipeline, promising punishment for a leak in the Nord Stream. “Leak” is what they call gas pipeline explosions!
Recall: the press secretary of the Russian president drew attention to the strange silence of the Western media about the sensation from Hersh and called for "an open international investigation into this unprecedented attack on the most important international critical infrastructure." Then he added: "It is impossible to leave this without revealing the perpetrators and without punishing them."
Agree, it is very difficult to see in these words a threat to the Britain-Norway gas pipeline. However, the British are already panicking at two words: "investigation" and "punishment." Because they perfectly understand who any impartial investigation of the terrorist attack will come to. Actually, the reaction to Hersh's article in the Western media is proof of this. The thief's hat is on fire.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:33 The Ministry of Defense stressed that the Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction defeated the concentrations of Ukrainian militants in the area of Ugledar and Prechistovka. 22:21 According to the defense department, more than 260 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in the main areas.
21:19 Obituaries appeared about the destroyed militants of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 32th Separate Assault Brigade, who gave their lives for Zelensky's villa in the suburbs of Kupyansk. Reported by Telegram channel Dill Fresh
20:29 The authorities of the Zaporozhye region expelled two citizens for passing information to the Ukrainian side and destabilizing the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant—video
19:12 After the mockery of Christ,nationalists those who hate the Church threw an ax at the window, behind which there is an altar.
"The blow was so strong that it went through double-glazed windows and damaged the candlestick inside. They also broke the doors and all the windows in the baptismal, broke the window in the refectory, glass and stones are everywhere inside the temple.
This isn't the first time we've had windows smashed and damaged. But it’s one thing to break a window, and another thing to break the feet of the Savior… The person who did it has nothing sacred."
19:11 We also reached the graves: in the Ivano-Frankivsk region dismantle tombstone of the hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Koryakov
In the small village of Bodnarov (Ivano-Frankivsk region), the tombstone of the hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Koryakov, who died in the battles for the liberation of the village from Nazi invaders, is being dismantled.
The preamble to the corresponding decision of the local authorities states that the dismantling is carried out as part of the “protection of the cultural space of Ukraine…”
19:09 Another decommunization.
There was not enough mind for more, only the flags were repainted.
But in 30 years they couldn’t create anything of their own
18:34 Our fighters are exterminating the last Ukrainian leftovers in the Seversk direction -video
Our drones drop grenades on the heads of the enemy.
18:06 "Brave" made their way deep into the layered defense of Ukrainian militants -video
The fighters of the Central Military District demonstrate success in their sector of the front: in 4 days they were able to break through two kilometers to the west. Mines are the main obstacle to the advance of our troops.
“The enemy is very actively mining the territories that he leaves. It becomes problematic to advance both equipment and personnel. Therefore, more engineers have to be involved, ”said the battalion commander.
17:05 Photo of debris of Ukrainian UAV shot down today in Kerch near the Sea of Azov. Black crosses are applied on the wings and tail section, everything is as it should be with the followers of the Nazis.
It also became known that on the night of Saturday, February 11, in the Dzhankoy area, EW and air defense forces neutralized 12 Ukrainian drones, they arrived from the Odessa region, but did not reach their targets.
17:02 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate the next illegal actions of the armed formations of Ukraine against civilians in the Kherson region
According to the local administration, as a result of artillery shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the village of Korsunka, Novokakhovsk urban district, Kherson region, there was one victim.
The Investigative Committee will establish the circle of persons involved in the commission of this crime.
16:07 A total of 11 million books in Russian were destroyed in Ukraine. Barbarism takes over video
Germany in the 30s of the last century, or the events described in the anti-utopia "451 degrees Fahrenheit" - as you like. The essence of this does not change. Ukraine picked up the baton of the fight against knowledge.
They boast that they have already destroyed about 11 million books in Russian. At best, they are handed over to waste paper, and the proceeds go to finance the national battalions.
16:04 Nazis in Izyum destroyed memorial plaque in memory of Marshal of Victory
On August 20, 1915, 18-year-old master furrier Georgy Zhukov was drafted into the army. His first command rank - non-commissioned officer - the future Marshal of Victory, four times Hero of the Soviet Union received in Izyum.
15:47 Consequences of shelling of Volodarskoe village by Ukrainian militants.
14:49 Combat work of 122m BM-21 "Grad" MLRS crews to destroy Ukrainians in the Bakhmutsky (Artyomovsky) sector -video
14:47 Another destroyed MLRS installation of Ukrainian soldiers by Russian military personnel in one of the directions -video
14:46 The combat work of the Russian tank T-90M "Breakthrough" to destroy the firing positions of Ukrainian soldiers in one of the directions -video
14:42 Ensure safe progress: how mine clearance is carried out in the LNR —video
A serviceman talks about the peculiarities of his difficult work of demining areas of the area in the special operation zone.
“The enemy used a remote mining system. American-made mine M73 - anti-tank, cumulative with a target sensor on a magnet. If an armored soldier with a machine gun comes closer than two meters to it, it may work. A self-liquidator is installed on it, which works 4-40 hours after installation," said the sapper with the call sign Sobol.
The demining group destroyed all the Western-made mines that it found during the engineering reconnaissance of the route.
14:28 The main thing from the briefing of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed over 30 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupyansk direction during the day;
- Russian troops destroyed more than 80 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasno-Limansky direction;
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed over 150 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;
- The RF Armed Forces in the South-Donetsk direction defeated the accumulations of APU manpower in the area of Ugledar and Prechistovka.
14:17 Artillerymen of the OBTF DPR "Kaskad" with the support of UAVs are destroying the stronghold of Ukrainians in the Ugledar direction -video
13:13 In the Kherson region due to shelling the railway track is damaged, the movement of trains is impossible, - Ukrzaliznytsia.
The final stop of the train from Kyiv and the point of its departure to the capital today will be Nikolaev. Kherson passengers will be transported by buses.
12:36 Nazis in the suburbs of Lviv destroyed another monument to the Soviet Soldier -video
The monument was located in the village of Staroe, two km from Lviv. The dismantling took place even without formal observance of the law by "caring Nazis".
Comments in the background clearly show that the ancestors of today's Ukrainian nationalists during the Great Patriotic War were clearly not on the side of the Soviet Union, the United States, Great Britain and other countries of the anti-Hitler coalition.
12:03 Sofa Ukrainians warps not from the fact that homeless points do not work in Kherson, but from the fact that they write about it in Russian.
12:02 Elon Musk refused restore Ukrainian access to Starlink
“Starlink is the communications backbone of Ukraine, especially on the front lines where almost all other internet connections have been destroyed. But we will not allow an escalation of the conflict that could lead to World War III,” Musk wrote.
This is how he responded to American astronaut Scott Kelly, who urged him to return full access to the use of satellites to Ukraine. Previously, SpaceX restricted Starlink for military purposes, including for controlling UAVs. After this decision, Kyiv called on the company to choose which side it is on: the Russian Federation or Ukraine.
11:37 In the zone of the NMD in Ukraine by Russian troops destroyed another ideological Banderist, commander of the second company of the nationalist battalion "Polesskaya Sich" Vladimir Lavrenyuk, call sign "Barney".
10:49 Humanitarian aid is being sold on the Kharkiv market. Such is the business "in Ukrainian" -video
10:42 Nazis in Izyum dismantled another monument
It is characteristic that the brave inhabitants of Izyum carried flowers to the monument to the “Fighters for the Power of the Soviets” even after the occupation of the city by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Apparently, it was this fact that angered the Ukrainian Nazis the most.
10:31 American publicist Jackson Hinkle declared on the use of chemical weapons by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Russian soldiers in the zone of the NMD. According to him, this is a "very, very serious matter."
The expert urged to convene the UN Security Council on this matter and demanded that the Ukrainian militants responsible for this war crime be punished.
Hinkle said at the same time that he had seen several videos recorded by Ukrainian militants, which recorded the facts that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were ready to drop chemical warfare agents from UAVs.
As the journalist suggested, this is a chloride compound that is stored in a solid state in the refrigerator.
10:22122mm D-30 "Brave" strike Ukrainian militants in shelters -video
From receiving a target to firing a shot, military personnel spend no more than two minutes. UAV operators are correcting the fire. Artillery crews of the Central Military District are staffed not only by military personnel under the contract, but also by volunteers who successfully carry out combat missions.
09:33 Last day terrorists of the Kyiv regime fired a total of 95 shells at the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region.
Most of all in the city of Novaya Kakhovka - 15 shells. As a result of the shelling, an apartment building, a bakery and a market were damaged.
Aleshki, Kakhovka, Cossack Camps, Sagi, Sofiyivka, Cairo, Gornostaeka, Lyubimovka, Velikaya Lepetikha were also fired upon .
09:14 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from February 10 to February 11, 2023
At night, Ukrainian formations tried to strike the Tochka-U OTRK at Mariupol, but the air defense systems shot down the projectile.
Russian troops worked on concentrations of enemy manpower in Tolstodubovo, Bachevsk, Basovka and Popovka in the Sumy region, as well as in Krasny, Glubokoe and Volchansk in the Kharkov region.
In the Starobelsky direction, the RF Armed Forces delivered strikes against enemy positions in Figolevka, Novomlynsk, Dvurechnaya, Kotlyarovka, Novoselovsky, Makeevka and Nevsky.
On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian forces hit targets in Bakhmut, Chasovoy Yar, Ivano-Daryevka, Vasyukovka, Zaliznyansky and the vicinity of Disputed.
In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdeevka, Thin, Pervomaisky, Krasnogorovka and the western part of Maryinka.
The enemy, in turn, fired again at Donetsk, Makeevka and Aleksandrovka.
In the Yuzhnodonets sector, Russian troops hit targets in Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka, Bogoyavlenka, Vremyevka and Novopol.
In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces carried out strikes against concentrations of enemy manpower in Gulyaipole, Olgovsky, Stepnogorsk, Charivny and Malaya Tokmachka.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian troops inflicted fire damage on Ukrainian forces in Zmievka, Mylovoe, and Kherson and its environs.
08:24 Shortly before midnight, air defense crewsshot down"Point-U" over Mariupol. According to preliminary data, no victims.
It is reported from the field that the air defense system worked several times in other rear cities of the DPR.
The capital of the republic is now under fire. Ukrainian formations are firing at the Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.
08:16 On territory of DPR wounded one person - Headquarters TerO DPR.
Over the past day, from 00:00 on February 12 to 00:00 on February 13, one civilian was injured as a result of shelling of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:05 Footage of the unloading of American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in the port of German Bremerhaven, where the Arc Integrity ship with military equipment for Ukrainian Nazis arrived the day before -video
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:15 Adviser to the Acting Head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, said that the liberation of the village of Krasnaya Gora in the DPR paves the way for the capture of Artemovsk. 22:47 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that volunteers of the assault detachments, with fire support from the missile troops and artillery of the "Southern" group of troops, liberated the village of Krasnaya Gora in the DPR.
22:31 As a result of the artillery attack of the VFU, the number of wounded in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk has increased to five people, including a teenager born in 2010.Headquarters TerO DNR
21:56 Kyiv district of Donetsk, Gvardeyka - artillery attack continues. Telegram channel AGS Z Donbass
21:55 The north of Donetsk, the outskirts of Makiivka and the Yasinovatsky district - another series of arrivals. Telegram channel reports AGS Z Donbass
21:24 Kyiv district of Donetsk, the outskirts of Gvardeyka - arrivals again. Transmits Telegram channel AGS Z Donbass
21:16 Wagner fighters are actively fighting in the industrial zone of the eastern part of Artemovsk -video
20:50 Russian troops deepened into the defensive ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Dubovo-Vasilevka through the Slavyansk-Bakhmut highway: now the fighting is going on near the northwestern outskirts of Berkhovka. Reported by Tekegram channel Rybar
19:58 Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement of Orlovka - the city of Donetsk (Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired. SCKK DNR
19:19 Artillerymen of the 1st Slavic Brigade showed how they worked on the armored forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the 100mm MT-12 Rapira gun -video
18:50 As a result of the punitive artillery attack of the Kirovsky district on the street. Abakumov, a woman born in 1985 was injured. Reported by Telegram channel AGS Z Donbass
18:41 Fighters of PMC "Wagner" near the building of the Artemovsky plant of wall materials in the town of Krasnaya Gora -video
18:37 Donetsk, the Kiev region and the guards - a few more arrivals. Reported by Telegram channel AGS Z_Donbass
18:29 In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, the Ukronazis fired at the village of the mine named after Abakumov. A direct hit was recorded on the roof of an apartment building on the street. Abakumov, as well as a direct hit on the roof of a private house on the street. Mikhailovskaya. Telegram channel reports Military Donetsk.
17:59 In the Kuibyshev district of Donetsk, an arrival is reported -video
17:32 Ukrainian Nazis continue to fire at the civilian population of Donetsk. The arrival took place in the area of Trudovskie —video
17:20 Servicemen of the RF Armed Forces eliminated the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction -video
17:18 Kirovsky district of Donetsk, a series of arrivals. Reported by Tekegram channel Military Donetsk
17:10 As a result of the explosion of a shell fired by Ukrainian terrorists, in the courtyard at the address: st. Novozavodskaya, 27 (village Golmovsky, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) the roof of a residential building, glazing and outbuildings were damaged. Reported by Telegram channelPrikhodko RIK
16:46 In the Kherson direction, as part of a counte-battery fight, two combat vehicles of the Grad multiple launch rocket system and two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers were destroyed in a day. Telegram channel reportsSouthern Region/Novorossiya
16:15 Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement of Maksimilyanovka - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.DNR SCKK
15:55 Russian UAV operators successfully hit the fortifications of the AFU militants in the Zaporozhye direction -video
15:38 Makeevka, Gvardeyka, a series of arrivals. Telegram channel Military Donetsk
15:15 The artillery attack of the city of Donetsk continues. From n.p. The coveted first three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts. Telegram channel Alexey KulemZin
15:09Ukrainians again opened fire on the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Horlivka). Telegram channel Prikhodko RIK
14:45 Dalnee settlement - Donetsk city (Petrovsky district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired. SCKK
14:27 In the Kupyansky direction, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Krakhmalnoye, Gryanikovka, Timkovka of the Kharkiv region, as well as Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic. Tekegram channel Ministry of Defense of Russia.
14:19 The Russian army liberated the strategically important settlement of Dvurechnoye in the Kharkiv region. The militants retreat across the Oskol River to avoid encirclement. Reported by Tekegram channel Partizan 1941.
13:51 Footage of the duel of our ATGM operator with an enemy BMP-2. Destruction of the BMP-2 by an anti-tank missile system from the 58th OBSPN of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps —video.
13:40 Kyiv district is again under fire from the Nazis. Telegram channel reports Military Donetsk
13:08 Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian terrorists, the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Explosions of enemy rounds are recorded in the area of Puteyskaya Street. Reported by Telegram channel Prikhodko RIK
12:47 Artillery attack was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction: - n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kiev region): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.DNR SCKK
12:36 Kyiv district of Donetsk, Makeevka, Gvardeyka - a series of powerful arrivals! Reports Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian terrorists, the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Explosions of enemy rounds are recorded in the area of ??Puteyskaya Street. Residents of the village - to leave the streets, go to shelters Military Donetsk
12:09 PMC "Wagner" units moved to the new district of Bakhmut - Budenovka in the south-west of the city, the Telegram channel reportedRybar. The fighters of PMC "Wagner" successfully eliminated the enemy's stronghold, and they are currently moving through the territory of the Mariupol cemetery.
11:45 Tankers of the 2nd Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces destroy Ukrainian Nazis near Belogorovka -video.
11:38 Kyiv district of Donetsk, the outskirts of Gvardeyka, a series of arrivals. Telegram channel reports AGS_Z_Donbass. Under the aimed fire of Ukrainian terrorists, the village of Golmovsky (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Explosions of enemy rounds are recorded in the area of Puteyskaya Street.
11:33 Artillerymen of the OBTF DPR "Cascade", with the support of the UAV, smashed the stronghold of Ukrainian neo-Nazis in the Ugledar direction —video.
10:54 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction: n.p. Tonenskoye- Donetsk (Kiev region): three rounds fired with a caliber of 155mmDNR SCKK.
10:49 Our crews continue to bombard the enemy with mines. VSUshnik with the call sign "Bravo" reports the defeat of their dugout —video.
10:30 Enemy artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk does not stop. At 10:10 from N. p. Orlovka Ukrainian fascists fired eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm. Reported in the Telegram channel Alexey KulemZin.
10:19 Offensive in the DPR: "Rapiers" destroy Ukrainian militants. Calculations of 100mm anti-tank guns MT-12 "Rapier" of the first brigade of the Donetsk Army Corps are working on enemy targets, covering the advance of troops -video.
09:24 Footage of the work of our tankers at the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
09:21 Combat work of the reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator" in the area of the special operation -video
08:26 Summary on the morning of February 13, 2023
At night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered massive strikes by the Geran UAV and missile weapons against enemy targets. Explosions were reported in Kyiv, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Poltava regions, as well as in the territory of the DPR occupied by the enemy.
A new element was the use of balloons with corner reflectors, which enemy air defense systems mistake for attack drones. The task of false targets is to open air defense positions and deplete it.
On the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, our troops continue the offensive. The enemy blew up the bridge to Konstantinovka, which indicates the further impossibility of supplying the enemy group in the city along this road. To the north of the city PMC "Wagner" liberated N. p. Krasnaya Gora, data is coming in about the occupation of Paraskovievka.
Active hostilities continue in Marinka.
On the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya, the enemy is erecting lines of the second and third echelon of defense (beyond the lakes along the Torskoye-Terna line). Krasny Liman, Stavki, Yampol are actively preparing for defense.
At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Mariupol with a Tochka-U missile. Our air defense shot down the target.
The enemy fired 146 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR, Gorlovka, Donetsk, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka were under fire. Wounded civilian.
08:17 Frontline summary on the morning of February 13, 2023
In the Ugludar sector, Russian troops were artillery attack Novopol and Vremovka. On the ground, they made an attempt to advance to the southern outskirts of the city itself. APU repelled the attack.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations in the Pobeda area. Urban fighting continues in Marinka. The Ukrainian garrison is holding the line. To the northeast, Russian troops attacked in the direction of Pervomaisky. Artillery hit Novomikhailovka and Avdeevka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck at Oleksandrivka and Donetsk.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, PMC "Wagner" attacks in the direction of Chasov Yar and storms Ivanovskoye. The Ukrainian army puts up fierce resistance. Also, the opposing sides are fighting hard on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut itself. PMC "Wagner" attacks.
To the north of the city, Wagner operators took control of Red Mountain. Thus, they occupied the dominant peaks, from which it is easy to fire at the Ukrainian garrison in Paraskovyivka, which the Wagner PMC is now attacking from the south and east. To the north of Soledar, the "musicians" are trying to move towards Fedorovka. APU hold positions.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops are conducting offensive operations near Belogorovka. A little to the north, from the side of Shipilovka, they attack in the Serebryansky forest area. Also, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are trying to move from Dibrov to Zarechny. And far to the north, they are pushing the Ukrainian army near Gryanovka, trying to push it back across the Oskol River.
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[REGNUM] Near the coast in Georgian Batumi, according to preliminary data, a sea mine exploded. This was reported on February 13 by the Rustavi-2 TV channel.
The TV channel published a video of the incident. In the footage, you can see that an object similar to a mine is floating near the shore. After the explosion, a column of water rose.
Which country the mine belongs to is not reported. According to preliminary information, no one was hurt. Due to bad weather conditions, there were no boats at sea at the time of the explosion. A storm is raging in the sea near Batumi.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
The Moldovan authorities have fined a local TV channel for saying nothing about Ukraine for 5 days. Thus, the supervisory authority suspected the TV channel of supporting Russia. So soon they will begin to fine for thoughts.
"In five news releases in a week there was nothing about what is happening on the border of Moldova and in neighboring Ukraine," Aneta Gonta, vice-chairman of the STR, told the media.
According to her, the analysis showed that for five days, 57% of the TV channel's news was devoted exclusively to international events, however, "Ukraine, Russia or Romania were not reported.
That is, if he said that he did not agree with the pro-Ukrainian military propaganda - a fine. Do not If you want a fine and decide to remain silent, it's still a fine. European democracy is what it is. You can't say what you want. You can't be silent about what you want, too. Freedom of speech...
Earlier in Moldova, the licenses of the TV channels First in Moldova, RTR-Moldova, Akcent-TV, NTV-Moldova, TV-6 and Orhei-TV were suspended. They broadcast programs from Russian TV channels, cutting out news and political programs from them at the request of the authorities. This decision was made immediately, immediately after Maia Sandu's visit to the United States and after her meeting with a well-known ambassador to Moldova.
The head of the STR, Liliana Vicu, explained that the main reason for the suspension of six channels was that they did not cover the conflict in Ukraine. According to her, this could be regarded as "propaganda by silence."
P.S.
And about the LGBT "free media in Moldova" how many hours a day are they required to promote?))
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"fined a local TV channel for saying nothing about Ukraine for 5 days."
Could this be how rumors of Wagner vs Patriotic start. Or rumors that Russia is going to do a coup in Moldova. Fluff pieces about the Ghost of Kiev. How stories about Putin having cancer and is dying tomorrow, originate.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] 1. There is no operational environment yet. One road is still not taken under fire control. Ammunition and replenishment are thrown into the city along it.
2. At the same time, the city is already seriously covered from the north and south. From the south, the battles approached Chasov Yar and the Stupochka area, and there are also battles for Krasnoe.
To the north, after the capture of Krasnaya Gora, the battles for Paraskovievka continue and fighting began on the outskirts of Berkhovka. The Slavayansk-Artemovsk highway has been physically cut. The Armed Forces of Ukraine deny that they have lost Krasnaya Gora.
At the same time, PMC Wagner has already posted confirming photos and videos from there. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have not uploaded any videos from there for several days. Actually, as in the case of Soledar, they will break a comedy about the "continued defense" for several days, and then, as if by chance, it will be mentioned that yes, as if they moved away from there to more advantageous positions.
3. In the city itself, there is also progress in the southern and northeastern quarters of the city. To the south through the area of the Mariupol cemetery and Sabachevka, to the north near the Meat Processing Plant. The pressure from the north will increase after the liberation of Paraskovievka (plus the armories will come under our control)
4. The enemy at the moment is really going to carry out the order to hold the city at any cost, regardless of catastrophic losses. Some of the rear units and headquarters have been withdrawn to Chasov Yar and beyond, but ammunition and reinforcements continue to be transferred to the city. The key to liberating the city is to establish fire control over the last road from the Clock of Yar, after which the group defending the city, in which the proportion of Volkssturm units is high, will begin to lose combat capability much faster and experience problems with BC to heavy weapons.
5. Prigozhin confirmed the information about the defeat of the Su-24 bomber in the Artemovsk area. He clarified that the car was hit, but was able to reach the airfield. The pilots are alive.
"Yes, indeed, it was this board that was attacked today from the ground by enemy air defense systems. The pilot performed a miracle, landed a burning car, having fully completed the combat mission. At the moment, technicians are repairing the aircraft. The pilot is handsome. Honor and praise be to him." (c) Prigogine
That's great.
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[Charter97] In the future, the country will transfer another 60 modernized T-72 and PT-91 Twardy.
Poland has already transferred 250 Soviet T-72 tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is reported by RBC-Ukraine with a reference to the statement of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
He noted that Poland will transfer 60 modernized T-72s and PT-91s to Twardy in the future.
"Poland has already delivered 250 post-Soviet tanks. We also plan to deliver another additional upgraded 60 tanks and another 14 Leopards," he said.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Politico.eu] ’The plan included sabotage and militarily trained people disguised as civilians to carry out violent actions,’ according to Moldovan leader.
