[ZERO] In May, American YouTuber and columnist Gonzalo Lira was arrested in Ukraine because he "publicly justified" the Russian invasion, according to a press release by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
The statement from Kiev said that Lira "has the citizenship of one of the countries of Latin America" but omitted that he is also California-born U.S. citizen, as ZeroHedge contributor Space Worm reported at the time.
Following his release, Lira said he was tortured in a Ukrainian prison, explaining that "two thugs held my head and used a toothpick to scratch the whites of my left eye, while asking me if I could still read if I had just one." Lira informed followers that he was making a mad-dash via motorcycle towards the Hungarian border:
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Lira filmed troop recruitment locations, the faces of soldiers and officers. He filmed the bus stops and collection areas for deployment, He also outed the locations (hotels) of journalists who were reporting on Russian war crimes. He also walked around Kiev after the first series of bombings and showed (with addresses) locations that "Russia missed" such as the Interior Ministry offices, police stations, filmed AAA guns and their locations in the city.
His opinions weren't the reason for his troubles.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:10 Zelensky said that on the way to Argentina, where he is heading to participate in the inauguration of newly elected President Javier Miley, he held a meeting with the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Jose Ulisses Correia e Silva, which became the first in the history of bilateral relations with this country.
21:18 The Office of the Prosecutor General has established that the Shahed-131/136 attack drones with which Russia is attacking Ukraine are produced by the Iranian state aircraft manufacturing company Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company.
20:02 It was possible to evacuate the last 12 people who were in the shelter from the Avdeevka coke plant, said the head of the GVA Vitaly Barabash. According to him, these are people who came to the plant at the beginning of the invasion and asked for asylum. Moreover, even after the evacuation of all employees of the enterprise, 17 people refused to leave. First we managed to persuade three of them, then two more. “As of yesterday, there were 12 of them, now we managed to persuade them all, they were all taken out,” Barabash said.
18:44 Air defense forces shot down a missile in the Krivoy Rog region in the evening, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk Air Defense Forces Sergei Lysak. In addition, during the day the enemy attacked Nikopol with two kamikaze drones - an infrastructure facility, a warehouse building and a five-story building were damaged. No people were hurt.
18:26 Russia is recruiting foreign migrants detained during the recent sweep on the border with Finland to participate in the war in Ukraine, the BBC reports. According to the publication, there are already several cases of foreigners being hastily sent to a military camp on the border with Ukraine several days after they were detained for violating immigration laws.
18:15 Germany should be ready to help Ukraine more “if others weaken,” Scholz said. In his opinion, the war in Ukraine “will not end soon,” so it is important “that we can do what is necessary for a long time.”
17:39 The Russians fired artillery at Kupyansk, Kharkov region - two people were killed, one was wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
15:23 Public reports report an attack on occupied Makeyevka, Donetsk region, after which a strong fire started - probably in a fuel warehouse .
14:17 There are no Russian components in Russian missiles and UAVs, said General Staff spokesman Andrei Rudenko. For example, in the X-101, except for the printed circuit board, almost all components are foreign-made.
12:49 According to the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Russian troops were ordered to capture Avdeevka and Kupyansk before the presidential elections in the Russian Federation in order to strengthen Putin’s position.
12:02 On the evening of December 8, the Russians struck a private enterprise in Kherson. Warehouses and vehicles were damaged and products were destroyed. A fire broke out in the building, which was quickly put out by rescuers. Residential buildings were also shelled, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
11:14 The Russian army struck Berislav, Kherson region, with a drone - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the past 24 hours, one person was injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
10:26 Ukraine is preparing “developments” for 2024 that will force the Russians to “leave Crimea forever,” said Defense Minister Rustem Umerov: “We have shown the whole world that we can achieve success. Despite the fact that we do not have such a powerful fleet, we forced Russia to withdraw from the temporarily occupied Crimea. The developments that we are preparing for 2024 will give us very good opportunities for them to withdraw forever from our Crimea."
09:04 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of December 9:
personnel - about 338,120 (+900) people,
tanks - 5632 (+6),
armored combat vehicles - 10,519 (+11),
artillery systems - 8058 (+1),
MLRS - 919 (+0),
air defense systems - 605 (+0),
aircraft - 324 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 6136 (+0),
cruise missiles - 1585 (+14),
ships/boats - 22 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,598 (+7),
special equipment - 1159 (+0).
08:39 Over the past 24 hours, the Russians carried out 64 strikes in the Zaporozhye region, one person died in Stepnogorsk, said the head of the OVA Yuri Malashko.
07:45 Over the past 24 hours, 95 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the Defense Forces repelled 35 enemy attacks in the Avdeevsky direction (in the areas east of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Tonenky, Pervomaisky of the Donetsk region), 24 attacks in Maryinsky (in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region) and 13 attacks - on Bakhmutsky (in the districts of Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka of the Donetsk region).
In addition, in the Kupyansky direction, Ukrainian forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka areas, northeast of Petropavlovka and Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the Spornoye region of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky and Zaporozhye - in areas west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region. At the same time, the Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and in the Kherson direction they hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnieper.
04:56 Refusal to support Ukraine could result in the United States having to shed the blood of Americans, said John Kirby, coordinator of the White House National Security Council. According to him, Putin is counting on Washington to stop supporting Kyiv, and this will be a great gift for him.
Kirby stressed that if Putin wins the war in Ukraine, he will be on NATO's doorstep: "And, as I said, if you think the cost of supporting Ukraine now is high, think about how much national treasury and American blood will be spent on this, if we have to begin to act in accordance with our obligations under Article Five." He also noted that Putin had been counting on such a scenario from the very beginning of the war.
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[EngMilRu] The Russian Armed Forces delivered long-range air-launched precision-guided group strikes on AFU Ol'kha and 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS ammunition depots, as well as Grom operational-tactical missiles. The goal of the strikes have been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 43rd Mechanised Brigade and 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kurilovka and Petropavlovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 105 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, as well as one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces repelled one attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 1st Ukrainian National Guard Brigade near Serebryansky forestry.
In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of AFU manpower near Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses in this direction amounted to up to 155 Ukrainian troops, as well as two armoured fighting vehicles and three motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled five enemy attacks near Belogorovka, Krasnoye, and Shumy and inflicted fire damage on manpower of the AFU 22nd, 93rd Mechanised Brigades and 79th Air Assault Brigade close to Mariynka, Kurdyumovka, Andreyevka, and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 gun.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery repelled one attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 58th Motorised Rifle Brigade near Novodonetskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, as well as two motor vehicles.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 33rd, 117th, 118th Mechanised Brigades, and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade close to Stepnogorsk, Pyatikhatki, Verbovoye, and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 35 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Kherson direction, as a result of actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by artillery and aviation, the AFU lost up to 50 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed one ammunition depot of the AFU 120th Territorial Defence Brigade near Volchansk (Kharkov region), struck military infrastructure at Kulbakino airfield (Nikolayev region), and engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 118 areas during the day.
11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted by Russian air defence units close to Topolevka, Shipilovka (Lugansk People's Republic), Opitnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Skelevatoye and Vasilieyvka (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 550 airplanes and 257 helicopters, 9,588 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 13,924 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,188 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,284 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 16,096 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/09/2023 to 00:00 12/10/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office has recorded 18 cases of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Unit.
Information was received about the injury of 7 civilians in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk.
Two residential buildings in the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk, as well as onw civil infrastructure facility, were damaged.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Petrovsky, Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, and attack UAVs.
On Gorlovskoe one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
A total of 48 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 10 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
22:00 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: Native artilleryman
The artilleryman with the call sign “Rodnoy” has been serving in the army for almost 10 years. He says he has been participating in the special military operation from the very beginning.
The main task that the squad under the command of “Rodny” performs on the front line is the destruction of enemy strongholds, equipment and manpower.
"Rodnoy", operating under enemy artillery fire, quickly and accurately hits the enemy, for this the serviceman and his subordinates were awarded state and departmental awards.
21:30 The front bird is broadcasting: Nikolaev region. Air defense. 09.12 21:30
Reported to the work of enemy air defense. The rumble was heard in the southern part of the region.
Arrival information is being updated.
20:40 Soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to carry irrecoverable losses and leaving the next positions
19:50 Russian Ministry of Defensetransmits: Anti-drone crews cover the work of the 122mm BM-21"Grads" of the "South" group
The rocket artillery of the “Southern” group of forces operates on enemy strongholds and command posts, areas of concentration of forces, artillery and mortar batteries, and heavy equipment. To protect combat vehicles and their crews from attacks by enemy FPV drones, as well as to make it difficult for enemy reconnaissance UAVs, anti-drone crews work in cooperation with artillerymen.
“While the Grad is deployed into position and aimed, the safety of the combat vehicle and artillerymen is ensured by a two-person anti-drone crew. Using radar, military personnel monitor the sky and, if an enemy drone is detected, determine the frequency of its operation. All the necessary information is entered into the anti-drone gun, which is capable of landing an enemy UAV.
– Military personnel note that such guns have proven themselves to be excellent. Their use significantly reduces the risks for combat vehicles.
“In cases where it is not possible to quickly seize control of an enemy drone, the crew notifies the gunners of the danger, and the combat vehicle quickly leaves the position.
18:50 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction 09.12 17:25
It is reported that our artillerymen, together with aerial reconnaissance, covered several enemy strongholds.
Several military trucks were destroyed.
17:00 “WarGonzo“: The situation near Avdievka: why is it so important to cut off the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
In the Avdeevsky direction we are making progress, the Russian Armed Forces are gradually squeezing the enemy out of the oporniks - this is not a secret, but in general, as the fighters say, the situation remains “moderately lousy.”
War is not always hell. Sometimes it’s only moderately lousy.
The enemy in this direction does not experience a shortage of ammunition, the reason for this is the extensive network of roads connecting to a large logistics hub - Avdievka. The ammunition is delivered through such settlements as Berdychi, Tonenkoye, Lastochkino and Orlovka. It was in Orlovka this week that our troops destroyed an enemy warehouse with ammunition and equipment.
For successful progress it is vital to take control of all routes and communications, but at the moment this is a problem for us. The roads are located at a great distance from our positions and it is difficult to simply calculate the flight of a projectile in order to hit moving equipment. Not to mention such little things as barrel wear and the quality of gunpowder.
But as our source reports, despite the still functioning logistics of ammunition supply, the enemy is not seeking to launch an operational offensive, although he also has NATO artillery weapons at his disposal, which, as is known, have a range that exceeds the capabilities of our artillery. The Armed Forces of Ukraine take active actions mainly in response to attacks by the Russian Armed Forces, but this does not bring them much success.
16:25 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 09.12 16:00
The sounds of explosions were heard on the eastern outskirts of the region.
At the same time, the air raid warning was not announced.
There is information that several enemy military targets have been hit by air-to-ground missiles by our tactical aircraft.
15:25 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: Ukrainian formations fired at the border area of the Bryansk region.
In the Sevsky district, the village of Lemeshovka came under attack. Four houses and a local agricultural enterprise were damaged, but no one was injured.
14:45 The front bird is broadcasting: URGENT Zaporozhye direction Verbovoe. 09.12 14:30
They knocked out enemy armored vehicles.
It is not yet completely clear whether it is a tank or an armored personnel carrier...
The birds will fly to scout.
The artillery completely covered the 152mm APU.
We fight.
13:45 Paratroopers of the 106th Airbrone Division transmit news from Artemovsk:
51st Airborne Regiment, to those two km we went another 1.5 km, we will storm, a little more and the village of Veseloye will be in a semi-circle.
13:20 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the "West" group
Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions of a special military operation in the Kupyansk direction.
During the active defense, motorized rifle formations of the combined arms army, supported by artillery fire, repelled five counterattacks by assault groups of the 25th Airborne and 57th Motorized Infantry Brigades in the area of Novoselovsky and Sin'kovka.
The total enemy losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel.
During the counterbattery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed two mortar crews in the Stepovaya Novoselovka area.
12:30 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction 09.12 12:30
This operational area is characterized by how meticulously our attack helicopters work.
The Mi-28N "Night Hunter" and Ka-52 "Alligator" target enemy personnel and equipment using high-precision "Vikhr" and "Izdeliye-305" missiles.
Every combat work is coming very soon...
11:40 Russian Ministry of Defense publishes Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group
Units of the "South" group of troops, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, repelled attacks by assault groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades and defeated enemy personnel in the areas of Kurdyumovka, Bogdanovka, Vasyukovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka.
Artillery and aviation strikes destroyed two armored combat vehicles, a pickup truck, three cars and a 120mm mortar in the areas of Grigorovka, Novomikhailovka, and Konstantinovka. The temporary deployment point of the 79th Air Assault Brigade in the Mar'inka area was also hit.
Air defense systems shot down Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Staromikhailovka, Spornoe, Topolevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
10:45 WarGonzo transmits frontline report for the morning 12/09/2023
In the Kherson-Crimean direction in Krynki, the fighting took on a counter character. Even with the dominance of the Russian Armed Forces due to the support of long-range weapons. Ukrainian positions in Kherson, Tyaginka, Nikolaevka and Berislav are under attack. Russian ones are in Golaya Pristan, Alyoshki, Poima and Peschanovka.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, through counterattacks, managed to stabilize the situation to the west of the village of Rabotino. The RF Armed Forces, in turn, are trying to put pressure on them from Verbovoy and Novofedorovka. The second section is especially important, since the fighting is taking place along the strategic route N-08.
Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamenskoye, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Charovny and Malinovka. Ukrainian artillery worked on Russian positions in Zherebyanki, Kopany, Ilchenkovo, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoy and Novofedorivka.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, carried out assault operations near Novomikhailovka, in Mar'inka, in the direction of Ostroy (this is a new active site), in the area of Pervomaisky, Tonenkoy, in the industrial zone on the southeastern approaches to Avdeevka, northeast of towns near the coke plant and near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions).
LBS has not changed significantly. The assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces advanced in the direction of Novobakhmutovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (a settlement with the same name to the east behind the Russian troops). Ukrainian positions in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Pobeda, Georgievka, Karlovka, Berdychi and New York are under fire. RF Armed Forces - in Aleksandrovka and the village of Krasnogorovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked at Andreevka and northeast of Kleshcheevka. They also tried to advance from Bakhmut to Ivanovskoye. After the artillery shelling, assault operations were carried out in the Bogdanovka area. No advance.
10:00 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Kardashinka five shells;
-- n.p. Novaya Zburevka two shells;
-- n.p. Krynki 25 shells;
-- n.p. Alyosha 12 shells;
-- n.p. Dnepryan four shells;
-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka two shells;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery s three shells.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Proletarka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 43 roundsfrom cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:30 Summary from “Two majors”
– In the Kherson direction, battles continue at Krynoki, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, despite constant losses, are replenishing manpower, delivering it by boats. Our UAV operators are hunting for them on the water; the enemy is most vulnerable at the moment of landing on our shore. Several boats were sunk during the night. The enemy's attempts to expand the zone of control failed. On its shore, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have built an air defense system and are trying to interfere with the work of our aviation, which delivers FAB with UMPC to the enemy’s rear areas.
– On the Zaporozhye front, deteriorating weather conditions temporarily reduced the intensity of hostilities, and there was mutual artillery shelling. Due to the accumulation of enemy equipment and manpower in the village. Malaya Tokmachka was hit by high-explosive bombs.
– On the northern flank of the Avdeevsky direction there are battles near Stepovoy, the enemy is holding forest plantations near the village, using tanks to fire at our units. At the “throat of the Avdeevsky sack” the accumulation of enemy forces in the village was revealed. Orlovka, delivered to the village by civilian transport.
– In the Kleshcheevka area in the south of the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, battles were reported for the “Ostrov” stronghold, which is located at a commanding height a kilometer from Kleshcheevka. The main road to the village passes through it. The Russian Armed Forces retain the initiative.
??In the DPR, the enemy shelled Gorlovka and Donetsk, 35 rounds were fired at the civilian population, there were no casualties.
08:40 Telegram channel “Fisherman“: chronicle of a special military operation for December 8, 2023
– Russian troops are developing success in the Svatovsko-Kremensky sector: fighters are moving from Dibrova towards Terny and Yampolovka. In addition, fighting is taking place near Yar Laptev. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack from the southern flank of the Serebryansky forest, but cannot achieve significant success. Nevertheless, the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in this direction will not be an easy walk due to the complexity of the terrain and the many fortifications erected by the enemy.
– In the Soledar direction, Russian fighters finished clearing the fortified area near the Valnyanovsky nursery and the Bakhmutsky Shlyakh autodrome. Meanwhile, in the northwest of Bakhmut, the Russian Armed Forces are moving towards Grigorovka and Orekhovo-Vasilievka. In fact, the military managed to recapture most of the territories lost after the Wagner PMC left this area in the middle of the year.
– Meanwhile, in the Avdeevsky fortified area, clashes continue in the area of AKHZ, Stepovoy, towards Novokalinovo, Severny and Tonenky, but the configuration of the front has not changed significantly. Clashes are also taking place in the Orekhovsky sector; attempts continue to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the bridgehead in Krynki in the Kherson direction.
08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 08.12.2023 to 00:00 09.12.2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 10 incidents of firing from the AFU.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
No damage to residential buildings and civil infrastructure was recorded.
The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Petrovsky, Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out four attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were six artillery attacks from 155mm and 152mm artillery.
A total of 35 units of various ammunition were firuced.
In the previous day, 19 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.
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[REGNUM] “War in the trenches is a Russian specialty; you shouldn’t expect anything else from the Russian army. This army doesn’t know how to fight differently, it only knows how to dig trenches well,” military expert Oleg Zhdanov explains with contempt to Ukrainian journalists why the Ukrainian Armed Forces should forget about attacks, bury themselves in the ground and build a defense . The long-discussed “counter-offensive” with German tanks at the forefront of the attack ended by the end of the year with the topic of trenches becoming super popular. Respected publications write about this, and experts clearly explain the incredible timeliness of such a decision. We will continue to successfully beat the enemy, go to the borders of 1991, only in a different way. Standing still.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
Note: Hetman (or Getman) Petlura is a reference to Symon Petliura, Ukrainian army commander during the Russian Civil War.
Shchors is a reference to Mykola Shchors, Ukrainian communist and formation commander during the Russian Civil War
[ColonelCassad] In Kyiv today the monument to Shchors was demolished.
Below is one of the reasons for the hatred of Shchors on the part of the Ukrainian Nazis.
RESPONSE TO PAN HETMAN PETLURA FROM SHCHORS BOZHENKO AND OTHER COMMANDERS
We, Tarashchanians, Bohuntsy and other Ukrainians, Cossacks, Red Army soldiers, received your obscene appeal.
Like the Cossacks of old to the Sultan, so we answer you.
We had Hetman Skoropadsky, sitting on German bayonets. He died, damn it.
But then a new hetman showed up - Petliura.
He sold his homeland, his mother, he sold the poor people.
Tell me, Judas, how many pennies did you sell Ukraine for?
How much do you pay your hirelings to stir up the villagers with the tongue of a dog, to raise them against the power of the working poor?
Tell me, Judas, tell me, traitor, just know, don’t panam any more in Ukraine.
We - her sons, poor workers - will lay down our heads, and we will defend her, so that rye will bloom in freedom on her free land and be harvested by the free villagers for their own benefit, and not by the greedy robbers, bloodsuckers - kulaks and landowners.
Yes, we are brothers of the Russian workers and peasantry, like brothers to everyone who fights for the liberation of the working people.
I won't wear your pants until this summer.
We already crushed your sides under Korosten, Berdychev, Proskurov. Your allies have already left Odessa.
Free Hungary stretches out fraternal hands to us, and the hands of the robbed peasants of Poland and Galicia reach out to your throat,
Judas!
Get out of the loop, you damned one! Choke, dog!
In the name of the Cossack peasants of Ukraine, army commanders Shchors, Bozhenko and others,
1919
In Kiev, a monument to the Civil War commander Nikolai Shchors was dismantled ; to do this, his horse’s hooves had to be sawed off, the Ukrainian publication “Country” reported on December 9. ua".
“During the dismantling process, it turned out that the horse’s hooves could not be removed from the cement. Therefore, they decided to saw off the hooves,” says a message published on the publication’s Telegram channel.
The dismantling of the Shchors monument, which was located in the center of the Ukrainian capital, began on the morning of December 9. Before this, the monument’s protective status was removed; in the future it will be stored in the State Aviation Museum of Ukraine named after O.K. Antonov.
As Regnum reported , in Kiev, as part of the so-called large-scale campaign of “derussification” and “desovetization,” it is planned to demolish 296 objects associated with the USSR or Russia: these are 95 monuments and 201 boards or decoration elements.
In addition, in July, the Kiev City Council banned the public performance of songs and the reading of books in Russian in the city. The ban applies to the distribution of books, art albums, audiovisual works, musical recordings, arts and crafts, theatrical and circus performances, concerts and services.
The process of mass demolition of monuments in Ukraine began in 2015, when the country adopted a law on “decommunization.” At first, the Soviet heritage was attacked, and over time, monuments to Russian political figures and cultural figures began to be demolished in the country.
By the beginning of 2022, more than 2,500 monuments had been demolished in Ukraine, including monuments to Alexander Pushkin and Alexander Suvorov . The names of more than 900 settlements and about 50,000 streets were also changed.
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The Ukrainian communist Mykola Schors (1895-1919) fought in the 1917–1921 war of independence between the Bolsheviks and the Ukrainian People's Republic (the ones looking for independence from Russia). He was killed in battle August 1919.
FWIW, nobody was a Nazi during his lifetime. That would happen a few years later.
He was a commander for the 1st Ukrainian Soviet division, had some success against the locals and was the Red Army's imposed mayor of Kiev in 1918. So, naturally he was glorified by the Russian Bolsheviks and later Soviets. A 1944 Soviet stamp even carried his likeness, probably as a propaganda piece against the Ukrainians who still didn't want to be ruled by Moscow.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] “Russia - yes, Russia stopped supplying energy to Europe... It was the Russian president who stopped gas supplies through a working gas pipeline!” - RIA Novosti quotes him.
Scholz added that after the cessation of gas supplies from Russia, Germany lost half of the gas it received. As for other European countries, they lost about 120 billion cubic meters. m of gas.
He emphasized that this had an impact on electricity prices.
1. First, we impose sanctions on Russia.
2. Then we declare that we want to completely stop gas supplies to Europe.
3. Then we pretend that we don’t know who blew up Nord Stream.
4. Then we take away from Gazprom the enterprises responsible for supplying gas to Europe.
5. Then we blame Russia for stopping gas supplies to Europe.
6. At the same time, we continue to purchase Russian LNG, pretending that it is not Russian.
[Rudaw] Russia’s Lukoil will own 80 percent of the massive Eridu oil field in southern Iraq’s Dhi Qar province after Japanese oil major Inpex Corporation sold half of its 40 percent stake in the field, an Iraqi MP told Rudaw on Thursday.
"Russia’s Lukoil has acquired an additional 20 percent from Japan in Eridu and now owns 80 percent of the oil field," Adil Hashosh, an Iraqi MP from Dhi Qar province, told Rudaw’s Nahro Mohammed.
It contradicts previous media reports that Lukoil had fully acquired the field from Inpex.
The Eridu oil field has been heralded as the major oil discovery in Iraq in the last two decades. Russian giant Lukoil was granted approval to develop the field by Iraqi state-owned Dhi Qar Oil Company in March.
Eridu is one of Iraq’s biggest oil finds in the last 20 years and is located within Block 10, which is located 120 kilometers west of Basra city and 150 kilometers from the massive West Qurna 2 oil field, where Lukoil also operates with a majority 75 percent stake.
According to Lukoil, the oil field is estimated to hold reserves of 12.9 billion barrels.
The development plan of Eridu includes a high of 250,000 barrels of oil per day, a target which is set to be met by 2028.
Iraq and the Kurdistan Region share close economic ties with Russia as a number of Russian oil companies operate both in the Region and in oil fields in southern Iraq. The two countries first established diplomatic relations in 1944. Lukoil, Gazprom Neft, and Rosneft are some of the major Russian oil and gas companies operating in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region.
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