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[REGNUM] The German state, or, as they say in Germany, “social and legal” television channel ZDF, committed an unthinkable “crime” this past week. The channel stepped beyond the pro-Ukrainian media matrix and went to Mariupol, liberated by the Russian army. From there he issued a more or less objective report on the state of affairs in the city, which became a symbol of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in the first year of the Northern Military District.
“Streets, schools, apartment buildings, entire residential neighborhoods are being restored. <…> I want to say that Mariupol is not a place for simple and clear answers,” said journalist Armin Körper in his report. And he honestly added that there are restaurants in the city, electricity, hot water and even wireless Internet.
“According to the feelings” of the journalist, no one was watching the channel’s film crew; permission to travel to the actual front-line zone was received without sound and unnecessary formalities. There was also no special escort, and the residents spoke with foreign correspondents quite openly. Although Körper nevertheless made a reservation that, in his opinion, it is “unsafe” to express “pro-Ukrainian sentiments” in Mariupol.
It cannot be said that the material from the head of the channel’s Moscow bureau was complimentary to the Russian side. Körper traditionally did not forget to mention the “Russian war of aggression”, and “forced Russification”, and the Russian military, who inflicted “merciless” attacks on the civilian infrastructure of the city, and who in this war is the “aggressor” and who is the “victim”.
However, the journalist, and here we must give him credit, said something more important: while the Ukrainian editorial office of ZDF is preparing material from Odessa about “Ukraine’s view of the territories occupied by Russia and the situation of Ukrainian internally displaced persons,” the Russian editorial office should present an “alternative point of view on events from Russian-controlled territory, so that viewers can make comparisons and draw their own conclusions.”
This is called professional journalism, and this is precisely its main difference from one-sided propaganda. The tools of which have recently been re-adopted by the German journalistic mainstream.
Since the beginning of the SVO, the ZDF has been at the forefront of the anti-Russian agenda and has firmly taken pro-Ukrainian positions. The channel's bureaus in Kyiv, Kharkov and Odessa, with enviable regularity and impeccable quality from a technical point of view, issued propaganda reports from Ukrainian cities from the very beginning of the NWO. In terms of bias in covering events in Ukraine, ZDF perhaps surpassed even the main German state news channel ARD, which in itself was a non-trivial task.
ARD, we recall, in April 2022, enthusiastically talked about a shopping center in Kyiv destroyed by “barbaric Russian bombings,” carefully cutting out footage of Ukrainian military equipment located in the underground parking lot of the shopping center. And in June of the same year, he told viewers about “Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Donetsk, which resulted in many civilian casualties.”
It is quite possible that changes in ZDF's editorial policy came after the Ukrainian shelling of Belgorod on New Year's Eve, when the attack killed several dozen civilians, including children. ZDF then collected its thoughts for about 16 hours in order to release the first news about the tragedy and not harm the image of “Ukrainian friends.”
It is possible that such an unpleasant fact, which does not paint the serious media, was noticed not only in Russia. And the editors decided to somewhat balance the approach to covering the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in order to dismiss quite fair accusations of bias.
Changes in the work of the editorial offices of state TV in Germany are indeed overdue. Especially considering that 89% of German television viewers, according to a recent survey by FOCUS magazine, are categorically dissatisfied with the work of social and legal channels in Germany. They are tired of the abundance of propaganda coupled with the biased presentation of the news agenda.
Judging by the survey results, viewers are tired of seeing how mainstream media distort the real picture of the world. Moreover, this happens at their own expense: taxpayers support state TV through monthly forced contributions to “public” broadcasting. The population is fed a product of the biased and biased opinions of the political establishment, disguising it as factual journalism.
However, assessments of the revival of independent German journalism and the statement of its return to professional quality standards should be postponed for now. After the sensational report, ZDF faced an unprecedented level of negativity. Among the accusations that followed against the channel, the reproach for broadcasting “a glossy picture of Russian propaganda seeking to create the illusion of normalcy in a destroyed city” was perhaps one of the mildest and most politically correct.
Yesterday, heavy artillery in the form of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry joined the exalted part of its own audience, brainwashed by pro-Ukrainian propaganda. Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko, reacting to the report, said that “distorting reality is not journalism,” and also noted that the journalists allegedly arrived in Mariupol illegally.
“We call on ZDF to provide an official explanation. Violation of Ukrainian legislation may affect the further work of this media in Ukraine,” the Ukrainian official wrote.
So far, the editors have been sluggishly fending off criticism from Ukrainian diplomats, hiding behind discussions about journalistic standards. However, we should not forget that in modern Germany, apologizing without guilt and throwing ashes on one’s head are good manners when it comes to Ukraine. The Bundespresident and the Bundeschancellor will not let you lie.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier at one time dutifully endured a spit in the face from Vladimir Zelensky, who pointedly banned the president from a solidarity visit to Kiev because of his allegedly “pro-Russian background.” Olaf Scholz swallowed the comparison of him by the Ukrainian ambassador Andrey Melnik with an “offended liverwurst”.
Therefore, it is possible that soon the editorial board of ZDF will bring “sincere” and “deep” apologies to the people of Ukraine, and the head of the Moscow bureau will be subjected to public flogging.
American journalist Tucker Carlson visited Russia for the first time. On February 3, eyewitnesses published on social networks a photo of him at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
The former TV presenter of the American Fox News channel visited the Spartak ballet. The purpose of Carlson's previously unannounced visit to Russia remains unknown.
As Regnum reported, at the end of August 2023, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson requested an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT television channel, stated this on air on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
On September 24, 2023, Tucker Carlson, in a conversation with the Swiss publication Die Weltwoche, accused the people at the helm in the United States of disrupting an interview that the journalist planned to take with the Russian leader. He explained that the American government had been making very aggressive attempts for decades to control everything that was available in the American media. Press workers, Carlson said, are simply afraid to say anything that might accidentally offend people in power. No one came to the journalist’s defense or reminded the authorities that the reporter had the right to interview Putin so that people could hear the Russian president’s point of view, Carlson added.
Also in September 2023, at a religious event, Tucker Carlson said that Russia is a more Christian country than Ukraine, where believers are persecuted. According to him, “one of these countries” arrested priests and closed churches, attracting security forces, and “it was not Russia.”
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Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber pilot who bombed Ukrainian cities was shot in Russia.
He served at Engels Airbase (military unit 06987) and was directly involved in the launching of missile attacks on civilian objects in Ukraine and the killing of Ukrainian people.
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[Korrespondent] 22:40 The European Union may in the coming days create a military fund to assist Ukraine within the framework of the European Peace Fund. This issue was discussed today at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers, Borrell said.
21:14 Russia is preparing a mass settlement of the occupied territories of Ukraine under the Soviet code name Zaporozhye virgin lands. According to the Russian Federation, the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region should become Moscow’s second pilot project to change the ethnic composition of the population after the Far East, said the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov. According to him, the Russians are threatening to deport Ukrainians who do not want to receive Russian passports. At the same time, applications are already being formed to bring residents from Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan to the occupied territories.
20:57 The Armed Forces of Ukraine cut off Russian missile carrier ships from the logistics base and Caliber reserves in Sevastopol, said Navy spokesman Dmitry Pletenchuk: “Enemy ships are forced to quickly swim to the shores, quickly load one missile and quickly get out of there. They were cut off from Sevastopol, where their logistics base in the Black Sea, where all the infrastructure is. And most importantly, the Calibers remained in Sevastopol."
18:52 Russia was able to increase the range of Soviet aerial bombs seven times - up to 70 km, writes Bild military observer Julian Repke. According to him, the bombs were able to be improved by equipping them with a planning and correction module. Wings and a rudder were attached to the warheads, making the bombs controllable. They are launched from Su-34 fighter-bombers. In the sky, the improved FAB-500s look like small planes or drones. According to Repke, Ukraine currently does not have enough air defense to shoot them down.
18:46 Zelensky awarded state awards to representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense who took part in the operation to sink the Russian military boat Ivanovets on Lake Donuzlav in Crimea. “An effective act. But also effective and extremely useful: the smaller the Russian fleet in the Black Sea, the greater the security in the region and in the world in general,” the president emphasized.
17:01 Taiwan's Ministry of Economy said it has strengthened controls over the export of goods to prevent Russia from using them in the war against Ukraine. The fine for the first violations of exports to the Russian Federation was increased more than 15 times - to 1 million Taiwanese dollars (about 32 thousand US dollars).
16:54 Commander of the Ground Forces Alexander Syrsky said that he visited military units and units in the Kupyansk direction. According to him, the operational situation remains tense, with heavy fighting taking place on all sectors of the front.
“In order to resolve problematic issues critical to the sustainability of defense, the necessary instructions were given and a redistribution of forces and assets was carried out. The main priorities remain effective reconnaissance, the coordinated use of all fire weapons, the protection of our units with electronic warfare, and the preservation of the lives of our military personnel.” , - said the commander.
16:35 A package of military aid from Estonia has arrived in Ukraine. It included, in particular, Javelin anti-tank systems, ammunition, machine guns, land and water transport, and diving equipment, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported.
15:23 The DeepState project showed satellite images showing the consequences of the attack on the Belbek airfield near Sevastopol on January 31. According to preliminary information, the Russian command post was hit.
15:19 In the Russian city of Engels, the crew commander of the Tu-95 strategic bomber, Major Oleg Stegachev, was shot, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. It is known that he received gunshot wounds, but whether he survived is being clarified. The Russian Aerospace Forces pilot served at Engels Air Base and was directly involved in missile strikes on Ukraine.
15:12 As a result of yesterday’s attack in the Poltava region, a filled granary was damaged and part of the harvest was lost, said the head of the OBA, Philip Pronin.
14:43 After criticism of his words about Crimea, Polish President Andrzej Duda made a new statement: “My actions and position regarding Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine have been and remain clear from day one: Russia violates international law, is an aggressor and occupier. Russian attack on Ukraine and the occupation of internationally recognized territories of Ukraine, including Crimea, is a crime. This war cannot end in a Russian victory."
13:30 An oil refinery in Volgograd was attacked by SBU drones, the UP reports citing a source in the special services. According to him, two drones hit a primary oil refining installation, without which the plant would lose “a significant part of its production capacity.”
13:23 Polish President Andrzej Duda is not sure that Ukraine will be able to regain control over Crimea: “I don’t know whether Ukraine will return Crimea, but I believe that it will return Donetsk and Lugansk.” He also said that the island is a “special place” because it “was in Russian hands most of the time.”
At the same time, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said that Warsaw “recognizes the independence of Ukraine within its internationally established borders.” And a number of deputies from the Civic Coalition criticized Duda’s statements and recalled that “there are cities that in their history belonged to Poland for less time than to another country.” The Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasily Zvarych emphasized that “Crimea is Ukraine: it is and will remain.”
13:17 The Wall Street Journal writes that Ukraine is trying to compensate for the lack of ammunition by producing a million drones in small, dispersed enterprises. Drones are produced in small factories due to the threat of Russian strikes. Most parts are made using 3D printers.
One such enterprise produces 3,000 FPV drones per month. The plans are to increase production to 10 thousand. Ukraine currently produces 62 types of drones. Manufacturers are working to increase the flight range, the ability to carry a larger load, as well as good protection against electronic warfare.
11:30 In the morning, the Russians shelled Kupyansk, Kharkov region. Previously, they hit civilian infrastructure with FAB-500s, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov. There were no reports of casualties. A nine-story residential building, private residential buildings, electrical networks, and other civil non-residential infrastructure were damaged.
11:24 In the Sumy region, the movement of civil transport was banned in a five-kilometer strip from the state border of Ukraine on a number of road sections. This was done to prevent losses among residents of border areas, the OVA reported.
11:15 At night, the Russians attacked the DTEK power plant, the company reported. The equipment of the thermal power plant was seriously damaged. It is not specified where this happened.
10:48 Canadian Conservatives, who are in opposition, demand that thousands of CRV7 aircraft missiles be transferred to Ukraine, which are subject to disposal, CBC reports. We are talking about 83 thousand missiles that it was decided to dispose of three years ago. The Canadian Ministry of Defense said it was considering this option, but not all missiles have warheads - only 8,000 are equipped with them. It is also necessary to conduct tests and find out whether their use on Ukrainian equipment is possible.
08:52 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 3:
personnel - about 387,940 (+880) people,
tanks - 6341 (+10),
armored combat vehicles - 11,805 (+13),
artillery systems - 9300 (+26),
MLRS - 979 (+1),
air defense systems - 663 (+0),
aircraft - 332 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7161 (+15),
cruise missiles - 1847 (+0),
ships/boats - 24 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,352 (+36),
special equipment - 1473 (+3).
08:43 Over the past 24 hours, 77 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 29 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and another 15 attacks near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, seven attacks were repulsed near Georgievka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled five enemy attacks near Sinkovka and Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - five attacks in the Ternov area of the Donetsk region; on Bakhmutskoye - two attacks near Bogdanovka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - one attack south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - three attacks in the Rabotino area and west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - seven attacks.
08:25 During a night attack by drones, the equipment of the NEC Ukrenergo substation and two high-voltage overhead lines were damaged. Household and industrial consumers in the city of Krivoy Rog were de-energized, the company reported. The head of the Krivoy Rog Defense Council, Alexander Vilkul, said that emergency power outages are being introduced in the city. Some hospitals, water and heat supply, where possible, are switching to generators. Also, the tram will not run, and there will be continuous interruptions in communications.
07:37 In the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, five enemy UAVs were destroyed during a night attack, and there were also several hits, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. Two fires broke out, leaving about 15 thousand people and two boiler houses in Krivoy Rog without electricity in the area, which provide 43 thousand subscribers. The city's high-speed tram is partially out of power. Also, some houses were left without water supply. No people were hurt.
07:09 Air defense at night destroyed nine of the 14 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and from the Crimean Cape Chauda. The enemy sent a significant part of the drones to energy infrastructure facilities in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Air Force command reported. UAVs were destroyed within the Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Nikolaev and Zhytomyr regions. In addition, Russia fired two Kh-59 guided missiles from the Belgorod region.
06:56 Russian media reported a fire in the Krasnoarmeysky district of Volgograd - on an area of 300 square meters. oil products were burning. The public clarifies that the fire on the territory of the LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refinery began after a drone attack. Volgograd Governor Andrei Bocharov later stated that air defense allegedly repelled a UAV attack on the territory of the region; as a result of the fall of a downed drone, a fire broke out at the Volgograd Oil Refinery. The open fire has been extinguished, there are no casualties.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the interception and destruction of four UAVs by air defense at night over the territory of the Belgorod region, two over the Volgograd region, and another one over the Rostov region.
01:48 The Czech Republic offered the European Union to purchase ammunition for Ukraine outside Europe after it became known that the EU would be able to provide Kiev with only half of the promised million shells on time, Politico writes, citing sources. According to Czech government estimates, there may be 450 thousand artillery shells available outside the bloc.
At the same time, France, which is one of the leaders of the European military industry, insists that all orders for shells for Ukraine are distributed within the EU.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are fighting stubbornly in eastern Ukraine
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 20 attacks in the Avdeevka area and three more in the Pervomaisky area of the Donetsk region.
Since the beginning of the current day, Ukrainian troops have repelled 45 attacks by Russian aggressors in seven directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the most enemy assaults near Avdiivka in its evening report on Saturday, February 3.
In total, 45 military clashes took place at the front. The enemy carried out 54 air strikes and 33 shelling from MLRS on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled two enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Ivanovka areas of the Kharkov region. The Russians tried unsuccessfully to break through the defenses there.
The Russians carried out air strikes in the areas of Kupyansk, Ivanovka, Kislovka, Tabaevka and Peschany, Kharkov region. The Russian army attacked about 15 settlements in the Kupyansk direction with artillery and mortar fire.
In the Liman direction, our defenders repulsed five enemy attacks in the Serebryansky forestry areas of the Luhansk region, Ternov and Yampolevka of the Donetsk region. The Russians tried to break through the defense there with air support.
About 15 settlements were damaged by mortar and artillery strikes by the Russian army, including Belogorivka in the Lugansk region, Terny, Yampolevka, Torskoye, Serebryanka, Verkhnekamenskoye and Vyemka in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks in the area of Bogdanovka and Klishchievka, Donetsk region. Russian troops tried unsuccessfully to improve their tactical position there. More than 10 settlements came under Russian mortar and artillery fire, in particular, Grigorovka, Ivanovskoye, Klishchievka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 20 enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and three more in the Pervomaisky area of the Donetsk region. With the support of aviation, the Russian army tried to break through the defenses there.
The invaders carried out airstrikes in the area of Alexandropol, Donetsk region. The Russians directed artillery and mortar fire at more than 15 settlements in this direction, in particular at Novobakhmutovka, Berdich, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and Pervomaisky in the Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold the enemy in the Krasnohorivka, Georgievka and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region. Russian troops, with the support of aviation, tried unsuccessfully six times to improve their tactical position there.
Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka and Praskovievka in the Donetsk region came under artillery and mortar fire from the Russians.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, our defenders repelled two enemy attacks in the area south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region.
Russian troops launched air strikes in the areas of Staromayorsky, Ugledar and Urozhayny. About 10 settlements in this direction were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks, among them Vodyanoye, Prechistovka, Staromayorskoye and Rovnopol.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations, but fired artillery and mortars at populated areas. More than 20 cities and villages were under enemy fire, including Poltavka, Malinovka, Gulyaypole, Belogorye, Robotino and Pyatikhatki.
In the Kherson direction, Russian troops did not abandon their intention to dislodge units of the Defense Forces from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Over the course of 24 hours, they tried to storm Ukrainian positions four times, but to no avail.
In the areas of Krasny Mayak, Krynki and Zmievka in the Kherson region, the Russian army carried out air strikes. Kherson, Krasny Mayak, Tokarevka, Sadovoe and Kizomis in the Kherson region suffered from artillery and mortar fire from the invaders.
The Russians used multiple launch rocket systems to strike in the areas of Ivanovka, Krynki and Inzhenerny.
During the day, Ukrainian aviation carried out strikes on 12 areas where Russian invaders were concentrated. Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' missile forces struck the area where enemy personnel and artillery were concentrated.
Let us remind you that during the day on February 2, 880 Russian invaders were “negated” at the front. Russia's total losses since the beginning of the war are approaching 390 thousand killed.
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[KavkazUzel] After two days of searching, police officers detained Magomedrasul Mutaev, a suspect in the murder, the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, mixed martial arts fighter of the Fight Nights promotion Magomedrasul Mutaev received several gunshot wounds near his home in Makhachkala on the evening of January 31, the athlete died on the way to the hospital. Sources named revenge as the alleged motive for the murder, and a native of the village of Korkmaskala as the suspect who managed to escape from the crime scene. According to the information of the suspect’s acquaintances, he was subjected to humiliation and bullying by Mutaev. On February 1, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan reported that 18-year-old Nadyrkhan Kadirkhanov was wanted on suspicion of murdering Mutaev .
The murder of Magomedrasul Mutaev was preceded by an attempt: in the summer of 2023, he was shot with a traumatic pistol, but then no one was hurt. Friends of the 21-year-old athlete describe him as a conflicted person. The fighter was considered one of the brightest students of Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov, the father of Russian MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan announced today the arrest of a suspect in the murder of Magomedrasul Mutaev, which occurred on the evening of January 31 on Gaptsakhskaya Street in Makhachkala.
“During the course of the activities, the police identified a suspect; he turned out to be an 18-year-old native of the Kumtorkalinsky district. The young man was put on the wanted list and detained in the Khasavyurt district for two days,” the department’s Telegram channel says.
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[EngMilRu] In the period from 27 January to 3 February 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered 37 group strikes by precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles at AFU decision-making centres, military-industrial complex facilities, military airfield infrastructure, arsenals, and POL bases.
Moreover, temporary deployment areas of AFU formations, Ukrainian nationalists and foreign mercenaries units were struck.
All the assigned targets were successfully engaged.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Tabayevka (Kharkov region) and continued to improve the tactical situation along the front lines in separate areas.
Over the past week, Russian units repelled 41 attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 30th, 32th, 44th, 60th Mechanised brigades, 57th Motorised Rifle Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, and 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Sinkovka, Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Novoselovskoe (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Terni (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 750 Ukrainian troops, one tank, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, and eight field artillery pieces.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery took more advantageous lines and repelled 19 AFU attacks.
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 60th, 63rd Mechanised brigades, 12th Special Operations Brigade, and 13th Ukrainian National Guard Brigade near Kirovsk, Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Chervonaya Dibrova, Kuzmino (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Serebryansky forest.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 1,825 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, six tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 36 motor vehicles, and six field artillery pieces.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and repelled 22 enemy attacks.
The Group’s aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems inflicted losses on AFU and Ukrainian National Guard units near Verkhnekamenskoye, Artyomovskoye, Krasnoye, Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka, Andreyevka, Belogorovka, Pereyezdnoye, and Georgiyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 2,245 Ukrainian troops, five tanks, 19 armoured fighting vehicles, 63 motor vehicles, 28 field artillery pieces, and two 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicles.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled nine AFU attacks by cohesive actions.
In addition, units of the AFU 58th, 72nd Mechanised brigades, 79th Air Assault Brigade, 127th and 128th Territorial Defence brigades suffered losses near Novomikhailovka, Konstantinovka, Ugledar, Staromayorskoye, Makarovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Priuytnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted up to 735 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, 12 field artillery pieces, and two Grad MLRS combat vehicles.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Groups of Forces repelled one attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 108th Territorial Defence Brigade near Lugovskoye and inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware near Rabotino, Nesteryanka, Pyatikhatki, Kamenskoye, Malaya Tokmachka, and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 385 Ukrainian troops, one tank, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery pieces, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
In Kherson direction, as a result of preemptive strikes of the Russian Groups of Forces supported by aviation and artillery, losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 35th, 37th, 38th Naval Infantry brigades, 121st, 123rd, and 124th Territorial Defence brigades near Nikolyaevka, Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Tokarevka, Antonovka, Yantarnoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to 290 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, four tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, 26 motor vehicles, 11 motorboats, and 12 field artillery pieces.
Over the week, 26 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out seven air defence systems, including five S-300, one French-made SAMP-T, and one German-made IRIS-T.
Moreover, three Norwegian-made NASAMS air defence system radar stations, two S-300 air defence system radar stations, one German-made IRIS-T air defence system radar station, and six AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Aviation and air defence units intercepted 20 aviation guided missiles, including four HARM anti-radiation missiles, one JDAM guided aerial bomb, 53 HIMARS, Uragan, and Olkha MLRS projectiles, as well as 423 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 568 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 11,678 unmanned aerial vehicles, 462 air defence missile systems, 14,893 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,215 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,952 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 18,179 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF THE DPR REPRESENTATION IN THE JCCC from 00:00 02/03/2024 to 00:00 02/04/2024.
A total of 30 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
DAMAGED:
One residential building.
Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction
A total of 25 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction
A total of 109 units of various ammunition were fired
21:55 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. 03:02 21:00
Our MI-28N attack helicopters and KA-52 Alligator combat command helicopters completed their training.
It is reported that our helicopters hit enemy armored vehicles with Vikhr and Product 305 guided missiles, as well as 2A42 cannons.
Several armored vehicles were hit.
21:30 Front bird broadcasts: Krivoy Rog. Explosion. 03.02 20:00
It is reported that the explosion in Krivoy Rog was the result of the work of our tactical aviation.
Our Su-34 has completed its work.
The Kh-59 cruise missile accurately hit the target.
The enemy confirms the arrival.
20:35 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: “There were more than a dozen two hundred, everyone was lying along the shore”
Ukrainian Vyacheslav Manashev was forcibly mobilized under the threat of calling the police, and then thrown under Russian mortar fire.
One day, a resident of the Vinnitsa region, Vyacheslav Manashev, and his comrades were forcibly removed from their place of residence under the threat of calling the police and taken to the military registration and enlistment office. After completing the documents, Vyacheslav was sent to Nikolaev. There was almost no training for the new recruit. “They fired from a machine gun, once they threw a grenade, there was an obstacle course,” recalls Manashev.
A Ukrainian serviceman told how he was captured. “They brought us in at seven in the evening. We got on the boat, crossed over, and were met. But this picture is not the best, it’s already clear. When we entered, the mortars were already working. I see that the boat was broken. There were more than a dozen two hundred people, everyone was lying along the shore. It was a terrible picture,” he recalls.
After discovering a wounded colleague, he went for help but came under fire.
“While I was walking, they started covering me there. I was stunned, I saw the basement, I climbed under the stove there. I sat there until the evening, when they released me,” says Manashev.
Later, the Ukrainian serviceman began to radio his colleagues in order to return to his unit. But they refused to take him.
Without waiting for help, Vyacheslav decided to surrender: “There your guys were sitting in a dugout. I walked up, without a machine gun, and raised my hands.”
20:00 Daring sortie: servicemen of the “Storm” detachment spoke about a successful operation behind enemy lines
The servicemen of the Vostok group of troops were able to occupy an enemy-controlled height unnoticed by the enemy and spent three days adjusting artillery fire from there. All this time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers did not even suspect that Russian motorized riflemen were working behind them.
As the fighters themselves recall, the weather helped them complete the risky task. There was fog, and under its cover the attack aircraft in small groups walked through the forest belt to a given point - the height at which the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold was equipped.
A fight, even a short one, meant failure of the mission - the sounds of gunfire would have given away our fighters. Therefore, we had to act quickly and silently. Using weapons with silencers, the attack aircraft eliminated the Ukrainian militants located on the outpost, preventing them from returning fire.
Having gained a foothold at the occupied heights, the servicemen began reconnaissance, identifying enemy equipment and firing points. Thanks to their actions, it was possible to identify and destroy a tank and several Ukrainian Armed Forces firing points in positions with artillery fire. In addition, the motorized rifles did not allow the enemy to carry out a rotation: they directed artillery fire at the group of enemy personnel at the moment of approach.
Having completed combat missions, the servicemen had to move back. The withdrawal was hindered by a hidden machine gun crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Another battle ensued, from which the Russian motorized rifles emerged victorious - another enemy firing point was destroyed. All personnel who participated in the sortie were presented with state awards.
19:35 BMPT "Terminator" at one of the training grounds of the Central Military District. In the NWO zone, these machines performed quite well.
19:00 Telegram channel "Colonelcassad": Dynamics of changes in territory control in the NWO zone for the January period. Units of the RF Armed Forces took control of 57.6 km², as well as three settlements: Veseloye, Krakhmalnoye, Tabaevka.
18:00 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction. n.p. Staromayorskoe 03.02 17:30
It is reported that our operators of the Fagot anti-tank missile system inflicted fire on the Ukrainian Armed Forces command and observation post.
Respect to the mobile group of tank destroyers from the West group of forces.
17:00 Front bird broadcasts: Dnepropetrovsk region. Explosion. 03.02 16:00
It is reported that as a result of a night UAV strike, a military technical support workshop of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit.
16:30 Telegram channel “Colonelcassad": Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from January 27 to February 3, 2024) The main thing:
From January 27 to February 3, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 37 strikes with precision weapons on decision-making centers, military-industrial complex facilities and arsenals of Ukraine;
Over the course of a week, units of the Southern Group repelled 22 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction;
Over the past week, Russian troops have occupied more advantageous positions in the Krasnoliman direction, repelling 19 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
The Russian military liberated Tabaevka within a week and continued to improve the situation along the front line, repelling 41 attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 2,245 troops and five tanks in the Donetsk direction in a week;
The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction exceeded 750 military personnel in a week;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 385 military personnel in the Zaporizhzhya direction in a week;
In a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 1,825 military personnel, as well as six tanks, in the Krasnoliman direction;
Units of the Eastern Group of the Russian Armed Forces repelled nine attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction in a week;
Weekly losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern Donetsk direction amounted to 735 military personnel;
During the week, Russian aviation and air defense shot down 20 aircraft missiles, 53 MLRS rounds and 423 Ukrainian UAVs;
Within a week, 26 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered in the Kherson direction;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction in a week amounted to 290 military personnel;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces hit three NASAMS radars, two S-300 radars, and an IRIS-T radar.
15:30 Front bird broadcasts: Nikolaevkskaya area. Explosion. 03.02 15:00
A fairly powerful explosion is reported at an industrial facility in the Nikolaev region.
The preliminary strike was carried out using ballistics.
14:40 Russian tank crews destroyed stronghold and ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper
While conducting aerial reconnaissance, UAV units identified two residential buildings on the Dnieper coast, into one of which military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unloaded ammunition. According to intelligence data, up to 10 Ukrainian nationalists lived in the neighboring house. After an intelligence report on the identified targets, it was decided to destroy them with tank fire from indirect firing positions.
Thanks to shooting adjustments using an unmanned aerial vehicle, the designated targets were destroyed with direct hits at a distance of over three kilometers.
13:40 The Russian Ministry of Defense transmits a statement from a senior officer at the West group’s press center
Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out operational missions in the Kupyansk direction.
Motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 30th and 44th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Lake Liman and the settlement. Sin'kovka, as well as three counterattacks of assault groups of the 95th Air Assault brigade in the area of the settlement. Thorns.
During the counterbattery fight, the crew of the 152mm 2S5 self-propelled howitzer "Msta-S" under the command of junior sergeant Yuri Berezin destroyed the 122mm self-propelled howitzer 2S1 "Gvozdika" in the Berestovoy area.
The group's air defense systems destroyed the Baba Yaga unmanned aerial vehicle in the Berestovoe area.
Enemy losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 45 military personnel, three mortar crews and three pickup trucks.
13:00 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction. district settlement Andreevka 03.02 12:30
It is reported that in the area of the village of Andreevka, our airborne units destroyed several enemy guns and howitzers.
The strike was carried out by FPV drone operators.
12:30 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. District settlement Steppe. 03.02 11:30
It is reported that our units have advanced some distance after active offensive operations.
In particular, the enemy was knocked out of several trenches and a stronghold.
Our armored forces worked with MLRS and mortars.
Tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are combing forest belts.
11:30 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery four rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan three rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha four rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka two rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe two rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Peschanivka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Novaya Zburyevka, firing a total of 17 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
10:45 Telegram channel “WarGonzo": Frontline report for the morning 02/03/2024
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper in Krynki. Ukrainian positions in Chernobaevka, the regional center, Tokarevka, Novotyaginka, Krynki, Tyaginka, Lvov, Berislav, Novoberislav, Krasny Mayak and Novokairi are under attack. Russian - in Golaya Pristan, Aleshki, Poima, Peschanovka and Kazachi Lagery.
The Russian Armed Forces have significantly expanded the strike zone on the right bank of the Dnieper.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with artillery support, attacked west of the village of Rabotino. Under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kamenskoye, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovnoye and Krasnoye. RF Armed Forces - in Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy.
In the Ugledarsky sector there is another advance of Russian troops from Priyutnoye to Novodarovka. Artillery helped. It also hit Ukrainian positions in Poltavka, Staromayorsky, Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka, Ugledar and Vodyanoy (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name north-west of Donetsk). The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Russian Armed Forces in Zavetny Zhelanie and Novodonetsk.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by long-range weapons, storm Novomikhailovka from the southeast and northeast. Similar actions are taking place in Georgievka, Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye. There is slight progress in the first and last sections listed. At Pervomaisky, Russian troops also tried to build on their success. No result.
On the south-eastern outskirts of Avdievka there are fierce oncoming battles. Russian troops even somewhat expanded the zone of control east of the Tsarskaya Okhota fortified area. And in the northeast they attack intensively. The positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city are under the powerful influence of long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces. They are also under fire in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Ekaterinivka, Elizavetovka, Pobeda, Kurakhov, Orlovka, Stepnoy, Berdychi, Ocheretin and Novokalinov. Russian ones - in Donetsk and the village of Krasnogorovka.
09:45 09:25 Front bird broadcasts:
Poltava region 03.02
It is reported that dry-vessels have arrived at the warehouse with ammunition.
Our Iskander OTRK has undergone preliminary testing.
Previously, some channels also reported about explosions in the Poltava and Sumy regions.
09:25 Front bird broadcasts:
Zaporozhye direction. Verbovoe.
This Saturday morning began with aerial reconnaissance and cannon artillery work.
Our aerial reconnaissance discovered an APU infantry fighting vehicle near a forest belt.
We worked from 152mm. stems. As a result, the Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle was hit.
08:50 Telegram channel «Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation: events of February 01 – 02, 2024
– Ukrainian formations attempted to launch a missile strike on the Crimean Peninsula. All Storm Shadow cruise missiles were shot down by Russian anti-aircraft gunners.
– At night, the attack on the Crimean peninsula was resumed using unmanned boats. The attack was repelled, but due to the explosion of a sea drone, the Russian Ivanovets MRK sank.
– Ukrainian formations continue to strike at the Russian border. There were no casualties in the Belgorod region during artillery attack or UAV attacks.
– Russian troops again attacked industrial enterprises in various parts of the so-called. Ukraine. In Kharkov, a missile strike hit an industrial facility in the Osnovyansky district, but it was not possible to disable it.
– In addition, Russian bombers hit a military hospital in the village of Bolshoi Burluk. Objective monitoring footage confirmed the deployment of Ukrainian military personnel in the building.
– In Krivoy Rog, two transformer substations were hit by Russian kamikaze drones. Several areas were without power for a long time. About 100,000 subscribers were without electricity.
– In the Liman direction, Russian troops advanced towards Terny. Units of the Russian Armed Forces entered and entrenched themselves in the eastern part of Yar Laptev.
08:10 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
A total of 45 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Two civilians were reported injured
Damaged:
Nine residential buildings,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
Recorded:
A total of 11 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 32 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Andrey Dobrov
[REGNUM] We talk so much about General Zaluzhny, whom Zelensky wants to fire. They say that the general has bypassed him politically and can become the new president. But no one really knows what Zaluzhny himself wants. Does he want to remain commander in chief? Or does he really want to be fired? Who is Zaluzhny?
The son of a Soviet officer, he went on military business. The ATO began on May 22. Ukrainian troops were sent to Donbass. Zaluzhny becomes deputy commander of sector “C” in July. The appointment took place under Poroshenko.
And then the first puncture. In August there were battles for Ilovaisk. Kyiv troops are surrounded and defeated. In September, the Minsk Agreements were signed on 1.2015, Ukrainian troops lost the airport in Donetsk. Then the encirclement in Debaltsevo. After this, Poroshenko signed Minsk Protocol 2.
January 2017, new military actions. Zaluzhny receives the rank of major general. Becomes first deputy commander of the operational command "West". Then, in 1919, he was the commander of the troops of the operational command “North”. That is, he was responsible, for example, for repelling an attack not only from Russia, but also from Belarus. As we remember, at the very beginning of the military operation, servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area fled from there.
On July 27, 2021, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. And already in October, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive in the Donbass. And when the military operation began, he tried to lead the entire front. But even Russia’s not-largest army quickly occupied vast territories. Ours were withdrawn only at the time of signing the Istanbul Agreements. That is, there were no military actions in the Kyiv region. And ours retreated from Kharkov and Kherson on their own.
The problem in the command of the Ukrainian army was described in his blog by military medic Gleb Bityukov:
“In the Ukrainian army, it is not those who are proactive and strive for development who reach the top, but those who are literate, drink no more than others and wash themselves at least sometimes.”
And also: “There are no better, more motivated people anymore. They either died or left the army in one way or another.”
And one more thing: “How many cauldrons did the Ukrainian army create during the 10 years of war? How many people received officer and, in addition, general ranks?”
Indeed, look, while the war was going on with the rebels in Donbass and Lugansk, Zaluzhny’s career simply flourished. But at the time of the battle with Russian troops, all he could hope for was constant mobilizations and supplies of Western weapons. And yet he began to lose. Despite the fact that he studied precisely on Russian military thought.
September 2022. Zaluzhny, in an interview with Time, said that he “grew up on Russian military doctrine” and keeps in his office the collected works of the head of the Russian General Staff, Gerasimov.
“I read everything he ever wrote... He is the smartest of people, and my expectations from him were enormous,” Zaluzhny added. He probably felt that he had made a big mistake in his idol. But Gerasimov had not yet become the leader of the troops in the Northern Military District. He became one in January 2023. And a few months later, in May 2023, during a conversation with a reporter, Zaluzhny unexpectedly stated that he considered the Russian general and head of the General Staff of the Russian Army Valery Gerasimov to be an “unpredictable and strong enemy,” again admitting that he was reading treatises on the military tactics of his colleague and complaining that he does not publish new books: “He is strong, cunning, unpredictable. This is a strong enemy, which we, the military, also need to respect - for the sake of victory."
But the summer counteroffensive fizzled out and there was no victory. Zaluzhny, in an interview with the Economist magazine, said that Kyiv is exhausted. That there are no shells, and the West does not want to supply them. In December 2023, the media wrote that American journalist Seymour Hersh, citing a Washington official, said that Gerasimov and Zaluzhny were negotiating. Moreover, Zaluzhny does not inform Zelensky. They were allegedly talking about a peace treaty with Ukraine, where the regions we occupied would remain with Russia. Zaluzhny demanded consent for Ukraine to join NATO, albeit without the deployment of troops and weapons.
In reality, Hersh wrote it a little differently.
Hersh is a slender reed to support anything, let alone an argument, but do go on.
Zaluzhny negotiated with American and other Western officials. But it’s about how to end the war and sign a truce.
And this was definitely not a secret for Zelensky. Last year, CIA Director William Burns allegedly made a secret trip to Kiev and personally warned Zelensky that the United States knew about his corruption. They know that Zelensky takes huge sums of Western money.
As we see, lost battles do not change anything in the careers of the Kyiv leaders. But negotiations behind the back of the Kyiv president... And even with those officials with whom Zelensky thought he was on short terms...
And what’s interesting is that if you look at the Western media, you can see how they actually keep Zaluzhny as the main speaker. After the article in the Economist, the media immediately began writing that the counteroffensive had failed. Then they began to write about the fact that Russia needed to agree on a truce along the front line. And information about Zaluzhny’s resignation brought Victoria Nuland to Kiev. That is, for the United States and its allies, Zaluzhny is the main informant and the main character.
Not Zelensky.
In theory, Zaluzhny’s resignation deprives Ukraine of some military component. And even Budanov, who was going to be appointed commander-in-chief, is not inspiring. He has already stated that Kyiv will launch a new offensive in the spring after Russian troops finish their winter campaign, but the West does not seem to be inspired by this.
Perhaps the United States wants to remove Zelensky altogether and put Zaluzhny in his place. But does Zaluzhny himself want this?
It seems to me that in reality he wants something completely different. He plans to continue serving in NATO. He needs Zelensky to fire him. And then he lost. Then Zaluzhny will remain the only military leader who actually fought with the Russians. And this may work for European officials. He will become a most valuable military adviser. With a good salary, a house in Brussels and so on.
It is quite possible that Zaluzhny does not want Ukraine to win or lose the war. He wants peace for himself.
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[Regnum] In the Lugansk People's Republic in Lisichansk, the demolition of the rubble of a bakery, the building of which collapsed as a result of an attack by militants of the Kyiv regime on February 3, continues. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the bodies of 20 dead civilians had been found.
Reporting about another attack on the civilian population of the LPR, the head of the region, Leonid Pasechnik, said that dozens of people could be under the rubble in the bakery.
The military commandant's office of the Lugansk People's Republic clarified that there could be up to 40 civilians under the rubble of the building after the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. At the same time, the department emphasized that on weekends the bakery is always crowded.
The military commandant’s office associated the latest shelling of a civilian target by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the lack of success at the front and noted that the attack on civilians was targeted. There are no military installations near the bakery, the department emphasized.
As military investigators told Izvestia, Ukrainian militants struck a bakery in Lisichansk, presumably using a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS).
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called the attack by Ukrainian militants on residential areas of Lisichansk in the Lugansk People's Republic “gratitude” of Kiev extremists for the “generous” financial support of the European Union countries. She emphasized that another blow to the civilian population of the LPR is proof of the criminal nature of the Kiev regime.
Zakharova said that Moscow will notify international organizations about the shelling of a bakery in the city of Lisichansk by Ukrainian militants.
The bodies of 20 dead were recovered from the rubble in Lisichansk. Rescuers assured that they will continue to work at the scene of the incident despite the threat of a second strike.
As IA Regnum reported, on February 2, at a meeting with participants of the project “Everything for Victory!” In Tula, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had turned into a terrorist organization.
He spoke about intercepting a conversation between two Ukrainian Armed Forces tankers, one of whom shot a civilian who came out of the house in a tracksuit. When asked by the second tanker why he killed the man, the first replied that he considered all civilians to be terrorists.
So unlike President Putin’s declaration that all Ukrainians are Nazis.
Putin noted that this is neo-Nazism.
In turn, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on February 2, at a thematic conference call with the leadership of the armed forces, said that the actions of the Kiev regime are cynical. For the sake of achieving selfish goals, Ukraine is ready to commit any crimes. He explained that the Kyiv regime’s terrorist attacks against civilians are needed to demonstrate to Western curators at least some success.
Putin said on January 31 that Russia will never forget about the crimes of the Kiev regime against Russian citizens.
On January 24, the Ukrainian military shot down a Russian Il-76 carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners for exchange, as well as a Russian crew of six and three accompanying persons. None of them survived.
[Regnum] Moscow will notify international organizations about the shelling of a bakery by Ukrainian militants in the city of Lisichansk, Lugansk People's Republic, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on February 3. The diplomat's commentary on the terrorist attack was published on the ministry's website.
“Russia will inform international organizations about another act of terrorism by Zelensky’s gang. We expect the relevant international organizations to promptly and unconditionally condemn the crimes of the Kiev militants,” Zakharova said in a statement.
An official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry called the terrorist attack in Lisichansk another proof of the criminal nature of the Kyiv regime and its leaders.
As Regnum reported, according to the latest data from the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations, 20 people were killed as a result of the collapse of a two-story bakery building in Lisichansk, which occurred after shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Rescuers continue search and rescue operations.
On February 3, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at a bakery in Lisichansk. At this moment, as always on weekends, it is crowded. Regional authorities emphasized that there are no military installations near the bakery, therefore, the militants deliberately targeted civilians. The investigation suggests that Ukrainian militants hit the city with a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the shelling of civilians by the Ukrainian Armed Forces a bloody crime. The head of state explained that the Ukrainian army is shelling civilians in order to distract from the failures of the counteroffensive and provoke Russia into retaliatory actions.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
See a graphic depicting the changes here.
[ColonelCassad] Territorial changes on the map War for the Partition of Ukraine associated with the conduct of hostilities for January 2024 (December 2023):
- in the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces took positions in the forest area near Sin'kovka and took under control of the settlement of Krakhmalnoye +2.43 (+1.6) km²
- in the Svatovsky direction, new positions of the RF Armed Forces in the Karmazinovka area, as well as the RF Armed Forces managed to expand control west of Ploshchanka +4.51 (+0) km²
- in the Kremennaya area high degree of offensive activity of the RF Armed Forces in the directions towards the settlements of Terny, Yampolovka and in the Kremen forests south of Dibrov +6.19 (+10.2) km²
- at the line Soledar - Lisichansk attacks of the RF Armed Forces with expanded control at the Belogorov filter station and north of Vesely +1.03(+4.39) km²
- north of Artyomovsk, the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces on a broad front from Artyomovsky (Khromovo) to Grigorovka, but with a slight advance into the depth of the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine +1.55 (+10.3) km²
- in the south of Artyomovsk The Russian Armed Forces attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the southwest of the city in the dachas and north of Height 215 near Kleshcheevka +1.89 (+0.1) km²
- north of Avdievka the RF Armed Forces expanded the zone of control in the dacha area and in the direction of Ocheretino +1.67( +4.26) km²
- in Avdievka, the Russian Armed Forces carried out an offensive operation entering the neighborhoods of the southern part of the city and attacked strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces south of the DFS, and also expanded their presence in Pervomaisky +3.37 (-1.39) km²
- in the area Marinki, the RF Armed Forces entered the eastern part of Georgievka +1.3(+6.46) km²
- near Novomikhailovka, the offensive activity of the RF Armed Forces was noted south of the village +1.7(+4.43) km²
- in the area of Velikaya Novosyolka, the RF Armed Forces carried out a series assaults on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of Priyutnoye and near Urozhainy +5.52 (+0) km²
- in the Orekhovsky direction, the RF Armed Forces returned part of the lost positions in the Verbovoy area +1.32 (+2.73) km²
General territorial changes for January 2024 (December 2023) +32.28(+43.31) km²
Confirming footage from the Zverinets fortified area northeast of Novomikhailovka, which was occupied by Russian troops after months of fighting.
Regarding the situation south of Novomikhailovka, despite the unsuccessful attack on January 30 (loss of three tanks and five MTLB), there has also been progress there in recent days. The Russian Armed Forces are obviously trying to bypass the village from the north and south in order to force the enemy to retreat, as was the case during the capture of Vesely. On the outskirts of Novomikhailovka, the front line has not yet changed significantly. MTLB is a Russian tracked armored personnel carrier, one of the world's oldest still in active use.
The key importance of this section is that when Novomikhailovka is captured, the opportunity opens up to advance to the Ugledar-Konstantinovskoye supply route, which will create a serious threat to the logistics of a significant part of the enemy’s Ugledar group. Hence the severity of the battles for Novomikhailovka - both sides understand its operational value.
PS. Judging by Putin’s statement yesterday about problems with drones on one of the front sectors, information about unnecessary losses of equipment near Novomikhailovka reached the leadership. Yesterday it was said that additional instructions had been given on the production and development of electronic warfare systems. But so far the projectile is superior to armor when it comes to FPV drones and this applies to both sides.
Scheme of possible operations of the Russian Armed Forces in the Avdievka area (author: Swedish military analyst Mikael Woltersson)
1. Go to the east and west to the lake (flooded quarry) and force the Ukrainian Armed Forces to withdraw troops from sector 1A (up to two companies of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry)
2. Then, using flank pressure, create a threat to the communications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces forces in sector 2A, forcing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to retreat to the city.
3. Attack and take strong points 2 and 3 near the air defense unit (one of them is “Cheburashka”) and secure the group’s flank in the “Tsarskaya Okhota” area after occupying area 1B.
5. At the same time, the task of clearing the forest between the “Tsarskaya Okhota” and the Industrial Zone in 1C is being solved, which will provide another flank.
6. In the future, there is an advance towards opornik 5 next to the Khimik quarter 6, which is the heart of Avdeevka’s defense.
Having carried out these actions, the RF Armed Forces will find themselves in a convenient position for the final assault on the city.
We'll find out pretty soon how much all this coincides with reality.
PS. In the morning, the enemy confirms that the Russian Armed Forces are close to completing the task from point No. 1.
The Prince Pozharsky is classified as a cruise missile submarine. The Borei class is the second class of this type. The other is the Yasin class.
[Regnum] In Severodvinsk, a solemn ceremony was held to remove the nuclear submarine "Prince Pozharsky" from the boathouse. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“Today, February 3, 2024, in Severodvinsk at Sevmash, a solemn ceremony was held to remove the Borey-A nuclear submarine cruiser Knyaz Pozharsky from the boathouse. The ceremony was conducted under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation (RF Navy), Admiral Nikolai Evmenov. Thus, the slipway period for the construction of the 4th serial ship of the modernized project, which is the Prince Pozharsky agro-industrial complex, has been completed,” the statement says.
Evmenov noted that the ceremony once again confirms the course towards strengthening and developing naval strategic nuclear forces to guarantee the security of the state. He added that the cruiser "Prince Pozharsky" embodied the most advanced technological solutions, experience and traditions of domestic submarine shipbuilding.
As Regnum reported, the Russian Navy will receive 12 surface ships and four submarines in 2024. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Evtukhov during the ceremony of raising the Russian Naval Flag on the Kronstadt submarine. He noted that a new vessel is delivered to the fleet almost every month, and now the level of import substitution during their construction is 100%, so sanctions cannot interfere with their construction and delivery.
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.
