[REGNUM] Another step towards humanizing the transportation of animals on Russian railways was taken almost a year after the tragic death of the cat Twix, which once again raised the issue of attitudes towards animals.
Updated rules for transporting animals by rail came into force on the first day of the new year. The main innovation introduced by Russian Railways is that all seats in a compartment for traveling with pets no longer need to be purchased.
In addition, other passengers, when purchasing a ticket, will be able to find out who will be their compartment neighbor. This is especially important for those who suffer from allergies or are simply afraid of animals.
FROM TRAGEDY TO HUMANITY
A year ago, Twix the cat became a victim of literally following service instructions. The tragedy, as reported by IA Regnum, occurred on January 11 last year. Then the conductor of the train, traveling from Yekaterinburg to St. Petersburg, threw him out into the 30-degree frost during a stop in Kirov.
The cat was not a stowaway. His fare was paid, and the animal was accompanied by his owner's father. However, the furry fidget got out of the carrier and fell into the hands of a Russian Railways employee, who decided on his fate in her own way. Despite the efforts of volunteers who joined the search, the cat was found dead on January 20.
It is curious that if Russian Railways immediately apologized to the owners of Twix, then its subsidiary Federal Passenger Company (FPC), having reconstructed the chronology of events from video camera recordings, placed part of the blame for what happened on the man who was transporting the cat. Moreover, FPC Director Vladimir Pyastolov reported on the results of the internal investigation at a round table in the State Duma.
As a result, the public outcry over the cat's tragic death triggered a wave of changes in the regulations governing animal rights during rail travel.
Ten days after Twix's death was reported, the Federal Passenger Company announced a ban on removing animals from long-distance trains. Railway workers were required to make every effort to find the owners, and if none were found, to allocate a "special space" for the animal, take it to the station and hand it over to the duty officers.
And Russian Railways, having supported the initiative, soon announced its intention to extend the ban on driving animals out to commuter trains as well.
SIZE MATTERS
However, the updated rules make life easier only for owners of small animals that fit into a carrier whose dimensions, in sum, do not exceed 180 centimeters.
Dog owners who are going on a long journey in the company of, for example, a Central Asian Shepherd or a St. Bernard, will still have to fork out the full amount. "Transportation of dogs without containers is carried out in a separate compartment under the supervision of their owners (accompanying persons) with payment of the full cost of all unoccupied seats without additional payment for their transportation," says a document published on the Russian Railways website.
The need for such measures is understandable: large dogs may suddenly develop guard or hunting instincts.
Owners should be aware that a trip on a rattling train can be very stressful for an animal. This is what happened last February, when a Central Asian Shepherd named Gelya disappeared at a train station in Novosibirsk. The animal had arrived from Yekaterinburg to a new breeder. According to her owner, the conductor, in a hurry to get rid of the large dog, thrust the leash into the hands of a man who came to pick up Gelya.
The shepherd dog got scared when he saw the approaching train, broke free and ran away. They searched for her for two days and found her dead. As it turned out, she had been run over by a train. The railway workers denied this tragedy, saying that the car in which the dog was traveling had a subtenant. He was supposed to ensure the safety of the dead Alabai.
By the way, despite the innovations, lovers of reptiles will not be able to take the symbol of the coming year on the road. The transportation of snakes on trains is prohibited, explained to the correspondent of IA Regnum in the information service of Russian Railways, therefore the proximity of a person and a snake on trains is excluded.
DEADLY FLIGHTS
The rules for transporting animals by plane are also changing for the better. After all, there are many dangers in the air for them too. For example, in May 2022, the body of Timon, an American Bully, was found in a carrier in the luggage compartment of an Aeroflot plane that landed in Moscow.
According to his owner, Timon was an experienced air traveler and had no illnesses. The owners' first version was that he died from hypothermia, which was apparently indirectly confirmed by the fact that the airline staff did not release the animal's body for three and a half hours.
The airline, however, conducted an investigation into the circumstances of the incident, according to the results of which the version about the animal's death from extremely low temperatures was not confirmed.
But already in April 2024, the rules for transporting pets were relaxed. Small pets and birds can now fly with their owner, sitting in the adjacent passenger seat.
According to last year's data, the number of pets in Russia has grown by 11% in three years and reached 74.8 million. There were 49.2 million cats and 25.5 million dogs. Thus, last year Russia took third place in the world in the number of cats, and the number of dog owners brought it to fourth place.
Russians without pets admitted that they do not have animals due to a lack of time to care for them. This also includes the hassle that accompanies pet owners during long trips, which sometimes require significant expenses to pay for travel for furry companions.
The new rules for transportation will make such trips more comfortable, and it is quite possible that even more animals will find homes and owners.
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[Regnum] On the night of January 7, the air temperature in Moscow will drop to -8 degrees, but a thaw will begin in the morning, the head of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand reported on January 3.
"Christmas night is quite comfortable. Night temperatures are -3…-8 degrees. And then another change in circulation begins again, and by midday on January 7 the temperature rises to +2…+3 degrees, light precipitation is predicted," Interfax quotes the forecaster as saying.
At night on January 4, 5 and 6, the air temperature will be in the range of -7 to -5 degrees, in some areas of the Moscow region it will drop to -10 degrees. During the day, the air temperature is forecast to be from -5 to -3 degrees. Moderate snow will fall over the next two days.
The expert added that the air temperature will rise on January 8. At night it was from -1 to +4 degrees, and during the day from +1 to +6 degrees.
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that 2024 was the warmest year in the entire 245-year history of meteorological observations in Moscow. Only in January and May was the temperature lower than usual, in the other ten months the indicators were above average.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 18.40 At least one resident of Chernigov has been killed in a Russian missile strike on the city. Four others have been injured.
18.38 Ukraine received 3.3 million euros in aid as part of the IT coalition . Partners from Estonia, the Netherlands and Luxembourg donated a batch of equipment to Ukraine, which is part of a large-scale IT coalition program.
18.10 Russian invaders shelled the city of Slavyansk in the Donetsk region and wounded four people. Among the victims is a 2-year-old boy. He was hospitalized along with his mother, who is in serious condition.
17.22 Chernigov was hit by ballistics. Preliminary, two private houses were destroyed in the city. One civilian was injured.
16.57 Athlete, trainer, multiple world champion in style karate Alexander Semenyuk died in the Russian-Ukrainian war. This was reported by the Ukrainian Karate Federation (UKF).
16.44 Since the beginning of the current day, 92 combat clashes have occurred. The "hottest" areas remain the Pokrovskaya and Kursk regions of the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details in a report as of 16:00.
15.55 A court in Russia has ordered Yandex to hide access to maps and photos of one of the largest oil refineries (OR) amid periodic drone attacks. In particular, it has already been hit four times.
15.32 An FSB informant who corrected Russian missile strikes on Kharkov has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. We are talking about Katerina Kushnareva , who was detained along with two accomplices back in 2023. Two other agents have also already received prison sentences.
14.16 Russian troops shelled the villages of Monastyrske and Belozerka in the Kherson region. Three people were wounded : a 39-year-old man, a 64-year-old woman, and a 52-year-old woman. This was reported by the Kherson OVA.
11:34 In the Zhytomyr region, a 19-year-old guy stole money from the mother of a missing soldier. In total, about 20 cases of withdrawals from the woman's card totaling almost 100 thousand UAH have been established.
10:52 In Kiev, the rubble is being cleared away in a residential building in the Pechersk district, damaged as a result of a Russian drone strike on January 1. 50 rescuers, heavy emergency rescue equipment, utility services and volunteers are involved in the work in difficult conditions.
10:17 The SBU has stopped the anti-Ukrainian activities of five more pro-Kremlin Internet agitators operating in different regions of Ukraine. Three defendants have been detained , and two more have already received real prison terms.
9:55 On the night of January 3, the occupiers launched 93 drones at Ukraine. Air defense forces shot down 60 enemy UAVs. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Air defense operated in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
8:53 Over the past 24 hours, 138 combat clashes between units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops have been recorded at the front, the hottest ones being in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Five areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, two command posts and three other important Russian facilities were hit.
8:12 Russian troops carried out an air strike on the private sector of Sumy, there are casualties. This was reported by the Sumy Regional Military Administration. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties. Emergency rescue operations are underway.
7:45 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,080 Russian occupiers in 24 hours. The enemy's total combat losses from 24.02.22 to 03.01.25 were approximately 793,250 people. This was reported on January 3 by the General Staff.
7:23 As a result of the fall of UAV debris in the Kyiv region, four people were injured, one person was killed. This was reported by KOVA. According to the acting head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration Mykola Kalashnik, in one of the districts of the region, a truck driver was killed by debris from a downed UAV. He died at the scene. In another district, debris from a downed UAV fell on a private house, causing a roof fire. Three people were injured. A woman born in 1957 has an acute stress reaction. A 16-year-old boy has a cut. He will be hospitalized in a children's hospital. His father has cut wounds to his legs. In another populated area, a woman was wounded on the street. She was hospitalized.
02:03 Novovasilovka in Donetsk Oblast is currently experiencing "real hell," the Deep State monitoring project reported. It is noted that every day, two platoons to a company of occupiers' infantry storm the village in Donbas. Fighting continues for every house.
01:00 The Russian military has begun using cluster munitions to strike Ukraine's energy system in order to cause maximum damage. But today the system is balanced, said Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko
January 2
22:34 Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely rebuff the enemy's attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting effective fire damage on them, exhausting them along the entire front line. Since the beginning of this day, 118 combat clashes have occurred. This was noted in the General Staff's report on Thursday, January 2.
19.39 As a result of shelling on January 2, at least ten civilian objects were damaged in the Kherson region, seven people are known to have been injured. This was reported by the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, January 2.
16.57 Russian invaders continue to storm the positions of Ukrainian defenders. In total, 72 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day. This is stated in the General Staff report on Thursday, January 2.
16.29 On January 2, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a high-precision strike on the command post of the Russian occupation army in the village of Maryino, Kursk region. This was reported by the press service of the General Staff on Thursday, January 2.
12:44 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine clarified that as a result of the operation off the coast of Crimea on December 31, missiles from Magura V5 drones destroyed not one, but two Russian Mi-8 helicopters, and damaged another.
12:25 Russia suffered record losses in 2024 - 430,790 soldiers. This is the number of almost 36 motorized rifle divisions, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.
Last year, Russian troops suffered more losses in total than in 2022 and 2023. The greatest losses for the year and during the full-scale war were recorded in December - 48,670 Russian troops. The previous record for losses in manpower in the Russian army was in November 2024 - 45,720 soldiers.
10:54 North Korean soldiers fighting as part of the Russian army continue to suffer significant losses. On New Year's Eve, cases of alcohol abuse among North Korean soldiers were recorded. This was reported by the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
10:35 Russian troops have not reached the city limits of Pokrovsk, but are trying to encircle it through neighboring settlements.
"The enemy is not counting on fighting in Pokrovsk now, but is trying to bypass the city and break the infrastructure chains," said the spokesman for the OSGV Khortitsa Viktor Tregubov on the air of the telethon.
9:02 Air defense forces shot down 47 Russian drones, another 24 drones were lost. One UAV remains in the air.
8:44 Over the past 24 hours, 140 combat clashes have been recorded at the front. In the Pokrovsk direction, the defenders stopped 38 assault and offensive actions by the Russian invaders.
8:21 Russian military attacked Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region with UABs, as a result of which a five-story building was destroyed and a man was killed.
7:45 In the Kharkiv region, fortifications are being built and a circular defense of the cities of Izyum and Balakleya is being prepared. This was reported by the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
7:20 As of January 2, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine were approximately 792,170 people (+1,370 per day).
03:01 Russian troops, according to the DeepState project, have advanced in Kurakhovo in the Donetsk region and in the southern outskirts of the city. Advancement has also been recorded near Volkovoe, Neskuchnoye, Novoye Lizavetovka, Solenoye, Vozdvizhenka.
01:23 The identities of those killed in the morning strike on Kiev have become known. They are the famous Ukrainian neurobiologist Igor Zima and his wife, biologist Olesya Sokur.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.
The Russians are most actively trying to move forward in the Kursk region. There are currently 16 military clashes going on there.
Since the beginning of the current day, 92 combat clashes have occurred. The "hottest" areas remain Pokrovsk and the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report as of 16:00 on Friday, January 3.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, our defenders repelled one Russian assault in the Volchansk area.
In the Liman direction, the invaders attacked five times near Nadezhda, Makeyevka, Grigorovka and in the direction of Cherneshchyna. Four attacks were repelled, one combat clash continues.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling seven attempts by the occupiers to advance forward in the area of Chasovy Yar, Belaya Gora, in the direction of Predtechino and Stupochki.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked four times near the settlements of Dilievka, Toretsk and Shcherbinovka. Three battles ended without success for the occupiers, and another one is ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russians carried out 26 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Baranovka, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Lisovka, Zelenoe, Novy Trud, Peschanoye, Zverevoye, Solenoye, Kotlino and Pokrovsk. The defense forces repelled 16 attacks, 10 clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy attacked nine times near Petropavlovka, Kurakhovo and Shevchenko. Five battles have been completed, four more are ongoing.
In the Vremivsky direction, the occupiers unsuccessfully attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces five times near Yantarnoye and in the direction of Constantinople and Novoselka.
In the Orekhov direction, the enemy once tried to advance in the direction of Novoandreyevka.
In the Dnieper direction, Russian invaders once unsuccessfully stormed the positions of our defenders. The situation there is under control.
In Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian defenders have repelled 17 attacks by Russian troops. Another 16 clashes are ongoing.
Let us recall that on January 2, the Russian army lost more than 1,000 fighters in one day . The total losses of the aggressor country are approaching 800 thousand killed and wounded.
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[EngMilRu] From 28 December 2024 to 3 January 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered one mass strike and 12 groups strikes by precision weaponry and attack UAVs, as a result of which fire damage was inflicted on power objects ensuring operation of Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, one gun powder plant, infrastructure of military airfields, ammunition depots, POL depots, attack UAV and uncrewed surface vehicle workshops and depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.
Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces continued to eliminate AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region. Aviation, UAVs, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of seven mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and four territorial defence brigades. In Kharkov direction, Russian troops inflicted losses on units of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades.
Over the past week in the area of the Sever Group of Forces responsibility, the AFU losses amounted to more than 3,130 troops, four tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, seven armoured personnel carriers, and 51 armoured fighting vehicles. One hundred twenty-one motor vehicles, 28 field artillery guns, and six electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades of the AFU, five territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades. In addition, 35 counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,175 troops, two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, nine armoured personnel carriers, including seven U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, and four other armoured fighting vehicles. Thirty-six motor vehicles, 26 field artillery guns, including 13 NATO-made guns, eight electronic warfare stations, and 11 ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of five mechanised brigades, two motorised infantry brigades, one infantry brigade, two airmobile brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades. Eight counter-attacks launched by the enemy were repelled.
Over the past week in this direction, the AFU losses amounted to up to 1,745 troops, two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, three armoured personnel carriers, including one UK-made Saxon and two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, four other armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and nine field artillery guns. Five electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of decisive actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Novotroitskoye and Novoolenovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Losses were inflicted on units of one tank brigade, six mechanised brigades, two motorised infantry brigades, one jaeger brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, two naval infantry brigades, two territorial defence brigades, three national guard brigades, and one assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine. In addition, 85 counterattacks launched by AFU units were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 2,750 troops, seven tanks, including three German-made Leopard tanks, ten armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, 13 armoured personnel carriers, including four U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, and 16 other armoured fighting vehicles. Moreover, 26 motor vehicles and 28 field artillery guns were destroyed.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on formations of one tank brigade, three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades. In addition, 14 counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 1,155 troops, two tanks, three armoured fighting vehicles, 26 motor vehicles, 23 field artillery guns, including five U.S.-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery systems.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one infantry brigade of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 500 troops, 30 motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, five electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition depots.
Over the past week, 46 Ukrainian servicemen were taken prisoner in the line of contact.
Air defence units shot down one Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, three French-made Hammer guided aviation bombs, 33 U.S.-made HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles as well as 559 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
Units of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed 11 uncrewed surface vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 651 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 39,207 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,208 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,505 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,163 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,832 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
In the course of offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Bondarevka, Daryino, Kurilovka, Leonidovo, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Makhovka, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault detachment was repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on the enemy's manpower and hardware near Aleksandriya, Veselovka, Viktorovka, Gornal, Guyevo, Zazulevka, Kolmakov, Lebedevka, Martynovka, Mikhaylovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolsky, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, Yuzhny as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, and Miropolye in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to up to 225 troops, two armoured personnel carriers, three armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 47,265 troops, 263 tanks, 204 infantry fighting vehicles, 146 armoured personnel carriers, 1,393 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,321 motor vehicles, 340 artillery guns, 42 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 14 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 83 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 28 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, seven armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 03.01.2025 to 00:00 04.01.2025.
A total of 24 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
There were reports of two civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
A total of 11 residential buildings,
One civil infrastructure facility.
A total of 24 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 79 units of various ammunition were fired.
22:09 122mm D-30 howitzer crews of the Sever group of forces destroyed armored vehicles, fortified firing positions, artillery and mortar crews of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region –video Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
20:44 Information from the partisans of "Russian Kherson" helped destroy dozens of military facilities and enemy fighters on the right bank of the Dnieper, -reported Governor of the Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo.
20:00 Mi-28NM crews disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units –video.
18:16 Russian assault groups entered Zelenoye from the direction of Dachenskoye –MAP.
16:54 "Gerani" are working in the skies over Ukraine
UAVs are flying in the direction:
the city of Sumy;
Chernigov region;
Poltava region;
Kyiv region;
Nizhyn (Cherngov region).
16:44 Air defense and electronic warfare forces on duty in the suburbs of Voronezh detected and suppressed several unmanned aerial vehicles, — Governor Gusev.
16:47 The Russian army advanced one km towards Kotlino in the Pokrovsky direction — MAP
16:42 Air raid siren declared in Kyiv region
Geraniums have been reported in the skies over the area.
15:17 Ukrainian terrorists carried out a mortar attack on the village of Kirillovka in the Klimovsky district, —Governor Bryansk region Bogomaz.
14:38 Throughout Ukraine announced air raid alarm. Cause: takeoff of MiG-31K of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
14:04 Explosions in Kyiv region.
13:23 Special forces of the Group of Forces "Center" captured an armored personnel carrier "International MaxxPro" and an armored car "Kozak" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pokrovsky direction -VIDEO.
13:18 Explosions in Sumy.
13:16 The Russian Armed Forces occupied landings between Peschanoye and Zverevo in the Pokrovsky direction –MAP.
12:51 Russian Armed Forces advance near Kurakhovo –MAP
12:35 Between 09:50 and 10:40 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region –Ministry of Defense.
12:00 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Chasov Yar –MAP
11:13 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Guards Senior Lieutenant Evgeny Kochergin was awarded three Orders of Courage. In the SVO zone, he had to perform all 10 main tasks of the engineering troops, with the exception of perhaps building pontoon crossings, but mainly - mine clearance and mining. He told our channel about the most important, risky and interesting tasks.
10:43 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) –MAP
10:27 War Correspondent Kitten:
Junction of Krasnoarmeysky and Kurakhovsky directions.
As a result of active assault actions, the settlement of Slavyanka came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Behind it to the west is a corridor of about 18 km and 6-7 km wide without settlements. The Ukrops are used to building a defense based on them.
The lack of residential development creates a certain problem for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
More than three km beyond Slavyanka is road T0515 (from Andreyevka to Pokrovsk).
10:02 The Russian Armed Forces struck enemy targets in Sumy.
10:00 RF Armed Forces occupied part of Slavyanka, and are also advancing near Novolizavetovka and Ukrainka.
9:00 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Volkovo, Solenoe and Novovasilyevka –MAP
8:43 January 2, the North group of troops continued to perform tasks to destroy the Ukrainian occupiers.
The Severyan assault detachments continue to advance with stubborn fighting in the forest belts of the Sudzhansky district, as well as in the vicinity of Leonidovo, Kurilovka and Nikolayevo-Daryino.
The enemy launched one unsuccessful counterattack, which was thwarted by the Fearless' gunners and UAV operators.
Our missilemen inflicted fire damage on a concentration of enemy personnel on the border with the Kursk region. Over 190 occupiers were destroyed, as well as eleven Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles.
The total advance of the Northerners in the Kursk region amounted to over 850 meters.
In the Liptsov direction, as a result of a complex fire strike, an enemy assault group was destroyed.
In the Volchansk direction, the enemy continues suicidal attempts to transfer personnel across the Volchya River. Over the past 24 hours, Fearless UAV operators have disrupted three enemy counterattacks, and as a result of complex fire damage, five more Ukrainian assault groups and four octocopters have been destroyed.
Northern assault aircraft advanced up to 50 meters in the vicinity of Volchansk.
8:31 Changes on the map over the past 24 hours –MAP
— the army entered Slavyanka
- advance north of Shevchenko
- Our people entered the Peter and Paul Fortress
— advance south of Novovasilevka
— the control zone near Yantarny has been expanded
— promotion in Novovasilevka
- improved positions in the New Trud area
7:57 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed 22 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles –Ministry of Defense.
Ten UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Bryansk region, four UAVs were shot down over the territories of the Oryol and Rostov regions, two over the territory of the Belgorod region, and one over the territories of the Volgograd and Lipetsk regions.
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[VK] "When we entered hand-to-hand combat, we both knew that one of us was bound to die."
RT spoke with the same Yakut stormtrooper who eliminated the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier in hand to hand combat.
After a knife fight, an attack aircraft from Yakutia eliminated four more Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers. Attack aircraft being the numerous drones heard in the original video
An enemy group of six soldiers approached him, and after a firefight only two of them left alive. This was reported to RT by Andrei Grigoryev, a soldier from the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade.
Later, Andrei was able to contact his command.
“Come on, hold on, bro, there’s still... find out where their headquarters are, where the warehouse is, where the gas station is,” the Russian soldier recalls the words from headquarters. Apparently, Andrei's commanders were expecting miracles. They got the one Andrei wanted.
Said commenter Vladimir Bandakov:
Yes, amazing. Two went, one was killed, the second, all cut up and wounded, fought off six, barely alive, contacted the commander. "Oh, alive? Counterattack? Superior enemy forces? Are you the only one left? Okay, then find out where the headquarters and warehouse are. Well, and take a couple of neighboring villages, okay? Will you make it before evening?”
Recall that the day before, archival footage from a Ukrainian soldier's camera, which captured a fight with a Yakut attack aircraft, was distributed online. They were filmed in the fall of 2024 during an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to counterattack the village of Trudovoye in the DPR.
"And he said, 'Goodbye.' I said, 'Goodbye, brother.'"
A Yakut stormtrooper told RT how the life of a military serviceman he defeated in a knife fight ended.
According to Andrey Grigoriev, he put a grenade under the Ukrainian soldier's bulletproof vest. He did this so that he wouldn't suffer. And after the explosion, he fired a control shot.
"I let him go, then he lay there and said goodbye to the sky. And he muttered something: 'You are the best fighter in the world,'" Andrey recalls.
A commenter, Yury Yury on V Kontakte said this about the Ukrainian soldier's goodbye to the sky:
Tengriism is the main religion in Yakutia. The supreme deity was considered to be Tengri - the deified sky. The fighter went overboard about saying goodbye to the sky, of course, or he understood the Ukrainian's prayer in his own way.
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[Regnum] Project 885M Yasen-M submarines, created in Russia, are capable of unexpectedly attacking American submarines from close range. The American magazine National Interest published an article that talks about the firepower, endurance and stealth of Russian submarines.
Submarines are designed for close-range combat. They can approach an American or NATO enemy undetected thanks to their ultra-quiet equipment and suddenly attack them with 533-millimeter torpedoes. The same applies to attacks against surface ships.
In addition, the Project 885M submarines have powerful missile weapons, including the Kalibr and Oniks cruise missiles, and are also capable of carrying the Zircon hypersonic complex. It is noted that the United States cannot defend itself against hypersonic weapons.
“The American fleet and the fleets of NATO allies are significantly inferior in firepower to the Yasen-M submarines of the Russian Northern Fleet,” the article emphasizes.
Project 885 Yasen submarines are a series of modern fourth-generation multipurpose submarines. Currently, the Russian Navy has one Project 885 submarine and four Project 885M submarines.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the newest Russian hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile system Oreshnik has become the most powerful conventional (not prohibited by any conventions) weapon in the world. This opinion was expressed on December 28 by military analyst Drako Bosnic in an article for the InfoBRICS portal.
On December 28, the German publication Bild, citing an internal document from the German Foreign Ministry, wrote that Germany is effectively defenseless against Russian Oreshnik missiles. It was noted that this weapon is characterized by maneuverability at high approach speeds and a multi-charge warhead.
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.
