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Rishi confirms his commitment to fight to the last Ukrainian.
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The German defense minister reportedly will resign. She (SPD) didn't seem interested nor up to the job. Was she in favor or opposed to sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine? Hard to pin down. She seemed to waffle, like the German Chancellor.
[IsraelTimes] Russia released a US Navy veteran who had been held in the country’s Kaliningrad territory for nine months, negotiator and former US politician Bill Richardson announced on Thursday.
Taylor Dudley had been held since April 2022 and was one of several detained Americans whom Richardson and US authorities have been seeking to have freed.
According to CNN ...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for... , Dudley, 35, had crossed into Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania, from Poland where he had been attending a music festival. It wasn’t clear why he crossed the border or what he were tossed into the calaboose for.
"It is significant that despite the current environment between our two countries, the Russian authorities did the right thing by releasing Taylor today," Richardson said in a statement.
The release came one month after Washington swapped tossed in the clink Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for US basketball star Brittney Griner, whom the US said had been wrongfully detained and imprisoned for possessing vape cartridges with cannabis oil.
In Dudley’s case, the US and Russian governments had not publicized his detention and Washington did not say he was wrongfully detained.
Richardson made no mention of any swap involved in his release.
He said a team from the Richardson Center, which has helped free detained Americans from a number of countries, had visited Moscow several times in the past year on Dudley’s case.
"The negotiations and work to secure Taylor’s safe return were done discreetly and with engagement on the ground in both Moscow and Kaliningrad and with full support from Taylor’s family back in the United States," the statement said.
"As we celebrate Taylor’s safe return, we remain very concerned for Paul Whelan and committed to continue to work on his safe return," Richardson said.
Whelan is a former US Marine who was arrested in Moscow in 2018 and then convicted of spying.
The US says he was a private citizen visiting Moscow on personal business, and has demanded his release.
He was sentenced in 2020 to 16 years in a Russian prison.
US efforts to negotiate his freedom as part of the Griner deal failed after Moscow demanded in exchange the release of a Russian former intelligence official imprisoned in Germany for assassinating an anti-Moscow Chechen man in Berlin in 2019.
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Maybe he smelled donut scent wafting across the border. He must not have been an operative and not be a member of any protected class of people. After 9 months of due diligence and piss poor cuisine both sides must have decided that he was Crash Davis, the player to be named later.
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[Ukrinform] The Russian forces are attempting to capture Soledar town because they want to gain control over the road to Bakhmut, which the invaders have been unsuccessfully trying to seize for several months.
Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov said this in an interview with BBC, Ukrinform reports.
According to Reznikov, the Russian forces are trying to capture this town in order to gain control over the road between Soledar and Bakhmut A 10km trek.
, along which they will be able to relocate their equipment and units to Bakhmut. They stopped near Bakhmut and took some of their units away from it to Soledar, Reznikov noted.
He reminded that the Russians have been trying to capture Bakhmut for more than four months, but they have no success. Therefore, they seek to launch a powerful attack with the help of Wagner Group mercenaries, airborne assault units and other units.
At the same time, the minister emphasized that Ukrainian defenders continue to hold their positions. "The situation is very difficult but under control," Reznikov said.
When asked about the losses, he said that the losses of the Defense Forces of Ukraine were much lower than those of the enemy, stressing that approximately 500 Russian troops are killed and wounded every day. The Ukrainians have withdrawn from the city center to the railroad tracks on the western edge bordering salt mine #7. The Russians control the city proper and the Ukrainians are no longer in threat of encirclement.
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Fairy tale. Fake news for the west. Wagner main force and the tunnels underground prized target. US military equipment even tanks travel these huge tunnels. They have stuff stored from WW1. The rush is on for Bakhmut 100 mile underground tunnels a treasure trove of nearly everything. Bakhmut a name not Russian but Ukrainian. There again Wagner figures to play a major part. Wagner's future throughout the world is the long term goal. Wagner group gaining too much popularity in the minds of Russian military.
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Can't believe Reznikov. Can't believe Dale. There is no telling how many have died so far in this war or how many are yet to die. It's not like Reznikov was out there counting corpses himself and he wouldn't tell the truth even if he had.
What kind of war is it? Oh, right. The kind where people get killed.
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^ I take everything said/written by both sides with wheelbarrows of salt
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It's refreshing to hear liars who can out lie to US media and the White House.
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Edited. Commentary by the poster: There are other videos from Soledar showing dead Wagner troops wearing Ukrainians uniforms. Won't link to those videos.
One video shows a Wagner wearing Ukrainian uniform and a GoPro encounter two Ukrainians in a foxhole. Tells them to surrender. Ukrainians don't understand he is Russian and say you are on our side. One is armed and too slow to put weapon down. Shoots both of them in the face.
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[LB] Battles for Soledar, enemy shelling of Kupyan region, deprivation of mandates of five pro-Russian People's Deputies, Freedom Award from the Lithuanian Parliament. How will the 324th day of the full-scale war be remembered.
Battles for Soledar continue , the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
We will remind, in the statements of the Russian military, the occupiers have already "taken" Soledar twice this week. The Armed Forces replied that the battles for the city continue, the defenders are resisting the enemy.
During the day, the Ukrainian aviation carried out nine strikes on the concentration areas of the invaders, and our units of missile troops and artillery hit the control post, six areas of concentration of manpower, one anti-aircraft missile complex and three ammunition depots of the enemy.
Today, Russia launched two missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, as well as eight air strikes on the positions of our troops. It carried out more than 40 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
The Russian occupiers struck the village of Dvorichna in the Kupyan district with artillery.
Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the Kharkiv OVA, said that, according to preliminary information, two women aged 59 and 64 were killed as a result of shelling of private houses.
Another 63-year-old woman was injured and was hospitalized.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke during the solemn meeting of the Seimas of Lithuania on the occasion of the Day of Defenders of Freedom and the awarding ceremony of the Freedom of the Republic of Lithuania award.
"I am glad to welcome you and I want to thank you right away for not betraying freedom for a single moment. And not only during these 323 days of the cruel, inhumane Russian war, when we constantly feel your support. And for many years, when the free hearts of Lithuanians and the Lithuanian path to a united Europe inspired many people in various countries, once enslaved by Russia," said Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
We will remind you that recently the president of Lithuania called on Western countries to give tanks to Ukraine.
Today, the Lithuanian Parliament presented President Volodymyr Zelensky with the Freedom Prize.
Ambassador of Ukraine to Lithuania Petro Beshta received the award on behalf of the head of state.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda emphasized that this is also an award for the entire Ukrainian people. According to Nauseda, Zelensky inspired the leaders of Western countries to do "at least a little more" to end the war.
The Verkhovna Rada stripped the mandates of five pro-Russian deputies - Viktor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Andriy Derkach, Renat Kuzmin and Andriy Aksyonov.
People's deputy of the "Golos" faction, Yaroslav Zheleznyak, informed LB.ua about this. According to him, the voting "took place with a scandal from the very morning": deputies were stripped of their mandates after three votes and blocking of the tribune.
In 2022, the level of trust in almost all institutions increased sharply in Ukraine . The Armed Forces of Ukraine remain in first place, trust in which has increased from 72% to 96%.
This is evidenced by the survey results of the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS).
Next comes trust in the president and trust in volunteers. In December 2021, 27% trusted the president (and the balance was negative -23%, that is, there were more people who did not trust than trusted), but in a year the indicator increased to 84%, and the balance is currently +80%. In the case of volunteers, trust increased from 68% to 84%.
Confidence in the SBU (from 29% to 63%) and the National Police (from 30% to 58%) also increased significantly.
The perception of the government and the Verkhovna Rada has also improved significantly.
Today, January 13, the General Assembly of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOC) expelled Hryhoriy Surkis and Nestor Shufrych from its membership.
In addition, Zhan Beleniuk, the Olympic champion and People's Deputy from the Servant of the People faction, was excluded from the NOC.
We will remind you that in November 2022, Surkis and Shufrych were elected members of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, which caused a great public outcry.
The most complete picture of today is on our website. We hope that there will be more good news tomorrow.
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[Korrespondent] 22:33 Zelensky commented on the situation at the front in an evening video message: "The hard battle for the Donetsk region continues. The battle for Bakhmut and Soledar, for Kremennaya, for other cities and villages in the east of our state continues. Although the enemy has concentrated the largest forces in this direction, our soldiers protect the state."
The president also commented on internal squabbles in Russia: “Three hundred and twenty-four days of a full-scale war, and how everything has changed for Russia ... They are already squabbling among themselves over who to attribute any tactical advance to. This is a clear signal of failure for the enemy. And this is another incentive for all of us to put more pressure on the occupiers and to inflict even greater losses on the enemy."
21:35 Kuleba said that five countries are already ready to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine: “Our goal is to assemble a tank brigade from Leopards. This is for starters. Why a Leopard? Because this is a tank that has been produced in Europe for decades and there are in many European armies. Therefore, you can take a little there, take a little here, there are various modifications. But we set ourselves ambitious tasks, and our ambitious task is to assemble a brigade within the framework of a tank coalition."
21:29 The conflict between Wagner PMC leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense has actually entered an open phase. The defense department of the Russian Federation has recently been ignoring the Wagnerites in their daily reports, to which Prigozhin spoke of "intraspecific struggle and the theft of his victories." For more information about the conflict between the owner of a private military company and the command of the Russian army, see Steal "Victory" .
20:58 Italy decided to supply Ukraine with the SAMP / T air defense system, which is capable of shooting down ballistic missiles, RID reports.
20:20 The Ministry of Defense in 2023 plans to purchase various types of drones for 20 billion hryvnia, head of the department Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview with UNN. Among the models that are planned to be purchased, including new samples of Ukrainian production, adopted over the past six months.
19:49 The "authorities" of occupied Berdyansk announced a "terrorist attack" allegedly carried out by "Ukrainian special services": the car of the head of the administration of the Kichigin district was allegedly blown up, the "official" was not injured.
19:35 In occupied Berdyansk, in the area of the airfield where the Russian military is based, three powerful explosions thundered, the head of the city military administration, Victoria Galitsina, told Suspіlny. A fire started on the spot.
18:58 The battles for Soledar continue , the General Staff said in the evening summary. The enemy continues to suffer losses. So, to fill the shortage of medical personnel, replenishment from among the military doctors of the RF Armed Forces arrived at the Novotroitsk Central District Hospital in the Kherson region. As of January 12, up to 160 wounded invaders were in the hospital, equipped as a military hospital.
18:46 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the direct assault on the quarters of Soledar was successfully implemented by "the courageous and selfless actions of the volunteers of the Wagner assault squads."
18:42 The government has created the State Agency for the Rehabilitation and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine, which will be created on the basis of the State Agency for Infrastructure Projects and the State Agency for Highways. Shmygal explained that this would optimize work processes and avoid chaos in planning and implementing projects. “We already know the sources of 110 billion hryvnias for restoration this year. We expect to accumulate six times more funds in order to restore more infrastructure and housing for Ukrainians already in 2023,” the prime minister said.
18:40 In the Kherson region, the resumption of electricity supply is a key problem, since the Russians have significantly damaged the power grid, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich. According to him, the Trifonovskaya solar power plant, which was stopped during the occupation, is being restored to provide power to residential buildings.
18:36 Ukroboronprom is finishing testing a drone with a range of 1,000 km, spokeswoman for the concern Natalya Sad said: "We have accelerated the production of the first sample as much as possible, tested it in the air and are preparing for the next stage - demonstrating the capabilities of this complex to the leadership of the Security and Defense Forces of our state."
18:29 Azerbaijan has handed over a second batch of energy equipment to Ukraine - these are 45 backup power plants with a capacity of 94 to 150 kVA, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said.
18:15 The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov, against the backdrop of heavy fighting in Soledar, spoke about the situation in the city, as well as how the reshuffle in the command of the Russian army will affect the front and when to expect a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. More details in the material Losses and counterattacks .
17:49 Ukraine has already received 30,000 Starlink terminals, said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development. The last batch - 8,000 terminals - was bought by Poland. Hundreds of Starlinks from this party are already working in Invincibility Points across the country, some have been handed over to power engineers and doctors, the minister noted.
17:44 Shmygal said that Ukraine expects to pass the path of negotiations on joining the EU in less than two years. "The amount of work is colossal. At the same time, we see that our European partners are committed to productive cooperation on the issue of integration," the prime minister stressed. According to him, the visit in the coming weeks of the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will be a clear evidence of this. More than ten European commissioners are expected to arrive in Ukraine with her for intergovernmental consultations.
17:35 The enemy fired artillery from the village of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district, said the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov. According to preliminary information, as a result of the shelling of private houses, two people were killed and another was injured.
17:29 The British government is expected to officially announce on Monday, January 16, the decision to transfer Challenger 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, writes The Guardian, citing sources in Kiev. We are talking about sending about ten tanks, which could push Germany to finally allow the re-export of its Leopard 2 tanks.
17:13 Russia has prepared regular recommendations for propagandists on covering the war against Ukraine. The new document, which Ukrainian military intelligence learned about, testifies to a radical change in emphasis in covering the course of events, as well as to the aggravation of the political struggle within the Russian Federation. According to the GUR, the general recommendations contain 11 points, the main meaning of which is:
focusing on information exclusively from sources agreed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation;
emphasis in informational materials and comments of "independent" experts on the leading and positive role personally of Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov;
justifying strikes against Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure, citing the "forcedness" of such actions;
emphasizing the topic of providing Western weapons to Ukraine: in this sense, it is recommended to focus on the fact that "Russia is conducting a military operation not against Ukraine, but against the entire NATO";
refusal to mention PMC Wagner in a positive context - on the contrary, it is necessary to focus on excessive human losses and senseless attacks by PMCs;
tracking and citing publications in foreign media about the successes of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is proposed to focus special attention on the statements of Western and Ukrainian politicians, which can be interpreted in a similar vein.
16:42 Yermak said that the propagandists of the Putin regime should disappear as a phenomenon - "they are guilty of this war and will pay for it in full." According to the head of the OP, Russian propagandists, cultural figures and comedians are Putin's tools: "These people make money on lies and inciting hatred, on Nazism of the 21st century, but they want to live in the West. They buy real estate among those who are called to hate and kill. "Yes, they say to kill not only Ukrainians. But we know everything about them. We studied their way of life, found property, collected evidence of crimes. And we will do everything to deprive them of everything and punish them."
16:17 The situation on the Kinburn Spit remains difficult due to weather conditions, Pivden Yug speaker Natalya Gumenyuk said: "The operational situation is that the enemy from time to time leaves for positions from which he is shelling the opposite coast, but he constantly prevents him from staying there our counter-battery work. And that is why this work has not yet been completed, since difficult weather conditions ... Therefore, Ochakovites and residents of the Kutsurub community must be very careful and listen to air raid signals. "
15:56 Ukroboronprom is already engaged in the repair and maintenance of Western weapons, said the speaker of the state concern Natalya Sad. According to her, Ukroboronprom was able to increase the volume of repairs by five to eight times for various types of equipment nomenclature, the needs are increasing every month.
At the same time, Sade stressed that the ratio of national and foreign weapons is far from "50/50 and not 60/40": "We still continue to fight with the weapons that are manufactured, modernized and repaired by Ukroboronprom enterprises."
15:25 Ankara has changed its position on the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said in an interview with Ukrinform. He recalled that Ankara's position began with talks about humanitarian truces and peace at any cost, but now Turkey clearly speaks about the need for the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
"In this context, the proposal was made that Russia should be the first to start a ceasefire, which could become the basis for further withdrawal of troops from the territory of Ukraine. This is an attempt to find ways to dialogue, but not to impose a position. This is one of the proposals of the mediating country" - explained the diplomat.
14:39 Israel is transferring technologies related to smart missile and drone alert to Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk said: "Work continues on the transfer of Israeli technologies related to smart missile and drone alert. That is, this technology is officially transferred by the Israeli side . And I think that after a while we will get it completely. "
14:06 The Verkhovna Rada has deprived Viktor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Andriy Derkach and Rinat Kuzmin of their mandates due to the loss of citizenship. In addition, at its own request, the parliament deprived Andrey Aksyonov of his mandate.
Arakhamia said that the Verkhovna Rada is "cleansing itself of Putin's fans": "Today, ten deputies have lost their mandates. Six from the Opposition Platform for Life and four more from their political orbit. There will be even more. But in a legal and constitutional way. It is longer than we ourselves I would like to, but it doesn’t give collaborators a chance to appeal.”
13:42 Zelensky said that he had talked about further defense cooperation between Ukraine and Slovakia with President Zuzana Chaputova.
13:39 The battles for Soledar continue, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are on the defensive , said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces Sergey Cherevaty: "Fights are going on in Soledar, our troops are holding the defense against the enemy, who has concentrated the best units of Wagner and other special units ... The enemy is deliberately dispersing the information noise, trying to sow disillusionment in one's own abilities among the Ukrainian population."
He explained that the positional warfare continues and the tactical pattern is breaking down in one direction or another: "The Armed Forces of Ukraine in incredibly difficult weather conditions and under enemy fire keep the situation under control."
13:35 NATO announced that it was sending Boeing E-3 Sentry long-range surveillance reconnaissance aircraft from Germany near Bucharest, Romania. They will fly over NATO territory for several weeks and monitor Russian military activities. Such aviation is capable of scanning a radius of 1612 km, detecting enemy aircraft, positions and targets.
13:26 Zelensky addressed the politicians and people of Lithuania on the Day of Defenders of Freedom: "This year is decisive. Now we need even greater mobilization - in the entire free world. This is the only way to end full-scale aggression, total terror ... And we We are very much looking forward to the Vilnius NATO Summit and we know that it can become a life-changing event for our entire Euro-Atlantic community."
13:17 In the Mariupol region, all mobilized Russians and part of the Russian military corps from the village. Yalta and with. Urzuf was sent to the front, to one of the directions in the north of the Donetsk region, said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko. In addition, as part of the rotation in the village. Belosarayskaya Spit was placed by units of the "Dnrovtsy".
He also said that entry to Berdyansk is now exclusively with passes. The tightening of control is probably associated with the formation of a base, in particular helicopters, directly near the city.
12:33 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the capture of Soledar was completed on the evening of January 12. The Russian ministry noted the actions of the Airborne Forces units, without mentioning the PMC Wagner in a word.
11:44 Reznikov said in an interview with the BBC that both Ukraine and Russia are preparing for new offensives in the spring. In particular, the Russian Federation is trying to gather forces for the offensive from the areas that it has already occupied in the south and east. He also noted that Ukraine has already become a de facto member of NATO, as it receives Western weapons and understands how to use them. The minister is convinced that Kyiv will receive "tanks, combat aircraft or jets, as well as long-range weapons to hit targets 300 km away" because the attitude of Western countries has changed.
According to the minister, Russia daily loses 500-600 of its soldiers in battles, while Ukraine loses "a tenth" of this number. Reznikov believes that Prigozhin in Soledar is interested in possible economic benefits from the capture of the city, where the largest salt mines in Europe are located. At the same time, he is not interested in losses.
11:17 As of the morning of January 13, electricity consumption is at the level of yesterday, there is a shortage of power, especially in the morning and evening periods, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, gradual warming is expected throughout Ukraine as early as the weekend, as a result of which a decrease in consumption is predicted. To ensure balance in the energy system, consumption limits have been brought to all regions, which are valid from 02:00 to 24:00.
11:08 Near Bakhmut, four Russian criminal authorities, released from the zones, have already died. The leaders of organized crime groups are buried as heroes on the Walk of Fame, and their surviving accomplices can be delegated to the State Duma . Lesser status bandits are buried without special honors, and their corpses are transported by truckers.
According to the channel We can explain , among the dead authorities are the leader of the Penza organized crime group, the leader of the Saratov killers, the former leader of the organized crime group from Tatarstan, the killer from the Ossetian gang. All of them were sentenced to 19-25 years, including for murder.
10:47 Russians at night fired at the base in Kherson, where utility buses are parked. As a result of the shelling, 16 buses and cars, warehouses and a security building were damaged. According to preliminary information, one of the guards was injured. Also, fragments of shells damaged the power grid, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
10:21 France hopes to deliver AMX 10-RC tanks to Ukraine within two months, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu said after a conversation with Reznikov.
10:15 According to Ukrainian military intelligence, the scale of mobilization measures in the Russian Federation testifies to the Kremlin's plans to create an army of about 2 million people. The GUR recalled that during the first wave of mobilization, 300,000 people were drafted into the RF Armed Forces. After a short training, the mobilized are sent to the war zone in Ukraine.
The military intelligence of Ukraine does not rule out that the Russian leadership will announce another wave of mobilization in the coming days - another 500,000 Russians will get into the RF Armed Forces, which will allow the enemy to create strategic reserves. Russia is already actively preparing for the announcement of the next wave of mobilization. At the legislative level, changes are made to the laws governing the conduct of mobilization. There is also an active preparation of training centers.
09:38 In the Kherson region over the past day, one person was killed due to Russian shelling, two more were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:33 British intelligence reports that the Russian defense sector is likely resorting to the use of prison labor to meet the needs of wartime production. For example, in November, Uralvagonzavod, Russia's largest tank manufacturer, announced after a meeting with the Federal Penitentiary Service that it would hire 250 prisoners. Russia has a long tradition of prison labor, but since 2017, forced labor as a separate criminal punishment has been re-legalized.
Prisoners represent a unique human resource that Russian leaders can use to support the “special operation,” while willing volunteers are still in short supply, analysts say.
09:25 After the start of the war, 320,000 residents left the Luhansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai: "We can say that until February 24, there were about 720,000 residents in the territory of the Lugansk region controlled by Ukraine. Of these, 320,000 left for evacuation" . According to him, people left for Russia, partly for Europe, but the vast majority settled in those regions of Ukraine that were not directly affected by the war.
09:18 The enemy is moving additional reserves to the Kremenskoe and Svatovskoe directions. Almost all the houses in the surrounding settlements are occupied by the Russian military, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing, so collaborators are gradually moving to cities and villages away from the front line. The Russians, meanwhile, dress up in the uniform of the Ukrainian military and, through provocations, are trying to break through the defense. Gaidai believes that the Red River should not become a serious obstacle to the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:12 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two civilians were killed - in Blagodatnoe and Avdeevka. Two more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:59 Anna Malyar said that in Soledar, Ukrainian forces are trying to hold the defense: “The night in Soledar was hot, the fighting continued. The enemy sent almost all the main forces to the Donetsk direction and maintains a high intensity of the offensive. This is a difficult stage of the war, but we will win."
08:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 13th.
personnel - about 114,130 (+740) people liquidated,
tanks - 3098 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 6167 (+8),
artillery systems - 2086 (+4),
MLRS - 437 (+0),
air defense systems - 218 (+0),
aircraft - 286 (+1),
helicopters - 276 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1865 (+0),
cruise missiles - 723 (+0),
ships/boats - 17 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4833 (+7),
special equipment - 184 (+0).
08:19 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Makeyevka and Belogorovka of the Luhansk region and Disputed, Razdolovka, Salt, Krasnaya Gora, Podgorodnoye, Bakhmut, Kleshcheevka, Predtechino, Kurdyumovka, Vodyanoye, Nevelskoye, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka and Bolshaya Novoselka, Donetsk region, the General Staff said in a morning report .
It became known about the order of civilian overalls with the logos of Rosneft and Elektrostal for the personnel of one of the divisions of the Russian Federation operating in the Novopavlovsky direction in the Volnovakhsky district of the Donetsk region. Obviously, for a specific purpose, the enemy is trying to hide his belonging to the Russian occupation forces, the General Staff notes.
05:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops likely control most of Soledar, if not the entire city. At the same time, analysts emphasized that the capture of the entire city would not be an important event in operational terms and hardly portends the imminent encirclement of Bakhmut. According to ISW, Ukrainian forces no longer maintain organized defense in Soledar.
04:22 The United States is working to neutralize the activities of PMC Wagner around the world, said State Department adviser Derek Cholle. At the same time, he pointed out that the PMC seeks to recruit mercenaries from different countries, including Serbia, and "this cannot be allowed."
03:27 Italy will hold a conference on the restoration of Ukraine. Presumably, it will take place in March 2023, said the Italian Minister for Enterprise and National Production, Adolfo Urso. According to him, "a big conference on restoration issues is being prepared, which will bring together Italian and Ukrainian institutional authorities and business structures around the same table."
02:33 The US Department of Defense does not confirm that Soledar was captured by Russian forces, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said: "We are indeed seeing intense and heavy fighting around Soledar, as well as Bakhmut, which is located relatively close. We cannot confirm any reports that Soledar was taken by Russian forces... We know that the Ukrainians continue operations in the vicinity of Soledar and continue to fight back."
More information about what is happening in Soledar, as well as expert forecasts, is in the material Depart or stay .
00:45 Losses of Russian troops near Bakhmut and Soledar can reach 20 thousand military men, Podolyak said in an interview with Channel 24: "It is impossible to say exactly what losses the Russian army has in this direction. But it's not a thousand or two - it's 10, 15 or even 20 thousand for the entire time of the offensive near Bakhmut and Soledar. They don't count losses there."
According to the adviser to the head of the OP, the Russians threw almost the entire combat-ready army at Soledar, including the remnants of the contract army - special forces and landing forces. At the same time, Podolyak stressed that the possible occupation of this Ukrainian city would not give Russia advantages in general: "The only thing I'm sorry about is the number of our guys who, at 17 degrees below zero, have to keep machine guns in their hands for days. It's hard. We are losing our own" .
00:13 Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets spoke about the results of negotiations in Turkey with Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova: “For the first time, the Russian side left with proposals that we previously discussed. There is no breakthrough, but at least technical work has begun. We are exchanging lists, information. We are working on the missing separately. There are already cases when our citizens and heroes who were considered dead, the Russian side confirmed that they are alive - 23 of our guys. This is a huge positive."
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:24 In connection with media appeals regarding the composition and participation of various units of the Russian grouping of troops (forces) in the liberation of the city of Soledar of the Donetsk People's Republic from the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we consider it necessary to clarify the following.
Offensive operations in this tactical direction, which ended in the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the capture of the city of Soledar, were carried out by a heterogeneous grouping of Russian troops (forces) according to a single plan and plan, which provided for the solution of a complex of combat missions.
These combat missions included, as already reported, blocking the city from the north and south, isolating the combat area, preventing the enemy from transferring reserves from neighboring areas to the city and preventing the exit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Soledar, as well as fire support for the attack by ground attack aircraft and artillery.
As for the direct assault on the city blocks of Soledar occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this combat mission was successfully solved by the courageous and selfless actions of the volunteers of the Wagner assault squads.
20:34 Calculations of 120mm mortars 2S12 "Sani" of the artillery units of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleetcontinueprovide fire support in the Ugledar direction
Mortar crews fire at maximum range at single and group targets. In cooperation with units equipped with more powerful artillery systems - 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, 152mm and Msta-B guns, 122mm BM-21 Grad and 220mm BM-27 Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, they inflict powerful fire damage on opposing units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Then the assault units enter the battle.
As part of the mortar crews, mobilized military personnel who have the appropriate military registration specialty and have been trained at the training grounds perform tasks.
"The correction for air is introduced, the adjustment ... The table depends on the air temperature. Special programs have been installed for calculation ... We understand each other with gestures, with a look," the commander of the gun with the call sign "Raft" said about the performance of the tasks.
19:36 The assault on the city blocks of Soledar occupied by nationalists was successfully carried out by the volunteers of the assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
18:47 Servicemen of the pipeline battalion of the Western Military District in the Nizhny Novgorod region conducted tactical-special exercise for laying a water conduit in hard-to-reach areas
On the eve of the professional holiday - the Day of the Creation of the Pipeline Troops, military specialists demonstrated high professional skills in conditions of a strong temperature difference.
Specialists worked out the deployment of a field main pipeline of increased productivity and the supply of water to a group of troops.
The actions took place in a hard-to-reach place in the conditions of the work of the DRG of a mock enemy.
Servicemen of the pipeline battalion pumped fuel with a capacity of 900 tons per day, which is comparable to the delivery of 18 railway tanks.
17:34 "The sweat of the gunner saves the blood of the infantry": personnel combat work of the calculations of artillery installations 152mm "Msta-SM2"
Combat missions as part of the calculations are performed by military personnel who were called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilization.
Artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the course of a special military operation continue to carry out fire missions to destroy artillery batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroy defensive structures, suppress control points, and destroy enemy fire weapons, weapons and military equipment.
Russian howitzers at the forefront of the line of contact - a bone in the throat for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They hamper the maneuvers of their units, destroy the key nodes of the fortified areas. Artillery crews of the Western Military District conduct a counterbattery fight against the enemy on a daily basis, destroying, among other things, samples of weapons and military equipment delivered from abroad.
16:42 In Ukraine, men are increasingly refusing to officially get a job because of the fear of mobilization.
According to local media, this is due to the fact that the government has obliged employers to hand over subpoenas from military registration and enlistment offices to their employees.
15:34 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, destroyed: 372 aircraft, 200 helicopters, 2876 unmanned aerial vehicles, 400 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7495 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 982 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3820 field artillery guns and mortars , as well as 8,027 units of special military vehicles.
14:29 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The RF Armed Forces, with artillery fire from the Pskov Airborne Forces unit, defeated the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and three 152mm 2S3 Akatsia howitzers in the Zaporozhye region;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction amounted to more than 40 military personnel and seven vehicles;
◾️The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed three planes and a helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force during the liberation of Soledar;
◾️Marine units of the Baltic Fleet destroyed more than 20 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donets direction;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces hit 117 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions in a day;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 20 military personnel and 6 vehicles;
◾️The Russian military hit four warehouses with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
◾️Russian air defense systems destroyed three UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day.
13:37 There is good news in the Bakhmut military conglomerate. East of the settlement Konstantinovka and north of the settlement Toretsk along the Predtechino-Belaya Gora-Dyleevka line began massive artillery preparation from all types of artillery and MLRS in the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Preparations are underway for the attack.
13:03 An air raid alert was announced on Friday in Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
13:02 Servicemen from the Republic of Tuva took captured two Ukrainian soldiers.
13:02 An air alert was announced in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kyiv
11:39 A pair of Su-25 ground interdiction aircraft "Rooks" at low altitudes: personnel combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation
Attack aviation crews carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of combat use, camouflaged fortified field positions and enemy armored vehicles were destroyed.
◽️Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes.
◽️After the use of aviation weapons, the crews performed a maneuver, releasing heat traps, and returned to the departure airfield.
Specialists of the engineering and technical staff completed the tasks of servicing aircraft and preparing aviation equipment for a second combat sortie.
10:43 Soldiers of the 1st separate battalion of special forces of the DPR capture denemy positions
Before the actions of the specialists of the Ukrainian militants, artillery and impact copters were continuously processed. Unable to withstand the endless fire defeat, the Armed Forces left their positions, after which they were immediately occupied by the assault group 1 obspn.
09:30 Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, if resumed, are likely to be direct, the absence of intermediaries would be the best option - Director of the Second Department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexei Polishchuk.
08:55 Bombing of enemy personnel and air ramming -personnel work of the UAV 9 Regiment.
UAV operators of the 9th Regiment do not give the enemy a second of respite. Air strikes are continuously delivered to manpower, and when an opportunity presents itself, enemy drones are taken to ram.
08:12 Work 122mm SAU 2S3 "Acacia" grouping "Brave".
08:10 Artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special military operation continueful fill fire missions to destroy artillery batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroy defensive structures, suppress control points, destroy enemy fire weapons, weapons and military equipment.
Russian howitzers at the forefront of the line of contact - a bone in the throat for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They hamper the maneuvers of their units, destroy the key nodes of the fortified areas. Artillery crews of the Western Military District conduct a counterbattery fight against the enemy on a daily basis, destroying, among other things, samples of weapons and military equipment delivered from abroad. Video: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
08:05 PMC "Wagner" is cleaning the dungeons of Soledar, they are attacking in the area of the railway station Sol (north-west of the city) and in the direction of the village of Soledar. Red Mountain (southwest of the city). The district of Mine No. 7 (to the west of the city), according to incoming information, was released from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In Marinka, Russian assault groups of a motorized rifle division of the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of guards artillery units, are trying to force the enemy out of the settlement.
Artillery duels are going on in the Kherson direction.
Svatovo-Kremennaya direction - the Russian Armed Forces eliminate the enemy's DRG and inflict artillery strikes on the enemy.
According to enemy estimates, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 5 missile and 12 air strikes on targets in Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk and Zaporozhye per day.
At night, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a video from the settlement adjacent to Soledar, provided by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, which confirms the previously received information about the involvement of the military personnel of the State Border Guard Service in this direction as a reserve.
Earlier, the commander of the special forces unit of the State Border Guard Service with the rank of colonel was destroyed in the direction.
Dnepropetrovsk city groups report that morgues have run out of space.
06:03 The crew of 152-mm self-propelled howitzers "Acacia" of the Central Military District cheerfullybeatsenemy.
Volunteers in the composition of the combat crew perfectly complement the experienced gunners. Together they are as one. Video: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
01:25 It is reported that Wagner PMC completely destroyed 61 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which at one time pathetically entered empty Kherson without resistance.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:37 Two civilians were injured as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops of Lisichansk using "NATO" rounds, reportsrepresentation LPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
“From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded ... of the settlement of Lisichansk using a 155mm artillery gun (two rounds). As a result of the shelling, two civilians were injured, and a residential building was also damaged, ”the message of the representative office in the telegram channel says.
20:23 Offensive operations in the Artemovsk direction were carried out by a heterogeneous grouping of Russian forces according to a single plan and plan - Russian Defense Ministry
20:23 IAEA intends to deploy two experts each at nuclear power plants in Ukraine - South Ukrainian, Rivne, Khmelnitsky and Chernobyl sites - statement by the organization
19:24 The remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fleeing from the outskirts of Soledar: what is known at the moment.
On January 11 and 12, on the northern outskirts of Soledar in the area of Nikolaevka, Krasnopolevka and Razdolovka, the RF Armed Forces established fire control over the interchange near the village of Sakko and Vanzetti. Because of this, units of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade were cut off from the main forces and escape routes, they suffered heavy losses during the retreat from Soledar.
To the west of Soledar, the cleaning of the settlement of Sol and the industrial zone in the area of mine No. 7 continues.
The remnants of the 46th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, the 12th Operational Brigade, as well as the 2nd and 3rd detachments of the 8th Special Purpose Regiment of the SOF of Ukraine retreated to this area. According to RT, the personnel of these units have not been in touch since the morning of January 11.
The main forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from Soledar to the area of the village of Paraskovievka. The roads to this settlement were taken under the control of Russian artillery.
The key road junction along Svyato-Georgievskaya street, through which Soledar connects with Artemovsk (Bakhmut), is also under the fire control of Russian artillery and aviation.
18:17 Ukrainian militants continue shelling of Donetsk.
As a result of another shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a pharmacy located opposite the maternity ward of the hospital named after M. Vishnevsky. the wall of the building was damaged, the glazing was damaged, the laboratory equipment inside was destroyed, and the gas pipeline was also damaged.
18:15 Ukrainian militants fired on the Michurinsky penal colony (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) this afternoon. The roof and pediment, the water tower and the fence were damaged. No casualties.
18:05 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on January 13, 2023.
17:55 Among the Ukrainian military in Novoselovskoye (LPR) there were Americans,toldcaptive. Video: RIA Novosti.
17:50 "The state is waging war against its own people, inflicting great damage and destruction, "stated a resident of Cossack Lopan, Kharkiv region. She was seriously injured during the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: right next to the house, when she was returning from work, a close explosion tore off her leg.
"Woke up after a loud ringing in my ears. I tried to get up - but I can only get up on one leg, I don’t understand why; I look and see that there is no second leg," the woman recalls that terrible day.
Her son called in Russian military medics, who took the woman to Belgorod to be placed in intensive care and carry out an operation. The victim stressed that the shelling was carried out by the Ukrainian side, and the Russian military was not around at the time of that strike.
She remembers the Russian servicemen with gratitude - the soldiers helped with food and with the delivery of water to households.
17:20 Moment of strikes by APU on the market in Aleshki, Kherson region.
Neo-Nazis from the occupied Kherson are shelling peaceful houses and markets from tanks and self-propelled guns. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
16:57 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on January 13, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- st. Abakumova, 1 "a" - a private residential building; the car was also damaged.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
16:35 Effects of shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
16:22 Divisions of PMC "Wagner", having completed the cleansing of the city of Soledar, continued their offensive in the direction of the settlement of Sol.
Now under the control of PMC "Wagner" there is already a railway depot in the south and Tchaikovsky Street in the north. The settlement is blocked from three sides, fights are conducted inside the settlement.
Despite the fact that the urban-type settlement of Sol was included in Soledar in 1999, it is geographically separated from the city by agricultural fields and a reservoir.
16:05 Makeevka village, Kremensky district. The enemy DRG set up a staging post in one of the houses, the target wasinflictedblow.
15:59 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, on January 13, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- a direct hit in the building of the pharmacy "Arnika" on the street. Rosa Luxembourg;
- st. Roza Luxembourg, 52 - apartment building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
15:13 Ukrainian troops fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm at the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:55 Padded Ukrainian T-64BV in the vicinity of the forests of Kremennaya, LPR.
14:36 As a result of the shelling of the settlement. Svatovo LPR with the use of artillery guns 155mm (three rounds) damaged the oil press shop.
14:21 Video 18+ Hundreds of bodies of APU fighters abandoned in Soledar.
The cleansing of Soledar and the outskirts by the forces of the Wagner PMC fighters continues. The footage of the wargonzo project shows the attitude of the command of the Ukrainian State towards its own soldiers and officers, sent "for meat" and, as a result, abandoned at the place of their death. This is a typical way of a "ZSU warrior" from receiving a summons in the park to a corpse in the Soledar basement.
14:05 Ukrainian troops fired five rounds with calibers of 122mm and 155 mm in five minutes in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
13:48 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on January 13, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
13:45 Ukrainian troops shelled the areas of Donetsk and Makiivka, firing a total of eight 155mm NATO caliber rounds and five 152mm caliber rounds in 20 minutes, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported on Friday (SCCC).
13:33 On the evening of January 12, the liberation of the city of Soledar was completed, which is essential for the continuation of successful offensive operations, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
13:25 Soledar direction situation as of 13.00 January 13, 2023
On the Soledar site, assault detachments of the PMC "Wagner" are clearing quarters and underground communications on the western outskirts of Soledar. Today, the "Wagnerites" entered the territory of the urban-type settlement of Sol and established control over the depot of the railway station of the same name.
In the northwest of Soledar, active fighting is underway on the southern outskirts of Krasnaya Gora and in Paraskovievka near the Bakhmutka River. After the liberation of the railway station Sol, the village of Blagodatnoye was actually cut off from the supply lines from Seversk and Artemovsk.
The members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who survived in Soledar and its environs spread information about huge losses in manpower due to command errors. In one of the brigades in the company of the formation, only 30 people remained, and in the battalion of 24 Separate Mechnaized Brigade out of 300, only 100 fighters survived.
Fighting continues in Artemovsk and its suburbs. After the liberation by PMC "Wagner" of the village Experienced position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city is deteriorating.
As a result of the active offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost control over two company and two platoon strongholds in Artemovsk, Kleshcheevka and Krasnaya Gora.
On January 12 alone, the confirmed losses of Ukrainian formations in Artemovsk amounted to 100 people, and the wounded - 39. To strengthen positions, 600 mobilized without combat experience are expected to be transferred in the near future. According to radio intercepts from Artemovsk, more than 800 people have been killed in the past five days, not counting the missing and wounded.
In addition, individual units of Polish mercenaries, who were transferred to the direction a few weeks earlier, suffered huge losses. The Poles spread information about the loss of communication and communication and the complete disunity between the formations in Artemovsk and the surrounding area. The moral and psychological state of mercenaries is at a low level.
The forces of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted a counteroffensive against Russian positions southwest of Artemovsk. The attack was repulsed, and separate detachments of the 28th brigade fled from the combat area.
The leadership of the Ukrainian operational-tactical group "Soledar" assesses the situation as critical and expects the intensification of the offensive of Russian troops at the Berestovoye-Disputable line in order to reach the Seversk agglomeration, as well as in the south at the Ozaryanovka-Mayorsk line towards Druzhba and Dyleevka.
The release of Opytnoye allows you to start advancing on the southern outskirts of Artemovsk, as well as attacking the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kleshcheevka from the east.
13:20 British mercenaries killed in Soledar most likely were in the ranks of the 77th Airborne Assault Brigade of Ukrainian troops as instructors or observers, military expert, LPR police colonel Kiselev believes
12:50 AFU fired at the Kyiv district of Donetsk, firing 8 rounds with a caliber of 155mm. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC)
12:28 It is reported that detachments of Wagner PMC fighters entered the village of Sol from two directions, taking control of the depot of the railway station.
It is noted that this transport hub plays a key role in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its capture significantly complicates communication between Seversk and Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
12:15 Residents of liberated Soledar tell about what happened in the city during the Ukrainian occupation.
11:20 How's it going sweep of Soledar:
A video appeared at the disposal of the wargonzo project, in which Wagner PMCs are located next to the Church of the Transfiguration at the intersection of st. Dachnaya and Preobrazhenskaya in the northeast of the center of Soledar.
There are no characteristic sounds for "fights near the center of the city" in the video. Not even the distant sounds of battle and shell explosions can be heard. The city is under the control of PMC Wagner.
10:56 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, firing four rounds of NATO caliber 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
10:31 It is reported that the enemy is suffering heavy losses in the Liman direction. In addition, Ukrainian troops are leaving their positions. Thus, the command of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was forced to use the combined arms reserves after the flight of the 104th Separate Battalion of the Territorial Defense of Ukraine, which was attached to the 2nd Mb of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the area of the settlement. Makeevka (25 km southwest of Kremennaya).
10:21 Ukrainian troops at 09:55 fired eight rounds of 155mm caliber in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, at 10:15 fired five rounds of 155mm caliber in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to the Military reported crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
10:15 Residents of Soledar told Izvestia correspondent Yegor Kildibekov, how the evacuation from the destroyed city took place right during the fighting.
Angela - a young mother with her daughter in her arms - fled the city on New Year's Eve. The Russian military rescued and took out a girl and a small child. First on foot, and then by car, they were taken to Stakhanov, LPR.
Another refugee, Oksana, described how she had to walk more than three kilometers through the ruins. The woman admitted that when she came out of the basement, she did not recognize the city. It was almost completely destroyed during fierce fighting.
09:47 Video of Ukrainian militants in the area of Soledar, with the signature "we left."
09:30 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the city of Svatovo received damage to the oil press shop located in the industrial area.
09:07 Resident of Soledar told that Kyiv could bombard the city with phosphorus rounds.
09:05 Fierce fighting continues on the front line near Svatovo-Kremennaya: Russian troops are moving forward, intense artillery battles are underway, our howitzer crews are destroying equipment and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
09:04 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on January 13, 2023
08:59 Soldiers of the 1st Fire Brigade with the support of artillery and strike UAVs occupied enemy position.
The Ukrainian militants, unable to withstand the continuous attacks of artillery and shock copters, left their position and fled, after which it was immediately occupied by the assault group of the 1st separate special-purpose battalion.
08:34 Ukrainian troops fired 10 rockets from the MLRS at Mineralny and five NATO-caliber rounds at Makeevka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
08:18 Ukrainian troops at 8.15 fired three NATO-caliber 155mm rounds at the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
08:15 Ukrainian troops fired a total of 20 rockets from the MLRS at Yasinovataya and Yakovlevka in five minutes, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
08:10 During the day, one person died on the territory of the DPR, 4 more were injured.
Over the past day, from 08:00 on January 12 to 08:00 on January 13, one person was killed and four more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:01 Ukrainian militarytaken outfrom Soledar, all household appliances and personal belongings of residents who left the city, said a local resident Sergey Kuzin. Video: RIA Novosti.
04:11 Enemy fleeing from positions in the area of N. p. Maryinka,demonstratesuccessfully destroyed by Russian artillery KrAZ-6322.
03:43 Ukrainian troops at 1.20 fired three rounds of "NATO" caliber 155mm at Svatovo, the LPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
01:18 Ukrainian troops at 01:12 opened fire on the Petrovsky district of Donetsk from "NATO" artillery fired one round with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
03:11 Artillery of the Russian Army supports offensive in Marinka.
152mm guns 2A36 "Hyacinth-B" continuously fire at the identified enemy targets in Maryinka, supporting the advance of the assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces.
0:16 Russian forces took Bakhmut into the operational environment - adviser to the acting head of the DPR Kimakovsky
0:00 Daily official summary of the DPR JCCC from 00:00 01/12/2023 to 00:00 01/13/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 19 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 12 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 7 artillery attackss from 155mm artillery. By releasing 83 units of various ammunition.
Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: the capital city of Donetsk (Kalininsky, Leninsky, Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Golmovsky, Panteleimonovka, Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky and Sovietsky districts).
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in the Leninsky district of Donetsk. Four civilians received injuries of varying severity in the Leninsky district of Donetsk. Tree housing constructions were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 18 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
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[REGNUM] On the eve of the next meeting of the Rammstein Group, several NATO countries announced the supply of light armored vehicles to Ukraine. The aid parties include new vehicles that have to be taken from the armies of the alliance states, since the old models already delivered have shown extremely low survivability in combat conditions.
The governments of the United States, Germany and a number of other states have announced the delivery of new batches of armored vehicles to Ukraine. It has been officially confirmed that the Ukrainian army will receive 50 and 40 Bradley and Marder infantry fighting vehicles, respectively. Also, photos of Canadian -made LAV ACSV Super Bison armored personnel carriers , already in the possession of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, appeared on the network. Probably, the American Stryker armored personnel carriers will also be included in the new supply package.
The very fact of deliveries is not news. However, the new package is accompanied by scandals in the press. The German magazine Spiegel claims that Germany will have to take the Marder BMP from its own reserve to meet the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in armored vehicles, although the Bundeswehr is already facing a serious shortage of armored vehicles.
According to experts, NATO is forced, to its detriment, to supply modern armored vehicles due to the fact that equipment from previous deliveries has shown its vulnerability in modern warfare.
Supplied in the amount of several hundred M113 armored personnel carriers, the development of which began back in the 1960s, almost did not show themselves on the battlefield. According to the Lostarmour service, which records the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine based on photos / videos from open sources, the loss of nine such vehicles and 17 YPR-765 vehicles (Dutch modification M113) was confirmed.
According to experts, the limited use of these machines is due to the fact that they were designed for wars of the 20th century and do not meet modern requirements. The vehicle is extremely vulnerable due to its high hull, which is a convenient target for operators of anti-tank missile systems and other manual means of combating armored vehicles. Another disadvantage of American armored vehicles, which experts call, is narrow tracked tracks, which either get stuck in muddy conditions or fail when it gets cold: clods of earth clog into the tracks, freeze, and the car temporarily fails.
The VAB armored vehicles delivered from France also face similar problems. According to lostarmour, five such vehicles have already been lost during the hostilities.
According to experts, armored vehicles of this class were originally developed for military-police or peacekeeping operations, mainly in African countries. They are not intended for use in real combat operations and make their way even from a heavy machine gun.
These vehicles, like the M133, are also not designed for off-road driving and quickly fail in the field. Their use in conditions where the enemy has large-caliber artillery, tanks and anti-tank weapons can be compared with the use of police water cannons or tear gas in military operations.
British AT-105 Saxon armored cars can be attributed to the same “failed” deliveries , among the problems of which one can also include insufficient armor and, in general, moral obsolescence.
Experts suggest that the armed forces of the NATO countries, when planning military operations, did not, in principle, assume all the realities of military operations in Ukraine. This led to the fact that most of the NATO deliveries almost do not participate in the winter company - they have to fight on Soviet armored vehicles.
Will the supply of more modern American-style equipment solve the situation? It is highly doubtful.
In the case of the American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, experts call the same problems that the M113 vehicles have. This is a high narrow body and the severity of the machine. Despite the presence of a large number of on-board electronics, Bradley showed their worst side during the conduct of hostilities in Yemen.
Most of the vehicles shot down in the course of this company, due to their design, became prey for operators of Soviet-made anti-tank missile systems and received a missile hit on the side or under the turret. As a result, the United States put pressure on Saudi Arabia, demanding that they remove cars from the war zone and not cast a shadow on the American military-industrial complex.
It can be stated that the command of the NATO countries as a whole correctly assesses the weaknesses of its equipment, which is sent to Ukraine, however, even the supply of armored vehicles from the armies of the member states of the alliance will not change the situation.
Military equipment produced by NATO countries was developed taking into account the realities of local conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. This applies to the military products of the leading countries of the alliance - the United States, France and Great Britain.
Therefore, you should not expect that the same Bradley, Marder or Stryker will radically change the situation on the battlefield. So, a woodland camo paint job, and heaters,...what else?
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I personally commit to upgrading the military equipment of all donor countries so that blowout profits are achieved by the military industrial complex with adequate kickbacks to various IS politicians. That is basically what this is all about. We need a Zelensky bust to seal the deal.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation decided to put an end to the rumors about the one who stormed Soledar.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the release of Soledar.
In connection with media appeals regarding the composition and participation of various units of the Russian grouping of troops (forces) in the liberation of the city of Soledar of the Donetsk People's Republic from the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we deem it necessary to clarify the following.
Offensive operations in this tactical direction, which ended in the defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the capture of the city of Soledar, were carried out by a heterogeneous grouping of Russian troops (forces) according to a single plan and plan, which provided for the solution of a complex of combat missions.
These combat missions included, as already reported, blocking the city from the north and south, isolating the combat area, preventing the enemy from transferring reserves from neighboring areas to the city and preventing the exit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Soledar, as well as fire support for the attack by ground attack aircraft and artillery.
As for the direct assault on the city blocks of Soledar occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this combat mission was successfully solved by the courageous and selfless actions of the volunteers of the Wagner assault squads.
The right approach. Everyone is doing a common thing.
PS. Today, the fighting from Soledar has shifted to the Sol railway station, the fighting for which continues to this day. Part of the station has already been cleared of the enemy.
A CNN correspondent who was in the Soledar area reported that he saw retreating Ukrainian troops 4 km west of Soledar.
Also today there were fierce battles for Krasnaya Gora and Paraskovievka.
[REGNUM] A resident of the city of Soledar in the Donetsk People's Republic lived for several months in a cellar with her children and was evacuated from the village on January 11 during the liberation of territories by Russian troops.
"We were taken out of Soledar on the 11th, we were in the hospital for three days. It’s hot in Soledar: we lived in a cellar, for the last two months the children didn’t go out at all," said the woman, whose story is quoted by RIA Novosti.
According to the refugee, all four of her children were wounded by shell fragments. The woman said that the wounds were not serious, but the fragments had not yet been removed, as the doctors told her that the fragments would come out on their own.
She also noted that the children have a fever, and they will remain in the hospital, where they will continue to be treated.
As REGNUM reported , earlier the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the complete liberation of Soledar on January 12 by units of the RF Armed Forces. On January 13, police colonel of the Lugansk People's Republic Vitaly Kiselev said in an interview with TASS that elite units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to recapture Soledar from the Russian military, but the attack failed.
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Is their nothing those diabolical Russians can’t do? Except be competent in any and every other thing that our incompetent governments can’t blame on them.
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Well if it disrupts "remittances," that's just too bad...
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Cyber events should be taken more seriously. This is an act of war if done by a state or an act of terrorism if done by civilians. Decades in prison or bombs from above levels of seriousness.
The lax way these are treated reminds me of the credit card companies and identity theft. Yes it can ruin your life but we think you'd prefer these fine bells and whistles instead of security.
[European Pravda UA] Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak and his deputy Wojciech Skurkiewicz talked about this in an interview with Polish outlets.
"We will focus on the defence of every meter of our land. We are moving away from the doctrine that operated for years during the current opposition. We believed then that we could start our defence along Vitsula and we would withdraw from the eastern borders without a fight. This can lead to such tragedies as we saw in Ukraine in Bucha... We have to be strong, in fact, very strong in the eastern part of the country because this is the main frontline of our security and independence. We know who is a threat to us. Our goal will be to effectively restrain the enemy, if necessary - to take the fight to the east of our country, on our borders," said Mariusz Błaszczak.
He added that in the current realities, one should forget about Poland's need for a small professional army and that it makes sense to withdraw to Vistula for defence.
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Did the Poles realize that Paris, Brussels and Berlin will happily 'regretfully' sign an armistice with Russia as soon as possible? After all the land 'was always Russian' and it's Polish land not ours, right?
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... will send a deployment of Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) surveillance planes to Romania to "monitor Russian military activity" amid the Ukraine conflict, the US-led military bloc announced on Thursday.
In a statement, NATO said its "eyes in the sky" are expected to arrive in the Bucharest area on January 17, to strengthen the bloc’s presence in the region. Romania, which borders Ukraine, already hosts a number of NATO units, including the American 101st elite Airborne division.
The bloc did not specify how many planes will be stationed in Romania. However, by candlelight every wench is handsome... the German press agency DPA reported that NATO plans to deploy three AWACS there.
The AWACS planes will begin reconnaissance flights, which will take place only over the alliance’s territory, in the coming days, with their mission scheduled to last "several weeks." In addition, the surveillance mission will be supported by about 180 service members, who will be deployed at the Otopeni air force base near the Romanian capital, some 200km (124 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
The planes themselves are part of a fleet of 14 NATO surveillance aircraft usually based in Geilenkirchen in western Germany. These aircraft are equipped with long-range radar and passive sensors capable of detecting targets over large distances while staying in the air for hours.
The US-led military bloc has been conducting regular surveillance operations on its eastern flank, monitoring the conflict in Ukraine ever since Russia launched its military offensive against the neighboring state in February 2022.
The deployment of AWACS planes comes as a large number of US armor and military vehicles started to arrive in the Netherlands on Wednesday before heading out to NATO’s eastern flank, according to Rooters. In total, about 1,250 pieces of military equipment are said to be disembarking from the Dutch port of Vlissingen, US officials said.
On Monday, Nikolay Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s national security council, stated that the ongoing Ukraine conflict "is not a confrontation between Moscow and Kiev, but rather a military stand-off with NATO."
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NATO and Serbia another NATO war effort against Russia.
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We do? I’d think it more likely that Americans think recent changes in the military culture would make them considerably less effective were they to try such a thing.
[RIA] Recently, political publications in the United States have been filled with disturbing articles about the inadmissibility of the politicization of the army and its participation in showdowns within the country. Journalists write, experts speak, analysts frown.
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Most of America's military do not live in barracks or on posts/bases. They live among the local population. Many of the jobs performed on posts/bases were moved during the 70s-80s from uniform personnel to civilian hires who also happen to live off post/base. That general population is extensively armed itself. Someone is having daylight fantasies if they think something like this could be pulled off and sustained given that nearly all bases/posts are reliant upon outside energy and food sources across what would become 'Indian Territory'.
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I have had discussions with people that think there are virtuous O-7 and above military that are still working for Trump and will rise up to restore him to his rightful throne. It seems more likely to me, that a group of them might try to install Fat Leonard as president.
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