One of the ships involved in Russia’s evacuation from Syria, the cargo vessel Ursa Major, reportedly suffered a major engine room explosion in the Mediterranean and sank earlier today.
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The ship is not very old. If it was an engine room issue, usually that would just leave them DIW. The list indicates that either a sea suction was ruptured or the hull was breached under the waterline. If it burst a pipe, closing a valve would have normally have stopped the flooding. Could have been a cargo explosion, but two dead is what I would expect to lose as an engine room watch team on a cargo ship. It’s possible that the damage could not be isolated. Its possible that scuttling the ship was an expeditious solution to inconvenient cargo.
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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.23 From the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation until the end of October 2024, 184 bodies of Ukrainians killed in captivity were returned to Ukraine, including 169 military personnel and 15 civilians. This was reported by the Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR) with reference to the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War.
21.07 Russian troops dropped UABs on Stepnogorsk in Zaporizhia Oblast, a woman was wounded, there is destruction. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov on Monday, December 23.
18.27 Since the beginning of the current day, the total number of combat clashes on the front line has increased to 164. Fighting is taking place in 11 directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00.
18.16 The first unit of the Ukrainian Legion, which is being formed in Poland, has already left for Ukraine, where the servicemen will continue their training. This was reported by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasyl Bodnar.
17.53 North Korea lost more than three thousand soldiers killed and wounded in the war against Ukraine. This data was announced by President Zelensky.
17.17 The initiative to involve North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine came from Pyongyang, not Moscow. Russian dictator Vladimir Putin quickly supported the proposal, US media reports , citing intelligence sources.
16:58 The largest Russian military training ground Kadamovsky (Persianovsky settlement, Rostov region) was attacked on Sunday, December 22. The training ground was attacked by missiles and drones, ASTRA reports .
16.56 Information about the presence of units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the operational encirclement in the village of Makarovka in Donetsk Oblast, disseminated in the media, does not correspond to reality. This was reported by the Operational-Strategic Group of Forces (OSGV) Khortytsia.
15.59 The Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council has denied information about the alleged murder of a civilian man by TCC employees in Odessa. It is noted that the video distributed online is of Russian origin and is part of a propaganda campaign to discredit mobilization activities in Ukraine.
15.21 Germany has transferred a large package of military support to Ukraine, including Patriot air defense systems, IRIS-T, tanks, missiles, drones and other ammunition. This is evidenced by updated data on the German government website.
15.13 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen will undergo courses in survival, avoidance of capture, resistance in captivity and evacuation (SERE) according to a new military standard. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense.
14:48 Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico does not want to participate in joint work on Europe's energy independence, but wants to help Russia push American gas and other partners' energy resources out of the European continent. Putin provides significant discounts to Fico, but Slovakia pays for them, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said .
14.20 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a substantive telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Ukrainian leader reported details of the negotiations.
13:56 More than a third of Russians (37%) said they wanted to ask Father Frost for "victory" in the war against Ukraine. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center.
12:45 In the Toretsk direction, two infantrymen of the 5th rifle battalion of the 28th separate separate brigade took five Russian assault troops prisoner. One of the soldiers who took the prisoners had previously been in the Special Operations Department for about a year, but decided to join the ranks of the 28th separate separate separate brigade.
11:35 Ukrainians generally support the restoration of nuclear weapons, which Ukraine renounced 30 years ago under the Budapest Memorandum.
Overall, 73% are favorable to the idea of restoring nuclear weapons.
In the event of a loss of support and sanctions from the West, a favorable attitude towards the restoration of nuclear weapons drops to 46%, and the share of those who would not support such an initiative rises to 44% (and the remaining 10% have undecided views).
10:00 In the Kyiv region, houses, cars and power lines were damaged as a result of falling debris from downed drones. There were no casualties among the population. No critical or residential infrastructure was hit.
In one of the districts, a power line was damaged. Power supply has already been restored. In another district, four private houses, a garage and three cars were damaged.
9:40 At night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with 72 "shaheds" and other types of drones, 47 drones were destroyed in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhitomir, Khmelnytsky and Odessa regions. The rest were lost in location.
In Khmelnytskyi and Kyiv regions, private enterprises and residential buildings were damaged. There were no casualties.
9:05 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte believes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's criticism of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is unjustified.
"I have often told Zelensky that he should stop criticizing Olaf Scholz, because I think it is unfair," he said.
Rutte stressed that Germany's support for Ukraine is unprecedented and second only to the United States in terms of volume, and for this Ukraine "should be grateful to Scholz."
8:44 A warehouse containing parts for Shahed-136 drones has been destroyed in Russia. Russian losses are estimated at $16 million. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
"A warehouse where parts for Shahed-136 drones, which the aggressor uses to strike Ukraine, were stored caught fire in the Alabuga economic zone in Russia," the GUR reported.
It is noted that the building contained 65 fuselages of attack drones, as well as engines, navigation systems, thermal imaging cameras for the production of 400 units of "shaheds" - everything burned down.
8:30 Over the past 24 hours, 234 combat clashes have been recorded. In the Kurakhovo direction, the Defense Forces repelled 30 attacks. In Kurakhovo, fighting continues in the urban area. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report.
8:18 Operators of the 8th Regiment of the Special Operations Forces have destroyed 77 and wounded more than 40 North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of Russia over the past three days.
Ukrainian defenders also destroyed 12 vehicles, three buggies and an armored fighting vehicle.
7:55 As of December 23, the total combat losses of Russian troops on Ukrainian territory were estimated at 776,090 people (1,990 per day).
7:30 North Korea is preparing to send additional troops and military equipment to Russia, including kamikaze drones. This was reported by Yonhap, citing data from South Korean intelligence.
"A comprehensive assessment of multiple intelligence sources indicates that North Korea is preparing to rotate or increase its deployment of troops to Russia," South Korean intelligence said, adding that North Korea is beginning to produce and supply kamikaze drones.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in fierce battles in most areas,
The Russians are most actively advancing in the Pokrovsky direction. There are currently 10 fierce battles taking place there.
Since the beginning of the current day, the total number of combat clashes on the front line has increased to 164. The battles are being conducted in 11 directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00 on Monday, December 23.
Thus, three combat clashes took place in the Kharkov direction . An attack by Russians in the Volchansk area was repelled, and two more combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, five assaults by the invaders near Kondrashovka, Petrovpavlovka, Kolesnikovka, Lozovaya and Boguslavka have been stopped. Another seven battles are still ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked 17 times in the areas of Grekovka, Novoyegorovka, Zeleny Gai, Novaya Kruglyakovka, Tverdokhlebovo, Nadezhda, Novosergeevka, Terny and Ivanovka. Six combat clashes are still unfinished.
In the Seversky direction, our defenders repelled eight enemy assaults in the area of Belogorovka and Grigorovka. Five combat clashes continue.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy stormed the area of Stupochki, Chasovy Yar and Predtechino seven times. Two more combat clashes remain unfinished.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked 13 times near Dilievka, Dachnoye, Belaya Gora, Shcherbinovka and Toretsk. Six combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, in the areas of the settlements of Mirolyubovka, Dachenskoye, Novy Trud, Novotroitskoye, Zelenoe, Novoelizavetovka, Novoyelenovka, Novopustynka and Uspenovka, the enemy has already attacked 21 times since the beginning of the day. 11 attacks have been repelled. Fierce fighting is underway.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, seven enemy assaults have been stopped in the areas of the settlements of Kurakhovo, Petrovpavlovka, Solntsevka, Starye Terny and Andreyevka. Eleven combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Vremevsky direction, seven out of 18 Russian assaults continue near Novodarovka, Dachnoye, Konstantinopolskoye, Konstantinopol, Razliv, Razdolnoye, Novy Komar and Novosyolka.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, our defenders repelled one enemy assault in the Belogorye region.
In the Orekhov direction the enemy attacked unsuccessfully four times.
The General Staff does not provide information on the number of battles in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. However, it is noted that the Russians carried out 237 attacks on the territory of the Kursk region, including 24 from multiple launch rocket systems.
Let us recall that on December 22, Russia lost about two thousand soldiers at the front . The total number of losses of the aggressor country is approaching 800 thousand killed and wounded.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov region, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on armed formations of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Borshchevaya and Lebedevka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops, two motor vehicles, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one assault brigade and four mechanised brigades of the AFU near Kopanki, Dvurechnaya, Zagryzovo, Zeleny Gai (Kharkov region), Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Terni (Donetsk People's Republic).
Seven counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to more than 400 troops, six motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, three U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, and one airmobile brigade of the AFU near Druzkovka, Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Artem, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic). One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, two pickup trucks, one 152mm D-20 gun, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two UK-made 105mm L-119 guns.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one motorised infantry brigade, one infantry brigade, seven mechanised brigades of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Dzerzhinsk, Shcherbinovka, Lysovka, Shevchenko, Dachenskoye, Novoolenovka, and Novotroitskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Thirteen counter-attacks launched by AFU armed formations were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 610 troops, two tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made MaxxPro and two Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
As a result of decisive actions, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Storozhevoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on formations of one motorised infantry brigade, two mechanised brigades of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Razdolnoye, Razliv (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gulai Pole (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 155 troops, four motor vehicles, one French-made 155mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Novoandreyevka, Lobkovoye, Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region), Mikhaylovka (Kherson region). One counterattack of the enemy's assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 45 troops, three motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of military airfields, attack UAV depots, as well as engaged manpower and hardware clusters of the enemy in 143 areas.
Air defence units shot down 14 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 650 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 38,355 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,961 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,504 MLRS combat vehicles, 19,953 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,452 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 operations, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, four territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Loknya, Martynovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolskoye, Novaya Sorochina, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskaya Konopelka. Two counterattacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Zaoleshenka, Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, Mikhaylovka, Nikolsky, Staraya Sorochina as well as Basovka, Belovody, Vodolagi, and Zhuravka.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 300 troops, two tanks, including one U.S.-made Abrams tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, namely, one U.S.-made Bradley, one German-made Marder, and one Swedish-made CV-90, three armoured fighting vehicles, namely, one U.S.-made Stryker and two M113, three armoured fighting vehicles, one artillery gun, four mortars, one U.S.-made M88 armoured recovery vehicle, and eight motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 43,310 troops, 253 tanks, 194 infantry fighting vehicles, 135 armoured personnel carriers, 1,315 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,174 motor vehicles, 324 artillery guns, 42 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 79 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] 20:07 Drone operators of the North group of forces destroyed enemy reconnaissance UAVs in the Khar'kov region –Ministry of Defense.
Objective control footage shows how Russian UAV operators of the Northern Forces Group shot down several enemy reconnaissance drones in the air.
19:35 Presumably, the Russian Armed Forces lead fighting in the center of Zagryzov.
19:27 Assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces advanced in Toretsk.
19:12 From 16:50 to 17:30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
18:47 Captured Ukrainian serviceman Anatoly Startsev –about the execution of deserters by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
According to the prisoner of war, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command shoots soldiers leaving their positions in the LPR, and documents the death as allegedly due to careless handling of weapons.
Startsev said that their commanders did not appear at the front lines, tasks were assigned via radio, and there was nothing to say about providing personnel with supplies:
"When we sat for 10 days without provisions, we were already getting ready to go and surrender to you. The senior who led us, we never saw him, we only communicated by radio, told us: "I will personally shoot you. No one will go back."
The prisoner shared that he had undergone retraining in the Zhitomir region. There, the militants were psychologically indoctrinated against the Russians.
Startsev also noted that the Ukrainian command kept them in the dark and did not even explain where and whose positions were.
"When they were taking us to the position, they didn't say that we were going to zero. They just said that we would go to the training ground to continue learning - only from a different place," the prisoner said of how he ended up at the front.
17:25 According to incoming information in the form of objective control, our troops, after the liberation of Kruglenkiy in the Kursk region, were able to closely approach Viktorovka in the outskirts of Malaya Loknya, report s war correspondent Timofey Ermakov.
16:00 Advance in the Severny microdistrict of Chasova Yara –map.
15:52 Kursk region. Advance of assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces south of Kruglenky in the direction of Viktorovka.
15:18 Pokrovsky district. RF Armed Forces are being fixed on the eastern outskirts of Novovasilevka.
14:02 Servicemen of the 39th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade evacuated civilians from under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:51 “Choose: to live or to die on Russian soil in ruins” –video
Ukrainian militants surrendered to our fighters in the Kursk border area after a powerful speech by a Russian soldier. He reminded the VSU fighters that they were surrounded and had only two options.
Eventually, reason prevailed, and the Ukrainian fighters emerged from the basement with their hands raised.
13:28 An explosion is reported in Kyiv.
13:20 At the moment is carried out Russian drones attack Ukrainian Armed Forces positions. Air raid sirens sound in Kyiv and several northern regions
"Gerani" in the south of the Chernihiv region, southwest course;
"Gerani" in the east of the Kyiv region, heading west;
"Gerani" in the central part of the Sumy region, southwest course;
"Gerani" in the direction of Boryspil from the east.
12:58 A powerful explosion was heard near Zhitomir in the area of an armored vehicle plant where equipment is assembled and foreign tanks are repaired, the pro-Russian resistance told RIA Novosti.
12:46 They come as operational data on active assault operations in Novoolenovka near Krasnoarmeysk.
12:01 The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in the Kursk region
Russian militaryreleasedthe village of Kruglenkoye and are storming Kurilovka near Sudzha.
The settlement, occupied by the enemy in the first days of the invasion, is located 3.5 km from the city and is an important stronghold of the enemy on the way to the P200 highway, which is the main source of supplies for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
11:41 The strike yesterday evening was carried out on an active military airfield in Mirgorod, Poltava region, the pro-Russian resistance told RIA Novosti.
After a small regrouping, Russian troops began clearing out Storozhevoy and are gradually advancing toward Neskuchnoye. There is practically no trace left in this area of last year's activity by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which began a counteroffensive from here with the goal of reaching Mariupol, writes "War Chronicle".
It would not be wrong to say that after the capture of Neskuchny, the fate of Velyka Novosyolka and the garrison of the Ukrainian army would be virtually predetermined, since after several attempts to storm it, Russian troops managed to bypass the village from the north and begin its encirclement in the area of Novy Komar;
Advance is difficult, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are resisting as best they can, but the shortage of people in the trenches and the Russian Federation's superiority in artillery are affecting the Ukrainian army's ability to fight back for a long time;
The most important strongholds in this area are gradually falling away from the defensive network. Most likely, the alignment of the front line here will begin immediately after the Russian army finally crushes the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kurakhovo.
11:00 Kalinin Hospital comes under fire in Donetsk
The enemy is once again striking civilian targets. The strike was carried out using the American HIMARS multiple rocket launcher.
About six missiles were shot down by our air defense, reports War correspondent Rudenko.
10:59 Footage of the destruction of a Ukrainian armored fighting vehicle —video.
10:46 The Russian Armed Forces have occupied the center in Terny near Liman and continue to push back the enemy. This was reported by a Ukrainian serviceman with the call sign "Muchnoy".
The information is also confirmed by other militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"The situation in Terny is difficult... Over the past week, the situation there has significantly worsened, the village, which was already destroyed, has now been completely dismantled by KABs, there is practically nowhere to stay in it," writes a militant with the call sign "Alex."
According to him, new infantry of the Russian Armed Forces is being brought into the village, and the prognosis for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is disappointing.
9:43 The Russian Armed Forces took control of the Severny microdistrict in Chasov Yar, stated Denis Pushilin.
9:11 The distance from Russian positions to the Pokrovskoye mine administration in the DPR is approximately three km.
This information is from TASS reported in the security forces.
9:40 New Su-57 and Su-34 sent to Russian troops
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), part of Rostec,sent new aircraft were delivered to the Russian Armed Forces.
Rostec CEO Sergey Chemezov recalled that the Su-34 bomber is valued for its high tactical, technical and combat characteristics, and the Su-57 is currently the world's only fifth-generation fighter. Chemezov called it the "king of the sky."
9:00 Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted six strikes on Gornostaevsky district
"The settlement of Kairy was subjected to shelling. In addition, seven cases of UAV attacks were recorded on the territory of Gornostaevka, Kair and Zavodovka," the district administration reported.
8:05 Destruction of the enemy's control and adjustment point in the village of Belogorovka.
UAV operators of the 7th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade discovered a permanent firing point, where an enemy control and adjustment point was located. The enemy position was destroyed by the forces of the 2nd Artillery Brigade, -video.
Russians took a UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) ordinarily used in Moskva as a courier, and modified it for use on the battlefield.
[ColonelCassad] One of the Kurier NRTKs, transferred thanks to subscribers of the Colonelcassad and ChDambiev telegram channels, conducted reconnaissance in force on the outskirts of the settlement of Velyka Novosyolka.
The robot successfully overcame 4 minefields, 1 anti-tank ditch, 1 anti-tank tangle (wire).
It reached the outskirts of Velyka Novosyolka and fired from the AGS-17 at enemy positions. The distance from the operator to the line of opening fire was over 8,000 meters.
On the retreat after firing its ammunition, the Kurier was hit by six fpv drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants and went down in history as the first NRTK to enter Velyka Novosyolka.
His brothers will avenge him.
Robots going for revenge? I seem to recall an entire film series based on that…
North Korea is reportedly preparing to deploy additional troops to Russia and supply kamikaze UAVs, according to South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency, citing intelligence.
North Korea demonstrated UAVs resembling Russian Lancet and Israeli Harop in recent footage. pic.twitter.com/sibNWZhStF
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Kimmie offloaded his unreliable unwanteds and told Vlad he didn't want them back. Vlad said he had a place for them.
The rest of the NK Army took note.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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