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[LB] The Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Kharkiv regions were also shelled.
Iryna Lysohor
In the Chernihiv region , the Russian army carried out one shelling yesterday - in the Novogorod-Siversky district.
Mortars were hit, there were no losses or destruction. This was reported in a summary from the regional military administrations as of this morning.
During the day yesterday, the enemy made 94 strikes in the Sumy region . The communities of Shalyginsk, Krasnopilsk, Bilopolsk and Yunakivsk were under fire. In all cases, there were no victims. At night - no shelling.
In Zaporizhzhya , during the past day, the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Stepove, Mala Tokmachka, Lugivske, Biloghirya, Chervone, Omelnik, Novopavlivka, Novodanilivka, Zaliznychne, Gulyaipole, Novoandriivka, Biloghirya, Olgivske, Dorozhnyanka, Malynivka, Shcherbaki, Poltavka, Orihiv, Plavni, Kamianske, Mali Shcherbaki, Magdalinivka. 21 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of Russian shelling. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified.
In the Donetsk region, an artillery shelling of the old part of Avdiyivka from "Grady" took place in the morning. Information about the injured civilians is being clarified. Along the line of defense around the city, chaotic, individual flights to positions continued. At night - missile strikes on Kramatorsk and Kostyantynivka. The road surface is damaged, there is destruction and victims. At night, the village of Bogoyavlenka near Vugledar was also shelled. Information about the dead is being clarified.
Intense shelling of the city of Soledar, it is known about the damage to the five-story building, information about the injured civilians is currently being ascertained. In the village 24 private houses and two five-story buildings were damaged in Paraskoviivka. Also at night there was shelling of the village of Raihorodok of the Mykolaiv community, the strike was in the area of the railway crossing. No victims. At least six civilians were injured during the day.
In Dnipropetrovsk twice during the night, the Russians hit the Marganets community with "Hrads" and heavy artillery. No victims. There are damaged houses and cafes. Representatives of the State Emergency Service are working at the scene of the damage, the consequences are being investigated.
In the Luhansk region, the village of Nevske, located in the Krasnorichen community of the Svativ district, was subjected to massive shelling last day. After the deoccupation, about 150 people remained to live there. The Russians killed two of them yesterday. Two more were wounded. The Russians also opened fire from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions along Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Ploschanka and Dibrov. Attacks of the occupiers were repulsed in the districts of Bilogorivka, Chervonpopivka, and Kuzmyny.
In Kharkivska, as a result of yesterday's rocket attack on the market in Shevchenkive village of Kupyan district, which happened in the morning, two people were killed and six people were injured, among them a 10-year-old child. Doctors assess the condition of the injured girl as moderate. In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy shelled the positions of our troops and civilian objects in the areas of the settlements of Strelecha, Zelene, Ambarne and Gatishche.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy fired tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of settlements: Dvorichna, Kupyansk, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka and Krokhmalne. As a result of shelling, one man was wounded and hospitalized in Dvorichna village of Kupyan district.
In the Mykolaiv region, yesterday during the day and this morning, the enemy struck the coastal strip of the Ochakiv community and the city of Ochakiv. As a result of yesterday's shelling at 14:08, 15 people were injured, including a two-year-old child. Four people were taken to Mykolaiv for treatment.
According to preliminary data, windows and roofs of more than 200 residential buildings, administrative buildings, and social infrastructure objects were significantly damaged by the blast wave. In general, windows and roofs of buildings were damaged in most parts of the city. The explosive wave also damaged roofs and windows in Chornomorska, Kutsurubska and Berezanska communities.
In the Kherson region, the Russian occupiers continue shelling. According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the civilian infrastructure of Chornobayivka, Antonivka, Zolotaya Balka and Kherson was affected by artillery shelling. At night, the occupiers shelled one of the critical infrastructure enterprises in Kherson. A fire broke out due to the Russian attack, the institution's car burned down. In addition, as a result of Russian shelling, an electrical substation was damaged.
Also, enemy artillery once again hit the residential quarters of the regional center. These shellings killed two people, and another woman was wounded by shrapnel from Russian shells. Currently, doctors are fighting for her life. In total, two people were killed and two more were wounded during the day as a result of the shelling of the Russians.
It will be recalled that the Russian army went on the offensive in Soledar. Intense battles between the defenders and the occupiers continue there.
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[Vesti] The Russians advanced in some areas, but at the cost of very heavy losses
The Russians are trying to increase the intensity of the fighting in the area of Bakhmut and Soledar. Mercenaries of PMC "Wagner" announced the seizure of territory within Soledar.
This is stated in the report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin uses reports of the situation in Soledar to boost his company's reputation as an effective fighting force. Analysts noted that frames were “walking” on social networks, where it was clear that the “Wagnerites” were participating in the battle near the city administration building in the center of Soledar. Some Russian bloggers noted that Wagner PMC forces conduct quarterly advances in Soledar and other settlements northeast of Bakhmut and in Bakhmut itself.
The ISW recalled that on January 9, Prigozhin stressed that "exclusively" Wagner units were occupying positions in Soledar, and noted that his mercenaries were currently fighting for the city administration building. ISW analysts believe that Prigozhin is using both confirmed and fabricated successes of Wagner PMCs in Soledar and Bakhmut to promote his company as a unified Russian group in Ukraine capable of achieving success.
As journalist Yuri Butusov wrote, Soledar, where the Russian military began a powerful assault on January 9, found itself in a threatening situation. The Russians have reached a position from which they can fire on the main supply route to Soledar. The Russians cannot go out onto the road itself.
He noted that the city is not completely surrounded, but normal supply along the highway is impossible. According to the journalist, this is critical for defense. However, there are opportunities to improve the situation.
"We have significant forces concentrated in this area, we have troops, there are many people. We have equipment. The difficult situation is understandable to everyone. We need actions that will correct this situation. We need not chaotic actions, but planned ones in order to realize our advantages step by step. The tactical situation is understandable to our command, yesterday the commander of the OUV A. Syrsky was in Soledar," Butusov emphasized.
At the same time, he noted that the temperature complicates the actions of the troops. It is -18 degrees in Soledar now, and this must be taken into account. According to Butusov, this creates problems for both the Ukrainian defenders and the Russians. At this temperature, combat effectiveness is very dependent on proper supplies.
"The 46th airmobile brigade is conducting tough defensive battles for every house. Some other units are also helping them - border guards, MTRs, tankers. Close battles and skirmishes continue. The Russians have advanced in some directions today, but at the cost of very heavy losses. 46th the airmobile brigade does its best, maintains combat capability in super-heavy conditions.
"The paratroopers act exemplarily, the fighters trust the commanders, and everyone does everything possible to destroy the enemy. Russian assault groups are destroyed one after another in close combat, but they continue to attack and enter into battle reserves," he said.
Butusov believes that the main threat from the Russians is coverage from the flanks of the city.
"They will do everything possible to break through to the highway in the rear of Soledar. Fresh reserves from the airborne troops were sent to bypass Soledar, the Russian command attaches great political importance to the capture of Soledar," the journalist emphasized.
At the same time, he added that units of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade and the 46th Airmobile Brigade are operating just as effectively nearby. " Our army has both commanders and experience in order to effectively destroy the Russians and win in the most difficult conditions. We all worry about the heroes of Soledar and believe in our army, which, if properly organized, can defeat the Russian occupiers near Soledar," the journalist summed up.
Currently, the most difficult situation on the eastern front is in Soledar, Donetsk region . During the day, the enemy made 86 strikes on the city from different types of artillery.
Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stated this on the air of the telethon.
"During the day, they hit Soledar 86 times with various types of artillery, so the situation there is very difficult now, the most difficult on the eastern front," Cherevaty said.
He added that the enemy had concentrated the best units of the "Wagner" PVK in the direction of Soledar, wanting to show at least some result. However, Russian warfare methods remain outdated and the enemy's small tactical successes are achieved through overwhelming force and heavy losses among its personnel.
Yesterday, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar announced that the enemy had launched a new powerful assault on Soledar.
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Photo if Prigozhin and mercs in one of the salt mines. Must feel pretty safe for a photo op and have a good part of town under Russian control. Mines are in southern arc of city. VDV (airborne) attempting to encircle Ukrainians from north and south.
Do the people who riff on russia's strategy, do any of them argue that Ukrainians are master strategists? Or is the answer simply known and just not discussed? I dont see them arguing the former, so I accept the later.
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The discussions I see of Ukrainian battlefield strategy almost all seem to come from (well-intentioned) outsiders who aren't aware of actual planning. The limited amount of official info at that level needs to be regarded as possible disinfo. Example: Uke MoD recently said roughly "next counter-offensive is in March". I'd take that with a giant grain of (Soledar) salt, and expect it anytime but March.
Do the people who riff on russia's strategy, do any of them argue that Ukrainians are master strategists? Or is the answer simply known and just not discussed? I dont see them arguing the former, so I accept the later.
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[Korrespondent] 22:25 Zelensky confirmed in an evening video message that he had revoked the citizenship of four people: Andriy Derkach, Taras Kozak, Renat Kuzmin and Viktor Medvedchuk. "If people's deputies choose to serve not the people of Ukraine, but the murderers who came to Ukraine, then our actions will be appropriate," the president stressed.
21:52 During her visit to Kharkiv, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock announced assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 20 million euros to finance Starlink satellite communications services.
21:43 Ukrainian media write that Zelensky has revoked the citizenship of four deputies of the Rada: ex-people's deputies from the Opposition Platform for Life Viktor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Renat Kuzmin and Andriy Derkach.
21:18 Canada will acquire the NASAMS air defense system from the United States and transfer it to Ukraine, Defense Minister Anita Anand said: "This is Canada's first donation of an air defense system to Ukraine. In the face of Russia's brutal air strikes on Ukraine, this air defense system will help protect Ukrainian settlements and critical infrastructure from attacks by drones, missiles and aircraft."
20:32 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that heavy battles are now underway to hold Soledar: "The enemy does not pay attention to the heavy losses of its personnel and continues to actively storm. The approaches to our positions are simply littered with the bodies of dead enemy fighters. Our fighters courageously hold the defense ".
19:56 Ukraine can receive Patriot air defense in the middle of spring, but for now, training and organization of the supply of these systems is underway, Podolyak said. In addition, according to him, right now additional NASAMS, Gepard, IRIS-T air defense systems are coming to Ukraine. The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office also said that negotiations on the provision of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine are being conducted "very intensively."
19:52 Zelensky said that he had the first telephone conversation with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar: "Thanked for the freezing of Russian assets. We discussed support for the energy system of Ukraine and post-war reconstruction."
19:30 Zelensky said that he had discussed defense support and the situation at the front with Estonian President Alar Karis.
18:59 Ukrainians will be able to exchange ordinary lamps for LED ones by submitting an application to Dії. Registration for the beta test begins this week, the Ministry of Digital Development announced. A preliminary application will guarantee the availability of LED lamps, they can be picked up at the nearest branch of Ukrposhta. Replacing conventional lamps with LEDs will help save energy and reduce the load on the power grid. The first batch of lamps is fully funded by the EU.
18:31 German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock, following her visit to Kharkiv, called the city "a symbol of the absolute madness of the Russian aggressive war in Ukraine." She promised new arms deliveries and other support for Ukraine. "It's important to me that we don't lose sight of Ukraine's place in our European family," Burbock said.
18:22 As a result of the occupation at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, there was a significant degradation of nuclear and radiation safety, the acting director said. Head of the State Nuclear Regulatory Agency Oleg Korikov. According to him, ZNPP does not generate electricity now, but only consumes it. All six power units have been shut down, but the station is powered by the Ukrainian power system. Korikov noted that now the Russians use the ZNPP as a military base, in particular, they repair military equipment there.
18:14 In Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, hospitals are overflowing with the wounded, so Russian troops have equipped three more military hospitals over the past week, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an evening summary.
17:55 The Ukrainian military will begin a training program on working with the Patriot system as early as next week. The preparation will last for several months, according to CNN. The Ukrainians will train at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, one of four places for basic training for the US Army. The United States is considering different options for training Ukrainians: both directly at American training grounds and abroad, or a combination of both options.
17:36 German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock is in Kharkiv , her visit has not been announced before, DPA reports.
17:12 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo: "We discussed Ukraine's urgent defense needs against the backdrop of a possible escalation at the front. He invited me to join the implementation of our ten-step peace formula. He thanked for the asylum for Ukrainian citizens."
17:10 Turkey supports the Ukrainian formula for peace, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said: "Of course, our goal is a strong peace and a mutually acceptable solution. We believe that this war will end at the negotiating table. The sooner this happens, the better... But there are new conditions and realities. Russia is now expressing its willingness to negotiate, and Zelensky has proposed a ten-point peace plan. As Turkey, we support this plan and continue our work."
17:02 Russia has sharply reduced the intensity of artillery shelling, in some places by 75%, CNN reports, citing US and Ukrainian officials. There is no clear or single explanation for this. It is possible that Russia may be rationing artillery shells due to low supply levels, or it may be part of a wider reassessment of tactics in the face of successful Ukrainian offensives.
In any case, this decrease in the number of artillery shelling is further evidence of Russia's weakening position on the battlefield, almost a year after the invasion, the publication's sources note.
16:49 Belarus has not yet seen the movement of equipment and personnel to the borders with Ukraine, while Russia continues to transfer parts to Belarus, and from Belarus to the eastern direction of Ukraine, said Andrei Demchenko, speaker of the State Border Guard Service. He called the constant exercises in Belarus an intensification in order to give more importance to this direction and force Ukraine to keep the necessary amount of forces and means near the borders with Belarus.
"At the moment, we do not note the forces and means, the creation of such a strike force that could make a second invasion from Belarus right now, and the intelligence units do not note this either," Demchenko added.
16:43 Since the beginning of the full-scale war, the SBU has exposed more than 600 Russian agents and spies. In total, the Security Service is investigating more than 1.5 thousand criminal proceedings on treason and espionage, more than 340 of them have been sent to court.
As an example, the SBU cited the detention of a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Russian military intelligence, which was preparing for the physical elimination of the Minister of Defense and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, as well as a well-known Ukrainian activist.
16:35 Monitoring missions of the IAEA will arrive in Ukraine at all nuclear power plants, including Chernobyl, to control the state of safety of stations in war conditions, the acting official said. Chairman of the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation Oleg Korikov.
16:21 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with European Council President Charles Michel: "He informed about the situation on the battlefield and Ukraine's urgent needs for weapons. We agreed on joint efforts to implement the peace formula. We discussed expectations from the upcoming Ukraine-EU summit."
16:17 Annual inflation in Ukraine amounted to 26.6%, the State Statistics Service reported. At the same time, food prices rose by 34.4% over the year. The price of eggs increased the most - by 76.6%, fruits - by 73.8% and vegetables - by 51.8%.
16:11 Pakistan intends to send 159 containers of ammunition to Ukraine in January. The delivery will go through the Polish port of Gdansk, India's main business publication The Economic Times writes, citing sources. According to the publication, we are talking about 155-mm shells, M4A2 propellant charges, M82 primers and PDM fuses.
The publication notes that this is not the first time Pakistan sends weapons to Ukraine - earlier this was done on behalf of the UK or through military-industrial complex enterprises in Eastern Europe. In return, Pakistan expects to receive assistance from Ukraine in the modernization of its Mi-17 helicopters. The newspaper also points to the great experience of military-technical cooperation between Ukraine and Pakistan in the past, including the supply of more than 320 Ukrainian T-80UD tanks to Pakistan in past years.
15:57 Latvia will offer Ukraine a new batch of Stinger man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems, Minister of Defense Inara Murniece said. Latvia is also considering the possibility of training the Ukrainian military on its territory. In addition, the minister believes that Latvia could continue to supply drones to Ukraine. Riga will announce its list of military support after the meeting of the allies at the Ramstein base, which will take place on January 20.
15:20 Investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine is being conducted in 21 countries, Eurojust President Ladislav Hamran said. Gathering evidence of the underlying crimes and analyzing them, leading to charges, "will be a long road that will last for several years," he said.
14:39 The European Union will expand sanctions against Belarus and Iran due to support for Russian aggression in Ukraine, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
14:08 The Ukrainian military in Soledar is working to exhaust the enemy as much as possible so that his successes turn out to be a pyrrhic victory, said Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “The situation there is very difficult now, the most difficult on the eastern front. It is the defenders of Soledar who are now doing everything to exhaust the enemy, reduce his offensive potential to the maximum so that even some tactical successes lead to a great Pyrrhic victory."
13:59 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that partners should transfer battle tanks to Ukraine: "I believe that Ukraine should receive all the necessary weapons that it needs so that they can cope with the defense of their homeland. This means, of course, advanced air defense systems, but also other types of advanced military equipment, as much as necessary to protect Ukraine."
In turn, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, also supported the provision of more weapons to Ukraine, without specifying specific types: "There is an aggressor - the Kremlin, and there is a victim - the people of Ukraine. I am glad that in the last weeks and months after the start of the war, the member states were able to send more and more military equipment to Ukraine. The European Council has repeatedly repeated the call for more military support for Ukraine to ensure it is able to defend itself. Because we know they are fighting for their future, but also for our common values."
13:33 The power of the generators imported into Ukraine is equal to one NPP unit. According to Forbes, from January to November, 354,000 generators worth $355 million were imported to Ukraine, which is six times more than in 2021. The budget received 2 billion hryvnias from this.
13:06 The EU and NATO signed an updated Joint Declaration on Cooperation - the first in the last five years and since the beginning of a full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine. “We have just signed the third EU-NATO joint declaration to further deepen the strategic partnership. This is more important than ever… President Putin wanted to take over Ukraine in three days and divide us. He failed on both counts,” Stoltenberg said.
According to the NATO Secretary General, the Russian regime seeks to change the security order in Europe and control all its neighbors: "Therefore, we must strengthen transatlantic ties, strengthen the partnership between the EU and NATO and strengthen our support for Ukraine." Stoltenberg added that China's behavior also requires allies to respond.
12:58 The SBU has collected evidence of the guilt of the head of the diocese of the UOC-MP in the Vinnytsia region, Jonathan, in publicly justifying the Russian armed aggression against Ukraine. The indictment was sent to court - the metropolitan faces up to eight years in prison.
12:55 Italy intends to supply Ukraine with an air defense system, but first it must resolve technical issues, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.
12:49 Information about the Russian military destroyed in Makiivka will not be published, it is brought to the families, the military commissar of the Samara region said.
12:28 Russia is planning another wave of mobilization and an offensive to seize new territories, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine are ready to repel attacks and further liberate their territory, Andrey Chernyak, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "They understand that they will lose, and the proof of this can be the construction of fortifications in the temporarily occupied territories: in the Zaporozhye region, in the south of the occupied Kherson region, and in the north of Crimea. That is, they clearly understand that they will need to conduct military operations there, and they are already building defensive structures there."
He added that it is not yet possible to reveal the exact plans for the Ukrainian offensive, but "there is the task of the supreme commander in chief and there are plans of the Armed Forces to liberate the territories of Ukraine." Chernyak stressed that the mobilization, which, according to the GUR, Russia should announce on January 15, will not prevent the Ukrainian military from conducting offensive operations.
11:54 Russia, contrary to rumors, did not warn China about the invasion of Ukraine during the Beijing Olympics, writes the Financial Times, citing its sources. According to the publication, the Chinese deputy foreign minister was demoted due to the fact that he could not predict the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Putin did not warn Xi Jinping about an attack on Ukraine, but said that Russia would be ready to respond if the Ukrainian army attacked Russian territory. Now the Chinese government is talking about distrust of Putin personally. China admits that Russia will emerge from the conflict with Ukraine as an economically and politically weakened "minor power," the sources say.
11:50 The Defense Forces of the Tauride direction hit a Russian boat on the Dnieper, Yevgeny Yerin, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction, told the UP. According to him, this happened in the area of Belogrudy Island, the defeat was inflicted by artillery.
11:36 The head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, said that in Ochakov, next to the military unit, which the Russians had been shelling for months, there was a warehouse from the Second World War, filled with concrete. “The Russians decided that this was an ammunition depot, and they fired long and tediously there. Yesterday, with an expensive rocket, like two daggers, they pierced a meter of concrete to blow up mines of the Second World War. The only thing they did was deprived windows and roofs of half the city of Ochakov, brought panic in Nikolaev. Thank God, no one was hurt."
11:17 The Pentagon sees no signs that Belarus intends to enter the war against Ukraine, even despite the joint exercises, said the representative of the department Sabrina Singh: "We know for sure that the Russians and Belarusians will train together. However, we do not see any signs that Belarus intends to enter the conflict. We believe that this is just a drill."
10:31 Heavy fighting is going on in the direction of Kremennaya, but success is on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said. Near Svatovo, the Russians tried unsuccessfully to counterattack - the fighting there is going on at a distance of 40 meters from one side to the other.
The invaders are shelling the liberated settlements: in Nevsky, two people were killed and two injured as a result of yesterday's shelling, today they will be evacuated from there. In Novoselovskoye, the Russians deliberately fired at all houses and structures without exception, so that the Ukrainian defenders had nowhere to gain a foothold.
10:17 As of the morning of January 10, electricity consumption in Ukraine has increased due to low temperatures, and consumption by industry and business has also increased. As a result, the power shortage has grown, including at night, Ukrenergo reported. To ensure balance in the energy system, consumption limits have been brought to the regions, which are valid throughout the day. Limits have already been exceeded in many areas, so emergency shutdowns apply.
Also, in some regions, due to adverse weather conditions, there are damages in the networks of distribution system operators, repair work is underway. In the frontline regions in the east and south, the situation with electricity supply remains difficult due to significant damage to electricity networks as a result of hostilities.
09:38 In Mariupol, global forced passportization has started, said the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko. So, from January 1, it becomes mandatory to obtain Russian passports for all teachers, doctors, police officers and employees of "state power". From March 1, it will be impossible to engage in entrepreneurial activities in Mariupol without a passport. In addition, all "judges", "lawyers", "lawyers" must be accredited by the "DNR" before March 1. At the same time, there is no "law" about this, but it was verbally warned about it.
09:27 Colonel-General Alexander Lapin has been appointed chief of the General Staff of the Ground Forces of the RF Armed Forces, Russian Izvestia reports, citing a source. Vasily Tonkoshkurov, who led the Ground Forces since 2018, moved to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
In November, Lapin was removed from command of the Central Military District amid criticism from Kadyrov and Prigozhin following Russia's defeats in Kharkiv Oblast and Liman. At the same time, Lapin officially remains in the position of commander of the Central Military District.
09:21 British intelligence reports that over the past four days, Russian troops and Wagner PMC forces have carried out a tactical attack on Soledar and probably control most of the settlement. According to analysts, the capture of Bakhmut remains the main operational task of Russia, and the Soledar Axis is most likely an attempt by the Russian Federation to bypass Bakhmut from the north and disrupt Ukrainian lines of communication.
Intelligence also notes that part of the fighting was for the entrances to the abandoned 200-kilometer salt mine tunnels that run under the area. Both sides are probably concerned that they could be used to infiltrate the rear.
But despite increased pressure on Bakhmut, Russia is unlikely to immediately encircle the city because Ukrainian forces maintain stable deep defensive lines and control supply routes, analysts say.
09:13 In the Kherson region over the past day due to Russian shelling, two people were killed, two more were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:10 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, six civilians were injured - four in Bakhmut and two in Kurakhovka, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
08:41 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Ukrainian military continues to attack the Russian occupiers and have achieved success near the Kremennaya Lugansk region. Analysts point out that even Russian propagandists are already saying that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing to resume the offensive in the Liman sector.
ISW also notes that Prigozhin uses both confirmed and fabricated successes of Wagner PMCs in Soledar and Bakhmut to promote his company as the only Russian group capable of achieving tangible success in Ukraine.
08:33 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 10th. One ship or boat was added to the list of losses, the General Staff promised to provide "some more information" after clarification.
personnel - about 112,470 (+710) people liquidated,
tanks - 3084 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 6154 (+7),
artillery systems - 2073 (+4),
MLRS - 434 (+0),
air defense systems - 217 (+0),
aircraft - 285 (+0),
helicopters - 275 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1860 (+4),
cruise missiles - 723 (+0),
ships/boats - 17 (+1),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4817 (+8),
special equipment - 183 (+0).
08:22 The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Limansky directions, trying to improve the tactical situation in the Kupyansky direction. Focuses efforts on the capture of the Donetsk region within the administrative border, has no success, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Chervonopopovka, Kuzmino, Luhansk region and Soledar, Belogorovka, Podgorodnoye, Bakhmut, Klescheevka, Vodyanoye, Kurdyumovka, Mayorsk, Maryinka and Pobeda, Donetsk region.
The occupiers continue to mobilize the local population in the temporarily occupied territories. So, in Gorlovka, Donetsk region, on January 6, during the next raid, up to 30 people were mobilized, four of them with disabilities. After two days of so-called training at the Vostochny training ground, they were sent to one of the military units of the Russian troops.
Meanwhile, about 120 invaders were brought to the hospital in Novotroitsk, Kherson region, in the first week of 2023.
02:49 The United States may transfer Stryker armored fighting vehicles to Ukraine as part of the next aid package, Politico writes, citing a Pentagon official. The Biden administration may announce the new package late next week, around the time of the Ramstein contact group meeting. The final decision on the transfer of Stryker has not yet been made, and the shipment of a new type of combat vehicles to Ukraine may be postponed, the publication clarifies.
01:23 The White House has a "confirmed and reliable" plan to finance the assistance Ukraine needs for almost the entire year 2023, and disagreements between political forces will not affect this, said US national security adviser Jake Sullivan. He noted that Americans mainly support Ukraine, and politicians - both Republicans and Democrats - rely on this support. Therefore, talking about the fact that there are deep disagreements on this issue is inappropriate.
00:47 The authorities of France and Poland are trying to convince Germany to unblock the supply of Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, Politico writes, citing an anonymous French official. According to him, Paris is putting pressure on Berlin, hoping to get consent to send Leopard to Ukraine on the eve of the Franco-German summit on January 22.
"Ukrainians really want to get Leopard because there are a lot of them in warehouses all over Europe," he explained. Since the tanks are manufactured by the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, their shipment to Ukraine requires permission for re-export from the country of origin, that is, Germany.
00:34 Germany will not be the only one to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Scholz said. He noted that he remains convinced of the need to coordinate arms deliveries to Ukraine with allies: "Germany will not do this alone. Germany will always remain united with its friends and allies."
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]RIA Novosti] Volunteers and mobilized tankers from the 59th Tank Regiment, 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the Western Military District told how the computer games they played "in civilian life" helped them develop a strategy in the fight against the enemy.
Earlier, RIA Novosti obtained footage of a unique tank duel between three tanks of the Western Military District and two Ukrainian tanks in the Donbass. According to updated data, mobilized fighters and volunteers from the 59th tank regiment participated in it.
"Of course, we played it, the combat concept, the use of tactics, of course, all this helps. This is also an experience, at first it was scary, then we got used to this work," a volunteer fighter with the call sign “Dim Dimych” told reporters.
His colleagues confirmed that this experience was useful to them at the front.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:54 The wounded woman in Shchebekino is a 47-year-old woman with a traumatic amputation of both legs. Traumatic shock with acute massive blood loss. Treated, delivered in a clear mind. 22:41 Two civilians were injured during shelling from the Ukrainian side of the city of Shebekino, Belgorod region, the governor said.
22:09 Enemy losses per day amounted to more than 130 Ukrainian soldiers killed and wounded, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
21:46 Units of PMC "Wagner" closed the boiler in the area of the Soledar outpatient clinic north of Salt Mine No. 4 and began cleaning up the city.
21:44 Military engineers of the Eastern Military District continue demining and clearing the territory for laying a water pipeline in the Donetsk People's Republic
In many settlements of Donbass, due to the consequences of hostilities, there is still no central water supply.
The Uran-6 robotic complex is used to destroy unexploded ordnance and mines. Following the robot, the entire territory must be examined by military engineers. Detection of explosive objects is carried out using unmanned aerial vehicles.
Only in a day of work of sappers, several dozen explosive objects were discovered - more than half a ton in TNT equivalent. The extracted deadly products are stored and destroyed by sappers by means of demolition.
“... We find mines of the Soviet type, but the production of the former Warsaw Pact countries, the current allies of NATO. Here is the danger, next to each anti-tank mine there are anti-personnel mines in a plastic case…”, shared the deputy commander of the demining detachment with the call sign “Tribun”.
20:11 The tankers who took part in the tank duel that conquered the Internet told how the battle with the enemy went. The crews included mobilized and volunteers.
Soldiers of the 59th Tank Regiment of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the Western Military District at workRIA Novosti correspondent observed.
19:30 Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing difficulties with the delivery of ammunition to Donbass
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing problems with the delivery of ammunition to the Donbass due to Russian strikes and difficulties with the weather. This was announced by the involved military expert on NATO weapons of the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine, Adrian Boke.
“We feel that the Ukrainian army is weakened and lacks ammunition <…>. Cold and snowy weather conditions make shipping difficult. There are impassable roads, so trucks cannot deliver ammunition to the gunners,” Boke said.
19:04 Anti-aircraft tandem "Needles" and "Shell": in the South-Donetsk directioncontinuecombat work of crews of ZRPK "Pantsir-S" and MANPADS "Igla" units of marines of the Pacific Fleet
They provide cover for the infantry advancing in the Ugledar direction.
Russian servicemen destroy more than 20 targets daily. Basically, these are unmanned aerial vehicles of the “NATO” model and missiles from the US-made HIMARS MLRS.
"Shell" can simultaneously accompany several targets at once, and of different types and at different heights. As a rule, "Needles" provide observation posts.
18:08 Coordinated, aptly, effectively: how the calculations of self-propelled guns 152mm "Msta-S" of the Central Military District destroy the positions of Ukrainian militants
Crews of self-propelled artillery daily inflict defeat on manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from different firing lines.
The accuracy of the fire is provided by spotters using UAVs.
The well-coordinated and effective actions of artillerymen prevent the transfer of enemy reserves and support the offensive actions of the Ground Forces in all directions.
17:17 Personnel the use by Russian servicemen of a new generation of high-precision munitions in the area of a special military operation
During reconnaissance operations using unmanned aerial vehicles, Russian military personnel uncovered the positions of Ukrainian nationalists in a fortified stronghold, as well as the advancement of enemy armored vehicles.
As a result of a pinpoint strike with a new generation of precision-guided munitions, the stronghold and armored object of the enemy were destroyed.
One precision-guided munition was used for each target.
16:04 Since the beginning of the special military operation destroyed 3,787 field artillery pieces and mortars.
15:08 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 20 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupyansk direction during the day;
◾️Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down three Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers and three pickup trucks in the Yuzhno-Donets direction;
◾️The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 40 servicemen of the 95th Airborne Brigade and the 103rd Terodefense Brigade in the Krasnolimansky direction;
◾️Russian troops destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction in a day;
◾️Russian air defense systems destroyed ten Ukrainian UAVs in a day;
◾️The RF Armed Forces hit units of two motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during an offensive in the Donetsk direction;
◾️Russian Armed Forces destroyed four Polish-made Krab self-propelled gun mounts in the DPR
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed two US-made counter-battery radars AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ-36 in the DPR;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed two installations of the Grad MLRS near Artemovsk and Konstantinovka in the DPR.
14:15 Air raid alert announced in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, data show online mapsUkrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
13:48 Statements by Sergei Shoigu:
◾️Russia in 2023 will continue to develop the nuclear triad;
◾️The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation plans to expand the arsenal of modern strike weapons of the Russian troops in 2023;
◾️There is a need to refine the equipment and equipment of the military to the highest level in 2023;
◾️The control and communications system of the RF Armed Forces will be improved using artificial intelligence technologies;
◾️The work of military commissariats in 2023 should be modernized;
◾️In 2023, the military department will improve the mechanisms for responding to citizen initiatives;
◾️Combat training of the RF Armed Forces will be improved on the basis of the practice of troops in the NVO zone and Syria;
◾️The Russian Federation in 2023 will increase the combat capabilities of the Aerospace Forces.
12:30 Georgia will not return Buk anti-aircraft systems sold to Ukraine in 2008
Tbilisi bought them, but did not receive them from Kyiv for free. The Ministry of Defense of Georgia refuted the words of Chargé d'Affaires for Ukraine in Georgia Andrei Kasyanov. Tbilisi will not disclose the details of the agreements, citing their secrecy.
"As for the transfer of weapons or dual-use equipment to Ukraine, Georgia has repeatedly voiced a clear position on this issue."
11:35 Captured soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who chose life,applyto Zelensky and Zaluzhny with a request to make an exchange.
“We are treated well, fed well, not beaten… We have families at home, wives and children…”
10:56 Armed forces of Ukraine again fired at the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region
There were no casualties, according to the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov. Twelve private households, two cars and a power line support were damaged. Now the workers are restoring the power supply.
09:15 OCU parishioners are offered to denounce priests who speak Russian. For this, a Telegram bot was specially created.
09:00 Summary for the morning of January 10, 2023:
The Russian army on the Soledar sector of the front is rushing towards the city center, there were battles for administrative buildings. The city is being covered from the south. There are reports about the focal nature of the defense of the city of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The unified defense system is broken.
Artemovsk (Bakhmut) - fierce battles. PMC Wagner is developing success north of the city in order to cut the Artemovsk-Seversk highway. There are reports that the enemy sent SBU officers to their units with the task of stopping desertion in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Marinka (Donetsk direction) - fighting for the settlement, Russian forces are on the offensive.
In Ochakovo (Nikolaev region) an ammunition depot was destroyed. Targets in Kramatorsk and Slavyansk were hit. In Kherson, three police stations were hit.
The enemy was shelling the Belgorod region.
08:05 Personnel launches from Iskanders at military infrastructure facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Missile battalions are on round-the-clock combat duty. Video of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
07:50 The Russian Armed Forces delivered precision strikes on the points of temporary deployment of Ukrainian militants in Kherson.
In the evening, the Ukrainian security forces were under fire - the blows fell on their places of deployment. In particular, the Dnieper, Suvorov and Ship police departments were under fire. As a result of the strike, a large number of people were injured, their number is being specified.
It should be noted that the affected security forces were engaged in cleaning up the pro-Russian population in Kherson and the region.
07:25 Destruction of the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ochakiv. In the afternoon, Russian troops attacked an object in Ochakov, Mykolaiv region. The missiles hit an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, located on the territory of the former 7th Coastal Battery near the ship traffic control post.
According to some reports, along with the ammunition depot, the radar station of the air defense complex was also destroyed. According to local sources, the sound of ammunition detonation was so strong that it was heard in Nikolaev and even in the settlements of the Kherson region.
07:00 At night, Russian troops again launched rocket attacks on Kramatorsk. Arrivals in the industrial area.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:57 The center of Soledar is under the control of Russian forces, Pushilin said. 21:07 Ukrainian troops at 20.30 fired 20 rockets from the MLRS in Makiivka, reported representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:35 Retreat from Soledar. A depressed Estonian mercenary near a Ukrainian Kozak-2M1 armored car damaged after the battle. January 10, 2023.
19:19 Artyomovsk for the evening:
Fierce battles continued from the south for Kleshcheevka, the loss of which threatens very serious problems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine south of Artemovsk and, above all, the emerging direct threat to the Chasov Yar-Artemovsk highway.
In Opytnoye, the battles are gradually shifting to the north of the village. Fights here go for each house. Experienced as before is the key to the southern part of Artemovsk.
In Artemovsk itself, fighting continued in the industrial zone and in the southeastern districts of the city. For the evening, there are no signs of the withdrawal of enemy troops from the city. According to autumn leaks, the plan for the defense of Artemovsk implies a retreat to the western districts of the city and the continuation of defense in urban areas, where trenches have been dug and concrete barriers have been erected since autumn.
The most difficult situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is north of Artemovsk, where, after the capture of Podgorodny, the Wagner assault groups advanced to Krasnaya Gora and actually violated the integrity of the enemy defense between Artemovsk and Soledar (where fighting is already taking place on the western outskirts).
Krasnaya Gora itself was under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the middle of the day, but a number of strongholds covering the village had already been lost. Paraskoviyivka is also under the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:35 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on January 10, 2023.
18:10 In Kleshcheevka: fighting continues in the village itself, but it is still under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kleshcheevka itself is partially covered by Russian assault groups.
The retention of Kleshcheevka is of paramount importance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since after its loss, the path to the Chasov Yar-Artemovsk road opens up for our troops. Therefore, part of the reserves from Chasov Yar is used by the enemy to hold the front in the Kleshcheevka area, but even here the situation for the enemy continues to deteriorate.
17:51 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
17:46 PMC "Wagner" attack on Soledar: the main thing:
The Ukrainian army is gradually losing control over Soledar. Several companies of the 128th Mountain Assault, 46th Airmobile and 61st Infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, defending Soledar, hastily change positions and move to the western and southwestern outskirts of the city.
Soldiers of PMC "Wagner" clear the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Podgorodny. From this ledge, the "musicians" launched an offensive in the area of Krasnaya Gora and Praskovievka.
The Russian forces partially established fire control over the intersection of the E-40 Artyomovsk-Soledar highway, which excludes the retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the south and complicates the transfer of reinforcements of the 17th Separate Tank Brigade to Soledar. In the north, under the fire control of PMCs, there is also a road in the area of salt mine No. 7.
According to RT, almost 90% of the prisoners in this area are mobilized Ukrainians from other regions. According to them, the company and battalion commanders left the area on January 7 and retreated to neighboring Minkovka, 20 km west of Soledar.
17:20 The work of "Orlans" in the Zaporozhye direction. UAV operatorsrevealenemy targets, after which the gunners strike at the identified targets with Krasnopol corrected projectiles.
16:20 Scouts of 3rd Guards Special Purpose Battalion destroyed enemy group with the help of ATGMs.
Scouts of the 3rd Guards Special Purpose Battalion, during reconnaissance at night, revealed the advancing of an enemy group. Ukrainian fighters were immediately destroyed by fire from an anti-tank missile system.
16:10 Effects of rocket strikes on the Leninsky district of Donetsk. Broken houses, injured civilians, injured animals.
15:46 VFU wounded a woman in the Leninsky district of Donetsk - Headquarters of the TerO DPR.
15:28 The enemy inflicted massiveblowsin Donetsk: arrivals at schools and homes, there are victims.
NATO artillery and MLRS 122mm BM-21 "Grad" hit the Kyiv, Kuibyshev, Kirov and Lenin regions. As a result of the shelling of the village of Krasny Pakhar in the Kuibyshev district, school No. 66 was damaged, the power line was also damaged, and two boiler houses were de-energized.
14:54 Ukrainian troops fired eight rockets from the MLRS in the Leninsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
14:48 As a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, one person was killed and nine more civilians were injured.
14:47 VFU shelled Vladimirovka, wounded 2 people.
14:29 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
- Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
- Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
– Donetsk, n.p. Yasinovataya: 10 rockets fired from MLRS;
- Donetsk (Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky regions): 20 rockets were fired from the MLRS.
- Donetsk (Kirovsky district): six rockets were fired from the MLRS.
- Donetsk (Leninsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
13:35 Soledar direction
setting as of 13.00 January 10, 2023:
In the Soledar sector, the assault detachments of PMC "Wagner" are fighting in the central part of Soledar, rapidly moving towards the western outskirts to the 7th mine. Along with this, the offensive of Russian troops is developing in the north-west of Soledar in the direction of the Sol railway station, as well as from Krasnaya Gora and Bakhmutsky to Blagodatny.
During the assault on the Paraskoviyevka-Blagodatnoe line, Russian fighters established control over one platoon, three company strongholds and ten firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The units of the RF Armed Forces actually surrounded the Soledarsky garrison from the west, south and north, depriving them of the possibility of supply. Tonight, the Armed Forces of Ukraine partially withdrew troops from the settlement.
In Bakhmut, Ukrainian formations are trying to defend the eastern and southeastern outskirts of the city. Information is already being disseminated in the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the beginning of the withdrawal of part of the forces to Chasov Yar and Konstantinovka under the cover of the remaining units.
The enemy command involved not only the MTR and NGU, but also the 3rd Luhansk border detachment from the Eastern Regional Directorate and the 24th Mogilev-Podolsky border detachment from the Vinnitsa region of the State Border Service of Ukraine to curb the advance of the assault detachments of the Russian troops.
In the south of Bakhmut, the assault on Opytnoye continues, where the Wagnerites have advanced to the northern outskirts of the suburb. The area is currently being cleared.
In Kleshcheevka, servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces broke through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are fighting in the central districts of the village. The Ukrainian command is redeploying reserves to hold a strategically important area, the loss of which will jeopardize the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Chasov Yar.
In the Toretsky sector, units of the NM forces of the DPR established control over the stronghold of the unit of the 5th separate assault regiment, destroying three members of the Ukrainian formations and capturing two more.
12:57 Ukrainian National Guardthrowsof their wounded soldiers near Soledar - the situation is not at all in favor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Another video from the scene appeared on the network from Ukrainian militants, who said that things were going far from what they say on TV, and recommended not to watch it. Video 18+ contains profanity.
11:46 Soledar — situation on the morning of 10.01.2023:
The main news so far is that the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not leave the city at night, secretly, in order to break away from the enemy, as was the case in Lisichansk. However, the agony of the garrison is already evident.
The broken units are taken out of the city, but new ones are not sent in exchange, and this suggests that the military command of Ukraine has already put an end to Soledar.
Meanwhile, the Russian troops, without giving the enemy a break, continue the assault in the center, and especially persistently attack in the direction of the settlement. Blagodatnoe and railway Sol station, in order to thereby close the encirclement around the enemy, who had settled in the western and central parts of the city.
11:35 For the past 24 hours, Kremennaya has been under fire from various types of weapons.
Locals say there were more than 40 arrivals overnight. The buildings on the streets of Donetsk, Krasnaya and in the green zone suffered a lot, plus it flew over the city memorial of Glory.
The explosions shattered glass in the building of the regional pension fund. The arrivals of mines are noted in the area of the bypass bridge and the gas pipeline, there are damages. Local residents prefer not to leave their shelters, the city is very dangerous.
The city has significant power outages, communications and water supply.
11:34 Western part of Soledar and the last road on which you can still leave the city.
11:33 Destroyed protected car Iveco Lince APU near Soledar.
10:37 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny proposed to Zelensky to withdraw troops from Soledar, Ukrainian Telegram channels write. With reference to anonymous sources, it is alleged that he reported to the president about the tactical encirclement and disruption of the supply of the city, as well as significant losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
There is no confirmation of this information. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced a powerful assault on Soledar by Russian troops. And the commander of "Akhmat" Apti Alaudinov reported that the city could be taken in the coming days.
10:25 Personnel from Soledar, where fierce fighting continued all night.
Sources report an extremely difficult situation in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this sector of the front. Huge losses of personnel, problems with logistics, low moral and psychological state of military personnel. Video 18+ contains profanity.
10:13 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on January 10, 2023.
09:18 Blows on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdievka area. The enemy in the dark decided to counterattack, while making a mistake. In the area of the forest belt, before moving forward, five pieces of equipment and personnel accumulated. Russian intelligence detected this movement and transmitted the coordinates of rocket artillery. The result is logical, almost all the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
09:09 Front-line summary for the morning of 01/10/2023:
Mutual shelling in the Kherson direction. Russian artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the regional center. The Ukrainian army, in turn, launched a missile attack on Maly Kopani.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops attacked again in the Novomikhailovka area. To the north they carried out offensive operations in the direction of Victory. Not final, but only near a specific settlement. Also, Russian troops resumed assault operations in the city of Marinka.
The Armed Forces are on the defensive. In addition, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again launched an attack on the Ukrainian fortified area in Krasnogorovka. To the north, they once again tried to advance at Pervomaisky and Vodyanoy.
South of Bakhmut, PMC Wagner is pushing the Ukrainian army in the Kleshcheevka area. She also conducts assault operations on the southeastern and eastern outskirts of the city itself. And to the north it is advancing near Podgorodny. Soledar PMC "Wagner" covers from two directions. In the south near Krasnaya Gora, in the north from Yakovlevka. Fierce ground battles and in the city of Soledar.
In the Lugansk direction, the Russian army attacked in the Krasnopopovka area and towards Stelmakhivka.
08:55 Information on the shelling of Horlivka as of 08:00 01/10/2023
08:10 Over the past day, on January 9, 2023, no shelling of settlements was recorded by the LPR representative office in the JCCC.
08:07 During the day, one person died on the territory of the DPR, three more were injured.
Over the past day, from 08:00 on January 9 to 08:00 on January 10, one person was killed and three more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:05 5th Brigade destroys strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Marinka.
Artillery destroys the identified enemy strongholds in the urban area of Marinka, supporting the advance of the assault groups.
08:00 Personnel from Soledar, where the assault detachments of the "Orchestra" are already fighting in the center of the city, in particular for the rear administrations.
In turn, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Anna Malyar, declares that the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC began the assault on Soledar with renewed vigor. According to her, the enemy, represented by PMCs, regrouped, pulled up reserves, and also massively uses MLRS, cannon and mortar artillery to strike at the Ukrainian military.
07:40 Daily official summary of the DPR JCCC:
Over the past day, the Representation reported 13 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made six artillery strikes from 155mm and 152mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky seven artillery strikes from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
By releasing 57 units of various ammunition. Under enemy fire were areas of three settlements of the Republic: the capital city of Donetsk (Kirov and Petrovsky districts), Gorlovka (Central city and Nikitovsky districts), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a woman, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Three civilians received injuries of varying severity in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. Six houses were damaged in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Aleksandrovka.
In the previous day, 30 artillery strikes were recorded from the side of the VFU.
07:00 Russian fighters continue a powerful assault on Soledar. Such statements are already being made by officials of Ukraine, who are preparing the ground in their Internet space for the surrender of the city.
At the same time, Ukrainian zahisniki complainon their heavy losses in the battles of both manpower and equipment - in one of the videos of the Armed Forces of Ukraine they complain about a large number of wounded, in the second - their armored personnel carrier burns out. Video 18+ profanity.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin [ColonelCassad] 1. Most of the city, including administrative buildings in the center, is controlled by Wagner PMC assault groups. Pushilin has already announced the liberation of the center of Soledar (for good, the cleanup still needs to be completed there)
2. Yurchina Gora, which dominates the area near the northern outskirts, has also been taken 3. The main roads from Soledar
are under the fire control of our troops, which allows us to talk about the operational encirclement
4. According to various estimates, from 300 to 500 enemy soldiers and officers remain in the city, or covering the withdrawal of the main forces, or those who did not have time to withdraw from the central regions, where the sweep is now underway.
5. In the city itself, the enemy still remains at the Sol station, near mine No. 7, in the northwestern part of the city and the western suburbs
. After completing the cleansing of Soledar (a matter of the next few days), our troops will either begin to intensify attacks north of Artemovsk (which is also on the verge), or they will strike in the direction of Seversk.
8. Ukrainian propaganda is already talking with might and main about the "unimportance of Soledar", although it has recently positioned it as a fortress. It is worth noting that the largest salt production enterprise in Europe is located on the territory of Soledar, as well as the largest warehouses of small arms in Ukraine in the village of Paraskoveevka adjacent to Soledar (it is interesting what has been left there over the past years, in 2014 there were more than 2, 1 million storage units of small arms).
In general, for our troops this is the first serious victory after the withdrawal from the right bank. But while it’s too early to throw caps, the city still needs to be cleaned up, and the liberation of Artemovsk, which is of operational and strategic importance for the entire Donbass Front, will become a really big victory.
[ColonelCassad] Prigozhin announced the capture of Soledar.
“The divisions of PMC Wagner took control of the entire territory of Soledar. A cauldron has been formed in the center of the city, in which urban battles are being fought. The number of prisoners will be announced tomorrow.
Once again, I want to emphasize that no units other than the fighters of the Wagner PMC took part in the assault on Soledar.
Judging by the photo of Prigozhin in Soledar, this is one of the salt mines. Two days ago, Syrsky was photographed in Soledar.
[Bloomberg] Revenues hit by oil-price limits as spending on invasion grows
Government expects deficit this year of 2% of GDP on $70 oil
Russia’s federal budget deficit widened to a record in December as revenues plunged amid restrictions on oil exports and spending on the invasion of Ukraine grew.
The fiscal gap reached a record 3.9 trillion rubles ($56 billion) last month, according to Bloomberg calculations based on preliminary government data released Tuesday. That brought the full-year shortfall to about 3.3 trillion rubles, reversing a surplus in the 11 months of the year. December's budget deficit is 3.1% of GDP in one month.
Dec is when the EU oil price cap went into effect and Urals crude had crashed to an average of $50/bbl in Dec. Bloomberg says price is $37.80/bbl, below cost of production and transport. Volume off 54%. India and China volumes are also declining. Turkish volume dropped off a cliff. Natural gas volumes have similarly declined. Price of nat gas hasn't crashed as much yet, but are below prewar levels and declining.
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[UBR.ua] During the ten months of the war, the Ukrainian army increased its military power and rose from 22nd to 15th place in the ranking of the world's strongest armies out of 145 countries. Russia remains in second place
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) is called the strongest army in Europe, but in the world ranking it has risen from 22nd to only 15th place due to logistical problems, logistics and the state of its own military-industrial complex (MIC). This was told to UBR.ua by a military expert, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Skripkin.
So, the other day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine rose in the annual ranking of the military power of Global Firepower (GFP-2023) from 22nd place, which they occupied before the war, to 15th. According to the results of 2022, Ukraine militarily outstripped Iran, Israel, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Taiwan and Germany and 138 other countries.
This position is certainly higher than it was, but lower than that of the Russian army, which continues to occupy the place of the "second army of the world" in the military rating.
“First of all, in such cases, one should pay attention to the criteria taking into account which the rating is compiled. In this case, obviously, logistical criteria, logistics, the state of our own military-industrial complex were taken as the basis ... Therefore, the rating is not as high as expected would," military expert Oleg Skripkin commented to UBR.ua.
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[ElectronicIntifada] Representatives of Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion have been touring Israel to drum up support for the unit’s imprisoned fighters. They have been meeting with Israeli politicians and soldiers.
Azov intelligence officer Illia Samoilenko was released in a prisoner exchange with Russia in September.
He had been one of the hundreds of Azov fighters who surrendered in May at the end of the long Russian siege of the eastern city of Mariupol.
"Israel values freedom, values strength, Israel values honor. It’s the same things that we also value," he told Israeli newspaper Haaretz this week.
Samoilenko also told The Times of Israel that "he sees Israel and Ukraine on the same side, the civilized battling the uncivilized in a struggle for the future of humanity," the outlet summarized.
The Anti-Defamation League, a major Jewish communal and Israel lobby group, for instance, warned in 2019 that Azov was a "Ukrainian extremist group" with "ties to neo-Nazis and white supremacists."
But now with Western governments arming Ukraine, including the Azov Battalion, in a proxy war against Russia, there is a concerted effort to hide this ugly reality from public view.
Consequently – with help from the media and now Israel and its lobby – Azov has in recent months attempted to rebrand itself.
Seeking a stamp of approval from Israel is a time-honored strategy of European and American far-right extremists seeking to gain mainstream legitimacy.
In May The Times of London reported that Azov was planning to change its symbol from the wolfsangel – a far-right symbol associated with a division of the German army during Hitler’s Nazi regime.
But even that surface-level whitewash seems to have been too much of a change for Azov to endure. The symbol remains visible in all of Azov’s online outlets. Recent Azov social media postings show their fighters still using the wolfsangel.
Oh my — this one is absolutely ripe, Spike the Hairy6811. First the source — Electronic Intifada — is dedicated to waging a propaganda war against the existence of Israel because the physical intifada failed. One of their key themes is that Israel’s Jews are the new Nazis, not the Jew-hating Palestinians, who in their view are nothing less than Nobel Savages. Being that the founders were mostly of Palestinian descent themselves, the sentiment is understandable, if not exactly predisposing them to be fair and balanced. Second, while Ha’aretz proudly brands itself as “The New York Times of Israel”, incredible shrinking circulation and elite leftwing anti-Israel perspective included, and is therefore rarely worth reading, I gift you the actual Times of Israel article this post references, from just before Christmas, so that you and our readers can judge for themselves. Key paragraphs for our purposes:
AZOV 2.0
In 2016, Samoilenko, then a university student in Kyiv, decided to join the Azov Regiment to fight Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
He said he joined the unit because of the soldiers’ professional and intellectual prowess. “Because I am motivated, dedicated, self-proven, and I matched the people just like me, people who constantly training, who have big ideas in their heads. A lot of intellectual people. A lot of people who willingly came to military service.”
The Azov battalion rose to prominence in 2014 as a volunteer outfit fighting alongside Ukraine’s army against pro-Moscow militias and Russian troops in the Donbas before being integrated into Kyiv’s official forces.
Many saw the unit as a far-right organization that used Nazi imagery and attracted antisemitic nationalists. The unit has featured prominently in Russian accusations that the government in Kyiv has Nazi sympathies.
In 2017, antisemitic graffiti, as well as the symbol of Azov Regiment, was sprayed on Odessa’s Jewish institutions.
Vyacheslav Lykhachov, a Russia-born Israeli who monitors hate crimes in Ukraine, acknowledges that there were neo-Nazis among the group’s founders in 2014, but says that most far-right ideologues left by the end of the year.
“The rest of the right-wing radicals, who clearly articulated their views, were deliberately cleaned out by the new commandant of the regiment in 2017,” Lykhachov explained.
“There are no units created based on ideology among Ukrainian National Guard, nor are there any among the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” he continued.
Samoilenko also readily admitted that the far-right was present at the “beginning of the Ukrainian National Renaissance” — the Euromaidan protests in 2013 — and there was a presence in Azov as well.
“We had, in the first couple of years, people with questionable reputation. Yeah, of course we had them,” he said, but added they didn’t last as the regiment became more professional. “The marginals, the people, the adventurers, they just been leaving and they were not staying for too long.”
The unit has soldiers with a range of ideologies, said Samoilenko, including antifascists, socialists, and anarchists. “There are Jews in there and they were all this time,” he added, “but not in a great numbers because a lot of people were frightened by the Russian propaganda.”
One of the company commanders currently in the field is Jewish, said Samoilenko: “He’s performing very well.”
Yulia Fedosiuk, whose husband was taken captive by Russian forces when members of the regiment surrendered at Mariupol’s Azovstal plant in May, agrees with the sentiment.
“One of my best friends, he is a Jew and he is in Azov,” said Fedosiuk, who is in Israel as part of the same delegation as Samoilenko, funded by a pro-Kyiv organization.
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#1
“Restore the honor of the white race”
In recent months, the Azov Battalion appears to have renamed itself the “Azov Regiment,” another apparent attempt to legitimize itself as a normal element of the Ukrainian state and whitewash its Nazi image while maintaining all the same policies.
But just as when the US and its allies have repeatedly attempted to rebrand the Syrian branch of al-Qaida as “moderate rebels,” such cosmetic changes are unlikely to fool anyone outside the ranks of spineless mainstream media journalists.
And despite Samoilenko and Fedosiuk’s charming of the Israeli press this week, there’s absolutely no reason to think that Azov has moved away from its racist, anti-Semitic roots.
As well as still using the Nazi wolfsangel symbol, recent Azov social media postings show that the group’s founder Andriy Biletsky is still a regular presence at Azov parades.
Biletsky has “pledged to restore the honor of the white race” and when he was in parliament he advanced laws forbidding “race mixing.”
#2
Accepting Jews, Muslims, Blacks, Far Easterners and any other while/for fighting for the survival of their Nation?
You know... Or, well, you should know that not every racist who is also a nationalist is NOT automatically a national socialist.
And if you can't differentiate (or refuse to bother for internet is all capslock all the time) the difference between a racist asshole, an xenophobe, a racist asshole who implements final solution and a neo-nobility, them you might want to turn down hyperbole and get some realism applied.
#3
The Russians have smartly taken a page from the American Liberal playbook. Just label your enemy a Nazi, and that is a justification of your actions against them, whether it's invasion of a country, bombing of civilian infrastucture or just good old fashioned raping and looting.
#6
"I shot Baby Hitler... not." Bawlin',
Poor Flyora has trouble recallin'
That other papoose...
But there, droppin' a deuce,
Squalls, with milk on moustache,
Baby Stalin.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[ColonelCassad] 1. Most of the city, including administrative buildings in the center, is controlled by Wagner PMC assault groups. Pushilin has already announced the liberation of the center of Soledar (for good, the cleanup still needs to be completed there)
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
