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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 13, 2024
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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] 19:27 Zelensky said that he met in Kiev with the new Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, Stephane Sejournet, and discussed the defense needs of Ukraine: joint production of drones, artillery, further strengthening of air defense.

16:15 The Russian Army attacked a settlement with drones in the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported.

15:56 Denmark will provide Ukraine with another aid package for the restoration of Nikolaev worth more than $21 million, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. The package includes, in particular, a project for demining agricultural land, the provision of cogeneration plants and the reconstruction of the fire safety dormitory of the Nikolaev State Agrarian University.

15:08 In the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, residents report a rocket crash between the villages of Pavlovskaya and Atamanskaya. The authorities blocked part of the highway, they write in local public pages.

12:49 Of the six Kinzhal missiles that Russia fired at Ukraine today, half did not reach their targets, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat: “Today we saw six Kinzhals, we reported on them... Half definitely did not reach their targets - that’s 100%.” . However, he did not rule out that there could have been several false targets during the attack.

As for the more than 20 air assets that did not reach their target during today’s attack, according to Ignat, they could have fallen in an open area, or there was an explosion in the air, or they were affected by the action of electronic warfare equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

12:22 Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced a visit to Kiev in the coming days.

12:17 Russian tactics are aimed at depleting Ukrainian air defense, and in the future missile attacks will be more massive, says the head of Estonian intelligence Ants Kiviselg. He also noted that Russia fires 10 thousand shells a day into Ukraine, while Ukraine fires about 2,000.

In addition, Kiviselg noted that the Russians have recently been actively bombing runways in Ukraine, and this indicates that Russia “considers it dangerous” for Kiev to receive F-16 fighters.

12:13 The new head of the French Foreign Ministry, Stephane Sejournet, announced that he had arrived in Kiev.

12:11 In the morning, the Russians attacked the city of Shostka, Sumy region. According to preliminary information, Kh-22 supersonic cruise missiles were used. The blast damaged at least 26 houses and injured one person, prosecutors said.

11:50 The organizers of the World Economic Forum in Davos announced Zelensky’s personal participation in one of the events on January 16. According to the announcement, the Ukrainian president will give a special speech at the panel “Achieving Security and Cooperation in a Fragmented World.”

11:43 In Mariupol, according to preliminary information, there were Russians in the barracks at the MMK named after. Ilyich, said adviser to the mayor of the city Pyotr Andryushchenko. At the same time, he did not rule out that debris from his own air defense could have fallen on the barracks. Immediately after the strike, the occupiers began to massively move manpower and equipment to the Primorsky district of Mariupol.

Andryushchenko also reported a hit in the Berdyansk port, which the Russians use as a military base.

11:07 On the night of January 13, Russia used 40 air attack weapons against Ukraine. Air defense destroyed seven X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles and one X-59 guided missile , the Air Force command reported. At the same time, more than 20 air attack weapons that were not included in the downed statistics did not achieve their goals due to the use of electronic warfare. In particular, Russia issued the following in Ukraine:

  • seven S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region;

  • three attack UAVs Shahed-136/131 from the Kursk region;

  • six Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from six MiG-31K aircraft (launch area - Tambov);

  • up to 12 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area - Caspian Sea);

  • six Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers from the Bryansk region;

  • two X-31P guided aircraft missiles from two Su-35 aircraft (launch area - the occupied territory of the Kherson region);

  • four X-59 guided aircraft missiles from two Su-34 aircraft (launch area - Bryansk region).

The Air Force also said that the quality of Russian missiles has recently declined, so they are “flying God knows where.”

10:59 Late in the evening of January 12, the Russians shelled Berislav, Kherson region, one person was wounded, OVA reported. In addition, at night the enemy attacked Sadovoe - a private house burned down, one person was injured. Another person was wounded as a result of the morning attack on Dneprovsky. Over the previous 24 hours, two people died due to Russian shelling in the region.

08:52 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 13:

  • personnel - about 369,160 (+700) people,

  • tanks - 6065 (+5),

  • armored combat vehicles - 11,269 (+15),

  • artillery systems - 8728 (+18),

  • MLRS - 957 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 646 (+4),

  • aircraft - 329 (+0),

  • helicopters - 324 (+0),

  • UAV of operational-tactical level - 6848 (+12),

  • cruise missiles - 1806 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 23 (+0),

  • submarines - 1 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tank tru
cks - 11,632 (+20),
special equipment - 1345 (+6).
08:36 Air defense was working in the Chernihiv region - there was damage, initially without casualties, said the head of the air defense force, Vyacheslav Chaus.

08:29 In the morning, the Russians massively attacked Ukraine with missiles, and air defense was operating in many areas. In the Poltava region, a rocket fell into the courtyard of one of the private houses in the Kremenchug region, but did not explode. The outbuilding was damaged, but no people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Philip Pronin.

07:44 Over the past 24 hours, 89 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevka direction, the Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks near Avdeevka and another 17 attacks near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 26 attacks were repelled in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Maryinka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region.

In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled nine enemy attacks near Sinkovka and Petropavlovka in the Kharkov region; in Limansky - six attacks in the areas of Makeyevka, Luhansk region and Grigoryevka, Vesyoly, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutskoye - five attacks near Andreevka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - four attacks south of Zolotaya Niva and west of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - eight attacks west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The expansion of the bridgehead continues in the Kherson direction; over the past 24 hours, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to storm the positions of the Defense Forces nine times.

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Russia sorties a group of warships to the Black Sea
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[Korrespondent] The frigate Admiral Makarov also returned to combat duty

Russia has increased the number of warships in the Black Sea to 13, including a launch vehicle.

The Russian army has increased the number of warships in the Black Sea to 13 units. among them there is a rocket launcher. The Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine reported this on Telegram.

“Despite the storm, the enemy has increased the naval group in the Black Sea to 13 units, including 5 large landing ships and 1 surface missile carrier,” the message says.

It is emphasized that the frigate "Admiral Makarov", equipped with up to 8 calibers, has been put on combat duty.

“Pay attention to air raid warning signals. Do not panic, but be alert,” the Defense Forces urged.

Earlier, the commander of the Ukrainian Navy said that the Russians had turned occupied Crimea into a huge military base for their fleet. Ukraine needs to destroy these objects so that the enemy cannot use this base, and this is exactly what it will do.

Let us remind you that on January 4 it became known that a Russian command post was hit near Sevastopol. Serious damage was also caused to the defense system of the occupiers in Crimea.

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Journalist Elnara Gasimova detained after interrogation
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[KavkazUzel] After being summoned for questioning by the Baku police, Elnara Gasimova was detained in a criminal case against Abzas Media journalists. The number of detainees in this case has reached six.

As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, Elnara Gasimova  was among the witnesses questioned in November 2023 in the case of journalists from the online publication Abzas Media. Journalist Nargiz Absalamova, interrogated at the same time as a witness, was later arrested, like her colleagues. Today, the police again demanded the appearance of Gasimova, saying that they want to clarify questions about the case of her colleagues from Abzas Media.

Abzas Media is known for its anti-corruption investigations. Who the publication's high-profile investigations were devoted to can be read in the "Caucasian Knot" reference " What Abzas Media did not please the Azerbaijani authorities."

After interrogation at the Baku police headquarters, Elnara Gasimova was detained as a suspect under Art. 206.3.2 (smuggling committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, the journalist’s lawyer Bahruz Bayramov told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent. 

Gasimova was charged in a criminal case against Abzas Media employees, but she denies the charges and connects them with her professional activities, the lawyer emphasized. 

“Obviously, she will be charged within 48 hours, and, most likely, the investigation will petition the court to select a preventive measure in the form of arrest,” predicted Gasimova’s lawyer.

Elnara Gasimova became the sixth person detained in the case against Abzas Media journalists. Earlier, from November 20 to December 14, 2023, the publication’s director Ulvi Hasanli, editor-in-chief Sevinj Vagifgyzy, activist Mohammed Kekalov who collaborated with the publication, as well as journalists Nargiz Absalamova and Hafiz Babaly were detained and then arrested. They are accused of currency smuggling due to 40 thousand euros found in the editorial office during a search. 

The publication Qafqazinfo.az, in the article “Both Execute Foreign Orders” dated January 11, called the events around the Abzas Media team “exposure of the activities of a network associated with the United States.” “Mechanisms of formation and financing, sources of ideas, methods of confusing public opinion were studied, measures were taken to eliminate them. Legal measures were taken against members of the network within the framework of the laws of Azerbaijan,” the article says.

The material also contains unflattering value judgments and criticism of Osmanqızı TV, Hamam Times and JAMnews. All of these publications are accused of trying to promote narratives that differ from the course of the Azerbaijani authorities and are beneficial to the United States; even accusations of slander have been voiced against JAMnews. At the same time, Qafqazinfo.az positions itself as an online newspaper that “does not discriminate against any political or social group and disseminates news completely objectively and independently.”
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Russian Perspective: Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (13 January 2024)
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[EngMilRu] In the morning, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a group strike by high-precision long-range sea- and air-based weapons, including by Kinzhal hypersonic air-launched ballistic missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles at Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities producing 155mm, 152mm and 125mm shells, gunpowder, and unmanned aerial vehicles.

The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.

In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by artillery and aviation repelled three attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 30th and 60th Mechanised brigades near Sinkovka (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 35 Ukrainian troops, one tank, five motor vehicles, one Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-made M777 artillery system.

In addition, one ammunition depot of the AFU 27th Missile Troops Brigade was wiped out near Volchansk (Kharkov region).

In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by ground-attack aircraft, helicopters, and artillery repelled two attacks launched by assault detachments of the 5th and 13th Ukrainian National Guard brigades near Chevonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.

The AFU losses amounted to more than 280 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.

In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 28th Mechanised Brigade, 46th Airmobile Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 112th and 122nd Territorial Defence brigades near Georgiyevka, Kleshcheyevka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 320 Ukrainian troops, four tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, eight pickup trucks, one Strela-10 air defence system, one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.

In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on units of the AFU 58th Mechanised Brigade and 79th Air Assault Brigade near Novodonetskoye and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 110 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.

In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces delivered integrated strikes at manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Rabotino and Zherebyanki (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.

In Kherson direction, as a result of systematic strikes, the AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, and two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.

Missile Troops and Artillery, attack unmanned aerial vehicles of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation neutralised 107 AFU artillery units at firing positions, as well as engaged enemy manpower and hardware in 131 areas.

Air defence units shot down 21 unmanned aerial vehicles close to Veliky Vyselok, Olshana (Kharkov region), Lisichansk (Lugansk People's Republic), Berestovoye, Georgiyevka, Gorlovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Tokmak, Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region), as well as intercepted eight HIMARS MLRS shells.

In total, 567 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 10,641 unmanned aerial vehicles, 448 air defence missile systems, 14,588 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,202 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,704 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 17,376 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Current information on the situation on the front line: January 13 (updated)
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[NewsFront] 23:50 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representation in the JCCC for January 13, as of 23:30 receivedadditionalinformation about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic: n.p. Gorlovka (Kalininsky district): – st. Volkova, 14, 15 – multi-apartment residential buildings. The area is partially without power.

Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.

21:57 Ukrainian terrorists fired at the village. Ilek-Penkovka and Zadorozhny in the Belgorod region

Preliminary, no casualties.

20:52 Paratroopers of the 108th Guards Airborne Regiment successfully are storming positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction

19:51 They report that the Russian army is advancing in the Avdievka direction.

As a result of the advance, our soldiers entered the Ivushki holiday village.

19:05 The Russian Armed Forces advanced 500 meters in the area o the settlement. Verbovoe in the Zaporozhye direction, reports Whisper Front.

18:45 Expert of the Center for Military-Political Journalism Boris Rozhin reported on the advance of Russian troops in the Zaporozhye direction:

“Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced well to the southeast of Rabotino (advancement of just under a kilometer), as well as to the west of Verbovoy, continuing to clear the Rabotinsky ledge. At the current rate of advancement, the issue of direct battles for Rabotino will become actual by the end of the month. The enemy is preparing for this by strengthening the defenses at the base of the Rabotinsky ledge and south of Orekhov.”

17:55 The school building in Makeyevka was damaged as a result of artillery attack of the settlement by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.

16:49 The Front Bird writes about the “arrival” at the Ukrainian Armed Forces facility in Kyiv during the morning shelling:

“In addition to the enemy military enterprise hit by our ballistics, the repair shop of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was also destroyed. The command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will continue to try to hide all facts of target destruction.”

15:47 In the area of Volchansk and Bogodukhov, concrete “dragon’s teeth” pyramids and additional minefields are being installed.

Personnel with special equipment were deployed to carry out engineering work. Utility workers have also been forcibly recruited.

14:47 The situation in the Kleshcheevka area (South of Artemovsk) reports Two Majors:

“It felt much quieter; the military personnel in the direction also noted a significant decrease in enemy activity.

The enemy's counterbattery work is weaker. They no longer target walking groups. During the six hours I was there the day before, I did not hear a single arrival, only the exits of our artillery.

The soldiers attribute this both to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' lack of rounds and to the fact that attention is focused on other sectors of the front.

The line of contact remained virtually unchanged. Ours approached the fortification behind Kleshcheevka from the northeast, and that’s all for now.

In Kleshcheevka itself, the Armed Forces of Ukraine maintain a nominal presence; they do not send large groups there, because they die there.

FPV drones continue to operate on the roads around Golma/Svetlodarsk/Artemovsk/Soledar, and they fly quite far.”

14:17 The Front Bird reports about the defeat of the airfield in the Khmelnitsky region.

Explosions were reported in the area of ??the airfield after being hit by a dagger missile. The administrative building of the Ukrainian Armed Forces airfield was previously hit.

13:45 The main thing from the latest briefing of the Ministry of Defense:

This morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike on Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities producing rounds and UAVs. The target of the strike has been achieved. All designated targets are hit.

In the Kupyansky direction, near the village of Sinkovka, the enemy lost up to 35 military personnel, a tank, five vehicles, a Krab self-propelled artillery mount and a US-made M777 artillery system. In addition, in the area of the city of Volchansk, Kharkov region, an ammunition depot of the 27th Rocket Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, near the village of Chervonaya Dibrova, Lugansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forest, more than 280 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, nine cars and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.

In the Donetsk direction, in the areas of the settlements of Georgievka, Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumovka, the enemy lost up to 320 military personnel killed and wounded, four tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, eight pickup trucks, a launcher for the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.

In the South Donetsk direction in the areas of the settlements of Novodonetskoye and Novomikhailovka, enemy losses amounted to over 110 military personnel, three vehicles and a D-20 howitzer.

In the Zaporozhye direction, in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Zherebyanki, the enemy lost up to 50 military personnel, four vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.

A total of 107 artillery units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in the 131st region were hit.

During the day, air defense systems shot down: 21 UAVs, as well as eight rockets from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.

12:50 Today at 9:00 two explosions were heard in Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region. According to preliminary information, the city came under rocket fire from Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

“The Russian air defense system shot down two missiles in the port area,” reports Vladimir Rogov.

At the moment, there has been no information about casualties or damage.

11:47 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group

Units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by strikes from operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire, successfully repelled four counterattacks by assault groups of the 22nd and 24th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka and Novgorodskoye, and defeated the manpower and equipment of the 22nd Mechanized, 10th Mountain brigades. assault, 1st Presidential brigade in the areas of Vesely and Kleshcheevka. The enemy lost up to 265 military personnel wounded and killed in the Donetsk direction.

Artillery, anti-tank missile systems and FPV drones hit an enemy infantry fighting vehicle, two pickup trucks, an unmanned aerial vehicle control center, a strong point and 25 dugouts.

During the counter-battery fight, four 120mm mortars were destroyed. Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Trudovaya and Spornoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

11:36 “Road of Death” with destroyed equipment of Ukrainian formations in the area of the settlement Verbovoe in the Zaporozhye direction –video.

11:05 Statement of senior officer of the press center of the Center group:

Over the past 24 hours, within the boundaries of responsibility of the “Center” group of troops in the Krasnolimansky direction of the special military operation, the ground forces of the Ukrainian troops have not shown activity.

Artillery fire and air strikes from the Russian group hit more than 150 identified targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Dronovka, Serebryanka and Seversk.

Special forces units opened more than 20 targets of nationalist units, confirming the defeat of about 10. Enemy losses per day amounted to 70 people and two vehicles.

10:35 It is reported that Russian military personnel have recaptured previously abandoned positions from the Ukrainian Armed Forces west of Verbovoy in the Zaporozhye direction.

09:50 Crews of the 152mm Msta-B howitzers of the Kostroma artillery paratroopers destroyed Western-made self-propelled howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

In the Artemovsk direction, units of the Airborne Forces from the “Southern” group of forces continue active combat operations, successfully advancing north-west of Artemovsk.

A big role in this is played by the artillerymen of the Kostroma Guards Regiment, who constantly support groups of paratroopers with their fire during the assault on enemy strongholds.

Artillery paratroopers successfully conduct counter-battery combat against the enemy.

The day before, reconnaissance using a UAV discovered a self-propelled howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine manufactured by NATO countries in a forest plantation. After receiving the data, the artillerymen took up a firing position, prepared the gun for use and destroyed the enemy self-propelled gun with accurate shots.

09:15 Over the past 24 hours, armed formations of Ukraine have committed further crimes against civilians of the DPR.

So, as a result of massive artilleryshellingOn the part of the VFU Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, during emergency work, a woman energy worker was killed, three employees of the energy organization and two civilians were injured.

In addition, Ukrainian militants deliberately dropped ammunition from a UAV onto an ambulance, as a result of which a paramedic was killed, and two paramedics and a driver were injured.

Another person was injured in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka as a result of rocket fire from Ukrainian nationalists.

In total, 17 residential buildings, as well as two civilian infrastructure facilities, were damaged by DPR shelling.

08:07 Morning summary January 13, 2024:

In the evening, the Russian Armed Forces launched missile strikes and Geranium UAVs. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Sumy and Kherson regions. By morning, the enemy announced 10 of our Tu-95MS strategic bombers in the air in the area of ??the launch lines, and after 6:00 they reported the launch of air-launched missiles.In the Kherson direction, the movement of small enemy landing groups on boats on the water is hampered by freezing areas of the water surface. The Russian Armed Forces have concentrated their efforts on destroying enemy personnel and watercraft from the air; at subzero temperatures in the wind, it is almost impossible to survive in the water.

On the Zaporozhye Front, combat operations took place in the Rabotino-Novoprokopovka-Verbovoe area, our aviation with FAB and UMPC were used. In the Nesteryanka area (west of Rabotino, a new direction in which offensive operations have been intensified), the tactical success of units of the Russian Armed Forces, which took the enemy’s positions after artillery barrage, is reported.

In the Mar'inka area, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations in the direction of Kurakhovo in Georgievka, to the south our units have expanded the zone of control at the Zverinets fortified area, and the battle at Novomikhailovka continues.

In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces advanced to the southern ledge of the front near Pervomaisky. Fighting also continues near Stepovoye and east of the coke plant on the territory of gardening partnerships.

North of Soledar, the Russian Armed Forces advanced along the railway in the direction of the village of Vyemka, which came as a surprise to the enemy. West of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), our advanced units operate on the outskirts of Ivanovsky (Krasny). There are battles going on near Kleshcheevka: to the south of the remains of the village and to the north – in the area of ??the heights.

Fighting continues in the area of ??the Torsky ledge, Serebryansky forestry, in the Sin'kovka area in the Kupyansky direction.

In the Belgorod region, Kozinka and Glotovo of the Grayvoronsky urban district came under artillery and drone attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the DPR, two civilians were killed and nine were injured from Nazi artillery attack of civilians.

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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.
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