Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 17:53 President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. The main topic was the restoration of Ukraine's energy infrastructure after the Russian attack on November 17.
17.45 . In two weeks, the special forces of the Central Security Service A destroyed dozens of Russian military equipment with their attack drones and other fire weapons. This was reported by the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine. It is noted that 37 tanks, 51 armored fighting vehicles, 48 artillery systems and MLRS, 10 air defense systems and two electronic warfare/SAR systems, 303 vehicles, 31 UAVs and 72 communication antennas, 319 enemy fortifications and firing positions with ammunition were destroyed. In addition, 449 Russian occupiers were destroyed.
17:28 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has concluded the first contracts with a private manufacturer under state guarantees for UAH 4.4 billion. We are talking about the purchase of 200 armored vehicles.
16:40 Since the beginning of the day, 116 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 10 directions and in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. The enemy has concentrated its main efforts on the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions, which account for about half of all battles.
16.05. A woman and a man were injured in Nikopol as a result of a Russian kamikaze drone strike. This was reported on November 25 by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak. According to him, a 48-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man are in hospital in moderate condition. As a result of the shelling, a gas station and a car were damaged in the city.
16.01 The Ministry of Defense codified and approved for use the portable simulator Safe Sky for training anti-aircraft fire teams. Using the simulator does not require the expenditure of ammunition.
15.28 A record high number of "shahids" who flew in from Ukraine were recorded in Belarus over the past 24 hours. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Belaruski Gayun.
15.01 President Volodymyr Zelensky heard a report from Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky on the situation at the front. According to him, the Defense Forces are in control of the situation at the front in the Zaporizhia region.
14:45 Russian invaders attacked the Solonchaki settlement of the Kutsurub community with an FPV drone during the distribution of humanitarian aid. Five people were injured - representatives of the humanitarian mission and local residents.
14.28 As a result of an ATACMS missile strike in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, an S-400 anti-aircraft system was destroyed. Eight Russians were killed, including five military personnel.
14.02 In Odessa, the number of victims as a result of the Russian missile attack has almost doubled - to 11 people. The Russians launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile attack . There is extensive destruction in the city.
13:59 Servicemen of the 5th Kiev assault brigade hit and destroyed a Russian RBU-6000 Smerch-2 mortar in the Kramatorsk direction.
13.07 As a result of the missile attack by Russian aggressors on Odessa, six people were injured. Civilian infrastructure was damaged in the city: two educational institutions, residential buildings, cars, a dentist's office, a beauty salon, shops, flower shops, cars.
12.30. On the night of November 24-25, a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group attempted to break through the border in the Kazachya Lopan area of the Kharkiv region. This was reported by the head of the Dergachev military administration, Vyacheslav Zadorenko. According to him, a small Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group attempted to break through the border in the area of the Goptovka-Nekhoteyevka checkpoint and was stopped by the Ukrainian military. Some of the saboteurs were eliminated, while others retreated to the Belgorod region.
12.21. On Monday night, the Ukrainian military struck important targets of the Russian occupiers in three regions of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11.52. Since Sunday evening, Russian aggressors have launched 145 Shahed-type attack drones and unmanned aerial vehicles of an unknown type into Ukraine. This is a new record . Most of the UAVs were destroyed and were affected by electronic warfare.
11.49. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky instructed each brigade commander to create a regular recruiting unit. This was reported by the General Staff. It is noted that the organizational directive defines the task of forming regular recruiting units in combat military units. This innovation will allow commanders to improve the organization and support of volunteer recruitment measures.
11.28 . The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine struck a fuel and energy facility in the Kaluga Region of the Russian Federation that night. This was reported by the media, citing a source in intelligence. The attack was on the oil depot of Kaluganefteprodukt JSC, which is involved in supporting the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
11.24. Russian invaders launched a missile strike on the center of Odessa, there are casualties. Civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings, was damaged.
10.35 The number of people injured in Kharkiv due to Russian shelling has risen to 19. Among them are 13 women and six men. Most of the injured are in moderate condition.
10.11 . Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Oleksandr Syrsky held a meeting with Ukrainian and foreign journalists, during which he informed them about the progress of military operations. Syrsky emphasized that today it is extremely important to jointly counter Russian disinformation aimed at undermining Ukraine's defense capability.
9.20. Russian troops shelled the central part of Kharkov. There is destruction. The strike hit the Kievsky district of the city. There is a fire at the site. At first, there were six casualties, but soon their number increased to 13 people.
04.30 The transitional administration of newly elected US President Donald Trump is working side by side with the White House on national security issues, in particular regarding Ukraine. This was stated by Donald Trump's national security adviser Mike Walz. He noted that he maintains contact with his colleague from the Joe Biden administration, Jake Sullivan. He also added that Trump is "very concerned about the escalation of the war between Russia and Ukraine." At the same time, according to Walz, Trump remains focused on organizing negotiations to end the war.
November 24
22.57 The General Staff reported that since the beginning of this day, 198 combat clashes have already occurred. In turn, Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely repel the enemy's attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting fire damage on them.
22.23 . President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced during his evening address that Ukraine, together with international partners, is conducting research into the new missile that Russian troops used to strike the Dnieper.
19.19 This week, the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense transferred another batch of military aid to Ukraine.
16:59 The Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding back the advance of the Russian occupiers and are taking the necessary measures to prevent the enemy from advancing deep into Ukrainian territory. The number of combat clashes has now increased to 122.
16.41 Russian troops have begun to strike the city of Slavyansk in Donetsk Oblast more frequently. In particular, the enemy is dropping guided aerial bombs on the city, said Vadim Lyakh, head of the city's military administration.
13.59 A wave of sabotage against security forces is being recorded in Ukraine: the perpetrators are using explosives. This is reported by Ukrainian media, citing sources in law enforcement agencies.
12:42 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Russia has launched hundreds of bombs and drones and 20 missiles at Ukraine over the past week.
11:57 Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a Russian missile regiment in the Kursk region and destroyed an S-400 system.
07.58 US President Joe Biden is seeking to strengthen Ukraine's position in the final months of his term, as newly elected head of state Donald Trump promises to "end the war soon," Bloomberg reports.
04.58 Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that President-elect Donald Trump wants to conclude an agreement with Ukraine that will allow the United States to enrich itself with rare Ukrainian minerals. Graham noted that Ukraine is the richest country in Europe in rare minerals, which, according to his estimates, the country has $2-7 trillion. That is why the United States should help Ukraine win the war with the Russian Federation. Graham essentially recounted one of the points of Zelensky's Victory Plan, which contains a proposal for the United States and the EU to conclude a joint agreement on resource protection and the use of economic potential.
00.25 US authorities are leaning towards providing Ukraine with long-range cruise missiles JASSM, Reuters reports. However, these deliveries will not take place for at least several months, which will be spent integrating the missiles into Ukrainian aircraft. The JASSM missile can allow Ukraine to hit targets at a distance of about 300 km in Russia, including at least 30 air bases, some of which Russia has used for strikes.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The White House has confirmed for the first time that restrictions on Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes deep into Russia using ATACMS missiles have been lifted.
The talk that the US has given Ukraine permission to strike deep into Russian territory with ATACMS missiles has been going on for several weeks now. And now, during a briefing on Monday, November 25, John Kirby, the White House National Security Council's coordinator for strategic communications, officially confirmed for the first time that Ukraine has received permission to strike Russian territory with long-range ATACMS missiles.
IN THE KURSK AREA
According to Kirby, the US "has indeed changed the guidance" for the use of ATACMS missiles, and now the Ukrainians "can use them to engage specific types of targets."
"Right now they can use ATACMS to defend themselves in an immediate emergency. And right now, it's clear that this is happening in the Kursk area, in the Kursk region," Kirby said.
He noted that he would leave it to the Ukrainian side to say "how they use ATACMS, how they define goals, what they use them for and how well they do it."
MILITARY AIRPORT
Several Russian so-called military bloggers reported an airstrike on the Khalino airbase near Kursk. According to them, the strike was carried out by eight ATACMS missiles, at least two of which exploded on the territory of the airbase.
Kursk Region Governor Alexey Smirnov announced on his Telegram channel on Monday night that seven missiles and seven drones had been shot down over the region. The governor did not specify where they were flying.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on Monday morning that the strikes were carried out at night on targets in the Kursk, Bryansk and Kaluga regions, but it named only one specific target - an oil depot in the Kaluga region. It, as the General Staff announced, was hit, and the consequences of the remaining strikes are being clarified.
Before the war, the Khalino airfield near the eastern outskirts of Kursk served both as a military base and as Kursk's civilian airport.
According to OSINT analysts, ATACMS missiles hit not only the airfield, but also the positions of the S-400 air defense system, which tried to intercept the attack.
PREVIOUS HITS
According to media reports, last Tuesday Ukraine struck the Bryansk region with six American-made ATACMS missiles, and the next day used British Storm Shadow systems and American HIMARS to hit targets in the Kursk region.
A Russian command post was attacked in Kursk, resulting in casualties.
In his televised address, Vladimir Putin said that in response to permission from the United States and its NATO allies to use their long-range weapons to strike Russian territory, Moscow struck a plant in Dnepr with a non-nuclear hypersonic ballistic missile, the Oreshnik.
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He noted that he would leave it to the Ukrainian side to say "how they use ATACMS, how they define goals, what they use them for and how well they do it."
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces in Kharkov direction engaged formations of 43rd Mechanised Brigade, 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Volchansk, Liptsy (Kharkov region), and Kharkov.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.
The Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and defeated 14th, 63rd mechanised brigades, 25th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, 119th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Petropavlovka, Kupyansk (Kharkov region), Yampol, and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counterattacks of the AFU 44th Mechanised Brigade and 1st National Guard Brigade were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, four pick-ups, and a U.S.-made 105mm M-101 gun. One electronic warfare station and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 23rd, 54th mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 46th Airmobile Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, and 110th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Chasov Yar, Verkhnekamenskoye, Andreyevka, Dachnoye, Suhiye Yaly, Kurakhovo, and Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 300 troops, two motor vehicles, and two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns. One electronic warfare station was eliminated.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depths of the enemy's defence, defeated 24th, 37th Mechanised brigades, 152nd Infantry Brigade of the AFU, and 1st National Guard brigade near Shevchenko, Katerinovka, Kleban-Byk, and Zarya (Donetsk People's Republic).
Twelve counterattacks were repelled of 42nd, 100th, 117th, Mechanised brigades, 5th Assault Brigade, 49th, 425th assault battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 35th, 38th Naval Infantry brigades, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine. The AFU losses amounted to more than 440 troops, two motor vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the situation along the front line, engaged manpower and hardware of 113th, 120th, 241st Territorial Defence brigades close to Novy Komar, Konstantinopol (Donetsk People's Republic), and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
Two counter-attacks launched by assault groups of 33rd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, and a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
The Dnepr Group of Forces damaged formations of 141st Infantry Brigade, 124th and 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Ponyatovka (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses were up to 40 troops, three motor vehicles, and a U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops, and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, energy facilities that support the Ukrainian defence industry enterprises as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 138 areas during the day.
Air defence systems shot down eight ballistic missiles, six U.S.-made JDAM aerial guided bombs, and 45 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 649 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 36,648 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,501 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,492 MLRS combat vehicles, 18,502 field artillery guns and mortars, and 28,718 units of support military vehicles have been neutralized.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
The Sever Group of Forces hit formations of 21st, 41st, 44th, 47th mechanised brigades, 17th Heavy Mechanised Brigade, 5th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade as well as 112th, 116th, 117th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Aleksandria, Viktorovka, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, and Sverdlikovo.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the enemy in the areas of Viktorovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kazachaya Loknya, Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, Rubanshchina, Sverdlikovo, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Zhuravka, Loknya, Miropolye, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 200 troops. Russian units engaged a tank, three infantry fighting vehicles including a German-made Marder, and a U.S.-made Bradley, a German-made Fuchs armoured personnel carrier, four armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, four artillery guns, and a mortar.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 35,510 troops, 217 tanks, 152 infantry fighting vehicles, 121 armoured personnel carriers, 1,197 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,027 motor vehicles, 304 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 70 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:55 Fighters of the BARS-3 "RODINA" UAV group destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Zaporizhia direction with precision drops, –video. 20:50 Reliable assistants of the ground forces:
The Mi-28NM crew, as part of a mixed tactical group, destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region, –video.
19:36 220mm BM-27 "Hurricane" demolished area of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
The artillery command post of the Center group of forces received intelligence data on preparations for the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry. The coordinates were transmitted to the Uragan MLRS crew, which fired a salvo of 220mm rockets at the target.
18:35 Zaporizhia direction:
In small assault groups we're making our way to the strongholds north of Rabotino and northwest of Verbovoye.
Constant artillery work on planned targets, control of all enemy movements with the help of our UAVs.
17:42 An FPV drone crew from the North group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces combat armored vehicle hidden in the forests of the Kharkiv region, –video.
13:45 Our Bradley of the 30th Guards Brigade –photo.
13:32 RF Armed Forces seriously are moving forward in Kurakhovo.
Footage has emerged of our fighters fighting the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the center of a populated area. Lost armour georeferenced the footage and indicated the location on the map.
This is evidence of our progress and the deteriorating situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:10 The 5th Brigade of the 51st Army of the Southern Military District of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, taking into account the combined efforts of the remaining assault detachments of the Russian army,enteredto the center of Kurakhovo.
12:48 On the Kursk front, enemy equipment and infantry destroys Rubicon Center and Intelligence.
In video #1, scouts from the North group of forces identified and destroyed a evacuation vehicle and a Ukrainian Armed Forces cargo vehicle using an FPV strike drone.
In the second, a Western-made tank was burned by a direct hit.
12:40 According to a summary by Ukrainian General Staff, the Russian Armed Forces have launched an attack in another section of the Kharkov direction - in the area of Kazachya Lopan
Kazachya Lopan is located much further west than the main site of clashes in this direction; there have been no battles here since 2022.
12:10 American IFV "Bradley" becomes another victim of the drone on the Severian fiber optics.
The FPV drone of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade managed to sneak up on the enemy vehicle, choose the most vulnerable spot and strike.
11:58 The site of the missile strike on Odessabecamea building that houses several organizations involved with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, including the legal department of the Ministry of Defense.
11:40 Destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles by drone operators from the Rubicon Center –video.
Kursk direction. Reconnaissance UAVs of the Test Center for Advanced Unmanned Technologies of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Rubicon" detected vehicles involved in the transfer of military personnel and weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
FPV drone crews destroyed a vehicle intended to evacuate the enemy and a Ukrainian Armed Forces truck during a march.
10:30 Thermobaric shock.
Crews of heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek" of the "Vostok" group of forces destroyed fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction.
Correction and control of target destruction was carried out in real time by the UAV crew.
9:32 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 25.11.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. The Russian Armed Forces are putting pressure on the enemy's defense in several places, advancing in the direction of the city of Orekhov. It is reported that Russian troops entered and started fighting in the village of Belogorye.
- Donetsk Front. Russian troops continue to develop the offensive, advancing towards Velyka Novoselovka from several directions. Fighting is taking place on the eastern approaches to this settlement. Fighting continues in Kurakhovo and on the flanks. South of the city, Russian troops continue to clear the pocket that has formed, destroying enemy manpower.
- Chasov Yar direction. No significant changes in LBS. Fighting continues in Chasov Yar and on the flanks, where the RF Armed Forces continue to put pressure on the enemy's defense.
- Kursk region. Russian troops are conducting offensive actions in several areas, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up stubborn resistance, periodically conducting counterattacks. No significant changes in the LBS.
8:10 Telegram channel"Fisherman":
Chronicle of the special military operation for November 23-24, 2024:
- Russian troops hit enemy targets in occupied Zaporozhye and in the Kyiv region. Ukrainian forces launched a missile strike on Berdyansk.– In the Pokrovsk direction, fierce battles continue in the Nikolaevka area and to the south of Lysovka; Russian troops are also advancing towards Pustynka and Zheltye.
– In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Zarya, Krasnoye (Sontsovka), and are also fighting in Berestki, Ilyinka and Trudovoye.
– In the Vrem'yevsk direction, Russian attack aircraft are fighting for Razdolnoye, while simultaneously breaking through the defensive line on the eastern approaches to Bolshaya Novosyolka.
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[REGNUM] The Verkhovna Rada is currently working on a bill that would prohibit speaking Russian in Ukrainian schools even during breaks. Relatively recently, in October, this measure to discriminate against "Russian speakers" was supported by the Minister of Education Oksen Lisovyi. This is another step in the de-Russification of the historical lands of Russia - and it is entirely expected. Judging by the statement of the language ombudsman of Ukraine Taras Kremin, the Kiev authorities consider fellow citizens who speak Russian "collaborators".
The fight against the supposedly hostile "Ukrainian" language of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Gogol and Akhmatova did not begin in 2022 or 2014. Mikhail Bulgakov attested to the fact that the capture of Kiev by Petliurites in 1919 was accompanied by conversations along the lines of "they will strictly guard against the Moscow language". Less well known is the recollection of another writer, Vladimir Belyaev : when the UPR army entered his native Kamyanets-Podilskyi, the first thing they did was " they banned the study of Russian in the gymnasium, general history was immediately abolished, and instead we began to study the history of only Ukraine."
The "scientific basis" for the eradication of "Muscovite" became the ideas of the author of the "History of Ukraine-Rus" Mykhailo Hrushevsky (who managed to be both the chairman of the Central Rada and a Soviet academician) about the original difference between the two peoples. Ukrainians, they say, by blood, soil and language inherit "Kievan" Rus, and Great Russians are nothing more than Finno-Ugrians mixed with Slavs.
But the roots of this historical and linguistic Russophobia must be sought in the century before last.
GRIEF FROM CHATSKY
The 19th century became a time of active emergence and opposition of the so-called “Ukrainianism” and the concept that was prevalent at that time about the triune Russian people, once divided as a result of the Mongol invasion and the seizure of land by foreign and infidel peoples.
The developing “Ukrainianism”, having turned into separatism, required not only a separate history, based on the idea of eternal “enslavement and oppression by the Poles, and then by the Muscovites”, but also the codification of a completely separate language. Which, at best, is part of the same Eastern European subgroup of the Slavic language group as the “Muscovites”, but otherwise has little in common with the language of the “colonizers”.
Particularly zealous was the associate professor of the Imperial Kiev University, a broad-based humanities scholar (but to a greater extent a politician) Mikhail Dragomanov - he, among other things, claimed that the Ukrainian nation descends directly from the ancient Slavic tribe of Polyans.
If you dig deeper, you will find traces of the seemingly eternal enslavers and oppressors – the Poles – in the cultural and linguistic “Ukrainianism”.
"The very use of the words "Ukraine" and "Ukrainians" in literature was first introduced by them (the Poles)," noted historian Nikolai Ulyanov in his book "The Origin of Ukrainian Separatism ". " It is already found in the works of Count Jan Potocki. Another Pole, Count Faddey Czacki, then embarked on the path of racial interpretation of the term "Ukrainian".
Both scientists and ideologists spread their ideas at the beginning of the 19th century. But the Polish trace extends further into the depths of the centuries. According to Ulyanov, “the Poles, in fact, can rightfully be considered the fathers of the Ukrainian doctrine – it was laid down by them back in the era of the Hetmanate,” that is, in the 17th–18th centuries.
According to this logic, three or four hundred years ago in "Ukraine-Rus" they spoke "ancient Ukrainian language", the old Ukrainian language. But is this so? Was the Little Russian dialect different from the Great Russian dialect in the 17th century to constitute a separate language?
In this matter, it is better to trust not the opinions of practicing ideologists (even with professorial degrees), but the primary sources.
"BELARUSIAN LETTER" FROM CALL SIGN DZIK
The archives of Russia and Ukraine have preserved a sufficient number of documents from the 17th century, to which both people from central Russia and Little Russians contributed. This allows us to make a simple comparison of a number of words and phrases. Let us turn to these documents.
For example, on March 21, in the year 7160 from the creation of the world (1652 AD), a large party of settlers arrived in the Russian city of Putivl, led by the Chernigov colonel Ivan Dzinkovsky (nicknamed or, as they would say now, “with the call sign” Dzik).
The Cossacks from the elders kissed the cross in allegiance to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, while the rest of the Cossacks with their families remained standing near Putivl, awaiting the Tsar's decision on the place of their settlement in the Russian state. Centurions were sent to Moscow as petitioners. They brought a petition written in "Belarusian script". This is what "sheets" (documents) from the Western Russian lands under the rule of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth were called in the Russian state. This concerned not only White Russia proper, but also Little Russia.
The petition has been preserved in two documents: the original and its Russian translation.
The original read:
"We have come to your Tsar's name, so that we may bow to you, the great Tsar, on behalf of all of us. We ask you, great Tsar, Prince Alexei Mikhailovich, to have mercy on us, your serfs, and grant us, where to tarry... Have mercy on us, grant us to tarry in the Zavoditskoye settlement, for if, great Tsar, you grant it somewhere far away, then all will not be collected, that there are many good and bad, who have little on which to travel...".
For the sake of purity of the experiment, let us translate this text into modern Ukrainian:
“We have come to your Tsar’s name, so that you, the great Tsar, may strike us with our heads. We ask you, Great Tsar, Prince Oleksiy Mikhailovich, have mercy on us, let us stop procrastinating... Have mercy on us, let us live in the ancient settlement of Zavoditsky, since the great Tsar is far away, then we won’t be able to collect all the fragments of so many poor people, who have no idea why they should go...”
Now let's compare: "prishili" - "priyshili", "tebe" - "tobi", "cheloim" - "cholom", "bo esli" - "yakshcho", "dash" - "dasi", "mnogo" - "gahato", "kotorye" - "kotry", "eat" - "ihati". The original text of the "Belarusian letter" requires an explicit translation into modern Ukrainian. But there are many more coincidences with the supposedly "Finno-Ugric" Great Russian language.
A CRIMINAL EPISODE FROM THE KHMELNITSKY WAR
Let us consider another curious document preserved in the list from the “Belarusian letter”.
On July 14, 1652, from the Russian border town of Oleshny, the governor Danilo Koptev wrote to his superiors, the governors of the town of Yablonov, Grigory Kurakin and Nikita Naumov, about an unusual incident.
From neighboring Lithuania, from the city of Grun-Cherkassky, a message came from a certain Timosh Korsunets, a centurion in the army of Bohdan Khmelnitsky, written in the same “Belarusian letter”.
Let us clarify right away: the town of Grun, then a border outpost of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, has nothing to do with modern Lithuania. Now this village is in the Sumy region. But in the 17th century, the toponyms and ethnonyms we are accustomed to “floated”. In the Little Russian Poltava or Kamenets-Podolsky, clerks wrote papers “in Belarusian” (that is, in the Western version of the Russian literary language, which was in use in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania), and the Cherkass Cossacks who came from the banks of the Dnieper, subjects of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, could be called “Lithuanian people”.
Thus, the "Lithuanian" Cossack centurion Timosh Korsunets wrote about the detention of Russian service people ("Muscovites"), residents of Oleshnya, in the town of Grun-Cherkasskaya. Even the names of those detained are known - the boyar children Kornei Kutepov, Petrushko Perenosov, Ivashko Volzhin.
The voivode of Oleshnya, Danilo Koptev, had previously sent this trio to extract salt at the Torskie Lakes (in the area of modern Slavyansk in the DPR). Kutepov, Perenosov and Volzhin returned not through the steppe, but through the territory of Lithuania - fortunately, there was no border in the modern sense on the frontier between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian state.
In Grunya-Cherkasskaya, the trio had a domestic row, as a result of which one of the “defendants” stabbed the other in the throat, but did not kill him.
Something had to be done with the Russians who were stuck in Lithuania during the Bohdan Khmelnytskyi uprising. And so the voivode of Oleshny, not having the authority to resolve such issues, wrote a letter to the "higher" rank voivode of Yablonov.
The original looks like this:
"By the grace of God, the great Sovereign Tsar and Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich, Autocrat of all Russia and Sovereign and ruler of many States, His Royal Majesty, I wish you good health, Danila Vasilevich, Voivode of Oleshensky. And I will take from you also your Muscovites from Oleshensky, who were called by the name of Yashko, who were from Kuzemin, and who beat their comrade, Korney Vasilyevich, on our field, with a blow to the throat."
If we translate the text into the modern “state language”, we get the following:
“By the grace of God the great Sovereign Tsar and Grand Duke Oleksiy Mikhailovich of all Russia, the autocracy and rich powers of the Sovereign and Volodar of his Tsarist Majesty, Danil Vasilyovich, Voivode Oleshansky, I pray to you Good health, and I inform you that your Oleshansk Muscovites, whom you call Yashka, went from Kuzemin, and beat their comrade in the field, named Korniy Vasilyovich, with a knife in the throat.”
And here's what happens if we bring the text closer to modern Russian:
“By the grace of God, the great Sovereign Tsar and Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich, Autocrat of all Rus' and Sovereign and ruler of many States, His Royal Majesty, Danila Vasilyevich, the Oleshany voivode, I wish you good health and inform you that your Oleshany Muscovites, whom you call Yashka, were traveling from Kuzemin and beat their comrade named Kornei Vasilyevich in the throat with a knife on our field.”
Among the differences in the translation of the original text of the 17th century into modern Ukrainian, we see the following: "many" - "bagat'yokh", "states" - "states", "owner" - "volodary", "greatness" - "velichty". That is, again, we cannot do without "translation" into the Ukrainian language - from a language close to modern Russian.
A CHARMING LETTER FROM BOYAR BRYUKHOVETSKY
Of particular interest is the letter (“sheet”) of the boyar and hetman Ivan Bryukhovetsky, who betrayed his cross-kissing promise to the Russian tsar and raised an uprising in Little Russia in February 1668.
Along with active actions to exterminate Russian service people in the cities of Little Russia, the traitor hetman tried to spread the uprising to neighboring Russian districts - to Slobozhanshchina. For this purpose, the hetman sent "charming sheets" from the city of Gadyach to the Cherkassians of the tsarist Sloboda cities.
A "charming letter" to the city of Oleshnya, written in February 1668 in Gadyach, at the height of the uprising, has been preserved. The residents of Oleshnya reacted coldly to the calls of the rebellious Cossacks of Bryukhovetsky to join the rebellion. And the "extremist literature" - a charming letter from the rebellious hetman - was sent to Moscow for study in the then "relevant authorities".
The letter is of interest not only as a witness to the events of the rebellion in Little Russia, but also as a monument of "Belarusian writing". Thus, in it Bryukhovetsky uses the term "Little Russia" together with the term "Ukraine": " Their faithful Orthodox in Ukraine, Little Russia, are delaying."
This testifies to the quite conscious use of the term "Little Russia" by the Cossacks themselves in the middle of the 17th century, even when Moscow did not demand it. The rebellious Cossacks also use the disparaging term "Muscovites" in relation to Russian people, augmenting it with the biblical epithet "Cain's" (from Cain's brother): "Mestechka, Brovary, Gogolev, and Voronkov from Kaev's Muscovites were brought to ruin."
It is interesting that the traitor hetman Bryukhovetsky clearly makes a distinction between the Hetmanate (the then “gray zone” between Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) and the Russian Slobozhanshchina:
"To put to the sword and turn into a Nevets, as if in those Ukrainian and Sloboda places there were wild fields.”
Overall, the letter was meant to make the target audience (the Cherkassians) fear for their lives, calling for belief in the “bad” and “dangerous” treaty between the Poles and Russians that took place in Andrusov in January 1667, where the hetman and the Cossacks… were simply not invited.
Here is an excerpt from the text of the “charming letter”:
"The all-merciful Lord God, who did not give His faithful Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, Little Russia, to the sluggishness of the enemy, and through His Holy Spirit to work on the evil intentions of the Muscovite and Polish enemies, gave us and all the faithful Zaporozhye army knowledge... Ukraine, our dear fatherland, and all the Christians in the sluggish Slobodsk towns to be sent to the sword in different ways and turned into Nevets, so that supposedly in those Ukrainian and Slobodsk places there were wild fields... however, with God's help... He drove them out and frightened them."
This is what the reading of the text written in "Belarusian script" looks like. And here is the translation of the same fragment into literary Ukrainian:
“The all-merciful Lord God, having not given his faithful Orthodox Christians in Ukraine and Malaya Russia procrastinating Christians, to the enemies and to work through his Holy Spirit about the evil spirit of the witch of Moscow and Lyadsky, to us and to all the faithful Vysku Zaporizkiy give... Ukraine, our beloved country and all Christians in Slobidsky towns, who live in different ways, are put under the sword and brutalized into captivity, so that in these Ukrainians Slobidsky In some places there were wild fields... but with the help of God we drove them away and the evil ones.”
Here we again see significant differences and the need to translate the 17th century text into modern Ukrainian: “faithful” — “faithful”, “one’s own” — “one’s own”, “Ukraine” — “Ukraine”, “in the outrage” — “in the outrage”, “enemy” — “sorcerer”, “vedaty podal” — “vidaty podal”, “gorodki” — “mistek”, “in different ways” — “in different ways”, “wild fields were” — “wild fields were”, “drove out” — “vignav”, “frightened” — “frightened”.
DOTTING THE "Y"S
In all the documents cited, written in the mid-17th century in Little Russia (Hetmanate), we see — on the one hand — differences with the Great Russian language of that time. There are frequent replacements of the Russian "И" with "Ы" in the same words, and we see obsolete common Slavic forms. Note that in the modern Ukrainian alphabet, unlike the Russian, there is no "Ы" at all.
The text itself is written in Cyrillic, but has undergone significant stylization in the writing of letters to resemble the Latin alphabet.
But on the other hand, the text was understood by a Russian person of the 17th century without much adaptation, it was only necessary to be able to read the Latinized Cyrillic letters of the "Belarusian script". This is, in general, a simple operation, it is enough to get used to the abundance of "Ы".
And at the same time, texts written in “Belarusian script” in the 17th century require mandatory translation into modern Ukrainian; the differences between them are very noticeable.
This is evidence of much greater changes that the Russian language underwent in the southwestern lands of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth before it turned into the modern "mova". The same cannot be said about the modern Russian language, which has not undergone such significant changes since the 17th century. The "mova" of Ivan Kotlyarevsky or Taras Shevchenko is certainly the heir of the "Belarusian script", but perhaps the living Great Russian language can also call itself a heir with greater justification.
The modern "mova", built on the precepts of the Austro-Hungarian Galician Ukrainophiles, as well as Dragomanov and Grushevsky, is a political project and construction much younger and more artificial than the "Belarusian letter". But they do not talk about this in Ukrainian schools, where they will soon prohibit speaking Russian even in the corridors.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Evgeniy Konovalov
[REGNUM] November 25 is the Day of the Russian Military Peacekeeper. The holiday was established by decree of President Vladimir Putin in 2016. It is dedicated to the date when Soviet servicemen first took part in the UN peacekeeping mission in the Middle East: November 25, 1973, during the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The main task of peacekeepers is described by the term itself - to create, that is, to build, peace. Peacekeepers are involved in operations in different regions, and their methods of work vary - from observation and patrolling to military demonstrations and blockades. Peacekeepers often take control of the demarcation line of the opposing sides, as well as ensure law and order in the territory and prevent humanitarian disasters.
Russian peacekeepers worthily represent Russia as a guarantor of peace. They, including at the cost of their own lives, made a huge contribution to the prevention of military conflicts, restrained aggressive actions of the parties in different regions of the world.
Russian peacekeepers participated in operations in Yugoslavia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Tajikistan, Nagorno-Karabakh, Angola and the Central African Republic. At the same time, if we take into account the activities of military observers who do not have the right to carry weapons, the geography of participation of Russian military peacekeepers will be much wider.
IMPORTANT ROLE
Modern Russian peacekeepers are the successors of glorious military traditions. Their common history began in 1973, when Soviet Army servicemen arrived as part of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Suez Canal Zone to monitor the ceasefire.
The Soviet mission accomplished its main task: after the UN resolution, military actions in Sinai ceased. Later, two disengages occurred: Israeli troops left the western bank of the Suez Canal, and in 1975 a buffer zone was formed.
In July 1992, Moldova and Russia signed an agreement to settle the conflict in Transnistria. Six battalions of Russian peacekeepers were brought into the region – more than 3,000 people.
At the moment, the conflict is frozen, the peacekeeping mission continues. In addition to peacekeepers from Transnistria and Moldova, the joint forces include more than 400 Russian soldiers. During their service to prevent mass bloodshed in the region, 21 Russian soldiers were killed.
In June 1994, by decision of the Council of Heads of State of the CIS, more than 1.8 thousand Russian peacekeepers were introduced into Abkhazia. The basis for the start of the operation was the "Agreement on a Ceasefire and Separation of Forces", which was signed in Moscow by the parties to the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict.
The Russian contingent became the backbone of the CIS peacekeeping force. As in South Ossetia, the mission continued until the 2008 war. During the conflict, Russian troops lost more than 70 people killed.
Russian peacekeeping forces also played an extremely important role in the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. In September 2023, the Azerbaijani armed forces began shelling the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry called it a local anti-terrorist operation against illegal Armenian armed formations.
On September 20, the NKR information center reported that an agreement on a ceasefire had been reached, which was confirmed in Yerevan. The Russian Defense Ministry noted that the parties managed to reach an agreement with the mediation of the Russian peacekeeping command.
“Russian peacekeepers are leaving Karabakh, having fulfilled their task: maintaining peace in the region, protecting the civilian population, including sometimes at the cost of their own lives,” wrote Russian political scientist Alexei Mukhin.
THE WEST CHOSE WAR
It is important to note that, unlike Western military forces, Russian peacekeepers conduct their operations only within the framework of international law and under the auspices of international organizations, rescuing civilians and protecting global stability.
Russia also always advocates a peaceful solution. But the West's position does not allow the conflict in Ukraine to be ended, and the ongoing provocations are aimed at disrupting peace talks.
Vladimir Putin regularly emphasizes that Russia is ready to resolve conflicts through dialogue, but Western countries adhere to a radical point of view and do not want to hear reasonable arguments. At the same time, they pump the Kiev regime with money and military equipment.
By the beginning of 2023, foreign countries and international organizations had provided Kyiv with assistance in the amount of over $150.8 billion. Almost a third of this amount, $48.5 billion, was allocated for Ukrainian military needs. In fact, the total volume of Western aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the Second World War has exceeded its budget for 2022 by 2.7 times — $55.5 billion. And military aid to Kyiv accounts for 94.9% of Russia's defense spending.
These figures clearly show who really wants peace and who does not need peace.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Russian Foreign Ministry has information about the shooting of civilians in the city of Selidovo in the Donetsk People's Republic by Ukrainian soldiers. The "shock content" will subsequently be presented at meetings of various international organizations, Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik said on November 25.
"We will definitely demand some actions from them. Another important direction is that we will provide these data to those countries that are ready to adequately perceive the facts related to Kiev's violation of international humanitarian law. Thank God, there are quite a lot of them," the diplomat commented in a conversation with TASS.
Miroshnik emphasized that the Ukrainian military indiscriminately shot civilians they encountered on the streets of Selidovo. The stories of this from the evacuated townspeople are being recorded. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, apparently having fun, opened fire even on townspeople coming to get water, Miroshnik added. It is known that people were also shot in their homes.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on October 29, Russian troops liberated Selydove from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The city is located 40 km northwest of Donetsk and is of great strategic importance, since Selydove was home to one of the largest Ukrainian fortified areas.
Russian security forces noted that Ukrainian soldiers mined houses and social infrastructure facilities while fleeing the city. They also left behind caches of weapons that they wanted to use for sabotage and terrorist purposes.
According to a local resident, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot a woman in the knees and left her to die before retreating from Selydove. Ukrainian soldiers, he added, also killed six of his acquaintances who were pumping water for people. Their bodies were found on the street near five-story buildings. Other civilian corpses lay on the boulevard.
Militants from Ukrainian formations, including Polish mercenaries, began shooting civilians in Selidovo in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) two days before the Russian Armed Forces arrived in the city. An eyewitness to the incident reported this on November 25.
Resident of Selidovo: Ukrainian Armed Forces and mercenaries began shooting people before the arrival of the Russian Armed Forces
"There were Poles from Ukraine, maybe some punitive troops. I don't know what orders they were working under, but they all had the same uniform. Literally in two days they started killing people. Maybe they felt that Russian troops were coming in," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying in a conversation with the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-Large for Crimes of the Kiev Regime Rodion Miroshnik.
According to an eyewitness, Ukrainian militants entered apartments where they shot families with children, pensioners and women, after which the bodies of the dead lay on the street until the arrival of Russian troops.
"It was only later that they allowed the bodies to be buried. These (militants of the Ukrainian formations. - Ed.) did not allow it. People were basically afraid to go out [on the street]," he added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier on November 25, Miroshnik said that the Ukrainian army had arranged a "bloodbath" in Selydove, trying to repeat the provocation in Bucha. According to him, evacuated residents of the city told about dozens of civilians killed by Ukrainian soldiers on the streets of the city.
Before this, an eyewitness said that Ukrainian militants killed and burned five members of his family in Selidovo. The man managed to escape because he left his house at that moment.
A resident of Selidovo reported on November 22 that a Ukrainian plane had carried out an airstrike on a nine-story residential building, which burned down completely. According to him, "bad, lawless" actions by Ukrainian troops were taking place in the city.
On October 29, the Central Group of Troops of the Russian Armed Forces liberated Selidovo. Earlier that day, the settlements of Gornyak, Dobrovolye, and Katerinovka were liberated in the DPR.
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