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...how about we put my proposal to send thousands of those new IRS agents who can't come home unless they report misallocations of US funding, and raise it with a Fauci extradition?
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21.57 The Ukrainian military has been conducting an operation in the Kursk region for six months. The main point is to prepare not only to defend, but also to attack. Oleksandr Sirsky, head commander of the ZSU, stated this.
19.46 Soldiers of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade (24th OMBr) named after King Daniel stopped the Russian invaders from breaking through in Chasovy Yar in Donetsk Oblast. The 24th OMBr posted a corresponding recording of the enemy assault on its Telegram channel.
19:00 World oil prices are set to fall, and this could quickly stop the Russian-Ukrainian war. This statement was made by US President Donald Trump during a live broadcast at the World Economic Forum in Davos. According to him, Saudi Arabia and OPEC are "to some extent responsible" for the continuation of the war in Ukraine.
17:58 The first sentence for a serviceman in a looting case was handed down in Kursk. This was reported by the publication Mediazona . The facts of looting by Russian servicemen were repeatedly recorded on cameras by residents of the Kursk region themselves.
17.11 The number of victims as a result of Russian shelling of Zaporozhye has increased to 51. There are currently 22 people in hospitals. Others are being treated on an outpatient basis.
"The number of people wounded as a result of enemy shelling in Zaporizhia has increased to 51. People continue to seek medical help," said the head of the OVA, Ivan Fedorov.
15.54 The majority of Ukrainians - 57% - agree that any peace agreement that does not restore Ukraine's full territorial integrity is doomed to failure, according to a survey conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology as part of the IBIF project.
15.23 Russian troops shelled Donbass on January 23. As a result of artillery shelling and airstrikes, one person was killed and two were wounded. This was reported by the head of the Donetsk OVA Vadim Filashkin on Thursday, January 23.
13:54 Russian troops probably set fire to a collector with a hundred of their dead near Chasovy Yar in order not to take the bodies and to hide such large losses as a result of the strike by the Defense Forces. This was reported by the spokesman for the Luhansk OTG, Lieutenant Colonel Dmitry Zaporozhets in a commentary to UP.
13:36 North Korea has provided Russia with its multiple launch rocket systems disguised as civilian trucks. This was reported by Ukrainian journalist Andrey Tsaplienko, who published a video from social networks and the media. According to him, the MLRS has already been deployed in the Kursk region.
13:33 Russian troops struck Kramatorsk with a guided aerial bomb on January 23. This was reported by the Kramatorsk City Council on Thursday, January 23. The munition hit near the roadway. Two people were injured as a result of the shelling.
13:19 The SBU has issued a notice of suspicion in absentia to seven Russian officials who in May 2022 gave the order to carry out an airstrike with a super-heavy guided bomb on the civilian infrastructure of Sumy region. This was reported by the SBU press service on Thursday, January 23.
12:29 Russian soldiers have shot six more captured Ukrainian defenders. This was reported by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets. The Prosecutor General's Office has launched an investigation.
In a video circulating online, the occupiers personally recorded their own crime - the shooting of six captured Ukrainian soldiers in the back. The shooting of each of the captured soldiers takes place in full view of their fellow soldiers. At the same time, the occupiers order them to "lie down and shut their mouths." The video ends when the seventh soldier lies on the ground, his fate unknown.
12:00 Ukraine welcomes the "strong statement" by US President Donald Trump about the need to end Russia's war against our country. This was stated by Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha at the forum in Davos. According to him, Ukraine believes that there is a chance to gain new momentum in diplomatic efforts to end this war.
11:45 The number of international peacekeeping forces in Ukraine may be more than 200 thousand fighters, or less, depending on the size of the Ukrainian army. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with Bloomberg . At the same time, the introduction of peacekeepers to Ukraine cannot be considered a purely European initiative without the United States, the head of state emphasized.
11:40 Detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security in Poltava Oblast exposed two city council officials embezzling 5 million hryvnias of budget funds when purchasing quadcopters for military units.
11:20 Three FSB officers were blown up in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk of the Zaporizhia region. This was reported by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andryushchenko. According to him, two of them were eliminated, one is in the hospital.
10:58 Ukrainian military destroyed the launch site and the crew of the Russian army's Orlan-10 drone. This was reported by the press service of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group of forces.
Aerial reconnaissance by artillerymen discovered and destroyed the deployment and launch site, as well as the crew of the Russian Orlan-10 UAV.
10:30 President Volodymyr Zelensky called for more pressure on Russia after the enemy's combined strike on Zaporizhia on January 23. According to the head of state, these were strikes on residential areas and infrastructure. As of 9:30, one person was killed and 26 were injured, including a two-month-old child.
"We need more sanctions against Russia, more air defense to protect our cities and communities, and weapons for our soldiers on the front lines. Support for Ukraine is what saves lives, and it cannot wait," the president said.
9:10 A power facility was destroyed by shelling in Zaporizhia. The head of the OVA called the situation in the city critical. Currently, more than 17 thousand subscribers are without heat, 21 thousand - without electricity . Points of invincibility have been deployed.
8:53 Over the past 24 hours, 115 combat clashes were recorded at the front. The Russians carried out the most numerous attacks in the Pokrovsky, Limansky, Toretsky and Kupyansky directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 23.
8:20 In Zaporizhia, the number of casualties as a result of the Russian attack has increased to 24 people . This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhzhia OVA Ivan Fedorov.
7:50 Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces neutralized about 1,340 more Russian invaders . The total combat losses of the Russians from 02/24/22 to 01/23/25 amounted to approximately 825,320 people. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
7:23 The new deployment of North Korean troops will maintain the current pace of infantry attacks in the Kursk region, but the new groups of DPRK soldiers will suffer no less losses, which could reach 30 to 45 thousand killed and wounded monthly . This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
05:30 Explosions thundered in Zaporizhia on Thursday night amid a report of a ballistic threat. Residential buildings were damaged as a result of the strike. As of five in the morning, 16 victims were known. Among them were a two-month-old child and four employees of the State Emergency Service.
02:30 Russian occupiers captured Novovasilovka in the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region and advanced in Velyka Novosilka, Novoandriyevka, near Chasovy Yar, Yantarny, Petrovpavlovka, Yasenov, Kotlinoye, Vozdvizhenka and Baranovka, the DeepState project reported.
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[Korrespondent] The military asked citizens to observe information hygiene, carefully assess the situation and continue to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army is engaged in heavy fighting near the village of Bolshaya Novosilka in the Donetsk region. Measures are being taken to strengthen units, the command of the operational-strategic group of forces (OSGV) Khortitsa reported on Thursday, January 23.
It is stated that the military systematically notifies society about the progress of the defense operation within the operational zone. Exhausting battles are being waged against a superior enemy. The actions of the soldiers are aimed at inflicting maximum losses on the enemy, preventing a breakthrough of the defense and avoiding encirclement.
"The information is provided objectively, taking into account that the enemy is also carefully studying the Defense Forces' reports - information obtained from open sources helps the enemy plan and adjust its further offensive actions," the statement said.
At the same time, the command is taking measures to strengthen units, provide them with the necessary means to conduct combat, strengthen and secure the flanks. Also planned are measures for actions in case of an aggravation of the tactical situation and possible options for its development.
"The conduct of military operations is accompanied by information operations. Against the backdrop of heavy fighting, losses of personnel, and the unrestrained dynamics of war, the enemy is increasing its psychological influence both directly on personnel in the front lines and on Ukrainian society as a whole," the military warned.
According to their data, the main goal of Russian propagandists is to destabilize the public mood, disorient and undermine confidence in the military leadership and the Defense Forces. As a result, the stability of Ukraine's defenders will decrease, which will facilitate their offensive operation. The enemy uses information as a weapon, skillfully hiding behind the sources of its delivery.
"We ask you to observe information hygiene, assess the situation most carefully and continue to support your Armed Forces. Their efforts support the life of the state," the OSGV Khortytsia summarized.
It should be noted that today the speaker of the OSGV Khortitsa Viktor Tregubov stated on the air of the telethon that near Velyka Novosilka there is a risk of operational encirclement of the Defense Forces units.
"There is no complete cordon there. There is a risk of an operational cordon, but efforts are being made to prevent it, and also to prevent the Russians from blocking the approaches to the village, despite the fact that they are trying to take them under fire control," he said.
Let us recall that several days ago, analysts from the DeepState project reported that Russian troops had advanced near Velikaya Novoselka . Korrespondent.net investigated the threat of a further Russian offensive in the Velikaya Novoselka area .
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Eastern and Southern Ukraine.
In the Pokrovsky direction, 35 Russian assaults have already been repelled in the areas of 12 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, the number of combat clashes along the front line has increased to 82. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Thursday, January 23.
Thus, one military clash took place in the Kharkov direction .
In the Kupyansk direction, our troops repelled five assaults by the invaders near Dvurchnaya, Zagryzovo and Petropavlovka in the Kupyansk direction. Three combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked three times in the areas of Zeleny Gai and Kopanki, one combat clash has not yet been completed.
In the Seversky direction, an assault was repelled near Ivano-Daryevka.
The enemy made two assaults in the Kramatorsk direction . A battle is underway in the area of Chasovy Yar.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked eight times near Dilievka, Krymskoye and Toretsk, and the fighting continues to this day.
In the Pokrovsk direction , the enemy advanced 45 times in the areas of the settlements of Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Mirolyubovka, Mirnograd, Promin, Lisovka, Novy Trud, Uspenovka, Andreyevka, Shevchenko, Dachnoye, Ulakly and Yantarnoye. Our defenders have already repelled 35 of them. Fierce battles are underway.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, three out of five assaults were repelled near Novodarovka, Constantinople and Velikaya Novoselka.
In Kursk region our troops repelled five attacks. Four combat clashes are still ongoing.
Let us recall that since the beginning of the war, Russia's losses have exceeded 825 thousand fighters . In just one day on January 22, more than 1,300 "good" Russians were added.
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[EngMilRu] In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces hit formations of one motorised infantry brigade and one National Guard brigade close to Volchansk and Malye Prokhody (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 troops, two motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade close to Petropavlovka, Novoosinovo, Glushkovka, Novoplatonovka (Kharkov region), and Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were more than 530 troops, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, 16 motor vehicles, seven field artillery guns, two of them were NATO-made. One artillery ammunition depot was eliminated.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops hit formations of two mechanised brigades and one National Guard brigade near Konstantinovka, Mayaki, Chervonoye, Chasov Yar, and Podolskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 280 troops, eight field artillery guns, one motor vehicle, and one electronic warfare station.
As a result of active offensive actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Solenoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Russian troops delivered strikes on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Petrovka, Dzerzhinsk, Novovasilevka, Novoyelizavetovka, Peschanoye, and Slavyanka (Donetsk People's Republic)
The AFU losses were up to 570 troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, nine motor vehicles, and one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units continued advancing into the depths of enemy defences, defeated formations of three mechanised brigades of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and one National Guard brigade close to Razliv, Velikaya Novosyolka, Otradnoye, Novopol (Donetsk People's Republic), and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 180 troops, four infantry fighting vehicles, and one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade and one territorial defence brigade close to Zmeyevka, Tokarevka, Antonovka, and Kazatskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were more than 60 troops, five motor vehicles, one French-made 155mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system, and one electronic warfare station. One field ammunition depot was destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged the infrastructure of military airfields, critical gas and power infrastructure that support the work of Ukrainian defence industry enterprises as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 144 areas.
Air defence facilities shot down 29 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 41,177 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,739 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,877 field artillery guns and mortars, and 30,616 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
During offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on formations of one tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades of the AFU close to Viktorovka, Guyevo, Kositsa, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Rubanshchina, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, and Sudzha. One AFU counter-attack was repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Gornal, Zaoleshenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Loknya, Martynovka, Melovoy, Mirny, Mikhaylovka, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Yuzhny as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Zhuravka, Miropolye, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
Over the course of the day, the AFU losses were more than 270 troops, two tanks, one armoured personnel carrier, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 10 motor vehicles, and one electronic warfare station. One AFU serviceman surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 54,270 troops, 315 tanks, 237 infantry fighting vehicles, 180 armoured personnel carriers, 1,608 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,596 motor vehicles, 387 artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 98 EW stations, 14 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 32 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, nine armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 23.01.2025 to 00:00 24.01.2025.
A total of 19 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There were no reports of civilian injuries.
DAMAGED:
Eight residential buildings,
One civil infrastructure facility.
A total of 19 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 59 units of various ammunition were fired.
20:41 Destruction of a T-64 tank of the 58th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using a loitering munition “Lancet” in the area of the settlement of Zolochiv in the Khar'kov region –MAP.
20:18 Blinded the enemy: the Fagot (ATGM AT-4)
crew destroyed observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Kakhovka direction.
The scouts discovered an enemy observation post that was monitoring our units, adjusting artillery fire and launching FPV drones. The command decided to strike with the Fagot anti-tank missile system. The crew quickly moved to the firing position and destroyed the target with a precise hit.
19:32 Combat "birds" of the "North" group of forces covered a mortar position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Footage from the border area of the Kursk region.
19:00 Russian Armed Forces advance in Velikaya Novoselka –MAP.
18:01 Drone operators of the "West" group destroyed another tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the "West" group of forces identified and destroyed a T-64 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of one of the settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic.
17:17 Defeat of the antitank missile and UAV launcher of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using a heavy flamethrower system in the area of the settlement of Velyka Novosyolka. According to the source, losses amounted to: up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen; four units of high-cross-country vehicles –MAP.
16:59 Su-35s provide cover for Aerospace Forces aircraft and helicopters in the Kursk border area. Su-35s crew completed air cover for bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters, when striking armored vehicles and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region.
16:39 Fighters of the Siberian assault regiment of the Alexandria brigade of the Samara association released the settlement of Solenoe (DPR).
15:25 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces got hit surrounded in Velikaya Novosyolka.
The Russian command has set the time and direction for the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants to surrender, issuing an ultimatum. However, the enemy ignores the statement and does not give the order to abandon positions. Disparate enemy groups continue to remain in shelters in the hope... in the hope of who knows what. All escape routes are targeted by FPV drones and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces.
There is very little time left before the liberation of the settlement.
15:08 FAB-1500 strike on the air defense system of the 5th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement of Novodmitrovka, Donetsk region –MAP.
14:37 Step by step: "Center" fighters are driving the enemy out of Donetsk land.
On frames– combat work of units of the Center group of forces during the liberation of the village of Solenoe in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "Center" military group continue to defeat Ukrainian militants, liberating the lands of Donbass.
During the offensive, the assault units of the group, using attack unmanned aerial vehicles, destroyed firing points and command and observation posts of Ukrainian militants, and also deployed artillery crews to destroy exposed enemy positions.
Then our attack aircraft cleared the houses and buildings of the remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units that had not managed to escape from their positions.
The servicemen of the "Center" group of troops successfully conduct combat operations against Ukrainian neo-Nazis, step by step dislodging the enemy from populated areas and fortified positions. The "Center" fighters push back the enemy, capture trophies and take Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen prisoner.
14:01 The Abrams tank did not reach its destination after meeting with the Lancet UAV and became dejected in a ditch near the settlement of Viktorovka in the Kursk direction –MAP.
13:54 Last warning for the enemy.
Russian servicemen of the Siberian Association brigades covered the positions of the 25th Airborne Brigade and the 68th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Pokrovsky direction with special propaganda materials before launching artillery strikes and beginning the assault.
"Surrender to save your lives!" is the main message of leaflets calling on Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers to choose life
12:08 Destroyed a mortar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Airborne artillerymen destroyed mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. Units of the artillery unit of the Airborne Forces from Novorossiysk daily disable artillery systems, suppress command posts, destroy weapons, military equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
8:56 8.5 km southwest of Krasnoarmeysk, assault groups of the Group of Forces "Center" started to advance to a tactically important defensive node of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - the railway station of Uglepromtrans LLC, as well as to the enrichment station of Donetskstal-M3 CJSC.
The facility has a large number of conveyors, which are potential firing points for ATGM crews and optical-electronic reconnaissance equipment, as well as for retransmission of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The advance began from the Kotlino side and is more than one km. At this moment, control over the ventilation shaft of PAO "Shakhtoupravlenie Pokrovskoe" is established.
There are also battles for the Udachnaya railway station and the settlement of the same name.
8:01 Breakthrough is working: tankers are smashing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The crews of the T-90M Proryv tanks of the Zapad group of forces continue to provide fire support to the assault units in the special operation zone.
7:27 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region.
5:03 "Thirty-fifth" in the air. Mi-35M crew destroyed manpower and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
On V Kontakte (Russian Facebook), some acquaintances over the years have complained repeatedly about the lack of water, one young woman saying they often are reduced to bathing using a soup ladle, the flow is so constricted. This has been going on for almost ten years now. by Olga Borisova
[REGNUM] Residents of Kirovsky, the longest and most densely populated district of Donetsk, gathered again on January 21 to meet with city officials and utility service representatives. Some streets in the district, especially those with multi-story buildings, have been without water for almost a month. People have to buy and carry bottles of water to their upper floors — otherwise they can’t even wash their dishes.
Living without water is no exaggeration. While in some houses (usually on the lower floors) a thin trickle appears at least every other day, in others you can't get a drop from the tap.
Residents of Kirov, Karl Marx, Gazeta Komsomolets Donbassa and other neighboring streets told journalists of the publication Bloknot Donetsk : water barely flows only in basements, there has been none in apartments since December, and appeals to authorities do not help.
"Nobody can hear us! " one of the locals exclaims in the video. "Look who's standing here: women, children, and there's still no water..."
“And nearby we have a school, two hospitals...” adds another woman.
Back in December, on the eve of the holidays, the Regnum news agency wrote that the first deputy chairman of the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, Andrey Chertkov, promised during a direct line that the situation, which had long been hopelessly catastrophic, should improve by the New Year - water will flow to the homes of Donetsk residents without interruption during the holidays.
However, the miracle did not happen.
The authorities warned residents of Donetsk and Makeyevka that they needed to urgently stock up on water. The turbid, yellow liquid, unsuitable for anything but the most basic household needs, stopped flowing from the taps of even those who, according to the schedule of the DPR's main water supply operator, were supposed to have it.
"The water supply schedule is every other day, they turn it on for a few hours, " Elena, a resident of the Kirovsky district , told IA Regnum . "But even with this schedule, the water does not reach everyone. Residents of the upper floors of multi-story buildings suffer especially. And if the elevator doesn't work, it's a disaster."
The same situation, the woman continues, is in all areas of the city. At the same time, in areas that suffered less from enemy shelling, they have at least begun to replace the pipes.
But Kirovsky, Petrovsky, Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky are not even in the plans “until the situation normalizes.”
"It is impossible to wash yourself normally, clean, wash dishes and do laundry. We go to stores separately for drinking water. Not only do we have to carry technical water, we also have to bring drinking water. And for those who have small children or sick elderly people, it is hell," says Elena.
THE SOURCES ARE EXHAUSTED, THERE IS NOWHERE TO GET WATER
Donetsk's water problems are not being solved. They will not be solved in the coming days and months, says Bloknot Donetsk journalist Alexey Rutskoy , who is actively working on this topic. He learned from his sources that Donetsk's troubles are much more serious than is commonly thought. Almost all sources from which the city received water have now been exhausted.
"Quarries, lakes, reservoirs - they are all dry, everything is exhausted. I contacted the Ministry of Construction, but did not receive a meaningful answer. We are now dependent on the Don-Donbass water pipeline, but only 20% of the water volumes that the Donetsk agglomeration needs is supplied.
This is not only Donetsk, but also a number of industrial cities around it, which were supplied by the Seversky Donets-Donbass water pipeline from the Dnieper built by Stalin. The Ukrainians blocked it, now we have a problem with water everywhere,” Rutskoy told IA Regnum .
Two dry summers and a hastily built water pipeline that supplies water only to those located near the water supply points have only worsened the problem, the journalist explains.
"Water is not supplied around the clock, the pipes rust at a Stakhanovite pace, and when water is supplied, there are breaks. There is no one to fix them: there is one team for the Kirovsky district. It seems to be no secret to anyone that in 2022, utility workers were mobilized," adds the interlocutor of IA Regnum .
It turns out that local officials really have nothing to say to the people: employees of Voda Donbassa, the city administration, and the district administration were present at the meeting on January 21, but no dialogue took place.
At the same time, in mid-January, meeting with residents of the Pobeda microdistrict — the same long-suffering Kirovsky district — the first deputy director of the Donetsk branch of the State Unitary Enterprise of the DPR "Voda Donbassa" Yaroslav Kapustin admitted that there really is only one repair team for the entire district. And the first deputy general director of "Voda Donbassa" Sergey Mokry claimed: the volumes of incoming water are really catastrophically decreasing, because "there is a problem with the sources."
In his article, Alexey Rutskoy cited the words of the meeting participants who, in despair, planned to turn to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin for help.
PAYMENTS FOR DANGEROUS RUST
In general, Donetsk's water problems are not a month or even a year old. Back in the fall of 2024, the editorial staff of IA Regnum spoke with residents of the village of Lidiyevka, who have been living without central water supply for two years - after the destruction of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal during the fighting.
Elderly residents of the village told how they have to survive: collecting rainwater and waiting for a “barrel” of water, which is brought by volunteers once a week.
And at the end of last summer, the situation was aggravated by the lifting of the moratorium on water supply payments introduced by the republic's authorities in the spring of 2022. People began receiving payment notices, and immediately after them, debts, which were also issued retroactively.
Residents of Donetsk, Gorlovka, Ilovaisk, Yasinovataya, Makeyevka and other cities of the DPR began to receive huge amounts of money to pay - even in those settlements where there was no water since March 2022. The agency's interlocutors then said: they are not going to pay for water that is not there under any circumstances, but they will definitely keep the bills - for future trials.
And even in the houses and apartments that were lucky enough to have running water, things are not so smooth. The water that miraculously reached the apartments of Donetsk residents through pipes that had not been repaired for a long time turned out to be a "cloudy orange liquid" that not only cannot be used for cooking or hygiene, but even for washing and other household chores.
The authorities denied this problem. Andrey Chertkov stated that the water "meets the standards of the technical regulations in an emergency situation at the exit from the filtration station." Donetsk residents themselves nicknamed the cloudy and, quite possibly, poisonous substance "Nutella."
Elena, a resident of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, is sure that nothing will change until the Seversky Donetsk-Donbass channel is launched, and this can only happen after the liberation of Slavyansk.
"Now they promise to switch to daily supply by the hour, they try to supply from 5 to 9 p.m. It doesn't always work out. And if they switch to a daily schedule, there will be even less. Until they rebuild Seversky Donets - Donbass, the situation will not improve," said the interlocutor of IA Regnum.
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[Regnum] In the village of Russkoye Porechnoye, liberated by the Russian military, in the border area of Kursk Oblast, torture chambers set up by militants of Ukrainian formations in the basements of residential buildings were discovered. This was reported on January 23 by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova.
“On January 17, torture chambers set up by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were discovered in the basements of residential buildings in the village of Russkoye Porechnoye in the Kursk region, which was liberated by the Russian armed forces,” she said at a briefing.
The diplomat specified that at least seven bodies of local residents of different ages with signs of torture were found in the basements. Zakharova added that Ukrainian fighters threw grenades at the victims.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 17, Russian military personnel liberated four more settlements in the border area of the Kursk region from Ukrainian forces in two weeks of January : Alexandria, Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye and Kruglenkoye.
On January 19, Russian security forces reported that the remains of seven civilians with tied hands, bruises and bullet wounds were found in two basements of houses in Russkoye Porechny. It was noted that Ukrainian militants pulled hats over the heads of civilians, shot them in the legs and left them to die.
Later that day, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case into the murder of residents of Russkoye Porechnoye by militants of Ukrainian formations. The department specified that all Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers involved in the crime will be identified and held accountable in accordance with the law.
Ambassador-at-large of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the crimes of the Kiev regime Rodion Miroshnik later reported that during the retreat, the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers threw grenades at the mutilated bodies of civilians. He called this atrocities that make your blood run cold and show the true face of the Kiev regime.
It should be noted that the Romas (gypsies) heavily influence the culture of the Slavs of the Transcaucasus, evidenced by the wedding dance videos I have watched.
[Regnum] In Astrakhan, the Gypsy community married an eight-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. A video of the celebration appeared online on January 23.
The children's wedding took place in a restaurant according to gypsy traditions on a grand scale. According to Russian law, registry offices do not have the right to register such marriages. The celebration was accompanied by music and congratulations.
In a video posted online, children are dancing a wedding dance.
In July, Regnum reported that in Stavropol, an 18-year-old man was facing prison for a "Gypsy marriage." A criminal case was opened against him for having sex with his 15-year-old common-law wife. They were married according to Gypsy customs, but such a union has no legal force and does not cancel Russian laws.
Commentary by Russian military journalist is in italics.
Photos at the link.
[ColonelCassad] The Kalashnikov Concern looks to the future.
Kalashnikov to Present Super-Maneuverable Guided Swarm Munitions in Abu Dhabi for the First Time
Kalashnikov Concern will present a new reconnaissance and strike system with guided munitions, the KUB-SM (SM stands for super-maneuverable), at the IDEX 2025 international conference and arms exhibition, which will be held in Abu Dhabi (UAE) from 17 to 21 February 2025.
The system includes both guided munitions (UB) in transport and launch containers (TPK, 14 in total) and a reconnaissance relay aircraft based on an unmanned aerial vehicle (BLA-R) in a TPK (2 in total). Both types of aircraft are launched alternately from a launcher located in an armored combat vehicle. The drones take off gas-dynamically from the TPK.
The guided munition delivers a multifactor warhead by the UB carrier to the target for its destruction. The BLA-R performs surveillance and reconnaissance of the area, as well as relaying information from the UB to the ground control station and back.
The combat armored vehicle provides accommodation for the combat crew, one UB and BLA-R ammunition set, equipment for preparing and using the ammunition set, as well as their movement on the march, when moving to a firing position and back.
The complex is designed to conduct mobile combat operations and destroy unarmored and lightly armored military equipment, elements of command posts of divisions, battalions, batteries, battalions of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM), including vehicles with electronic warheads (RES) and manpower in personal armor protection; air defense and missile defense facilities (AD, BMD), electronic reconnaissance and electronic warfare (air defense air defense radars, counter-battery radars, ground moving target reconnaissance radars), rear support facilities, launch sites for enemy UAV systems, enemy aircraft (helicopters) outside shelters at base airfields (sites).
The KUB-SM complex ensures the combat use of super-maneuverable guided munitions at any time of the day, in simple and difficult meteorological conditions, with wind gusts of up to 15 m/s.
This is one of the main areas. Batch launch of swarm-type UAVs.Next, it is necessary to refine the systems for exchanging information within the swarm and introducing effective machine vision for automatic target destruction.
The concept itself is already actively developing, especially among the Chinese.
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.
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Any bets on how long it takes for this to reach PA, GAZA, The USA, or other, at risk areas?
