[REMIX] Facing losses, huge debts, and layoffs, Gazprom is now turning to Russian citizens to help it out of its financial woes, writes "Rzeczpospolita."
Gazprom’s management is reportedly demanding that the Kremlin raise gas prices threefold on the domestic market.
Alexey Sakharov, head of Gazprom’s strategic department, spoke about the company’s difficult situation: "The current level of regulated wholesale gas prices in Russia does not ensure the creation of financial resources in sufficient quantities to make the necessary capital investments in the maintenance and development of gas infrastructure in the interests of Russian customers. And this cannot but affect the reliability of gas supplies in the long term," he warned during a meeting of the Council of Experts in the State Duma.
Sakharov argued that the price of gas for Russians must rise to a level that will allow Gazprom to provide gas to all regions and implement investment projects. The company will also have to triple the tariffs for gas transmission for independent producers.
[Red State] In an interview with Russian state television Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised U.S. President Donald Trump, calling him a "clever and pragmatic man," and signaled a willingness to negotiate on a variety of issues.
He also seemingly agreed with Trump that the war in Ukraine might not have ever started if Trump had stayed in office in 2020 and Joe Biden hadn’t come along to royally screw things up.
"We always had a business-like, pragmatic but also trusting relationship with the current U.S. president," Putin said. "I couldn’t disagree with him that if he had been president, if they hadn’t stolen victory from him in 2020, the crisis that emerged in Ukraine in 2022 could have been avoided."
Putin’s statement was his bluntest endorsement yet of Trump’s refusal to accept his defeat in the 2020 election.
Two things come to mind about the above statement—1) Putin is trying to suck up to Trump, and 2) He’s certainly not above trying to sow division in the United States and knows very well that the 2020 election still causes emotions to run high.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.41 The Verkhovna Rada's profile committee, after detaining generals and officers suspected of negligence due to which the enemy was able to seize part of the Kharkiv region, recalled combat immunity and the exemption of military personnel from criminal liability during martial law. This is stated in a message published on Facebook by the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence.
22.23 Russian "shahids" have thousands of foreign components. Their supply must be stopped. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his video address published on Facebook, commenting on the shelling of Ukraine by the Russian Federation.
21:45 The Russian army is preparing a massive shelling of Kherson and its suburbs on January 25. This was stated by the head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin on his Telegram channel on Friday, January 24.
20:03 Russian troops in the Kursk region, despite their numerical superiority, are retreating from their positions under pressure from the Defense Forces. This was reported by the head of the Central Dispatch Center Andrey Kovalenko on Friday, January 24.
In fact, at present, the Russian-Korean forces retain an advantage in the number of personnel, but due to the terrain features, as well as the loss of equipment and people, the enemy's pace of movement was slowed and the original plans were disrupted.
19:28 Russians continue their assaults in the Kharkiv region to gain control over Borova, as well as break through to Oskol and create a bridgehead for a further offensive in the direction of Kharkiv. This was reported by the deputy commander of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, Maksim Zhorin, in Telegram on Friday, January 24.
19:09 Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that about 450 thousand people signed a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry in 2024, and more than 40 thousand Russians joined volunteer formations. This was reported by Russian media on Friday, January 24.
Recently, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, reported that the total losses of Russian troops in 2024 amounted to more than 434 thousand personnel .
None of them are going to father any more babies, to Russia’s detriment.
18:39 Russian troops are attacking Kharkov with drones on the evening of January 24, one hit has been recorded, preliminarily, in the private sector of the Osnovyansky district of the city. This was reported by Mayor Igor Terekhov on Friday, January 24.
17.33 In the Sumy region, three people were injured as a result of an attack by Russian drones on civilian vehicles.
During the day, the occupiers attacked, according to preliminary data, two vehicles with civilians moving through the territory of the Miropol community of the Sumy district with FPV drones. As a result of the attack, the driver of the car was injured.
The Russians subsequently attacked another vehicle with a drone, injuring two civilian men.
16:41 China welcomes US President Donald Trump's intentions to end the "Ukrainian crisis." This was stated by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning at a briefing. She assured that Beijing will continue to provide assistance on the path to negotiations and is ready to maintain contact with any party.
16:10 Law enforcement officers conducted more than a thousand simultaneous searches throughout Ukraine in order to block channels for the illegal sale and storage of weapons and ammunition. The National Police seized more than 800 weapons and 57 kg of explosives. 67 suspects were detained.
15.50 The Security Service's military counterintelligence exposed an FSB agent who wanted to launch a missile strike by the Russian Federation on one of Ukraine's military institutes. The enemy's henchman turned out to be a cadet who studied at the institution and collaborated with the Russians for the promise of a monetary reward. The traitor was detained when she tried to escape from a restricted facility.
15.41 Drones attacked and damaged an aircraft repair plant in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh Oblast. The Russians said that "the roof of one of the workshops and the boiler room" were damaged by "falling debris," and there were no casualties.
15:30 Russia has no right to issue ultimatums to NATO and demand that it cancel the promise made in Bucharest regarding Ukraine's accession to the Alliance. This was written by the spokesman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Georgiy Tykhyi, on the social network H.
Earlier today, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said that Ukraine's potential membership in NATO allegedly "prevents the achievement of peace in Ukraine and, in a broader sense, the creation of any security architecture."
15:22 On the occasion of Foreign Intelligence Day of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky presented the military with state awards and the flag of the Foreign Intelligence Service, and also awarded them the military rank of brigadier general. This was reported by the press service of the head of state.
14.59 Three Viber channel administrators who were obstructing mobilization were exposed in Lviv Oblast. This was reported by the SBU press service. The group members were distributing information online about the locations where draft notices would be served to conscripts.
14.31 The bodies of 757 fallen defenders have been returned to Ukraine as a result of repatriation activities. This was reported by the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Law enforcement investigators, together with expert institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, will establish the identities of the deceased as soon as possible.
14.23 The Russian army is trying to encircle Pokrovsk from the south and north, but the occupiers' plans are failing. The hostile plan is still far from being realized. This was reported by Viktor Tregubov, a representative of the Khortitsa operational-strategic group of troops, on Friday, January 24.
13:55 Journalists and volunteers have established 1,964 new names of Russian soldiers killed during the war of conquest in Ukraine in two weeks. Their total number has reached 90,019, the BBC reports . Currently, the largest number of Russian citizens killed in the war against Ukraine has been recorded in Bashkortostan - 3,932 people.
13:18 The Ukrainian Airborne Assault Troops showed the destruction of a column of Russian equipment in the Kursk region. The footage shows the work of units of the 82nd separate Bukovina Airborne Assault Brigade.
12:09 Russian troops shelled the village of Zelenovka in the Kherson region on the night of January 24, as a result of which several trucks were destroyed, private houses and electrical networks were damaged. This was reported by the head of the Kherson GVA Roman Mrochko on Friday, January 24.
11:59 A 30-year-old volunteer from Austria has died in the battles for Ukraine. This was reported by the local publication Östrerreich, citing the Austrian Foreign Ministry.
The first to report the death of the Austrian volunteer was his Ukrainian girlfriend in a post on Instagram. She posted a photo of the deceased Richard S., who was supposed to have celebrated his 30th birthday just two weeks ago.
It is noted that the Austrian volunteer died during a drone attack.
10:55 The strategic plant Kremniy EL in the Russian city of Bryansk has suspended operations after a drone attack. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press service of the enterprise on Friday, January 24.
10:32 The aggressor country Russia would not have been able to fight if the ability of Russian allies to assist this terror had been truly limited. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote this on Facebook, reacting to the night attack of Russian drones on the Kiev region. Houses were damaged in Brovary and Glevakha. The death toll has risen to three people. The rescue operation has been completed.
9:33 On the night of January 24, air defense forces shot down 25 attack drones in the Sumy, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky and Lviv regions.
As a result of the attacks in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, there are casualties and fatalities. Apartment buildings, private houses and cars were damaged.
9:12 In the Lviv region, as a result of falling debris from a downed Russian Shahed drone, a residential building and a car were damaged. This was reported by the head of the Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytsky. According to him, this night the Lviv region was attacked by four enemy combat drones. Air defense soldiers and mobile fire groups worked 100%. All enemy targets were destroyed.
8:48 Over the past 24 hours, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 19 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, military equipment and two artillery systems of the Russians. This was reported on January 24 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over the past 24 hours, 125 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and the Russian invaders were recorded on the front.
8:19 On the night of January 24, the Russians shelled the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region 5 times. Enterprises, residential buildings, a store and power lines were damaged. This was reported by the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
7:50 Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 1,500 Russian occupiers. The total combat losses of the enemy from 02/24/22 to 01/24/25 were approximately 826,820 people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:23 On the night of January 24, 121 drones attacked 11 regions of Russia, Moscow and occupied Crimea . All drones were allegedly destroyed. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry. It is noted that the air defense allegedly shot down 37 drones over the Bryansk region, 20 over the Ryazan region, 17 each over the Kursk and Saratov regions, seven over the territory of the Rostov region, six each over the territory of the Moscow and Belgorod regions, three over the territory of the Voronezh region, two each over the territory of the Tula, Lipetsk and Oryol regions. One over Moscow. Another over occupied Crimea.
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[EngMilRu] From 18 to 24 January 2025, the Russian Armed Forces have carried out eight group strikes by high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which have hit critical gas and power infrastructure facilities that support the work of the Ukrainian defence industry as well as targets of the Ukrainian defence industry.
In addition, weapons depots, infrastructure of military airfields, assembly workshop, storage areas of strike drones, and temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed groups were hit.
Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces continued to eliminate AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
Aviation and drone strikes, and artillery fire hit manpower and hardware of a tank brigade, a heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades of the AFU, a naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades.
In Kharkov direction, Russian units hit formations of an AFU motorised infantry brigade and a national guard brigade.
During the week, in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces, the enemy suffered losses of up to 2,300 troops, 15 tanks, including two U.S.-made Abrams tanks, 69 armoured fighting vehicles, including a U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. Russian troops destroyed 127 motor vehicles, 34 field artillery guns, including a U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer.
The Zapad Group of Forces liberated Novoyegorovka of the Lugansk People's Republic and Zapadnoye of Kharkov region.
Russian units hit manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, two airmobile brigades, a jaeger brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an assault brigade of the AFU, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,260 troops, five tanks, 35 armoured fighting vehicles, including ten M-113 armoured personnel carriers, two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and 71 motor vehicles. Forty-nine field artillery guns, including 15 manufactured by NATO countries, three electronic warfare stations, and eight ammunition depots were eliminated.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Strikes were delivered at formations of three mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, and an airmobile brigade of the AFU, and a national guard brigade.
The AFU losses in this direction during the week amounted to up to 1,680 troops, seven armoured fighting vehicles, including U.S.-made M-113 and HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, 17 field artillery guns, including five western-made artillery guns. Three electronic warfare stations and 13 ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units continued advancing into the depths of enemy defences and liberated Petropavlovka, Vozdvizhenka, Volkovo, Solenoye, Timofeyevka, and Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops engaged units of a heavy mechanised brigade, seven mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, two national guard brigades, three territorial defence brigades, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police.
The losses of Ukrainian formations amounted to more than 4,050 troops, two tanks, 28 armoured fighting vehicles, including seven U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, a Finnish-made Pasi armoured personnel carrier, a French-made VAB armoured vehicle, and a U.S. HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle. Forty six motor vehicles and 26 field artillery guns were eliminated.
The Vostok Group of Forces has liberated Vremevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four mechanised brigades, an air assault brigade of the AFU, a marine brigade, three territorial defence brigades, and a national guard brigade were defeated.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,070 troops, seven tanks, ten armoured fighting vehicles, including a U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, 14 motor vehicles, and 18 field artillery guns, including eight manufactured by NATO countries.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of a mechanised brigade, three coastal defence brigades of the AFU, two naval infantry brigades, a territorial defence brigade, and a national guard brigade.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 455 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, 46 motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, seven electronic warfare stations, and six ammunition depots.
Over the past week, air defence systems have shot down five French-made Hammer guided bombs, 17 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS shells, 752 fixed-wng unmanned aerial vehicles, including 218 within the past 24 hours and 174 of them outside the special military operation zone.
Over the past week, 17 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 41,395 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,829 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,913 field artillery guns and mortars, and 30,758 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 the offensive, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on units of a tank brigade, a heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, a naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Viktorovka, Zazulevka, Zaoleshenka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Rubanshchina, Sudzha, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. One AFU counter-attack was repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and Artillery engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Kazachya Loknya, Pervy Knyazhy, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Mirny, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Sverdlikovo, Starya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Yuzhny, Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Miropolye, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 190 troops, three tanks, including a U.S.-made Abrams tank, three armoured personnel carriers, five armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, a U.S.-made M-777 howitzer, two mortars, an electronic warfare station as well as six UAV control posts, and an ammunition depot.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 54,460 troops, 318 tanks, 237 infantry fighting vehicles, 183 armoured personnel carriers, 1,613 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,602 motor vehicles, 388 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, 99 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] 20:30 Captured serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told, who learned about the destruction of his brigade after arriving in Poland after training
"They sent us to Poland. We went through basic training - how to shoot a machine gun, throw a grenade, bury an anti-tank mine. There were Polish instructors for two weeks and Czech instructors for two weeks, they taught us medicine. We communicated with the Polish instructors through people who simply knew Polish. We communicated with the Czechs through their medic, who knew Ukrainian well," the prisoner said.
After returning, Svechkin learned that his brigade no longer existed; it had been destroyed.
19:50 Novopavlovskoye direction: liberation of Solenoy and attack on Udachny, –map.
The offensive of Russian troops in the Pokrovsk area is developing not only on the city itself, but also on the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region. Over the past few days, the Russian Armed Forces have liberated Solenoye and also expanded the zone of control in the fields to the south in the direction of Novopavlovka, after which the new direction of the front was named.
19:20 An FPV drone operator of the Sever group of forces destroyed a heavy UAV Baba Yaga of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region, –video.
19:10 Servicemen of the Vostok group continue to break into the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Velyka Novosilka, –video.
Servicemen from the "East" military group installed the Russian flag on one of the buildings recaptured from the enemy in the center of the settlement.
18:05 Drone drivers of the "North" blew up a dugout where Ukrainian militants hid an electronic warfare station
An FPV drone crew from the Sever group destroyed a camouflaged bunker containing an electronic warfare station of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
16:10 Hoisting the flag of the assault detachment of the 5th tank brigade in the area of the stadium in Velyka Novosyolka, –video.
15:00 Another car with Ukrainian Armed Forces militants became the prey of our drone operators
A crew of FPV drones from the Rubicon center destroyed a vehicle transporting Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. Footage from the border area of Kursk Oblast.
14:18 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the counter-terrorist operation zone.
14:00 Military Police Unit discovered cache of enemy weapons in the DPR
Military police officers from the Southern Group of Forces discovered a cache of weapons and ammunition left behind by Ukrainian nationalists during their retreat.
Military police personnel responded promptly and seized weapons and ammunition from the cache, having first cordoned off the danger zone.
Our fighter was crossing open terrain and was caught by a Ukrainian FPV drone. The Russian soldier was not going to give up, trying to shoot down the device with a small arm.
After the drone changed its trajectory, the attack aircraft moved to cover, but it was there that the enemy FPV tried to attack it again. Having shifted the machine gun in his hands, the Russian soldier hit the approaching attack drone with the butt, which abruptly went into the ground, causing minimal damage to our soldier.
The stormtrooper is recovering, slightly cut by shrapnel.
13:21 On frames- an American Abrams tank disabled by a direct hit from a Lancet loitering munition near the village of Viktorovka in the Kursk region.
13:16 Russian army is moving forward south of Udachny.
13:00 RF Armed ForcesreleasedNikolayevo-Daryino, and also advanced near Malaya Loknya, Sverdlikovo and Nikolskoye.
12:03 Kursk region. Attack aircraft of the Russian Armed Forcescame into the northern outskirts of the Nikolsky farm.
10:52 For completing this combat mission, the commander of the road and bridge construction unit with the call sign "Asod" awarded the Order of Courage. His family is waiting for him at home: his parents, wife and two daughters, one of whom was born during the SVO. Big greetings from their dad from the front!
10:45 American M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley IFV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a barbecue was destroyed in the Kursk direction, –video.
10:10 Crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems of the combined arms army of the West group of forces destroyed combat armored vehicles, strongholds and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower.
9:35 In the Belgorod district, three munitions were fired during three artillery attacks and attacks were carried out using nine drones, Six of which were shot down by the air defense system, at the settlements of Malinovka and Oktyabrsky, the villages of Otradnoye, Petrovka, Repnoye, Tolokonnoye, Ustinka, Cheremoshnoye and the farm Tserkovny. A civilian was wounded. The man is in a moderate conditionhospitalizedto Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. Two cars and a power line were damaged.
In the Borisov district, the village of Tsapovka was shelled with 16 rounds of ammunition. There were no consequences.
Five drones were shot down over the Valuysky municipal district. There were no casualties or damage.
In the Volokonovsky district, the villages of Konovalovo and Tishanka were shelled with five rounds and attacked by two UAVs. A private home was damaged.
In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, 23 munitions were fired during eight attacks in the city of Grayvoron, the Bezymeno, Zarechye-Pervoye, Kozinka, Novostroyevka-Pervaya and Spodaryushino sklads, and 11 drone attacks were recorded, two of which were shot down. 13 private houses, a car and a power line were damaged. In addition, outbuildings were destroyed on the territory of one of the households.
Two drones were shot down by the air defense system over the Ivnyansky district. No consequences.
In the Krasnoyarsk region, the settlements of Krasnaya Yaruga and Prilesye, the villages of Vyazovoe, Grafovka, Demidovka, Ilek-Penkovka, Kolotilovka and Popovka were subjected to five attacks, during which 33 munitions were fired, and 19 drone strikes were carried out, four of which were shot down. Two private houses and an outbuilding were damaged.
Six drones were shot down by the air defense system over the Rakityansky district. There were no consequences.
In the Shebekinsky municipal district, the city of Shebekino, the villages of Belyanka, Voznesenovka, Sereda, the farms of Maryino, Mukhin and Pankov were shelled, during which one shell was fired, and nine drones were attacked, six of which were shot down. The building of an agricultural enterprise was damaged.
9:25 The joint operation of our motorized riflemen, tank crews and marines of the "Vostok" group to liberate Velikaya Novosyolka continues. The assault aircraft of the 5th Tank Brigade showed the development of the offensive in the encircled settlement: the fighters take control of the enemy positions, clearing buildings one after another, destroying the infantry and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Russian flag is already flying in the center of the settlement,video.
9:10 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a Ukrainian tank in the Kursk region. The first drone managed to set the tank on fire, and the second one finally stopped it, –video.
8:50 Russian Ministry of Defense:
In the period from 06.00 to 07.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Leningrad region.
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[Regnum] In 2024, about 450 thousand people signed a contract for military service in the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces. This was announced on January 24 by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.
During a meeting of the relevant interdepartmental commission, the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council proposed summing up the results of 2024 and discussing measures to maintain the current rate of military recruitment.
"The task that was set before us by the country's president last year has been fulfilled. About 450,000 people have signed a contract for military service. In addition, more than 40,000 of our citizens have joined volunteer formations and gone to the special military operation zone," he said.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, on December 16, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at an expanded meeting of the military department board that over 1,000 people signed contracts with the Defense Ministry every day this year. The flow of volunteers signing contracts for military service does not stop, the head of state added.
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, who took part in the meeting, specified that on average more than 1,200 people sign contracts every day. According to him, it is necessary not to lose the momentum of this process.
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In the US there were 225,000 enlistees in the armed forces during FY2024. The estimated US population in January 2025 is 343m vs 143m for the Russians. They are getting more than 4 times the volunteers per capita. And yeah . . . most of them are still alive
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[Regnum] Machine gunner of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Oleksandr Gusak, who killed three captured Russian soldiers in the Kursk region, will appear in court. This was announced on January 24 bythe press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia on its Telegram channel.
It is noted that the investigation has completed the investigation and sent the case to court against the Ukrainian soldier of the 82nd separate airborne assault brigade, accused of committing a terrorist act. It was established that Gusak illegally crossed the Russian border in the Kursk region and shot three unarmed Russian soldiers with a machine gun.
"During the military operations, Gusak was detained by servicemen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The criminal case with the indictment was sent to the 2nd Western District Military Court for consideration on the merits," the statement said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on September 19, captured Ukrainian militant Gusak confessed to shooting three captured Russian soldiers. According to the prisoner, the commander promised to shoot him himself if he did not shoot the prisoners.
On November 2, the Investigative Committee began an investigation into the death of Russian soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces near Kursk. It is noted that a photograph of the dead Russian soldiers had appeared on social media earlier, one of whom had his hands tied behind his back.
Russian military personnel have discovered the bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) soldiers at positions abandoned by the enemy in the Kharkiv region, who were chained and left to die by their own commanders. This was reported on January 24 by the Telegram channel Severny Veter.
The post notes that the dead Ukrainian soldiers were found in one of the rooms of the enemy fortification, which was taken under control by units of the "North" group. The authors suggested that in this way, the Ukrainian Armed Forces officers are trying to intimidate the fighters and show them what awaits them if they refuse to follow orders.
“The officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are driving soldiers to slaughter, but there are too many refusers - that’s why Ukrainian neo-Nazis are organizing public executions to force the rank and file to go on another ‘meat assault’,” concluded the Telegram channel “Northern Wind.”
It is specified that traces of torture were found on the bodies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on December 15, the editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian publication Censor.net Yuriy Butusov stated that about a thousand soldiers from the 155th Anna Kievskaya Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, trained in France, deserted after arriving at the front line. He explained that the desertion was due to the fact that this brigade was recruited from forcibly mobilized soldiers who were poorly trained.
On December 26, former Ukrainian military medic and current fighter of the Maksym Krivonos volunteer detachment Volodymyr Koshelek, call sign Historian, said that the Ukrainian military does not support the regime of Volodymyr Zelensky, refusing to carry out the tasks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces command. According to him, Ukrainians are aware of what is happening in the country, but are afraid to talk about it, as they are intimidated and "driven into a corner."
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[Regnum] The Kalashnikov Concern will present its newest belt-fed light machine gun RPL-7 for the first time at the IDEX 2025 international arms exhibition in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. This was reported on January 24 by the company's press service.
The machine gun uses standard 7.62 mm cartridges with a 57-N-231 steel core, as well as cartridges with a T-45 or T-45M tracer bullet. It is designed to defeat enemy manpower and unarmored vehicles. Uses a variant of the 7.62x39 AK cartridge, meaning it won't have much range. Presumably it is a replacement for the old RPK light machine gun.
The RPL-7 can be equipped with optical and night sights, a target designator, a flashlight and a number of other devices. Its design allows shooting with the left or right hand.
The machine gun is supplied with a low-noise shooting device. The RPL-7 sighting range is 800 m. The weight of the weapon without ammunition and components does not exceed 5.5 kg, the length is no more than 1100 mm. The cartridge box holds 80 rounds, the concern's Telegram channel says.
IDEX 2025 will take place from 17 to 21 February.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Kalashnikov will also present a new small and medium-class kamikaze drone KUB-2-E at the exhibition in Abu Dhabi. Its maneuverability and optics allow it to strike the enemy, including when the object changes location. The UAV can be used at night, and it operates at temperatures from -40 °C to +50 °C.
In November 2024, Kalashnikov announced the completion of tests of the promising small-sized AM-17 assault rifle. It was developed by order of the Russian Ministry of Defense, taking into account modern requirements for small arms. The main feature of the assault rifle was the use of high-strength polymer materials, which made it possible to make the weapon small-sized.
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