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-Great Cultural Revolution
In any incomprehensible situation, blame everything on the Russians
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets

Russian players in the NHL have set a new trend

Already, several clubs in the league, referring to Russian laws, have abandoned LGBT propaganda.

It all started with Philadelphia Flyers guard Ivan Provorov.

Before the game with the Anaheim Ducks, that first NHL player did not agree with the proposal to come to the warm-up in a uniform with a world-famous color scheme. explaining his decision with religious beliefs.
Good for him. I hadn’t realized he’s Russian, but he’s definitely absorbed the American Freedom of Religion thingy.
It seems that, also due to Provorov's act, then the Minnesota in FULL squad refused to wear rainbow hockey sweaters and wrap sticks with rainbow ribbons before the game with the Calgary Flames. The players supported the Russian Kirill Kaprizov. The team management explained that in Russia there is a law on responsibility for LGBT propaganda and the club is worried that Kaprizov may have problems after the action.
An interesting explanation. And very thoughtful.
Thanks to the Russians, the Chicago Blackhawks NHL club also abandoned the campaign in support of LGBT people. The fact is that natives of the Russian Federation play there - defender Nikita Zaitsev, forward Pavel Gogolev and goalkeeper Anton Khudobin. As a result, the team, again referring to the Russian law, and officially, in its entirety, refused to participate in the gay movement and change into rainbow colors.
Remember when it was the Russians who were frighteningly totalitarian?
So, all of a sudden, Russian law helped ordinary Americans. Respect to hockey players here. but something else is interesting.

It’s just incomprehensible to the mind, it turns out that if you are not a mutant (and LGBT sexual perversions are the most real mutations), you must somehow justify yourself and come up with reasons not to join their society. Why not just say: we are NOT PERVERTS?! Truly a zombie apocalypse, in the West, mutants have taken over!

More from Chervonets:
Is it hard to recognize a mother of many children as a woman of the year?

Everything is stable in the USA: a transgender has been recognized as the “Woman of the Year” for the second year in a row.
High sarcasm, unfortunately thoroughly deserved: we are not meeting our standards.
This time, according to USA Today, trans Lee Finke won the title. He advocates for children to have access to gender reassignment surgeries. In 2022, transgender Rachel Levin became the "Woman of the Year".

Pseudo-democracy, pseudo-freedom of speech, pseudo-women, pseudo-men... I am glad that Omerigans and Europeans are so progressive, they show us quilted jackets, and specifically me, that I am hopelessly behind them in their development, and I regret to admit that I cannot reach their development and I will only be glad if they continue to move there more and more accelerated, go to the next step!

I see a clear contradiction in behavior in the US.

1. For denying that there are not two, but many sexes in the United States, they are punished.

2. But if transgender people are a special gender, then why are former transgender men considered women in all women's competitions?

In the US, there is a clear bifurcation of standards. If they have 850 genders, let everyone compete in their own niche? Transgender of the Year, Bestiality of the Year, Non-Binary It of the Year...etc. and so on.
Hear, hear!

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#1  If it really was about the transgender madness then the Russians invaded the wrong country.
Posted by: Fleter Crasing2148 || 03/25/2023 7:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Good for him. I wouldn't even cite religous beliefes, just say you don't to wear the fagflag.
Posted by: Chris || 03/25/2023 8:35 Comments || Top||

#3  It's a change from "blame everything on America".
Neither are realistic, but it's different.
Posted by: ed in texas || 03/25/2023 9:54 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Chronology of the war in Ukraine: Friday, March 24 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] March 24 is the 394th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .

06:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians carried out a massive attack on Krivoy Rog with kamikaze drones. There are five drone hits. One drone was shot down. There are no dead or injured.

07:00 . During the day, the Russians launched 37 air and four missile strikes, one of which was against Kramatorsk, the General Staff reported. The enemy also made 82 shelling from multiple launch rocket systems.

The main efforts are being concentrated on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miners directions. Thanks to professional and well-coordinated actions, our defenders repulsed more than 79 attacks. Ukrainian aviation inflicted 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment in a day. Also, our defenders shot down two X-59 guided missiles and 4 UAVs of various types.

08:00 . Donetsk region. Three people were killed as a result of a Russian missile hitting the "invisibility point" in Konstantinovka. The shelling was carried out from the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. Three women died under the rubble, who were internally displaced persons from Bakhmut, Chasovoy Yar and Experienced. Two more citizens were wounded.

Kherson region. During the day, the Russians carried out eight attacks on the Kherson city territorial bulk, using 30 shells. Hits were recorded in Kherson (Korabelny district), Sadovy, Naddnepryansky, Antonovka. In addition, the island and coastal parts of the Kherson MTG were shelled. One person died.

09:00 . Sumy region. At night , the Sumy region was under massive shelling : the Russian Federation used about ten fighter jets, artillery and Shahed drones. Two people were killed in the city of Belopolye, nine more were wounded.

10:00 a.m. Kherson region. Russian troops fired on the Belozersk community - one person was killed , four were injured.

11:00 am . Ukraine returned the bodies of another 83 dead soldiers.

12:00 . Ukraine unilaterally handed over to Russia all seriously wounded prisonerscaptured since the beginning of a full-scale war, who could be transported. This is not about an exchange, but about repatriation-the return of the seriously wounded without any conditions, as provided for by international humanitarian law. Russia is still holding captive Ukrainian citizens who should have been returned by repatriation, in particular the seriously ill and wounded, civilians, children, women and the elderly.

13:00 . Kherson region. Kherson was subjected to another shelling. The floods were hit, one person died, another was injured. The Russian army also fired at the warehouse. The fire was quickly extinguished.

Seven children were returned to the Kherson region, who were forcibly taken away by the Russian military in October 2022. Then they were allegedly sent for "recovery" to a children's camp in Evpatoria.

14:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. Russia shelled Marganets.

Chernihiv region. The Russians fired on the border areas - in the village of Gorodishche, a local resident was killed and a private house burned down.

15:00 . Donetsk region. The shelling of Orlovka and Pervomaisky. A woman was wounded in Pervomaisky.

17:00 . Kherson region. The Russian military fired on Berislav - they dropped explosives from a drone. We got into one of the administrative buildings - the windows were broken in the room, there were no wounded or dead.

18:20 Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00, main points:
During the day, the enemy launched 40 air and five missile strikes , carried out more than 20 attacks from the MLRS on the civilian infrastructure of settlements, civilians were killed.

Aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 16 strikes per day on areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Russian Federation. Our defenders shot down enemy UAVs "Shahed-136" and "Lancet". Ukrainian rocket and artillerymen hit two command posts, four areas of concentration of manpower, weapons and military equipment of the enemy, two air defense systems, an ammunition depot, an artillery unit in a firing position and two electronic warfare stations.

On the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the area of ​​the Serebryansky forestry and near the settlements of Gryanikovka and Belogorovka. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues the assault actions of Bakhmut, but the city is held by our defenders, as well as in the areas of the settlements of Orekhovo-Vasilovka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovskoye and Stupochki of the Donetsk region.

On the Avdievka, Maryinsky and Mining directions, the enemy carried out offensive operations in the direction of the settlements of Keramik, Stepnoye, Avdeevka, Severnoye, Pervomayskoye and Pobeda of the Donetsk region, but was not successful . On the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, the enemy is on the defensive.

In the Lugansk region, the invaders "closed" the village of Plugatar, which now can only be entered with special passes.


19:20 The Russian Federation used an analogue of the American "smart bomb" during a night attack on the Sumy region, according to Defense Express, based on the wreckage of an air bomb. They noticed the surviving UMPC module, which can answer key questions, experts say. The aggressor country, apparently, has established the production of ammunition, which is an analogue of the American JDAM-ER.

21:20 Zelensky created three new military administrations in the Lugansk region - in Severodonetsk, Popasna and Gorsky.

Posted by: badanov || 03/25/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  UK Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 25 March 2023.

Russia’s assault on the Donbas town of Bakhmut has largely stalled. This is likely primarily a result of extreme attrition of the Russian force. Ukraine has also suffered heavy casualties during its defence.

The Russian situation has also likely been made worse by tensions between the Russian Ministry of Defence and Wagner Group, both of whom contribute troops in the sector.

Russia has likely shifted its operational focus towards Avdiivka, south of Bakhmut, and to the Kremina-Svatove sector in the north, areas where Russia likely only aspires to stabilise its front line.

This suggests an overall return to a more defensive operational design after inconclusive results from its attempts to conduct a general offensive since January 2023.
Posted by: Fleter Crasing2148 || 03/25/2023 7:00 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ I was assured by a guy who talks to a LOT of people that the Rooshuns were steamrolling the Ukies?
Posted by: Frank G || 03/25/2023 8:38 Comments || Top||

#3  About a month ago Wagner had already burned through 30K of their 40K prisoners + 10K professionals. The remaining prisoners and, increasing so, the professionals were sacrificed in the the latest push into Bakhmut. Prigozhin likely figured out that he can't burn through his pros like the zeks. Even worse, the surviving zeks 6 month contracts are expiring and they will soon scatter into Russia, leaving Wagner a shadow of what it was 6 months ago.
Posted by: Fleter Crasing2148 || 03/25/2023 9:02 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: March 24th, 2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:23 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that the goal of his country, which hosts the NATO summit in the summer, is Ukraine's full membership in the alliance. According to him, Lithuania, as the host of the meeting, plays a "certain role" in the decisions that may be taken at this summit.

21:46 Austria, as a party to the Rome Statute, is obliged to comply with arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court, and even heads of state do not have immunity to the ICC, the country's Federal Ministry of Justice told Ukrinform in response to a request about the possibility of fulfilling an arrest warrant for Putin.

21:25 Motor Sich, under the leadership of Vyacheslav Boguslayev, has been selling aircraft engines to sanctioned companies from Iran for years, Schemes found out. We are talking about AI-9 and TV3-117 engines. Such models are installed on small transport aircraft and military helicopters, in particular the Ka-52, which Russia uses in the war against Ukraine. One of the Iranian companies, with the leadership of which Boguslaev and his subordinates actively communicated, is involved in the development of the Shahed-171 and Shahed-136 drones, journalists say.

21:19 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the Chief of the British Defense Staff Tony Radakin: “I informed my colleague about the operational situation along the entire front line. It is the most difficult in the Bakhmut direction. Thanks to the titanic efforts of the Defense Forces, the situation can be stabilized. We also discussed the strengthening of Ukrainian air defense We agreed to develop cooperation and keep in touch."

20:17 An American top pilot revealed a scheme for how Ukraine can quickly send F-16s into battle. The APU supported his idea. More details - in the material F-16 in the sky of Ukraine .

18:51 Zelensky presented the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise III degree to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis for special merits. The President thanked him and his country for supporting Ukraine.

18:23 The Swedish parliament has approved a new $532 million military aid package for Ukraine. It will include tanks, Archer artillery systems, Robot System 97 air defense system and ammunition.

18:08 The United States expanded sanctions against Belarus - Alexander Lukashenko, his Boeing 737 aircraft, the Minsk Automobile Plant and the Belarusian Automobile Plant, as well as their directors and a number of representatives of Belarusian elites and companies fell under new restrictions.

18:04 In a sand pit in the village. Sorokovka, Kharkiv region, a MAZ truck of a local enterprise was blown up by an unknown explosive device: the driver was hospitalized, the director of the enterprise died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

17:45 The Cabinet of Ministers today launched the mass production of drones in Ukraine: a resolution has been adopted that will significantly speed up the creation and delivery of domestic UAVs to the front, and most importantly, will create conditions for the rapid development of the Ukrainian Miltech, Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov said.

According to the minister, today's decision will allow UAV manufacturers to develop more actively, scale up, reinvest profits, and compete with foreign companies. It also provides for an accelerated admission of UAVs to operation, their purchase and delivery to the front.

17:18 In the Poltava region, the curfew has been reduced: from March 27 it will last from 23:00 to 04:00. The OVA explained that the sowing campaign had started in the region, daylight hours had increased, and workers went out into the fields early in the morning.

17:13 Zelensky said that he had met with a World Bank delegation led by Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Anna Bjerde.

17:05 Brazilian President Lula da Silva is going to propose the creation of a "peace club" with the participation of China to end the war in Ukraine, writes the Financial Times, citing Brazilian Foreign Minister Maura Vieira. The President intends to make such a proposal during his visit to China next week.

16:49 For a strike on the Sumy region on the night of March 24, Russia used its analogue of the American "smart" planning bombs JDAM-ER, Defense Express writes, citing photos of the wreckage received from sources. The enemy used such a bomb for the first time on March 12, in occupied Donetsk. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in total, the invaders dropped 11 planning bombs, some of which are analogues of the JDAM-ER.

Journalists note that Russia was probably able to begin production of such bombs. Therefore, it is now important to find out the origin of electronic components in order to eliminate the channels of their supply.

16:30 "Head" of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov created his own PMC Convoy, writes the Russian opposition publication Important Stories . Formally, the Convoy is BARS, a combat army reserve. Its members enter into two contracts - one with the Convoy, the second - with the Ministry of Defense, which allows them to have guaranteed payments in case of injury or death. In addition to payments, those who serve in the unit for a year are promised land "in the Crimea or Abkhazia," one of the former mercenaries told reporters. According to him, PMCs have no problems with material support.

Today, the positions of the Convoy are in the occupied part of the Kherson region. The training ground is located in the village of Perevalnoye near the Crimea. The PMC is led by Prigozhin's right hand, the curator of PMC Wagner in Africa, Konstantin "Mazai" Pikalov. "This is PMC Aksenov, but the entire command is former employees of PMC Wagner. All are people who have known each other for a long time," the former mercenary of Convoy told reporters.

16:11 Several heads of state will visit China in the near future, writes Politico. So, Macron said that he plans to visit Beijing, accompanied by the head of the European Commission on April 4. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez also announced that he will travel to China next week. He said that he intends to discuss with Xi Jinping possible peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv. According to media reports, his visit is scheduled for March 30-31. And Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel, in turn, called for continued cooperation with Beijing.

In addition, Brazilian President Lula da Silva is also leaving for Beijing on March 26 for a five-day visit.

15:38 The enemy is shelling Marganets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Orlovka and Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk region. One person was wounded in the village of Pervomaiskoye, the President's Office reported.

15:29 The Russians fired at the border area of ​​the Chernihiv region today, a resident of the village of Gorodishche died, OK Pivnich reported.

15:05 The Russian command in Crimea and the occupation administration of the Russian Federation are actively selling real estate and taking their families out of the peninsula, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said: "But the rest, the rank and file, they say: don't worry, everything is calm, everything is under control... But this is already like a meme that the "special operation" is going according to plan... Families associated with the Russians are being taken out, and very actively. And this is a reason for everyone else who has connected their fate with the criminal Putin regime to think. It is better to leave Crimea while such there is a possibility."

14:38 The Russians fired at the private sector in Orekhov, Zaporizhia region, one person was injured, the OVA reported.

14:17 Germany this week handed over to Ukraine three Dachs engineering vehicles, spare parts for Leopard tanks and Marder infantry fighting vehicles, MG3 machine guns, and 30 anti-drone systems, the German government said.

13:56 In Kherson, the Russians hit the floodplains - one person died, one was injured, the OVA reported.

13:37 Kazakhstan plans to tighten control over goods intended for further re-export in order to prevent circumvention of anti-Russian sanctions, writes the Financial Times. According to the publication, Kazakhstan has introduced a customs tracking system, a new online tool that will be launched on April 1. It is assumed that this will allow real-time tracking of the entire chain of movement of goods from border to border.

13:20 Senator of the Romanian Parliament Diana Shoshoake submitted a bill proposing to annex part of the southern region of Ukraine to Romania. Thus, in her opinion, the cultural identity of the Romanian population will be restored.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko called it "a classic example from the manual of Russian revanchism." According to him, Kyiv strongly condemns the attempt to question the territorial integrity of Ukraine, to undermine the spirit of good neighborliness between Ukraine and Romania. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine initiates the imposition of sanctions on Diana Shoshoake as a person who poses a threat to national security.

12:52 In Russia, they said that the use of shells with depleted uranium will make it impossible for agricultural exports from Ukraine "for many decades, if not centuries." Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces, claims that after the use of shells with depleted uranium in Ukraine, "significant areas under crops will allegedly be contaminated, and colossal damage will be done to the agro-industrial complex." Also in Moscow they are very worried about the health of the Ukrainian military and civilian population, which will suffer "irreparable harm."

12:35 Ukraine, with the participation of the ICRC, unilaterally handed over seriously wounded and seriously ill captured invaders to Russia , the Coordinating Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war said. At the same time, Russia is still holding hostage thousands of Ukrainian citizens, including the seriously ill and wounded, civilians, children and women, the elderly, as well as those who were captured even before the start of a large-scale invasion, the department stressed.

All these categories of citizens, according to international humanitarian law, must be returned to Ukraine by repatriation without any conditions. Despite this, Russia not only continues to hold civilians and non-combatants hostage, but also refuses to allow representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to their places of detention, the Coordination Headquarters said.

12:31 Estonia expels a diplomat from the Russian embassy for participating in undermining security and spreading propaganda.

12:26 Suspіlne showed the consequences of the night shelling of Belopolye, Sumy region. Russian planes dropped several bombs on the city. One of them hit the police building, and the local school was also damaged. A police officer and a school watchman were killed, and nine more people were injured.

12:21 Russians have become more active in the Kupyansk and Limansk directions for several weeks in a row, said Sergey Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the past 24 hours alone, the enemy opened fire 427 times from cannon and rocket artillery in this sector of the front. There were two clashes, one of which was near Kremennaya.

12:10 Medvedev once again threatened to use nuclear weapons if Ukraine tries to return the Crimea. According to him, "an attempt to split off part of the state" is an encroachment on the existence of the state itself. “Therefore, draw your own conclusions: there are absolutely grounds for using any weapon here. Absolutely any. And I hope our “friends” across the ocean understand this,” he said.

12:03 The EU Central Bank requires Raiffeisen Bank to leave Russia, Reuters reports citing five interlocutors. According to the publication, the pressure began to rise after a senior US sanctions official expressed concern about Raiffeisen's business in Russia during a visit to Vienna in February. While the ECB is not asking Raiffeisen to leave the country immediately, it needs to develop an action plan to wind down the business. Perhaps such a plan would include the sale or closure of his Russian bank.

11:37 The bodies of another 83 dead soldiers were returned to Ukraine, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.

11:33 Russia's withdrawal from the Council of Europe was "the right decision" and it does not intend to return there, said Nikolai Kobrinets, director of the department for pan-European cooperation at the Russian Foreign Ministry.

11:24 On the anniversary of the liberation of Bucha, Irpen and Gostomel On March 31, Ukrposhta will issue a stamp as part of the "Hero Cities" series called "We will not forget! We will not forgive! Bucha. Irpen. Gostomel", as well as postcards and envelopes of the series.

10:53 The court arrested in absentia ex-People's Deputy Renat Kuzmin for high treason. Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation established that the deputy, on the eve and after the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, placed propaganda materials in the media to the detriment of Ukraine.

10:36 In Konstantinovka, as a result of a Russian strike on the invincibility point, five people were killed , the State Emergency Service reported.

10:19 According to the command of the Air Force, on the night of March 24, the Russians attacked Ukraine with Shahed-136/131 strike drones and guided aerial bombs. UAV launches were carried out from the northeast direction, tactical aviation was raised from two Russian airfields - Morozovsk and Akhtubinsk. Ten Su-35 fighters launched 11 guided bombs and one Kh-31P missile in the Sumy region. "Shaheds" attacked Krivoy Rog and Sumy region.

10:02 In the morning, the Russians hid and shelled Belozerka, Kherson region, from artillery: one person died, four were injured, the OVA reported.

09:35 At night, the Russians carried out a massive shelling from various types of weapons on the territory of the Belopolskaya, Vorozhbyanskaya, Rechkovskaya and Nikolaev settlement communities of the Sumy region, the OVA reported. As a result of the shelling of Belopolye, two people were killed, nine were injured. Another person was wounded in Vorozhba.

09:29 In the Donetsk region on March 23, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed (two in Konstantinovka and one in Chasovoy Yar), five more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died, according to the IVA.

09:17 The speaker of the Air Force, Yuri Ignat, said that last night about ten enemy Su-35 aircraft attacked the Sumy region with guided aerial bombs. More than ten such bombs hit targets in the Sumy region, the losses are being specified. The Russians also launched strike drones and used the Kh-31 anti-radar missile.

08:42 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 24.

  • personnel - about 169,170 (+1020) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 3574 (+4),

  • armored combat vehicles - 6921 (+23),

  • artillery systems - 2616 (+8),

  • MLRS - 511 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 276 (+3),

  • aircraft - 305 (+0),

  • helicopters - 290 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 2208 (+5),

  • cruise missiles - 911 (+2),

  • ships/boats - 18 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 5464 (+12),

  • special equipment - 277 (+4).

08:29 The Russians hit Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, from the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system at night. One of the rockets hit the point of indestructibility, as a result of which three people died - immigrants from Bakhmut, Chasov Yar and Experienced. Two more people were injured, the Prosecutor General's Office said.

08:06 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miner directions. Over the past day, the Defense Forces repulsed more than 79 enemy attacks on them, the General Staff said in the morning summary .

In the Luhansk region, the invaders significantly increased the number of beds in military hospitals due to significant losses. At the same time, all the wounded officers were evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation by helicopters from March 17 to 18. There is an increase in mortality among the wounded invaders in the period from March 17 to March 21 due to severe injuries and poor medical care, in particular due to insufficiently professional medical personnel.

07:39 The Russians attacked Krivoy Rog with drones at night: one Shahed was shot down, there are hits by five UAVs. There are no dead or injured, the consequences of the attack are being investigated, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak.

06:03 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) drew attention to Prigozhin's words that Russia is not at war with NATO, and there are no Nazis on the territory of Ukraine. The leader of the PMC Wagner stressed that Russia is fighting "exclusively with Ukrainians" equipped with equipment provided by NATO, and some "Russophobic mercenaries" who voluntarily support Ukraine, but not with NATO itself. Prigozhin also said that he was not sure about the purpose of "denazification" of Ukraine, because he did not know if there were "Nazis" in Ukraine.

ISW analysts believe that with his statements, Prigozhin effectively refuted the Kremlin’s statements about the need to defend against the NATO threat in Ukraine and called into question Putin’s declared maximalist goals of the invasion.

05:34 The United States is striving for a lasting peace in Ukraine based on respect for sovereignty and other principles of international law, but now there are no signs of readiness for meaningful diplomacy from Russia, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said. "We don't want Russia to just rest, regroup and attack again - six months, a year or two or three years later," he added.

02:42 The EU is preparing to introduce the 11th package of sanctions against Russia, Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Dzhozwiak said, citing European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. It is assumed that the package will deal mainly with the fight against bypassing already introduced restrictions.

00:11 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that an initiative was launched in cooperation with Ukraine and Poland aimed at returning Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.

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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief March 24th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 19:35 The Armed Forces tried to escape from Bakhmut, but they intercepted Our Soldiers say:

“The retreating Vushniks were caught up. Searched and freaked out. They collected money from local residents near Bakhmut. Everyone wrote down under the report, went upstairs, apparently, or divided among themselves.

18:50 On Thursday, two civilians of Donetsk were blown up by prohibited high-explosive anti-personnel mines "Petal".

During the year, three people died from their injuries and 102 were injured, including nine children. Unfortunately, there are fears that the number of victims may increase in the near future. In the last week alone, the rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR went several times to eliminate these terrible mines scattered from the air throughout the city by the Ukrainian Nazis.

Today we talked with some of the last victims in the traumatology department of the Kirovsky district of the city. Details - onvideo.

17:28 Due to the desire of Zelensky and his office to show the West at least some kind of victory, he is throwing more and more forces and means into senseless attacks on the positions of Russian troops, which are significantly strengthened and outperform the enemy -video

The result is a large number of burnt equipment and hundreds of dead military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Do not die for Zelensky's Wishlist, lay down your arms and you will live!

17:25 Odessa authorities decided to dismantle monument to Maxim Gorky.

Local media write that he will be "removed from public space," without explaining where.

Earlier, monuments to Catherine II and commander Suvorov were dismantled in the city, which were repeatedly desecrated by vandals.

16:03 UAV hangar of nationalists destroyed in Odessa Oblast - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

16:00 Maksym Kondratyuk representative of SBU

It appears in the contacts of several groups on VKontakte:
-Zombie farm
-Dog is our life
-DOTA 2 predictions from Sasha
From this we can assume that Maxim is a fan of DOTA 2 and Zombie Farm computer games and loves dogs.

But from the photo in his account, we also notice adherence to the Nazi ideology.

Used username: little devil.

And so we get 404 little traits in the ranks of the secret services - the Nazis.

Which fundamentally does not correspond to the official position of 404 and their sponsors on terror and the killing of civilians from NATO.

15:10 Main of the briefing Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed over 380 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;

Russian troops destroyed up to 60 Ukrainian military in the Kupyansk direction and Polish-made Krab self-propelled guns;

The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 125 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one vehicle of the 122mm Grad MLRS in the Krasnolimansky direction;

The Russian Armed Forces in the DPR destroyed the ammunition depot of the "Foreign Legion" mercenary units;

Russian air defense systems destroyed 18 Ukrainian drones in a day, shot down three HIMARS MLRS shells;

The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers and Polish-made Krab self-propelled guns in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day;

Russian troops destroyed up to 40 Ukrainian soldiers and a US-made M777 artillery system in the Kherson direction;

The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a hangar with unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sukhoi Liman region of the Odessa region.


14:12 Combat work of Russian artillerymen with the use of 122mm Grad MLRS to destroy strongholds and equipment of the Armed Forces militants in one of the directions of the NMD —video

14:10 Ukrovoyaks were spotted by aerial reconnaissance of the RF Armed Forces, and a mortar was immediately fired at them -video

14:09 Russian Armed Forces drone attacked Ukrainian positions -video

13:08 "Winged Archangels" destroy the enemy in forest plantations. Great shots taken from a quadcopter -video

13:04 One of the most famousneo-Nazis of Australia went to Ukraine to fight on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

It is reported by The Sydney Morning Herald, citing a source.

The publication notes that Daniel Newman (pictured) is a violent criminal with close ties to neo-Nazi leaders in Australia, as well as to the British terrorist group Combat 18.

The article says that the Australian authorities are making active efforts and even launched a special operation to prevent neo-Nazis from leaving the country for military training.

13:03 The deputy and the son of the mayor of the city in the Kyiv region did not go to fight and beats the disgruntled military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Nazis want to break him -video

Recently, deputy Sergei Timchenko (who is also the son of the mayor of Berezan) at a meeting of the city council hit the face of a member of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who was on vacation, dissatisfied with the decisions and actions of the mayor.

Ukrainian Nazis have already reacted to the situation:

"Soon these plastic sons of mayors and motherfuckers will find out what combat soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are. They will piss under themselves!" — radicals comment on the video in their channels.

12:10 Punishers came for the rector of the temple, who refused to renounce the UOC -video

Policemen tied up Archpriest Ionan in front of the parishioners right during the unction

12:00 Combat work of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of ​​the special operation —video

Ground attack aviation crews carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

11:56 Our subscribers carefully trac kUkrainian "Nazis" and found a sponsor of the Ukrainian army in China.

In Western social networks, it is fashionable to support the 404 country and carry out radical propaganda, otherwise you will not be able to keep up with the trend and be “your own”.

Valeria Bondar, for example, works in China, develops the fashion industry.

In his social networks, he reports that he is not afraid of losing his residence permit in China and sends his “Chinese RFP” to the Ukrainian army, welcoming with a “Nazi tongue twister”.

There was a rumor that she was visiting Russia too...

11:12 The reality of today's Odessa. Madame activist provoked a taxi driver by getting to the bottom of the songs in Russian on the radio. I surreptitiously took it off and handed it over to the SBU. The driver was mobilized to the front -video

10:31 A pair of snipers with synchronized shots destroys a militant in a defensive midfielder -video

10:17 At night, Krivoy Rog was attacked by drones - Dnepropetrovsk OVA -video

It is reported that one Shahed was shot down, but about five drones reached the target.

09:33 American blogger Jackson Hinkle:

"When Russia liberates new territories in Ukraine, it builds parks, playgrounds, theaters, sports complexes and builds free houses for residents.

When Ukraine regains territory, it represses, brutalizes/blinds/kills civilians and continues to use them as human shields."

09:10 Ukrainian nationalists put on their equipment the symbols of the army of Nazi Germany

Servicemen of the 12th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, which was formed from the remnants of the militants of the banned Azov battalion and other war criminals, en masse apply the symbols of the army of Nazi Germany to their equipment.

A distinctive feature of this brigade was Balkenkreuz, the identification mark of the Wehrmacht and its various units during the Second World War. The sign was used in the ground forces, the Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine (Navy).

Defenders of insane Ukrainian nationalists will say: "This is not a Nazi symbol! This is a traditional German symbol that was used by their military both before and after the Nazis!" without asking why Ukrainian tanks had German symbols at all.

Perhaps the "Azov" people, against the backdrop of the day of remembrance held all over the world, to the inhabitants of the Belarusian village of Khatyn, which was burned by the Nazis along with its inhabitants 80 years ago, think that this is very symbolic.

However, this symbolism looks quite contrasting against the background of all the anti-Nazi speeches of the Ukrainian authorities and the elites of other states supporting their actions, including some Western media loyal to Ukraine. But for now, one thing is clear that this will ultimately be another huge loss for the Ukrainian Nazis.

08:22 Burning of books and flags recipes of Third Reich: Ukrainian Nazis follow in the footsteps of their German predecessors

The ritual burning of Russian flags, books and portraits will take place in the cultural center of Pavlograd.

Those wishing to participate in the action of high Ukrainian culture will receive three packs of flour and a bottle of sunflower oil from the city administration.

08:10 The crews of attack helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator" of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces showed how the stronghold of the nationalists was destroyed -video

“We completed the combat mission of destroying the enemy stronghold. Used ATGMs, NARs. NARs were used from a pitch-up, ”said the Ka-52 crew commander Pavel.

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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: March 24th, 2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 21:52 Video- Assault on Ukrainian positions by soldiers of the 1454th Regiment in the Avdievka direction.

21:30 Video- Installation of additional Contact-1 blocks on the T-80BV, even in the place where the Luna searchlight should be

21:02 Video- A train with 240mm mortar Tulips is going to the front

20:40 Video- Artillery Donetsk 2nd Army Corps works for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belogorovka area

20:15 Video- The Lancet hits one of the three Ukrainian tanks in a forest belt somewhere on the Donetsk front.

19:43 Video- UVZ showed another new released T-90M.

19:08 Video— The effective work of Mavik of the 2nd motorized rifle brigade of the 132nd Brigade of the Donetsk 2nd Army Corps in the Seversky direction
#exclusive from the front.

18:23 Also arrivals were in the Zaporozhye region, but artillery. Officially, in Orekhovo, because of the shelling, it is said that private houses and one person were damaged. As usual, just peaceful houses and just everything is peaceful.

But we take and watch Rybar’s analysis of precisely these and precisely there artillery attacks and we are fucking up: it turns out that the targets were purely military, significant, up to 500 Ukrainian nationalists were sent to Bandera, but you won’t know this, because the Ukrainian authorities blocked the information flow with all their might. So that!

17:34 Video- New footage of air strikes on the Avdeevsky fortified area.

16:58 Video- Ukrainian militants left their brother to the mercy of fate.

16:56 Ukraine handed overRussian seriously wounded prisoners, whose condition allowed transportation.

It is reported that this was not an exchange of prisoners of war, but was carried out unilaterally.

16:23 Video- Exclusive from RT military correspondent Andrey Filatov @FilatovCorr

Here, in the Vodiane area (this is the Yasinovatsky district of the DPR), there were very heavy battles. Taking this point was extremely important.

"Already from this direction there will be a fulcrum to clear further. If we provide a foothold for a further offensive to the north, then Avdievka will be surrounded and it will be possible to eliminate the threat of artillery attack of Donetsk," Andriy explains.

The danger is posed by FPV kamikaze drones (we talked about them in detail here), which are actively used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Our military is now looking for a solution to the problem.

“There are developments,” says Filatov.

A broken former checkpoint of Ukrainians remained near the village. The RT military correspondent was the first to go there. A lot of grenades and a burbulator were found on the spot: the guys fought in a relaxed atmosphere. Vodyanoye was liberated by Russian forces in January.

15:38 Dmitry Anatolyevich said That's right, criticizing the soldiers who are currently in combat can demoralize the soldiers, as well as undermine public support for the Military Operation, making it difficult to achieve their goals. Our soldiers are above criticism or accountability, criticizing individual soldiers for their actions during a conflict can be seen as unfairly blaming them for decisions that are often beyond their control.

Our fighters certainly deserve respect and gratitude for their sacrifice, only they play a decisive role in protecting their country and their fellow citizens.

15:35 Video- Footage of awarding the girls who repelled the attack of drones in the Crimea.

15:00 Dmitry Medvedev about who can actually be considered the first army in the world, about the tasks of the NVO and about NATO's participation in the conflict in Ukraine.

"We will have to go to Kyiv - we will get there. It will be necessary to go to Lvov - we will reach Lvov. In order to exterminate this infection," he said.

14:40 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (03/24/2023)

- In the Kupyansky direction, the active actions of units, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Western" group of forces defeated the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka, Kislovka of the Kharkov region, Novoselovskoye and Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk People's Republic.

Up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed.

- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the group of troops (forces) "Center" hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Yampolovka and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

During the day, up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, as well as one 122mm Grad MLRS combat vehicle were destroyed in this direction.

- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire, over 380 Ukrainian military personnel, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, ten vehicles, a pickup truck, as well as two Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers."

- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the Vostok group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar, Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lugovskoe and Shcherbaki of the Zaporozhye region.

Enemy losses in these areas per day amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount.

- In the Kherson direction, as a result of enemy fire, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as one US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed in a day.

- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 87 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 109 districts.

A hangar with unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Sukhoi Liman in the Odessa region.

- In the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, an ammunition depot of units of mercenaries "Foreign Legion" was destroyed.

Also, in the area of the settlement of Stepne, Zaporozhye region, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar was destroyed. During the day, air defense systems intercepted three rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.

- In addition, 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnoye, Kharkiv region, Golikovo, Chervonopovka, Lugansk People's Republic, Slavnoye, Novoandreevka, Volnovakha, Nikolskoye, and Aleksandrovka, Donetsk People's Republic.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 404 aircraft, 224 helicopters, 3,562 unmanned aerial vehicles, 414 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8,392 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,072 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,424 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 9,091 units of special military vehicles.


14:05 Video- Footage of the assault and cleansing of Ukrainian positions by airborne troops

13:30 Started movement of Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Nikolaev region, including from the Novy Bug training center. From there, the mobilized are being taken to the front.

Columns of equipment and personnel were also seen. The 79th Brigade (Maryinka) and naval infantry came out for resupply.

13:12 Consequences of night artillery attack of Gorlovka, soon a report on newsfront.

13:00 Video- The Nazis launched a powerful artillery strike on the Kalininsky district of Donetsk.

12:42 Videofrom the phone of a member of the 118th Regiment of the 111th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade liquidated in the forests of Kremennaya.

"Out of 475, 50 people remained. Out of 50, 20 are fighting. 30 are sitting at the headquarters, who wash the battalion commander’s ass, chop firewood, cook pasta ... "

12:12 Video- Footage of fire contact in the Kremennaya area.

11:41 Video- Flight of a Russian helicopter at low altitude in the Lugansk region

11:17 Chronicle of strikes and mutual artillery attack in the NVO zone during the night of March 23-24, 2023

- The RF Armed Forces attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Timonovichi in the Sumy region and Zarutsk in the Chernihiv region.

- In the Kharkiv region, Russian forces hit accumulations of personnel and equipment in Morozova Dolina and Strelechya.

- On the Starobelsky sector of the front, artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces attacked the enemy in the area of Krakhmalny, Tabaevka, Stelmahovka and Makeevka. Kupyansk also came under attack.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the previously lost Gryanikovka and Belogorovka.

- In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian forces worked on targets in Bakhmut, Vasyukovka, Grigorovka and New York.

- In the Donetsk direction, Avdievka, Krasnogorovka and the western part of Maryinka were subjected to strikes by the RF Armed Forces.

In response, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched chaotic strikes on Donetsk and Yasinovataya. In addition, the enemy fired at Gorlovka from the HIMARS MLRS.

- In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, the artillery of the RF Armed Forces attacked Ugledar, Novomikhailovka and Bolshaya Novoselka.

- In Krivoy Rog, Russian troops hit several objects at night with Geran-2 kamikaze drones. According to some reports, six vehicles were working on the city, one of which was shot down.

- In the Zaporozhye region, Russian forces hit the warehouses and concentrations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Olgovsky, Chervony, Malinovka, Orekhov and other settlements.

- On the southern sector of the front, Russian troops hit targets in Kherson, Chervon Mayak, Berislav and Antonovka.

At night, Ukrainian formations fired artillery at Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Rybalcha and Staraya Zburyevka, as well as Kardashynka.


10:10 Epic archival footage -video.

09:43 Plucked offensive Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Polozhsko-Orekhovsky direction

On March 23-24, in the Zaporozhye direction, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine planned to launch a counteroffensive. According to the enemy's plan, the main blow was to fall on the Orekhovsky sector: a strike force was created in the city up to a reinforced battalion tactical group.

According to the information, the command of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the RF Armed Forces decided to inflict massive fire damage on exposed enemy positions and warehouses. The offensive was thwarted before it even started.

From 21.00 to midnight on March 22, hotels and schools were hit in the city, which were used to accommodate personnel of both the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the recently formed Chervona Kalina assault brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine - in total, more than 20 targets were covered.

Several warehouses with ammunition, artillery rounds, ATGMs, and equipment parking were put out of action.

Estimated losses of the enemy reach half a thousand people killed and wounded. The Internet was turned off in the city to prevent information leaks. The wounded are taken out through Zaliznichnoe towards Gulyaipole.

09:07 Fire support of assault squads: combat work of the crews of the 122mm Grad MLRS of the Airborne Forces when performing fire missions to destroy objects and camouflaged positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

During aerial reconnaissance, the crews of the unmanned aerial vehicle complexes revealed the camouflaged positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and transmitted information to the artillery command post, after which the crews of the MLRS on standard equipment advanced to the area of combat missions.

With the receipt of target coordinates from the UAV operators, the 122mm Grad MLRS crews struck at the identified enemy positions.

Artillery units of the Airborne Forces continue to carry out fire missions to destroy artillery batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroy camouflaged defensive structures, suppress command posts, and destroy enemy weapons, weapons and military equipment.

09:04 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 03/23/2023 to 00:00 03/24/2023

Over the past day, the Representation reported 18 facts of firing by the AFU.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 11 artillery attacks from artillery of 155mm and 152mm.

On Gorlovsky six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.

By releasing 74 units of various ammunition.

Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central city district), Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Yelenovka.

Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of four civilians in the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, the Central City district of Gorlovka and Yelenovka.

6 housing constructions were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, the Central City district of Gorlovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.

In the previous day, 29 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.


08:24 Summary on the morning of March 24, 2023

On the direction of Kremennaya-Svatovo, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the Makeevka area (LPR, 24 km north of Kremennaya).

On the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, there was no information about significant changes in the front line, despite heavy bloody battles.

In the north of the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces occupied the settlement. Novobakhmutovka.

During the night there were reports of attacks on targets in Odessa, and there were also reports of explosions in Krivoy Rog.

In the Zaporizhia direction, the concentration of enemy personnel and equipment continues in the Orekhov-Gulyaipole sector, where the enemy had previously begun to conduct reconnaissance in force, revealing the formation of our defense, firing points and the fire system as a whole.

An explosion sounded in Melitopol yesterday morning: an improvised explosive device went off.

In the Kursk region, N. p. Gordeevka and Plekhovo.

In the Belgorod region, the settlement was shelled. Tishanka.

08:07 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/24/2023

On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again attacked near Pobeda. With the support of artillery, they conducted assault operations in the city limits of Marinka, in the direction of Pervomaisky and near Severny. As a result of the offensive from the Experienced Russian troops, they managed to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and approach Lastochkin.

And a little to the north, from the side of the village of Krasnogorovka, they went to Stepnoy and Berdychi. Thus, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are close to the encirclement of the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka, where artillery and aviation were working closely. From the Russian positions near Lastochkin to the line of contact near Stepnoy, about five kilometers.

All supply lines of the Ukrainian garrison in Avdievka are under fire control. In case of success of the oncoming attack on Orlovka, the ring will close. And from Novobakhmutovka, Russian troops reached Novokalinov. Throughout this Avdievka section, the terrain allows the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to count on an operational breakthrough. If the Ukrainian army does not transfer reserves. Russian artillery hit Novomikhailovka, Nevelskoye, Netaylovo and Thin. APU shelled Donetsk.

To the south-west of Bakhmut, PMC "Wagner" continued its offensive on Predtechino. There is a promotion. With the support of artillery, the Wagner operators also reached the southwestern outskirts of Bakhmut itself at the entrance to the city from the side of the logistic route to Konstantinovka.

Wagner operators conducted assault operations near Khromovoy and Bogdanovka. The divisions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after a fire defeat, advanced in the direction of Verkhnekamenskoye. Russian artillery attacked Aleksandro-Shultin, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Minkovka, Vasyukovka, Seversk and Disputed.

In the Luhansk direction, units of the Armed Forces again attacked Belogorovka. With the support of artillery, they tried to advance towards Terny. Also, Russian troops carried out a ground attack on Makiivka.

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NATO reconnaissance aircraft and two fighters spotted off the coast of Crimea
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Flightradar spotted a reconnaissance aircraft and two RAF fighters off the coast of Crimea

In the Black Sea off the coast of Crimea, a large strategic reconnaissance aircraft of the British Air Force and two fourth-generation multi-role fighters were noticed. This follows from data from the flight tracking service Flightradar .

According to the data received, the Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint around 17:30 Moscow time made a circle over the coast of Romania, and then advanced eastward. The aircraft was escorted by two NATO Eurofighter Typhoons. All three aircraft headed towards the Crimea, and after some time proceeded in the opposite direction.

As REGNUM reported, earlier the MQ-9 drone, which was flying near the Crimea with the transponder turned off, fell into the Black Sea. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fell as a result of sharp maneuvering. The device went into uncontrolled flight with a loss of altitude and collided with the water surface. The Russian fighters did not use airborne weapons, they did not come into contact with the unmanned aerial vehicle and returned safely to the home airfield, the defense ministry said.

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Planning bombs in the Sumy region
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:

See photos of the bomb fragments at the link

[ColonelCassad] During night strikes in the Sumy region, the Russian Aerospace Forces used gliding bombs identical to the American JDAM.

The design is essentially a conventional aerial bomb, to which a module with wings is attached, which allows you to launch aerial bombs outside the enemy's air defense coverage area. In this segment, we had a significant lag behind the United States, but apparently, this direction was taken seriously. Over the past 24 hours, several targets have been hit by such bombs in the Sumy region.

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Europe
Greater Romania
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] Romanian senator Diana Shoshoaca, who at the legislative level called for the rejection of Izmail, parts of the Odessa and Chernivtsi regions, as well as Serpent's Island from Ukraine.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has already demanded to condemn the submitted bill and withdraw it from consideration, along the way announcing sanctions against Shoshoekyu. The senator herself receives various threats of physical violence and murder from the "new Europeans".

Shoshoake calls this evidence that a brutal fascist state has developed in Ukraine.

In fact, Romanians are thus expanding Overton's windows
Whoa! Russians are keeping up with the jargon!
through right-wing radicals, so that the idea of ​​annexing part of Ukrainian territories following the war in Ukraine would be recorded as a claim existing in the public field. At the same time, they can officially condemn it as radical and untimely, but return to it at a convenient moment, especially if the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer a crushing defeat and the question arises of who will have time to grab what.

Similar sentiments exist in Poland in relation to part of the western regions of Ukraine and in Hungary in relation to Transcarpathia.
There are always those wanting to take advantage, even if it is unwise. The other question is whether the Ukrainians are willing to pull down the Temple in order to keep Russia from getting it.

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