Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] The authorities of Burkina Faso (the country until recently was part of the French neo-colonial empire) called on Russia to open an embassy in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou, and also offered Sevastopol (!) to conclude a cooperation agreement.
In September 2022, a military coup took place in the country. The military junta that came to power set a course for cooperation with Russia. France accuses PMC "Wagner" of complicity in a military coup in Burkina Faso and deployment of its contingents in this country, following the model of the Central African Republic and Mali. PMC "Wagner" means the statements of the French on this matter.
This is the 3rd country to fall out of the French sphere of influence under Macron. Deliveries of equipment to Ukraine and attempts to get into the Transcaucasus by France (among other things) are attempts to get even for 3 failures in a row in Africa, when France loses its positions there that have existed for decades. In fact, Macron is presiding over the collapse of the French neo-colonial empire in northwest Africa.
PS. Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that not so long ago, Russia wrote off part of the Soviet debts of Burkina Faso, and also offered the local government to buy oil from Russia.
It is worth noting that Burkina Faso, like Mali, borders Niger, where uranium mines are key to the French nuclear program. It would be time for Niger to get involved in the process of national liberation from the French colonialists.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] The embassy posted a video on Twitter on Friday, showing drones and gas cylinders laid out on a table. Some of the gas cylinders appear to be attached to the drones, and a man shows a number of boxes filled with the same gas cylinders being stored in a fridge.
"A video published by Ukrainian military apparently shows them preparing to use chemical weapons ...have not been used since WWI except for in Iraq, by the late, unlamented Saddam Hussein and in Syria, but really, honest, not by the Syrian government. And in Germany in WWII, but that was against civilians. Lots of them, just one of many reasons Hitler's also late and unlamented... , possibly phosgene, prohibited by UN CWC [chemical weapons convention], against Russian military. Letters ’OB’ stand for toxic munition. This also explains why the gas cylinders need to be stored in the fridge," the Russian embassy explained in its tweet.
In December, Russian Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Alexander Shulgin said that Moscow had information contractors from the United States were helping prepare "chemical provocations" in Ukraine.
Earlier, in June 2022, similar warnings were voiced by the Russian Ministry of Defense, which at the time stated Kiev was intending to stage a "false flag" attack involving chemical weapons in order to frame Russia and provoke confrontations with NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... .
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Smells like 'Projection'.
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Ty D Bol fumes in the trenches...
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explains why the gas cylinders need to be stored in the fridge,"
There is no electricity in Soledar thanks to Russians. If you look at some of the drones, they have those same cylinders attached. They are improvised explosive cylinders attached to kamikaze drones. Lightweight and packs a lot of explosives. Works great for blowing up Russian invaders in their trenches.
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Conventional explosives are by their nature chemical bombs, so what's the issue?
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[LB] The Russians continue to advance in the direction of Bakhmut.
by Tanya Matyash
The 325th day of the Russian large-scale invasion has begun . Attacking populated areas, the enemy continues to destroy the infrastructure and homes of the civilian population, thereby violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of warfare.
This is stated in the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Over the past 24 hours, 15 air strikes and five missile strikes were carried out by the Orog, two of them targeting the civilian infrastructure of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region . He carried out more than 95 attacks from rocket salvo systems, in particular on Kherson.
"The danger of air and missile strikes has not disappeared anywhere in the entire territory of Ukraine. We urge you not to ignore air warning signals," the General Staff emphasized.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to seize Donetsk region within the administrative border. Continues to advance in the direction of Bakhmut .
He also conducts unsuccessful offensive actions in the Avdiiv direction . On Kupyanskyi and Lymanskyi - he does not stop trying to improve the tactical position.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Ploshanka, Bilogorivka and Chervonpopivka in the Luhansk region and Rozdolivka, Sil, Krasna Gora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Vodyane, Kreminna, Pobyeda, Mayorsk, Maryinka and Velika Novosilka in the Donetsk region .
No offensive groups of the enemy were detected in the Volyn, Poliske, Siversk and Slobozhansk directions . At the same time, the areas of Mykhailivka and Yanzhulivka settlements of Chernihiv region were subjected to enemy shelling; Popivka, Yastrubshchyna, Studenok and Pavlivka - Sumy and Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Budarky, Mali Prohody, Zelene, Neskuchne, Strelecha, Ternova, Bily Kolodyaz, Bologhivka, Dvorichna and Hryhorivka in Kharkiv region.
In the Kupyan direction, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Vilshan, Kupyansk, Orlyanka, Kislivka, Petropavlivka, Krokhmalne, Tabaivka, and Berestov in the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region.
Makiivka, Nevske and Chervonpopivka of the Luhansk region were shelled in the Lymansky direction.
In the Bakhmut direction , Spirne, Bilogorivka, Rozdolivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Krasna Gora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Bila Gora, Verkhnyokamianske, Vesele, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba and North of the Donetsk region were damaged by fire.
In the Avdiivka direction, enemy fire was detected in Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Georgiivka, Maryinka, Berdychi, Vodyan and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk region.
Vugledar, Vremivka and Zolota Niva of the Donetsk region were affected by the fire in the Novopavlovsk direction.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy fired tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of Vilne Pole settlements of the Donetsk region; Gulyaipilske, Dorozhnyanka, Zaliznychne, Gulyaipole, Shevchenko, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Orihiv, Kamianske, Zeleny Gai and Malynivka of the Zaporizhzhia region.
In the Kherson direction , Zolota Balka, Havrylivka, Lviv, Sadov and Kherson were shelled, in particular.
The occupiers are intensifying counter-sabotage and counter-intelligence measures in the temporarily occupied territories. In particular, in the settlement of Velyka Lepetykha, Kherson region, random checks of the phones of local residents are carried out for the presence of photos and videos of Russian military equipment. As of January 12, 2023, three civilians were detained and taken to an unknown destination.
The Ukrainian aviation made nine strikes on the concentration areas of the occupiers , and the units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit three ammunition warehouses, as well as two other important enemy objects.
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[Korrespondent] 22:17 In Dnipro, there are already nine dead as a result of a Russian strike on a high-rise building, among them a 15-year-old girl. Another 64 people were injured - 59 were hospitalized, the rest are being treated at home, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
21:48 Turkey is ready to seek a local ceasefire in Ukraine and believes that neither Moscow nor Kiev has the military means to win yet, Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said. In his opinion, Kyiv and Moscow are not ready to conclude a "comprehensive peace agreement" in the coming months, but the cost of hostilities may soon force the parties to agree to local truces in certain sectors of the front.
20:37 The German government announced the transfer of another batch of military aid to Ukraine, which, in particular, included four mine-clearing tanks, four mobile protected mine-clearing systems, ten border guard vehicles and 120 mobile heating systems. In addition, Berlin plans to send 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles with ammunition, Patriot air defense systems with ammunition and 100,000 first aid kits to Ukraine.
20:25 The Russians fired from cannon artillery and MLRS Grad residential areas of Avdeevka, Kurakhovka village and with. Old Mykolaivka of the Ilinovskoye OTG of the Kramatorsk region, the prosecutor's office of the Donetsk region reported. As a result of the attack, five people were killed and five others were injured.
19:46 In Dnipro, there are already almost 60 wounded due to a Russian missile hitting a high-rise building, 12 of them are children. The rescue operation continues, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
19:43 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Russian terror can only be stopped on the battlefield: "Is it possible to stop Russian terror? Yes. Can it be done differently than on the battlefield in Ukraine? Unfortunately, no. It is possible and necessary to do on our land, in our sky, in our sea. What is needed for this? The weapons that our partners have in their warehouses and that our soldiers are waiting for. The whole world knows what and how can stop those who sow death".
19:39 Russia at the last moment canceled the exchange of prisoners scheduled for today, the Coordinating Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war said. In addition, according to the agency, Russia has stepped up special operations designed to undermine public sentiment in Ukraine.
The enemy uses events organized in support of prisoners of war as informational occasions. Thus, today's action on Independence Square was covered in the Russian media space in such a way that they allegedly demanded "to stop hostilities and start negotiations with Russia", and also "turned to the embassies with a demand to stop the supply of weapons."
19:31 Four missiles were shot down in Krivoy Rog, one hit the private sector near a critical infrastructure facility. Six private houses were damaged. Previously, one person died, one was wounded, said the head of the military administration of the city, Alexander Vilkul.
19:29 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporizhia region stated that as a result of the alleged Ukrainian shelling of the city of Pologi, four civilians were killed, five more were seriously injured.
19:17 Ukrenergo reported that today the enemy launched the 12th massive missile attack on the energy sector of Ukraine - the targets of the attack were generation facilities and high-voltage infrastructure of backbone networks throughout the country. Hits were recorded in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnitsa, Lvov and Kharkov regions. As a result, the shortage of power in the energy system has increased significantly.
The difficult situation is in the Kharkiv and Lviv regions, where, as a result of the attack, there is a partial lack of power supply. Emergency shutdowns have been applied in a number of regions.
19:10 The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine specified that 25 out of 38 missiles of various types were destroyed during the massive missile attack. In particular, at about 13:00, the enemy launched X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from eight Tu-95ms strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region and Caliber missiles from surface ships and submarines from the Black Sea. In total - 23 air and sea-based cruise missiles.
At the same time, activity of enemy tactical aviation was observed in the airspace from different directions. Su-35 fighters fired five Kh-59 guided missiles, five Kh-22 cruise missiles were fired from five Tu-22m3 long-range bombers (one of these missiles hit a high-rise building in the Dnieper).
As of 18:30 in the east and south of the country, the air defense battle continues - the enemy continues to attack from tactical aircraft. Five more X-59 guided air missiles were fired, four of which were shot down.
In total, 25 out of 38 missiles of various types have now been destroyed. In particular, 18 Kh-101/Kh-555 and Kalibr air and sea-based cruise missiles, seven Kh-59 guided air missiles.
18:59 On January 14, the enemy made about 28 launches of cruise missiles of various bases and five launches of guided aircraft missiles. Air defense forces destroyed 18 cruise missiles and three guided missiles , Zaluzny said.
In particular, on the morning of January 14, the Russians attacked Kyiv with S-400 (S-300) anti-aircraft guided missiles from the north. Later, the Russian Federation used high-precision weapons: Kh-101/Kh-555, Kh-22 air-launched cruise missiles, Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles, and Kh-59 guided aircraft missiles against critical infrastructure facilities.
18:50 During the day, the enemy launched three air and about 50 missile strikes. According to preliminary information, 21 missiles were destroyed, the General Staff said in an evening summary.
The enemy is concentrating his main efforts on offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction. Heavy fighting continues for Soledar, with Ukrainian forces fighting off attacks around the clock. The invaders are suffering heavy losses. The enemy is also conducting an offensive in the Limansky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions. In the Kupyansk direction, it is trying to improve the tactical position, and in the Zaporozhye and Kherson areas, it is defending itself.
In the left-bank Kherson region, the enemy is relocating: there is a movement of personnel, weapons, military equipment and ammunition. The enemy continues to suffer daily losses in manpower. Thus, the level of staffing of individual units of the 3rd separate motorized rifle brigade of the 1st army corps, located in the Gorlovka region of the Donetsk region, remains low - at the level of 40%. And this is despite the recent understaffing of mobilized and contract soldiers. It is significant that the personnel are forbidden to leave the location - thus the invaders are at least somehow trying to prevent desertion.
The Russian occupation "authorities" in the Donetsk region are reviewing the categories of citizens of military age who previously had the so-called reservation. In particular, employees of emergency and public services have already been warned about this.
18:37 In Dnipro, the number of wounded has increased to 39, five have died. There are seven children among the wounded, one of them in serious condition, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
18:32 Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko warned of difficult days ahead: “Today, the enemy again attacked the country’s generation facilities and power grids. emergency shutdowns are being introduced. The next days will be tough. The power companies are already working on resuming electricity supplies."
18:13 During a massive enemy missile strike, air defense forces shot down four cruise missiles over the Odessa region. One of the missiles hit a critical infrastructure facility, there are damages, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko.
18:12 As a result of today's missile attack, one Ukrainian thermal power plant stopped generating electricity, another was fired upon, but continues to operate, DTEK said. None of the personnel was injured, the equipment of the thermal power plant was damaged.
18:10 As a result of a missile attack, a critical infrastructure facility in the Vinnytsia region was hit today, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. According to her, ten missiles flying to Ukraine from the south were shot down today.
18:02 In the Kiev region, as a result of the morning Russian attack, 28 residential buildings were damaged, no casualties were reported, the head of the OVA, Alexei Kuleba, said.
17:49 During a missile attack, the enemy again launched missile attacks on an energy facility in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, Svetlana Onischuk, head of the IVA, said. A fire broke out on the territory of the facility, according to preliminary information, there were no injuries or deaths. At the time of the alarm, all workers were in shelters. Also, in order to minimize the consequences of missile strikes, a section of the road near the infrastructure facility was blocked in advance for the passage of cars. At the same time, the air defense forces also worked successfully, which shot down two Russian missiles during the alarm.
17:45 In Dnipro, the death toll has risen to five , head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko said.
17:36 In Dnipro, 27 people have already been injured as a result of a Russian strike on an apartment building, two people have died. Six children were among the wounded, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said.
17:29 Anna Malyar about the situation in Soledar: "The fierce battles for Soledar continue. Our soldiers are repulsing the enemy's continuous attacks - day and night. The enemy suffers heavy losses, but continues to carry out the criminal orders of his command."
17:26 In Kiev, thanks to the effective work of air defense, the destruction of critical infrastructure facilities was not allowed, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
17:23 As a result of the Russian strike on a nine-story residential building in the Dnieper, the number of victims has increased to 18 , two of them are children. There are still people under the rubble of the destroyed house, the rescue operation continues, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
17:21 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova announced the fall of rocket fragments on the territory of the country.
17:17 Kuleba urged to immediately introduce new sanctions against the Russian Federation: "Each volley of missiles depletes Russian stocks even more. However, they can still produce new ones. We can and must kill their ability to produce missiles and drones with a massive sanctions strike. I urge G7 and the EU to immediately put into effect the appropriate sanctions proposed by Ukraine."
17:00 The area in Dnipro, where the residential building was hit, is completely de-energized and disconnected from life support systems, Mayor Boris Filatov said.
16:49 As a result of a strike on a residential building in the Dnieper, according to preliminary information, ten people were injured , including two children. Three victims are in serious condition, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, and showed a photo of the consequences of the strike:
16:42 As of 16:20 in the city of Dnipro, 15 people were rescued in the destroyed entrance of a nine-story residential building, the number of dead and injured is being specified, the President's Office reported.
16:18 The enemy hit a critical infrastructure facility in the Lviv region. Interruptions in electricity and water supply are possible, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
16:07 In the Kharkiv region, two missile attacks on a critical infrastructure facility were recorded, emergency power outages are being applied, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
16:03 In Dnipro, a rocket hit an apartment building, the President's Office reported.
15:32 In Kherson and 35 settlements of the region, power was cut off preventively, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
14:57 Russia has increased the number of launch vehicles in the Black Sea to five, the total salvo is 36 Calibers, OK Pivden reported. In the meantime, an air alert was announced almost throughout Ukraine, the head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, announced missile launches, one of which had already been shot down. Enemy bombers were also raised into the sky.
14:44 Putin is preparing to announce a new wave of mobilization, during which up to 500,000 people can be sent to the front, writes The Times, citing Western intelligence data. According to the publication, the decision will be made within a few weeks. This will allow sending up to 500,000 people to the front by April. The Kremlin expects to organize a new large-scale offensive in the spring along the dried-up roads.
14:07 Due to the threat of a missile attack in Kiev, Kiev and Odessa regions, emergency blackouts are applied, DTEK reported. This will avoid significant damage to the energy infrastructure if enemy missiles reach the target.
14:06 An S-400 air defense battalion has been deployed in Moscow, Russian media report. A complex of radar stations in an active position was allegedly noticed between Losiny Ostrov and Sokolniki. Probably, the air defense covers the Chkalovsky military airfield located in Shchelkovo near Moscow.
14:04 In Avdiivka, as a result of morning shelling, three people were killed, three more were injured, the head of the city administration, Vitaliy Barabash, said.
14:02 Another Russian surface launch vehicle was spotted on combat duty in the Black Sea, OK Pivden reported. The total number of Caliber aimed at Ukraine is 28 missiles.
13:51 Rishi Sunak during today's conversation with Zelensky announced his intention to provide Ukraine with Challenger 2 tanks and additional artillery systems , the office of the British Prime Minister reported.
13:42 The speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat, did not rule out that S-300 missiles of a certain modification could be launched in Kiev from the territory of Russia.
The monitoring group of Belaruska Gayun stated that on January 14 they did not receive a single message about the launch of missiles from the territory of Belarus. According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, rockets were launched at Kyiv from the north.
13:39 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: "The always powerful support from the UK has now become impenetrable and ready for challenges. He thanked for the decisions that will not only strengthen us on the battlefield, but also send the right signal to others partners".
13:33 Zelensky would like to personally speak at a meeting of the UN General Assembly on the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, if the situation allows, Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova told the Associated Press. Thus, this may be the second foreign trip of the Ukrainian president since the start of a full-scale war.
The General Assembly has already scheduled a high-level debate on the war in Ukraine on February 23, followed by a ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council on February 24. Also on February 24, Ukraine wants to hold a peace summit in New York under the auspices of the UN Secretary General.
13:29 The authorities of the Bryansk region said that Russian air defense shot down a Tochka U missile in the sky over the Klintsovsky district.
13:10 In Soledar, city battles and battles in the vicinity continue, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in control of the situation, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, the enemy suffers huge losses and literally makes his way through the bodies of his soldiers.
13:07 Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said that today at four in the morning two loud explosions were heard in the city, after which the invaders began to "fuss" in the eastern part of the city. According to preliminary data, the military base of the invaders at one of the occupied factories was damaged. Also early in the morning there were explosions in the area where the Russians were located in Berdyansk. And last night the car of one of the local top Gauleiters was blown up. At night, the deployment point of the occupiers in Tokmak was also liquidated.
13:01 Today, the Russians again fired at energy infrastructure facilities, the consequences are being eliminated, Ukrenergo reported. As of 12:00 on January 14, electricity consumption is lower than yesterday due to warming weather and a public holiday. At the same time, the shortage of power in the power system persists, most of all - in the morning and evening hours. Consumption limits have been brought to all regions, which are valid throughout the day. Currently, the limits have already been exceeded in 11 regions, as a result of which emergency shutdowns have been applied.
12:52 The enemy put one more surface and one underwater launch vehicle on combat duty in the Black Sea. At the moment, the total salvo of Caliber is 20 missiles, OK Pivden reported.
12:29 The commander of a separate tactical aerial reconnaissance group SARG Birds of Madyar with the call sign Madyar showed the Ukrainian flag in the western part of Soledar:
12:00 Britain will give Ukraine a squadron of Challenger 2 tanks, writes The Independent. It is assumed that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak may announce this to Zelensky today. First, four tanks will be handed over to Ukraine, and then eight more.
11:51 As a result of today's rocket attack on Kiev, there is a hit in an infrastructure facility, but without critical damage and fire. There were no casualties, the KGVA said.
11:40 British intelligence reports that Russia has withdrawn at least ten ships of the Black Sea Fleet from the Novorossiysk naval base in the Krasnodar Territory. Analysts admit that this was a reaction to a possible attack on the base, which Moscow could have learned about.
Intelligence considers it unlikely that the deployment means preparing for unusual strikes by sea-launched cruise missiles. It is also unlikely that the fleet is preparing for amphibious operations. The Black Sea Fleet remains largely focused on perceived threats from Ukraine and continues to prioritize security forces over offensive or patrol operations.
11:26 Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Pavlyuk said that a massive missile attack on Ukraine is expected, and urged not to ignore the alarms.
11:22 PMC Wagner has already begun recruiting women prisoners in Russian prisons, Olga Romanova, head of the social movement Rus, said: “According to our data, women are already being sent to the front, they took the first batch from the Krasnodar Territory at the end of December, but we still have nothing We know about their future fate.
In addition, according to her, in January, the recruitment of prisoners to the PMC Wagner in the prisons of Chechnya began: “The fact that recruiters were allowed into the prisons of Chechnya is the subject of a personal agreement between Prigozhin and Kadyrov. supply PMC Wagner with people".
11:18 Russia probably attacked Kiev with missiles that flew from the north along a ballistic trajectory, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said. He recalled that Ukraine currently does not have the ability to detect and shoot down ballistic missiles. The notification of the missile danger came late due to the lack of radar data and information from other sources.
11:05 The "authorities" of the occupied Melitopol reported that the air defense systems allegedly repelled a Ukrainian missile attack on the city, "several missiles were shot down." Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said that today at about four in the morning there was an explosion that was heard by residents of the central part of the city.
The "authorities" of Berdyansk also stated that two Ukrainian missiles were allegedly destroyed by air defense systems.
10:41 According to preliminary information, a car was damaged by fragments of a rocket in the Darnitsky district of Kiev, and a non-residential building in Goloseevsky. There were no casualties, the KGVA said.
In the Kyiv region, as a result of a morning attack, 18 private houses were damaged, but no one was injured, said OVA head Oleksiy Kuleba.
10:33 Russia lifted 17 Tu bombers into the air, the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim said.
10:09 KGVA reported that an enemy missile hit an infrastructure facility in Kiev.
10:07 The ratio of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are part of the groups in the north, to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, located in Belarus, is enough to carry out the tasks of the stabilization operation, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev. According to him, in case of an increase in the threat, there are corresponding military units in reserve, the General Staff provides for their immediate redeployment to threatening areas.
09:49 Klitschko announced explosions in the Dnipro district of the capital. The Office of the President reported a missile attack on critical infrastructure in the capital.
09:46 Russia is preparing for a long war, as evidenced by the reorganization of the economy and the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. In addition, the appointment of Gerasimov as the new commander of the occupying forces testifies not only to Russia's military failures, but also to preparations for the continuation of a large-scale long-term war, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine notes.
09:40 Russia has withdrawn seven warships to the Black Sea, including one launch vehicle with a salvo of eight Calibers, OK Pivden reported.
09:38 Several explosions thundered in Kiev, after which an air raid alert was announced in the city.
09:31 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one civilian was killed - in Bakhmut. Three more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:26 On the morning of January 14, the enemy launched a missile attack on Kharkov. Previously, two S-300 missile strikes were recorded in the Industrial District. The scale of destruction and the presence of victims is being specified, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
Over the past day, the invaders continued to fire at the civilian population of the border towns and villages of Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Kharkov regions of the region. In the village of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district, two people were killed, one was injured, and two people were injured in the Kupyansky district.
09:03 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin is forming an "information pool" against Prigozhin. In particular, he gathers bloggers loyal to himself and the Ministry of Defense to undermine Prigozhin's efforts to assert himself. In turn, Prigozhin seeks to use the victory in Soledar as a bargaining tool in order to raise his authority in the Russian Federation.
08:41 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 14th.
personnel - about 114,660 (+530) people liquidated,
tanks - 3104 (+6),
armored combat vehicles - 6173 (+6),
artillery systems - 2090 (+4),
MLRS - 437 (+0),
air defense systems - 219 (+1),
aircraft - 286 (+0),
helicopters - 276 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1867 (+2),
cruise missiles - 723 (+0),
ships/boats - 17 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4846 (+13),
special equipment - 186 (+2).
08:34 The enemy continues to advance in the Bakhmut direction, and is also conducting unsuccessful offensive operations in the Avdievsky direction. On Kupyansky and Limansky - does not leave attempts to improve the tactical situation, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Ploschanka, Belogorovka and Chervonopopovka of the Luhansk region and Razdolovka, Sol, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Klescheevka, Vodyanoye, Kremennaya, Pobeda, Mayorsk, Maryinka and Velikaya Novoselka of the Donetsk region.
The occupiers are stepping up counter-sabotage and counter-intelligence measures in the occupied territories. In particular, in the village of Velyka Lepetikha, Kherson region, selective checks are being carried out among local residents for the presence of photos and videos of Russian military equipment. As of January 12, three local residents were detained and taken away in an unknown direction.
05:27 Russia has damaged Ukraine's infrastructure for $127 billion, First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
02:53 North Korea and Iran, which have already transferred weapons and ammunition to Russia for strikes against Ukraine, continue to consider the possibility of new supplies, despite the ban of the UN Security Council, US Permanent Representative Linda Thomas-Greenfield said during a meeting of the Security Council. "We believe that Iran is now considering selling hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia," she said and urged Tehran to change course and not take these steps.
In addition, according to Thomas-Greenfield, North Korea publicly states that it does not support Russia. However, this country provided weapons to PMC Wagner, which is a direct violation of another UN Security Council resolution. "We are concerned that the DPRK plans to send more military weapons to PMCs," the US representative added and called on Pyongyang to refuse these deliveries.
01:35 Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that Moscow is allegedly ready for a scenario in which the goals of the "special operation" would be fulfilled "peacefully": "It will be possible to complete the NVO only when there is no longer a threat to Russia from the territory of Ukraine and when discrimination against the Russian-speaking population of this country ends. If this result can be achieved through negotiations, we are ready for such a scenario, if not, then all the tasks set will be achieved by military means."
Nebenzya also said that the UN Security Council on January 17 will discuss the situation around the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. And he called Ukraine's proposal to hold a peace summit "an attempt by the Kyiv authorities to please Western countries."
01:18 An international coalition for the transfer of tanks to Ukraine actually already exists, said the head of the Office of the President of Poland Pavel Shrot. According to him, Finland, Great Britain and Denmark have already announced their participation in this coalition. Schroth stressed that it is already possible to speak of a broad coalition, and German politicians should take this into account.
00:49 Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, following a meeting in Washington, made a tough statement regarding a possible Russian nuclear strike on Ukraine: "We unequivocally declare that any use of nuclear weapons by Russia in Ukraine would be a hostile and unjustified hostile act against all mankind ". The leaders of Japan and the United States also stressed that they would continue to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation, unwaveringly supporting Ukraine.
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[RIA] The specter of the third world war for Europeans the further, the more it becomes a reality. Let the townsfolk, who today have enough small and large daily problems, not think about it, but the politicians who staged the man-made geopolitical crisis have lost, apparently, the elementary instinct of self-preservation and decided to shove on our country, as it was and is usual, a pig. They most likely believe that heavy weapons (even if someone calls one of the modifications of the tank "light") can turn the tide of the special operation in favor of Ukraine. To be fair, Russia started it by summarily shutting down the flow of natural gas to the West. Japan allied with Nazi Germany and went to war against America for similarly cutting off petroleum products, so the European response oughtn’t be a surprise to President Putin and his generals. Continued on Page 49
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:34 In Zaporozhye, the center of the city of Pologi was subjected to shelling by the Ukrainian military, four civilians were killed, five more were injured. 23:11 Ukrainian media reported a series of explosions in a number of regions of the country. In Kyiv, Kyiv region, Odessa, Vinnitsa and Cherkasy regions, emergency power outages have been introduced.
22:32 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Kyiv lost more than 80 people per day in the Kupyansk and Krasnolimansk directions.
21:37 Captured positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are full of corpses and prisoners.
During the attack, our fighters captured enemy positions, destroying those who refused to surrender.
20:11 The air raid alert announced throughout Ukraine has been cancelled. It lasted almost an hour and a half, the official resource for alerting citizens said.
19:07 Night work of Russian artillery
Artillery strikes of the 35th Army of the Eastern Military District on Ukrainian dugouts in the Zaporozhye region.
18:06 Emergency power outages introduced in Vinnitsa and Cherkassy regions of Ukraine - local regional power companies
16:57 Media reports that Kharkiv is completely de-energized
16:50 Subway in Kharkiv stopped after explosions
16:50 Explosions reported in Lviv region
16:46 An air raid alert sounds throughout Ukraine, follows from the data online maps.
15:47 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️In the Kharkiv region, two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated;
◾️Two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the DPR;
◾️In the Krasnoliman direction, artillery fire from the formations of the Central Military District and the Airborne Forces defeated the units of the 80th and 71st brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
◾️Russian troops destroyed more than 30 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction in a day;
◾️More than 30 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Yuzhnodonets direction in a day;
◾️In the Donetsk direction, assault detachments, in cooperation with the Airborne Forces with the support of the Southern Military District, developed success, more than 70 Ukrainian military were destroyed;
◾️Air defense systems of the Russian Federation destroyed 4 UAVs of Ukraine in a day, intercepted seven shells of MLRS HIMARS and Alder;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces hit two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR and the Zaporozhye region;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed the US-made M777 artillery system and the US-made counter-battery combat stations AN/TPQ-36 and AN/TPQ-50 in the Kharkiv region.
14:50 Russian Airborne Troops and assault squads are developing success in the Donetsk direction, more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed there in a day, the Ministry of Defense reported.
14:04 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published footage of the destruction of APU equipment with new precision-guided munitions
On one of the videos from the drone camera, the destruction of Ukrainian armored vehicles by an accurate hit of a projectile is recorded. The second video shows the destruction of firing points in a long-term fortified point of Ukrainian troops.
It is specified that the strikes were inflicted by shells of a new generation.
14:03 An air alert has been announced in the Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as in the parts of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions temporarily occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian media report.
14:02 AFU reports missile launches by Russian strategic aviation
13:07 In Khabarovsk passed exercises of the S-400 Triumph air defense system to repel an air raid.
After a training signal about the violation of the air border by a mock enemy aircraft, combat crews worked out actions to search, detect, classify and calculate the target's course.
At the end of the training, the crews conducted training missile launches.
12:10 Infrastructure damaged in Kyiv,reported on Saturday at the city military administration.
“All the necessary services are already working on the spot. The data is being specified, expect official information, ”the administration said in a message on the Telegram channel.
12:10 An air raid alert was announced on Saturday in the Sumy, Poltava and Cherkassy regions of Ukraine, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
11:11 Explosions are heard in the Dnipro district of Kyiv, specialized services are sent to the scene,informed on Saturday, the mayor of the city Vitali Klitschko.
“Explosions in the Dnieper region. All services are sent to the site. Stay in cover!" — wrote Klitschko in his telegram channel.
11:10 An air raid alert was announced on Saturday in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, testify data online maps of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
10:40 New explosions reported in Kiev
An air alert has also been declared in the city and the region. Early in the morning, explosions were already thundering in the capital of Ukraine - an unnamed infrastructure facility was hit, as a result of the arrival, a fire started on it.
09:15 Explosions are heard in Kharkiv, according to the Ukrainian publication Public. Kharkov".
“Explosions are heard in Kharkiv,” the publication said in a Telegram channel.
08:54 An air raid alert has been announced in Kharkiv, Poltava, Cherkassy, Kirovograd, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv regions of Ukraine, as well as in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, according to the data of the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
08:05 Servicemen of the repair units of the Western Military District continue conduct uninterrupted maintenance and repair of weapons and military equipment during the special operation.
In the same ranks with specialist repairmen, tasks are performed by mobilized military personnel, volunteers and representatives of manufacturers. Particular attention is paid to the issues of maintenance and repair of weapons and military equipment of troops operating at a considerable distance from points of temporary deployment and deployment.
In order to maintain the high combat capability of the subunits, first of all, the weapons that are necessary for the performance of a combat mission or can be repaired in the shortest possible time are repaired. The military personnel perform their tasks in several shifts, which allows them to work around the clock.
07:48 It is reported about explosions in Ochakovo of the Nikolaev area. Local media publish a video with the sound of an explosion in Ochakiv. In addition, a number of publics report explosions in Bucha and in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kyiv.
07:23 Explosions are reported in Kyiv. Local publics note that the alarm in the city has not been declared. There is no official information yet.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:17 "Stormtroopers" and units of the Airborne Forces developed success in the direction of the settlement. Salt in the DPR, the RF Ministry of Defense reported. 20:57 They report on the work of the MLRS in Kherson, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They try to avoid strikes on civilian objects.
19:30 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to cover Artemivsk with inexperienced mobilized. According to RT, after the loss of Soledar, the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to strengthen the grouping of troops in the Artemovsk (Bakhmut) area with those mobilized without combat experience.
For this, older men (38-55 years old) are planned to be enrolled in units of the 81st separate airmobile brigade, 105th, 111th and 112th territorial defense brigades, previously located 40 km west of Kremennaya and 80 km from Artemovsk.
19:15 On a photo destruction resulting from shelling by the VFU of the village of Shirokaya Balka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy district of Gorlovka)
18:50 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on January 14, 2023.
18:20 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on January 14, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the square. Victory, 37 wounded man born in 1958
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. Petrovsky, 187 - apartment building;
- st. Shuiskaya, 5 - apartment building.
n.p. Wide Beam:
- st. Dam, 23 - a private residential building; the car and power lines were also damaged;
- st. Dam, 19, 33 - private residential buildings.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
18:10 Brave tankers ready to meet and burn the equipment of the West, they themselves are interested in how the Leopard and Bradley burn after being hit by the T90 "Breakthrough"
17:59 APU on the evening of January 13fired uponarea of the Dibrovsky well in Lisichansk, two civilians were injured, the water source was not damaged. This was announced by the city administration in its Telegram channel.
17:20 Destruction an observer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by a sniper pair of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Zaporozhye direction.
17:08 Ukrainian troops at 1610 hrs again fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, firing five more rounds of the “NATO” caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
16:49 Ukrainian militants fired on the Gorlovsky village of Shirokaya Balka.
16:44 Video 18+ On video fighters of PMC "Wagner" bodies of Ukrainian servicemen who refused to surrender. This is only a small part of the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Soledar. Each of them was given a chance to surrender, but they chose what they chose.
16:24 Video 18+ Hundreds of bodies of APU fighters abandoned in Soledar.
The cleansing of Soledar and the outskirts by the forces of the fighters of the Wagner Group continues. The footage of the wargonzo project shows the attitude of the command of the Ukrainian State towards its own soldiers and officers, sent "for meat" and, as a result, abandoned at the place of their death.
16:15 At 16:00, Ukrainian troops fired six more NATO-caliber 155mm rounds in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
15:28 Kyiv security forces are shelling Kremennaya with artillery and mortars. This was announced by public figure Rodion Miroshnik.
15:27 AFU attacked the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, a civilian was wounded.
15:15 More than 30 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the South-Donetsk direction in a day; In the Donetsk direction, assault detachments, in cooperation with the Airborne Forces with the support of the Southern Military District, developed success, more than 70 Ukrainian military were destroyed - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
14:25 Fixing consequences of shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk on 01/13/2023
14:00 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on January 14, 2023.
13:25 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on January 14, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya: - on the street. Vorovskogo, 51 "a" a woman born in 1946 was wounded.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
13:12 Russian artillerymen successfully startled several strongholds of the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction.
12:25 It is reported about the heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The 60th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is located not far from Kleshcheevka, on the Kurdyumovka-Chasov Yar front. The strongholds of the brigade are subjected to daily attacks, and almost every day it loses either a VOP or an ROP after the attacks of the Wagner PMC assault squads.
In those days when 60 Separate Mechanized Brigade manages not to lose positions and fight back, everything flies very actively on it, from cannon and rocket artillery rounds, to 40mm grenades from copters.
12:11 Ukrainian troops at 7.52 fired two rockets from the HIMARS MLRS at Rubezhnoye in the LPR, the LPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
11:27 Ukrainian troops tried to strike at the quarters of Berdyansk in the morning, two missiles were shot down by Russian air defense systems on approach to the city, local authorities report.
11:28 Ukrainian troops in ten minutes fired a total of ten rounds of "NATO" caliber 155mm in two districts of Donetsk and Makeevka, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
11:20 Air defense systems repelled a missile attack by Ukrainian militants on Melitopol, several missiles were shot down - media
11:05 Big reportage from the industrial zone of Artemovsk, where fighting continues on Patrice Lumumba Street. The realities of battles and life of fighters are shown.
10:55 Ukrainian sources report that Kramatorsk receives a huge number of people killed every day from the Artyomovsky and Soledarsky directions, the bulk of the dead are from 18 to 23 years old. They are brought in side by side by army trucks.
10:25 Front-line summary for the morning of 01/14/2023:
On the Zaporozhye direction, on the eastern bank of the Dnieper reservoir, Russian artillery attacked Kamenskoye. Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Charovnoye, Gulyaipolskoye, Zheleznodorozhnoye, Gulyaipole and Krasnoye were under fire.
In the Ugoldar sector, Russian troops, supported by artillery, launched a ground attack in the direction of Bolshaya Novosyolka. They also fired at Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka and Ugledar itself.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are trying to advance in the urban development of Maryinka. Also on the ground, they attacked the fortified area ofthe Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka. Attacks on Pervomayskoye, Vodyanoye and from the side of Experienced. Artillery hit the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka.
South of Artemovsk, Russian troops attack towards Dyleevka. PMC "Wagner" is already conducting assault operations to the south-west of the city towards Predtechin, trying to cut off a section of the H-32 highway. It connects Bakhmut with Konstantinovka.
Also, the band members are trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kleshcheevka. On the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut itself, oncoming battles. To the north of the city, PMC "Wagner" seeks to advance in the Podgorodny area. To the north of Soledar PMC "Wagner" is attacking in the Razdolovka area.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops, supported by artillery, again tried to attack near Disputed. They also conducted offensive operations near Belogorovka. To the north, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to advance in the direction of Makeevka. And even further north - towards Stelmahovka.
09:20 Artillery of the RF Armed Forces supports promotion of assault groups in Marinka.
Self-propelled howitzers 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with their fire support the advance of infantry in the city of Maryinka, where the attack on Ukrainian militants continues.
09:02 Ukrainian troops at 4.00 fired three rockets from the HIMARS MLRS at Tarasovka, the LPR office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
08:50 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 01/14/2023
08:10 For a day on the territory of the DPR, there were no casualties among civilians.
Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on January 13 to 08:00 on January 14, there were no casualties as a result of shelling of the AFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
07:30 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past day, January 13:
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, 2 shellings were recorded on the settlement. Svatovo and Lisichansk with the use of 155mm artillery pieces (five rounds).
As a result of the attacks:
-in n.p. Lisichansk two civilians were injured, and a residential building was also damaged;
-in n.p. Svatovo damaged oil press shop.
07:00 Daily official summary of the DPR JCCC from 00:00 01/13/2023 to 00:00 01/14/2023
07:00 Over the past 24 hours, the Representation reported 27 facts of firing by the AFU. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 17 artillery attacks from artillery of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm. On Yasinovatsky four rocket artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm. On Gorlovsky six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 135 units of various ammunition. Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yakovlevka, Kashtanovoe, Mineralnoe, Yasinovataya, Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district). Over the past day, there were no reports of civilian casualties.
Nine housing constructions were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 19 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
06:45 Russian troops liberated two villages in the Zaporozhye region.
The settlements of Mirnoye and Dorozhnyanka were taken under control by the Russian military on January 12. The loss of the villages is recognized by the deputy of the so-called regional council (a body that is part of the occupation administration of the Kyiv regime) of Zaporozhye, Sergei Lyshenko.
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[REGNUM] The actions of the Russian forces participating in the assault on Soledar came as an unpleasant surprise for the Kyiv militants. On January 14, a fighter of the Wagner group, who took part in the liberation of the city, spoke about this in an interview with RIA Novosti.
As the fighter explained, the offensive was carried out from two sides. Assault groups of Russian forces, moving along the main direction, simultaneously punched through corridors through forest plantations from a completely unexpected direction for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the north side. According to the fighter, the enemy did not expect a breakthrough from the north at all.
A participant in the assault on Soledar indicated that, thanks to a deliberate maneuver, the assault detachments broke into the city center from two sides at once and cut off the supply routes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“It was such a sudden maneuver for the enemy, which he did not expect at all ... Here their defense line was not thought out at all,” the Russian fighter emphasized.
Earlier , REGNUM reported that a Russian fighter from the Wagner group, who participated in the liberation of Soledar, had to save a child under fire from a sniper of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russia’s permanent representative to the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... , Vassily Nebenzia, has said that the conflict with the Ukraine may be concluded either through diplomatic, or military means, but only after Moscow has achieved its goals.
Speaking at a briefing at the UN Security Council, the envoy commented on a possible path for ending the hostilities between the two sides.
The opportunity to settle the conflict "will only present itself once Ukraine stops posing a threat to Russia and discriminating against Russian-speaking Ukrainians," he said.
And what, exactly, does that entail? Is there anything short of total surrender that will suffice?
RT reports that Nebenzia stated that "if this result can be achieved through negotiations, we stand ready for this scenario. If not — then our tasks will be achieved by military means."
The diplomat reiterated that Russia is fighting not against the Ukrainian people, but rather against "the criminal nationalist regime which came to power in 2014" after a coup in Kiev.
The new Ukrainian leadership has been trying to purge the country of "everything that is related to Russia, and to glorify Nazi accomplices," he said.
Nebenzia stated that "everything could have ended differently for Ukraine," if Kiev had enforced the now-defunct Minsk Agreements, which were signed in 2014 and 2015 in a bid to pave the way for peace by granting the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics special status within the Ukrainian state.
However, you can observe a lot just by watching... neither Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky or his predecessors, nor La Belle France and Germany, which took part in negotiating the Minsk Agreements, ever intended to fulfill the plan, according to Nebenzia. This diplomatic process "only served as a smokescreen behind which they secretly armed Ukraine in order to set it against Russia," he stated.
Last month, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom. Now they make faces at her for inundating the country with Moslem colonists... admitted that the Minsk Agreements were "an attempt to give Ukraine time" so that its army could get stronger. Later, this revelation was confirmed by former French President Francois Hollande ...the Socialist president of La Belle France, an economic bad joke for la Belle France but seemingly a foreign policy realist... , who noted that the Minsk Agreements had helped Ukraine to achieve that goal.
Merkel’s and Hollande’s confessions caused an uproar in Moscow, with Russian officials describing them as "formalization of betrayal."
In December, Ukraine floated the idea of a "Global Peace Summit," building on Zelensky’s "peace formula," which in particular demanded Russia withdraw its troops from all territories claimed by Kiev.
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Y'all being pretty discriminatory yourselves by killing the Ukranians.
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The Russians will restore democracy end 'discrimination' if they have to kill every last Ukrainian.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Results of missile strikes at 1800 hrs.
Arrivals in Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kyiv, Kherson, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Ternopil, Vinnitsa, Lvov, Ivano-Frankivsk regions, as well as in the territories of Donbass occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
So far, there is no exact data on explosions in the Volyn, Chernivtsi, Sumy and Zhytomyr regions, since air defense systems were operating everywhere.
Infrastructure facilities in Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Lviv regions were most severely affected, leading to power outages in these and neighboring regions, as well as interruptions in water, cellular communications and the Internet.
The weak effectiveness of air defense (which, of course, will not hurt later to shoot down "almost everything" on the Internet) is associated with fog and the changed tactics of the Aerospace Forces, which launch a large number of decoys and work out on radar and air defense systems before the strike, after which there are already strikes on infrastructure. So far, there is no data on the results of the destruction of air defense objects, but the last three attack waves led to the destruction of various elements of air defense systems (mainly components of the S-300 complex and various radars).
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[Breitbart] The Canadian government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised to spend over $400 million on an air defence system for Ukraine that the Canadian army has begged for since 2012.
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party government is looking to spend over $400 million to purchase a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), according to an announcement made on Tuesday by Defence Minister Anita Anand.
The new defence system, which is a medium-range ground-based air defence system, will be purchased from the United States and given to the Ukrainian armed forces for their ongoing conflict with Russia, the National Post newspaper reports.
“We have committed over $1 billion in military assistance to Ukraine, and today we are moving forward with the first Canadian donation of an air defence system to Ukraine. Canada will continue to collaborate with the United States, as well as other Allies and partners, to address Ukraine’s defence priorities in the short and long term — including with high-capability equipment such as the NASAMS,” the defence minister said.
The Canadian armed forces, meanwhile, have been calling on the federal government to procure similar air defence for Canada since 2012, when its previous system was retired.
The Trudeau government previously announced in 2018 that it would procure an air defence system for Canada but it is yet to do so.
When questioned on how the government was able to raise cash to pay for Ukraine’s air defence when Canada lacked a similar system of its own, the defence ministry claimed that it was continuing “to work towards the procurement of Ground-Based Air Defence Equipment for the Canadian Armed Forces — and Minister Anand is committed to getting this done, as outlined in our defence policy.”
Canada has been one of the fiercest supporters of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and announced $375.7 million in military assistance for the country as recently as last November.
The move to supply Ukraine with air defence comes as other Western nations are also stepping up on arms supplies to Ukraine, including France, which prompted a new furry of weapons shipments when it promised to supply Ukraine with French-made AMX-10 RC “light tanks” last week.
[Jpost] Quebec-based Bombardier Recreational Products (BPR) found its Rotax engine is used in Iranian drones used in Russia in Ukraine. How did this happen?
A Canadian company may have uncovered a complex clandestine supply chain that allowed one of its motors to somehow end up as part of an Iranian drone used by Russian forces in Ukraine, Canada's National Post reported Thursday.
The company in question is the Quebec-based Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP), which manufactures recreational vehicles like engines, motorcycles, ATVs and snowmobiles. In particular, its Ski-Doo brand of personal snowmobiles is so iconic and beloved in Canada that it was ranked by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as one of the greatest Canadian inventions back in 2007.
The company is by no means an arms manufacturer or defense contractor, having sold off its military arm in 2003, and its Rotex engine, which is made by its Austrian subsidiary, is intended mainly for civilian use.
However, a report from back in September revealed that an Iranian-made Mohajer-6 drone shot down by Ukrainian forces contained a Rotax 912 airplane engine, the National Post reported.
And this isn't the only time Rotax engines were found in Iranian drones.
According to a report in the Iran Press News Agency, the Islamic Republic's Shahed-129 drone is also powered by a Rotax engine.
BRP confirmed in a statement that the engine is indeed theirs. What they are unsure of, though, is how it got there, since they didn't sell it to either Iran or Russia.
HOW DID A CANADIAN COMPANY'S ROTAX ENGINE END UP IN AN IRANIAN DRONE USED BY RUSSIA IN UKRAINE?
It should be noted that while BRP may not sell engines to Iran or for military use, it wasn't always that way.
The Canadian firm did, in fact, sell drones to Iran up until ceasing operations in 2019, the National Post reported.
Further, there is a history of Rotax engines being used in drones.
Back in 2020, BRP announced it would stop sending engines to what it dubbed "countries with unclear usage," which followed reports that Rotax engines were being used in drones utilized by Azerbaijan against Armenian troops during the Nagorno-Karabakh war, the CBC reported at the time.
The company at the time claimed this was something they only just heard of and were unaware their technology was being used in military drones.
The fact that they are being used in drones at all does not stem from their effectiveness, but rather their very cheap price – since they are marketed for civilians – and the fact that, as civilian products, they are not subject to some of the strict arms control export regulations that other products with military applications would have, as experts noted to the CBC.
In Canada, some items are listed as "dual-use" items, meaning they have the potential to be used as weapons or other military-purpose items.
If they also qualify as having clear military uses, they are subject to heavy regulation in both Canada and the European Union, though the EU does not regulate all dual-use items.
Since Rotax engines are made in Austria and not Canada, they are subject to EU export controls, not Canadian, and EU rules are not as specific with regulations regarding engines, Austrian Labor and Economy Ministry spokesperson Alexandra Perl said, according to the CBC.
She further explained that part of these difficulties stems from the logistical impossibility of actually regulating such a broad category. Dual-use is a very broad label and can include everything from engines to smartphones, making regulation for everything outright impossible.
NOT JUST CANADA: WESTERN PARTS FOUND IN IRANIAN DRONES USED IN RUSSIA
But regardless, if the Rotax engine in question was still never sold by BRP to Iran or Russia, how did it get there?
This is something the company is being tight-lipped about at the moment, claiming it may jeopardize their investigation, according to the National Post.
However, it should also be noted that this Canadian firm isn't alone in discovering that somehow its products were being used in Iranian drones in Russia.
In late November, The Wall Street Journal reported that Israeli-made infrared lenses, along with over 200 other components from the US, Europe and other allied nations, have been found in Iranian drones used by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
About three-quarters of the components of the drones were American-made while other parts were made by Japanese, Israeli and German firms, along with others, according to Ukrainian documents shown to WSJ by the Kyiv-based nonprofit Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (NAKO).
Israel has long had a hostile diplomatic relationship with Iran and has no exports there, so how did Israeli parts end up in an Iranian drone?
According to The Wall Street Journal report, many of the parts found in the drones are not under export controls and can be easily bought online and shipped through other countries to Iran.
In addition, a SkyNews report from early November claimed that Russia managed to give several advanced stolen Western weapons to Iran. These weapons had originally been sent to the battlefield to help Ukrainian forces, but Russia managed to get its hands on it.
These weapons, along with $140 million, were supposedly sent as payment for a shipment of Iranian suicide drones.
Interestingly enough, some, such as then-opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu, warned that some weapons sent by the West to Ukraine could end up in Iranian hands.
Both Russia and Iran are under heavy sanctions from the West, and as such often struggle to trade with Western firms.
The exact nature of how Canada's Rotax engine wound up in Iranian drones in Russia remains to be seen, and it may have to wait until BRP unveils their investigation.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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[Breitbart] The Canadian government under Prime Minister 
