"No matter how loud and long they cry...
I count two visible road wheels to the rear, and the return roller at the absolute rear... side skirt/glacis, as well as a turret in the proper distance/spacing for a Brad. Rear Troop Hatch popped open as well: Even has the sponson boxes on either side of the Troop door."
The videos are poor and blurred, but his assessment seems reasonable. F3 confidence
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The back "hatch" doesn't match well with a Bradley. Don't know for sure as I wasn't an 11M (mechanized infantry), but it doesn't fit perfectly with the ones I have seen. Very well might be, but I lean on the "no" side currently.
Bradley's are really awesome IFV, but they aren't invulnerable. A RPG to the side or ass will still kill one. That is why they have infantry to clear out areas before they move in and they can support that with their Bushmaster.
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[LB] As a result of shelling in Donetsk region, a colony building, a school and an enterprise were damaged. There are dead and wounded.
by Iryna Gamalii
Yesterday, March 16, the Russian army fired at the Donetsk, Horliv and Lysychan areas. Yesterday, the occupiers killed two residents of the region, eight more were injured.
Pavlo Kyrylenko, the head of Donetsk OVA, reports this in Telegram.
In the Donetsk direction, a colony building was damaged in the Kurakhiv community. Maryinka and Krasnohorivka are under fire in Maryinsk community, Krasnohorivka, Kamianka, Severne and Vodyane in Ocheretynsk. In the morning, there was an air missile attack on Avdiivka. No victims.
On the Horlivskyi direction, there were two waves of shelling of Kostyantynivka from "Hurricanes" with cluster munitions. As a result of the attack, six people were injured, at least 19 houses, a school and an enterprise were damaged. One person died and one was injured in Toretsk. One person was injured and five high-rise buildings were damaged in Bakhmut. In the Soledar community, five houses were damaged in Fedorivka and five in Vasyukivka, there was a lot of noise in the Chasovoyarsk community.
In the Lysychansk direction, the outskirts of the Siver community, Torske and Zarichne of the Lyman community are under fire.
In just one day, the Russians killed two residents of Donetsk region and wounded another eight.
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[Vesti] March 17 is the 387th 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 .
08:00 . Kherson region. During the day-76 attacks. Damaged residential areas, private and apartment buildings. One person is injured.
09:00 . Donetsk region. The Russians attacked Avdiivka with missiles. They hit in different directions,there are dead and woundedcivilians in the region. In just a day, the Russians killed two residents of the region, wounded 8 more.
11:00 am . The Slovak government approved the dispatch of 13 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine.
12:30 pm Kyiv region. In Kiev and the region will reduce the duration of the curfew. From March 26, it will last from 00:00 to 05:00.
13:30 . Kherson region. Russian troopsfired on Veletenskoye Belozersk community, got into a kindergarten. There are no wounded or dead.
15:00 . Donetsk region. The Russian army fired from the MLRS "Hurricane" Ukrainsk Selidov community. A woman died.
16:00 . Kherson region. The Russians have turned the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station into a military facility, for almost half a year Ukraine has no control over the station. Since last autumn, only Russian personnel have been working there, said Director General of Ukrhydroenergo Igor Sirota. At the moment, the station does not produce electricity, it is filled with explosives and weapons. The Russians set up a stronghold there. The restoration of the Kakhovskaya HPP will take years and billions of hryvnias.
18:20 Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00, the main thing:
During the day, the Russian Federation launched 19 air strikes and carried out 26 attacks from the MLRS.
Aviation of the Defense Forces delivered six strikes per day on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the occupiers.
On the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy does not leave attempts to capture Bakhmut, where constant positional battles continue. Our defenders repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kleshchevka and Ivanovskoye.
On the Avdievka, Maryinsky and Shakhtyorsky directions, the enemy carried out unsuccessful offensive actions in the direction of the settlements of Kamenka, Nevelskoye, Avdeevka and Maryinka of the Donetsk region.
The enemy is on the defensive in the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions.
The Russian invaders, with the active support of local collaborators, are increasing the number of torture chambers in the temporarily occupied and occupied territories of Ukraine.
So, a newly created torture facility was seen in the southeastern part of Energodar, Zaporozhye region. Citizens with pro-Ukrainian views, as well as those who do not want to comply with the requirements of the local occupying so-called authorities, are subjected to severe torture there.
18:30 The Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova.
19:20 The fiercest battles in the Donbas are being fought in the areas of Kremennaya, Torsky, Belogorovka, Spirny, and Bakhmut remains the epicenter of hostilities, said the commander of the Ground Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky.
20:00 It is reported that the first deputy head of the committee on national security, defense and intelligence, Mikhail Zabrodsky, is moving "to a high position in the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
20:40 President of Ukraine Zelensky told how the day went. In particular, he spoke about the meeting at the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander.
21:25 Kiev OVA warns of the threat of drone attacks. A similar warning was sounded in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
21:40 Air raid alert in many areas. Drone launches are reported, in addition to those previously mentioned, in the Zaporozhye direction. They also report on the work of air defense on drones in the Chernihiv and Kyiv regions.
22:00 Air raid alert already in half of the regions of Ukraine. The work of air defense in a number of areas is reported.
23:55 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down three strike UAVs , but as a result of the attack, " two UAVs hit a critical infrastructure facility in Novomoskovsk , there is serious damage," said the Vostok Air Command and the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak. The attack was probably carried out by Shahed-131/136.
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[Korrespondent] 23:50 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two enemy UAVs hit a critical infrastructure facility in Novomoskovsk, causing serious damage, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
23:19 The Russians hit with drones from the southeast direction on critical objects in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Three UAVs were destroyed, OK Skhid reported.
23:16 On March 17, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for dictator Vladimir Putin and Russian Children's Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova. They are allegedly responsible for the war crime of illegally deporting children. Yale researchers have previously cited Lvova-Belova as a key figure responsible for the forced removal of children from Ukraine. About who she is - in the material Organizer of deportation .
22:19 An air raid alert has been declared in many regions of Ukraine, local authorities and public reports are reporting an attack by Shahed drones.
20:45 Zelensky said that at today's meeting of the Headquarters, the main attention was paid to the battles in the Donbass: "Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Ugledar, Marinka, Belogorovka. The main attention is on our soldiers, how to support our brigades, how to give them more strength, opportunities, more weapons and protection."
20:42 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the ICC made a decision "on a case that has real prospects": "The International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the arrest of Putin.
That’s nice. But who, pray tell, will bell this particular cat?
A historic decision, from which historical responsibility will begin. The head of a terrorist state and one more Russian official officially became a suspect in a war crime in the deportation of Ukrainian children."
20:27 A number of EU countries on Monday, March 20, will sign a draft agreement on the joint purchase of 155 mm artillery shells for Ukraine, Reuters reports citing a European official.
20:19 NATO estimates the loss of Russian forces in the battles in Ukraine, including those killed and wounded, at 1,500 people a day, The Guardian reports, citing a high-ranking official of the alliance. At the same time, the vast majority of losses fall on Bakhmut. The ratio of dead to wounded Russians in NATO is estimated as one to three.
As for Ukraine, it loses "an order of magnitude less" in battles, but no specific data was given. In addition, according to NATO, "several thousand" shells per day are spent on both sides.
20:13 The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to conduct a "check" in connection with the "illegal issuance of warrants for the arrest of citizens of the Russian Federation by the ICC." The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation should identify specific individuals from among the judges of the ICC, "who made deliberately illegal decisions to issue warrants for the arrest of citizens of the Russian Federation."
19:36 Russia shows no readiness for a just peace in Ukraine, repeating its ultimatums and redoubling aggression, according to the EU statement, proclaimed during the meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. The European Union, in particular, reaffirmed its support for Zelensky's peace formula and recalled that it does not recognize Russia's attempts to annex Ukrainian territories.
19:18 Xi Jinping will travel to Moscow next week for talks with Putin. The Kremlin said they would discuss "comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation." This will be the first visit by a PRC leader to Moscow after a full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine. About what the two leaders will discuss and what proposal the Chinese leader is carrying, - in the material Xi goes to Putin .
19:11 The Russians are carrying out offensive operations along virtually the entire eastern front line, trying to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops and move deep into their battle formations, said Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces. According to him, the most difficult battles are taking place in the areas of Kremennaya, Torsky, Belogorovka, and Disputable, but Bakhmut remains the epicenter of hostilities - the battles for the city continue.
According to Syrsky, the enemy has used all his power and is trying to break through the defenses in several directions and completely surround Bakhmut. Fighting is going on in the north, east and south of the city, "the enemy suffers huge losses and once again rolls back without success." "Unfortunately, we are also suffering losses, but much less than our defenders inflict on the enemy. In some areas, our units have partial success," the Colonel General added.
18:49 The MiG-29 fighters provided to Ukraine will strengthen the defense capabilities, but will not protect the country from Russian air terror, Yuriy Ignat, the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "This will strengthen our abilities, the aircraft perform a number of functions: patrolling the airspace of Ukraine, fighter cover (cover strike groups of attack aircraft and bombers), MiG-29 aircraft also strike with HARM anti-radar missiles against enemy air defenses and during massive missile attacks they try to intercept both cruise missiles and Shahed kamikaze drones.
At the same time, Ignat added that Soviet MiGs "are not an effective weapon against terror weapons. Their obsolete missiles, radars and aircraft radar cannot be very effective."
18:26 Peskov said about the ICC warrant that "the very posing of the question is unacceptable, we do not recognize the jurisdiction of this court."
18:20 Attorney General Andrei Kostin said that after today's decision of the ICC, first of all, measures are being taken to search for and detain suspects. To do this, the International Criminal Court appeals to States parties to the Rome Statute with a request to arrest and transfer the suspect to the ICC.
18:17 For more information on what today's decision of the International Criminal Court means, see the article Order for Putin's Arrest .
17:58 Today's decision of the International Criminal Court means that outside of Russia, Putin should be arrested and taken to court, "and world leaders will think three times before shaking his hand or sitting down at the negotiating table with him," said Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin. He called the decision of the ICC historic for Ukraine and the entire system of international law.
Kostin noted that the Prosecutor General's Office handed over to the ICC more than 40 volumes of materials - over 1,000 pages. In total, the deportation of more than 16,000 children from Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions was recorded in the proceedings, although the real figure could be much higher. 308 children managed to return home.
17:42 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the decisions of the International Criminal Court on the arrest of Putin and Lvova-Belova "legally void" because "Russia is not a party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and does not bear obligations under it."
17:34 The Russians have been shelling Avdiyivka all day today, one person has been wounded. So, in the morning they fired three air missiles at the city, at about noon they fired at it from artillery and Gradov, and in the afternoon - from tanks, and also delivered another air missile strike, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the UVA, said.
17:21 The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for Putin. He is accused of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine. In particular, ICC judges suspect Putin of a war crime - the illegal deportation of the population, including children. They also issued an arrest warrant for children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova.
Earlier, Peskov stated that Russia does not recognize the International Criminal Court in The Hague and its jurisdiction, since the international judicial bodies allegedly did not notice the actions of "Ukrainian nationalists" in the Donbass.
17:06 Ukraine insists on an indefinite grain agreement and its automatic extension for 120 days, Shmyhal said. The Prime Minister specified that Turkey and the UN adhere to the same position. "Attempts by the aggressor to shorten the extension period is a manipulation for the sake of further blackmail and escalation of the global food crisis. We must prevent this," he stressed.
According to Shmyhal, since the start of the grain initiative, Ukraine has exported more than 24 million tons of agricultural products, but if sea routes are unblocked, this figure could be twice as high.
16:30 The ECHR granted the request of Lithuania to participate in the case of Ukraine against Russia on the basis of military aggression and human rights violations, the Lithuanian Ministry of Justice said. Lithuania entered the case as a third party along with 25 other European countries. Justice Minister Evelina Dobrovolskaya said the forthcoming decision could serve as a basis for providing legal protection to victims of Russian military aggression.
16:19 Latvia has banned the entry of 35 Russians for supporting the war in Ukraine. The stop list includes artists, journalists, bloggers and public figures - in particular, Nadezhda Babkina and Alexander Marshal, TV presenter Lera Kudryavtseva. Riga said that supporting the war in Ukraine means responsibility for the crimes committed, "therefore, the entry of such people into Latvia is unacceptable."
16:13 Russia in recent weeks has significantly increased the number of requests for the supply of goods through Kazakhstan. The Russians are asking for help to deliver everything from phones, bearings and aircraft parts to rare earth metals, Reuters reported, citing several entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan. Two sources directly linked Russia's heightened interest to reports of Turkey's plans to combat the transit of sanctioned goods.
15:39 In Crimea, on the Ak-Monai Isthmus, anti-tank "dragon's teeth" appeared, a Krym.Realii correspondent reports. This line of fortifications is located on a narrow isthmus connecting the Kerch Peninsula with the main part of the Crimea. It is located on the site between the villages of Batalnoye and Primorskoye.
15:35 Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the presidential press service reported. The meeting participants listened to Zaluzhny, commanders of operational-strategic groupings of troops, and intelligence leaders.
15:26 Russians fired at the city of Ukrainsk in Donetsk region from Hurricanes today, one person was lost, the Selydovsky city military administration reported.
15:21 Zelensky said that in a telephone conversation he thanked Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger for a powerful package of air and anti-aircraft weapons, including MiG aircraft, and invited him to Kiev.
15:04 Against the background of large-scale losses in Bakhmut, the Russians decided to try to break through other lines of defense of the Ukrainian forces. Read more in the material The new goal of Russia's offensive .
14:59 Kuleba said in an interview with the BBC that China is resisting direct contact between Xi Jinping and Zelensky. At the same time, he added that Beijing is unlikely to supply weapons to Russia: "I don't think that now is the moment for China ... when it is ready to arm Russia."
14:28 In the Crimea, an explosion occurred in the area with. Perevalnoye, Simferopol District, where the 126th Separate Guards Coastal Defense Brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is stationed, local publics write.
14:05 The Russians have created a defense grouping in Crimea and are preparing for defensive actions, Vadym Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said: "The infrastructure on the temporarily occupied peninsula is maintained in combat readiness. A powerful ground and aviation component is deployed in Crimea. For example, it is about 90 combat aircraft ", 60 combat helicopters. A defense group has been created, which is carrying out measures to equip fortifications, a defense line. They are preparing for defense operations on the territory of the peninsula."
Commenting on the construction of trenches and trenches on the Crimean beaches by the occupiers, Skibitsky noted that "they have chosen the most dangerous directions where an amphibious assault operation can be carried out, and now it is there that they are preparing defensive lines."
13:56 The United States sent a new reconnaissance drone to the Black Sea, according to the Flightradar service. This is a strategic reconnaissance drone RQ-4 Global Hawk with the call sign FORTE10.
13:52 With the reduction of the curfew in Kiev from March 26, they will change the work schedule of the metro and ground public transport - that is, they will work an hour longer. Shops, shopping centers and restaurants will also be extended, Klitschko said. He added that the curfew will also be reduced in the Kyiv region.
13:24 Poland this year will receive HIMARS systems and intends to place them near the border with the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said.
12:58 The execution of the Ukrainian prisoner Oleksandr Matsiyevsky by the Russian military is far from the only such case, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said: "We have evidence of other executions by Russian invaders of our unarmed prisoners of war. This became known from our sources in law enforcement agencies, and subsequently published in the media. The Russians shoot openly and cynically. With the consent of the commanders and with the confidence that they will be able to escape punishment."
12:45 In the Kherson region, watermelons and melons will not be planted this year, since most of the fields are mined. Instead, watermelons will be grown in the Odessa and Kirovograd regions, said Dmitry Solomchuk, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Agrarian and Land Policy.
This year, beets, carrots and potatoes will be mainly planted in Western and Central Ukraine. Farmers are increasing their area under vegetables to avoid shortages, Solomchuk added.
12:13 In addition to the MiG-29 aircraft, Slovakia will transfer the Cube air defense system to Ukraine, Prime Minister Eduard Heger specified, without naming their number.
12:06 Curfew in Kiev is planned to be reduced. A final decision has not yet been made, but most likely, from March 26, the curfew in the capital will last from 00:00 to 05:00 every day, the city's military administration said.
11:30 Danish Prime Minister Matte Frederiksen said that Ukraine's partners are discussing the supply of Western fighters for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:24 The Cabinet of Ministers of Slovakia has approved the transfer of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine , said Prime Minister Eduard Heger. Currently, we are talking about 13 such aircraft.
11:20 The EU next week will transfer to Ukraine the second tranche of macro-financial assistance in the amount of 1.5 billion euros out of a total amount of 18 billion to be allocated in 2023, said the Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis. Ukraine received the first tranche of 3 billion euros in January.
11:09 Shoigu presented the Su-27 pilots who shot down the American MQ-9 Reaper drone for state awards. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, they "prevented the violation of the borders of the special operation area."
10:44 The group of spies who were detained in Poland on charges of collaborating with Russian intelligence included citizens of Belarus and Ukraine, writes Rzeczpospolita. They were engaged in intelligence activities and prepared sabotage.
10:15 British intelligence reports that although Russian forces managed to gain a foothold west of the Bakhmutka River in the center of Bakhmut, the pace of the Russian offensive along the entire front line was one of the slowest since January. According to analysts, this is due to the fact that Russian forces have depleted the combat power of the deployed formations so much that they cannot even sustainably conduct local offensive operations.
Against this background, the military leadership of the Russian Federation will probably seek to restore the offensive potential of the forces after the replenishment of personnel and ammunition stocks, intelligence notes.
09:41 Chinese companies delivered thousands of CQ-A rifles, batteries, drone cameras and body armor to Russia last year, Politico writes, citing customs data. The goods were sent as dual-use products. At the same time, the CQ-A assault rifles are listed in the documents as "civilian hunting rifles" - they were delivered directly to the Tekhkrim company. Chinese drone manufacturer DJI has been supplying drone parts via the UAE. Through Turkey, Russia received 800 tons of Chinese body armor for almost $10 million.
09:37 An explosive device was found on the territory of the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Bryansk region for the second time in two days, ASTRA reports.
09:32 Beijing will adhere to an "objective position" on the situation in Ukraine and "play a constructive role in advancing the negotiations," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. The ministry noted that Xi Jinping's visit to Russia is intended to "call for peace and promote negotiations."
09:16 Xi Jinping will visit Russia on March 20-22 at the invitation of Putin, the Kremlin said.
08:49 Moldova does not face military threats due to the fact that Ukraine, with the support of the international community, is able to defend its territory, said Foreign Minister Nicu Popescu. At the same time, he added that Moldova is "the object of a hybrid war created by Russia in an attempt to overthrow state power."
08:47 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Toretsk and the village of Krasnogorovka), eight more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person was injured, according to the IVA.
08:33 The Belgian Ministry of Defense will transfer 240 Volvo military trucks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The first batch will go to Ukraine next week.
08:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 17.
personnel - about 163,320 (+760) people liquidated,
tanks - 3506 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 6823 (+13),
artillery systems - 2552 (+13),
MLRS - 504 (+1),
air defense systems - 265 (+0),
aircraft - 305 (+0),
helicopters - 290 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2145 (+0),
cruise missiles - 907 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5401 (+7),
special equipment - 258 (+1).
08:17 The main efforts of the Russian army are concentrated in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Maryinsky and Miner directions. Over the past day, the enemy made more than 70 attacks on them, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
In the occupied Melitopol, Zaporozhye region, the local "authority", together with representatives of the Russian tax service, has banned any payments and settlements to citizens who do not have a registration number of a Russian taxpayer account card. It, in turn, can be obtained only with a Russian passport.
07:21 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Prigozhin came up with a "Kremlin plot" against himself and his organization in order to show his own importance at the domestic political level. In particular, Prigozhin said that he received a request from the press that exposes a plot organized by Putin and Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev to "undermine and neutralize the PMC Wagner."
However, ISW analysts note that they did not find information that would confirm that there were any discussions about this. The lack of external confirmation suggests that Prigozhin fabricated an alleged plot to carry out several information operations on behalf of Wagner and his own reputation, analysts say.
The ISW also believes that Russia will lose its military influence in the CSTO countries and Georgia, since it has redeployed forces from there for the war in Ukraine.
00:55 Turkey has banned aircraft of American origin, which are under the control of the Russian Federation and Belarus. The corresponding decision was made in accordance with US sanctions, the Turkish Ministry of Customs and Trade said.
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[RIA] Today, on the day of the 85th anniversary of the [birth of the - Ed.] great dancer, who broke the canons of classical male choreography in order to create, bit by bit, bit by bit, the ballet that the West knows today (and which still earns millions in various currencies), Russia is regaining Rudolf Nureyev.
He himself said, being a very closed person, that he experienced panic, excitement and horror before each performance, dreaming of running away and hiding in his mother's arms. Where there is home, warmth, care.
Nureyev, in contrast to those who methodically and carefully prepared "leaving for the West", never even thought of becoming what the then propaganda (on both sides) called a "defector."
The only "sin" that was blamed was the violation of the "Basic Rules for the Conduct of Soviet Citizens Traveling to Capitalist Countries," a once-secret document that explained in 15 pages what one could not do or afford. Nureyev did not follow a single point of the instruction, so those who compiled such papers decided to punish him. Having cut off the opportunity to perform in London . And following his decision to stay in the West, they deprived him - voluntaristically and lawlessly - of his homeland. Such are the petty Pontius Pilates, who were afraid of the supreme authorities.
The twenty-three-year-old dancer remained in France . Without housing. Without money. Out of employment. Without documents. It was in the Kirov Ballet that he was a star and, acting as a soloist of a famous troupe, made both the stalls and the gallery of the Grand Opera go crazy in a fit of "rudimania", and at that moment he himself represented nothing and no one. A name - one's own, a separate one - had only to be earned, and a place in the ballet galaxy to win. Legs, arms, shoulders, every muscle, every tendon, every drop of blood and sweat. Slowly.
Shopkeepers who measure everything that exists by money, fame and other external benefits, calling all this "the freedom of creativity that the West gave to Nureyev", do not know or do not want to know that a gift, talent, genius, especially in ballet, is slavery. And that there is certainly no freedom, except for the freedom to spend dozens of hours at the barre, and then rehearse, and then go on stage, despite the pain, does not exist. Pain is relieved by passion. For the work you are doing.
Nureyev turned out to be so successful in the West because for every act in life, artistic decision, pirouette and jump, he paid with his own life. Complete destruction seriously - it's about him. And so - almost on a daily basis, all three and a half decades that he danced, worked as a choreographer, taught others and learned from others.
This is a very Russian character trait of a guy in whose veins (he was incredibly proud of it) the blood of the descendants of Genghis Khan flowed. Tireless, sharp, demanding. And of course, absolutely disinterested. He gave himself to the world in a way that no one before him or after him gave. And he was betrayed. He was betrayed by the sirs and peers of the Royal Opera in London, refusing a contract, having previously earned millions on his name alone.
He was betrayed in the same way at the Grand Opera, because he, being its chief choreographer, forced the troupe to plow in Russian. That is, with full dedication. When it came to labor, he heard no objections. “You don’t talk here, you work here,” he said to those whom he forced for hours correctly, that is, as is customary in Russian ballet, to dance on half-fingers,
...I think the writer means demi-pointe — up on the ball of the foot, but not in a full pointe that requires toe shoes...
landing silently after a jump, and perform lifts as if on an outstretched arm - not a ballerina , but a light, almost weightless flower. He made a bunch of what was the team of dancers of the Grand Opera, a troupe, having enriched its accounts. Literally. There was no more commercially successful period in the history of the theater than when the Russian choreographer Rudolf Nureyev was at the helm of the ballet. Small souls and mediocrity could not forgive him for this. And the contract with Nureyev was not extended here either.
And then, when there was no stage left in his life, that is, at home, he came to Russia. Where no one betrayed him. Although for the act "I choose freedom" his friends were kicked out of the university, deprived of the opportunity to tour, blackmailed in such a way that it seemed to no one.
A little earlier, he was allowed to say goodbye to his dying mother. But now he was allowed to touch the stage again, to which in the end he owed everything. He remembered the cracks in her parquet. He remembered the dimples on the floor of the rehearsal room. He was finally home. Among their own. Those who have been waiting for him for almost 30 years. Nureyev danced for them. Last time.
He was answered with love. The one, maternal, in which there is protection, and warmth, and admiration, and pride.
His productions at the Grand Opera remain top-grossing. The Paris Opera, like an old kept woman, cuts coupons from the fortune given to her by Nureyev. And soloists are appointed there according to the principle of diversity and inclusion. Talent, fury, passion and self-sacrifice? No. They didn't hear it there.
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[KavkazUzel] Vyacheslav Savin, the defender of Mikhail Balabanov, accused of attempting to set fire to the military commissariat, after visiting the FSB department in the Stavropol Territory, noticed signs of a phone hacking. The lawyer's statement asking for verification for more than two weeks remains without a response.
The "Caucasian Knot" wrote that a 20-year-old local resident was detained in the Stavropol Territory in December, suspected of plotting to set fire to military registration and enlistment offices, according to the investigation, on behalf of a Ukrainian intelligence officer.
Ah. Not jihad but just the Special Operation, or whatever the Russians are calling it other than war or invasion.
A criminal case was initiated under the article on preparation for a terrorist act. On February 16, Balabanov's arrest was extended for two months.
Lawyer Vyacheslav Savin, who defends Mikhail Balabanov, who is accused of preparing to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office, reported about an attempt by the security forces to hack into his phone, the human rights project OVD-Info reported today.
According to him, this happened on February 28, when he visited the building of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Stavropol Territory on the case of his client. In the building, at the request of the investigator, the lawyer had to put his phone in an individual storage box. When Savin went outside the building, he found that his phone was displaying information about connecting to some foreign device. On March 1, Savin sent a complaint to the leadership of the local FSB with a request to check and take appropriate measures. The application for verification has not yet been considered, the human rights project "Solidarity Zone" reported today in its Telegram channel.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:40 Video- Footage of the same capture of the trenches by Alexander Maltsev on March 10 alone. 19:59 The Russian army is destroying the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Seversk, which may become the next after Bakhmut -video
The 2nd Army Corps of the LPR in the battles near Disputed near Belogorovka (Bakhmutsky district of the DPR). Artillery is constantly destroying the armored forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and then our infantry attacks in order to move forward.
19:53 Fighters delight us again with their success at the front: taken opornik with curious trophies
Stormtroopers from Aleysk surrounded the enemy stronghold and ground all the militants who were hiding in it. Enemy paraphernalia and NATO weapons fell into the hands of our soldiers.
19:50 Artillery of 1 Army Corps destroys enemy armored vehicles with Krasnopol guided projectiles —video
The reconnaissance of the 1st Army Corps managed to detect three tanks and one infantry fighting vehicle of Ukrainian nationalists, which were hit by the artillery of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps using Krasnopol guided missiles, which were guided by UAVs.
18:40 Terrorist activities of Kyiv against the inhabitants of Donbass after the start of the JMD -video
18:39 The crews of the Mi-8AMTSh and Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces are returning to the base, after successful work in the places of accumulation of Ukrainians -video
17:08 In the suburbs of Mariupol, special forces soldiers of the Russian Guard detained a former soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suspected of aiding Ukrainian neo-Nazis -video
According to information from the cooperating structures of the DPR, the detainee could transmit to the enemy the coordinates of the deployment and movement routes of Russian troops.
Employees of the Russian Guard checked the living quarters and outbuildings for the presence of weapons and explosives, the detainee was transferred to law enforcement agencies for further investigation.
16:45 Special Forces destroyed an enemy tank and two infantry fighting vehicles on the Donetsk front -video
Operators of anti-tank missile systems of the 58th separate special forces battalion (formerly 3 Special Forces NM DPR) destroyed two enemy BMP-2s along with their crews in the Pervomaisky area. Before that, in the same place, a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, because of which the BMP-2 fired.
16:18 Offensive at Kremennaya: to support attack aircraft, fire damage is inflicted on the enemy around the clock -video
While landing, the scouts, using special equipment with a thermal imager, identified another APU supporter, artillery is working along the coordinates.
15:55 Destroyedon the way to Seversk (Donetsk region), the Ukrainian MLRS "Burevіy", in fact, this is the 220mm BM-27 launcher installed in Shepetovka (SHRZ) on the Tatra Т815-7Т3RC1 chassis, the cab reservation and the replacement of the semi-automatic gearbox with the Allison automatic transmission were performed by the Czech Excalibur Army.
15:43 Combat weekdays of 220mm BM-27 Uragan RZSO crews in the NVO zone -video
14:58 The main thing from the new briefing of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 135 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Semenovka, Petrovskoye and Tonenkoye in the DPR in a day;
The troops of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 70 soldiers, infantry fighting vehicles and howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 65 military Armed Forces of Ukraine and two 152mm D-20 howitzers in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day;
During the day, Russian air defense systems shot down five HIMARS MLRS shells, a Tochka-U missile, and destroyed 14 Ukrainian drones;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Kupyansk direction;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 25 military personnel and 152mm self-propelled guns "Acacia" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction.
14:56Naval infantry near Ugledar broke into the trenches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and destroyed the militants -video
Shots through the eyes of our fighters from the enemy trench immediately after the assault on the enemy stronghold in the forest belt near Ugledar The Naval Infantry of the Pacific Fleet continues to storm the enemy’s positions in the YuzhnoDonetsk direction.
"Who did not give up - I'm not to blame"
13:25 Yesterday, on the highway Konstantinovka - Bakhmut, there was undermined a car with a group of Ukrainians, which was in a hurry to get to the front line near Artemovsk.
We are establishing the participants in the sudden departure to Bandera, perhaps there were foreign mercenaries among the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:24 UkroSMI reports that on March 12, in the combat zone, under unclear circumstances, the Armed Forces of Ukrainelostat least two senior officers:
▪️Andrey Nakonechny - Colonel of the 10th Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
▪️Antonets Alexander - Lieutenant Colonel of the 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In the official cause of death of both, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine indicated "heart attack"
13:17 Every day, more and more Ukrainian Armed Forces are dying in the Ugledar direction - video
13:16 And again Odessa and again the lawlessness of the military commissars -video
This time, the Ukrainian, who was waiting for an ambulance in a semi-conscious state, was given documents under the pretext "until you sign you will not be released and the ambulance will not pick you up."
13:15 Russian artillerymen continue to fire on the positions and shelters of the Ukrainians without leaving them the slightest chance -video
12:49 "Effective" work of Ukrainian air defense in action -video
Taras and Mykola joyfully shout "rocket!" and shoot into the air with machine guns. At this time, Russian missiles beautifully smash the military facilities of Ukrainian formations to dust.
12:11 The wounded Ukrainian from the 225th Reconnaissance Battalion (formed in 2022 in Kharkiv from Azov militants) in the Kharkiv direction -video
11:30 Not far from Chaplinka policemen destroyed ammunition abandoned by the Ukrainians
In the course of operational-search activities, police officers discovered enemy ammunition that poses a danger to civilians.
A controlled explosion destroyed 126 head contact fuses, four 122mm Grad MLRS shells, 6 tank and artillery shells, five mortar mines, as well as eight starting powder charges and five RPG rounds.
11:29 In Kherson, supporters of the Kyiv regime and fighters for European values rob trade establishments
On March 15, the Ukrainian police received a statement from the director of pharmacy No. 15 that, judging by the recording on the surveillance camera, late in the evening of March 14, an unknown person in military uniform entered the pharmacy at st. Mayakovsky, 4 and committed the theft of medicines in the amount of 75,000 hryvnia, after which he disappeared in an unknown direction.
11:27 Tonight in the area of n.p. Inhulets (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which 152 mm howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of 5 people and ammunition was destroyed.
10:38 Air anxiety in several regions of Ukraine
10:06 Pod Kremennaya liquidated militant of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade, sniper Alexander Velikoivanenko.
10:05 The other day, Ukrainian servicemen believed in themselves and decided that they are the most inconspicuous tried as part of the DRG on mobile watercraft, cross the river. Dnieper in order to organize sabotage on the left bank of the Kherson region
Thanks to a well-organized defense and well-coordinated actions of the Russian military personnel, the said DRG was discovered even at the stage of launching. Russian units let the enemy close to the shore and gave him a warm welcome.
As a result of organized actions, four military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, and five military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were taken prisoner, now they are actively cooperating and giving coordinates of the locations of both personnel and equipment!
Ukrainian commanders regularly send their troops on such missions. For all the time there is not a single example of the effective work of the DRG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnieper
10:03 The first footage of the use of the armored car "Typhoon-VDV" during the special operation -video
To capture the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an assault detachment of Ulyanovsk paratroopers advanced on Typhoon-VDV multi-purpose armored vehicles. Approaching the minimum close distance to the enemy positions, the paratroopers suppressed the firing points of the Ukrainian formations with fire from a 30mm automatic cannon. Following from the armored car, an assault detachment of "winged infantry" landed, which completed the defeat of the nationalists
09:57 The result of the work of Russian artillerymen to destroy the BMP of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction isvideo
09:13 Russian units continue to successfully advance in the Avdiivka direction.
Today, in addition to moving towards the enemy, our guys took replenishment of the exchange fund from the 53rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
As usual, they turned out to be mobilized from different regions of Ukraine, like most of those dill who are now being taken prisoner. crests are running out of personnel and trained military men.
It is noteworthy that they also found a report for burial at the place of death. An interesting trend looms among ukrov - he died, dug in and forgot. I doubt that their families will receive the promised payments and medals
08:25 In Odessa Kiliya, the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured the sailors who entered the city on the instructions of the captain -video
They were forced to board the bus by people in military uniform, brought to Izmail and kept in the gym.
The captain of the ship is negotiating with Izmail's military commissar, but he said that the detainees would go to serve.
08:10 Kherson hosted the first duel of kamikaze drone operators: Russian fighter destroyed
On March 12, a 27-year-old Ukrainian UAV operator from the special operations forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Dmitry “Frenchman” Pashchuk, was liquidated by a UAV strike, his fiancee said . Before the war, the militant served in the French Foreign Legion.
Pashchuk was an ardent neo-Nazi and one of the founders of the Plast (these are Western Ukrainian Bandera scouts) kuren "Carpathian Eagles."
This is the first known duel of FPV drone operators.
Before that, his brother, nicknamed "hen", was destroyed.
In connection with the death of the militant, the leaders of the neo-Nazis of Ukraine have already expressed their condolences.
08:09152mm D-20 1 brigades continuously beat the Nazis in the Avdievka direction -video
Artillerymen of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces do not stop working on targets in the Avdiivka direction, helping our assault units move forward. Under the fire of 152mm D-20 guns, Ukrainian nationalists are almost 24 hours a day.
08:05 The fact that the UN commission acknowledged torture by the Ukrainians of Russian servicemen means absolutely nothing, since it will not have significant consequences.
The episode with the MQ-9 Reaper showed that only force would count.
The UN became a worthless League of Nations after the collapse of the USSR.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:20 Russian army comes throughout the East. 22:18 Fixed artillery attack from the APU.
"View from the Other Side" Downed air defense PMC "Wagner" - Su-24M Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:44 Video- Stormtroopers of PMC "Wagner," risking their lives, save pets. Now the two Labradors are safe.
21:42 Video- Report on the work of the T-90M in the Kremennaya area
21:38 Video– Artillery of the NM DPR strikes Ukrainian tanks and infantry fighting vehicles with Krasnopolye
21:37 Video— Exactly one year ago, a crime against the civilian population was committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Kazachya Lopan.
On March 17, 2022, during the artillery attack by the Ukrainian security forces, seven people were killed, six were injured, including a child.
A total of 40 rounds from 152mm self-propelled howitzers were fired at Cossack Lopan. rounds were fired at the village in the afternoon, when residents took to the streets for humanitarian aid from Russia. The Ukrainian side also hit the area of the village council and the local school. There were also people who came for humanitarian aid.
Among the wounded was a teenage girl, who, together with her grandmother, was returning home with food products. The grandmother was killed on the spot, the girl's leg was torn off.
The strike, local residents assure, followed the station from the side of Zolochev, which was controlled by the Ukrainian security forces. Also, the residents of Cossack Lopan lay the blame for this crime on the Head of the Dergachev community, Vyacheslav Zadorenko, who publicly threatened in his interviews with reprisals against the residents of the village for “accepting” the new government.
In his interviews, this scum at first according to the training manual said that the artillery attack was against his own Russian soldiers, but in a recent interview he blabbed and blurted out the truth that it was the Armed Forces of Ukraine who did it. After all, based on his words, “... there was a connection in the city for three weeks, all this time we were collecting information on where the manpower is located. Then it began to fly right on target, and three weeks later, Russian troops blocked the exit to the Ukrainian side and communications in the city ... ".
Three weeks...that's how long it took from the beginning of the NMD to the terrible artillery attack of the civilian population. All residents of Cossack Lopan know that Russian troops blocked communications and ways to leave just after the tragedy of 17.03. That is, with these words, he confirmed that it was the Ukrainian authorities that fired, where innocent people were killed and injured.
21:33 Burials of some of the dead soldiers from the 14th Brigade resemble spontaneous structures
In the Kyiv region, the memory of the military from the 14th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who died in March last year, was honored.
As can be seen from the photographs, a year later, the authorities could not find a place for a centralized burial, leaving the relatives to choose the place of burial at their discretion. Relatives of the victims report that the number of victims of the battles of those days is still unknown, since the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially continues to consider many missing.
21:18 Wagner in Bakhmut and on the Bakhmut direction.
20:45 Report on the combat work of the Akhmat regiment in the Kremennaya area -video.
20:17 Another footage of the "hello" of the Russian artillery in the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
20:08 PPO Pratsue or beautiful shots of Russian cruise missile strikes -video.
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19:25 The Turkish armored car "Kirpi" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which did not pull the bad weather, is pulled by four tractors -video.
19:22 Cutting from tankers -video.
18:30 Situation for the last day:
Yesterday, Ukrainian militants continued artillery attack the left bank of the Kherson region, firing a total of 91 rounds, including on the settlement:
— At night, the Kiev regime continued to strike at civilian infrastructure. The following cities were shelled: New Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Aleshki, Tavriysk, Rybalche, Vasilievka. In total, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 47 rounds.
In response, this night, as part of a counterbattery fight in the area of the settlement of Ingulets, Russian artillery destroyed a 152mm self-propelled howitzer 2S3 "Akatsiya" with a crew of five people and ammunition.
- Also, the RF Armed Forces in the Sadovoye area destroyed a 120mm mortar with a crew and ammunition for it. Three VFU militants were eliminated, five were seriously injured.
17:52 Video- Populists from the OBTF "Cascade" talk about the fact that they received experimental drone strikers "Tuning fork".
17:22 Video- The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to shell Aleshki: the houses of civilians are destroyed.
"Ukraine continues to destroy peaceful infrastructure, artillery attack houses. six rounds flew here, interrupted the wires. Electricians work around the clock, they restored almost everything, ”said our military commander.
According to the correspondent, many residents spend the night in basements because they are afraid of becoming a victim of another artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
17:15 Starobilsk direction settingas of 17 March 2023 at 17:00
- In the Limansky sector, over the past week, servicemen of the 144th Motor Rifle Division have been conducting a positional offensive at the Kremennaya-Makeyevka line. During active battles, the RF Armed Forces entrenched themselves west of Krasnopopovka already on the territory of the DPR.
- To the south, the fighters of the RF Armed Forces knocked out the forces of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the DShV and the 19th rifle battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from several strongholds on the Balka Zhuravka - Torskoye - Dibrova line, expanding the control zone around the ledge near the Zherebets River.
- In the area of the village of Zhitlovka, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is operating with copters in service. The DRG provides target designation for artillery and mortar crews.
- The Russian reconnaissance and sabotage group is conducting reconnaissance in force at the turn of Makeevka - Nevsky. The enemy forces are equipping new defense lines on the opposite bank of the Zherebets River.
In the Kupyansky sector, Russian units established control over several strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Gryanikovka, the enemy was forced to retreat to the right bank of the Oskol River.
- To maintain combat readiness, the Armed Forces of Ukraine rotated the personnel of the 107th and 108th detachments of the TerO at the borders of Khatnoye - Olkhovatka and Petropavloka - Sinkovka, and also transferred the forces of 51st OSB from Andreevka to the line of contact.
17:00 Video— Do you remember the Ukrainian Armed Forces dotting Donetsk with "petals"? This is when from a distance the city, including civilians, was bombarded with the same mines that everyone remembers from the "Ninth Company".
The deputy director of the Republican Trauma Center of the DPR, Onopriyenko, said that they still receive civilians, including children, who in one way or another suffered from these mines.
“The meanest mine. Ours, Soviet. They just scatter them, too, along the mean. Even children and civilians."
16:35 Video- Footage of the combat work of the 152mm gun "Hyacinth-B" with a further interview with one of the gunners (mobilized), tells that in one episode two infantry platoons were saved, supported by fire.
15:53 Destroyed Ukrainian tank T-64BV in the area of the settlement. Belogorivka Luhansk People's Republic -video.
15:48 Video of the use of Typhoon-VDV and its 30mm cannon at close range on enemy targets -video.
15:35 Video- T-90M crews are trained to turn NATO Abrams, Challengers and Leopards into scrap metal. You need to be prepared to participate in the competition!
15:12 In the Kherson region, the Ukrainian DRG was liquidated, trying to force the Kakhovka reservoir -video.
15:00 Video- Interview of military commissar Andrei Kots with a Russian volunteer with the call sign "Socrates" - a graduate student of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow State University, who went to the front after his younger brother, who is now defending his thesis and will soon return to the front. Both are under thirty. Youth is what it is, and this is Moscow.
14:34 Ka-52 flies on a mission in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya —video.
14:33 Damn, they even lie in uniform swastikas! PS In the photo - a live vushnik.
14:05 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (03/17/2023)
- In the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnoye, Berestovoye, Kharkov Region, and Artemovka, Lugansk People's Republic.
The losses of the enemy amounted to over 40 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two vehicles, as well as an ammunition depot of the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, during the active operations of the units of the "Center" group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire, enemy manpower and equipment were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored fighting vehicle, three pickup trucks, a car and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Donetsk direction, the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of troops and artillery fire in the areas of the settlements of Semenovka, Petrovsky and Tonenkoe of the Donetsk People's Republic:
up to 135 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, one car, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as an ammunition depot of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed per day.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The total losses of the enemy in these areas amounted to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, three cars and two 152mm D-20 howitzers.
- In the Kherson direction, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, ten vehicles, a 122mm Grad MLRS combat vehicle and an Akatsiya 152mm self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed during a fire attack.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 82 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and equipment in 112 districts in a day.
- In the area of the settlement of Mirnoye, Kharkiv region, a position was opened and a Ukrainian radar station for detecting low-flying air targets 36D6 was destroyed.
- In addition, in the area of the settlement of Redkodub in the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar was destroyed.
- Air defense systems intercepted five rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and a Tochka-U tactical missile in a day.
– Also, fourteen Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the area of the settlements of Korsunka, Golaya Pristan, Kherson region, Rubizhne, Lugansk People’s Republic, Kotlyarovka, and Olshana, Kharkiv region, during the day.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 402 aircraft, 221 helicopters, 3,448 unmanned aerial vehicles, 414 anti-aircraft missile systems, 8326 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,064 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,377 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 8,985 units of special military vehicles.
12:43 Relatively successful drop on the vushniks. And yes, the Russian operator does not dare to finish off the wounded, proving once again who is good with their fists, and who sold out to Satanism -video.
12:03 Video- Vushnik Dmitry Misyura complains about the new positions "beyond Avdiivka", apparently, after retreating from the pressure of the RF Armed Forces. He says that every day 13 people die from these bastards. In general, "mobiks", as the Ukrainians contemptuously call them, and the naval infantry of the Northern Fleet, together with the 1st Army Corps, make the Ukrainians a second Bakhmut in the Avdievka direction. In many ways, according to the same tactics as the Wagners, by the way.
11:38 Blocks NAR C-5,handicraft attached in the field by rembats to the Motolyga and the captured Ukrainian BRDM-2L.
11:25 Report from the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya, where the artillery of the BARS-16 detachment destroyed an entire fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
10:32 RT found the heroes of the popular video of the meeting of a Russian fighter with his father near Svatov -video.
Sergei Pavlov, a 40-year-old resident of the Chelyabinsk region, went to the North Military District as part of partial mobilization - and has already been awarded for courage. Dad, 63-year-old Dmitry, wanted to volunteer with him, but he was not accepted due to his age.
Dmitry became a volunteer and during his first trip to Donbass he met his son. They crossed paths for ten minutes when Sergei and his colleagues arrived for ammunition. The father told RT that he then found out that his son was wounded:
“When he calls, he always says that everything is fine with him. His face was cut open by a fragment of a mine, so he has now grown a beard - he had not worn it before. Walking under bullets for five months, just imagine!”
10:06 The guardsmen from Aleysk, who were left without cover, were covered with accurate fire -video.
09:55 “The fighting spirit is strong. Ready to continue, advance": combat work of the crews of the 152mm towed guns "Hyacinth-B" of the Western Military District in the special operation zone -video
Artillerymen work daily in the most difficult conditions. Just a few minutes from getting a target to firing a shot. The result of the work: destroyed strongholds, equipment and fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Combat missions are performed by military personnel called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilization. Calculations are coordinated, focused and aimed at Victory!
“... Everyone is proud, waiting with victory, medals. The mood is fighting, more than excellent. The fighting spirit is strong. We are ready to continue, to advance,” said the loader of the guns with the call sign “Bird cherry.”
09:53 Ukrovoyaka shows the result of the actions of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of Belogorovka LPR -video
09:14 BM-21 "Grad" 122mm MLRS crews send fiery gifts to the positions of the Ukrofascists near Kremennaya —video
09:07 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 03/16/2023 to 00:00 03/17/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 34 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 14 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm, strike UAV.
On Gorlovsky 16 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm, 152 and 122mm.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhsky three artillery attack from artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
Having fired 182 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of eight settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Panteleymonovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kalinin, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district), Vladimirovka, Blagodatnoye, Nikolskoye.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of three civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the previously liberated Vladimirovka.
Four houses were damaged in Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
08:34 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from March 16 to March 17, 2023
Russian troops hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Yelino and Timonovichi, Chernihiv region, as well as in Grabovsky, Kondratovka and Atinsky, Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy targets in Strelechya, Staritsa and Volchansk.
In the Starobelsky direction, the Russian troops worked on the concentrations of personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk, Dvurechnaya and Krakhmalny.
In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) direction, Russian missile troops and artillery hit the places of concentration of Ukrainian units in Bakhmut, Krasny and Vasyukovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy positions in Avdeevka, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky.
In turn, Ukrainian formations from cannon artillery fired at residential buildings and civilian facilities in Yasinovataya at night.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, Russian troops worked on targets in Ugledar, Paraskoveevka and Prechistovka.
In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy positions in Charivne, Novodanilovka and Novoandreevka.
On the southern sector of the front, the RF Armed Forces hit enemy concentrations in Kherson, Berislav and Kachkarovka.
At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the civilian infrastructure of the city of Aleshki.
08:22 Fighting in Bakhmut through the eyes of the enemy: militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine publish footage of clashes in the city and on the outskirts -video
They have nothing to brag about here - they are trying to repel the attacks of Russian fighters.
08:13 Frontline summary on the morning of 17.03.2023
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops are conducting assault operations on the northern outskirts of Maryinka. At Nevelskoy there were oncoming battles.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again tried to advance to Pervomaisky and Severny. No success. With the support of artillery, they attacked the fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka from the south.
To the north - similar actions near Kamenka. After the capture of the village of Krasnogorovka, Russian troops develop an offensive on Stepnoye. The goal is to take control of the section of the railway line to Avdeevka. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Pobeda, Georgievka, Thin, Lastochkin and Novokalinovo. The Ukrainian army struck at Aleksandrovka.
On the southwestern outskirts of Bakhmut, PMC Wagner reached the highway to Konstantinovka. The Ukrainian garrison is cut off from the main supply line. From the south, "orchestra" conduct assault operations in the city. And from the north they advanced in the industrial zone.
Artillery is working closely along Bakhmut. "Musicians" attack Chrome. There is another road to the city. After shelling, they advance at Bogdanovka. In these areas, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hold positions.
Also, PMC "Wagner", with fire support, conducts assault operations near Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. Russian troops attempted to break through to the disputed. Artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleksandro-Shultin, Predtechin, Chasovoy Yar, Grigorovka, Privolye, Fedorovka and Seversk. The Ukrainian army attacked Ozaryanovka and Kurdyumovka.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after massive shelling, again attacked Belogorovka. And again without result. The attacks of the Russian army in the direction of Yampolevka, Nevsky and Makeevka did not bring success either.
08:07 Summary on the morning of March 17, 2023
Northwest of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) PMC "Wagner" develop success after the capture of Zaliznyansky. Heavy fighting continues throughout the entire sector of the Artyomovsky Front, attack aircraft are moving forward both in the city and south-west of it.
In the north of the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing west of the settlement. Krasnogorovka.
The Zaporozhye direction became more active: after an unsuccessful reconnaissance in force, the Armed Forces of Ukraine sent a DRG to the north of Vasilyevka. The enemy pulls up armored vehicles in the line of contact.
From the Kherson sector of the front, they report an attempt by the enemy to throw a group of special forces into the rear of our units, as a result of a small-arms battle, the enemy suffered losses and retreated. It is the deployment of the DRG to the rear and the simultaneous mass landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that are designed to tie down our forces on the banks of the Dnieper when organizing an offensive in other directions.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue artillery attack enemy positions and places of accumulation.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack the Crimea with an aircraft-type UAV. Drone down.
The enemy fired 182 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Gorlovka, Panteleimonovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Vladimirovka, Blagodatnoe, Nikolskoe were under fire.
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[REGNUM] The head of the Russian Defense Ministry presented Su-27 pilots for awards after the fall of a US drone
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented the Su-27 pilots who tracked the American MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea for state awards, the Russian Defense Ministry reports on March 17.
At the same time, it is specified that the fact of preventing violation of the boundaries of the area of the temporary regime for the use of airspace, established for the purpose of conducting a special military operation, is worthy of the award. The Russian military had no contact with the drone itself.
The explanation states that the aircraft went into uncontrolled flight with a loss of altitude and collided with the water surface.
"Russian fighters did not use airborne weapons, they did not come into contact with an unmanned aerial vehicle and safely returned to their base airfield," the Russian Defense Ministry explained.
Recall that on the morning of March 14, 2023, a flight of an American MQ-9 unmanned aerial vehicle was recorded over the Black Sea in the region of the Crimean Peninsula. The drone was flying with transponders turned off, violating the borders of the temporary airspace use area.
In order to identify the intruder, Su-27 fighters from the air defense forces on duty were lifted into the air, but the pilots did not come into contact with the MQ-9 and returned safely to the base airfield, the Russian military department noted.
The incident received a wide public outcry and a negative assessment of some American politicians. The Pentagon claims that Russian pilots dumped fuel on the drone, causing the device to sink.
"One of the options that has been applied is a wake jet. If a fighter passes under the drone and turns on the afterburner, then when it hits the wake, a powerful wave of exhaust air and fuel will occur, and it will spin in the air," explained military expert Vladislav Shurygin.
According to him, whatever the method chosen by our combat pilots, he says that they are professionally trained.
Meanwhile, in the information field, it got to the point that Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev verbally besieged US Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham, who demanded to shoot down the planes of the Russian Armed Forces after the incident. According to Medvedev, " against the background of statements by American bastards like Senator Graham that it is necessary to shoot down Russian planes, accidents sometimes happen with such" creatures."
#1
The DoD release showing the "Q-tipping" of the drone prop shown on Fox last night was hilarious.
Am I the only one who noticed the "side-by-each" photos clearly showed anti-strike prop paint on the left ("before SU-27") photo and an absence of said paint on the right ("after SU-27")?
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[REGNUM] Former adviser to the President of the United States, John Bolton, noted with some bewilderment: there is a wave of publications in the American press about the Ukrainian trace in the terrorist attack on Nord Stream. But even Germany, which suffered from sabotage, believed in the “Kremlin operation” until the last moment. The mention of Ukraine undermines the confidence of European allies in Kyiv, Bolton worries and comes to unexpected, but hardly correct conclusions.
The idea that some pro-Ukrainian forces were involved in the explosions of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines could jeopardize the foreign aid that Kiev receives from its European allies. Such a warning was made in an article written for The Wall Street Journal by American politician John Bolton, who served as US permanent representative to the UN under George W. Bush and national security adviser to Donald Trump.
"New intelligence suggesting a 'pro-Ukrainian group' sabotaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September sparked an unexpected political backlash in Europe,” Bolton notes in an article titled “Why the West won't let Ukraine beat Russia?" The epithet "unexpected" in relation to the reaction of Europeans is used, probably in an ironic manner.
Against the backdrop of "potential economic shocks" from undermining gas pipelines that sent fuel to Europe, "speculation about direct or indirect involvement of Ukraine" in the attack undermines the support that the West can provide to Kiev, Bolton points out.
In the same article, Trump's ex-adviser voiced the thesis: Joe Biden "wants Russia to lose, but is afraid of Ukraine's victory."
The attacks on Nord Stream, which took place in September last year, as you know, were again in the spotlight a month ago, after the publication of an investigation by American journalist Seymour Hersh. There it was about involvement in undermining the leadership of the CIA and specific individuals in the Biden administration .
The version about the Ukrainian trace in the terrorist attack, which left the Europeans without gas, began to be dispersed in the media about a week ago at the suggestion of The New York Times . An authoritative American publication, citing US intelligence, reported: intelligence transmitted to the US leadership indicates the involvement of a "pro-Ukrainian group." True, at the same time, a reservation was made: the US authorities do not have information about the group’s connection with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky or his “chief assistants”.
"Ukraine has denied any responsibility. The German authorities suggested that this could be a false flag operation by the Kremlin, prepared in order to arouse suspicion against Kiev," says John Bolton.
At the same time, the German media picked up the version of the Ukrainian trace. Die Zeit writes that the group's traces "lead to Ukraine", while Der Spiegel claims that his sources found the Andromeda yacht, which, according to the NY Times, was used by a "pro-Ukrainian group."
Moscow's attitude to these constructions is known - "complete nonsense," designed to distract specialists from the United States and Britain from the investigation into the involvement in the terrorist attack.
On the other hand, Kyiv also reacted sharply to the version coming from the United States. The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Dmitry Kuleba, called a series of articles about the "pro-Ukrainian group" in various publications a coordinated action.
The publications, which are obviously caused by Washington's attempts to divert accusations caused by Hersh's revelations, American expert Dmitry Drobnitsky told REGNUM.
But the question remains: if it is necessary to divert suspicions from oneself, and the version of "Russian involvement" disappears due to obvious illogicality, then why Ukrainians loyal to the West (and not, for example, conditional international terrorists) are appointed to the role of "villains" who organized the terrorist attack? After all, as Bolton also points out, this clearly will not improve the reputation of Kyiv in the eyes of its European allies, primarily the Germans.
The version that slips in Bolton's article - "Biden is afraid of a Ukrainian victory" is not considered convincing by experts. Rather, this is a consequence of the chaos in domestic politics, when "the most important thing is to topple the hardware enemy," Drobnitsky believes.
According to the opinion, which he voiced earlier, the appearance of Hersh's revelations is connected with the struggle with the people of the Clinton clan surrounded by Biden. Specifically, with Assistant to the President for National Security Jake Sullivan and CIA Director William Burns.
"Imagine: you want to divert suspicion from the Clintons, get them out of harm's way. Who then blew up the Nord Streams? Islamists? But how did they do it and why do they need Nord Stream? Moreover, if these are Islamists, then their act, therefore, must be condemned. And if you condemned them, does this mean that the Nord Streams were good for Europe?” - Drobnitsky reconstructs the logic of the customers of publications about the “Ukrainian version”.
"It means that the Ukrainians allegedly did this in retaliation for Russia. If the version "enters," then the United States has the opportunity to say: "We condemn any terrorist acts on the engineering infrastructure. However, the desperate Ukrainians who were subjected to a brutal attack by Russia can be understood," the interlocutor argues.
But, he notes, at the same time, Zelensky and other figures with whom the United States is "working" in Ukraine are clearly removed from the blow - "they did not know."
John Bolton, who is sounding the alarm about whether this will hurt support for Ukraine, is "a person who has little to do with the mentioned internal Washington showdowns and media and does not understand anything about them,” Drobnitsky notes. Bolton, being "a stubborn neo-conservative, a very direct and primitive person," makes flamboyant and aggressive, "hawkish" statements. And due to this, he gets a tribune in the press.
"It is naive to assume that the promotion of the version of Ukrainian involvement in sabotage means “draining” Kiev or even the West’s refusal to support specifically Vladimir Zelensky,” agrees Konstantin Blokhin, a leading researcher at the Center for Security Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. But, in his opinion, behind the emergence of the "Kyiv trace" is not chaos, but a well-thought-out strategy.
"For the United States now, the main thing is not to complicate relations with the countries of Europe against the background of how fatigue from the anti-Russian agenda is growing in these countries. The main thing is to prevent a split in the Euro-Atlantic unity," notes Americanist expert Malek Dudakov.
"This will not affect Europe’s attitude towards Ukraine, especially since there is a stuffing about an abstract "pro-Ukrainian group," the expert added. US allies are not in a position to change their attitude towards the Kyiv regime, let alone refuse to support it.
In order to divert suspicions of terrorism from oneself, fraught with image damage, the most primitive thing that can be done is to transfer responsibility to Ukraine, Blokhin told REGNUM news agency.
"For Kiev, this is like water off a duck's back, because it is "fighting against Russia," and in war, all means are good," he stressed. Now the head of Kyiv diplomacy, Kuleba, allows himself to be indignant, but if Washington gives the command, then Kyiv will take responsibility for the “action” without any objections, the expert believes.
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[REGNUM] Expert Onufrienko: if you try to counterattack near Artemovsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will fall into the “fire bag”
In the Artyomovsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine concentrated, "according to various estimates, from 12 to 20 brigades of varying degrees of readiness, which hold the front, including in Minkovka" - a village north-west of Artyomovsk near the highway leading to Slavyansk. Such an assessment in a commentary to IA REGNUM on March 17 was given by military observer Mikhail Onufrienko.
In the vicinity of Artyomovsk, it was possible to move the front line away from the city, which makes it difficult to launch a counterattack, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are counting on, the expert noted. He explained: "Now the enemy will have to knock out the Russian Armed Forces from the outskirts of Orekhovo-Vasilevka and Zaliznyansky - two villages near the Artyomovsk-Slavyansk highway. This is if the Armed Forces of Ukraine are going to strike from the north - that is, to eliminate the ledge that now exists between Seversk and Artyomovsk, including Soledar. This prospect is unrealistic for them."
The enemy can choose the option of a counteroffensive from the southwest and west - from Konstantinovka through Chasov Yar, the expert pointed out. But, he explained, in this case, a problem arises for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “ the attackers will find themselves in a “fire bag” , because the distance between the northern and southern flanks of our troops is about 10–15 km in different sectors.
“That is, they are completely blocked by howitzer rocket artillery, and many times over. Even regimental mortars completely cover these positions. It is possible to lead brigades there with the aim of deblocking Artyomovsk, but if more or less competent officers sit in the General Staff of the Russian Federation - and this is so, no matter what anyone says - then they will be ready for this, ”Onufrienko predicts.
In this case, additional cannon rocket artillery and aviation will be transferred there, and these brigades will be burned out in the same way as during the fighting in Davydov Brod (Kherson region), in the spring and summer of 2022, "where up to 100 armored vehicles were destroyed per day," noted companion. "Plus, it’s problematic even for tracked vehicles to step on such mud as it is now," Onufrienko added.
The expert also noted: the supply along the roads through which the APU grouping in Seversk is supplied is not going on, because "the above-mentioned road to Slavyansk has long been cut, namely, the offensive is going on along it, and Dubovo-Vasilevka is located on it, which was taken under control Russian assault units more than a week ago.
"Now there are fights on the outskirts of Orekhovo-Vasilevka. To the north of the highway, the village of Zaliznyanskoye was also liberated, and a little to the south, fighting was going on around Khromovo, through which the road to Chasov Yar went. This road was not saddled, but there were battles in Khromovo itself, and one could not advance further along this road, and one could not transfer troops to Artyomovsk. For battles in Khromovo, you can throw up troops, but the road is shot through - even from machine guns. This is a big problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine," Onufrienko said.
The Russian military stopped attempts to leave several platoons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Artyomovsk, Denis Pushilin , acting head of the DPR , said on March 17. According to him, our units managed to gain a foothold at the AZOM plant in Artyomovsk, they are moving deeper into the industrial zone.
If control over Artyomovsk passes to Russia, “other cities would be next,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told the BBC.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Bris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Sufficiently clear footage showing what is happening on the road through Khromovo to the west of Artemovsk.
Artillery arrives along the road, plus, recently, some vehicles there have been hit by ATGMs.
Statements about the readiness of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the transition to a counteroffensive near Artemovsk are related to the fact that the situation with the operational encirclement of the city is becoming more and more threatening for the enemy and he needs to push our troops back from at least one of the roads in order to unblock the supply of the group holding the western part of Artemovsk.
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Mean Girls diplomacy. It's like the whole world is turning into high school. Still, I suppose this is the next logical step after banning Putin from our table in the cafeteria.
Even more still, despite NATO's moist dream of regime change, the average Russian is going to see this as another example of Putin standing up to the West. Could the ICC look more petty and useless?
Unpacking the Daily Mail story we find: The ICC's chief prosecutor Karim Khan said hundreds of Ukrainian children have been taken from orphanages and children's homes to Russia.
So those Russian bastards are evacuating orphans from places like Donetsk which is regularly shelled by Ukrainian artillery to somewhere outside the war zone. Pretty much the definition of war crimes. If we sell it right. Did I mention orphans?
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Steve, I can only take issue with 'high school'. Seems more to me like middle school, as in the insufferable little girl who got elected to the student council and plans to 'save the world'.
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So, a bunch of Western "elites" got together and asked each other, what can we say about Putin for today's newspropaganda cycle that will help to convince the rubes how evil he is?
It's like when they decide to raid Trump's house looking for "classified" documents. They don't care if they find anything or not. They don't care if Putin never goes to trial for these alleged crimes. That's not the point.
The point in both cases is to maintain an ever flowing stream of negative propaganda.
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It's a chickenshit way to fight a war but then, that's the way our elites are.
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