[Yahoo] The United States is planning to station nuclear weapons in the UK for the first time in 15 years as the threat from Russia increases, Pentagon documents seen by The Telegraph reveal.
Procurement contracts for a new facility at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk confirm that the US intends to place nuclear warheads three times the strength of the Hiroshima bomb at the air base.
The US removed nuclear missiles from the UK in 2008, judging that the Cold War threat from Moscow had diminished.
The disclosure comes in the wake of warnings that Nato countries need to ready their citizens for war with Russia.
Last week, Adml Rob Bauer, a senior Nato military official, said that private citizens should prepare for all-out war with Russia in the next 20 years that would require wholesale change in their lives.
General Sir Patrick Sanders, the head of the British Army, went on to warn that the public would need to be called up to fight if there was war with Russia because the Army was too small. His comments forced Downing Street to rule out conscription.
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[Korrespondent] 22:31 Budanov, during a meeting with relatives and friends of Ukrainian prisoners of war, said that at present there is no reliable and comprehensive information about who could actually be on board the Il-76 aircraft: “We collect and carefully analyze all available information on about this from many sources. At present, there is no information that would indicate that there could have been so many people on that plane. At the same time, the Russian propaganda version that the said Il-76M could have transported 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on the exchange still raises many questions."
At the same time, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War confirmed that 65 Ukrainian defenders from the list published by Russian propagandists were indeed planned to be returned to Ukraine as part of the planned exchange on January 24. At the same time, the interviewed relatives of the Ukrainian defenders from this list, having familiarized themselves with the video materials shown by Russian propagandists allegedly from the scene of the plane crash, “did not find any special signs on the published fragments of bodies that would point to their relatives.”
21:34 The Russian Selling Committee published alleged footage of Ukrainian prisoners of war boarding an Il-76 plane that crashed in the Belgorod region. It is almost impossible to verify its authenticity, notes journalist Andrei Tsaplienko.
20:56 One of those wounded as a result of the Russian missile attack on Kiev on January 23 died in the hospital, the press service of FC Lokomotiv, whose stadium was damaged, reported. A total of 22 people were injured in the capital that day.
20:18 The EU has threatened to deprive Hungary of its voting rights if it blocks aid to Ukraine, Politico writes, citing sources. According to them, if Budapest again blocks the allocation of 50 billion euros to Ukraine at the summit on February 1, members of the bloc are ready to invoke Article 7 for the first time in history and deprive it of the right to participate in joint decision-making.
The newspaper also writes that this tightening of the EU’s position towards Hungary was influenced by problems in the United States, where Congress cannot agree on the allocation of $61.4 billion to Kyiv, which makes it critical for Ukraine to receive assistance from the European Union.
19:11 An unexpected obstacle arose in Ukraine’s receipt of military assistance from the United States - Donald Trump. Is the former president really so carried away by the new election race that he is ready to sacrifice help to Kyiv for the sake of it? Read more in the article All for the sake of elections.
19:07 The head of the General Staff of the Estonian Defense Forces, Eero Rebo, predicts that Russia in the coming weeks may try to advance in the border areas of the Belgorod and Kharkov regions in order to pull Ukrainian units away from the Kupyansky direction, which is the main target of attack by Russian troops.
18:36 Prime Ministers of Denmark and the Czech Republic Matt Frederiksen and Petr Fiala discussed Ukraine’s need for ammunition. They said they plan to raise the issue again at the EU summit.
18:29 Putin also stated that the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine allegedly knew that there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the Il-76. According to him, the missiles were allegedly launched at the plane from Ukrainian territory, probably from the air defense system of “France or the United States.” According to him, the results of the “investigation” into the Il-76 case will be published “so that the Ukrainian people will know.”
18:25 On one of the sections of the front, two experienced drone operators of the 74th separate reconnaissance battalion of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense were sent to the assault as infantry, although there was no need for this. As a result, the pilots died, reported journalist Yuri Butusov. Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny responded to his statement. More details about the tragedy can be found in the article They were thrown into the assault.
17:54 Ukraine and Denmark will hold a forum of defense industries with a focus on the production of drones, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said. “We will place a special focus on the development of joint projects for the production of drones, taking into account Denmark’s special capabilities in this area,” the minister added.
17:30 Energoatom warns that a new threat to nuclear and radiation safety may arise at the occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Thus, in the near future, the six-year period allowed by the manufacturer for nuclear fuel to remain in all six reactors of the plant will expire. Further use of such fuel may lead to destruction of the integrity of the fuel elements and, as a consequence, to a radiation accident.
17:23 The Russians shelled Novotyaginka, Kherson region, one person was injured, OVA reported.
16:57 Preliminarily, all 27 EU countries agreed to accept a new four-year program to support Ukraine worth 50 billion euros, Shmygal said. The EU is expected to approve it during a summit on February 1.
16:46 In Russia, detachments are being formed from among the personnel of the FSB border service units in order to strengthen the strengthening of the border, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. These units are planned to be located in border areas in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions.
16:28 At the Russian army training ground near Ilovaisk, FPV drone operators of Russians from the Doomsday battalion were eliminated. Everything that is known about this is in the material Strike against Russian UAV operators.
15:55 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stated that among the material evidence from the Il-76 crash site there are allegedly documents of Ukrainian prisoners of war who died in the crash. The launch point of the missile that hit the plane was also allegedly identified.
15:42 The Kharkov City Council decided to create a differentiated air raid warning system. Now the siren will turn on only in case of danger directly for the city, and not for the entire region, said Mayor Igor Terekhov.
15:40 The Russian Army fired two S-300 missiles at Novogrodovka, Donetsk region, wounding an 11-year-old child, the prosecutor’s office reported. Also this afternoon, the enemy attacked Krasnohorivka, probably using cannon artillery - one person was killed.
15:34 Ukraine invited Xi Jinping to a peace summit in Switzerland, deputy head of the OP Igor Zhovkva told Reuters: “We definitely invite China to take part in the summit, at the highest level, at the level of the President of the People's Republic of China. China's participation will be very important for us. "We are working with the Chinese side. We are engaging our partners in the world to convey to the Chinese side how important it is to participate in such a summit."
15:23 Zelensky said that he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief. I heard reports on the situation on the front line - "Avdeevka, Kupyansk, the south - all the most important directions of our actions." We also paid attention to supplying the Defense Forces with shells - searching for new contracts, interacting with partners, constantly increasing our own production, working to increase both volumes and range of use.
The President also heard a report on the protection of front-line and border areas, and ordered the preparation of detailed plans for further air protection of cities, communities and critical facilities.
15:17 The Ministries of Defense of Ukraine and Belgium signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Belgian and Ukrainian companies also signed six documents on the start of cooperation, the details of which were not disclosed, the Ministry of Strategic Industry reported.
14:51 Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lykke Rasmussen said that he was on a visit to Ukraine and was forced to go down to the shelter at night: “Today is the fourth time as Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ukraine. I didn’t have a very good rest, because last night there was an air raid alert, and we had to go to shelter in the hotel. We were lucky with both warmth and water. Not all Ukrainians, who constantly live with air raid warning, have this so."
14:26 Ukraine has returned the bodies of another 77 dead soldiers, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported.
14:20 Russia did not provide the UN Security Council with evidence that there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the Il-76 aircraft, and rejects the demand for an international commission to investigate what happened near Belgorod on January 24, said GUR representative Andrei Yusov. According to him, one of the largest and “anniversary” - the 50th - exchange of prisoners was planned for January 24, but it did not take place.
13:38 During the full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia lost at least 3,000 officers killed, the Russian Air Force Service reported. Among the killed officers, at least 800 were of the rank of major and above. In particular, it was possible to confirm by name the deaths of 102 colonels, 240 lieutenant colonels and 450 majors. In addition, at least 2,278 junior officers, from lieutenant to captain, died in the war against Ukraine. Journalists call the loss of the latter the biggest blow to the combat effectiveness of Russian troops.
In total, Russian media managed to confirm the names of 43,014 Russian military personnel killed in Ukraine, and this does not include militants of the so-called “DPR” and “LPR.” It is noted that the real losses of the Russian army are much higher.
13:02 The FSB of the Russian Federation has not allowed 3,796 Ukrainian citizens into the occupied territories since October 16, 2023, the Eastern Human Rights Group reported. From October 16, according to new rules, Ukrainians can enter Russia and the occupied territories only through Sheremetyevo Airport, where they undergo filtration measures. Lists of those who are prohibited from entering are transferred to FSB branches in the occupied territories and to the occupation administrations for monitoring property, family presence, as well as targeted checks at the place of residence.
12:46 Next week, the EU will approve aid to Ukraine worth 50 billion euros, Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics is convinced. According to him, EU leaders will still make a decision at the summit on February 1 - either as an agreement with all 27 EU member states, or through “another mechanism” that will work if unanimity is not reached.
12:11 Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said that he turned to the Red Cross to find out whether Russia reported about the transport of prisoners in Il-76. According to him, the Russian side should have notified the ICRC about the transportation of prisoners of war. “I am 99% convinced that they did not inform anyone, because they never do this, just as they violate other norms of the Geneva Convention,” the ombudsman added.
He also noted that the Ukrainian side has still not received official lists of prisoners who, according to the Russian side, allegedly died on board the plane. And the list published by propagandist Margarita Simonyan contains many inaccuracies.
12:04 Peskov denied media reports that Russia is allegedly ready to abandon Ukraine’s neutral status and change its position on Kiev’s accession to NATO.
11:45 The United States believes that by the end of 2024, Ukraine will become stronger and will be in a better position to determine its future, said Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien. "As President Biden said, we will help Ukraine win. Therefore, this is a strategic goal," he added.
O'Brien also noted that this year's military campaign strategy to win the war with Russia is offensive and will build on the achievements of 2023, in particular the "outstanding success in securing access to the Black Sea and destabilizing Russia's ability to use Crimea against Ukraine."
11:13 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced in some sectors of the front. In particular, the Defense Forces advanced along a section of the front line south of Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region, and also pushed back Russian troops northeast of Zavitny Bazhanny and advanced southwest of Mirny.
10:41 Recently, the West has been very fond of writing that Putin is supposedly ready to negotiate an end to the war against Ukraine. True, these assumptions are based, as a rule, on data from unnamed officials. A new batch of such insights was released by Bloomberg. More details - in the material Is Putin ready for peace?
10:34 At night, the Russians launched two missile attacks on Kherson from the S-300 air defense system, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. One person was injured, a kindergarten, a high-rise building and a shopping center building were damaged. Over the previous 24 hours, one person was killed and another was injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:56 In Kharkov, one of those wounded during the Russian shelling on January 23 died, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. To date, the January 23 missile attack has killed 11 people, including an eight-year-old child.
09:38 Ukrzaliznytsia announced the creation of a unit that will monitor and protect railway infrastructure using drones. The unit will include veteran railway workers who were wounded and returned from the front.
08:49 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced the delivery to Ukraine in 2024 of IRIS-T SLM air defense systems, Gepard anti-aircraft guns, additional artillery systems with more than 230 thousand ammunition, more than 80 Leopard 1 A5 tanks, additional infantry fighting vehicles, etc. This year Germany also plans to train 10 thousand Ukrainian military personnel.
08:41 On January 25, the Russians shelled Mirnograd in the Donetsk region - six people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
08:37 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 26:
personnel - about 380,600 (+990) people,
tanks - 6265 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 11,637 (+16),
artillery systems - 9082 (+15),
MLRS - 972 (+0),
air defense systems - 660 (+0),
aircraft - 331 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7033 (+0),
cruise missiles - 1845 (+1),
ships/boats - 23 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,064 (+20),
special equipment - 1425 (+5).
08:04 At yesterday's meeting of the UN Security Council, convened by Russia regarding the crash of the Il-76, the representative of Ukraine Kristina Gayovyshyn said that Kiev was not informed about the number and type of transport used to transport prisoners. “This alone may indicate deliberate actions by Russia aimed at endangering the lives and safety of prisoners,” she said.
In turn, the representative of the Russian Federation Dmitry Polyansky announced a “deliberate and thoughtful crime of Kyiv” and accused the representative of Ukraine of “lying.” He claims that the Ukrainian leadership allegedly “knew perfectly well about the route and method of transporting soldiers to the place of the pre-agreed exchange.” No decisions were made at the Security Council.
07:22 Over the past 24 hours, 82 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled six attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and ten more attacks near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 25 attacks were repulsed near Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, six enemy attacks were repelled near Sinkovka, Tabaevka in the Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka in the Lugansk region; in Limansky - five attacks in the Ternov, Torsky districts of the Donetsk region and two more attacks near Makeyevka, Luhansk region; on Bakhmutsky - eight attacks near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - six attacks southeast of Vodyanoy, Zolota Niva and west of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - three attacks southeast of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The expansion of the bridgehead continues in the Kherson direction; over the past 24 hours, the enemy has unsuccessfully attempted to storm the positions of Ukrainian troops six times.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are confronting the Russian Army
The Russian Federation does not abandon its intention to dislodge Ukrainian units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. During the day, 94 clashes occurred. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on January 26.
It is noted that the enemy launched eight missiles (with S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles at the civilian infrastructure of Mirnograd, Novogradovka, Donetsk region and Antonovka, Kherson region) and carried out 38 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. There are civilian deaths and injuries as a result of Russian terrorist attacks. Multi-storey and private houses, schools, kindergartens, a shopping center and other civil infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
According to the General Staff, the operational situation in the Volyn and Polesie directions is without significant changes. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups. Designated units of the Armed Forces of Belarus perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine.
In the Seversky and Slobozhansky directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shells populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine.
More than 35 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Eline, Galaganovka, Leonovka in the Chernihiv region; Popovka, Volfino, Veselovka, Sumy region; Veterinary, Nesternoye, Komissarovo, Kharkov region.
In the Kupyansk direction, our defenders repelled 12 attacks near Tabaevka, Kharkov region, and Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Ivanovka, and Berestovo in the Kharkov region.
In the Liman direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled seven attacks in the Ternov and Torskoye areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
More than 10 settlements were damaged by enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Nevskoye, Belogorovka, Serebryansky forestry in the Luhansk region and Torskoye, Serebryanka, Razdolevka in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 10 attacks near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshchievka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region, where the occupiers unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical situation.
About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Vasyukovka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovskoye, Kleshchievka, Andreevka, and New York in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 19 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoe, Avdeevka and nine more attacks near Opytny, Vodyanoye, Pervomaisky and Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
About 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Alexandropol, Novobakhmutovka, Ocheretino, Avdeevka, Pervomaiskoye, Netaylovo in the Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold Russians near Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region. Here the occupiers tried unsuccessfully 14 times to improve the tactical situation.
Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Ekaterinivka, Elizavetovka were under artillery and mortar fire.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, our defenders repelled an enemy attack near Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Prechistovka, Zolotaya Niva, Blagodatnoye, Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian defenders repulsed five Russian attacks north of Priyutnoye, south of Krasnoye and west of Verbovoye in the Zaporozhye region.
More than 15 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Charivnoye, Malye Shcherbaki, Stepnoye, Lobkovoe, Pyatikhatki, Stepnogorsk, Plavni in the Zaporozhye region.
In the area of responsibility of the OSGV Odessa in the Kherson direction, Kherson, Nikolaevka, Tyaginka, Novotyaginka, Antonovka of the Kherson region and Solonchaki of the Nikolaev region were subjected to enemy artillery shelling.
The occupiers also fired multiple launch rocket systems at the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka, Tokarevka, and Tomina Balka in the Kherson region.
The Russian Federation does not abandon its intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, the Russians made four unsuccessful assaults on the positions of Ukrainian troops.
Earlier it was reported that 82 clashes occurred at the front during the day.
Let us remind you that the Rada proposes to reveal Ukraine’s losses in the war.
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[EngMilRu] In the period from 20 to 26 January, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered 13 group strikes by long-range precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles at facilities of Ukrainian military industrial complex producing uncrewed surface vehicles, ammunition, missiles and its parts.
In addition, strikes were delivered at ammunition depots, military airfield infrastructure, POL bases, and temporary deployment areas of foreign mercenaries.
The goal of the strikes has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
Over the week, in Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Krakhmalnoye (Kharkov region) and improved the tactical situation in several areas of the front line.
In cohesion with aviation and artillery 43 AFU attacks were repelled.
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 68th Jaeger Brigade, 25th, 30th, 32nd, 43rd, 57th, 60th, 66th Mechanised brigades, 25th Airborne Brigade, and 1st Ukrainian National Guard Brigade near Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic), Berestovoye, Sinkovka (Kharkov region), and Terni (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 740 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, and 14 field artillery pieces.
In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of actions of the Tsentr Group of Forces' units, more advantageous lines and positions were taken. 17 AFU attacks were repelled.
The Group's aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems inflicted losses on AFU and Ukrainian National Guard units near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,570 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, seven tanks, 25 armoured fighting vehicles, 52 motor vehicles, and nine field artillery pieces.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and repelled 12 AFU attacks.
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of the AFU 22nd, 24th, 28th, 42nd, 58th, 92nd, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 81st Airmobile Brigade, and 5th Assault Brigade near Andreyevka, Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka, Mayosk, and Chasov Yag (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,960 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, 19 tanks, including one Leopard tank, 22 armoured fighting vehicles, 56 motor vehicles, four multiple launch rocket systems combat vehicles, including one MLRS, one HIMARS, and two Grad, as well as 27 field artillery pieces.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 31st, 72nd Mechanised brigades, 79th Air Assault Brigade, 105th, and 127th Territorial Defence brigades near Rovnopol, Paraskoviyevka, Novomikhailovka, Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Priutnoye.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 745 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, 23 motor vehicles, and 14 field artillery pieces.
In Zaporozhye direction, as a result of Russian troops active defensive actions and continuous strikes, losses were inflicted on units of the AFU 33rd, 65th, 117th, 118th Mechanised brigades, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 112th Territorial Defence Brigade near Rabotino, Verbovoye, Nesteryanka, and Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 450 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 17 motor vehicles, and 11 field artillery pieces.
In Kherson direction, as a result of preventative strikes of Russian troops supported by aviation and artillery, losses were inflicted on units of the AFU 35th, 36th, 38th Naval Infantry brigades, 121st, 123rd, and 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Zolotaya Balka, Mikhailovka, Tyaginka, Zmievka, and Stanislav (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 335 Ukrainian troops, 23 motor vehicles, two Grad MLRS, and eight field artillery pieces.
Over the week, 35 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, 16 of whom were captured in Krasny Liman direction.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out four launchers of air defence systems, including two U.S.-made Patriot, one French-made SAMP-T, one German-made IRIS-T, and three electronic warfare stations, as well as one radar of the S-300 air defence system, and six AFU field ammunition depots.
Aviation and air defence units shot down one Ukrainian Air Forces Su-25 aircraft, six Storm Shadow cruise missiles, four Tochka-U tactical missiles, 28 HIMARS and Vampire MLRS projectiles, and 361 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 568 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 11,255 unmanned aerial vehicles, 455 air defence missile systems, 14,800 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,210 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,871 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 17,891 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office with the JCCC from 00:00 01/26/2024 to 00:00 01/27/2024
A total of 15 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about a civilian being injured.
Damaged: one residential building.
Eight attacks in the Donetsk direction;
Seven artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction;
A total of 42 units of various ammunition were fired.
22:00 Over the past week, the Russian Armed Forcesapplied13 group strikes with long-range precision weapons and UAVs on Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities that produced unmanned boats, ammunition, missiles and components for them.
In addition, arsenals, military airfield infrastructure, fuel depots and temporary deployment points for foreign mercenaries were hit.
The target of the strikes has been achieved. All designated targets were hit.
Within a week, 35 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, of which 16 were in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Aviation and air defense systems shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in a week, destroyed six Storm Shadow cruise missiles, four Tochka-U tactical missiles, 28 missiles from the HIMARS and Vampire multiple launch rocket systems, as well as 361 unmanned aerial vehicles. aircraft.
20:45 Kupyansk direction
Gradually, our army begins to intensify offensive operations in the Kupyansk direction.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has finally managed to gain a foothold in Sin'kovka; the enemy is trying to counterattack unsuccessfully. Ours are moving forward. The enemy confirms the partial loss of the aftereffect.
To the south, after preparing the flanks, the Russian army began the assault Quotes the assault on the village is underway
20:00 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 26.01 20:00
There is information that tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is identifying enemy positions for high-precision strikes.
The sound of an explosion was reported.
19:30 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. 26.01 18:35
It is reported that once again the assault units of the Russian Armed Forces are flushing out the enemy from their positions using the entire range of weapons.
This afternoon we processed the identified enemy points using AGS and 82mm. mortar.
18:30 Gauleiterof Avdievka confirms that our army took all supply routes of the enemy group under fire control.
Supplying the enemy group is significantly more complicated. It is reported that supply routes are being attacked by fvp drones, including UFABs.
17:40 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. District settlement Step 26.01 17:35
The work of our brave tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is reported.
Su-25 "Grach" attack aircraft struck with unguided missiles without entering the enemy's air defense coverage area.
16:55 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction. n.p. Staromayorskoe 26.01 16:35
It is reported that our operators of the Fagot ATGM inflicted fire on the command and observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Keep it up!
Respect to our fighters from the mobile group of tank destroyers from the West group of forces.
15:55 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction. Ugledar. 26.01 15:30
It is reported that in the area of the village of Ugledar, Donetsk People's Republic, our fighters from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade repelled an attack by an enemy drg.
15:15 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: in the Lugansk direction, army aviation crews on Ka-52M helicopters carried out an attack with unguided aircraft missiles on enemy strongholds and manpower.
14:30 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: “We are pressing the enemy”
We publish footage of the training and combat work of snipers of the “Southern” group of troops.
The sniper unit of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division demonstrates outstanding results in killing personnel of Ukrainian Armed Forces units. The military personnel took part in the battles to liberate several large settlements on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Currently, snipers of this unit have killed about 500 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel. Targets are destroyed at a distance of 150 meters to 2 kilometers.
14:00 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction. (Novomikhailovka settlement) 26.01 13:30
The effective work of our 300mm BM-30 Smerch MLRS in the Novomikhailovka region, DPR is reported.
Rocket artillery crews worked at a distance of more than 50 km.
The blow fell on Ukrainian Armed Forces units from the 79th Air Assault and the 128th.
13:00 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
Bomber aircraft strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems hit temporary deployment points, strongholds and places of accumulation of manpower of the 31st Mechanized and 79th Air Assault brigades in the areas of Konstantinovka and Novomikhailovka, destroyed four temporary deployment points, three unmanned control points aircraft and a truck with ammunition.
During the day, four attempts by the enemy to reinforce forward positions in the areas of Staromayorsky and Ravnopol were thwarted.
The group’s artillery, Lancet loitering ammunition and FPV drones destroyed a T-64 tank in the Ravnopol area, two infantry fighting vehicles in the Novoivanovka area, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a 152mm Giatsint-B howitzer in the Zolotaya Niva and Vremevka areas.
The enemy also lost the Strela-10 air defense system, an electronic warfare station, four Leleka-type unmanned aerial vehicles and up to 130 military personnel.
12:35 Telegram channel “Colonelcassad”: Captured Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman: Captivity is the only opportunity to stay alive
Ukrainian serviceman Vladimir Lotnitsky, who surrendered, spoke about the low training of personnel in the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the lack of modern military equipment.
“Our small arms are at the level of the Soviet Union - that is, there is nothing new there. I consider those promised by Bradley to be my grandmother’s story,” the serviceman admitted.
Lotnitsky explained that he surrendered because he “wanted to live.” He spoke about the respectful attitude towards prisoners on the part of Russian soldiers.
“They made me some tea, let me change my shoes, change my clothes, fed me, washed me, cleaned me up, rewound it. Where were our commanders? We were the only ones here,” he added.
11:45 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
Units of the Center group of troops continue to carry out combat missions during a special military operation in the Krasnolimansk direction.
During the day, about 170 enemy targets were hit in the group’s area of responsibility, including three strong points, three areas where equipment was concentrated, field artillery positions, areas where manpower and firepower were concentrated.
Air defense systems shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles near the village of Kremennaya, Lugansk People's Republic.
In the areas of the Torsky and Chervonodibrovo sections, artillery fire and air strikes defeated the assault groups of the 117th Territorial Defense Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Enemy losses amounted to 270 military personnel. Two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, eight armored combat vehicles and 20 vehicles were destroyed.
11:00 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov direction (n. Kupyansk area) 26.01 10:40
Since the morning, our cannon artillery has been actively working.
In particular, our 152mm 2S5 MSTA-S self-propelled guns worked on fortified enemy positions.
In addition, aerial reconnaissance is currently identifying affected targets and potential targets for future strikes.
10:00 Army aviation crews on Ka-52M helicopters hit unguided aircraft missiles against enemy strongholds and manpower in the Donetsk direction.
08:39 Frontline report for the morning of 01/26/2024
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery and aviation, attacked Ukrainian units in Krynki and forced them to withdraw from a number of positions in the village.
Russian long-range weapons operated against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson, Sadovoy, Tyaginka, Lvov, Berislav, Novoberislav, Zmeevka, Krasny Mayak, Respublikanets and Kachkarovka.
The artillery attack zone on the right bank expanded significantly to the north.
We won’t speculate, but perhaps one of the warring parties will try to cross the Dnieper. And this is related to the intensification of the work of long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces. Ukrainian artillery fired at Russian positions in Aleshki, Poyma, Peschanivka and Kazachi Lagery.
In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces, after artillery shelling, attacked at Staromayorsky and Zolotaya Niva. No success. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Poltavka, Rovnopol, Prechistovka and Ugledar. RF Armed Forces - in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Novodonetsk and Novomayorsky.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops managed to advance at Novomikhailovka and Georgievka. The attacks at Nevelskoye and Pervomaiskoye were unsuccessful. But in Avdievka they made a breakthrough on the south-eastern outskirts of the city. There is a danger for Russian assault units, as we wrote about earlier. The breakthrough along the front is too narrow at a significant depth.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out assault operations on the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka, from Khromovoy to Ivanovskoye and in the Bogdanovka area. LBS without significant changes.
03:00 Explosions in Kherson
02:52 Reports of ballistic missile launches from Crimea
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[REGNUM] On January 27, 1944, Soviet troops lifted the blockade of Leningrad. The Nazis' plan to completely starve out the entire population of the city was thwarted, although the number of victims, according to modern estimates, exceeded a million people. The further into the past these great and terrifying events recede, the more what our recent ancestors faced then disappears from people’s perceptions. Moreover, many are picking up the story about the “clash of two totalitarian regimes,” which are supposed to be equally bad. However, we should not forget what is unique about National Socialism, which sharply distinguishes it even against the general gloomy background of the twentieth century. Nazism was the most consistent rejection of Christianity in history - much more consistent than communism, for all its bitter atheism, was.
That’s because Soviet Communism was around for long enough that religious mothers and grandmothers of Party cadres had to be allowed their little quirks. Nazism was defeated and disgraced in only about fifteen years.
Over the long centuries of Christianity, European civilization has adopted a number of ideas that have become ideals for it. In reality, of course, people were far from these ideals, but at least they were generally accepted guidelines.
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[Regnum] Russia will always remember the cost of victory over Nazism during the Second World War; the memory of this war is sacred to the country. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated this on January 26in his greeting on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The President's telegram was read by the Chief Rabbi of Russia Berel Lazar at a memorial ceremony at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow.
“We will never forget how much grief and suffering the Second World War brought, what an irreparable price our ancestors paid for the freedom and independence of the Motherland, for the victory over Nazism and its ideology, and what legal, moral, ethical sentence was passed on those who were guilty of terrible crimes against humanity,” the head of state noted.
It would be helpful if here in the West the victories over Nazism and Communism were both remembered.
Putin emphasized that loyalty to such traditions and preserving the memory of the war is the principled position of the state and society, of the entire multinational Russian people.
"This memory is sacred for us," he added.
As Regnum reported, on October 25, 2023, Putin called for categorical and firm defense of the truth about the Great Patriotic War, as well as for the declassification of archives recognizing the facts of Nazi atrocities against civilians and prisoners of war. The head of state emphasized that justifying Nazism leads to tragic consequences.
At the beginning of September 2023, the President pointed out that a number of European political forces are trying to distort history for the sake of their own interests. Putin emphasized that there are now many politicians in the West with this kind of approach.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] While in Ukraine they continue to talk stupidly about washing machines and refrigerators, Russia over the past year has purchased $1.7 billion worth of chips from the USA and the EU, which can be used in military products.
Russia received more than $1.7 billion worth of Western chips in a year - Bloomberg.
As the agency found out, despite the sanctions, the country imported microchips from Europe and the United States that can be used for the production of military equipment, mainly through third countries, including China, Turkey and the UAE. We are talking about products from the American Intel Corp, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Analog Devices Inc., as well as the European Infineon Technologies AG, STMicroelectronics NV and NXP Semiconductors NV, writes Bloomberg.
And this is only for 2023. Sanctions work.
PS. And we still don’t take China, where chips and controllers for military production are pouring in.
Sure. But then you get things made in China, so I’m not sure y’all are ahead.
PS2. But of course we need to develop our microelectronics industry first of all.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Policy article by Aleksey Drobinin, director of the foreign policy planning department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, about the future world order and the processes of combating Western neo-colonialism.
NATO has vastly underestimated Russia's capabilities, a top general said.
Russia can make millions of shells a year and recruit hundreds of thousands of troops, he said.
"They can produce even more — many times more — ammunition," Martin Herem, commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, told Bloomberg.
Contrary to earlier predictions, Russia can now produce several million artillery shells a year and recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he said.
"A lot of people thought they couldn't go beyond that — today, the facts tell us otherwise," Herem told Bloomberg.
He added: "They can produce even more — many times more — ammunition."
In July, Adm. Tony Radakin, the formal head of the UK's armed forces, said that Russia could "at best" produce 1 million shells a year, per the Financial Times.
The UK Ministry of Defense estimated in December that Russia could need up to 10 years to replenish its army.
But that narrative has shifted over the past few months, with military commanders, analysts, and NATO officials warning of Russia's increasing capacities.
In September, an unnamed Western official warned of Russia's ability to make 2 million artillery shells a year, per Reuters.
And Christopher Cavoli, the commander of US European Command, said in April that despite significant losses in Ukraine, Russia's ground forces were bigger than when it invaded Ukraine.
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Contrary to earlier predictions, Russia can now produce several million artillery shells a year and recruit hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he said.
Buying from China and North Korea and you misspelled 'draft'.
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[KavkazUzel] The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
... the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, a 46-nation, 306-member international advisory group dedicated to upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law. It meets four times a year for week-long plenary sessions in Strasbourg....
called for strengthening measures to combat torture in the organization's member countries, especially noting the systematic use of torture in Azerbaijan and Russia. Despite the fact that the powers of the Azerbaijani delegation to PACE are limited, the recommendations of this structure remain mandatory for implementation, human rights activists indicated.
Powerless but mandatory. Got it.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on January 24, the majority of deputies of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution to limit the powers of the Azerbaijani delegation for violations of human rights in the country and the increase in the number of political prisoners, as well as the refusal to invite the PACE delegation to assess the upcoming presidential elections. The document speaks of human rights violations in the Lachin corridor and that PACE “condemned the military operation of the Azerbaijani army in September 2023,” which led to the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.
So Azerbaijan actually did the thing Israel is accused of. Were there any real repercussions, or is that just for possible future Israeli actions?
The Azerbaijani delegation left the meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, accusing the structure of double standards.
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