[APNEWS] President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty or independence is threatened, issuing another blunt warning to the West just days before an election in which he’s all but certain to secure another six-year term.
The Russian leader has repeatedly talked about his readiness to use nuclear weapons since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. The most recent such threat came in his state-of-the-nation address last month, when he warned the West that deepening its involvement in the fighting in Ukraine would risk a nuclear war.
Asked in an interview with Russian state television released early Wednesday if he has ever considered using battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Putin responded that there has been no need for that. He also noted that he doesn’t think that the world is heading for a nuclear war, describing U.S. President Joe Biden as a veteran politician who fully understands the possible dangers of escalation.
When asked for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres’ reaction to Putin’s remarks, spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said that “all rhetoric that could lead to miscalculation or escalation with obvious catastrophic consequences for the world must be avoided.”
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Call his bluff. Democratic Ukraine must be protected. Let's tear the scab off and get this done once and for all. We cannot live under the constant threat of this dictator.
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The wise thing is to ignore this threat. Not even a "Sea of Fire" in it.
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^Only if Trump wins - more precisely, if his electoral victory is allowed to stand. Otherwise, nuclear war is a certainty. And anybody who thinks that Russia will go MAD with USA, without wiping out Western Europe - probably believes that Muslims can be integrated in EUrope, Palestinians want a state of their own, and gender is fluid (In short, EUropean rulers).
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Yeah, go ahead and burn the world for the sake of Biden's imperial ambitions.
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Biden thought he'd call Putin's bluff when Putin said NATO's expansion into Ukraine would be an existential threat to Russia. So now we have this nasty little war and Biden is not winning so he continues to escalate instead of negotiate. Biden, it seems, is not a very good p0ker player. He and his fellow globalists might not be so happy when this globe they aspire to rule is all burnt black.
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A surprising number of Russian bots operating on this site. Might want to start banning those accounts to stop them from spewing pro-Putin propaganda.
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A surprising number of Russian bots operating on this site.
Bots don’t last long with this crew. But there are a surprising number of true believers on all sides of the various subjects we look at here at Rantburg, in addition to the paid agitators in boiler rooms across the sea. I think as a result we’re getting a better sense of what is really going on over there than we would if all here were like unto little birdies in their nest agreeing,
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:47 Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas refused to guarantee that the country’s military would not be sent to Ukraine: “I do not make such promises, because circumstances may change... We have clearly chosen a side here, and this side is Ukraine, because Russia is for us direct threat."
19:49 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's attack on Krivoy Rog has increased to 49, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak. Ten adults and seven children remain in medical institutions.
19:20 The Russians fired a mortar at the civilian infrastructure of the Velikopisarevsky community of the Akhtyrsky district of the Sumy region - one person was killed, two were wounded, the prosecutor's office reported.
19:06 EU ambassadors gave the green light to allocate 5 billion euros for the purchase of weapons to Ukraine, Brussels correspondent for Radio Liberty Rikard Jozwiak reported.
18:27 Oddly enough, Russians want to become Ukrainians - there is a frantic demand for Ukrainian passports in the Russian Federation. As counterfeit sellers promise, a “document” for thousands of dollars will help you move from Russia to Europe with all the benefits of Ukrainian refugee status. About what happens if you show European border guards a fake passport with a trident, see the article Why Russians Want to Become Ukrainians.
17:49 In Sumy, two people have already died as a result of a night Russian attack, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. While clearing the rubble of a five-story residential building, rescuers have already unblocked two dead bodies, and work continues.
17:08 Over the past two days, drone attacks in Russia have damaged facilities that account for 12% of the country's oil refining capacity, Bloomberg writes.
16:56 Pope Francis again spoke about the war in Ukraine: “Many young people are going to die... Let us pray to the Lord to give us the grace to overcome this madness of war, which always leads to defeat.”
15:45 In the Russian city of Taganrog, an A-50 aircraft was damaged as a result of a drone attack on March 9, Ukrainian media reported, citing sources in the special services. Information about the nature of the damage is currently being clarified.
15:37 The Ryazan oil refinery lost 70% of its capacity after a drone attack, writes Reuters. According to the publication, two of the four primary oil refining units AVT-4 and AT-6 were damaged at the plant. The Ryazan Refinery is the third in Russia in terms of processing volume with an indicator of 12.67 million tons per year.
15:33 Russian media write that Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov has probably been fired. According to journalists, Colonel General Viktor Poznikhir will temporarily serve as head of the General Staff.
14:56 About 120 billion euros a year should be enough for Ukraine to win the war, said Permanent Secretary of the Estonian Ministry of Defense Kusti Salm. In his opinion, part of this amount can be financed through Eurobonds, when the European Commission can raise funds on financial markets and use EU countries as guarantors. Salm emphasized that if more than 50 countries included in the Ramstein coalition spent 0.25% of their GDP on military assistance to Ukraine, this would amount to more than 120 billion euros per year.
14:12 Syrsky said that today he is working at the front - in two brigades, where the situation is gradually becoming more complicated and there is a threat of enemy units advancing into the depths of the Ukrainian battle formations. I decided to strengthen these units with reserves, ammunition and electronic warfare equipment.
The commander-in-chief also said that the operational situation on the Eastern Front remains difficult. The Russian Army continues its offensive, concentrating its main efforts in the areas of Ternov, Ivanovsky, Berdychi, Tonenky, Verbovoy and Rabotino. At the same time, probably due to heavy losses, enemy activity in other sectors of the front decreased noticeably. Syrsky emphasized that all settlements that the enemy tried to capture remained under the control of the Defense Forces.
13:47 The number of victims of a missile strike on an apartment building in Krivoy Rog has increased to five - the body of another victim was found under the rubble, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak.
13:13 The Legion of Freedom of Russia, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion issued a joint statement in which they called on the residents of Kursk and Belgorod to immediately evacuate, since attacks on military positions would be carried out in these cities. This, as the volunteers explain, is necessary to minimize shelling of Ukrainian cities.
12:25 In the Rostov region, the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery stopped work after a drone attack, said Governor Vasily Golubev. According to him, this morning the drone allegedly fell on the territory of the plant as a result of electronic warfare. No people were injured, “the enterprise’s technological facilities have been stopped, the consequences are being clarified,” Golubev noted.
12:18 Scholz, Macron and Tusk will meet in Berlin on Friday, March 15, to resolve differences over Ukraine, writes Politico.
11:59 National Security Adviser to the Czech Prime Minister Tomas Pojar predicts that supplies of ammunition to Ukraine may begin in June: “The promised money must arrive, and contracts must be concluded. When the contract is concluded, it will take several weeks to deliver them to Ukraine. Deliveries may begin in June."
11:36 The Pentagon has released the full contents of a new $300 million military aid package to Ukraine:
Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
additional ammunition for HIMARS;
155 mm artillery shells, including high-explosive fragmentation and improved dual-use cluster munitions;
105 mm artillery shells;
AT-4 anti-tank systems;
cartridges for small arms;
demolition munitions for clearing obstacles;
spare parts, maintenance and other auxiliary equipment.
10:57 At night, SBU drones attacked three oil refineries in Russia at once, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing sources. These are factories in Ryazan, Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod region) and Kirishi (Leningrad region). The refineries attacked today are among the top 5 largest plants in Russia. In addition, the SBU, together with other representatives of the Defense Forces, attacked the Russian Air Force air base in Buturlinovka and a military airfield in Voronezh with drones.
10:51 In the morning, the Russian Federation fired an aircraft missile towards the Odessa region - air defense destroyed it over the sea, the Southern Defense Forces reported. They explained that in this way the enemy continues the tactics of targeted missile strikes, testing and reconnaissance of air defense systems.
10:35 As a result of the Russian strike on Mirnograd, Donetsk region, two people were killed and five were wounded, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. In addition, over the previous 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were wounded in Selidovo, Pokrovsky district, two more in Zarechny, Limansky community, Kramatorsk district, and two more in Perezhny, Zvanovsky community, Bakhmut district.
09:56 The Legion of Freedom of Russia stated that there are street battles in the village of Tetkino, Kursk region, and the command post of the Russian troops has been destroyed.
09:19 Russian media write, citing emergency services, that the territory of the oil refinery in Ryazan was attacked by four drones, two oil processing units are on fire. Meanwhile, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reports an attack by two more drones, one of which crashed into an apartment building in Belgorod, the second allegedly fell into the river. Russian public pages, however, write that in Belgorod a drone attacked the FSB building - the facade was damaged and windows were broken. Preliminarily, there were no casualties.
09:13 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 13:
personnel - about 426,870 (+980) people,
tanks - 6752 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 12,921 (+20),
artillery systems - 10,554 (+32),
MLRS - 1017 (+1),
air defense systems - 715 (+2),
aircraft - 347 (+0),
helicopters - 325 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 8205 (+22),
cruise missiles - 1919 (+1),
ships/boats - 26 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13,932 (+62),
special equipment - 1699 (+8).
09:07 Over the past 24 hours, 91 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In particular, the enemy tried 26 times to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops in the Novopavlovsk direction - in the Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region. Another 26 enemy attacks were repelled in the Avdeevsky direction - in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled four attacks in the Sinkovka and Tabaevka areas of the Kharkov region; in Limansky - seven attacks in the areas of Belogorivka, Luhansk region and Ternov, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - seven attacks in areas east of Chasov Yar, Ivanovsky, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk region; on Orekhovsky - 12 attacks in the areas of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region; on Kherson - three attacks.
08:51 At night, the Russians hit a five-story residential building in Sumy with a drone, OVA reported. As a result of the hit, according to preliminary information, 30 apartments were damaged, 15 of them were destroyed. Eight victims are known, there are also deaths, the information is being clarified. Rescue operations continue.
08:42 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that during the night and morning of March 13, air defense systems allegedly destroyed 58 drones: 11 over the Belgorod region, eight over the Bryansk region, 29 over the Voronezh region, eight over the Kursk region and one each over the Ryazan and Leningrad regions.
08:24 Late in the evening, the Russians hit Mirnograd in the Donetsk region with a rocket, a five-story building was partially destroyed. Two people were killed and four were injured, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko.
07:40 Putin, in an interview with Russian propaganda media, said that Russia is supposedly ready for negotiations on Ukraine, “but they should be based on reality, and not on wishful thinking.” According to him, the negotiations “are not a pause for the rearmament of Kyiv, but a serious conversation with security guarantees for Russia.”
Putin also said that Russia, from a military-technical point of view, is ready for a nuclear war, but it is unlikely that “everything is rushing so head-on.” According to him, the United States is developing nuclear forces, “but this does not mean that they are ready to start a nuclear war tomorrow.” At the same time, the head of the Kremlin threatened to conduct nuclear tests if the United States did so. Putin noted that during the war in Ukraine there was no reason to use nuclear weapons, but this would be done “in the event of a threat to the existence of the state.”
07:38 The death toll as a result of yesterday's attack on Krivoy Rog has increased to four, 43 people were injured, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak. Among the victims are 12 children. 20 victims remain in medical facilities, four adults and two children in serious condition. In the city, about 20 high-rise buildings, two kindergartens and two schools, an enterprise, an administrative building, a store, and a warehouse were damaged.
07:29 At an oil refinery in Ryazan, an installation is on fire after a drone attack, two people were injured, Governor Pavel Malkov said. In turn, the governor of the Voronezh region, Alexander Gusev, said that air defense systems allegedly detected and destroyed more than 30 drones in the region overnight. The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, also reported about the drone attack. In the region, residents of the villages of Krugloye and Zalomnoye were left without electricity.
00:13 Syrsky said that, together with Umerov, he had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. They talked about the situation at the front, discussed preparations for the next meeting in the Ramstein format, the medium-term and urgent needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ammunition and air defense remain key priorities.
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not sure its worth an article but Russian oil exports fell in February although they did manage to offset the big decline in Black Sea shipments by increasing shipments from the Baltic
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Dale assured me all was fine. Nothing to see here. Go about your business, prole.
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Speaking of "hale and hearty" (and another H I've forgotten?)...
For the folks always making a sale,
Always thinking and talking like... Putin,
For permanent friends
Of his firm and its ends,
There's a special place waiting in... Russia!
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders repulse enemy attacks in all directions.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. During the day - 70 clashes.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Wednesday evening, March 13.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. During the day - 70 clashes.
“In general, the enemy carried out two missile and 68 air strikes, carried out 37 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there were wounded among the civilian population. Multi-storey and private houses were destroyed and damaged, as well as other infrastructure facilities," the General Staff said in a statement.
In the Kupyansk direction, our defenders repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Tabaevka, Kharkov region, and Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region, where the enemy tried to oust units from their positions.
In the Liman direction, our soldiers repelled five enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Yampolevka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks in areas east of Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka and Kleshchievka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to improve its tactical position.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repelled 14 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Orlovka, Tonenkoye, Pervomaiskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the Defense Forces continue to contain the enemy in the Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried 19 times to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy, with the support of aviation, attacked the positions of our defenders five times in the areas of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon his intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, the enemy carried out two unsuccessful assaults on the positions of our defenders.
During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on seven areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. Also, one X-31 missile was destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces and means. Units of the missile forces inflicted a defeat on one area where enemy personnel were concentrated.
Let us recall that from February 4, 2022 to March 13, 2024, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 426,870 people.
Two weeks later, the media learned the names of more than 1,500 Russians killed in Ukraine. This is one of the highest figures since the start of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Rifle Brigade near Sinkovka (Kharkov region) and repelled one enemy counter-attack near Terni (Donetsk People's Republic).
One AFU attempt to intrude the border territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted in Belgorod and Kursk regions.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 250 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, three U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured personnel carriers, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 howitzer, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika and one 120mm 2S9 Nova self-propelled artillery systems.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions, as well as inflicted losses on manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 56th Motorised Rifle Brigade, 28th, 42nd, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 5th, 92th Assault brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, and 241st Territorial Defence Brigade near Krasnoye, Kleshcheyevka, Andreyevka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 245 Ukrainian troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and one Strela-10 anti-air system.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one UK-made AS-90 Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one ammunition depot were neutralised.
In Avdeyevka direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and repelled 12 counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 47th Mechanised Brigade, 3rd, and 78th Assault brigades near Novobakhmutovka, Kirovo, Berdichi, Orlovka, and Tonenkoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of the AFU 23rd, and 24th Mechanised brigades near Novgorodskoye, Kirovo, and Leninskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 460 Ukrainian troops, one tank, three command post vehicles, and 17 motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one UK-made AS-90 Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and one U.S.-made M119 howitzer were neutralised.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous positions and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 102nd, and 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Malinovka (Zaporozhye region), Staromayorskoye, and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack launched by units of the AFU 58th Motorised Rifle Brigade was repelled near Novodonetskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 Ukrainian troops, two armoured personnel carriers, and two pickup trucks.
In Kherson direction, units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 141st Infantry Brigade, 23rd Ukrainian National Guard Brigade, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade near Stepovoye (Zaporozhye region), Nikopol (Dnepropetrovsk region), Berislav, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation wiped out two Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopters at a landing pad near Novopavlovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and one armament and military hardware maintenance workshop near Balakleya (Kharkov region).
In addition, the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed at a firing position in Kharkov region, and AFU manpower and hardware was engaged in 129 areas.
Air defence units shot down 136 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, six 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS projectiles, and three French-made HAMMER guided aerial bombs during the day.
?? In total, 577 airplanes and 269 helicopters, 15,362 unmanned aerial vehicles, 485 air defence missile systems, 15,464 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,238 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 8,397 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 19,709 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:04 Air defense systems on duty destroyed another Ukrainian drone over the territory of the Belgorod region, the Ministry of Defense reported. 19:46 Situation in the Donetsk direction:
After the recent successes of Russian units in the Donetsk direction, the next goal was to cut off the ledge at the Vodyanoye-Nevel'skoye line.
Russian units were able to advance along Pervomaiskaya Street, coming close to the ruins of the Pershotravnevka-35 substation in the center of the village. This became possible, among other things, thanks to the use of FPV drones for targeted strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions.
Despite the reports that have appeared about the control of the Russian Armed Forces at a WOG gas station near the Novoavdeevsky headquarters, there is no objective confirmation of this yet. And given the current configuration of the front line, it is unlikely that Russian troops would be able to cover such a significant distance to the west in a short time.
In the southern part of the village there is progress along the E40 highway leading to Netailovo. However, the dried-up reservoirs between the village and Nevelskoye are still under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - there is no information about the enemy’s withdrawal from there.
Success in this sector will make it possible to begin battles for Netaylovo with the prospect of an offensive in the Karlovka region, and will also move the front line away from Donetsk in this sector.
18:55 Fights at the state border continue.
The video shows the defeat of a Ukrainian tank by a hit from Krasnopol M2 high-precision artillery ammunition.
The enemy suffers losses, but introduces reserves and does not give up trying to find a weak point in our defense. These attempts are futile and the formations of the Kyiv regime are suffering heavy losses. Our border guards also take an active part in the battles. Military reporter Yevgeny Poddubny spoke about one episode:
An enemy group from the Special Forces GUR detachment of the Kyiv regime, with the support of one tank and cannon artillery, advanced to a section of our state border in the Mokraya Orlovka area. The enemy planned to capture our strong point in order to ensure the advance of the main forces deeper into Russian territory.
Our border guards met the enemy with artillery fire. Militants of the Kyiv regime tried to reduce the distance to Russian positions in order to get out of the artillery fire, but ran into small arms fire. As a result, eight militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were eliminated by employees of the FSB Border Service in cooperation with fighters and commanders of the Russian Army. The destruction of the Kyiv regime forces involved in the attack continues.
17:45 As a result of the detonation of a high-pressure air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Mariupol (DPR), a man born in 1962 was injured, reported the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC. In the Perovsky district of Donetsk, in the village of mine No. 12, as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian army, a gas pipeline was damaged, leaving 185 subscribers without gas supply.
16:45 Military investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee recorded artillery attack of the territory of the DPR on March 13.
The Central City district of Gorlovka was subjected to artillery attack using 155mm artillery from the armed formations of Ukraine.
Information about casualties and damage is being clarified.
15:48 "Lancet" "covered" the Czechoslovakian MLRS RM-70 "Vampire" in the Avdeevsky direction -video.
15:40 Su-34 pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forcesdestroyedhangar with armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village Novopavlovka on the Kurakhovsky direction.
15:20 The Ministry of Defense showed personnel destruction of Ukrainian helicopters at airfields on the territory of the DPR.
15:07 Crew of 152mm D-20 of the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps destroyed an armored combat vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces -video.
14:45 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
An attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to make a breakthrough into the border territory of the Russian Federation in the Belgorod and Kursk regions was thwarted. Enemy losses amounted to up to 250 military personnel, seven tanks, seven Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two armored personnel carriers, four vehicles, an M777 howitzer, two 152mm D-20 guns, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun and a 120mm 2S9 Nona self-propelled gun.
In the Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 245 military personnel, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, five cars and a combat vehicle of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, an AS-90 Braveheart self-propelled gun, a 152mm D-20 gun, three 122mm D-30 howitzers and a 122mm 2S1 self-propelled gun "Carnation".
In the Avdeevsky direction, the enemy lost up to 460 military personnel, a tank, three command and staff vehicles and 17 vehicles, an AS-90 Braveheart self-propelled gun, an M777 artillery system, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and an M119 gun.
In the South Donetsk direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 150 military personnel, two armored personnel carriers and two pickup trucks.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy lost up to 30 military personnel, two vehicles, an M777 artillery system, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled gun and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun.
Two Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force were destroyed on a site near the settlement of Novopavlovka, DPR.
The Patriot anti-aircraft missile system was defeated at a firing position in the Kharkov region.
14:30 Slobozhanskoe direction situation at 15:00 March 13, 2024:
Even after yesterday’s unsuccessful attacks, Ukrainian formations did not give up attempts to cross the state border and enter the border villages of the Belgorod region.
At the moment, the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are concentrated in several areas, including Bolshaya Pisarevka and its environs, as well as Popovka. During the night and morning, fighting was recorded on the approaches to Kozinka.
The enemy continues to move armored vehicles to the front lines, and also uses FPV drones. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces are also targeting targets with various types of drones and artillery, as well as army aviation helicopters.
In the Tetkino area, after yesterday’s clashes, the situation has not changed: videos about the alleged entry into the village were actually filmed in Ryzhevka in the Sumy region, and the Ukrainian units located in the area do not take active actions, fearing arrivals.
Although the Ukrainian formations, at the cost of significant losses, were unable to achieve even media success, they do not yet intend to give up new attacks. Therefore, the next attack attempts are highly likely to be expected in the near future.
At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to strike settlements and facilities in the Belgorod region, creating a threat to civilians and economic costs for the region.
13:55 A bomb attack was carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the vicinity of Zaporozhye.
12:37 Military engineers of the Vostok group of forces told about combat work in the South Donetsk direction.
Specialists from the engineering units of the naval infantry brigade of the Pacific Fleet ensure the advancement of assault groups near Ugledar. Sappers are constantly working on the line of combat contact, making passages in minefields for the advancing troops.
13:25 Avdeevskoe direction, situation at 13:00 March 13, 2024:
The enemy continues to carry out counterattacks and try to knock out units of the Russian Armed Forces from Orlovka and Tonenky. There are also battles going on near Berdychi, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces recently lost their fourth American M1 Abrams tank. In addition, Berdych also has many broken American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. As can be seen from the losses in heavy military equipment, the Ukrainian Armed Forces really don’t want to give up Berdychi.
The enemy still remains in the trenches in two “pockets” - between Orlovka and Tonenky, and also between Orlovka and Berdychi. Air and artillery strikes are carried out on these positions.
To ease the situation at the Berdychi-Tonenkoye line, the Russian Armed Forces need to take an important stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the north - the settlement of Ocheretino. And before that, it is necessary to take control of Novokalinovo. These two settlements are currently being targeted by artillery and air strikes.
12:49 The Supercam crew of Russian forces in the Krasnogorovsk direction identified an enemy tank. A Ukrainian Armed Forces tank was hit and disabled by a crew of FPV drones -video.
11:56 Statement of 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.
During active operations, an attack by the assault group of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade in the Shevchenko area was repelled, and the manpower and equipment of the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade were defeated in the Staromayorsky and Vodyanoy areas.
Bomber strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and manpower concentration areas of the 72nd mechanized brigade and the 121st Territorial Defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Ugledar and Staromayorsky.
Over the course of 24 hours, more than 145 enemy military personnel, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery unit, two infantry fighting vehicles, eight cars, and eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.
10:47 Crews of the Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed the American armored vehicle "Havmi" and a mortar crew in the Chasov Yar area -video.
09:54 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 34 cases of firing by the Ukrainian forces, and 99 rounds of ammunition were fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 10 attacks,
in Gorlovka - 24. 6 civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity as a result of artillery attack and the dropping of explosives from enemy drones in Donetsk and Gorlovka. Three residential buildings and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
09:30 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Peschanivka three rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha three rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery five rounds;
-- n.p. Rybalche two rounds;
-- Novaya Mayachka four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Podstepnoye, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Velikaya Lepetikha, firing a total of 16 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
08:50 Ukrainian Telegram channels report strong explosions in Odessa. An air raid alert has just been declared in the area.
08:17 In the Ugledar direction, a 152mm 2A65 “Msta-B” crew of the 200th Artillery Brigade of the 29th Army destroyed the enemy’s 122mm 2S1 “Gvozdika” -video.
08:10 As a result of joint activities of the Russian FSB Directorate for the DPR and the National Guard in the Volodarsky districtdiscovereda mined cache prepared for committing acts of sabotage and terrorism. This was announced by the head of the region Denis Pushilin.
Discovered:
– PTM-3 – six pcs.,
– PFM – two pcs.,
– TNT blocks – 16 pcs.
Due to the presence of signs of mining of the cache, sappers of the Russian Guard made a decision to destroy explosives on the spot using an overhead charge.
08:02 Frontline summary on the morning of 03/13/2024:
On the Zaporozhye Front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to counterattack north-west of Verbovoy, in order to regain recently lost positions. No result. Encounter fighting continues in Rabotino.On the Donetsk front in the area of Novomikhailovka and Pobeda, the battles are of a positional nature. In Pervomaisky, the Russian Armed Forces continue assault operations with minor tactical successes. Encounter battles continue in Georgievka, the Russian Armed Forces have the initiative here, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces stubbornly fight back. Encounter battles in Tonenkoye, Orlovka and Berdychi. LBS has not changed significantly.
In the Bakhmut direction, as a result of the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces, there are tactical successes in the Kleshcheevka area. In Ivanovskoye (Krasny) there are oncoming battles. Also, assault attempts were made in Bogdanovka. LBS has not changed significantly.
On the Lugansk front there are oncoming battles at Yampolevka, Ternov and in Sinkovka. LBS unchanged.
In the Kharkov and Sumy directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break through to the border with the Kursk and Bryansk regions, but having suffered heavy losses in equipment and personnel, they were forced to retreat.
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[Regnum] On Wednesday, March 13, an interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin with journalist Dmitry Kiselyov was published. The text of the conversation was published by the RIA Novosti agency.
The journalist began his interview with a question about the President’s address to the Federal Assembly on February 29. Kiselyov, interested in the Russian budget’s ability to cope with all the new national projects and proposals for the country’s further development plan, used a phrase from a song by Soviet singer Vladimir Vysotsky: “Where is the money, Zin?”
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[Regnum] Russia's nuclear triad - strategic aviation, intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear missile submarines - is more modern than the triads of other countries. President Vladimir Putin stated thisin an interview with RIA Novosti.
“Our nuclear triad is more modern than any other triad. And such triads are only found among us and the Americans, in fact. And we have made much more progress here. In general, in terms of carriers and charges, we have approximately parity, but ours is more modern,” said the Russian leader, adding that experts all know about Russian power in weapons.
As Regnum reported, the decision to modernize the Tu-160 supersonic strategic missile-carrying bomber was correct, Vladimir Putin said on March 7. The President clarified that with this decision Russia supported the nuclear triad, and noted that the modernization of the missile carrier was carried out on the initiative of the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu.
On March 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense conducted a successful combat training launch of the Yars rocket from the cosmodrome in Plesetsk.
The administration of US President Joe Biden has proposed spending $19.8 billion in budget funds to continue modernizing nuclear weapons, according to a draft budget released by the White House on March 11.
If American troops appear in Ukraine, Russia will treat them as invaders. Russian President Vladimir Putin stated this in an interview with Dmitry Kiselev.
The interview will air on March 13 on the Rossiya 1 TV channel at 10:00 Moscow time, as well as on the RIA Novosti feed.
[Regnum] Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready for a nuclear war from a military-technical point of view. The head of state answered the question accordingly in an interview with journalist Dmitry Kiselyov.
“From a military-technical point of view, we are, of course, ready. They are constantly with us, constantly in a state of combat readiness,” RIA Novosti quotes Putin.
During the conversation, the president recalled the US statement, which denied its readiness to send American troops to Ukraine. In the United States, according to Putin, they understand Russia’s reaction to such a step. Moscow would regard this as an intervention, the Russian leader added.
“I don’t think that everything is rushing so head-on here, but we are ready for this,” Putin emphasized, pointing to US President Joe Biden as a representative of the traditional political school.
In the United States, in addition to the current head of the White House, there are enough other specialists in the fields of Russian-American relations and strategic deterrence, Putin noted.
As Regnum reported, on March 13 at 10:00 Moscow time, a long interview with Vladimir Putin will be aired on the Russia 1 TV channel. It was announced by the host of the TV program “News of the Week” Dmitry Kiselyov. The interview will also be available on RIA Novosti resources.
The Russian leader's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, on March 6 called all the recent discussions in the West about nuclear war irresponsible. Such reasoning turns this topic into a routine one, which, according to the Kremlin representative, is extremely dangerous.
On February 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned in his annual message to the Federal Assembly that the consequences for the interventionists would be even more tragic than before. Everything that they come up with in the West and how they scare the whole world really threatens nuclear war and the destruction of civilization, the head of state clarified.
According to military expert Viktor Litovkin, Russia’s nuclear shield is ready to repel any attacks from the Western bloc led by the United States. To maintain full defense capability, it is enough to resume testing, he added. The hopes of Pentagon strategists for a quick global strike, according to Litovkin, are in vain. A retaliatory strike from Russia is guaranteed, and it will be terrible for the United States. And any hopes in Washington that the Pentagon will be able to deprive the Russian armed forces of the opportunity to respond with a one-time strike are simply naive, the expert assured.
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"And any hopes in Washington that the Pentagon will be able to deprive the Russian armed forces of the opportunity to respond with a one-time strike are simply naive, the expert assured."
It's just that nobody has these hopes. Because nothing has changed. Strike first, die second.
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My favorite thing about wargaming a Russian or Chinese first strike is dem pols rushing in front of the cameras to insist they will need handicapping in the next election due to all the blue city voters killed.
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Except Chicago
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[ExpressUK] Russia's Rostov nuclear plant 'under attack' as alarm sounded over Ukraine strike
One of Russia's biggest nuclear power plants, in Rostov, is under attack by Ukrainian forces, according to reports.
Explosions have been heard near Rostov Nuclear Power Plant in Vologodonsk, Rostov oblast, as Russian air defense are reported to be active at the scene.
VK.com reported on Telegram: "In Volgodonsk, terrorists from all over the country are trying to attack the local nuclear power plant. Air defense works."
It has been claimed on X that drones were flying above the nuclear power plant.
It is not yet clear what the source of the explosions is.
The news comes as Ukraine and Russia continue to fight in the ongoing war.
Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out attacks on its territory on multiple occasions since Vladimir Putin's soldiers invaded in 2022.
Many of these allegations have centered around the city of Belgorod, which lies close to the Ukrainian border.
Last week, pro-Ukrainian groups in Russia claimed responsibility for cross-border attacks on Russian territories.
The Freedom for Russia Legion – a group of Russian dissidents who have sided with Kyiv – said it had taken control of the village of Tyotkino in Russia’s Kursk region.
The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that “Ukrainian terrorist formations” tried to cross the border but were "thwarted."
Moscow added: “The enemy was struck by aviation, missile forces and artillery."
The Defence Ministry said it has taken out tanks and killed 60 Ukrainian soldiers near Odnorobovka, as well as repelling other attacks near Belgorod.
The same militia groups claimed to have taken control of the border town of Lozovaya Rudka in the Belgorod region on Tuesday.
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[TEGNUM] The world's most popular Chinese social network TikTok is one step away from losing access to the huge American market. The US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that will allow the social network application to be removed from the most popular digital stores owned by American IT corporations within six months.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will come face to face tomorrow in a meeting that will see them hash out their differences on Ukraine.
The 'Weimar Triangle' meeting between the French and German leaders and Poland's new Prime Minister Donald Tusk is designed to be a show of unity, but comes at a time when Franco-German tensions over the war are rising.
With Ukraine in desperate need of more ammunition, and resistance from Western allies including Germany and the US to supply it, experts say that Macron is presenting himself as a key figure sounding the alarm bells.
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Meanwhile Macron ignores the humanitarian crisis in Haiti and inspires French farmers to burn manure, spray manure at public buidings and block roads to protest his domestic policies. Maybe he thinks Ukraine would be a good distraction.
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At least Napoleon didn't marry his grandpa.
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Eurines lub Mutti's pets.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kristina Ismagilova
[REGNUM] Pope Francis, in an interview with the Swiss broadcaster RSI, discussed the situation in Ukraine, which had the effect of a bomb exploding. The reason was another call by the pontiff for negotiations to resolve the conflict. During the conversation, the pontiff was asked: “In Ukraine there are those who ask for the courage to surrender, to show the white flag. But others say it will legitimize the strongest. What do you think?" To which the head of the Catholic Church replied: “This is an interpretation. But I believe that those who see the situation, those who think about people, those who have the courage to raise the white flag and negotiate are stronger. And today this can be agreed upon with the help of international powers. The word "negotiation" is a bold word."
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