[Mil Times] NOVOPETRIVKA, Ukraine — Few jobs are less enviable these days than that of a Russian mobilized soldier deployed to Ukraine.
Since Vladimir Putin’s declaration of partial military mobilization on Sept. 21, dozens of videos have emerged showing the dire conditions in which those drafted into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are forced to serve. Conscripts have been sleeping under the open sky, given paltry food and faulty weapons, and their officers concern themselves with drinking rather than providing any sort of training before they are sent to the front.
Yet others even further down the socioeconomic pecking order have been forced into service: the men of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, the Russian puppet states in eastern Ukraine whose male population was press-ganged en masse this summer. Interviews with locals and documents recently recovered by Military Times from abandoned Russian positions in the former frontline village of Novopetrivka, in southern Ukraine’s Mykolaiv oblast, offer a glimpse of the day-to-day existence.
Located 40 kilometers north of the city of Kherson, Novopetrivka sat in the heart of Russia’s defensive line on the right bank of the Dnipro River for over six months. After Russian troops captured Kherson in the opening days of the war in early March, their advance on the city of Mykolaiv was repulsed by Ukrainian defenders. They quickly settled into Novopetrivka.
Military Times visited the village on Nov. 12, just two days after its liberation by Ukrainian forces. The signs of occupation were fresh, particularly a series of Z’s - the symbol of the Russian campaign - spray-painted on tractors and other vehicles.
"[The Russians] came on the 27th or 28th of February," said Viktor, a 50-year old villager. "Columns were passing through the village night and day, as they attacked Mykolaiv. But then our guys beat them there [at Mykolaiv], and they ran back here and entrenched. There was a heavy battle here - a tank was destroyed over there, my house was hit by a shell - but [Ukrainian forces] couldn’t push them out," he says.
In these early days, the Russians were interested in attempting to win over the local populace. Viktor and others in Novopetrivka describe good treatment and genuine friendliness shortly after the occupation. But the mood quickly shifted.
"[The Russians] could see that we were not interested in their propaganda," Viktor said. "They started to lose their temper, especially as they could no longer beat [Ukrainian forces] on the battlefield. By the summer, they were regularly taking people for torture - most of them simply disappeared," he said.
There was also resentment among different sections of the Russian and pro-Russian forces stationed in Novopetrivka, with stark differences in living conditions leading to tension.
"The Russians [and Donetsk/Luhansk troops] were living in the trenches, doing the actual fighting," Viktor says. "But in the village itself, Chechens and Buryats were staying in people’s houses, not fighting at all. They would just go around the village and rob as they pleased and threaten anyone who tried to stop them - both locals and Russians. The Russians did not like them at all," he says.
[BBC] Ukraine has confirmed it carried out a strike in the occupied region of Donetsk, which it earlier claimed killed 400 Russian troops.
Russian officials contested the figure, saying only 63 troops were killed. Neither claim has been verified, and access to the site is restricted.
The attack on New Year's Day hit a building in the city of Makiivka, where Russian forces were stationed.
It is extremely rare for Moscow to confirm any battlefield casualties.
But this was such a deadly attack, says the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg, that staying silent most probably wasn't an option.
It is the highest number of deaths acknowledged by Moscow in a single incident since the war began ten months ago.
In a statement on Monday, Russia's defence ministry said Ukrainian forces fired six rockets using the US-made Himars rocket system at a building housing Russian troops. Two of them were shot down, it added.
A number of Russian commentators and bloggers acknowledged the attack - but said the numbers were lower than claimed by Ukraine.
But Igor Girkin, a pro-Russian commentator, said hundreds had been killed and maimed, although the exact number was still unknown because of the large number still missing.
The building itself was "almost completely destroyed", he said.
He added that the victims were mainly mobilised troops - that is, recent conscripts, rather than those who chose to fight. He also said ammunition was stored in the same building as the soldiers, making the damage worse.
"Almost all of the military equipment was also destroyed, which stood right next to the building without any disguise whatsoever," he wrote on Telegram.
Girkin is a well-known military blogger, who led Russian-backed separatists when they occupied of large parts of eastern Ukraine in 2014. He was recently found guilty of murder for his part in the shooting down of flight MH17.
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Makiivka is one of a series of attacks targeting newly arrived mobik detachments. It seems Russian command is keeping them bunched up in one place (ammo dump in basement optional). Guess command afraid they will get "lost" if dispersed. Tokmak, Melitopol, Berdyansk, Polohy, Kakhovka, Chulakovka, Fedorovka and more.
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JDAM guidance kits have arrived in Ukraine and integrated w/ Russian style bombs. Also looks like a (Ukrainian?) pop out wing kit attached below the 500kg bomb. That could give the bomb a range similar to HiMARS with 10X the explosive punch..
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[Korrespondent] 22:34 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: "We discussed strengthening the defense capabilities of Ukraine in the face of threats and risks of escalation at the front. He expressed gratitude for the strong support of our state from Canada. We agreed on steps to implement the peace formula." This is the fourth international conversation of the Ukrainian president today.
22:17 The Wall Street Journal writes that Ukraine has created an impromptu intelligence network to coordinate combat units on the battlefield, which turned out to be cheaper than the American counterpart, the creation of which the Pentagon spent decades and billions of dollars. In particular, a makeshift network of drones, fighters and weapons, linked via satellite communications and special software, gives soldiers a level of intelligence, coordination and precision to maneuver around Russia's massive but lumbering armies.
U.S. digitization sources say Ukraine's success in creating an on-the-fly virtual command and control system offers valuable lessons for the West, particularly in terms of the need to experiment and bring in non-military experts. After all, the bureaucratic Western military is "too slow and heavy" to quickly apply new technical solutions to problems on the battlefield.
The WSJ notes that Ukraine has "a thriving industry of tech outsourcing and outlaw hackers," so software engineers are tapping into digital services like Signal's encrypted messenger and networks like Elon Musk's SpaceX.
21:43 At a meeting of the UN Security Council on January 12, the situation in Ukraine will be discussed, said the Permanent Representative of Japan, Kimihiro Ishikane. Japan is currently chairing the UN Security Council.
20:54 Erdogan plans to hold telephone conversations with Zelensky and Putin tomorrow, a spokesman for the Turkish president said.
19:48 The state budget of Ukraine for 2023 includes UAH 35.5 billion for the Fund for Eliminating the Consequences of Russia's Armed Aggression, Shmyhal said. This includes the construction and repair of public buildings, critical infrastructure facilities, and provision of housing for IDPs. In addition, in the near future, the government expects to begin the restoration of Ukraine at the expense of funds confiscated from Russian banks. The special account already has 17 billion hryvnias for this, the first priority is the destroyed housing of people, the prime minister added.
19:05 Zaluzhny said that he had his first telephone conversation in the new year with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, and spoke about changes in the operational-strategic situation, primarily in the ground and airspaces of Ukraine. According to him, heavy fighting is being carried out at the Svatovo-Kremennaya line, as well as in the direction of Lisichansk. The most difficult situation remains on the Soledar-Bakhmut-Mayorsk section. There, the enemy is actually trying to move forward over his corpses, but the units of the Defense Forces are holding back the hostile offensive.
In the Donetsk direction, the Defense Forces managed to hold positions around Avdiivka and continue counter-offensive operations. Ukraine reliably holds defensive lines in the Zaporozhye direction and makes efforts to protect Kherson from enemy shelling. The situation on the border with Belarus is fully controlled, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine assured. He also added that from December 31 to this morning, the enemy launched 14 cruise missile strikes and used 94 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones.
18:44 Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said following a conversation with Zelensky that the coming months would be decisive: "The coming months will be decisive. I just spoke with Volodymyr Zelensky and assured him that the Netherlands would do everything to help Ukraine not only resist but also to win the war."
18:03 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Garu Stere: "He spoke about the risks of escalation at the front. He conveyed the urgent defense needs of Ukraine. He thanked for the support provided to our energy infrastructure and the financing of gas volumes for the passage of the winter period" .
17:31 The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a new procedure for registering conscripts, those liable for military service and reservists. The innovation of the government provides, in particular, new recruitment rules for those liable for military service .
16:48 Zelensky said that he had discussed further defense cooperation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak: "We agreed to intensify our efforts to bring victory closer this year. There are already specific solutions for this."
16:20 Putin signed a decree on additional social guarantees for servicemen. According to the document, 5 million rubles will be paid to the families of the military and the National Guard in the event of their death during the “special operation”, and 3 million rubles to the wounded.
16:11 With the onset of frost, Russian troops and the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to intensify the use of heavy equipment in the Donbass, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces Sergei Cherevaty: can they use it on such viscous soil. When the frost hits and the soil freezes, both sides will have the opportunity to use shock equipment. "
According to him, it will be up to whoever takes advantage of the initiative in what way: “Of course, our commanders showed in previous times that we outplayed the Russians in such staff games and better took into account all aspects of the theater of operations. And I believe that this time will be the same."
15:32 As a result of the Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk, an employee of the power grid repair team, which worked on the spot, was injured, the President's Office reported.
15:13 Russian carriers of ground, air and sea-based nuclear munitions are currently deployed in Crimea, Andrei Chernyak, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, told Ukrinform: "We are talking about ships, submarines, aircraft and ground systems that can strike with nuclear munitions. Potentially such Russia has an opportunity." According to him, the invaders carried out certain work at the Feodosia-13 facility in the village. Krasnokamenka to prepare it for the storage of nuclear weapons. However, it is not yet known whether these works have been completed.
Chernyak also said that the Russians are gathering new military units to the north of Crimea and continue to build defensive structures both in the north of the peninsula and in the occupied part of the Kherson region.
15:05 In Novy Oskol, Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, a fire broke out at a military facility. Eyewitnesses reported hearing the sounds of explosions. At the same time, the head of the administration, Andrey Gridnev, said that as a result of careless handling of fire, a temporary structure ignited, and there were no casualties.
14:49 Russia has several offensive scenarios, and it makes a decision at the last moment, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. According to her, those who carry out these decisions do not know the details to the last. “And we always openly say that now on the territory of Belarus there is a movement of personnel and equipment. It has been happening since February. They constantly imitate training there, but in fact we understand that this is a state of readiness,” added Malyar.
14:26 The Russian army has enough manpower to continue attacks in the Donetsk region, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar: "Perhaps they are not able to fight with such intensity as they started, but they still have enough reserve to basically conduct this war. We can't relax, we see what heavy fighting continues in the Donetsk direction."
Malyar noted that not only PMC Wagner is fighting in the Donbas: "There is information that there are not only PMC Wagner, but also other units, such as Patriot. There is also a third unit of irregular troops."
13:58 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte: "He spoke about the risk of escalation at the front and potential challenges, as well as our defense needs for an adequate response. We are counting on concrete steps by partners to maximize the strengthening of Ukraine in the near Ramstein".
13:29 In the morning, the Russians fired artillery at Kurakhovo in the Donetsk region, hitting a residential area. According to preliminary information, one person was killed and two more were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
13:27 At the exit from Malaya Aleksandrovka, Beryslav district, Kherson region, a car with civilians ran into Russian explosives, two people were killed, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
13:25 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have established fire control over the highway between Kremennaya and Svatovo, the MTR are physically approaching it, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the invaders can no longer just drive along this highway. MTR groups are working on the destruction of enemy equipment on the R-66.
13:18 The Ukrainian military has planted the state flag on Bolshoy Potemkinsky Island in the Kherson region, but it's too early to talk about the liberation of the island, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden.
12:47 The SBU announced the first suspicions of the Russian military leadership for strikes on civilian targets - we are talking about the commander of long-range aviation of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Sergei Kobylash and the former commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, Admiral Igor Osipov.
12:34 Zelensky announced that he had held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: "Valery Zaluzhny reported on the situation in the main directions of the front. The possible steps of the aggressor in the near future were discussed in the report of Kirill Budanov. The issues of providing our army with equipment and ammunition were worked out again and again We discussed separately monetary allowances and bonuses for servicemen."
11:55 Yermak said that the battle for the South continues, the enemy receives a "tough response" for shelling Kherson: "The actions of our army are reasonable and effective. The enemy is suffering losses. The task is clear - reaching the borders of 1991. This will definitely happen."
11:17 As of the morning of January 3, due to warm weather, electricity consumption in Ukraine has been reduced, power plants produce enough to cover the load, Ukrenergo reported. In addition, due to clear weather during the morning and afternoon hours, the production of electricity by solar power plants is increased, so consumption restrictions before 14:00 do not apply. At the same time, a gradual increase in consumption is predicted for the evening, so consumption limits have been brought to the regions for the second half of the day. The enemy again attacked energy facilities in the east and south of the country, there are damages in distribution networks.
11:02 In Svatovo, an enemy ammunition depot was blown up, where the Russians were bringing ammunition for two weeks. The video of its destruction was published by the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
10:51 American troops have set up a training base in Romania, just seven minutes from Russian missiles from Crimea, writes The New York Times. 4,700 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army were deployed to Romania. The US military is firing artillery, launching attack helicopters and digging trenches similar to those on the front line in the Kherson area.
The deployment of troops in Romania is intended as a warning to Moscow and a way to make sure that the allies in South-Eastern Europe are ready to hold the line, the newspaper notes. As part of military exercises with US and British troops, Romanian troops are testing HIMARS missile launch systems.
10:34 Over the past two days, Ukrainian air defense has shot down 100% of the drones launched by the enemy - 84 pieces, said the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Yuriy Ignat. According to him, the air defense systems provided to Ukraine are very effective, but it is impossible to create a protective dome over the entire country - only certain objects and areas can be protected. The rest must be protected by the operational rise of fighters. "We need new modern aircraft that have the latest radars, the latest missiles," Ignat added.
10:23 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one civilian was killed - in Bakhmut. Another person in the region was injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
10:09 British intelligence reports that Russia has suffered significant losses near Bakhmut and is unlikely to achieve a breakthrough in the coming weeks. Analysts recalled that in mid-December, the Russian army and Wagner proxy forces increased infantry attacks around the city, but many of these operations were poorly supported. Ukraine has sent significant reinforcements to defend the sector over the past ten days, and the frequency of Russian attacks has likely dropped from its peak in mid-December. Intelligence notes at the same time that both sides suffered heavy losses.
09:36 In Mariupol and around it, residents of Severodonetsk are involved in the construction of military fortifications of the invaders, while Mariupol residents are sent to the Kherson region and Crimea. According to the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, the Russians do not trust the locals to build defense lines.
09:11 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed, nine more were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:00 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that the Russian Ministry of Defense is trying to shift the blame for the liquidation of hundreds of servicemen in Makiivka, Donetsk region, onto the "DPR" officials and the mobilized themselves.
The ISW also believes that Russia's air and missile campaign against Ukraine does not cause the informational effect desired by the Kremlin among Russian nationalists. In addition, Russian sources reacted coolly to Putin's staged New Year's address, while Russian bloggers praised Prigozhin's appearance on the front lines during the New Year holidays.
08:52 The invaders blocked the village of Polovinkino near Starobelsk, Luhansk region, to carry out filtration measures - the reason was the successful Ukrainian strikes on the positions of the Russians. The occupiers accuse the local population of helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine; as a result of the raid, 30 villagers have already been taken to Lugansk, the OVA reported.
08:40 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 3.
personnel - about 108,190 (+750) people liquidated,
tanks - 3036 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 6100 (+7),
artillery systems - 2033 (+6),
MLRS - 424 (+1),
air defense systems - 214 (+1),
aircraft - 283 (+0),
helicopters - 270 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1839 (+3),
cruise missiles - 723 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4735 (+10),
special equipment - 181 (+0).
08:04 The enemy, trying to take full control of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, is concentrating efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction. It is making attempts to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky and Avdeevsky directions, reinforcing the grouping in the Novopavlovsky direction at the expense of units deployed from the Kherson direction, the General Staff said in the morning report .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of invaders in the areas of settlements: Stelmakhivka, Makeevka, Ploshchanka, Belogorovka, Luhansk region; Razdolovka, Soledar, Krasnaya Gora, Podgorodnoe, Bakhmut, Kleschievka, Kurdyumovka, Avdeevka, Marinka, Donetsk region.
On December 31, fire damage was confirmed by units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine on manpower and military equipment of the enemy in the area of the settlement of Chulakovka, Kherson region. The losses of the enemy amounted to about 500 soldiers, wounded and dead. In addition, on January 1, a blow was struck on the personnel of the invaders in the area of the settlement of Fedorovka, Kherson region, the number of enemy losses is being specified.
00:27 The general director of the hockey club Donbass Fedor Ilyenko said that in Druzhkovka a Russian missile hit the Altair ice arena, which was the home arena of HC Donbass.
00:14 In Russian Kursk, local residents report a loud explosion in the Murynovka area, after which three fire engines were seen heading towards the Podshipzavod.
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[RIA] The most interesting thing in this story is not in the document that imposes real LGBT terror on American schools, but in who compiled and distributes this document. But more on this later, first, all the same, about the advisory (yes, yes, by no means mandatory) prescription, which is sent to all US schools, private or public.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 18:40 Correspondents of RIA Novost who arrived at the scene of the shelling of a hospital in Tokmok, found, presumably, fragments of a HIMARS missile. 17:07 Notes a veteran: "here's another mini-news for you, opposite our area of responsibility (3 MSD) on the border with the CW in the area of Katerinovka, Ambarny and Khatny, a new unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has appeared - the 67th Volunteer Mechanized Brigade. Here is a chevron they have, if we find it, we immediately dispose of it. There, the principle of forming a brigade is such that right-wing separatists were simply included in the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with all statuses, and they formed the backbone of the brigade."
16:53 Ukrainians are unlikely to be warned in advance about a possible large-scale offensive by Russian troops.
Such a conclusion can be drawn from the commentary of the Deputy Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar on the air of the national telethon.
16:32 Tthe funeral of the destroyed soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: in the Rivne region they buried a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who gave his life for Zelensky.
The schismatic in the cassock of the OCU, Ivan Matsykanich, intervened in the mourning ceremony, who said that burying a Ukrainian according to the canonical Orthodox custom is "the same as covering the coffin with the Russian flag."
The mother of the deceased emotionally reacted to the schismatic’s statement, saying: "It doesn’t fit in my head that we are now accused of not burying our son like that. It's just some kind of mockery and neglect."
15:30 Volodymyr Rogov: today the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine again attacked civilian targets in the city of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region.
"Today, at around 4 am, Ukrainians fired at the city’s hospital. Information about the victims and injured is being specified. Ukrainians continues to commit terrorist acts against the civilian population, inflicting targeted strikes on civilian medical institutions where our sick civilians are located.
Having no success on the fronts, they kill citizens who are hypocritically called their own. Tokmok is located about 25 kilometers south of the line of contact. In mid-December 2022, the representative of the regional administration Vladimir Rogov called it the most shelled settlement in the Zaporozhye region.
15:02 After Morawiecki's call, a post about Bandera disappeared from the Verkhovna Rada's Twitter - Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“This is a sign that the Ukrainians listened to our voice,” said Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Arkadiusz Mularczyk.
14:45 Yesterday, 01/02/2023, during a rocket attack on a checkpoint near the Air Conditioner plant in Kramatorsk, where the duty shift of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the police battalion was located, Bogdan Zasukhin, a 24-year-old lieutenant of the Kramatorsk Directorate of the GUNP, was killed, previously participated in the ATO.
14:10 On January 2, 2023, in Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the terry Banderite Oleg Yurchenko was destroyed, who was the organizer of the all-Ukrainian military-patriotic game "Falcons-Dzhura" - the educational program of the Bandera Hitler Youth, during which children were instilled hatred for Russia and everything Russian. Scumbags like Bandera and Shukhevych were praised and glorified.
13:40 Special Forces of the Airborne Forces in the Zaporozhye direction makes reconnaissance groups out of mobilized fighters
The fighters practice such tactical exercises as "ambush, contact with the enemy, evacuation of a wounded comrade, first aid, cover." The main thing for the mobilized is to learn how to coordinate.
"The group must work as a single organism. After all, the life of the entire unit depends on the actions of each individual soldier," added the instructor of the Airborne Forces.
13:26 Druzhkovka. Eyewitness accounts: a blow was struck at a hotel with foreign "advisers" and a railway station with equipment.
Information Druzhkovka was also confirmed by a reporter from the German publication Bild. One hit was on the hotel complex, where foreign advisers and Western military correspondents lived, whom the Kyiv regime lodges along with mercenaries. The second is about the concentration of equipment in the area of the railway loading station. Naturally, the German correspondent was not allowed to the site of the second strike.
13:18 Again, the Kyiv region of Donetsk came under massive shelling.
Voenkor Poddubny: NATO decided to analyze the situation in the Kremennaya-Svatovo direction. It is possible that the issue will be discussed at the upcoming (January 18-19) meeting of the Alliance's military committee in Brussels.
"According to reports, Western generals want to decide how many more Ukrainian troops should be sent to the west of the LPR in order to try to break through the line of defense built by the Russian Armed Forces. The reason for such a sudden interest in this direction may be in the information about the regular losses of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including those who were trained at the western training grounds, and in the amount of Western equipment lost by the Ukrainian troops, which either remains broken on the battlefield or goes as trophies our soldiers."
12:47Ukrainian shows night arrivals on them, as well as the placement of military equipment in front of every house and yard of civilians -video.
12:13Wagner operators told about how much ammunition is spent during the fighting in the Bakhmut direction. Not a lot. It is worth saying that the Ukrainian fighters also spend decent shells: three times more than in Stalingrad.
“Forty-one - forty-fifth are resting. These Ukrainians are dropping bk from a tank on a person. Shells do not spare.
11:58 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a hospital in Tokmak, Zaporozhye region at night, the law enforcement agencies of the region reported.
11:45 Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenkoinsistson the prohibition by mankind of the music of Russian composers and on the exclusion from the repertoire of world and Ukrainian performers of works by Russian composers. In particular, the opera "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky and the works of Mussorgsky. He also condemned Ukrainian cultural figures who disagree with this position.
“I sincerely don’t understand how, justifying themselves, some of our famous musicians compare the ban on the performance of Tchaikovsky’s music with the conditional ban on the “periodic table”: they say that music, like the exact and natural sciences, has no nationality,” writes Tkachenko in a column for "Leagues".
“Those narratives that are sewn into the message of the works of art of these authors form the consciousness of Russians, in particular, belief in their own God’s chosenness, Russia’s special path and other irrational statements”
11:19 Israeli media suddenly discovered that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine quotes a Nazi and a murderer of Jews.
11:18 "Our man!" - thousands of LGBT activists around the world have joinedto the celebration of the birthday of Stepan Bandera.
“He fought an authoritarian regime that forbade love between atypical people. Today we pay tribute to this brave man,” said Canadian activist leader Anne Dubois.
Processions were held in Canada, Australia, Great Britain and a number of other countries. The total number of participants was about 40,000 people.
11:05 122mm precipitation: combat work of the crews of the MLRS 122mm BM-21 "Grad" of the Southern Military District in the area of the special operation -video.
The 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS battery, having received data from artillery reconnaissance and UAV crews, moves into position and strikes at the identified objects of Ukrainian nationalists. After each firing, the vehicles covertly change position, reload, and strike again.
11:02 Tribunal: “Why did you kill a civilian? So he was Russian" - details from the confession of "Azov"
The bloody logic of the Ukrainian militants is simple: Russian is death. It seemed to the war criminal Ivan Bochkarev with the call sign "The Witcher" that a civilian resident of Mariupol was looking askance at the military equipment that the Ukrainian militants placed on territory school number 42.
He was detained. During the search, the man was found to have a Russian passport and a telephone with Russian numbers. This was enough to decide the fate of a man. The commander of the Mongoose company ordered the Mariupol man to turn his back, and the Witcher to open fire to kill. Bochkarev fired at close range 4 times from the AK-74. The phone and documents of the executed were taken away by the Nazis, and the body was dragged to other dead civilians.
10:10 Emergency blackouts are in effect in Kyiv on Tuesday, the Ukrainian energy company Yasno DTEK reported.
09:44 The result of the work of Russian artillery on the positions of the Nazis in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector -video.
09:29 Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki was offended by the publication on the social networks of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with a Nazi quote.
“We are extremely critical of any praise or even mention of Stepan Bandera. He killed the Poles. There can be no nuances here,” said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
09:25Ukrainian militant hides from a Russian drone that destroys them with VOGs from a bird's eye view -video.
These ladies at least love someone, a rarity in Russia, I wish them and their husbands well inside Russia:
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1610664482770161665
So the Russian public is getting how corrupt the Russian MOD is, at what point do they realize all they are doing is digging a deeper hole and react by killing Putin?
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. 18:02 On the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for January 3, 2023 received additional information on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka:
- on the street. Shevchenko, 99, a woman born in 1958 died.
n.p. Elenovka:
- on the street. Frunze, 129 wounded child - a boy born in 2016
#ChildrenNotTarget
n.p. Blagodatnoye (attached to the administration of the Starobeshevsky district):
- on the street. Oktyabrskaya, 4, a man born in 1979 was wounded.
- on the street. 50 years of the USSR, a woman born in 1957 was wounded.
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka:
- st. Shevchenko, 99 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
17:10 Ukrainian troops fired 31 "NATO" rounds of 155mm in Makeevka and Donetsk in 10 minutes - the DPR representative office in the JCCC. 16:13 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for January 3, 2023, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- a man born in 1982 was wounded.
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. Wagner, 7 - apartment building.
n.p. Elenovka:
- st. Sadovaya, 96 - a private residential building; Power lines were also damaged.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
15:33 In area of Artemovsk DPR and the village of Chervonaya Dibrova LPR destroyed three US-made M-777 artillery systems at firing positions - RF Ministry of Defense
The department also reported that two Ukrainian combat vehicles of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS were destroyed in the Kharkiv region and the DPR, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the regions of the Zaporozhye region.
What else was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
- in the Kupyansk direction, as a result of fire damage by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed;
- in the Krasno-Limansky direction, four assault detachments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR and DPR were attacked. Enemy losses amounted to more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, four armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks and two cars. In addition, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the area of ????the settlement of Stelmakhovka;
- in the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continued offensive operations, as a result of a complex fire engagement of the enemy in the DPR, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles and seven vehicles were destroyed;
- in the South-Donetsk direction, more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed by artillery strikes on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
- in the Kramatorsk region, positions were opened and two launchers of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were destroyed, from which shelling of settlements in the DPR was carried out;
- missile forces and artillery hit 72 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 104 districts per day;
— four depots of artillery ammunition and military-technical property of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Zaporozhye region. A warehouse of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Tyaginka in the Kherson region;
- Air defense systems shot down 13 Ukrainian UAVs in the LPR, DPR and Zaporozhye region per day.
15:05 The shelling of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk has resumed. At 14:45, six each 155mm rounds were fired from Galitsinovka, according to the JCCC.
14:51 In the Kramatorsk area, positions were opened and two US-made HIMARS installations were destroyed, from which settlements of the DPR were fired - the Russian Ministry of Defense.
14:35 Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts are under fire from VFU.
From n.p. Netailovo, the Ukrainians fired five rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
13:50 In Donetsk works Air defense - preliminary, Ukrainian nationalists are trying to shell the city
Air defense works in the sky over Donetsk. Local media report that several enemy rounds have already been shot down in the sky over a peaceful city.
13:34 Kyiv district of Donetsk is again under fire from the Ukrainians.
At 13:20, Ukrainian punishers fired two rounds with a caliber of 155mm from the settlement of Umanskoye.
Details are being specified.
12:51 According to the information received, as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district, the glazing of windows in one of the apartment buildings on the street was damaged. Wagner.
12:02 Ukrainian troops at 11.20 Moscow time fired three more rounds of "NATO" caliber 155 mm at Makiivka, reported on Tuesday representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
11:48 Ukrainian troops fired nine rounds of "NATO" caliber 155mm in the Kyiv region of Donetsk and Makeevka - the DPR representative office in the JCCC.
11:19Ukrainianss continueshellKyiv district of Donetsk. At 11:05 from the settlement of Orlovka, another five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at civilians.
10:47 Petrovsky district remains under enemy fire. At 10:25, Ukrainians fired three more rounds of 155mm caliber from Kurakhovo.
10:46 Residents of the Kirovsky district are under enemy fire. At 10:23, six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at them.
Details are being specified.
10:11 More than 3,600 subscribers in Luhansk were left without electricity due to an emergency shutdown, reported RIA Novosti in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.
“As a result of an emergency shutdown without power supply, 3,650 subscribers,” said a representative Ministry of Emergency Situations.
He clarified that also more than 800 subscribers were left without power supply due to emergency outages in the city of Rovenki. The causes of the accidents are specified.
09:59Ukrainians continue shelling of the Kyiv region. At 09:23, they fired 5 rounds with a caliber of 155mm from the settlement of Thin.
09:51 Sappers of the RF Armed Forces demonstrated the capabilities of the Uran-6 robotic sapper complex -video.
An iron friend helps the engineering troops to clear the territory of the LPR. The caterpillar self-propelled radio-controlled mine trawl is designed for demining urban areas, as well as mountainous and lightly forested areas. The complex has five different interchangeable tools: striker, roller and milling trawls, as well as a bulldozer blade and a mechanical tong. A rich palette of trawls is used to work with different types of soil.
09:45 Ukrainian militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have created "five hundred lines of defense" in Artyomovsk - Yevgeny Prigozhin
The founder of the Wagner PMC told a RIA Novosti correspondent that "Artyomovsk is a fortress in every home." In his opinion, the enemy could equip "five hundred lines of defense" in the city.
09:28 Chronicle of the special military operation: the events of December 31, 2022 - January 2, 2023 fromRybar.
- On December 31, the Russian army launched a massive missile attack on military and industrial facilities on the territory of Ukraine.
At least eight targets were hit in Kyiv, including a hotel where foreign advisers were based and CHPP-5.
- In Khmelnytsky, a rocket hit the location of the regiment of the Special Operations Forces responsible for terrorist attacks and murders in the Donbass.
The second goal was the storage of jet-powered attack drones designed to strike at Russian air bases.
- In the Starobelsk direction, missile strikes hit temporary enemy personnel deployment points.
The targets of the attacks were the location of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk and the unit of the Ukrainian National Guard in Liman.
- At least six hits fell on Nikolaev. A number of objects were hit in the city, including the location of personnel.
The Kulbakino suburban airfield, used by Ukrainian forces for military purposes, was also attacked.
“Unfortunately, there was a tragedy. On New Year's Eve, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a strike from the HIMARS MLRS on the location of Russian troops in Makeevka.
Air defense destroyed only part of the missiles. As a result of the hit, about 70 Russian servicemen were killed, more than 100 people were injured.
- In the Lugansk region, Ukrainian formations launched a missile attack on a hospital located in Pervomaisk.
As a result of the shelling, the building was seriously damaged, there are wounded among the staff. Six people died.
- The RF Armed Forces delivered another massive strike using the Geran-2 kamikaze UAV on energy facilities in Kyiv.
Despite the strengthening of the air defense of the capital, Russian drones hit the planned targets. The city is experiencing severe power outages.
09:23 French channel accidentally filmed detonation of ammunition at the warehouse, under which the Armed Forces of Ukraine converted the ice arena in Druzhkovka (Kramatorsky district of the DPR, temporarily occupied by Kyiv).
09:19 Footage of combat work of stormtroopers in the zone of the special operation. The crews of the "Rooks" daily carry out rocket air strikes on the objects and equipment of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
09:14 Razvozhaev reported two downed drones over the sea near Sevastopol.
Most of the following commentary by retired Russian colonel Viktor Murakhovsky:
[ColonelCassad] Miscalculations of the General Staff in the rate of accumulation of shells (900 shots) led in 1914 to an acute shortage of shells for the army in the field. Urgent measures were required to save the army from complete shell starvation. The military industry was not ready to solve this problem.
Although the measures taken made it possible already in the first half of 1915 to improve the supply of artillery shells to the front, the "shell hunger" was fully eliminated only in 1916.
MODERN INDUSTRY OF AMMUNITION AND SPECIAL CHEMICALS.
It is engaged in the development and production of ammunition (AP) and cartridges of all types, gunpowder, rocket fuel, chemical warfare agents and special chemicals. As of 2022, the ammunition and special chemicals industry united 91 enterprises.
The Russian army in the early 1990s inherited from the Soviet army about 15 million tons of missiles and ammunition stored in 180 arsenals, bases and warehouses.
As of January 1, 2013, the presence of ammunition in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is 3.7 million tons, of which 1.1 million tons are unusable. That is, suitable - 2.6 million tons.
In 2020, almost 300 thousand ammunition was repaired at the arsenals on its own, and more than 20 thousand shells for multiple launch rocket systems were collected.
The real need for ammunition is MILLIONS of pieces per year.
(c) Viktor Murakhovsky
https://t.me/Viktor_Murakhovskiy/398 - zinc
Says Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
Actually, this question perfectly shows why our ancestors created and stored such huge stocks of ammunition.
And how many conversations there were - "Why?", "For what?", "Who needs it?" and other schizoid nonsense.
Now everyone understood that they were stockpiling and storing not in vain. And by the way, after this war, there will be a serious question of the need to replenish what has been spent in order to leave it to posterity. This applies not only to ammunition, but also to military equipment.
From Institute for the Study of War
Ukraine's air force reported on January 1 that Ukrainian air defense forces shot down all 45 Russian Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones that Russia fired at Ukraine on New Year's Eve.
[1] Ukrainian Air Force Spokesman Yuriy Ignat stated on January 1 that Ukrainian forces used the US-provided NASAMS air defense system to shoot down these drones.
[2] The Ukrainian General Staff reported on January 2 that Ukrainian forces intercepted all 39 Shahed-136 drones launched against Ukraine between the night of January 1 and 2.
[3] The Ukrainian General Staff again reported on January 2 that Ukrainian forces shot down all 27 Shahed-136 drones that Russian forces launched against Ukraine on January 2, though it is unclear if this figure includes the previously reported intercepts from the night between January 1 and 2.
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The cost of a NASAMS air defence system to a Shahed makes me wonder if it is such a victory.
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NASAMS (Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System ) is a distributed and networked short- to medium-range ground-based air defense system began development in the nineteen eighties by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) and Raytheon.
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Also factor in the cost of a Shaheed hitting something important.
A crucial but often neglected part of the calculation. One round of bullet may only cost a dollar but you would spend 100 times that on a bullet-proof vest to save your life.
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I've also seen a video on the Ukrainians using a truck-mounted DShK and a searchlight against the S-136 drones. Seems effective and cheaper than even an old manpad.
Those Shaheds don't fly very fast and you can hear those 2-cycle engines coming from a long ways away.
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Vampireanti-drone using laser homing APKWS rockets is comparable in cost to Iranian drones and works against helicopters and lightly armored ground vehicles. Helicopters w/ gunners are fast enough that they can intercept Iranians drones. In the longer term, fast anti-drone drones will have to intercept them, either armed or by crashing into them (armored or w/ explosives).
Commentary by Russian military journalist, Viktor Baranets
[KP] What you need to know about the emergency with the death of dozens of fighters on New Year's Eve - answers Colonel, military observer for KP, Viktor Baranets 1. What happened in Makeevka?
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the armed forces of Ukraine attacked the point of temporary deployment (PVD) of the Russian military in the Makeyevka region (DPR). The Ministry of Defense speaks of 63 dead. The shelling was carried out from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. In total, six missiles were fired at the PVD, two of them were shot down by air defense systems.
2. How did the Ministry of Defense react?
According to unofficial information from sources in the military department of the Russian Federation, already 10 minutes after the tragedy (it happened at 00-01 on January 1), the commander of the special military operation, General of the Army Sergei Surovikin, informed the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu via closed communication. He, in turn, informed the President of Russia about the state of emergency. Vladimir Putin ordered an immediate investigation into the causes of the tragedy. A commission of the Ministry of Defense headed (according to the source) "with a very large military leader" was sent to Makeyevka - his name has not yet been disclosed.
3. How do the regions from where the dead mobilized react?
The bulk of the dead mobilized - from different regions, including from the Samara region. As early as January 1, the governors created commissions from members of local governments. They are already organizing the funeral of the dead and determining the means of material assistance to their families.
On local television and radio, in newspapers and social networks, thousands of people express their condolences to the families of the victims. Work with the families of the victims has already begun.
An announcement appeared on social networks about the collection of assistance to “our Samara guys, those who came under fire in Makeevka, but survived.” The headquarters of the special military operation sent a large batch of winter uniforms and medicines to Makiivka. All the wounded were transferred to field hospitals and the district military hospital in Rostov.
4. How are Ukrainian bloggers and enemy propaganda promoting this tragedy?
As expected, Ukrainian social networks and other media are celebrating with joy. Rumors are circulating about the death toll.
Predictions are already being made that "a mighty blow to the Muscovites will bring Moscow to its knees and bring victory closer." Among the Ukrainian bloggers there are well-known provocateurs like Shariy, who turned to the wives, mothers and children of the victims with a request to provide him with their personal data. And this, according to Russian laws, is regarded as a criminal offense. Not only is it trying to make a “hype” on human grief. So another big question is where will the collected personal data of Russian soldiers go then? Ukrainian special services? Or immediately American?
5. How did this become possible?
There are several main reasons. According to preliminary data (only the investigation can tell the full picture), the leadership of the mobilized regiment could have been irresponsible in choosing the point of temporary deployment of personnel - people were placed in the building of a vocational school (vocational school).
In addition, despite repeated requests from commanders to subordinates not to use mobile phones, this, again according to preliminary data, was ignored. On New Year's Eve, many fighters began to call their relatives. Some mobile communications experts believe that this could well be a "serious unmasking factor." Ukrainian electronic warfare equipment (as well as US space intelligence) could easily detect a place of increased “telephone activity”).
In addition, it cannot be ruled out that Ukrainian agents worked in Makiivka, which gave a tip to their headquarters on the vocational school building.
6. What conclusions should be drawn by the participants of the SVO?
The main conclusion is to constantly remember that at the front the slightest violation of combat or disciplinary regulations is punished severely. It is not for nothing that wise commanders from ancient times say that every line of such charters is written in blood. A careless attitude to orders often ends in grief.
Some residents of Makiivka, who witnessed the tragedy, discuss its causes in their own way. Some survivors of the mobilized believe that the responsibility lies with the commander of the regiment, Colonel Roman Enikeev. Others categorically disagree with them: the only fault of the colonel is that he followed the instructions of his superiors and could not achieve the resettlement of the unit entrusted to him in accordance with the realities of the front.
According to the adviser to the head of the DPR, Rostislav Antonov, it’s just common sense and a change in approaches to reduce the risk of defeat for our fighters: “We need to disperse, we need to place them in shelters, we need to place them separately from equipment and from the actual ammunition. These are some fairly obvious things that for some reason turn out to be non-obvious when making certain decisions.
In addition, apparently, it is time to leave the illusion that the enemy will not reach the places of deployment of the mobilized, and indeed any units, if they are in the direct zone of destruction.
7. What else needs to be done to prevent a similar tragedy from happening again?
It is necessary to introduce the most severe order with mobile phones - in combat conditions they become traitors to their owners and those who are close to them. And that leads to sacrifice. Commanders are obliged to prevent large crowding of personnel and military equipment, even in places of temporary deployment.
Regardless of where the unit is located - on the front or in the rear, camouflage measures must be strictly observed. And the loss of vigilance inevitably leads to trouble. Military counterintelligence should work actively at the locations of troops and in the front line, clearing out Ukrainian agents and enemy gunners.
The state of emergency in Makeevka (and not only in it) requires one more lesson to be learned - to significantly strengthen air and missile defense. The Ministry of Defense and the General Staff are obliged to issue orders and directives to the troops,
[REGNUM] The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the commission to investigate the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Makeyevka is working. It was preliminary established that the main reason for the incident was the inclusion and use, contrary to the ban, by soldiers of mobile phones in the reach of enemy weapons.
“This allowed the enemy to locate and determine the coordinates of the location of military personnel for a missile strike. The necessary measures are being taken to prevent such tragic incidents in the future , ”explained First Deputy Chief of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Sergey Sevryukov .
He assured that following the results of the investigation, the guilty officials would be brought to justice.
As REGNUM reported , the launcher of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, from which the Kiev militants fired at Makeevka in the DPR on January 1, was destroyed by return fire.
[REGNUM] During the analysis of the rubble of the building of a vocational school in Makeevka, the Donetsk People's Republic, the bodies of dead servicemen continue to be found. As a result of these works, the number of victims of the UAF attack increased to 89, a REGNUM correspondent was told on January 3 at the Russian Ministry of Defense.
"Unfortunately, during the analysis of the rubble of reinforced concrete structures, the number of our comrades who died increased to 89. Among the dead is the deputy commander of the regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Bachurin," said Lieutenant General Sergey Sevryukov , First Deputy Head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the RF Armed Forces.
He also stressed that all available means and measures were taken to save people. The servicemen were given first aid, they were promptly taken to medical facilities.
The Ministry of Defense also noted that four rockets hit the building where the servicemen were located. The shelling was carried out from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. The roofs of the building collapsed from the detonation of the shells.
As REGNUM reported earlier, law enforcement agencies of the DPR suggested that the reason for the shelling was the active use of mobile phones by the arrived military personnel. Thanks to this, the enemy revealed the activity and location of subscribers using the ECHELON reconnaissance complex.
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[Mil Times] NOVOPETRIVKA, Ukraine — Few jobs are less enviable these days than that of a Russian mobilized soldier deployed to Ukraine.
