Ukraine has used innovative tactics to strike Russian-controlled air bases since Russia’s full-scale invasion began last year.
This map made with @bradyafr shows the locations of strikes that damaged Russian aircraft and destroyed munitions that could threaten Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/DOH4kvmBmN
[Reuters] A Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk missed its targets and there were no obvious signs of casualties, a Reuters reporter said on Sunday, after Moscow claimed the strike killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers. A good indication of the losses Russian Army suffered in Makiivka.
A Reuters team visited two college dormitories that Moscow said had been temporarily housing Ukrainian personnel and which it had targeted as revenge for a New Year's attack that killed scores of Russian soldiers and caused outcry in Russia.
But neither dormitory in the eastern city of Kramatorsk appeared to have been directly hit or seriously damaged. There were no obvious signs that soldiers had been living there and no sign of bodies or traces of blood. The Ukrainian Army were all home on Christmas break. Swear.
Serhiy Cherevatyi, a Ukrainian military spokesperson for the eastern region, described the claim of mass casualties as an attempt by the Russian defence ministry to show it had responded forcefully to Ukraine's recent strikes on Russian soldiers.
Reuters visuals showed some of the windows broken at the College No.47 dormitory. There was a large crater in the courtyard. The windows of the nearby college had been smashed. Liar! Those were American Biolabs breeding super soldier bunnies and anti-Russian mosquitos. Wait until spring. You'll see.
The College No.28 dormitory was entirely intact. A crater lay about 50 metres away from it closer to some garages. Some of the college's windows were smashed. Were the Russians aiming for the playground?
Oleksandr Honcharenko, Kramatorsk's mayor, said the attack had damaged two educational facilities and eight apartment buildings and garages but that there had been no casualties. Except for the 600 Ukrainian super soldier bunnies.
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A journalist visits the site of Russia's claimed strike that supposedly killed 600 Ukrainians, and finds, unsurprisingly, Russia is yet again lying. As always, it's safe to assume Russia is lying until there's independent evidence to say different. https://t.co/ios4AFoGbA
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Western media posts whatever they are told by Ukraine with added flavor of doctored pictures and videos. "The Ukrainian Army were all home on Christmas break. Swear.". No verification. The news is getting out. Conventional western media is managed. Just send more money and equipment we are winning.
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Western media posts whatever they are told by Ukraine
How fortunate we are here that badanov gives us translations directly from Russian reports as well as Ukrainian, Dale, without yielding to any outside pressure. So we can estimate for ourselves what is true.
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Bad is and has been a treasure.
Just my opinion, ymmv. 🤪
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Dale sounds like American MSM except from the Russian point of view. Can't believe either one of them. Yes, badanov is a rare and exceptionally valuable resource.
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If official Russian statements say the sky is blue, I will go outside to verify. I trust them as much as I trust my government.
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Interesting Psyop: Kramatorsk. One Team is lying. Media is running with it.
But there appears to be a crack on the ukrainian POV. A Kiwi and a Brit (Andrew Bagshaw and Christopher Parry) have both been reported missing. Last seen this weekend in Kramatotsk. It could very well be fog of war. Or they could be part of the causality count that is being denied.
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[Korrespondent] 21:35 Reuters reporters visited two college dormitories in Kramatorsk, in which, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Ukrainian military lived during the night strike. Both buildings were not directly hit by rockets and did not sustain any serious damage. There was no sign that the military lived there, and no signs of bodies or traces of blood. Finnish Yle journalist Antti Kuronen from the scene also does not confirm the Russian version.
21:24 Zelensky spoke about the situation at the front in an evening video message: "The situation on the front line has not changed significantly in the first week of the year. Heavy fighting continues in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions - every hot spot in these areas is well known. Bakhmut is holding on no matter what. And although most of the city has been destroyed by Russian strikes, our soldiers are repelling constant attempts by Russian offensives there. Soledar is holding on. Although there is even more destruction and it is very difficult ... This is one of the bloodiest places on the front."
The President said that today the commander of the direction, General Syrsky, toured the troops that are defending on the outskirts of Bakhmut and Soledar, and presented the fighters with awards for their stamina, and also organized the steps necessary to strengthen the defense on the spot, in particular, the transfer of additional units and increased fire on the invaders.
Zelensky also announced "good news for our state, good decisions that will further strengthen the defense."
20:20 German Economy Minister Robert Habek did not rule out the possibility of delivering Leopard tanks to Ukraine in the future.
19:37 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced a "large-scale anti-Russian provocation" by the Ukrainian special services in the Kharkiv region: Ukrainians allegedly opened graves in several cemeteries, "the dug-up bodies were disfigured in order to pass them off as evidence of Russian torture and executions."
19:22 Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said that in a few days he would meet in Turkey with Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova: "The main issue that we will discuss is the return home of our heroes and heroines. We will separately raise the issue of the return of civilian hostages, whom the Russian Federation has massively detained at the WTO and is not letting go home. The plans are ambitious. But we do not know how the Russian side will behave. However, we are receiving positive signals in advance that they are ready to consider this issue."
Lubinets stressed that, according to the Geneva Conventions, civilians cannot be exchanged, Russia should let civilians go.
19:00 An international meeting will be held in London to investigate war crimes in Ukraine, the UK Department of Justice has announced. Justice ministers from around the world will meet in London in March to support the International Criminal Court in its investigation of Russia's war crimes in Ukraine. The meeting will allow countries to determine how to provide further assistance to the ICC. This includes practical support, such as helping to gather information and share evidence of atrocities on the ground. Ministers will also discuss how to help victims and witnesses testify without causing them further suffering.
18:39 The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Limansky directions, trying to improve the tactical situation in the Kupyansky direction. It is concentrating efforts on the capture of the Donetsk region within the administrative border, but has no success, the General Staff said in an evening summary.
To maintain military discipline and prevent the spread of panic among the personnel of the Russian troops operating in the Zaporizhia direction, the enemy activated units of the National Guard. So, on January 5, six people who wanted to surrender to the Ukrainian Defense Forces were shot near the settlement of Chistopolye.
In order to discredit the Ukrainian military leadership, the enemy is spreading misinformation about the preparation of fire damage by the Defense Forces of medical institutions in the Lugansk region, where the wounded Russian invaders are being treated.
Over the current day, Ukrainian defenders shot down three enemy UAVs, probably of the Orlan type, and three helicopters: one Mi-24 and one Ka-52 each, the type of another one is being specified.
17:51 Speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty, in a comment to Suspilny, denied the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the alleged destruction of 600 Ukrainian soldiers in Kramatorsk: "This information is as true as the data that they destroyed all our HIMARS. This is an information operation of the Ministry of Defense The Russian Federation in response to the successful actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to defeat their large concentrations of personnel, their warehouses, logistics with our high-precision destruction systems. They do not have such an opportunity."
17:43 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced that from January 16 to February 1, a joint tactical flight exercise will be held with aviation units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation. Today, an aviation component from the Military Space Forces of the RF Armed Forces arrived in Belarus. During the tactical flight exercise, all airfields and training grounds of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus will be involved.
16:46 The Russians can attack the Ukrainian infrastructure in the coming days, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with Corriere della Sera: "A new massive strike could be in cold weather. Temperatures are dropping, and the Russians have not attacked us for several days." According to him, Russia may also launch an attack on the Zaporozhye region, and in the Kharkiv direction it will try to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
15:55 Nine Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces with Z-symbols have arrived in Belarus, the monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reports. From January 8 to 12, the aviation component of the Russian Federation is expected to arrive in the Republic of Belarus to conduct tactical flight exercises of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Most likely, aviation during this period will be deployed at airfields in Machulishchi and Baranovichi. It is possible that the Lida and Bobruisk airfields may be involved. Aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces have already begun to arrive at the Machulishchi airfield.
15:29 Another exchange of prisoners took place: 50 Ukrainian soldiers returned home , Yermak said. According to him, these are representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Troops, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service, the Navy, as well as the MTR. In total, 33 officers and 17 privates and sergeants returned. Among them are people who were captured at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, as well as the defenders of Mariupol, military personnel from the Donetsk direction, from near Bakhmut, as well as from the Kiev region, Chernihiv region, Kherson region and other regions where the fighting took place.
15:13 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that in response to the Ukrainian strike on Makiivka, "an operation of retaliation" was carried out: the points of temporary deployment of Ukrainian military personnel in Kramatorsk were allegedly opened. According to the "data" of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, more than 700 military men were in dormitory No. 28 and more than 600 in dormitory No. 47, as a result, "more than 600 military men were destroyed." In addition, during the day the Russians "shot down" five planes of the Ukrainian air force, the ministry added.
14:41 Ukraine has the largest minefield in the world, Shmyhal said in an interview with Yonhap. According to him, at present the area of mined territories is estimated at almost 250 thousand square meters. km, which is larger than the area, for example, the whole of Great Britain.
14:26 Russia plans to deploy its own production of kamikaze drones in Togliatti, as well as in other cities, Danilov said, citing intelligence data. At the same time, he said, it is not certain that companies supplying drone components will continue to do so: “When we started shooting down Iranian drones, we drew attention to certain companies that should not supply these components to Iran. they ended up there, many intelligence agencies are now figuring it out. But after it became publicly known, I don’t think that the companies that supplied them will continue to do this. Then what they will assemble their drones from is a big question."
13:52 The Italian government is finalizing the sixth package of defense assistance to Ukraine, after which the parliament will be informed about it, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. "We are also discussing with the French the improvement from a technical point of view of sending air defense systems based on the common technologies of Rome and Paris," he added.
13:48 Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar said that it is very difficult now in Soledar: "The situation in the East is difficult. In some areas of the Donetsk region, we are moving forward little by little, step by step. And in some areas, the enemy is advancing. Not only the regular army is advancing "But also private ones. They concentrated considerable efforts there in order to reach the borders of the Donetsk region, or at least for the propaganda purpose of capturing at least some settlement."
13:43 Podolyak criticized the inaction of the UN: "Why the war continues... 1. Guterres disbanded the mission to investigate the murder of prisoners in Yelenovka. 2. Because the Russian Federation... does not give the UN mission security guarantees and does not allow to visit the place. 3. RF - Member of the UN Security Council. But Guterres does not propose punishment for the Russian Federation, as if nothing had happened."
12:36 The Russians still remain on the Kinburn Spit, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said: "The situation is quite complicated. Again, the weather does not contribute to such an easy completion and short duration of this operation. It is also connected with the Kinburn Spit - the presence of the enemy continues there, attacks continue on the opposite bank. Neither side has absolute control. This is the line of demarcation, the front line where the fighting is going on."
According to her, there are no critical changes on the entire southern front. The Ukrainian side is more focused on eliminating the enemy's manpower in its rear areas.
11:57 On the evening of January 7, an explosion occurred on the main gas pipeline in the occupied Lutugino, Lugansk region, Luganskgaz reported. In the "LPR" a criminal case was opened under the article "sabotage". As a result, more than 13,000 subscribers and 21 social facilities were left without gas supply, the LPR said.
11:28 The Russians are "sinking" near Kremennaya, so they are transferring forces there from under Bakhmut, said the head of the Lugansk Regional Military District Serhiy Gaidai: "Heavy fighting is going on near Kremennaya, the Russians have moved several battalions of paratroopers and equipment there. The enemy is gradually sinking there ... Occupiers trying to keep Kremennaya, so as not to divide their own defense in the Luhansk region in half." He also noted that due to frosty weather, an increase in the intensity of hostilities in the Luhansk region is expected.
11:03 As of the morning of January 8, severe frosty weather contributes to an increase in electricity consumption, and, accordingly, the level of its deficit in the energy system, Ukrenergo reported. To ensure a balance, consumption limits have been brought to the regions, operating from 9:00 to 24:00.
10:55 British intelligence reports that in recent weeks, Russia has strengthened defenses in the central part of the Zaporozhye region, especially between the cities of Vasilyevka and Orekhov. Analysts note that the Russian Federation fears a Ukrainian offensive in two directions: either in the north of the Luhansk region, or in Zaporozhye.
A major Ukrainian breakthrough at Zaporozhye would seriously undermine the viability of the Russian land bridge to Crimea, and a Ukrainian success at Lugansk would further undermine Russia's declared military goal of "liberating" the Donbass. Deciding which of these threats to counter first is probably one of the central dilemmas for Russian operational planners, intelligence said.
10:34 In the occupied Melitopol, an explosion occurred at night at the Gidromash plant, where the Russians have placed another military base. The detonation lasted for several hours, the blast wave knocked out the windows of neighboring houses, and smoke swirled over the plant even in the morning, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
09:58 At night, the enemy attacked the southern outskirts of Zaporozhye, using cluster munitions. Warehouses and other auxiliary premises were damaged as a result of the rocket hit, there is no information about the victims, said Alexander Starukh, the head of the UVA.
09:43 On the night of January 7, about 800 Russian soldiers were transferred to Belarusian Vitebsk, the Belaruska Gayun monitoring group reported. Within two days, up to 1,600 Russian soldiers were brought to this city.
09:39 Danilov said that the Russians are going to offer Ukraine the so-called Korean scenario for the settlement of the war: "We are now being offered the Korean version - the so-called conditional 38th parallel."
Danilov also said that Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Russia Dmitry Kozak "goes to meetings with politicians of the past in Europe and sends messages through them that they are ready to make many concessions in order to fix the status quo and force us to enter into some kind of truce" .
The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council again emphasized that many markers indicate a possible escalation of hostilities in February: “There are a lot of markers from which we can conclude that we are entering a certain phase of activation. Now there is a great desire to draw Belarus into an open confrontation. Certain provocations are being made to on this occasion by the Russian special services. All this allows us to say that we can get such an aggravation."
09:22 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 8.
personnel - about 111,170 (+430) people liquidated,
tanks - 3069 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 6130 (+5),
artillery systems - 2065 (+3),
MLRS - 431 (+0),
air defense systems - 217 (+0),
aircraft - 285 (+0),
helicopters - 272 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1849 (+5),
cruise missiles - 723 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4801 (+3),
special equipment - 183 (+1).
08:44 Despite the so-called "ceasefire" announced by Putin, during the day on January 7, the enemy launched nine missile, three air strikes and made 40 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems, in particular, on civilian infrastructure. There are wounded and dead among the civilian population, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of 16 settlements. Among them are Stelmakhivka, Makeyevka and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Razdolivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Zheleznoye, Pervomayskoye, Vodyanoye and Pobeda in the Donetsk region. Suffering heavy losses, the enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Limansky and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Kupyansky directions. On Novopavlovsky, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson - it is defending.
According to the General Staff, on January 5, a train with refrigerators filled with dead Russians arrived from Rostov-on-Don to the Kemerovo region. The bodies must be unloaded at local morgues.
In the settlements of Gornostaevka, Cairo, Zavodovka and Marinskoye of the Kherson region, the invaders stopped the broadcasting of all Ukrainian TV channels, only Russian television is broadcast.
08:19 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, one civilian was killed - in Bakhmut. Eight more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
06:35 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Russians are still far from the operational environment of Bakhmut. According to analysts, the success of the Russian troops in Soledar does not indicate the imminent encirclement of Bakhmut, contrary to the statements of Russian sources.
ISW also notes that Russia continues to use religion as a weapon for information operations and to discredit Ukraine.
The Institute reports that Russian forces continue to deplete their missile arsenal but are likely to continue to threaten Ukraine's critical infrastructure and civilian population in the near term. However, since the invasion began on February 24, Russia has produced far fewer strategic missiles compared to pre-war stocks. This means that the Russian Federation has not mobilized its military industry.
03:27 The Ukrainian military will begin to learn how to operate Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in January, which the United States will transfer to Ukraine, said Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasian Affairs. According to her, the training of about 500 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue for a month.
Cooper also said that the US plans to "launch a new combined arms training later this month." The deployment of the program to prepare for the use of new American technology will take several months, she said. "This new training program that we're starting is about one battalion at a time. About 500 soldiers for about a month and we're adding Bradley training," Cooper explained.
01:40 At night, the Russians launched seven missile attacks on Kramatorsk and two on Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, said the head of the OVA, Pavel Kirilenko. In addition, a few hours earlier, the enemy fired on Kurakhovo and the Kurakhovka village - damaged private houses and networks that supply the Kurakhovskaya community with heat. According to preliminary information, there were no dead or injured.
00:39 Russians during the so-called "Christmas truce" on Saturday, January 7, fired at the UN mission in the Zaporozhye region, which brought humanitarian aid to the city of Orekhov, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
00:07 As a result of Russian strikes on Merefe, Kharkiv region, one person was killed, the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, said.
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[KavkazUzel] In the village of Myskhako near Novorossiysk, near the mass grave of Soviet soldiers, which is an object of cultural heritage of regional significance, entrepreneurs want to build a hotel, local residents said. Alexander Bastrykin instructed to open a criminal case, the press service of the department reported.
As the "Caucasian Knot" has reported , due to the dilapidated condition of the unique memorial "Novaya Zemlya" in Novorossiysk, a criminal case of negligence was opened against employees of the Ministry of Culture of the Kuban.
The head of the Sledkom responded to the appeal of a resident of Myskhako about the illegal transfer of a land plot near a military burial in the Krasnodar Territory for commercial construction.
In connection with this appeal, Alexander Bastrykin instructed to initiate a criminal case. Also, Bastrykin instructed the head of the Investigation Department of the ICR for the Krasnodar Territory, Andrei Maslov, to investigate the criminal case on this fact and submit a detailed report on its preliminary and final results, 8 January "Live Kuban."
The land located on the border with the memorial was transferred to the category for commercial development in 2021. Previously, the designated purpose of the land was a zone for the placement of educational facilities, involving the construction of a museum in memory of the Great Patriotic War. At the end of last year, builders began to erect a fence here, the Novorossiysky Rabochiy newspaper informs.
“No one knows the exact boundaries of the mass grave. An examination of the boundaries of the burial with exhumation was not carried out. Since more than 4,362 people are buried in the grave, its area cannot be equal to the area of a small area, about 200 square meters, which it is limited to on the cadastral map. Therefore, according to In fact, the neighboring area, which was given over to the hotel, cannot but be considered a continuation of the mass grave.
Any construction on it before the examination with the exhumation of the remains of the soldiers is unacceptable, since the mass grave can be opened. After all, no one can say where it ends. In this case, the remains fallen heroes will be removed and thrown away like construction debris, which is sacrilege, blasphemy and a crime," activist from the village of Myskhako, Olga Lebedeva, was quoted as saying by Novorossiysk Online.
The mass grave in the Valley of Death near the Sorcerer Mountain of the village of Myskhako is a group burial of Red Army soldiers who died in battles on Malaya Zemlya and died of wounds in the central part of the city in September 1943. The Hero of the Soviet Union Rubakho Filipp Yakovlevich, a Marine Corps sniper, is also buried here.
The monument was erected in 1962. Its author is a participant in the battles on Malaya Zemlya during the Great Patriotic War, Novorossiysk sculptor Nikolai Bozhenenko. 4500 names of the defenders of Novorossiysk are immortalized on the memorial. After reconstruction in 2020, 16 obelisks were installed on the territory of the military burial place and the names of the dead soldiers were inscribed on them. Previously, only 44 names were engraved here, according to the website of the Department of Culture of the Novorossiysk Administration.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 17:48 Arriving at the positions of the Ukrainians -video 17:47 Another Ukrainian military equipment subjected to demilitarization -video
15:54 January 8 this year as a result of the negotiation process with the territory controlled by the Kyiv regimereturned50 Russian servicemen who were in mortal danger in captivity.
15:42 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (08.01.2023)
The joint grouping of Russian troops (forces) in the areas of the Special Military Operation from 12:00 on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7 observed the declared ceasefire along the entire line of contact.
During the entire period of the ceasefire, Ukrainian troops continued to conduct intensive shelling of settlements and Russian positions.
In the Kupyansk and Krasno-Limansk directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out 78 artillery and mortar attacks.
On the Soledar, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, the enemy used large-caliber artillery to conduct shelling 155 times.
Over 160 large-caliber projectiles and 20 multiple rocket launchers were fired by Ukrainian troops into residential areas of the city of Donetsk.
In the Zaporozhye region, artillery fire was opened by the enemy 89 times.
Ukrainian artillery was used 55 times in the Kherson and Krivoy Rog directions.
The return fire of the Russian troops suppressed the Ukrainian artillery, from which the shelling of settlements was carried out.
After the end of the ceasefire regime in the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops inflicted fire damage on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic and Sinkovka in the Kharkiv region. More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier and two vehicles were destroyed.
In addition, two enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kotlyarovka in the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, after the end of the ceasefire, Russian units launched artillery strikes on two assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People's Republic and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka and Stelmakhivka Lugansk People's Republic.
As a result of the strikes, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, a pickup truck and a car were destroyed. In addition, sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Artemovka and Serebryanka.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian artillery strikes thwarted an attempt by the enemy, with forces up to a company of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to counterattack the positions of Russian troops in the direction of the settlement of Spornoe of the Donetsk People's Republic. Destroyed up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and a pickup truck.
In the South-Donetsk direction in the area of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Vladimirovka, Pavlovka and Neskuchnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, the actions of sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped. More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier and three vehicles were destroyed.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery strikes hit the warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition of the 95th airborne assault and 60th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasny Liman and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as 84 artillery units on firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 117 districts.
During the counterbattery fight, artillery crews of the howitzer battery of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade and 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems were defeated at firing positions in the areas of the settlements of Karlovka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down five aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in a day.
A Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jet was shot down near the village of Lozovoe, Kharkiv region.
A Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down near the village of Izium in the Kharkiv region.
Two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft were shot down in the areas of settlements Nikolaypolye and Novy Donbass.
A Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft was shot down near the village of Veseleye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Air defense means destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Patalakhovka, Kuzemovka, Kuzmino, Kremennaya and Pshenichnoye of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In addition, 10 rockets from the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya in the Luhansk People's Republic, Orekhov in the Zaporozhye region, Stepnoe in the Donetsk People's Republic and the city of Donetsk.
An American anti-radar missile "HARM" was shot down near the village of Kurdyumovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 365 aircraft, 199 helicopters, 2,848 unmanned aerial vehicles, 400 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,449 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 972 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,787 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 7,965 units of special military vehicles.
In response to the criminal strike of the Kyiv regime in the first minutes of January 2023, a retaliation operation was carried out by the command of the United Group of Russian Forces at the point of temporary deployment of Russian military personnel in the settlement of Makeevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian intelligence facilities have uncovered and reliably confirmed through several independent channels the points of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Kramatorsk.
There were more than 700 Ukrainian servicemen in hostel No. 28 and more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen in hostel No. 47.
As a result of a massive missile attack on these points of temporary deployment of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen were killed.
15:15 This is what the ill-considered actions of the Ukrainians lead to, who occupy the residential buildings of civilians and hide their equipment in the yards -video
Russian artillery sees everything and successfully completes the tasks of destroying all Ukrainians.
13:59 downed MiG-29 "window" forces of Ukraine.
The inscription "Ukraine" proudly flaunts on the case. We remind you that the word "povitryany" (Ukrainian - airy) comes from the old Russian phrase "to go before the wind" (to do one's natural necessities). Hence the corresponding indicators of Ukrainian pilots.
13:22 The Wagnerites have taken Podgorodnoye and are developing an offensive -video
12:51 Efficient work of UAV operators of the Russian troops in the destruction of Ukrainians in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector -video
12:01 Ukrainian militant leaned out of the trench to chat on the phone and received a bullet from our snipers -video
11:59 Night work of Russian artillery in the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) area, including incendiary ammunition -video
10:57122mm BM-21 "Grad" of the group "Brave" crushes the positions of the Ukrainians in the Svatov direction -video
The MLRS crew received the coordinates obtained by reconnaissance, went to the point, fired rockets and promptly left the positions.
10:55 Mobilized artillerymen at the front are working on Ukrainian positions -video
10:22 In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) area, the Ukrainians continue to hastily leave their positions, realizing that death has crept up to them very close -video
10:20 Combat work of the Russian artillery to destroy the Ukrainians in the Donetsk direction -video
10:18 Russian artillery continues to continuously cover the positions of the Ukrainians with fire -video
10:15 On the Soledarsky site, Russian units, with the support of artillerymen, continue to successfully knock out Ukrainians from urban development -video
10:05 The crew of 152mm "Hyacinth-B" is firing at the enemy's fuel and ammunition depots -video
In addition, the gunners engage the enemy's manpower and armored vehicles, and also conduct counter-battery combat against howitzers and rocket batteries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 18:50 Russian Armed Forces are fighting heavy battles in the city of Soledar in the DPR, Ukrainian troops are carrying largelosses, Vladimir Novikov, commander of the Troy volunteer special forces unit, with the call sign Alabai, told TASS.
According to Novikov, the military from the Wagner PMC in Soledar perform the function of assault units, the military of the second army corps and the Akhmat special forces help them liberate the city.
17:05 Fighting in the Lisichansk direction, the Russian army is destroying the enemy -video
Our gunners inflicted a fire defeat on the manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:13 Reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator" in the sky over the Donbass -video
15:11 Soledar direction.Situationas of 14.00 January 8, 2023
Fierce fighting continues in the vicinity of Bakhmut and Soledar. Russian troops are pushing through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, forcing them to transfer more and more reinforcements to hold settlements.
In the Soledar sector, the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC are advancing in the area of the Salt Mine No. 1-3 at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artemsol at the intersection of Chkalov and Karpinsky streets.
On the northeastern outskirts of Soledar, assault detachments reached Yurchina Gora, establishing control over a section of the highway to Blagodatny.
The situation in Soledar is close to critical for the Ukrainian formations: the Russian Armed Forces have broken through the first and second lines of defense, and the battle formations of the third are under threat. The forces of the 128th Guards Brigade have fled the lines, and the ideologically savvy members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are resisting.
Units of the 99th battalion of the 61st Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost control over three observation posts, part of the forces of the 61st brigade was withdrawn from the combat area to make up for losses. On January 6, two additional platoons were transferred to the vicinity.
Despite significant successes in Soledar, it is premature to talk about complete control over the settlement. At the moment, there is no evidence of the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Soledar.
To the north-east of Bakhmut, the military personnel of the RF Armed Forces drove out the combined detachments of the 60th Brigade and 17th detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the village of Podgorodnoye, opening the way to the encirclement of the Bakhmut garrison from the north, and reached Krasnaya Gora.
On the eastern and southeastern outskirts of Bakhmut, they are moving towards the waste sorting plant from the north of Fyodor Maksimenko Street to the south, almost the entire street is under the control of the Wagnerites.
In addition, the cleaning of the gypsum plant on Patrice Lumumba Street was completed and control over Labor Reserves Street was expanded. The Armed Forces of Ukraine actively use underground communications to deter offensives.
In the south and south-west of Artemovsk, the assault on the Ukrainian fortified areas in Opytnoye and Kleshcheevka continues, the release of which will completely surround Bakhmut and take control of communications from Konstantinovka and Chasov Yar under fire control.
To deter the offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine brought into battle 50 reserve men of the 60th Separate Mechanized Rifle Brigade, two armored groups of the 3rd battalion of the 28th mechanized brigade, as well as a company of the 32nd regiment of the National Guard and special forces of the Karpaty SOF.
To make up for the losses of the 24th, 30th, 60th, 61st and 63rd separate mechanized rifle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from January 20, the transfer of up to four thousand people with armored vehicles from the Chernihiv region will begin. Most likely, these will be formations of 58 Separate Mechanized Rifle Brigade and 93 Separate Mechanized Rifle Brigade, which are now at the training ground in Goncharovsky for resupply.
In addition, gunners and tankmen of the 60th brigade and 17th brigade, as well as tactical aviation aircraft from Mirgorod (five Su-25s and two MiG-29s) are firing indiscriminately at the offensive areas of the RF Armed Forces in Soledar, Bakhmut, Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Podgorodny and approach to Red Mountain.
13:31 Statement by the NM of the DPR on the situation as of 10.00 08.01.2023
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which are not military targets.
Over the past day, according to the information of the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 178 pieces of ammunition from barreled artillery with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of NINE settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, TWO civilians were injured. Seventeen housing constructions and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
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Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: Two tanks
(T-72M1) and seven armored and automotive vehicles.
Losses in enemy manpower amounted to more than 20 people.
13:28 Craftsmen from the 3rd DPR brigade destroy the enemy from the air -video
With the help of drones, the fighters accurately drop VOGs with attached plumage on the heads of Ukrainian militants.
13:20 Another footage of the night work of Russian artillery in the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) area, including incendiary ammunition -video
12:09 On the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) site, Russian units, with the support of artillerymen and aviation, continue to successfully knock out Ukrainians from urban development -video
11:05 During the day, joint actions of the military personnel of the DPR and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed weapons and military equipment of VFU:
-- Two T-72M1 tanks;
-- seven units of armored and automotive vehicles;
-- More than 20 personnel.
11:02 On the night of January 7-8, in the southern sector of the front, Russian troops worked out at the places of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson, Berislav, Antonovka and Inzhenerny -video
In the Kharkov, Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Krivoy Rog directions there were high-profile arrivals and destruction of enemy targets in Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka, Merefa, Staritsa, Ogurtsovo, Dvurechnaya, Myasozharovka, Nevsky, Makeevka, Bakhmut, Soledar, Dyleevka, Kleshcheevka, Kurakhovo, Nevelskoye, on the western outskirts Marinki, in Novomikhailovka, Vugledar, Bolshaya Novoselka, Zolotoy Niva, Maly Shcherbak, Olgovsky and Kamensky.
10:10 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from January 7 to 8, 2023
In the Kharkov region, Russian troops attacked enemy positions in Merefa, Staritsa and Ogurtsovo.In the Starobelsk direction, the RF Armed Forces were struck by accumulations of manpower and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Dvurechnaya, Myasozharovka, Nevsky and Makeevka.
At night, Russian troops attacked the machine-building plant and the place of deployment of Ukrainian formations on the territory of the school in Kramatorsk.
In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, Russian missile troops and artillery worked out at the places of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Bakhmut, Soledar, Dyleevka and Kleshcheevka.
In the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked enemy positions in Kurakhovo, Nevelskoye and the western outskirts of Maryinka.
In turn, Ukrainian formations from cannon and rocket artillery fired at civilian targets in Yelenovka, Novy Svet and Zugres.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, Russian artillery hit the concentrations of enemy forces in Novomikhailovka, Vugledar, Bolshaya Novoselka and Zolotaya Niva.
In the Zaporozhye region, Russian troops attacked the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Zaporozhye, and also worked on enemy positions in Maly Shcherbaki, Olgovsky and Kamensky.
Ukrainian formations fired at civilian objects in Dorozhnyanka.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Krasnogrigorievka and Mirovoye.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian troops worked out at the places of concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson, Berislav, Antonovka and Inzhenerny.
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[REGNUM] Russia has a number of advantages in the Transcaucasus
... Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan...
compared to the United States: geographic proximity, a demonstrative willingness to use force, and backed by action claims that its interests and stakes are much higher than those of Washington and its allies and partners. As a result, American diplomats feel insecure in the region and refuse to work in it. Continued on Page 49
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The USA had more influence in the Caucasus at the end of the 19th century when our petroleum engineers enabled the production of petroleum in what would become Russian oil fields.
Most of the commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Transcription of an interview for "Business-Online" about the problems of SVO. It was recorded at the end of December, so it's not outdated yet. Questions by Nikita Yurchenko
Continued on Page 49
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"Let's start with the obvious: stopping the front is due to a shortage of personnel...."
Let's start with the obvious, the invasion was poorly planned and poorly implemented.
Article is a compilation of data from a Daily Mail article, written by inosmi.ru editorial staff.
[ColonelCassad] The US Department of Justice is hiding 400 pages of confidential documents about the deals of the son and brother of US President Hunter and Jim Biden with China, Russia and Ukraine, The Daily Mail newspaper writes, citing American lawyer Kevin Evans.
Colorado attorney Kevin Evans sued the Justice Department in March after it failed to comply with his request to provide documents on the Bidens' business transactions. Evans requested materials under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
He requested information about "any relationship, communication, gift and/or reward in any form" between Biden and China, Russia or Ukraine. Evans said government lawyers admitted in court for the first time that there were at least 400 pages of "potentially important" documents.
Evans' attorney claims the Justice Department is now trying to shirk responsibility, saying they can't "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of any documents matching his request.
The Justice Department is trying to prevent the disclosure of 400 pages of confidential documents about the deals of Hunter and Jim Biden (brother of US President Joe Biden - Approx. InoSMI) with China, Russia and Ukraine, pretending that they do not exist.
Colorado lawyer Kevin Evans sued the ministry in March after it failed to comply with its request for Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reports on the Biden deals.
Evans, an expert on the Freedom of Information Act, requested documents relating to "any relationship, communication, gift and/or reward in any form" between the president's son Hunter or his brother Jim and China, Russia or Ukraine.
He said government lawyers first admitted in court that they had at least 400 pages of "potentially important" documents, but are now trying to shirk responsibility by saying they can't "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of any material. corresponding to his request.
Justice Department Attorney David Weiss is currently reviewing a criminal case against Hunter Biden with potential charges of money laundering, illegal lobbying and tax crimes in connection with overseas business transactions.
400 pages is not the only cache of Biden records that is being requested from the government.
As Business Insider reported this month, the National Archives and Records Administration is preparing to release hundreds of internal documents from the Obama White House containing information about Hunter's relationship with the controversial Ukrainian gas company Burisma.
Joe Biden was vice president at the time and was in charge of relations with Ukraine. His son served on the Burisma board of directors, earning $83,000 a month.
The Biden administration could veto the publication, but must decide by February whether to use executive privilege to shut them out of the public until 2029.
The submissions date back to 2014 and include 69 images and 260 emails that mention Burisma.
The next hearing on Evans' request will take place in January.
This Greenwood Village, Colorado lawyer said he filed his request under the Freedom of Information Act in November 2020 after reading about the Bidens' overseas business dealings and the Justice Department held his request for nearly two years before than he eventually sued them.
"They ended up producing about 60 pages of documents, but they are all letters from senators and congressmen asking about Hunter and letters from the Justice Department in response," he said.
"Then at the end of last year they said, 'Yes, we have these 400 pages of potentially relevant documents, but we need to review them.
' extensive search and found 400 potentially relevant documents."
Evans said the government hesitated for a few more months and then came up with a confusing new argument: they can't "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of any records.
Government agencies have legal precedent for statements like Evans's, allowing them to avoid disclosing information that could be detrimental to national security.
The precedent goes back to a 1975 Los Angeles Times article about a rescue ship secretly built by the CIA to salvage a sunken Soviet submarine.
The newspaper in question then filed a Freedom of Information Act request, and the agency replied that it could "neither confirm nor deny" that it had material on the USNS Hughes Glomar Explorer. The answer, upheld by the courts, became known as the "Glomar answer".
"I don't know how the hell they can now think that the Glomar precedent applies here as well," Evans said.
But the lawyer believes that the government will try its best to avoid disclosure of documents.
"I'm sure they will push for a simplified review of the FOIA privacy exceptions to avoid having to produce these documents," he said.
"But I don't think they will be able to pull it off in this case, especially when they have disclosed and officially documented the existence of potentially important documents.
"The problem is that the FOIA has become toothless. The courts do not respect the spirit of the law, they go out of their way to accept the position of the government than to force it to disclose sensitive material."
Emails from Hunter's laptop obtained by the DailyMail and whistleblower testimony confirm he was involved in a multi-million dollar deal with a Chinese oil giant with close ties to the Chinese government.
Bank records show that Hunter's Chinese business partners transferred $10 million to their joint venture.
And emails, text messages and whistleblower accounts suggest that Joe Biden knew about the deal and may even have been involved in it.
The most infamous example is a 2017 email from one of Hunter's business associates, James Gilliar, stating that Hunter will own a 10% stake in the deal on behalf of "Big Uncle" - a reference to his father.
Says Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
This topic will obviously be exaggerated by the Republicans until the 2024 elections.
Democrats using administrative resources will obviously sabotage this investigation.
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"neither confirm nor deny" the existence of any records.
Essentially hiding behind the cloak of 'national security.' How very Jeffrey Epstein. Might lead one to believe that Hunter actually had some sort of clandestine, part-time gov't job or mission.
The perfect source. He was 'permitted' to be recruited by a foreign service and retain payments on both ends. What's not to like.
Tony Bobolunski nailed with, "he had plausible deniability."
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