#2
I could be wrong but I understood a tank requires a trained crew in order to actually be useful in a war. I don't think Russia had many of those at the start of the war, they have fewer now, so unless we're talking bout selling the tanks hat were destroyed enmass the question is pointless.
#3
Tank, trained crew, logistics/maintainers to keep it running ...and officers/doctrine to keep from wasting it. Not an easy to fill order. My takeaway from the video is that the Russians have enough "spare tanks" to refit (or cannibalize for parts) to last through the 2023 Campaign Season.
#4
USSR days 4000 mixed per year. Production today 1200-1500 per year. They never stopped development of new technologies. Many in USA still think Russia is the old USSR. Under Putin they have moved on. Ukraine is a perfect example of a failed Western strategy.
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[Korrespomdent] 22:51 Macron met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as part of a three-day visit to Beijing. The meeting lasted an hour and a half and was "frank and constructive," the press service of the Elysee Palace said. The main issue that the parties discussed was the possibility of China to influence Russia to end the war in Ukraine. About what opinions were voiced by the two leaders - in the material Bring the Russian Federation to life.
22:37 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had a meeting with Shmyhal on current issues, as well as on the security situation, the work of law enforcement agencies. In addition, he was in touch with the military: "Everything that concerns the hottest points of the frontline. It is very important that the content of the visit to Poland, the work of our delegation in Warsaw and in constant communication with Polish partners should be tangible for our front."
21:48 The Russians attacked the Kherson region with guided bombs, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. In the evening, three enemy air strikes were recorded on Berislav, two on Novoberislav and one on Kazatsky. Currently, seven people are known to have been wounded - six were injured in Zmievka, one in Cossack. Information about the victims and the amount of damage is being specified.
20:59 The Financial Times writes, citing sources, that the United States, Germany and Hungary oppose the intentions of other NATO member states to offer Ukraine a "road map" for membership in the alliance at the Vilnius summit.
20:55 Russia has not yet removed the task of liquidating Zelensky from the agenda, Danilov said in an interview with Ukrinform. According to him, they failed to physically liquidate the Ukrainian president, so now they are trying to engage in political liquidation. "A lot of the processes taking place on the territory of Ukraine need to be carefully analyzed through this position. Russia is striving for the political elimination of our president, because he has shown and proved to the whole world that he is the leader of the nation, the leader of the country. Russians are definitely not happy with this," - stressed the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.
Answering a question about whether Russia refused to physically liquidate Zelensky, Danilov said that in late February - early March last year there was a "hot period". "Now we do not observe this, but there is always a threat to the president. Therefore, the relevant institutions are working out all this in an appropriate way," he added.
At the time it was reported that the Russians tried, but failed to find him.
20:37 The Armed Forces of Ukraine significantly pressed the Russians on the Kinburn Spit, said the speaker of OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk: “We are working quite successfully, as there is already certain information. But it’s too early to talk about our successes, so the work continues. And we will report a little later. On the whole, I can note that we have significantly pressed the enemy on the Kinburn Spit."
According to Gumenyuk, the occupiers make sorties every two days to shell the Dnieper-Bug estuary, trying to show that they supposedly control the sea transport routes. "However, the enemy's stable presence there is not recorded," she added. According to Gumenyuk, the Russians are congregating closer to the mainland and trying to hide behind civilians.
19:56 The Russians fired on Zmievka, Beryslav community, Kherson region. According to operational information, explosives were dropped from a drone on civilians, four people were injured, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the UIA.
19:50 Ukraine ordered 150 Rosomak wheeled armored personnel carriers from Poland, which is 50 vehicles more than Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki reported. Government Speaker Petr Muller said that following the meeting between Duda and Zelensky, the parties signed a document on the supply of 150 Rosomak armored personnel carriers, about 50 RAK self-propelled mortars (for three companies) and 100 missiles for PIORUN MANPADS.
18:43 Reznikov arrived in Athens for regular meetings with officials from NATO countries, Associated Press reports. According to the agency, the Greek side promised Ukraine more supplies of ammunition for artillery and small arms, access to hospitals for wounded military personnel, and additional Soviet-era infantry fighting vehicles. Greece also provided instructors for the Ukrainian special forces and tank operators.
18:17 The Russians have already brought more than 40 thousand of their citizens to Mariupol, and most of them hardly speak Russian. At the same time, about 80 thousand Mariupol residents remain in the city, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city.
17:51 The Russian volunteer corps said that today its fighters again visited the Bryansk region. The organization refuted the statement of Governor Oleksandr Bogomaz about "successfully repulsing the attack of the Ukrainian DRGs" and said that the RDK fighters "were able to communicate with local residents, hand them our leaflets and asked them to take cover during the hostilities." "The liberation struggle on the territory of Russia is gaining momentum," the RDK added.
17:34 The Russians are planning to hold "elections" to Mariupol's "local self-government bodies" on September 10, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said. In particular, in Mariupol itself they plan to "elect" 25 "deputies" and 15 "deputies" each in Mangush and Nikolsky.
17:30 Podolyak once again stated that the basis for holding "real negotiations" with the Russian Federation is the full withdrawal of Russian troops from the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine in 1991, including Crimea. "There can be no talk of any territorial concessions or trades in our sovereign rights," he stressed.
In turn, Yermak also recalled that the key issue is the return of all territories of Ukraine and ten steps towards peace by President Zelensky. "We will return everything that is ours, and the enemy will be punished," the head of the OP added.
17:18 Prigozhin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not going to leave Bakhmut, "they have organized defense inside the city, first by rail, then in the area of high-rise buildings in the western quarter of the city." According to the head of PMC Wagner, there is no talk of any Russian offensive so far.
Prigozhin also stressed that for "positive dynamics" it is necessary to resolve several issues: "The first question is to make sure that our flanks are reliably protected (I put a big exclamation point). The second is to make sure that our command is normally organized. Surovikina does not "I saw him a long time ago, I don't know what he's doing. And the third thing is ammunition (another exclamation point). When we solve all these three issues, then we can go anywhere."
16:52 As part of the Interflex mission, Britain has already trained more than 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen, the country's Ministry of Defense said. In total, in 2023, they plan to train 20,000 military personnel.
16:33 Over the past month, Russia has withdrawn its military equipment, which was located in the area of the village of Medvedevka, Dzhankoy district of Crimea. Analyst Brady Afrik said, citing data from Maxar, that tanks, armored vehicles and artillery were previously visible in this area, which are not now. He also noted that Russian troops built several fortifications throughout the Crimea, including near Medvedevka.
16:14 Politico writes that Xi Jinping, after negotiations with Macron, showed no signs of changing his position on Russia's war in Ukraine. The PRC leader went on to say that "all sides" have "reasonable security concerns" and gave no hint that he was using his influence to help end the war.
15:57 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, who is in Beijing with Macron, said that Xi Jinping promised to talk with Zelensky "when the appropriate conditions arise."
15:26 Xi Jinping is ready to talk on the phone with Zelensky, he will choose the right moment for this, Reuters reports, citing a French diplomatic source.
14:59 Lukashenka answered Macron about the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of other countries: "Nuclear weapons must be removed and destroyed for some time ... In the meantime, we are doing the way they do."
14:35 Danilov told Radio Liberty that "there are no more than five people on the planet" who have information about where, when and how the Ukrainian counteroffensive will begin. "When it starts, you will see all this," he promised and added that now this information is "absolutely closed."
Commenting on the situation in Bakhmut, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council noted that saving the lives of the Ukrainian military is the number one issue. According to him, the most important issue now is the supply of shells for artillery. At the same time, Danilov admitted that there is a delay in military assistance, and this is "an unpleasant thing."
14:29 The Lithuanian parliament approved a resolution containing a clause on the need to officially invite Ukraine to join NATO at the alliance's summit to be held on July 11 in Vilnius. At the same time, the parliamentarians specified that "the accession protocols should be signed and the ratification process should be launched as soon as conditions permit."
14:24 Bulgaria has blocked the last loophole in the sanctions, allowing Russian ships to enter ports under the flag of another country, writes PortsEurope. From April 8, restrictions will apply to all ships in the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping. Previously, sanctions applied only to vessels with the Russian flag in accordance with the requirements of the fifth EU sanctions package.
14:17 Russia took out at least 2.5 thousand Ukrainians from prisons in the occupied Ukrainian territories, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said: "We cannot clearly say how many Ukrainians are currently on the territory of the Russian Federation, because Russia itself has no official figures for us But, according to our data, at least 2,500 citizens of Ukraine who were in places of captivity and remained on the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine were taken to the territory of the Russian Federation.” Lubinets added that the Russians are trying to mobilize these individuals, in particular in the PMC Wagner.
14:10 Peskov said that China has "a very effective and impressive potential for the provision of mediation services," but with Ukraine "the situation is still complicated, it does not show any prospects for a peaceful settlement." The Kremlin speaker added that Moscow now "has no other way but to continue the NWO."
13:51 Xi Jinping said after a meeting with Macron that the use of nuclear weapons is unacceptable, including in the context of the war in Ukraine. Macron, in turn, stressed that no country under any circumstances can place nuclear weapons on foreign territory, and nuclear weapons must be completely excluded from the war in Ukraine.
13:42 Putin said that the Ukrainian forces "should be moved away from the line of contact to where they will not be able to harm the Russian military."
13:14 Xi Jinping, after meeting with Macron, called for the resumption of peace talks on Ukraine as soon as possible. On behalf of China and France, he also called on the international community to avoid escalating the war. In addition, the PRC leader said that he was ready, together with Paris, to call on the world community for "rationality and restraint" in the Ukrainian issue.
13:03 The SBU reported suspicion to the head of the Cherkasy diocese of the UOC (MP), who denied the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and justified the actions of the Russian army. In 2020, the clergyman instructed to create a new departmental website in the diocese according to the ROC template. During its development, Russian software was used to relay content from pro-Kremlin Internet resources. In addition, on the new website, the metropolitan praised Moscow priests and called for the unification of religious communities in the war against Ukraine.
12:49 The United States highly appreciated the skills of Ukrainian pilots who were tested for the possibility of retraining to work on multi-role fighters, said Serhiy Golubtsov, Air Force Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force: "We believed that our pilots would show their level, and this really happened. Two pilots successfully tested in the United States. The rating is quite high, and at the end of the report it is indicated that for Ukrainian pilots, the retraining program for the F-16 aircraft can be significantly reduced compared to standard pilot training programs."
12:44 The governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, announced an attempt by a Ukrainian DRG of 20 people to enter the territory of the Russian Federation near the village of Sluchovsk. According to him, the attempt was thwarted, "the enemy was hit by fire."
12:38 Not a single Russian informational stuffing on Bakhmut is true, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. "When the enemy monitors Bakhmut's information about what the military command reports to the president, who made what decisions, what plan failed, which of the generals defends which position on the defense of Bakhmut, one thing is very pleasing - we have no information leaks," she said. .
12:32 Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine for 41 million euros. "It will consist of equipment, new receipts, contributions to international funds," the minister specified.
12:13 Russian publics write that a drone with cameras fell in Khimki near Moscow. It was found on the territory of the Fakel plant, where the Tor and S-400 air defense systems are produced, and the S-300 and Osu are also being modernized. The drone measuring 30 by 30 cm was found by security guards while walking around the territory of the enterprise. Previously, the UAV fell due to communication jammers.
12:08 One of the enterprises of Ukroboronprom signed an agreement with Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa on the joint production of tank shells of 125 mm caliber. According to the agreement, the deployment of new production lines is envisaged, which, given the risks of Russian missile strikes, will be located on the territory of Poland. At the same time, Ukraine will provide its technologies and highly qualified specialists.
11:49 Macron said at a meeting with Xi Jinping that China can convince Russia to stop hostilities in Ukraine and return the parties to the negotiating table. The French President stressed that China "should play an important role in building peace."
11:45 FBI Director Christopher Ray said that the United States is watching the war in Ukraine and learning from it, and China too. "A lesson that China can focus on is the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy," he said. Ray said the Chinese government has begun to take steps to mitigate the impact of potential sanctions on its economy. He did not rule out that these actions could serve as a "key" to Beijing's potential upcoming actions against Taiwan.
11:28 Regular explosions in Melitopol are "preparation for that very counter-offensive," Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. "These are preparatory moments that should set the occupiers up," she added and confirmed that explosions in the city have become more frequent.
11:04 State Duma deputy, member of the negotiating group with Ukraine, which acted at the beginning of the Russian invasion, Leonid Slutsky said that Russia does not refuse the possibility of a diplomatic settlement of the "Ukrainian conflict", but taking into account "territorial realities."
10:57 The United States will send experimental weapons to Ukraine to fight Iranian and Chinese drones, Defense One writes with reference to representatives of the state company SAIC. The new military aid package lists these systems as "ten laser-guided anti-UAV mobile missile systems." A single shot from the new system costs less than $30,000, which is much cheaper than the larger air defense missiles used by Ukraine.
10:39 EU member states still cannot decide how to implement the purchase of a million ammunition for Ukraine, Politico writes, citing sources. So, on April 5, the EU ambassadors met to discuss this issue, but did not make much progress. Diplomats are debating whether to give contracts to outside manufacturers or leave them exclusively to European companies. France is pushing for the money to stay within the EU, while Greece and Cyprus are backing Paris because they want to avoid contracts with Turkish manufacturers, according to multiple sources.
10:26 Several explosions occurred in Melitopol at night - according to preliminary data, the base of the Russians was blown up in the area of the captured airfield. The occupiers immediately reported on the "precise work of the air defense", but sent ambulances towards the airfield, Mayor Ivan Fyodorov said.
09:54 The Russians are again changing tactics and activating aviation in southern Ukraine, as well as tying grenades to drones and trying to hit crowds of people, including where humanitarian aid is being distributed, said OK Pivden speaker Natalya Gumenyuk.
According to her, the use of aviation with guided bombs by the enemy is already a certain "step of desperation", because "there is nothing else to use." “It is very difficult for them to place artillery positions in those areas that we are working on from a firing point of view. And by clearing a strip of 30 km, we leave fewer and fewer positions for the invaders, from where they can inflict defeats on the right bank with artillery, mortars, although they are still looking for such positions," Gumenyuk added.
09:26 British intelligence suggests that in Russia there will be much more layoffs of the top military leadership in 2023, since the Russian army cannot achieve the Kremlin's goals in the Donbass. Analysts refer, in particular, to information about the likely dismissal of Colonel-General Rustam Muradov from the post of commander of the Eastern Group of Forces after unsuccessful attacks on Ugledar and heavy losses of Russian troops.
08:57 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, five people were killed - two in Alekseev-Druzhkovka, two in Bakhmut and one in Sergeevka. Nine other people in the area were injured. In Kherson and Kharkov regions, one wounded per day, according to the OVA.
08:38 The Pentagon announced that it had signed a contract with General Dynamics to create Abrams M1A1 tanks for Ukraine. The contract must be completed by September 29, its amount is $27.1 million.
08:21 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of April 6.
personnel - about 176,630 (+390) people liquidated,
tanks - 3631 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 7013 (+8),
artillery systems - 2714 (+7),
MLRS - 532 (+0),
air defense systems - 281 (+1),
aircraft - 306 (+0),
helicopters - 292 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2287 (+4),
cruise missiles - 911 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5574 (+1),
special equipment - 302 (+3).
08:17 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. Over the past day, more than 60 enemy attacks were repulsed. Bakhmut, Avdeevka and Marinka remain at the epicenter of hostilities, the General Staff said in a morning report .
02:14 Ukraine will be ready for negotiations on Crimea if the Armed Forces of Ukraine carry out a successful counteroffensive and reach the administrative border of the peninsula with the Kherson region, Deputy Head of the President's Office Andriy Sibiga said in an interview with the Financial Times. "If we manage to achieve our strategic goals on the battlefield and when we are on the administrative border with Crimea, we are ready to open a diplomatic page to discuss this issue. This does not mean that we exclude the path of liberation [of Crimea] by our army," he said. .
Sibiga stressed that Zelensky and his aides are now discussing such an option purely for the territory of the occupied Crimea. The Financial Times notes that the statement of Kyiv's interest in negotiations with Moscow was the first since April 2022.
00:42 In Melitopol and the Melitopol region, 700 people went to cooperate with the invaders, said the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov. He clarified that these people went to work in schools under the Russian program, in the "tax", "pension fund", etc. Fedorov added that among those who worked in the structure of the city council, no more than ten people went over to the side of the enemy.
00:18 Forbes presented infographics based on IMF forecasts for the Ukrainian economy for the next five years:
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[RIA] This week was marked by another expansion of NATO - Finland joined the North Atlantic Alliance . Critics of Russian foreign policy often refer to the fact that the NVO, one of whose goals was to protect against the expansion of a hostile bloc, was unable to achieve this. And in general: "they didn't want NATO near Kursk - they got it near Petersburg."
At first glance, this thesis has a rational grain. However, not all so simple. Well, let's decide what is the fallacy of this approach. In other words, why Ukraine is not Finland, and Finland is not Ukraine.
Let's go back a few centuries and remember what was the subject of aspirations of Russian sovereigns for a long time? Access to the South Seas. Of course, the vast coast of the Arctic Ocean , to which Russia has long had access, gave its advantages, but the south has always attracted with its year-round navigation, trade routes and opportunities to influence neighbors.
With the collapse of the USSR, Russia faced the threat of losing all these benefits: Sevastopol as the base of the Black Sea Fleet is many times more convenient than Novorossiysk . But they risked losing him forever. In this regard, the rush to extend the Kharkov agreements, which gave Russia the right to use the city as a base for its ships, is very indicative. We managed to agree on this seven years before their expiration - in 2010, when Yanukovych was still in power.
Obviously, after the coup on the Maidan, the anti-Russian forces in Kiev would have insisted on revising the agreements. Having lost its base in Sevastopol, Russia would have been thrown back a century and a half, to the difficult peace of Paris, which put an end to the Crimean War, one of the most tragic pages in Russian history.
But let's leave aside the gloomy historical analogies. There is a much more telling example of the importance of Crimea for Russia: the operation in Syria.
The fact is that the supply of Russian troops in the country was carried out by sea - without Sevastopol, the operation would have been virtually impossible. In this case, the situation in Syria would develop according to the Libyan scenario: even if the West managed to somehow cope with ISIS, the country would still remain a hotbed of instability in the region for a long time.
What is fraught with such a scenario for Russia? The threat of radical Islamism. What does the threat of radical Islamism mean for Russia? Growth of separatist sentiments in the Caucasus . What does the growth of separatist sentiments in the Caucasus entail? Explosions in Moscow .
So, quite simply, a domino called "Maidan," falling, entails threats that are much more serious than it might seem at first glance.
But the operation in Syria not only protected Russia from the scenario described above. She ensured our return to the Middle East. And without him, there would be no neutrality of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region under the conditions of a special operation. How long would the Russian economy last in this case is an open question.
Of course, Finland's accession to NATO is a painful response for Russia, but the significance of these two areas is incomparable. The accession of Ukraine to the alliance entailed consequences that were much more severe.
Moreover, the entry of Helsinki into this anti-Russian bloc has become more of a formality than some kind of serious change. Or did someone optimistically believe that the country, humiliated for five decades, would remain neutral after the collapse of the USSR?
"Finlandization" even became a general term for countries that formally retained independence, although their foreign policy was de facto subordinate to the overlord. It was in this form that Finland existed for half a century after the Second World War.
So those critics who link the entry of the Finns into NATO with a special operation are mistaken. This scenario became virtually inevitable immediately after the collapse of the USSR. And the West could refuse to implement it only if Russia continued, as in the 1990s, was ready to give up sovereignty.
Fortunately for all of us, the current Russian authorities do not.
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[RIA] On the anniversary of the death of the bright Russian politician, founder and leader of the LDPR party Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the current leader of the party, Leonid Slutsky, announced that the world's first Zhirinovsky political algorithm would be created using artificial intelligence.
The electronic "Zhirinovsky" will be "educated" on the scientific works, speeches, letters and comments of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The main task of the algorithm is to generate forecasts for the future based on real information - to do what Vladimir Volfovich himself was famous for. Obviously, the bar for Zhirinovsky is extremely high, as evidenced by the frighteningly accurate forecasts made over the years by the guru of political outrageousness, who had a unique gift for seeing the future.
1991 Eastern and Southern Ukraine will remain pro-Russian regions: "Crimea, Little Russia, Novorossiya , all of Eastern, Southern Ukraine are Russian lands. Therefore, if the question of Ukraine's independence ever arises , then only within the six Western Ukrainian regions."
1992 A referendum on joining Russia should be held in Crimea.
1998 Kiev wants to lease Crimea to NATO.
1999 Continued expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance: "NATO has no other plans than waging war, the main goal is a war with Russia, but they are directly afraid, so they will bomb on the periphery - the Caucasus, the Balkans, the Middle East, they will not go directly , but they will press through Ukraine, through Belarus , through the Baltic states , through the Caucasus. <…> NATO will move east."
1999 A coup will take place in Ukraine: "The biggest blow will be inflicted on Ukraine. This Kosovo option is already being prepared there."
2004 The resumption of the conflict in Karabakh: "Everyone benefits from small wars, no one benefits from a war between the USA , Russia and China. This is what humanity is afraid of. Let India and Pakistan fight, Israel and Palestine fight, let them fight in Georgia , let them fight in Karabakh."
2004 The President of the United States will be an African American (in 2009, for the first time in US history, an African American, Barack Obama, became president ).
2006 A sharp jump in energy prices in Europe : "If you pay a thousand euros for gas, a thousand - I promise you. And you don't have that kind of money, which means you will freeze."
2008 Russia will stand up for the inhabitants of the historically Russian eastern regions of Ukraine: "If someone tries to draw Ukraine into NATO and the population opposes, and they will be mocked, if someone bombs Lugansk, Donetsk, we will protect these cities."
2008 Crimea will be Russian: "If they (the inhabitants) want it, we, Russia, will provide it. And no one will stop us: neither the United States nor NATO! Forget about the fleet: the Russian fleet will never leave Sevastopol, and no one will touch it."
year 2012. There will be a revolution in Ukraine: "There will also be a revolution in Ukraine, because Yanukovych does not know who to sell himself to at a higher price. And it has always been like that!"
year 2013. The murder of Boris Nemtsov : "Nemtsov is Trotsky today. This one is waiting for his ice pick. I don't want this, but without an ice pick he won't go anywhere, anywhere!"
year 2014. Zaporozhye , Kherson and Donbass would become part of Russia.
2015 The beginning of the war and the implementation of partial mobilization in Russia: "That's it, get ready for mobilization. Partial! There is nowhere to put money in Europe, and money requires war."
2020 The inevitability of a solution to the Ukrainian issue: "If the West pursues a policy of Atlanticism, <...> we will be forced at some stage - in three years, in five years, in seven - in any case, before 2030, to resolve this (Ukrainian) conflict." At the same time, Vladimir Zhirinovsky noted that Russia does not want to resort to a forceful solution, but it will be forced.
2021 The collapse of the statehood of Ukraine: "Zelensky is the last president of Ukraine. There will be no other presidents, because there will be no Ukraine."
2021 In his prediction about the date of the start of the NWO, Vladimir Zhirinovsky was mistaken by only two days, commenting on the West’s unwillingness to stop the Kiev regime that had broken the chain: “Refuse? Then we can adopt another program. And which one you will feel at four in the morning on February 22. <…> This will be the year when Russia finally becomes a great country again." In reality, a special military operation began early in the morning on February 24, 2022.
It is difficult to disagree with the fact that Zhirinovsky predicted with almost 100% accuracy many of the events that we have witnessed. However, Vladimir Zhirinovsky will go down in history not only and not so much because of this.
The main legacy of Zhirinovsky is his uncompromising position as a patriot of Russia and active support for the "gathering" of Russian lands, as well as the protection of the Russian people inside and outside the country.
In his telegram to the participants of the memorial events dedicated to the memory of Zhirinovsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted: "Vladimir Volfovich sincerely sought to contribute to the solution of the most important tasks facing the country, and always in any audience in the most heated discussions at international venues he firmly defended sovereignty and the dignity of the country, put the interests of the Fatherland at the forefront.
There is a feeling that even the most advanced electronic "Zhirinovsky" will not replace a person for whom the words "Russia" and "victory" were synonymous.
In his last interview, Zhirinovsky predicted: "And if there is a war, we will win. And everyone will get his own - according to his deserts."
And this prophecy will surely come true again, because we have no other country than Russia, and no other choice but victory.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:56 In Artyomovsk, Wagner PMC fighters sent Ukronazis of the Gonor group to Bandera
Soldiers of PMC "Wagner" denazifiedUkrainianNazis from "Ambition"
Destroyed:
Members of this Nazi group, associated with the Davinchi unit of the liquidated Bandera member Dmitry Kotsyubaylo, participated in the cleansing of Kupyansk and the killing of civilians.
20:34 Video— Hunting for Ukrainian Nazis and foreign mercenaries in the forests of Novorossiya
19:54Ukrainian Andrey Mekhryakov from Azov**liquidatedin Artemovsk
A punisher from the 3rd Azov Brigade and a member of the Ukrainian Nazi organization Centuria Andrey Mekhryakov, call sign Dj Apache, was destroyed by Wagner fighters in Artemovsk.
Before the outbreak of hostilities, he worked as a DJ in one of the clubs in Kherson
19:23 The dungeons of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, one of the rooms where the Nazis from Azov hid. The inscription "Zelya zradnik" - "Zelensky traitor," left by Ukrainian militants
18:50 Highlights new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The troops of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 80 military men and a 120mm self-propelled gun "Nona" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed over 140 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;
The Kiev regime deliberately destroys its military personnel with artillery fire to suppress desertion attempts;
On April 5, a unit of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, numbering 14 people, surrendered near Avdiivka in the DPR;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the depot of rocket and artillery weapons of the 107th Rocket Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sergeevka area in the DPR;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine deliberately opened artillery fire on the Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered near Avdiivka, all 14 people were killed;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stopped an attempt to counterattack the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlements of Vodiane and Nikolskoye in the DPR.
17:49 The poor fellow from the Ukrainian army, together with his brother, fled from their positions -video
Ten people dropped out ... Only two of them remained.
17:48 Tankers of the 429th Rregiment are dismantling the KNP of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
17:07 Another destroyed equipment of the Ukronazis in one of the directions -video
16:45 In the area of n.p. Belogorovka, as a result of the fire impact of multiple launch rocket systems of the RF Armed Forces, a stronghold of militants of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit -video
The footage clearly shows the defeat of the enemy tank. As a result of the hit, the BC detonated.
Please note that the 81st Brigade, notorious for its atrocities against the civilian population, traditionally continues to use residential buildings and civilian infrastructure as shelter
16:06 What is known about liquidated Georgian mercenary Mikhail Mazanashvili.
Mazanashvili was born on April 2, 1993 in the village of Zerti, Gori municipality.
After school, he signed a contract with the Georgian army and served in it for seven years. According to relatives, the military man participated under the auspices of NATO in Operation Resolute Support, in which he gained combat experience.
In 2021, he retired from the army and moved to live in Ukraine, where he started a family.
According to Georgian media, after the start of the SVO, Mazanashvili served in the Georgian Legion, which was involved in the executions of captured Russian soldiers.
On March 31, 2023, Mazanashvili was liquidated near Artyomovsk.
15:50 In the LPR, a Ukrainian was convicted for passing coordinates for shelling civilians -video
In the LPR, a militant of the “National Guard of Ukraine”, who transmitted coordinates to Ukrainian terrorists for shelling the civilian population of Rubizhne, received 15 years in a strict regime colony.
According to the Investigative Committee, on April 10, 2022, Captain Vladislav Melnyk, using a drone, saw a group of local residents who were trying to leave the city along humanitarian corridors.
He handed over their coordinates to the Ukrainian unit, which attacked the sector with 82mm BM-82 mortars. Then there were no casualties and victims - people managed to leave the shelling zone.
15:32 Russian Cossack tankers smash the Nazi KNP -video
Soldiers of the 429th Motorized Rifle orders of Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky regiment named after. The Kuban Cossacks are dismantling the KNP militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
Reconnaissance and fire adjustment was carried out with the help of a UAV bought with public money. Video filmed on it.
14:55 Ukrovoin in anticipation of denazification -video
14:54 Russian artillery is working on the positions of Ukrainian militants non-stop day and night -video
14:49 Lviv Nazis promote their ideas among children through colored pencils
The invention was called "True Pencil". Each color corresponds to a pencil with its own name:
orange - "the fire with which we will burn Moscow"
red - "the blood in which we will drown the Crimea"
black - "bags with the corpses of Russian soldiers."
The case of the UPA * in Western Ukraine will live for a long time.
13:24 APU irrevocably lost in Artyomovsk, from 15,000 to 20,000 people, said the acting adviser. Head of the DPR Yan Gagin
13:19 “I'm not afraid of either a Belarusian or a Muscovite,” schismatics sing merrily dancing in a captured Orthodox church. The author of the video added in the signature - "they forgot to sing that they are not afraid of God" -video
12:59 The Nazis decided to destroy Orthodoxy in Ukraine: SBU descended on Metropolitan Feodosiy of Cherkassy "“for supporting the SVO."
The reason for the repressions was the Metropolitan's support for the Russian special operation, he was declared under suspicion.
12:57 Illustration of work trans-Ukrainian terrorist recruitment network.
Crowbars play on the emotions of “good Russians”: WE ALL are to blame, WE ALL allowed it, WE ALL are responsible, WE ALL must answer, pay and repent. Then, driven to despair, people are offered an "act of redemption" - donations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, i.e. sponsoring terrorism.
Islamist preachers work according to a similar scheme: the object of treatment is humiliated and intimidated by “murtadism” (you don’t go to the mosque, you make friends with infidels, you consume alcohol, etc.), after which they offer to “cleanse sins” and join the underground jamaat of “true” Muslims.
So that the victim does not have a chance to jump off, a video of the “oath” is recorded with her. The mousetrap slammed shut, a new martyr entered service.
In the case of the trans-Ukrainian video network, an “oath” is not required - it is enough to donate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to automatically become a sponsor of terrorism. There is no way back - now only the fight against the "Rusnya" to the victorious. The mousetrap slammed shut, the new Dasha Trepova went into action.
12:46 Resident of the Zhytomyr regioncut offtwo fingers on his right hand so as not to go into the army - however, this did not help, he was taken to the Armed Forces anyway.
How he shoots is not very clear, but the situation quite conveys the scale of the madness of Ukrainian mobilization.
11:59 Brother of the Ukrainian army made the wrong choice and is now going home in a package -video
Judging by the conversation, he went to the next world as a result of tank shelling
11:39 Russian military eliminated near Artemovsk two Georgian mercenaries. Three more were seriously injured, Khmaladze declared them to be “brothers”.
They killed Vakho Barabadze and David Kurukiani, who turned out to be a professional soldier and participant in the US campaign in Afghanistan.
Since the beginning of the NMD, more than 40 Georgian mercenaries have been officially liquidated.
10:44 "Ivan" to call the child unpatriotic
A campaign poster in a Ukrainian maternity hospital says that children with Russian names have no future.
At the same time, the idols of Ukrainian nationalists, such as, for example, Ivan Mazepa, Ivan Sirko, Ivan Franko, etc. at a speed of 1000 rpm, they get fucked from such a turnover in their coffins.
10:19 Strong shots: 11-year-old defender of Orthodoxy against Ukrainian neo-Nazi - the situation under the walls of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra -video
09:32 End of March 2023. Border areas of the Belgorod region
Our fighters liquidated enemy DRG. Among the trophies - UAR-15, Zbroyar-15 - Ukrainian semi-automatic self-loading rifle NATO caliber 5.56. Developed by Zbroyar LLC, produced at the Kiev Mayak plant under license from the American AR-15 rifle.
09:26 The commander of the special forces GUR "Kraken" burned alive the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who refused to go to the slaughter -video
A well-known Ukrainian volunteer and blogger, Aleksey Osker, was told by a deserter from the Kraken (part of the GUR special forces) on a stream that before his flight, the commander of their Nazi detachment broke into the Armed Forces of Ukraine (apparently refuseniks), beat them to a pulp and burned them alive.
Now the Ukrainian Nazis are threatening Osker with reprisals against his mother for telling about the crime of the Kraken, the volunteer himself said in horror and with tears.
Other military officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stood up for Osker, stating that there was nothing to threaten a volunteer for the truth. And all the soldiers know that the Kraken are lovers of threatening relatives and carrying out such executions.
Osker himself is a notorious volunteer who was recently put under house arrest for telling the truth about problems in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:10 "Mikhalych" told how the "Snake Gorynych" destroyed the stronghold of the nationalists by detonating their own mines -video
08:08 And again Lviv. They threw eggs at the temple Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir
Prior to this, the temple had been the victim of attacks by Ukrainian Nazis more than once. Only in May 2022, the following things happened: the radicals tried to disrupt the service, someone flooded the doors with foam and left the inscriptions “Rusnya are not people”, there was an attempt to set fire to the temple with crosses crossed out.
In June of the same year, the temple was set on fire. A bucket of liquid, a stick with cloth, a lighter and a cap were found at the scene of the fire.
After all these events, the parishioners completely restored the temple. But Satanists do not stop trying to desecrate the temple.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representation reported about 17 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 8 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Gorlovsky six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhskoye two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. By releasing 72 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Panteleimonovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kalinin, Kiev, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Yelenovka, Nikolskoe, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of four civilians in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. Wounds of varying severity were received by five civilians in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk.
Six residential buildings in the Kievsky district of Donetsk were damaged, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
Previously, eight artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
23:27 A residential area of the city of Kremennaya in the Lugansk People's Republic was shelled by the armed forces of Ukraine, said Rodion Miroshnik, former LPR ambassador to Moscow, on April 6 in his Telegram channel.
According to Miroshnik, as a result of the shelling, multi-storey residential buildings, cars and buildings were damaged. According to preliminary estimates, there were about 10 arrivals. Information about the victims has not yet been received.
21:50 Video- As a result of the strike of Ukrainian terrorists on Donetsk, nine people were killed, seven more were injured.
Ukrainian terrorists attacked a civilian vehicle fleet in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk using American HIMARS MLRS.
As a result of the artillery attack of the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, nine civilians were killed, another seven were injured of varying severity. Ukrainian bastards used "Hymers" on a civilian vehicle fleet.
At 16:50, Ukrainian terrorists fired four MLRS rockets from their positions in Konstantinovka. The goal of the militants was an ordinary service station, where civilian cars were repaired.
21:25 "Wagner" storms Bakhmut from all parties, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are counterattacking, trying to throw PMCs off the "road of life."
This is reported by Ukrainian military analysts and the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an evening analytical note:
“In the north of the gray zone in Bakhmut, street fighting continues south of Rose Alley. "Wagner" deployed 12-15 assault groups of 25-30 people each to this area.
- “In the center of Bakhmut, the PMC is conducting an active offensive in the gray zone. An approximate situation is marked with arrows” (the concept of the center here is arbitrary, according to our statements, the center has been taken, according to Ukrainian reports, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are still trying to hold on somewhere).
“The Russians are trying to push our units out of the railroad,” the report said a day ago.
“There are still sections to the east of the railway controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” says today’s summary (i.e., the Ukrainian Armed Forces have practically been ousted from the area).
- In the area of Ivanovsky, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are counterattacking to push back PMCs, near Khromovoe, the Russians continue their assaults.
- In the direction of Seversk, as well as between Stupochki and Ivanovsky - positional battles.
- On the eastern approaches to Bogdanovka, south of Ivanovsky and west of Kurdyumovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack using drones and artillery.
20:56 Video- A serviceman with the call sign "Copper" has been in the zone of a special military operation for the second month. He was called up for military service from the city of Karabash, Chelyabinsk region.
“I was not afraid - I came to protect my Motherland, to help the people of Donbass. I didn’t sit out somewhere - I just came here voluntarily, at the call of the soul, at the call of the Motherland," said the fighter.
He calls on fellow citizens, especially men, to take part in a special military operation:
"If not you, then who? Ask yourself the question: what will you tell your children, your grandchildren?" - refers to "Copper".
20:35 Video "Time has chosen us."
In the rear area of the special military operation zone, a serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces from North Ossetia with the call sign "Biser" is undergoing a training course in tactical medicine. During a break between classes, he wrote down an appeal to the Russians.
“The Russian spirit is unshakable, our faith is righteous. Russia has never started a war. Russia has always completed them victoriously with dignity. So it was at all times. Time has chosen us. Let's end Nazism and Satanism for the last time. Wait for us home with victory,” says “Beads”.
20:07 Video- AFU shelled Lisichansk in the LPR, - reported the JCCC
According to the JCCC, three people were killed and one was injured when a bus stop in Lisichansk was shelled.
20:05 Maryinka DPR. Reminds me of words of famous songs "City that does not exist," the consequences of hostilities in the urban area
19:43 Video- Yunarmee of the Kherson region Veronika Mikhailova: "We feel the unconditional support of our President"
Yesterday a meeting of the Security Council of Russia was held on issues of ensuring law and security in the Kherson region and on the territory of other liberated territories.
"Yesterday Vladimir Putin held the Russian Security Council. Our President directly accused the West and the Kiev regime of organizing terrorist attacks, the victims of which were ordinary people. The task of Russia now is the security and legal protection of all of us. Our guarantors are Russia and our President. We have made our historic choice to be together with Russia. And we feel the unconditional support of our President."
19:19 Video- In the Bryansk region, a Ukrainian DRG is still hiding in one settlement. Unwanted guests are blocked there and will be sent by express to Bandera on the first order.
19:00 Finnish armored personnel carrier SISU XA-180 is fighting against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Trophy fighters of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps have now turned against their past masters
18:36 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (04/06/2023)
- In the Kupyansky direction, strikes by assault and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Western" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Peschanoe and Masyutovka of the Kharkov region.
In addition, the actions of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were suppressed in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye, Artemovka of the Lugansk People's Republic and Pershotravneve of the Kharkiv Region.
During the day, over 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two cars, as well as a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar were destroyed in this direction.
– In addition, today at about 8.30 am, the cover units of the State Border of the Western Military District, together with the border detachment of the border department of the FSB of Russia in the Bryansk region, prevented an attempt to penetrate the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, numbering more than 15 militants, into the territory of the Russian Federation near the village of Sluchaevsk, Bryansk region.
During the clash with artillery fire from the Western Military District, the enemy was defeated. The sabotage group was dispersed and, having suffered losses, retreated to the territory of Ukraine. There are no losses among Russian servicemen.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova and Chervonopopovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, a 120mm Nona self-propelled mortar, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, during the active operations of units, strikes by operational-tactical aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Southern" group of troops, the following were destroyed in a day:
more than 140 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, 122mm Gvozdika and 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzers, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.
- In addition, in the area of ?the settlement of Sergeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons of the 107th Rocket Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, operational-tactical aviation strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vuhledar of the Donetsk People's Republic, Marfopol and Zagornoye, Zaporozhye region.
- In addition, an attempt by the enemy assault group to counterattack in the direction of the settlements of Vodiane and Nikolskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic was suppressed.
During the day, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in these areas.
- In the Kherson direction, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two cars and a 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer were destroyed during a fire attack per day.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated the 92nd artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and equipment in 128 districts.
- In the area of the settlement of Avdievka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the command post of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit.
- Air defense systems intercepted 11 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
- In addition, eleven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Tavolzhanka in the Kharkiv region, Kremennaya and Kovalevka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Nikolskoye, Novoselovka and Sands in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- The Kiev regime deliberately destroys its military personnel with artillery fire to suppress attempts to leave their positions and retreat under the onslaught of Russian troops.
- April 5 this year units of the "Southern" group of troops in the area of the settlement of Avdievka of the Donetsk People's Republic were active in capturing the enemy's stronghold.
- During the battle, the commander of the unit of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, located at the stronghold, turned to the Russian command via an open radio channel, declaring that his unit of 14 people had voluntarily laid down their weapons and the desire to surrender.
- For the safe exit of Ukrainian military personnel from the stronghold occupied by the Russian group, hostilities were suspended and the fire was completely ceased.
- Taking into account the dark time of the day, Ukrainian servicemen were placed in a dugout until the morning for subsequent removal to the rear zone of the Russian group.
- At night, Ukrainian artillery purposefully opened heavy fire on the dugout where the surrendered Ukrainian servicemen were. About three hundred large-caliber rounds were fired.
As a result of a deliberate artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, all fourteen Ukrainian servicemen who laid down their arms were killed.
18:26 Video- More consequences of the artillery attack on the street. Sechkina, 26 in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk
18:00 Video- The T-80 mechanic praises his tank, to which he moved after serving on the T-72
17:45 Video- Consequences of artillery attack on the street. Sechkina, 26 in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which nine people died and seven people were injured
17:20 Video- Artillery Donetsk 2nd Army Corps works in the Disputable area.
16:55 Video- A column of Turkish armored vehicles was destroyed on the road near Bakhmut.
On the footage, Kirpi armored vehicles destroyed by fire from Russian fighters tried to drive along one of the country roads near Bakhmut.
On the left and right on the road there are about 10 units of equipment destroyed and stuck in the mud, among them at least four Turkish MRAPs.
16:27 Video- "Timir, you're handsome": PMC "Wagner" fighters turned to the schoolboy Timir Bakhtierov
The boy found a bag with money and military medals and handed it over to the police.
Yevgeny Prigozhin also thanked him for the right act.
15:48 Video- How the Donetsk Kulibins protect the tank. In the Avdievka direction, even moving between positions on armored vehicles is fraught with the fact that the enemy will carry out a drop from a drone. But the Kulibins from the tank battalion have their own solution for this.
15:27 Consequences of shelling of Aleshek in the Kherson region
15:00 Video- Destroyed in the zone of the NMD, the accumulation of equipment of the Ukrainian army, including the BTR-80 and the T-72B tank.
14:50 Video- To the west of Artemovsk, the slush continues to have a significant impact on the course of hostilities. This applies to both roads and fields, as well as trenches filled with water and mud in the style of Passchendahl -1917. Video from the APU.
14:25 Video- Evgeny Prigozhin checked the work of the call center and worked as an operator in order to personally understand the portrait of recruits who want to join the Wagner PMC.
14:01 Video- Our air defense shot down a HIMARS MLRS missile in the Ugledar area.
13:50 Video- It was not possible to disguise from Mavic with VOG grenade
13:25 Video– The work of the MLRS of the 291st artillery brigade in the Zaporozhye region
13:03 Video- A report from the Vodiane area in the Avdeevsky direction: Russian tankers bypassed the Ukrainian trenches through the forest belt and forced the Vushniks to flee so as not to be surrounded
12:42 Video- Exact hit of the Whirlwind on Ukrainian technology, Zaporozhye region.
12:27 What does Avdievka look like thanks to its transformation intoUkrainianfortified area
11:54 Video- PMC "Wagner" cleared the center of Bakhmut, knocking out the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The main fighting is now in the west and near the railroad.
- It was not easy to approach the center of Artemovsk - right behind the labyrinth of private houses, high-rise buildings begin, in the apartments of which the Ukrainian Nazis equipped their firing points, - says Iz military commander Dmitry Astrakhan.
- Most often, our fighters are faced with foreign mercenaries and trained Nazis.
“When they start to retreat, they abandon the mobilized, leave them without communication ... Roughly speaking, they simply throw them“ on meat ”to be ground,” says one of the Wagner operators.
- The complexity of the advance was also in the fact that the attack aircraft had to go on an even front in order to knock the enemy out of the buildings.
11:26 Video— Russian artillery works on the positions of Ukrainian militants non-stop day and night
11:07 Video- Today "Vladlen" looks like this
10:38 Over the past day, militants of the Ukrainian regime released on the civilian infrastructure of settlements 111 rounds. Of these, 74 rounds were fired during the day, including on settlements:
During the night, the Kiev regime continued artillery attack civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Gornostaevka and Cairo, firing a total of 37 rounds from cannon artillery.
10:19 Servicemen of the RF Armed Forces shot down a Ukrainian drone frombigamount of explosives. The size of the UAV is two desks. HEAT projectiles are attached to the UAV, which are designed for armored vehicles due to the heavy weight of the drone cannot rise high.
Before launching a huge UAV, Ukrainian militants launch a reconnaissance drone to find out the location of the equipment
10:04 Video- Night battles near Donetsk: the Sparta battalion responded to statements about the breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Avdievka.
. We are trying to understand and cannot understand what it means to move close to the city, if the city of Avdievka is already under the Armed Forces of Ukraine? If we are talking about Novoselovka, then this is a village.
“A postcard to everyone who “broke through” near Avdievka today,” (https://t.me/btr80/4830) jokes the commander of the Sparta battalion
09:54 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from April 5 to April 6, 2023
In the early morning, Ukrainian formations fired at the village of Zapesochye in the Bryansk region, damaging houses and cars. There were no casualties.
Russian troops worked on targets in Turya and Leonovka in the Chernihiv region, as well as in Seredina-Budy, Bezsalovka and Volfino in the Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region, the RF Armed Forces hit the enemy positions in Odnorobovka, Udy, Kazachya Lopan, Liptsy, Zibinovo and Bochkovo.
In the Starobelsky direction, Russian artillerymen attacked the accumulation of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk, Figolevka, Poplars, Dvurechnaya, Novoselovsky, Ternakh and Torsky.
On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on enemy targets in the vicinity of Disputed, Grigorovka, Bakhmut, Chasov Yar, Kleban-Byk and Toretsk.
In the Donetsk direction, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdievka, Netaylovo, Maryinka, Krasnohorivka, Berdychi and Pobeda were hit.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, Russian artillerymen worked on targets in Novomikhailovka, Vugledar and Bolshaya Novoselka.
In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces hit the accumulation of enemy forces in Malinovka, Zaliznichny, Gulyaipolsky, Novopalovka and Kamensky.
At night, Ukrainian formations fired at Melitopol from the HIMARS MLRS, but the air defense systems intercepted the rounds.
On the southern sector of the front, Russian troops attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson and its environs.
The enemy responded by firing at Russian settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region.
09:23 The Russian military cut off the militants on the front line from the command with the help of the Leer-3 complex -video
Working in conjunction with the calculation of the R-330BMV complex, which allows you to detect, analyze and find the radio exchange of militants, the Leer-3 complex interferes in the entire working radio frequency spectrum. These electronic warfare systems are used in areas of combat contact.
“We can set the enemy’s copter with an erroneous flight altitude, coordinates, build him movement routes, take him away. This is very important, since copters are used on the entire front line. They are filming our positions, ”said the platoon commander with the call sign “Frenchman”.
09:18 Summary on the morning of April 6, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces continue active operations in the Avdeevsky direction.
In Artemovsk (Bakhmut), PMC "Wagner" is advancing in the central part of the city with heavy fighting.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy positions from Dorozhnyanka and advanced along the highway to Gulyai Polye.
An enemy light aircraft was landed in the Bryansk region, the pilot had a machine gun and a bulletproof vest.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of a UAV dropped an explosive device in the Suzemsky district of the Bryansk region. Wounded civilian.
In the Kursk region, the settlement was shelled. Gordeevka (Korenevsky district).
In the Belgorod region, a settlement was fired from mortars. New Tavolzhanka.
In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine intensified artillery attack of our positions.
Explosions sounded in Melitopol at night.
In the LPR, the enemy fired on the settlement. Frontier with the use of MLRS HIMARS (two missiles). Two men born in 1956 and 1958 died, a civilian was injured, two apartment buildings were damaged.
The enemy fired 34 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Under fire Gorlovka, Donetsk, Vladimirovka. A civilian was wounded.
08:13 Frontline summary on the morning of 04/06/2023
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out assault operations in the city limits of Maryinka and in the direction of Pervomaisky. On the last of the named sites there is a slight advance.
The ground attack near the North did not bring success to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. But near the village of Keramik, they managed to take several new positions. Russian troops shelled Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka and Novobakhmutovka (the one to the northeast of the village of Krasnogorovka). Ukrainians hit Donetsk and Novokalinov.
In Bakhmut itself, Wagner PMC is pushing through the defense of the Ukrainian garrison from the south, east and north. The entire territory along the Bakhmutka River, which flows through the city, is under the complete control of the "orchestrants".
The center of the settlement is also behind them. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are stubbornly resisting in the southwestern part at the entrance to Bakhmut. They also hold back the advance of the "musicians" in the northern districts of the city as best they can. PMC "Wagner" also attacked near Bogdanovka.
Here without success. Units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, attacked in the area of Spornovo. No promotion. Russian troops shelled Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Novomarkovo, Minkovka, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Ivanovsky, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka and Seversk.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from Shipilovka continued offensive operations in the Serebryansky forest area. Dense oncoming battles resumed near Novoselovsky, which went on with varying success. Russian artillery hit Torsky, Stelmakhovka, Krakhmalnoye, Masyutovka, Dvurechensky, Kamenka and Poplars.
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[REGNUM] Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, during a visit to the Arzamas Machine-Building Plant in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, was shown a new armor that provides additional protection. This was reported on April 6 by the press service of the Ministry of Defense.
“The new double armor of promising models of equipment withstands the detonation of two kilograms of TNT, the ingress of armor-piercing incendiary ammunition, provides protection for the radiato, hood and wheeled chassis, and also protects personnel from various weapons,” the message says.
Shoigu inspected the production of modernized models of military equipment at the plant. He noted that it also provided the ergonomics of the internal space, taking care of the convenience of the crew.
It is reported that the Minister, following the visit to the plant, thanked the staff for being able to increase the pace of production.
As REGNUM reported , earlier Shoigu inspected the implementation of the state defense order at defense enterprises in the Chelyabinsk and Kirov regions . He visited the factories involved in providing SVO.
[News18] Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, whose forces are fighting in Ukraine, has now waded into a raging controversy in Moscow. Kadyrov has now trained guns at Russians protesting against the construction of a mosque in eastern Moscow. Kadyrov said the opponents of the construction of a mosque in the Kosino-Ukhtomsky district should go “to the trenches with a machine gun.” Kadyrov’s fighters have also warned Moscow residents with war for protesting against the construction of the mosque in the city.
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FEb 18, 2023: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday unexpectedly promoted Rustam Muradov to the rank of commander of the Eastern Military District
According to Putin’s decree, 50-year-old Muradov, holder of the Order of Courage and holder of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3 degrees, was awarded rank of colonel general, writes The Moscow Times. Muradov’s promotion became known a week after the major defeat... near Ugledar, where two elite marine brigades and about 100 pieces of equipment were almost completely destroyed... Muradov was sharply criticized by the Wagner PMC’s unofficial telegram channel Gray Zone, which threatened to “two hundred” the general, who was allegedly holed up in headquarters, leaving one column after another to be slaughtered.
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Daily Mail, where America gets it's propaganda.
Look at the selection of descriptive words used in western media, massacre, catastrophic losses. The reporting is managed for public dissemination. Review of legionnaires vs Wagner forces patriots vs criminals. Z cannot entertain negotiations. To do so would be suicide. The west has given him his orders. Then we have Macron who has infuriated China. Treated with the best of everything insulted China. China has done nothing to cause concern with EU. Proceed with threats to harm a strong friendly relationship China currently has with Russia. The harm you cause is by your own efforts. The future relations between China and the EU looks to go badly every day. The puppet master Biden pulls the EU strings and China is very much aware of his control.
[DNYUZ] Classified war documents detailing secret American and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... plans for building up the Ukrainian military ahead of a planned offensive against Russia were posted this week on social media channels, senior Biden administration officials said.
The Pentagon is investigating who may have been behind the leak of the documents, which appeared on Twitter and on Telegram, a platform with more than half a billion users that is widely available in Russia.
Military analysts said the documents appear to have been modified in certain parts from their original format, overstating American estimates of Ukrainian war dead and understating estimates of Russian troops killed.
The modifications could point to an effort of disinformation by Moscow, the analysts said. But the disclosures in the original documents, which appear as photographs of charts of anticipated weapons deliveries, troop and battalion strengths, and plans, represents a significant breach of American intelligence in the effort to aid Ukraine.
Biden officials were working to get them deleted but had not, as of Thursday evening, succeeded.
"We are aware of the reports of social media posts and the department is reviewing the matter," said Sabrina Singh, the deputy press secretary at the Pentagon.
The documents do not provide specific battle plans, like how, when, and where Ukraine intends to launch its offensive. And because the documents are five weeks old, they offer a snapshot of time — the American and Ukrainian view, as of March 1, of what Ukrainian troops might need for the campaign.
To the trained eye of a Russian war planner, field general or intelligence analyst, however, the documents no doubt offer many tantalizing clues. The documents mention, for instance, the expenditure rate of HIMARS — American-supplied high mobility artillery rocket systems, which can launch attacks against targets like ammunition dumps, infrastructure and concentrations of troops, from a distance. The Pentagon has not said publicly how fast Ukrainian troops are using the HIMARs munitions; the documents do.
It was unclear how the documents ended up on social media. But pro-Russian government channels have been sharing and circulating the briefing slides, military analysts said.
The analysts warned that documents released by Russian sources could be selectively altered to present the Kremlin’s disinformation.
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