Russia is indiscriminately shelling Kherson, which it claims to be a Russian city. Thus, Russia is obliged to follow its nuclear doctrine, admit it to be an attack against Russia, and nuke Kremlin.
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[LB] Residents of Donetsk region and Kherson region were killed by Russian shelling, there is destruction of infrastructure, - summary of OVA
In particular, power lines, residential and commercial buildings were damaged.
by Vera Perun
The night was relatively calm, without shelling, in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Mykolaiv Oblast, Bukovina, Lviv Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, as well as Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast and Kyiv Oblast.
Sumyshchyna
Last day, the enemy made 45 strikes on Krasnopilsk and Esmansk communities. Buildings were damaged, there were no casualties.
Zaporizhzhia region
Over the past day, the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the areas of Chervone, Malinivka, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Dorozhnyanka, Charivne, Novoandriivka, Novodanilivka, Mala Tokmachka, Biloghirya, Olhivske, Shcherbaki, Mali Shcherbaki, Kamianske, Stepove.
Also, 22 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of Russian shelling. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified.
Dnipropetrovsk region
The Russians shelled Nikopolshchyna once again, hitting Marganetska, Mirivska, and Chervonogrigorivska communities with MLRS and heavy artillery. Previously, there were no casualties.
Damaged property of the garden society, garages and cars of the industrial enterprise, power lines. The consequences of the shelling are being clarified.
Kharkiv region
Last day, the Russians fired mortar and artillery at the settlements of Guryiv, Veterinarne, Kudiivka, Hoptivka, Staritsa, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Ambarne, Novomlynsk and Dvorichna in Kharkiv Oblast. These are Kharkiv, Chuguyiv, Kupyan, Izyum districts.
Detailed information on civilian injuries as a result of enemy shelling is being clarified.
Luhansk Region
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy fired tanks, mortars and artillery in the areas of Novoselivskyi, Stelmakhivka, Kuzemivka, Kolomiychikha and Myasozharivka.
On the Lymanskyi direction, Makiivka, Ploschanka, Chervonopivka and Dibrova came under fire.
The Russians continue to repurpose Luhansk region hospitals into military hospitals. The enemy is also suffering heavy losses. The situation in the region remains difficult.
Donetsk
At night, periodic shelling of the front-line settlements of Toretska and Marinska communities continued. Artillery shelling of the old part of Avdiivka was recorded in the morning.
Yesterday evening, the Russians shelled Kurakhovo, the villages of Pereizne and Zvanivka of the Zvaniv community, as well as the village of Torske of the Lyman community.
Bakhmutu is under constant shelling. On December 23, several shellings were carried out in the central part of the city. It is known that the oldest buildings in the central part of the settlement were damaged, in particular, the premises of the art school, residential building 53 on the street. Peace and the building of the administrative court.
Over the past day, two people were killed in Donetsk region, and 5 more were injured.
Kherson region
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian occupiers continue to terrorize civilians living along the right bank of the Dnipro River. Areas of Kherson, Respublikanets, Dniprovske, Yantarne, Bilozerka, Stanislav, Havrylivka, Novodmytrivka, Burgunka, Inzhenerne and Chornobayivka areas were shelled by rocket and barrel artillery.
Yesterday, the Rashists shelled the city of Kherson with multiple rocket launchers. Residential buildings and objects of critical infrastructure were damaged. A kindergarten located in the Ship district of the city came under fire. The blast wave and projectile fragments blew out windows in the building. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
In total , 22 victims were injured in the Kherson region last day, 5 of them died - in Kherson, 17 people received medical assistance, among the victims was a 6-year-old child.
The situation in the temporarily occupied Holoprystan community is critically difficult. OTG is under constant shelling.
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[Korrespondent] 21:42 The number of victims of today's shelling of the Kherson region has increased to 68 people, ten people died in Kherson , said the head of the OVA Yaroslav Yanushevich and once again called on local residents to evacuate.
20:39 The Russians have launched another carrier of Caliber cruise missiles into the Black Sea - there are now four of them in the sea, a total of 24 missiles in one salvo, Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. According to her, this can be either preparation for the next missile strike, or simply intimidation.
19:05 As of the end of December , 71% of Russians support the war in Ukraine . The number of supporters of negotiations has been declining in recent months, according to a sociological survey by the Levada Center. Only 21% of Russians do not support Russian military aggression against Ukraine.
18:51 The death toll as a result of the shelling of the center of Kherson by the Russians has increased to ten, another 55 people were injured, 18 of them are in serious condition , said the head of the Kherson Regional Military District, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
18:47 The enemy is concentrating its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky and Avdeevsky directions and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Kupyansky direction, the General Staff said in the evening summary.
In Gornostaevka, Kherson region, the Russians imposed a round-the-clock curfew from December 25 to January 3. For almost ten days, local residents are prohibited from leaving their homes and moving around the village.
17:08 Finland in the 11th package of military assistance worth 28.8 million euros will supply Ukraine with more military equipment, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported. In addition, the Finnish Defense Forces will continue to participate in training support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the UK until the end of 2023. The total cost of all packages of military equipment sent to Ukraine is 189.2 million euros.
16:44 Lithuanian military assistance to Ukraine will increase by 40 million euros next year, Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said: "It is planned to immediately purchase new equipment similar to what is produced in Lithuania, based on what Ukrainians need." He recalled that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Lithuania has already provided Kyiv with military assistance worth 283 million euros.
16:27 French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornu will visit Kiev on Wednesday, December 28, French media write. According to Le Figaro, with his visit, Lecornu should "demonstrate to the Ukrainian authorities the unwavering support of France since the start of the war on February 24."
15:53 After yesterday's strikes in the Urzuf area, today in Mariupol and the Mariupol region, an anomalous movement of military columns towards Berdyansk, Zaporizhia region, was recorded, said Mariupol Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko. "Given public information from Ukrainian intelligence, there is a frank strengthening of the Melitopol sector of the front," he added.
14:36 Four members of the Russian DRG who tortured people in the Kharkiv region were convicted in Ukraine. The court sentenced them to 11 years in prison each, the SBU reported. During the occupation in the Izyum region, the Russians followed the instructions of the Kremlin to identify and eliminate participants in the ATO.
13:34 As a result of today's shelling of the center of Kherson from Gradov, 58 people were injured, 18 of them in serious condition, seven people died , the President's Office reported.
12:50 In Melitopol, the invaders are going to introduce a round-the-clock curfew for almost a week, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said: "They are launching propaganda that there will be a full curfew on December 25 until January 2-3. Such announcements appeared in some cities and villages. In Melitopol they They are also planning it." According to Fedorov, this is how the Russians are trying to cut off communication between civilians and the military, fearing it.
12:28 Podolyak urged to destroy Iranian drone production and arrest suppliers: "Iran, which plans to increase the volume of weapons for Russia, defiantly humiliates the institution of" international sanctions "... It is important to abandon the concept of "non-working sanctions", "inactive UN resolutions", and switch to more destructive tools - destruction of production facilities and arrests of suppliers."
11:59 Zelensky poses a photo from Kherson:
11:55 Russians shelled the center of Kherson: at least five dead and 20 wounded are known , the President's Office reported.
11:32 As of the morning of December 24, a significant shortage of electricity remains in the energy system, Ukrenergo reported. All types of generation are working, but due to shelling and damage to equipment, one of the power plants stopped generating. Restrictions in the power transmission system also continue to apply. Consumption limits have been brought to all regions. The most difficult situation is in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as in the east and south.
11:29 After yesterday's strike, the columns of the invaders left the villages of Urzuf and Babakh-Tarama - partially went towards Mariupol, partially moved away from the line of potential destruction to the area with. Yurievka. Explosions are again heard in Urzuf today, Piotr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said.
11:26 The EU this year sent more than 19 billion euros to support Ukraine, "and that's not all," said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
11:24 Russians launched mortar strikes on the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region in the morning: one person was killed, one was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
11:19 Occupation "administration" of Svatovo left towards Luhansk due to the approach of the front, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
10:37 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said following his visit to Moscow that negotiations on the creation of a protective zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are moving forward. "The key is that the zone is solely focused on preventing a nuclear accident," Grossi added. According to him, consultations on the security of ZNPP with both parties will be continued in the near future.
09:42 Russians over the past day fired at the territory of Kherson region 74 times: five civilians were killed, another 17 people were injured. Among the victims is a six-year-old child, he is in a serious condition, said the head of the regional police department, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
09:39 British intelligence believes that the lack of ammunition is likely to remain a key deterrent to Russian offensive operations. Russia has also reduced its long-range missile strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure to about once a week, analysts said, due to a limited number of cruise missiles. The vulnerability of Russia's current operational layout lies in the fact that even the simple conduct of defensive operations along a long front line requires a significant daily expenditure of shells and missiles, intelligence indicates.
09:32 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 24th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kupyansky, Avdeevsky and Bakhmut directions.
personnel - about 101,430 (+480) people liquidated,
tanks - 3006 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 5994 (+8),
artillery systems - 1988 (+4),
MLRS - 418 (+4),
air defense systems - 212 (+0),
aircraft - 283 (+0),
helicopters - 267 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1706 (+8),
cruise missiles - 653 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4627 (+5),
special equipment - 178 (+0).
09:29 Russia can launch massive or single missile strikes on important objects in Ukraine on the eve of the holidays, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, warned. According to her, the ship grouping in the Black Sea has increased to 11 ships, including three launch vehicles with a total salvo of 20 calibers. The likelihood of strikes has also increased due to the fact that the weather conditions in the Black Sea region have improved.
09:27 Russia fired 540 out of 1,700 Iranian drones in Ukraine, Budanov said in an interview with The New York Times. According to him, the production of one such drone costs about $7,000. As for ballistic missiles, Iran has so far refused to supply them to Russia.
09:24 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two civilians were killed - in Kurakhovo. Five more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:08 Russia's strategy in the Donbass is dictated by prisoners from the Wagner PMC, Budanov said in an interview with The New York Times. According to him, Prigozhin undertook a "crusade" to capture Bakhmut and push into the background the rival commanders of the regular Russian army, for this reason they are trying their best to show the result. They need to prove that they can do what the Russian army could not.
He also noted that today the likelihood of a second attack on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus remains low. According to Budanov, Russian troops in Belarus are not lined up in assault formations, but are sent from mobilized training camps to fight in eastern Ukraine. Also, there is not enough armored vehicles to carry out the attack at the training grounds. At the same time, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate added that the possibility of such an offensive cannot be completely ruled out, but now there is no data confirming the likelihood of a threat.
09:06 The Russian Defense Ministry has accused the US Democratic Party of organizing "military biological projects" in Ukraine. They said that it was the leaders of the US Democratic Party "who act as the ideological inspirers of military biological research and the creators of secret schemes for money laundering in the interests of a narrow circle of representatives of the American elite."
09:03 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the intensification of cooperation with NATO "undermines the security" of Moldova, and "the reckless pumping of Western weapons brings it closer to a catastrophe." "The sad experience of Ukraine from the Moldovan land, I believe, is seen very clearly," said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.
08:54 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Lugansk region and Yampolevka, Razdolevka, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Severnoye, New York, Krasnogorovka, Vodyanoye and Maryinka in the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
08:25 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the resumption of Putin's public appearances probably indicates that he has become more worried about his popularity and image in Russia. Analysts say Putin's recent public appearances are part of the Kremlin's efforts to portray him as a wartime leader and reassert dominance in the domestic media space as the Russian Federation enters its second year of war. In addition, Putin is trying to create favorable conditions in the information space on the eve of the next presidential election in the Russian Federation in early 2024.
03:09 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put China "in a very difficult position" because Beijing does not want to "choose between friends," Fu Cong, the new Chinese ambassador to the EU, said: "We are experiencing collateral damage from this crisis. Both Russia and Ukraine are good friends, so we don't want to choose between friends. That's the starting point of our position." He stressed that China does not provide military assistance to Russia and is ready to participate in any peace efforts.
00:26 The Wall Street Journal writes that Putin's entourage is misinforming him about the real state of affairs at the front. In particular, the Russian leader receives a written report every morning on the situation at the front, which is prepared in a way that emphasizes successes and downplays failures. In addition, the information in the reports is usually late, because it is preliminarily "processed" by the special services.
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[RIA] On the eve of the centenary of the formation of the USSR, Vladimir Putin again and again turns to the issues of the collapse of the country and national unity - not on purpose, but because without this it is impossible to understand what is happening now in Ukraine. And if on Wednesday at the collegium of the Ministry of Defense the president spoke about the success of the long-term Western policy of fragmenting the Russian world, then the next day, during a conversation with the press, Putin dwelled in more detail on the "Divide and rule" strategy that is being used against Russia:
"This is a very delicate issue - the unity of the Russian world. "Divide and rule" - this slogan has been in force since ancient times and is still actively used in real politics. Therefore, our potential adversary, our opponents have always dreamed about this and have always been engaged in this: they tried to divide us and then lead separate parts.
What's new here? The idea was born long ago on its own Ukrainian separatism, still within the framework of a single country. You see, I talk about this all the time: if someone thinks that a separate ethnic group has formed and wants to live independently, for God's sake, you should never go against the will of the people.
But if this is so, then this principle should be universal, and in no case should one go against the will of that part of the people who feel themselves in a different hypostasis, considering themselves part of the Russian people and the Russian world, believing that they are part of this culture, part of this language, part of this history and tradition. And you can't fight against them either.
And they launched a war against them in 2014 - a war."
The President also recalled that back in the Soviet years in the United States , “whole institutions worked in Ukraine, <…> prepared the ground, searched for people, determined meanings,” and then, after the collapse of the USSR, despite all our efforts, “first we were pulled apart, separated, and then played off. " In this sense, they achieved results, of course, and in this sense we suffered a well-known fiasco, Putin admitted. But this was not the main thing in his speech:
"No one wants the unification of the Russian people. Disunity - please, this is a pleasure, they will continue to shred it. But no one wants unification and strengthening, except us - and we will do it and we will do it."
This is the most important statement of the President - not just programmatic, but historical. Of course, from the very beginning of the special military operation, it was clear that its goal was not just demilitarization and denazification (that is, preventing Ukraine from joining NATO and dismantling the "anti-Russia" project), but also the reunification of Russian lands and the Russian people. But for the first time, Vladimir Putin has stated this quite clearly. This is much more than any message from the President: this is the strategic goal of the country and our people.
The strengthening of Russia is impossible without the unification of Russians - this idea is finally becoming an axiom. We do not need to prove this to any foreigners, but for many years in our own country this simple truth was ignored by a large part of the "elites". They didn't just reject it - some even ridiculed it as "nationalist nonsense, revanchism and Russian fascism." So what if the Russians are the largest divided people, it just so happened, there is nothing to twitch now, be patient and watch how your fellow tribesmen are converted into Ukrainians or Latvians outside the borders of Russia.
What can we say about reunification, if in Russia itself, for almost half of the three decades of our post-Soviet life, the word "Russian" was at first semi-forbidden, almost abusive, and then bashfully hushed up.
Even three years ago, when it was proposed to write in the Constitution that “the state language of Russia throughout its entire territory is the Russian language as the language of the state-forming people,” a cry immediately arose - how is it, why is this mention of a state-forming people, we have a federation!
Although the continuation of the quoted phrase read: “part of the multinational union of equal peoples of the Russian Federation” (that is, the equality of all the peoples of Russia was emphasized), there were enough dissatisfied with “Russian nationalism,” especially among the “creative class,” which, alas, was largely cosmopolitan in our country. Less than three years have passed - and now the president is talking about the unification of the Russian people, and a large part of those very "fighters against Russian nationalism" openly wish Russia's defeat and victory for Ukraine and the West.
But they cannot prevent the Russians from uniting - both because they are terribly far from the people (and many of them are already far away in every sense), and because they have already reached the shameful division into "bad" and "good" Russians, and some even to the renunciation of their people, although among such there are many who in fact never considered themselves part of it.
Our Western opponents cannot interfere with us either: despite all the successes of their bets on pitting Russia and Ukraine, now the process has gone in the opposite direction: in a civil war, there can only be one winner - the one who defends the interests of national unity. But who, then, can prevent the reunification of the Russians?
Maybe internal Russian separatism? The West, after all, is betting on him too - it is no coincidence that all the talk about the "decolonization of Russia" and all kinds of "forums of free peoples of post-Russia." Shake up the situation in the country, ignite interethnic problems - and that's it, the Russians will not be up to reunification, not up to the re-creation of a big Russia: they would save it from collapse. A bet on such a scenario is also being made, but on a residual basis.
Because it is absolutely unrealistic - despite the demographic and migration processes unfavorable for Russians, Putin did everything to ensure that the unity of the federation was not formal, but real. The Russia of 2022 is not like the sprawling Russia of the 2000s, one that was really in danger of collapse. The national question is of great importance for the unity of the country, but the country can not be destroyed "
So what can stop him from winning? Only he himself - only the Russian people can prevent the victory of Russia. If he allows external opponents to play the card of dissatisfaction with the authorities, that is, he will repeat his own mistakes of a hundred years ago, the First World War, which led to the catastrophe of February 1917. Moreover, we are talking about dissatisfaction with the authorities precisely on the part of the patriots, those who wish Russia's victory and the restoration of the unity of the Russian world. Only a bet on a "riot of patriots" can work for the West, because in no other way can Russia be stopped and defeated.
There are always grounds for dissatisfaction with the authorities, especially during a military conflict, which in itself is both a turning point and a time of growing tension and anxiety. A lot of problems and even crimes (for example, embezzlement in the army), the vices of our transitional socio-economic and state system (and someone believed that post-Soviet Russia - initially under-Russia - is ideal and forever, forgetting Putin's words that us a lot "on a live thread"?), weakness and even betrayal of part of the elite (for example, stars and oligarchs) - all this gives a lot of reasons for discontent and denunciations of those in power and the rich.
And the course of hostilities is completely: generals are fools, officials are thieves, everyone is weaklings and scoundrels. Some part of our society thinks something like this, and then they are carefully prompted: "and also traitors, and at the very top." And some agree: yes, we ourselves thought so. “But you need to save the Motherland, don’t you agree?” they ask. “Real patriots must throw off this power and win the war.” “Well, yes, of course,” real patriots answer.
All this has already been in our history - and God forbid we see a repetition of this. But we won't see. Because the authority of Vladimir Putin, the historical experience and wisdom of the majority of the Russian people serve as immunity against the "virus of February 17th." The Russian people will be reunited, they will put forward a new, real elite from their ranks, Russia will change, become stronger and fairer - not because Putin said so, but because our people themselves want it.
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"The Russian people will be reunited, they will put forward a new, real elite from their ranks..." And there you have it. The totalitarian tendency that runs deep historically and why Russia will never join Western Civilization.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:46 On Saturday, the Russian military destroyed a consolidated tactical group of foreign mercenaries on the territory of the DPR, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on December 24.
The department also reported that Russian troops defeated units of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) in the area of the village of Razdolivka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The Ukrainian side lost up to 60 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries per day in the Donetsk direction.
21:28 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 352 aircraft, 192 helicopters, 2,719 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,222 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 936 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,704 field artillery guns and mortars have been destroyed , as well as 7,737 units of special military vehicles.
21:27 Thousands of kilometers behind: how sappers of the Western Military District carry out demining of the territories of liberated settlements during a special operation
◽️Sapper units make demining trips to roads, household plots and farmland. Upon arrival, an engineering reconnaissance of the area is carried out, the situation is assessed, after which the demining group in sapper protective suits, using modern mine detectors and engineering probes, proceeds to clear the area from explosive objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In one of the areas, servicemen of the engineering and sapper units of the Western Military District cleared more than eight thousand square kilometers from mines and unexploded ordnance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
◽️Step by step, sappers are combing the entire territory to understand exactly where unexploded shells could have remained.
Volunteers and mobilized military personnel perform combat missions in one formation of engineering and sapper units of the Western Military District.
20:15 In the Artyomovskaya "meat grinder" the Armed Forces of Ukraine have numerouslossespersonnel
Ukrainian militants themselves speak about this. 120 OBRtro were rotated in Artyomovsk to replace the 93rd Motorized Brigade (which suffered heavy losses).
Zelensky's office is trying in every possible way to contain the breakthrough of PMC Wagner. Banking specifically does not indicate the exact figures of losses so that there is no panic, especially now that the mobilization case has been strengthened.
20:14 14-year-old teenager blew himself up on an explosive object in the Belgorod region
In the village of Shchetinovka in the Belgorod region, located near the border with Ukraine, a 14-year-old teenager stepped on an "unidentified object" that exploded - the governor
The teenager is in intensive care in a serious condition, said the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov.
The governor of the region urged residents of the Belgorod region to repeat the safety rules to children again: do not pick up foreign objects, do not go to dangerous places in the border areas.
19:11 In Nikolaev and Kiev, wives and children of captured and missing soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine come out to rallies demanding the return of relatives home
Women with posters “Return my husband”, “Half a year in obscurity”, “Return relatives from captivity!”, “They defended us - now it's our turn! There is no news for half a year!” and the children took to the square today. Local media present this as an action in support of Ukrainian prisoners of war, but the calls on the posters are demanding, not supportive.
The reaction of the authorities to these demands of the woman is unlikely to wait - more than once in a few months, the NWO has become aware of the suppression by Kyiv of the number of losses and information about the capture of soldiers. There is a simple calculation behind this - this way you can save on payments to the wives and mothers of the dead and captured.
18:03 Drones of the Sparta unit are hunting behind the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the northern part of the village of Vodiane.
17:07 In the Dnipropetrovsk region and Kyiv-controlled Zaporizhia announced an air alert
16:10 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
◾️Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the DPR shot down a Su-27 fighter and Ukrainian Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters;
◾️The RF Armed Forces hit units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region, killing up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen;
◾️During the day, Russian air defense systems shot down a Mi-8 helicopter and intercepted 15 UAVs;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a group of foreign mercenaries and hit units of the mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Razdolovka region in the DPR;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 60 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mercenaries in the Donetsk direction;
◾️Almost 400 anti-aircraft missile systems were destroyed by Russian troops during the entire period of the special operation in Ukraine;
◾️Aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces attacked the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR, destroying more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers;
◾️More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed as a result of strikes on units of the 111th Territorial Defense Brigade and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR.
15:12 APU lost Polish-made self-propelled gun
The destroyed Crab self-propelled artillery gun was photographed on the roads of Ukraine. It can be assumed that the gun was hit as a result of an artillery strike or a hit by a kamikaze drone.
15:10 Mass explosions again in Kherson – Ukrainian TG channels
14:31 An air alert was announced for the second time on Saturday in the Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Sumy regions of Ukraine and the part of the Kherson region controlled by Kyiv, testifies online map mini figures.
13:40 Broken Column of Ukrainian transport in the vicinity of Bakhmut
Russian artillery destroyed it on the way to the settlement.
13:40 The air raid alert announced during the day in a number of regions of Ukraine has been canceled, follows from the data of the official service for alerting citizens.
12:42 An air alert has been announced in a number of central and eastern regions of Ukraine, follows from the data of the official resource to alert the population.
In particular, sirens sounded in Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Nikolaev, Poltava, Kharkiv, Cherkasy and Sumy regions, as well as in Kyiv-controlled areas of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
11:41 In Ukraine destroyed two new Georgian mercenaries
The Georgian National Legion is taking into its ranks more and more adventurers who have decided to fight for the ideas of Bandera on Russian soil.
11:40 Explosions in Kherson
10:38 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forcesinflictattack on the Armed Forces
Servicemen of the 238th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflict regular strikes on the accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment in the area of the settlement. Marinka.
This time, the artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces destroyed the armored car of Ukrainian militants
09:40 Emergency blackouts in Kyiv. Stabilization shutdown schedules are not in effect yet — DTEK
09:25 Night work of our tankers, a Soviet 240mm self-propelled mortar and a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) of 122mm caliber at the positions of the Nazis.
08:07 Pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces perform tasks of air patrolling and covering the actions of units of the Russian Armed Forces at any time of the day and in any meteorological conditions.
The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers are on combat duty around the clock at their base airfields. Combat sorties are carried out with missile weapons of various classes. Video: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
08:03 Personnel combat work of the MLRS "Hurricane" of Russian soldiers on the front line.
02:55 It's loud in Zaporozhye. There are reports of at least two explosions that sounded in the city. Immediately after the second, an air raid alarm went off. This is reported by Vladimir Rogov.
0:36 Night destruction “especially smart” fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who like to be in a crowd in one place.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:29 Consequences of shelling Kievsky district :
- the caretaker of kindergarten No. 151 received a shell shock;
- in the building of kindergarten No. 151, window blocks and roof were damaged;
— Doors and glazing were damaged in the building of the Republican Traumatological Center;
- there was a direct hit in 1 apartment building on the street. University;
- three more apartment buildings on the street were damaged to varying degrees. University, Shchors and etc. Titov;
- 10 cars damaged.
During the shelling of the Petrovsky district, the glazing in the building of the polyclinic of hospital No. 14 was damaged. 21:38 Ukrainian troops fired five NATO-caliber rounds of 155mm at Gorlovka, reported representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
21:37 Ukrainian troops fired on Yasinovataya and Panteleymonovka, firing a total of 11 rounds with a caliber of 152mm, reported representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
20:43 Ukrainian troops fired eight rockets from the MLRS in the central Voroshilovsky and Kyiv regions of Donetsk, reported representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
20:43 Ukrainian troops fired on Yasinovataya and Panteleymonovka, firing a total of 11 rounds with a caliber of 152mm, reported representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
20:42 The DPR reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired five rounds of NATO caliber at Horlivka
19:40 Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction have lost:
— killed and wounded — more than 25 people.
In addition, during the day the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to:
- two units of automotive and combat armored vehicles;
- four unmanned aerial vehicles.
High-precision weapons hit two depots of missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
19:10 Ukrainian troops at 18.42 fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing three rounds of the “NATO” caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
19:05 Fixation of consequences of shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk on 12/24/2022
18:40 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on December 24, 2022.
17:50 Ukrainian militants fired five rounds of 152mm caliber at Panteleymonovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
17:35 Artillery of the Russian Armed Forces in the Artyomovsky direction destroyed positions of the Armed Forces.
17:00 Ukrainian troops fired at the Kyiv region of Donetsk and Mayorsk, firing a total of 11 rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:54 On a bicycle - through a minefield. State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov, who is now fighting near Gorlovka, tells about how, with the help of faith, you can drive through a minefield.
16:22 Scouts of the 4th brigade of the LPR destroyed Enemy bunker using anti-tank systems. They fired at Russian units from it.
16:11 Fixation of consequences of the shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk on 12/23/2022
15:55 Resetgrenades on the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Maryinka area.
15:35 Consequences of shelling by armed formations of Ukraine with. Polovinkino (Starobelsky district, LPR).
As a result of the shelling of N. p. Polovinkino with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (the enemy fired three missiles of the M31 GMLRS type) destroyed the elevator.
14:37 Calculation of "Rapier" 3 brigades destroyed APU vehicle.
The calculation of the UAV of the 3rd Guards Brigade revealed the movement of the vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The target was immediately opened fire from a 100mm anti-tank gun MT-12 "Rapier". The target was destroyed.
14:00 Punishers of the Kyiv regime fired upon Donetsk: residential buildings and dentistry damaged.
Militants of the Kyiv regime continue to terrorize the civilian population of the city of Donetsk. So, as a result of another shelling, residential buildings along Artyoma and Universitetskaya streets, several shops, as well as the building of the city dental clinic were damaged.
13:39 Ukrainian troops fired three more NATO-caliber 155mm rounds at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
13:28 Consequences of morning shelling of the Donetsk City area. Kyiv district of Donetsk.
12:49 Consequences of shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk this morning.
12:36 Soledar direction situation as of 12.00 December 24, 2022:
Fighting continues in Artemovsk and its environs. Russian troops are conducting a positional offensive, pushing through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in several directions at once.
On the Artemovsky and Soledarsky sectors, the most intense fighting is taking place in Opytnoye, Kleshcheevka, Podgorodny, as well as in the directions of Dyleevka and Razdolovka.
During the offensive of the Russian assault groups, control was established over three platoon strongholds (VOP) and three firing positions on the southern outskirts of Podgorodny, two VOP in Opytny on Shkolnaya Street and several positions on the Yakovlevka-Razdolovka line.
In addition, Russian units are storming the Ukrainian fortified areas in Kleshcheevka, Dyleevka and Druzhba, where the 28th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is holding positions.
To slow down the offensive, shock detachments of the 3rd battalion of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade attempted a counteroffensive on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the Dyleevka area.
Support for the advancing troops was provided by helicopters of army aviation and artillery crews of the 28th, 53rd and 105th battalions of the 63rd Brigade, which fired indiscriminately at Artemovsk, Yakovlevka, Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Mayorsk. The attack was repulsed. Some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were assigned to reserve positions to restore combat capability.
In Artemovsk, the forces of the 58th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have equipped 28 firing positions on the southeastern outskirts of the city, three sniper pairs are operating in residential areas.
12:27 Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk several times in the morning, in total over 35 rounds were fired at the Kyiv, Petrovsky and Kirovsky regions, the DPR reported.
12:28 Personnel consequences of the APU strike on Donetsk.
One of the buildings was badly damaged during the shelling, windows were broken in several shopping centers. In addition, the building from which electricity was supplied was almost completely destroyed.
12:10 Artillery reconnaissance from the beginning of the NWO continues work in the Svatovsky direction. Every day, artillery crews receive the coordinates of enemy positions and they are struck immediately.
10:09 Ukrainian militants launched 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk. Also, VFU fired five rounds of 155mm caliber at Makiivka, reported the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
11:55 Russian troops in the Maryinsky directiontookby storming the enemy's stronghold. At the same time, a group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who were mobilized from Kherson, surrendered.
11:35 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, the Representation of the LPR in the JCCC recorded shelling: Flint with the use of artillery guns 155mm (three rounds). As a result of the shelling, two civilians were killed. Additional information about the victims and damage is being specified.
11:27 In the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Ukrainian militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS, four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
11:25 Front Svatovo-Kremennaya, Ploshchanka district. Approximately this is how every day the destruction of enemy personnel takes place. Reconnaissance reveals, when the enemy begins to move along the forest belts, artillery strikes.
10:53 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, the Representation of the Luhansk People’s Republic in the JCCC recorded shelling:
- according to n.p. Belokurakino with the use of MLRS HIMARS (one rocket).
- according to n.p. Frontier with the use of MLRS HIMARS (one missile).
Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
10:35 JCCC DPR recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
- Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Panteleymonovka: nine each 155mm rounds were fired;
— n.p. Yasinovataya: fired six rounds of 152mm caliber.
10:30 Statement by the NM of the DPR on the situation as of 10.30 on December 24, 2022:
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 Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired three hundred and twenty-eight pieces of ammunition from tanks, 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The artillery was fired at the areas of ten settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, three civilians were injured, one of them a child. Thirty-two housing constructions and two civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
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: one tank ("T-64BV") and seven units of armored and automotive equipment. Losses in enemy manpower amounted to more than 50 people.
10:17 Eight people suspected of complicity with the Armed Forces of Ukraine were detained in the Kherson region - MIA
10:07 Front-line summary for the morning of December 24, 2022:
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops attacked again in the direction of Stelmahovka. A little to the south, a new area of ground activity of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation appeared - in the direction of Nadezhda.
Here, the main goal of the Russian troops is to push the Ukrainian army back across the Zherebets River. Even further south, Russian troops tried to advance in the direction of Makeevka, as well as in the area of Krasnopopovka. And southwest of Kremennaya, they attacked in the Dibrov area.
To the south-east of Soledar, Wagner PMC is fighting fierce battles in the Artemovsk region. The price of effort is an important part of the rocade. On the eastern outskirts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) for many days there have been tough oncoming battles.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine, which received reinforcements, are trying to counterattack. And south of the city, Wagner PMC was again conducting offensive operations in the Andreevka area.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops are striving to break through to New York. Fierce fighting continues in the city of Marinka.
10:05 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on December 24, 2022
09:55 On photographs- the consequences of yesterday's (12/23/2022) shelling of the Nikitovsky district of Horlivka by the VFU.
09:50 Artillerymen of the “O” group crush Ukrainian terrorists near Kremennaya. Fire is fired from a powerful 152mm self-propelled gun 2S5 "Hyacinth-S" based on MTLB.
09:13 Shelling center of Donetsk. At night, the Nazis attacked residential buildings and grocery stores. Video: reporter Rudenko.
09:01 NP VSU destroyed a direct hit by an ATGM fired by soldiers of the 3rd Brigade.
The ATGM crew of the 3rd Guards Brigade destroyed an enemy observation post in the Dzerzhinsky direction. The enemy has suffered losses and now it has become more difficult for him to monitor the actions of our troops.
08:36 In the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Ukrainian militants fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
Also under the fire of the Armed Forces Panteleymonovka. Ukrainian militants fired five rounds of 155mm caliber, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
08:25 During the day, five civilians were wounded on the territory of the DPR - Headquarters of the TerO DPR.
Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on December 23 to 08:00 on December 24, five civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:05 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine: at 05.05 Polovinkino (Starobelsky district, LPR) using HIMARS MLRS (three missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
06:35 Ukrainian militants fired five rockets from the MLRS in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
06:02 Somewhere in the Donbass arrived Ukrainian column. Russian gunners every day more and more accurately. Shoot less, hit more. Video: reporter Rudenko.
05:10 The composition of BC APU took off into the air after being hit by the 3rd Brigade from the Rapier.
Servicemen of the 3rd Guards Brigade of the 1st Army Corps fire daily at the positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the Dzerzhinsky direction.
With the help of UAVs, an enemy ammunition depot in the settlement Friendship. The calculation of the gun 100mm MT-12 "Rapier", the warehouse was destroyed. As a result of the detonation of the ammunition stored there, the building literally flew into the air.
04:07 Russian forces of the 3rd Brigade of the NM DPRdestroyenemy fortifications in the Majorsk area.
With the MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun, the artillerymen support the advance of their assault units. Aimed fire is carried out by servicemen of the 3rd Brigade of the NM DPR.
03:56 Consequences of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Kyiv region of Donetsk.
0:17 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 23, additional information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kyiv district:
- on the street. Universitetskoy, 100 "a" wounded child-girl born in 2016 and a woman born in 1983
As of 00:15, the total number of victims among civilians from AFU attacks for December 23, 2022 is three people, incl. child. The information continues to flow.
03:01 Artillery of the 1st Slavic Brigade with a direct hit destroyed NP VSU.
Reconnaissance of the 1st Guards Slavic Brigade revealed an enemy observation post, which was immediately destroyed by artillery fire.
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[ColonelCassad] At all stages of any military operation, information collectors conduct a full range of intelligence (operations with sources, communications, verification, interrogation and analysis of the situation). Information obtained during such operations helps to establish the big picture and allows decisions to be made. In addition, HUMINT often helps to answer the commander's question: "why?"
The army conducts operations in support of joint forces through four strategic roles:
Shape the working environment
Prevent conflict
Conduct large-scale ground combat
Consolidate outcomes
Army HUMINT operations can span across multiple domains and across multiple territories, covering all phases of operations. And among the detainees there may be thousands of enemy prisoners of war who have unique knowledge that intelligence can use.
This unit's Army Doctrine informs us how and when to use the various functions in the army's strategic roles and joint phases to help provide commanders and staffs with detailed and up-to-date knowledge of adversaries. The strategic roles of the army in shaping the operational environment and preventing conflicts correspond to the joint formation phase and the containment phase.
The formation phase focuses primarily on open situational awareness programs, source operations targeting hard-to-reach enemy targets, and the establishment of responsive source networks prior to conflict. It is important to note that most commanders have agents in their formations who are capable of performing advanced source operations. Unfortunately, most tactical army units do not have the necessary authority to perform these functions.
Commanders should be aware of human intelligence capabilities in their units and strive to make the most of these capabilities where applicable. Army intelligence gatherers should be actively involved in identifying, recruiting and gathering from sources to prepare the operational environment and maintain readiness. Collectors can also communicate. Liaison with coalition forces may function during the formation phase, including liaison with alliance partners (for example, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Intelligence helps commanders improve situational awareness of both allies and adversaries in the area of responsibility, as well as the operational environment. Besides,
Some of the activities intelligence focuses on during this phase are:
Hostile
activities Criminal element
operations Impact on the area of operations
Proxy activities or intentions
Strategic facilities and networks
Unstable governments
Allied communications restrictions
Containment phase
At this stage, intelligence gatherers continue to focus on parsing programs and source operations. It is vital that these activities continue from the formative phase to the defining phase throughout the period. The adaptation of forces and the organization of tasks to a specific goal is the most important aspect of deterrence. As such, rally teams must remain flexible in fulfilling the commander's intentions and changing the focus of the rally based on the commander's instructions. Their open collection operations may evolve into more complex source operations, which in turn may be transferred between divisions or agencies.
The strategic role of the army in consolidating gains includes a joint stabilization phase.
During the stabilization phase, military units performing stability tasks operate in a complex environment with and among different actors. Much like the other phases, stabilization provides a constant ebb and flow of problems for military commanders. Although the local population may experience fleeting elation after the end of major military operations, the complex nature of maintaining stability tends to pose many challenges for a military commander.
Stability Techniques talks about the need to build peace, empower the intelligence and security agencies of the host nation, secure borders, and protect key personnel and facilities after combat operations. All of these critical actions are consistent with the principles of stability:
Conflict Transformation
Unity of Effort and Unity of Purpose
Legitimacy and Accountability of the Host Country
Capacity Building of Partners
Rule of Law
Strong intelligence efforts and information sharing with partners are required to achieve the objectives of the stabilization phase.
With freedom of movement and a focus on gathering intelligence-specific information, she excels at this stage by providing commanders with unique intelligence information that would otherwise be unavailable. Army Intelligence will cooperate with the host country to conduct the necessary interrogations of foreign detainees. This helps to transform the conflict and legitimize the security forces of the host country. Having the right powers and agreements with the host country makes it possible to stabilize the situation through source operations.
HUMINT can and should work closely with the forces of operations to identify points of friction with the host nation, partner forces and local populations that could hinder stabilization efforts. It is vital that the army headquarters work closely with the security forces to identify threats at this stage.
During the civil power engagement phase, Army intelligence gatherers will focus on open interviews, source operations, communications, and ongoing theater interrogations to continue gathering information of intelligence value. This focus will help civil authorities regain their ability to manage services and other needs of the population. After we transfer responsibility for political and military affairs to the host country, army assemblers can still conduct operations until the host country's national army, police and other security forces are established.
In conclusion, it is noted that intelligence can provide commanders with critical and unique intelligence at all stages of joint operations.
HUMINT conducts operations across the full range and empowers the commander to make decisions. It can play a vital role in informing leaders at all levels of the Army and Department of Defense; this unit is important for collecting information not available to commanders. The army headquarters must provide effective support to the army across the entire spectrum of military operations as combat operations to achieve national goals, concludes the Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin.
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During the Carter era Stansfield Turner reduced humint activity in the CIA in exchange for a new intelligence order that used scientific advancement to replace head-to-head spycraft. The CIA never really recovered.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] An interesting interview about the production of soldiers on the theme of the war in Ukraine, as well as Russian manufacturers of soldiers.
I remember that in 2014, already in the first months, the first sets of soldiers and militia figures appeared. This year, the first sets of soldiers in the NWO have already appeared.
From the article: Who produces domestic soldiers in the NWO?
Ave lovers of toy soldiers! In 1944, for the first time during the Great Patriotic War, sets of Soviet soldiers were issued. The paper army (circulation of 100,000 copies) was produced by the printing factory of the Moskvoretsky district industry trade. Soviet children could play with figurines of the Red Army soldiers, who in that distant year had already turned the tide of the war, which the Nazi invaders hoped to complete victoriously in a matter of months ...
On February 24, 2022, the Special Military Operation (SVO) began. What do you think, did the figurines depicting the military of the Russian Federation and New Russia appear? Yes, such soldiers began to be produced. And today we present to your attention an interview with the representative of the VyZOV project, Oleg Vasilyevich.
Good afternoon, Oleg Vasilyevich! Tell us when and where did your studio come from? What was the first released miniature (set of miniatures)?
Hello Bogdan! Thank you for the opportunity to tell you and your blog followers about us! Our team consists of collectors of military-historical miniatures in a broad sense, from unpainted soldiers to poster models, although, of course, game soldiers in 32nd scale are a priority. We are hobby friends from different parts of historical Russia.
When Special Warfare began, we were looking forward to being the first of the big name studios to create a set dedicated to our heroes. And if such figures began to appear among the manufacturers of VIM figures in resin, and rather quickly, then the production of toy soldiers in the 32nd scale on the theme of CBO was not even announced by anyone.
In April 2022, it became clear that it was pointless to wait any longer. Now that ten months have passed since the beginning of the NWO, time has shown that our guesses were correct, no one has even announced the start of work on game sets on this topic until now, except for the set "Modern Russian special forces" from a deeply respected manufacturer - "Publius Soldiers", but it was made for Syria and does not fully reflect the theme NWO. So we decided to make VyZOV in several senses at once.
You called your project Front of Mobilization Miniature, why not just a workshop or a studio?
For us, the war that the Motherland is forced to wage is the pivotal event of the present. We are convinced that victory requires mobilization not only in the Armed Forces, but in all spheres of life. This means that mobilization is also needed in our, albeit a toy, albeit a model, but military-historical hobby. Of course, we like the Vikings, landsknechts, Indians and all the wars on the North American continent, but today our contemporaries, living or already gone, are the most important heroes for all of us, which means who, no matter how they deserve to be embodied in miniature.
By the way, in the project group, we simultaneously support the creative mobilization of artists who draw on the theme of NWO, collect our own gallery of such drawings and paintings by various authors, as well as music videos and documentaries that record the military exploits of our heroes.
On what scale, and from what material does VyZOV produce its soldiers today? And why did you choose this particular material and scale?
We have two directions in mind. The main line - game, on a scale of 1/32, figures 60 mm high, in fact it is even 1/30. We make them in a two-component injection molded plastic, which is now commonly called rubber plastic for its resemblance to rubber. These figures can be safely dropped on the floor. They are ideal for playing with children. But one of the goals of the project is precisely to popularize military toys as a tool for patriotic upbringing, education and personality formation through play and interest in the history of the Fatherland. We plan to produce the second line in 1/35 scale made of model resin for painting for those who are fond of poster modeling.
How long does it take from the first draft of the figure to the first cast soldier?
We launched "VyZOV" in mid-April 2022, the first castings were ready by September, and then we deliberately slowed down a bit with the announcement in order to skip ahead the release of the "Modern Russian Special Forces" set from the Publius Soldiers studio, as a sign of respect for Yuri and his landmark project for us. It took four months from the idea to the implementation of eight figures and one terrain element.
And the official start of sales was made at the Moscow exhibition "Sandbox", for which we thank Andrey Litvinenko, its other organizers and our subscribers, who volunteered to present our project at the exhibition! Of course, from these four months, time was spent on creating the basic marketing components, and on developing the concept of the Liberation set series, and most importantly, on finding “their” sculptor.
The Special Military Operation has a chance to become a key and, I am not afraid to say, in many respects a fateful military conflict for the history of Russia and, perhaps, the whole world in the first half of the 21st century. There are more than fifty Russian manufacturers of soldiers today, so why only the unknown, mysterious studio VyZOV produced game soldiers in the NWO? Is it really all about the fear of the players already present on the market to lose foreign buyers?
Unfortunately, this is probably the case. It seems to us that we accept the reasons for what is happening. It should be recognized that, including as a result of economic and cultural sabotage during the period of perestroika and the collapse of the Union, the domestic military toy was placed in an extremely difficult and disadvantageous position compared to foreign manufacturers, large-scale production stopped or significantly reduced its activities in the production of toys. .
And the Soviet soldiers were supplanted by the characters of the Western, so to speak, "pantheon" of the so-called "super-heroes". Promoting for us the concept of even children's disarmament up to the days of the destruction of military toys, the "Western partners" left for themselves both military-historical miniatures and the culture of playing in the most ordinary plastic soldiers.
Abroad, since the mid-80s of the 20th century, a decline in interest in the production of soldiers also began. But in the 90s, in the United States and countries oriented to its market, both by enthusiasts and large companies, the production of soldiers and game miniatures resumed.
It is clear that the Americans began to release soldiers primarily for their history: cowboys, Indians, the US Civil War, etc. The cooperatives that have developed in our country have discovered that the bulk of the market for toy soldiers is located abroad. The first cooperative reprints appeared, but by the 2000s they also stopped their production. Since 2010, the so-called “renaissance of Russian soldiers” began, as we believe, with an amazing project by Igor Baseevich, who released his first set in 2010/2011. The era of the revival of the domestic soldier has begun.
For 10 years, manufacturers have built sales of Indians dear to the domestic heart, knights, heroes of the Great Patriotic War, and were also able to break into the Western market. But the market always dictates its own laws, and the West did not need exclusively Russian or Soviet images. Therefore, gradually, domestic manufacturers were forced to replace most of their products with images familiar to Western collectors: Vikings, knights, pirates, Indians, American and British soldiers in World War II, Vietnam. But the SVO began.
Payments were interrupted, access to the western market was closed, it would seem that it was time to reorient to the domestic market, as did the outstanding 1/35 scale model project - Live Resin, but, apparently, not everyone has yet dared to make this decision. There is hope that this will end quickly that everything will return as it was and you can continue to release non-sharp sets on general topics. But will he return? .. There is no need to condemn, you need to understand. And we just decided to help, as a new project that has nothing to lose in the West.
Perhaps the reason is also that we are enthusiasts and the commercial success of the project is not so important to us, we even have a front fund in its economy. In any case, we, as collectors, of course would like to supplement our set and Publius set with CBO-themed figures from other manufacturers, for example, from the brilliant Plastic Platoon, which we also love very much! we even have in its economy a front fund.
In any case, we, as collectors, of course would like to supplement our set and Publius set with CBO-themed figures from other manufacturers, for example, from the brilliant Plastic Platoon, which we also love very much! we even have in its economy a front fund. In any case, we, as collectors, of course would like to supplement our set and Publius set with CBO-themed figures from other manufacturers, for example, from the brilliant Plastic Platoon, which we also love very much!
How popular are CBO miniatures with our collectors today?
Of course, there is a supply-leading effect when it creates demand, and not vice versa. How many of us, fans of the game soldier, have collected Vikings over the years, and yet each studio believes that it is their duty to make them, these unique 387 Vikings. Topics guaranteed success by force of habit! That is why we really appreciate the project of Ivan Kostenko "Little Man", for the ability to open up new topics.
And for us, not only a new, but the hottest topic of the NWO today has become a challenge in itself. How to evaluate, how to plan production if you don't know how many people will want your set? Well, reality put everything in its place. The first hundred orders were placed and shipped almost immediately. We still do not have time to send sets, clearly underestimating the demand.
For some time, they even didn’t specifically use the channels of our friends of the project, fearing that we would not be able to keep up with the wave of orders, because the production is manual and not at all fast, and among our friends there are various artists who draw about SVO, and the wonderful poet Yuri Rezaev with his project "George", and military commander Andrey Filatov, and the sharpest and most clear consultant on military equipment Alexander Razvedos Arutyunov - and they have thousands of subscribers. So the main challenge is yet to come!
What were the theme options for the debut set?
We heatedly discussed the people's militia of the LDNR, and our motorized riflemen, and the Airborne Forces, and even the fighters of Kadyrov, who thundered at the beginning of the NWO, but two of our comrades, one from the Pacific Fleet, the other from Kaliningrad, somehow imperceptibly turned us on the topic of marines flaming in those the days of Mariupol, a city that is also very close to some of the participants in our project.
Let's take a look at your "Russian Marine Corps" set - how accurate is it in terms of materiel? Do the images of the figures correspond to the uniform and armament of the modern marines of the Russian Federation?
We initially decided that in order to achieve distinct game differences between the sets of the series, we would go for some intentional generalizations and even deliberately introduce some markers so that we could, having placed different units on the table, immediately say that these are paratroopers, and this DPR, and this is Akhmat, and not only and not so much focusing on the color of the sets.
The Marines had the role of a trial balloon, on which we studied uniforms, equipment and weapons. As a result, they are dressed mainly in the statutory uniform of the VKBO, helmets, unloadings and knee pads - all from the “Warrior” set, the nominal figure of the String, which was made last, was dressed in a camouflage coat of the same set, in which, by the way, he fought.
The variety was made by two figures shooting from the knee, they were made by another sculptor, there are already slabs and other knee pads. And just to the set, by the way, we involved three sculptors, and each of them got their own wonderful images. In terms of armament, everything is according to the chronicles, AK-74M with and without an underbarrel grenade launcher, RPG-26 "Aglen", silent sniper rifle VSS "Vintorez". We believe that on the whole we coped with the materiel, although now they would have done it even better and more accurately.
You have a pretty active group on the social network. How useful is communication with collectors? Were there any valuable tips, additions, constructive criticism that would be useful when creating the set?
Our group is still quite small, no more than 600 people, but it is already obvious what sincere people have joined us, real like-minded people. We have created a separate wishlist discussion for the topics of the next packs. And our subscribers give very interesting material and ideas!
We are collectors ourselves, so it is always interesting and useful for us to communicate with collectors, but it is no less surprising to discuss the creation of NWO soldiers with non-hobby people, getting a fresh look and a new vision from them, inevitably involving them in the world of miniatures. We see no reason to compete with other projects for several hundred already established collectors of toy soldiers aged 40 and older, we are interested in attracting thousands of fathers and their sons to our hobby, breathing new life into it. And when, if not now? Unfortunately, ten-year-old boys
During the Soviet Union, many figurines of our soldiers from the time of the Civil and Great Patriotic War were produced, but there were no soldiers who would portray their opponents. Will "VyZOV" release opponents to our warriors?
No. We are not interested in NATO soldiers. And if you need adversaries for the game, then finding American warriors, wild monsters or the undead is not a problem at all now. This goodness is now being let out with a vengeance.
And the final question. What topics will the next sets of your project focus on?
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [ColonelCassad] The expert is mistaken (https://t.me/zvoboz/943) about the fact that the Patriot PAC-3 was not used in combat conditions. The Patriot air defense system of the PAC-3 modification was used in Yemen as part of the Jizan and Asir air defense units. At least two batteries were removed from the Riyadh area and transferred to the southwest of Saudi Arabia to cover infrastructure facilities and Saudi Aramco facilities.
The reason is trivial - the Patriot in the PAC-2 modification turned out to be ineffective against Iranian drones, ballistic and cruise missiles. This caused not only the discontent of the Saudis, who brought him to the United States (including the demand to supply THAAD complexes to Saudi Arabia), but even a series of publications in the mainstream American media (possibly paid by the Saudis), which directly indicated that the advertising parameters " Patriot" PAC-2 at odds with reality.
In fact, on a larger scale, the claims against the Patriot that arose after Operation Desert Storm, when it turned out that a significant part of Saddam Hussein's missiles quite successfully reached their targets, were repeated on a larger scale.
After the increased use of the Patriot PAC-3, as well as the involvement of aircraft to fight drones and cruise missiles, the percentage of downed missiles and drones increased (in this regard, the PAC-3 version is certainly more dangerous than the PAC-2), but up to the conclusion ceasefire, the Houthis on a regular basis continued to break through the air defense of the Saudis and hit important objects on the territory of Saudi Arabia, which proved that the PAC-3 does not give any guarantee, even against Iranian weapons, which the Iranians were very pleased with, especially considering that significant some of the drones and missiles are assembled in artisanal conditions on the territory of war-torn Yemen, but this is quite enough to fight the air defense systems of the world military hegemon.
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I recently wrote about the supplies themselves here.
Underestimate, as well as overestimate, these complexes should not be. If there is an opportunity to destroy, it must be destroyed.
They will put them in Ukraine for sure earlier than they publicly declare. Very likely, together with American operators.
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PAC-3 is an expensive, complicated weapon. It's not a cost-effective way to deal with the sort of drones the houthis were using. It's only as good as the crews operating it.
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Patriots won't be shot at drones. They are for the ballistic missiles (remaining Iskanders and future Iranian SRBMs) and any cruise missiles the other SAMs and fighters missed.
And the Patriots will also be protected by short range air defense.
Giving a Patriot battery to Ukraine is a great way to transfer that tech to Russia and China.
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12/25/2022 10:31 Comments ||
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Given that most of the key components are by contract to be only of American origin, as much as the Russians or Chinese try, it'll take them a heap of technology to try to replicate. Given that both parties suffer with Q&A in the high end stuff, its not going to happen tomorrow.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] In November 2022, France announced the largest military exercise since the end of the Cold War, codenamed ORION, to be held in the spring of 2023.
The Macron administration presents them as a response to geopolitical challenges, declaring France's readiness for a global war.
Rybar's team managed to communicate with representatives of the French generals, who shared their assessment of such bravura statements.
What is the essence of the teachings?
The maneuvers will take place from late February to early May 2023 in several stages.
First, for three weeks in the south of France, there will be a landing from the sea and from the air, with an attempt to establish a foothold in a fictional country called "Arnland".
There, conditional militias, supported by a hostile state called "Mercury", destabilize the situation.
7,000 soldiers will be mobilized for this operation. The aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, two landing helicopter carriers and about 20 surface ships and submarines will also be involved.
The second stage will simulate the invasion of "Mercury" in "Arnland".
The scenario of the maneuvers is not known in detail, but it is assumed that part of the national territory will be occupied by a foreign power.
Russia or Turkey are considered as hypothetical opponents. And the French army must take back this territory, fighting with local guerrillas loyal to a foreign power. One division will be involved in the maneuvers - 10,000 to 12,000 people, that is, half of the French army.
In comparison, every year France organizes exercises at the level of a combat company - 120 people, sometimes - at the level of a regiment - 600 people, and much less often - at the level of a brigade - about 3,000 people.
The goals of the current exercises are to prepare the French army for:
➖ high-intensity combat operations, taking into account the experience of the conflict in Ukraine
➖ information war
➖ anti-guerrilla war on French territory.
The exercise has not yet begun, but has already become the subject of sharp criticism in the ranks of the French army for two reasons:
The scenario of the exercise implies that the army will be used against the French population.
The organization of maneuvers of such a scale and the achievement of the stated goals are obviously impossible, and the generals know about it.
The French army is no longer capable of maneuvering large units as it lacks the necessary equipment: Tigers helicopters and Leclerc tanks are out of service for lack of spare parts, and CAESAR guns have been handed over ( https://t.me/rybar/35983 ) to Ukraine.
According to the senior officers, the only task of the exercises is to occupy the French army.
After the completion of the Barchan mission and the reduction of operations in the Sahel, the French army, one of the most interventionist in the world, was practically left without work.
The Elysee Palace believes that the army should not be allowed to be bored, otherwise there will be a risk of a coup d'état.
Nevertheless, the media have already begun to prepare the ground for a positive image of the exercises, which, upon completion, will certainly be declared successful.
The quote by the Chief of Staff of the French Armed Forces, General Thierry Burkhard, voiced at a hearing in parliament, was immediately picked up by the media.
He stated that "if the French army has to fight in a war of high intensity, we are ready to do it right now."
A year ago, he claimed -chasov.html ) is exactly the opposite. Because Burckhard, like most French generals, knows that since the 1960s the French army has been designed only to participate in local conflicts. For all these years, only Africa was suitable for its application.
In the event of a full-scale invasion, the goal of the French army in Europe is to win 2-3 days in order to have time to use nuclear weapons.
This is the basis of the whole French military doctrine called dissuasion.
The goal of the modern French army has never been to wage a classic high-intensity war. It will be very interesting to watch the attempts to pass off wishful thinking and create ideal teachings at least in the picture.
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"The exercise has not yet begun, but has already become the subject of sharp criticism..." Why not? The Camp of the Saints is already an established fact.
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Yes and No.
French armed forces are spread & split into many different branches (and most of them are structured as Cadre + Minimum Meat) so saying that 2 Brigades and a RapidReactionCorps are the only active boots-units of Armée de terre isn't wrong but it also doesn't actually show the whole picture.
Heck, even the ~210k personnel number that is available publicly doesn't even come close to all the shell games those maniacs have been building since 50s.
At this point, all anyone outside that knot can say is that they have less than what they need but a LOT more than they are showing.
[Times of Israel] Intelligence cited by Channel 12 indicates Iranian pilots are already training with Russian-made jets
Russia is preparing to provide Iran ...The nation is noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence... with Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets in the near future, according to a Saturday report citing Western intelligence officials.
The report by Channel 12 said the deal could include as many as 24 jets that were originally intended for Egypt, in a deal that the United States thwarted.
This left Moscow looking for a new potential buyer, which it has reportedly found in Tehran. The report comes after Iranian media said in September that Tehran was weighing such a purchase.
Intelligence indicated that Iranian pilots were already using the jets for training, the report said, without elaborating.
Washington has described an extensive relationship between Iran and Russia involving military equipment, especially since Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February.
Both countries are targeted by stringent sanctions — Iran over its nuclear program and Russia for its actions in Ukraine.
Reports indicate that Tehran has so far supplied Russian troops with some 1,700 offensive drones and plans on supplying 300 more in the near future.
Iranian-manufactured drones supplied to Russia have played a "central role" in attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine, Britannia’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office said last week.
Mossad chief David Barnea cautioned on Thursday that Iran is looking to expand its supply of advanced weapons to Russia.
Barnea said Mossad was "still warning about Iran’s future and intentions, which it is trying to keep secret."
Earlier this month, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said Russia was also looking to help Iran, which could pose a threat to US allies in the region.
"What’s beginning to emerge is at least the beginnings of a full-fledged defense partnership between Russia and Iran, with the Iranians supplying drones to the Russians, which are killing Ukrainian civilians as we speak today," CIA chief William Burns said in an interview with PBS.
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Would Iran be considered a 'safe haven' from Ukraine targeting?
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