[BBC] A former commander with the Russian paramilitary Wagner Group has claimed asylum in Norway after deserting from the mercenary outfit.
Andrey Medvedev, 26, crossed the border into Norway last Friday, where he was detained by border guards.
He is currently being held in the Oslo area where he faces charges of illegal entry to Norway, his lawyer Brynjulf Risnes told the BBC.
Mr Risnes said his client left Wagner after witnessing war crimes in Ukraine.
The Norwegian Border Guard confirmed to the BBC that a Russian man had been detained after crossing the country's 198km (123 mile) long border with Russia, but said it could not comment further for "reasons of security and privacy".
Tarjei Sirma-Tellefsen, police chief of staff in the Norwegian region of Finnmark, said a man had been detained by a border patrol and said he had applied for asylum.
But the Russian human rights group Gulagu.net, who helped Mr Medvedev leave Russia, confirmed his identity. His escape is believed to be the first known instance of one of the group's soldiers defecting to the West.
Gulagu.net's founder Vladimir Osechkin told the BBC that Mr Medvedev had joined the paramilitary group in July 2022 on a four-month contract, but had deserted after witnessing a host of human rights abuses and war crimes while serving in Ukraine.
He said that Mr Medvedev is a former soldier in the Russian army and that he later served time in prison between 2017 and 2018 before joining the Wagner Group.
He was placed in charge of a Wagner division in Ukraine, where the mercenary group supplied him with around 30-40 troops every week, Mr Osechkin said.
Definitely a definition of division than we are accustomed to.
In a video posted by Gulagu.net to its social media channels, Mr Medvedev said he fled Ukraine in November after being informed that the group intended to extend his contract indefinitely.
After spending two months underground in Russia, he crossed the border into Norway last week.
Mr Risnes said his client had also witnessed a host of war crimes while fighting in Ukraine, including seeing "deserters being executed" by the Wagner Group's internal security service.
"In short he felt betrayed and wanted to leave as soon as possible," Mr Risnes said.
He added that he believed Mr Medvedev had taken some evidence of war crimes with him to Norway and that he intends to share his information with groups investigating war crimes in the coming weeks.
In response, the founder of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, appeared to laugh off the allegations.
In a press release from one of his companies, Prigozhin issued a sarcastic statement, linking Mr Medvedev to a non-existent Nordic mercenary unit and said he was a Norwegian citizen, in an apparent attempt to mock the man's testimony.
Prigozhin also accused him of "mistreatment of prisoners" and said that his former employee was "very dangerous". Mr Risnes told the BBC that the Wagner leader's claims were not true.
UK officials believe the Wagner Group makes up about 10% of Russia's forces in Ukraine, and played a significant part in helping Moscow's forces take the town of Soledar in eastern Donbas region last week.
Thousands of its troops have been recruited from Russian prisons. Mr Prigozhin - a former convict himself - has promised recruits their freedom in exchange for six months service in Ukraine.
Before the invasion of Ukraine, it had only a few thousand mercenaries. Most were believed to be experienced former soldiers, including some from Russia's elite regiments and special forces.
Since 2015, it is believed to have deployed troops to Syria, Libya, Mali and the Central African Republic.
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Kind of a nothing-burger. You might remember him, he was in the news cycle last month. This is just a continuation of an anti-wagner narrative from Dec. This is the West's point man in the propaganda war to discredit Wagner.
Background: Medvedev is already set to testify against Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin about the alleged extrajudicial killings... Medvedev previously appeared on camera in mid-December claiming to have witnessed Wagner soldiers carrying out several extrajudicial killings against comrades who refused to go into battle in Ukraine.
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In other news, President Biden claims the tens of thousands of ukrainians who died defending Soledar and Bakhmut - they died in vain as Biden's White House claims the two cities hold no strategic value.
#ToTheLastUkrainian
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A slip. Long hours. Many coworkers sick. What cannot be cured must be endured. 23 looking to be very difficult. So many on one drug or another. Drugs everywhere. 13 year old died from overdose supplied by mother who was drudged up at funeral while grandparents both were drunk. Net night pool tournament drugs everywhere also. The new normal.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Russia has warned that any Challenger 2 tanks that Britannia sends to Ukraine to help the war effort "will burn".
British prime minister Rishi Sunak confirmed the UK will provide Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine during a call with Volodymyr Zelensky over the weekend.
Responding on Monday, Kremlin front man Dmitry Peskov said new arms supplies from countries like Britannia and Poland would not change the situation on the ground.
"They are using this country as a tool to achieve their anti-Russian goals," he added. "These tanks are burning and will burn just like the rest."
Meanwhile, ...back at the shootout, another bullet hole appeared in Butch's hat...... Russia and Belarus began joint air force drills today, which have triggered fears that Moscow could use its ally to launch a new ground offensive in Ukraine.
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I'd heard UK could get Challengers to Ukraine, but not post to France.
Their line was something like, we aren't sending many, but maybe what we send will spur others on.
Guess its like Call of Duty, just run up next to the vehicle, press 'E', and bang pop know the ins and outs of operating a top tier armor platform vs. modern battlefield theory.
A notorious Russian rapist and serial killer, Mikhail Popkov has declared his interest to fight for Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... in Ukraine, DailyMail has reported.
Mikhail Popkov, 58, nicknamed 'The Werewolf' had killed 83 women, He now wants to join a controversial scheme that has seen thousands of murderers, rapists and other hardened criminals become mercenaries.
President Putin has also pardoned those who fought and stayed alive for six months in the war.
The country’s prison recruitment scheme reportedly sees criminals sent out to fight with pro-Russian forces in Putin's illegal war in exchange for a pardon if they continue to fight and stay alive for six months.
Popkov, a former police officer known as 'The Werewolf' and the 'Angarsk Maniac,' murdered 83 women and is currently serving two life sentences plus nine years in prison after three separate trials.
According to a police source, his true tally is "closer to 200".
Popkov raped the majority of his victims, who ranged in age from 18 to 50, before murdering them with axes, hammers, knives, screwdrivers, and spades.
Despite this, Russian authorities allowed state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
to interview him behind bars as he begged to join Putin's fighters, claiming radio-electronics experience from his time as a Red Army conscript.
He hopes to gain his freedom through the sickening Kremlin scheme that has freed up to 40,000 prisoners.
Popkov is even suddenly confessing to more murders in order to join the Wagner private army, which is led by Putin crony Yevgeny Prigozhin and is supporting the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.
When asked by Russian state TV "what is your dream?", he replied: "To join the army."
The mass killer continued: "I would not hesitate to do so [join the war].
The #Kremlin said on Monday that Russian forces did not strike residential buildings in Ukraine, two days after an apartment complex in the city of Dnipro was hit during a major Russian missile attack that Kyiv says killed at least 36 people. pic.twitter.com/HGHxyozp3b
OSINT group Molfar linked #Russia's 52nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Regiment to #Dnipro🇺🇦apt. building attack. They say the regiment also flew the missile that struck the Kremenchuk shopping center in June. Investigators ID 44 crew commanders, pilots, technicians, staff. #WarCrimeshttps://t.co/GjgnY9eQuX
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[Korrespondent] 23:16 The appointment of Gerasimov as commander of Russian forces in Ukraine means a return to the Russian offensive, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace believes: "The fact that Gerasimov personally assumed field command is certainly significant. This is the visible tip of the iceberg of factionalism in the Russian command. Putin, appears to be optimistic, and since Gerasimov's deference to the president is beyond doubt, a return to the Russian offensive can now be expected - no matter how many human lives it will require.
23:09 German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht resigned amid a series of political mistakes, as well as growing pressure on Berlin regarding military assistance to Ukraine. Lambrecht decided to leave her post ahead of the decisive meeting of the Western Allies at Ramstein Air Base. At this meeting, Berlin must decide whether it will send the Leopard to Kyiv and whether it will give a green light to Poland to re-export the tanks. Read more in the article Is Kiev to blame?
23:03 Investigators of the Dossier Center found out that the Wagner PMC units in Soledar are commanded by Anton Elizarov - he previously served in the Airborne Forces and in the special forces department of the GRU. In 2014, Elizarov received three years in prison for fraud in the case of the privatization of a service apartment. He sued the Ministry of Defense, but ultimately lost the case, after which he was evicted from his apartment in 2016. Then he signed a contract with PMC Wagner.
22:59 Zelensky, following a meeting with the head of the OSCE, Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, said that this is "one of those international organizations that have significant potential, but for various reasons in critical situations have a large lack of specific actions, a large lack of determination ".
"The OSCE can significantly increase attention and act accordingly on the issue of deportation of our people from the occupied territory to Russia. And on the situation with Ukrainian prisoners. Not a single international organization has yet found the strength to gain access to the places where our prisoners are kept on the territory Russia. This should be corrected. I hope that the chairmanship of North Macedonia in the OSCE will contribute to this," the President stressed.
22:46 Zelensky said that he had discussed protection against Russian missiles and Iranian drones with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte: "And it is very important that our conversation took place on the eve of the visit of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands to the United States. What happened in Dnipro , the fact that Russia is preparing a new attempt to seize the initiative in the war, the fact that the nature of hostilities at the front requires new solutions in defense supply - all this only emphasizes how important it is to coordinate our efforts of all members of the coalition for the defense of Ukraine and freedom. decisions".
22:32 In an evening video message, Zelensky announced a very active week in terms of diplomacy: "The forum in Davos will start - Ukraine will be heard at this globally important platform. At the end of the week, another meeting in the Ramstein format is to be held. We expect fundamental decisions from the coalition of our partners. Bilateral talks are also planned.
According to the president, every day of such a diplomatic marathon brings Ukraine "very concrete defensive fruits." In particular, he cited an example from the UK: "A new package of defense assistance has been announced - what is needed. Tanks, other armored vehicles, artillery. What we discussed with Prime Minister Sunak."
21:47 The United States understands Ukraine's need to hit more distant targets than the existing systems are capable of reaching, and are conducting an appropriate dialogue with the Ukrainian side, US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kahl said during a visit to Kiev: "As for long-range systems, such like ATACMS, we continue to hear interest in these systems. I think it is useful to focus not so much on this particular system, but on the need to hit more distant targets. "
"I will not go into details and say: we are aware of this need in the current status, and we are discussing how Ukraine can cope with this challenge. I will not specify what systems we can talk about, but we will continue the appropriate dialogue with Ukrainian colleagues," - added a Pentagon spokesman.
21:40 In Dnipro, after a missile attack on an apartment building, 25 more people are wanted, the State Emergency Service reported. According to the latest data, 39 people were rescued (of which 6 were children), 40 people were killed (including 3 children), 77 people were injured (of which 14 were children). Also, a total of 47 reports of missing persons were received - of which 18 were found dead, four were found alive with relatives, in hospitals, and 25 people are wanted.
20:52 More than 12 attempts have been made on Zelensky since the beginning of the war, writes The Independent. According to the publication, at least two of them were prevented thanks to CIA intelligence. Thus, US intelligence warned Zelensky about the threat of assassination at a secret meeting in Kyiv before the start of the war.
20:25 A delegation of high-ranking US officials headed by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman visited Ukraine, Shmyhal said. "Our focus is on supporting people affected by the war, restoring energy after shelling, financial support. We also count on US assistance in restoring Ukraine. First of all, these funds will be used to restore people's housing," the prime minister said.
20:17 Putin instructed Gerasimov to seize Donbass by March, Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said: “Still, we can talk about the priority direction for Rashists - this is Donbass. the leader of the war against Ukraine is the capture of Donbass and the formation of a certain security zone already before March."
Yusov recalled that Moscow has repeatedly changed the timing of the tasks. He also said that intelligence has information about signs that the Russians are preparing an offensive in the Zaporozhye direction: “This may indicate both direct preparation for offensive actions by the enemy, and certain deceptive actions in order to hide true intentions. All information is monitored ".
20:12 Russia may try to make a "final push" on the anniversary of a full-scale invasion or already in March, Danilov said in an interview with Suspilny: "It could be an anniversary. For them, these dates are for some reason sacred things. It could be in March. We must prepare for such events every day, and we are preparing."
19:39 Russia keeps about 11 thousand military personnel in Belarus, but there is no increase in groupings in the border areas, head of the State Border Service Sergei Deineko said: “Today, the number of Russian troops on the territory of Belarus is about 11 thousand military personnel. However, this figure changes daily due to the fact that the rotation of Russian units is taking place right now. We keep this under constant control."
19:27 Russia is dispersing a fake about a "big offensive": allegedly in the near future, a 600-700 thousandth group of invaders is ready to make a new attack. More details in the material Information Operation of the Russian Federation .
19:18 OSCE Chairman, Foreign Minister of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani, following a meeting with Zelensky in Kiev, called for the immediate return of the organization's field mission to Ukraine: "The mission will be of great importance on the ground, contributing to stability, security and human rights for all citizens."
19:09 Germany is deploying Patriot air defense systems to Poland - they will cover the logistics point where they collect military assistance to Ukraine, Spiegel writes. Three batteries will protect critical infrastructure near the border with Ukraine.
19:03 Great Britain announced the provision of the largest combat aid package to Ukraine to date. According to Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace, it includes:
a squadron of Challenger 2 tanks;
8 AS90 artillery mounts (more - at different stages of readiness);
100 armored vehicles, including the Bulldog armored personnel carrier;
dozens of UAVs;
100,000 artillery shells;
100 advanced missiles;
spare parts to support Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles.
19:01 Turkish Ombudsman Seref Malkok said that Ukraine and Russia are working on a large exchange in which 1,000 people can take part: "The Ukrainian Ombudsman handed over to the Russian side a list of 800 people. The Russian Ombudsman handed over a list of 200 people to the Ukrainian Ombudsman. If we can create the Istanbul Platform, these issues can be discussed more easily. We are in the process of creating this mechanism."
18:57 Zelensky said that for the second time since the beginning of the year he had a conversation with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte: “I am grateful to him for his willingness to continue working on strengthening Ukrainian air defense. In addition, they talked about possible scenarios for the development of events at the front and our joint activities in the near future".
18:20 With the beginning of joint tactical flight training with Russia in Belarus, the threat of air and missile strikes from the airspace of the Republic of Belarus is growing, because under the guise of joint training, the enemy has strengthened a combat aviation group near the Ukrainian border, the General Staff said in an evening summary . At the same time, no enemy offensive groupings were found in this direction.
According to the General Staff, on the territory of Russia, foreigners who are in line for obtaining Russian citizenship are invited to voluntarily be drafted into the Armed Forces and automatically receive a Russian passport. Also in Moscow, there is pressure on commercial structures in order to financially support the RF Armed Forces by transferring funds in the amount of 10 million rubles or more.
At the training ground of the Kadamovskaya Rostov region, in order to train and recruit the troops of the Russian Federation, the arrival of units with mobilized ones is expected. First of all, the additional staffing will concern PMC Wagner and BARS detachments, which are constantly losing personnel in Ukraine.
17:49 At the next meeting in the Ramstein format on January 20, the issue of supplying Leopard tanks to Ukraine will be discussed, Finnish Defense Minister Mikko Savola said. He stressed that in order to provide these tanks to Ukraine, a German permit for re-export is needed.
17:43 Slovakia has handed over to Ukraine the last of the promised - the eighth - Zuzana 2 self-propelled cannon howitzer, Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said. In addition to fulfilling the contract for the supply of eight howitzers, Slovakia has pledged to produce another 16 such vehicles for Ukraine, which will be jointly financed by Denmark, Germany and Norway.
17:35 The Norwegian authorities have confirmed that the Russian Andrey Medvedev, a former high-ranking member of the PMC Wagner, illegally crossed the border and asked for asylum. Medvedev's case was handed over to the Norwegian immigration police, and the Russian was transferred to Oslo, where he was placed in a center for violators of migration laws.
According to the Norwegian news agency NTB, Medvedev has been in hiding since he left the Wagner group on July 6 after a four-month contract expired. Russian Meduza writes that Medvedev was the commander of a unit that included Yevgeny Nuzhin, a Wagner mercenary whose execution was videotaped after returning from Ukrainian captivity in November.
The founder of the human rights project Gulagu.net, Vladimir Osechkin, said that this was the first time during the war that a former commander of one of Wagner's units fled from Russia to Europe. In addition, Medvedev agreed to testify against Prigogine. According to Osechkin, Medvedev witnessed many executions and extrajudicial killings by Prigozhin's security service. After Medvedev escaped, Prigozhin himself and his security service tried to detain him. Medvedev feared that he might be executed.
17:26 Attorney General Andrei Kostin claims that the GPU is aware of who gave the order to destroy a residential building in Dnipro: "We know for certain who exactly gave the order to destroy this residential building ... A missile, which, we are 99% sure , this house was destroyed - this is the same type of rocket that has already been used in other cases. We are talking about the strike on June 27 on the shopping center in Kremenchug, on July 1 - on Sergeevka in the Odessa region.
Kostin added that this missile is "virtually hypersonic" and very difficult to track. However, it is not an accurate weapon. The Prosecutor General stressed that in Sergeevka, Odessa region, and in Kremenchug, and in the Dnieper there was no military facility nearby.
Kostin also assured that the leadership of the Russian Aerospace Forces unit, which is responsible for all three of these strikes, has not changed: “That is, what they did in Sergeevka, in Kremenchug, in the Dnieper - all this, probably, is fully supported by the highest military political command of the aggressor country".
17:08 The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to defend in Soledar and on the outskirts of the city, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty: "East of Ukraine remains the main direction of the aggressor's strike. The enemy has concentrated the main attack on the Bakhmut direction, especially in the Soledar area, where fighting is taking place .Ukrainian units continue to hold the defense in the city itself and on the outskirts."
Cherevaty also said that Russia lost more soldiers in the Bakhmut direction than the USSR during the ten years of the war in Afghanistan. According to him, the Russians continue to storm the entire Bakhmut direction using "cannon fodder": they launch numerous attacks on the corpses of their own soldiers. Their strategy has not changed since the Second World War.
16:47 Russia has hundreds of X-22 missiles, one of which hit an apartment building in Dnipro. According to Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukraine used to have them in service as well, but some of them were transferred to Russia as payment for gas debts, and the other part was disposed of. Ukraine will be able to shoot down such missiles when it receives Patriot or SAMP / T systems from partners.
16:38 Putin spoke on the phone with Erdogan. The parties touched upon the issue of the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine, primarily the wounded, discussed the implementation of the grain deal, the Kremlin said.
15:43 As a result of a rocket attack on a multi-storey building in the Dnieper, the death of 40 people was confirmed , including three children. 75 residents of the house were injured, including 14 children, the SBU reported. The security service has identified the Russians involved in this missile attack. According to preliminary data from the investigation, several dozen Russian servicemen were involved in the crime .
15:27 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during his visit to Berlin called on the German government to act decisively and supply Ukraine with all the necessary types of weapons: "We loudly demanded the presence of Patriot missile systems in Ukraine, and our voice was heard, for which we thank you. The defeat of Ukraine may become a prelude to World War III. Therefore, today there is no reason to block support for Kiev and postpone it indefinitely. I call on the German government to act decisively, providing Ukraine with all types of weapons."
14:50 Zelensky announced that he had held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander: "We discussed the events on the front line, separately analyzed the situation in the Donetsk region and the South. We heard information about the possible actions of the aggressor in the near future. We do not lose sight of the fact that the enemy will prepare new missile strikes, Therefore, we are developing the most effective countermeasures. In conclusion, we settled on providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with ammunition and training tactical level commanders."
14:38 The EU regards the missile attack on a residential high-rise building in Dnipro as a sign of escalation and discusses its possible response to this, EU speaker Peter Stano said: "This is another example of how the Putin regime continues to foment this conflict, and the position of the EU has always been respond to any signs of escalation.We are now talking about the increase in targeting civilians in their homes after Russia decided to hit critical infrastructure important for people to survive the winter.This is another sign that the regime wants to escalate and doesn't want de-escalation."
In light of the approaching anniversary of the Russian invasion, the EU is keeping a close eye on the situation, he said: “This issue will be discussed at the upcoming meeting of EU foreign ministers next Monday. how to respond to the ongoing aggression and what to do in response to the latest signs of the Kremlin's escalation continues."
14:07 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that the air defense and the Black Sea Fleet allegedly shot down ten out of ten "Ukrainian drones" today, there are no damaged objects.
13:58 The OSCE stated that there are no observers in the Donbas, and cars with the corresponding logo that could be seen in eastern Ukraine are not used by the organization: "If you see any cars with OSCE markings in the Donbas, you can be sure that they are not being used for OSCE purposes."
Earlier, videos appeared on social networks with allegedly OSCE vehicles in Donbas. The special monitoring mission of the organization finally left Ukraine in March 2022.
13:36 In the Lugansk region, the Russians are closing cities for entry and exit due to the approaching front line, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Ukrainian command understands the plans of the enemy and is proactive. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving towards Kremennaya and Svatovo.
13:03 Speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat considers the scenario of a Russian landing in Kiev or on the territory of Ukraine unrealistic: “Today, this is generally an unrealistic scenario ... Then the enemy failed, and it will not succeed now. Because it’s easy to fly so it will not be possible to land troops from the Il-76 to the capital in any way. I think that it will not be possible to fly to the border either. "
According to Ignat, the situation now is different from February 24, when the occupiers made a surprise attack on the outskirts of Kyiv. Now the defense forces are ready to adequately meet the enemy. The main thing is to get help from Western partners.
12:51 Trucks with enemy manpower began to arrive in Mariupol from the Donetsk direction, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said. Some of them are located in Belosaraiskaya Spit. More than ten trucks arrived this morning alone. In this regard, Mariupol began additional recruitment of cooks and service personnel in "boarding houses", which are actually new barracks.
12:35 Peskov said that the Russian military allegedly does not strike at residential buildings and the social infrastructure of Ukraine. And the conflict between the Ministry of Defense and Wagner, in his words, "exists only in the information space."
12:26 Ukraine and the EU signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the provision of 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance in 2023, Shmyhal said. This week, the first tranche of 3 billion euros is expected to arrive. The Prime Minister noted that this will help maintain macroeconomic stability and finance all critical expenses in a war.
12:23 German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has resigned. She was criticized, in particular, for insufficient assistance to Ukraine and for her lack of experience in defense matters.
12:14 In the morning, the Russians hit Kherson with artillery. As a result of getting into an apartment building and a boarding school building in the Dnipro district, according to preliminary information, one person died, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich. Also, the Russians once again attacked the regional children's clinical hospital - the neonatal building was damaged, which was empty, so there were no wounded.
11:58 OSCE Chairman, Foreign Minister of North Macedonia Bujar Osmani said that he had arrived in Kiev: "We are looking forward to productive meetings with Ukrainian leaders to discuss ways to strengthen security and stability in the region and provide assistance to people on the ground."
11:52 Ukraine's allies have provided more than 4,000 weapons since the start of the full-scale war, Bloomberg calculated. These are ballpark figures that may include weapons promised but not yet delivered:
410 Soviet-era tanks from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and other post-Soviet countries;
300 armored vehicles, including 250 Soviet-made infantry fighting vehicles from post-Soviet countries;
1100 armored personnel carriers, including 300 M113 and 250 M117, more than 160 M113;
mobile infantry vehicles - 1540 units, including 1250 HMMWVs;
300 towed howitzers, of which more than 210 M777 155mm howitzers and 72 US 105mm howitzers;
more than 400 units of self-propelled artillery, of which 180 are on order;
38 HIMARS systems and over 40 Soviet-era 122mm MLRS from Poland and the Czech Republic;
37 German self-propelled anti-aircraft systems Gepard;
8 US-made NASAMS rocket batteries;
one American and one German Patriot missile battery;
6 Strela-10Ms missile systems from the Czech Republic and 6 Stormer missile systems from the UK.
11:29 As of the morning of January 16, the deficit in the energy system has grown significantly, Ukrenergo reported. This is due to a decrease in electricity production due to rocket attacks on power plants, as well as an increase in consumption with the start of the working week. Reduced consumption limits for the whole day have been brought to the oblenergos. Due to their excess, emergency shutdowns were introduced in four regions from 9:00, and from 10:00 - in five regions of Ukraine. It is also possible to use emergency shutdowns in other regions.
The situation is complicated by weather conditions (gusty wind, icing of wires), in the central region there are blackouts due to damage in distribution networks.
11:03 As a result of a night rocket attack on a residential area in the center of Zaporozhye, a five-story house was damaged by a blast wave, five people were injured from debris and glass, including two children, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
11:00 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that today three drones have already been shot down over the sea, air defense allegedly continues to repel the attack.
10:27 About 100 Ukrainian soldiers arrived in Oklahoma to be trained on the Patriot air defense system. The Pentagon said it has developed an accelerated training program for the Ukrainians, which should take several months. Standard training lasts from six months to a year.
10:19 According to the specialized publication Defense Express, on January 14, the Russians attacked Kiev with new S-400 missiles. While working on ground targets, its range is 230 km, and the weight of the warhead is 180 kg. Russia used such missiles for the second time - the first time the same debris was found near the destroyed private house in Protasov Yar and in the destroyed Alfavito hotel during rocket attacks on the capital on December 31.
10:15 A joint tactical flight exercise with Russia has started in Belarus, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus reports. The main goal of the exercise, as stated in the department, is "increasing interoperability in the joint performance of combat training tasks." All airfields and ranges of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus are involved in the exercise.
09:48 An expanded training program for the Ukrainian military from American instructors has begun in Germany, said Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. According to him, over the next 5-8 weeks, it is planned to train about 500 people. The program includes work with different types of weapons and the development of joint actions and coordination of units of different types - infantry, mechanized brigades, artillery. The training will begin with theory and small group work and will gradually progress to the stage of complex exercises at the BTG level.
09:29 British intelligence reports that Ukraine probably maintains positions in Soledar despite the attacks of Wagner PMCs - fierce battles continued there over the weekend. Analysts also write about the fighting in the Kremennaya Lugansk region, which was characterized by a complex series of local attacks and counterattacks in a wooded area. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue their gradual advance towards the outskirts of Kremennaya.
The key task for both sides is to create units of combat-ready troops not yet involved in the front, which will be able to use tactical successes to create operational breakthroughs, according to the British Ministry of Defense.
09:23 In the Kherson region over the past day due to Russian shelling, three people were killed, 14 were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:21 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, seven civilians were injured - two each in Bakhmut and Avdiivka, one each in Velyka Novoselka, Liman and Soledar, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
09:10 In the morning, the enemy once again fired at Kupyansk - a private household and an apartment building were damaged, two people were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
08:59 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Kremlin is likely to launch a decisive strategic operation over the next six months to seize the initiative and end Ukraine's string of operational successes. Analysts recalled that over the past 11 months, Russia has failed to achieve most of its main operational goals in Ukraine - to capture Kyiv, as well as the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, to hold onto gains in the Kharkiv region or Kherson. The Russian air and missile campaign directed against Ukrainian critical infrastructure, led by General Sergei Surovikin, also did not lead to significant operational consequences and did not demoralize Ukrainian society, as the Kremlin probably intended.
At the same time, ISW experts are convinced that Putin has not abandoned his aggressive goals and is already changing the fundamental approaches to the conduct of the war. In particular, the Kremlin is stepping up both short-term and long-term efforts to build up its armed forces, trying to rebuild its military-industrial base. Putin also recentralizes control over military operations in Ukraine under the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and appointed Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov as commander of military operations. The Kremlin is also strengthening the preparation of the Russian information space to support the war.
08:47 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 16th.
personnel - about 116,080 (+790) people liquidated,
tanks - 3118 (+12),
armored combat vehicles - 6204 (+21),
artillery systems - 2099 (+5),
MLRS - 438 (+1),
air defense systems - 220 (+1),
aircraft - 286 (+0),
helicopters - 276 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1872 (+0),
cruise missiles - 749 (+0),
ships/boats - 17 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4870 (+24),
special equipment - 190 (+3).
08:26 The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions and suffers significant losses in manpower, the General Staff said in the morning report . Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Luhansk region and Verkhnekamenskoe, Krasnopolevka, Spornoe, Sol, Bakhmut, Kleshcheevka, Novobakhmutovka, Velyka Novoselka, Prechistovka, Krasnogorovka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Vodianoe, Mayorsk and Marinka, Donetsk region.
07:28 In Dnipro, the number of people killed as a result of an enemy strike on a multi-storey building has increased to 35 people, including two children. 75 people were injured, including 14 children. 39 residents of the house were saved, the fate of another 35 is unknown , said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. The search and rescue operation lasts almost 40 hours.
05:51 U.S. military officials are amazed at the ingenuity of Ukrainian defenders on the battlefield. At the same time, Ukraine has become a military laboratory for finding cheap but effective solutions, CNN writes, citing unnamed US officials. According to them, Ukraine has developed dozens of innovations on the battlefield , "often finding cheap solutions to expensive problems."
02:55 As a result of the Russian attack on Zaporozhye, three people were hospitalized with injuries, including two children of nine and 15 years old, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council.
01:37 The enemy launched a missile attack on Zaporozhye and the suburbs. There is destruction of civil, residential and industrial infrastructure. Information was received about several lightly wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:23 Air defense and the Black Sea Fleet shot down 10 Ukrainian drones, the governor of Sevastopol said. 22:32 Peskov about the collapse of a residential building in Dnepropetrovsk: the Russian military does not strike at residential buildings and the social infrastructure of Ukraine. He also drew attention to the fact that some representatives of Kyiv have already called the air defense work the cause of the tragedy.
21:43 Report about explosions in the Kharkov region.
20:54 An air raid alert was announced on Monday in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine and the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, testify to data online maps of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
19:25 Umbrella Salt completely released subdivisions of PMC "Wagner".
This is an important transport hub, control over which eliminates the possibility of direct communication between Bakhmut and Seversk, two major defense hubs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, the liberation of Salt will have a positive effect on the current ongoing offensive towards the northern outskirts of Bakhmut.
Reports about the capture of Kleshchievka (Kleshcheevka) have so far turned out to be premature. PMC "Wagner" is engaged in heavy fighting for this settlement with the support of its own aviation and artillery.
19:17 Seven more defenders of the DPR, released from Ukrainian captivity, returned to the Republic.
This was announced by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the DPR Daria Morozova.
18:27 Soldiers of PMC "Wagner" took under control Kleshcheevka near Artemovsk, military correspondents report.
Previously, Wagner PMC attack aircraft knocked out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Kleshcheevka in the south of Artemovsk, WarGonzo military correspondents reported.
Probably, now the RF Armed Forces have opened the way to enter Artemovsk, exit to Ivanovsky, as well as fire control over the Artemovsk-Konstantinovka highway.
16:37 Reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 "Alligator" in the sky over the Donbass -video
16:36 Destroyed Ukrainian armored car "Kozak" in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) direction -video
16:25 The result of hitting the Vushnikov car, which was hidden in the garage of civilians -video
Probably, the Ukrainian soldiers themselves arranged for themselves a position inside a civilian house
16:21 DPR special forces scouts destroyed the enemy crew SPG-9 -video
Scouts of the 3rd Guards Special Purpose Battalion, during reconnaissance, using a thermal imager, discovered a crew of an SPG-9 (“boot”) recoilless rifle, which was shelling our positions and a camouflaged enemy car. The identified group target was destroyed with the help of ATGMs.
15:41 Over Sevastopol shot down in a day ten Ukrainian drones, Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said.
According to him, all of them were shot down over the sea; as a result, no one was injured, including objects in the city and the Black Sea that were not damaged.
15:20 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized terrorist organization of the international neo-Nazi movement MKU (“Maniacs. The cult of murders”) and banned its activities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The organization was founded in 2017 by a citizen of Ukraine Yegor Krasnov, who is currently wanted on suspicion of murder. The stated goal of the movement's participants is "racial cleansing". They also practice their own "Religion of Murder", according to which death is ascended by a god-like entity that drives the supporters of the organization with a thirst for murder, thereby performing racial cleansing.
15:10 In the capable hands of the medical special forces: in the special operation zone, the military doctors of the medical battalion of the Western Military District continue to provide medical assistance to servicemen and injured civilians -video
Soldiers and civilians who cannot be provided medical assistance on the spot are evacuated to military doctors by helicopters and vehicles.
The main goal of operations performed by doctors is to stop bleeding, remove fragments and create all conditions for wound healing. Only after that the patient is subject to further evacuation.
Military doctors are able to save the life of the victim, even with hopeless wounds.
14:50 Army and Navy reflected massive attack on Sevastopol.
Governor Razvozhaev: “The result of today's enemy attack on Sevastopol: the air defense and the Black Sea Fleet shot down 10 out of 10 UAVs over the sea.
No objects either in the city or in the water area were damaged. Everything is calm in the city.”
14:18 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (16.01.2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, the army aviation and artillery of the Western Military District defeated units of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka and Berestovoe in the Kharkiv region. More than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery units of the Central Military District, during the fire destruction of accumulations of manpower of the 95th Air Assault Brigade and the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Serebryanka and Terny settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic, destroyed over 75 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks, five armored fighting vehicles and a pickup truck.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Military District, in cooperation with units of the Airborne Forces, continue offensive operations. During the day, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier and eight vehicles were destroyed in this direction.
In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the Eastern Military District inflicted a complex defeat on the 65th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Stepovoe, Zaporozhye region and the 108th Brigade of territorial defense in the area of the settlement of Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and two pickup trucks were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit a warehouse of weapons, military and special equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic, a hangar with military equipment of the 9th Special Purpose Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine in near the settlement of Malokaterinovka, Zaporozhye region, as well as 79 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in the 101st district.
In the course of a counter-battery fight, the following were destroyed during the day:
Ukrainian combat vehicle 122mm MLRS "Grad" and howitzer 152mm 2A36 "Hyacinth-B" near the village of Avdievka of the Donetsk People's Republic;
howitzer 122mm D-30 near the village of Antonovka, Donetsk People's Republic;
152mm howitzer 2A65 "Msta-B" and self-propelled howitzer 152mm 2S3 "Acacia" in the areas of the settlements of Zaliznichnoe and Orekhovo, Zaporozhye region;
Self-propelled howitzer 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" near the village of Inzhenernoe, Kherson region.
In addition, two US-made counter-battery radars were destroyed: AN/TPQ-37 in the area of the village of Karmazinovka in the Luhansk People's Republic and AN/TPQ-50 in the area of the village of Avdiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by means of air defense in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe and Sofiyivka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Seven HIMARS and Uragan multiple rocket launchers were also intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Surovtsevka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Fedorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Vasilyevka in the Zaporozhye Region.
In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 372 aircraft, 200 helicopters, 2,885 unmanned aerial vehicles, 401 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,537 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 983 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,841 field artillery and mortars, as well as 8,066 units of special military vehicles.
14:10 Combat work of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces to destroy firing points and positions of ukrofashists in the area of the special operation -video
13:32Ukrainian truck destroyed by precise hit by Russian artillery -video
13:30 Army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation -video
13:28 Heavy fleet snipers destroy enemy militants and equipment at long distances in the DPR —video
An experienced shooter with precision weapons is an important tactical unit on the battlefield. A group of fighters with large-caliber rifles strikes enemy infantry and lightly armored vehicles at distances up to two km.
An officer of the heavy sniper group of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy with the call sign “Yary”, who destroyed more than 100 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke about his combat work on one of the sectors of the front in the DPR.
12:51KA-52 gunship "Alligators" "Brave" destroy equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Attack helicopters Ka-52 regularly cover the fortified positions of Ukrainian militants and hit their equipment and manpower. Our helicopter pilots approach at extremely low altitudes and launch missiles from a pitch-up, which makes it possible to hit the enemy from a long distance without entering his air defense zone. The onboard complex of the helicopter allows you to conduct accurate shooting in this way.
12:49 Legendary "ghosts" of Mozgovoy destroy the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Artillerymen of the 2nd Army Corps of the LPR from 14 armored personnel carriers, founded by our fallen comrade Alexei Mozgov, are destroying enemy positions in the battles in the Donbass.
12:47 Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev announced seven downed drones.
12:45 Tank T-90 "Breakthrough" is working on the enemy. Adjustment is carried out using a drone -video
12:03 Over the sea in Sevastopolshot down3 UAVs - Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev
11:53 In Sevastopol again air defense works.
09:35 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the distribution of summons for conscription for military service continues -video
Summons are handed to Ukrainians anywhere - in public transport or just on the street.
09:15 RF Armed Forces are working on Ukrainian positions in a constant mode, not letting them raise their heads -video
08:34 Plans were thwarted: tankers of the Southern Military District destroy objects and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - video
The tank crews of the Southern Military District once again frustrated the enemy's plans to attack the fixed positions of the Russian troops.
The servicemen of the tank unit destroy the enemy with direct fire and using a modern fire control system.
“We are fulfilling the tasks of destroying the Ukrainian militants of the National Battalion… The mood of the enemy is generally deplorable, they are slowly starting to give up. The day before yesterday, five people came themselves - they crawled. Crawled first. We thought that they were going on the offensive, but it turns out they just raised their hands up and went to surrender to ours, ”explained a serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign “Businessman”.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:16 Ukrainian troops fired at Donetsk, hits were recorded in a supermarket, a pharmacy and a residential building, according to the People's Militia of the DPR, at least two people died, four were injured. 22:21 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the defeat by army aviation and artillery of the forces of Kyiv in the Kupyansky, Krasno-Limansky, Donetsk and South Donetsk directions.
20:45 February will be the key to the conduct of the special operation - the cleansing of Ukraine will begin. About itdeclaredleader of the Russian Union of Afghan Veterans, reserve colonel Franz Klintsevich.
20:42 Soldiers of Wagner PMC in Soledarmanagedcapture the BGM-71 TOW ATGM fire control system (in the 2nd photo, a similar module on the HMMWV M1167 transferred to the APU).
The FCS (FCS) provides computer functions for the Advanced Target Acquisition System (ITAS) TOW. It tracks the target and the missile, adjusting the missile's trajectory to ensure it hits the target. The SLA also contains a circuit that allows the gunner to test the functionality of the ITAS prior to putting it into service.
Noticeable damage to the FCS by shrapnel, apparently, when the BGM-71 TOW APU itself was hit.
19:42 It's still in Donetsk disassemble blockages on Ilyich Avenue in the Kalininsky district after the morning shelling.
They say there are people under the rubble. Nearby are friends and relatives of pharmacy employees who went to work today and did not return home. They've been standing for several hours. Of course, we didn't shoot them. Wrapped up in a blanket, there stands the daughter of one of the women employees ... standing in the morning, wrapped in a blanket - it's cold outside. Next to her is a psychologist of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
18:17 In the Kupyansky direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of Sinkovka and Berestovoye, Kharkiv region - Russian Defense Ministry
In particular, the department clarified that the defeat was inflicted on the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 103rd Brigade of the defense. Over 30 militants, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed there.
What else was reported in the Ministry of Defense:
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, during the fire destruction of the 95th Air Assault Brigade and the 125th Brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Serebryanka and Terniv DPR, more than 75 militants, three tanks, five armored combat vehicles and a pickup truck were destroyed;
- Offensive operations continue in the Donetsk direction. In just one day, more than 50 nationalists, an armored personnel carrier and eight cars were destroyed there;
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the 65th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was defeated in the area of Stepovoe, Zaporozhye region and the 108th Brigade of the territorial defense in the area of Novoselka of the DPR. Over 30 Ukrainian militants, an armored combat vehicle and two pickup trucks were liquidated there;
- In the Krasny Liman area of the DPR, a warehouse of weapons, military and special equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit, as well as a hangar with military equipment of the 9th Special Purpose Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of Malokaterinovka, Zaporozhye region;
- During the day, during the counter-battery fight, the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS and the 152mm 2A36 Giatsint-B howitzer, the 122mm D-30 howitzer, the 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer and the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer were destroyed.
16:44 Ukrainian troops fired six shells of 155mm caliber at Horlivka, reported representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
15:51 Eyewitnesses testify about the arrival for the "Topaz" in the Kuibyshev region. The information is being specified.
15:50 Four enemy shells with a caliber of 155mm fell on the territory of the Kyiv and Kuibyshev regions, and they were fired at 14:55 from Orlovka. It is reported by the SCCC.
15:22 Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation are working in a retail and office complex in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, which was shelled, a correspondent reportsRIA Novosti.
14:30 Ukrainian troops fired 10 shells with a caliber of 152mm at Zaitsevo in the Donetsk People's Republic, reportedrepresentationDPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
14:18 In the Kupyansky and Krasnolimansky directions, Kyiv lost about 105 military personnel per day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday.
14:17 Subdivisions of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation in the South Donetsk direction destroyed up to 30 Ukrainian military and three units of equipment in the Stepovoe district in the Zaporozhye region and Novoselki in the DPR per day, they reported on Monday inMinistry of DefenseRussia.
14:06 At the moment, Wagner attack aircraft are fighting hard for the population of the Kleshcheevka settlement.
The enemy puts up fierce resistance, because he understands the strategic importance of this settlement. The capture of Kleshcheevka will allow the Wagner operators to enter Bakhmut from the southwest, as well as to develop an offensive on the settlement. Red.
The fighters of PMC "Wagner" again have to recapture house after house, breaking through the well-fortified defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which use fortifications and terrain.
Assault units are supported by artillery and aircraft of the Orchestra.
14:03 According to the official data of the DPR JCCC since the beginning of the escalation as of 12:00 01/16/2023
For 333 days of escalation 644 civilians were killed in the territory within the borders before the start of the NMD, incl. 26 children.
On the territory liberated during the NMD, 3,769 civilians were killed, incl. 106 children.
Total: 4,413 including children - 132.
On the territory within the borders before the start of the NMD, 2,369 civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. 159 children.
A total of 87 cases of undermining civilians were registered, incl. 4 children, on minesPFM-1 "Petal". One of the injured died in the hospital.
In the territory liberated during the NMD, 1,656 civilians were injured, incl. 92 children.
Total: 4,025 including children - 251.
Damage:
— 9,537 residential buildings;
— 2,325 civil infrastructure facilities, incl. 128 medical institutions, 467 educational institutions, 915 social security facilities, 63 critical infrastructure facilities, 751 electricity, water, heat and gas supply facilities.
- 1,191 vehicles.
At the moment, it is impossible to establish for certain the data on damage and destruction of residential housing construction and civil infrastructure facilities in the territory liberated during the NWO.
During the 333 days of the escalation of the DPR JCCC, 14,744 cases of firing were recorded, of which 14,413 were using heavy weapons.
In total, the enemy fired 95,589 units of ammunition of various calibers, including 37 rockets from OTRK "Tochka-U", 185 missiles MLRS "Himars", 255 MLRS missiles 220mm BM-27 "Hurricane"and 12,666 missiles MLRS (122 mm), as well as 18,972 shells caliber 155mm.
13:07 Peskov: Western deliveries of heavy armored vehicles to Ukraine are not able to change the situation on earth, "these tanks are on fire and will continue to burn."
12:58 The terrible consequences of the strike on Donetsk -a photo.
The mayor of Donetsk spoke about the victims and destruction in the Kalininsky district:
— a direct hit on the building of the shopping center along Ilyicha Avenue;
- the building of the service station "Avtoprofi" on Ilyich Avenue was damaged;
- two multi-apartment residential buildings along Ilyich Avenue were damaged;
- route taxi No. 46 was damaged;
- the roof of the building of the Second Distillery was damaged.
12:45 Military from two Ukrainian battalions stationed in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and Soledar left the front line due to lack of ammunition, the Spanish newspaper Pais writes.
12:42 Massive raid on Sevastopol: By this hour, the air defense forces and the Black Sea Fleet have already shot down seven UAVs over the sea, - the governor.
12:35 Ukrainian troops fired 11 “NATO” shells in Donetsk in 10 minutes, 10 missiles in Makiivka from MLRS,reported representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
12:16KA-52 gunships "Alligators" of the "brave" destroy equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
Attack helicopters Ka-52 regularly cover the fortified positions of Ukrainian militants and hit their equipment and manpower. Our helicopter pilots approach at extremely low altitudes and launch missiles from a pitch-up, which makes it possible to hit the enemy from a long distance without entering his air defense zone. The onboard complex of the helicopter allows you to conduct accurate shooting in this way.
12:11Ukrainians continue to terrorize the residents of Donetsk.
-- from n.p. Yelizavetovka fired four shells of 155mm caliber at the town of Yelenovka;
-- from n.p. Thin in the Kuibyshev and Kyiv regions, three shells with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
-- from n.p. Lastochkino fired three rockets from the MLRS in the Kyiv region.
11:11 Ukrainian troops at 10.45 fired three “NATO” caliber shells in the Kievsky district of Donetsk - the DPR representative office in the JCCC.
10:53 A video has appeared on Polish social networks in which the author claims that the Morawiecki government planned to send Leopard tanks with Polish crews to Ukraine, but supposedly the officers of the Polish army refused to comply with this order -video.
10:39 There are still people under the rubble of the shopping center in Donetsk, which was hit by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by RT correspondent Viktor Miroshnikov.
10:31 “Our electronic warfare is working very well” - the situation in the liberated Soledar /video— TK Zvezda.
The situation in the city requires caution, at any moment there may be an arrival of an enemy projectile. The enemy continues to be hit, including from tanks.
10:13 As a result of the morning attack of the VFU in the Kalininsky district, three people were injured.
08:38 Summary on the morning of January 16, 2023
- The Russian Armed Forces are conducting offensive operations in the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) and Avdeevsky directions. In the Svatovo-Kremennaya sector, artillery and army aviation of the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy positions.
- PMC "Wagner" is fighting in the area of the railway station Sol, developing success after the capture of Soledar. In Artemovsk, units of the Wagner PMC are fighting hard.
- Marine Corps units of the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the Pavlovka-Ugledar direction.
- At night in Zaporizhzhia, a blow was struck at an industrial infrastructure facility in Ukraine. Report power and internet outages
- APU shelled the market in Shebekino in the Belgorod region. No casualties were reported. In the Bryansk region, a Ukrainian UAV attacked one of the largest power substations in Bryansk with grenades. The first dropped grenade did not explode, the second was covered by a guard, he is in intensive care.
- In Sevastopol at night, our air defense shot down an enemy UAV.
- In the LPR - shelling of the settlement. Novopskov, Svatovo and Kremennaya with the use of 155 mm (six shells) and the Ukrainian MLRS "Alder" (one rocket). Two civilians were killed
- The DPR reported that the enemy fired 115 rounds of ammunition in Donetsk, Gorlovka, Shirokaya Balka, Panteleymonovka, Shakhtersk in a day.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
Normalization of relations with Russia after the end of the Ukrainian conflict is out of the question, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with the German newspaper Handelsblatt
And this is good.
A rare case when we not only agree, but also are happy. There are no more illusions. "Partners" finally honestly said that they are not partners, but enemies.
NATO is an alliance, first created against the USSR, and then performing its function specifically against Russia. You might think that they used to be our bosom friends, but now something!
Worse than a war with the West can only be friendship with him!
I hope that in the next century there will be no business at all with the West "on parole". And Russia will now keep all the unfriendly at arm's length. We will never see honest relations from the other side.
Communicate, conclude military and economic alliances, build long-term relationships, develop joint plans, projects should be with China, Iran, India, Malaysia, South American countries and other states, those who vote FOR a resolution condemning the glorification of Nazism, and not with those who votes against such a resolution.
Link via Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin [LENTA] The European Commission (EC) demanded that Russia stop charging foreign companies for flights over Siberia. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the statement of the head of the Directorate General for Transport of the European Commission, Henrik Hololei.
“If one day we have the opportunity to see the opening of Russian airspace, one thing should disappear - Trans-Siberian royalties (flight payments from international airlines - approx. Lenta.ru),” he said.
Earlier, aviation expert Roman Gusarov said that due to the retaliatory sanctions of the Federal Air Transport Agency, which restricted flights in Russian airspace for airlines from 36 countries, Finland suffered the most. He recalled that due to the ban on flights over Russian territory, a large number of European companies have to fly around Russia. This applies not only to the transportation of passengers, but also goods and cargo. A vivid example of countries that cannot fly at all, Gusarov called Finland: it is located in such a way that it has Russia on all sides.
#1
He might want to acquaint himself with the ICAO treaty regarding “freedom of the air.” No way the other countries of the would will give up their fees for overflights.
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He was placed in charge of a Wagner division in Ukraine, where the mercenary group supplied him with around 30-40 troops every week, Mr Osechkin said.
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
[LENTA] The European Commission (EC) demanded that Russia stop charging foreign companies for flights over Siberia. It is reported by Reuters with reference to the statement of the head of the Directorate General for Transport of the European Commission, Henrik Hololei.
