Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Lavrov said that the Russian military base in the form of a logistics center in Port Sudan
...presumably another warm water port added to the Russian collection...
is more than real. The issue of ratifying the agreement on its establishment is in the process of being coordinated with the Government of Sudan.
The agreement was signed back in 2020, but the United States by all means prevented its creation, using various levers of pressure within the Sudanese generals and the opposition that came to power after the overthrow of Al-Bashir. However, the United States failed to completely block this issue, and Russia continues to push through this issue.
The base in Sudan will expand Russia's capabilities in the region, including near the strategic Suez Canal. It is worth noting that neighboring Eritrea also offered Russia to open a naval base on its territory.
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...Given the traditional Russian dislike for black Africans (their word is, IIRC, cherzhnopy - it is their equivalent of the 'n-word') and the current diplomatic skill and finesse they're showing, this will surely end well.
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Degree of color also discriminated in Africa against other blacks darker. Asians have always pushed blood purity. African Americans not Africans there.
[Insight News] The Moldovan Information and Security Service has confirmed that the Moldovan side received information from Ukraine about Russia’s intentions to conduct a campaign to destabilize the situation in the country. NewsMaker reported this.
"The Information and Security Service confirms that both based on information provided by our Ukrainian partners and as a result of the operational work of the service, it has detected subversive activities aimed at undermining the state of Moldova, destabilizing and disrupting public order," the Moldovan agency said.
They added that they could not provide details due to the threat of disruption of operational activities.
The administration of Moldovan President Maia Sandu later said that she was constantly exchanging views with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the situation in the region.
"Our competent authorities are working to ensure the security of the country and use all the information support of our partners to anticipate and prevent any attempts to undermine our state," Sandu’s administration added.
As a reminder, at the EU summit in Brussels, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian intelligence had intercepted the Kremlin’s plans to take control of Moldova, after which the Ukrainian leader immediately passed all the information to his counterpart, President Maia Sandu.
She named Dorin Recean, a noted pro-EU figure and current national security adviser, to replace Natalia Gavrilița, as the new head of government. The Moldovan parliament, where Sandu’s party holds a comfortable majority with 63 out of 101 seats, will vote to confirm the nomination next week.
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Stored to protect the motherland. So deeply embedded for defense against external attacks. Numbers that currently work not really known. Say one thousand in working order with parts, crew and maintenance is significant. Then add air and artillery plus electronic warfare significant.So with losses posted by western media alone say 500 that is more than the EU has in their entire countries combined. Then add EU working order numbers available for active service much lower. The war will be decided by the country having the greatest raw materials, factories and serving military. The EU after WW11 let military rot. Loss of funding. Big daddy USA was their cover.
Nice historical tribute, and a decided move away from flat desert earth paint.
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Muh Warthog!
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Less than they used to...
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The EU after WW11 let military rot. Loss of funding. Big daddy USA was their cover.
Posted by: Dale 2023-02-10 09:41
They actually did pretty well (though nowhere near what they were capable of) until the Soviets collapsed, and then they decided to do two things: first, divert all that defense money to social benefits, and second import foreign workers to pay for all those benefits so the locals wouldn't have to.
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There are photos of the Ukes converting captured T-62s in armor recovery vehicles (ARV). Good use of a hull and drive train without putting it on the front line.
Head of RT Margarita Simonyan shared her dismay about Russia's invasion of Ukraine dragging out for much longer than anyone could have anticipated. Simonyan also promotes the notion that dying young is a great way to go—and her mother agrees. pic.twitter.com/8aV5DtbjsT
[NYPOST] Russia is preparing to launch a powerful new offensive in 10 days’ time involving up to 500,000 conscripts and thousands of pieces of military equipment with the aim of capturing the entire Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, according to Kyiv’s military officials.
Ukrainian officials and foreign analysts have been predicting for weeks that the Kremlin was gearing up for a decisive push to seize the battlefield initiative from Kyiv’s forces in the hope of scoring a major victory in time for the Feb. 24 first anniversary of the war.
A Ukrainian military official speaking to Foreign Policy magazine on condition of anonymity said, "We expect in the next 10 days a new, huge invasion."
According to the official, Russia has already amassed an estimated 1,800 tanks, 3,950 armored vehicles, 2,700 artillery systems, 810 Soviet-era multiple rocket launch systems, 400 fighter jets and 300 helicopters.
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Counter opinion: 1. No Ukrianian official I’ve met with in the last 2 weeks said a “huge invasion” is looming in the time period. On the contrary, they don’t see a Russian build-up resembling what we saw a year ago. I spoke just yesterday on the record with GUR’s Skibitskyi who said this explicitly.
2. Agree. Although there’s a degree of contradiction depending on which official you look to. I think the offensive has in practice begun weeks ago, remains focused on the Donbas, and is likely to be underwhelming relative to some of the pronouncements out there.
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And, when it doesn't happen "in 10 days," see: predictions of Al Gore and all end-of-world cult preachers.
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I believe the current Russian offensive is a variation of Brusilov’s style in WW1 - constant pressure across a broad front to forcing early commitment of Ukrainian reserves leaving reduced assets to reinforce subsequent areas of weakness
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I read this as an appeal from the Ukrainians for more money and more stuff. And let's can that talk about delivery months/years from now. It's happening in 10 DAYS, I tell ya!
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[Vesti] February 9 is the 351st day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Russia is trying to gain full control over the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, reports the General Staff. They continue to concentrate their main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions in the Kremennaya, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, Opytnoe, Marinka and Vugledar areas. The Russians are actively using operational-tactical and army aviation to strike at the positions of our troops.
08:00 . The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repel the Russian offensive in the Luhansk region, experts from the Institute for the Study of War ISW say.
Kherson region. The Russians attacked the Kherson region 39 times , flew to Kherson six times. three people were killed , four residents were injured of varying severity.
Nikolaevkskaya area. The settlement of the Ochakovskaya community was subjected to artillery shelling - residential buildings were damaged, there were no casualties.
Kharkov region. 23 settlements were under fire . In the areas of Kotlyarovka and Tabaevka, the Russian Federation used combat aircraft. Due to the massive shelling of the Chuguev region, five civilians, including a child, were hospitalized with injuries. In the village of Dvurechnaya, two people died.
Donetsk region. On February 8, the Russians killed 2 residents of Bakhmut . Another seven residents of the area were injured.
11:00 am . Belgium. President Volodymyr Zelensky, together with French President Macron, arrived in Brussels for the EU summit.
12:00 . The Main Intelligence Directorate predicts an escalation in the Donbas due to a new offensive. According to preliminary data, Putin delivered an ultimatum to his leadership-to reach the administrative borders of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions by the end of March.
13:40 . Zaporozhye region. Explosions are heard in Zaporozhye.
Belgium. President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at a meeting with EU leaders and began his speech at the European Council.
14:30 . Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians fired on Marganets-two women and a 12-year-old girl were wounded. They were hit by heavy artillery. The injured were taken to medical facilities.
17:27 . Putin blamed Ukraine for unleashing a full-scale war.
“Russia did not start any hostilities, but is trying to end them, it was Ukraine that started them eight years ago on the territory of the “DPR” and “LPR”, they exterminated the people as much as they could endure,” he said.
17:55 . Zelensky revealed the secrets of his communication with German Chancellor Scholz in terms of increasing military assistance to Ukraine.
"I have to force Scholz to help Ukraine and constantly convince that this help is not for us, but for the Europeans," he said.
18:30 . The Portuguese authorities cannot transfer fighter jets to Ukraine, Prime Minister António Costa said.
“We simply don’t have the opportunity. All the funds that we have are directed to other goals that we cannot do without,” he said.
19:00 The enemy continues to concentrate its main efforts on conducting an offensive in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
19:44 In Odessa, military registration and enlistment office employees began to walk around the gyms in search of potential recruits.
20:10 Lithuania will transfer 36 L-70 anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine, which will help fight the "Shaheds," - Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas.
20:35 The Russian offensive has already begun, Podolyak said. according to him, large-scale actions are taking place in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
20:59 In Crimea, the occupying authorities have established a high level of threat in a number of settlements and at individual facilities. The invaders are waiting for the Ukrainian offensive operation to liberate the peninsula. It is reported by the GUR.
21:21 Reznikov tried to explain why the Russian Federation could launch a full-scale offensive in the south-east of Ukraine - there is an opportunity to replenish reserves, the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said during a briefing.
"As for the southeastern part, there is a threat (offensive) there, because their grouping has the ability to replenish with weapons, equipment, and people. Therefore, of course, the situation there is more tense. I mean from Zaporozhye to the Donetsk region," he noted.
21:49 Zelensky clarified how Germany has increased support for air defense systems.
"I said to the chancellor: Olaf, listen, we don’t have enough missiles. I know that you yourself don’t have any more, we also have an intelligence service. I know that you give us everything you have. And I don’t I know how, but he really managed to speed up the process of their production," the president said.
22:17 The decision on the supply of combat aircraft to Ukraine will be made by NATO, but so far there is no agreement in this direction, - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
22:38 The Russian army continues to suffer losses and to hide the number of deaths on the territory of the Prydneprovskaya Biotes enterprise in Tokmak, a mobile crematorium was equipped - local residents complain about the constant cadaverous stench in the southeastern region of the city, especially at night. This is reported by the General Staff.
22:59 During the offensive, Russia may again land troops in the north or south of Ukraine. Andrey Yusov, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, announced this on the air of the telethon.
23:23 In Novotroitsk, Kherson region, the Russian Federation is carrying out filtration measures; the invaders threaten that persons who do not receive Russian passports by March will automatically fall under the filter. In settlements, the occupying troops carry out daily searches, outrages and robberies - they steal household appliances, telephones and all valuables.
23:49 Zelensky asked German Chancellor Scholz and French President Macron for heavy weapons and fighter jets. Bild writes about it.
Two people were killed, two more were injured as a result of yesterday's airstrike in the Chernihiv region . This was reported by the head of the region Vyacheslav Chaus. According to him, the "arrival" was in an industrial building on the territory of a peat plant in the village of Kuty Vtorye.
00:18 In the Dnieper, a man without a fixed place of residence died from a grenade explosion, local Tg channels write. It is reported that he found a grenade, began to pull out and insert the pin back, at some point an explosion occurred. There is also information that he had several grenades.
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[Korrespondent] 22:37 The President of Ukraine is finishing his European tour of the capitals of Kiev's key partners. The main topic of the talks is the strengthening of military assistance, up to the transfer of fighter jets. About what was achieved during these negotiations - in the material Results of Zelensky 's European tour .
22:06 A group of Ukrainian military personnel arrived in Belgium as part of the EUMAM training mission to learn how to work with underwater drones, said Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder.
21:24 The prosecutor's office in The Hague accused Putin of involvement in the plane crash, but despite this, the investigation into the MH17 case was stopped. More details in the material Strong signs .
21:17 Slovakia will do everything possible to transfer its MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, Prime Minister Eduard Heger said. Zelensky asked him to provide planes for the EU summit in Brussels. We are talking about 11 or 12 aircraft that Slovakia currently has. Heger replied that Bratislava would do everything possible to comply with this request.
20:46 Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov said in a commentary to the UE that there are currently no problems with the operation of Starlink terminals in Ukraine: “Now there are no problems with the operation of Starlink terminals in Ukraine. Today we received the first several thousand Starlinks as part of a new batch of 10,000 terminals from the German government."
At the same time, Fedorov called Elon Musk "one of the largest private donors to our future victory" and noted that Starlinks help save thousands of lives, support the operation of the energy infrastructure, allow doctors to perform operations and provide the Internet with Invincibility Points. "SpaceX's contribution, according to our estimates, is more than $100 million. We hope for further stable work of Starlinks in Ukraine," the minister added.
20:09 Podolyak is convinced that in 2023 Ukraine will receive "all the necessary tools to end the war, including long-range missiles and attack aircraft." According to him, there is a complete understanding in Europe that it is necessary to speed up the end of the war so that Russia cannot turn it into a protracted stage.
19:47 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said that the Russians had actually launched an offensive in the Lugansk region. According to him, they have concentrated their main efforts on the Kremensky direction, but they have not been successful. In the Svatovo-Kupyansky direction and in Belogorovka, the situation is "absolutely controlled," Gaidai added.
19:30 Over the past week, the pace of hostilities along the Svatovo-Kremennaya line in the west of the Lugansk region has increased significantly. And this, according to the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), indicates the beginning of the previously announced major offensive by the Russian army. The Ukrainian military confirms the ISW information and says that the invaders are trying to attack in several more directions. But the territory where the Russians are "pressing" is currently limited only to the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. For more details, see the material The Great Offensive of the Russian Federation has begun .
19:06 In Kiev, Victory Avenue was renamed into Beresteisky Avenue, Victory Square - into Galician Square. In total, the Kyiv City Council has today renamed 31 streets, lanes, avenues and boulevards, the names of which are associated with Russia and the Soviet past.
19:04 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, the General Staff said in an evening summary.
According to the General Staff, in order to hide the number of deaths on the territory of the Pridneprovskaya BioTES enterprise in the occupied Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, the Russians have equipped a mobile crematorium. Local residents complain about the constant putrid smell in the southeastern area of the city, especially at night.
18:43 The leaders of the EU states during the summit in Brussels did not give Zelensky obligations to supply combat aircraft, Bloomberg reports citing a European official. According to him, European leaders have made it clear to Zelensky that they are ready to provide more military assistance to Ukraine, "but so far no one has committed to transfer fighter jets."
18:30 Shoigu pushed Prigozhin aside from recruiting prisoners. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is forming “penal battalions” on new conditions: they promise not to execute without trial and do not take anyone under the age of 21, Olga Romanova, the founder of the human rights organization Rus , told the channel We Can Explain . According to her, so far the military takes prisoners only voluntarily. Since the beginning of autumn, Prigozhin has been urging prisoners to sign up for the Wagner PMC, because then the Ministry of Defense will come "and they will take everyone by force."
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation emphasizes that they will not have extrajudicial executions, and this is important for prisoners, since such executions scared everyone very much, Romanova notes. As in PMCs, the Ministry of Defense promises a pardon and removal of a criminal record.
18:21 Zelensky said in an interview with Spiegel that keeping Bakhmut helps buy time for new arms deliveries: "We are currently acquiring time for arms deliveries so that our army is strengthened."
18:02 Ukroboronprom announced that, together with a NATO member country, it began to produce 120 mm mines for mortars. Manufacturers guarantee the destruction of targets by fragments from 25 to 60 meters, with a spread of up to 250 meters. Soon the first batches will go to the front.
17:57 Zelensky said at a press conference in Brussels that some EU leaders announced their readiness to provide Ukraine with all the necessary weapons, including combat aircraft: "Of course, I am inspired by statements that Europe will be with us until victory. And Today I heard from the leaders of some European states about their readiness to provide us with the necessary weapons, including aircraft."
The President added that later today he will hold a series of bilateral meetings in Brussels, "where the topic of combat aviation will be given the necessary attention."
17:54 Putin once again stated that Russia "did not start any hostilities, but is trying to finish them." According to him, it was Ukraine that allegedly started them eight years ago on the territory of the "DNR" and "LNR", "they exterminated the people as much as they could endure."
17:49 Iran is modifying drones that it supplies to Russia so that explosive warheads cause maximum damage to Ukrainian infrastructure, CNN reports. Thus, studies of the unexploded Shaded-131 warhead showed that, in addition to fragments, 18 more smaller charges are located around the warhead, which, when melted by an explosive wave, are capable of penetrating armor and creating a kind of 360-degree explosive effect.
17:45 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said in an interview with Report's Eastern European Bureau that Ukraine does not use Western weapons to strike Russian territory: "As for weapons of our own production, we have every right to destroy those objects that pose a threat to the security of our citizens. we have our own missiles, complexes, UAVs that can perform these functions."
Answering a question about Bayraktars, Danilov noted that they "do a great job", which is better not to talk about now. According to him, at the beginning of the war, these drones were key, since Ukraine had no other weapons. It was Bayraktar drones that played an important role in the destruction of Russian military personnel in the first days of the war.
Danilov expressed confidence that Western tanks would arrive ahead of schedule. In particular, "this will happen much earlier than the summer."
The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council also said that now there is a big undercover work of "some figures" who will seek to offer Kyiv a Korean version, the so-called 38th parallel. "Today, the Medvedchuks, representatives of the opposition platform and the internal front, who call themselves political technologists, have become more active. They are trying to deal with this issue, negotiate, hold meetings. I can say: this will not happen, we will not go for it. Our society will never agree to the division of the country According to our Constitution, it is single, unitary and will remain so," Danilov emphasized. He added that Ukraine will return "all of its historical territories."
As for the Russian offensive, according to Danilov, the Russian Federation does not have the strength to capture Kyiv. "As for the western regions, they will try to cut off our arms supply routes. We are ready for such a scenario, we understand what is happening, and we will give a worthy rebuff," the NSDC secretary assured.
17:19 Last year, according to the results of internal audits, 621 officials from the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defense were held accountable, Reznikov said. Of these, 497 officials were held liable, 124 - disciplinary. .
16:42 Lithuania will give Ukraine new anti-aircraft missile launchers to destroy kamikaze drones, Defense Minister Arvydas Anushauskas said during a visit to Odessa. He also said that 15 Ukrainian instructors have already been trained, so now they can work with the new air defense systems.
16:27 Zelensky addressed the participants of the European Council meeting: “Thank you for the fact that we have jointly prepared for Ukraine to receive the status of a candidate for joining the European Union. For the fact that we are jointly preparing a positive assessment of our transformation on the way to the European Union. Thank you for that the opening of negotiations on membership for Ukraine in the European Union this year will become another strong pillar of our common security."
15:44 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU will find a way to hold Russia accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine: "We have the political will to bring those responsible to justice, including for the crime of aggression. And if we have political will, we will find ways."
15:37 In Kherson, one person was injured due to Russian shelling, two more people were hospitalized after they exploded on a Russian mine in the village of Novaya Kamenka, Beryslav region, the IVA reported.
15:23 Russia has developed a plan to destroy the political situation in Moldova, Zelensky said: "Recently, I spoke with the President of Moldova, Ms. Sandu, and informed her that we managed to intercept our intelligence. The detailed Russian plan is to destroy the political situation in Moldova. Russian a document that shows who, when and as a result of what actions are going to break Moldova, break the democratic order in this country and establish their control over it.”
15:18 The occupying authorities of Crimea are preparing for the Ukrainian operation to liberate the peninsula. In particular, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the Russian occupation administration of Crimea and the local branch of the FSB decided to establish a "high (yellow) level of terrorist threat." The decision says that the units of the FSB of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation need to strengthen control over the movement of vehicles on the peninsula. The control over the movement of Russian citizens and foreigners and the registration of a temporary place of residence is being strengthened.
Emergencies Ministry units are instructed to revise specialized equipment for "rescue operations", and local administrations must provide places for "temporary accommodation of people." The Ministry of Health has an obligation to prepare facilities for emergency care and medical evacuation.
According to Ukrainian military intelligence, such security measures by the occupiers are a sign of preparations for the start of the operation to liberate Crimea by the Ukrainian defense forces. It may also indicate the possibility of provocations by the Russian special services against the civilian population of the peninsula, with the subsequent shifting of responsibility to Ukraine.
15:13 Yermak said that Zelensky in the European Parliament dwelled on the sanctions against Rosatom: "Ukraine introduced them, then a step for the EU. It looks like everything will be ok." In addition, according to him, the majority support anti-Russian sanctions, as well as a tribunal for Russian criminals. The issue of using the frozen assets of the Russians in the interests of Ukraine is also on the agenda, Yermak added.
14:48 The Hungarian government will not ratify Ukraine's accession to the EU until Kiev "improves" the position of the Hungarian minority in Transcarpathia. At the same time, Budapest generally supports Ukraine's accession to the European Union, said Gergel Gulyash, head of the Prime Minister's Office. As for Ukraine's accession to NATO, this, according to him, would now lead to a world war.
14:44 Yermak said that the issue of long-range weapons and fighter jets for Ukraine "looks like it can be resolved, details a bit later."
14:42 Macron said that the transfer of fighters to Ukraine was not discussed at yesterday's meeting with Zelensky and Scholz in Paris, "because the next few weeks or months will be decisive, so we have to look at what is achievable in the short term."
14:25 The Russians have already hit Marganets in the Dnipropetrovsk region twice from heavy artillery today. As a result, three people were injured, including a 12-year-old child, the OVA said.
14:22 London will not immediately supply fighter jets to Ukraine, said British Defense Minister Ben Wallace. According to him, air support for the troops can be provided through long-range missiles and UAVs. Wallace noted that it would be "more realistic and productive" to assume that Britain would provide Ukraine with aircraft in the long term to ensure its security after the end of the war with the Russian Federation.
14:18 Italian Prime Minister George Meloni expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that Macron and Scholz received Zelensky the day before he was to arrive in Brussels: "I think that our strength in this matter is community and unity, and I understand domestic political issues , but there are times when the preference for internal political issues is detrimental to the cause, and it seems to me that this was one of those cases.
14:14 Ukraine is negotiating with the German concern Rheinmetall on the supply of KF51 Panther tanks, the company's CEO Armin Papperger said in an interview with Handelsblatt. In addition, according to him, Kyiv is interested in the new Lynx infantry fighting vehicles.
The Panther is the most advanced German tank that Rheinmetall presented at an exhibition in Paris last summer. Then it was called the most powerful battle tank in the world. Ukraine may become the first country to acquire these machines. Papperger noted that deliveries could begin in 15 to 18 months. They also need to be approved by the German government for export, as was the case with the Leopard.
13:49 Zelensky arrived at a meeting with the leaders of the EU countries, the negotiations will be held behind closed doors.
13:27 The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, during a speech at the Kiev mayor's office, opposed the participation of Russians in the Olympic and Paralympic Games to be held in the French capital: "As long as Russian troops continue to bomb you, target your civilian population and your infrastructure, occupy your territory "I do not want Russian athletes to participate in sports competitions. This is my conviction as a mayor, as a political leader, as a convinced European. I have no doubt that the International Olympic Committee will be able to support this position."
13:19 Yermak, who is in Brussels with Zelensky, announced "good news" and "pleasant surprises." He said that on the way to Brussels, Zelensky continued to communicate with Macron, as well as with allies. Yermak himself spoke, in particular, with the political adviser to the French leader Emmanuel Bonn, as well as with the French diplomat Isabelle Dumont. "We have excellent communication between the teams and everyone has a common goal - victory over the Russian Federation," the head of the President's Office said.
13:11 Zelensky addressed the European Parliament. In his speech, he said that for each of the 27 EU countries there is a danger: "The danger is that there is a dictator with huge stockpiles of Soviet weapons and weapons from other dictatorships, in particular, the Iranian regime."
"Europe! We are defending ourselves against the biggest anti-European force of the modern world. We - Ukrainians - are defending ourselves on the battlefield together with you. Only our victory will guarantee the preservation of our common values," the President of Ukraine said.
Zelensky also said that Russia views its people as vessels for the transport of weapons, "the Russian regime hates any social justice and diversity, invests in xenophobia, today it is trying to bring to life the inhuman realities of the 1930s and 1940s."
13:05 Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo visited Kyiv for the second time during the full-scale war and today spoke in the session hall of the Kyiv City Council, Klitschko said. The delegation headed by her handed over ten generators to the Ukrainian capital.
12:58 President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola at a special meeting with the participation of Zelensky called on the EU countries to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons and combat aircraft as soon as possible.
12:37 Poland is ready to transfer fighter jets to Ukraine, but "not in the forefront," said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. According to him, the countries with more aircraft should come first.
12:13 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Russia, NATO allies have provided Ukraine with military, humanitarian and financial assistance totaling about $120 billion, Stoltenberg said. He added that the United States is playing an “indispensable role,” but Europe and Canada have also stepped up, providing more than half of the total aid, including tanks and advanced air defense systems, and taking in almost 5 million Ukrainian refugees.
12:04 The Russian missile blitzkrieg failed, but the enemy will continue to strike, Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, predicts: “The missile blitzkrieg has already lost its meaning, because the Ukrainian energy system survived, despite huge losses. In an emergency, everything is being repaired, the whole world is helping us with equipment and generators, so we will hold out. We see that spring is coming soon. That is why the missile blitzkrieg failed."
At the same time, Yusov added that Russia would continue terrorist attacks because they had no other methods left: “It’s another matter that the number of high-precision missile weapons they have is rapidly declining, and there are no opportunities to replenish from the workshop to the front in adequate quantities. Therefore, we "We don't see frequent shelling now. The number, intensity and intervals between shelling are changing. But they still have a lot of missiles and a lot of obsolete missile weapons, in particular S-300 missiles. This means that our front-line cities remain under serious threat." According to Yusov, Ukrainians should not only shoot down Russian missiles, but also destroy their launchers.
12:00 As a result of yesterday's Russian air strike on an industrial building on the territory of a branch of the Irvantsevo peat plant of the State Enterprise Chernigovtorf in the village of Kuty Vtorye, Novgorod-Seversky District, two people were killed and two more were injured, the head of the Chernihiv OVA Vyacheslav Chaus said. As of the morning of February 9, the rubble was cleared.
11:55 Orban said that Hungary will continue to provide humanitarian and financial support to Ukraine, but not military: "We support an immediate ceasefire to prevent further loss of human lives. Hungary belongs to the peace camp."
11:34 Zelensky arrived in Brussels for the EU summit. The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, said that he will address the European Parliament this morning.
11:25 Power shortage in the power system persists, most of all - in the evening hours. In Odessa and the Odessa region, the situation is improving, and large volumes of electricity are being gradually supplied, Ukrenergo reported.
Consumption limits were not transferred to Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytsky regions, where measurements of actual consumption are scheduled today. The rest of the oblenergos have been brought consumption limits valid during the day.
11:13 To date, 17 thousand people have applied to the Offensive Guard: 10.5 thousand through the website, 6.5 thousand through the TsNAP. In addition, 3,500 citizens were consulted on the hotline, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said. According to him, the average age of candidates is 33 years old, the oldest is 69 years old. 600 women have also registered - they will be able to work in medical, logistics units, and intelligence brigades. At the same time, 60% of all volunteers apply to the brigades of the National Guard.
10:27 More than 20 Russian generals were killed in the war in Ukraine, Nikkei reports, citing Japanese intelligence data obtained in cooperation with the United States and European countries.
10:22 During the offensive, the Russians may try to land troops in the north or south of Ukraine, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "If we are talking about a classic landing operation, then such a threat is also always present - either from the Belarusian direction, or amphibious assault, if we talking about Odessa.
At the same time, Yusov added that such a decision would be suicidal for the Russians: "Such a landing force will be destroyed very quickly on the territory of Ukraine. Just like there were colossal losses during the start of a full-scale invasion at the Gostomel airport, when the Ukrainians inflicted crushing losses on the invaders" .
10:00 Mobile firing groups have been set up in subdivisions of the Grouping of Forces and Means of Defense of Kiev to counter the Shaheds. Trained crews in off-road cars are armed with heavy machine guns and are equipped with thermal imaging sights, as well as other devices for identifying targets and laser target designation, the KGVA said.
Firing positions for mobile groups are determined so that the crew arrives at the scene as quickly as possible. Preparing the crew for combat takes no more than one minute. The number of mobile groups is constantly increasing, and work is underway to improve their technical equipment. A mobile fireteam can destroy cruise missiles and other airborne targets.
09:29 In the Kherson region over the past day, three people were killed due to Russian shelling, four more were injured, among them a 15-year-old teenager, the IVA reported.
09:27 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed - in Bakhmut. Seven more residents of the region were injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
09:24 British intelligence notes that the weather continues to play a significant role in the course of the war in Ukraine. Now the ground in the east of the country is frozen, but warming is expected in the coming week, so the conditions for moving on rough terrain will worsen.
Analysts predict that cross-country driving conditions are likely to be at their worst due to muddy weather in mid to late March. Commanders on both sides will likely try to avoid planning major offensives at this time. However, perceived political or operational capabilities may outweigh these concerns, as the Russian invasion in late February 2022 showed, the intelligence said.
09:13 SpaceX has restricted Ukraine's use of the Starlink Internet to control drones, as the service "was never intended to be used as a weapon," CEO Gwynn Shotwell said. According to her, the contract with the Ukrainian government was for humanitarian purposes. "We know that the military uses satellites for communications, and that's fine. But we never wanted them to use it offensively," Shotwell said.
09:04 Prigozhin announced that the recruitment of prisoners to the Wagner group has been completely stopped. Earlier, oppositional Russian media reported that recruiters from Wagner come to the colonies in the second round, but there are fewer and fewer people who want to join PMCs.
08:58 Russian media report, with reference to the special services, about the detention of an allegedly Ukrainian DRG, which was preparing the murders of the deputy mayor of Berdyansk, the deputy head of the traffic police, an attempt on the city's commandant and an explosion near the center for issuing humanitarian aid. In addition, an attempt on the life of ex-SBU officer Prozorov, who "exposed the activities of the SBU" in 2014-2018, was allegedly prevented. The alleged leader of a Ukrainian sabotage group that committed five terrorist attacks on the territory of Berdyansk "on the instructions of an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine" was also identified.
08:51 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of February 9.
personnel - about 135,010 (+910) people liquidated,
tanks - 3255 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 6468 (+10),
artillery systems - 2244 (+8),
MLRS - 463 (+2),
air defense systems - 232 (+4),
aircraft - 295 (+0),
helicopters - 285 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1967 (+6),
cruise missiles - 796 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 5121 (+9),
special equipment - 211 (+0).
08:25 The enemy, trying to take full control of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, continues to focus his main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions in the Kremennaya, Bakhmut, Avdeevka, Experienced, Marinka and Vugledar areas. It actively uses operational-tactical and army aviation to strike at the positions of Ukrainian troops, the General Staff said in a morning summary .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka, Belogorovka, Luhansk region; Vyemka, Fedorovka, Bakhmut, Krasnaya Gora, Paraskoveevka, Ivanovskoye, Chasov Yar, Novokalinovo, Vodyanoye, Pervomayskoye, Vesele, Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka, Maryinka, Bogoyavlenka and Prechistovka of Donetsk region and Novoandreevka of Zaporozhye region.
07:33 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that over the past week, the pace of Russian operations along the Svatovo-Kremennaya line in the west of the Luhansk region has increased. The invaders are moving northwest of Svatovo. The military command of the Russian Federation attracted units of the regiments of the 144th and 3rd motorized rifle divisions (20th combined arms army, ZVO), a regiment of the 90th tank division (TsVO), supported by units of the 76th Airborne Division and unidentified units of the Southern Military District.
The Russian offensive has already begun, military analysts say, but Ukrainian forces are preventing the enemy from making significant gains. The ISW notes that the Russians in the Luhansk region are trying to seize the initiative, but this could lead to a climax on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line without achieving the goals of capturing the entire Luhansk and Donetsk regions. This will give Ukrainian forces the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive.
03:01 Foreign Policy reports, citing an unnamed Ukrainian military official, that Russia has prepared 1,800 tanks, 3,950 armored vehicles, 2,700 artillery systems, 810 Soviet-era multiple launch rocket systems, such as Grad and Smerch, 400 fighters and 300 helicopters.
The number of Russian troops in Ukraine has already exceeded 300 thousand people. Thus, now the Russian presence in Ukraine significantly exceeds the invasion force in February 2022, and this time they are all concentrated in the east of Ukraine.
According to a senior US military official, the Pentagon called the Russian troops, which have already been deployed to the battlefield, "poorly equipped, poorly trained and hasty."
02:48 Macron said during a joint press conference with Zelensky and Scholz that the war that the Russian Federation unleashed against Ukraine concerns the future of all of Europe, therefore "Russia cannot and should not win." "While Putin attacks, we will need to continue the military support necessary to preserve Ukraine," Macron said. He also assured that Kyiv can count on the help of Paris in the "development of the world." According to him, the peace plan proposed by Zelensky is "the basis for discussing this path."
Macron awarded Zelensky with France's highest award, the Order of the Legion of Honor.
00:32 A small town in the Donetsk region has been at the center of an epic battle for half a year and continues to hold on. About what is happening around Bakhmut - in the material The task is to grind .
00:19 Great Britain will act as organizers of the Conference on the restoration of Ukraine, which will be held in London on June 21-22, follows from the British-Ukrainian declaration published on February 8.
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[RIA] Dreams of a world without Putin continue to inspire Western leaders—the only difference is how they want to achieve it. Although the bet on an internal Russian coup or turmoil - and some of the Anglo-Saxon elites had it, suffice it to recall Biden's words that "this man cannot remain in power" - did not work, the belief that Putin would not only lose, but also punished, warms the hearts of the leaders of the "free world". On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, speaking in Parliament during Zelensky's visit to London, answered questions from deputies. The opposition Labor leader asked Rishi Sunak if he agreed that Putin and his entourage should be tried in The Hague, as happened after the end of the war in Yugoslavia. "That would be absolutely right," Sunak said.
In general, the idea of a conditional "The Hague" (according to the location of two courts, which are often confused - the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court , which is not related to this organization , the ICC) is constantly heated both in Ukraine and in the West. They describe various options for how this could be done, and at the same time they constantly recall the experience of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. ICTYtried those who, in the opinion of the board, were guilty of the victims of the bloody collapse of the republic.
The most famous defendant was former Yugoslav President Milosevic, who died in The Hague without waiting for a verdict. Since Milosevic was the only head of state brought to an international court (and the ICTY itself was the first international court after Nuremberg), this precedent is much loved by all anti-Putinists.
Their trouble is that in order to attract Putin and the leadership of Russiathe smallest thing is missing before the court - the consent of Russia. In other words, you must first defeat Russia (and on the battlefield), then achieve a change of power in our country to a puppet one, after which the new government still has to vote for the creation of such an international tribunal, that is, in fact, completely renounce the sovereignty of their own state.
Because the same ICTY was created in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution, for which Russia voted in 1993, when the country's leadership was completely occupied with internal political struggle, and our foreign policy was almost completely subordinated to the West. Only Morawiecki or Kasparov can imagine a repetition of such a situation (and even worse, because here they will have to vote for the trial of their own citizens).
Last month, Annalena Burbock argued about a tribunal for Ukraine, in which "the Russian leadership should not have immunity," now here's Sunak. Do they themselves believe it? Burbock, speaking in The Hague, proposed the creation of a court based on the Ukrainian Criminal Code, while supplemented by international components, lamenting that Putin cannot be held accountable under the ICC, since Russia does not recognize him.
Amazing, yes. Russia does not recognize the structures created by the West, and the West cannot create a court by decision of the UN, because Russia (and China ) simply will not support such a decision. Worse, even Western governments can't judge Putin: on Wednesday, an "international investigation team" formed by the Netherlands and Ukraine that dealt with the downing of the Malaysian Boeing MH17 in 2014 suspended the criminal investigation because it "has reached the limit, all leads have been exhausted." "(Russia has already been found guilty there), while saying that "Putin has immunity as head of state, so he cannot be prosecuted in this case."
Firstly, because it is an element of the information-psychological war: the West is sure that if you constantly scare the Russian leadership (and, more broadly, the elite) with The Hague, then sooner or later a split and a change of power will occur in the state. Here they are clearly inspired by the example of Serbia, because Belgrade itself handed over Milosevic to "international justice." But Russia is not Serbia, and Putin is not Milosevic.
And the appearance of our own Zoran Djindjic (a prime minister who decided to extradite the ex-president and then was shot for it) is impossible to imagine in our country, even in the very distant future. Only if Russia as such no longer exists, but then there will be no one to judge Putin. Everyone remembers his words about a world without Russia, right?
Secondly, the West needs to demonstrate to its own citizens a fighting spirit: we will win, there will be no compromises with Russia, we will go to the end, we will put Putin in a cage. Does the Western public believe this? Some part of it, no doubt, yes - and this gives the current Western leaders a touch of the masculinity and determination they need so much.
Artillerymen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation fire at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the Msta-B howitzer in the southern sector of the special operation - RIA
So for us, all this talk about "Putin's trial" is important only as an indicator of the state of the Atlantic elites: the more they talk about it, the worse things are in reality.
The role and place of Putin in current events will be determined only by history, and not very soon, but we will see its trial of those who are now trying to earn points on dreams of a tribunal over Russia and its president very soon, literally in the coming years. Electoral cycles in the West are short - and Putin will not even remember how many Atlantic "heavyweights" who were going to outmaneuver, defeat or condemn him, he has already survived. And he will survive - not even condescending to answer them.
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a lot of people would say that Russia has already defeated themselves
the best that they can expect from the Ukraine invasion (and there is good chance they won't even get this) is to expand their control from what it was after 2014-- and this after losing many of their most elite units and many, many other soldiers, an enormous amount of equipment and a lot of prestige
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:54 Telegram-channel Ukraina.ru reported that a militant of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexander Tkachenko, with the call sign Domovoy, was liquidated near Artemivsk 19:18 Military commissariats in Ukraine went storming "nursing homes"
Today, Napravets across Ukraine reported that due to the mobilization of elderly people and patients with chronic diseases in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, cases of non-combat losses have become more frequent in the Ukrainian army, when people die a natural death due to a sharp load on “tired” organisms.
However, older people are being driven directly to storm Russian positions. By the way, the Nazis themselves declare this without hesitation, who are outraged by the decisions of the commanders to form assault detachments from 50-55 year old men ...
How this ends is clearly visible from the regional media and communities on social networks, which are full of obituaries about the death of elderly people.
Apparently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already mobilized all segments of the population - it remains to drag staunch opponents of the Kyiv regime to the front, which is now happening. We hope that when the people participating in the anti-Maidan receive weapons, they will make the right choice.
18:27 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate regular illegal actions of the armed formations of Ukraine against civilians in Donetsk and Makeyevka
As a result of the shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Petrovsky district of the city of Donetsk, two civilians were killed, several houses along Dobrovolsky Street were damaged.
Teenagers born in 2008 and 2009 were injured in Makeevka (Gornyatsky district) of the DPR as a result of an explosion on an explosive object.
The Investigative Committee will establish the circle of persons involved in the commission of these crimes.
17:03 Chubaty decided to work on a quadrocopter, but they were not allowed to do it by their own warriors, who started firing at the quadric from machine guns -video
16:51 Assault operation through the eyes of the Naval Infantry of the Pacific Fleet during the attack on Ugledar -video
Naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet and volunteer units continue their offensive against the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, freeing new settlements from the armed formations of the Ukrainian Nazis.
The fighters of the assault detachment, acting under the cover of a forest belt, secretly entered the village and began to gradually take control of residential buildings and streets.
15:41 Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to destroy civilian infrastructure in Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region -video
Yesterday morning, February 7, the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the city and damaged the power plant. As a result, the whole city felt the Ukrainian "care", leaving the civilian population without heat and electricity.
On the one hand, it may seem that the Nazis of the Zelensky regime are trying to reciprocate the shelling of Ukrainian energy facilities, but there is one huge “BUT”.
The strikes of the RF Armed Forces are carried out on distribution substations that ensure the operation of the military industry, communication centers and significant facilities.
And the Armed Forces of Ukraine, once again proving their military weakness, simply bomb civilians. Unexploded ordnance has been found in the city for the third day after the shelling.
14:58 Operators of the "Ghost" battalion filmed the empty village of Spornoye in the DPR, abandoned by Ukrainian nationalists -video
Filming shows abandoned positions, burned-out Ukrainian equipment, as well as a dugout of nationalists on the outskirts.
14:48 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (09.02.2023)
In the Kupyansk direction, assault and army aviation strikes, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the units of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade and the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Tabaevka, Berestovoe, Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe, Lugansk People's Republic.
Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks, and one US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, as a result of strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops, units of the 116th territorial defense brigade, 92nd mechanized, 81st airmobile and 95th airborne units were defeated - Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Raygorodok, Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Stelmakhovka, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.
During the day, over 110 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS installation, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, as well as an ammunition depot near the village of Podliman, Kharkiv region, were destroyed in this direction.
In the Donetsk direction, during the offensive operations of the "Southern" group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire, up to 90 Ukrainian military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, the US-made M109 "Paladin" artillery system, as well as a radar station for counter-battery war production were destroyed per day. US AN/TPQ-50.
In addition, four depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Slavyansk, Avdeevka and Malinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the South-Donetsk direction, operational-tactical aviation strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of forces inflicted damage on the manpower and equipment of the units of the 35th Marine Brigade, the 1st Tank and 72nd Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Vodiane and Vugledar settlements Donetsk People's Republic.
Over 85 military personnel, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, two vehicles, an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as two 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in this direction in a day.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Vuhledar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the Kherson direction, as part of a counter-battery fight, the following were destroyed in a day: an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer and three large-caliber mortars of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Also, in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaevka and Chernobaevka of the Kherson region, four ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.
The operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of the groupings of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated the 83rd artillery subunits in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 116 districts.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Novopavlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Russian air defense systems shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the city of KHERSON.
In addition, 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and 13 US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were destroyed during the day in the areas of the settlements of Tavolzhanka, Lozovaya, Kharkiv region, Kirilovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kremennaya, Krasnorechenskoye, Kolomyychikha, Chervonopopovka, Naugolnaya Luhansk People's Republic, Vodiane, Zaporozhye region and Knyaz-Grygorovka, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 384 aircraft, 206 helicopters, 3,057 unmanned aerial vehicles, 403 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,798 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,012 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,034 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 8,302 units of special military vehicles.
13:43 Nazis in Kyiv started dismantling of the monument to the liberator of Ukraine, General Vatutin
The action of the descendants of Bandera is taking place as part of the notorious decommunization. In this regard, we demand that Zelensky be consistent today:
— wall up the subway built under the USSR
— concrete all power plants, also built by Soviet specialists
— blow up ship repair, tank-building and machine-building plants
— stop the extraction of coal and other natural resources in mines developed during the Soviet era
Only UPA, only Bandera!
12:37 Nazis in the former Irshava region of Transcarpathia continue to destroy monuments to Soviet soldiers
Kyiv Nazis continue to destroy monuments to the Heroes of the Great Patriotic War throughout Ukraine. Today they even reached two small villages in Transcarpathia, where they destroyed two memorials without the consent of the local authorities.
Note that all the industrial enterprises of the region were also built in Soviet times - we recommend decommunizing them as well. You can start with the Rakhovsky Butter Factory, which is actually the city-forming enterprise of the Rakhovsky District.
You can continue decommunization with all substations, and complete it with your own houses, which were built in bad Soviet times.
11:48 In Odessa, employees of military registration and enlistment offices began to go to gyms in searching potential recruits.
11:44 Night hunting footage -video We are working!
Revealed the route of the night movements of the Natsiks. Carried out the technique until the moment of parking and shelter of the technical unit.
They hovered over and worked out to the point.
11:17 Over the past day, militants of the Ukrainian regime released a total of 100 artillery shells on the settlements of the left bank of the Kherson region. The cities of Alyoshki, Novaya Kakhovka and Golaya Pristan, the town of Gornostaevka, the villages of Cossack Camps, Geroiskoe, Krynki, Sofiyivka were subjected to shelling.
10:21 Ukrainian bastards continue to brag about their war crimes and continue to shoot prisoners. The shots are terrible, but every soldier must see this in order to understand with whom he is dealing. Simply, creatures! Strictly 18+ —video
09:39 According to the testimony of the detaineeterroristOmelchnenko Danil Mikhailovich, voiced to RIA journalists - a representative of the nationalist party "Freedom", an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate Andrei Pityukin, is the organizer of five terrorist attacks in the city of Berdyansk.
His crimes have no statute of limitations!
08:11 Question. Maybe it's timedemandfrom Zelensky to extradite these war criminals within 24 hours, and in case of refusal to send the caliber to his office? So that all Kyiv understands why. Not for the purpose of revenge, but to stop war crimes
08:09 In the village of Tovmachik in the Carpathian region, the Nazis plucked memorial plaque in memory of Soviet soldiers
Tovmachik is a village in the Kolomyia community of the Kolomiysky district of the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine
08:05 Summary on the morning of February 9, 2023
At night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy targets near Dnepropetrovsk, in Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, and the Pokrovsky district. Over the past 24 hours, increased activity of Russian artillery in the Sumy direction has been reported.
On the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, there are battles for the city and settlements to the north. PMC "Wagner" is also trying to take fire control of the road.
The assault on Maryinka continues, and tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces are reported.
Heavy fighting in the Ugledar direction. The marines of the Pacific Fleet are suffering losses, the enemy is pulling up reinforcements, firing artillery and tanks, and conducting constant aerial reconnaissance of UAVs.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack the Starodub district of the Bryansk region at night with nine UAVs. All were shot down by our air defense.
In the Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on a power plant in the village. Auntkino
In the Zaporozhye region, several enemy UAVs were destroyed near the city of Berdyansk.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are taking urgent measures to strengthen the defense in the Sumkoy region: they are mining the area, military columns are arriving in the regional center
In the LPR, the enemy struck at the settlement. Novodruzhesk, a civilian was killed.
The enemy continued to fire indiscriminately at the DPR. Under fire were the capital Donetsk, Zaitsevo, Mayorsk, Gorlovka, Novobakhmutovka, Amvrosievka, Ilovaisk. Four civilians were wounded. Including three children.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:11 Ukraine lost about 140 soldiers in the Kupyansk and Krasnolymansk directions, up to 90 people, 10 pieces of equipment, as well as four ammunition depots in the DPR in the Donetsk direction, over 85 Ukrainian soldiers in the South Donetsk direction, the RF Ministry of Defense reported. 22:32 Telegram-channelThe dispatcher for Ukraine published data indicating serious losses of the 93rd Troop Battalion (military unit A7186, Chernivtsi region) over the past three days in the Bakhmut direction.
20:47 Telegram-channel Rybar said that to the north-east of Bakhmut, assault detachments advanced deep into the fortification defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of Paraskovievka and stormed the fortifications around the village. Now the fighters of the RF Armed Forces have approached the Bakhmut-Slavyansk highway.
19:10 Telegram-channel Callsign Bruce reports that there is heavy fighting going on in Krasnaya Gora. Units of PMC "Wagner" successfully storm the settlement from three sides. Ukrainian units are practically in the cauldron. Artillery and aviation of the Wagner operators are working closely.
18:35 Poddubny reported that a Ukrainian MiG-29 was destroyed in an air battle in the Novopavlovka region of the DPR. Also, in the Kherson region, our air defense shot down a Su-25 attack aircraft.
17:30 Medvedev announced "the production and modernization of thousands of tanks" needed for victory.
The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation showed how armored vehicles are produced and modernized at the Omsk Transport Engineering Plant.
"As you know, our enemy begged for planes, missiles and tanks while abroad. What should we do in response? It is clear that in this case it is natural for us to increase the production of various types of weapons and military equipment, including modern tanks. We are talking about the production and modernization of thousands of tanks," Medvedev said.
17:15 Klitschko announced an explosion on the territory of a former factory in the Darnitsky district of Kyiv.
16:49 Assault operation through the eyes of the Marines of the Pacific Fleet during the attack on Ugledar -video.
- Naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet and volunteer units continue to attack the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, freeing new settlements from the armed formations of the Ukrainian Nazis.
- The soldiers of the assault detachment, acting under the cover of a forest belt, secretly entered the village and began to gradually take control of residential buildings and streets.
16:45 An explosion sounded in Kharkov. This is reported by the local TG channel.
16:19 Rockets are flying towards Odessa and Nikolaev. This is reported by Ukrainian TG channels.
16:18 Our tanks are attacking in Maryinka: the enemy cannot withstand fire and is fleeing from positions -video.
The 5th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps is pushing the Ukrainian militants out of their positions. Unable to withstand the artillery attack from 125mm tank guns, the enemy leaves their positions and flees.
15:40 At the front near Kremennaya, the Brave received a "humanitarian aid" from Ukrainian militants. The fighters of the Central Military District effectively landed the device with the help of the good old AK -photo.
15:28 New briefing by the Russian Defense Ministry. Main:
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the offensive in the Donetsk direction;
- Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the Kherson region;
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Ugledar;
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 30 Ukrainian military and one M777 artillery system in the Kupyansk direction;
- More than 110 military personnel and an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region were destroyed by the group of troops "Center" in the Krasnolimansky direction;
- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed four depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Slavyansk, Avdievka and Malinovka in the DPR;
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed over 85 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Vodyany and Ugledar in the DPR in a day;
- Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones and 13 HIMARS MLRS rounds;
- The RF Armed Forces hit 83 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions;
- Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter in the DPR.
15:12 Explosions sounded in the Kharkiv region. This is reported by Ukrainian TG channels.
14:59 Law enforcement officers have revealed a cache with weapons and ammunition in Melitopol.
Near the unfinished building, under the concrete structures of floor slabs and fundamental blocks, the police, together with the OMON explosives experts, found:
Three briquettes of a plastic substance, a 400 g TNT block, an RPV-16 grenade launcher, an unidentified model grenade launcher (presumably made in Ukraine), six F-1 grenades without fuses, six RGD-5 grenades without fuses, four fuses for them, one RGN grenade without a fuse and a fuse for it, five VOG-25s, one AK-74 assault rifle with a destroyed number and a magazine equipped with 15 rounds, 60 rounds of caliber 7.62mm, 209 rounds of 5.45mm caliber, black body armor and four metal plates for it and the flag of Ukraine 100×70 cm in size.
The issue of initiating a criminal case under the article "Illegal acquisition, transfer, sale, storage, transportation or carrying of firearms, their main parts, ammunition” is being considered.
14:45 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the destruction of the Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft in the Kherson region (yesterday they wrote in a cart that 3 Su-25 attack aircraft were operating in the city area, one was shot down by a MANPADS crew, the Ministry of Defense confirmed today).
The RF Ministry of Defense also reports that in the area of Novopavlovka, a patrol fighter of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter.
14:43 "Kherson messenger": our source reports a "critically low level of moral and psychological state of the 194th separate battalion of the 124th Separate Brigade of the territorial troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine." The reasons for this are:
- the unit constantly suffers losses from the artillery attack of Russian artillery;
"Mouse fever has been rampant in the units of the brigade for the past two weeks, but patients are forced to endure it on their feet. Only the seriously wounded and killed are sent to the rear;
- the local population refers to the "defenders" with poorly concealed hatred;
- a new order of the Minister of Defense of Ukraine dated January 30, 2023 "On the procedure for paying monetary allowances to military personnel" reduced payments to military personnel of the unit by three times (they are not on the front line);
- "educational work" of commanders and chiefs with personnel consists in threats of trial or execution.
14:36 Kherson region - according to sources, a brigade of the Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered Antonovka. For two nights, the sounds of moving heavy military equipment can be heard. In Kherson itself, an increase in the number of military equipment, including military pickups, is also recorded.
14:13 An iconic militant — the battalion commander of the Ukrainian 2nd Foreign Legion — was destroyed in the Svatovsky direction —source.
The enemy DRG was looking for something near our positions, was spotted and met with small arms and artillery fire. The enemy retreated, leaving one KIA with a broken femoral artery.
It turned out to be Lieutenant Colonel Frolov Vladimir Viktorovich, commander of a separate battalion of the military unit A-4002, 2nd Foreign Defense Legion of Ukraine (Yavorov, Lviv region). Frolov himself is from the Dnepropetrovsk region, previously served in the airborne units or in the special forces (3rd and 4th photo print in the lower right corner).
14:09 Explosions in Zaporozhye and Zaporozhye region are reported by local publics.
13:55 Explosions sounded in Slavyansk (Donetsk region)! This is reported by Ukrainian TG channels.
13:42 In Ukraine, about 80,000 cases of looting have been initiated. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Igor Klymenko.
13:27 Personnel shooting battle of special forces near Avdievka. A group of Russian special forces from the ruins attacked the positions of Ukrainian militants /RIAN/.
12:58 Footage of night combat work of snipers of the special forces of the 56th Brigade of the DPR -video.
Snipers from the 56th Separate Special Purpose Battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (previously 1 Special Forces NM DPR) destroy Ukrainian fighters not only during the day, but also at night, using thermal imaging sights.
12:49 In Kyiv, they explained what will happen after the surrender of Artemovsk: a disaster
If the city falls, the Russians will begin to move rapidly "deep into Ukraine," economist Oleg Soskin warned. According to him, then the Russian military will be able to move to Seversk, Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.
Soskin also complains that the offensive promised by the Ukrainian command in the area of Svatovo and Kremennaya never happened. The ground froze, and the Russians went on the attack, not the APU.
And Western intelligence, which advises the Kyiv regime to surrender Artemovsk, according to Soskin, "does not understand the consequences" of this decision.
12:31 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of the UR-77 "Serpent of Gorynych" -video.
12:05 Four HIMARS missiles have just been shot down over Donetsk.
12:03 Great Britain can transfer military aircraft to Ukraine along with crews, since the training of Ukrainian pilots takes many months, which Kyiv, due to the difficult situation at the front, cannot afford - Roman Gusarov, head of the Avia.ru portal.
11:54 Tonight in the area of n.p. Drummer (Kherson region) 122mm was destroyed by artillery strike. 122mm SAU 2S1 "Carnation" with ammunition. From the crew: three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were seriously injured - Telegram-channel "Kherson Bulletin".
11:40 Personnel battle near Stupki station in the north of Bakhmut. Armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is firing at houses and streets.
Earlier it became known that Wagner attack aircraft began to attack in the north of Bakhmut. Today, the "Institute for the Study of War" acknowledged that Russian forces are advancing in the Stupok area. The Ukrainian side is hushing up the fighting in this area.
11:37 Voenkor Sladkov: "UKRAINIAN MILITARY SHOOTING OUR PRISONERS"
Kill unarmed, lying face down. Animals from the APU. Our surrendered, they were shot. Look and remember, here it is, Ukrainian captivity.
But on the footage, our guy, who has already died, is holding a grenade without a check in his hands. This is the same thing, from the Great Patriotic War - I die, but I do not give up.
11:22 The fall of the black mavic in Novoselovsky. Muscovites - you are the descendants of Nesterov! Keep it up -video.
11:07 Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), engulfed in fierce battles -species from the air.
10:55 The Americans restricted the use of Starlink Internet to Ukrainian terrorists.
SpaceX has shut down Starlink's internet service to control Ukraine's military drones because their product was "never intended to be used as a weapon." This was stated by the president of the company Gwynn Shotwell, writes Reuters.
"There are things we can do to limit their options. And we have already made them," said the President of SpaceX.
10:46 Telegram channel “Come and See”: The Russian Armed Forces went on the offensive in the LPR. Sources report this. According to them, both the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries are suffering heavy losses.
"There are a lot of dead black people," the source added.
10:32 Russia is preparing a "terrible" (grisly) offensive - Foreign Police. With reference to Ukrainian officials, they report the deadlines - the next 10 days. They complain about the lack of people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the fact that there will be no tanks on time.
10:25 The main refinery of Ukraine continues to work, supplying the Armed Forces. The Kremenchug oil refinery continues to operate, former Rada deputy Oleg Tsarev wrote in his TG channel.
10:12 Personnel detention of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group, which was preparing the murder of the deputy mayor of Berdyansk, the deputy head of the traffic police, an attempt on the city commandant and an explosion near the center for issuing humanitarian aid.
An attempt on the life of Prozorov, an ex-employee of the Security Council of Ukraine, was also prevented. He exposed the activities of the SBU in 2014-2018, RIA Novosti reported.
The head of the sabotage group that carried out five terrorist attacks on the territory of Berdyansk has been established: everything happened on the instructions of Pityukin, an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, who lives in Zaporozhye.
10:00 Aviation and MLRS cut a road in Marinka for our infantry -video
The Russian Aerospace Forces and 122mm BM-21 Grad crews of the 5th brigade of the 1st Army Corps support the advance of our attack aircraft deep into the settlement with all possible forces. Marinka.
09:58 Night battles: Fiery 122mm BM -21 "Grad" burns the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
On the night of February 8, the Russian military covered the positions of Ukrainian militants near Avdiivka with a full package of 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS. Observation of the enemy was carried out by a special system "Irony"
09:43 Chronicle of blows and mutual shelling in the NWO zone for the night from February 8 to February 9, 2023
At night, Ukrainian formations tried to attack the territory of the Starodubsky municipal district in the Bryansk region with drones, but the air defense systems shot down all the targets.
Russian gunners worked on concentrations of enemy manpower in the village of Guy, Chernihiv region, as well as in Volkovka, Yunakovka and Miropolye in the Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv region, the Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes on Ukrainian army targets in Udy, Liptsy, Volchansk, Ambarny and Staritsa, not far from the border with Russia.
In the Starobelsk direction, Russian troops hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomlynsk, Zapadny, Kupyansk, Kucherovka, Kislovka, Berestovoye and Novoselovsky.
The Russian Aerospace Forces, in turn, launched airstrikes on the enemy near Tabaevka and west of Kotlyarovka. Ukrainian formations fired at Kremennaya, Kuzmino, Krasnaya Dibrova and Krasnopopovka.
In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, the RF Armed Forces worked on the facilities of the Ukrainian army in Bakhmut, Razdolovka, Vasyukovka, Krasnoy and Bogdanovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Belogorovka, Nikolaevka, Kleshcheevka and Ozaryanovka.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian aviation worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnohorivka, Avdeevka and Veseloe. Artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in turn, hit targets in Kamenka, Thin and Vodyany.
At night, Ukrainian formations fired at the Leninsky district of Donetsk from the HIMARS MLRS.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction, Russian artillerymen hit targets in Ugledar, Bogoyavlenka, Prechistevka and Vremyevka.
In the Zaporozhye region, the RF Armed Forces hit targets in Kamensky, Olgovsky, Gulyaipole, Malaya Tokmachka and Shcherbaki. In Dnepropetrovsk, a powerful explosion thundered at one of the facilities at night, but the causes of the incident are still unknown. In addition, Russian troops worked on enemy positions in the Nikopol community.
On the southern sector of the front, the RF Armed Forces carried out strikes against the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson, Berislav and other nearby settlements.
08:15 Frontline summary on the morning of 02/09/2023
In the Uludar sector, Russian troops resumed assault operations on the outskirts of the city. The Ukrainian army meets them with heavy fire. Artillery of the Armed Forces hit Novopol, Bolshaya Novosyolka and Zolotaya Niva.
On the Donetsk front, the Russian army again attacked the Ukrainian garrison in the western part of Maryinka. She also resumed ground offensive operations against the fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnohorivka. Another attempt to break through in the Pervomaisky area did not bring much success.
And near Vodyanoye and Experienced, Russian troops managed to advance. Also, with the support of artillery, they attacked the fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka from Yasinovataya. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda were also fired. New York is covered. The Ukrainian army carried out rocket attacks on Donetsk and Gorlovka.
To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC is pushing through the defenses near Ivanovsky. The exit to the city from the west is more and more obvious. "Orchestras" are also advancing on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut. Also, the "musicians" attacked in the direction of Dubovo-Vasilyevka and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka.
The success of this operation is the actual encirclement of the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnaya Gora. This settlement PMC "Wagner" is also storming from the south and east. To the north of Soledar, the Wagner operators" are rushing towards Fedorovka. In this area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are putting up fierce resistance. Russian troops attacked again in the area of Opytnoye and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted offensive operations north of Belogorovka. They also attacked from Shipilovka and Dibrov in the Serebryansky forest area. They are also advancing in the Krasnopopovka area.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Thousands of people in the LPR are in need of food, clothing, and medicines. They have nowhere to live. Their houses are broken by Ukraine. Social services haven't gotten to them yet. And volunteers from different cities of Russia got there.
A frosty morning is just beginning to light up with a lazy sun. A truck drives up to the humanitarian center "Not Indifferent" in Novoaydar LPR (here, Ukrainian HIMARS recently shelled a hospital). On the road, the truck was iced over, its door was difficult to open. He came from the Russian outback, brought parcels. Volunteers, lined up in a chain from the truck to the warehouse, pass the boxes from hand to hand. Gazelles are coming soon - they will deliver targeted parcels to different settlements. All free places in the gazelles are clogged with food and things.
- The other day there was a call from the city of Naro-Fominsk - allegedly their fighters are starving here, they asked to bring them food, - says Yuri Mezinov, head of the Indifferent. “Now we will take them, and at the same time we will distribute parcels from relatives.
He digs through the boxes - looking for something else useful for the fighters. At this time, volunteers stuff his UAZ with packs of warm socks, boots, winter balaclavas, candles, burners, and sleeping bags. Finally, the heat gun is brought in. Yuri as a general for volunteers. They listen to him unconditionally. He gives a short military order, and the volunteers scatter around the republic.
The gazelles are full. Drivers step on the gas and the parcels are sent to the front line to the tankers. On the outskirts of the village of Nizhnyaya Duvanka (near the Kharkiv region), Gazelles are catching up with the Ural. It contains the same tankers from Naro-Fominsk. Accepting parcels, they say: the rear supply service did not keep up with the advanced units a little, the soldiers had to sit on dry rations, but now everything has improved.
Satisfied tankers reload food, water and gifts into the Ural and rush to catch up with their unit. And we go with parcels to the artillerymen. But we find it only in the evening on some farm. Mail will definitely not reach here, and Yuri's "all-terrain vehicle" literally on a whim taxis right at them, having driven a dozen fields. Artillerymen are terribly happy with gifts and letters from relatives. One of them, a 26-year-old boy from St. Petersburg with the call sign Russian, cries when he sees a letter from his mother.
“I have been serving here for four months,” he says, ashamed of tears, “I miss my mother. No, of course, I found new comrades here, these do not let me get bored. But she is still drawn to her mother. Nobody was going to fight, but since such a thing has already happened, we will fight until victory. And then ... I'll go to my mother, - a new tear comes to his eye.
The road back to the volunteer base is difficult, so we are all silent. The SUV struggles with the rut in the frozen fields, thoughts are swarming in my head about how many more thousands of kilometers the volunteers will have to travel in order to merge the field mail with combat units. Fighters every day waiting for letters from relatives. On the front line is a letter from mom - more expensive than gold.
We return to the base. There we are met by Galina Sozaeva from Kabardinka. She is the real mistress of the base. For everyone will find a kind word. During the day she works in a warehouse, and in the evening she is the soul of the entire volunteer company.
- Humanitarian aid comes to us in different forms, - she says, - something is ordered, and something is inconsistent. Prior to my arrival, the warehouse was a "creative" mess. Everyone came in short shifts, and no one had time to clean up thoroughly. And I came for a long time. I wouldn't leave here at all. Where else, if not here, to feel their need for people? For people, stew is not important, they need to understand that we have not abandoned them. This is the most important thing.
The next morning I find the chief physician of the center, Olga Melnikova from Vladimir, in the warehouse. She completes targeted applications for medicines for different villages. She says she's used to spartan conditions and takes patients along the front lines. Having collected a first aid kit, she puts on a “medical” body armor and leaves for people who have not received medical care for a long time. She treats people in almost completely burnt houses.
And we are going to Sirotino, a satellite village of Severodonetsk. We rush past the broken villages, interspersed with harsh checkpoints. I'm talking to volunteer Mikhail Khabarov from Moscow. This is his first trip here. In Moscow, he works as an industrial climber and electrical engineer.
“Here is the real air, the meaning of life,” he says. - I would like to advise all sofa experts from Moscow to come here and try real life without any glamor and embellishment. It is here that friendship, mutual assistance and help are worth something!
Sirotino greets us unkindly - “hailstones” stick out of the ground, the streets are blocked by broken cars, burned houses in almost every yard. They fill the soul with quiet horror. I feel a little calmer when we meet a local woman going for water. She says that there is no electricity or water in the village, everyone here survives as best they can. Many receive help from the priest in the local church. Previously, 2,500 people lived here, now three times less. Who died, who left. Everyone needs food, clothing, medicine. We have all this in the Gazelle. And also candles, lamp oil and Cahors for communion. The woman shows us the way to the temple.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The European Union does not know where the assets of the Central Bank of Russia are located, and therefore cannot transfer them to Kyiv
The location of 86% of the frozen assets of the Central Bank (CB) of Russia is not known to anyone, so the EU has no way to transfer them to Kyiv. This was reported on February 9 by Bloomberg.
According to the agency, in a document prepared for EU leaders for a summit with the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the EU legal service actually confirmed that it does not know the location of 86% of the frozen assets of the Central Bank of Russia. The total amount of assets is estimated at $258 billion, of which no more than $36.4 billion has been located to date.
According to the legal service of the EU, in order to transfer Russian assets to Kyiv, they must first be found. But first, the EU authorities need to figure out what specific amount of assets of the Central Bank of Russia and other state structures was frozen in the EU, including commercial banks. The financial feasibility of transferring the frozen funds from Russia to Kyiv will depend directly on how much of the funds will eventually be found.
The legal service recommended that the EU in the current situation "work with the G7 and the EU's international partners" to search for the bulk of the frozen Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The situation north of Artemovsk on the evening of 9 February.
Krasnaya Gora is on the verge of falling, the village is half controlled by Wagner and is covered from three sides, the road to Paraskovievka is covered with artillery. In Paraskovievka itself, fierce battles also continue in the northern and southern parts, where assault groups also entered.
The capture of Paraskoviyivka will put the entire grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk in a critical position, since our troops will be able to block the last road going to Artemovsk from Chasy Yar.
In the city itself, heavy fighting continues in the northeast, southeast, and south parts of the city, where stormtroopers are also moving forward. To the south of the city, fighting is going on at Krasny and in the direction of Clock Yar. Enemy attempts to counterattack in the direction of Kleshcheevka ended in heavy losses.
Zelensky yesterday demanded to keep Artemovsk at any cost, pending Western assistance.
[Reuters] SpaceX has taken steps to prevent Ukraine's military from using the company's Starlink satellite internet service for controlling drones in the region during the country's war with Russia, SpaceX's president said Wednesday.
SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, which has provided Ukraine's military with broadband communications in its defense against Russia's military, was "never never meant to be weaponized," Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX's president and chief operating officer, said during a conference in Washington, D.C.
"However, Ukrainians have leveraged it in ways that were unintentional and not part of any agreement," she said.
Speaking later with reporters, Shotwell referred to reports that the Ukrainian military had used the Starlink service to control drones.
- a new laser system called Kalina can target optical systems of foreign imaging satellites flying over Russian territory
- The Peresvet laser weapon can blind a potential enemy's reconnaissance satellites in orbits at altitudes of up to 1,500 km
These are just two open source anti-sat weapons the Russians have. It would seem in the best interest of the company to not get too involved in the war.
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