[NY Post] A high-ranking Russian defense official in the war against Ukraine was found dead Wednesday after falling from a 16th-floor window in an apartment building.
Marina Yankina, 58, was discovered by a passerby at the entrance of a high-rise on Zamshina Street in St. Petersburg, Russian news Telegram channel Mash reported.
She is believed to have fallen 160 feet to her death. Her personal belongings and documents were found on a 16th-floor balcony in the building.
According to a preliminary investigation, it is believed Yankina committed suicide.
Mash reported that a few minutes before allegedly taking her own life, Yankina called her ex-husband and told him what she was about to do.
She also asked the man to summon police to the high-rise on Zamshina Street where he lived.
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“Red Star Rogue” by Sewell&Richman tells the TRUE story of Russias’s attempt to start a Nuclear War between China and the US. After Putin wastes his military on NATO and the Ukraine, China can take over Russia. Putin was with the KGB when the plot was attempted.
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What ever it is, buy a case of it for all of Brandon's appointments.
[Politico.eu] A Russian court has sentenced anti-war journalist Maria Ponomarenko to six years in prison under the Kremlin’s so-called fake news law, over a social media post about Moscow’s strike on a Mariupol theater.
The court in Barnaul in Siberia "sentenced RusNews journalist Maria Ponomarenko to six years in prison," RusNews wrote on its Telegram channel on Wednesday, adding that she would also be banned from journalistic activities for five years.
RusNews said the case related to a post by Ponomarenko on the Telegram messaging network about Russia’s airstrikes in March 2022 on a theater in Mariupol in Ukraine, killing hundreds of sheltering civilians. Amnesty International called it a "clear war crime" by Russian forces. The Kremlin has denied responsibility for the air strikes, despite numerous eyewitness accounts to the contrary.
A district court found Ponomarenko, who was arrested in April, guilty of contravening a law Russian President Vladimir Putin enacted shortly after launching his invasion of Ukraine, which criminalizes "public dissemination of knowingly false information" about the actions of the Russian army. It includes punishments of up to 15 years in prison.
Earlier this month, prominent Russian commentator and Putin-critic Alexander Nevzorov was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison for spreading "fake news" about Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
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To the daily mirror fans club in Rantburg, today an European army officer presented a commentary piece . This officer is currently serving in a NATO military unit and wish to offer his opinion in the context of the increasing tensions we face in the world today.
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Hello , I am an Armored officer of the French Army.
If I write to you today, it is to tell you exactly what it is like to be an officer in a Western European army in 2023. Plus the constant lies and propaganda seeded in our population. Our government do not represent our country interests and is continuously lying.
In concrete terms, we are constantly being told about "high-intensity warfare" and "the return of modern warfare". We, specifically, are told about the importance of our role as armored officers, because "tanks will play a major role against our enemies". We are constantly being fed a pro-war arguments, very anti-Russian, very pro-NATO discourses (no surprise there). In other words, we are in an era like in 1872, when France had just lost against Germany, and the whole country was in propaganda mode to prepare the "revenge" (we call this "revanchisme" in France).
That's kind of the feeling I get (even if I don't really see the revenge we would have to take on the Russians, Lol).
But this bellicose speech is a facade, like a cat growling at a bear hoping to scare it. In reality our army is in tatters. We are unable to maintain our Leclerc tanks for example: only fifty of them are functional, a shame for "the first army in Europe"... A shame for an armored cavalry officer like me who is from ESM Saint Cyr and Saumur. It is not better in other sectors of the army, we have for example almost no more CAESAR (thanks Ukraine!). In other words, we have neither tanks nor guns.
The French like to make fun of China, which they say is a "paper tiger". The paper tiger is us. Our army was unable to eliminate 500 terrorists in Africa, it would not last 2 days in a real modern war.
But the most ridiculous thing is what? It is that our army is wallowing in this mediocrity. Like an old man who contemplates his reflection in the mirror, dreaming of his past glory. I'm thinking of a specific episode that happened recently and that justified my writing to you: an evaluation for my officer class that we just passed consisted in "eating properly" and "knowing how to set a table in a noble way", to respect the tradition of armored cavalry officers (supposed to be particularly noble)... Funny if it was just some tradition. Except no: it was decisive. Those who misaligned knives and forks got very bad marks, which would be reflected in their career and choice of regiment. The French army breaks the ambitions of young people who have been preparing for 6 years to lead tanks, for a story of forks...
This army is ridiculous, it is only a shadow of its former self. It disgusts all the sincere French patriots: most of my comrades consider leaving the army as soon as they can. For this reason in particular, because the army brings nothing. But also because they do not want, for some of them, to be the minions of NATO while they enlisted to serve France...
TL;DR: you don't have to worry about Western European countries, our arrogance is theater.
I give you my greetings, take care of yourselves and let's pray (whatever our obedience) that this conflict will stop and that Europe will find again a peaceful and multipolar balance
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A good find, Aca Joe. Thank goodness someone over there found the courage to say publicly what we Americans have been saying for decades… though the bit about table settings is new. To be sure, having formal as well as informal manners is important for those who will assuredly find themselves in a variety of situations, but even the great himself Napoleon reputedly left the niceties of formal table manners to the ladies.
Separately, I found that piece as a Twitter thread, starting here:
Hello Intel Slava, I am an officer of the French Army. I have been reading your page for some time to get a different view of the conflict in Ukraine. Thank you for what you do. ..
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Not surprising. Both the French and Germans have let their military rot (bit less so w/ France who have colonies to expoilt protect). The Geramns don't have 50 Leopards in combat ready condition. Let those uncouth eastern Euros and Americans handle the Russians. Besides, we're the Russians best customers.
But with a little work and money, they can be combat ready quickly. Like the Leopards the Germans will send at end of March.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The day after Russia invaded Ukraine, the leaders of NATO’s 30 member countries held an emergency summit to address what they described as the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades — the launch of what would become the biggest land war in Europe since 1945.
"In this very evolving and difficult situation, it’s hard to predict what will (happen) in the future, but allies are providing support and are very committed to continue," NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters. What that support might look like was an open question.
In the months that followed, Ukraine’s supporters at NATO and elsewhere sent fuel, helmets, medical supplies and other non-lethal support. Then, after much hand-wringing, came artillery and air defense systems in the hope that these would not provoke Russia’s President Vladimir Putin.
NATO, as an organization, was wary of being dragged into all-out war with nuclear-armed Russia. Technically it still is, but a year on the Ukraine Contact Defense Group this week held talks at NATO’s Brussels headquarters, where the alliance’s leaders, ministers and envoys usually sit.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the war rages on in Ukraine, the United States is doing more than supporting an ally. It’s learning lessons — with an eye toward a possible clash with China.
No one knows what the next U.S. major military conflict will be or whether the U.S. will send troops — as it did in Afghanistan and Iraq — or provide vast amounts of aid and expertise, as it has done with Ukraine.
But China remains America’s biggest concern. U.S. military officials say Beijing wants to be ready to invade the self-governing island of Taiwan by 2027, and the U.S. remains the island democracy’s chief ally and supplier of defense weapons.
While there are key differences in geography and in U.S. commitment to come to Taiwan’s defense, "there are clear parallels between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and a possible Chinese attack on Taiwan," a Center for Strategic and International Studies report found last month.
A look at some of the lessons from the Ukraine war and how they could apply to a Taiwan conflict:
ARM IN ADVANCE
Soon after Russian troops crossed into Ukraine last February, the U.S. and allies began sending massive amounts of weapons across the border from partner nations.
But Taiwan would need to be fully armed in advance, CSIS found in dozens of war scenarios it ran for its report.
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No one knows what the next U.S. major military conflict will be or whether the U.S. will send troops — as it did in Afghanistan and Iraq — or provide vast amounts of aid and expertise, as it has done with Ukraine.
"No one knows." Let me take a guess. In the case of Taiwan, none of the above will likely happen.
Which is all well and good until some dumbass shoots an archduke and all hell breaks loose.
One of the lessons of the Rus-Ukr war is that the United States is not capable of supplying a two front war. Or have we given up on the idea of military large enough to do that?
[The Drive] Despite massive Russian attacks against its power and fuel supply infrastructure, Ukraine claims it has actually increased its fuel reserves to the point of surplus thanks to the influx of imports and an innovative logistics operation using thousands of fuel trucks as mobile storage sites.
Ukraine began receiving large amounts of fuel in January from the U.S., and over the course of Russia's all-out invasion, purchased thousands of fuel tanker trucks to create a mobile storage system, said Serhiy Kuyun, director of the A-95 Consulting Group, a Ukrainian fuel market research firm.
"Revolutionary changes have taken place," in the Ukrainian fuel supply chain, Kuyun told reporters Wednesday during a briefing at the Ukrainian Media Center. "There has never been this [American] fuel in Ukraine. There is also fuel from Taiwan, India, and the Netherlands."
That's a change from before Moscow's full-on invasion, when Ukraine received the majority of its fuel from Russia and Belarus.
But beyond new sources of fuel, Ukraine has developed a mobile storage method that Kuyun claims defies Russian attempts to bomb its supplies out of existence.
Ukraine "bought all the fuel tank trucks that were available in Europe," he said.
He did not say when those purchases took place, who funded them or how much they cost. But they’ve made a huge difference, he claimed.
"The logistics system has radically changed," he said. "Before the war we supplied fuel by rail and sea, now 40% of our supplies are road transport. These are thousands of gasoline trucks that from a security vantage point are impossible to catch. You can bomb an oil depot, an oil refinery, aim at a railway station. But what to do with these thousands of gasoline trucks? This is a revolutionary thing."
[ALESTIKLAL.NET] Russian citizens find no choice but to leave their country for fear of reserve recruitment to fight in Ukraine, in addition to the poor economic situation and security restrictions imposed on them.
Russia keeps its second eye on internal affairs to prevent an increase in the number of citizens leaving the country, even by imposing restrictions on Russians who try to flee through strict legislation and laws.
PROPOSED LEGISLATION
With no indications of Moscow's dependence on a diplomatic solution with Kyiv, Russian politicians proposed on January 24, 2023, to put restrictions on citizens trying to leave the country.
The head of the Russian State Duma Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development, Yevgeny Moskvichev, introduced amendments to the transport law that would make it obligatory for citizens and others to pre-book a time and place to cross the border.
It was stated in a copy of the legislative changes, seen by the Russian news agency TASS, that "vehicles belonging to Russian carriers, foreign carriers, citizens of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens, stateless persons, and other road users must reserve the date and time for crossing the state border of the Russian Federation."
If the bill is passed by the State Duma (the Federal Assembly), it will enter into force on March 1, 2023.
This was preceded by the proposal of the Chairman of the Federal Assembly, Vyacheslav Volodin, on January 13, 2023, to confiscate the property of Russians who left the country and criticized the state and its armed forces while abroad.
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What countries are giving Russians work and travel VISAs?
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[LB] Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions were also shelled.
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At night, the Russians shelled the Sumy region with machine guns, in Dnipropetrovsk they hit Nikopol, - OVA
In the Chernihiv region, there was one shelling per day - in the Novgorod-Siverskyi district they were fired from mortars. No losses and destruction, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In the Sumy region, five automatic rounds were carried out tonight from the territory of Russia in the direction of one of the villages of the Novoslobodsk community. Without losses and destruction. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy shelled three territorial communities of the region: Bilopolska, Yunakivska, and Seredino-Budska. About 34 arrivals were recorded. No consequences.
In Zaporizhzhia region, during the past day, the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Gulyaipole, Temyrivka, Charivne, Gulyaipilske, Orihiv, Novodanilivka, Mala Tokmachka, Biloghirya, Malynivka, Chervone, Kamianske, Stepove. 19 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of shelling. Details are being clarified.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Nikopol came under fire again last night. The enemy hit the city with heavy artillery. Fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries. The consequences of the attack are still being determined.
In the Luhansk region, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the districts of Nevsky, Kreminnaya and Bilogorivka over the past day. On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy shelled Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Novoehorivka, Makiivka, Chervonpopivka, Pishchane, Dibrova, Serebryansk forestry and Bilogorivka with tanks, mortars and artillery. The situation in the region remains difficult.
In the Kharkiv region, a multi-story residential building was heavily damaged by rocket fire at night in the city of Kupyansk. This morning, two private residential buildings were damaged in Kupyansk due to shelling by the occupiers. There were fires. No casualties.
Areas of at least 20 settlements were hit by enemy shelling last day. On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy shelled Krokhmalne, Berestov, Tabaivka, Kupyansk, and Dvorichna with tanks, mortars, and artillery. Veterinarne, Graniv, Baranivka, Strelecha, Krasne, Ternova, Hlyboke, Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory, Zemlianki, Rublene, Chugunivka, Krasne Pershe, Novomlynsk, Ridkodub were under enemy fire. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified.
In the Donetsk region, during the day, population centers were shelled along the entire front line with mortars, artillery, and "Grad" salvo rocket systems. During the day, rocket attacks were carried out on Kostyantynivka (a person was wounded, the Palace of Culture, which houses the Humanitarian Aid Delivery Point, four high-rise buildings, a car) and Kramatorsk (a medical facility was damaged, private houses were damaged).
Late yesterday evening, there was a tank attack on the village of Vesele in the Ocheretyn community. In Donetsk region in a day: one dead, one wounded.
In the Mykolaiv region, yesterday evening and this morning, the enemy carried out artillery strikes on the water area of the Ochakiv community. There are no casualties.
According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the Kherson directionthe suburbs and the city of Kherson, as well as the districts of more than 30 settlements, including Zolota Balka, Havrylivka, Berislav, Vesele, Ingulets, Lviv, Tyaginka, Antonivka, Zymivnyk, Bilozerka, Dniprovske, and Veletenske, were affected by enemy artillery fire.
Twice in a day, the Russian army shelled one of Kherson's medical facilities. Due to enemy fire, the roof of one of the buildings was damaged, and the windows of the building were also shattered by the blast wave and projectile fragments.
Fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries. Also, the enemy shelled the ambulance station in Beryslav. Due to the artillery attack of the Russians, the premises of the station were destroyed, the cars of the doctors were damaged. The ambulance driver was injured. In total, two people were injured during the day due to enemy aggression. 64 people were evacuated by motor vehicles from the de-occupied territories,
We will remind you that the corpses of Russian soldiers are burned in the occupied Crimea to hide the huge losses in the war against Ukraine.
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[Vesti] February 15 is the 357th 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 .
06:00 . Nikolaevkskaya area. Russia from artillery hit the waters of the Ochakovo bulk. There were no casualties.
Donetsk region. During the day, the Russians killed one resident of Konstantinovka. Another person in the area was injured.
08:00 . Kharkov region. Kupyansk is under fire again -3 private residential houses and outbuildings were damaged, fires broke out, there were no casualties.
Timeline of the war in Ukraine: Wednesday, February 15 (updated) - photo 1
The Russians are trying to take full control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine repel their attacks . According to the General Staff, the Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Shakhtyorsky directions. Ukrainian defenders reflect the attacks of the Russians.
The Russian army is trying to hide its losses . According to the General Staff, in the area of the village of Krasnaya Zorka in the Crimea, in order to hide the number of dead, Russia uses burning. At the local crematorium there is a constant line of military vehicles up to 10 units. These trucks bring dead Russian servicemen and mercenaries. Cremation is carried out around the clock .
09:30 . Electricity consumption in Ukraine has slightly decreased compared to the beginning of the week. There is no shortage of power, according to Ukrenergo.
10:30 am . Donetsk region. The Russians attacked Pokrovsk, damaging a high-rise building and injuring at least two civilians. According to preliminary information, rockets were used again. Rescuers managed to save two people from the destroyed entrance.
Kherson region. Kherson region was fired on 38 times from MLRS, mortars and artillery . Kherson Russian army attacked nine times. A medical facility and residential buildings were damaged. TZwo people received injuries of varying severity.
13:30 . Kyiv region. Air defense works. Balls with "reflectors" were fixed in the sky, which move in the direction of the wind and conduct radar reconnaissance, the Air Force Command said.
14:30 . The European Commission presented the 10th package of sanctions against Russia. It included: export bans for €11 billion (we are talking about goods that Russia cannot replace with supplies from other countries (electronics, specialized vehicles, machine and engine parts, spare parts for trucks and jet engines, as well as goods for the construction sector, which may be used by the Russian military, such as antennas or cranes);
restrictions on the export of dual-use and technological goods; sanctions against 7 Iranian structures associated with the Russian Federation; measures to prevent circumvention of sanctions against the Russian Federation; sanctions against "more than 100 Kremlin propagandists, political and the military leadership of the Russian Federation.The package of sanctions is proposed to be adopted before February 24.
15:00 . Donetsk region. As a result of the shelling of Pokrovsk, the number of wounded increased from two to 12 people. There may still be people under the rubble.
Kherson region. The Russians again shelled the hospital in Berislav. The shells hit the boiler room. Injured employee of the institution.
16:00 . Kyiv. Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson arrived on a visit to Ukraine.
17:17 Contact group "Ramstein" today will discuss the supply of tanks to Ukraine, - Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov on Twitter.
17:44 The Ministry of Reintegration urges residents of Kherson and the region not to create mass gatherings in order to protect their lives - a statement.
"The Ministry of Reintegration receives information that the residents of Kherson once again, putting themselves in danger, create mass gatherings near banks, points of issue of humanitarian and cash aid, near supermarkets," the department notes.
18:21 We are negotiating to increase the possibilities of importing electricity from the EU, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said at a meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Kristersson. The issue of restoring the energy infrastructure was also considered.
18:50 The enemy, despite significant losses, does not give up its intention to reach the borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, concentrating its efforts on conducting an offensive in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Shakhtyorsky directions.
19:22 During the day, the Russian Federation launched 17 air strikes, in addition, the enemy made 28 attacks from the MLRS on the civilian infrastructure of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region and Kherson region (there are wounded and dead among the civilian population). This is reported by the General Staff.
19:50 Ukraine can seize the initiative on the battlefield. This statement was made by the head of the Pentagon, Austin.
20:21 Head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said that he would remain in office at the request of Zelensky. Earlier media reported that he would retire.
20:47 About 6 Russian balloons were found in the airspace of Kiev today, which could carry reflectors and reconnaissance equipment - KGVA. It is reported that most of them were shot down by air defense forces.
21:11 The United States intends to provide Ukraine with additional budgetary support for $9.9 billion, the US State Department said.
21:37 NATO countries want to transfer tanks to Ukraine in sufficient quantities to form several brigades - Polish President Duda.
21:59 From February 15, subpoenas can be sent via Viber - a statement by the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine.
22:17 In Pokrovsk, a rescue operation has been completed on the ruins of a house destroyed by shelling. According to the final data, three people were killed, eleven were injured. This was stated by the Governor of the region Pavel Kirilenko.
22:36 Iranian drones could have been modified specifically for attacking energy facilities - Ukrenergo.
22:59 Ukraine will become a member of NATO, but now the focus is on Ukraine winning the war - Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
23:07 Josep Borrell - on the need to supply tanks to Ukraine before spring: Countries must supply as many tanks as possible and as quickly as possible. It would be a great shame if, after pointing the finger at Germany for doing nothing for so long, these countries do not now follow suit.
23:33 Archer howitzers will be delivered to Ukraine as soon as possible, Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson said at a press conference in Kiev on Wednesday. He claims that Ukraine is a foreign policy priority and Sweden's EU presidency.
23:57 Aviation of the Defense Forces during the day delivered 11 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Russians, as well as five strikes on the positions of the air defense system. Our defenders on the eastern front destroyed a Russian Ka-52 helicopter. Within a day, rocket and artillery units hit the enemy's command post, three enemy manpower concentration areas, and two enemy ammunition depots. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
00:16 In Nova Kakhovka, invaders are searching private estates in order to seize watercraft, which are then used to carry out sabotage and provocations.
00:37 Washington will continue to seize Russian assets with the subsequent transfer of confiscated funds to Kiev.
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[Korrespondent] 22:26 Recruitment of prisoners in PMC Wagner stopped in early February. Now another "organization" has taken up the recruitment of convicts. More details - in the material Prigozhin suspended .
22:03 In Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, as a result of a Russian missile strike on February 15, three people were killed and 11 were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said. Among the wounded, one person is in serious condition. As a result of the shelling, four high-rise buildings and a school were damaged.
21:37 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev: "Thanked for Azerbaijan's consistent support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and for the humanitarian assistance provided. We discussed our interaction on international platforms."
9:35 pm Washington has no plans to send fighter jets to Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith told CNN: "Despite repeated requests from Ukraine, the Biden administration has categorically refused to consider sending F-16 fighter jets to a warring country." However, she added that although NATO allies "expect some kind of negotiations" with Russia about its war in Ukraine, they are still "very focused on giving everything that the Ukrainian armed forces need."
21:31 After a high-profile corruption scandal in the procurement of products for the army, the chair under Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov staggered. The head of the Servant of the People faction in parliament, David Arakhamia, even publicly announced Reznikov's resignation, but it never took place. The minister himself says that he will remain in office by Zelensky's decision. Now Reznikov wants to appoint himself new deputies. Read more in the material Hero and Volunteer .
21:03 Dutch Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren announced that her country will supply Ukraine with 20,000 ammunition for Leopard 2 tanks, and is also ready to provide spare parts and organize training for the Ukrainian military.
20:55 The Russians continue to advance in eastern Ukraine, they are conducting round-the-clock attacks, the situation is tense. But Ukrainian fighters do not allow the enemy to achieve their goals and inflict very serious losses, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. According to her, in some assault detachments of PMC Wagner and subdivisions of the 2nd AK, losses amount to 80% of the personnel. The evacuation of the dead and wounded by the Russians is limited or not carried out at all. As a result, among the personnel of the Russian troops there is a significant decrease in the level of trust in the decisions of the command.
More and more Russian military personnel are realizing that their commanders do not adequately assess the situation on the battlefield, as evidenced by the intensive use of the so-called "suicide squads" - units staffed by insufficiently trained mobilized people who will suffer heavy combat and sanitary losses every day. In particular, according to Malyar, only one training center in the Rostov region sends about 500 hastily trained mobilized people every week, most of whom undergo an accelerated training course of 14 to 21 days. Once in the units, such servicemen deliberately damage military equipment (mainly engines), which, with full ammunition, is sent to repair bases.
20:17 Speaker of the Dutch Ministry of Defense Sasha Luhoff denied Die Welt's information that her country had changed its mind about transferring Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. She recalled that the Netherlands does not have its Leopard 2 tanks, but rents 18 vehicles from Germany
...I suppose that in a country where one of the lines of defense is breaching the dikes, tanks would be less desirable...
- they are all in a combined binational battalion . Luhoff explained that Germany had decided not to send tanks from this battalion, so in fact the Netherlands would not supply tanks. She noted that if the German side still decides to transfer vehicles from the specified battalion, the Netherlands will not mind.
20:12 Switzerland has allowed to begin the confiscation of the frozen assets of Yanukovych's entourage in the amount of more than 130 million euros. The government of the country said that it wants to support Ukraine in this way.
19:10 The tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia did not include "controversial" issues, so its approval can be expected before February 24, Radio Liberty's Brussels correspondent Rikard Jozwiak said. In particular, according to him, diamonds and the nuclear sphere were not included in the list of restrictions.
19:04 The Ukrainian military is learning how to operate Patriot systems "faster than expected," Spiegel reports, citing the commander of the German training unit. According to him, the training of the Ukrainian military in Germany is now progressing rapidly, as they are motivated and most of them already have combat experience.
18:31 The Bulgarian government has decided to send military personnel to the EU countries to train the Ukrainian military. In particular, one Bulgarian staff officer will be sent to Belgium, up to five officers and sergeants - to Poland or Germany, about 50 more military personnel will be deployed on the territory of different EU countries or Bulgaria.
18:10 Sweden will transfer Archer self-propelled artillery mounts to Ukraine "as quickly as it can," Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said during a visit to Kiev: "We will not say the exact dates of the deliveries, you understand for what reasons. But there are also practical issues, related to preparation. In addition, Sweden will donate 51 infantry fighting vehicles and anti-tank weapons.
18:01 Polish President Andrzej Duda said that NATO countries intend to transfer enough tanks to Ukraine - including Leopard-2 - to form several tank brigades.
17:58 Switzerland has joined the ceiling of prices for Russian oil set by the EU.
17:23 Zelensky said that the most difficult and hottest situation today is in the Bakhmut and Vugledar directions, but the Ukrainian defenders hold on and inflict maximum losses on the enemy.
16:57 Only half of the previously promised battalion of Leopard 2 tanks will be handed over to Ukraine - at the meeting of the "tank coalition" no new commitments were made to supply these vehicles to Kiev, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said. According to him, only Germany and Portugal have expressed a desire to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2A6 tanks. Berlin is scheduled to hand over 14 Leopard 2 tanks at the end of March.
"Half a battalion of Leopard 2A6s and one battalion of A4s will be delivered. And over 120 Leopard 1A5s will be added to this by early next year," Pistorius said. At the same time, he added that one should not underestimate the previous Leopard 1A5 tank model.
16:54 The British Ministry of Defense announced that Ukraine will receive equipment to protect against Russian aggression in the amount of more than 200 million pounds from the first funding package of the International Fund for Ukraine.
16:48 According to preliminary information from the KGVA, about six enemy air targets were detected in the airspace of Kiev on the afternoon of February 15 - probably these were balloons that move in space under the influence of the wind. These objects could carry corner reflectors and reconnaissance equipment. Air defense systems worked on all air targets, most of these probes were shot down. The purpose of launching the balloons may have been to detect and deplete Ukrainian air defenses. The final determination of the type and characteristics of aircraft and equipment will be made after studying and analyzing the remains of downed objects.
16:32 The EU has created a working group on the use of Russia's frozen assets, the Swedish presidency has announced. The group will undertake legal, financial, economic and political analysis of the use of assets in accordance with EU and international law. Among the key assets will be the funds of the Russian Central Bank.
16:23 Reznikov told Reuters that he remained in the post of defense minister at the request of Zelensky and does not plan to leave it in the near future.
16:07 NATO is ready for Ukraine's membership after its victory in the war, but now the focus is on how to guarantee this victory, Stoltenberg said. According to him, victory, and, accordingly, guaranteeing the preservation of Ukraine as a sovereign independent state, is the only way to integrate the country and fully include it in the Euro-Atlantic community.
The Secretary General recalled that the alliance is working with Ukraine on a long-term partnership, helping to move from weapons, doctrines and standards of the Soviet era to NATO standards, to carry out defense and security reform. And this will bring Ukraine closer to the alliance, he added.
15:43 Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson arrived in Kiev , Zelensky's press service reported.
15:41 New Zealand imposed sanctions against Iran in response to the supply of Russian drones. The list, in particular, included the head of the supply, research and industry department of the Iranian Ministry of Defense and the logistics of the armed forces, the commander of the Iranian Air Force and companies responsible for the production of drones.
15:37 Ursula von der Leyen announced the proposals of the European Commission on the tenth package of anti-Russian sanctions. It is planned that it will be accepted until February 24:
export bans worth 11 billion euros, designed to deprive the Russian economy of critical technologies and industrial goods;
export control of 47 components that can be used in the production of weapons, including drones, missiles and helicopters;
sanctions against seven Iranian structures that provide Russia with drones to attack Ukraine's civilian infrastructure;
the inclusion of more than a hundred Putin's propagandists in the sanctions list along with the political and military leaders of the Russian Federation;
taking measures to prevent circumvention of sanctions.
15:33 NATO countries at today's Ramstein meeting signed contracts to increase the production of ammunition, Stoltenberg said: "What we see is a huge expenditure of ammunition in the war, and we have been observing this for several months. We discussed this issue in different capitals NATO countries, and now we see that things are moving in the right direction."
The Secretary General noted that the conflict has turned into "an exhausting war of attrition" and "a war of logistics", but "Ukraine has a window of opportunity to tip the scales in its favor, and time is of the essence."
15:28 Kharkiv and Kupyansk, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty, said: “They are trying to counterattack there. But the situation is controlled and similar to the Liman direction. That is, we see their actions there and stop them. The Kharkiv region is ready, there are units, hardened in battles, that will meet the enemy." At the same time, Cherevaty does not rule out that the blow could be delivered in any other direction.
Earlier today, representatives of the "authorities" of the occupied part of the Kharkiv region announced their intention to "liberate" all the cities in the region, from which the Ukrainian Armed Forces kicked out the Russians last year.
14:57 Prigozhin showed a live mercenary of the Wagner group, Dmitry Yakushchenko, a video of the alleged execution of which had previously appeared in telegram channels close to PMCs. According to Prigozhin, Yakushchenko returned from Ukrainian captivity "with a lot of important information."
14:40 Reznikov said in an interview with Ukrinform that all the possibilities of supplying Western equipment to Ukraine are tied primarily to the training period for Ukrainian crews: "Because their task is to complete the task planned by the Ukrainian General Staff. And this task is aimed primarily at de-occupation "Temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. It takes time. We are talking about several months when we will be fully ready. And then, according to the decision of the General Staff, certain events will occur."
14:18 In the sky of Ukraine, enemy balloons with reflectors are again fixed, which move in the direction of the wind and conduct radar reconnaissance, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
Meanwhile, an air alert has been declared in the Kyiv region, the regional administration reported on the work of air defense.
14:16 The Netherlands and Denmark have changed their minds about transferring Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine from their stocks, the governments of the countries said in response to a request from Die Welt. According to the publication, both countries, as compensation, will take on part of the cost of repairing 100 Leopard 1 tanks, which Germany intends to transfer to Ukraine.
Die Welt writes that Sweden and Finland also refuse to transfer Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv. Both countries expect to join NATO and intend to send equipment after they become members of the alliance.
14:05 Switzerland will not confiscate frozen Russian assets in the interests of Ukraine. A working group under the Ministry of Justice of the country came to the conclusion that the confiscation of Russia's assets "undermines the country's constitution and the existing legal order." At the same time, the Swiss government notes that support for Ukraine will continue regardless of the discussions on the frozen assets.
13:51 For the second time in a week, objects moving at low speed were seen in the airspace of Ukraine. Subsequently, it became known that these were Russian balloons with corner light reflectors. About what it is and whether it poses a danger to Ukrainians - in the material Balloons over Ukraine .
13:44 Ukraine next week initiates the exclusion of Russia from the members of the FATF - an intergovernmental group on combating money laundering, Podolyak said. He explained that this, in particular, would significantly increase the cost of doing business with the Russian Federation, and therefore make it unprofitable for foreign counterparties. In addition, Russia will have fewer opportunities to circumvent sanctions, and an outflow of foreign direct investment will begin. The volume of trade between the Russian Federation and the world will further decrease. Podolyak recalled that when Iran was blacklisted by the FATF in 2020, its exports of goods and services fell by about 30%.
13:32 The number of wounded as a result of the Russian missile attack on Pokrovsk has grown to 12 people, at least two remain under the rubble, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District Pavel Kirilenko.
13:13 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said that in the coming months or even years, Ukraine will not receive fighter jets from the British side, since it will take a long time to train pilots and hundreds of engineers. According to him, London is primarily focused on ensuring that Ukraine can protect itself in the long term.
12:57 Journalist Dmitry Komarov visited the "decision-making center" and recorded an interview with the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky, which will be released as a film on February 24, the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Now the journalist showed a fragment of this film.
12:44 A group of US congressmen issued a resolution demanding that Biden stop military assistance to Ukraine. This is another step by a group of Republicans who have long been acting in the interests of Putin, according to the Can Explain channel . Putin's supporters in Congress are radical conservative Republicans. The lobby appeared during Trump's presidency and defended him from accusations of cooperation with the Russian Federation. Typically, these people also spread theories of white genocide, rumors of electoral fraud, and stuff about Satanists ruling America. All of them have been lobbying the interests of Russia for many years.
The Putin lobby wants to reverse the balance of power in Congress in 2023. Laws supporting Ukraine will be in effect for the next year, but the pro-Putin coalition is wooing other conservatives, hoping to keep them from being extended.
12:26 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, announced an aggravation in Belogorivka and in the Kremensky direction: the Russians are attacking in waves with the support of aviation. At the same time, he stressed that the enemy did not reach the administrative borders of the region, and the information disseminated by the occupiers does not correspond to reality. Ukrainian defenders hold the line.
11:58 The Russians launched a missile attack on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region - at least two people were injured, a high-rise building was damaged, the rescue operation continues, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
11:46 The tenth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation provides for trade restrictions on 11 billion euros, said Ursula von der Leyen. The European Commission proposes, in particular, to ban the supply to Russia of electronics necessary for the production of drones and helicopters.
11:43 Sweden is considering Ukraine's request for the supply of Gripen fighters, Defense Minister Paul Jonsson said. At the same time, he added that "we are facing restrictions due to the fact that these aircraft are very important for maintaining our territorial integrity."
11:39 97% of the entire Russian army is involved in Ukraine, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said. According to him, the potential combat effectiveness of the Russian army has been reduced by 40%, and almost two-thirds of the tanks have been destroyed or damaged.
11:37 In Mariupol and throughout the occupied part of the Donetsk region, the FSB began a complete blocking of services and the Google search engine. Zoom is also unavailable. So far, the ability to use exclusively through VPN remains, said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko.
11:34 Russia delays the work of the grain corridor and undermines the Black Sea Grain Initiative as a whole. In particular, Russian inspectors slow down inspection deadlines, regularly demand unregulated documentation, refuse to work during working hours, and so on. Less than half of the planned 10 inspections pass every day, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Infrastructure said in a joint statement.
Due to such Russian actions, in the last three months alone, 10 million tons of Ukrainian food have not been able to reach their destination countries, and a line of more than 140 ships has formed in the Bosphorus, the vast majority of which have been waiting there for more than a month. At the same time, Moscow enjoys the opportunity for unhindered merchant shipping from Russian Black Sea ports, while inspections of these ships in the Bosphorus are not carried out. This, in particular, makes it possible for Russia to use merchant ships to receive military cargo.
Ukraine calls on the international community, in particular the UN and Turkey as guarantors of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, to demand that the Russian Federation immediately stop artificial delays in the work of the grain corridor, stop attempts by the Russian Federation to use food as a weapon and unblock merchant shipping to the Ukrainian ports of the Black Sea.
11:19 There has been no shortage of power in the energy system of Ukraine for the fourth day in a row, and today it is not predicted yet. The power plants produce enough electricity to cover consumption, Ukrenergo said. Consumption limits to the regions have not been set to date, however, with an increase in consumption, shutdowns are possible. Odessa still has minor network restrictions due to damaged infrastructure, and hourly outage schedules apply.
10:56 Tactical retreats of Ukrainian troops in the Bakhmut area are possible, for example, to preserve personnel or improve the tactical situation, but it is important that the enemy does not have the opportunity to systematically break through the defense, said Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. According to him, in the event of a breakthrough in the defense, the enemy "brings down the rear and simply moves in the direction of the main attack - for example, in this case it is Slavyansk and Kramatorsk."
"Warriors in the Bakhmut direction perform a very important function - they bleed the enemy, destroy the best Russian units. With each such battle, the enemy becomes less and less combat-ready," Cherevaty explained.
10:37 The current activation of Russian troops should not be compared with a full-scale invasion a year ago, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in a comment to Channel 24: "We see that they cannot complete their tasks, but this does not mean that there will be no further attempts. The enemy has a reserve, there is an accumulated manpower, however, at the same time there is a problem with equipment and ammunition.
According to Yusov, the Russians understand that a Ukrainian counter-offensive and operations to liberate territories are inevitable, "that's why the enemy is in a hurry, and now continues strong attacks on both Ugledar and Bakhmut."
10:25 British intelligence notes that military production in Russia almost does not meet the requirements of the Russian Ministry of Defense to provide resources for the Ukrainian campaign and restore long-term defense needs. Analysts point out that senior Russian leaders are likely aware that the state's military-industrial production is becoming a critical weakness, exacerbated by the strategic and operational miscalculations of the invasion of Ukraine.
09:59 Yermak said that Kiev expects steps from the tenth package of EU sanctions against the Russian Federation to seize Russian assets in favor of Ukraine.
09:34 The United States may announce the largest package of military assistance to Ukraine for 10 billion dollars on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation on February 24, writes Sky News. At the same time, it is expected that F-16 fighters will not enter there.
09:16 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in an interview with Tagesschau that the allies will consider the issue of supplying fighters to Ukraine in 3-4 months, and now it is necessary to strengthen Ukrainian air defense: "If the sky over Ukraine is safe in the next three to four months, then it will be possible to talk about all further steps. Only then does it make sense. The issue of fighters will certainly be discussed in Brussels."
09:10 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died - in Konstantinovka. Another person in the region was injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
In the Kherson region, two people were injured, according to the IVA.
08:57 The Russian Federation Council will meet for an unscheduled meeting on February 22, the State Duma meeting is also scheduled on the same day. The Russian media write that the Federation Council will consider laws on the "legal integration of new regions" that day. It is assumed that these laws must be adopted before March 1.
Putin will announce the message to the Federal Assembly on February 21, and February 22 is the anniversary of Russia's "recognition" of the "DPR" and "LPR".
08:41 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 15.
personnel - about 139,770 (+690) people liquidated,
tanks - 3290 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 6507 (+7),
artillery systems - 2303 (+4),
MLRS - 466 (+0),
air defense systems - 236 (+2),
aircraft - 298 (+0),
helicopters - 286 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 2011 (+0),
cruise missiles - 857 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 5161 (+6),
special equipment - 219 (+1).
08:34 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Miner directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in areas of more than 20 settlements. Among them are Gryanikovka, Kharkiv region; Nevsky, Kremennaya, Belogorovka, Luhansk region; Fedorovka, Bakhmut, Ivanovskoye, Vodyanoye, Pervomayskoye, Maryinka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Vugledar and Prechistovka in Donetsk region.
To hide their losses, the Russians in the area of the village of Krasnaya Zorka, Simferopol region of Crimea, burn the corpses of their dead soldiers. At the local crematorium there is a constant queue of about ten military vehicles. Cremation goes on around the clock, while the crematorium is not available to civilians.
07:23 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), unlike a number of Western analysts and officials, considers Ukraine's decision to defend Bakhmut to be strategically justified. According to ISW experts, the defense of Bakhmut forced the Kremlin to spend a significant part of the forces of the Wagner PMC and use significant resources of the airborne forces to support a grueling offensive. The Ukrainian defense of Bakhmut significantly weakened Russian forces and is likely to create favorable conditions for a future Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The ISW also noted that Russian ground forces on the Kola Peninsula in northwest Russia have been reduced to one-fifth of their original strength before the invasion of Ukraine, confirming that the Kremlin is not overly concerned about the military threat from NATO.
06:15 The US Army announced the conclusion of contracts worth 522 million dollars with two companies for the production of artillery ammunition for Ukraine. Orders were received by Northrop Grumman Systems and Global Military Products amid fears that Ukraine is rapidly running out of artillery shells, writes AFP. Deliveries of new ammunition are scheduled to begin in March. The contracts are funded by the Pentagon's Ukraine Security Support Initiative.
01:02 Rezneikov said that the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine at a meeting in the Ramstein format on February 15 will pay more attention to discussing the supply of tanks to Ukraine.
00:27 The National Police reported that they took all the children out of Ugledar - the 15-year-old son of the priest remained the only child in the city, his family refused to leave. As a result, the police managed to persuade them and take the boy and his family out. More than 300 adults remain in the city and refuse to leave the city.
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[RIA] Last week, American warplanes shot down a Chinese balloon and three more unidentified flying objects. One object was a "small metal ball", another was something octagonal (with ropes hanging from it), the third was "like a small car."
The fighter pilots could not explain what exactly they shot down. The wreckage of unidentified flying objects promise to search. The trouble is that most of the incidents took place in Alaska and the Yukon, and these are thousands of square kilometers of uninhabited snowy desert, which Jack London dubbed "White Silence".
US Air Force General Glen Vanherke said that " objects " - that is, their recordings on aircraft video cameras - are being studied by intelligence, and at this stage no versions are ruled out - up to the extraterrestrial origin of these gizmos. No, Vanherke is not a retired retiree, long living in the world of his fantasies, he is an active high-ranking military man.
It would be surprising, of course, but the Pentagon has been actively shaking the topic of UFOs for several years now. With the help of monographs, seminars and publications in the intellectual media, it was transferred from the category of conspiracy trash to the category of completely normal things that astronomers, intelligence officers, pilots and engineers discuss with the most serious look.
Little green men live not only in the head of an Air Force general. They have been successful in helping the US military to cut the budget money and open the Overton windows in the field of military affairs, politics and international relations.
The only question was, whose are these little men? We in Russia were, of course, waiting for a new saga about the adventures of Petrov and Boshirov, who this time managed to successfully pretend to be "small metal balls." This is typical of our Russian camouflage.
Surprisingly, this time they did without the Russians. American politicians, at least their Republican part, without seeing these mysterious objects, firmly believe that all UFOs were made in China.
Maybe the communists wanted to reconnoiter something in the vast American expanses - although why, it would seem, if the Chinese satellite constellation sees everything anyway? Maybe – this version goes very well with the American deep people – the objects sprayed the coronavirus over America, or even something worse.
Naturally, China reacted to this nonsense with irritation. The Global Times noted that this whole "infantile farce" does not at all make the world feel the power and strength of the United States, on the contrary, it demonstrates the vulnerability of the ex-hegemon.
What remains in the bottom line from all this space opera? Republicans are trolling Democrats for not being able to deal with the “Chinese threat.” Parenthetically, Chinese weather balloons and balloons have been flying over America for years, and no one cares. Okay, the Democrats are ordering the military to shoot down the balloon. Republicans are outraged - why so late? The Democrats, in response, raise fighter jets into the air and begin to shoot down everything that moves.
It turns out that in peacetime, in the absence of planned exercises, US fighter jets dart across North America and destroy everything they see as a threat. The Prime Minister of Canada unquestioningly lets them into his airspace, and they have fun there as they want.
On the orders of Supreme Commander Biden, an American F-22 shot down an object in Canadian airspace with a missile. Okay, what if aliens drive the next UFO into British airspace, for example? Biden will close the sky over Britain?
In fact, the algorithm for working with all sorts of obscure flying objects is spelled out in the Convention on International Civil Aviation. Characteristically, there is not a word in it that the command of the US Air Force should be engaged in the interception of weather balloons and drones in foreign airspace. But when the Americans were interested in international rules, even if the convention was adopted in Chicago ?
No one has yet explained what kind of threat the "objects" posed. However, it is clear to everyone what a threat American fighters pose in the air. Tens of thousands of people - Americans and Canadians - flying peacefully on business, ended up in the zone of destruction of the American military last week. By some miracle, everything went off without dangerous incidents. But the Republicans and Democrats did a good job of promoting and trolling each other. This is to the peculiarities of the domestic political struggle in the United States.
And for the outside world, this skillfully staged hysteria with UFOs and Chinese intrigues has become an excellent camouflage for the terrorist attack on the Nord Streams. God forbid, some honest journalist - this is an endangered species, of course, but they still exist - will begin to develop the investigation of Seymour Hersh?
He will assume that Washington really organized sabotage on the gas pipeline. Find those US military who participated in last year's exercises in the Baltic Sea . He will ask questions to German businessmen who invested billions of euros in the construction of "streams", and then realized that Chancellor Scholz knew about the impending explosion in advance and did not tell them anything. Connect environmental activists, finally.
After all, if Hersh is right, then how crazy the American administration, struggling with global warming, organized, it turns out, the world's largest environmental catastrophe. How many tons of methane have spilled into the Baltic Sea? All the cows in the world cannot produce that much.
And even if there is no honest journalist, these questions will continue to accumulate in the brain of an ordinary citizen, no matter where he lives - in Germany or Norway , in the USA or China. Because, there is a fear that a successful terrorist attack does not go alone, and our strategic opponents will get a taste and will arrange sabotage on the territory of any country that they do not like with something.
So that such harmful questions do not climb into the heads, the information field is mercilessly clogged with tales about UFOs. Little green men successfully work for the White House. And you say aliens don't exist.
Vlasovites is a reference to Soviet General Andrey Vlasov who defected to Germany during WWII. He is to Russia what Benedict Arnold and Jane Fonda are to America. by Dmitry Kosyrev
[RIA] Several hundred Russian citizens are fighting against us somewhere near Artemovsk. There was a report about this in The New York Times - a long one, with pictures and large capital letters. In general, a complete Pulitzer, especially since the author is just the winner of the corresponding award in the field of journalism.
Before, we heard rumors about the "Russian Legion," some of whose fighters are from among those who fled to Ukraine "for democracy" long ago, and some - made their way there last year. And then there is the question: how to deal with this? A simple and understandable reaction: what happened to the Vlasovites? This is how it needs to be now.
But imagine that you are a judge, well, an assessor, or even better: you were appointed to one of these people as a lawyer from the state. And your job is to find at least some circumstances that justify them, on which the sentence depends - life or not quite. By the way, the newspaper reports that our Prosecutor General's Office opened a case against them in order to recognize the legion as a terrorist organization.
And here you and I show the universal understanding inherent in our civilization, forgiveness, and so on: Russian people, pity them. But read the details of the report. Here is a young man of 18-19 years old who escaped from some St. Petersburg university, his call sign is Zaza, he says: “Well, at such a young age, my political views are still being formed, but in any case, when your country was captured by one bad person, you must take matter in your own hands."
And here is his opposite: call sign - Caesar, age - about 50 years. He was a Russian nationalist-imperial, but something in this ideology did not suit him. Now he says that the Russians do not kill civilians and do not rape children (hereinafter - a complete list of theses of Kyiv propaganda). So it’s not the Russians who are fighting in Ukraine - the villains have no nationality, and Caesar has already killed many former compatriots (that is, us), and after the liberation of Ukraine, he will go to overthrow the Kremlin regime.
Since you are a lawyer or an assessor, you can ask if it is allowed to mitigate the punishment because you are dealing with an outright moron - young or very mature. It seems like no: stupidity does not exempt from responsibility. Another thing is that these warriors say everything as it should be in their situation, but what they think is a difficult question. Maybe they feel sorry for themselves.
And from the details of the life of the "Russian Legion". First, there was a Ukrainian law, according to which one cannot serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a Russian passport . Now it is already possible. But this team is part of a foreign legion, that is, mercenaries - with the corresponding legal consequences. The article mentions that local residents treat them with great suspicion, they check for a long time and take them only as privates, while the officers are all Ukrainians. But the legionnaires are learning the Ukrainian language, they can already say "thank you."
In general, they try their best. And you know what efforts we are talking about. They need to prove their loyalty to their owners every day - and not with words. Got it. Is this an excuse for them? Hardly.
And they get very angry when they are trapped. Here we must recall the folk wisdom: rats are terribly angry if the ship from which they escaped does not sink. But here is another case, do not insult the rats: they are smart animals that do not want to destroy the ship at all - they feed there - and run only if they suspect that some kind of dirty trick is starting and the feeding will end.
So this comparison is suitable only for ideologues of hatred for their country, that is, for those who say or sing something on this topic. And the norm of responsibility for these speakers and singers is different. And those who took these speeches and songs in such a way that they took up arms are some completely different creatures.
In general, if you do better in the role of a lawyer of the "Russian Legion" - try and try, showing responsiveness and kindness.
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[RIA Novosti] The leader of the Killnet association told Gazeta.Ru about the involvement of Russian hackers in violations of the information system of the German airline Lufthansa.
“We killed the corporate network of Lufthansa employees with three million requests of fat data packets per second. It was an experiment on rats that was successful. Now we know how to stop the work of any airport in the world,” the source said.
The hacker called the attack a response to the decision of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to supply Kiev with Leopard 2 tanks.
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Lufthansa and Germany's national train operator blamed the problem on third-party engineering works on a railway line extension that took place on Tuesday evening, when a drill cut through a Deutsche Telekom fibre optic cable bundle.
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Can someone decipher that headline for me? Or am I having a stroke!
Read below the headline where it says "Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited." So it's translated from the original Russian by a computer. Sometimes it is fun to try to decipher the translations. But I'm not altogether certain that even the Russians have an easy time with their language.
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Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:34 The Russian calculation of the Kornet anti-tank missile system destroyed the Ukrainian observation post in the Avdievka direction. 21:05 TG-channel "Callsign Bruce"informed about the situation in Paraskovievka
"As I am informed, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop resistance, the most difficult battles are going on. The enemy cannon and rocket artillery work especially hard on us. Obviously, this is due to the fact that a small settlement is a northern suburb of Bakhmut and is now of strategic importance in the overall defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The route to Slavyansk passes through it, which has so far been only partially cut by the fighters of the Wagner PMC. There is also a salt mine named after Volodarsky, on the territory of which until 2015 there were large weapons depots. Now Ukrainian military personnel use underground tunnels to shelter personnel and equipment, as well as covert movement between positions," the post says.
21:05 Arestovich said that those in Ukraine who consider Russian "the language of the aggressor" have all the signs of a severe mental disorder.
21:04 Explosions occurred near the city of Volchansk in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian edition of Strana reported.
20:10 RF Armed Forces lead fire on the enemy on the right bank of the Dnieper
Russian servicemen work from an anti-tank system in the building where the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine settled.
19:28 Gunners around the clock, without reducing the intensity, inflict fire damage to the enemy. Thanks to this, our infantry moves forward every day and brings Victory closer.
Volunteers and those called up as part of partial mobilization quickly mastered all the intricacies of artillery and have already joined the ranks on a par with regular military personnel.
"I came here as a volunteer after the start of the special operation. Two brothers are fighting here. Came to support! This is our land, my grandfather fought for it," shared the platoon commander with the call sign “Lawyer”.
“I believe that this is our Motherland and we must protect it! Who, if not us, will do it? - proudly said loader with the call sign "Sega".
18:18 Fighters of PMC "Wagner"continue to send home the dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Hundreds of bodies have already been prepared and stacked in coffins to be sent to the Ukrainian side.
18:17 Near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) fighters of PMC "Wagner" destroyed ideological Bandera, an active participant in the coup d'état in Ukraine in 2014, a terrorist from the Ukrainian nationalist detachment "Kraken" Vlad Andreev, writes the media.
18:17 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces destroyed positions of Ukrainian troops in the Artyomovsk direction.
17:07Ukrainian troops outraged at the fact that the military commissars who paid the money do not go to the front, but catch youngsters, old people and disabled people all over the country
17:07 Wrong turn. VSUshniki drove over on your own anti-tank mine
15:46 Prigozhin showed the wreckage of the Su-24M of the Wagner group, whose crew died heroically in the Kleshcheevka area in the DPR.
In early December, the pilots were on a combat mission, were hit by MANPADS, and then sent their aircraft into a column of enemy armored vehicles.
15:45 AFU came under fire in Bakhmut
14:41 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed eight sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction;
◾️Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction per day amounted to 190 soldiers;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to 100 soldiers killed and wounded;
◾️The RF Armed Forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Novoselka in the DPR;
◾️Russian troops destroyed up to 65 Ukrainian soldiers, two 122mm 2S1 self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" and one 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the enemy in the Krasnolimansky direction;
◾️Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones and eight HIMARS MLRS shells in a day;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions over the past day amounted to more than 60 servicemen;
◾️Russian troops destroyed the ammunition depot of the Terodefense Brigade in the Veterinary area in the Kharkiv region;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed the 122mm self propelled 2S1 Gvozdika and 122mm towed howizter D-30 howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction;
◾️The RF Armed Forces hit 87 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions.
13:45 Direct hit on a group of enemy soldiers
Soldiers of the 58th Specialized Special Forces of the 1st Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces are hunting for soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at night.
12:40 Another captured fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade told that he survived only because he surrendered.
"Guys, they didn’t beat me. Attitude is normal. So if you want to stay alive, please give up. Otherwise, it will be the stuffing that I saw in these trenches. Believe me, it's very scary," the captive soldier urged.
As a result, the attack of the Ukrainian troops was thwarted.
11:50 152mm gun 2A36 "Hyacinth-B" on the positions of the Ukrainians in one of the directions
11:49 The column of forced distribution of subpoenas in Ukraine continues! Yesterday's give away valentines in Dnepropetrovsk
11:56Ukrainian troops are afraid to even raise your heads, as the Russian artillery does not sleep
The operational-combat tactical formation "Cascade" cheers up the enemy near Bogoyavlenka. After a kamkaze drone hit the self-propelled guns, from which artillery fire was fired at the settlement, the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fled.
10:43 Ukrainian human rights activist Oleksiy Osker tells that people's deputies of Ukraine write out a bunch of allowances for themselves, among which there is even an article on "psychological assistance to victims of hostilities," but they don’t want to help ordinary citizens.
09:35 Shock UAV 1 of the Donetsk army corps.
Attack quadrocopters of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps constantly strike at the enemy without giving him a moment's rest and inflicting sensitive losses.
09:17 Personnel battle for a stronghold between Russian paratroopers and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special operation.
During the offensive operations, the soldiers of the "winged infantry," supported by artillery fire, suppressed the resistance of the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and forced the Ukrainian militants to leave their positions.
After some time, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of armored vehicles, tried to counterattack and recapture the company stronghold. Russian paratroopers timely revealed the intentions of the enemy and opened fire from anti-tank weapons, hand grenade launchers and small arms.
As a result of the fire of Russian paratroopers, the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was thwarted. During the battle, our paratroopers destroyed several armored vehicles and a large number of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:10 An air raid alert has been announced in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine and in the Kyiv-controlled part of Zaporozhye, they write in local publics.
08:15 Kupyanskoye direction. Over the past few days, the Russian Armed Forces have intensified their artillery strikes against enemy positions in the areas of settlements indicated onscheme.
There are problems with communication, electricity and water.
From the Kupyansky district they report that there is a mass distribution of subpoenas. Including people over 60 including drug addicts.
The enemy has stepped up hard counterintelligence measures. Phones, browser and messenger histories are checked.
The Russian army continues its offensive against Kupyansk.
08:05 Combat work calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the Western Military District for the destruction of objects and disguised positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During aerial reconnaissance, UAV crews uncovered the camouflaged positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and transmitted information to the artillery command post. After receiving the coordinates, the calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" struck at the enemy's positions.
"We hit targets. Good mood. We are ready and will work to the end," shared the commander of the firing platoon with the call sign “Iva”.
After the strike, the MLRS crews leave the firing position at maximum speed, reload in spare areas and advance to new lines.
07:50 Gods of war and UAV crew together worked out according to the positions of the enemy, you can see that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hiding in the area where civilians live.
07:30 Personnel sorties of Su-30SM and Su-35S aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a special operation.
During the performance of combat missions, the crews of multi-role fighters practiced patrolling in a given area and covering the actions of bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters during air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Flights of Russian Aerospace Forces fighters were carried out with suspended missiles of various classes.
During one of the sorties, an aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was detected and destroyed in a timely manner.
06:00 Yakut sniper with one shot liquidated two foreign mercenaries.
A unique case - two nationalists who came to fight against Russia were eliminated with one shot. The mercenaries were opened by radio communications.
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^ Nobody has any illusions about Putin. But then, it is also unwise to put all your faith in Joe Biden.
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I don't care about Biden, Russia invaded Ukraine and wants to literally rape Ukraine. I won't sit back and watch it and am thankful the US won't until Trump is re elected anyway.
Here is the God's truth about these genocidal bastards from Russian state TV. Biden has nothing to do with these genocidal bastards invading Ukraine.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1626266991739666434
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:24 The "southern" group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 190 Ukrainian military in the Donetsk direction, as well as eight pieces of equipment, including one American M777 howitzer, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. 21:48 Accurate hit according to the 122mm BM-21 "Grad" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Ugledar. The fighters of the BARS "Cascade" discovered and corrected the fire on the enemy combat vehicle.
21:47 Tankers near Kremennaya beat on Ukrainian troops
20:38 Boi in Ugledara: blow on the American 155mm self-propelled guns M109 by our Lancet kamikaze UAV.
19:40 Fixation of consequences of the artillery attack of Budyonnovsky and Proletarsky districts of Donetsk on February 15, 2023.
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the artillery attack of the Budyonnovsky and Proletarsky districts using the 300mm BM-30 Smerch MLRS, and also clarifieddirectionfiring and the type of missiles used.
18:50 Personnel fighting near Avdievka: our troops are working for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The village of Novoselovka Vtoraya is located in a lowland. Our fighters occupied the height closest to it. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are still higher. The situation on this sector of the front is quite complicated, for more than six months there have been fierce positional battles.
18:26 Ukrainian militants fired at Dokuchaevsk, firing five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
17:53 Ukrainian troops shelled the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, fired eight rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
17:48 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 15, 2023.
17:41 In the Ugledar direction: crews of Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems continue to perform combat missions during a special operation
Crews of the Tor-M2 air defense system of the Pacific Fleet naval infantry track and successfully destroy a wide range of enemy air attack weapons that pose a threat to the ground grouping of our troops in the Ugledar direction.
In the course of carrying out combat missions, anti-aircraft gunners are confidently fighting enemy reconnaissance and attack unmanned aerial vehicles. Due to its characteristics, the complex is the most effective means of dealing with small high-speed targets.
The main feature of the Tor air defense system is its unique ability to search for targets and destroy them on the move, being part of the convoys of vehicles.
Torahs are the key to maximum results in ensuring the security of our troops from air attacks.
17:26 Ukrainian troops fired on Yasinovataya, fired five rounds of 155mm caliber, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
17:20 Artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces in the Artyomovsky directiondestroyedpositions of the Armed Forces.
16:45 Military of the 11th Regiment of the DPR forces near the village of Novoselovka Vtoraya occupied dominating heights and have been fighting for several days.
"The servicemen of Ukraine are trying to fight them off. Already the fourth or fifth time, advancing again and again. As soon as the “eyes” see a Ukrainian serviceman, they immediately report to their higher leadership - and the “birds” fly up quickly ... They start working out with artillery - a very competent tactic," said RT correspondent Rokot.
16:34 Prigozhin explained the meaning of Artemovsk (Bakhmut): it is needed to paralyze the Ukrainian army there, and it is paralyzed there. You'll notice Prigozhin's reference to nukes two days ago was scrubbed from Russian internet. 16:16 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
15:57 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction per day amounted to 190 soldiers;
The RF Armed Forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Novoselka in the DPR;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions over the past day amounted to more than 60 servicemen;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed the 122mm selfpropelled Gvozdika and towed howitzer 122mm D-30 howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction.
14:30 Looks like New Kakhovka after yesterday's artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:15 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 15, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Leninsky district):
- on the street. Ivana Tkachenko, a woman born in 1945 was wounded.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Leninsky district:
- Damage was recorded to the building of the neurological department of the Central City Clinical Hospital No. 6 on the street. I. Tkachenko;
- Damage was recorded to the building of the plant management of the DMZ on the street. I. Tkachenko.
Budennovsky district:
- st. Prokofieva, 11/2, 40/2 - private residential buildings;
- st. Yeniseiskaya, 7/1, 7/2, 22/2, 24 - private residential buildings;
- st. Olshansky, 7 "a" / 1, 9/1, 9 "a" / 1, 10/1, 10 "a" / 1, 12/1, 16 "a" / 1 - private residential buildings;
- st. Olshansky, 9/1,11/2 - private houses;
- st. Olshansky, 11/1 - a private residential building; the car was also damaged;
- st. Olshansky, 7 "a" / 1, 9 "a" / 1 - apartment buildings;
- st. Orshanskaya, 17/1, 17/2 - private residential buildings;
- st. Orshanskaya, 19/1 - a private residential building; the car was also damaged;
- st. Orshanskaya, 25 - a private residential building; the car was also damaged.
14:05 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, fired eight rounds of 155mm caliber, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
13:48 Found and destroyed BC field depot and artillery position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. From here they shelled the Kyiv region of Donetsk. The houses of civilians were beaten last night.
13:45 Important information about Artemovsk:
The Wagners managed to advance towards Zaliznyansky and cross the Artemovsk-Slavyansk highway in several places. Also, our DRGs enter the rear of the Nazis. The route has now lost its purpose for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and is used exclusively as a line of defense.
At night, Wagner entered Praskovievka from the north, from the side of Krasnaya Gora and in the direction of Berkhovka. And in the morning they increased the pressure from the south. In case of success in the Berkhovsky direction, a threatening situation will soon develop for the Ukrainian militants in Paraskovyivka.
There are noticeable tactical advances in the northeast, east and southeast of Artemovsk, urban battles are going on.
In the Ivanovskoye-Stupochki area, the Wagners are regrouping for a subsequent offensive with the goal of completely cutting the Artemovsk-Konstantinovka highway, now it is under our fire control.
13:30 Ukrainian troops fired on the Kiev region of Donetsk, fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
13:20 APU continues provocative artillery attack of Kherson - this time a residential apartment building was destroyed.
Militants of the Kyiv regime regularly fire at the peaceful infrastructure of Kherson. One of the goals of such artillery attack is to blame the RF Armed Forces, but if you look at the footage of the consequences that appear on the network, it becomes obvious that it was the Ukronazis who fired.
At the place of damage to a residential building on the street. Platona, 17 (6 entrance), it can be determined that the shot was fired from Belozerka.
12:47 Tonight in the area of n.p. Daryevka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which, the artillery crew was destroyed by 122mm howitzer D-30, Five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were disposed of; Two received injuries of varying severity. This calculation carried out the criminal orders of the command by artillery attack the civilian infrastructure of the settlement. Cossack camps.
12:37 There is an expansion of the territory by fighters of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of the settlement. Zaliznyanskoye and Vasyukovka.
12:30 After 4 km, the RF Armed Forces will reach the main line of defense of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. For six months, along the Seversky Donets-Donbass Canal, the Armed Forces of Ukraine built defenses. Construction equipment worked daily, reinforced concrete slabs were imported, poured with concrete.
12:01 Photo: damaged houses on Dneprovsky Prospekt Nova Kakhovka after the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:47 UAV operatorcorrectsactions of the assault group of the RF Armed Forces to capture the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forests of the LPR.
11:12 A woman was injured during the artillery attack of the Budennovsky district of Donetsk from the Ukrainian 220mm MLRS "Smerch" - Kulemzin.
10:55 Ukrainian troops fired on the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, fired six rounds of 155mm caliber, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
10:40 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on February 15, 2023.
10:24 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for February 15, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Budennovsky district): - on the street. Olshansky 9 "a" suffered a woman born in 1953.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Budennovsky district):
— fixed damage to the building of the store "Phoenix" on the street. Orsha;
- st. Orshanskaya, 21, 25 - private residential buildings.
Proletarsky district:
- damage to the infrastructure of the Central City Clinical Hospital No. 9 was recorded.
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardei district):
— fixed damage to the administration building on the street. Malinovsky;
- st. Malinovsky, 52 - apartment building.
n.p. Ilovaisk: - fixed damage to the railway infrastructure st. Ilovaisk.
10:16 Ukrainian troops shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, fired three rockets from the Himars MLRS, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
10:09 AFU militants fired at the Kiev region of Donetsk, firing three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
10:05 AFU continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of the Kherson region - emergency services.
Yesterday, militants of the Kyiv regime fired 47 barrel artillery rounds at such settlements as Alyoshki, Podlesnoye, Cossack Camps, Dnepryan and others.
In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued artillery attack civilian infrastructure at night and fired a total of 41 more rounds at Kakhovka and Novaya Kakhovka, Hola Pristan, Aleshki and Lyubimovka.
Information about casualties and destruction is being clarified.
10:00 Ukrainian troops fired on the Proletarsky and Budenovsky districts of Donetsk, fired two rockets from the 300mm BM-30 Smerch MLRS, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
09:30 Personnel of RIA Novosti from Russian positions on the banks of the Kakhovka reservoir: the situation is stable, the soldiers are confident in the reliability of their fortifications.
09:25 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on February 14, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Makeevka (settlement Khanzhenkovo):
- as a result of an explosion at the GP, a teenage boy born in 2009 was injured. and a woman born in 1974
n.p. Krasnaya Polyana (included in the area of ??responsibility of the administration of Donetsk):
- a woman born in 1945 was wounded.
Thus, the total number of civilian casualties from the attacks of the VFU on February 14, 2023 is eight people (including two teenagers born in 2008 and 2009). The information continues to flow.
09:16 Appeared video rupture of a Ukrainian rocket in a residential area of Makeevka.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces once again shelled Makiivka. This time the Chervonogvardeisky district came under attack. The American rocket AGM-88 HARM was launched from Krasnoarmeysk. Official information about the victims and the extent of destruction has not yet been reported.
09:10100mm "Rapier" of the 1st Slavic Brigadeworksnear Donetsk.
Artillerymen of the 1st Slavic Brigade work in any weather on the enemy’s “oporniks”, work in the Donetsk direction, even in a blizzard without adjusting from the air, as everyone is used to now, the Brigade’s reconnaissance works on the ground - in the old fashioned way and corrects artillery from the ground
09:05 Near Bogoyavlenka in the DPR, the shock UAV of the OBTF DPR "Cascade"ledto the feelings of the crew of the self-propelled guns "Crab", from which fire was fired at the village. Ukrainian neo-Nazis, losing their pants, ran into the bushes.
08:50 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on February 15, 2023
08:43 Under fire from VFU Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka. Ukrainian troops fired one AGM-88 HARM missile, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
08:10 During the day, five people were injured on the territory of the DPR.
Over the past day, from 00:00 on February 14 to 00:00 on February 15, five civilians were injured as a result of artillery attack of the VFU on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:00 Front summary on the morning of 15.02.2023:
In the Uludar sector, Russian artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka and Bogoyavlenka. On the ground, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are trying to advance towards the city from the side of Nikolsky dachas. In the open terrain that prevails around the city, and even with a limited offensive resource, this is a very difficult task.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, launched assault operations in the Pobeda area. They also attacked on the southwestern outskirts of Marinka. Artillery hit the western part of the city. Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Pervomayskoye, Severnoye and Avdeevka were also under shelling. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Donetsk, Makeevka and Yasinovataya.
To the southwest of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian army counterattacked in the area of Ivanovskoye. Partially successful. Thus, the battles for the Konstantinovka-Bakhmut highway continue. PMC "Wagner" seeks to push through the Ukrainian defense on the eastern outskirts of the city. And to the north, despite the actual encirclement, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to resist in the area of Paraskovyovka.
At the same time, they are attacked from the south, east, north and northwest. Artillery also hits them from the dominant heights in Krasnaya Gora. To the north of Soledar, Wagner PMC is advancing on Fedorovka, Rozdolovka and Vesyoloye. In the area of the second of these settlements there is a promotion.
In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation again conducted offensive operations near Belogorovka. They also attacked in the direction of Zarechny, Nevsky and in the Ploschanka area. In the latter case, they managed to move the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
07:44 Ukrainian troops shelled Ilovaisk, fired five rockets from the Himars MLRS, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for the Regime and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports.
07:30 A powerful explosion thundered in Donetsk, a TASS correspondent reports.
06:25 Kakhovskoye reservoir. From here to the enemy about a kilometer.
"Neo-Nazis are sitting in a neighboring village, from where they were already halfway, in fact, knocked out during reconnaissance in force, which was recently, two weeks ago. And now it turns out that this village is half under them, half under the fighters of the armed forces of the Russian Federation," says the journalist Izvestia.
03:31 Wagner fighters successfully destroy during the assault on Artyomovsk in the DPR, enemy equipment, said one of the fighters on the outskirts of the city, for which there are fierce battles
01:30 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 02/14/2023 to 00:00 02/15/2023:
Over the past day, the Representation reported 21 cases of firing by the AFU. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 14 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. On Gorlovsky six artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 122mm. On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. By releasing 85 units of various ammunition.
The region of five settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Zaytsevo, Horlovka (Nikitovsky, Kalininsky districts), the capital city. Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardei district), Yasinovatsky district.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of five civilians, incl. a teenager born in 2008, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and Staromikhaylovka.
Three civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
In the previous day, 81 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
[VIDMAXVIRAL] Russian Tank Convoy Rolls Right into a Ukrainian Mine Field, Bad Day Turns to Death Pretty Quick
Just going for a casual stroll in a neighboring country didn't end too well for these Ruskies. Watch as one after another their tanks and APCs get blown to bits by Ukrainian anti-tank mines.
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Part of it that the Russians think they already cleared the area. The Ukrainians are relaying mines in those lanes using artillery dropped mines. The US has sent thousands of these booby traps.
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^ you mix your mine field. Big ones laid for vehicles, smaller ones for personnel trying to clear out the big ones. You don't want to waste your big boomers on small targets.
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Yes, but I think the US doesn't use antipersonnel mines anymore, command triggered Claymores excepted. Though not a signatory, the US abides by the spirit of the UN anti-mine pact.
[An Nahar] The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... is considering a new set of sanctions totaling 11 billion euros against Russia and some third countries providing vital goods that Moscow uses to boost its troops on the battlegrounds in Ukraine.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that the package under consideration by the EU's 27 member countries specifically seeks to deprive Russia of military equipment it needs and cannot get anywhere else.
It includes proposals to subject seven Iranian entities to sanctions to try to prevent Russia from using Iranian drones to hit Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
The proposals put forward by von der Leyen center on additional electronic weapons components for equipment such as drones, missiles, helicopters and thermal cameras. She had hinted at some of the measures during an EU-Ukraine summit early this month.
If the proposals are endorsed unanimously by the EU members, "we have banned all tech products found on the battlefield," von der Leyen said.
Ambassadors were to assess what is called a 10th package of sanctions against Russia later Wednesday. It is further expected to be discussed during a Monday meeting of EU foreign ministers in hopes of having final approval by the Feb. 24 anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The package also tries to close loopholes that have allowed some measures from earlier packages to be circumvented and seeks to go after oligarchs who try to escape sanctions.
EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said it will also seek to target 100 additional individuals and entities, including those who have been involved in kidnappings and taking Ukraine children to Russia.
Usually, EU sanctions are decided in close cooperation with major Western partners like the United States and Britannia. The partners usually announce similar packages within a very short time frame.
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[INOSMI] Recently, European Union sanctions came into force, including a ceiling on prices for Russian oil products, as well as a ban on their import by sea. The G7 and Australia have followed the EU's lead and taken similar measures to limit the cost of goods. This is the second time that Western countries have imposed a price cap on imported oil products sold by Moscow - the first time was in December 2022, when black gold was capped at $60 per barrel.
Suffering from energy shortages, soaring energy prices and high inflation, the European Union continues to tighten sanctions against the Kremlin. When will the energy crisis end on the continent? In the short term, there is no answer to this question.
On February 4, the European Commission released a statement saying that the price cap mechanism for Russian oil products will be extended to all relevant goods exported by Moscow. It also sets a price ceiling: for relatively expensive products such as gasoline, diesel and kerosene, it is $100 per barrel, and for fuel oil or naphtha it is $45 per barrel.
If third countries buy oil products sold by the Kremlin at a price above the ceiling, the states that introduced the ceiling will stop providing them with trade, insurance, financial and transport services. Based on its absolute dominance in the field of global shipping insurance services, the EU holds the biggest "trump card", which can limit the price of black gold from Russia.
Until February 4, the European Union had already carried out two rounds of oil sanctions against Moscow. In June 2022, the EU announced a ban on the import of Russian oil and oil products by sea, but decided not to temporarily impose measures against resources supplied through pipelines. The embargo went into effect on February 5 this year. In December 2022, the EU, the G7 and Australia set a price ceiling for Kremlin crude at $60 per barrel. The European Union recently said it will continue to monitor the effectiveness of the restrictions and will adjust them as necessary going forward.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the EU-G7-Australia agreement to cap the price of Russian black gold "will play a key role in our global coalition's efforts to undermine Moscow's ability to financially support the special operation in Ukraine."
In response to European sanctions, the Kremlin recently announced that it would formally ban oil supplies to legal entities and individuals that directly or indirectly use price caps in contracts as of February 1. This order will last until July 1st.
According to the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation, Moscow refuses to cooperate with traders who, in any form, comply with Western measures to limit prices. The ministry stressed that the price ceiling is illegal Western interference in market mechanisms that disrupts the world's energy supply, and the countries concerned must work together to fix this.
"The main goal of the EU sanctions is to reduce the profitability of Russian oil exports by limiting prices, reduce Moscow's budget revenues, weaken its economic power and force it to end the special operation in Ukraine in the near future," said Ding Chun, director of the Center for European Studies at Fudan University. He noted that after the start of the conflict, the EU thought that it was at a historical crossroads, and security came to the fore. For this reason, a block of countries is ready to suffer economic damage.
Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst at the Russian National Energy Security Fund, recently said that the oil price ceiling would boomerang on Western countries themselves: “People should not think that sanctions will only work unilaterally,
Statistics showed that imports of Russian diesel fuel by EU countries in 2022 reached 220 million barrels, which accounted for half of the total share of imports. At the beginning of this year, the volume of purchases by European states of this resource amounted to a record 600,000 barrels per day. To get rid of years of dependence on Russian oil, the EU is going through "terrible pain."
According to Ding Chun, black gold is the most important commodity and the main raw material in the chemical industry, it supports the normal operation of many related fields. The cost of energy resources is a significant factor stimulating inflation. Persistently high oil prices inevitably spur general price increases in the euro area, affect the activities of the relevant manufacturing companies and have some impact on the EU energy transition, industrial production and social security of the population.
Wang Yiwei, director of the Center for European Union Studies at Renmin University of China, noted that the EU has tried to diversify energy suppliers by turning to other states. Howeverthe attempt to find an alternative to Russian resources has only increased the asking price of oil-producing countries (the US, the countries of the Middle East and Africa) and strengthened their voice in the international arena, as well as the voice of transit countries such as Turkey. All of this has effectively multiplied the EU's energy costs and burdens and increased its external dependence on energy.
Prior to the ban, the European Union was already importing diesel fuel from the United States, India and the Middle East to replace initial supplies from Russia, according to Al Jazeera. The Economist reports thatsanctions helped Moscow get around the oil embargo: “One of the main consequences of the ban is that Russian diesel fuel no longer goes directly to the EU. Instead, countries like India or Saudi Arabia buy cheap oil from Moscow, refine it in their factories and finally sell diesel fuel to Europe."
"In the long term, in order to alleviate the energy crisis, the European Union must promote energy transformation, but the problem is that this requires large financial investments from the state." Wang Yiwei believes that the bloc is currently facing many challenges: high inflation, depreciation of the euro, supply chain disruptions and frequent strikes. The region cannot keep pace with the green transition and is finding it increasingly difficult to exercise macro control through uniform fiscal means such as a carbon tax. The EU's overall capacity for the transition to clean energy is limited. It is still unclear whether he can smoothly carry out the transformation.
“The energy crisis in Europe is far from over, and the real cold will come to Europe in the winter of 2023,” the forecast of Demosthenes Floros, senior energy economist at the Italian Centro Europa Ricerche, is no longer a sensational discovery.
The energy dilemma in which the EU finds itself has a direct impact on the slowdown in economic recovery.Eurozone inflation stood at 8.5% year-on-year in January, still well above the 2% target set by the European Central Bank, according to preliminary statistics released by Eurostat. At present, the economies of many countries on the continent are still stagnating with almost zero growth, as they have not managed to completely get rid of the risk of recession. The GDP of Germany, the locomotive of the European economy, fell by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the previous period. The country's Federal Statistical Office stated that the main reason is the sharp increase in the cost of imported energy carriers due to the Ukrainian crisis.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) recently sounded the alarm on Europe's energy supply in 2023, saying the EU should not relax over the recent fall in resource prices. The IEA called on governments to take immediate action to ensure the security of the energy supply.
According to Wang Yiwei's analysis, there is significant disagreement within the EU over the price ceiling for oil from Russia. For countries that are more dependent on its energy carriers, such as Hungary and Germany, it is in reality difficult to limit or even stop imports. Some countries with a large financial burden find it difficult to compensate for the impact of rising energy costs on social production and living conditions through fiscal policy. However, the EU has finally come to a consensus on price caps for Russian black gold.
This indicates that the United States has a great influence on the politics of the continent. Many transatlantic and pro-American forces within the EU are increasingly influencing the bloc's policy making, and its strategic autonomy is shrinking.
The Economist notes that the most worrisome consequence of the Russian oil ceiling is that it will accelerate the "decoupling" of the global economy and lead to a further drop in living standards. Other oil-producing countries will be forced to join the great power game, which will create many political obstacles to free trade.
"The European Union and other states of the Western camp have jointly limited the price of Russian black gold. This move has directly distorted the principles of the world oil market, exacerbated the unpredictability of fluctuations in energy prices and increased the instability of the international energy supply scheme." Ding Chun believes that at present Moscow and Europe are playing a fierce game on the issue of oil pricing, and disagreements within the EU have not disappeared. The outcome of this game is yet to be seen.
[REGNUM] The skies over the Western Hemisphere - especially North America - in recent days have given us not only a spy scandal involving China, but also a new wave of rumors about the existence of UFOs. What kind of mysterious objects flew over the USA and Canada, how do they differ from each other and who benefited in the end.
The Chinese balloon, which made so much noise, turned out to be the most common meteorological probe for measuring atmospheric parameters. Objects of this kind have been used by meteorologists around the world, including in the United States, almost since the middle of the 20th century. They regularly cross air borders, and it is highly doubtful that no one in the Pentagon has heard of such a thing.
The balloon was first seen over the Aleutian Islands on January 28. However, the hype began to grow at the moment when he calmly flew through the entire central and eastern part of the United States and did not receive any intelligible reaction from either the US Department of Defense or the White House.
Only on February 4, the balloon was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean just ten kilometers from the resort town of Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.
Almost simultaneously, numerous photos of the second balloon appeared on social networks, heading towards the United States from South America. He was spotted in Venezuela, Colombia and Costa Rica and later tried to shoot down over the city of Billings in Montana. The attempt was unsuccessful, and later information about this object disappeared from the English-language information reports.
But the public immediately began to regale stories about the spy properties of Chinese balloons, which looked spectacular against the backdrop of the postponed visit of Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Beijing.
THE VERGE OF A FOUL TRICK OF THE UNKNOWN
The story with balloons caused a series of scandals in the United States: individual members of the US House of Representatives (from among the Republicans) demanded an investigation into both the actions of President Joe Biden and the heads of defense departments.
Not without the statements of the 45th President Donald Trump, who boasted that under him, all attempts at espionage by China were immediately stopped.
In principle, it was difficult to expect that persons, one way or another affiliated with the Republican Party, would miss the chance to once again kick political competitors. At the same time, it is important to note that all this took place in the mode of on-duty rituality , but did not go beyond the limits of the permissible.
However, by the time the third balloon appeared in the sky over Alaska in the Prudhoe Bay region on February 10 and was shot down, the situation was already on the verge of a foul.
The new object was different from Chinese balloons, flew at an altitude of 12 kilometers and almost reached the size of a car in shape. At the same time, according to official data, it was not equipped with any control system.
The next day, a fourth cylindrical balloon was found, this time over the Yukon Territory in Canada, 60 kilometers from the US border.
In the best traditions of a bad joke, on February 12, a new flying object appeared over Lakes Michigan (USA) and Huron (Canada), which was an octagonal structure with threads hanging from it and not having any visible load. At the same time, the object, according to the head of the US Northern Command Glenn Vanherk, “was negligible”, and the pilots could not hit it.
As a result of the hunt for the last (or should I say extreme?) balloon, the American authorities closed the airspace, first over Lake Michigan, and then the Canadian ones over Lake Huron. The Canadian authorities even activated the air defense system and calmly waited for the US military to shoot down the object.
The particular piquancy of this situation is the fact that the last few balloons with a high degree of probability were of civilian origin. In order to build such an object, serious financial or technical resources are not required, and this is quite within the power of some local figures from the United States or Canada who decided to “joke” on the wave of general hysteria and the sluggish reaction of the government, which at first seemed stupid.
However, after shooting down a balloon over Michigan, the American authorities finally showed that they planned to use the whole story to their advantage.
RETURN OF THE UFO
On the first day after the discovery and elimination of the balloon, the head of the Northern Command, Glen Vanherke, was asked during a briefing at the Pentagon about the possible extraterrestrial origin of the object.
Vanherk said that he would leave the intelligence and counterintelligence to make an opinion on this account. Personally, he does not rule out any versions at this stage.
The general also noted that at the moment, US military personnel continue to evaluate any unknown or potential threat that approaches North America, and try to identify each of them.
The announcement made a lot of noise.
The situation was aggravated by the fact that on February 12 the sky over the countries of the Western Hemisphere threw other surprises.
In particular, the Uruguayan authorities have declared a red alert level due to unidentified flying objects in the department of Paysandu. Twenty people, among whom was the director of the region for tourism, witnessed incomprehensible flashes in the sky.
This episode immediately came under scrutiny by investigators from the Uruguayan Commission for the Receipt and Investigation of UFO Reports, who, together with representatives of the armed forces of Uruguay, began interviewing witnesses.
Also that day, unconfirmed rumors swirled on social media of twinkling lights in the sky over Guayaquil in Ecuador and even over Madrid and Mallorca in Spain .
In social networks, chats and forums of a very specific audience immediately revived, the most adequate of which can be called X-Files fans. Many of them immediately went in search of the wreckage of balloons, and along with the aliens.
A few hours later, the White House reported that the latest aerial downed situations did not indicate extraterrestrial activity .
But the calming effect of this statement was immediately leveled: President Joe Biden ordered an interagency analysis of the UFO phenomenon, and a little earlier, Pentagon Assistant for the Western Hemisphere, Melissa Dalton, announced that the US authorities had decided to strengthen airspace control after cases of flying objects in the sky over the country.
In fact, the ruling circles of the United States decided to artificially increase political instability in the country and plunge their own population into stress, for which stories about UFOs are of particular importance.
This is due to several factors at once, among which we can note the activities of the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which in the mass consciousness of the average American is steadily associated with studies of the so-called extraterrestrial activity.
Also of great importance is the very specific psychological climate in the United States, which has been repeatedly noted by both physicians and criminologists.
Mental illness of varying severity, all kinds of addictions, drug therapy prescribed since childhood, and some forms of borderline behavior are not only perceived much more tolerantly here than in other countries, but are often directly encouraged by near-state structures.
Against the background of all of the above, a significant part of the local population is characterized by increased anxiety and excitability, which gives vast scope for various kinds of manipulations.
WHAT ARE UFOS AND WHAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE USED FOR
Excluding elements of "extraterrestrial activity" from this story, it is necessary to perceive UFOs precisely as flying objects of unknown origin.
Very often, various kinds of optical illusions, man-made situations or testing of new weapon prototypes (with the participation of the same DARPA) are mistaken for UFOs.
If we talk about the balloons featured in this story, then their simple design makes them difficult to detect from the radar side. In addition, they cannot be noticed with the help of an air defense system operating in standard mode - after all, when working with it, you must enter specific parameters to search for an object, which in this case is extremely difficult to recognize.
Both state structures and civilians can launch such an object, and both categories have the same chances of provoking the activation of the air defense system.
In this case, the story of unidentified flying objects in the sky over North America allowed the US authorities to declare the need to strengthen control over airspace, as well as to create another departmental commission.
All of the above is unlikely to solve the mysteries of space, but it will definitely become a reason for concluding new military contracts that will allow you to extract another round sum from the US federal budget and make good money. It is easier to believe in extraterrestrial civilizations than that local officials can resist such a thing.
Commentary by Russian military correspondent Rybar. Link to article supplied by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Recently, the American media reported about Iraq's plans to replace the fleet of Mi-17 transport helicopters with US and Japanese-made Bell 412s. The reason allegedly was the lack of spare parts for equipment from Russia, which makes it difficult to operate.
Problems with components in the Iraqi Air Force began long before the NWO. At the beginning of 2021, for this reason, not only the Su-25 attack aircraft, but also the Chinese CH-4 attack drones turned out to be completely incapacitated.
However, under the current conditions, the United States can additionally encourage the authorities in Baghdad to abandon Russian-made aircraft in order to then transfer it to Ukraine. Earlier, the Americans did the same with Afghan Mi-17s.
What else can the Iraqi Air Force send to the APU?
In addition to 19 Mi-8/17 multi-purpose helicopters, the local air forces also have about 20 Mi-35M attack helicopters in their arsenal. The equipment is relatively new and was purchased after the American invasion in 2003.
In theory, all the Su-25s received in Russia and Belarus can also go to Ukraine. In 2014-2017, the country's armed forces intensively used them for fire support of ground forces in battles with IS, but for several years the aircraft have been on the ground and have not been used in any way.
The Iraqi Air Force also has a dozen modern Mi-28N/UB attack helicopters. However, their transfer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine is extremely unlikely due to the impossibility of training flight crews and potential huge difficulties in finding components.
So, in Baghdad, will they really give all this to Ukraine?
At first glance, the Iraqis really benefit from getting rid of Russian-made aircraft. Problems with its maintenance did not begin yesterday and will only get worse, and the fleet of combat-ready boards will decrease even when other vehicles are dismantled for spare parts.
But even in such a situation, several pitfalls await Iraq:
➖The United States does not seek to supply modern helicopters and aircraft to the country. At best, cars of a different class will be sent to Baghdad, at worst, outright illiquid assets. So, instead of the Mi-17, they want to give the Iraqis the light Bell 412, which, although they can carry guided missiles, but have a much lower carrying capacity.
➖The transfer of aircraft to Ukraine may be hindered by pro-Iranian and opposition forces, such as supporters of the odious Ayatollah Muqtada al-Sadr. They will try to play on the feelings of the population and expose competitors as US puppets, exacerbating the already serious political crisis in the country.
➖Given the broad support of the RF Armed Forces and the NMD among the pro-Iranian groups, the very fact of official support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Iraqi authorities on the direct instructions of the United States will serve as a powerful pretext for popular discontent.
Therefore, with a high probability, the authorities in Baghdad, even if they do not refuse the offer from Washington, will engage in ordinary eastern bargaining in order to get the most favorable conditions.
The process will be delayed, and it is quite possible that the Iraqis will eventually limit themselves to the transfer of not the largest batch of vehicles.
Nevertheless, the example of attempts to achieve the rearmament of the Iraqi air fleet is indicative in itself and clearly demonstrates the desire of the United States to collect equipment everywhere for its subsequent transfer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
And in the near future the Americans will obviously make similar proposals to other states. For example, in Latin America: there are just so far untouched stocks of Soviet and Russian weapons.
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"Nearly all equipment used by U.S. military forces in Afghanistan was either retrograded or destroyed prior to our withdrawal," Lodewick said in a statement last week.
Yea, ok, if that's what you want to believe. Too many people stayed behind. Now we know why.
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