[ThePostil] We are very happy to bring you this excerpt from Colonel Jacques Baud’s latest book, The Russian Art of War: How the West Led Ukraine to Defeat (L’art de la guerre russe: Comment l’occident conduire l’ukraine a la echec). This is a detailed study of the two-year old conflict in which the West has brutally used the Ukrainians to pursue an old pipedream: the conquest of Russia.
The book is being translated into English, and we will update this page when it is published. In the meantime, we provide a generous excerpt, along with a detailed Table of Contents, to give you a taste of this very important and much-needed book.
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[LB] Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytskyi, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, Sumy, and Kherson regions were also attacked. Also, on the morning of January 4, the enemy struck the Kirovohrad region.
In Khmelnytskyi region tonight, during an air alert, air defense forces neutralized two Shahed UAVs. There were no casualties, there was no damage to the infrastructure. Information regarding the destruction of private property is being clarified, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Chernihivska, there were seven shellings (27 explosions) per day. The enemy shelled the Novgorod-Siversky district with mortars, artillery, and a tank. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified.
In Sumy, during the night and morning, the Russians carried out six shellings of border areas and settlements. 18 explosions from mortars and artillery were recorded. Krasnopilsk and Druzhbivsk communities were shelled. No consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 25 shellings of border territories and settlements. 184 explosions were recorded. Bilopolska, Krasnopilska, Khotynska, Yunakivska, Myropilska, Velikopysarivska, Glukhivska, Seredino-Budska, Sveska communities came under fire. One person was wounded in the Velykopisarivsk community as a result of shelling. A private household, an apartment building, two private shops, a pharmacy, and three private cars were damaged.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 97 shells (486 shells) during the day, including five artillery shells (19 shells) on Kherson. The rioters targeted the districts of 32 settlements of the region, an educational institution in the Kherson district, and the territory of an enterprise in Beryslav. Yesterday, the occupying forces hit Sadovoy with artillery. One of the shells hit a residential building. A local resident died under the rubble of the house. Rescuers retrieved his body from under the destroyed house. Novotyaginka came under fire from the Russian occupation forces. As a result of the shelling, a woman born in 1941 received injuries incompatible with life. In total, two people died during the day due to Russian aggression.
In Luhansk, airstrikes were carried out on Stelmakhivka, Novoyehorivka, Serebryansk Forestry. During the day, the enemy fired 158 rounds (561 shells).
In the Kharkiv evening, the occupiers attacked Kharkiv. Previously - with S-300 missiles. Hitting the ground. No casualties. The blast wave blew out windows in a five-story building. More than 15 settlements were hit by enemy artillery and mortar fire, including: Alisivka, Liptsi, Lukyantsi, Staritsa, Zybyne, Odradne, Dvorichna, Synkivka, Ivanovka, Berestovka. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the area of the settlements of Morokhovets, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka, Podoli, Berestov, and Kolodyazne. Also yesterday - enemy shelling of Vovchansk. No casualties. Yesterday, the occupiers shelled Podyla. A private house was damaged. No casualties. Also - enemy shelling near Zolochev. Fixed hits in the field. The enemy fired at Liptsi. No casualties. Yesterday afternoon between the villages of Hlyboke and Morokhovets, an enemy air defense system exploded. Without destruction. In the evening - enemy shelling of Liptsi. A private residential building was damaged.
In Zaporizhzhia, the occupiers struck 159 strikes on 23 towns and villages in the line of fire. 111 artillery shells fell on the territory of Zaliznychny, Novodanilivka, Levadny, Gulyaipilsky, Preobrazhenka, Poltavka, Robotyny, Novoandriivka, Orikhov, Maly Shcherbaki and other front-line settlements. The Rashists carried out 33 UAV attacks on Gulyaipol, Novoandriivka, Novodarivka, Charivny, Krasnoye, Malynivka, Malya Tokmachka, Shcherbaki, Robotyny, Poltavaka, Pyatikhatki and Lobkovo, seven attacks from the salvo missile systems of Orikhov, Novodarivka, Maalay Tokmachka, Novoivanivka, Robotyny and Pyatikhatok, as well as were hit by eight aircraft shells in Orikhov and Novodarivka. 11 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings. Civilians were not injured.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday afternoon, our defenders shot down two enemy missiles in the Dnipro district. A small fire broke out due to falling debris. The dry grass in the open area was occupied. Eight attacks on the Nikopol district during the day. The aggressor struck with artillery and kamikaze drones. Aimed at Nikopol, Marganetska and Chervonogrihorivska communities. People were not injured, but there is destruction in the district center. Several private houses and commercial buildings, seven solar panels, greenhouses, cars, power lines and a gas pipeline were damaged. At night, enemy artillery shells hit Nikopol. The garage was occupied. Rescuers put out the fire. Four private houses, three farm buildings were damaged, and gas stoves were broken. Caught a power line. Almost 1,500 families were left without electricity. People are whole.
In Donetsk region, 11 settlements are under fire: Avdiivka, Hirnyk, Krasnohorivka, Kurakhove, Toretsk, Chasiv Yar, Nelipivka, Vovchenka, Zorya, Severne, Tonenke. 20 residential buildings (six of them multi-apartment buildings), five civilian cars, an outbuilding, a power line, a gas pipeline, a police building, the "Kurakhivskyi" preventive clinic, a kindergarten, a building of the VSP, a school, a cafe were damaged. In one day in Donetsk region: one person died, three were injured.
In Mykolaivska, a private house was damaged yesterday morning in Chornomorska hromada as a result of enemy shelling. The owner of the house was injured. This morning - artillery fire on Ochakov. An energy infrastructure facility caught fire. The consequences are clarified. This morning, the enemy also fired artillery at Ochakov. Hitting a high-rise building, which caused partial destruction of an apartment on the fifth floor. There was no information about the injured or the dead. The data is being verified. Yesterday evening, the enemy launched a rocket attack on Snigurivka. A hit on the territory of one of the enterprises caused a fire, which was quickly extinguished. Private houses were also damaged. Four people were injured of varying degrees of severity, including a minor girl.
In addition, on the morning of January 4, the Russians attacked Kropyvnytskyi. One person died, eight were injured.
During the past day, 58 combat clashes took place . In total, the enemy carried out seven rocket and 58 air strikes, carrying out 57 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Residential buildings, other civil and industrial infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are confronting the Russian Army
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out strikes on 10 areas where personnel were concentrated and on two enemy control points.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold positions on the left bank of the Dnieper, repelled dozens of Russian attacks and hit an enemy electronic warfare station. The General Staff reported this on January 4.
It is noted that 44 military clashes took place at the front during the day. The Russian Federation continues to ignore the laws and customs of war, uses terror tactics, strikes, and attacks both military and civilian targets. The Russians actively use operational-tactical aviation and FPV-type quadcopters and carry out assault operations with the support of armored vehicles.
In total, the enemy launched 6 missile and 14 air strikes, carried out 13 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are deaths and injuries among the civilian population. Private residential and apartment buildings and other civil infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
According to the General Staff, the operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult.
In the Volyn and Polesie directions, the operational situation is without significant changes. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups. Certain units of the Armed Forces of Belarus perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine.
In the Seversky and Slobozhansky directions , the Russian Federation maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shells populated areas from Russian territory, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine.
About 15 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, among them Stepok, Popovka, Konstantinovka, Chuikovka in the Sumy region; Udy, Volchansk, Malaya Volchya, Potikhonovo, Kharkov region.
In the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled two enemy attacks near Sinkovka and east of Petropavlovka, Kharkov region.
About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular Sinkovka, Tabaevka, Ivanovka, Berestovo in the Kharkov region.
In the Liman direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations. He fired artillery and mortars at more than 10 settlements, including Belogorivka in the Luhansk region and Yampolevka, Verkhnekamennoye, Spornoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled three attacks near Bogdanovka, Kleshchievka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Grigorovka, Bogdanovka, Klishchievka, Andreevka in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 14 attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and another 9 attacks near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical situation.
About 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, including Novobakhmutovka, Berdichi, Stepnoe, Avdeevka, Severnoye, Nevelskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the invaders in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried seven times to break through the defenses of our troops.
The invaders also carried out an air strike near Georgievka, Donetsk region. Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Praskovievka were under artillery and mortar fire.
In the Shakhtarsky direction the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations. More than 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, in particular, Ugledar, Prechistovka, Zolotaya Niva, Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Defense Forces repelled seven attacks near Rabotinoy and north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position.
More than 15 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, among them Poltavka, Krasnoye, Volshebnoye, Malaya Tokmachka, Rabotino, Kamenskoye in the Zaporozhye region.
In the zone of responsibility of the OSUV Odessa in the Kherson direction , Novovorontsovka, Berislav, Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Novotyaginka, Kherson, Stanislav of the Kherson region and Solonchaky, Ochakov of the Nikolaev region were subjected to enemy artillery shelling.
The Russians also carried out an air strike near the village of Zmievka, Kherson region.
According to the General Staff, the invaders do not abandon their intention to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper.
During the day, the enemy carried out six unsuccessful assault operations, but Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold their positions and inflict significant losses on the invaders.
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out strikes on 10 areas where personnel were concentrated and on two enemy control points.
The missile force units hit an air defense facility, four artillery weapons, an electronic warfare station and three enemy control points.
Let us recall that on January 4, near occupied Sevastopol (Crimea), a junction point of Russian occupation forces was hit.
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[Korreapondent] 22:48 The United States is preparing additional sanctions against individuals involved in the transfer of military assistance to Russia from North Korea and Iran - in particular, ballistic missiles, said White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby. Among other things, Washington intends to raise the issue of military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow at the UN Security Council, since it contradicts Security Council resolutions for which Russia itself previously voted. “This is a significant and troubling escalation of North Korean support for Russia,” Kirby added.
According to Kirby, North Korea's missiles are capable of hitting targets at a distance of about 900 km. He said the United States recorded the launch and trajectory of at least one North Korean ballistic missile launched by the Russians into Ukraine on December 30. It fell in an open area in the Zaporozhye region, and was launched from the Voronezh region. The rocket traveled about 460 km. Already on January 2, Russia launched several North Korean missiles, the consequences of their use are still being assessed.
The White House representative also noted that in exchange for ballistic missiles, Pyongyang wants to receive fighter jets, surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles, means of producing ballistic missiles and leading military technologies from the Russian Federation.
22:30 Ukraine is actively preparing for increased mobilization. The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security has already begun discussing new conditions for conscription, and people's deputies and managers from the President's Office began to voice creative ideas on how to attract Ukrainians into the ranks of the Armed Forces. About what they offer - in the material Like in the USA and the Hunger Games .
21:55 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney and congratulated him on the start of the Italian presidency of the G7. “We appreciate the inclusion of issues of defense capability and restoration of Ukraine in the priorities for 2024... I thank Italy and personally Giorgia for their willingness to continue to help strengthen our air defense. We also discussed further steps in our defense cooperation,” the president noted.
21:17 The United States intends to make air defense systems a priority in the supply list to Ukraine when these supplies can be restored, said White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby.
20:42 The United States will support Ukraine as long as necessary, but not necessarily at the level of 2022 and 2023, said the head of the State Department press service, Matthew Miller.
20:39 Russia has already launched North Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine - this happened on December 30 and January 2, The Washington Post writes, citing sources in American intelligence.
20:36 Germany announced another package of military assistance to Ukraine, which included, in particular, ten Marder infantry fighting vehicles, a Skynex anti-aircraft artillery system and ammunition for it, two TRML-4D radar stations, two WISENT 1 armored engineering vehicles, a BEAVER bridge layer, ammunition caliber 155 mm, etc.
19:24 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the interception by air defense means of an S-200 anti-aircraft missile converted to hit ground targets over the Lipetsk region.
18:38 The Russians shelled the central part of Kherson, OVA reported. One of the shells hit a residential building - preliminary, one person was injured. Another person was injured as a result of enemy shelling of Novoberislav.
18:31 The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the command post of a formation of Russian troops near Sevastopol , StratCom reported.
18:27 Discussion of a new bill on mobilization has started in parliament. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defense joined the debate. Due to the intense criticism of this bill, the discussion will last for several days, and the Committee meeting will be held behind closed doors. About the first results of today's meeting and Zaluzhny's position - in the material Mobilization in a new way .
17:53 Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk confirmed the strikes on Sevastopol and Yevpatoria and thanked the Air Force pilots and everyone who planned the operation “for their impeccable combat work.”
17:46 The Russians shelled the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region - two people were killed, two were wounded, the prosecutor's office reported. In particular, in the village. Ekaterinivka killed one person and injured one. One person died in Krasnogorovka and another was wounded in Avdeevka.
17:11 The Crimean Wind Telegram channel reports with reference to its subscribers that one of the Ukrainian missiles hit a military unit (communications post) in Yukharin Balka in Sevastopol. Now ambulances and firefighters have gone there. Also, many ambulances were requested to the area of the village of Uyutnoye, Saki district.
16:55 “Governor” of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that “work is underway to destroy a large number of various air targets”, preliminary, there is one casualty due to shrapnel. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the destruction of “ten Ukrainian missiles” by air defense means over Crimea.
Meanwhile, Crimean public pages write about fires in Sevastopol in the area of Cape Fiolent or the Kaya-Bash heights near Balaklava. The fire also started after the strikes on Yevpatoria, and ambulances went to the radar.
16:47 On the evening of January 3, the Russian military fired at the village. Morokhovets, Lipetsk territorial community, Kharkov region - one person died, one was injured, the prosecutor's office reported.
16:24 Crimean public pages write about explosions in Sevastopol and Evpatoria. “Governor” of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that the Ukrainian attack was being repelled; according to preliminary information, several air targets had already been shot down.
16:21 Over the course of a year and a half, 220 Russian soldiers surrendered within the framework of the I Want to Live project, Vitaly Matvienko, an official representative of the project, an employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, told the Financial Times in a commentary. About a thousand more Russian military personnel, according to him, are ready to surrender.
The Russian military was especially active in calling the hotline in November 2022, after the liberation of Kherson. The second outbreak of interest occurred in the spring of 2023, when Ukraine was preparing for a summer counteroffensive, Matvienko said. In total, the project’s direct line received more than 26 thousand calls and text messages during its existence, and its website was visited 48 million times, of which 46 million were from Russia.
15:48 Russian troops struck Novotyaginka, Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported.
15:40 Kiev’s mobile air defense will have enough ammunition for several more powerful Russian attacks, after which additional Western assistance will be required, said Joint Forces Commander Sergei Naev: “The current situation with man-portable anti-aircraft missile systems for mobile air defense groups is such that there is enough ammunition to "withstand the next few powerful attacks. But in the medium and long term, we need help from Western countries to replenish our missile fleet."
15:33 In Italy they are preparing a Russian exhibition "Mariupol. Revival after the war." The exhibition organizers call the city “a symbol of the popular uprising in Donbass against the Kyiv junta.” Foreign Ministry speaker Oleg Nikolenko said that the ministry has already instructed the Ukrainian embassy in Rome to prepare an official appeal. “At the official level, Italy strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. And we expect that there will be a response to this propaganda event,” he added.
15:09 The Russian army struck Stanislav, Kherson region - one person was killed, two were injured, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. Private houses and cars were damaged, and power was lost in the village.
14:54 The Ministry of Energy clarified that a Ukrenergo facility was damaged in Kropyvnytskyi as a result of a missile attack - it was there that one died and at least five were wounded. The Kirovogradoblenergo facility was also damaged, and two power engineers were injured. The railway was left without electricity.
14:25 The Russians attacked Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, with artillery and UAVs, two people were wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported. Eight private houses, a private enterprise, a gas pipeline, and power lines were damaged.
14:18 Belgium will send two two-seat F-16 fighters and about 50 people to Denmark between March and September to train Ukrainian pilots, technicians and mission planners, the country's Ministry of Defense said.
13:56 By his decree, Putin allowed citizens of Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner - without knowledge of the Russian language, history, legislation and without prior residence in the territory of the Russian Federation for five years.
13:53 Russia is actively working to acquire short-range ballistic missiles from Iran, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing American officials. They do not rule out that delivery could take place this spring. At the same time, North Korea has already begun transferring short-range ballistic missiles to Russia in recent weeks.
13:44 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense confirmed that on the night of January 4, a Su-34 tactical bomber burned out at the Russian Shagol airfield in Chelyabinsk. The combat aircraft belonged to the aviation regiment of the 21st mixed air division of the Russian Aerospace Forces. At the same time, the Main Intelligence Directorate added that “the causes of the plane fire are being clarified.” They also showed a video from the scene:
13:21 In Kropyvnytskyi, as a result of a Russian missile attack, the buildings of several enterprises belonging to local energy companies and a power line were damaged. One worker was killed and eight people were injured, said the head of the Kirovograd Regional Police Department Andrey Raikovich.
12:45 One of those wounded during the rocket attack on January 2 died in a Kharkov hospital, the prosecutor’s office reported. Thus, the death toll increased to two, 62 people were injured.
12:23 According to Putin’s new decree, citizens of Ukraine who were born and permanently resided in Crimea or Sevastopol before March 18, 2014 will have the right to apply for Russian citizenship.
11:59 In Ukraine, almost 9,000 criminal proceedings have been opened regarding evasion of mobilization, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Klimenko.
11:42 Putin signed a decree on granting Russian citizenship to foreign citizens who have entered into a contract for military service in the Russian Armed Forces or military formations, and members of their families.
11:24 As a result of the night shelling of Novovorontsovka, Kherson region, one person was injured, the OVA reported. Over the previous day, two people were killed as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
11:10 Tonight in Chelyabinsk, a Su-34 fighter-bomber burned out at the airfield, the UP reports citing sources. According to the publication, the GUR is behind the attack on the airfield.
11:06 Russian hackers penetrated the Kyivstar system at least in May 2023, said the head of the SBU Cybersecurity Department Ilya Vityuk. According to him, this attack could be the first in the world when hackers completely destroyed the core network of a cellular operator. The hacker group Sandworm, a regular unit of Russian military intelligence, is behind the attack. This is not his first attack on Ukrainian targets.
11:01 As a result of today’s missile attack on Kropyvnytskyi, there were injuries and one death at one of the industrial facilities, said the head of the Kirovograd Regional Air Force Andrey Raikovich.
10:48 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will convene the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of permanent representatives on January 10 at the request of Kiev, the Alliance press service reported.
10:17 Poland does not rule out that the violation of its airspace by a Russian missile was a provocation. As noted by the head of the Polish National Security Bureau, Jacek Severa, it is difficult to assume that the 40-kilometer breakthrough from the border was accidental.
09:43 The United States does not believe that Putin is ready to negotiate, said White House National Security Council coordinator John Kirby: “Despite all the hype that I have heard over the past few days about Putin in the press that he is suddenly ready to negotiate, he "He's definitely not behaving like a man willing to negotiate. He's doing everything he can to try to bring the Ukrainians to their knees. That's why it's so important that the request for additional funding is approved."
09:00 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 4:
personnel - about 362,280 (+780) people,
tanks - 6002 (+12),
armored combat vehicles - 11,128 (+21),
artillery systems - 8574 (+28),
MLRS - 947 (+2),
air defense systems - 630 (+1),
aircraft - 329 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 6753 (+5),
cruise missiles - 1785 (+2),
ships/boats - 23 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,423 (+32),
special equipment - 1304 (+6).
08:44 Over the past 24 hours, 58 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 13 attacks near Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and another 19 attacks in the Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky areas of the Donetsk region. In addition, 14 attacks were repelled in the Maryinsky direction - near Georgievka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled three enemy attacks in the Sinkovka area and east of Petropavlovka, Kharkov region; on Bakhmutskoye - four attacks near Bogdanovka and Andreevka, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - one attack in the Rabotino area. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to expand the bridgehead, and the enemy made nine unsuccessful assault operations.
08:28 At night, Russia attacked with two attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type from the south-eastern direction, both were destroyed in the Khmelnitsky region, the Air Force command reported. The Russian army also launched strikes with three anti-aircraft guided missiles in the Kharkov and Donetsk regions.
08:16 On the evening of January 3, the enemy launched a missile attack on the town of Snigirevka, Bashtansky district, Nikolaev region. As a result of the hit, a fire broke out on the territory of one of the enterprises, which was quickly extinguished; private houses were also damaged. Four people were injured, including one child, said Vitaly Kim, head of the OVA.
In addition, in the Black Sea community of the Nikolaev region, a private house was damaged as a result of enemy shelling, one person was wounded. And on the morning of January 4, the enemy fired artillery at Ochakov, and a fire started at an energy infrastructure facility.
07:53 The number of victims of the missile attack on Kiev on December 29 has increased to 32 - forensic scientists discovered two more dead during the examination. Another 30 people were injured, KGVA reported.
03:20 The Russians launched a missile attack on the center of Kurakhovo, Donetsk region, said the head of the regional state administration, Vadim Filashkin. As a result of the strike, a kindergarten, school, health center and cafe were destroyed, and many multi-storey buildings were also damaged. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties among civilians.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 14th, 21st, 43rd, 92nd, and 115th Mechanised brigades, and 117th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novoegorovka, Ivanovka, and Berestovoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Olkha MLRS, and three Czech-made Vampire MLRS.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by artillery struck manpower concentration areas of the AFU 100th Territorial Defence Brigade and 5th National Guard Brigade near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forest.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three infantry fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by operational-tactical aircraft and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 3rd Assault Brigade, 42nd Mechanised Brigade, and 112th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Spornoye, Bogdanovka, Krasnoye, Kleshcheyevka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 190 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured fighting vehicles, and 12 motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system and one U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system were neutralised.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 46th Air Mobile Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade, 127th and 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Georgiyevka, Staromayorskoye, Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 170 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, and seven pickup trucks.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun were neutralised.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by artillery inflicted losses on manpower of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Rabotino and Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 Ukrainian troops, five infantry fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In Kherson direction, as a result of actions of the Dnepr Group of Forces supported by operational-tactical aircraft and artillery, the AFU losses amounted to up to 30 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces wiped out one ammunition depot of the AFU 113th Territorial Defence Brigade near Zovtnevoye (Kharkov region), as well as engaged manpower and hardware in 117 areas during the day.
Air defence units intercepted three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles over the past 24 hours.
In addition, 37 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted close to Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Spornoye, Berestovoye, Elenovka, Maryinka (Donetsk People's Republic), Romanovskoye, Mirnoye (Zaporozhye region), Zburyevka, Peschanovka, and Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region).
In total, 565 airplanes and 263 helicopters, 10,404 unmanned aerial vehicles, 446 air defence missile systems, 14,472 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,198 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,623 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 17,075 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 01/04/2023 to 00:00 01/05/2024
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 84 cases of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information has been received about the death of a civilian - a woman in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Four civilians were injured of varying degrees of severity in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.
Five residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Nikitovsky, Central City districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhailovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 35 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, an attack UAV.
At Gorlivske there were 39 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky there were 10 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
A total of 297 units of various ammunition were fired.
20:55 Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk and Gorlovka. This was reported by the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“Artillery attack was recorded from the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Ukrainian Armed Forces - ed.) in the direction:
20.25 - the settlement of Galitsynivka - the city of Donetsk (Kirovsky district): two rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
20.30 – settlement of Dzerzhinsk – settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired,” the representative office reported on the Telegram channel.
19:45 Russian troops continue advance to the west from the outskirts of Mar'inka. The enemy's main defensive positions are built on the eastern outskirts of Georgievka.
19:17 Russian troops continue to advance in the Krasnolimansky direction towards Terny and Yampolovka.
19:10 As a result of artillery attack from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces, a woman was killed today in Donetsk. Her body was recovered by rescuers after a floor slab collapsed as a result of enemy ammunition hitting the house. This was announced by the head of the region Denis Pushilin.
“EMERCOM employees managed to save the injured man, who was handed over to the ambulance staff with shrapnel wounds. In total, four civilians were injured today, two of them were injured as a result of an ammunition drop from a UAV in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk,” the head of the DPR wrote on the Telegram channel.
According to him, during the day five residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of the regional capital and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka; two civil infrastructure facilities in the Kiev region of Donetsk and a power line in Gorlovka.
“In total, the enemy carried out 38 attacks, firing 122mm ammunition at peaceful cities of the Republic. Barrel artillery with a caliber of 152mm and 155mm and an attack UAV were used. Donetsk, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Yasinovatsky district are under fire from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces,” added Pushilin.
18:55 Opponent confirms advance of Russian troops in the private sector near the Avdeevsky coking plant.
18:40 Job of operators of the Lancet UAV from the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade - a large-caliber self-propelled gun 2S7 "Pion" was destroyed as a result of a well-aimed strike - video.
17:50 The Russian Armed Forces advanced to the north-west of Avdeevka, in the Pervomaisky area and in the private sector near the treatment facilities in the area of the Avdievka coke plant.
It is also reported about the progress of the offensive of our troops in the Serebryansky forest in the Krasnolimansky direction.
16:59 During the daytime, Ukrainian militants fired massive artillery in Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
As a result of 155mm caliber rounds hitting residential buildings among the civilian population, two people were injured and 1 person was killed.
Military investigators recorded this fact of criminal actions on the part of the VFU.
15:50 Encounter battles near Sin'kovka and Ivanovka in the Kupyansk direction -video.
14:59 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
In the Kupyansk direction, up to 100 enemy military personnel, “Alder” and three Vampire MLRS were destroyed;
In the Krasnolimansk direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 120 military personnel killed and wounded;
In the Donetsk direction, the total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 190 military personnel, M777 and US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled guns;
Three attacks were repelled in the South Donetsk direction, the enemy lost up to 170 soldiers killed and wounded;
In the Zaporozhye direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 40 military personnel;
In the Kherson direction, up to 30 enemy troops were destroyed.
14:36 Air defense activated over Makeevka in the DPR, several Ukrainian missiles were shot down
14:08 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
14:01 Statement of Head of the press center of the "West" group
Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out operational missions in the Kupyansk direction. In the defense zone of the combined arms army, motorized rifle formations, supported by army aviation and artillery fire, repelled a counterattack by assault groups of the 115th Mechanized Brigade in the Sin'kovka area.
The enemy was forced to retreat in a southwestern direction. Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to a company of manpower. In addition, in the area of the settlement of Krinichki, a crew of a 152mm self-propelled gun 2S5 "Gyacinth-S" under the command of the gun commander, Sergeant Mikhail Solovyov, destroyed the enemy's self-propelled artillery installation "Crab" of Polish production.
The crew of the Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile system under the command of Senior Lieutenant Alexander Denker destroyed the Furiya reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle in the areas of the settlement Kolomychikha.
13:40 Advance in Avdievka and activation near Krynki: situation at the front on January 4
Avdievka. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces continues along the Petrovskoye (Stepovoe) - Ocheretino line, as well as in the Berdychi area. The speed of movement in this area is low (about 100 m every 48 hours), but is compensated by the decent width of the front and large losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There is advancement in the private sector from the southeast. Contrary to reports about the entry into the coking plant, the main military operations are concentrated around it.
Flanks of Artyomovsk. The pressure on the northern flank in the Bogdanovka-Chasov Yar area is gradually increasing. In this area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have recorded heavy losses over the past few days among UAV and FPV drone operators, who are detected by reconnaissance and trained by Russian artillery.
The Ukrainian 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade suffered especially significant losses. On the southern flank, the situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is not going well. The Russian Armed Forces continue to bypass Kleshcheevka and advance towards Krasnoye (Ivanovsky). The Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area are forced to draw apart reserves and have created several “fire brigades” to plug sections of the front that could be broken through during attacks.
Krynki (Kherson region). The destruction of the area on the left bank occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues, and active counter-battery work on the right bank continues. In this direction, the nature of hostilities does not change and is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. The transfer of air defense systems and heavy weapons to the right bank has so far had virtually no effect: counter-battery fire from the artillery of the Russian Armed Forces and aviation activity in this area remain and are gradually increasing the intensity of work.
Kupyansk. The pressure of the Russian Armed Forces continues in the area of Sin'kovka, Kislovka and Kotlyarovka. The activity of operational-tactical aviation and long-range artillery in the area of the Kupyansk-Uzlovoy station and in the surrounding area has increased significantly.
Rabotino - Novoprokopovka - Verbovoe. No significant changes. The positions of the Russian Armed Forces abandoned during the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being returned.
Kremennaya - Svatovo. No significant changes.
13:10 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, with the support of aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, defeated concentrations of enemy manpower in the areas of Bogdanovka, Artyomovsk, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Krasny.
The enemy lost more than 310 military personnel, a tank, two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, three armored combat vehicles, and nine vehicles in wounded and killed. During the counterbattery fight, seven 120mm mortars were destroyed.
Artillery hit a control center for unmanned aerial vehicles, an electronic warfare station, a temporary deployment point of the 46th airmobile brigade, a platoon stronghold of the 42nd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, seven dugouts, and two grenade launcher crews of the AGS.
Air defense systems destroyed eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Zolotarevka, Verkhnekamenka, Novomikhailovka, Mar'inka, Donetsk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
12:28 Scouts of the “West” group of troops destroyed calculation of enemy FPV drones in the Kupyansk direction
During reconnaissance of the area, information was obtained about the movement of an armed group of Ukrainian military personnel. The coordinates of the militants were transmitted via communications to the control center.
Having moved into position, the fighters of the reconnaissance unit fired an accurate shot from the Kornet ATGM at the enemy’s shelter. The crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' FPV drones was destroyed.
12:17 Last night the Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted targeted artillery artillery attack of Vasylivka, Zaporozhye region. As a result of the shelling damaged substation, the city has serious problems with power supply. This was announced by the chairman of the “We are together with Russia” movement Vladimir Rogov.
11:37 Accurate hit: personnel destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces tank
11:05 Statement Head of the press center of the Vostok group
Units of the Vostok group of troops in the South Donetsk direction, with bomber strikes, rocket and cannon artillery fire, hit temporary deployment points, strong points and places of concentration of manpower of the 79th Air Assault, 72nd Mechanized and 58th Motorized Infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Novomikhailovka, Konstantinovka, Ugledar, Urozhayny and Zolotaya Niva, destroyed three temporary enemy deployment points.
Over the course of 24 hours, artillery fire thwarted nine enemy attempts to carry out rotations of militants in the areas of Novomikhailovka, Staromayorsky and Priyutny. Enemy losses amounted to three units of automotive equipment, a field ammunition depot, and up to 115 military personnel killed and wounded.
11:00 artillery attack from the VFU settlement. Elenovka DPR. A 155mm caliber shell hit a residential building where an elderly couple was staying -video.
10:17 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Krynki 31 rounds;
-- n.p. Novata Mayachka five rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka three rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan three rounds;
-- n.p. Proletarka five rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha three rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Krynki, n.p. Obryvka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryan, firing a total of 44 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
10:10 Frontline summary for the morning of 01/04/2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the RF Armed Forces managed to advance somewhat from Novoprokopovka. Encounter battles to the west of the village of Rabotnio, near Verbovoy and in the Novofedorovka area did not bring success to any of the warring parties.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops continue to attack Novomikhailovka from the south and southeast. Attacks continued near Nevelskoye, in the direction of Tonenkoye, on the southeastern and northeastern outskirts of Avdievka, in Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions) and near Berdychi. LBS has not changed significantly.
In the Bakhmut direction there are oncoming battles for the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka. The Russian Armed Forces are attacking from Khromovoye and in the Bogdanovka area. They are also trying to advance at Sporny.
In the Lugansk direction there are oncoming battles in the Serebryansky forest area south of Dibrova. The Russian Armed Forces are “straining” the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Petropavlovka. But Ukrainian troops are already counterattacking near Sinkovka.
10:01 Compilation of videowith the destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment by operators of FPV drones of the "BOBR" unit in the Zaporozhye direction.
09:55 Military investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee recorded the next crimes of the UFU against civilians of the DPR.
Thus, Ukrainian militants dropped ammunition from a UAV in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, as a result of which a woman born in 1990 was killed. got injured.
The Yasinovataya-Gorlovka highway came under artillery fire from Ukrainian nationalists, as a result of which a woman born in 1957 was wounded.
In total, eight residential buildings and three civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged by shelling.
09:20 Frontline report as of the morning of January 4:
In the Kherson direction, the enemy has reduced activity and reduced the number of boats with personnel that they are trying to transfer to the Krynok area. On the Russian side, aviation and artillery are actively working against the enemy. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces systematically continue to displace the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the bridgehead at Krynoki.
In the Zaporozhye direction, our fighters continue to attack enemy positions on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line. Day after day, the Russian Armed Forces are regaining control over enemy positions that they lost during the Ukrainian summer counteroffensive.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our military personnel, although slowly but surely, continue to break into the enemy’s defenses. There is slight progress near Stepovoye, where the Russian Armed Forces managed to clear the forest plantations adjacent to the village. In the area of the coke plant, the Russian army also gradually continues to expand its control zone. Our servicemen also regained control over one of the waste heaps near Gorlovka.
In the Artemovsk direction, Russian fighters are advancing near Kleshcheevka. A number of positions were taken beyond the railway tracks near Kurdyumovka. Thus, the RF Armed Forces are slowly leveling the front. There is a struggle at Bogdanovka, as well as from Khromovo.
In the Seversky direction, over the past 24 hours there have been oncoming battles in the Serebryansky forest. Also, as a result of successful actions by Russian troops, the enemy lost control of the so-called Makeevskaya Balka and forest plantations north of the mentioned highway.
09:12 Statement of senior officer of the press center of the Center group
The attack aircraft of the Center group destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces supply vehicle in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Units of the “Center” group, with the support of artillery, defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Chervona Dibrova and Serebryansky forestry.
During the day, units of the Kyiv regime lost up to 40 people and two vehicles, a 122mm howitzer D-30.
09:00 Morning summary January 4, 2024:
At night, our Geraniums were operating in Ukraine: the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnitsky region was again hit. Since the evening, a series of missile attacks have been carried out in the Kharkov region. Observers note massive attacks on the border points of the enemy’s temporary deployment in the Sumy and Kharkov regions.In the Kherson direction, fighting continues in Krynki and the destruction of enemy landing forces on the water. There are reports of more frequent strikes by the Russian Armed Forces using the Lancet UAV against enemy targets on the enemy shore.
On the Zaporozhye Front there is a decrease in the intensity of enemy actions on the ground. Against this background, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the Rabotino-Verbovoye area, and there are tactical successes. Our aviation and artillery are actively working.
South of Mar'inka, the main efforts of the Russian Army are concentrated at Novomikhailovka. There are no significant changes to the front line.
There are heavy bloody battles in the Avdeevsky direction. The active areas of the front are the areas near the Stepovoy, Coke and Chemical Plant, Opytny, Nevelskoye.
The initiative is in the hands of our troops and in the direction of Chasov Yar: the Russian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive at Bogdanovka and Khromovoy. To the south, near Kurdyumovka, several enemy positions were reported to have been captured.
Fighting continues in the Serebryansky forest and in the Torskoye area. There are no changes in the Kupyansk direction - oncoming battles.
There is constant artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Belgorod region: Glotovo and Zamostye of the Grayvoronsky urban district, the village of Murom of the Shebekinsky urban district. In the Kursk region, after the strike, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repaired a substation in the Zheleznogorsk region.
The enemy fired 275 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR, two civilians were wounded.
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[REGNUM] The Urals are again restless - the new year begins with another crime with interethnic overtones. In Nizhny Tagil, two children were beaten by fifth-grader brothers. On December 29, 2023, near school No. 56, K. and R. first struck a boy in the face, and then knocked the girl down with a blow to the temple and began to brutally kick the lying child.
The injured girl S. is now hospitalized, her health was seriously harmed, she received a closed craniocerebral injury and blunt abdominal trauma. S. is an orphan, her mother died, the girl is raised by her grandmother and father, who constantly works to feed the family.
Now S. is undergoing treatment, and, hopefully, everything will be fine with the child’s physical and mental health. As with her family, there are many known cases where relatives of the victims were threatened by the attackers’ fellow tribesmen.
The situation in Nizhny Tagil goes far beyond the scope of a school brawl: two strong teenagers deliberately caused serious harm to the health of a fragile young girl. At the same time, the brothers’ mother was nearby, filmed the beating on camera, and even took part in it personally, inflicting several blows on the victim (!).
Moreover, this is not the first time that K. and R. committed illegal actions - they ended up in school No. 56 after they were expelled from their previous educational institution due to bullying other children, insults and hooliganism. At the new school, their habits remained the same, and the brothers chose victims from those children who were clearly weaker than them - at least earlier they had broken the glasses of another classmate.
Local sources note that the teenagers’ mother, Fergana, responded rudely and sharply to numerous comments: other parents do not need to teach her how to raise children. According to the results, her education methods led to the fact that two fifth-graders, along with their older brother, who studies at the same school in the 6th grade, actually terrorized the students with impunity. By the way, Fergana herself does not want to talk about what happened.
Today, law enforcement officers are conducting an investigation, a criminal case has been initiated, but due to the brothers’ age, they will only be registered by juvenile affairs inspectors. Rhetorical question: will this measure help them take the path of correction? Or will their classmates be bullied, insulted, humiliated and beaten again in the new year?
There are many other concerns and questions about this story.
According to law enforcement officers, the internal affairs bodies had not previously received complaints about the behavior of these teenagers either from the school administration or from parents. This certainly does not fit well with the information about the stories of K. and R.'s previous antics. And why did their mother's aggressive behavior not cause complaints?
But there are questions not only for the family, which has become a threat to others.
How will law enforcement agencies react to the behavior of a school security guard who was nearby but did nothing to stop the beating of children? What measures will the local education authority take? And how will city and regional authorities react to what happened?
Unfortunately, there are chances that these questions will not receive proper answers. As soon as the story became public, Farukh Mirzoev, head of the “Association of National-Cultural Associations of the Sverdlovsk Region”, who is called the leader of the Sverdlovsk diasporas, made a statement: if the brothers are guilty, the diaspora will not cover them up (!), the teenagers will answer before the law.
In response, the public asks why, in this case, what happened on December 29 received resonance and the attention of law enforcement agencies only a few days later? Are there any signs of a cover-up on the part of the diaspora?
And is there any contribution from the diaspora in the appearance of publications that K. and R., ethnic Azerbaijanis, were allegedly bullied at school “for the wrong nationality”, and their alleged father is now also being bullied on social networks?
The public is outraged by the very formulation of the question: what methods of protecting members of the diaspora are we talking about and what is the legal status of these associations?
“And again, migrant diasporas and powerlessness, powerlessness. This is about a law that seems to be for everyone,” writes State Duma deputy Nikolai Valuev.
It is very strange to see such claims to have a monopoly on power and law enforcement, notes Marina Akhmedova, member of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation, editor-in-chief of Regnum news agency.
Excuse me, what is a diaspora? This is a non-state entity that lives by concepts and tries to put its concepts above the law. How is the diaspora going to protect or punish someone? We have a law, a court, an investigation,” writes Marina Akhmedova. “If the investigation establishes that everything happened as they write, then the court of the Russian Federation will ask the brothers’ mother himself and will not need the help or approval of the diaspora.”
Mr. Mirzoev, who believes that the Urals cannot do without migrants and advocates respect for the feelings and customs of visitors, attracted attention with other points of his statement.
In particular, he talks about close work with law enforcement agencies and the migration service. His thought can also be understood this way: won’t “respected people” somehow influence the work of the police and the Investigative Committee? Again, a rhetorical question: I wonder if diasporas, with their dubious status, rhetoric and deeds, are lobbying for solutions that are beneficial to themselves, bypassing the law?
These are unfounded fears, because the activities of migrant diasporas in Russia often raise great doubts and suspicions, including from law enforcement agencies.
Consider the story in St. Petersburg with a gang of juvenile delinquents and their “Uncle Tural,” who “settles everything with the right person,” or the recent high-profile cases in Chelyabinsk, where, it is believed, local migrant associations were also involved.
Will the investigation of the case be reduced to a formality with such introductory information? Will it be declared that there was a normal school conflict?
The children, as the city education department says, “will be provided with psychological and pedagogical assistance,” and in the meantime it will turn out that no one was beaten or even offended, everyone made peace, everything will return to normal. Until new cases of violence generated by impunity.
Unkind miracles happen - and especially often when “respected people” are interested in them. Therefore, in the case of the situation in Nizhny Tagil, such statements of “ diasporas, enclaves and other entities that, in principle, should not exist in a state of law,” as Marina Akhmedova points out, attract the closest attention to the further development of the case.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Financial support for the Kyiv regime is provided by 54 foreign states, the total amount of their expenses amounted to more than $203 billion, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on January 4, summing up the results of 2023.
“54 countries are providing assistance. More than $203 billion have been spent,” said materials distributed by the Ministry of Defense.
Foreign states supplied the Ukrainian Armed Forces with more than 1,600 units of missile and artillery weapons, more than 200 anti-aircraft missile systems, more than 5,220 units of armored weapons and more than 23 thousand drones, the Ministry of Defense noted.
As Regnum reported earlier, the department also reported that more than 13,500 mercenaries arrived on the territory of Ukraine during the special military operation, about half of them (5,900 people) were destroyed and almost the same number (5,600) escaped.
In July 2023, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Western weapons supplied in large quantities to Kiev do not change the situation on the battlefield and only prolong the military conflict.
In December 2023, the US administration did not reach an agreement with the country’s Congress on allocating more than $60 billion in military assistance to Ukraine. Republicans demanded that the issue of allocating aid to Ukraine be linked to the solution to the problem of protecting the US southern border; the administration did not agree to this.
The US authorities are trying to shift multibillion-dollar expenses for maintaining the Ukrainian conflict onto the European Union, acting on the principle of “a thief steals a thief’s club,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in December 2023.
At the same time, in December 2023, Hungary blocked the allocation of 50 billion euros to Kiev from the EU budget in the period 2024–2027. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that he sees no point in allocating multi-year aid to Ukraine in conditions where it is unclear what will happen to the Kiev regime in three months.
There are at least three factors that contribute to a decrease in the volume of assistance from Western countries to Ukraine, noted political scientist, chairman of the Crimean regional public organization “Center for Political Education” Ivan Mezyukho in an interview with Regnum news agency. Western countries have already spent huge amounts of money on Ukraine, financing Ukraine has led to an internal political imbalance within Western states, and besides, the West already understands that it has lost the confrontation with Russia, the expert believes.
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[Regnum] Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on granting Russian citizenship to foreigners who have entered into a contract for military service in the Russian Armed Forces, and members of their families. The text of the document is published on the legal information website.
According to the decree, foreigners who entered into a contract with the Russian Armed Forces during a special military operation will be able to apply for Russian citizenship.
“To establish that foreign citizens who entered into a contract for military service in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation or military formations during a special military operation have the right to apply for citizenship of the Russian Federation <...>,” the document says.
Foreign citizens who were dismissed from military service in the Russian Armed Forces during the SVO period for health reasons, upon reaching the age limit, upon expiration of the contract, or due to the termination of martial law will be able to submit an application.
In addition, relatives of these categories of foreign citizens will also have the right to obtain Russian citizenship.
DECREE ON A SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING RUSSIAN CITIZENSHIP
The new decree cancels the presidential decree of September 30, 2022 on a simplified procedure for granting Russian citizenship to foreigners who entered military service in the Russian Armed Forces under a contract.
Then, according to the document, in order to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner, a foreign citizen or stateless person had to participate in hostilities for at least six months, or suffer injury or injury that would not allow him to continue military service.
Their spouses, children or parents had the right to make a similar application.
OTHER CONCESSIONS FOR FOREIGN CONTRACT WORKERS
In July 2023, the State Duma adopted an amendment on the right of foreigners to enter into a contract to stay in the reserve without access to state secrets. The lower house of parliament supported the amendment on the right of reserve military personnel with senior officer ranks to enter into a contract to remain in the reserve for the first time and on the right of foreigners to enter into a contract to remain in the reserve without access to state secrets. As the authors of the innovation noted, this will allow citizens living in Crimea, Sevastopol and other Russian regions who have Ukrainian citizenship, which has not been terminated for reasons beyond their control, to join the reserve.
In addition, the new amendment supplemented the law with a new article establishing cases of suspension of a citizen’s stay in the reserve.
Solving the problem with “mercenarism”
According to State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein, the new decree will solve the problem of extraditing special operation veterans to foreign states for “mercenarism.”
Before this, there were cases where foreigners who had dual citizenship, but served in the Northern Military District, were subject to criminal prosecution in their homeland. Thus, on November 29, a Karaganda court sentenced a veteran of the Russian special operation, a participant in the battles for Artyomovsk, Kazakh citizen Alexey Shompolov to 6 years and 8 months in prison.
In addition, at the end of October, one of the Tashkent courts sentenced Uzbek citizen Ildar Khairulin to five years in prison for participating in hostilities in 2014–2015 on the side of the DPR.
MIGRANTS AND SERVICE IN THE RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES
In June 2023, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov noted an increase in the number of people wishing to serve under contract in the Russian army. He regarded this as an extremely positive development.
Despite this, by the end of 2023, 52 criminal cases were opened in Moscow against “naturalized citizens”—people who came from abroad and received Russian passports—for evading military service.
In turn, in August last year, a deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Matveev, introduced a bill to the State Duma that would involve depriving acquired Russian citizenship if a person has not registered with the military.
According to the first deputy head of the A Just Russia faction, Dmitry Gusev, it is necessary not to deprive someone of citizenship if he did not serve or shirked, and not to give citizenship without the obligation to serve in the army.
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[Regnum] The United States has information about Russia’s use of missiles received from the DPRK to attack Ukraine, White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby said at a briefing on January 4 without providing any evidence.
“Our information shows that North Korea recently supplied Russia with ballistic missiles, at least one of which Russian forces launched at Ukraine on December 30,” he said.
Kirby added that on January 2, the Russian military also used North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine. The Russian Federation, according to him, relies on the North Korean missiles provided.
A White House spokesman promised that the United States would impose sanctions on those who help facilitate transfers between Russia, Iran and North Korea. In addition, he announced the intention of American representatives in the UN Security Council to raise the issue of the allegedly completed “arms deal” between Moscow and Pyongyang.
As Regnum reported, in October 2023, retired US Navy Admiral John Kirby also claimed that the DPRK allegedly supplied Russia with weapons for a special operation. According to him, North Korea transferred more than a thousand containers with weapons and ammunition to the Russian Federation. The deal allegedly took place in exchange for Russia transferring its weapons to Korea, including fighter jets, surface-to-air missiles, and armored vehicles, said the White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator.
The Russian Foreign Ministry rejected accusations from Western politicians of alleged “illegal” military-technical cooperation with the DPRK. Such statements are unsubstantiated, said department official Maria Zakharova.
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[Regnum] Financial support for the Kyiv regime is provided by 54 foreign states, the total amount of their expenses amounted to more than $203 billion, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on January 4, summing up the results of 2023.
