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[Korrespondent] 21:45 Peskov said in an interview with Bloomberg that Russia “was, is and will be open” to negotiations on Ukraine, but “is determined to continue the special operation until its goals are achieved.”
The agency also writes, citing sources in the Russian Federation, that Putin, through unofficial channels, is allegedly sending signals to the United States that he is open to discussing future security measures for Ukraine. According to them, Putin may be ready to consider abandoning the demand for Ukraine's neutral status and non-entry into NATO, but will insist on recognizing Russian control over the occupied territories.
21:18 Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets confirmed in a comment to Sky News that some Ukrainian prisoners of war from the Russian list of persons allegedly on board the Il-76 aircraft have already been exchanged.
20:34 Igor Strelkov (Girkin), sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment by a court in The Hague, is still inaccessible to international justice, but in Russia he received a real sentence. He was given four years in prison for calling for extremist activities. About what this means, see the material Sentence to a Terrorist.
20:19 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the air defense allegedly stopped an attack using the RM-70 Vampire multiple launch rocket system, two rockets were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region. And the regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, claims that one person was killed as a result of a drone attack in the Belgorod village of Lozovaya Rudka.
20:16 Over the past year, Russia purchased more than $1 billion worth of chips from the United States and Europe, Bloomberg writes.
19:31 The pro-Russian Prime Minister of Slovakia after his visit to Uzhgorod softened his harsh tone towards Ukraine. About why he abruptly changed his position - in the material “Did Fico Change His Shoes?”
19:23 Peskov claims that Russia allegedly promptly informed Kiev about the transportation of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Il-76 aircraft. And the Russian permanent representative in Vienna, Lukashevich, said that Moscow did not invite either the OSCE or the UN to investigate the Il-76 crash.
18:37 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the President of Slovenia Natasha Pirc Musar, they discussed the work on a bilateral document on security guarantees, the current defense needs of Ukraine.
17:56 The European Commission announced that it is allocating 15 million euros for the construction of new bomb shelters for schools in hot spots of Ukraine, and Lithuania will provide an additional 500 thousand euros and will take responsibility for the implementation of the project.
17:30 In Russia, prisoners who go to fight against Ukraine no longer receive pardons from Putin, the BBC Russian service reports. If previously recruits were promised money and a pardon after six months of participation in hostilities, now the contract is signed for one year and extended automatically. Prisoners will be able to receive full release and expungement of their criminal records only if they receive a state award or are dismissed due to the end of the war, loss of health, or reaching the age limit.
16:53 Ukraine is working to prepare for the visit of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olga Stefanishyna. She recalled that on January 29 in Uzhgorod a meeting is planned between the head of the OP Andrei Ermak, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dmitry Kuleba and his Hungarian colleague Peter Szijjártó. It will be connected, in particular, with the preparation of Orban’s upcoming visit to Ukraine. The last time the Prime Minister of Hungary came was in 2010, Stefanishina noted.
16:50 In the Nikolaev region, a Kh-59 guided missile fired from a Russian Su-34 fighter was destroyed, the Air Force reported.
16:31 The new head of the OSCE, Foreign Minister of Malta Ian Borg said that he will visit Kiev next week. According to him, this visit will be a demonstration of “steadfast support” for Ukraine.
16:28 The Russian Il-76 aircraft, which crashed on January 24 near Belgorod, previously delivered weapons to the airfield in Engels and to Belgorod itself, said GUR representative Andrey Yusov: “This is the aircraft that supplied S-300 and S- missiles to the Belgorod region 400 for attacks on Kharkov and the region. The Russians themselves say that those activities that are used to supply enemy forces and equipment are used at the same time, probably for transporting prisoners." Yusov emphasized that if this is true, then the Russians have actually admitted to yet another war crime.
16:22 Russia recruited more than 200 Nepalese citizens for the war in Ukraine, at least 14 of them died, said the country's Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash.
16:06 Sweden and the UK announced they are joining the newly created “drone coalition” - there are now four participating countries, along with Ukraine and Latvia, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported.
15:59 France delivered two M270 LRU MLRS to Ukraine, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported.
15:28 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Wieslaw Kukula, and spoke about the operational situation at the front. They also discussed security risks and possible interaction in the context of Ukrainian-Polish cooperation. In particular, the issues of training Ukrainian military personnel in Poland, as well as the exchange of combat experience. The Commander-in-Chief emphasized the importance of strengthening the capabilities of the Ukrainian air defense system.
15:25 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico confirmed that his country will support the allocation of 50 billion euros to Ukraine from the EU: “I understand that some of our statements may cause controversy. But we are asked to approve 50 billion euros for Ukraine for the next four years. Slovakia agrees and will agree. We will not create any obstacles."
15:12 Bloomberg writes, citing sources, that Hungary has changed its mind about blocking the creation of an EU military fund of 5.4 billion euros for Ukraine. This will pave the way for an agreement to reorganize the mechanism designed to ensure a stable supply of weapons to Kyiv, as soon as the participating countries sort out the technical issues.
15:06 Last week, the Russians suddenly broke into one of the districts of Avdeevka, known as the Tsar’s Hunt, and captured several streets. The occupiers, as the Ukrainian military reported, suddenly found themselves in the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It was a mystery to our soldiers how the enemy was able to break into the city unnoticed. Read more in the article Underground pipe.
14:27 Russian public pages write that as a result of a Ukrainian strike on a military training ground near the occupied Ilovaisk of the Donetsk region, 24 Russian servicemen were killed. According to some reports, the strike was carried out on a cluster of UAV operators.
13:53 There were supposed to be military-political VIPs of the Russian Federation on board the Il-76, but at the last moment the FSB forbade them to board, said GUR representative Andrei Yusov. According to him, Ukrainian intelligence found out this after the plane crashed. Yusov also noted that only five bodies were delivered to the local morgue in Belgorod the day before, and Russian rescuers were not allowed to inspect the crash site. All this data will be transferred for international investigation.
13:44 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis arrived in Kiev - this is his eighth visit to Ukraine after the Russian invasion in February 2022.
13:40 Russia is increasing the use of gas grenades using prohibited lethal substances, said Andrey Rudyk, speaker of the Center for Research of Captured and Advanced Weapons and Military Equipment. In December 2023 alone, 81 cases of the use of gas grenades were recorded, and in total, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, 626 cases of chemical attacks against the Ukrainian military are known.
According to Rudyk, Russia, contrary to its obligations under the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention, is developing new RG-V gas grenades using chloroacetophenone.
13:18 The Moscow City Court sentenced terrorist Igor Girkin-Strelkov to four years in a general regime colony for calling for extremism. He was also banned from administering Internet pages for two years.
13:11 “Head” of Crimea Sergei Aksenov issued a decree according to which a “special regime” of entry and exit is introduced on the administrative border between the peninsula and the occupied part of the Kherson region. According to the decree, the regime of entry in the north of Crimea “is equal to the regime of entry across the state border of the Russian Federation.” The places of crossing the administrative border are the automobile checkpoints Armyansk, Perekop, Dzhankoy, as well as the railway checkpoints Armyansk and Dzhankoy.
To cross the border, foreign citizens or stateless persons must have “a valid identification document recognized in accordance with international treaties by the Russian Federation.” In addition, according to the document, Russian military convoys will move along specially designated roads in agreement with the Border Directorate of the FSB of Russia, Radio Liberty reports.
13:05 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a resolution calling on member countries to recognize the deportation of Ukrainian children by Russia as genocide of the Ukrainian people. The document was approved unanimously.
12:56 Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, at least 25 representatives of religious personnel have been killed, the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience reported. As of today, the destruction of more than 500 religious buildings has been recorded, 9% of which were completely destroyed, 16% were damaged beyond repair.
12:13 Ukraine has not yet seen any signs that there were a large number of prisoners of war on the Il-76 military plane that crashed in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, said Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets: “I cannot say affirmatively that there really were prisoners of war there. After analyzing the photos and videos that we saw on the Internet... if the Russians had any photos or videos that our prisoners of war were there, they would have already used them. We did not see any signs that there were there were so many people - citizens of Ukraine, or non-citizens of Ukraine."
11:56 Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen expressed confidence that Orban will lift his veto on the €50 billion aid package to Ukraine. According to her, the Hungarian Foreign Minister gave a “positive signal.” If this does not happen, then, according to her, the EU “will find another solution.”
11:50 Russia is resorting to new tactics of using drones and preparing new powerful attacks on Ukraine, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces. According to her, during today’s night attack in the south, the enemy resorted to “tactical tricks”: “They used low passage of drones over water, making their detection as difficult as possible for air defense systems, and approached in the direction of actually residential areas, although they also maneuvered among industrial "This is a search for new tactics to plan for the upcoming powerful actions."
11:43 The SBU has opened criminal proceedings into the crash of an Il-76 in the Belgorod region, Ukrainian media report citing sources in the Security Service. The investigation is carried out under Art. 438 of the Criminal Code - violation of the laws and customs of war. Currently, the SBU is carrying out a set of measures to clarify all the circumstances of the plane crash.
11:21 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a military training ground in occupied Ilovaisk, Donetsk region, the opposition Russian publication Astra reported. Local publics and residents reported explosions in Ilovaisk on January 24 at around 3 p.m. According to the publication's sources, as a result of the shelling at a military training ground near the village of Pokrovka, there were killed and wounded servicemen, their number is being established.
11:10 Ukrainian media report, citing sources, that the oil refinery in Russian Tuapse was attacked by SBU drones the night before. After two powerful explosions, a large-scale fire started there, and the installation for the primary processing of petroleum products - vacuum and atmospheric columns - was damaged.
10:52 NATO underestimated Russia's ability to produce ammunition and recruit troops, said the commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, Martin Herem. According to him, predictions that Russian troops would reach the limit of their resources did not materialize. The Russian army is capable of producing several million artillery shells a year, far outpacing European efforts, and can recruit hundreds of thousands of new soldiers.
10:17 Both black boxes of the Il-76 that crashed in the Belgorod region have been found, Russian media report citing emergency services.
09:58 The delay in helping Ukraine in Congress is due to pressure from Trump and his desire to build a campaign on migration issues, Voice of America correspondent Ostap Yarysh reports, citing several sources in the American media. They note that a compromise on Ukraine and the border is supposedly not in Trump’s interests, because it would add points to Biden before the election.
09:29 In Odessa, six people were injured as a result of a night drone attack, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA. One of the drones hit a partially inhabited multi-storey new building in the Khadzhibey district - a fire broke out, several apartments were damaged, and one person received burns. Another downed drone crashed through the roof of a two-story residential building in the Primorsky district. In the same residential area, another UAV fell, the blast wave damaged surrounding houses, and four people were injured.
Another attack drone fell near a high-rise building in the Primorsky district, without detonation. There were no casualties. It was also recorded that a warehouse of a furniture factory in an industrial area of Odessa was hit, a powerful fire started, and one person was injured by the shock wave.
09:04 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 25:
personnel - about 379,610 (+950) people,
tanks - 6257 (+30),
armored combat vehicles - 11,621 (+42),
artillery systems - 9067 (+59),
MLRS - 972 (+1),
air defense systems - 660 (+1),
aircraft - 331 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7033 (+35),
cruise missiles - 1844 (+2),
ships/boats - 23 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,044 (+39),
special equipment - 1420 (+4).
08:46 On the evening of January 24, the enemy fired at the village. Bolshaya Rogan, Kharkov region - four people were injured, including a 17-year-old teenager. Four residential buildings and cars were damaged and destroyed, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In addition, the Russians attacked the village with KAB. Olkhovatka, Kupyansky district, a farm was damaged, no people were injured.
08:37 In the Nikolaev region, as a result of the evening shelling of the village. In Dmitrovka, Kutsurubskaya community, a critical infrastructure facility was damaged, leaving three settlements without power supply. Residential buildings were also damaged, but no people were injured, said Vitaly Kim, head of the OVA.
07:53 Over the past 24 hours, 58 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevka direction, the Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks in the Avdeevka area and another eight attacks near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, nine attacks were repulsed near Georgievka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansky direction, six enemy attacks were repelled near Sinkovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - four attacks near Ternov, east of Dibrova, Donetsk region, and five more attacks in the areas of Makeevka, Serebryansky forestry, Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - seven attacks near Vasyukovka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - two attacks south of Zolotaya Niva and east of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - one attack in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, measures are continuing to expand the bridgehead; over the past 24 hours, the enemy unsuccessfully tried seven times to storm the positions of the Ukrainian troops.
07:38 In the Krivorozhsky district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, during a night drone attack due to a hit, one of the enterprises caused destruction, a building caught fire. Rescuers extinguished the fire, no people were injured, said Sergei Lysak, head of the OVA.
06:40 At night, air defense destroyed 11 of 14 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, which Russia attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area and Cape Chauda, the Air Force command reported. The drones were destroyed within the Odessa and Nikolaev regions. In addition, the Russian Federation attacked with four S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region in the direction of Kharkov and one from the occupied territory of the Donetsk region.
01:32 Military assistance to Ukraine is in the national interests of the United States, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said: “This was never about charity, this is not about demonstrating charity or about abstract principles of international relations. This is about cold, hard American interests ". He explained that Washington's direct interest is to prevent authoritarian regimes from redrawing the world map using force.
"It is in our interests to help reduce the military capabilities of a significant adversary without sacrificing American lives. It is in our interests to deter aggressive behavior before it sparks a broader conflict and directly threatens our closest allies and trading partners," McConnell said.
00:49 Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk called Russian propaganda messages about the crash of the Il-76 plane a “fake flow of information to an external audience.” According to him, in this way the Russian Federation is trying to discredit Ukraine in the eyes of the world community in order to reduce international support.
At the same time, Oleschuk emphasized that the Air Force “beat, beat and will beat the enemy, wherever he is.” "The air force is doing everything to reach the enemy both in the sky and on the ground. You read our reports. Many Russian aircraft and crews will never be able to terrorize our people. They are destroyed. We have more and more tools and capabilities to get the enemy where he doesn’t expect it,” added the commander of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
00:12 A day of mourning has been declared in Kharkov on Thursday, January 25, said Mayor Igor Terekhov. According to him, the rocket attacks on January 23 led to one of the largest tragedies in the city in terms of the number of victims during the entire period of a full-scale war.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders repulsed three enemy attacks southeast of Robotiny
The enemy does not abandon his intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper.
The occupiers tried to attack in several directions throughout the day. In the Maryinsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold back the enemy near Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region. This is stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on Thursday, January 25, on its Facebook page.
Kupyansk direction
The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled five attacks near Sinkovka, Kharkov region, and Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire in this direction.
Liman direction
Ukrainian soldiers repelled two attacks by the invaders near Torskoye, Donetsk region, and two more attacks near Makiivka, Lugansk region. The enemy carried out air strikes in the Serebryansky forestry areas of the Lugansk region, Ternov and Razdolevka of the Donetsk region.
Bakhmut direction
The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled seven attacks near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky and Andreevka in the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried unsuccessfully to improve the tactical situation. The enemy launched an air strike in the Druzhkovka area of the Donetsk region, and about 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire.
Avdeevskoe direction
Our defenders repulsed five attacks near Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and four more attacks in the Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops. The invaders also carried out an air strike in the Avdeevka area of the Donetsk region, and about 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling.
Maryinsky direction
Defense forces continue to hold the enemy near Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region. Here the enemy tried unsuccessfully 20 times to improve their tactical position. He also, in particular, carried out air strikes in the areas of three settlements in the Donetsk region.
Shakhmerskoye's direction
Our defenders repelled six attacks by the occupiers southeast of Vodyanoye, Zolotaya Niva and west of Staromayorske, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling.
Zaporozhye direction
Ukrainian defenders repulsed three enemy attacks southeast of Robotiny, and more than 15 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling.
Kherson direction
The occupiers launched an air strike in the area of the settlement of Stavka, Nikolaev region. The enemy does not abandon his intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, during the day, the enemy made six unsuccessful assaults on the positions of Ukrainian troops.
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[EngMilRu] In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces and artillery repelled four attacks of AFU 30th, 32nd, 57th mechanised brigades' assault groups close to Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic) and Sinkovka (Kharkov region).
Up to 40 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three pick-up trucks, and two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems have been eliminated.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by artillery repelled two attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 117th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Up to 270 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, eight armoured fighting vehicles, and 20 motor vehicles have been neutralised.
In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces improved their position along the front line.
Three attacks of the AFU 22nd Mechanised Brigade's assault groups were repelled near Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Artillery strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of AFU 22nd, 92nd mechanised brigades close to Krasnoye and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 310 Ukrainian troops, four tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made M270 MLRS, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, one152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as two ammunition depots were hit.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower of AFU 31st Mechanised, 79th Air Assault brigades close to Staromayorskoye and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses amounted to 130 troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Giatsint-B howitzer, as well as one electronic warfare station.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on clusters of manpower and hardware of AFU 33rd, 65th Mechanised, 128th Mountain Assault, and 112th Territorial Defence brigades close to Rabotino, Yurkovka, and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 130 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, one tank, and four pick-up trucks.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, one Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one D-20 howitzer were neutralised.
In Kherson direction, units of the AFU 35th Naval Infantry Brigade were hit near Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The enemy lost up to 45 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made M777 self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle were hit.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 109 areas during the day.
Air defence forces shot down four HIMARS MLRS projectiles and one Tochka-U tactical missile during the day.
In addition, 91 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed near Belogorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Ploshchanka (Lugansk People's Republic), Tokarevka, Tavolzhanka (Kharkov region), Sagi (Kherson region), Verbovoye, Ulyanovka, and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 568 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 11,231 unmanned aerial vehicles, 452 air defence missile systems, 14,794 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,209 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,861 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 17,878 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 22:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC on January 25, as of 22:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): – st. Yasnaya, 13, 15 – private residential buildings; – st. 40 let Oktyabrya, 49 – multi-apartment residential building.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
21:11 It is reported that air defense has worked on targets over the Belgorod region
19:50 Ivanovo paratroopers shot down reconnaissance UAV "Leleka-100" near Artemovsk.
After detection, the enemy drone was escorted and destroyed by the crew of the Strela-10 air defense system.
19:05 The crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS disrupted the rotation of militants and destroyed a Ukrainian opornik in the Serebryansky forestry area -video.
18:49 The Diary of a Paratrooper tells about the situation in the Kherson direction:
There are battles in Krynki, where our troops are trying to drive the enemy out of the central part of the village. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding their positions in ruins under the fire of our artillery and drones, and are trying to replenish personnel through the Dnieper.
Artillery duels are taking place, and the superiority of enemy drones in the air remains. Enemy forces drop grenades and explosives from the copter at our attacking groups.
But in general, the advantage is already on our side. Along with infantry groups and artillery, aviation is actively working in this direction, destroying enemy equipment, weapons and manpower in the rear. So, near Otradokamenka, an enemy deployment point was hit by two FABs.
In addition, the arrival of an aerial bomb was recorded in Olgovka, where an enemy concentration had previously been recorded for transfer to the left bank.
17:55 Details of the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Avdeevki are reported by SVO Reports and Analytics:
After our special operation on the southern flank of the Avdeevsky direction in the Tsarskaya Okhota area. Our army continued its active advance in Staraya Avdiivka.
Our offensive is actively supported by: aerospace forces, heavy artillery and MLRS. At these moments there is an active battle on Sobornaya, Chernyshevsky, and Sportivnaya. The enemy is unable to stabilize the situation.
17:10 The situation in the Svatovo-Kreminny direction is reported by the Paratrooper’s Diary:
In the Kupyansky sector, our fighters advanced to the settlement. Berestovy. At n.p. Ternov positional battles with artillery support.
Heavy fighting continues near the village. Belogorovka south of the village. Kremennoy, our fighters are advancing.
16:25 News from the Artemovsk direction is reported by the Paratrooper’s Diary:
Our fighters attacked in the area of ??the village. Bogdanovka and advanced near the settlement. Red.
In the area of the village The battles do not stop with ticks, our artillery covers small and large groups of the enemy during rotation or reinforcement of a front sector, snipers work well.
15:43 Footage of the work of UAV operators from the 110th brigade filmed through a thermal imager -video.
14:53 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces repelled two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansk direction, the enemy lost up to 270 military personnel;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 310 military personnel, four tanks, four armored combat vehicles per day in the Donetsk direction;
In one day, the Russian Armed Forces repulsed four attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy lost up to 40 military personnel and seven pieces of equipment;
The Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction hit the manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades near Staromayorsky and Novomikhailovka, the enemy lost up to 130 soldiers and a tank;
Within 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces hit four brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy lost up to 130 fighters;
Russian air defense destroyed 91 Ukrainian drones in one day.
14:05 The Front Bird writes about the “arrival” in the Poltava region:
It was reported that they had arrived at a warehouse with ammunition from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Our Iskander OTRK has undergone preliminary testing.
13:45 On the northeastern outskirts of Novomikhailovka, the strengthening of enemy positions was disrupted. Artillery struck two concentrations of enemy personnel and military equipment in the Konstantinovka area - a car was destroyed. South of Konstantinovka, north of Vladimirovka and in forest belts in the Novomikhailovka area, up to 14 strongholds have been suppressed.
On the western outskirts of Antonovka, a T-64 tank was identified and hit by loitering ammunition.
Artillery continues to work on Vugledar: ammunition depots and air defense systems of reserve units are destroyed. West of Elizavetovka and southwest of Vodyanoye, two concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment were hit. South of Ugledar and north of Nikolsky, two long-term enemy firing positions were destroyed - the mortar crew was destroyed.
In the area ofUrozhaynoye and Zolotaya Niva, two concentrations of enemy manpower were hit. In the forest belts northwest of Novomayorsky and west of Novodonetsky, up to seven strong points were suppressed, and a long-term enemy firing point was destroyed.
In the forest belt west of Staromayorsky, the actions of the evacuation group were stopped, and the strengthening of positions south of Rovnopol was also disrupted. The artillery defeated a concentration of manpower and weapons and military equipment on the northwestern outskirts of Storozhevoy, and suppressed six strong points west of Staromayorsky.
To the south of Rovnopol, three oporniks were suppressed; in the direction of Priyutnoye, artillery destroyed a bunker in a forest belt east of Chervonoye.
13:27 Krynki. The fighting continues, ours managed to advance.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to hold their positions in ruins under the fire of our aviation, artillery and kamikaze drones. The enemy continues to transfer manpower and supplies; out of 3 boats, one always goes to the bottom.
12:55 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
Units of the Center group of troops continue to carry out combat missions during a special military operation in the Krasnolimansk direction.
In the areas of the Torsky and Chervonodibrovo sections, artillery fire and air strikes defeated units of the 44th rifle battalion and the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In addition, three strong points and four areas where enemy equipment were concentrated were hit. During the counterbattery fight, more than 40 artillery crews of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were exposed and suppressed.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 260 military personnel, two tanks, eight armored combat vehicles and nine vehicles.
Air defense systems shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of the settlements of Kremennaya and Staraya Krasnyanka in the Lugansk People's Republic.
11:58 Ukrainian troops shelled the Kirovsky district of Donetsk using a drone for the fourth time in an hour and ten minutes, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
“Artillery attack was recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction: 11:20 (coincides with Moscow time) - the city of Donetsk (Kirov region): an explosive object was dropped from an unmanned aerial vehicle,” says a message published on the representative’s Telegram channel.
10:46 The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 20 rounds at Donetsk, Gorlovka and the Yasinovatsky district - DPR Representation in the JCCC.
10:32 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
Bomber aircraft strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems hit temporary deployment points, strong points and places where manpower accumulated of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade and the 116th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Konstantinovka, Novomikhailovka and Vesyolyi Gai.
During the day, nine attempts by the enemy to reinforce forward positions in the areas of Novomikhailovka, Staromayorsky and Ravnopol were thwarted.
The group’s artillery, Lancet loitering ammunition and FPV drones defeated artillery crews, manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Velikaya Novoselka, Vodyanoye and Zelenoe Pole.
In total, enemy losses amounted to 105 military personnel, three vehicles, a 155mm FH-70 howitzer made in Great Britain, a 152mm D-20 gun, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a 122mm BM-21 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle "Grad".
10:05 During the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 25 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian forces, and 87 ammunition were fired.
In the Donetsk direction the enemy carried out 7 attacks, in the Gorlovka direction - 17, in the Yasinovatsk direction - 1.
The injury of a man born in 1951 was recorded. as a result of the release of high explosives from a drone in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
09:52 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. Novaya Lagery five rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan eight rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery six rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi seven rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Proletarka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 20 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
08:54 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.
The group's motorized rifle units, in cooperation with artillery, repelled three attacks and two counterattacks by assault groups of the 30th, 32nd Mechanized, 57th Motorized Infantry, 25th Airborne brigades in the Sin'kovka and Ternov areas.
The crew of the 152mm towed gun 2A36 "Gyacinth-B" under the command of Corporal Alexei Taranin destroyed the 122mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S1 "Gvozdika" in the Radkovka area.
In addition, the group’s air defense and electronic warfare equipment destroyed five Furia unmanned aerial vehicles, two Leleki-100 and two Valkyries.
The total enemy losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 175 military personnel, two tanks, five vehicles, a 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S cannon and four 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as three mortars, an ammunition supply point and an unmanned aerial control point aircraft.
08:14 Crew of the Strela-10 air defense systemshot downUkrainian UAV "Leleka-100". The enemy tried to conduct aerial reconnaissance along Russian positions over Artemovsk - but our airborne forces prevented him.
08:07 Summary on the morning of January 25, 2024:
At night, multiple arrivals of Geraniums were reported from the Odessa region. Objects in Kremenchug and Kharkov were attacked with missiles.
The situation in the Kherson direction has not changed. There are battles in Krynki, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding positions in ruins under the fire of our artillery and drones, and are trying to replenish personnel through the Dnieper. There are artillery attacks from both sides, and the superiority of enemy drones in the air remains.
There are also an abundance of enemy UAVs on the Zaporozhye front. The enemy is operating in small groups of infantry near Rabotino and Verbovoy, our troops are working with artillery and mortars. Aviation of the Russian Armed Forces carries out FAB-500 strikes with UMPC on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy is attacking rear areas with missiles.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been trying to recapture positions in the area of the recently occupied Tsarskaya Okhota recreation center for the third day, concentrating reserves with up to three battalions on a narrow section of the front.
Heavy fighting continues near Belogorovka south of Kremennaya, our troops are conducting offensive operations.
08:00 Calculation of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system of the West group of forcesdestroyedreconnaissance drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansky direction.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Gregor Spitzen
[REGNUM] A monstrous incident occurred in the sky over Belgorod on the morning of January 24. An Il-76 military transport aircraft of the Russian Air Force with 65 Ukrainian prisoners on board intended for the exchange came under fire from a Ukrainian air defense complex secretly deployed to the border with the Belgorod region. This attack will go down in the annals of military intelligence around the world as the apotheosis of professional incompetence and incompetence.
In turn, the clumsy handling of the crisis case by the Ukrainian military and civilian authorities became another warning of how dangerous it is to entrust responsible work to outright amateurs.
The situation with the death of the Russian transport worker looks quite obvious, given that the Ukrainian side was the first to rush to report through the national media about the “successful” defeat of the target.
Nevertheless, great interest was aroused by how the media of countries friendly to the Kyiv regime reacted to the tragedy. Looking ahead, let’s say that they traditionally did not disappoint, offering their own readers a whole kaleidoscope of various versions.
GERMANY
The smartest thing to do was the German newspaper Handelsblatt, which remains one of the few high-quality German publications and is still trying to adhere to at least some civilized framework in relation to Russia.
The Düsseldorf editorial office simply reprinted the release of the German news agency Deutsche Presse Agentur (DPA), thus washing its hands. The audience was informed about the situation, but the journalists of Germany’s main business publication wisely did not want to delve into a matter that was frankly risky for their own reputation.
By the way, the DPA ’s release turned out to be as vague as possible and obscured the responsibility of the Ukrainian side, although overall it was quite complete from a factual point of view. Of course, there were traditional phrases such as the fact that the tragedy became another sad page “ in Russia’s 700-day aggressive war against Ukraine” and “it is impossible to independently confirm what or who the downed plane was transporting.”
However, the DPA honestly spoke about the initial publication of the Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper, which spoke of the successful “ defeat of an aircraft transporting Russian missiles to the S-300 air defense system.”
However, grains of truth, also according to the tradition practiced for some time in the German media, turned out to be seasoned with a real assortment of manipulative and propaganda passages.
Like reminders that “during the fighting in July 2014, pro-Russian militants shot down a suspected Ukrainian fighter jet over eastern Ukraine. In fact, a civilian plane from Malaysia was shot down, killing 298 of its passengers.”
Another German publication, Die Welt, decided to invite “military experts” like Nico Lange to the studio. He hastened to declare that “the range of Ukraine’s air defense missile systems is insufficient to shoot down targets at such a distance from the state border. At the same time, it is unlikely that such valuable systems as IRIS-T or Patriot could be transferred directly to the line of combat contact.”
Another military expert, Ralph D. Thiele, in a video broadcast on Die Welt, immediately began to throw shade on the fence, saying that “at the present time nothing can be said for sure, and the missile that shot down the Il-76 could have been either Ukrainian or Russian.”
Simonyan published a list of prisoners of war who died in the Il-76 crash
The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper went even further, transparently hinting to readers that the plane crash could have been a deliberate provocation by the Russian side.
The publication quoted a message from the Military Intelligence Service of Ukraine, according to which “the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine does not have sufficient information about who was on board the plane,” and “it cannot be ruled out that the incident was a planned action by Russia with the aim of destabilizing Ukrainian society. ”
The newspaper Die Zeit, among other things, compared the incident with the murder of more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war at the detention center in Yelenovka in the Donetsk region. Recalling that, according to the Ukrainian side, “Ukrainian prisoners were killed by Russian occupiers.” And although Russia says there was a missile attack from Ukraine, a UN mission to investigate an alleged war crime is still being denied entry by Russian occupation authorities.”
According to Die Zeit, “information about a weapon system allegedly used to shoot down a transport plane also resembles Yelenovka. There, the Russian authorities also very early started talking about an attack using the American HIMARS launcher, which at that time had only just been delivered to Ukraine. Ukraine accuses Russia of deliberately trying to prevent Western arms supplies by disinformation about their use.”
GREAT BRITAIN
The Guardian gave perhaps the most objective and impartial picture of the incident presented in Western media, refraining from assessments that could be interpreted as an expression of sympathy for one of the parties.
But the most authoritative British publication The Times could not resist quoting such an odious adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko.
He said that "Moscow's claims that the plane was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war and not missiles were an attempt by the Russian Ministry of Defense to 'save face.' “[Russia] is actively conducting informational special operations against Ukraine aimed at destabilizing Ukrainian society.”
Next, The Times adds the well-known theses that Russia is carrying out strikes with modified S-300 missiles. “At least 18 people were killed across Ukraine, most of them in Kharkiv, during Russian strikes on Tuesday. Belgorod has also been frequently targeted by Ukrainian missile attacks in recent months. Last month, a strike in the city center killed 25 people."
Such comparisons are made so that the reader realizes that the situation is “not as clear-cut” as it might seem at first glance, and the Russians are capable of any treachery.
USA
The New York Times also begins by saying that "Moscow's claims that Ukraine shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners cannot be independently verified."
However, the publication also quotes a statement from the Ukrainian General Staff: “Ukraine has the right to strike Russian military transport aircraft in the border region.”
However, The New York Times then cites a statement from the Ukrainian military command, which does not deny the fact that the plane was shot down. And it says that “The Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue to take measures to destroy delivery vehicles and control airspace to eliminate the terrorist threat.”
Also worthy of attention is the newspaper’s statement by Olga Reshetilova, coordinator of the Media Initiative for Human Rights group, which is investigating possible “war crimes” of Russia against prisoners of war. She called for an investigation into the crash, but noted that those efforts would be “complicated by the fact that the crime occurred on the territory” of Russia.
The New York Times concludes its ambivalent report with the following statement: “With prospects for progress on the ground unclear, Ukraine has turned to long-range drone strikes and sabotage operations inside Russia, targeting military and fuel infrastructure. Tactics include sabotage and special forces raids near the border, including in the Belgorod region."
Such statements can be interpreted as an assumption that the catastrophe that occurred was the work of Ukraine.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The court found Daria Trepova (a person included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of terrorists and extremists) guilty of committing a terrorist attack in St. Petersburg, it follows from the court decision.
Trepova received 27 years in a general regime colony. Trepova's accomplice was sentenced to 1 year and 9 months in prison for harboring her.
At the same time, the prosecutor requested 28 years in prison for Trepova. The state prosecution also asked for a fine of 800 thousand rubles.
Forensic experts declared the defendant sane. So, according to the polygraph data dated November 14, 2023, Trepova knew what exactly was in the figurine, which she gave to the journalist Tatarsky.
During interrogation on January 16, Trepova said that she carried out orders from Ukrainian curators in the hope of leaving for the republic.
The terrorist attack occurred on April 2, 2023 in a cafe on Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg. Tatarsky’s creative evening “There is such a profession - military correspondent” took place there. Trepova was one of the guests of the event. She presented the military correspondent with a figurine as a gift, which, as it later turned out, contained explosives. After this there was an explosion. During the terrorist attack, Tatarsky was killed and 40 more people were injured.
Trepova hid in the apartment of her friend Dmitry Kasintsev. However, the morning after the terrorist attack, April 3, he tried to escape. Later it became known that the state prosecution requested 1 year and 10 months of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony for him.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of murder, which was reclassified as a case of terrorism, and Trepova was arrested.
I don't blame them.
[Regnum] Relatives of captured Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters asked the Russian side not to return them to Ukraine, Human Rights Commissioner for the Sverdlovsk Region Tatyana Merzlyakova said on January 25. According to her, the parents of two prisoners live in the region.
Merzlyakova spoke about this as part of a commentary on the crash of a Russian Il-76 with captured Ukrainians on board, shot down by the Ukrainian Armed Forces themselves from the territory of the Kharkov region.
“Parents are crying and asking to stay here and not exchange them. These Ukrainian servicemen were not on the crashed plane,” Ekaterinburg Online quoted her as saying.
Merzlyakova noted that the region was eagerly awaiting the exchange of prisoners, which never took place due to the terrorist attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In her opinion, exchanges will resume if a third party appears that takes on the function of negotiations.
As Regnum reported, on January 24, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a military transport aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defense Il-76 with 65 Ukrainian prisoners, who were transported for transfer to the Ukrainian side, and a Russian crew of six people from an anti-aircraft missile system. No one survived. The exchange was planned to take place the same day at the Kolotilovka checkpoint on the Russian-Ukrainian border.
The Ministry of Defense stated that the Ukrainian leadership knew very well that the transportation of captured Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters was carried out by Russian military transport aircraft, and yet the Kiev regime took such a step as to accuse Russia of destroying the Ukrainian military. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that it is necessary to seek an international investigation not only of this, but also of all the crimes of the Kiev regime committed by it since 2014.
The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, called the pilots of the downed Il-76 heroes, since at the cost of their own lives they took the plane away from the populated area. The head of the region emphasized that the aircraft did not fall within the village of Yablonovo thanks to the professional and dedicated actions of the crew and expressed condolences to the families of the Russian military personnel who died in the incident.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The crash of an Il-76, which was shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), is being investigated under the article “terrorism,” the Investigative Committee reported on January 25.
“A criminal case has been initiated based on this fact on the grounds of a crime under Art. 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (terrorist act),” the message says.
The Investigative Committee added that the first results of the investigation indicate that the plane was attacked by an anti-aircraft missile from the territory of Ukraine. During the inspection of the scene, investigators found flight recorders, which were sent for decoding, and also seized a fragment of the fuselage and other material evidence for examination.
Earlier, on January 25, it was reported that specialists working at the Il-76 crash site discovered elements that could be missile fragments. In addition, a representative in the emergency services stated that missile damaging elements and hundreds of entry holes were found in the skin of the Il-76.
The fact that the Il-76 military transport plane crashed became known on January 24. The incident occurred in the Korochansky district in the Belgorod region. There were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on board who were being transported for exchange. In addition, there were six crew members on the plane, military police officers. Everyone died.
The Russian Ministry of Defense then stated that the radar equipment of the Aerospace Forces recorded the launch of two Ukrainian missiles at the downed Il-76. The plane was shot down by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the territory of the Kharkov region.
In a statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry called the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack on the Il-76 a conscious and deliberate attack. Department representative Maria Zakharova compared the Kiev regime’s terrorist attack against an Il-76 plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war with American militants in which “our own people die in a bloody massacre.”
[Yahoo] Explosions and fires have been reported simultaneously at the Novozhilov and Tykhaya Bay substations in the major Russian Pacific port city of Vladivostok, the Russian telegram channel ASTRA wrote on Jan. 23.
More than 250 houses in Tykhaya Bay are without power, according to local media reports.
The Far Eastern Distribution Network Company said that two transformers at the Borisenko district’s Zamiska substation were out of service at around 7:00 pm local time (11:00 a.m. EET). A fire was detected in a closed switchgear, although the transformers did not catch fire.
This report follows another recent incident at an oil terminal in Ust-Luga near St. Petersburg, where precision strikes by Ukrainian drones ignited a huge blaze that continued to rage into the morning of Jan. 21, forcing Russian authorities to evacuate personnel from the terminal of Novatek, Russia's largest independent natural gas producer.
Knowledgeable sources told NV that the attack on the terminal was a special operation carried out by Ukraine’s SBU security service. This facility, in particular, processes fuel for the Russian military.
The same source said that the Ust-Luga Oil terminal is an important facility for the Russians and damage to the terminal will cause not only economic damage to the aggressor, depriving the Kremlin of the opportunity to earn money to wage war in Ukraine, but will also significantly complicate Russian military logistics.
Ukrainian drones targeted an oil depot in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast in a special operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Defense Ministry (HUR) on the night of Jan. 18.
[Yahoo] Malaysian mercenaries and former Wagner private military company (PMC) fighters have been spotted in the occupied territories of Donetsk Oblast, the National Resistance Center (NRC) reported on Jan. 24, noting that they are currently at a training ground.
Cubans, Nepalese, Belarusians, Serbians and representatives of other countries where mercenary activities are formally prohibited have also been repeatedly spotted in the Russian armed forces.
Anyone fighting in the Russian army against Ukraine is considered a military target, the NRC reminded, calling on residents of the occupied territories to report information about the enemy and its gathering sites.
Russia is actively recruiting Cuban citizens to fight in the war on Ukraine, Reuters reported on Sept. 30. Moscow is paying them a signing bonus of $2,040 (200,000 rubles) – more than 100 times Cuba’s average monthly salary of $17 (4,209 pesos). At least 119 Cubans have already gone to fight in Ukraine.
Cuban authorities recently arrested 17 people on charges related to a ring of human traffickers that allegedly lured young Cuban men to fight in Ukraine, Reuters reported on Sept. 8, adding that Cubawas working to "neutralize and dismantle" the network, which it said operated both on Cuban and Russian soil.
Nepal has stopped issuing work permits to Russia and Ukraine after several of its citizens were killed in the war, Reuters reported on Jan. 5. Nepal has asked Moscow not to recruit its citizens into the Russian army, to immediately send all Nepalese soldiers back to their country, and to pay compensation to the families of those killed.
Russia tries to recruit foreigners for the war against Ukraine to avoid announcing a new mobilization before the presidential elections scheduled for 2024, reported U.K. intelligence on Sep. 3.
Russia recruits migrants from Central Asia to participate in combat operations in Ukraine, promising them expedited citizenship and a monthly salary of up to $4,160.
Russia planned to recruit an additional 400,000 contract soldiers after its offensive in Ukraine failed. This comes in the wake of significant losses, reported Bloomberg.
Kremlin has also begun to "rehabilitate" some elements of Wagner's PMC after the militants' failed rebellion in
The mercenaries were issued official documents identifying them as combat veterans. Wagner PMC has also been incorporated into the command structure of the Russian Guard.
All units have been reformatted. Fighters who sign a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry or Rosgvardia now serve in the army or other "private military companies,” a representative of the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), Vadym Skibitsky, has said.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Russia's request for a list of those killed in Bucha in the spring of 2022 was received by the United Nations (UN). This was stated on January 25 by the official representative of the Secretary General of the world organization, Stephane Dujarric, during a briefing, TASS reports.
“We received this request,” Dujarric said.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov indicated at a meeting of the UN Security Council on January 22 that the world organization has not yet provided a list of those killed in Bucha, despite repeated requests from the Russian side.
Earlier, IA Regnum reported that, as Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in December 2023, the refusal of relevant international organizations to provide Russia with a list of those killed in Bucha suggests that it was a staging carried out by Ukraine at the direction of Great Britain and the United States.
In June 2023, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov doubted that the West was conducting an investigation into the incident in Bucha. He noted that he constantly reminds UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres of the importance of clarifying the situation, but receives no response.
Until the end of March 2022, the city of Bucha, located near Kiev, was under the control of the Russian military. After their withdrawal, Ukrainian and Western media published photos and videos taken in Bucha, which allegedly showed numerous corpses of civilians. Kyiv accused Moscow of a war crime.
In April 2022, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, announced the initiation of a criminal case after the Ukrainian provocation in the city of Bucha under the article on the public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
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