Tensions between Ecuador and Russia over military equipment threaten banana exports.
The two countries have been at loggerheads recently after Ecuador decided to transfer some of its old Russian military equipment to the United States, in exchange for $200 million in new… pic.twitter.com/nanfXcj5Ch
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Bully for Equador! (getting $200 million in new military gear for Soviet era junk). Bully for USA! (pawning $200 million worth of "new" military gear on the dumb spicks Equadorans)
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And this illustrates the problem with selling your military gear all over the world: At some point, piles of it are going to wander off to someone who you don't want to have it.
Russian, American, UK, French, it's all the same.
The very essence of military gear is it's portable.
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Dale will be along soon to note the victorious resurgence of Russia's indigenous banana production industry
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If it cost more to bring our equipment home from warzones than it is worth, then why would we pay to ship that junk here.
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Dale will be along soon to note the victorious resurgence of Russia's indigenous banana production industry
This is why we most stop Global Warming. Once the polar ice caps melt, Russia will produce bananas prodigiously. Gentlemen, we must not allow a banana gap!
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@Chris To test and use as close to real targets as possible. Just after the 1st gulf war, we brought back a lot of Soviet stuff the Iraqis had and it was nice to shoot at a real BMP with the AT-4 and see how well it worked.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Cherkasy, Donetsk, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv and Kherson regions were also affected.
In the Lviv region, a critical infrastructure object was hit in the Drohobytsky district. It is known about the fire. The information about the victims and the destruction is being clarified, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Cherkasy at night, mobile fire groups destroyed three "martyrs" in the Uman district. Without casualties and destruction of infrastructure. Another enemy UAV targeted an abandoned building. In the morning, air defense was working in the region. Previously without consequences. The survey of the territory is ongoing.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday afternoon, the enemy directed heavy artillery at the Nikopol district three times, and attacked with kamikaze drones the same number of times. It was given to Nikopol, Mirivska and Marganetska communities. There are wounded. Damaged infrastructural object, seven private houses. Broken garage, car, gas pipeline. At night, the enemy sent several drones to Novomoskovskiy district. Two "shaheds" shot down PvK "East". Due to the fall of debris and the impact of the rest of the UAV, there is destruction on the territory of the utility company. Damaged buildings and cars. A fire broke out, which was promptly extinguished by rescuers. The aggressor shelled the Nikopol district with artillery. I visited the district center and the Marganets community. It passed without any deaths or injuries. In the morning it was loud in Pavlograd.
There is an air alarm in Kyiv morning. Missile attack. Air defense forces were working. According to preliminary information, there were no hits. Falling debris is recorded on the territory of several settlements. The information is being clarified.
In Luhansk, the enemy is attacking our positions in Bilogorivka. Enemy artillery also worked on the territory of the settlement. During the day, the occupiers fired almost 600 shells at our part of the front. The enemy fired 173 rounds during the day.
In the Kharkiv morning, the S-300 missile attack began in Kharkiv, hits were recorded in the Slobid district of Kharkiv. There is damage to non-residential infrastructure. About 22 settlements were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks, in particular: Vovchansk, Okhrimivka, Varvarivka, Kozacha Lopan, Mala Vovcha, Pischane, Petropavlivka, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka. The occupiers carried out airstrikes on the villages of Veterinarne, Okhrimivka, Mala Vovcha, Pishchane. Yesterday, the enemy struck Okhrimovka with two anti-tank missiles. LLC AF "Progress" was damaged. 10 hangars were damaged. There were no casualties or injuries. Five private houses, a warehouse, and a car were damaged as a result of the shelling by four anti-tank missiles in the village of Mala Vovcha. No casualties. In Varvarivka, the school premises were damaged by shelling. As a result of the blows to Pishchany, a 70-year-old woman was injured, received an explosive injury, traumatic amputation of the fingers of the left hand, and was hospitalized.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy attacked 19 towns and villages, 179 strikes were recorded. 128 artillerymen were sent to the territory of Orikhov, Novodanilivka, Poltavka, Levadny, Biloghirya, Malynyvka, Stepnohirsk, Stepovoy, Kamiansky, Maly Shcherbaki and other front-line settlements. The occupiers carried out an air strike on Novodarivka, 55 BpLA attacks on Gulyaipol, Levadny, Charivnoy, Novodarivka, Chervony, Novoandriivka, Pyatikhatki, and also shelled Robotina, Mala Tokmachka and Novodanilivka with salvo rocket systems. A 69-year-old local woman died in her own yard as a result of the shelling in Stepnohirsk.
In Chernihivska, there were 15 shellings (64 explosions) per day. The enemy shelled the Novgorod-Siverskyi, Chernihivskyi and Koryukivskyi districts with mortars, tanks, and launched FPV drones. As a result of shelling, several buildings and equipment of an agricultural enterprise in the Novgorod-Siversky district were damaged. No victims.
In Sumy at night and in the morning, the Russians carried out 11 shellings of the border territories and settlements of the region. 30 explosions were recorded. Yunakivsk, Bilopolsk, Krasnopilsk, Velikopysarivsk, Esmansk, Seredino-Budsk communities came under fire. As a result of the air strike in the direction of Yablunivka, Yunakivska TG, six private houses were damaged and one person was injured. As a result of rocket fire in the direction of Yablunivka, a hangar for grain storage was damaged. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 31 shelling of the border territories and settlements of the Sumy region. 123 explosions were recorded - from mortars, artillery, grenade launchers, FPV drone, VOG drop from UAV, air strike and tank. The communities of Khotinsk, Krasnopilsk, Bilopolsk, Velikopysarivsk, Novoslobidsk, Esmansk, Shalyginsk, Znob-Novgorodsk, Seredino-Budsk came under fire.
In Donetskia, the villages of the past era were under fire: Novoselivka Persha, Oleksiivka, Maksimilianivka, Gostre, Kurakhove, Avdiivka. Two residential buildings, a civilian car, and an outbuilding were damaged. In Donetsk region in a day: two wounded.
In Mykolayivska, during the night, air defense forces and means destroyed three UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type. This morning, the enemy attacked Mykolaiv with Shahed-136/131 type BpLA and air-launched missiles. As a result of the hits, about 20 residential buildings were damaged. One person died. There was a fire at the section of the underground gas pipeline. In addition, a technical structure was damaged and a fire broke out on the territory of the infrastructure facility. The fire is currently contained.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 37 rounds (150 shells) during the day, including six rounds (32 shells) at Kherson. The raiders targeted the districts of 13 settlements of the region, an enterprise and a garage cooperative in Kherson, a poultry farm and a store in the Kherson district, an agricultural enterprise in the Berislav district. Berislav was again attacked by Russian drones. The occupying forces dropped explosives three times from a drone near the humanitarian headquarters. A 55-year-old woman was injured in the shelling. Doctors assess her condition as moderate. A 49-year-old man received life-threatening injuries as a result of the Russian shelling of Tokarivka. Two local residents were injured. A 60-year-old man and a 74-year-old woman were taken to the hospital. Doctors conduct examinations and provide assistance to the victims. In a day in the region: one person died, three more were injured.
Yesterday, the enemy launched four missile and 27 air strikes , fired 88 rocket salvo fire strikes at 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 and other civil infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 21:37 Polish President Andrzej Duda commented on Trump’s statements that he would end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours” if he wins the presidential election: “Based on my personal experience as a president who worked with President Trump, I can say: "What he promised me was fulfilled. So if I received any promise from Trump, if he promised me something, then it was fulfilled."
21:11 The Verkhovna Rada adopted the bill on mobilization in the first reading. People's deputies supported it in the government's drafting, and they promise to make amendments by the second reading. It looks like there will be a lot of amendments, because enough complaints have already accumulated against the bill. For more details, see the article Law on Mobilization: What Problems We Found.
21:06 In Russian Izhevsk, a powerful explosion occurred at a factory producing military products. After the detonation, a strong fire started. Propaganda Russian media write that the explosion allegedly occurred “during routine testing of rocket engines.”
20:40 During a massive attack on February 7, the Russian army used the new 3M22 Zircon cruise missile for the first time. Social networks report this and publish photos of supposedly fragments with the corresponding marking 3M22. More details - in the material the Russian Federation hit Kiev with Zircon for the first time.
19:56 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that five RM-70 Vampire MLRS rockets were allegedly destroyed by air defense systems over the Belgorod region.
19:52 The leader of the "DPR" Denis Pushilin said that today, as a result of the dropping of ammunition from a drone in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, five employees of the "DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations" received moderate injuries.
19:17 The next meeting in the Ramstein format will take place on February 14 at NATO headquarters in Brussels, the Alliance press service reported.
19:14 NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the decision on changes in the leadership of Ukraine is “of course, Ukraine’s decision, and it is not NATO’s place to evaluate it.” "But I welcome Minister Kuleba's very clear statement that any changes will not affect relations with partners and with NATO. So we will continue to support - that's what matters - and we will continue to do so," he added.
19:11 Zelensky said that he had a meeting in Kiev with Borrell - he informed about the situation on the battlefield, discussed cooperation with the EU in the field of security, in particular the supply of a million artillery ammunition, as agreed.
18:30 Washington will not change its attitude towards Kiev due to rumors about Zaluzhny’s possible resignation, Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. He assured that the United States will continue to support both the Ukrainian government and the local military. At the same time, he refused to comment on Zaluzhny’s possible resignation: “It’s not for us to decide from Washington.”
18:26 The Russians attacked the Poltava region - the explosion was heard in the Mirgorod region. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or destruction, said the head of the OVA, Philip Pronin.
18:03 Zelensky met in Kiev with the head of the People's Assembly of Bulgaria Rosen Zhelyazkov, who is in Ukraine on a solidarity visit at the head of a delegation of Bulgarian parliamentarians.
17:25 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that two people were injured as a result of today’s shelling. There is also damage on the territory of one of the industrial enterprises in Belgorod and another in the Belgorod region.
17:21 The “Supreme Court of the DPR” sentenced 33 Ukrainian military personnel to prison terms ranging from 27 to 29 years in a case allegedly “about shelling residential buildings,” the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation reported.
16:52 The IAEA mission visited the occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The agency's general director, Rafael Grossi, said that during his fourth visit to the station, he assessed its protection, the state of the power and cooling systems, as well as the level of qualifications of the personnel, on which the safety of the station directly depends.
16:47 Borrell visited several drone production facilities in Ukraine and then stated that the country does not need supplies of drones from the EU, since it produces them itself: “They do not need drones. I visited several production facilities and was very surprised by the capabilities of your engineers to create companies for the production of high quality drones."
16:43 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that seven rockets from the Ukrainian RM-70 Vampire MLRS were allegedly shot down over the Belgorod region. At the same time, in public pages in Belgorod they write about a fire at one of the enterprises after a missile strike.
16:36 Kuleba said that in order to receive more ammunition from the EU, Ukraine should simultaneously begin negotiations with third countries that have contracted ammunition in Europe. The Ukrainian minister also announced three steps that the EU should take to increase the supply of shells to Ukraine: these are long-term contracts with defense companies, the removal of all barriers to interaction between European defense companies among themselves and with Ukrainian companies, as well as negotiations between European companies and governments in order to to restructure and refocus existing contracts for the supply of projectiles to Ukraine.
16:29 In the village of Kosmach, Ivano-Frankivsk region, an angry crowd beat a woman and a child. About a hundred local residents blocked the road and stopped cars to make sure there were no TCC workers in their cars. Suspecting that one of the drivers had come to the village to spy on the men, people attacked the woman and her six-year-old daughter. Read more in the article Scandal in the Carpathian region.
15:57 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis addressed Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi with a request that Beijing take part in the Global Peace Summit. “China has a very strong relationship with Russia, but is still ready to contribute to ending this war,” Cassis said. According to the Swiss minister, his Chinese counterpart "has taken note" of the invitation and will respond in a few days.
15:22 Two of the five missiles fired at Kharkov in the morning were North Korean-made, said the head of the investigative department of the regional police, Sergei Bolvinov. Explosive technicians collected metal fragments of ballistic missiles on the territory of an industrial zone. According to preliminary conclusions of experts, these are North Korean HVASON 11GA (KN-23) missiles.
15:05 By the end of the year, Ukraine will receive 1 million 155 thousand ammunition from the EU, Borrell said.
14:46 In Kiev, the number of victims as a result of the morning attack increased to 40 people, four people died, KGVA reported.
14:42 Russia is recruiting mercenaries in Syria to participate in hostilities against Ukraine, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
It gets them out from underfoot in Syria, and provides cannon fodder in Ukraine, sparing some of the local boys.
According to intelligence data, preparations are taking place on Syrian territory near the city of Aleppo. The first batch of about 1,000 mercenaries is undergoing training with an emphasis on urban warfare. Upon completion of the training, the Syrian mercenaries will be taken to the Khmeimim airbase, and from there to the territory of the Russian Federation. In Russia they are given Russian passports and then mobilized into the army.
“If you survive, you can get nice dacha in Moscow. Sexy, blond girlfriend not included.” (Yes, of course I know dacha is a Russian country cottage. Stupid Syrians don’t know, though.)
Moscow recruits men in Syria through travel companies. The Syrians are first promised work as security guards at oil refineries in Yakutia,
...how desperate must the Syrians be to sign up for work in the coldest part of Russia?
and then they are attracted to “higher paid jobs” in Buryatia.
14:38 Ukrainian manufacturers have developed an analogue of the Russian kamikaze drone Lancet - it is already being tested on the battlefield, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. “It’s difficult to name specific dates, but I think that within two months information will begin to appear in Russian public pages about how their tanks are burning,” the Deputy Prime Minister noted.
According to Fedorov, it took six months to “accelerate the market” for these kamikaze drones: “Now there are several companies on the radar, and we are testing their products. In the coming weeks, the fate of contracts for the production of Lancet-type drones will be decided.”
14:29 British intelligence reports that the Russian Guard is preparing a new formation of the Volunteer Corps from experienced mercenaries of the Wagner PMC to strengthen its troops in Ukraine and expand influence in Africa. A new base is being built for the Wagner group in the south of the Russian Federation.
13:45 The Rada supported government bill No. 10449 on strengthening mobilization in the first reading. The bill was adopted without proposals from the defense committee. It is expected that amendments will be made until February 21, after which the document will be voted on in the second reading. Thus, it is most likely that the bill will be adopted as a whole in the last week of February, signed in early March, after which it will come into force in April, People’s Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said.
13:23 As a result of a missile attack in Kiev, four people were killed and 38 were injured, the data is being clarified, the KGVA reported.
12:40 In Nikolaev, as a result of a morning attack, two gas pipelines were damaged, a Naftogaz employee was killed, the company reported.
12:34 Peskov confirmed that Putin gave an interview to Tucker Carlson yesterday. According to him, the Kremlin receives many requests for interviews with Putin, including from the West, but many of the media contacts “don’t even try to look impartial and take a one-sided position,” so there is “neither the desire nor the point” to communicate with them.
Peskov also emphasized that the goals of the “special operation” have not changed and remain relevant, among them “ensuring the security of Russia against the backdrop of attempts to destroy the neutral status of Ukraine and suck it into NATO.”
12:11 In Kiev, the number of deaths as a result of the morning attack increased to four people, 21 people were injured, KGVA reported. The fire in a multi-storey residential building in the Goloseevsky district was extinguished at 11:40. 40 people were evacuated, 26 were saved, 19 were injured, four died. Fire in the service station building on an area of 800 sq. m was also liquidated, about 40 cars were burned or damaged.
On the border of the Dnieper and Desnyansky districts, high-voltage underground electrical cables were damaged as a result of falling debris, and a short circuit occurred in a transformer substation, without a fire. Two people were injured.
11:36 In Nikolaev, the number of victims as a result of the morning strike has increased to six, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
11:30 In Kiev, the number of victims as a result of the morning attack increased to 21 people, three people died, KGVA reported.
11:14 In the Lviv region, a Russian missile hit an industrial facility in Drohobych. The building was partially destroyed and a fire broke out on an area of about 300 square meters. m, it has already been extinguished, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky. No people were hurt.
11:09 The morning missile attack did not cause critical consequences for the stable operation of the energy system, Ukrenergo reported. Due to damage to power grids, consumers in Kyiv and Kharkov were de-energized, and a substation in the east was again shelled. In Kharkov, due to damage to the Kharkovoblenergo networks, about a thousand consumers were cut off from power. Ukrenergo's high-voltage power lines are operating normally. In Kyiv, 19,400 consumers and health care institutions are without power, and emergency restoration work continues.
11:07 At night, a Russian plane dropped three guided bombs on the territory of the Yunakovsky community of the Sumy region - one person was injured, six private houses were damaged, the prosecutor's office reported.
11:04 In the Sloboda district of Kharkov, as a result of five attacks by S-300 missiles, buildings of civilian enterprises were damaged and three people were injured, the prosecutor’s office reported.
10:59 In the Kiev region, two people were injured during a rocket attack, OVA reported. Falling debris was recorded in eight settlements in two districts of the region. 14 private houses, outbuildings, and cars were damaged by debris.
10:56 In Kiev, as a result of a morning attack, three people were killed and 14 more were injured, KGVA reports. In the Goloseevsky district, 52 people were evacuated from a multi-storey residential building where a fire occurred, eight were rescued, and 12 people were injured. Rescuers continue to work at the site. As a result of the fire at the service station, about 40 cars were burned or damaged. The fire has been extinguished.
10:44 According to the Ministry of Energy, in Kiev, as a result of a missile attack, power lines were switched off and substations were de-energized. Because of this, some consumers in the Dnieper and Desnyansky districts were disconnected - a total of 19.4 thousand subscribers. Health care facilities were left without electricity. Energy workers expect to heal consumers within three hours.
10:35 The President's Office showed the consequences of a missile attack on Kiev:
10:13 Air defense during the night and morning attack destroyed 29 enemy missiles and 15 attack UAVs, the Air Force command reported. In total, the Russian Federation used 64 air attack weapons:
20 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type (launched at the Crimean Cape Chauda);
29 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from ten Tu-95MS strategic aircraft (launched in Engels, Caspian Sea);
four Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers (launch area - Sevastopol, Kursk);
three sea-based cruise missiles Caliber from carriers in the Black Sea (launch area - Novorossiysk);
three Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launched from Cape Tarkhankut and from the Voronezh region);
five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles (launch area - Belgorod region).
Air defense forces destroyed 44 air targets: 26 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles, three Caliber cruise missiles and 15 Shahed-136/131 UAVs.
10:07 In Kiev, the number of victims has increased to 13 people: ten were hospitalized in the Goloseevsky district, among them a pregnant woman, three more were injured in the Dnieper district, two of them were hospitalized, said city mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.
09:48 Zelensky will visit Germany next week, Tagesspiegel reports. According to the publication, the Ukrainian president plans his visit during the Munich Security Conference from February 16 to 18.
09:27 The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that he started the morning in Kiev with a trip to the shelter: “I start the morning in the shelter when air raid signals are heard throughout Kiev. This is the daily reality of the brave Ukrainian people since Russia began its illegal aggression."
09:12 In Kiev, the number of victims as a result of the morning attack has increased to six - three in the Dnieper district and three in Goloseevsky, said Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko. The head of the KGVA, Sergei Popko, said that the enemy used Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from Russian territory. The air raid warning in the capital lasted about three hours. The missiles came in several waves from different directions. Air defense forces hit about 20 missiles in the capital area.
09:01 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of February 7:
personnel - about 391,470 (+890) people,
tanks - 6372 (+7),
armored combat vehicles - 11,879 (+22),
artillery systems - 9387 (+20),
MLRS - 980 (+1),
air defense systems - 665 (+0),
aircraft - 332 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 7177 (+4),
cruise missiles - 1849 (+1),
ships/boats - 24 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 12,486 (+33),
special equipment - 1497 (+1).
08:50 Over the past 24 hours, 92 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 21 enemy attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and eight more attacks near Pervomaisky, Nevelsky, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, 20 attacks were repelled (near Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region), in the Limansky direction - 21 attacks (in the areas of Belogorivka, Luhansk region and Ternov, Grigoryevka, Donetsk region).
The enemy did not conduct offensive actions in the Kupyansk direction. In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 12 enemy attacks near Bogdanovka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - one attack south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - four attacks in the Rabotino area and west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces hold their positions and repelled two assaults by Russian troops.
08:46 In Kiev, as a result of a morning attack, one person was injured in the Goloseevsky district. In addition to a multi-storey residential building, there was a fire at a service station. In the Dnieper region, two people were injured, underground power networks were damaged, KGVA reported.
08:44 In the morning, the Russians attacked Kharkov with S-300 missiles, hits were recorded in the Slobodsky district. There is damage to non-residential infrastructure, one person was injured, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. He also noted that over the past 24 hours the Russian army has increased the number of strikes with guided bombs.
08:23 A man who was hospitalized after the shelling died in the Nikolaev hospital, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said.
08:19 In the Dnieper district of Kiev, as a result of falling debris from a downed rocket, an emergency power outage occurred, some residents were left without power supply. Ukrenergo reported that there is damage in the distribution networks, but the main networks are operating normally. In the Goloseevsky district, according to preliminary information, an apartment building was damaged as a result of a missile strike, the KGVA reported.
08:05 Poland will use its aircraft to secure the country's airspace when the Russian Federation fires missiles at Ukraine, the Polish Armed Forces reported. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that the cruise missile was in the Lviv region and was moving towards the border with Poland, but then turned around.
07:46 Russia is massively attacking Ukraine with drones and missiles at night and in the morning. In Nikolaev, as a result of the hits, about 20 residential buildings were damaged, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim. A fire occurred in a section of an underground gas pipeline, and a technical structure where a fire broke out was damaged on the territory of an infrastructure facility. The fire has now been localized.
07:35 In the Novomoskovsk district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, as a result of falling debris and a UAV hit, there is destruction on the territory of a utility company, buildings and cars are damaged. A fire broke out, which rescuers quickly extinguished; no people were injured, said the head of the Fire Department, Sergei Lysak.
05:28 Russia has launched North Korean-made ballistic missiles into Ukraine at least nine times, US Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Robert Wood said at a Security Council meeting.
00:24 A meeting of the North Atlantic Council will take place in Brussels on February 7. According to the White House, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will take part in the meeting. During meetings in Brussels, he will discuss a number of key issues ahead of the anniversary 75th NATO summit in Washington, including further support for Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian defenders fend off dozens of enemy attacks every day
The hottest situation was in the Avdeevka direction, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 25 attacks near Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and nine more near Nevelskoye, Donetsk region,
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces published operational information about the Russian invasion as of Wednesday evening, February 7.
“At the beginning of the day, the enemy carried out several attacks on the territory of Ukraine, using various means of air attack: attack UAVs, cruise, ballistic and anti-aircraft guided missiles. In total, 64 enemy air attack weapons were used: 20 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, 29 cruise Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 missiles, four Kh-22 cruise missiles, three sea-based Kalibr cruise missiles, three Iskander-M ballistic missiles, five S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles. As a result of combat work with fire weapons of the Air Force and the Defense Forces, 44 air targets were destroyed: 26 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles, three Caliber cruise missiles, 15 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs,” the General Staff said in the evening report.
The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. During the day, 80 clashes occurred.
“Information regarding the total number of missile and air strikes, as well as shelling from multiple launch rocket systems, is being clarified. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are deaths and injuries among the civilian population, including children. Multi-storey and private houses have been destroyed and damaged, as well as other civilian infrastructure in the Kiev, Kharkov, Nikolaev and Lvov regions,” the General Staff reported.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repulsed three attacks near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Liman direction, our soldiers repelled seven attacks near Belogorivka, Lugansk region and Ternov, Torskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled five attacks in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovskoye and Kleschievka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our defenders repulsed 25 attacks near Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and nine more attacks near Nevelskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region. Here the enemy tried 20 times to improve the tactical situation.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Defense Forces repelled two attacks west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy does not abandon the intention to dislodge Ukrainian units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. During the day, three unsuccessful attempts were made to storm the positions of our troops.
During the day, Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on six areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
Units of the missile forces carried out attacks on three areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, and two enemy ammunition depots.
Let us remind you that this night and in the morning Russia massively attacked Ukraine with missiles, having previously fired suicide bombs. Kyiv, Kharkov, Nikolaev and the western regions came under enemy attacks.
It later became known that air defense units shot down 44 of 64 enemy targets.
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[KavkazUzel] Deputy Chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan Shamil Khadulaev said that he did not familiarize himself with the materials of the case of Mutaev’s murder and did not sign non-disclosure documents. Khadulaev considered accusations of divulging investigative secrets as pressure.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, the representative of the POC of Dagestan Shamil Khadulaev, after a visit to the pre-trial detention center to Nadyrkhan Kadirkhanov, accused of the murder of Magomedrasul Mutaev, informed that he spoke about beatings and humiliation by the athlete in the presence of other people.
On January 31, MMA fighter Magomedrasul Mutaev received several gunshot wounds near his home in Makhachkala and died on the way to the hospital. On February 3, police reported that 18-year-old Nadyrkhan Kadirkhanov had been detained on suspicion of murder. The investigation cited the suspect's personal hostility as the reason for Mutaev's murder. Acquaintances of the detainee reported that he was subjected to humiliation and bullying by Mutaev. According to other sources, Mutaev did not sort things out with Kadirkhanov one-on-one, but gathered a group of about 15 people to beat Kadirkhanov and humiliate him in the presence of witnesses.
Deputy Chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) Shamil Khadulaev is suspected of disclosing data from the preliminary investigation in the criminal case of the murder of mixed martial arts fighter Magomed Mutaev in Makhachkala, the Sapa Kavkaz Telegram channel reported today without citing the source of information.
Khadulaev rejected the possibility of divulging the secrets of the investigation. “This case was immediately solved. The suspect was detained and confessed, without denying what he had done. Those videos and information that were distributed on all social networks and in the media were divided into false and those that took place from the words of the arrested person, which I mean informed the society. There are some who believe that this is true, and others that he is lying.
The investigation will look into it, since this is their job. I am not familiar with the case materials, no one showed them to me, the signature is within the framework of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, Article 161 “Inadmissibility of disclosure “I didn’t put the preliminary investigation data anywhere,” he wrote today in his Telegram channel.
He suggested that this may be related to his activities in the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan, noting that they “decided to put pressure on him” because he does not “make contact with those with whom he should not go,” noting that his this was “asked for several times.”
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[EngMilRu] This morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have launched a group strike with long-range air- and sea-based precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex that produce uncrewed boats, coastal missile systems, rockets for multiple-launch rocket systems and explosives.
The goal of the attack has been reached. All the facilities have been neutralised.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Fores have defeated enemy manpower close to Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Kislovka and Berestovoye (Kharkov region).
In addition, four attacks by assault groups of 32nd mechanised and 25th airborne brigades of the AFU and the 13th Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard have been repulsed near Senkovka railway station and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 275 troops, nine motor vehicles, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one D-30 howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have defeated AFU manpower and hardware near Dzerzhinskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and repelled two attacks by assault groups of the AFU 60th Mechanised Brigade near Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 220 troops and three motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and positions and also defeated manpower and hardware of 22nd and 28th mechanised brigades of the AFU, as well as the enemy 114th Brigade close to Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka, and Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, ten attacks by formations of the 112th Territorial Defence Brigade and the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU have been repelled close to Krasnoye, Leninskoye, Shumy, and Pobeda (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 290 soldiers, two armoured fighting vehicles, and 13 motor vehicles killed and wounded.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-manufactured M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one D-20 gun, two D-30 howitzers, and one AFU ammunition depot have been neutralised.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have improved the front line and defeated AFU manpower and hardware near Urozhainoye and Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 195 troops, three motor vehicles, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces, supported by artillery, have defeated manpower and hardware of 128th mountain assault, 33rd, 118th mechanised brigades of the AFU close to Zherebyanki and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 30 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In Kherson direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces have conducted a comprehensive fire attack, the enemy losses were up to 45 servicemen, five motor vehicles, and one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised aircraft and fuel depots, as well as manpower and military hardware in 119 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force near Alekseevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectiles have been intercepted.
In addition, 104 unmanned aerial vehicles have been hit close to Mirnoye, Novoye (Zaporozhye region), Novaya Kakhovka, Schastlivoye (Kherson region), Vasiliyevka (Donetsk People's Republic), Stelmakhovka, Zhitlovka, and Ploshchanka (Lugansk People's Republic).
In total, 569 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 11,967 unmanned aerial vehicles, 462 air defence missile systems, 14,932 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,217 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 7,985 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 18,349 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 02/07/2024 to 00:00 02/08/2024
81 cases of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about a civilian being injured. 5 employees of the DPR Ministry of Emergency Situations were injured.
DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings,
One vehicle,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
36 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
38 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
Four artillery attacks in the Yasinovat direction,
Three artillery attacks in the Volnovakha direction,
A total of 270 units of various ammunition were produced.
23:11 Front birdie reports: Yuzhnodonetsk direction. district settlement Novomikhailovka 02/07 23:00
It is reported that in the late afternoon our units of the Vostok group of troops hit an enemy infantry fighting vehicle and an armored car. The ATGM operators and aerial reconnaissance artillerymen worked very harmoniously and accurately.
21:50 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction (DPR) 02/07 21:30
It is reported that our Su-34 front-line bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces command post.
Aviation used high-explosive bombs with universal planning modules.
20:40 Front bird broadcasts: Nikolaevkskaya area. Loud. 02/07 20:30
Local public pages report on the work of enemy air defense.
The rumble was heard in the southern part of the region in the port area.
Arrival information is being updated.
Our UAV has undergone preliminary testing.
19:50 Coordinated and courageous: crew of the Kornet ATGM of the Transbaikal paratroopers destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry group west of Artemovsk
Soldiers of a separate guards formation of the Airborne Forces of the “Southern” group of troops from Ulan-Ude destroyed a group of enemy infantry of up to 10 people, which was moving towards its forward positions for rotation.
18:50 Telegram channel «Colonelcassad": Border zone again!
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are not abandoning attempts to equip their oporniks with mortars and UAV crews in close proximity to the Russian border. As before, our artillery is working on them.
1. Destruction of an observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement. Staritsa (Kharkov region);
2. Accurate hits on a hangar with weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village. Berezniki (Kharkov region);
3. Detection and destruction of the enemy air defense system and the position of the enemy mortar crew in the village. Stepok (Sumy region).
16:50 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction. district settlement Novomikhailovka 02/07 16:45
It is reported that our units of the Vostok group of troops hit an enemy infantry fighting vehicle.
The ATGM and aerial reconnaissance operators worked very harmoniously and accurately.
15:50 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, improved the situation along the front line and defeated the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 195 military personnel, three vehicles, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, and the Akatsiya self-propelled gun.
15:10 Information about the entry and consolidation of our forces on the eastern outskirts of Novomikhailovka is confirmed.
This is not the first attempt to storm the village from the east. However, taking into account the progress in planting from the north, this approach should be more promising.
14:30 Front bird broadcasts: Nikolaevkskaya area. Geraniums. 02/07 14:20
It is reported that as a result of a morning missile attack by our cruise missiles, a military warehouse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit.
In particular, the X-59 missile, having fired heat traps, hit a supply warehouse for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:30 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. New phase. 07.02 12:30
Powerful artillery artillery attack of Ukrainian Armed Forces positions and intensification of fighting in the city itself are reported.
So our assault units are actively hitting the enemy in the area of Sapronov and Lesya Ukrainka streets.
T-90 tanks are actively covering the advancing forces of the Russian Armed Forces.
12:50 Telegram channel «Colonelcassad": Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced slightly east of Ugledar in the direction of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya mine. These attacks complement the offensive of Russian troops in the Novomikhailovka area, where yesterday they managed to gain a foothold on the outskirts of the village.
12:15 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction. Ugledar. 02/07 11:30
It is reported that in the area of the village of Ugledar, Donetsk People's Republic, our fighters from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade repelled an attack by an enemy drg.
Our infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers did an excellent job.
Suppressed an enemy attack attempt with dense counter fire from 30mm.
The enemy has minus personnel.
11:30 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the 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
Motorized rifle units, with the support of army aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks by the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Priyutnoye area; the enemy suffered losses and retreated.
Bomber strikes and artillery fire hit strongholds and areas where manpower accumulated in the 1st brigade of the President of Ukraine, the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Urozhainy, Ugledar and Dobrovolye.
During the day, three enemy attempts to carry out rotations at forward positions in the Staromayorsky area were stopped.
The enemy lost up to 195 military personnel, a tank, two vehicles, an unmanned aircraft control center, and self-propelled artillery units 122mm 2S3 "Akatsiya" and 152mm 2S1 "Gvozdika"
10:45 Front bird broadcasts: Kyiv and Kyiv region. 07.02 09:30
A powerful explosion in a forested area of ??Boryspil.
A military unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was previously hit.
09:50 Criminal Kyiv 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. Novie Lagerya five rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka two rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan three rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha six rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi three rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Proletarka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 15 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:15 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 02/07/2024
– In the Ugledarsky sector, the Russian Armed Forces attacked north of Priyutnoye. With the support of artillery they tried to advance at Staromayorsky. The positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Blagodatny, Zolotaya Niva, Prechistovka and Ugledar are under attack. Russian ones are in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie and Pavlovka.
– On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, after heavy artillery shelling, reached the southern and eastern outskirts of Novomikhailovka. There is no point in talking about a breakthrough of the Ukrainian defense yet. Also, Russian troops, with the support of long-range weapons, managed to occupy new positions northeast of Georgievka. In the lowlands. There are small but heights ahead. And then - serious.
On the southeastern outskirts of Avdeevka there are the same oncoming battles for control of the flanks. Positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the city under fire from Russian troops. To the northeast - the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of Lastochkin. Also with artillery support.
Thus, the main logistics route for supplying the Ukrainian garrison in Avdiivka comes under direct fire control. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ekaterinivka, Pobeda, the city of Krasnogorovka, Pervomaisky, Netaylov, Ocheretin and Alexandropol (a settlement north of Donetsk). Russian ones are in Staromikhailovka, Donetsk and the village of Krasnogorovka.
– In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces, after artillery shelling, expanded the zone of control near Ternov. They managed to reach the heights east of the village. Russian troops also attacked in the Tabaevka area. No success. The positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Belogorovka, Serebryanka, Torskoye, Nevsky, Berestovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka, Petropavlovka and Sinkovka are under attack.
08:45 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for February 6, 2024
– The Russian Army continues to advance on several sectors of the front at once. In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Krasnoye area and north of the T-0504 highway, taking control of a part of the forest plantation leading to reservoirs east of the village.
– In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the area of Sapronov and Lesya Ukrainka streets in the northern part of the city. There are battles for the railway bridge. However, it is worth noting that there is a lot of unconfirmed information regarding what is happening in this direction, which is impossible to verify at the moment.
– In the Donetsk direction, after the capture of Maryinka, the assault on Georgievka proceeded with great difficulties. So far it has not been possible to advance far in the village, having lost several units of equipment. To the south, the Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain control over a stronghold on the N-15 highway, without which it is impossible to liberate Pobeda.
– In Novomikhailovka in the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, Russian units are consolidated on the eastern edge of Mira Street. However, even despite the partial encirclement of the Ukrainian group in the village, the enemy is still in control of the situation: until the supply routes in Konstantinovka and Paraskovievka are taken under fire control, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to hold the defense for a long time.
08:10 Official summary DPR in JCCC:
A total of 70 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC
There were no reports of civilian casualties
Damaged:
One bus;
Two cars.
36 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction;
32 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction;
Two artillery attacks on Yasinovaty.
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[REGNUM] On January 22 of this year, former chief of staff of the NATO military mission in Moscow, retired US Navy captain first rank Harry Tabakh, in an interview with the Ukrainian YouTube channel “Vyshka”, said that Ukraine should not hesitate to destroy the civilian population of Russia. In his opinion, half of the Russian population, the one that most resists Western values, can be completely destroyed, and the rest can be “re-educated”, making it peaceful and obedient.
Last week, Chkalov’s great-granddaughter Daria Bogdanova, who lives in Leuven, Belgium, spoke in almost the same way. There is reason to believe that the flow of such recitatives will increase. What is the nature and message of all this cannibalism addressed to us?
This is the apogee, the quintessence of the nihilism that originated in the West back in the 19th century. It took on different forms, and finally reached its highest point. This is an extreme form of the position: whatever we do, we are good, be it sexual perversion in public, the murder of leaders of states, or the extermination of entire nations.
As you know, nihilism is a philosophy that questions (in its extreme form - absolutely denies) generally accepted values, ideals, moral standards, cultures, fundamental concepts and meanings of life. For this philosophy there are no age-old taboos and nothing is sacred.
Letting boys into girls' toilets only on the grounds that they supposedly feel like girls inside is not nihilism? Allowing men to dress up in swimsuits and compete with women in big sports exactly on the same basis that they internally feel like women, isn’t it a denial of all generally accepted age-old fundamental norms, concepts and meanings? Isn’t allowing entertainment venues and gay clubs to open in former churches, where people have prayed for centuries, not the clearest sign of nihilism? Nihilistic demoniacism supports all sorts of church schismatics and sectarians who destroy traditional religions and offend the feelings of believers around the world. Hillary Clinton was wildly delighted by the same madness when she watched footage of the brutal murder of the legitimate leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike on a bakery in Lisichansk, after which 28 people were killed, including a pregnant woman and a five-year-old child, openly terrorist bombings that caused mass casualties among civilians in the center of Belgorod and at the market in Donetsk, and before that terrorist attacks on the Crimean Bridge, the brutal murder of Daria Dugina and Vladlen Tatarsky did not cause any condemnation in the camp of nihilists.
Moreover, as Rodion Miroshnik, Ambassador of the Russian Foreign Ministry on special assignments for crimes of the Kyiv regime, said on February 5, about two thousand arrivals are recorded weekly at civilian targets on Russian territory. Between 50 and 70 people are injured, and every fourth person dies. In the vast majority of cases, they shoot with Western weapons, using intelligence and target designation of the Western satellite constellation and aviation reconnaissance systems. In addition, there are good reasons to believe that the strikes themselves are coordinated with the main headquarters financing “anti-Russia”, for which Ukrainians are just “war fuel”.
Therefore, it is not surprising that from this nihilistic ecumene there are calls to bomb Moscow with nuclear weapons and destroy half of the population of Russia. This is the logical evolution of nihilism, its highest stage, its “delirium tremens.”
And we in Russia, and the rest of the world around the “blooming garden” must realize that if this paradigm, this “delirium tremens” wins, then all the public and unspoken rules and norms of human society will be transformed towards the absolute, indisputable power of the Western perverted consciousness and rights. He will consider that he is allowed EVERYTHING, everything at all! “If there is no God, then everything is permitted!” But for them there is no God. They themselves imagined themselves to be gods, like the once founders of nihilism, who distorted to the extreme the teachings of Marx and even the dogmas of anarchism.
The most cynical and terrible thing is that this total nihilism is packaged in bright colored fetishes of some universal, supranational “supervalues” that help to hack and destroy both states and the person himself, depriving him of his usual external and internal world. But this is the highest form of violence and dictatorship. Modern nihilism simultaneously brings to the state, society and the individual the stress of denial and a narrowing of the possibilities of coping with it. Those who are affected by it are artificially immersed, as it were, in the anti-world, located in the plane below zero of the coordinate system invented by the nihilists. A space where everything is bad, wrong and has a negative meaning.
If, according to the theory of the so-called “cultural circles” and the concept of diffusionism, 200 years ago, generally progressive and healthy trends in the field of scientific and technological progress, education, culture and art spread from the West, then starting from the second half of the 19th century, enlightened nihilism became crush everything healthy and positive. The two world wars were the result of the gradual replacement of the progressive development of traditional humanism with enlightened nihilism. In the last quarter of a century, this process has taken the form of total denial and destruction.
The simplest and most striking example is Russia. Western enlightened nihilists deny us, that is, they deny us the right not only to exist in the future, but also erase us from the past. And the destruction of Russia, along with the extermination of part of its population, was openly proclaimed as the goal of the war. At the same time, enlightened nihilists in the West are trying to juggle interpretations of what is happening. In particular, Russia is accused of being a threat to stability and a destroyer of a certain rules-based world order, thus trying to continue to retain its status as an unlimited destroyer of everything objectionable. And keep the rest of the participants in the international process in conditions of uncertainty of the future.
If we maintain this dynamic, then we can delay for a very long time the process of starting to build a multipolar world and negotiations on its arrangement on new, fair and equal principles. They will do everything possible and impossible to maintain this momentum. This means that the nihilists will continue the heated confrontation on the territory of the former Ukrainian SSR, regardless of anything. And any seizures of Kharkov, Odessa, other territories, negotiations, truces will not solve anything. In this case, Kyiv will be given longer-range and destructive weapons, which will be secretly controlled by the West itself, and they will strike deep into Russia. Under the guise of “volunteers” they will increase the number of their soldiers and so on.
Now, according to the adviser to the head of the office of the Ukrainian president, Mikhail Podolyak, an audit of the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for two years is being conducted, based on the results of which decisions will be made on how to wage the war further. It is clear who is conducting this audit. And it is already bearing fruit. On February 5, Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of Ukraine Alexey Neizhpapa said that the Crimean Bridge can be considered a potential “dead man” and it is unlikely to survive until the end of this year.
Where does such bravado and even impudence in expressions come from? Before this, the naval commander had never made such statements without ships. Everything comes from the same place, from the enlightened nihilists, whose pawn today’s Ukraine has become. Therefore, they will go to the end. And British Foreign Minister David Cameron said this directly on February 4: “It is necessary to stop talking about the stalemate and the fact that time is not on Ukraine’s side. Our economy is 25 times larger than Russia's, and we are more than capable of demonstrating that time is on our side, and not on Putin's side."
In this situation, we need not only to be successful on the battlefield and do our best to hold on economically (and this will not be easy to do, the 13th package of sanctions will be approved one of these days, and it will be directed primarily against those who help us bypass Western restrictions), but also actively work with the world. Do not hesitate to call a spade a spade and unite against the sowers of nihilism. Including in Western countries themselves. Not everyone there is his absolute apologist. After our victory in the Second World War, it was possible to bring leftist forces to power in Europe.
In addition, we must, together with China, BRICS, the SCO, and anyone else, accelerate and stimulate in every possible way such changes in the world that nihilists simply will not have time to adapt to. The answer to this will be the rise to power in Western societies of populist politicians offering simple solutions to complex issues. This will destroy the nihilists themselves, both in terms of external unity, and their state formations from the inside.
We must create a negative identity for them. Moreover, act in this direction, not defending and making excuses, but attacking and attacking. Not by answering questions, but by asking them. Convene your own global conferences, at which you can jointly generate positive goals and open windows of opportunity for a future world order without a nihilist agenda. So far, and this must be admitted, the technology of strategic dialogue with the world is not our strongest point.
We still have not learned to effectively and fully use the goals of other states for our own benefit, so we openly fight the nihilists almost alone. The West uses in its arsenal the captivating simplicity of fears, and we cannot blind other nations with bright and positive pictures of the future, as we were able to do in the second half of the forties and the first half of the fifties.
We must offer everyone who is not allowed into the “blooming garden” and who potentially faces the fate of Yugoslavia or Libya, the infrastructure of an alternative choice. For now, on our part, everything is limited to general words, while on the part of the nihilists, specifics sound, frightening in their cynical cruelty. Therefore, it’s time to wake up and launch at full capacity not only the military-industrial complex, but also creativity at the international level.
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This is the apogee, the quintessence of the nihilism that originated in the West back in the 19th century. It took on different forms, and finally reached its highest point.
From that, it seems apogee is appropriate. YMMV
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#5
If the writer wants the highest point, then yeah.
But an apogee is just a nadir with the poles reversed. So you’re both right. :-)
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[Regnum] Russian President Vladimir Putin's interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson will likely be published on February 8, The Wall Street Journal reported on February 7, citing sources
As Regnum reported, former Fox News host Carlson said that he interviewed Putin during a visit to Moscow.
According to another American journalist, Alex Jones, Carlson told him that the interview would be released “very, very soon.” He also stated that the conversation lasted two hours.
In a video published on the social network X after a conversation with the Russian President, Carlson said that it is important to understand Putin’s views.
Carlson's video announcing his interview with the Russian president received more than 50 million views in one night, with the first five million in one hour. The former TV presenter promised to publish the interview without editing or editing. The full version will appear on Carlson’s official website and on the X social network.
Carlson arrived in Moscow on February 4. He visited the Bolshoi Theater and attended the exhibition-forum “Russia” at VDNKh. On the evening of February 6, a car that may have carried Carlson’s filming equipment drove into the territory of the presidential administration.
American journalist Alex Jones reported that Tucker Carlson told him that the interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin lasted two hours and would be epic.
“Yes, it’s amazing, the interview lasted two hours. He [Tucker Carlson] will publish it very, very soon,” Jones said in a video posted on his page on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
According to the journalist, the interview with Putin will go down in history. Jones noted that the West does not want Americans to know more. At the same time, he wondered if they even understood what was happening. Johnson also recalled freedom of speech in the United States. Censorship in the West is now in absolute panic. She wants the American people to continue to sit in complete darkness, Jones added.
As Regnum reported, Carlson flew to Moscow. He was spotted at the Bolshoi Theater on February 4. On the same day, he visited the exhibition-forum “Russia” at VDNKh.
On the evening of February 6, the media reported that Carlson interviewed President Vladimir Putin. Announcing an interview with the Russian leader, Carlson said that American citizens should know everything about the conflict in which they are involved. At the same time, the journalist promised to post the interview online.
Carlson's announcement about an interview with Putin received more than 62 million views. At the same time, about 12 million people subscribe to the journalist himself.
After Carlson's visit to Moscow, the journalist was accused of betraying the United States. In response to criticism of himself, the journalist said that he did not feel guilty.
Many Western journalists want to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin, but he agreed to a meeting with American journalist Tucker Carlson because of his position, which is different from others, the Russian leader's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing on February 7.
“He has a position that is different from the rest. She is in no way pro-Russian, she is not pro-Ukrainian, she is rather pro-American,” he said.
At the same time, Peskov denied Carlson’s earlier statement that Western journalists did not want to interview Putin. According to a Kremlin representative, such requests are constantly coming, but they are sent by media outlets that have a one-sided and not impartial position. There is no desire or point in communicating with such media, he added.
As IA Regnum reported, American journalist Alex Jones reported on February 7 that Carlson shared with him his impression of how the interview with the Russian president turned out. It lasted two hours and was epic, Jones said. He also said that censorship in the US is in complete panic because they don’t want Americans to know what’s going on.
The Wall Street Journal, citing sources, reported that Carlson will likely publish the interview on February 8. The American journalist himself did not name the release date of the meeting with the Russian leader, but promised to post the interview on the page on the social network X (formerly Twitter) for free access.
American journalist Tucker Carlson's trip to Russia for an interview with President Vladimir Putin caused a wave of negativity in the American media. Various publications publish unqualified assessments by military experts. Columnist Michael Tracy wrote about this in a column in Newsweek magazine.
Many experts are "seething with rage" that Carlson did "something other than useless speculation," the author noted.
Due to the lack of normal dialogue between Moscow and Washington, reputable American journalists should strive to talk with Vladimir Putin. This is necessary in order to understand the point of view of the Russian leader, therefore accusations of treason against Carlson are absolutely unacceptable, Tracy concluded.
“But it would be intolerably stupid to suggest that Carlson, simply because he came to Russia with the intention of interviewing Putin, should be found guilty of treason. Perhaps this is the most hackneyed slander in the current American political lexicon,” the author of the material summed up.
Before this, American businessman Elon Musk called for the arrest of those who threaten Carlson with imprisonment. He wrote about this on the page on the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Thus, he responded to a post by political commentator Ian Miles Chong, who wrote that many American politicians and media called for criminal prosecution of Carlson.
In the US Congress, representatives of the Republican Party called Carlson's interview with Putin real journalism. Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Green wrote about this on the social network X on February 6.
She also recalled that the owner of Platform X, Elon Musk, will not block Carlson’s future interview with the Russian president. According to the politician, in this way the businessman showed in practice that he defends freedom of speech and the press.
As Regnum reported, on February 3, Carlson was spotted in Moscow. A photo of the journalist at the Bolshoi Theater appeared on social networks.
The purpose of his visit to Russia remained unknown until he himself said that he had come to see the country about which he had read so much, talk with its inhabitants and look at the internal structure of Russia.
Speaking about the possibility of interviewing Putin, Carlson did not give a clear answer, limiting himself to the word “we’ll see.”
The Kremlin responded to this by saying that the presidential administration has nothing to report about possible interviews. As the Russian leader's press secretary Dmitry Peskov noted, if the appropriate decisions are made, the administration will report this.
On Tuesday evening, February 6, a video announcement of an interview between American journalist and former Fox News channel host Carlson and Putin received more than five million views in an hour.
Carlson promised to publish the interview with Putin in the public domain in the form in which it was recorded, that is, without editing or any editing.
The full version of the conversation with the head of the Russian state, according to the journalist, will be published both on his official website and on the social network X.
On February 7, American journalist Alex Jones reported that Carlson told him that the interview with Putin lasted two hours. According to Jones, this work will go down in history.
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[Regnum] A captured soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces told how she was rescued by the Russian military near Krynki. A video recording of the conversation with her was published by the Khersonsky Vestnik Telegram channel.
According to the prisoner, her husband had previously gone missing at the front, after which she was left alone with three children. However, the Ukrainian authorities refused to pay compensation for the loss of a breadwinner, which is why she was forced to join the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
After completing training in Nikolaev, her unit was deployed several times in different directions. As a result, she ended up in Krynki on the left bank of the Dnieper, where she was wounded as a result of Russian artillery strikes on the positions of her unit.
“I started to switch off, requested evacuation, but they refused. I saw a drone flying and started waving at it. Then the military came up with your tricolor, provided me with medical assistance and took me with them,” she said.
As reported by IA Regnum, on February 7, the Telegram channel TrackANaziMerc reported that on December 3, 2023, during the battles near Krynki in the Kherson region, the Russian military eliminated the American mercenary James Bowersox, who fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the source, the mercenary arrived in Ukraine in September, after which he was enrolled in the 505th battalion of the 37th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Prior to this, the governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said that a Polish mercenary who fought in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and was captured near Krynki decided to go over to the side of Russia and called on the residents of Poland to oppose the current government, which turns a blind eye to the crimes of the Kiev regime. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet confirmed the information about the Polish mercenary who defected to the side of the Russian Armed Forces.
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