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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:37 Ukrainians have a wave of panic: Russian fighters in the uniform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine penetrate the rear and destroy Ukrainian soldiers and officers.
In one of the new messages, they write that the Wagner PMC in Ukrainian pixelated camouflage with yellow and green armbands penetrated the positions of the 17th Tank Brigade through holes in the defense and reached the battalion's command post, where they shot officers and soldiers with pistols with silencers.
20:53 Three explosions thundered in the Belgorod region - local residents saw a bright flash in the sky
Residents of the city of Novy Oskol, Belgorod Region, heard three powerful explosions and saw a bright flash in the sky. Readovka's source said that an unknown object fell into the field, apparently an enemy missile was shot down.
Emergency services have already arrived at the scene, details are being clarified. Information about the victims has not yet been received.
19:00 Law enforcement officers discovered and destroyed a cache of saboteurs in the LPR, the contents were intended for terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation -video
Machine guns, grenade launchers, foreign-made cartridges, a shot for a 73mm 2A28 cannon were found in this cache. Suspected terrorists are being sought
18:58 Russian artillery is working on Ukrainian positions and locations in a constant mode day and night -video
18:56 Another footage of the night work of Russian artillery in the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) area, including incendiary ammunition -video
18:00 RT: Ukrainian military threatens to use self-made kamikaze drones against the Russian Federation, presumably with hydrocyanic acid (Germany used it to kill Jews in concentration camps).
Footage appeared on Ukrainian Telegram channels showing men in camouflage with blue armbands on their clothes attaching capsules with a poisonous substance to drones.
The author of the video says on the move that the weapon was created with the support of the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (indicates, in particular, the 63rd Brigade): “This will all fly to your heads ... The created product has been tested, has already gone into circulation, numbering in the hundreds, and in the future - by the thousands."
17:59 The Ukrainian ambassador in London said that Kyiv had withdrawn part of its troops towards Belarus.
“We have to keep troops in northern Ukraine, pull them away from the front line, to make sure that they don’t come and try to cut the line that allows us to be connected with the West,” a Ukrainian diplomat replied when asked if Kyiv was worried the situation on the Belarusian border.
17:30 The result of the destruction of the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ochakiv -video.
The Russian army struck at the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the ammunition depot on January 9, footage of a powerful explosion then circled the network. Now the consequences have been removed from the territory of the facility.
17:21 The Deputy Commander of the Joint Group of the Russian Armed Forces, Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, General of the Army Oleg Salyukov, appointed yesterday, has arrived in Belarus.
17:16 Our drone attacks the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and rams an enemy copter —video.
UAV operators of the 9th Regiment do not give the enemy a break. Air strikes are continuously delivered to manpower and enemy drones are rammed. A Ukrainian UAV is reported to have been shot down.
16:15 French journalist Adrian Boke asked for political asylum in Russia.
From the beginning of the SVO, Boke covered the events in the territory controlled by Kyiv and became the first Western journalist to publicly declare that the events in Bucha were an outright provocation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In September 2022, Adrian was assassinated in Istanbul after the publication of his data on Nazi telegram channels.
16:02 In the Tver region, they received another traitor who was going to go to Ukraine to fight on the side of the enemy against his homeland.
15:36 Ukrainians, leaving their positions in the area of the settlement. Marinka, demonstrate successfully destroyed by Russian artillery KrAZ-6322 -video
15:17 Su-25 ground interdiction aircraft "Rooks" launch rockets at the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from low altitudes -video
The crews of the attack aircraft Su-25 "Grach" launched rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the enemy. As a result of the sortie, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of Ukrainian terrorists were destroyed.
15:11 The Viking reconnaissance group discovered the mercenaries' deployment point in Krasnogorovka. Then our artillery began to methodically dismantle it -video
The total number of militants was about a company. After the work of our artillerymen, it was reduced by 40 killed and wounded.
14:43 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (01/12/2023).
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
- In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops carried out artillery and army aviation strikes against units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kislovka, Berestovoye, Kharkov Region, and Novoselovskoye, Lugansk People's Republic. In addition, five sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the enemy were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kislovka, Olshana, Tabaevka, Krakhmalnoe and Pershotravnevo in the Kharkov region.
- The losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, as a result of the active actions of Russian units in combination with the complex fire defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Novolyubovka, Nevskoye of the Lugansk People's Republic, Serebryanka and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than a hundred Ukrainian servicemen, four combat armored cars and three cars.
- Successful offensive operations of the Russian troops continued in the Donetsk direction.
- As a result of air strikes and artillery fire, the irretrievable losses of the enemy amounted to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as one tank, three armored combat vehicles and four vehicles.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed by inflicting a complex fire strike on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Prechistovka and Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
– The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Zaporozhye and near the settlement of Novoivanovka, Zaporozhye region, as well as 76 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 123 districts.
In the course of the counter-battery fight at firing positions, the following were destroyed:
- three Ukrainian combat vehicles of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Petropavlovka, Kharkov Region, and Ivanovka, Donetsk People's Republic;
- two artillery systems M777 and M109 "Paladin" made by the USA in the areas of the settlements of Lozovoe and Peschanoe of the Donetsk People's Republic;
- two self-propelled howitzers 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" in the areas of the settlements of Burlatskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Orekhov of the Zaporozhye region.
- In addition, in the area of the settlement of Lozovoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar was destroyed.
- Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Nikanorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- During the day, five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the air by means of air defense in the areas of the settlements of Starobelsk, Chervonopopovka, Sofiyivka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Nikolskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as three rockets of the HIMARS and Alder multiple launch rocket systems in areas populated by points Molochansk and Chistopolye Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 372 aircraft, 200 helicopters, 2,873 unmanned aerial vehicles, 400 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,486 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 979 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,813 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 8,019 units of special military vehicles.
13:40 Russian units continue to actively clean Soledar from Ukrainians, destroying everyone who refuses to raise their hands -video
12:28 Investigative Committee will create a DNA database to identify the identities of those killed in Donbass. This was reported to Bastrykin, who arrived today for an operational meeting in Donetsk. This measure will help in identifying people whose remains continue to be found in unmarked graves.
The Investigative Committee also reported that evidence of war crimes by Ukrainian militants and nationalists in Mariupol had been found. Investigators found electronic media from which copies of documents on the conduct of hostilities in the city were extracted.
12:05 "We work to the fullest": the crew of 152mm self-propelled howitzers 2S3 "Acacia" of the Central Military District continues to destroy the positions, equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Servicemen competently approach the camouflage of positions for live firing, which allows them to strike as unexpectedly as possible for the enemy. The accurate fire of howitzer batteries is corrected by unmanned aircraft operators and groups of advanced artillery spotters.
The crews are staffed not only by contract servicemen, but also by volunteers who successfully carry out combat missions. After hitting the targets, the personnel of the battery leave their positions and take cover in the dugouts.
12:04 Ukrainian "Hummer" destroyed by a direct hit from a Russian tank -video
12:02 Russian artillery is working on Ukrainian positions and locations in a constant mode day and night -video
11:32 Servicemen of the RF Armed Forces identified one of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the footage of the destruction of which we showed yesterday -a source.
It turned out that it was a hardened tik-tok warrior Vitaly Milevsky. But fighting on tik tok and in real life are a few different things. Our fighters edited a video calling not to repeat Vitaly's mistakes, not to defend the Nazi regime with weapons in their hands and posted it on his own account.
11:13 Nationalists set fire to a temple in the village of Ovadne, Volyn region of Ukraine.
The day before, the rector of the temple refused to move from the UOC to the OCU, the result, as you can see, on cadres. The persecution of Orthodox priests is gaining momentum.
10:55 Zelensky's adviser Mikhail Podolyak: "We will have a single local Orthodox Church, our Pechersk Lavra should be Ukrainian in full, services should be held in our language, Ukrainian - these are key elements."
“The Church and religious organizations in Ukraine are separated from the state… — No religion can be recognized by the state as obligatory” —quoteson this occasion, Article 35 of the Constitution of Ukraine Notebook of a propagandist.
10:37 DPR special forces scouts spotted a Ukrainian sabotage group and hit it with ATGMs -video
The next day, the enemy again stepped on the same rake: a new group tried to follow the old route and was again ATGMed. After that, the command sent an evacuation group to pick up the dead. The result is predictable - they were also hit by an anti-tank missile.
10:24 Svoboda battalion of the 4th BrOP NSU complains about losses in Artemovsk —a photo.
Another division of the Kyiv Nazis reports their losses in the Artyomovsk meat grinder. Interestingly, the Svoboda battalion was originally part of the Kyiv 112 Troop Brigade, and more recently, apparently, was reassigned to the National Guard.
09:47 American political analyst and radio host Garland Nixon continues to post pro-Russian content on his Twitter. "I'm not a Nazi, it's him" -a photo.
09:15 Continuation of the storming of the Armed Forces defender at the front near Svatovo: "Brave" Siberians destroy the Nazis -video.
Recall that our fighters went on the attack, surrounded the enemy stronghold and offered to surrender for a long time, then began the assault from several directions. Part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 518th Spetsnaz Battalion refused to surrender. Some of the Ukrainian Armed Forces holding positions were taken prisoner, some were destroyed.
08:29 Cut in Kharkov: brigade commander of the local 92nd Brigade and the Nazi of the Right Sector Sternenko decided to “make money” at the training camp -a source.
It has been repeatedly reported that the brigade commander of the 92nd Brigade Pavel Fedosenko decided to follow the example of his senior comrades Zaluzhny and Syrsky and hit politics and business. Fedosenko took control of the networ kpharmacy helping the "public"slop down from mobilization and, of course, steals brigade property.
“It is not surprising that he managed to find a common language with the Nazi from the Odessa "Right Secto" Sternenko, who was caught on a tenfold inflated price of drones, a satellite from which no one saw a photo, it is not clear where the bayraktars disappeared , as well as theft on armored cars and theft on RVS-14 night vision devices, ”the author writes.
08:20 Fiery bouquet: crews of 152mm towed guns "Hyacinth-B" continue to grind manpower and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
Artillerymen of the Western Military District are confidently destroying firing points of Ukrainian armed formations.
08:11 Tanks are tearing the enemy on the Red Liman Front -video
Shooting is carried out from closed positions with the help of a copter. After several adjustments, the tank puts shells directly into the trenches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The control of the defeat is personally carried out by the commander of the 1st battalion of the 4th Brigade of the LPR with the call sign "Sher". /Ministry of Defense, TK Zvezda/