[BenarNews] Bangladesh blocked a Russian ship from entering a local port just before Christmas due to U.S. sanctions on the vessel linked to Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but the cargo will be ferried to land via another ship, officials told BenarNews on Thursday.
The Ursa Major (also known as the Sparta III) was scheduled to dock at the port of Mongla in southwestern Bangladesh on Dec. 24 and unload cargo destined for the nation’s first nuclear power plant, which Russia is building, according to a source at the Bangladeshi foreign ministry.
Now there’s a thought to freeze the marrow in one’s bones. But is it as terrifying as the nuclear power plant Russia has been building for Egypt? How many others is Russia building in the more interesting corners of the world?
But Bangladeshi authorities denied the ship permission to dock at the riverside port after officials got a letter from the American Embassy in Dhaka notifying the government that the Ursa Major was on a list of Russian ships sanctioned by the United States as a result of Moscow’s invasion and war in Ukraine.
[Aljazeera] Russian authorities have announced that soldiers and state employees deployed to fight in Ukraine will be exempt from income tax, Moscow’s latest effort to encourage support for a military campaign against Kyiv that has suffered multiple setbacks and defeats.
The new tax measure concerns all Russian troops fighting in the four Ukrainian territories Moscow has declared as its own — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia — although it does not completely control the four regions.
[An Nahar] Ukraine said Friday it repelled a night-time drone attack from Russia, a day after Moscow launched a new wave of missile strikes in the run-up to New Year celebrations.
The attacks came 10 months into President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... 's invasion of Ukraine, with Russian strikes targeting the energy grid, leaving millions in the cold in the middle of winter.
Ukraine's air force said on Friday morning that Russia's overnight assault was made with "Iranian-made kamikaze drones".
A total of 16 drones were launched from the southeastern and northern directions and they were "all" destroyed by Ukraine's air defence, it said.
The presidency said Ukraine "withstood" the new drone attacks, which targeted infrastructure.
In the capital Kyiv, city authorities announced an air alert shortly after 2:00 am local time.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko later said seven drones had targeted the capital. Two were shot down "on approach" and five over the city.
There were no casualties, but falling debris damaged windows in two buildings in southwestern Kyiv, he added.
One of the drones hit a four-storey administrative building, starting a fire that was later extinguished, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential office.
- BARRAGE OF MISSILES -
The drone attack came after a barrage of Russian missiles battered Ukraine on Thursday morning, with blasts reported across the vast country, from the northeastern city of Kharkiv to Lviv in the west near the Polish border.
Ukraine's army said Russia had launched several dozen cruise missiles, the majority of which had been shot down.
Russia's defence ministry said Friday it had carried out a "massive strike" the day earlier on military command and energy facilities.
"All assigned targets were reached," according to the ministry.
Tymoshenko said four non-combatants were killed and eight received injuries on Thursday.
On Friday, three people were killed by Russian shelling, he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said most regions were left without power following Thursday's attack.
Ukraine's energy operator said Friday the damage had a "much smaller impact" on the power grid than "the enemy expected" and the power deficit was back to the levels before Thursday's attack.
But "the situation in the southern and eastern regions is still difficult," Ukrenergo added.
Russia has faced international condemnation and an onslaught of unprecedented sanctions over its war in Ukraine.
The growing international isolation has forced Putin to seek closer political and economic cooperation with nations in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
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Ukraine says, after 120 missiles sent in all were destroyed. Drones destroyed. Reality tells a different tell. Yes, Putin has diverted Russian interests towards those who don't attack him. The dramatic turn of events with China now has forged a new bond. India appears to play this game well. India is the country I watch.
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[LB] The night was relatively quiet, without shelling, in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Odesa, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Ternopil Oblasts, as well as in Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia, and Zhytomyr Oblast.
This is stated in the summary of the military-civilian administrations on the situation in the regions of Ukraine as of the morning of December 30.
Kyiv region . At night, the region withstood a new attack by drones . Russia once again targeted infrastructure facilities. Air defense forces were repelled by drones. Emergency services are working at the crash site.
Chernihiv region . At night, artillery shelled the territory near the village of Gremyach of the Novgorod-Siversk community. According to preliminary data, there were no victims or destruction. A total of three shellings per day, Novgorod-Siversky district, from mortars and artillery. No casualties.
Cherkasy region . At night, the air defense unit worked in the region on the "shaheds". Currently, the information is being clarified, the search for wreckage and investigation of the consequences is ongoing.
Sumyshchyna . This morning, the enemy shelled the Myropil community with mortars. Around midnight, the enemy hit the Znob-Novgorod community with self-propelled guns (19 sorties). Yesterday evening, the Russians shelled Shalyginsk community with mortars. Information about the consequences is being clarified.
Zaporozhye region . Over the past day, the occupiers shelled the civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Gulyaipole, Poltavka, Stepove, Orihiv, Zaliznychne, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, Dorozhnianka, Olhivske, Malynivka, Stepnohirsk, Stepove, Novoandriivka, Biloghirya, Temyrivka, Mali Shcherbaki, Kam Janske There is the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of shelling by the Russian Federation. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified.
Kharkiv Region . Yesterday , the enemy launched another massive missile attack on Kharkiv Oblast. Critical infrastructure was targeted. Two people died as a result of an enemy rocket attack. Another 52-year-old man was hospitalized with an injury, his condition is assessed by doctors as serious. Also, during the day, the enemy fired artillery at settlements located near the contact line and the border with the Russian Federation in the Kupyan, Chuguiv and Kharkiv districts. A 60-year-old man died in Kupyansk due to enemy shelling. Mine danger remains high. In the village A 43-year-old man blew up a snowmobile in the Izyum district using an unknown explosive device. He was hospitalized with moderate injuries.
Dnipropetrovsk region . At night, the Russians attacked the area with kamikaze drones. Anti-aircraft fire shot down all five "shaheeds" that the enemy sent to the region. The Russian occupying forces also shelled the Nikopol district with heavy artillery. We kissed in the Marganets community. People were not injured. The consequences of the shelling are being investigated.
Luhansk region . Units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the districts of Stelmakhivka and Belogorivka. On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, Novoyehorivka, Kovalivka, Ploshanka, Makiivka, Chervonpopivka, Nevske, and Dibrova were subjected to fire from the Russians. The enemy struck with army aviation forces near Dibrova. The situation in the region remains tense.
Daughter. At night - shelling of the village of Serebryanka of the Siver community; the outskirts of the Zvaniv community; the villages of Torske and Zarichne of the Lyman community; the town of Chasiv Yar (town of Skhidniy). In the morning - artillery shelling of Maryinka and Avdiyivka. In Avdiivka - isolated flights over the old part of the city. In the morning - intensification of assault operations in the directions of the villages of Krasnohorivka, Vesele, Promka, Vodyanyi and Pervomaiskyi.
In the evening, the shelling of the village of Gostre of the Kurakhiv community continued, private houses and electrical networks were damaged. Yesterday afternoon – four missile strikes on Kostyantynivka. Damaged private houses, school, cinema, dormitory). No casualties. During the day, the enemy carried out offensive actions almost along the entire line of hostilities in the Ocheretyn community. The most active is in the area of the village of Krasnohorivka. During the day, isolated shelling took place near the village of Rozdolovka, the village of Blagodatne and the outskirts of the town of Soledar.
Mykolaiv region . During the past 24 hours, the enemy carried out artillery strikes on the water area and the port area of the Ochakiv community. There are no casualties. Yesterday morning, as a result of rocket fire, a warehouse of a private enterprise in one of the settlements of the Kobliv community was destroyed. There are no casualties. Yesterday afternoon, infrastructure and residential buildings were damaged in the settlement of Voskresenska hromada after a rocket attack. There are no casualties.
Kherson Region . According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , the enemy shelled the areas of Beryslav, Kozatske, Ivanivka, Zmiivka, Antonivka, Zelenivka, Dniprovske, Veletenske, Chornobayivka, Stanislav. In the Kherson region, one person was injured as a result of enemy shelling. There are no casualties.
The situation in the territory of the temporarily occupied Skadovsky District remains stable. Holoprystan community is under constant shelling night and day, the city of Hola Prystan is also under shelling, civil infrastructure is destroyed. On the de-occupied territory of the region, work to restore life continues, all kinds of assistance are provided to local residents.
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[Korrespondent] 22:53 The US State Department expresses concern about China's connection with Russia after a video conversation between Putin and Xi Jinping, CNN reports, citing a State Department spokesman. “Beijing claims to be neutral, but its behavior clearly shows that it continues to invest in close ties with Russia. The US and Europe have warned China of the consequences of Russia providing military assistance in its war against Ukraine or systematic assistance to circumvent sanctions. We are closely monitoring the activities of Beijing," the source said to CNN.
21:44 Ukrainians have great hopes for the coming year and hope that in 2023 they will be able to celebrate the victory over Russia. About what experts think - in the material Predictions about the end of the war .
20:17 The Russian army will be able to recover from losses in Ukraine in at least five years, Reznikov said in an interview with LB.ua: “NATO intelligence recognizes that the losses of Russians in tanks, artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, manpower are very significant. Federations can recover in at least five or even ten years. Missile potential - the same. Because this is a war of resources."
20:06 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russians have kidnapped 30 mayors of Ukrainian cities. Seven of them are still considered missing, including Kherson Mayor Igor Kolykhaev, Klitschko said in an interview with Spiegel. "The mayors were targets everywhere. The Russians tried to arrest the mayors and use various methods to force them to cooperate... The situation was difficult: if you stay with your community, you are a traitor... We have several times asked the government for instructions: to stay or evacuate "But we didn't get a clear answer."
20:02 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today's meeting of the Headquarters has already become the 45th this year: "The key is the Donetsk region, Luhansk region. Our Donbass, where the fiercest battles continue. Bakhmut, Soledar, Kremennaya ... In general, we hold positions. There are also such sectors of the front where we are gradually advancing."
According to the president, during the meeting, the further strengthening of air defense was discussed: “This year we have not only preserved our air defense, we have made it stronger than ever. But in the new year, Ukrainian air defense will become even stronger, even more effective. Ukrainian air defense can become the most powerful in Europe, and this will be a guarantee of security not only for our state, but for the entire continent."
At a separate meeting, the state of the energy sector was discussed: “We have a clear strategy for ensuring the generation and supply of electricity. It takes time to implement it. It takes a lot of effort. But it will be. It will be necessary. This is one of the most important tasks for the next year, and I I have no doubt that we will do it."
Also, according to Zelensky, today for the first time the ceremony of awarding volunteers with the Heart of Gold was held: "It is fair and honest - at the end of the year, to celebrate those who help our defense all year, help people and our entire state."
19:29 For ten months of this year, Ukraine has attracted more than 31 billion dollars from partners, as well as almost 200 billion hryvnias from the sale of military bonds, Shmyhal said. In addition, this year it was possible to defer all payments on external debt for two years. The prime minister stressed that international support has become extremely important, while at the same time, two-thirds of all funds received in the budget are domestic resources: paying taxes, duties, buying bonds.
18:52 Zelensky said that he had spoken on the phone with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis: "Thank you for the warm wishes for the Ukrainian people and defense support this year. I received assurances of the same level of support next year. We have outlined joint activities."
18:48 Former French President Francois Hollande, who was directly involved in the execution of the Minsk agreements, confirmed the words of ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel that these agreements were needed to give Ukraine a breather and ensure the preparation of the army for a new conflict. “Yes, Angela Merkel was right about this. Since 2014, Ukraine has strengthened its military potential, it has become completely different than in 2014. It has become better trained and equipped. The merit of the Minsk agreements is that they provided the Ukrainian army with such an opportunity ", he said in an interview with the Kyiv Post.
18:19 The backup power line to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was disconnected on the evening of December 29 due to damage caused by shelling, the IAEA reported.
18:13 Since the beginning of martial law in Ukraine, 12,000 men have tried to illegally cross the border, 15 of them died in the river section and in the mountains, the State Border Service said.
18:06 Over the past 13 hours, six Il-76MD military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces have arrived in Belarus at the airfield in Machulishchi. According to the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun, all planes bring something to Belarus, but what exactly is still unknown. It cannot be ruled out that both the delivery of equipment and the rotation / delivery of mobilized people can take place. If we talk about bringing soldiers of the RF Armed Forces into the country, then we can talk about a maximum of 1470 soldiers, since the maximum capacity of each Il-76MD is 245 people.
17:53 This week, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that Kiev plans to hold a peace summit in New York at the end of February. They want to organize a meeting at the UN site, and the Secretary General of the organization, António Guterres, can act as an intermediary. At the same time, as planned, the summit will be held without the participation of Russia. About what is behind the meeting proposed by Ukraine and why Kiev is now talking about peace - in the material Peace Summit in February .
17:41 In Kiev, there are already almost the same number of people as before the Russian invasion, Klitschko said in an interview with Spiegel: “We count how many cell phones are used. Before the war, there were 3.8 million people here, in March - less than a million, in July - two, two and a half million, now - 3.6 million. 300 thousand of them are registered migrants from other regions of the country. The city is overcrowded."
17:28 The dynamics of losses makes the invaders constantly renew their personnel in the east, said the representative of the Eastern Group of Forces, Sergei Cherevaty. According to him, during these days there were 249 attacks on the Bakhmut front, 32 clashes. The enemy lost 131 people killed, more than 150 wounded. The enemy also lost two ammunition depots.
Large losses force the Russians to constantly renew their forces, Cherevaty said. PMC Wagner replenishes its personnel with prisoners, but there are fewer and fewer who want to, because rumors have reached Russian prisons that this is a one-way ticket. Another private military company Patriot, affiliated with Shoigu, has already been spotted in the direction of Vugledar in the Stepnoy region.
17:07 From February to this day, 1884 settlements have already been de-occupied, the President's Office reported. 15,199 infrastructure facilities have been restored, almost the same number is in the process. Almost 11,500 points of invincibility operate in Ukraine.
16:28 Since February 24, the Russians have carried out 52 air attacks on Kiev, more than 600 buildings have been damaged. During this period, 120 people of Kiev were killed, including five children, 495 residents of the capital were injured, including 30 children, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
15:49 Russia is already firing fewer missiles at a time and increasing the intervals between attacks, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "We see that, despite the massive missile strike, Ukraine's infrastructure has survived and will definitely survive. The enemy's missile potential is decreasing. They are not can maintain such a high intensity both in terms of regularity and quantity."
15:24 One of the largest batches of Starlinks from Poland arrived in Ukraine, Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development, said. According to him, the terminals are already being delivered to Invincibility Points throughout the country, another part will be transferred to support the energy and medical sectors. This is the third batch of Starlinks from Poland: together with the previous ones, this is about 20,000 terminals. Ukraine continues to negotiate with SpaceX and partners to get even more Starlinks, the minister said.
15:08 The city of Berislav, Kherson region, began to receive electricity, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
14:36 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stated that on December 30, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Yevgeny Rybakov, Deputy Head of the Control and Investigation Department of the Military Investigation Department of the RF IC for the Joint Group of Forces, died "in the line of duty" during the "SVO". He allegedly investigated "war crimes" of Ukrainians.
14:04 About 3,400 Ukrainian servicemen are in captivity, another 15,000 people are reported missing, Alyona Verbitskaya, the presidential commissioner for ensuring the rights of Ukrainian defenders, said in an interview with RND: “We don’t know what happened to them. they are also Russian prisoners of war, whether they were forcibly removed from the territories occupied by Russia, or perhaps they were killed long ago. Such uncertainty is especially difficult for relatives." According to her, the Russian Federation denies the Red Cross access to POW camps and systematically violates the Geneva Convention.
13:59 Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander. The meeting participants focused on providing the units of the defense forces in the hottest areas with weapons and other means. The issue of improving the air defense of Ukraine, in particular, to protect critical infrastructure facilities, was also considered. Separately, they heard information about the restoration of the energy system.
13:50 Putin and Xi Jinping held video talks, during which the Chinese leader said that against the backdrop of a "difficult international situation," he was ready to increase "political cooperation with Russia, to be global partners," Russian media reported. Xi Jinping also welcomed the fact that Russia does not refuse to resolve the "Ukrainian conflict" through negotiations.
13:46 In with. Borschevaya, Kharkiv region, near the forest, a car ran over an explosive device: one person died on the spot, another was injured, the regional prosecutor's office said.
13:44 The Russians attacked the village of Yekaterinovka in the Kharkiv region: two people were killed, two more were injured, the President's Office reported.
13:12 The "authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka announced a Ukrainian artillery strike on the city, which was eventually left without electricity.
12:55 Power engineers managed to stabilize the situation in the capital, and Kiev is returning to planned outages, DTEK said.
12:53 Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that she sees no way to maintain constructive relations with Russia: "Unfortunately, Russia works with such tools - threats, attempts to intimidate other countries ... When we came to power, we declared that we were striving for constructive relations with Russia After this war has begun, what kind of relationship can there be with an aggressor, with a state that kills its neighbors?"
When asked if she plans any visits and meetings with representatives of the Russian authorities, Sandu replied that she "has nothing to discuss with the aggressor country."
12:39 The idea of "saving Putin's face" no longer has supporters in the West, Kuleba said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "Only the sect of "saving the face of Russia" remains. But as for Putin, they have already understood everything. This a marginal sect, but it still exists, through the prism of "we don't care to live with them", "they won't disappear anywhere" and the like."
According to the Foreign Minister, the main thing for him now is not so much to overcome this sect, but to establish in his partners the understanding that whatever the Russian government, Russia itself will not change in its essence: "This should stop a much wider circle of people who believe "It's possible to make a liberal, democratic country out of Russia. And it's really much more important to overcome this narrative. And agree with the thesis that Russia is what it is, and our task is not to turn an orc into an elf, but to extinguish this aggression."
Kuleba believes that it is necessary to create conditions under which Russia's expansion will become impossible: "That is, from an aggressively authoritarian country, it should become just an authoritarian, conservative country. They need to be pushed into their borders and locked up. Let them live in their autarky, with their tsar-father, only they don’t attack anyone.”
12:16 The Russians fired on the city of Semyonovka in the Chernihiv region, the power went out in the city, one person is known to have died, the President's Office reported.
12:08 Russian reconnaissance aircraft Sergei Atayants AWACS A-50 flew from Belarus, which detects targets and gives points for strikes to fighter pilots. According to the monitoring group of Belaruska Gayun, this morning he took off from the airfield in Machulishchi, where he had been since December 14.
11:59 Planet Labs satellites have not recorded visible damage at the Russian airbase Engels-2, writes The War Zone. The publication published a picture dated December 29, when air defense was working on the airfield. Three days earlier, on December 26, three servicemen of the technical personnel serving the Tu-160 bomber-missile carrier were killed at the base as a result of an attack.
At the same time, independent NOËL researchers note that after December 26, the sky over Engels was cloudy, and nothing was visible on satellite images. Therefore, the Russians could have managed to remove all the consequences of the explosion at the airfield in three days.
The War Zone also draws attention to significant changes at the base. At the end of November, before the attacks, there were 31 strategic bombers at the base. The December 29 image shows only 11 bombers. Six of them - four Tu-95s and two Tu-160s - are completely covered with snow. Five Tu-95s have been cleared of snow, and the area around one Tu-160 has been partially cleared. The photo also shows new protective barriers that have begun to be erected between the aircraft.
11:50 As of December 30, the power shortage in the energy system remains at the same level as before the tenth massive missile attack by the Russians, Ukrenergo reported. The power system in the planned mode restores normal operation, the increase in power by generation continues. At the same time, as a result of hits on some power facilities, the situation in the southern and eastern regions remains difficult. Consumption limits have been brought to all regions.
11:24 According to updated information from the Air Force Command, during a massive Russian missile attack on December 29, 58 out of 70 cruise missiles were destroyed. In addition, three reconnaissance UAVs and a Mi-8 helicopter were destroyed in the eastern direction. Another drone - Orlan-10 - was destroyed in the Kyiv region during a missile attack. The invaders planned to use the UAV for aerial reconnaissance and identify the positions of the Ukrainian air defense.
11:01 "LNR" and "DNR" have adopted new "constitutions", which indicate that they "became part of Russia" in the status of "republics".
10:50 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that the air defense system worked out in the city.
10:43 Germany and other NATO countries should continue to supply weapons to Ukraine, Stoltenberg said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "It may sound paradoxical, but military support for Ukraine is the fastest way to peace." In his opinion, Putin must make sure that he does not achieve his goal of establishing control over Ukraine. Then the prerequisites will arise for a peaceful solution through negotiations that will ensure the survival of Ukraine as an independent democratic state.
Stoltenberg also said that he considers Ukrainian attacks on military installations in Russia absolutely legal: "Every country has the right to defend itself. Ukraine too."
10:27 Kuleba, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, expressed confidence that Ukraine will receive ATACMS tactical missiles and tanks from the United States next year. At the same time, the minister noted that the decision of the partners will depend on the situation on the battlefield.
09:33 British intelligence reports that the Western Group of Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine may be headed by Lieutenant General Yevgeny Nikiforov. (Earlier, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported that Nikiforov had already been appointed to this position and that he represented the Surovikin-Prigozhin group.) Nikiforov will become at least the fourth commander of the formation after the invasion and will replace Colonel General Sergei Kuzovlev, appointed three months ago.
British intelligence recalled that Nikiforov had previously participated in a failed Russian attack on Kyiv. As chief of staff of Russia's Eastern Group of Forces in the early weeks of the invasion, Nikiforov was to take an active part in planning the group's and airborne troops' attempt to advance on Kyiv from the northwest through the Chernobyl region.
The Western Group of Forces is faced with the task of holding the region of the Luhansk region around Kremennaya and Svatovo. Since either side may well attempt an offensive in this area, Nikiforov is taking on an important operational role in the conflict, analysts say.
09:26 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one civilian was killed - in Bakhmut, the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko said.
In the Kharkiv region, three people were killed, one was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
In the Kherson region, one person was injured due to Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
09:03 The UK has donated more than 1,000 VALLON metal detectors and 100 bomb disposal kits to Ukraine to help clear minefields, the British government has announced.
09:01 Klitschko specified that, according to the information of the air defense forces, seven kamikaze drones went to Kiev, two of them were shot down on approach to the capital, five - over the city.
08:59 The FSB announced the prevention of a terrorist attack in the North Caucasus, which was allegedly planned by a citizen of Ukraine on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services. He was detained and gave "confessions," the FSB said.
08:56 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of December 30th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Liman and Bakhmut directions.
personnel - about 105,250 (+690) people liquidated,
tanks - 3026 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 6059 (+12),
artillery systems - 2010 (+6),
MLRS - 423 (+0),
air defense systems - 212 (+0),
aircraft - 283 (+0),
helicopters - 268 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1740 (+23),
cruise missiles - 711 (+58),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4683 (+8),
special equipment - 180 (+1).
08:51 The enemy is trying to advance on Bakhmut and improve the tactical situation in the Liman and Kupyansk directions, the General Staff said in the morning report . Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Soledar, Ivanovskoye, Kleschievka, Kamenka, Avdeevka, Vesele, Vodyane, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka in the Donetsk region.
08:45 On the night of December 30, the enemy attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made kamikaze drones Shahed-131/136. All 16 drones fired by the Russians from the southeast and north directions were shot down, the Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. To overcome the air defense system of Ukraine, the enemy tried to use the channel of the Dnieper.
07:32 The Russians attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region with kamikaze drones at night: all five enemy "shaheeds" shot down the air defense forces, said the head of the UVA Valentin Reznichenko.
07:01 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with five Shahed kamikaze drones, all of them were shot down by air defense forces, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko. One of the barrage ammunition hit the administrative building in the Goloseevsky district of the capital, as a result of which the building was partially destroyed, and windows were damaged in a residential building nearby. Information about the victims was not received, the data is being specified.
06:08 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that explosions at military facilities in the rear areas of the Russian Federation demonstrate the inefficiency of Russian air defense and exacerbate criticism of the authorities, which cannot protect their territory. Analysts say it is becoming increasingly clear that Russia is not capable of countering airborne threats deep within its territory.
05:07 The Russians attacked infrastructure facilities in the Kiev region with "Shahed" drones. The air defense forces were destroyed by drones, there were no preliminary hits, said the head of the OVA, Aleksey Kuleba.
01:37 Biden announced that he signed the US budget for fiscal year 2023, which includes multibillion-dollar assistance to Ukraine.
00:22 The International Organization for the Investigation of Corruption and Organized Crime (OCCRP) called Prigozhin the corrupt official of the year: "Dirty money, primitive violence, cynicism and impunity even in the face of Russian law - all derivatives of state-approved corruption are combined in his figure. That is why - for now, he mercenaries sow death in another Ukrainian city - the OCCRP expert jury awarded Prigozhin the title of Corruption of the Year 2022.
Last year, Lukashenko was the corrupt official of the year.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:32 Ukrainian militants do not stop inflicting indiscriminate strikes on civilian infrastructure.
Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 19 missiles from the American M142 HIMARS MLRS in the cities of Alchevsk, Bryanka and Stakhanov.
The university dormitories, the library and several residential buildings were damaged.
20:25 From January 1 to December 28, 2022, 1,091 civilians were killed as a result of hostilities in the DPR, another 3,533 were injured - Ombudsman
18:14 Ukrainian Nazis again opened fire on the Kyiv region. At 16:05, they fired four rounds of 155mm caliber from the settlement of Thin on civilians.
16:59 Fire of Ukrainian militants killed two and wounded 20 civilians of the DPR in a week
At the same time, from the beginning of the year to December 28, 1,091 civilians were killed on the territory of the DPR as a result of armed aggression by Ukraine. Since the beginning of the conflict - 5,441, including 126 children.
15:12 Residents of the Petrovsky district were under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis. At 14:55, the enemy fired three rounds of 155mm caliber from the temporarily occupied Krasnogorovka.
Data on the victims and destruction are being specified.
14:14 The shelling of Donetsk continues.
At 13:00 from N. p. Karlovka in the Kuibyshev region fired four rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
At 13:10 from N. p. Krasnogorovka in the Petrovsky district fired eight rounds of 122mm caliber.
At 13:14 from N. p. The desired first in the Kuibyshev and Kyiv regions, eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
13:05 In Alcheevsk in the LPR, the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from HIMARS destroyed the hostel of the Don GTI.
12:58 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for December 30, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- st. Artema, 169 - apartment building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
10:11 Daily official summary of the DPR JCCC from 06:00 December 29 to 06:00 December 30
Over the past day Representationreportedabout 68 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 39 attacks from the Himars MLRS, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky 12 shelling from artillery 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
On Gorlovsky 17 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm and 122mm.
Having fired 319 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: the capital city of Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kyiv, Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts), Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Kashtanovoe, Mineralnoe, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka.
Over the past 24 hours, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman, in Petrovsky district Donetsk.
Four houses were damaged in Petrovsky and Voroshilov districts of Donetsk, as well as four objects civil infrastructure.
AT previous 49 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
09:29 Front-line summary for the morning of December 30, 2022
In the direction of Kherson, the Russian army attacked Lozovoe, Kozatsky and Gornostaevka. On the territory controlled by Russia in the Crimea - an explosion in Dzhankoy. (Fig. 1)
Nothing changes on the Donetsk front. Another attack of Russian troops in the direction of Novomikhailovsky. The Ukrainian garrison is cracking but not breaking in Maryinka. Attacks of Russian troops in the direction of Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Vodyany, as well as from the Experienced area. Also an attempt to move to Avdievka with the support of artillery. (Fig. 2)
South of Bakhmut, Wagner PMCs attack Kleshcheevka again. Problems. On the eastern outskirts of the city itself, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already trying to move. Also without much success. Attempts to attack PMC "Wagner" near Podgorodny, Bakhmutsky and from Yakovlevka. This is for the city. To the north of the attempt to move to Razdolovka, Veseloye and Vyemka. (Fig. 3)
In the Luhansk direction, the Russian army attacks again near Belogorovka. To the north - an attempt to move in the area of Krasnopopovka and Ploshanka. Even further north - an attack towards Dzherelny and Stelmahovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are "silent" in this area.
08:32 RIA Novosti footage from the front line in the Zaporozhye direction. The fighters say that Ukrainian DRGs try to attack here on average two to three times a week -video
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The NATO bloc, declaring that it is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine, is in fact actively conducting reconnaissance in the immediate vicinity of the Ukrainian borders.
In 2022, the United States and its NATO allies increased the number of sorties to the borders of Russia with their reconnaissance aircraft. The activity of foreign intelligence services has become the subject of observation by a number of Internet portals that monitor global air traffic. The collected information makes it possible to establish that the NATO countries are using almost the entire range of reconnaissance assets available to them, which have been on duty near the Russian borders almost around the clock over the past few months.
Starting in 2014, the command of the US Army is gradually returning to the strategy of the Cold War, one of the important components of which is the constant conduct of reconnaissance missions as close as possible to the border of a potential enemy. Year after year, US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft increased the number of flights to the Russian maritime borders in the Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory. Gradually, aircraft from other NATO countries, as well as drones of various types, began to join them.
In 2020-2021, American drones began to enter the airspace of Ukraine, gradually approaching the land borders of Russia. With the start of a special military operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, this practice in the United States had to be abandoned. However, the total number of NATO air sorties in the region has not only not decreased, but has seriously increased.
The activity of reconnaissance aircraft of NATO countries near the Russian borders can be tracked using services that control air traffic. Often the aircraft of the US Air Force and its allies do not turn off the transponders, so their route, location and call signs are in the public domain.
For example, according to the Flightradar service, on December 29, 2022, a Boeing E-3B Sentry airborne early warning aircraft (callsign NATO11), belonging to the European command of NATO forces, was spotted in the Eastern Mediterranean region. The tasks of such an aircraft include "scanning" the airspace and tracking aircraft, as well as other air targets at a distance of 400 to 650 km (the distance to Sevastopol from the aircraft patrol area is only 350 km).
According to monitoring data, the plane took off from one of the NATO bases in Romania and flew in a circular trajectory for 5-6 hours. He was accompanied by a Turkish Air Force radio detection aircraft Boeing E-7T (callsign TURAF42). And the US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft Boeing RC-135W (call sign - JAKE11).
At the same time, a US Air Force Bombardier Challenger 650 (callsign CL60) was circling along the southern borders of Ukraine. This aircraft model is used for conducting electronic intelligence, however, the exact characteristics of the equipment are classified.
If we take into account that on December 29 a missile strike was launched on the territory of Ukraine, then the task of reconnaissance aviation becomes clear: tracking the movements of bombers, the time of missile launches, calculating their trajectory, and so on. It can even be assumed that such actions are not directly aimed at supporting Ukraine, rather, NATO countries are solving their tasks of training crews for reconnaissance aircraft in conditions close to combat.
Note that two of the four aircraft performing reconnaissance tasks near the borders of Russia belong to the US Air Force. However, NATO allies are also involved in these operations. There are also reverse situations.
For example, according to the ItaMilRadar blog, on December 27, an Italian Air Force aircraft - Boeing KC-767A (call sign MM62 227) - performed the tasks of refueling the Bombardier Challenger 650 reconnaissance aircraft, which we wrote about above. According to monitoring data, the planes met several times in the immediate vicinity of the border between Romania and Moldova, where the refueling process took place.
During the day on December 28, in the sky over the eastern part of the Black Sea, there was a reconnaissance aircraft Boeing RC-135W (callsign RRR7258) of the Royal Air Force, which took off from the Waddington base, which was accompanied by a Gulfstream E.550 CAEW reconnaissance aircraft of the Italian Air Force (callsign PERSEO71) from the Pratika- di Mare.
We can draw the following conclusions.
First, the US Air Force is the most active near the borders of Russia.
Nevertheless (this is the second) NATO allies (from Italy, Turkey and Great Britain) are regularly involved in reconnaissance and auxiliary tasks.
Thirdly, states such as Romania and Bulgaria provide their airspace for such tasks, as well as deploy reconnaissance aircraft on their territory.
Fourthly, on "normal days" in the Eastern Mediterranean, there is a "duty couple". For example, at the time of this writing (December 30), another flight was made by the Bombardier Challenger 650, which is accompanied by the Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk drone flying in the region of the southern coast of Crimea. During the days of active Russian aviation in the Black Sea region, up to five or six aircraft can operate simultaneously.
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[REGNUM] The frigate of the Northern Fleet (SF) "Admiral Gorshkov", which is equipped with hypersonic missiles "Zirkon", in 2023 for the first time will lead the permanent task force of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea. On December 30, a source close to the Russian military department told about this.
According to him, cited by TASS, the named frigate should go to sea in January 2023. "Kursk" was already taken
"He will solve the tasks of combat duty in the Mediterranean Sea, having Zircon hypersonic missiles on board," the source said.
He also added that such an event would be the first in the history of the Russian Navy. At the same time, it is clarified that the agency does not have official confirmation of such information.
As REGNUM reported , on December 29, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the sailors of the Russian Navy and shipbuilders on the commissioning of new warships.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The Investigative Committee reported on the discovery in Mariupol of more than three thousand dead civilians after the departure of the Ukrainian armed forces from the city.
"So, only in April, the bodies of 51 civilians were found at the positions abandoned by the Ukrainian troops, and after the complete liberation and examination of the city, their number amounted to more than three thousand," RIA Novosti reports the words of the press service of the UK on December 30.
It is noted that against the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny and several other military leaders, a criminal case has been opened on the fact of the crimes of the Kyiv regime in the city of Mariupol.
Earlier it was reported that the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Maria Zakharova , during a briefing on December 29, called the nature of Ukrainian and Western propaganda criminal.
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[REGNUM] On December 30, the State Hermitage Museum in St. George's Hall presented to journalists a priceless gift received from a private collector. It was the decree of Emperor Peter I "On the observance of laws in the state at all levels of government, by all subjects under pain of death." The document in German was printed in Riga on August 20, 1722, after the annexation of the Baltic lands to Russia.
Riga was one of the Hanseatic League port cities. My father, who was born there in 1919, spoke German, Latvian, and Russian as his mother tongues. The German was quaintly old-fashioned, according to my mother, but it later helped when he was getting a PhD in chemistry.
The document was donated to the museum by collector Anatoly Zhukov in honor of the 350th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great, which was widely celebrated in 2022. Director of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky noted that this is not the first gift from a collector that becomes an exhibit of the museum.
According to the St. Petersburg TV channel, other gifts that the Hermitage received in the outgoing year were also presented today. Among them is a book by Academician Boris Piotrovsky, who also headed the Hermitage, written during the Siege of Leningrad and published in 1944. It is dedicated to the ancient kingdom of Urartu. Also, the museum's funds were replenished with a jug found during excavations in Urartu and arrowheads.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] With the preservation of the USSR, 172 million people could now live in Russia, and the economy and incomes of the population were 67% higher
★ As a result of the destruction of the Soviet Union, Russia lost 26 million people, 40% of the economy and 66% of industry, Equality estimated. This is the difference between actual indicators and alternative ones, which would have been formed at Soviet growth rates, average for 1980-1989.
Population loss - 26 million
According to the forecast of the USSR State Statistics Committee from 1990, in the RSFSR by the end of 2022, 172.4 could live million people But in fact it is now 146.4 million people.
This assumes that Soviet statistics were actually true, and had been true since Lenin ruled in the Kremlin. Not to mention that the forecasts used reasonable assumptions... How would you bet, dear Reader?
Loss of income - 41%
The average monthly disposable income of 80% of Russians (without the rich) in 2022 amounted to about 25,550 rubles. With Soviet growth rates and levels of inequality, they would have become 43,000 rubles, or 68% more.
Economic losses - 40%
"As you know, in the 80s there was a "stagnation." In 1985, economic growth slowed down to 2.3%, which was used as an excuse to start perestroika. But at such growth rates, GDP would now be 2.1 times higher than in 1990, and not by 26%, as in fact. The Russian economy (GDP at PPP) amounted to $7.7 trillion instead of $4.6 trillion and would take 4th place in the world after China, the USA and India.
Loss of production - 66%
Loss of agriculture - 44%
Loss of assets - 56%
Geopolitical losses - 32%
A similar assessment of the consequences of the war of 1941-1945 showed that the loss of the Russian population amounted to 20 million people, as estimated by Rosstat. The economy of Soviet Russia lost 44%, industry - 41%, agriculture - 43%. The country missed 45% of wealth, and the population - 37% of income.
As you can see, the destruction of the USSR and the transition from socialism to capitalism, that is, to a lower stage of social development,
... it definitely is lower, if you’re standing on your head...
turned out to be losses for Russia that are comparable to the losses from the Nazi occupation of 1941-1945. If you look more broadly and take into account the split of the fraternal republics and the world-historical consequences, the destruction of the Soviet Union is the largest geopolitical catastrophe in the history of mankind.
@ravenstvomedia - zinc
According to a poll published by VTsIOM, 58% of Russians regret the collapse of the USSR. 48% would like to restore it.
The Russian wife of a colleague of Mr. Wife’s — a souvenir of his education in Moscow —even in 1990 greatly missed the simplicity of life as the child of scientists in the Soviet era. The summers in the dacha, the lack of vulgar pursuit of profit or politics... the usual thing of the former privileged class.
#1
Personally I have long felt Bush Sr botched the fall of the USSR although I'm sure my opinion of how it should have been done is very different than that of the Russians who want the Soviet Union back.
#4
I would start by buying their nuclear weapons. No handouts, they are proud people, let them buy wheat with nuclear weapons and nuclear warships. I would also not expand nato but work to make the non Russia Warsaw pact into a neutral defense pact between Germany and Russia to help make the both less paranoid.
Commentary by Russian military correspondent Kotenok
[ColonelCassad] Answers to questions about the course of the SVO for the channel of the military correspondent Yuri Kotenok.
1) Into what stages would you divide the past 10 months of CBO?
1. From the beginning of the NWO to the departure from Kyiv.
2. Late March-early May - the end of the battle for Mariupol.
3. May-July - the liberation of the LPR.
4. August-September - APU counteroffensive. Loss of Izyum, a successful defensive operation on the bridgehead on the right bank.
5. October-December - the final formation of a positional front, withdrawal from Kherson.
2) What victory at the front do you consider the most significant?
The defeat of the enemy in the Severodonetsk-Lisichansk agglomeration, which allowed the liberation of the territory of the LPR. Further in importance, one can put the encirclement and defeat of the Mariupol grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In both battles, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and equipment, losing large cities and leaving large territories.
In addition, the victory near Mariupol allowed Russia to break through a land corridor to the Crimea and make the Sea of Azov an inland sea of Russia.
3) A similar question, but with a minus sign. Which of the failures made the most painful impression on you?
The defeat at Balakliya, which entailed a forced withdrawal from Izyum and the subsequent loss of Kupyansk and Krasny Liman. This strike was warned, but no proper measures were taken, as a result of which the loss of territory and a significant material part was allowed. From a military point of view, this is our most significant defeat in 2022.
4) Now, 10 months after the start of the NWO, is it possible to say that we were not sufficiently prepared for the level of military conflict that is taking place in Ukraine?
As events at the front showed, no one was fully prepared for the type of war that began in Ukraine. Including Russia, which has to adapt to a type of war for which it was not prepared. As I pointed out back in March, the war will follow the path of Syrianization, which implies extended fronts and an indefinite duration of the war with its maximum internationalization. The problems of the Russian Federation are mainly of an objective nature, which was further aggravated by various unforced errors of an organizational and managerial nature, some of which were officially recognized already in the autumn.
5) One of the main characters of the SVO was the fighters of the Wagner PMC, who showed themselves excellently in combat operations. Was this expected, given the participation of this PMC in the Syrian war, or was it still some kind of surprise?
Since I followed the operations of the Wagner PMC in Syria, Libya and Africa, there are no particular surprises about its success. The high-quality assault work of the Wagner could be observed in Syria (for example, during the assault on Palmyra and Akerbat) or in Libya, during the battles for Tripoli. Of course, for those who did not monitor the work of Wagner in remote theaters, the successes of the PMCs were somewhat unexpected. The main result of this participation is that PMCs received final legalization in Russia, even in the absence of a law regulating the activities of PMCs. Not de jure, but de facto.
6) What is the main domestic political outcome of the past months?
The main result is that Russia has finally acquired full military-political and economic sovereignty. The current world order is obviously collapsing and Russia is now fighting for its place in the future multipolar world. Nobody said it would be easy and painless. But now everything depends only on ourselves. Unlike most other countries that do not have a military-political subjectivity, we are now completely independent.
That in itself justifies the beginning of the NWO, although even according to Putin, this was belated, following the promises of the West. Of course, these processes seriously affect the internal situation in the country. On the one hand, I like the changes that I see in society, but on the other hand, they are still insufficient. It will take some time before we fully pay off the "holy 90s"
7) Which countries have proved to be reliable partners of Russia during these months? And, on the contrary, which states have disappointed with their position?
China, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Belarus, Cuba.
Goodness, what a list. George W. Bush is no doubt not surprised, but it does reinforce the image of President Putin as a cartoon villain.
As for disappointments, I personally don't have any. Everyone behaves within the limits of expectations, even some partners in the CSTO, from whom I initially did not expect anything (this does not apply to Belarus, which, to the best of its ability, provided assistance to the Russian Federation).
Separately, it is worth finding out Turkey, which sits on two chairs and is guided by its own benefit. Despite delivering weapons to Ukraine, Erdogan has managed to remain a useful companion for Russia, helping to redirect trade flows and build parallel import schemes. "Friend Rejep" is certainly not an ally and it is not recommended to turn his back on him, but the "nothing personal - just business" interaction scheme still works.
8) In your opinion, to what extent did the NWO bring Russia and the United States closer to the possibility of a direct clash? Or are these risks of a completely different nature?
These risks are now very high and such a collision could occur as early as 2023. The reasons for this are obvious - the United States, having failed to achieve the defeat and surrender of Russia, is forced to continue to raise the stakes, but they have not so many moves left before the issue of using nuclear weapons comes to the fore, as in 1962 or 1983.
Russia, of course, is not interested in such a nuclear crisis, but one must be prepared for it in the event of a NATO attack on Belarus or Kaliningrad. The better Russia will convey such prospects to the West, the greater the chance that the notorious red line will not be crossed. In the meantime, we see how Russia's red lines are pointedly ignored, because they do not threaten the West with destruction. The West understands only strength, not concerns with protests in an embrace.
9) How adequate is the point of view that the whole of 2022 was a kind of preparation for the decisive campaign of the year 2023?
In my opinion, this is a simplification. 2022 was the first year of a war that will not necessarily last only 2 years. Considering the experience of the Iran-Iraq and Indo-Pakistan wars, as well as the experience of Syria, such a war could go on for much more than two years. The United States is already frankly planning to accompany the war until 2025-2026. We need to do the same, forming the readiness and ability to wage such a war for several years (if we finish earlier - good), simultaneously dealing with the issues of modernizing the country to the current economic and military-political realities. At the same time, it is important to understand that the Cold War, regardless of the timing of the war in Ukraine, will go on for a long time, just as the end of the Korean War did not lead to the end of the Cold War. So we need to tune in to a long conflict and serious work to develop the country in the new realities.
Of course, the sanctions will not be lifted in the foreseeable future. In addition, other conflicts are likely, where the Russian Federation and the United States will collide on the territory of third countries. But whoever remembers the past Cold War knows how it happens. Well, regarding purely military successes at the front, everything depends solely on the military and how they will conduct the 2023 campaign.
Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin says:
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[NavyRecognition] According to information published by Tass on December 30, 2022, Russia’s Navy flag was hoisted on The Generalissimus Suvorov SSBN. Taking part in the ceremony was President Vladimir Putin, who issued the order to hoist the flag.
The hoisting of the flag heralds the acceptance of the ships into the Russian Navy.
Generalissimus Suvorov is a Borei-class (Project 955A) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine developed by the Rubin Design Bureau and constructed by the Sevmash for the Russian Navy.
The submarine was laid down on 26 December 2014. At the end of 2015, the hull of the submarine was finished. It was taken out of the workshop on 25 December 2021 and launched on 11 January 2022. She started sea trials on 20 July 2022.
The submarines are approximately 170 metres (560 ft) long, 13 metres (43 ft) in diameter, and have a maximum submerged speed of at least 46 kilometers per hour (25 knots; 29 mph). They are equipped with a floating rescue chamber designed to fit in the whole crew.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[BenarNews] Bangladesh blocked a Russian ship from entering a local port just before Christmas due to U.S. sanctions on the vessel linked to Moscow’s war in Ukraine, but the cargo will be ferried to land via another ship, officials told BenarNews on Thursday.
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
