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All-Russia is moving to liberation

 (only on youtube)
'come and see'
- a partisan film
 
Watch this film --- and you
will - finally - understand.
 
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=NJYOg4ORc1w
 
Some in the West are fond
of a loose use of words...
 
''stunning'', for example, to describe
a work of art... but believe me
when I say - this film about a
lad of 14 - made me laugh
and cry and - by the end 
- I was left stunned.

A recent attempt on youtube by an obvious
anti-Russian, to pour scorn on this film's
historical accuracy, tries to point out
that the nazi troops state they are
members of a unit that was not
there.. but can't bring himself
to see that they might have
been lying!


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St. John of Kronstadt Orthodox 
Spiritual Care Centre
 
THE TRAGEDY IN UKRAINE
 
"Veterans and children of the Great Patriotic War:
to the Government 
and people of Germany".
 
By events in Ukraine
 
Today, when the German government decided
to supply Ukraine with lethal weapons, the
world has changed — the silhouettes of a 
new world war are more than clearly 
outlined! And again - Germany! 
 
But there are honest people in Germany, anti-
fascists, and we hope that this Message will 
fall into their hands. People born between 
1927 and 1945 have the status of "war 
children" in Russia.
 
All those who survived that war can subscribe to this letter.
We think that actual signatures are not necessary, we
suggest that veterans
 
(or "war children") read them
this letter, 
independently or with someone's help, 
and send us (at the coordinates indicated
below) something like 
the following: 
 
Moscow, Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich, 90 years old, disabled
war veteran (or otherwise), Hero of 
the Soviet Union
(or Holder of the Order of 
Glory... or otherwise),
was repatriated to
 Germany during the war
(or otherwise). 

Or just the city, full name, and age. The 
main thing, is that they should be real 
people who are familiar with the text.
 
 
MESSAGE TEXT
 
We, the last veterans and all the peoples of 
Russia who survived that great and terrible
war, are now on the verge of death! Our 
time is already running out. For a huge 
part of our lives, we hoped we would 
come to the end of it, in peace - 
without all-destroying hatred! 
 
For the painfully long decades after the Second World War,
we overcame our righteous anger! I 
long for retribution for
the innumerable wounds, spiritual and physical, that we
still carry in our bodies and our hearts! And most of us
have forgiven! And not in a small way due to the fact
that Germany for many years has demonstrated its
repentance its understanding of what it has done!
And we have overcome, not only ourselves, but
also the voice of the blood of 
our barbarically
exterminated relatives! 
By whom?
Germans ...fascists! 
 
We have forgiven... following the laws of human
coexistence! So it was... until 2014. And then,
in 2014, when everything began in Ukraine... 
we looked with hope at Germany and at the
then Chancellor Angela Merkel. We couldn't
imagine that after all that the Germans did 
in Ukraine, after Babi Yar, after mountains 
of mutilated corpses, they would still look 
with lust at the Ukrainian fields that can 
feed Europe today! Or they, the Germans, 
who have covered the Crimea they once 
promised with blood, will still somehow
be interested in turning the Crimea 
into
an American and in general a NATO 
base, ideal for aggression against
Russia! 
Which would be clearly
aimed at a future war. 
 
After all, only fools do not understand the meaning and
goals of the entire coup in 
Ukraine... in the conditions
of which 
Russia behaved in the only possible way! But
the Germans are not fools! 
We the Russians, know for
certain 
your psychology, as "brothers in blood" - our
blood, which you 
"prudently" shed in rivers! 
 
We remember your "systematic methods of
population reduction"! Our population! Until
now, in different parts of our once united
Homeland, where the boot of German 
fascism was trodden, we find hidden 
mass graves of our civilians: in the 
Novgorod region, in the Kuban, in 
the Rostov region, in Karelia. In 
Belarus, in 2021... hundreds of 
civilian remains... were found 
in Brest    ...on the site of the 
Jewish ghetto the Trostenets 
concentration camp....  near 
Minsk terrible in its tragedy
revealed the secret of the 
remains... of thousands of 
tortured and killed people! 
 
We are talking about tens of thousands of newly
discovered victims of Nazism! This blood - still
cries out for revenge - and for decades the
memory of the barbarously destroyed 
Russian people, and monuments to 
Russian soldiers, liberators, have 
been desecrated with impunity! 
 
And the new Nazis are marching in the Baltic
States and Ukraine, in front of the entire
"civilized" world!  But in 2014, we were 
sincerely convinced -- that in this new 
Nazi demarche it's the Germans who 
will be our associates in preventing 
this meanness! 
 
We hoped that, guided by an elementary
conscience, the Germans would not 
participate..  in an obviously fascist 
anti-state coup in Ukraine! After all 
...the subsequent catastrophe of 
modern Ukraine was committed 
by direct descendants of those 
who were special bastards in 
the German army! Clearly, 
openly! 
 
Americans and Canadians have only hidden and preserved
this diabolical heritage, feeding this 
generation, but the
product of this evil... is Germany! Hitler's Germany! And
it was impossible for us to believe that it was 
Germany
that would again give a 
"road map" to these inhumans!
But 
we were wrong! Germany has once again allowed
these fascist geeks 
to enter the world! 
 
The support of modern Germany - in the face of
the new government of Ukraine-Bandera, the
heirs of the SS division " Galicia ", the thugs 
of the UPA OUN and all other abominations;
is simply unthinkable for us! This is beyond 
all that is human!  But you, Germany, have
already done it and continue to do it! You 
have, once again, set your sights on the 
Slavic world and these geeks are blood 
from the blood of German Nazism! And 
again to Russia! 
 
Only, even more despicable: inciting our closest
Ukrainian brothers against us! And you know it!
 
You know this as well as we do! You killed one
nation in that Great War! Yes, we are
one people! 
 
The truth is written and often spoken about 
by your own Steinmeier, who at the same 
time viciously took a direct part in the 
Kiev coup of 2014 — fascist in fact! 
 
This American may not be clear about some-
thing, but it's more than that, for you!  And 
after all, it was your vykormysh..  that got 
ready..  for their torchlight processions in 
Kiev! The living shadow of Nazi Germany 
is behind all this. It was only temporarily
covered up by sly diplomacy — "helmets 
instead of guns"! But that's it, "masks 
are reset"! Your supply of German 
weapons to Ukraine today, is 
natural, it is in the logic of 
your policy of recent 
decades. 
 
Today it is clearly pro-fascist! You have taken 
this step: German weapons will kill Russians 
again! Keep killing. During the years of the 
conflict in the Donbas, your professional 
killers have already killed Russians, at 
least by teaching them...  "how to kill 
correctly"! Only now -- it's even more 
despicable — you're teaching this to
- your blood brothers!  Donbass is on 
your conscience! Thousands of lives 
of its peaceful citizens --- again your 
handiwork! We do not care about the
role of Americans, in everything that
happens: there, is money-God!  We, 
veterans of that war, its children, 
are concerned about the role of 
the Germans! Because it is you 
who know -- exactly -- who the 
Ukrainian "national battalions" 
consist of --- and could have 
prevented and stopped, this 
new fascism !  But they did
not do it! And just by doing 
this — you are once again, 
responsible to history! 
 
And you are definitely participating -- in the 
preparation of Ukraine for war with Russia! 
You can't help but understand the purpose 
of everything that happened --- from the
unconstitutional coup in Kiev ....to the 
bloodshed in the Donbass!  But, in fact
this is preparation for the Third World 
War! And again, you are Germans... 
Germany!  We hear from the high 
German rostrum in Berlin today: 
"Russia will pay a high price"!!! 
This is the German Chancellor's 
speech! Unthinkable! We have 
already paid the price — 27 
million of our lives! Isn't that 
enough for you?! What price 
are you still talking about? 
 
There is no home --- in Russia, Ukraine and
Belarus - where "this price" isn't paid! And
there is no home in Germany, that did 
not participate in that terrible, bloody 
barbarism!  It's scary!  It's wild! And 
today, there are, already, more than 
13 thousand dead Russian people 
in the Donbass at the hands of 
the new Nazis! 
 
The German Chancellor's public mockery of the
Russian genocide in the Donbas is a crime in
itself! How much can the lessons of history 
be misunderstood and discredited!  The 
scariest story in the world! Do you want 
to be even scarier?! After all, this new 
"Dranch nach Oschtern" ..may lead to 
the fact that the 2nd Nuremberg trial 
over you will no longer be - there will 
simply be no humanity! You won't be 
here! But a special Ecumenical trial 
of you Germans is inevitable! Over 
all aggressors — but over you 
ESPECIALLY!
 
World justice will be served! And we, the last
veterans of that terrible war, are leaving this
world as witnesses!  Witnesses for the 
PROSECUTION! And today the victory 
will be ours, but those who died 
yesterday, or those of us who 
will die today, already bear 
witness to the role of the 
German people, in the 
history of the human 
world — a bloody 
history! 
 
German weapons are back in the 
hands of Nazi thugs! Please stop!
 
Email addresses for information:
veterans1945@yandex.ru
 
https://t.me/Veteran_v_stroy_chat
 
- Russian Union of Veterans: organizing
 questions and collecting signatures of
 veterans and children of the Second 
World War
 
 
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veteran1944@yandex.ru -questions about 
this publication to its author: Monk John
(Adlivankin), Deputy Head of the Russian
Orthodox Church. head and ved. 
specialist of the St. Peter's 
Orthodox Counseling Centre. 
St. John of Kronstadt.
 
 
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If you want the truth about
the massacre of civilans
in Bucha - paste the
web address below
into your browser

https://www.bitchute.com/video/6ZHPL2pTuadJ/



The video above is of a pro-Russia cavalcade
in Germany
 and it surely brought heart-
bursting tears!

More than 5,000 cars in just one campaign
in support of Russia --- in Germany !!!!!!!!!



NATO has a Scandinavian
'leftist' as its head - WHY?

THIS VIDEO EXPLAINS A LOT ABOUT TODAY'S NORWAY



REQUIEM
Efran and Poet's tribute to
 all those killed by wars

THE LATEST NEWS

 
 Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 
told the deputies of the Rada about 
their desire - to end the conflict
by Marina Sovina (Editor of the 
Operational Information Dept)
January 17th, 9pm
(Lenta.ru)
 
Soldiers of the Armed ForcesUkraine (AFU) expressed their 
desire to end military operations in the first half of 2025. 
This was announced by the deputy of the Verkhovna 
Rada, Anatoly Burmich, on the air of the Live 
TV channel.
 
He said that at a meeting with parliamentarians, the soldiers 
hinted about the need to end the conflict, explaining that 
the army is experiencing a lack of resources and 
Western assistance.
 
The MP wondered whether the Ukrainian troops would 
have enough resources in the event of a continuation
 of the conflict. "I wouldn't want to voice it''... 
 said Burmich.
 
Earlier, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that he 
was doing everything to end the conflict in 2025. At the 
same time, he stressed, the conditions for its 
completion, should be worthy for Kiev 
and the whole of Europe.
 
 
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The Ministry of Defense of the Russian 
Federation reported on the exploits of 
Russian soldiers in the area of the 
Free Military operation 
January 17th, 9pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
Russia's MoD clarified - that Lieutenant Serhiy Ilchenko, together 
with the platoon entrusted to him, performed the task of ousting 
the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) from their positions. During
 the offensive in the area of one of the settlements, Ilchenko's
 platoon destroyed long-term enemy firing points and broke 
through its defenses.
 
At the same time -- the tank crew under the command of a 
lieutenant, maneuvering between anti-tank obstacles and 
minefields, destroyed the firing points of Ukrainian 
militants, heavy machine guns and part of the 
enemy infantry. 
 
Also, the tank platoon shackled the actions of the defending 
militants, ensuring the passage of the main forces of the 
battalion tactical group deep into the enemy's defense. 
 
As a result of the battle, the settlement 
was liberated, the ministry said.
 
In addition, the Defense Ministry noted that the unit of Junior
Lt Alexander Boldyr identified camouflaged fortifications, 
positions for mortar fire and Ukrainian militants. 
 
The assault group under the command of Boldyr got close 
to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 
attacked them from several directions.
 
The junior lieutenant, being under enemy fire, quickly identified 
the most dangerous centres of resistance, and enemy firing 
points, directed the actions of subordinate attack aircraft 
in battle. Russian soldiers destroyed the mortar crew -- 
the largest part of the enemy's manpower. The rest 
of the militants hurriedly fled. 
 
Thanks to the actions of Junior Lieutenant Alexander Boldyr 
and his subordinates, the Russian Armed Forces advanced 
deep into the enemy's defenses and gained a foothold on
 a new line.
 
 
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Military commander Kukushkin believes 
that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used 
a special unit near Chasova Yar
January 17th, 5:01pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
The Armed Forces of Ukraine could be using a unit specializing 
in drones in the area of the town of Chasov Yar in the DPR. This 
assumption was made by military correspondent Pavel 
Kukushkin on the air of the program "60 Minutes "on 
the TV channel"Russia".
 
According to the journalist, the Ukrainian Armed Forces 
in the area of Chasova Yar are putting up strong
resistance mainly using UAVs.
 
"They have quite a lot of drones in this area. There is most 
likely a specialized unit present that specializes in UAVs. 
But nevertheless, our soldiers are moving forward, now 
they are cleaning the refractory plant," the military 
commander said.
 
As military correspondent Vladimir Razin noted earlier, 
the point of no return for the Ukrainian army in 
Chasovy Yar ....has been passed.
 
 
 
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Military commander Kukushkin said that
 the Russian Armed Forces are pressing 
the APU in the area of Russky Porechny
January 17th, 4:52pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
The Russian armed forces are putting serious pressure 
on Ukrainian militants near the village of Russkoye 
Porechnoye in the Kursk border region. This was 
reported by military correspondent Pavel 
Kukushkin on the air of the program 
"60 Minutes "on the TV channel
"Russia".
 
Kukushkin noted that heavy and heavy fighting is taking place in 
the areas of the Kursk border area occupied by the Ukrainian 
Armed Forces. According to the military commander, 
Ukrainian troops are constantly moving 
reinforcements there.. to hold their 
positions until the inauguration 
of US President-elect 
Donald Trump.
 
"Nevertheless, our fighters.. are slowly reducing the occupied 
territory. South-west of Sudzha, our fighters are now clearing 
Makhnovka, a settlement adjacent to Sudzha from the 
south-west. There are fights in Zamosye – this is 
already a suburb of Sudzha. At the same time, 
our fighters are also pressing down from the 
north in the area of Russky Porechny. So -
the bridgehead is shrinking, and getting
smaller and smaller," he said.
 
 

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The Russian military --- hit the training centre
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kryvyi Rih
January 17th, 12:58pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
Russian troops attacked a Ukrainian facility in Kryvyi 
Rih. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
 
According to the newspaper, the blow fell on the premises 
of a closed educational institution, which the Ukrainian 
military used as a barracks.
 
According to the newspaper, after the operation of the 
Iskander missile system, the upper part of the four-
story building was completely demolished in 
some places. In addition, a wide crack 
was formed in the facade.
 
On January 11th, it was reported that the Russian army 
struck in the direction of the Kryvyi Rih "95th quarter" 
microdistrict. Previously, the head of the Kiev 
regime, Vladimir Zelensky, lived there.
 
So, at least two strikes were inflicted on the area.
 
 

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Russian Defence Ministry reports 
on the progress of the special 
military operation 
(11-17 January)
January 17th, 12:10pm
 
From 11 to 17 January 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian 
Federation carried out eight group strikes by high-precision
weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which hit
 Ukraine's crucial gas and energy infrastructure facilities 
that support the work of the Ukrainian defence industry. 
The strikes also engaged armament depots, a fuel base,
 and infrastructure of military airfields.
 
Moreover, the group strikes hit assembly facilities and storage 
areas for strike UAVs and uncrewed surface vehicles, as well
 as temporary deployment areas for Ukrainian armed 
formations and foreign mercenaries.
 
The Sever Group of Forces continued fighting against the 
Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of Kursk region.
 
As a result of the active offensive operations, the settlements 
of Aleksandriya, Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye, and 
Kruglenkoye ---- have been liberated.
 
In addition, aviation and drone strikes and artillery fire 
hit manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, four 
mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, 
one marine brigade, and two territorial 
defence brigades.
 
In Kharkov direction, Russian troops inflicted losses on 
units of one mechanised brigade, one motorised
 infantry brigade of the AFU, and two territorial 
defence brigades over the past week.
 
In the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces, the AFU 
losses amounted to over 2,225 troops, 10 tanks, and 71 armoured 
fighting vehicles. Seventy motor vehicles, 34 field artillery guns, 
including two manufactured by Western countries, 
were eliminated.
 
The Zapad Group of Forces has liberated 
Kalinovo (Kharkov region) and Terny
 (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The Group inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one tank 
brigade, three mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one air 
mobile brigade, and one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of 
Ukraine along with three territorial defence brigades and one 
National Guard brigade.
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,300 troops, four tanks, 27
 armoured fighting vehicles, including six U.S.-made M113 
armoured personnel carriers, and one Turkish-made Kirpi 
armoured vehicle. Moreover, the enemy sustained losses 
of 72 motor vehicles, 44 field artillery guns, with eight of
 them manufactured by NATO countries, nine electronic 
warfare stations, and 15 ammunition depots.
 
As a result of decisive actions - units of the Yug Group of 
Forces liberated Yantarnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
They also hit six mechanised brigades, two motorised brigades, 
2 assault brigades, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault 
brigade, one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of 
Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades.
 
The AFU losses in this direction during the week amounted to up to
 1,655 troops, two tanks, 22 armoured fighting vehicles, including 
two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers and one 
French-made VAB APC, 31 motor vehicles, 20 field 
artillery guns, including two U.S.-made 155-mm 
M777 howitzers. Seven ammunition depots 
were destroyed.
 
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depths
 of enemy defences and liberated Shevchenko, Peschanoye, 
Ukrainka, and Slavyanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The Group inflicted losses on eight mechanised brigades, one 
motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,
 one marine brigade, two territorial defence brigades, two
 National Guard brigades, and the Lyut Brigade of the 
National Police of Ukraine.
 
The Ukrainian armed formations sustained losses of more than 
3,770 troops, six tanks, including three German-made Leopard 
tanks, 29 armoured fighting vehicles, including 5 M113 APCs, 
1 Bradley IFV, and 2 U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicles, 
one French-made VAB APC, and one Turkish-made Cobra II 
armoured vehicle. Twenty-seven motor vehicles and 45
 field artillery guns, including three manufactured by 
Western countries, were eliminated.
 
The Vostok Group of Forces liberated Neskuchnoye
 (Donetsk People's Republic) as a result of
 intensive operations.
 
The Group inflicted losses on formations of four mechanised 
brigades, one tank brigade, one air assault brigade of the 
Armed Forces of Ukraine, one marine brigade, three 
territorial defence brigades, and one National 
Guard brigade.
 
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 1,445 troops, four 
tanks, 7 armoured fighting vehicles, including one HMMWV 
and one Stryker, 48 motor vehicles, and 18 field artillery 
guns, with 5 of them manufactured by NATO countries. 
Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
 
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and 
hardware of two mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, 
two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of 
Ukraine, one National Guard brigade, and two 
territorial defence brigades.
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 550 troops, one armoured 
fighting vehicle, 49 motor vehicles, 20 field artillery guns, 4 
electronic warfare stations, and 5 ammunition depots.
 
On 16 January 2025, Ukraine once again attempted to launch 
a missile strike against facilities in Belgorod region by six 
U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles.
 
All the missiles were shot down by air defence systems. 
There were no casualties or destruction.
 
The Russian Defence Ministry.. will take 
measures to provide a retaliatory strike.
 
Over the past week, Russia's air defence system have shot down 
12 U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, 8 UK-made 
Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 7 French-made Hammer aerial 
guided bombs, 48 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 747
 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
Over the past week, 49 Ukrainian servicemen 
have surrendered on the line of contact.
 
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 
aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,643 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 
anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,650 tanks & other armoured 
fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,742 field 
artillery guns and mortars... and 30,433 units of support 
military vehicles of the enemy have been neutralised.
 
 
 
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on 
repelling AFU attempt.... to invade 
Russian territory in Kursk region
January 17th, 9:30am
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue
 the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which 
broke into the territory of Kursk region.
 
?? Russian troops are in offensive in all directions. Despite 
the transfer of additional reserves, the enemy suffers 
heavy losses and retreats from the occupied areas.
 
A total of 63.2% (801 sq km) of the area originally occupied 
by the enemy (1,268 sq km) has been liberated in the 
Kursk region.
 
In two weeks of January, during the offensive operation, 
the Sever Group of Forces has liberated 4 settlements: 
Aleksandriya, Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye, 
and Kruglenkoye.
 
Servicemen of the 7th Guards Air Assault Division, the 76th Guards 
Air Assault Division, the 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade, 
the 155th Separate Guards Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet,
 the 810th Separate Guards Marine Brigade of the Black Sea 
Fleet, as well as the 1427th Motorised Rifle Regiment 
distinguished themselves in actions when 
liberating the settlements.
 
In addition, a counter-attack launched by the Ukrainian Armed 
Forces in the direction of Berdin was repelled. The enemy 
esorted to the counter-attack... to stop the Russian 
offensive in the Kursk direction and get out of 
the blocking area.
 
The Akhmat units of the 42nd Guards Motorised Rifle Division 
together with the 106th Air Assault Division of the Airborne 
Troops inflicted significant losses on the enemy, after 
which the enemy abandoned further actions in this 
direction --- and was driven back to its
initial positions.
 
In January in Kursk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine 
sustained losses of more than 5,600 troops and more than
 570 units of military hardware, including 40 tanks, 213 
infantry fighting vehicles and others, 91 artillery guns 
and mortars, and more than 210 motor vehicles.
 
Over 230 troops of the AFU have been neutralised in Kursk 
direction during the day. A tank, 3 armoured personnel 
carriers - to include two U.S.-made Stryker armoured 
personnel carriers, two armoured fighting vehicles, 
seven motor vehicles, four artillery guns, and a 
mortar have been eliminated as well.
 
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses 
amounted to more than 52,450 troops, 304 tanks, 231 infantry 
fighting vehicles, 173 armoured personnel carriers, 1,562 
armoured fighting vehicles, 1,493 motor vehicles, 371 
artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of 
HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 
anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport
-loading vehicles, 93 EW stations, 13 counter
-battery warfare radars, four air defence 
radars, 30 units of engineering and 
other materiel, including 13 
counterobstacle vehicles, 
one UR-77 mine clearing 
vehicle, eight armoured 
recovery vehicles -- & 1
command post vehicle.
 
The operation to neutralise the AFU units 
is in progress.
 
 
 
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A soldier of the Russian Armed Forces 
saved wounded colleagues by 
stopping a Ukrainian drone 
with his head
January 16th, 9:36pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
A Russian fighter with the call sign Hitman saved his wounded 
comrades by shooting down an APU kamikaze drone with his
 head, said the commander of a motorized rifle battalion 
with the call sign Krestik.
 
He clarified that Hitman performed his feat in 2024 during the 
battles for Avdiivka. According to Krestyk, the Ukrainian 
Armed Forces noticed Russian attack aircraft from a 
drone and sent a kamikaze drone in their direction. 
At the time of his attack, the wounded soldiers 
were descending into the basement.
 
"Hitman stood in the aisle and shielded his comrades. 
The blow fell on the head," Krestik told RT.
 
He added that Hitman survived, and even, having received a 
serious wound - did not lose heart. After he was evacuated, 
"in the hospital, doctors literally collected his head." They 
managed to partially preserve the fighter's vision.
 
A Russian fighter with the call sign Krest, told Rana 
that he spent more than 12 hours in an ambush to 
destroy an APU tank. It took him two shots to 
disable the combat vehicle. The soldier 
was awarded the Order of Courage.
 
 
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The Russian Defense Ministry reported
 on the exploits of the Russian military 
in the free defense zone
January 16th, 9pm
(Izvestia.ru)

The Ministry drew attention to the merits of Junior Sergeant 
Valery Mikhailov, who corrected the fire of Russian artillery
 when repelling the Armed Forces of Ukraine's offensive.
 
Being at the observation post under artillery fire, Mikhailov found 
two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles --- that were transferring 
Ukrainian assault units to the front line, and US-made M-777 
howitzers. Junior sergeant ensured the defeat of all the
enemy targets.
 
After that, he also detected the enemy reserves preparing to go 
on the offensive, and then transmitted their coordinates to the 
command post. The artillery, in turn, destroyed the AFU 
reinforcements. Thanks to Mikhailov's actions, the 
Russian troops managed to hold the occupied 
lines and prevent the enemy from breaking
 through the defense.
 
The Defense Ministry also noted the actions of Corporal Bulat 
Batomunkuyev, a group of attack commandos under whose 
command performed the task of capturing a stronghold of 
Ukrainian militants. Batomunkuyev identified secret ways 
of approach to enemy positions for his subordinates, and 
also personally designated favourable firing points for 
each fighter.
 
The lance-corporal was the first to break into the stronghold and 
destroyed two AFU fighters with targeted fire. The attack of the 
Russian soldiers was unexpected, and the enemy, having 
suffered heavy losses -- was forced to quickly retreat 
deep into the defense. As a result, Batomunkuyev's 
assault group managed to capture the enemy 
stronghold and create conditions for the
 development of the offensive of 
Russian troops.
 
 
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Three residents of Gorlovka were injured
 as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian 
Armed Forces ---- on the DPR
January 16th, 7:18pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
Three civilians were injured in the Nikitovsky district of 
Gorlovka --- as a result of attacks by militants of the 
Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Donetsk People's 
Republic. This was announced on January 16 
by the head of the region, Denis Pushilin.
 
A woman born in 1964 and two men born in 1958 and 1952 
were injured when an explosive object was dropped from 
a Ukrainian drone onto a car. They were provided with 
medical assistance, he said.
 
The head of the DPR also said that two residential buildings
 and three cars were damaged in the Nikitovsky district of 
Gorlovka, and two more objects of civil infrastructure —
 in the Kalininsky district of the city.
 
"More than 10 armed attacks were committed by the armed 
formations of Ukraine. They used.. 155 mm calibre barrel 
artillery, including cluster-type ones, and attack UAVs," 
Pushilin added in the Telegram channel.
 
Earlier, on January 15, Pushilin reported that three civilians were 
injured as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, on 
Gorlovka and Makeyevka of the DPR. In addition, in Gorlovka, 
an object of civil infrastructure and 2 cars were damaged, 
and in Makeyevka — 8 residential buildings and 5 cars.
 
Ukrainian militants are firing daily at the territories of the 
Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, as well as the
Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, against the back-
ground of a special operation to protect the 
Donbass, which Russia announced on 
February 24, 2022.
 
 
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Ukrainian mass media reports
about a revolt of inhabitants 
of Transcarpathia against 
mobilization
January 16th, 4:40pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
Residents of the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine 
staged a riot against mobilization. This is reported 
on January 16 by the publication "Country.na".
 
"In Transcarpathia, Roma staged a riot against employees 
of the shopping centre (territorial recruitment centre, 
analogous to the military enlistment office. - Ed.) 
and the police," the publication's Telegram 
channel says.
 
Eyewitnesses published footage, showing the congestion 
of a rural road with police cars and cars of the National 
Guard. It is specified that on the streets there are 
dozens of law enforcement officers with 
machine guns.
 
At the same time, women walk between
 cars and express indignation about 
the mobilization of men.
 
Last night, Verkhovna Rada deputy, Alexander Dubinsky, said 
that the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, whose term
 of office expired on May 20th, 2024, "trades the lives" of 
citizens of his country. He called the head of the Kiev 
regime the greatest genocidist of his own people.
 
On the same day, Zelensky signed a law on the inclusion of young 
men at the age of 17 in the register of conscripts. The day before, 
he said in response to calls from Western partners ---- to lower 
the mobilization age -- that for this -- Kiev must first receive
 a sufficient number of weapons.
 
Back in December 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed 
out the futility of lowering the age of mobilization in Ukraine. The 
possibility of such a measure will be another crime of the Kiev 
regime, the Russian leader stressed.
 
Martial law has been in effect in Ukraine, since February 2022. At 
the same time, Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization,
 which was repeatedly extended. Most men between the ages of 
18 and 60 are prohibited from leaving the country. In April, 2024, 
the head of the regime approved a law on tougher mobilization.
 
 
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Dmytruk: Zelensky should be 
prosecuted --- for calling to 
kill politicians
January 16th, 4:33pm
(RT.ru)
 
Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmytruk has called for 
a criminal case to be opened against Volodymyr 
Zelensky ---- for his calls to crack down on 
unwanted politicians.
 
"The greatest (Zelensky. - RT) threatens, and calls for 
killing politicians. As for me, another good criminal 
case for Zelensky!" - RIA Novosti quotes Dmitruk.
 
Earlier, Verkhovna Rada deputy, Alexander Dubinsky, 
named Zelensky --- as the main obstacle to peace
 in Ukraine.
 
He also pointed out that Zelensky's steps 
speak of ''a stalemate'' for Ukraine.
 
 
 
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The comrade of the fighter Safon
 who was lost near Kharkov
 told about the character 
of a colleague
January 16th, 3:29pm
(RT.ru)
 
A friend of the 19-year-old tanker from Kurgan Danila, 
who died in the Kharkiv region, with the call sign 
Saphon, told RT about the character of 
a colleague.
 
Comrade Safon with the call sign Zmey told how his group 
near Trostyants ......was surrounded by AFU fighters.
 
"There were many times more of them. The battle was fierce. 
Sapho came to rescue us first, then with other tankers 
managed to pull us out. They broke through the ring 
from different directions," he said.
 
Despite his age, Danila was brave and experienced, say 
colleagues. He rode any vehicle - and was not afraid to 
overtake fuel trucks under a swarm of enemy drones.
 
The soldier was killed by a shell explosion in the Kharkiv region. 
Shortly before that, he was awarded the medal "Participant of 
the SVO".  Posthumously, he received the Order of Courage.
 
Earlier it became known that a resident of the Kursk region 
called the AFU fire on himself to cover the evacuation of
eight women and children - from Obukhovka village.
 
 
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The underground coordinator Lebedev:
the blow - is put on an airfield in the 
Nikolaev area
January 16th, 12:54pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
The strike hit a Ukrainian military airfield - where two planes 
could be located. This was stated by the coordinator of the
 pro-Russian Nikolaev resistance, Sergey Lebedev.
He specified that the airfield is located in
 the village of Martynovka.
 
"The explosion is serious," Lebedev told RIA Novosti.
 
Earlier, the underground coordinator reported a strike 
in the direction of an airfield and a military town 
located in Pryluki, Chernihiv region.
 
 
 
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on 
repelling AFU attempt... to invade 
Russian territory in Kursk region
January 16th, 10:35am
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue 
the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which 
broke into the territory of Kursk region.
 
The Sever Group of Forces' units have engaged formations of one 
tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, four mechanised 
brigades, two air assault brigades, one marine brigade, and 
three territorial defence brigades of the Armed Forces of 
Ukraine close to Viktorovka, Guyevo, Gornal, Kurilovka, 
Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolayevo-
Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki, 
Sverdlikovo, Sudzha, and Cherkasskoye 
Porechnoye. One counter-attack 
launched by AFU units 
was repelled.
 
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery strikes 
engaged AFU manpower and hardware near Bondarevka, 
Zamostye, Zaoleshenka, Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, Loknya,
Martynovka, Mirny, Yuzhny as well as Basovka, 
Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, 
and Miropolye in Sumy region.
 
Over the past 24 hours, over 210 troops, two infantry fighting 
vehicles, one armoured fighting vehicle, six motor vehicles, 
one U.S.-made M777 howitzer, and eight mortars, have 
been neutralised.
 
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses 
amounted to ---- more than 52,330 troops, 305 tanks, 231 infantry 
fighting vehicles, 170 armoured personnel carriers, 1,567 
armoured fighting vehicles, 1,486 motor vehicles, 367 
artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers ---- including 13 of 
HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti
-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading
 vehicles, 93 EW stations, 14 counter-battery 
warfare radars, four air defence radars, 30 
units of engineering and other materiel, 
including 15 counterobstacle vehicles,
 one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, 8
 armoured recovery vehicles, and 
one command post vehicle.
 
The operation to neutralise the AFU units 
is in progress.
 
 
 
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Military commander Kukushkin: 
Russian fighters have gained a 
foothold in the Baranovkaarea
area of the DPR
January 16th, 10:22am
(Vesti.ru)
 
The Russian military has established a foothold in the village of 
Baranovka, east of the city of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) in the 
DPR, which is being fought for. This was reported on the air of 
the program "60 minutes" on "Russia 1" by military 
correspondent Pavel Kukushkin.
 
He also noted -- that the soldiers of the Russian Armed 
Forces are holding an important junction under control.
 
"Our fighters have gained a foothold in the Baranovka area and 
continue to hold the interchange that goes from Pokrovsk to 
the east. This is the route along which the enemy's Toretsk 
and Chasovyar groups are supplied," the military 
commander said.
 
Also, the Russian military is approaching "the southern underbelly 
of Pokrovsk." The Ukrainian Armed Forces, in an attempt to stop 
the Russian army, blew up a mine near the city. However, 
according to Kukushkin, this did not stop the fighters 
of the Russian Armed Forces.
 
Western analysts believe that the battle for Pokrovsk 
this year will be a major and difficult battle - for the
 Armed Forces of Ukraine.
 
 
 
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Military commander Kukushkin: soldiers of 
Russia's Armed Forces are approaching
the village of Ulakly in the DPR
January 16th, 10:19am
(Vesti.ru)
 
The Russian military is approaching the village of Ulakly in the 
Donetsk People's Republic. This was stated on the air of the 
program "60 minutes" on the TV channel "Russia" by
 military correspondent Pavel Kukushkin.
 
Ulakli is located in the west of the liberated city of Kurakhov.
 
"Fighting is taking place in the area of Dachnoye settlements 
and our fighters are approaching the village of Ulakly. Thus, 
we narrow this fire bag and push the enemy further west 
towards the Dnipropetrovsk region," Kukushkin said.
 
On January 12, the Russian Armed Forces liberated the
village of Yantarnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
 
 
 
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Russian Defence Ministry reports 
on the progress of the special 
military operation
January 16th, 9:25pm
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 
continue the special military operation.
 
In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces's units hit 
formations of one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU 
close to Volchansk (Kharkov region).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 troops,
 two motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.
 
The Zapad Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the 
front line, delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of three 
mechanised brigades and one infantry brigade of the AFU near 
Dvurechnaya, Zapadnoye, Zagoruykovka, Boguslavka (Kharkov 
region), Novoyegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and
Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to more than 470 troops, two armoured 
fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, 1 Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 
MLRS launcher, and four field artillery guns. 1 electronic warfare 
station and three ammunition depots, have been neutralised.
 
The Yug Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines
 and positions, defeated formations of six mechanised brigades 
and 2 assault brigades of the AFU near Kramatorsk, Minkovka, 
Chasov Yar, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, 
Sribnoye, and Dachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 260 troops, one tank, four 
armoured fighting vehicles, five pickup trucks, and seven 
artillery guns, to include two U.S.-made 155-mm 
M777 howitzers.
 
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units continued advancing into the 
depths of the enemy's defence, inflicted losses on manpower 
and hardware of seven mechanised brigades, one motorised 
infantry brigade of the AFU, three national guard brigades, 
and the Lyut Assault Brigade... of the National Police of 
Ukraine close to Dzerzhinsk, Shcherbinovka, Petrovka, 
Vozdvizhenka, Lysovka, Novovasilevka, Tarasovka,
Novoyelizavetovka, Petropavlovka and Slavyanka 
(Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to more than 580 troops, three tanks, 
to include one German-made Leopard tank, three armoured 
fighting vehicles, to include one U.S.-made M113 armoured 
personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, and three field 
artillery guns.
 
The Vostok Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation 
and defeated formations of four mechanised brigades, one air 
assault brigade of the AFU, and three territorial defence 
brigades near Bogatyr, Konstantiopol, Alekseyevka,
 Vremevka, Novoselka (Donetsk People's Republic), 
and Gulyai Pole (Zaporozhye region).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 240 troops, one tank, one U.S.-
made Stryker armoured personnel carrier, nine motor vehicles, 
and three field artillery guns, to include one German-made 
155-mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery 
system. One electronic warfare station 
was eliminated.
 
The Dnepr Group of Forces' units have engaged manpower and 
hardware of one mechanised brigade, one infantry brigade, 
one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, a marine brigade, 
and one territorial defence brigade close to Malaya 
Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, Lobkovoye, 
Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), and 
Daryevka (Kherson region).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 85 troops, eight motor 
vehicles, and three field artillery guns. Two electronic 
warfare stations and one ammunition depot 
were eliminated.
 
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, 
Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces 
delivered strikes at infrastructure of military airfields, UAV 
workshops and depots, as well as engaged manpower 
clusters and military hardware in 152 areas.
 
Air defence units shot down three French-made Hammer guided 
aerial bombs, 12 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 95 
fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 
aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,575 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 
anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,554 tanks and other armoured 
fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,706 field 
artillery guns and mortars, and 30,352 units of support 
military vehicles, have been neutralised.
 
 
 
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The author of the documentary "Selidovo" 
spoke about the atrocities of the Armed
 Forces of Ukraine
January 16th, 5:15am
(Vesti.ru)
 
Editor-in-Chief of "New.Media", the author of the documentary 
"Selidovo" - Lara Rzhondovskaya - told the TV channel 
"Russia 24" about the war crimes committed by 
Ukrainian militants during the retreat from 
the city.
 
According to her, while working on the film, the film crew 
went to the apartments of the settlement, where the 
bodies of dead people remained.
 
"There is such a narrative, as if they have, as far as I understand, 
that those who do not leave together with the APU, well, do not 
retreat, do not evacuate from their homes, they consider 
collaborators, that is, people who are waiting for the 
Russian army. And so, in order to frighten the 
others and force them to leave, they are 
engaged in these atrocities," 
Rzhondovskaya said.
 
Earlier, a refugee from Selidov said that the Ukrainian Armed 
Forces threatened to shoot half of the city's residents - 
for waiting to be liberated by Russian fighters.
 
 
 
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Marochko: Russian Armed Forces
 advanced in Petropavlovsk, 
Kharkiv region
January 16th, 3:49am
(Vesti.ru)
 
During the offensive operations in Kupyansky district of Kharkiv 
region, Russian army attack aircraft are advancing in the 
village of Petropavlovsk.
 
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed several long-term firing 
points of Ukrainian militants in the northern and north-
western parts of the village with precise strikes. 
This was reported by military expert
 Andrey Marochko.
 
"During active battles, including contact ones, Russian assault 
units managed to improve their tactical position and advance 
in the village of Petropavlovsk, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv 
region," TASS quoted him as saying.
 
According to the expert, Russian artillery struck the fortifications 
of the Ukrainian Armed Forces between Kucherovka and 
Petropavlovsk. As a result of the strike, the enemy's 
losses in manpower amounted to about 50 people 
killed and wounded, the AFU lost a command and 
observation post, two dugouts and one field 
depot of rocket and artillery weapons.
 
Earlier, Marochko reported that the Russian army in the Kupyansk
 direction began fighting for Boguslavka. In early January, the 
Russian Armed Forces --- hit the positions of the Ukrainian 
Armed Forces in the areas of Petropavlovsk, Vishnevoye 
and Sandy in the Kharkiv region, and also repelled six 
attacks by Ukrainian attack aircraft near Sinkovka
 and Ternov, the militants' losses amounted to 
more than 115 soldiers.
 
 
 
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The Russian Defense Ministry reported on
 the exploits of the Russian military in
the 
special operation zone
January 15th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
The Ministry drew attention to the merits of Lance Corporal Denis 
Shershnev, who as part of the assault unit performed the task of 
destroying strongholds, weapons and military equipment of 
Ukrainian militants. During the assault, he simultaneously 
used an FPV drone with an ammunition drop system and 
conducted aerial reconnaissance of the positions of the 
Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). He quickly transmitted 
information about their regrouping and maneuvers to
 the command post.
 
Lance corporal Shershnev, driving a drone, destroyed several 
machine-gun points of the AFU militants. His courage and 
bravery made it possible to complete all tasks assigned 
to the group to storm an important enemy stronghold 
and prevent losses.
 
The Defense Ministry also noted the actions of private Nikita 
Ovechkin. His unit carried out tasks to defend the locality 
liberated from Ukrainian militants, as well as to search
 for sabotage and reconnaissance groups (DRG) in 
its vicinity. 
 
Private Ovechkin - was able to notice the approach of the AFU 
militants, who were trying to break through the defensive line 
of the Russian Armed Forces, and destroy the machine-gun 
crew and part of the infantry.
 
The courage and dedication of the fighter -- made it possible to 
detect in advance the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 
in the area of responsibility of Russian fighters, as well as to 
prevent the capture of positions of the Armed Forces of the 
Russian Federation.
 
The special operation to protect the Donbass, which Russian 
President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24th, 2022, 
continues. The decision was made against the background 
of the worsening situation in the region.
 
 
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Russian Armed Forces hit the
infrastructure 
of the largest
gas storage facility in the 
Lviv region
January 15th, 9:31pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
The Russian military -- has successfully hit the ground 
infrastructure of the largest underground gas storage
 facility in Stryi, Lviv region. This was reported on 
January 15th, in the Ministry of Defense of
the 
Russian Federation.
 
It is specified that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 
hit important objects of the gas and energy infrastructure of 
Ukraine in response to ATACMS strikes and an attempt to 
disrupt the gas supply via the Turkish Stream.
 
"One of the successfully hit targets was the ground infrastructure 
of the largest underground gas storage facility in the city of Stryi, 
Lviv region. The Russian Armed Forces continue to constantly 
monitor the situation, and any provocations of the Kiev 
regime will not go unanswered," the ministry said, 
in a statement.
 
It is reported that a group strike was carried out with 
high-precision weapons on critical objects of the 
gas and energy infrastructure of Ukraine.
 
 
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Telegraph: Thousands of Ukrainian 
refugees may lose their jobs in UK
January 15th, 8:16pm
(RT.ru)
 
Thousands of Ukrainian refugees who have arrived 
in the UK may lose their jobs ------ due to new visa 
extension rules.
 
This is reported by the Telegraph newspaper.
 
It is noted that Ukrainian refugees in Britain lose their
jobs, "because their visas ------ cannot be extended 
earlier than a month before the expiration date."
 
Earlier, Ukrainian Unity Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov 
said that Kiev is starting the process of returning 
Ukrainians from abroad - without 
coercive measures.
 
 
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 Medvedev pointed to the effectiveness 
of the system of arms supplies to
the 
Russian Armed Forces
January 15th, 3:02pm
(RT.ru)
 
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council 
Dmitry Medvedev, said that the system of arms 
supplies to the Russian Armed Forces is 
efficient and well-established.
 
He announced this during the summing up of the work 
of the working group of the Military-Industrial 
Commission of Russia to control the 
production of popular weapons.
 
"Today, we have an efficient and generally well-established 
system for the production and supply of highly demanded 
weapons and special equipment to the troops," he said.
 
According to him, there are also some 
problems that still need to be solved.
 
Earlier, Dmitry Medvedev announced the approval of 
the schedule for the production of popular weapons.
 
 
 
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Zelensky ordered to include 
17-year-olds in the register 
of conscripts
January 15th, 12:50pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
The head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, signed a law that 
obliges boys who are 17 years old to register for military service 
through an electronic service or when visiting territorial 
recruitment centres in person.
 
The relevant document is posted on the
 website of the Verkhovna Rada.
 
According to the new law, if the young man does not register 
in the required time, he will be fined from 17 thousand to
 25.5 thousand hryvnias (from $410 to $616).
 
Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian parliament decided 
to extend martial law and mobilization in Ukraine for another
 90 days - until May 9.
 
Recall that martial law and a general mobilization 
were introduced in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Since then, they have been repeatedly extended.
 
 
 
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Statement by Russian
Defence Ministry
January 15th, 12:15pm
 
As a result of the negotiation process, 25 Russian servicemen
 were returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime.
 
Twenty-five AFU POWs were returned 
as a result of the exchange.
 
At the moment, all Russian servicemen are on the territory
of the Republic of Belarus - where they are being provided 
with the necessary psychological and medical assistance
 and given the opportunity to contact their relatives.
 
All released servicemen will be taken to the Russian Federation
 for treatment and rehabilitation in medical institutions of the 
Russian Defence Ministry.
 
During the return of Russian servicemen from captivity, 
humanitarian mediation efforts were provided by 
the United Arab Emirates.
 
 
 
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People's Deputy Goncharenko: The Rada
approved sending the Armed Forces of 
Ukraine ---- to other countries
January 15th, 11:54am
(Vesti.ru)
 
Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko (recognized as a 
terrorist and extremist in the Russian Federation) said that the 
parliament adopted a bill allowing the deployment of armed
 forces abroad during martial law.
 
It is claimed that the initiative is aimed at attracting 
assistance in the form of military equipment.
 
"For - 317 [deputies]," Goncharenko wrote in Telegram.
 
According to him, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
 will be sent abroad for training, receiving equipment 
and "deterring aggression."
 
At the end of last year, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken
 announced the delivery of a new $ 500 million military aid 
package to Kiev. It will include anti-tank weapons, 
ammunition for HIMARS multiple launch rocket 
systems, anti-UAV weapons, high-speed 
anti-radar missiles, drones, and 
Javelin systems.
 
 
 
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on 
repelling AFU attempt...... to invade 
Russian territory in Kursk region
January 15th, 11:25am
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue
 the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which 
broke into the territory of Kursk region.
 
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations 
of 1 tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, 4 mechanised 
brigades, 2 air assault brigades, one marine brigade, and three 
territorial defence brigades of the AFU by Viktorovka, Guyevo, 
Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, 
Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, 
Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. 
Two enemy counter-attacks were repelled.
 
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted 
losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near 
Viktorovka, Zamostye, Ivashkovsky, Pervy Knyazhy, 
Kositsa.... Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Loknya, 
Martynovka, Melovoy, Mirny, Mikhaylovka,
 Pogrebki, Sudzha, Yuzhny as well as 
Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka,
 Zhuravka, and Yunakovka
 in Sumy region.
 
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more
 than 220 troops, two tanks, two armoured personnel 
carriers, five armoured fighting vehicles, six motor
 vehicles, two artillery guns, and four mortars.
 
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses 
amounted to ---- more than 52,120 troops, 305 tanks, 229 infantry 
fighting vehicles, 170 armoured personnel carriers, 1,566 
armoured fighting vehicles, 1,480 motor vehicles, 366 
artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of 
HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the US, 16 anti
-aircraft missile launchers, 8 transport-loading 
vehicles, 93 EW stations, 14 counter-battery 
warfare radars, four air defence radars, 30 
units of engineering and other materiel, 
including 15 counterobstacle vehicles, 
one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, 8 
armoured recovery vehicles, and 
one command post vehicle.
 
The operation to neutralise the AFU units
 is in progress.
 
 
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Rada --- extends martial law 
and mobilization in Ukraine
 until May 9
January 15th, 9:46am
(Vesti.ru)
 
The Verkhovna Rada has decided to extend martial law and
 mobilization in Ukraine for another 90 days, until May 9, 
said Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a member of the Ukrainian 
Parliament, on Telegram.
 
The previous extension will expire on February 7.
 
Bills on extending martial law and mobilization were introduced
 to the Parliament by Volodymyr Zelensky, whose powers as 
head of state expired.... in May last year.
 
Martial law and general mobilization were introduced in 
Ukraine on February 24, 2022 and since then they
 have been repeatedly extended.
 
 
 
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Russian Defence Ministry reports 
on the progress of the special 
military operation 
January 15th, 9:25am
 
This morning - the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 
delivered a group strike by precision weaponry and attack 
unmanned aerial vehicles at critical objects of gas and 
power infrastructure ensuring operation of Ukrainian
 defence industry enterprises.
 
The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the 
assigned targets have been engaged.
 
In Kharkov region, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted 
losses on formations of one motorised infantry brigade of the
 AFU near Dergachi, Tsirkuny, & Volchansk (Kharkov region).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops, six motor vehicles, 
1 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, 3 field artillery guns, including 1
U.S.-made Paladin self-propelled artillery system. 
Two ammunition depots - were destroyed.
 
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation 
along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower & hardware 
of three mechanised brigades, one tank brigade of the AFU, and 
two territorial defence brigades near Dvurechnaya, Zapadnoye, 
Zagoruykovka, Podoly, Petropavlovka, Zagryzovo, Lozovaya 
(Kharkov region), Ivanovka, and Torskoye (Donetsk 
People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to more than 460 troops, two U.S.-made 
M113 armoured personnel carriers, 13 pickup trucks, five artillery 
guns, including three NATO-made guns. Two ammunition depots 
and one Kvertus electronic warfare station were destroyed.
 
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines 
and positions and inflicted losses on the formations of three 
mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, and one 
mountain assault brigade of the AFU near Zvanovka, 
Slavyansk, Nikolayevka, Seversk, Yantarnoye, 
Verkhnekamenskoye, Pereyezdnoye, 
Dachnoye, Sukhiye Yaly, & Chasov 
Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 230 troops, one tank, three 
armoured fighting vehicles, four pickup trucks, and four 
artillery guns. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
 
As a result of successful offensive operations, units of the Tsentr 
Group of Forces liberated Ukrainka (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
Losses were inflicted -- on the manpower and hardware of six 
mechanised brigades of the AFU plus one territorial defence 
brigade, 2 national guard brigades, and 1 formation of the 
International Legion near Shcherbinovka, Shevchenko, 
Dzerzhinsk, Slavyanka, Novovasilevka, Tarasovka, 
Baranovka, Vozdvizhenka, Petrovka, Lysovka, 
Petropavlovka, and Novoyelizavetovka 
(Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to more than 560 troops, 
one German-made Leopard tank, four armoured 
fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, and 
six artillery guns.
 
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to 
the depth of the enemy's defences. Losses were inflicted 
on formations of three mechanised brigades and one air 
assault brigade of the AFU near Konstantinopol, Novy 
Komar, Novoselka, Razliv, and Vremevka (Donetsk
 People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, two armoured 
fighting vehicles, 8 motor vehicles, one 155-mm Bogdana 
self-propelled artillery system, and 1 ammunition depot.
 
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower 
and hardware of one mechanised brigade, two coastal defence 
brigades of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade -- and one 
national guard brigade near Shcherbaki, Blakitnoye, Orekhov,
Novopokrovka (Zaporozhye region), Dneprovskoye, 
Antonovka, Nikolskoye, and Ivanovka 
(Kherson region).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 95 troops, 
13 motor vehicles, and 2 field artillery guns.
 
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, 
and Missile Troops & Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces 
struck infrastructure of military airfields, as well as engaged 
manpower and hardware of the enemy --- in 137 areas.
 
Air defence units shot down two French-made Hammer guided 
aviation bombs, 10 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 
85 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 
aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,480 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 
anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,539 tanks and other armoured 
fighting vehicles, 1,509 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,630 field 
artillery guns and mortars, and 30,305 units of support 
military vehicles... have been neutralised.
 
 
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Medvedchuk: Ukraine is occupied by
 Zelensky's Nazi junta, not Russia
January 15th, 6am
(Vesti.ru)
 
In Odessa, another language and cultural scandal, where the 
Zelensky government continues to destroy monuments to 
cultural figures. Odessa residents were not afraid of the 
Nazis and came to a rally in defense of the monument 
to Vladimir Vysotsky.
 
The action was not numerous, but given the brutality of 
Zelensky's jackals, these people can be called heroes 
of their city - with confidence.
 
"No one will make Odessa residents forget the glorious history of 
the city," reads one of the posters in the hands of the protesters.
 
The monument to Vysotsky stood at the Odessa film Studio, where 
one of the most popular Soviet detective stories "The Meeting 
Place cannot be changed" was shot. By the decision of the 
authorities, it was dismantled on New Year's Eve.
 
"Those barbarian rioters who demolished it, contrary to basic 
historical justice, should not win. If we turn a blind eye to the 
fact that poor and insignificant people are demolishing a 
monument to a man who tore his heart in the name of 
Freedom and Truth, then we are all worthless," wrote 
Odessa journalist Shtekel. And he was immediately 
summoned to the SBU ....on the denunciation of 
Nazi bastards.
 
It is curious that Shtekel is the organizer of the Odessa 
"Euromaidan" - so Domaidan was born, the revolution, 
as you know, devours its children, such as Shtekel... 
brought to power the Nazis -- corrupt officials and 
murderers of their people. Does Shtekel... really 
hope that those who burned Odessa residents
 alive on May 2, 2014, will play by the rules? 
Naivete? Stupid? Provocation to identify 
opponents of the regime?
 
Odessa, conquered by the Nazis, is trying to resist. But whatever
 merits the protesters may have had for the Zelensky regime, 
they face the true face of the criminal Nazi government. 
Odessa resident and former host of "Heads and Tails" 
Serga --- who went to serve in the Armed Forces of 
Ukraine after the start of the invasion, recorded 
an appeal in which he called for an end to the 
war with monuments and Russian culture. 
Serga looked impressive in a military 
uniform, but it didn't help.
 
The head of the Odessa military-civil Administration, Kiper,
 in response to such calls from the serviceman, suggested 
that opponents of the demolition of monuments go to Ufa
 or Krasnoyarsk.
 
The keeper, without hesitation, sets out the ideology of a primitive 
barbarian who sincerely believes that there can be no history 
before him, since only his life is the beginning of history and 
has value, so he asserts himself by destroying monuments 
of an alien culture. It should be remembered that the Nazi 
is alien to any culture, he does not have his own. Such a
 person does not even know that the work on which the 
film was made at Odessa Film Studio with Vysotsky's
 participation was called "Era of Mercy". 
Unfortunately, this era of mercy
 has not yet arrived.
 
The Nazi grin of the regime frightens even its sponsors, the British 
The Economist criticizes the demolition of monuments in Odessa. 
An unusual image has appeared on the cover of a special issue 
of The Economist magazine. There you can see an Asian fish 
shop. Suddenly, in one of the aquariums there is a bust of 
Alexander Pushkin. Many users saw this as a hint of the 
demolition of the monument to the Russian poet 
in Odessa.
 
The publication previously published an article "Cancel culture
 in Ukraine", which spoke about the loss of the city's cultural 
identity. So, in Odessa, 19 monuments were blacklisted, 
including monuments to Maxim Gorky, Vladimir 
Vysotsky and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
 
"The result of this de-russification is fear and polarization. What 
was marginal becomes mainstream. On the boulevard -- people 
look away when asked about the statues. "The fear of talking 
is replaced by the fear of thinking, until people no longer 
know what they are thinking," says Anastasia 
Pilyavskaya, an anthropologist from Odessa, 
at King's College London," the article says.
 
"The criminal cases against 'collaborators' clearly show 
that the threat of being branded as a supporter of 
Russia --- is real," writes The Economist.
 
There is also a mention of the head of the
 Odessa military-civil administration:
 
"Oleg Kiper, the head of the regional military administration, does 
not care too much about such difficulties (preserving cultural 
heritage). A former prosecutor... who served under Viktor 
Yanukovich, the Moscow-backed kleptocrat who was 
Ukraine's president from 2010 to 2014 --- he was 
removed from official positions - but reinstated
in 2019. As a non-elected official -------- he was 
interested in following orders ----  not in what
the people of Odessa thought of themselves. 
So, in July 2024, he ordered the complete 
removal of statues in the city ...and the 
renaming of streets, which triggered 
a culture war... that is tearing the 
city apart."
 
The Economist makes a clear hint that the Keeper is simply taking 
revenge on Maidan activists and selflessly serves Zelensky, who 
returned him to power. Therefore, while hundreds of thousands 
of innocent citizens are being killed at the front, Zelensky's 
team and the Nazis --- are devouring each other, and this 
process cannot be stopped. But this political infection,
 fighting among themselves, continues to parasitize 
the body of Odessa and other Russian cities.
 
But no matter how much Zelensky's jackals, Western-funded Nazis, 
"piglets" who demand full control of the country, "brothers from 
the front" who naively think that they can influence something, 
this will not change anything at all. To create a "new" nation, 
and in reality not a new one, but just a nation of servants of 
the collective West, white slaves, mankurts who do not 
remember their history... barbarians who do not 
recognize any culture -- sadists who destroy 
their people, nothing will work, and all of
this... has happened.
 
"If the current government tries to manage this land without taking 
into account historical and cultural realities, it will lose these lands 
along with the population, this process has been launched and it is 
impossible to stop it. Without a change in the political course and 
method of governance, it is generally impossible," I wrote in the 
article "Russophobic project, or why Ukraine is located on 
historically Russian lands."
 
And how can you manage a nation ----- if you don't understand its 
historical roots, culture, faith, and traditions at all? If instead
of 
carefully studying the real history and culture....... we
introduce extravagant myths and blatant barbarism?
With this 
approach you can't create any "European
nation" ---  
but you can easily destroy the people,
which is 
what all this corrupt pack is doing,
destroying 
each other, in between.
 
And if a modern Zelensky official dislikes Pushkin -------- but likes 
Shukhevych, who brought slavery, genocide and concentration 
camps to Ukraine, then he is just as much an occupier and a 
criminal as his idol. After all, all these modern Nazis are 
afraid - that Russian literature will awaken a sense of 
dignity and justice in Ukrainian citizens - and then 
they will be overthrown once and for all. That is
why they destroy the rational, the good,
 the eternal.
 
But this is not done by statesmen, but by the distraught occupiers, 
who, in fact, the Zelensky regime, the Nazis and the little pigs are. 
And Ukraine needs to be freed from these invaders, which is what
 is happening now. After that, these barbarians and criminals will 
be tried, which is inevitable. It is the work of the classics of 
Russian literature that reminds these mutts that the time 
for their trial will soon come, so they are fighting with 
monuments, but this will not help them in any way.
 
 
The Chairman of the Council of
the Other Ukraine Movement,
 
 Viktor Medvedchuk
 
 
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on 
repelling AFU attempt ---- to invade
 Russian territory in Kursk region 
January 14th, 1pm
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue 
the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which
 broke into the territory of Kursk region.
 
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations 
of 1 tank brigade, 1 heavy mechanised brigade, 4 mechanised 
brigades, 2 air assault brigades, 1 marine brigade, and three 
territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Viktorovka, 
Guyevo, Ivashkovsky, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya 
Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya 
Sorochina, Pogrebki, Sverdlikovo, and 
Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. In 
addition, three enemy 
counter-attacks, 
were repelled.
 
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery engaged 
AFU manpower and hardware close to Agronom, Viktorovka, 
Guyevo, Zamostye, Ivashkovsky, Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, 
Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, 
Makhnovka, Martynovka, Mikhaylovka, Mirny, 
Nikolsky, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Sverdlikovo, 
Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, 
Yuzhny as well as Basovka, 
Belovody, Veselovka, and 
Zhuravka in Sumy region.
 
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses were over 460 troops,
 three tanks, two armoured personnel carriers, 22 armoured 
fighting vehicles, 18 motor vehicles, six artillery guns, and 
one mortar.
 
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses 
amounted to more than 51,900 troops, 303 tanks, 229 infantry 
fighting vehicles, 168 armoured personnel carriers, 1,561 
armoured fighting vehicles, 1,474 motor vehicles, 364 
artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of 
HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 
anti-aircraft missile launchers, 8 transport-
loading vehicles, 93 EW stations, 14 
counter-battery warfare radars, 4 
air defence radars.... 30 units of 
engineering & other materiel --
including 15 counterobstacle 
vehicles, one UR-77 mine 
clearing vehicle, eight 
armoured recovery 
vehicles and one 
command post 
vehicle.
 
The operation to neutralise the AFU units
 is in progress.
 
 
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Russian Defence Ministry reports 
on the progress of the special 
military operation
January 14th, 11:40am
 
Last night, the AFU launched a missile strike at objects in 
Bryansk region by six U.S.-made ATACMS operational-
tactical missiles, six UK-made Storm Shadow air-
based cruise missiles, and 31 fixed-wing 
unmanned aerial vehicles from the 
territory of Ukraine.
 
During the air defence battle, all air attack means were 
shot down by the air defence crews. There were no 
casualties or wounded as a result of the attack.
 
In addition, two UK-made Storm Shadow air-based cruise 
missiles were shot down over the Black Sea waters.
 
These actions of the Kiev regime, supported by 
Western curators, will not go unanswered.
 
***
 
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces defeated 
formations of one motorised infantry brigade and two territorial 
defence brigades close to Liptsy & Volchansk (Kharkov region).
 
The AFU losses were up to 50 troops, five motor vehicles, and two 
field artillery guns. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.
 
As a result of decisive actions, units of the Zapad Group 
of Forces liberated Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
Losses were inflicted on the manpower and hardware of two 
mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airmobile 
brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades 
close to Dvurechnaya, Zapadnoye, Zagoruykovka, 
Boguslavka, Lozovaya (Kharkov region), 
Ivanovka, and Torskoye (Donetsk 
People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses were up to 600 troops, one tank, eight armoured 
fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M113 and 1 Turkish-
made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, & 5
 artillery guns, including 2 NATO-made guns. 3 ammunition 
depots and four electronic warfare stations were 
wiped out.
 
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines 
and positions and defeated the formations of two mechanised 
brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, and one air assault 
brigade nr Konstantinovka, Markovo, Podolskoye, Orekhovo-
Vasilevka, Minkovka, Yantarnoye, Kramatorsk, Dachnoye, 
Kurdyumovka, Sukhiye Yaly, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk 
People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses were more than 220 troops, four armoured 
fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M113 and one 
French-made VAB armoured fighting vehicles, 2 motor 
vehicles, and four artillery guns.
 
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces - improved the tactical
situation along the front line and inflicted losses on the
manpower & hardware 
of five mechanised brigades of
the AFU and two national guard 
brigades ----- close
to Shcherbinovka, Shevchenko, Dzerzhinsk, 
Slavyanka, Novovasilevka, Ukrainka,
Solenoye, Vozdvizhenka, 
Petrovka,
Lysovka, Petropavlovka --- and
Novoyelizavetovka 
(Donetsk
People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses were up to 500 troops, one armoured 
fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles. Eight field 
artillery guns were eliminated.
 
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing 
into the depth of the enemy's defences and liberated 
Neskuchnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades 
of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades close to 
Konstantinopol, Velikaya Novoselka, Novopol, Bogatyr, 
Vremevka (Donetsk People's Republic), and 
Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region).
 
The AFU losses were up to 220 troops, seven motor vehicles,
 two artillery guns, including one 155-mm Polish-made Krab 
self-propelled artillery system.
 
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and 
hardware of one mechanised brigade, one infantry brigade, 
& two coastal defence brigades of the AFU near Veseloye, 
Novopokrovka, Novoandreyevka, Kamenskoye 
(Zaporozhye region), Pridneprovskoye, and 
Antonovka (Kherson region).
 
The AFU losses were up to 50 troops, 8 
motor vehicles and 3 field artillery guns.
 
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, 
Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces 
struck power objects ensuring operation of a Ukrainian 
defence industry enterprise, infrastructure of military 
airfields, as well as engaged clusters of the enemy's 
manpower and hardware - in 148 areas.
 
Air defence units shot down 6 U.S.-made ATACMS operational-
tactical missiles, 8 UK-made Storm Shadow air-based
cruise missiles, 1 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile,
and 180
 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles,
including 146 
outside the special
military operation.
 
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 
aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,395 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 
anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,526 tanks and other armoured 
fighting vehicles, 1,508 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,569 field 
artillery guns and mortars, and 30,255 units of support 
military vehicles, have been neutralised.
 
 
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Military commander Razin ---- the 
Krasnoarmeysk-Konstantinovka 
highway is under the control of 
the Russian Armed Forces
January 14th, 11:10am
(Vesti.ru)
 
The highway between Krasnoarmeysk and Konstantinovka 
in the DPR is under full fire control of Russian fighters. 
This was stated on the air of the program "60 
minutes" on "Russia 1" by military 
correspondent Vladimir Razin.
 
The fighting is now going on around Krasnoarmeysk, the 
military commander noted. The Russian Armed Forces 
are squeezing out the militants of the Armed Forces 
of Ukraine and cutting off their logistics routes.
 
"Now the main battles are taking place just for the highway
 between Krasnoarmeysk and Konstantinovka. This is also
 a very serious logistical artery for the enemy, which until
 recently allowed the enemy to supply the group in 
Konstantinovka. But now the fighting is already 
close enough. The track is completely under 
our fire control from Vozdvizhenka, where 
the fighting is currently taking place," 
Razin said.
 
Earlier it became known that fighting began in the DPR 
near the largest coal enterprise in Ukraine – the 
Pokrovskoye mine management.
 
 
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The deputy of the Rada --- predicted a 
catastrophe for Ukraine when trying
 to reduce the mobilization age
by Marina Sovina (Editor of the 
Operational Information Dept)
January 13th, 10: 27pm
(Lenta.ru)
 
Ukrainians will "demolish" the country's President, Vladimir
Zelensky, for trying to lower the mobilization age to 18 
years, said the opposition-minded deputy of the 
Verkhovna Rada, Alexander Dubinsky, in
his
 Telegram channel.
 
"If Zelensky tries to lower the mobilization age to 18, he will be 
demolished," the politician wrote. In his opinion, employees of 
military registration and enlistment offices are also in danger: 
parents will attack them, wanting to protect their sons.
 
In the event of a decision to lower the mobilization age in
Ukraine, he predicted "catastrophic consequences" for 
the country. 
 
"The failure of the idea of an appeal for 18-year-olds 
will only emphasize the failure of the regime,
which 
will begin to wobble for real,"
the 
deputy explained.
 
Earlier in Ukraine, territorial recruitment centres (TCCs,
the Ukrainian equivalent of a military enlistment office) 
put on the wanted list on suspicion of evading military 
service ......more than half a million people.
 
 
 
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NTV: after the capture of Krasnoarmeysk, 
Russia's advance ....will be without 
much resistance
January 13th, 10:07pm
(RT.ru)
 
Colonel of the Austrian Armed Forces Markus Reisner
expressed his conviction in an interview with N-TV
that - after taking control of Krasnoarmeysk - the 
advance of the Russian Armed Forces towards
the Dnipropetrovsk region..... will take place 
without much resistance.
 
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces, will have
little chance of stopping them," he said.
 
At the same time, Reisner added that the Ukrainians 
themselves, have repeatedly pointed out that their 
positions to the west of the city... are very 
poorly developed.
 
Earlier, Igor Kimakovsky, an adviser to the head of the DPR, 
told Solovyov LIVE that the Russian Armed Forces are 
taking Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov in a pincer grip 
from the west and east.
 
Also, the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Mariana Bezuglaya,
 in her Telegram channel called the current situation in the 
area ----- catastrophic, for Ukraine.
 
 
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The Russian Defense Ministry reported 
on the exploits of Russian servicemen 
in the special operation zone
January 13th, 9pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
The Ministry drew attention to the merits of Corporal Daniil 
Chekalin, who, as part of a motorized rifle unit, performed 
a combat mission to hold the lines in an important 
tactical area.
 
While conducting surveillance in his area of responsibility, 
Chekalin promptly detected a sabotage and recon group 
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) moving in the 
direction of Russian positions. After that, he
 reported this to the commander of the 
communications unit and hit the 
enemy machine gunner with 
the first shots.
 
Then, during the battle, the soldier shackled the actions of 
the enemy group, depriving it of the possibility of further 
advancement. He personally destroyed most of the 
saboteurs and held the occupied line until 
reinforcements arrived. 
 
Thanks to Chekalin's actions, the Russian military managed to 
repel several attacks by Ukrainian militants on the assigned 
line of defense, maintain their positions --- and prevent a 
breakthrough in the defense in an important direction.
 
The Defense Ministry also noted the actions of senior Ensign
 Vasily Skorobagatov. He, commanding a repair platoon,
 performed tasks to restore weapons and special 
military equipment that had been damaged.
 
Skorobagatov evacuated equipment from the battlefield under 
enemy fire & delivered it to assembly points and stationary 
repair shops, and then provided repairs and replacement
of components and assemblies - in the field. Under the 
leadership and with the personal participation of the 
serviceman, more than 20 armoured vehicles of 
various types were restored after damage 
during the fighting.
 
Earlier, on January 12, the Defense Ministry reported that private 
Kirill Yakovlev, controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), 
destroyed an AFU firing point. The serviceman determined 
the coordinates of the Ukrainian machine-gun crew, 
prepared an attack drone and sent it to a given 
point. After several drops of ammunition from 
the drone, the operator found... that the 
enemy's firing point was destroyed.
 
On the same day, the crews of T-90M Proryv tanks of the 
combined-arms army of the Zapad group of forces hit 
 -- platoon strongholds, ammunition depots and APU 
personnel in the special operation zone. After that, 
the tankers immediately drove into the so-called 
sump tank, where the enemy could not track 
their parking lot, and then moved on to the 
next combat mission.
 
 
 
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Expert Orlov: competent mercenaries of 
the first wave......  left Ukraine long ago
January 13th, 7:04pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
Well-trained mercenaries of the first wave, left Ukraine 
after the Russian Armed Forces hit a training camp in 
Lviv on July 6, 2023. This was stated by military 
expert, Vladimir Orlov, on the air of the TV 
channel "Russia 24".
 
Earlier, it was reported that, against the background of a 
personnel shortage, people who are unfit for service for 
health reasons --- including patients with epilepsy, are 
being mobilized into the ranks of the Ukrainian army. 
In addition, the National Battalion of the Armed 
Forces of Ukraine, called on 15-year-olds.....
 to prepare for mobilization.
 
"You need to understand that the first wave of mercenaries who 
really came from the West, from all the suburbs to fight against 
Russia ended after our missiles arrived at the Lviv training 
camps. After that, there are no significant mercenaries on 
the territory of the conflict. All the decent mercenaries 
who are tied with a common corporate belt have gone 
to guard Saudi towers, to teach someone in Africa. 
In general, where it is safe ...and where they pay 
well," said Orlov.
 
In Russia, in 2024, more than 50 foreign mercenaries recruited 
to participate in combat operations in the ranks of the 
Ukrainian army, were convicted in absentia.
 
 
 
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Miroshnik called inhumane 
shooting of civilians --- by 
GUR snipers in the DPR
January 13th, 6:42pm
(Veti.ru)
 
The shooting of civilians in the DPR -- by snipers of the Main 
Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense 
of Ukraine... which it tried to pass off as an allegedly 
successful ambush on a group of Russian soldiers
is a violation of human norms of morality. 
 
This was stated on the air of the TV channel "Russia 24" by 
the Russian Foreign Ministry's Ambassador-at-large for 
crimes of the Kiev regime, Rodion Miroshnik.
 
The Armed Forces of Ukraine - published footage of how 
the militants shot a couple of pensioners who had only 
personal belongings with them. Later, the video was 
replaced, blurring the moment of the shot ---- and
 those who were shot.
 
"When a sniper shoots at a grandmother who is just trying to 
survive - you know, this is the height of blasphemy, this is 
the cruellest cynicism and, of course, a violation of not 
just the norms of international humanitarian law, but
some human norms that, in my opinion, have long 
been despised in the format of the Kiev regime: 
from the top leadership to that militant who is 
holding a sniper rifle in his hands " 
Miroshnik said.
 
Earlier, Rodion Miroshnik reported that last year --- more than 4 
thousand peaceful Russian citizens were injured as a result of 
strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Almost 800 
people, including 50 children, were killed.
 
 
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Murder of General Kirillov
by Nikolay Sergeev
January 13th, 6:38pm
(Kommersant.ru)
 
As became known to Kommersant, in the criminal case of the 
terrorist attack, the victims of which were the head of the 
radiation, chemical and biological protection troops of 
the Russian Armed forces, Lieutenant General Igor 
Kirillov and his assistant, two new defendants 
appeared at once.
 
 Accomplices of a citizen of Uzbekistan Akhmad Kurbanov, who 
on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services blew up
 a military commander, may be members of a banned 
organization from the North Caucasus. They 
provided the performer with housing in 
the Moscow region, removing it 
on their documents.
 
Two natives of Ingushetia, who were engaged in small business 
in the capital, were detained in Siberia. They have not yet been
charged with terrorism, and now both are under administrative 
arrest for fifteen days for disobeying the police and disorderly 
conduct. In a few days, the deadline ends...  and the alleged
attackers, will be sent to Moscow - where they will be dealt 
with by investigators of the main investigative department 
of the TFR & FSB officers involved in operational support 
of the investigation of a criminal case -- of murder, the
manufacture of an explosive device and a terrorist 
attack (Articles 105, 223.1 and 205 of the 
Criminal Code).
 
A high-profile crime, we recall, was
committed on December 17.
 
A citizen of Uzbekistan, Akhmad Kurbanov (also named Akhmadjon
 Kurbonov according to the documents), acting on the instructions 
of the SBU, left an electric scooter with a radio-controlled bomb 
attached to the steering wheel at the entrance of the house 
where General Kirillov lived. 
 
When the military commander and his assistant Major Ilya 
Polikarpov, who was accompanying him, passed by the 
scooter on their way to the official car, Kurbanov, who 
was watching them from the interior of a rented car, 
pressed a button --- detonating the explosive device.
 Both soldiers were killed on the spot. Abandoning
 the car, the Uzbek disappeared.
 
He was detained less than a day later in a rented apartment in
 the town of Elektrougli near Moscow. The defendant said that
 he was recruited by the SBU, and blew up the general hoping
 to get $100 thousand and a residence permit in one of the 
EU countries.
 
In addition to numerous fingerprints and DNA traces left by him
in the car abandoned at the scene of the terrorist attack... the 
evidence of the defendant's guilt ---- was a video camera that 
broadcast the crime to Ukraine in online mode. According to 
Kurbanov, this was one of the conditions of the organizers
 of the crime.
 
It also turned out that during the surveillance of the general and
 his house, the terrorist lived in a nearby hostel. After the crime, 
he needed new housing, where he could sit out unnoticed by 
others, at least without registration, and then leave Russia.
 
According to the operational services, shortly before the attack, 
one of the alleged accomplices, who had previously served 
time for robbery, received a call from a friend who lived 
abroad. He asked him to provide inconspicuous 
"Asian" housing. He... did not look for an 
apartment himself, asking his fellow 
countryman from Ingushetia to do
 it. He presented several options,
 including a daily apartment in
 Elektrougly, for which, the 
money was transferred.
 
They handed the keys to Kurbanov, after meeting him in one of 
the shopping centres. After learning about the terrorist attack, 
the victim of which was the chief of the RCBZ troops, the 
alleged accomplices went on the run, but the security 
forces quickly identified them.
 
According to operatives, the accomplices belong to the 
militant wing of the group (virda) of followers of the 
Batal-Haji Belkharoev religious movement, which 
is recognized as a terrorist organisation by a 
military court and banned in Russia.
 
It also included their fellow countrymen Dzhabrail Aushev and 
Huseyn Medov, who were arrested, as Kommersant reported,
 on charges of helping terrorists who attacked visitors to the 
Crocus City Hall in March last year. 
 
Then -- 145 people became victims of immigrants from Tajikistan 
Dalerjon Mirzoev, Saidakram Rachabalizoda, Shamsidin Fariduni 
and Muhammadsobir Fayzov, who were provided with machine 
guns and ammunition by their accomplices, and more than 
500 were injured, injured and burned. The concert hall 
itself was destroyed by fire, and will not be restored.
 
In the case of the terrorist attack in the Moscow region, the 
Basmanny district Court arrested two dozen defendants, 
most of whom were accomplices -- who provided the 
perpetrators not only with weapons, but also with 
transport, money and housing. Given this, those 
who rented an apartment for the bomber 
Kurbanov will also, obviously, be 
poisoned..... in the Lefortovo 
pre-trial detention centre.
 
 
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The Rada deputy declared 
he was tortured -- by SBU
by Marina Sovina (Editor of the 
Operational Information Dept)
January 13th, 6:37pm
(Lenta.ru)
 
Artyom Dmytruk, a member of the Verkhovna Rada Ukraine, 
said that at the beginning of a special military operation 
(SVO), he was tortured by employees of the Security 
Service of Ukraine (SBU). This is reported by the 
Ukrainian publication Country.na, in Telegram.
 
According to the politician, he and two assistants were abducted 
by a group of armed men on the street. Dmytruk noted that they 
tied him up and started beating him. As the deputy pointed 
out, he was taken to the basement.
 
"I was thrown on the wet and cold floor. Somewhere nearby I 
heard the screams of my friends, a little further - the moans 
of other people and the terrible sounds of torture," 
added Dmytruk.
 
Earlier, the MP published a video of a military mobilization 
in Chernivtsi, after which, allegedly, the man against 
whom force was used, died.
 
 
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The White House announced - the 
inevitability of Kiev's decision to 
reduce the age of mobilization
January 13th, 4:09pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
Ukraine will have to make a decision on lowering the age 
of conscription to 18, US National Security Adviser 
Jake Sullivan said on January 13.
 
"Ultimately, this is a sovereign decision that Ukraine will have 
to make. However we were very clear, including in the public 
field ----- that manpower is a subject of acute concern and 
Ukraine needs to solve this," he said, in an interview 
with Bloomberg, which is published on the You
Tube channel.
 
According to Sullivan, the outgoing White House administration 
informed the team of US President-elect Donald Trump about 
the growing problem of the shortage of manpower in the 
Ukrainian army.
 
Yesterday evening, the future assistant to Trump on national 
security, Michael Waltz, said - that the Republican team 
insists on lowering the age of mobilization in Ukraine 
to 18 years. According to him, we are talking about
stabilizing the line of contact for the sake of 
concluding a deal.
 
Before that, on January 3, the Russian Foreign Intelligence 
Service reported that the White House had already 
demanded that Ukrainian President Vladimir 
Zelensky (the term of office - expired on 
May 20, 2024) urgently lower the age 
of mobilization to 18 years ---- and 
Kiev is preparing to make such 
a decision in the near future.
 
Back in December 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin 
pointed out the futility of lowering the age of mobilization
 in Ukraine. The possibility of such a measure, will be 
another crime of the Kiev regime, the Russian 
leader stressed.
 
Martial law has been in effect in Ukraine, since February 2022. At 
the same time, Zelensky signed a decree on general mobilization, 
which was repeatedly extended. Most men, between the ages of 
18 and 60, are prohibited from leaving the country. In April 2024,
the head of the regime approved a law on tougher mobilization.

 
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Russian troops - hit Ukrainian Armed
Forces' manpower in Kharkiv region
January 13th, 2:42pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
The Russian Armed Forces, have hit concentrations of Ukrainian 
militants' manpower in the Kharkiv region with combat drones.
This was reported on January 13, in the Ministry of Defense
 of the Russian Federation.
 
The positions were discovered in the forest by soldiers of the 
group of troops "North" during aerial reconnaissance. Then
 the drone operators hit the enemy's manpower with 
precise hits of ammunition.
 
The moment of impact was recorded in real 
time, by means of objective monitoring.
 
The day before, it was reported that the Russian military destroyed 
the Starlink satellite communication terminal of the Armed Forces 
of Ukraine.. in the Kharkiv region. Military equipment was 
also located in a wooded area and was hit by a drop 
of ammunition from a drone.
 
The special operation to protect the Donbass, which Russian 
President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24th, 2022, 
continues. The decision was made against the background 
of the worsening situation in the region.


 
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The Russian Defence Ministry reports
on
 repelling AFU attempt to invade 
Russian territory in Kursk region 
January 13th, 1:25pm
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue 
the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which 
broke into the territory of Kursk region. 
 
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations 
of one tank brigade, four mechanised brigades, three air assault
 brigades, 1 marine brigade, and 2 territorial defence brigades 
of the AFU near Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Kositsa, 
Kubatkin, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, 
Makhnovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, 
Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki, Sverdlikovo, &
 Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. Five enemy 
counter-attacks were repelled.
 
Operational-Tactical & Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses
 on the manpower and hardware of the enemy near Bondarevka, 
Dmitryukov, Kruglenkoye, Pervy Knyazhy, Martynovka, Melovoy, 
Mikhaylovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Yuzhny as well as 
Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, Obody, 
and Yunakovka, in Sumy region. 
 
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 230
 troops, three tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle, six armoured 
fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, four self-propelled 
artillery systems, two mortars, one electronic warfare 
station, and one counter-battery radar.
 
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses 
amounted to more than 51,430 troops, 300 tanks, 229 infantry 
fighting vehicles, 166 armoured personnel carriers, 1,539 
armoured fighting vehicles, 1,456 motor vehicles, 358 
artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of 
HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 
anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport
-loading vehicles, 93 EW stations, 14 counter-
battery warfare radars, 4 air defence radars, 
30 units of engineering and other materiel, 
including 15 counterobstacle vehicles, 1 
UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, 8 armoured 
recovery vehicles, and one command 
post vehicle. 
 
The operation to neutralise the AFU units
 is in progress.
 
 
 
________________________________
 
 
 
 
Russian Defence Ministry reports
 on the progress of the special 
military operation 
January 13th, 12:25pm
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation 
continue the special military operation.
 
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces 
inflicted losses on formations of one motorised infantry 
brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade
 near Liptsy and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 35 troops, one armoured 
fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, five field artillery
 guns, including a U.S.-made Paladin self-propelled
 artillery system.
 
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation 
along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hard
ware of one tank brigade, three mechanised brigades, one 
assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the AFU, and 2 
territorial defence brigades near Dvurechnaya, 
Zapadnoye, Boguslavka, Olgovka (Kharkov
region), Novomikhaylovka, and Torskoye
 (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 515 troops, four infantry 
fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, and 12 artillery guns, 
including one UK-made 155-mm Braveheart self-propelled
 artillery system. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
 
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines 
and positions and inflicted losses on formations of three 
mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, 
one assault brigade, and one air assault brigade of 
the AFU ...near Kramatorsk, Dachnoye, 
Kurdyumovka, Novomarkovo, Chasov
Yar, Belaya Gora, & Konstantinovka 
(Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 285 troops, five armoured 
fighting vehicles, 14 motor vehicles, two artillery guns, 
and one ammunition depot.
 
As a result of decisive actions ------ units of the 
Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Peschanoye 
(Donetsk People's Republic).
 
Losses were inflicted on the manpower and hardware of 8 
mechanised brigades and 2 national guard brigades near 
Dzerzhinsk, Shcherbinovka, Dimitrov, Vozdvizhenka, 
Lysovka, Novovasilevka, Petropavlovka, and 
Novoyelizavetovka (Donetsk 
People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses -- amounted to more than 615 troops, seven 
armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 
armoured personnel carrier, one French-made VAB 
armoured personnel carrier, and one U.S.-made 
MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle. Nine field 
artillery guns, including a UK-made 155-mm
Braveheart self-propelled artillery system 
and a U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, 
were destroyed.
 
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to
the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on 
formations of four mechanised brigades of the AFU and 
three territorial defence brigades near Konstantinopol, 
Velikaya Novoselka, Neskuchnoye, and Bogatyr 
(Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses amounted to up to 210 troops, one tank, one U.S.-
made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and 
one UK-made 155-mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system.
 
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower 
and hardware of one mechanised brigade, one infantry brigade
, and two coastal defence brigades of the AFU near 
Pridneprovskoye, Antonovka (Kherson region), 
Malaya Tokmachka, and Malye Shcherbaki 
(Zaporozhye region).
 
The AFU losses - amounted to up to 80 troops, one armoured 
fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, 
including one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer. Two 
electronic warfare stations and one ammunition 
depot were wiped out.
 
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, 
& Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces 
struck infrastructure of military airfields, as well as engaged 
manpower and hardware of the enemy --- in 157 areas.
 
Air defence units shot down two French-made Hammer guided 
aviation bombs, six U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 
83 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 
aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,215 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 
anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,512 tanks and other armoured 
fighting vehicles, 1,508 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,545 field 
artillery guns and mortars, and 30,218 units of support 
military vehicles --- have been neutralised.
 
 
 
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Pushilin: the DPR's western border 
is less than 7 kilometres away
January 13th, 6:48am
(Vesti.ru)
 
The Russian military still has about seven kilometres to go 
to the western border of the Donetsk People's Republic,
 the head of the region Denis Pushilin said on the air 
of Rossiya 24.
 
At the same time, he noted that the 
front line --- is constantly changing.
 
"To the western border, namely, to the border with the 
Dnipropetrovsk region, according to the latest data, 
there are about seven kilometres left. But this 
figure is approximate, because the front line
is changing ...and it is located outside of 
populated areas, but nevertheless, our 
units continue to advance," the head 
of the DPR said.
 
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry showed footage 
of the hoisting of the Russian flag in the village of 
Shevchenko, liberated on January the 11th.
 
Earlier, on January 6, the Russian Defense Ministry 
announced the capture of Kurakhov, after which
..the front line moved 40 km away from Donetsk 
for the first time since the beginning of the SVO.
 
 
 
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The crew of a tank --- of the Russian 
Armed Forces made a diversionary 
maneuver during the battle for the 
AFU stronghold
January 11th, 10:30pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
The crew of a Russian tank in the area of a special military 
operation (SVO) performed a combat mission to make a 
passage in mine-explosive barriers equipped by the 
Armed Forces of Ukraine... on the approaches 
to the stronghold. 
 
The tank's crew consisted of gunner-operator lance-corporal 
Evgeny Zakharov and senior driver-mechanic lance-Corporal 
Mikhail Kanashin. The Ukrainian Armed Forces noticed the 
approach of Russian vehicles and focused their fire on the
 tank. Kanashin began to maneuver to get out of the 
enemy fire. At the same time, the tank was 
attacked by Ukrainian FPV drones.
 
The Ukrainian soldiers were fully focused on countering the 
Russian tank and did not notice how a group of Russian 
attack aircraft was approaching them from the flank at 
that time. The Russian Armed Forces unexpectedly 
attacked an enemy stronghold, taking advantage 
of the surprise effect, and the enemy did not 
have time to redistribute forces. 
 
Russian attack aircraft were able to break through 
the defense and penetrated the AFU stronghold, 
eliminating the enemy's manpower.
 
The diversionary maneuver of Zakharov and Kanashin, 
was crowned with success, the Russian Armed Forces 
were able to occupy a strategically important 
stronghold, and the passage laid in enemy 
mine-explosive barriers ensured the 
timely delivery... of the necessary
food & shells to the destination.
 
 
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In the West, they were concerned about 
Russia's progress due to the situation 
in Odessa
January 11th, 6:09pm
Margarita Pimenova 
(Night Line Editor)
(Lenta.ru)
 
A partisan movement in the Odessa region may open 
the way for Russian troops to enter the region 
...according to a former employee of the 
Strategic Intelligence Service, retired 
Colonel of the Swiss General Staff 
Jacques Bode. 
 
He explained the reasons for his concern in an interview 
with the YouTube channel Daniel Davis / Deep Dive.
 
"We know that there is a very strong partisan movement in 
Odessa... If there is an uprising in the Odessa region -- it 
would open the way for Russians to enter the southern 
part of the region," he said.
 
According to the expert, the Russian Federation is not going 
to destroy Odessa, and local partisans could support the 
offensive of the Russian military and contribute to the 
liberation of the city from the Ukrainian authorities.
 
Earlier, retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson admitted 
that the Russian army, if desired, could reach Odessa and 
...take control of the city. He also expressed the opinion 
that Russian troops will be able to reach the Dnieper 
and cross it.
 
 
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Zelensky showed a "captured 
North Korean soldier" with a 
military ticket from Tuva
by Alisa Dmitrieva (Editor of
 the Iz Zhizn department)
January 11th, 3:50pm
(Lenta.ru)
 
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky showed a 
"captured North Korean soldier" ...with a military 
ticket from Tuva. The Ukrainian leader posted 
photos of the prisoner and the document 
on his Telegram channel.
 
"Our fighters captured North Korean soldiers in the Kursk
 region. These are two soldiers who, although they were 
wounded, survived, were taken to Kiev, and are 
communicating with SBU investigators," 
Zelensky said.
 
At the same time, the published picture of one of the 
military tickets shows - that it was issued in Tuva in 
the name: Aranchyn Antonin Ayasovich. According 
to Tsargrad, the man was born in Turan, Tuva, in 
1998. The TV channel points out, that the 
document can be considered direct 
proof that "the prisoner is not a 
fighter of the DPRK."
 
 
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RT correspondent: about four thousand 
residents of Kurakhovo were waiting 
for the arrival of the Russian army
January 11th, 7:09pm
(RT.ru)
 
RT correspondent Murad Gazdiev became the first 
journalist of an international channel to get to 
Kurakhovo in the DPR ---- a city that was 
recently liberated by the Russian army.
 
Gazdiev, in particular, visited the Kurakhovo centre.
 
"Oddly enough --- the city was practically not affected, 
despite the fighting that took place here for a month.
 We are the first film crew that managed to get here. 
The most dangerous part is the road to the city, 
going through flat terrain and fields," the 
correspondent says.
 
Of the 18,000 people who lived in the city before the 
conflict began, almost a quarter — about 4,000 — 
decided to stay here, while waiting for Russian 
troops, hiding in basements and apartments, 
Gazdiev said.
 
"And they were very lucky that the [line of] defense of the 
Ukrainian Armed Forces collapsed. The Russian military 
personnel we spoke with, said that the city was 
completely unprepared for layered defense — 
there were simply no defensive positions 
here. Apparently - the APU is seriously 
depleted. The battle that they fought 
here was not like those that were 
before - in Mariupol, Bakhmut, 
Marinka, Soledar and many 
other cities -- that were 
eventually destroyed," 
the journalist says.
 
On January 6, the Russian army finally liberated the city
of Kurakhovo. This is the largest settlement in the 
south-western part of the Donbass.
 
The head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, noted that 
Kurakhovo is a fortified area -- comparable in
importance, to Avdiivka and Ugledar.
 
 
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on 
repelling AFU attempt..... to invade 
Russian territory in Kursk region
January 11th, 2pm
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue 
the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which 
broke into the territory of Kursk region.
 
Units of the Sever Group of Forces engaged formations 
of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, two air 
assault brigades, and two territorial defence brigades 
of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Viktorovka, 
Kositsa, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, 
Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya 
Sorochina, Pogrebki. Nine enemy 
counter-attacks were repelled.
 
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, artillery inflicted 
losses on enemy manpower and hardware ------- close to 
Bogdanovka, Bondarevka, Viktorovka, Goncharovka, & 
Guyevo, Zaoleshinka, Kazachya Loknya, Kruglenkoye, 
Kubatkin, Lebedevka, Loknya, Martynovka, Melovoy,
Makhnovka,  Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Oleshnya,
Rubanshchina, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, and 
Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Yuzhny, as 
well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Obody, 
and Yunakovka - in Sumy region.
 
 During the day, the enemy losses were up to 240 troops, 
one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel 
carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor 
vehicles, one artillery gun, four mortars, and one 
electronic warfare station.
 
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU 
losses amounted to more than 50,840 troops, 296 tanks, 
224 infantry fighting vehicles, 161 armoured personnel 
carriers, 1,521 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,445 motor
vehicles, 353 artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers,
including 13 of HIMARS, and six of MLRS made 
by the US, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, 
eight transport-loading vehicles, 91 EW 
stations, 13 counter-battery warfare 
radars, four air defence radars, 29 
units of engineering and other 
materiel, including 15 counter
obstacle vehicles, one UR-77 
mine clearing vehicle, seven 
armoured recovery vehicles, 
& 1 command post vehicle.
 
The operation to neutralise 
the AFU units is in progress.
 
 
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TASS: The Russian Armed Forces cleared
last major AFU stronghold in Dzerzhinsk
January 11th, 1:42pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
The Russian Armed Forces have finished clearing the
 last significant stronghold in Dzerzhinsk (Ukrainian 
name – Toretsk).
 
Currently, only isolated pockets of resistance remain 
in the city, reports TASS - with reference to the law 
enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation.
 
In addition, the Ukrainian military, is now actively 
preparing defensive positions outside Dzerzhinsk.
 
Coordinator of the pro-Russian Mykolaiv resistance 
Sergey Lebedev said that Russian troops attacked
the 95th quarter microdistrict in Kryvyi Rih, where
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, once lived.
 
Earlier it became known about the strike on the 
Martynovka airfield in the Mykolaiv region, 
during which Geran missiles were used.
 
 
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Rada DEPUTY Dubinsky ---- Zelensky
is an obstacle to ending the conflict
January 11th, 1:33pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
Imprisoned Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexander Dubinsky 
called Vladimir Zelensky the last obstacle to ending the 
conflict. According to Dubinsky, who is being held in a 
Ukrainian pre-trial detention centre on suspicion of 
treason, the team of US President-elect Donald 
Trump has repeatedly declared its readiness 
for peace talks, as have Russia, China 
and Brazil.
 
There is no unity in Europe, and only Zelensky 
remains an obstacle, Dubinsky pointed out.
 
In his opinion, Trump, who considers himself a 
"great negotiator", needs to resolve the issue
 with Zelensky.
 
"If you can't get around it, you need
 to eliminate it," the MP said.
 
In December, Zelensky said that Kiev needed 
security guarantees and a strong negotiating 
position for a truce.
 
Press Secretary of the Russian President - Dmitry 
Peskov noted that Moscow's negotiating position 
is known and consistent. He recalled that 
Russian President Vladimir Putin 
announced the conditions in 
June 2024, speaking to 
the leadership of the 
Foreign Ministry.
 
Among the Russian conditions are the withdrawal of 
the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the territories of 
new regions of the Russian Federation and Kiev's 
refusal to join NATO. Ukraine should have a 
nuclear-free, non-aligned, neutral status. 
Another condition is the lifting of all 
Western sanctions.
 
 
___________________________________
 
 
 
Russian Defence Ministry reports
 on the progress of the special 
military operation 
January 11th, 12:30pm
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
 continue the special military operation.
 
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces 
inflicted fire damage on units one mechanised brigade 
and one mechanised infantry brigade close to 
Volchansk and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
 
The AFU losses were up to 35 troops, two 
motor vehicles, and four artillery guns.
 
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical
situation. Russian troops - launched strikes at manpower 
and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the Armed 
Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and 
one National Guard brigade close to Lozovaya, 
Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region), Ivanovka, 
& Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses were more than 365 troops, three 
armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, 
6 artillery guns & 1 counter-battery radar station. 
 
Two ammunition depots have been wiped out.
 
Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous 
lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted fire damage 
on two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, 
and one air assault brigade near Konstantinovka, 
Nikolayevka, Serebryanka, and Predtechino 
(Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses were up to 210 troops, two armoured 
fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, one Grad MLRS 
combat vehicle, three artillery guns, and one 
electronic warfare station.
 
Two ammunition depots have been wiped out.
 
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated 
Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic). 
 
Russian troops hit manpower and hardware of three 
mechanised brigades and a National Guard brigade 
close to Sribnoye, Alekseyevka, Grishino, and 
Belitskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses were up to 535 troops, one German-made
 Leopard tank, four armoured fighting vehicles, including 
two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 
three motor vehicles, and five artillery guns.
 
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued 
advancing to the depth of the AFU defences. 
 
Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of one 
mechanised brigade, one tank brigade of the AFU, and 
one National Guard brigade near Velikaya Novosyolka,
 Burlatskoye, and Volnoye Pole (Donetsk 
People's Republic).
 
The AFU losses were up to 185 troops, one tank, two 
armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, 
and four artillery guns. 
 
One ammunition depot was wiped out.
 
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and
 hardware of two mechanised brigades and one infantry 
brigade close to Blakitnoye, Primorskoye, and 
Novoyakovlevka (Zaporozhye region).
 
The AFU losses were up to 70 troops, 
4 motor vehicles and 5 artillery guns.
 
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial 
vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the 
Russian Groups of Forces delivered strikes at 
infrastructure of military airfields, power 
objects ensuring operation of the 
Ukrainian defence industry as 
well as engaged clusters 
of manpower & military 
hardware in 146 areas.
 
Air defence facilities shot down five U.S.-
made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 
181 fixed-wing U.S.-made UAVs.
 
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 
aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,077 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 
anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,480 tanks and other armoured 
fighting vehicles, 1,508 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,412 field
 artillery guns and mortars, and 30,156 units of support 
military vehicles have been neutralised.
 
 
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APU soldiers near Kurakhovo ate 
coffee ..due to supply problems
January 11th, 2:28am
(Vesti.ru)
 
Ukrainian soldiers ate coffee at positions near Kurakhovo
 in the DPR due to lack of supplies, said a stormtrooper 
from the "Borz" detachment of the 110th motorized 
rifle brigade of the 51st army of the "Southern" 
group of troops with the call sign Manych.
 
The fighter explained that, when taking 
Ukrainian prisoners, it turned out that 
they had black teeth.
 
"I say, why are your teeth black? He says: "We ate coffee, 
we had no water, no food, nothing, no cigarettes, no 
communication, nothing at all," the Russian 
stormtrooper told RIA Novosti.
 
According to the soldier, a group of four people on the 
orders of the command of the Russian Armed Forces 
captured the enemy's network of trenches... 
consisting of four pillboxes and two bomb 
shelters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 
 
The Russian fighters were confronted by nine 
Ukrainian soldiers --- seven of whom, were 
eliminated, and two were taken prisoner.
 
On the eve of today - the Russian Defense Ministry 
reported that the Russian Armed Forces liberated
the settlements of Nadia, Kurakhovo and 
Dachenskoye in the zone of a special 
military operation.
 
 
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Marochko: almost 30 paratroopers of 
the Ukrainian Armed Forces were 
captured in Volchansk, 
Kharkiv region
January 11th, 1:15am
(RT.ru)
 
Soldiers of the 82nd separate Airborne Assault Brigade of 
the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to counterattack 
Russian units in Volchansk, Kharkiv region -- as a result 
of an unsuccessful counterattack almost 30 Ukrainian 
paratroopers were captured.
 
"According to my source -- our assault units completely 
defeated the enemy. Moreover, 29 people of the 82nd 
separate amphibious assault brigade of the armed 
formations of Ukraine were captured," military 
expert Andrey Marochko said, TASS reports.
 
Earlier it was reported that the Russian Armed Forces 
entered the outskirts of Yasenovoye in the west 
of the DPR.
 
In addition, Russian troops repelled four counterattacks 
of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area.
 
 
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Private Panarin confronted the APU 
as part of the head patrol 
in the SVO zone
January 10th, 10pm
(Izvestia.ru)
 
Private Oleksiy Panarin identified a sabotage group of 
the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and confronted 
the enemy as part of the head patrol.
 
A group of Ukrainian soldiers set up a machine-gun point 
on the route of Russian units. Panarin, along with his 
fellow soldiers, entered the battle against superior 
enemy forces. During the battle, he decided to 
outflank the enemy, which allowed him to 
approach the machine-gun point 
unnoticed. Panarin..... took aim 
from an RPG-7 and eliminated 
the Ukrainian crew.
 
The Russian Defense Ministry also noted the competent 
actions of Lance Corporal Andrey Yerofeyev. He 
commanded a detachment tasked with 
eliminating several strongholds of 
the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 
as well as their weapons 
and equipment. 
 
The detachment encountered superior enemy forces, 
and Yerofeyev ordered them to move to a safe 
position and first...... study the plan of the 
settlement in which they were located.
 
Having developed a plan, the group moved to one of the 
abandoned buildings, where it was convenient to fire 
at the enemy. The Ukrainian military, as Yerofeyev 
had hoped, soon approached the building. 
 
Russian attack aircraft opened fire. The enemy, once in 
an open area, suffered serious losses. As a result, the 
group under the command of Yerofeyev, together 
with the arrived reinforcements, forced the 
APU to retreat outside the village.
 
 
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Twins from Belgorod were killed 
in the Kherson region, rescuing 
wounded colleagues
January 10th, 6:21pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
Two twin brothers from Belgorod died near the village 
of Krynki in the Kherson region, rescuing wounded 
colleagues. This is reported by RT, referring to 
the father of the brothers, Sergey Fetisenko.
 
He said that his sons went to the front, despite the 
existing reservation at work. First -- Dmitry went 
on a special operation. He was wounded - while
rescuing the commander. After being wounded
he returned home. When he left for service 
again, Denis decided to go with him.
 
"My sons said they couldn't wait at home until the 
Nazis came to Russia," recalls Sergey Fetisenko.
 
The twins served as drone operators. Dmitry's wedding 
was scheduled for December 27, 2023. The brothers 
were going on vacation, but it had to be postponed 
due to the difficult situation in the Kherson area.
 
Dmitry and Denis... died while performing another combat 
mission, covering the evacuation of wounded colleagues.
This happened on the night of December 29th, 2023.
 
The brothers were posthumously awarded Orders of Courage. 
Their colleagues hope that the twins will be given the title 
of Heroes of Russia. Their father, Sergey, is now 
delivering humanitarian aid to the SVO zone.
 
 
 
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Russian fighters --- knock out the enemy 
from positions in the vicinity of Sudzha
January 10th, 6:17pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
A fighter of the Russian Armed Forces, told the Rossiya 
TV channel that the Russian army is now knocking out 
the enemy from positions in the vicinity of the Kursk 
city of Sudzha, captured by the Ukrainian
 Armed Forces.
 
In the vicinity of Suja, it is becoming more difficult for 
the AFU fighters every day — for example, the point 
of their temporary deployment was destroyed by 
an FPV drone.
 
"Gradually, step by step, metre by metre, we are knocking 
out the enemy from our positions, securing our units. We 
try to go to his rear somewhere, so that it would be 
difficult for him to provide for his own people, and 
in general, so that he would feel bad," said the 
battalion commander with the call sign Fizik.
 
Earlier, military commander Vladimir Razin, called hasty, 
statements in Telegram channels about the beginning 
of battles for Sudzha in the Kursk border region. The 
nearest place where clashes are currently taking 
place - is the settlement of Makhnovka.
 
 
 
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Military commander Gavrish:
Russian troops ---- will soon 
liberate Cellars near Kursk
January 10th, 5pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
Soon, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will 
announce the liberation of the village of Pogrebki in the 
Kursk region. This was announced on the air of the 
program "60 minutes" on the TV channel "Russia"
 by military commander Alexey Gavrish.
 
The journalist noted that the initiative in the Kursk 
region is on the side of the Russian Armed Forces.
 
"Soon, most likely, the Ministry of Defense will announce
 the complete liberation of the village of Pogrebki --- 
because almost all of its territory was under our 
control as of this morning. Fighting continued 
only in the southern part of this settlement. 
So it's already evening. I think that there, 
too, everything is developing in our 
direction, because, if you look 
objectively ---- the initiative 
along the entire front line 
from our side continues," 
the military commander
said, firmly.
 
Gavrish noted that Russian artillery and aviation are actively 
working in the region. They block the enemy and prevent
 him from performing a rotation. However, the military 
commander stressed - that the Armed Forces of 
Ukraine still have forces left and with the 
onset of frost - they may try to 
attack again.
 
Alexey Gavrish also noted that the Russian 
Armed Forces are advancing further - and 
knocking out the enemy from our land.
 
 
 
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Military commander, Gavrish: we are 
moving and knocking out the enemy
from our land
January 10th, 4:48pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in the Kursk
 region, the DPR and LPR. This was announced on the air 
of the program "60 minutes" on the TV channel 
"Russia" by the military commander, 
Alexey Gavrish.
 
The journalist said that the fighting does not stop, despite the 
weather. However, nature has more influence on the enemy 
than on the Russian military.
 
"From our side, the advance is still going on every day, we are 
still liberating new settlements, we are still moving and 
knocking the enemy out of our land," Gavrish said.
 
He added that according to the Defense Ministry, only on January
 10 in the Kursk region, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 280 
soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two tanks and 13 
armoured vehicles. In total, Kiev lost 50 thousand 
people in this direction.
 
"This figure is really colossal and it is not clear what the Armed 
Forces of Ukraine are trying to achieve, why they are doing it. 
There is only one thought left that this is some kind of 
political subtext that is beneficial only to Zelensky "
 the military commander shared.
 
The journalist noted that the main direction for Russian 
troops is the Sudzha – Lgov highway, since logistics 
chains play an important role.
 
Earlier, Zelensky said that 60 thousand military personnel 
will participate in the operation of the Armed Forces of 
Ukraine in the Kursk region.
 
 
 
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A civilian, a self-defense fighter, and 
a driver are injured in a UAV attack
 in the Russian region
by Nikita Abramov (Editor 
of the "Russia" section)
January 10th, 4:15pm 
(Lenta.ru)
 
Three people were injured in an attack by drones of 
the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belgorod region.
This was announced -- by the governor of the 
Russian border region Vyacheslav Gladkov
 in the Telegram channel.
 
"Near the village of Yasnye Zori, a kamikaze drone attacked
a moving car. Two men were wounded, one of them a self 
-defense fighter. One of the wounded, has a closed 
craniocerebral injury, the second has a shrapnel 
wound to the neck," the official wrote.
 
According to him, the victims are being
 taken to Hospital No. 2 in Belgorod.
 
In addition, another drone attacked a regular bus on the 
Nikolskoye — Yasnye Zori road section. The driver was 
injured, and diagnosed with a closed craniocerebral
injury and barotrauma. At the moment, he is being
 hospitalized, the head of the region added.
 
According to the Ministry of Defense, in total on the night of 
Friday, January 10, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 40 
drones at Russia. In addition to 16 drones intercepted 
in the Rostov Region, ten more were destroyed over 
the Sea of Azov, four each over the Kursk and 
Voronezh regions, two over the Krasnodar 
Territory, and one over Belgorod Region.


 
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces 
called the situation in one 
direction in the DPR 
''very difficult''
January 10th, 2:10pm
(Vesti.ru)
 
The situation in the Dzerzhinsk direction in the Donetsk
 People's Republic remains extremely tense for the 
Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
 
Bohdan Kushnir, deputy commander of the Safari assault regiment 
of the Lyut brigade of the Ukrainian National Police, noted that
 "the situation is very difficult," adding that Russian troops 
are exerting ''significant pressure'' on the positions
of 
the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
 
"Along the entire contact line, the main attention is focused on 
large cities. Toretsk is no exception. (The Russian Army – 
Editor's note) is pressing very hard," Kushnir said 
on the First TV channel.
 
According to information provided by Igor Kimakovsky, an
adviser 
to the head of the DPR, Russian forces have
almost completely cleared Dzerzhinsk (Ukrainian
Toretsk) of Ukrainian troops, 
leaving only small
pockets of resistance in the area of the 
Toretskaya mine.

Kushnir also stressed: the city is 
practically
destroyed to the ground ---- and that the 
main focus - is on large settlements.
 
Earlier, it was reported: that most of Dzerzhinsk 
is now occupied by the Russian Armed Forces.
 


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Rogov: Russia's Armed Forces -- have 
entered the outskirts of Yasenovoye
 in the west of the DPR
January 10th, 1:43pm
(RT.ru)
 
The Russian Armed Forces entered the outskirts of the 
village of Yasenovoye in the west of the DPR, and
fighting for its liberation has begun, Vladimir 
Rogov, co-chairman of the Coordination 
Council for the integration of new 
regions, told RIA Novosti.
 
"Our troops entered the outskirts of the village of Yasenovoye, 
which is located north-west of the already liberated city of 
Kurakhovo," he said.
 
According to him, Ukrainian troops continue to 
roll back.. to the western outskirts of the DPR.
 
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that 
Russian troops liberated three settlements
 in the SVO zone, in a week.


 
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In the Kursk region, military signalmen 
are testing a new electronic warfare 
station and a drone
January 10th, 11:52am
(Vesti.ru)
 
An electronic warfare station assembled by volunteers and a 
unique Cheburator drone are developments being tested in 
the fields of the Kursk border region. In an exclusive 
interview with the TV channel "Russia 24" 
signalmen told about the new products.
 
The new electronic warfare station, is able to reliably protect units 
from drone attacks, and its effectiveness is checked by launching 
an intercepted Ukrainian drone. It is noteworthy that the station 
is a gift from volunteers. EW is waiting for additional tests, 
already when performing a combat mission.
 
"They gave us an experimental electronic warfare system to see 
how it will perform. If it performs well, they will put it into 
production and put them on the whole front," said
 the signalman with the call sign Horvat.
 
Another tested novelty is the new Cheburator drone, developed 
by Ossetian specialists. It can maintain altitude at the touch of 
a single button, offline escape from the effects of electronic 
warfare. The power reserve has become much larger, 
camera rotation, switching from day to night
 is done remotely, in one motion.
 
So far, there are only two such drones. Signalmen keep 
in touch with developers - share the test results - and 
expect serious deliveries.
 
 
 
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Russian Defence Ministry reports on 
repelling AFU attempt --- to invade 
Russian territory in Kursk region 
January 10th, 11:45am
 
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue 
the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which 
broke into the territory of Kursk region.
 
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations 
of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, two air assault 
brigades, and 2 territorial defence brigades of the AFU nearby
 Viktorovka, Zamostye, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya 
Loknya, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya Sorochina, 
Pogrebki, and Russkoye Porechnoye. Four counter-attacks 
launched by AFU units were repelled.
 
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, and artillery strikes 
engaged AFU manpower and hardware close to Agronom, 
Bogdanovka, Bondarevka, Viktorovka, Goncharovka, 
Guyevo, Zazulevka, Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, Kubatkin, 
Kurilovka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, 
Makhnovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevo-Daryno, 
Nikolsky, Novenkoye..... Sverdlikovo, 
Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye 
and Yuzhny as well as - Basovka, 
Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolagi,
Zhuravka, 
and Obody in the