[Regnum] Daria Trepova (a person included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of terrorists and extremists), accused of committing a terrorist attack in which military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin) died, the prosecutor requested 28 years in prison. This was reported by a correspondent for IA Regnum.
The state prosecution requested 28 years in prison for Daria Trepova
“To finally determine Trepova’s punishment in the form of imprisonment for 28 years,” said the representative of the prosecution during the debate on the criminal case, which takes place on January 19 in the 1st Western District Military Court.
In addition to the term, Trepova was asked to impose a fine of 800 thousand rubles.
At the same time, Trepova asked the court to return the case for further investigation and reclassify it under other articles.
TERRORIST ATTACK IN ST. PETERSBURG
On April 2, 2023, in a cafe on Universitetskaya embankment in St. Petersburg, Tatarsky’s creative meeting “There is such a profession as a military correspondent” took place, which ended in an explosion that took his life. Trepova was one of the guests of the event. At the meeting, Daria introduced herself as a student at the Academy of Arts, asking permission to donate the figurine. She presented the military correspondent with a figurine with his image as a gift; he thanked her for the gift, which, as it later turned out, contained explosives. After presenting the gift, the girl left the establishment, and soon an explosion occurred in the bar. As a result of the terrorist attack, Tatarsky was killed and more than 40 people were injured.
Later, at the hearing in the murder case, data were announced that Tatarsky died suddenly from an explosive injury a fraction of a second after the explosion. He had no chance to survive.
After the terrorist attack, Trepova hid in the apartment of her friend Dmitry Kasintsev. However, the morning after the terrorist attack, April 3, Kasintsev tried to escape.
Kasintsev, taking his things, phone, Russian and foreign passports, wanted to go outside, but on the first floor of the entrance he was stopped by a police officer. At the request of the law enforcement officer, Kasintsev led him to his apartment and opened the door. Trepova herself was found in the closet.
For Kasintsev himself, the state prosecution requested 1 year and 10 months of imprisonment in a general regime correctional colony.
After the terrorist attack, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case of murder, which was later reclassified as a case of terrorism, and Trepova was arrested. The Second Western District Military Court extended Trepova's arrest until April 18, 2024.
After the terrorist attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded Tatarsky the Order of Courage.
UKRAINIAN JOURNALIST AND GESTALT
At the end of March 2023, Trepova arrived in St. Petersburg and rented housing not far from the cafe, where the terrorist attack was subsequently carried out. Daria told a friend who managed to visit her that she was going to emigrate through Turkey to Ukraine.
Investigators have established the involvement of journalist Roman Popkov (a person included by Rosfinmonitoring in the list of terrorists and extremists), who lived in Ukraine, in the terrorist attack. He corresponded with Trepova and gave her instructions. Another person involved, citizen of Ukraine Yuri Denisov, according to investigators, arrived in Russia in February 2023 and gave the same figurine to the performer.
According to Trepova, after the start of the SVO, she wrote to Popkov asking for help to move to Ukraine as a “volunteer.” Six months later, he wrote that he was ready to help with the move. After that, he began to give small assignments. So, he asked to buy unregistered SIM cards, transferred money for it, and later introduced her to a friend under the nickname Gestalt, whose real name she does not know.
Trepova herself was aware of what she was doing; forensic experts declared her sane. Thus, polygraph data on November 14 last year confirmed that Trepova knew what exactly was in the figurine that she gave to the journalist. The test results also showed direct intent and further proved the defendant's involvement in the explosion.
On January 16, Trepova, during interrogation at the First Western District Military Court in St. Petersburg, said that she carried out orders from Ukrainian curators in the hope of leaving for Ukraine. In addition to Popkov, the curator of the Russian woman is his friend nicknamed Gestalt.
Later it became known that Ukrainian curators were monitoring her using a regular car GPS tracker placed in the figurine.
Also, an FSB officer who participated in her search after the terrorist attack said that one group of operatives, after identifying the suspect, checked the plane to Bukhara in Pulkovo, for which she bought a ticket, and the other went to check information from CCTV cameras, according to which it was established that the girl had entered one from the houses on Fyodor Abramov Street and got out there on the 21st floor.
CIVIL CLAIMS AGAINST TREPOVA
The amount of compensation claims against Trepova reached more than 40 million rubles. In court, she agreed to pay all compensation.
The amount was made up of claims filed against her from victims of the explosion she caused and relatives of the murdered man. The largest claim came from Tatarsky’s mother - 15 million rubles. Taking into account the fact that not all victims filed claims, the amount may increase. The wife of the deceased military commander refused to sue.
INVOLVEMENT OF THE KYIV REGIME
Immediately after the terrorist attack, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) called Tatarsky’s murder a terrorist attack organized by the Ukrainian intelligence services.
The NAC stated that the terrorist attack that resulted in Tatarsky’s death “was planned by the Ukrainian special services with the involvement of agents from among individuals collaborating with the so-called Anti-Corruption Foundation,” of which the detained Trepova is an active supporter.
The Anti-Terrorism Committee also stated that an investigation into all the circumstances of the crime is underway.
The Federation Council and the Union of Journalists of Russia, in turn, stated that the enemies organized this murder because of the work of a military correspondent who covered the actions of the Russian military as part of a special operation.
At the same time, American political scientist Scott Bennett said that the murder of Tatarsky could have been carried out by Ukrainian radicals with the support of Western countries.
As Bennett suggested, the explosion in a cafe in St. Petersburg could have been carried out using foreign technologies - satellites, which, in his opinion, were provided by the United States and Britain.
“I think this is a joint operation between the US, UK and Ukraine. The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad is also likely involved,” he said.
In turn, ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Andrei Derkach, in an interview with American journalist Simone Papadopoulos, said that the heads of the Ukrainian special services do not hide the fact that they carry out political assassinations and terrorist acts for extra-budgetary money.
In his opinion, it was Kiev that carried out the murders of Tatarsky and journalist Daria Dugina, as well as the attempt on the life of writer Zakhar Prilepin.
Daria Trepova (a person included in the list of terrorists and extremists) asked to return the case of the terrorist attack in the St. Petersburg cafe, where military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky died, for further investigation and to reclassify it under other articles. A Regnum correspondent reports this.
“I would like to ask the court to return the case for further investigation and classify it differently, under Art. 327 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, assign punishment at the discretion of the court,” she said during the debate between the parties, pointing out that there was no intent in her actions.
As reported by IA Regnum, the prosecutor requested 28 years in prison for Trepova. Additionally, she asked Trepova to be fined 800 thousand rubles.
The accused perpetrator of the terrorist attack agreed to pay compensation to those injured during the explosion. According to the publication, the amount of compensation requested by the victims is more than 40 million rubles. Trepova partially admitted guilt.
The terrorist attack, during which military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky was killed and 42 people were injured, occurred in St. Petersburg on April 2, 2023. Trepova took the journalist to the creative evening and presented him with a figurine filled with explosives. According to investigators, she did this on instructions from the Ukrainian special services.
On January 16, the accused, during interrogation at the First Western District Military Court in St. Petersburg, said that she carried out orders from Ukrainian curators in the hope of leaving for Ukraine. The curators of the Russian woman were Ukrainian journalist Roman Popkov (a person included in the list of terrorists and extremists) and his friend nicknamed Gestalt.
Accused of committing a terrorist attack, Daria Trepova (a person included in the list of terrorists and extremists) agreed to pay compensation to the victims of the explosion in which military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky died, according to a court decision. The Izvestia newspaper writes about this
According to the publication, the amount of compensation requested by the victims is more than 40 million rubles.
On April 2, 2023, an explosion occurred in a cafe on Universitetskaya Embankment in St. Petersburg during Tatarsky’s creative evening. Before the start of the event, Trepova presented the military correspondent with a figurine as a gift, which, as it turned out, contained explosives. Tatarsky died.
The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case for murder, later the article was changed to a terrorist attack, and Trepova was arrested. As investigators established, her actions were led by Ukrainian journalist Roman Popkov (a person included in the list of terrorists and extremists) and another citizen of Ukraine Yuri Denisov. According to investigators, in February 2023 it was he who arrived in Russia and gave Trepova that very figurine.
Later it became known that Ukrainian curators were monitoring her using a regular car GPS tracker placed in the figurine.
As Regnum reported, on January 16, Trepova told the court that she carried out instructions from Ukrainian curators in the hope of leaving for Ukraine. The Russian woman’s curator, in addition to Popkov, was his friend nicknamed Gestalt.
According to her, six months later Popkov wrote that he was ready to help with the move. After that, he began to give small assignments. So, he asked to buy unregistered SIM cards, transferred money for it, and later introduced him to a friend under the nickname Gestalt. Trepova does not know his real name, but it was he who sent her a parcel with a bust of Tatarsky.
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[LB] Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, and Donetsk regions also came under fire.
In the Chernihiv region, there was one shelling (nine explosions) per day. The enemy shelled the Koryukivsky district with mortars. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumy at night, the Russians carried out four shellings of border areas and settlements. Nine explosions from mortars were recorded. Yunakivsk (two explosions), Esmansk (three explosions) and Seredino-Budsk (four explosions) communities came under fire. Previously without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out two shellings of border areas and settlements. Eight explosions from grenade launchers and the dropping of an explosive device from an unmanned aerial vehicle were recorded. The communities of Bilopol and Velikopysariv were shelled. No consequences.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday afternoon, the Russian army attacked Nikopol with two kamikaze drones. Marganetska and Pokrovsk communities were shelled by heavy artillery. Two dozen shells were directed at the villages there. A mutilated private house. In the evening, the enemy hit the district center once again. At midnight - switched to Manganets. There were no deaths or injuries everywhere. The rest of the night – no attacks.
In Mykolaivska tonight, the enemy fired artillery at Ochakov. There are no casualties. Yesterday morning, the settlement of the Kutsurub community suffered an enemy attack by FPV drones. There are no casualties. In the evening and tonight, the enemy fired artillery at the settlement of the Kutsurub community. There were no casualties. Also yesterday, enemy shelling was recorded in the water area of Ochakivska hromada. There are no casualties.
In Luhansk, our military repelled eight assaults by the Russians in the Serebrian Forest and in the Bilogorivka area. The enemy actively involved aviation in ground attacks. The enemy fired mortars and artillery at Karmazynivka, Nevsky and Bilogorivka. During the day, the enemy fired 131 shots (542 shells).
In Kharkiv, about 20 settlements of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks, in particular: Stognii, Udy, Staritsa, Vovchansk, Bochkove, Nesterne, Dvorichna, Masyutivka, Sinkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestovka. The enemy launched an airstrike in the area of the settlements of Vovchansk, Mykolaivka, Golubivka, Ivanivka, Kislivka, and Tabaivka. Yesterday, a 53-year-old man blew himself up with an unknown explosive device in the village of Donets, Izyum district. The victim died. Also yesterday, the enemy shelled Kupyansk. As a result of the impact, a 57-year-old woman died, two men, 56 and 62 years old, were injured. The victims were hospitalized, their condition is average. A multi-story building was damaged.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy struck 85 attacks on 20 settlements. The occupiers hit Orikhov and Robotyn with eight air shells, fired five rockets from Mala Tokmachka, Robotyn and Novoivanivka, and also attacked Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Novodarivka, Chervone, Malynyvka, Mala Tokmachka, Levadne, Robotyn and Girke with 16 drones. 56 artillery shells fell on the territory of Novoandriivka, Novodanilivka, Biloghirya, Shcherbaki, Temyrivka, Stepnohirsk, Stepovogo, Pyatikhatok, Lobkovo and other towns and villages in the line of fire. Seven reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings. No casualties.
In Donetskia, the following areas were under the fire of last-day raids: Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Chasiv Yar, Novoselivka Persha, Myrnograd. 14 residential buildings (13 of them multi-apartment buildings), the Ukrtelecom building, a shop, and two power lines were damaged.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 67 rounds (413 shells) during the day, including three rounds (11 shells) at Kherson. The rioters targeted the districts of 27 settlements of the region, objects of critical infrastructure in Kherson. Yesterday, two men, 44 and 33 years old, who were injured as a result of the shelling of Tyaginka late in the evening on January 17, were brought to a medical institution in a medium condition. That night, the enemy launched an artillery bombardment of the village of Romashkovo. A 52-year-old woman was injured (she was in the house). The victim was taken to the hospital in moderate condition. In a day in the region: three people were injured.
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[LB] The occupiers continue their efforts to surround the city.
by Iryna Lysohor
Defenders continue to hold back the enemy, who is trying to surround Avdiivka, in the direction of Avdiivka. Defense forces repelled 27 attacks in the districts of Novokalynovoy, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiyivka and another 17 attacks in the districts of Pervomaiskyi and Nevelskyi.
In the Mariinsky direction, defenders continue to hold back the enemy in the area of Novomykhailivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, where they repelled 15 attacks. The spokesman of the General Staff, Andriy Kovalev, announced this on the air of the telethon.
"On the Shakhtarsky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled four enemy attacks in the areas west of Staromayorsky and south of Urozhany," he said.
In Zaporizhzhia, the defenders repelled five enemy attacks west of Verbovoy and Robotyny.
In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian army continues measures to expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. The occupiers do not stop trying to knock them out of their positions. During the day, the Russians carried out 11 unsuccessful assaults on the position.
In the Kupyansk direction, the defenders repelled 18 enemy attacks in the Sinkivka, Petropavlivka, Tabaivka, and Berestovo regions of the Kharkiv region.
In the Lymanskyi direction, defenders repelled 15 crow attacks in the Terni, Yampolivka districts of the Donetsk region and another eight attacks in the Serebryansk Forestry and Belogorivka districts of the Luhansk region.
On Bakhmutsky, defenders repelled two attacks in the Bohdanivka area.
In total, 127 combat clashes took place during the day, the enemy carried out two missile and 82 air strikes, carried out 45 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
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[Korrespondent] 22:09 Zelensky, in an interview with the British television channel Channel 4, invited Trump to Ukraine: “Donald Trump, I invite you to Ukraine, to Kiev. So if you can stop the war in 24 hours, I think that will be enough to come.” At the same time, he called Trump’s intentions to “end the war” in Ukraine in 24 hours “very dangerous.”
20:38 The European Commission predicts that the Russian Federation may intensify attacks on Ukraine before the presidential elections on March 17. "In the run-up to these elections, there will be an increase in Russia's actions in aggression against Ukraine. Putin showed this at Christmas or New Year's holidays, and he shows it every day with his escalation, deployment of weapons, deployment of drones, missiles, striking more and more civilian infrastructure, civilian targets ", said Peter Stano, Speaker of the European Commission for Foreign Affairs and Security.
20:03 For the second day in a row, Russia is being attacked by drones. At gunpoint are oil terminals and the largest gunpowder plant in the Russian Federation. The flight range of drones is also interesting. Thus, UAVs flew to the Leningrad region for the first time, covering more than 1,200 km. Read about where the Ukrainian drones flew in the article Hot in Russia.
18:35 Four American parts were found in the Iskander-K missile that Russia hit the drama theater in Chernigov on August 19, the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption reported. We are talking about components from the block of the global navigation satellite system CH-99. Experts also determined that this missile was manufactured no earlier than March 2023.
18:29 The Ministries of Defense of Ukraine and France signed a technical agreement in Paris on the mutual acceptance of state guarantees of the quality of goods, works and services for defense purposes. The Ukrainian department noted that this agreement, in particular, will reduce the financial costs of the Ministry of Defense when purchasing goods, works and services for defense purposes.
18:13 Ukraine received a large batch of generators from the UAE - more than 1,500 units, Zelensky said following a telephone conversation with the President of the United Arab Emirates Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nagayan. He also thanked for assistance in the prisoner exchange. In addition, the parties discussed the possibility of long-term financial support from the UAE and cooperation in the implementation of the Peace Formula.
18:04 The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated a record amount for the development of defense lines - 17.5 billion hryvnia, which will be used for the construction of engineering and fortification structures, related equipment and a system of non-explosive barriers. The funds were allocated to relevant departments and regional state administrations, Shmygal said.
17:20 Germany currently does not have the opportunity to provide Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles, since this requires increasing production, said Bundestag deputy from the government Social Democratic Party of Germany, member of the defense committee Johannes Arlt.
16:48 The Baltic countries are going to build 600 bunkers and a defense line on the border with Russia in the coming years, the Estonian Ministry of Defense reported. The corresponding agreement was signed in Riga by the defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The ministers also signed a memorandum on the joint use of HIMARS and the Latvian Lielvarde airbase for air defense needs while the runway at the Estonian Ämari airfield is closed for repairs.
16:29 Russian troops broke through the defenses of Avdeevka, Donetsk region and entrenched themselves in private houses on the southern outskirts of the city. Information about how exactly the enemy was able to enter the populated area varies. More details about the situation can be found in the material The enemy broke through to Avdeevka.
15:57 The Russians hit residential buildings in the Dnieper district of Kherson - one person was killed, a 16-year-old was wounded, the OVA reported. In addition, the Russian army shelled Beregovoe, Belozersk community, wounding two people. Over the previous day, three people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
15:15 The Financial Times writes, citing Western officials and sources in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, that Russia may be preparing to launch a large-scale offensive in the summer, while Ukraine plans to switch to an active defense strategy - it will hold the front line, look for weak points and launch long-range air strikes. Sources note that Russia may be planning a large-scale offensive in the summer to completely capture the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. However, experts doubt that either side has “prospects for an operational breakthrough.”
14:43 The EU has begun discussing new sanctions against Russia and plans to adopt them by February 24, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. Measures may include trade restrictions and expansion of sanctions lists.
14:08 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Ermak discussed by telephone with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó the preparations for the meeting, which will take place on January 29 in Uzhgorod. From the Ukrainian side, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and the head of the OP plan to take part in it. “We are committed to an open dialogue to discuss bilateral relations between our states,” Ermak noted.
13:51 The Russian volunteer corps, fighting on the side of Ukraine, and Russian public pages write about the DRG ambush in the Suzemsky district of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, which borders the Chernigov region. It is reported that the Ural Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was attacked, there were dead and wounded. Immediately after the attack, the DRG allegedly retreated.
13:16 The West must prepare for a “comprehensive war” with Russia, said the head of the NATO Military Committee Rob Bauer: “We must realize that it is not a fact that we live in peace. And therefore we are preparing for a conflict with Russia. But the discussion is much broader "It's also the industrial base and the people who need to understand that they have a role to play." According to him, “not everything can be planned and not everything will work out without problems in the next 20 years.”
12:30 Along the northern border of Ukraine, Russia holds a group of about 20 thousand people, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Sergei Naev. According to him, as of today, the situation in the Northern operational zone remains under control, but enemy units are constantly conducting reconnaissance, shelling border areas, and increasing the area’s engineering and fortification equipment.
Meanwhile, on the Belarusian side, in addition to border service units, about 1,800 members of the armed forces are being held along the border. They carry out combat training activities, strengthen the surveillance system and engineering and fortification equipment of the area. Naev also said that Belarus continues to provide assistance to the Russian Federation by supplying and repairing weapons and military equipment. In particular, Belarusian enterprises produce new and recycle obsolete ammunition, which they then transfer to Russia.
12:02 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius admits the possibility of a war between Russia and NATO: “We hear threats from the Kremlin almost every day, recently again against our friends in the Baltic countries. Therefore, we must take into account that one day Russia could even attack the country NATO".
At the same time, the minister agreed with the opinion of German experts that Russian aggression against an Alliance country is possible in 5-8 years. Pistorius added that with his statement he wanted to “wake up society” and call on the German armed forces to be ready for war.
11:57 In Russian Klintsy, which was attacked by Ukrainian drones at night, four tanks with oil products are burning, the fire has been assigned an increased level of complexity, 32 people have been evacuated from nearby private houses, said the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz.
11:23 Hybrid air defense systems are not long-range, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat: “These systems that we are talking about now, they are not long-range. They can operate somewhere up to 15 km. Therefore, we can count on the fact that we can shoot down at over long distances, there is no need. But to use them locally to cover infrastructure facilities, military facilities or something else - why not."
10:54 Moscow considers the crew of the downed Russian A-50 plane “missing.” The command of the unit where the pilots were based is not yet planning any mourning events, and the relatives of the pilots say that they find themselves in a “suspended” situation, writes the VChK-OGPU telegram channel. Among the “missing” is the commander of the flight, Vyacheslav Levchenko, his wife said.
10:18 On the night of January 19, the Main Intelligence Directorate conducted another special operation on Russian territory - Ukrainian drones attacked the Tambov powder plant and an oil depot in Klintsy, Bryansk region, the UP reports citing a source in the special services. According to him, the consequences of the attack on the gunpowder factory are being clarified, and in Klintsy there is “significant damage to a military facility.”
09:47 Russian public pages write about a drone attack on the Tambov powder plant in the city of Kotovsk. In particular, the target was workshop No. 3, where products are mixed. An aircraft-type drone allegedly fell next to a building on Truda Avenue, “without consequences.”
09:03 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense confirmed a successful cyber attack on a Russian state-owned enterprise that carries out all construction contracts for the Russian Ministry of Defense - the Main Military Construction Directorate for Special Facilities. The operation was carried out by hackers from the Ukrainian organization Blackjack - they penetrated the database of a Russian state-owned company and obtained 1.2 terabytes of valuable data. Among the resulting array is technical documentation for more than 500 objects of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Information about Russian military facilities was transferred to the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, all data was deleted from the servers of the Russian enterprise, which temporarily paralyzed the construction of new facilities.
08:45 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 19:
personnel - about 374,520 (+920) people,
tanks - 6167 (+20),
armored combat vehicles - 11,445 (+35),
artillery systems - 8854 (+19),
MLRS - 966 (+0),
air defense systems - 654 (+1),
aircraft - 331 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 6929 (+4),
cruise missiles - 1818 (+0),
ships/boats - 23 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,831 (+37),
special equipment - 1384 (+4).
08:16 The Russian design bureau Stratim has launched a budget analogue of the Iranian Shahed drone called the Hawk with a flight range of 350 km and a warhead of 800 kg, reports the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). According to analysts, Russian troops will use the Yastreb UAV as a decoy to divert the attention of Ukrainian air defense. It is planned to begin flight testing of the finished product in the first half of 2024.
07:51 Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz said that electronic warfare equipment suppressed the drone, and when it was destroyed, “an ammunition was dropped” at the Klintsovsk oil depot. According to him, according to preliminary information, there were no casualties, but “there is a fire in the tanks in the embankment.”
07:29 Over the past 24 hours, 127 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report. In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 27 enemy attacks in the areas of Novokalinovo, Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and another 17 attacks near Pervomaisky and Nevelsky, Donetsk region. In the Kupyansky direction, 18 attacks were repelled near Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Tabaevka, Berestovo, Kharkov region; on Limansky - 15 attacks near Ternov, Yampolevka, Donetsk region, and eight more attacks in the areas of Serebryansky forestry, Belogorivka, Luhansk region; on Maryinsky - 15 attacks near Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
In addition, in the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian forces repelled two enemy attacks near Bogdanivka, Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - four attacks west of Staromayorsky and south of Urozhayny, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - five attacks west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The expansion of the bridgehead continues in the Kherson direction; over the past 24 hours, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to storm the positions of the Defense Forces 11 times.
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[EngMilRu] In the period from 13 to 19 January 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted 17 group strikes with high-precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic aircraft missile systems, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, to hit the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, which repair weapons and military hardware, manufacture ammunition, gunpowder, and reconnaissance-strike UAVs.
The deployment areas of the Ukrainian troops, foreign mercenaries and nationalists were also engaged by the strikes.
The objectives of the strikes have been achieved. All designated targets were hit.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces continued to improve the situation along the front line in some areas.
During the week, 25 attacks launched by assault groups of the 32nd, 115th Mechanised, 57th Motorised Infantry, 25th Airborne, 95th Air Assault brigades and 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled close to Sinkovka, Peschanoye, and Tabayevka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses amounted to more than 560 Ukrainian troops, ten tanks, eight armoured fighting vehicles, 26 motor vehicles, and eight field artillery guns.
In addition, two field ammunition depots were destroyed.
In Krasny Liman direction, the units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, repelled 17 enemy attacks and defeated the clusters of manpower of the 24th, 66th Mechanised brigades, 125th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 5th National Guard Brigade near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as Serebryansky forestry.
The enemy losses totalled over 1,520 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, one tank, 21 armoured fighting vehicles, 34 motor vehicles, and eight field artillery pieces.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, supported by aviation and artillery fire, have repelled 15 enemy attacks during the week.
In addition, units of the 22nd, 28th, and 93rd Mechanised brigades, the 5th and 92nd Assault brigades and the 112th Territorial Defence Brigade were hit close to Kurdyumovka, Antonovka, Bogdanovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 1,880 troops killed and wounded, 17 tanks, 27 armoured fighting vehicles, two Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile launchers, 86 motor vehicles, and 28 field artillery guns.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled one attack launched by the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, aviation strikes and artillery fire hit Ukrainian units close to Paraskoviyevka and Pavlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 965 troops killed and wounded, two tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, one Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile launcher, 24 motor vehicles, and 15 field artillery guns.
In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian troops inflicted fire damage to the manpower and military hardware of the 65th, 118th Mechanised, 128th mountain assault brigades, as well as the 15th National Guard Brigade of Ukraine near Verbovoye, Malaya Tokmachka, and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 395 servicemen, one tank, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 16 motor vehicles, and 10 field artillery guns.
In Kherson direction, the manpower and military hardware of the 35th and 38th Naval Infantry brigades, as well as the 121st Territorial Defence Brigade close to Mikhailovka, Tyaginka, and Ivanovka (Kherson region) were defeated by the preemptive actions of Russian troops and the enemy's complex fire damage.
As a result of the Russian troops' actions, the enemy lost up to 325 soldiers killed and wounded, three tanks, 29 motor vehicles, and 25 field artillery guns.
In one week, 21 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered. Of these, 14 were in South Donetsk direction.
During the week, Russia's aircraft and air defence systems shot down: six Tochka-U tactical missiles, one JDAM guided air bomb, 11 Ol'kha MLRS projectiles, 62 HIMARS and Uragan MLRS projectiles, as well as 274 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 567 airplanes and 265 helicopters, 10,894 unmanned aerial vehicles, 450 air defence missile systems, 14,686 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,202 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,788 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 17,617 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:48 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC for January 19, as of 23:45,additionalinformation about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Forces of the cities of the Republic: n.p. Gorlovka (Central City district): – st. Pushkinskaya, 58 – multi-apartment residential building. 21:58 Storm Avdievka: the Russian army knocks out the Ukrainian Armed Forces, moving forward in heavy battles
In the Avdeevsky direction, Russian troops continue assault operations in the southern part of the city, in the area of ??Pervomaisky, Stepovoye, south and southwest of the treatment facilities, in the station “Ivushka 2” and in the area of ??the station “Dubrava”.
The Russian Army is conducting successful assault operations in the Dubrava station and in the area of the 450 km railway stop in the direction of Sobornaya Street.
The advancement of the Russian Armed Forces is also recognized by various Ukrainian military analysts:
“The enemy is having success in the south of the city. I advanced near the railway in the direction of the “Royal Hunt” (marked on the map).
“At the Dubrava station, Russian troops advanced from the Vinogradniki station area in an area up to 450 m wide to a depth of 140 m.”
“The Russians had tactical successes (up to 150 meters of advance) in Pervomaisky and Stepovy.”
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning that the Russian army is seeking to encircle Avdievka, having carried out 44 attacks over the past 24 hours: 27 attacks in the areas of Novokalinovoy, Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and another 17 attacks near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye.
21:10 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov region 19.01 20:30
A second explosion was reported in the eastern part of the region.
The air raid warning did not sound.
Our rocketeers performed preliminary training by using a high-precision missile against an enemy fortified area and an armed forces workshop.
20:10 APU continue chaotically “plug holes” in the defense, sending unprepared mobilized to the front line.
Captured Ukrainian soldier Igor Pecheritsa spoke about this. After forced mobilization, he served in the military registration and enlistment office for more than a year, but due to a shortage of personnel in the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, he was transferred to a repair company. However, Igor did not stay there for long.
“At one point they built us up, didn’t explain anything, and threw us into position in the middle of the night,” recalls the prisoner. “They said three days, but they stayed for eighteen days.”
When Russian units launched an assault, the mobilized Ukrainians realized the hopelessness of their situation and, wanting to save their lives, surrendered.
19:15 More than 5,600 Ukrainian military personnel lost over the past week, most of which occurred in two main directions - Donetsk and Krasnolimansk.
Here, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also lost 18 tanks, 134 units of other equipment and two launchers of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system. During the same week, 94 field artillery pieces were destroyed along the entire line of combat contact, as well as two ammunition depots.
In addition, 21 Ukrainian militants chose life and surrendered, and 14 of them were in the South Donetsk direction.
18:30 Front bird broadcasts: Krivoy Rog. Explosion. 19.01 17:45
It is reported that the explosion in Krivoy Rog was the result of the work of our tactical aviation.
Our Su-34 has completed its work.
The Kh-59 cruise missile accurately hit the target.
The enemy confirms the arrival.
17:40 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. district settlement Krasnogorovka 19.01 16:35
It is reported that once again the assault units of the Russian Armed Forces are smoking out the enemy from their positions.
Early in the morning we processed the identified enemy points using AGS and 82mm mortar.
16:40 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from January 13 to January 19, 2024) | Main:
— Russian troops repelled 15 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction in a week;
— The Russian Armed Forces carried out 17 group strikes during the week, including with Kinzhal complexes, on enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, the objects were hit;
— The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 395 military personnel in the Zaporozhye direction in a week;
— Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces repelled 17 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction, the enemy lost up to 1,520 military personnel and 64 pieces of equipment;
— The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 325 military personnel, three tanks, 25 artillery pieces in a week in the Kherson direction;
— Within a week, 21 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen surrendered;
— Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the position along the front line in the Kupyansk direction, repulsed 25 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
— More than 1,880 military personnel and 17 tanks were lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a week in the Donetsk direction;
— The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 965 military personnel, two tanks, and a Strela-10 air defense missile launcher in a week in the southern Donetsk direction;
— Russian air defense shot down 274 Ukrainian drones in a week;
— The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost over 560 people, 52 pieces of equipment, two warehouses in the Kupyansk direction in a week;
— During the week, Aerospace Forces and Air Defense aviation shot down 6 Tochka-U missiles, a JDAM guided bomb, 11 Alder MLRS rounds, 62 HIMARS rounds and Uragan MLRS;
— Within a week, the Russian Armed Forces defeated three assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction;
— The Russian Armed Forces in the southern Donetsk direction repelled an attack near Novomikhailovka within a week and defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Paraskovievka and Pavlovka in the DPR.
15:40 Front bird broadcasts: Khar'kov direction (n. Kupyansk area) 19.01 15:35
The work of cannon artillery can be heard.
In particular, a group of our Nona self-propelled guns were once again bombarded by enemy rear positions.
Aerial reconnaissance is currently identifying targets hit and potential targets for future strikes.
15:00 Russian company HiderX demonstrated capabilities of a new camouflage suit that provides protection from detection in a thermal imager.
14:40 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction (DPR) 19.01 14:00
It is reported that our artillerymen once again struck with 152mm. gunfire at the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces troops in the area of the settlement of Druzhkovka (temporary occupation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces) and Ivanovka.
In addition, our heavy self-propelled mortars were previously sent to the enemy as gifts.
13:40 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group
As a result of successful active actions by units of the “Southern” group of troops in the Donetsk direction, the village of Veseloye was liberated.
Aviation strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems defeated the manpower and equipment of the 22nd, 42nd, 93rd Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka. The enemy lost over 260 soldiers wounded and killed.
Missile forces, artillery, anti-tank missile systems, loitering ammunition and attack unmanned aerial vehicles hit a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, 17 Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles, two temporary deployment points for foreign mercenaries, four missile and ammunition warehouses.
During the counterbattery fight, three 155mm M777 howitzers, self-propelled guns "Palladin", 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" and a 122mm howitzer D-30 were destroyed.
Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down 19 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnetoretskoye, Peski and Mayorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as two Tochka-U tactical missiles and a Dzheydam guided bomb.
12:40 Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces inflicted attack on Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Donetsk direction. According to the reports of the forward aircraft gunner, all of the indicated targets were hit. The flight went as usual.
12:00 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
Units of the Center group of troops continue to carry out combat missions during a special military operation in the Krasnolimansk direction.
In the area of Serebryansky forest and west of the village of Chervonaya Dibrova, units of a motorized rifle brigade, with the support of artillery crews and aviation, defeated the formations of the 63rd Mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. In the area of the Torsky sector, artillery fire from a group of forces destroyed the positions of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
During the day, enemy losses amounted to more than 220 military personnel. Six armored fighting vehicles were destroyed, including the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. Air defense systems shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Kremennaya.
During the counterbattery fight, a 155mm M777 howitzer, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, a 105mm M119 howitzer, an electronic warfare station and four vehicles were destroyed.
10:40 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction 19.01 09:50
The assault units of the Russian Armed Forces carried out checks using mortars and anti-aircraft guns against shelters.
The enemy snaps back, but suffers losses.
Our armored vehicles are currently processing the area.
09:40 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Krynki 16 rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka eight rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi five rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan seven rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery six rounds;
-- n.p. Novaya Mayachka four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Aleshki, n.p. Kardashinka, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Korsunka, Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 22 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:20 Telegram channel «WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning 01/19/2024
In the Kherson-Crimean direction there are dense oncoming battles in Krynki.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the trend has not changed much over the past 24 hours. Encounter battles to the west of the village of Rabotinno and attacking actions of the Russian Armed Forces from Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. LBS actually costs.
On the Donetsk front – the movement of the Russian Armed Forces south of Novomikhailovka. Not on the southern outskirts of the village. Russian troops also attacked at Pobeda, Georgievka and Nevelskoye. The fortified area in Avdeevka was stormed from Kamenka and in the area of the coke plant. Encounter battles in the Stepnoye area (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions). Attack of Russian troops near Novobakhmutovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (a settlement of the same name to the east behind the Russian Armed Forces).
In the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out assault operations at the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka. No success. They also attacked from Khromovy and in the Bogdanovka area. The last of the listed settlements has a tactical advance.
In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations near Ternov, Makeevka, Petropavlovka and Sin'kovka.
08:45 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for January 18, 2024
On the night of January 17-18, the Russian Armed Forces launched a series of massive strikes on the territory of the so-called. Ukraine. Explosions were reported in the Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev and Khmelnytsky regions. At the same time, the enemy tried to attack Russian targets in the Moscow and Leningrad regions.
In the Seversky direction, after the liberation of the village of Veseloye, the Russian Armed Forces are focused on taking control of local heights to improve the tactical situation. Meanwhile, active hostilities continued in the Belogorovka area.
In the Kherson direction, despite the critical situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in Krynki, it is too early to talk about the imminent liberation of the settlement. At the moment, the RF Armed Forces are not able to gain a foothold in new positions.
08:10 21 facts of armed attacks of the UFU recorded Representative office of DPR in JCCC over the past 24 hours
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[REGNUM] The Ministry of Justice recognized four organizations of Ukrainian origin as Nazis and banned the display of their paraphernalia and symbols, TASS reported.
We are talking about three structures known from the history of World War II - the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) of Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych, as well as the lesser-known Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army (UNRA, aka " Polesie Sich") Taras "Bulba" Borovets.
In addition, the Ukrainian National Assembly - Ukrainian People's Self-Defense (UNA - UNSO), which became famous in the 1990s, was banned.
The basis for the ban was Article 6 of the law “On the perpetuation of the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.” One of the clauses of this article prohibits propaganda and display of paraphernalia of organizations banned by the Nuremberg Tribunal and similar courts following the war. Another clause prohibits neo-Nazi communities and their paraphernalia.
Responsibility is prescribed in the Code of Administrative Offences. By the way, Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses implies rather lenient sanctions. For propaganda or public display of attributes or symbols of these organizations, a fine of only 1–2 thousand rubles is imposed (the alternative is administrative arrest for up to 15 days).
Officials are subject to a fine of 1–4 thousand rubles, legal entities are subject to a fine of 10–50 thousand rubles.
But, be that as it may, for the greeting “Glory to Ukraine!” and the answer “Glory to the Heroes!”, as well as an emblem in the form of a golden trident, the middle element of which is made in the form of a double-edged sword, is now punishable.
Another question arises: of the four new organizations recognized as Nazi, three (OUN, UPA and UNA - UNSO) were already banned in Russia. After all, quite a long time ago, in 2014, they were included in the list of extremist ones. Created in 2015, the Volunteer Movement of the OUN, the legal successor of the “historical organization,” was banned in 2022.
But their symbols (the same cry “Glory to Ukraine!”) have not yet been outlawed, which may cause confusion.
On the other hand, the question arises: how justified is it to include all four organizations in any additional registers, in addition to the list of extremist ones? Maybe this measure is redundant?
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ACT FROM THE WHEELS
Kirill Vyshinsky, a member of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, believes that the case of banning the display of symbols of the OUN, UPA and similar organizations really looks like a belated measure.
On certain marketplaces - in chain stores operating in Russia - you can now purchase, in addition to dubious paraphernalia, various literary works offering extremist, Russophobic or anti-Russian interpretations of history and modernity.
The problem is that Russia’s anti-extremist legislation has to be finalized on the fly, notes Honored Lawyer of Russia Yuri Zhdanov.
For example, the so-called Russian Volunteer Corps, which has been fighting against former compatriots since 2022 and took responsibility for the attack on the Belgorod region in May 2023, was added to the list of terrorist organizations only on December 30. The RDK emblem is not officially included in the list of prohibited symbols.
The white-blue-white flag, which has been used since February 2022 by “trans-Ukrainian” non-systemic oppositionists who have settled in exile, was not so quickly banned. The ban on BSB as a symbol of the banned Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Freedom of Russia” became known only in May 2023 from the decision of the Zelenograd Court of Moscow.
This is not so much about gaps in the laws, but about the speed and volume of decisions made, Zhdanov believes. “ In special conditions, you have to act quickly - from the wheels. And there is not always time to write down all the details,” the interlocutor notes.
We can agree in the case of extremist remakes like RDK. But Bandera’s black and red symbols and the cry “Glory to Ukraine!” have been well known since the last century: if not from historical works and films about the Great Patriotic War, then from the reports of the First Chechen War, where UNA-UNSO militants fought on the side of the separatists.
"AVOID EXCESSIVE REPRESSION"
The point is the caution of legislators and law enforcers, IA Regnum interlocutors believe.
“There is one very important detail here - it is necessary not to “throw the baby out with the bathwater,” says Vyshinsky. — For example, I do not agree that, under the guise of fighting extremism, they suddenly begin to ban scientific literature about extremist organizations, about various “national legions” and war criminals from the times of the USSR. And this is a huge layer of scientific and popular science literature that is needed by a wide audience.”
The question remains open as to whether it is necessary to ban (or leave available for study by historians, counter-propagandists and extremism specialists) books by ideologists of Ukrainian “integral nationalism”, which has become the ideological basis for the current Kyiv regime.
In any case, the books of Dmitry (Dmitro) Dontsov, which were directly targeted by the Bandera wing of the OUN, are currently publicly available in some Russian electronic bookstores.
On the other hand, society itself “regulates and prohibits” the circulation of symbols of the enemy and his ideological predecessors, experts believe. Now on free sale there are no Bandera symbols, no paraphernalia of the “Right Sector”, no symbols of modern collaborators - the same so-called RDK, Zhdanov notes. “Even at flea markets,” the expert assures. - Yes, there is Hitler’s - on weapons, equipment - for collectors. But I haven’t seen any “remakes” for mass use. Everyone understands everything.”
The example of the OUN, UNRA, UPA and UNA - UNSO, according to the lawyer, shows that now in Russia both regulatory regulation and legal practice are aimed at avoiding “excessive and excessive repression.”
The main thing in this matter is flexibility in law enforcement practice, says lawyer, candidate of legal sciences Janis Juksa. In some cases, public figures, journalists and simply concerned citizens should be able to use any symbols for research or critical purposes, the lawyer adds.
It is also necessary to consider the risks of unintentional use of symbols of prohibited organizations. And this is where the Ministry of Justice lists come in handy, Vyshinsky emphasizes.
“How to identify, for example, historical myth-making and extremism in books? — asks Vyshinsky. — There is a list of extremist literature that is prohibited; such lists exist in all countries of the world. That is, government filters are working. In addition, serious scientific and historical literary works have their own reviewers and editorial boards.”
EXTREMISM “FOR REFERENCE”
But it is extremely difficult to completely stop access to information with extremist content, political scientist and leading researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries Alexander Dudchak told IA Regnum.
A striking example of this is Wikipedia, which is not prohibited in the Russian Federation and is in the public domain, many sections of which contain statements that contradict Russian legislation, sometimes simply promoting extremism, Russophobia and Nazism. “Viki” began to actively rule in a pro-Kiev manner not since February 2022, but at least since 2014.
And there the history of the OUN - UPA, UNA - UNSO and similar structures, not to mention the current information about the special operation in Ukraine, is presented not only not “pro-Russian”, but not even neutral, the interlocutors note.
“Apparently, access to Wikipedia has not yet been closed only because it also serves as a source of information in general, and there is no full-fledged alternative to it in Russia yet,” says Vyshinsky. “ At the same time, when I tried to create a page about one person who was an Anti-Maidan activist, it was quickly “nullified” - they removed all the facts except “born, studied, served” and so on. And even if you make some of your own edits there, they are also immediately eliminated.”
Dudchak reminds that work is currently underway in Russia to launch the full version of a worthy alternative to this information base - Ruvika. It is possible that soon it will be able to completely replace all previous analogues for Russian-speaking users.
In the meantime, the organization responsible for updating the international database can be fined on a “target basis” for posting information that violates Russian laws. “Let them at least bring money to the treasury before they are closed,” the political scientist sums up.
In Russian language, it looks like their Rs are backward. Doesn't mean you have to be.
[Regnum] Former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter apologized on behalf of the US people to the Russians who lost loved ones in the special operation for Washington's role in starting the conflict in Ukraine.
You apologize for yourself, buddy. Starting with those children you were so fond of. I’ll be responsible for my own apologies, thankyouverymuch.
He stated this at a press conference at the international multimedia press center “Russia Today”.
“As an American, I would like to apologize for what we did to you. That's just terrible. The American people allowed their authorities to harm Russia. I hope that every mother, wife, daughter or son who has lost a loved one will forgive us. Please forgive us. We did the wrong thing,” Ritter said.
He also apologized to the people of Ukraine who were “sacrificed” because of the conflict “caused by the United States.”
As Regnum reported, on April 20, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the tragedies in Donbass forced Russia to launch a special operation.
The Russian leader noted on December 7, 2023 that Russia has no reason to fight with NATO countries. The head of state emphasized that there are no reasons for this - neither geopolitical, nor economic, nor political, nor military.
The President of Russia on December 19, 2023 stated that the leaders of Western countries are not abandoning their aggressive goals. NATO activity has increased sharply, and significant forces have been transferred from the United States to Russia’s borders, the president indicated.
The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, announced on January 27 that the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) is completely involved in a confrontation with Russia, which is growing.
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Face it, this war is not about democracy. It is a war for hegemony of the Eurasian land mass and Joe Biden is the aggressor. Obama and Biden have been screwing around in Ukraine since Obama first took office. They interfered in Ukraine's domestic affairs, engineered a coup in Kiev in 2014, allowed the persecution of ethnic Russians in Ukraine and then insisted on NATO's expansion into that country in spite of Putin's warnings that he regarded such an expansion as an existential threat to Russia. They knew Putin could not tolerate nuclear tipped Tomahawk missiles being deployed by NATO on Russia's border. They knew how destabilizing that would be. But they insisted on doing it anyway.
Putin invaded Ukraine to prevent that from happening. Further, no way in hell would Putin allow a NATO naval base in Sevastopol which has been Russia's only warm water port since 1783. That'd be like letting the Chinese have San Diego.
NATO has no business in Ukraine, never did. This war could have been avoided if only we had a sane president.
My biggest fear was that, if Ukrainian troops threatened the Crimean Peninsula, Putin would used nuclear weapons against them. All bets would be off if that happened but, no thanks to Biden, it hasn't come to that...yet. Biden owes the whole world an apology for his reckless and dangerous policies but he's so senile that the apology will never come.
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[Regnum] There are currently no grounds for resuming the so-called grain deal or concluding a new similar agreement, and discussions on this issue are not ongoing, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters on January 19.
Is the world as desperate for grain as it was just after Russia invaded Russia’s Historic Breadbasket?
“No, these conversations are no longer happening. There is no reason to resume these conversations,” Peskov said.
None of the terms of the deal in which Russia was interested were fulfilled, Peskov recalled.
Those who are currently involved in grain exports from Ukraine must be aware that they are working with maximum risks, the presidential press secretary added.
As Regnum reported earlier, the Black Sea initiative (grain deal) with the participation of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports has been in effect since July 22, 2022. The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly pointed out that there are no grounds for its extension, since the deal has turned into a purely commercial export of products from Ukraine to prosperous Western countries, the conditions of the Russian side are not met, and the sea corridor is used by Ukraine for military purposes.
In 2023, after Russia’s withdrawal from this agreement, the Ministry of Defense declared all ships sailing through the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports as potential carriers of military cargo. The decision came into force on July 20, 2023; now all countries under whose flags the ships fly will be considered involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of Kyiv. Some areas in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared temporarily dangerous for navigation.
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[Regnum] Security forces liquidated a cell of the Allya Ayat sect (an extremist religious movement banned in Russia) in Altai, where they treated pensioners and the sick with “special tea” and magazines.
Special forces operatives closed down the headquarters of an organization banned in Russia just at the moment when adherents were performing their rituals, the material says. One of them is drinking a “magic drink”, which actually turned out to be ordinary milk tea. He is supposed to drive away all diseases, REN TV reports.
Over the 25 years of the sect’s existence in the country, dozens of its followers died because they believed in it and not in real doctors. In addition, people took out loans on themselves to pay for such treatment, the information notes. Also, the ideology of the cult obliged them to throw away icons and destroy the Bible. Instead, adherents were offered treatment with magazines - as if the periodicals of the movement were endowed with the power of Farhat (the organizer of the sect. - Ed.).
“This magazine was prescribed to be applied to the sore spot. Moreover, there were a number of conditions. A magazine purchased from a certain person could affect a specific person. The more recent the magazine, the more effective it was,” explained cult expert Vadim Schiller.
According to media reports, the family of the founder of the sect, Farhat Abdullayev, who formerly worked as a rural driver, became rich, and his children were able to get an education abroad. In a number of regions of Russia, “Allya Ayat” was banned and it became impossible to openly recruit followers, but despite this, hundreds of supporters continue to hold secret meetings and still hope for a miracle. The followers have gone into the shadows - they keep secrets and carefully check each of the potential adherents, the authors of the story specify.
“They don’t openly recruit into their sect. The sect itself positions itself as a healing one, indicating that, they say, we were banned because doctors don’t want you to be healed. They say: “You don’t need to swallow pills. We have a certain formula. You will be healed of all diseases,” commented forensic religious expert, specialist in the field of non-traditional religious cults and extremist communities Igor Ivanishko.
As Regnum reported, the “Family of the Soul” (La Familia del Alma) sect was liquidated in Spain, from whose actions more than a hundred people suffered. The Civil Guard detained three of its leaders in the village of Puebla Tornes. They are suspected of involvement in a number of crimes: interference with labor activity, crimes against public health, sexual aggression, disclosure of secrets and others.
Text taken from a rbc.ru news article.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The French Ambassador in Moscow has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the destruction of foreign fighters by the Armed Forces of our country in Khar'kov.
More than 60 mercenaries fighting on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were eliminated.
As it turned out, these were French citizens.
But in France, mercenary activity is prohibited by law.
Taking this into account, the topic deserves to be addressed by the State Duma deputies to the National Assembly of the French Republic.
It is important for us to know whether they are aware that someone, violating the law, is sending militants to fight in Ukraine.
There are different stages in the history of relations between our countries. There was a time when our grandfathers and great-grandfathers fought together against fascism.
But today, as it turns out, French mercenaries are dying for the Nazi regime in Ukraine.
Do French citizens and the deputies representing their interests know about this?
At the next plenary meeting of the State Duma, we will definitely consider an appeal to the French Parliament with the above issues.
(c) State Duma Speaker Volodin
The strike on Khar'kov and the destruction of a large number of French mercenaries (which is indirectly recognized by the French media) became part of a broader campaign of Russian-French confrontation, where, on the one hand, Russia is expanding its military-political presence in the French colonies, helping the authorities of Burkina -Faso stopped the attempt at a military coup initiated by France, and now defiantly sends a batch of coffins with the French to France, and France is trying to spoil Russia in Armenia by flirting with Pashinyan, supplying weapons to the Nazis in Ukraine (along with mercenaries, of whom not only all survive) and supports separatist and terrorist groups in countries where governments friendly to Russia have been established.
1. It is obvious that Macron will not recognize the presence of French regulars in Ukraine.
2. It is obvious that Macron will pretend that no mercenaries are sent to Ukraine with the knowledge of the French leadership.
3. Through Ukraine, losses will be underestimated in every possible way. Now there are more than 60+ killed according to the Russian Ministry of Defense and 17 killed according to the Ukrainian Nazis.
Obituaries of the victims are expected to surface in the coming month.
Most likely, the Russian question in the note sounded as follows:
“What were your unfinished D’Artagnans from the Foreign Legion actually doing in Khar'kov?”
Okay, let’s listen to how it looked officially:
“In connection with the destruction by the Russian Armed Forces of a temporary deployment point for foreign fighters in Khar'kov, among whom there were several dozen Frenchmen, the French Ambassador was summoned to the Foreign Ministry,” Maria Zakharova told the TASS agency.
Since such statements are made, it means it’s not a mess. Indeed, many paddling pools were killed.
That is, first they killed a crowd of paddling pools, and then they also called the ambassador to the carpet? That’s normal ;)
And it’s correct - first to choke, then to protest about being in the wrong place.
Will the French start making a poker face? Amazing! That's what it's all about! Then they called in so that the French ambassador could spit away from his citizens.
Now any Gallic officer assigned by ours to the Northern Military District will know for sure that it makes no sense to count on his country, which he serves. The Russians will calmly spank you or milk you dry and throw away the remains in some trash heap.
As a result of the missile strike on Khar'kov, at least 22 French military intelligence officers who were “on leave” in Ukraine were killed.
In the premises of the kindergarten, the headquarters of the French soldiers of fortune was created, servicing data from satellites, electronic warfare and electronic warfare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, paddling officers (now deceased) were engaged in improving and strengthening counter-battery systems and radar.
France cannot prohibit its citizens from fighting in Ukraine, the country's Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu said in an interview with LCI TV channel .
Thus, he was asked about the status of the French who are taking part in the conflict in the former Soviet republic.
"There are French civilians who went to fight in Ukraine in Ukrainian military uniform. We cannot ban them, we are still a democracy. By definition, these people have no connection with the French armed forces, do not wear French military uniform and are not associated with the French military institutions,” replied the head of the department.
Mercenaries in France, according to current legislation, are a criminal offense. It threatens with five years in prison and a fine, the amount of which can reach 75 thousand euros.
In addition, Lecornu claims that reports of the presence of French mercenaries in Ukraine are part of the “Russian information war,” which allegedly intensified after President Emmanuel Macron announced the supply of an additional 40 Scalp missiles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
According to the minister, these statements are supposedly intended to support the rhetoric about French complicity in the conflict in Ukraine.
Last Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction by a high-precision strike of a building in Kharkov, where foreign mercenaries were located, including from France. More than 60 militants were killed. Today, the Republic's Ambassador to Moscow, Pierre Levy, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry.
The French foreign policy department, despite numerous evidence of the presence of its citizens in the ranks of the Ukrainian troops, tried to disown their compatriots. In Paris, information about the extermination of dozens of Frenchmen in Kharkov was called “gross manipulation.” They stated that “France has no mercenaries either in Ukraine or anywhere else.”
Last November, the Investigative Committee reported that more than 520 foreign mercenaries from 44 states became involved in criminal cases, including French citizens as defendants in absentia.
▪At the beginning of the war, 710 Ukrainians and 450 Russians served in the Foreign Legion. Many of them went to war, although they were urged to remain loyal to the Legion. Which promised French citizenship and a payment of 30,000 euros upon completion of service.
▪But they left, and some even deserted for the sake of the war. The Times writes about legionnaire Frank, who was able to get into Ukraine without documents by performing a legionary march to a border guard.
▪He serves in the special forces of the Ukrainian International Legion. He fought near Soledar, Bakhmut, Severodonetsk and Zaporozhye.
▪Legionnaires are also fighting on the Russian side:
“They were my brothers, but now if I saw them face to face, I would kill them, or they would kill me. The life we once led together in the Legion was very different from our new life. I respect them and their desire to kill me. This is fine. “I want to kill them too,” says Frank.
▪The Times writes that there remains a connection between the ex-legionnaires. Thus, in January 2023, Prigozhin reported that “colleagues from the French Foreign Legion” asked the “Wagnerites” to find E. Kulik, who fought in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Later, Prigozhin showed a video in which a French-speaking PMC fighter places the flag of the Foreign Legion on Kulik’s body.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] A story of a Chinese man in the ranks Russian Army.
He recorded joyful videos, went to the front; to fight against Ukraine.
Now, he's in big trouble & begging:
"Hello everyone, I'm in Ukraine.
The battlefield couldn't break me, but the pain could. I am seriously ill: my throat is stuffy, my joints are in terrible pain.
*short sentences, hard to speak*
There is no medical help here... The military doctor prescribed basic medicine and said that I was healthy. I replied that I want to get well, I want to leave here...
I walked for 40 minutes. Heavy snowfall. There is no connection, I only found a connection here to send the video. I have already contacted the Chinese Embassy in Russia... They said that it was my personal decision...
Please help me, Chinese people who are watching the video... Contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs... I want to terminate the contract...
I need to return home to China to get better... Serious heart problems... I can no longer take care of myself...
There is no medicine here. I'm going to die... I'm going to die here... I feel terrible. I have been in this state for a week now... Help me... Help me contact the Chinese Foreign Ministry... Thank you...
I want to go back to China... I want to break the contract...
No medicine... No hospitals... I'm going to die here... Nobody cares about me... No treatment..."
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[WarriorMaven] As the temperature drops and the ground in Ukraine eventually freezes over the coming weeks, according to Institute for the Study of War (ISW) there is growing speculation that the Russian military will launch a new offensive specifically targeting the eastern and southern regions. The situation is marked by a complex intersection of strategic objectives and environmental challenges.
-------------------------- In the past month or so, Russia has been on the offense. However, the territory they have taken is pretty minimal and their tanks, personnel carriers, etc. have proven to be very vulnerable.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Elena Karaeva
[RIA] The most unenviable fate today is to represent Paris in Moscow. The French Ambassador will not let you lie. Yesterday evening he was summoned to our Foreign Ministry, this afternoon Pierre Levy arrived at Smolenskaya Square. The call of the emergency and plenipotentiary was preceded by a squeal in the press of the country that the ambassador represents. The remark that as a result of a strike on the place of deployment of foreign mercenaries, his fellow citizens, extraordinary and plenipotentiary, were killed, and some were wounded, caused an avalanche of hysterical denials - both official and unofficial.
The tone and content are known: “This cannot happen, because this can never happen.”
Of course, Russia was accused of “manipulation”, of the fact that “propaganda carries out the narrative that the country is “at war with NATO ”, and the population believes it,” in short, the authors of the manuals from the opposite side did not bother with new theses. Unfortunately.
Because calling the main representative of the country to the foreign policy department could not fit into the previous scheme. The invitation, which is impossible not to respond to in person, means that we, or more precisely, our diplomats, had absolutely indestructible and irrefutable data regarding the presence of French mercenaries on the Ukrainian side. And not an ordinary presence, but a military presence. And not just a military one, but one that poses a direct threat to the lives of our compatriots and our state security.
The call to our foreign policy department, however, became a cold and therefore sobering shower for the authors of the manuals and for those who use them.
Actually, that is why the invitation of the ambassador was said, if it was said, very much through clenched teeth. Because it is one thing to publish dispatches with references to “unnamed high-ranking army officials,” and quite another thing when named authorized high-ranking diplomats with the extraordinary and plenipotentiary share documents confirming the words of the Russian military.
And now - about the reasons for the shyness that has suddenly overcome official Paris, even if we are talking about French citizens, let us emphasize, wounded French citizens who were reportedly taken to medical institutions.
Mercenaries in France, according to current legislation, are a criminal offense. For committing it, in other words, for being recruited and taking up arms, there is a punishment. This is a prison sentence of up to five years. And a hefty fine, the amount of which can reach 75 thousand euros.
If the act was committed with intent and by collective agreement, the imprisonment, taking into account the gravity of the act, increases to seven years in prison, as does the fine.
And the state in such cases must ensure that even attempts at recruitment are not made in its jurisdiction.
However, when it comes to the war against Russia, you can not pay attention to the fact that the recruitment of mercenaries is happening in front of your own nose, that dozens of people are recruited regularly and regularly, that then the mercenaries return, that their departure and arrival are not just not a secret and it’s not a secret, but a completely open story, even parliamentarians are interested in it.
In a word, when it is prohibited by law, but politically one really wants it, Paris decides that it can do all this. And even necessary.
It's worth noting this.
The rhetoric of the French establishment, which oversees foreign policy, has changed dramatically in just four weeks. Until mid-December last year, Paris sent various signals to Moscow - even in the public sphere, they say, it is still necessary to look for a “diplomatic way out of the current situation.” Secret hints were also sent, various proposals were made. Us. On the possible start of separate negotiations. Without Ukraine's participation in them.
After many times, both publicly and privately, these hints and suggestions were politely answered, the concept, as they say, changed.
The French leadership itself announced new deliveries of wheeled tanks, and that air bombs would be shipped to Kiev , and that they would even begin to specially build Caesar self-propelled guns to send them to the line of combat. With us.
And yes, of course, all this is in order to “not give Russia the opportunity to win - otherwise the old international order will collapse.”
Monsieur and Madame, if you allow, we have some news for you. In this very connection.
First. The said international order was put to rest (and not without your participation) two years ago.
Second. You will have - regardless of what you think about it - to accept this axiom, come to terms with it and plan all your next actions, taking into account the new foreign policy disposition.
And third. Based on the above, it is better to start putting all this into practice today and now. Well, to avoid a real military clash. With us. Not so much out of gloating, but out of good memory (after all, there was a lot of good in our relationship), let’s say: there is no need to call out the spirit of Berezina in vain. Because past military fiascos have a peculiarity: when they really want revenge, a new defeat turns out to be absolutely deafening.
From the V Kontakte page of Armed Forces of Novorossiya (VSN)
These multiple launch rocket systems are 1.5 times superior in all their parameters to the American "highmars". Scientists, engineers and designers throughout the country are working around the clock to create the latest weapons.
According to the video the new rocket artillery fires 220mm rockets to a range of up to 120 kilometers. The launcher is a natural follow on to the Uragan-S, which can fire both 220mm and 300mm rockets.
The impact zone is 60 hectares (about .6 square kilometers)
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
