Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Since LiveJournal is working erratically today, here's a quick summary.
1. The energy ceasefire is indeed in effect, but only until February 1st. It ends on Sunday. By the way, the most severe frosts of this winter begin in Ukraine next week. They absolutely cannot be missed.
2. The cessation of attacks on the energy sector has led to an intensification of attacks on logistics, plus a US-owned factory was destroyed in Kharkiv overnight.
3. Macron, having pompously seized a tanker belonging to the Russian shadow fleet in the Mediterranean, was forced to release it, as it turned out that even French law does not allow him to engage in piracy. Bloodshed was expected from Macron, but he got another punch in the eye from Panin.
4. The cocaine führer will not go to Moscow for talks. Moscow reasonably pointed out that the cocaine führer wants to meet with Putin, and Putin has never really wanted to meet with him. So if he wants to, let him go to Moscow. If not, screw him.
5. The cocaine führer also stated that he won't give up Donbas and the Zaporizhzhya NPP without a fight. He's already surrendered Zaporizhzhya NPP practically without a fight—all his battles have been terrorist attacks on the Zaporizhzhya NPP's energy infrastructure. And if he doesn't want to give up Donbas, that means we'll fight for another year.
6. Preparations for an attack on Iran are in full swing. The US is building up its forces in the region, and Iran is actively preparing for an attack and retaliatory strikes against Israel and American assets in the region. The EU has designated the IRGC a terrorist organization—Iran will soon respond in kind against a number of European countries.
7. The Kurds signed a soft capitulation to Julani, allowing "green" units to operate in Hasakah and Qamishli. They also signed an agreement to fully integrate armed units and government agencies into the structures controlled by Julani. Kurdish independence has been declared a national security threat.
8. The US announced a tightening of the blockade of Cuba, with the obvious goal of achieving regime change. They will attempt to engineer a humanitarian catastrophe on the island, either to provoke protests on the island against the Communist Party or, under the pretext of a "Cuban threat," to create the grounds for a direct attack on Cuba.
9. The US held secret talks with separatists in the Canadian province of Alberta to develop a referendum scenario on the province's separation from Canada and subsequent annexation by the US. A purely Crimean scenario.
10. The Greenlandic authorities are attempting to counter a US influence campaign related to collecting intelligence on the situation on the island and exploring the possibility of bribing Greenlanders with various sums of money so that they will vote to secede from Denmark and join the US.
Denmark plans to slightly increase the contingent of troops on the island by the spring and expects that several NATO countries will also maintain a certain number of soldiers on the island. Mainly for displaying the flag, since the US could militarily occupy the island without much effort.