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[Regnum] Multiple convictions for pedophilia, 70-year-old Anatoly Brovkin, during interrogation, spoke in detail about his latest attack on a little girl in Moscow, but refused to admit guilt.
According to the Regnum news agency, the pensioner was detained after he sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl in the entrance of a building in the capital on February 14. Returning home, the schoolgirl told her mother everything, who immediately went to the police.
The suspect was found quite quickly - he was caught on the intercom camera in the entrance. As it turned out, the criminal was pensioner Anatoly Brovkin, who served a total of 43 years for crimes against the sexual inviolability of minors. The pedophile received his first term back in 1975. However, Brovkin was released from the colony only a year ago.
During interrogation, the detainee admitted that this time he was stopped only by the fact that the girl screamed and one of the neighbors began to open the door - this scared off the attacker.
As Brovkin said, he first tried to lure the girl with ice cream, but when she refused and quickly ran into the entrance of her house, he went straight after her.
“She went up the stairs, and I stopped her there… She started screaming, I heard someone opening the door, I got scared and left,” he said, assuring investigators that he allegedly “accidentally” began touching the child in her intimate areas.
Despite the detailed account of his crime, the pedophile refused to admit guilt. However, he still faces a new sentence under the article on violent sexual acts against a minor.
As a source told IA Regnum, the pedophile received his first term 50 years ago under Article 120 of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR - "Indecent acts". The Tushinsky court found him guilty and sent him to a penal colony for three years, but he served only nine months and was released on parole. In 1978, he went to prison again, this time on two counts - for the rape of a minor and under the same Article 120, for indecent acts, and this time for 12 years.
Two years after his release, Brovkin was again sentenced to nine years in prison for rape and indecent assault against children. After his release and another crime against children, under the Russian Criminal Code, the pedophile was sent to prison for 20 years. He was released as a pensioner in 2023 and was under administrative supervision. The last conversation, if the documents are to be believed, was held with him literally on New Year's Eve - December 29.
In the new criminal case, 70-year-old Brovkin faces 15 to 20 years in prison.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Russian troops have crossed the border with Ukraine in the Kursk Region, President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... said on Wednesday.
''The latest information that I received literally an hour ago: fighters of the 810th Brigade crossed the border of the Russian Federation and Ukraine and entered the enemy's territory over the night,'' Putin said, responding to news hounds' questions as he visited a drone manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg.
Russian troops continue to advance along the entire line of engagement, Putin said.
''Our forces are advancing along the entire line of contact,'' the head of state pointed out.
The 810th Separate Guards Orders of Zhukov and Ushakov Marine Infantry Brigade has fought in the most complex frontline areas in the special military operation in Ukraine. In particular, the Brigade's fighters participated in the liberation of Mariupol, the repulsion of the Ukrainian army's counteroffensive in the Zaporozhye Region and conducted operations in the island zone of the Dnieper River in the Kherson Region. As the Ukrainian army launched its attack on the Kursk Region, the Brigade's units were deployed to its borderline areas where they continue accomplishing their combat objectives.
In particular, as reported in early February, forces of the 11th Separate Air Assault Brigade, the 810th Separate Marine Infantry Brigade, the Veterans and Arbat volunteer formations, UAV operators of the Rubicon Center, the 40th Separate Marine Infantry Brigade and the 177th Separate Marine Infantry Regiment participated in repelling eight waves of Ukrainian army attacks. Putin has stated on many occasions that the Russian troops fighting in the Kursk direction are operating efficiently, competently and audaciously.
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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 19.15 Russian military struck residential areas of Kupyansk with UABs. A 59-year-old civilian man was killed as a result of a hit on a private home. A 60-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction. At least ten private homes were damaged.
In addition, the occupiers struck the residential sector in the urban-type settlement of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya with drones. Two civilians, aged 63 and 70, were injured. They were taken to hospital in serious condition.
18.54 US President Donald Trump called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a "dictator" because of his alleged unwillingness to hold elections. He wrote about this on his own social network Truth Social. This is already the second scandalous statement by Trump about Zelensky in less than a day.
18:20 Ukraine managed to bring home another 15 children from occupation. Among them is a large family, where the mother refused Russian documents and because of this experienced constant pressure from the occupiers. Three teenagers who received summonses to the Russian army also returned.
17.58 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak held a meeting with the US Presidential Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg. This was reported by the OP press service. Briefings of the military command and commanders on the ground will be organized for the US Special Envoy.
17.56 Russian military carried out a drone attack on one of the outpatient clinics in the Belozersk community of the Kherson region. As a result of the explosives dropped, eight medical workers were injured. One victim was hospitalized.
17:50 An agreement has been signed between the defense concern Rheinmetall and the Bundeswehr to provide logistical support during the redeployment of troops both in Germany and abroad, Reuters reports. It is noted that the framework deal will be valid for three years, and its value may reach 260 million euros ($271 million). At the same time, the contract may be extended until 2029. The company clarified that the agreement covers not only the Bundeswehr, but also the armed forces of allies, including NATO.
17.33 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin announced the alleged "beginning of an offensive on Ukraine" from the Kursk region. This information is not true, said Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.
17.05 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin highly praised the negotiations between the US and Russian delegations in Saudi Arabia. He said this in a commentary to Russian media. The Kremlin boss expressed a desire to meet with US President Donald Trump, but the meeting needs to be well prepared "to get results."
16:50 The Office of the President of Ukraine is preparing to introduce contracts for mobilized personnel, which will specify clear terms of service. Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Pavlo Palisa said this on the air of the telethon.
16.26 Since the beginning of the day, 77 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 10 directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details in the operational summary as of 16.00.
16.00 Law enforcement officers have eliminated a large-scale scheme for evading mobilization in the Odessa region. It operated in one of the city-district courts, the SBU reported. The defendants in the case helped evaders flee abroad due to fake court decisions on the independent upbringing of a child by a father liable for military service.
15.37 Russian troops have carried out another round of shelling in the Kherson region, which resulted in the death of two local residents. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, on Wednesday, February 19.
15.22 Operators of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces have begun training on the American-made V-Bat reconnaissance and strike system.
V-Bat (MQ-35A) is an unmanned aerial vehicle operating on a VTOL system with vertical takeoff and landing. UAV deep reconnaissance – up to 150 km, maximum flight altitude – up to 6 km, flight time – up to 10 hours.
The V-Bat is equipped with a laser-guided camera and a 320x optical zoom camera. The system can carry a strike drone or even a missile.
15.13 A captured North Korean soldier stated that North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation were told that they were fighting not only with Ukrainians, but also with South Korean soldiers.
14.56 Ukrainian air defense does not have enough missiles for American Patriot anti-aircraft systems. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky at a briefing. It is necessary to count daily how many missiles for Patriot systems are available, and this is not correct, he noted.
14.29 Lithuania announced the transfer of a new package of military aid to Ukraine on Wednesday, February 19. This was reported by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense on Wednesday, February 19.
14.14 The current US administration is taking steps to bring Russia out of its long-term isolation and thereby helping Vladimir Putin. This opinion was voiced by President Zelensky at a briefing. According to him, Ukraine is ready for everything.
14.00 Russian aggressors dropped air bombs on the city of Konstantinovka. At least one person was killed and seven others were injured. 34 private houses, an administrative building, three power lines and three gas pipelines were damaged in the city.
13.47 It is important for the US President's Special Envoy for Russia and Ukraine Keith Kellogg to look at Kiev and other Ukrainian cities to understand the situation. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky at a briefing.
13.25 Ukraine has spent $320 billion on defense in three years of war. Of this amount, the United States provided weapons worth $67 billion. This data was announced by President Zelensky at a briefing in Kiev.
13:19 The Security Service detained two more FSB informants in the Kharkiv region. On orders from the enemy, they tried to reconnoiter the locations of the largest concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Defense Forces in the region and passed this information on to the Russians. This was reported by the press service of the SBU on Wednesday, February 19.
12:59 The International Criminal Court, the future tribunal for aggression, bodies created by the UN Security Council and Interpol member countries will now be able to submit requests for "red cards" (Red Notice - an international search tool) for war criminals of the Russian Federation. Ukraine also gets a chance to use Interpol tools against war criminals who are citizens of other countries, not just the Russian Federation or Belarus. This was stated by the head of the Department of International Police Cooperation of the National Police of Ukraine Vitaliy Kasap in a blitz interview with the Interfax-Ukraine agency.
12.02 Most European leaders support Ukraine's accession, with the exception of Slovakia, Hungary, Germany and the United States. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
11.31 On February 17, the Air Force carried out a high-precision strike on the positions of the 2nd motorized rifle battalion of the 64th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Armed Forces near the village of Mlechnoye in the Zaporizhia region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11.27 More than half of Ukrainians trust Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, despite the statement by American leader Donald Trump. In particular, the president's rating has increased in recent months. This is evidenced by the KIIS survey data.
10:59 North Korean military adapts to modern warfare. In Russia, about a thousand DPRK soldiers are currently undergoing training on new equipment. This was stated by the deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Vadim Skibitsky in an interview with The Chosun.
10:45 Night attack by drones on the Syzran oil refinery, damage to the primary oil refining unit. This is reported by sources of the Russian publication ASTRA.
10:24 The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) employees have completed the pre-trial investigation into a resident of Kherson, who worked for the invaders in a captured colony during the occupation of the city, and then almost ended up serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The indictment has been submitted to the court. The SBI reported this on its website.
10:17 Four agents of the Russian special services, who were preparing a terrorist attack in Mykolaiv on February 14 by order of the Russian Federation, have been detained. Evidence has been collected on the defendants and their connection with the enemy has been fully documented. This was reported by the SBU.
9:45 As a result of an attack by Russian drones in the Vyshgorod district of the Kyiv region, a private house was damaged, and in Fastivsky, several cars. This was reported on February 19 by the Kyiv OVA.
9:23 In the Uman district of the Cherkasy region, as a result of falling debris from a downed Russian drone, a power line, eight houses, five outbuildings were damaged, three people were injured. This was reported by the head of the Cherkasy OVA, Igor Taburets.
8:54 The Russian occupation army lost 1,300 soldiers in the war against Ukraine in a day, from February 18 to 19. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also destroyed 72 artillery systems, 175 drones and 146 vehicles.
8:47 Over the past day, the Ukrainian military repelled 156 attacks by Russian troops and inflicted significant losses on the enemy. 1,300 occupiers, dozens of vehicles and artillery were destroyed.
8:24 US President Donald Trump supported the idea of deploying European armed forces in Ukraine for a peacekeeping mission. According to him, the deployment of European troops in Ukraine is "wonderful."
7:46 Russian occupiers have once again carried out an air attack on Ukraine - Odessa was under attack. Many explosions were heard in the city after the drone attack, social networks reported fires, smoke and damage to a medical facility. The Russians launched a massive attack on a densely populated area of Odessa, where the power went out. This was reported by the city mayor Gennady Trukhanov on his Telegram channel on Wednesday, February 19.
7:25 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov justified Russia's full-scale invasion during US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia, shifting responsibility for the war to Ukraine and the West. The Russian official repeated the Kremlin's propaganda theses about the alleged "root causes" of the war, including NATO expansion and "discrimination" against the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine, ISW reports.
03:22 France is not preparing to send troops to Ukraine for direct participation in hostilities on the front line, but the possibility of sending experts to Ukraine or troops in limited numbers for use outside the conflict zone is being discussed, "to give confidence to Ukrainians and show solidarity." This was stated by the country's President Emmanuel Macron. Among the options for security guarantees for Ukraine, Macron named the rearmament of Ukrainians, sending specialists or even troops to "non-conflict zones" (something that France "is thinking about with the British"), and possibly the country's membership in NATO.
02:11 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the Donald Trump administration will maintain sanctions against Russia at least until an agreement is reached to end the war in Ukraine.
01:47 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky decided to postpone his visit to Saudi Arabia so as not to give "legitimacy" to the meeting between US and Russian officials in Riyadh, which took place on February 18, Reuters reports.
01:00 On the night of February 18-19, the Russian army attacked Ukrainian regions with drones. Odessa in particular came under massive enemy attack, where the greatest number of destructive consequences due to the night attack have now been recorded. The mayor of the city Gennady Trukhanov reported that a densely populated area of the city came under attack by Russian drones. Due to the attack by the Russian Armed Forces, residential buildings and other buildings were left without water, electricity and heating.
00:39 US President Donald Trump said that Ukraine "should not have started" the war and suggested that peace could have been agreed upon in three years. The statement came after talks between US and Russian representatives in Saudi Arabia, which took place without the involvement of the Ukrainian delegation. Trump called the talks "very good."
00:20 US President Donald Trump claims that the head of the Ukrainian state Volodymyr Zelensky has only a 4% approval rating, and therefore he insists on elections. Trump said the position on the election "is not Russia's, but comes from him and many other countries."
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[Korrespondent] The enemy remains highly active in the Pokrovsky direction. There, the Russians are attacking near nine populated areas.
Since the beginning of the day, 77 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 10 directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Wednesday, February 19.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the enemy attempted to attack near Volchansk four times.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy once tried to advance in the area of Petropavlovka, but the attack was successfully repelled.
In the Limansky direction, nine armed clashes occurred near Nevsky, Yampolevka, Kolodyazi and Grigoryevka. Three armed clashes are ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy is attacking in the Verkhnekamenskoye area. There is a battle going on there.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked three times in the areas of Chasovy Yar and Ivanovskoye. Two combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the invaders stormed the areas of Ozaryanovka, Toretsk and Leonidovka eight times. Our defenders repelled all attacks.
The enemy remains highly active in the Pokrovsky direction. There have been 18 clashes of varying intensity near the settlements of Zelenoe Pole, Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Yelizavetovka, Novotoretskoye, Promin, Kotlino, Nadeyevka, Andreyevka and Ulakly. Four clashes are still ongoing.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, the aggressors attacked 13 times in the areas of Constantinople, Razdolnoye, Novy Komar and Privolnoye. Six battles are currently ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, the occupiers tried to advance eight times in the areas of Malye Shcherbaki, Novoandreyevka and Stepnoye. Two clashes are still ongoing.
In Kursk region our troops are repelling three attacks. In total, 12 combat clashes have already been recorded. The enemy carried out nine air strikes, dropping 11 guided bombs.
Let us recall that on February 18, Russia lost 1,300 servicemen on the front. The total losses of the aggressor country are approaching 870 thousand.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian Armed Forces Contain Russian Attacks in Kursk Region.
A Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group (DRG) attempted to enter Ukrainian territory, but was destroyed.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has announced the alleged "beginning of an offensive on Ukraine" from the Kursk region. This information is not true, the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andriy Kovalenko reported on Telegram on Wednesday, February 19.
In particular, Putin stated in a comment to his propagandists: "The latest information that was reported to me literally an hour ago is that tonight, fighters from the 810th brigade crossed the border of the Russian Federation and Ukraine and entered enemy territory."
He also assured that Russian troops are advancing along the entire line of contact in Ukraine.
Kovalenko reported that a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group (DRG) attempted to enter Ukrainian territory, but was destroyed. At the same time, groups of Russians who could launch a large-scale offensive on Ukrainian territory have not been identified.
"Putin's information about a large-scale offensive by the Russians is a lie," he added.
Earlier, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that as of 16:00 on Wednesday, three combat clashes were underway in the Kursk region. In total, 12 Russian attacks have been recorded since the beginning of the day.
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[EngMilRu] 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 manpower and hardware of one motorised infantry brigade and one territorial defence brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, one armoured personnel carrier, and nine motor vehicles. One ammunition depot was destroyed.
The Zapad Group of Forces has improved the tactical situation. Strikes were delivered at formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades close to Borovoye, Zagoruykovka, and Dvurechnoye (Kharkov region), as well as at Serebryansky forestry.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and seven field artillery guns, with two of them manufactured by NATO countries. Four Anklav and Klever electronic warfare stations, as well as one ammunition depot, were neutralised.
The Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. The Group hit personnel and manpower of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, one airmobile brigade, and one mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Krestishche, Dronovka, Chasov Yar, Seversk, Nikiforovka, Nikolaipolye, and Ulakly (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 185 troops, one tank, three motor vehicles, two field artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line. They inflicted damage on units of eight mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade, one assault regiment of the AFU, one special forces brigade, and one National Guard brigade were defeated near Dyleyevka, Katerinovka, Alekseyevka, Zverevo, Kotlino, Udachnoye, Belaya Gora, Krasnoarmeysk, Ivanopolye, Nadezhdinka, and Novoaleksandrovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 290 troops, three tanks, six armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, 13 motor vehicles, and four field artillery guns, including one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of enemy defences. They hit two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades close to Konstantinopol, Zelenoye Pole, Razdolnoye, Burlatskoye, one Razliv (Donetsk People's Republic), Zaliznichnoye, and Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 160 troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
During the offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted strikes on one tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, six mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, four air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, three territorial defence brigades, and three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshhenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolsky, Rubanshchina, and Sudzha. Two counter-attacks launched by enemy units were repelled.
Operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and hardware close to Agronom, Bondarevka, Dmitryukov, Zamostye, Kurilovka, Martynovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevka, Oleshnya, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Boromlya, Veselovka, Zhuravka, and Obody in Sumy region.
Over the past day, the AFU losses amounted to more than 510 troops, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, four armoured personnel carriers, 22 armoured fighting vehicles, 57 motor vehicles, two self-propelled artillery systems, including one Panzerhaubitze 2000 manufactured by Germany, four artillery guns, four mortars, a launcher and a transport-loading vehicle of the Olkha MLRS, two electronic warfare stations, one counterobstacle vehicle, as well as three UAV command posts, one ammunition depot, and one materiel depot. One AFU serviceman surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 62,040 troops, 371 tanks, 277 infantry fighting vehicles, 228 armoured personnel carriers, 1,937 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,088 motor vehicles, 456 artillery guns, 49 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 22 anti-aircraft missile launchers, nine transport-loading vehicles, 111 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, seven air defence radars, 49 units of engineering and other materiel, including 19 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 14 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
During the offensive actions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted strikes on one tank brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade, six mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, four air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, three territorial defence brigades, and three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshhenka, Kazachya Loknya, Kolmakov, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolsky, Rubanshchina, and Sudzha. Two counter-attacks launched by enemy units were repelled.
Operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and hardware close to Agronom, Bondarevka, Dmitryukov, Zamostye, Kurilovka, Martynovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevka, Oleshnya, Staraya Sorochina, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Boromlya, Veselovka, Zhuravka, and Obody in Sumy region.
Over the past day, the AFU losses amounted to more than 510 troops, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, four armoured personnel carriers, 22 armoured fighting vehicles, 57 motor vehicles, two self-propelled artillery systems, including one Panzerhaubitze 2000 manufactured by Germany, four artillery guns, four mortars, a launcher and a transport-loading vehicle of the Olkha MLRS, two electronic warfare stations, one counterobstacle vehicle, as well as three UAV command posts, one ammunition depot, and one materiel depot. One AFU serviceman surrendered.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 62,040 troops, 371 tanks, 277 infantry fighting vehicles, 228 armoured personnel carriers, 1,937 armoured fighting vehicles, 2,088 motor vehicles, 456 artillery guns, 49 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 22 anti-aircraft missile launchers, nine transport-loading vehicles, 111 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, seven air defence radars, 49 units of engineering and other materiel, including 19 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, five bridge launchers, one engineering reconnaissance vehicle as well as 14 armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 02/19/2025 to 00:00 02/20/2025.
A total of 19 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Information has been received about the death of a civilian.
DAMAGED:
Two civil infrastructure facilities,
One residential building,
One car.
A total of 19 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 63 units of various ammunition were fired.
19:51 FAB-3000 sends underground the Ukrainian Armed Forces' air defense forces in the Kursk direction.
19:34 Soldiers of the 1427th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "North" around the clock beat Ukrainian military, their deployment points and transport in the Kursk border area. Kamikaze drones are quickly staffed, equipped and sent to strike targets.
19:23 Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces with the help of UAVs revealed MLRS at a firing position and Ukrainian Armed Forces pickups camouflaged in the forest.
The detected targets were quickly destroyed by crews of fiber-optic controlled FPV drones.
19:07 Around 17:40 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
18:31 Operators of reconnaissance and attack drones of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group of forces discovered and struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Orekhov direction.
18:10 Calculation of the Buk-M2 air defense missile system of the Center group of forces destroyed HIMARS multiple launch rockets in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
17:01 Operators of attack UAVs of the 35th Army of the "East" group struck enemy airborne forces in the Polozhsk direction.
16:58 Vladimir Putin reported about the crossing of the border with Ukraine by Russian Armed Forces soldiers in the Kursk region.
The Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the entire line of combat contact, the President said.
16:31 UAV crews of the Caspian Flotilla Naval Infantry detect andare being destroyed military facilities, combat equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and also adjusted artillery fire in the Kursk border area.
15:53 In the South Donetsk direction of the GV "East" continues penetration into the depth of the enemy's defense
Constantinople and Ulakly - heavy fighting is underway, the Russian Armed Forces have consolidated their positions, but the enemy is counterattacking with drones and armored vehicles. The cleanup continues.
To the west of Velikaya Novosyolka, the motorized riflemen advanced 1.5 km and took control of 9 km² in the areas of Privolnoye and Burlatskoye.
There are battles for Novoselka, an offensive to the east and south of the settlement.
To the east of Novoocheretovaty, Buryat units are clearing the forest area and have established a foothold in the village.
In one day, the following were destroyed: a T-64 tank, a Bogdana self-propelled gun, four Humvee armored vehicles, and three vehicles. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 100+ people in two days.
15:52 From 12:15 to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: one UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region and one over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
15:47 The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to shell civilians
A woman was killed and two others were injured in an attack by a Ukrainian drone in the LPR, authorities report.
In addition, Ukrainian drones struck Kakhovka in the Kherson region, wounding two women.
14:55 Servicemen of the reconnaissance unit of the North group of forces using aerial reconnaissance equipment discovered a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank at a firing position. The militants' tank was destroyed by a direct hit from a loitering munition in the border area of the Kursk region.
14:28 The Vostok Group of Forces is clearing plantings east of the village of Novoocheretovatoye –MAP
14:24 Calculation of the Rubicon Center destroyed another armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction.
14:15 Russian army expands control in the area of Andreevka and Constantinople –MAP
13:33 Aerial reconnaissance of the strike force "Irishmen" of the Guards "North" discovered signs of a Ukrainian militant UAV crew. FPV operators, with the assistance of Severyan artillery, quickly worked on the target, destroying the enemy with all their equipment.
12:48 Around 12:10 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
12:47 Crew of the T-72B3 tank of the Novorossiysk paratroopers destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces dugout in the Orekhov direction.
12:21 In the border area, UAV operators of the GV "Sever" discovered a pickup truck of the Ukrainian military and sent an FPV drone into it.
12:08 Tula paratroopers after being hitting by aircraft, artillery and UAVs captured the northern part of Sverdlikovo and took control of the Sudzha-Rylsk road.
Having encountered fierce resistance from the enemy, the assault units, conducting reconnaissance and search operations, moving from cover to cover, drove the enemy out of the previously prepared positions they had occupied.
11:55 Calculation of the Iskander OTRK destroyedt he concentration area of the 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, located in a forest belt near the settlement of Boromlya in the Sumy region.
11:31 Footage released breakthrough of the 57th Motorized Rifle Brigade to the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novosyolka
A mechanized column with troops from the 57th Brigade successfully stormed the enemy's defenses in Novosyolka, located west of Vremyevka beyond Velikaya Novosyolka.
Tanks were in front and all the equipment was equipped with electronic warfare, protecting the column from the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike drones. The column broke through the strongholds of one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' brigades, entered the village and landed troops practically in the rear of the adjacent unit. The infantry consolidated its positions, taking up positions in the houses.
11:23 Around 10:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
11:06 In Sumy Oblast, the operator of the reconnaissance UAV GV "Sever" discovered Polish self-propelled gun "Crab". The target was hit by a loitering munition "Lancet".
At the moment, 12 Polish self-propelled artillery units have been destroyed in the Sudzhan border area alone.
10:19 UAV operators of the 14th Guards Special Forces Brigade of the Vostok group struck the enemy with an air strike in the settlement of Constantinopol in the South Donetsk direction.
09:54 On the southern outskirts of the settlement of Rechki in the Sumy region during aerial reconnaissance by border guards of the Guards Forces "North" discovered a German tank "Leopard". It was decided to use the "Lancet" loitering munition against this equipment.
09:19 The Russian Armed Forces, having liberated Sverdlikovo in the Kursk region, took the Sudzha-Rylsk road under control.
08:50 RF Armed Forces in fully occupied the southern part of the settlement of Constantinopol, and also completed the mop up of Andreyevka.
An American M-113 armored personnel carrier was hit twice by kamikaze fiber-optic drones and left to rust in a forest plantation. M-113s have an aluminum hull, and can't rust. 07:40 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed:
Four UAVs were over the Black Sea
Three Ukrainian UAVs were over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV was over the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan and
One UAV was suppressed over the territory of the Tula region.
07:04 MLRS strikes on enemy positions in Novochertovaty –MAP.
06:49 In the Kupyansk direction, Rubicon operators destroyed an enemy Mavic. It was not possible to reconnoiter the positions of Russian units –MAP.
06:03 The 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S crew of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West Forces Group destroyed camouflaged self-propelled gun "Krab" of the enemy in the LPR.
05:03 Ministry of DefenseRF:
Another bad morning for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a great morning for our fighters begins. New footage from the aces of the Rubicon Center.
#3
"But Putin has said negotiations with Ukraine remain a non-starter so long as Zelensky refuses to hold elections. The Russian leader has said this makes him 'illegitimate' and thus he can't legally sign any peace terms." (From the ZeroHedge article).
You wonder how "elected" Stalin could negotiate with "dictator" Churchill.
Posted by: European Conservative ||
02/20/2025 6:47 Comments ||
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#4
As long as the US stays in NATO war with Russia is almost inevitable. Peace now means war in 7-10 years. Better to give Ukraine all the weapons it need now then fight later. Or exit NATO. Those are your choices.
#5
I would it the other way round: As long as the US stays in NATO, war with Russia won't happen.
Article 5 has never been in doubt until now. This could lead Russia to make a fatal miscalculation.
Europe will rearm but it will take time. But if the US abandons Europe, don't expect Europe to buy US weapons any longer.
Another possibility is that Europe somehow comes to terms with Russia (and China). The US could find itself damn alone.
Posted by: European Conservative ||
02/20/2025 8:15 Comments ||
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How can one single election change things. Under Biden West Europeans were masters of the Universe - with their US Democratic disciples providing both money & muscle to enforce the decisions of the EUropean Globalist sages. Now, US has a POTUS who wants to make EUrope into a theme park - like Disneyland. No wonder Globalists hate democracy.
Article 5 has been invoked exactly once, after a mass fatality attack on the US.
The military reaction by NATO & US, pertaining to Art. 5 ended in a shameful and humiliating defeat for NATO & the US.
If Putin hadn't reasonably doubted Art. 5 he wouldn't have annexed Crimea, or started the 2022 invasion (or used a radiological weapon on the territory of a nuclear NATO member state.)
Better to give Ukraine all the weapons it need now then fight later. Or exit NATO. Those are your choices.
Russia wants to put end end to freedom of navigation for the US surface navy in non-US or international waters. This would end the US role as a global power, ending alliances and security guarantees wrt Europe, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia / Oceania.
Technically it would be hard to impossible for the US to maintain bases like Diego Garcia, Pacific territories and even Alaska and Hawaii.
Trump's Greenland, Gaza and Monroe doctrine policies would be made impossible.
But Putin has said negotiations with Ukraine remain a non-starter so long as Zelensky refuses to hold elections.
Trump has been very wrong before. but he has shown the willingness and the ability to correct himself, which is more than can be said of other politicians.
No wonder Globalists hate democracy.
European elites did their very best to destroy the Western alliance by spitting in 'Good Cop' Vance's face.
For this irrational irresponsibility they deserve scorn and contempt.
But the other side is also a Globalist project. All-Under-Heaven under the leadership of the 'Center Kingdom' aka PRC.
#12
In general I agree with EC that we should stand by NATO. That said, the question of what we should do has to be assessed in conjunction with the question of what we can do. We have defense commitments to NATO, the nations of the First Island Chain, and others. But we no longer have virtually uncontested control of the seas, which means that movement of forces and projection of power are not what they might have been 20 years ago. Imagine a REFORGER exercise in which our forces have to fight their way through a capable PLAN fleet to get to Europe, while also defending Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. Which is why Trump is right to insist on the other NATO countries (and our Asian allies) getting serious about defense. He's not making that demand just to annoy Europe.
Posted by: Matt ||
02/20/2025 11:22 Comments ||
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@12
I'm not an American and I haven't given any direct advice.
I just laid out what Russia has been demanding openly and officially since December of 2021.
When I saw the reports on the draft treaties back then I was shocked, and I knew that something big and bad was going to happen.
This goes far beyond Ukraine.
But it also shouldn't be a surprise.
9/11 demonstrated the US' and NATO's lack of any serious commitment to self-preservation and self-defense, not due to cowardice but due to some kind of weird cultural masochism.
Also, I can not emphasize enough how much I loathe and despise the European political class who has done their very worst to destroy the Western alliance over the last decades.
Posted by: Matt ||
02/20/2025 12:05 Comments ||
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/\ Also, I can not emphasize enough how much I loathe and despise the European political class who has done their very worst to destroy the Western alliance over the last decades.
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#16
Big Bad Putin is going to run his tanks into Paris, huh? After he rolls through Warsaw and Berlin? Gimme a break. He can't even get them to Kiev.
NATO started after WWII as a bulwark against Joe Stalin and the USSR. But Stalin and the USSR no longer exist. Some people argued after the Soviet Union collapsed that NATO no longer had a purpose. I say the purpose changed. It's purpose is no longer to keep the Russians out of Western Europe but to keep Western European war mongers down. It failed in that purpose when Joe Biden, with backing from Western European globalists, insisted on expanding NATO into Ukraine. Putin warned them not to do it. The prospect of NATO bringing nuclear tipped cruise missiles right up to Russia's border was unacceptable to him. He feared those missiles could hit Moscow before the Russians even knew they were launched and so a first strike from NATO would go unanswered. Doesn't anybody understand how destabilizing that would be?
But the globalists thought Putin was so weak that he could not stop the NATO expansion. They thought they could do it on the cheap without committing their own troops. Then they could go on to Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and all the Caucasus states. Where would they stop? Kamchatka? Putin is correct not to trust Americans or Western Europeans. They lied to him about the Minsk Agreements. They engineered a coup in Kiev to install their own puppet regime. They are not trustworthy.
But the globalistimperialist American and Western European war mongers miscalculated. They underestimated both Putin and Russia just like Napoleon and Hitler before them.
You want to talk about Crimea? Tsarina Catherine the Great ran the Tatars out of Crimea back in 1787. Crimea was a part of Russia before California was a part of the United States of America. The Ukrainian border that included Crimea was drawn in the early 1950's when it didn't matter because it was all a part of the Soviet Union under Moscow's control. No way in hell could Putin allow a NATO naval base in Sevastopol. His generals would kill him if he did and they would be correct in doing so.
Forget it, people. Ukraine is a lost cause. It should have never been a cause in the first place. Crooked American and Western European elites were only using it to launder money and expand their empire. They lost. Don't cry about it. Celebrate.
But, hey, you want to keep fighting Russians? Go ahead. Just don't come crying to me when you get your butts blown off and don't ask me to pay for it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
02/20/2025 13:28 Comments ||
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^One can argue - based on history (both recent and less recent) - that Ukrainians are incapable of self-rule. Thus, again based on history, Russian rule is the best thing that can happen to them (Polish is the worst - Churchill didn't call Poland "the hyena of Europe" for nothing).
[ZeroHedge] Poland is reviving the idea of creating a large military base called "Fort Trump" as European allies walk a diplomatic tightrope with the Trump administration as he pushes for Ukraine peace without their representation.
The country's President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday revealed that assurances have been communicated from the Trump White House over the future of America's troop presence in Poland. There are no plans for a US troop reduction along NATO's 'eastern flank' - he was told.
Trump and his top national security officials have been pushing hard for Europe to do more to bolster its own security, instead of relying on Washington dollars and deployments.
Duda addressed this in Tuesday comments as follows: "There are no concerns that the U.S. would reduce the level of its presence in our country, that the U.S. would in any way withdraw from its responsibility or co-responsibility for the security of this part of Europe."
"On the contrary, I hope that thanks to the efforts that President Trump is currently making, the war in Ukraine will end," he continued, immediately following a meeting in Warsaw with Gen. Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia.
"I will say that in my personal opinion, America has entered the game very strongly when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine. I know President Donald Trump, I know that he is an extremely decisive man and when he acts, he acts in a very determined and usually effective way," Duda said, praising the longtime friend of his. The two appeared to be close during Trump's first administration.
Washington initially deployed and bolstered Pentagon forces in Poland following Crimea being annexed by Russia in 2014, which was the result of a popular referendum among the population.
International reports commonly estimate there are some 10,000 American troops in Poland. The Associated Press quoted Duda as expressing hope for an increase in troops, especially if Poland follows through on the prior Fort Trump idea:
Duda said Hegseth told him “that we can rather expect a strengthening of the American presence here. We even talked about the fact that I hope that Fort Trump, which we talked about during the first term of President Donald Trump, will really be established.”
Duda had first spoken publicly on this when he visited the White House in 2018, though the military outpost was never established.
I love how the media has gone full "How dare the US and Russia talk to each other about Ukraine without inviting Kiev?"
...when 8 months ago, the West held a summit in Switzerland where they invited everyone EXCEPT RUSSIA, and acted like they were going to solve the Ukraine war
As for more of what Duda thinks of current direct US engagement with Russia, he also struck a cautious tone on this. "We have told both the Secretary of Defense and General Kellogg clearly and distinctly that it is obvious to us that this war cannot end in a victory for Russia," the Polish leader said.
#1
Poor Poland - facing the resurgent Russian Empire and only the spagetti-spined EU as backup, now that Trump has caught Biden-brain disease and decided Putin is right to invade neighboring countries.
[ZeroHedge] Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said her government would announce plans on Wednesday for a "massive" rearming of Denmark's military due to the growing threat posed by Russia.
"We must upgrade massively to protect Denmark. And we must rearm massively to avoid war," Frederiksen told parliament on Tuesday.
She did not disclose any details or sums, but according to Danish public broadcaster DR, the government is expected to announce the creation of a 50-billion-kroner ($7 billion) fund for additional defence spending in 2025-2026.
The government had considered doubling the size of the fund, but determined that there was currently not enough defence equipment on offer to be able to purchase for a larger amount, according to the broadcaster.
Among the items on the government's wishlist are air defence systems, which it does not currently have, DR said.
Frederiksen told parliament the rearming would need to happen "quickly", amidst a "difficult situation for our country, kingdom and continent."
Denmark is currently experiencing "the most dangerous situation in our lifetime."
"This is worse than during the Cold War," she said.
After emergency talks in Paris over the US change in policy on the Ukraine war, Frederiksen warned that Russia is "threatening all of Europe now".
The war in Ukraine has been about Russia's "imperial dreams, about building a stronger and a bigger Russia, and I don't think they're going to stop in Ukraine", she told reporters.
She warned the US against attempts to agree on a "fast" ceasefire that would give Russia the chance "to mobilise again, attack Ukraine or another country in Europe".
Should the Danish fund's size be confirmed at 50 billion kroner, that would bring Denmark's defence spending to three percent of its gross domestic product (GDP), according to Danish daily Berlingske.
US President Donald Trump has demanded that NATO allies more than double their defence spending targets to five percent of GDP.
The United States currently spends around 3.4 percent of GDP on defence.
Denmark has been one of Ukraine's strongest backers.
Since the outbreak of the war in February 2022, Danish support to Ukraine has amounted to some $7.52 billion in military support and around $741 million in civilian contributions, according to the Danish foreign ministry.
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