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[Regnum] Federal Security Service (FSB) officers neutralized a Kyiv regime agent who was plotting a terrorist attack on an oil pipeline control station in the Tyumen region. This was reported by the FSB on December 24.
Having learned of a Kyiv agent's plans to carry out a terrorist attack, security forces launched an operation to detain him as he attempted to retrieve components of an explosive device from a hiding place near the village of Yantyk in the Tyumen district. The man offered armed resistance and was neutralized by return fire.
According to the FSB, the 48-year-old Russian citizen, a native of Ukraine's Vinnytsia region, who was plotting the terrorist attack, was a member of one of the Ukrainian terrorist organizations banned in the Russian Federation.
The Russian maintained contact with his handler in Ukraine via WhatsApp (owned by Meta Corporation, a terrorist organization banned in Russia).
On assignment from Ukrainian intelligence agencies, he was gathering information about the situation around oil and gas facilities in Russian regions. Having received the order to commit a terrorist attack, the attacker targeted the control station of PJSC Transneft's main oil pipeline.
The FSB thwarted this attempt. The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under Article 317 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Encroachment on the lives of law enforcement officers").
Uranium volé au Niger/C'est fini: Un navire militaire bloque le port de Lomé, des forces spéciales prêts à débarquer au Togo
En requalifiant l'extraction du stock litigieux d'uranium de la société Orano de vol, la justice Française a systématiquement changé la nature du dossier.… https://t.co/ZINX0kZOwupic.twitter.com/h5fDYvGIKN
Uranium Stolen from Niger/It's Over: A Military Ship Blocks the Port of Lomé, Special Forces Ready to Land in Togo
By reclassifying the extraction of the disputed uranium stock from the Orano company as theft, French justice has systematically changed the nature of the case. Following the CIRDI court decision prohibiting the sale of the 1,400 tons of uranium produced by Orano, the Paris prosecutor's office last week qualified the illegal sale attempted by the terrorist junta of Niamey in complicity with its Russian colonizer as organized gang theft.
[HeadTopics-ilFoglio] Aboard an Antonov, from Niamey to Moscow: the long journey of yellowcake extracted in Arlit and purchased by Rosatom. Stopovers in Libya and Syria, and the decoy of a cargo ship waiting in Lomé Russia has begun moving a thousand tons of uranium through an airlift from Niger, making stopovers in Libya and Syria, as shown by satellite images and testimonies collected by Il Foglio.
The final destination of the raw material extracted from the African country is not certain, but since it was purchased by Rosatom—considered an economic arm of the Russian occupation forces in Ukraine—it is possible that part of the cargo may be destined for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is controlled by the Russian company.
Russia’s purchase of the uranium is contested by Orano, the French company that still legally controls the Arlit deposit.
Above all, the entire affair reconstructed by Il Foglio demonstrates how Russia is able to use its military bases in Libya and Syria as bridgeheads for its operations in the Sahel and to fuel its war in Ukraine.
For weeks, at least one aircraft—an Antonov An-124 with registration code RA-82037—has been shuttling between Moscow and Niamey, the capital of Niger, rendering itself invisible by switching off its transponder, the satellite device that allows its route to be tracked. Even with the device turned off, however, radar systems continue to follow aircraft, and according to intelligence sources, the cargo plane has recently made at least nine stopovers in Niamey, where the coup-born junta that came to power two years ago is openly pro-Russian.
The cargo consists of an enormous quantity of yellowcake, the name given to uranium at an intermediate stage before its final conversion for nuclear processes.
Most uranium transport occurs precisely at this stage because it is simpler and less expensive. The material is packed into drums that can each contain up to 400 kilograms of yellowcake, which is highly toxic and has a certain level of radioactivity, albeit reduced. For this reason, its transport requires special precautions and specific authorization from the IAEA, the International Atomic Energy Agency—an authorization that was obviously never requested nor granted by the UN agency.
The uranium in question was extracted at the Somaïr mine in Arlit, in northern Niger.
After concluding a commercial agreement with Russia’s Rosatom, the Nigerien junta organized an extremely dangerous transfer of the cargo, bordering on the unthinkable. Transported aboard around fifty trucks, the convoy that departed Arlit at the end of November crossed several provinces infested by jihadists from the Islamic State’s Sahel Province.
The trucks belong to the company MB Trans, owned by Nigerien businessman Mohamed Baye, known in the country for his ability to move dangerous materials through high-risk areas. Videos circulated on social media show the trucks escorted by armed guards, including not only Nigerien forces but also men from the Africa Corps, Russian mercenaries.
Initially, it was thought that the convoy would cross into Burkina Faso, then pass through provinces controlled by the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims , linked to al-Qaeda, and finally enter Togo to load the uranium at the port of Lomé on the Gulf of Guinea. Attention was focused on the Matros Shevchenko, a Russian-flagged ship considered suitable for transporting uranium to Russia. Since 2022, the vessel has been classified as a “ship of interest,” meaning it is suspected of involvement in illicit trafficking. In particular, it had been used to steal Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea. Its presence moored at the port of Lomé starting on December 1 made it the perfect means to transport Nigerien uranium.
According to Il Foglio, however, the Matros Shevchenko was a decoy.
“It’s a trap. They’re much more cunning than people think,” says a source who prefers to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the matter.
While everyone was focused on Lomé, the uranium cargo followed a very different route to reach Russia—by air. On the evening of December 3, the trucks arrived at Base 101 in Niamey, adjacent to the airport and known for hosting a contingent of Russia’s Africa Corps.
According to Nigerien analyst Hamid Amadou N’gadé, the convoy that arrived in Niamey consisted of 53 trucks from Arlit, plus another 20 trucks, also loaded with uranium, sold to the Russians by Ibrahim Saley, known as Saley Boss or simply Boss. He is a Tuareg who moved from drug trafficking into mineral extraction, particularly gold, after rich deposits were discovered in Tchibarakaten, in the Agadez region.
After the cargo arrived at Base 101 on December 3, the first cloud-free image provided by the Copernicus satellite system dates to December 8. A temporal gap during which the cargo appears to have decreased, as the images from that day onward show only 34 trucks parked side by side.
Coincidentally, on December 8 the Matros Shevchenko inexplicably left Lomé without loading anything and has since been anchored offshore.
Initially, the prolonged stop of the trucks in Niamey and the departure of the cargo ship suggested a hitch or logistical problem, or simply a delay that forced the ship to leave the dock and wait offshore. In reality, to understand what happened to the uranium, one must look at another image: an air-route track. On December 4, the An-124 RA-82037—known as “Condor” in NATO terminology—was tracked in Turkish airspace.
The aircraft belongs to the 224th Flight Unit, which reports directly to the Russian Ministry of Defense and is responsible for transporting large military equipment. The unit is under sanctions by the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, yet remains highly active between Russia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.
Russia 224th Flight Unit State Airline An-124-100 RA-82037 #154075 as RFF8476 briefly visible as it tracked over Burkina Faso. Aircraft departed Al Khadim AB in Libya & is likely en route to Bamako, Mali. The Antonov stopped in Syria on the night of December 4 at the Russian base of Hmeimim in Latakia, and after three hours took off again toward Libya. The transponder was switched off, as Russians often do with these large transport aircraft, but the route indicates that the plane landed near Benghazi, at the Russian air base of al-Khadim. Satellite images show the An-124 on the runway of the Libyan airport .There is no record of movements in the immediately following days, but on December 7 the RA-82037 briefly reappeared with its transponder on while flying over Burkina Faso, a few hundred kilometers west of Niamey, likely heading toward Bamako, Mali. The following day, again only briefly, the aircraft’s satellite signal showed it once more over Burkina Faso on the return journey. Also on December 8, the Antonov again flew from Libya to Burkina Faso. Further satellite images show the aircraft back at the Libyan base on December 10.
“What’s unusual is not the route—these stopovers between Moscow and Bamako are frequent, though hidden by switched-off transponders. What’s anomalous is the frenzy of these flights, which is unusual,” explains an OSINT expert who has long tracked Russian Antonov flights in the Sahel.
Intelligence sources cited by Il Foglio say that during the vast black holes along its route between Mali and Libya, the aircraft stopped in Niamey several times to load uranium. Each time, after the Libyan stopover, the plane also refueled in Latakia, Syria, before continuing toward Russia.
“These aircraft have a maximum range of about 5,000 kilometers, so they must make several stops on such long journeys between Russia and the Sahel. But we don’t know whether the uranium was unloaded at some point during these stops or whether it was all transported to Russia,” the source says.
It is not certain that the entire uranium cargo in Niamey is destined for air transport, and it cannot be ruled out that part of the convoy may continue toward Togo.
Yesterday morning, the Matros Shevchenko finally docked again in Lomé. The reason remains a mystery.
What is certain, however, is that the Russians are completing a very valuable transaction concluded last month with the Nigerien government, one of the world’s leading uranium producers. The Somaïr mine is theoretically controlled by the Société des Mines de l’Aïr, owned 63.4 percent by the French company Orano and 36.6 percent by the state of Niger.
In June, after nationalizing the mining sector and removing it from French control, the coup junta had begun negotiations to sell the material to China or Iran. In the end, Russia’s Rosatom won the deal.
France, however, contests the sale and claims control of the mines in Niger. Yesterday, the Paris prosecutor told Agence France-Presse that it had opened an investigation into organized theft in the service of the interests of a foreign power—namely Russia.
As early as September, an international arbitration ruling had sided with the French and confirmed that ownership of the uranium belongs to them, not to the Nigeriens, who nevertheless proceeded with the sale, invoking “Niger’s legitimate right to dispose of its natural resources, to sell them to whoever wishes to buy them, according to market rules, in complete independence.”
Beyond the danger posed by the cargo itself, what is alarming is Moscow’s ability to carry out such complex operations over such vast distances. Control of air bases located at calculated and non-random distances—such as al-Khadim or Hmeimim—is a major cause for concern for Europe as well, which finds itself facing a country like Libya that is not only the gateway to a region now contested between pro-Russian coup leaders and jihadists, but also effectively our own backyard. At present, it is occupied by Russians for trafficking in weapons, men, and now uranium as well.
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[Korrespondent] 22.18 French President Emmanuel Macron held a conversation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte regarding the situation in Ukraine and the continuation of the work of the Coalition of the Willing in January.
"Starting in January in Paris, we will continue the work begun in this format to provide Ukraine with strong security guarantees, which are a necessary prerequisite for achieving a strong and lasting peace," Macron noted.
21.46 On December 24, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal had a telephone conversation with the Head of the Swedish Ministry of Defense, Poul Jonsson. In particular, the parties discussed in detail the progress in the issue of the supply of Gripen fighters. The press service of the Defense Ministry reported this on the website.
20.34 Russian occupiers managed to gain a foothold in Grabovske in the border area of Sumy region. There are about a hundred enemies there, it is difficult to name the exact number - Russian soldiers are constantly moving across the border, crossing it simply on foot. The occupiers there are not the "elite" of the Russian army, but they are not yesterday's "mobs", said the spokesman for the United Forces Group Viktor Tregubov on the air of United News.
20.01 Russian troops struck Kharkiv with a Molniya drone. This was reported by the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov.
"We have information about the shooting down of an enemy Molniya-type UAV in the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv," the mayor noted.
He added that the attack damaged cars and windows in a multi-story building.
"Fortunately, there were no casualties," Terekhov noted.
Information about a hit in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv has also been confirmed. A fire is raging at the scene.
19.21 As of today, 34,482 civilians remain in the zone of active hostilities in the Donetsk region. This was reported by Serhiy Honcharov, head of the Department of Civil Defense, Mobilization and Defense Work of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, Ukrinform reports.
18.52 Russian war criminals attacked the local cemetery and the Alley of Heroes in Cherkasy. This was announced by Cherkasy City Mayor Anatoliy Bondarenko on his Facebook page.
17.54 Ukraine shares Pope Leo XIV's disappointment over Russia's refusal to accept a recent proposal for a Christmas truce. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The head of state stressed that Russia not only rejected the proposal to stop the killings at least on this holy day; it launched a massive missile and drone strike on Ukraine's energy system, causing a power outage, and continues to storm the front.
17.49 Russia will demand significant changes to the draft "peace plan" agreed upon by Ukraine and the US. Bloomberg reports this, citing a "source close to the Kremlin".
17.16 In Chernihiv, Russian troops fired on a residential high-rise building, a fire broke out in one of the apartments. A car is also on fire next to the building.
There are hits in the region. In particular, in Chernihiv, tens of thousands of subscribers lost power due to an attack on a power facility.
16.58 Russian occupiers have increased pressure on Mirnograd, as they are unable to take control of Pokrovsk. However, Ukrainian soldiers have strengthened their defense there. This was reported by the 7th Airborne Assault Corps in Telegram.
16.46 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard a report by the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Oleh Ivashchenko, which concerned a number of key security threats.
According to the president, one of the priorities remains to counter Russia's attempts to remove its energy companies from international sanctions. To do this, the Russian Federation uses fictitious legal schemes and temporary nominal owners. Ukrainian intelligence is monitoring such manipulations, and they plan to pass the information received to international partners so that the sanctions pressure remains effective and Russia cannot finance the war.
The second important issue, Zelenskyy called the deployment of Oreshnik missile systems on the territory of Belarus. According to intelligence, additional information about these plans was obtained. Ukraine considers the aggressive spread of such weapons a global threat and a dangerous precedent, therefore, together with partners, it is preparing possible response options.
16.18 The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has recorded the facts of China providing Russia with satellite intelligence data for missile strikes on Ukraine, in particular on energy facilities. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Head of State heard a report by the Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, Oleg Ivashchenko, on the state of Russian military production, cooperation with companies and entities from other countries.
"In particular, we record an increase in Russia's ties with those entities in China that can provide space intelligence data. Unfortunately, there were correlations between the filming of the territory of Ukraine by Chinese satellites and Russian hits on the relevant energy facilities. We consider such cases as activities that allow Russia to drag out the war and make approaches to diplomacy less serious," Zelensky said.
14.58 Russian troops on the afternoon of December 24 attacked energy infrastructure in Chernihiv with strike drones. An important energy facility has been damaged. This was reported by the press service of the Chernihiv City Council. Earlier, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warned about the movement of enemy drones in the direction of Chernihiv from the northwest. According to ChernihivOblenergo, an important energy facility in the Chernihiv district was damaged as a result of Russian shelling. Tens of thousands of subscribers were left without electricity.
14.32 The Defense Forces have struck the facilities of the Efremov Synthetic Rubber Plant in the Tula Region of the Russian Federation, which specializes in the production of components for plastic explosives and solid rocket fuel, as well as a storage and maintenance site for unmanned boats in the Mirny area of temporarily occupied Crimea. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on December 24.
14.20 In the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the positions of Russian drone operators in Siversk and Pokrovsk. This was reported by the East group of forces on December 24. 1,217 UAVs of various types and 105 units of other weapons and equipment, including one tank, were also destroyed. In addition, 28 crews of Russian unmanned aerial systems were hit during the day. Units of the missile forces and artillery carried out 836 fire missions.
13.59 In Donetsk region, children will be forcibly evacuated from 19 settlements together with their parents. This was announced by the Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction of Ukraine - Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksiy Kuleba. According to him, a separate decision was made to evacuate about 200 people with reduced mobility from residential institutions in Zaporizhia region to Chernivtsi region.
13.10 Kremlin special envoy Kirill Dmitriev reported to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on the results of negotiations with the US delegation in Miami regarding Ukraine. This was announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
He refused to disclose the contents of the documents that Dmitriev brought from the United States and which relate to the peaceful settlement of the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine.
Moscow will continue contacts with the United States through existing channels in the near future. Russia's position will be formulated on the basis of information received from Dmitriev, the Kremlin spokesman said.
12.20 The Defense Forces will receive 3 million FPV drones by the end of the year, which is almost 2.5 times more than the number of such drones delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine last year. The vast majority of drones already in the arsenal of Ukrainian soldiers are domestically produced.
This year, the Defense Procurement Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine delivered 2.4 million FPV drones to the military. Most of them are drones under direct contracts with manufacturers. The military received another 200 thousand UAVs through the DOT-Chain Defence IT system, which was launched at the end of July.
11.48 If a peace agreement is signed between Ukraine, the US, Russia and Europe, mobilization may be canceled or carried out partially. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Mobilization can be transformed or not done in conditions where there is an agreement and it is being implemented, or maybe done partially and partially demobilized people," the head of state said.
According to the president, the most important thing is not to lose the army for any period of time, not to lose positions. "This is very dangerous," Zelensky said.
11.32 As a result of new Russian attacks, as of the morning of December 24, there are power outages in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions.
11.16 Ukraine estimates the losses from the war started by Russia at $800 billion. The draft peace agreement provides that the country will receive funds for reconstruction from various sources. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The ninth point of the draft plan to end the war in Ukraine envisages the creation of several funds to address the issues of restoring the Ukrainian economy, the goal will be to attract $800 billion through equity capital, grants, debt obligations, and private sector contributions.
"$800 billion is our overall estimate of the losses from this Russian war. This is what we are talking about with partners," Zelensky said.
10.58 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed the details of 20 points of the draft basic document between Ukraine, the US, Russia and Europe on the end of the war.
10.26 As a result of the Russian attack on Zaporizhia at night, the number of injured people has increased to four people. This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on December 24. It is noted that women aged 75, 66 and 35 and a 46-year-old man were injured.
10.14 In the territories of Sumy region, which are located near the border with Russia, the security situation is dynamic - the possibility of safe departure may become more difficult.
Evacuation from border communities in Sumy region has been ongoing since 2023. More than 16,000 residents were subject to evacuation from the 5-kilometer border zone. Currently, about 4,000 people still remain in these territories and refuse to evacuate.
The largest share of residents who have not yet left the territories closest to the border are in the communities of the Shostka district.
9.53 In Russia, the proportion of citizens who want the war in Ukraine to continue has fallen to 25% - the lowest figure since the full-scale invasion. At the same time, two-thirds of those surveyed are in favor of a transition to peace talks. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the Russian Levada Center. The proportion of those who believe that it is necessary to move to peace talks now has increased in recent months and reached two-thirds of those surveyed (66%). At the same time, the proportion of those who think that military actions should be continued is decreasing - to a quarter of those surveyed (25%) - this is the minimum value for the entire period of observations.
9.41 Pope Leo XIV is saddened by Russia's refusal to accept a Christmas truce in the war with Ukraine.
"Among the things that cause me great sadness is that, apparently, Russia has refused the request for a truce," the pontiff said.
Speaking of conflicts in general, the Pope added: "I once again appeal to people of good will to respect at least Christmas as a day of peace. Perhaps they will listen to us and at least for 24 hours there will be peace throughout the world."
9.15 Air defense forces neutralized 60 of the 116 drones used by the Russians to attack Ukraine. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this. 48 strike drones were recorded being hit at 19 locations.
8.56 At the front, over the past 24 hours, 126 combat clashes with the enemy were recorded at the front, the largest number in the Pokrovsky direction - 34. The General Staff reported this on December 24.
8.32 In the Kherson region, one person was killed and five others were injured as a result of Russian strikes over the past 24 hours. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, on December 24. It is noted that the region was under drone attack, air strikes and artillery shelling by the Russian military. In particular, Bilozerka, Beryslav, Antonivka, Komyshany, Sadovo, Novovorontsovka, Kyzomys, Zolota Balka, Krasny Mayak, Shyroka Balka, Novoraysk, Dudchany, Osokorivka, Tokarivka, Naddnipryanske, Burgunka, as well as the city of Kherson were under fire.
8.12 The number of victims of the enemy attack on Zaporizhia has increased to three people. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA, Ivan Fedorov, on December 24. Women aged 75 and 35, and a 46-year-old man, sought medical attention.
7.45 The Ukrainian Defense Forces neutralized 1,090 Russian invaders over the past 24 hours, and the total losses of enemy personnel in the war exceeded 1 million 200 thousand people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7.23 Several explosions were heard in Kharkiv on December 24. An enemy missile or an air bomb was flying towards the city. This was reported by Telegram Suspilne Kharkiv and the channel of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
05.01 Russians dropped three KABs on Zaporizhzhia. A residential building was damaged, two people were injured. As a result of the attack, garages and cars caught fire.
03.30 American negotiators are trying to understand what Russia is most willing to do. At the same time, work is underway on documents with Ukraine. "This is a 20-point peace plan, as well as a kind of multilateral security guarantees, security guarantees from the United States, as well as a plan for economic growth and prosperity after peace is established," said US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker.
01.12 The Russians captured the village of Grabovske in the Sumy region, from which they had previously taken out 52 local residents, the DeepState project.
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[Korrespondent] Russian troops have established themselves in most parts of the settlement and their presence is maintained there.
The Russian occupiers were able to gain a foothold with Grabovsky in the border of the Sumy region. There are close to hundreds of enemies there, or rather the number is difficult to name - Russian soldiers are steadily moving through the cordon as pawns. The current occupiers are not the “elite” of the Russian army, but they are not yesterday’s “mobs,” said the river commander of the United Nations Forces, Viktor Tregubov, on the air of the United News.
“The Russians unfortunately, has become entrenched in the deserted part of the settlement and its presence is preserved there,” said Tregubov.
Behind his words, constant military conflicts are observed, otherwise the Russians cannot get through. Spearheads in Grabovsky are not the so-called “elite” of the Russian army, but the fighters of the primary Russian motorized rifle brigade, typical Russian regional contract soldiers who went to serve in the occupying army of the Russian Federation for great pennies.
According to the words of the Ukrainian officer of the Grouped Joint Forces Operation, the situation for the border settlement is quite standard, as if it were not a “wonderful operation” of the Russians from the abduction of civilians from Grabovsky. Before that, the behavior of the Russians is quite wonderful.
“Having entered with the actual kidnapping of people in Yasir, we have tried the pressure on many directions, not entirely true, but not so Raptov and Massov, so to say that there is a strategic operation brewing there yet early,” said Tregubov.
Having added that there is no point in talking about those that the Defense Forces want to withdraw from other directions. It looked like a small single operation, which was carried out by the top rank for the sake of informational and political purposes.
"It is possible that there is informational provocation. But such a moment that they just came in and took away a lot of people has never happened to us before. It happened that they took people after the occupation of a populated area and after the hour of need, having filtration activities, and if they immediately start transporting people, then no,” summed up the riverman.
Apparently, DeepState reported that the village of Grabovske, Sumy region, came under the control of Russian occupiers .
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[NewsFront] 21:37 Russian Armed Forces advanced in a forest area northwest of Filiya in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 21:18 Rubicon crews destroyed more targets, video.
20:49 In the period from 13:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 132 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were
46 UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
42 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
15 UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region,
12 UAVs were flying over the Moscow region,
Seven UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
Four UAVs were flying over the Lipetsk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Ryazan region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Oryol region,
One UAV was flying over the Tula region, and
One UAV was flying over the Republic of Crimea.
20:14 Clarified the situation in Rodinskoye in the Dobropolsky direction.
20:13 Tank soldiers of the Center group of forces conducted New Year's party for the children of the sponsored social rehabilitation center in the Donetsk People's Republic.
19:10 The positions of enemy mortar crews are identified and destroyed in destroyed buildings and forest belts by crews of Severyan FPV drones, video.
18:27 Ukrainian news channels report about powerful explosions in Cherkassy.
17:31 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces continue advance in the central part of Gulyaipole.
16:42 Footage of precision strikes by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) units of the Russian Armed Forces has been published, video.
15:42 Rare Ukrainian armored combat vehicle "Tisa" destroyed in the Khar'kov region.
14:56 Mortar crew of the Guards coastal defense unit of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed a high-speed boat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnieper delta in the Kherson region.
14:32 Posted a video compilation of the destruction of enemy drones by Northern fighters.
13:46 In the period from 10:00 Moscow time to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 31 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
18 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
Seven UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Black Sea,
Two UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region, and
One UAV was flying over the Ryazan region.
12:39 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 24, 2025:
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have defeated formations of a heavy mechanized brigade, two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, a National Guard brigade, and two border detachments of the Ukrainian Border Service near the settlements of Pavlivka, Staraya Huta, Kondratovka, Novovasylivka, Pisarevka, Novaya Sich, and Myropillya in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of three mechanized and a motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rybalkino, Staritsa and Izbitskoye in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 175 service members, three armored combat vehicles, and nine cars. Two supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of seven mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Monachinovka, Glushkovka, Pristen, Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Novosergiyevka, Boguslavka, and Blagodatovka in the Khar'kov region, and Drobyshevo and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces suffered losses of up to 210 servicemen, 10 armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, and a field artillery piece. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Reznikovka, Dolgaya Balka, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, and Kurtovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 220 servicemen, an Italian-made Puma armored personnel carrier and a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier, two armored vehicles, 14 vehicles, two artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, and a supply depot.
Units of the Center group of forces continue to destroy the encircled enemy in the city of Dimitrov and clear the village of Rodinskoye, Donetsk People's Republic, of scattered Ukrainian Armed Forces formations.
The manpower and equipment of four mechanized, Jaeger, airborne assault, airborne, airmobile, and assault brigades, two unmanned systems regiments, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, two territorial defense brigades, the Azov special forces brigade, and four National Guard brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Maryevka, Sergeyevka, Gruzskoye, Lenina, Ivanovka, Shevchenko, Volnoye, Belitskoye, and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost more than 500 troops, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, eight armored fighting vehicles, seven cars, and three field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Zarechnoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of six mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Ternovatoye, Vozdvizhevka, Pridorozhnoye, Lyubitske and Gulyai-Pole in the Zaporizhzhia region, Gavrilovka, Aleksandrovka and Pokrovskoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 245 service members, 17 vehicles, and two field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit. A fuel depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stepnogorsk, Grigorovka, Novoyakovlevka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Tokarevka in the Kherson region.
More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 16 vehicles, two artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, an Israeli-made RADA radar station and a P-18 airborne target detection radar station, as well as six ammunition depots and three supply depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupings have damaged military industry enterprises, fuel and energy complex facilities and transport infrastructure of Ukraine used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 147 districts.
Air defense systems shot down nine guided aerial bombs, two US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, and 335 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
11:16 Units of the Eastern Group of Forces taken under the control of the village of Zarechnoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
10:24 Attack aircraft in the South Dnepropetrovsk area crossed over the Gaichur River near Radostny and occupied the fourth bridgehead on the western bank of the river.
Assault units continue to advance towards Ternovatoye and Kosovtsevo.
10:17 From 07:00 Moscow time to 10:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 23 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Nine over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Six over the territory of the Orenburg region,
Three over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Two over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One over the territory of the Moscow region,
One over the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan, and
One over the territory of the Belgorod region.
09:05 Crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Vostok group of force inflicted rocket attack on enemy strongholds in Gulyaipole.
07:42 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Prilipka settlement was liberated
Andreevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region was liberated
Advance south of Gulyaipole
Russian Armed Forces entered Verolyubovka.
Advance south of Svyato-Pokrovsky
Expansion of the control zone in the area of the Zakotnoye-Krasny Liman road
Advancing to the eastern outskirts of Konstantinovka along the forest belt
Expansion of the control zone in Konstantinovka and on the eastern outskirts of the city
07:25 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed 172 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
110 over the Bryansk region,
20 over the Belgorod region,
14 over the Kaluga region,
12 over the Tula region,
Six over the Oryol region,
Four over the Moscow region,
Three over the Lipetsk region
Two flying to Moscow,
One over the Volgograd region,
One over the Kursk region,
One over the Smolensk region.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] About 417,000 people have signed contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense since the beginning of 2025. This was announced on December 24 by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council.
"About 417,000 people have signed military service contracts to date. Furthermore, more than 36,000 citizens have joined volunteer units and deployed to special military operations zones," he said at a meeting of the Russian Security Council's interdepartmental commission on recruiting contract servicemen for the Armed Forces.
Medvedev noted that this result was made possible thanks to the patriotism of citizens who decided to serve in the military.
He added that work on staffing the Russian Armed Forces with contract soldiers will continue in 2026.
On December 19, during a live Q&A session combined with a press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the Armed Forces are being recruited at a good pace. He attributed the high rate of recruitment to the large number of volunteers. Putin reported that many men are making their own decisions about joining the Russian army and signing contracts with the Ministry of Defense.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Dmitriev reported to Putin on the results of negotiations with the Americans regarding the points of the peace plan. This once again demonstrates that the Kremlin views Dmitriev as a key figure in informal shuttle diplomacy, playing roughly the same role under Putin as Witkoff did under Trump.
In common parlance, he's a fixer.
The Kremlin also stated that it would not comment on the progress of the negotiations. It's worth noting that, unlike the West (and especially the EU), the Kremlin prefers to maintain the confidentiality of ongoing negotiations, while the West continues to leak leak after leak. From the White House, leaks have become fewer under Trump, especially when the parties have begun to engage in substantive discussions, where leaks are simply a hindrance. Hence the flood of fabrications and fake news from globalist circles, which often lack knowledge of what Putin and Trump, or Dmitriev and Witkoff (and even Kushner) actually discuss.
Therefore, real knowledge through leaks has to be replaced with fabrications and assumptions. I'll note that progress in negotiations with the US emerged precisely when the notorious "megaphone diplomacy" diminished. This doesn't mean they will ultimately yield a result, but the process is already clearly different from what we witnessed during the previous ten years of war in Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the cocaine-fueled Führer has declared that he will not lift martial law and mobilization even after the ceasefire. In fact, this once again demonstrates that negotiating anything with him is pointless, and he is currently a clear obstacle to ending the war. As soon as the war ends and martial law is lifted, that's the end of him.
[ColonelCassad] 1. Confirmation of Ukraine's sovereignty.
2. Non-aggression agreement between Russia and Ukraine, monitoring of the contact line.
3. Security guarantees.
4. The number of Ukrainian militants is 800,000 in peacetime.
5. The United States, NATO, and Europe will provide Ukraine with security guarantees, similar to Article 5. In the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, there will be a military response and restoration of sanctions.
6. Russia will enshrine its non-aggression policy towards Europe and Ukraine in all necessary laws.
7. Ukraine will become a member of the EU at a certain date (the accession date will be fixed).
8. A global development package, which will be defined in a separate investment agreement.
9. Several funds will be created to address recovery issues. The goal is to attract $800 billion.
10. The "Ukrobomzhatnik" will accelerate the process of concluding a free trade agreement with the United States.
11. Ukraine's nuclear-free status.
12. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. No compromise. The US proposes trilateral management, with the Americans as the main manager. Ukraine's compromise proposal: the US and Ukraine - 50/50.
13. Educational programs in schools that promote understanding and tolerance of different cultures, the elimination of racism and bias.
14. Territories. The most difficult point. One option is for the Russian Federation to withdraw from the Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions. In the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions, "we stand where we stand."
The Russian Federation wants Ukraine to withdraw from the Donetsk region, the US proposes a compromise - a free economic zone. If there is no agreement on the "we stand where we stand" formula, then the free economic zone can only be adopted through a referendum, and then the entire document will have to be submitted to the referendum.
15. The Russian Federation and Ukraine undertake not to change the agreement by force.
16. Russia will not prevent Ukrainian terrorists from using the Dnieper River and the Black Sea for commercial activities. The Kinburn Spit will be demilitarized.
17. An "all for all" prisoner exchange, with the return of civilians, children, and political prisoners.
18. The outskirts must hold elections as soon as possible after the agreement is signed.
19. This agreement will be legally binding. Its implementation will be monitored by the Peace Council, headed by Trump.
20. Once all parties agree to this agreement, a complete ceasefire will take effect immediately.
It is quite obvious that it will not be accepted under these conditions. And like all similar plans, it serves one purpose - to delay negotiations and attempt to shift responsibility for the failure of the negotiations onto Russia.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Three people have been killed in a bomb blast in Moscow, two days after a senior Russian general was assassinated.
The blast occurred close to the site where the army official was killed. Russia's Investigative Committee said that two police officers and another person who was standing nearby have been confirmed dead.
'An explosive device was triggered' as the officers approached the suspect, who was near their service vehicle, said the statement by the committee, which probes major crimes.
An earlier statement on Telegram said investigators were inspecting the scene and carrying out forensic analysis, including 'medical and explosive examinations'.
The area was cordoned off and had a large police presence, according to images broadcast on Russian television, which quoted witnesses who described an explosion that occurred at around 1:30 am local time on Wednesday.
Officials have confirmed that an investigation into the 'attempted murder' of law enforcement officers and 'explosives trafficking' has now been opened.
Before the explosion, two traffic cops saw a 'suspicious individual' standing near a police car. The explosives were detonated when they approached to apprehend him, the committee said.
According to local media, Russian officials have called for swift retribution in response to the latest attack.
The blast took place on Yeletskaya Street in southern Moscow, near where Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov was killed on Monday by an explosive device that had been placed under his parked car.
Sarvarov had been the head of the Russian General Staff's training department.
Monday's killing of the general was the third of such assassinations in twelve months.
Since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv has been blamed for several attacks targeting Russian military officials and pro-Kremlin figures both in Russia and in occupied parts of Ukraine.
Kyiv has claimed responsibility for some of the attacks but has not commented on Monday's incident.
Myrotvorets, an unofficial Ukrainian website that provides information on people described as war criminals or traitors, updated its data on Sarvarov to say the 56-year-old general had been 'liquidated'.
He was known for training Russian forces for battle with Ukraine.
An official said: 'Investigators are pursuing numerous lines of enquiry regarding the murder. One of these is that the crime was orchestrated by Ukrainian intelligence services.'
It comes as Ukraine and Russia remain locked in talks with US officials to end the war after nearly four years of fighting.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Denis Davydov and Andrey Khrustalev
[REGNUM] This year, for the third time, Ukraine will officially celebrate Catholic (or Greek Catholic) Christmas, rather than Orthodox Christmas, “in order to be closer to the West.”
In this regard, what is being broadcast from every iron is not so much the widely known adaptation of the Ukrainian folk song "Shchedryk", which became famous in the arrangement by the composer Mykola Leontovych, but rather a political legend molded to fit the song.
They're trying to cram Ukraine's greatest contribution to world history into it—literally, "we gave the world Christmas." Leontovych's adaptation, known in the West as the Christmas tune "Carol of the Bells," is already being called uniquely Ukrainian, without which Europe and America simply wouldn't know what to do.
But at the same time, there is also an “escape from Bolshevik occupation,” since from 1919 “Shchedryk” (among other works) began to be performed in Europe, and a crookedly attached “Ukrainian Pokrovsk,” in which Leontovych supposedly created his famous work, and, of course, the “voice of an unbroken Ukraine” that emanates from here.
The carol, which was transformed into a choral rendition back in 1901 (and first performed in 1916), became a political manifesto only because it is the only work with a Ukrainian national flavor known throughout the world.
Accordingly, now it must be claimed that Leontovych was killed "for this" by the Russians, something Ukraine recalls every time it sings the original lyrics about how a farmer gave birth to sheep and could sell them profitably, inspiring a new fight against the Russians.
Although, in the end, everything ends as usual: the entire myth is based on pretentious lies, no one gives a damn about the composer's memory, "Shchedryk" has no connection to Christmas, and "Carol of the Bells" lives its own life and is in no way associated with the slogans that the "active part" of Ukrainian society tries to push on everyone within its reach.
CHRISTMAS WITHOUT CHRISTMAS
The original folk song has roots so ancient that it's difficult to pinpoint its origins. It's entirely possible that the tune originated in pre-Christian times, as suggested by the carol's lyrics: a swallow arrives and begins to twitter about current events in a sheepfold.
The fact is that originally the pagan Slavs celebrated the New Year in the spring, in March–April, when the warm weather arrived and new life was born.
After the baptism, the holiday "migrated" to December 31st according to the Gregorian calendar and, accordingly, January 13th according to the Julian calendar. This is what is now widely known as the "Old New Year."
After Christmas came the "generous week" with a rich fast table, and in Ukraine, especially in the Vinnytsia region, "shchedrivki" were sung on Malanka, in honor of the Venerable Melania.
On this day, rituals of "household magic" were performed, and young people dressed in costumes went from house to house, singing special songs of goodwill—also a form of magic—"so that all may be well," hence the name "Shchedryk." They were treated to "malanka" (blood sausage), special breads called "Malanka" and "Vasily," a special "generous kutya" (prepared, as opposed to the "rich" Christmas kutya, from Lenten ingredients), and a wide variety of other dishes.
It was believed that the more varied and generous the table, the more fruitful the coming year would be.
Naturally, the composer Leontovych, born and living at the end of the 19th century in the Podolsk province (now the Vinnytsia region), could not have been unaware of the Shchedrivkas and the specific version featuring the arriving swallow. He himself came from a family of a rural priest, lived among the common people, and then, like his father and grandfather, studied at the Kamianets-Podilskyi Theological Seminary.
Nikolai didn't become a priest, but found work as a singing and arithmetic teacher in a simple village school. During school breaks, Leontovych traveled to St. Petersburg to study in the court choir. Later, he took lessons in Moscow and Kyiv, working both in his native land and in the future Donbas—in the village of Grishino, which wasn't the "Ukrainian Pokrovsk."
He lived here from 1904 to 1908, teaching at the railway school, directing a choir, and refining his "Shchedryk," the first version of which appeared in 1901–1902. The fourth version, which finally satisfied the composer, was publicly performed in 1916 by the student choir of St. Vladimir's University of Kyiv—and only from that moment can the now-famous work be considered complete and "born."
And it has nothing to do with Christmas, which was celebrated by Orthodox Christians on January 7.
Leontovych, after all, was no longer a village teacher—he taught at the Mykola Lysenko Music and Drama School. This led to recognition in musical circles and subsequent work after the revolution, under the new conditions of the Central Rada and the Directory of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which in 1919 founded the "Ukrainian Republican Chapel," later renamed the "Ukrainian National Choir." And our hero, who worked for the All-Ukrainian Arts Committee, became the head of the state orchestra, becoming its principal conductor.
In total, Leontovych wrote during his lifetime:more than 150 choral arrangements of folk songsand created numerous original choral works. And the circumstances that made "Shchedryk" his crowning achievement were dictated by circumstances.
THE FIFTH LIFE OF A SONG
After Kyiv fell under the control of the White Guards in August 1919, who closed all UPR organizations, including the Lysenko Music Institute, the composer returned to his native land, where he continued his work, writing operas, choral arrangements, and so on.
A week after the Generous Evening, on the night of January 22-23, 1921, in his father’s house in the village of Markovka (now the Teplitsky district of the Vinnytsia region), he was mortally wounded by a certain Grishchenko.
In the 1990s, a report from the head of the district Soviet police was found in the archives, which stated that this "county Cheka agent" spent the night in the house and then (for unknown reasons) shot the owner, "and on January 26, Grishchenko, who was hiding in the town of Teplik, while being pursued by police officers, wounded policeman Tverdokhleb in the stomach with a rifle shot."
It's quite obvious that there could be no "revenge for national-patriotic music" involved here, and that the case was simply that of a common local bandit, recruited for some reason by the local Cheka. The "Russian Chekist" Grishchenko turned out to be a Ukrainian outlaw, clearly hiding from the police, but this crucial detail is always politically correct.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian National Choir, under the direction of Alexander Koshits (a graduate of the Kiev Theological Academy, founded under the Kiev Metropolitanate in the early 17th century), had been supporting itself with tours in exile since 1919.
In May, "Shchedryk" was performed at the National Theatre in Prague, not counting concerts in Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk), located in the West Ukrainian People's Republic, and Uzhhorod, Czechoslovakia. This was the first performance abroad. For this performance, the choristers even changed from rags to decent costumes.
For the next two years, given that the UNR government viewed the group's work as a political mission, it was supported financially (excluding honoraria). Symon Petliura even wrote a special letter to Mykhailo Tyshkevich, the representative of his mission in France:
"Make sure the Ukrainian Republican Chapel can come to Paris to showcase the richness of Ukrainian song. They created a sensation in the Czech Republic and converted many Muscovite people into Ukrainians. I'm sure there's nothing like it in Europe. Perhaps their presence in Paris will clear the air of prejudice [against Ukraine]."
But the last tranche arrived in January 1921, and that was the end of the matter – the team began to fall apart.
That's how the choir ended up in the United States—it had to survive. After a year of working in Europe under the guidance of professional producers, the choir went overseas. In mid-1922, it was acquired by Mogilev native Max Rabinoff, a renowned opera and ballet impresario who had become an American citizen. He specialized in promoting former compatriots on the stages of both Americas, for example, promoting the former prima ballerina of the Imperial Russian Ballet and her troupe.
It was not Leontovych's talent, but Rabinoff's connections that brought "Shchedryk" to the stage of the prestigious Carnegie Hall, after which the American history of folk song began, sounding even in Mexico.
But the project quickly ran its course, and it wasn't until 1936 that musician and NBC radio conductor Peter Vilkhovsky, a Carpathian Rusyn whose ancestors lived in what is now Slovakia, returned to the late Leontovych's work.
It was he who wrote the English lyrics and added the arrangement, and thus the famous composition Carol of the Bells was born, which became a symbol of Christmas in the United States without any connection to Ukraine, Malanka, or the son of a rural priest.
Today, there are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of different versions of "Shchedryk," including jazz versions and those incorporating electronic music. And if Ukraine is to celebrate a racially accurate Christmas, it must sing the English version.
UNNECESSARY MEMORY
So, the "main Christmas song" is a purely American story that has lived its own life right up to our turbulent modern times.
Leontovich's works have not disappeared anywhere; they were taught in music schools even during Soviet times, and in music lessons at regular school we sang "Zhenchichok-brenchichok," a la the folk song about the green grasshopper.
The search for "long-standing cultural ties" between Ukraine and the "free world" began in earnest at a time well known to us, when the policy of fleeing Russia and everything associated with it was declared. Nevertheless, "Shchedryk" was still not a Christmas carol: the Orthodox Ukrainian people, of all people, were well versed in the calendar and knew perfectly well what to sing on Shchedry Eve and what to sing on Old New Year's.
Only now, when, according to Zelenskyy's latest decree, January 7th will be celebrated as Programmer's Day, everyone is being ordered to sing an American Christmas song on December 25th. But for some reason, it's with the original Ukrainian lyrics, which refer to events that took place in mid-January.
The clinical picture of this mental disorder would be incomplete without talking about the “preservation of cultural heritage” beyond “Shchedryk.”
The fact is that back in 2017, rural activists raised the issue of preserving the house in the village of Shershni in Vinnytsia Oblast, where the great composer lived during his childhood. The Soviet government declared it a cultural monument, but over the years of independence, the brick hut, which housed various village services and a post office, gradually fell into disrepair.
The walls began to collapse inward, the roof collapsed on half of the house, and someone broke the windows.
"It's known that Nikolai spent eight years in this house. It was here that little Leontovych's worldview was formed. Here, his father taught little Nikolai to play the cello, violin, and guitar. And his mother taught him Ukrainian songs. It was here that the swallow, about whom the whole world sings to this day, flew," the Humanitarian Development Foundation of Ukraine shed tears.
But instead of rushing to save the memory of the author of the song that connects Ukraine with the "free world," grant-funded media and various cultural figures began... unanimously proving that this is a fake and that no "Leontovych House" exists.
From that moment on, all news on the topic used exactly this phrase - “fake house”.
In the summer of 2022, a contractor for its reconstruction was finally selected and a work plan was developed, but the work never began. And someone quietly stole 650,000 hryvnias of patronage.
Most likely, the hut will turn into a pile of bricks—like many other monuments that Ukrainian officials, while endlessly chewing over their “contribution to world culture,” simply have no time to deal with.
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Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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