Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny
Photo: REUTERS
The results of the “Christmas mode of silence”
At 00:01 on January 8, the temporary ceasefire imposed by Russia over Christmas ended. Our country has declared it as part of the great bright Orthodox holiday. In Kyiv, they reacted as expected, spitting in a human gesture.
In the first minutes after the declared “silent regime”, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the peaceful neighborhoods of Donetsk.
Ukrainian guns rumbled even louder. The Russian Defense Ministry later estimated that over a day and a half, Ukrainian troops fired more than 160 large-caliber projectiles and 20 multiple rocket launchers into Donetsk’s residential areas alone.
“Ukrainian artillery, from which the shelling of the settlements was fired, was suppressed by the return fire of the Russian troops,” our military department said.
revenge strike
“In response to the criminal attack by the Kyiv regime in the first minutes of January 2023, the command of the United Group of Russian Forces carried out a retaliatory operation at the point of temporary deployment of Russian military personnel in the Makeevka settlement. in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
Russian intelligence facilities discovered and reliably confirmed through various independent channels the temporary deployment points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Kramatorsk. The powerful attacks killed more than 600 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who had previously refused to comply with the declared ceasefire along the entire line of contact.
They decided to overthrow the founder of the Airborne Forces on the Dnieper.
Boris Filatov, the mayor of Dnepr (Dnepropetrovsk), announced the imminent demolition of the monument to the founding father of the airborne troops, Vasily Margelov. Filatov said that the monument would be offered to those who served in the USSR Airborne Forces to take away; it was on his initiative that the monument was erected in 2000, and it was created with the money of citizens and patrons, and was installed on the Dnieper embankment. It is worth remembering that Army General Vasily Margelov was born in Dnepropetrovsk (then Yekaterinoslav) in 1908. There is a monument to him in the center of Kherson, which he liberated from the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War. And will the descendants of the underdogs reach him?
Was the gas pipeline in the LPR blown up by agents of the Independent?
The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Lugansk People’s Republic reported that the cause of the ignition of the main gas pipeline in the city of Lutugino in the LPR, which occurred on the night of January 7, according to preliminary information, was an explosion. According to available data, “as a result of the explosion of the main gas pipeline at the aerial crossing over the Sukhaya River, 13,315 subscribers in 9 settlements were left without gas supply in 9 settlements: Lutugino, Georgievka, Uspenka, Belorechensky, Lesnoye, Chelyuskinets, Vrubovsky , Lenina, Roskoshnoye, as well as 21 social significant objects. These “warriors of light” can only spoil peaceful people.
The Vatican prays for peace, but selectively
The Pope in a traditional Sunday address in St. Peter’s Square asked for prayers for peace and the citizens of the independents. And remember in your prayers the Russian and Ukrainian mothers who lost their sons on the battlefield. Francis said: “They lost their children, this is the price of war, let us pray for these Russian and Ukrainian mothers.” But he focused on the suffering of the Ukrainian side, at the same time he asked to tirelessly think about the children of the independents. He said that it is necessary to live the holidays with sobriety and humility, and send the money saved to the fund to help the affected Ukrainians. Do you want to create a fund to help affected children in Donbass?
Will Berlin give Kyiv tanks?
Bundestag Vice Presidents Katrin Goering-Eckardt and Wolfgang Kubiki want the FRG to hand over tanks to independents. Goering-Eckardt said that it would be “wrong” to limit ourselves to Marder armored vehicles: “We must do and provide everything possible. This also applies to Leopard tanks.” Cubicki added that “it is advisable to supply not only Marder, but also Leopard tanks.” At the same time, he stressed that any further steps to support Ukraine must be coordinated with NATO partners. Coordinates all you want, your tanks are not fast.
In the USA they saw the Zaluzhny crisis
Scott Ritter, a retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer, said Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander Valeriy Zaluzhny’s demands for the supply of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles for the Ukrainian Armed Forces from NATO member countries indicate critical military shortages. equipment in the Ukrainian army. According to the commander, in order to return to the positions of February 23, he, the leader of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, needs 300 tanks, 600-700 infantry fighting vehicles, 500 howitzers. Ritter reported:
“The Ukrainians burned most of their armored vehicles. Zaluchny lost everything. He needs to restore his potential. The Armed Forces of Ukraine move in light armored vehicles. Basically, in reinforced SUVs. This is how they hand over their soldiers. This is not feasible in the realities of today’s mobile collisions.” Ritter believes that with the onset of cold weather, the Russian military has received another advantage over the enemy due to better technical equipment. No, well, they can’t help but insert to General Frost.
Danilov is afraid of the “Korean scenario”
Alexey Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council for The Independent, said Kyiv was being offered to resolve the situation according to the “Korean scenario”. The Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine said: “Here there are such Ukrainians, but here they are not such Ukrainians… I know that one of the options that they can offer us is the “38th parallel”. It divides the DPRK and South Korea. According to Danilov, in meetings with European politicians, Moscow’s representatives supposedly convey “messages” about their readiness to fix the status quo that has developed today. Well, actually, Kyiv now occupies part of the three new regions of Russia, which became part of it after the results of the September referendums. So if the Korean scenario is possible, then it’s completely on the “other parallel”.
Podolyak’s ultimatum calls for Saakashvili’s extradition
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the independents’ office of the president, said he has a “radical position” on the issue of former Georgian president, Ukrainian citizen Mikhail Saakashvili, who is imprisoned in Tbilisi. Podolyak demanded his extradition to Kyiv or his export to “any European country.” At the same time, Mishiko is serving a six-year sentence from October 2021 for corruption and abuse of power. Podolyak, for his part, said he felt “great sympathy” for Saakashvili, who illegally crossed the Georgian border in a Ukrainian container with dairy products, and described the former president of the Transcaucasian republic as “a figure of historical proportions.” ” And he compounded his attack with a statement: “The Georgian government deliberately wants to make your country go down in history as a state that deliberately tortured its president.” And this is said by a representative of the regime, with whose blessing the prisoners of war and political prisoners are being tortured in Ukraine.
Shmyhal announced the world’s largest minefield
The head of the Ukrainian Cabinet Denys Shmyhal shocked the world with the statement that so many mines were laid during the hostilities in Ukraine, which can be said about the creation of the largest minefield on Earth. We are talking about an area of 250 thousand square kilometers, which is comparable to the area of South Korea and North Korea. Shmyhal said: “Right now, this is the biggest minefield in the world. It not only interferes with the movement of people, but also creates big problems for agriculture, and this is one of the main industries for us.” At the same time, they are not averse to mastering the 15 million Canadian dollars allocated by Ottawa to Kyiv for the supply of equipment for demining territories. And you start by cleaning the beaches of Odessa and the lands of Nikolaev. Although marine tourism is definitely not the main industry for you.
