In Berlin, they are trying to find 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, which Foreign Minister Olaf Scholz recklessly promised to Kyiv.
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Russia presses on a key point of the defense
The offensive of the Russian army continues in code, Donetsk direction. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense. Fierce battles for control of strategic points continue around Artemovsk, also known as Bakhmut. It is he who is a strategic point from where it is convenient to develop an offensive, cutting off enemy groupings and depriving him of supplies. Therefore, now the situation is slowly moving towards a tipping point.
Chechen commander awaits Soledar’s release
One of the keys to the occupation of Artemovsk is the liberation of Soledar. And, according to the Chechen commander Apta Alaudinov, the city could soon come under the control of our army. By the way, below Soledar, in the salt mines, there is another underground city. In Soviet times, hundreds and thousands of carts with weapons were brought here. A In mine tunnels, even tanks can move freely. Therefore, it is difficult to overestimate the importance of intercepting a settlement.
Aaudinov reports that the situation in this sector of the front is developing in such a way that the Armed Forces of Ukraine should think about “how they can withdraw at least the remnants of their forces and means.”
Captured Russians are being tortured with electric shocks and have their teeth pulled out.
Beatings, torture and executions became the norm for the Kyiv regime during the interrogation of prisoners. The Investigative Committee of Russia, after another exchange, recorded the facts of the Ukrainian Nazis’ inhumane treatment of the military. We are talking about methodical beatings, electric current torture, tooth knocking. And this is not a complete list. Europe traditionally continues to turn a blind eye to monstrous and long-confirmed violations of the Geneva Convention.
Hungarians welcome truce request
Péter Szijjarto, head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, told a press conference after meeting with his colleague Kristof Apala of the Democratic Republic of the Congo that he considers Moscow’s announcement of a Christmas truce in hostilities in January 6-7 Square as be the right decision. Szijjártó said: “We want to see the world side by side with us in Ukraine as soon as possible. We know that the path to peace leads through a ceasefire and peace negotiations. And we welcome everything that helps the ceasefire.” Interestingly, we welcome this too, but in Kyiv there are hearing problems.
Kyiv admits it receives a lot of rubbish
Vadim Prystaiko, The Independent’s ambassador to Britain, said most Western weapons supplied to Kyiv were out of order. In an interview with Newsweek, he noted that in Ukraine they already joke that if someone wants to get rid of their weapons, he can transfer them to Kyiv. Prystaiko opened up: “In normal peacetime, no one would want to talk about it in those terms. But now, why not? He had yet to let a bad man’s tear drop.
The independent recognized the effectiveness of Russian cyberattacks
Viktor Zhora, deputy head of the State Service for Special Communications of Ukraine, who leads cybersecurity operations, spoke about the effectiveness of Russian cyberattacks on critical infrastructure. As an example, he cited the attack on the DTEK energy company in July 2022. According to Zhora, at that time the Russian side launched a missile attack on the Krivoy Rog thermal power plant and at the same time attacked the corporate network. According to Zhora, this also happened in Odessa, Lvov and Nikolaev. The deputy head of the State Service for Special Communications of Ukraine said that such attacks disable the operation of data transmission services, IT infrastructure, power grids, telecommunications and critical infrastructure. And you expected to be reprimanded with a kind word?
On the square they mine the border area with Belarus
The Belarusian State Border Committee reported that Kyiv continues to mine the territory bordering the republic. According to border guards, the Ukrainians are digging anti-tank ditches, putting up barriers against explosive mines and organizing blockades. And this is not done by border guards, but by “military in various uniforms”, territorial defense units and unidentified military formations. The Belarusian border committee reported that the border was protected in an enhanced regime and that “border guards are ready to carry out their tasks.” Well, the main thing is that the neighbors do not start massive mining on their own mines and fall into their own ditches. Otherwise, blaming others for their own stupidity is one of the favorite tricks of Zelensky’s henchmen.
In the West they begin to see clearly – in Kyiv, an authoritarian regime
Ted Galen Carpenter, a columnist for The American Conservative, believes that while the Western media inflates the myth of secession as a “free democracy”, in reality the regime is increasingly displaying authoritarian behaviour. But, as the columnist notes, “Western cheerleaders in Ukraine are not ashamed at all. They continue to portray the country as a freedom-loving democracy, even as the evidence continues to mount that this is not the case. Carpenter points to a number of decisions by the Kyiv authorities that are not compatible with Zelensky’s image. He writes: “Genuine democracies do not ban opposition parties or shut down opposition media outlets. They do not subject everything to strict censorship (and strict state control). He also cited other measures: failure to comply with legal procedures, the publication of “blacklists” of domestic and foreign critics. This observer has not yet been to the Donbass…
The Soviet transformers ran out, and the Western ones do not work.
Volodymyr Kudrytsky, director of Ukrenergo, said that there is a serious shortage of Soviet transformers in the country. He stated: “During the first eight months of the conflict, the country did not suffer so much, because we had a large supply of transformers. Now they have become urgently needed. There is a particularly acute shortage of devices with a voltage of 750 kV, their weight reaches 200 tons. The Ukrainian electrical system uses an old Soviet scheme that operates at a higher voltage than EU systems. And it is incompatible with western equipment. Well, then, what will you do with the European supplies?
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