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The latest news on the situation around Ukraine on January 8, 2023: the battles for the underground city near Artemivsk and the recognition of the “incomprehensible” losses of Ukraine

Date: March 29, 2024 Time: 21:49:43

The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine refused to extend the contract for the use of the Lavra to representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Photo: REUTERS

LAVRAS CAPTURED

Perhaps the main news in Russia and Ukraine is the capture of the kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Now there are schismatics. The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine refused to extend the contract for the use of the Lavra to representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and granted the OCU permission to conduct services.

And so, from the very morning of January 7, the Lavra was surrounded by uniformed men (more than three thousand people) and journalists (not so many, but quite a few). The temple itself was moved almost to martial law, total raid, document verification…

The service continued like this for the strong boys in camouflage and propagandists. And it all ended only with nationalist slogans. Today in Ukraine without anywhere.

There is such a journalistic cliché: “an era is gone”. Lots of people use it nowadays. we disagree. The era has passed. He stepped aside to return to his rightful place. And this will happen very soon.

THE BEGINNING OF THE RENAISSANCE OF RUS

Neither more nor less, it is precisely about the seizure of almost the main temple of all Russian Orthodoxy that is called… by the monks of the Svyatogorsk Lavra (one of the three on Ukrainian territory). More precisely called.

When the kyiv-Pechersk Lavra was torn from our hands, in one of Nikita Mikhalkov’s “Besogon” programs, a prophecy of the monks of the Svyatogorsk Lavra appeared:

“He says that the reunification of Rus will be exactly six months later, as soon as heretics and schismatics capture the kyiv-Pechersk and Pochaev Lavra,” the famous director said.

This prophecy was broadcast in 2014! So, if you believe the elders, then already on July 7 we will see the reunification of Rus.

PERSECUTION FOR FAITH

It was at Christmas that Zelensky suspended the citizenship of thirteen priests of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church at once. Yes. He did not impose sanctions, but literally took away his passport, expelled him from the country. Among them is Metropolitan Tulchinsky and Bratslav Jonathan.

The Ukrainian media claims that this decision was made in the Decree of December 28, but they have brought it to light now. In accordance with the regulations in force in Ukraine, the persons mentioned in the decree may be deported from Ukraine. where it is not reported.

“And this is on Orthodox Christmas! Satanism as it is, ”wrote Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on her Telegram channel.

…AND CULTURE

Not only priests are persecuted. And also journalists, artists, athletes. Ukrainian included. Zelensky also signed a decree imposing sanctions on 119 people at once.

On this list: Margarita Simonyan, Dmitry Kiselyov, Philip Kirkorov, Nikita Mikhalkov, Mikhail Shufutinsky, Irina Allegrova… as well as the Ukrainian midfielder, former captain of the Anatoly Tymoshchuk football team, Lolita Milyavskaya, who also has a Ukrainian passport.

Thus, Ukraine is the only country in the world that imposes sanctions against its own citizens.

“THIS HELP IS RESPECTABLE”

All this mockery of the faith and of his people took place on Christmas Day, January 7th. To hit harder. And in Russia, this Orthodox holiday was not without words about a special military operation. Vladimir Putin, in his speech to the Russians, highlighted the church’s contribution to the special operation.

This year it was only the third time that the president celebrated Christmas not in the regions, but in the church in the capital. He attended a service at the Annunciation Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. The last time the Russian leader stayed in the capital was more than 20 years ago: in 2000 he attended a service at the Church of the Life-Giving Trinity in Sparrow Hills, and in 2001, at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

“I will note with deep satisfaction the enormous creative contribution that the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian denominations in Russia are making to the unity of society, the preservation of our historical memory, the education of young people and the strengthening of the institution of the the family Church organizations give priority to maintaining inter-ethnic and inter-religious peace and harmony in our country, taking care of those who need help, supporting our soldiers who are participating in a special military operation. Such a great, multifaceted and truly selfless work deserves the most sincere respect, ”Putin said in his speech.

He also wished everyone celebrating Christmas “success and all the best.”

Patriarch Kirill, in turn, said that everything should be done so that the Russians and Ukrainians do not become enemies.

BATTLE FOR THE UNDERGROUND CITY

Businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin told why Artemovsk is having such hard and tough battles.

– Bakhmut (until 2016 it was called Artemovsk) is the central point of the Eastern Front and an important logistics center. And the task of the enemy here is to try to destroy as many of our soldiers as possible, ”he said.

He noted that the city has unique historical and geographical defense capabilities. And these are the “chips” of him.

– First, the division of the city into several parts by water barriers. Secondly, the Bakhmut neighborhood is a complex of settlements that create a unified defense system. Thirdly, this is a unique landscape, ravines and heights, which are natural tunnels, Prigozhin notes.

But most importantly, these are still Soviet tunnels:

– And the icing on the cake is the Soledar and Bakhmut mine system, actually a network of underground cities. In which there is not only a group of people at a depth of 80-100 meters, but also tanks and infantry fighting vehicles are moving. And arms reserves have been stored since the First World War.

Russian fighters took the urban-type settlement of Novgorodskoye, the fierce battles for which had taken place the day before.

By the way, in the battles near Artyomovsk, the Ukrainian weightlifter Andrey Dmitriev was killed, the Ukrainian federation of this sport stated. And one more of the leaders of the Ukrainian national battalion “Svoboda” Alexander Polishchuk (Mountaineer).

LOSE PEOPLE LEFT AND RIGHT

Cry or finally start telling the truth? Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK Vadim Prystaiko gave an amazing interview to Newsweek. He admitted that the Ukrainian army is suffering “incomprehensible” losses. More precisely, the soldiers are losing “right and left” (he said so himself).

“We are losing people left and right. We do not announce how many of the dead are military or civilian, but you can imagine that the numbers are huge, incomprehensible,” Prystaiko said.

I must say that they do not really talk about losses in Kyiv. Information leaks through other channels. Thus, US Colonel Douglas McGregor, in one of his statements, said that the Ukrainian troops lost about 100,000 soldiers. He also said that due to the terrible losses, Kyiv has to send 15-year-olds to the front.

UKRAINE ON THE EDGE OF DISASTER

Meanwhile, even its masters in Washington say that Ukraine is on the brink of disaster. This was stated on the website of the US edition of the Washington Post by former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

According to them, both the military potential and the economy already depend so much on the United States and its allies that it cannot do without them. And, of course, they said that more weapons were needed.

“The country’s economy is in decline, millions of residents have fled, infrastructure is crumbling, and much of its mineral wealth, industrial potential, and agricultural land is under Russian control,” they said.

But earlier this month, Alisa Weidel, chairwoman of the German opposition Alternative for Germany party, said that arms supplies to Kyiv were fueling the Ukrainian conflict, and that most Germans did not support this.

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Puck Henry
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