[Kots] They say that at the various meetings, the same actors are playing different people.
The thing is, they really *are* the same people - except for the officer in today's stories.
The people in the first photo are fishermen Putin met in Sep 2017, when he and Medvedev went fishing on Lake Ilmen (Novgorod Region). A few months later, the president went to a Christmas service at St. George's Monastery in Novgorod and invited those same fishermen.
After the service, Putin had tea with them and discussed how the problems they spoke about in September are being solved (the photo of the woman in profile from there, her name is Larisa Sergukhina).
The woman in uniform shown today has nothing to do with these fishermen. Maybe she looks like Sergukhina. Have the conscience to admit your mistake and apologize to Captain Anna Sidorenko. And to Larisa Sergukhina, too.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Chronicle of the Special Military Operation
December 31, 2022 – January 2, 2023
Russian air defenses shot down an AFU reconnaissance drone near Voronezh. There were no casualties.
In the Bryansk Region, a Ukrainian UAV struck a power plant in the Klimovsk District, causing temporary problems with power supply in some villages.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled residential areas in the Belgorod Region: residential buildings in Shebekino, Murom, Vyazovoye and Novaya Nelidovka were hit. No civilians were injured.
Russian air defenses intercepted enemy drones near Sevastopol and Simferopol.
🇧🇾🇷🇺🇺🇦 North Ukraine direction
Situation as of end of January 2, 2023
The Ukrainian command, expecting a repeat offensive by the Russian Armed Forces in Kharkiv and Chernihiv, is reinforcing their grouping in north and NE Ukraine bordering the Russian Federation.
As many as 500 mobilized men arrived in Kharkiv Region to replace units departing for Svatove. In addition, personnel from the Yavoriv training ground are expected to arrive in Liptsy, Volokhivka and Yefremivka in late January.
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Soledar Direction
Situation as of 12:00 Kyiv Time, January 2, 2023
Intense fighting continues in the vicinity of Bakhmut and Soledar. Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to hold back the advance of Russian Armed Forces and intend to conduct combat reconnaissance in the industrial zone to identify the Russian front line.
In the Bakhmut area, the AFU 57th Brigade attempted to retake positions on the southeastern outskirts of Bakhmut. The attack was repulsed, the Ukrainian formations retreated with losses.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Zaporizhia direction
Situation as of 14:00 Kyiv Time, January 2, 2023
In the Zaporizhia direction, Russian servicemen gained a foothold in liberated lines as a result of a successful local offensive. In the Polohy sector, an assault on Ukrainian positions restored control over Dorozhnyanka. AFU retreated to reserve lines with 36 dead and wounded.
To regain control, the command of the AFU 65th mechanized brigade plans a counterattack from Zaliznichne with the support of units of the 103rd battalion 108th Territorial Defense Brigade at the Bilohiria-Charyvne line.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 At 00:01 on January 1, 2023, a HIMARS attack was launched against the technical school building in Makiivka, Donetsk (two shells were intercepted by the air defense, four reached their target).
Since mid-December, the vocational school had housed the 14444 Regiment. Yes, they were all mobilized men. Somebody's criminal naivety decided to put a depot there with ammunition, which detonated as a result of the strike.
Our sources say about 600 people were in the building.
About 70 confirmed dead. Rubble is still being cleared. Est. losses are as high as 110 people.
100+ were wounded (136, according to internal reports).
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Soledar Direction
Situation as of 12:00 Kyiv Time, December 30, 2022
Intense fighting continues in the vicinity of Bakhmut and Soledar. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are moving additional units to hold the city.
In the Bakhmut area, Wagner assault units are pushing through Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in Opytne. Fighting is taking place on Shkolna Street near the Agricultural College. Ukrainian tanks are firing indiscriminately at advancing Russian units from Ilyich Street.