They have gas for the whole country, we bring our gas masks❗️❗️❗️
Security forces at all entrances❗️❗️
According to our estimates, there were more than 200 detainees, 6 people were wounded before my eyes!!! 2/
We won't leave, we're up against you Russian pigs!!!😡😡😡
Who are you for, for your people, or for Putin, idiots???
The embankment was blocked, people at the sit-in rally were dispersed and at least 30 people were packed, among them women😡😡😡
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repeat we will not go anywhere❗️❗️❗️
Security forces have reinforcements‼️‼️‼️‼️
Move away for a while urgently not far, they have weapons, the man was stabbed in the leg😡😡😡
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AUTHORITIES YOU HAVE THE LAST CHANCE TO PROVE WHAT YOU ARE FOR EUROPE AND NOT AGAINST IT 😡😡😡
WHAT DO WE DESERVE THIS??? WE ARE YOUR PEOPLE
These do not stand on ceremony, the people are moving away from them a little❗️❗️❗️
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They have shotguns and shockers, please be careful🙏🙏🙏🙏
HOW MUCH COULD THEY COULD COME IN HERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF REFUGEES???😡😡😡😡
Keep it up‼️‼️‼️
We can make new ones🇪🇺🇬🇪
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On Rustaveli, the security forces use a sound that hits the ears hard‼️‼️‼️
1/ Ukraine is not conducting behind-the-scenes negotiations with Russia, – Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy assured that Ukraine is not conducting any backroom negotiations with the aggressor state Russia behind the backs of its partners. Kyiv has consistently emphasized that any negotiations with the Russians are possible only when our country receives strong security guarantees from its Western allies.
Zelensky emphasized this in Warsaw during an interview with journalists from Polish media outlets (Onet, Rzeczpospolita, TVN24, Krytyka Polityczna). He noted that Ukraine values the trust of its partners.
2/ President Volodymyr @Zelenskyy assured that #Ukraine️ is not conducting any backroom negotiations with the aggressor state Russia behind the backs of its partners.
- Kyiv constantly emphasizes that any negotiations with the Russians are possible only when our country receives strong security guarantees from its Western allies. obozrevatel.com/ukr/topic/pere…
3/ Zelensky emphasized this in Warsaw during an interview with journalists from Polish media outlets (Onet, Rzeczpospolita, TVN24, Krytyka Polityczna). He noted that Ukraine values the trust of its partners. youtube.com/watch?v=k7jNgv…
"Ukraine is not having any backroom talks with Russia, it is not in our interests. Because for us, losing the trust of our partners is certainly a big risk," he said.
According to him, Ukraine must receive reliable security guarantees, because a ceasefire without such guarantees will simply allow Russia to prepare for the next phase of the war, as it already did in the period from 2014 to 2022.
The European Union already has enough "friends" who are negotiating and trying to demonstrate their commitment to Russia or balance between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Fortunately, Zelensky noted, there are few such countries.
Today I will go into more detail about the front lines and the state of the Ukrainian army. I will start with what one of the most reliable analysts is officially saying.
- I am talking about Hans Petter Midttun, Midttun has followed the war closely from the very beginning and has previously been Norway's defense representative in many committees.
He has access to sources that far exceed my own.
According to Hans Petter Midttun, a complete conquest of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions would require enormous losses of personnel.
Midttun justifies his opinion with the heavy losses Russia has suffered in Ukraine in recent years.
He cites an estimate that more than 790,000 soldiers fighting in the Russian army have been killed or wounded in the past three years. Approximately 54 percent of the figure comes from last year, writes Midttun.
2/ - Last year, Russia suffered its highest military losses since the start of the full-scale war. Even more significant is that last year's losses are part of a broader trend that is negative for Russia.
"The question is not whether Ukraine will hold out"
Midttun believes that Russia would need years to take over Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia and cannot succeed without "catastrophic human losses".
- He estimates that a complete conquest of the territories would mean that 2.1-3 million Russian soldiers would be killed or wounded.
3/ The Norwegian expert also highlights Russia's losses in the Black Sea, the country's difficult economic situation and how Ukraine has gained access to increasingly advanced weapons.
Russia has long lost more weapons than it can produce, writes Midttun.
Midttun also points out Ukraine's challenges, including structural problems and the election of Donald Trump as US president.
Despite this, Midttun is convinced that the war will turn into a victory for Ukraine.
- The question is not whether Ukraine will survive, but how long Russia can continue with its old man and endure the high losses. This article is in Euromaiden Press.
Let's deal with the so-called structural problems. The Western media continues its grind that we have too few soldiers and must start using 18-25 year olds. What the media does not talk about is that we have 100 thousand mobilized who have NOT yet been called up for service, this is because we do not have weapons to give them.
Should we send them to train with slingshots and bows???
The problem has begun to be solved by Ukraine now manufacturing its own version (basically a copy) of the RP-15. I can already say this much that it is a Swedish-speaking Finn who has contributed to the solution of the production, after the war there will definitely be a big article about him.
1/ - And, here it begins putin.....
Society themselves makes Ryznia wake up:
- They're finishing us off!" Wives of Donetsk "mobiks" killed in Kursk region of Russia decide to stage a "greedy riot"
The heavy losses of the Russian occupation forces in the war in Ukraine and, accordingly, the lack of personnel forced the command of the occupiers to give the go-ahead for the transfer of mobilized residents of the “DPR” to a new hot spot.
And it began: when the wives of mobilized soldiers started receiving "funerals", it turned out that no one wanted to give them any compensation.
"Now, in closed Donetsk groups, they are vigorously discussing the situation and the fact that women are preparing to go out to protest. It's hard to say what will come of this, but I think nothing good. But I don't feel sorry. The wives of traitors are not against the war, they just want to get more money,"
– says our interlocutor in occupied Donetsk.
2/ - The military operation launched by the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation has shown the inability of the Putin regime to organize the defense of even its own territory.
The heavy losses of the Russian occupation forces in the war in Ukraine and, accordingly, the lack of personnel forced the command of the occupiers to give the go-ahead for the transfer of mobilized residents of the "DPR" to a new hot spot.
From "collections" to slavery:
The conscripts who had no combat experience and the "elite" units of the "Akhmat" type, who were thrown into the defense of the Russian border, were unable to counteract the Armed Forces of Ukraine in August 2024, when the Kursk operation began.
However, the Kremlin realized the seriousness of the situation later.
And even before the paratroopers and marines were sent to the region, they began to transfer units with mobilized residents of the occupied part of the Donetsk region there.
3/ Mobilized – it was said loudly.
Mostly these were men captured back in February 2022, and some of them – even before the start of the full-scale invasion of the ROV into Ukraine.
Then they were explained that it was for a few weeks, only to undergo military training.
- But the reality turned out to be different.
A full-scale war had begun.
All the lame to the assault"
The first scandal erupted in mid-September 2024. Wives of those mobilized during the "DPR" (as the occupation calls the period before "accession" to the Russian Federation) complained about torture and threats from commanders to send all the wounded to storm the territory of the Kursk region.
1/ Covered his own: brothers told about the "Cobra" warrior who died in a battle with a Yakut in the Donetsk region
Dmytro Maslovsky, a soldier of the 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, called "Cobra", rushed into hand-to-hand combat with the occupier to cover the Ukrainian defenders during the clearing of the village of Trudove in the Donetsk region.
He died💔, and his comrade "Khaza", whom Dmytro called for help, simply did not hear, because he was too far away.
2/ This was told by other comrades of the fallen Hero. The 71st Separate Chasseurs Brigade had the task of storming the vicinity of Trudove in order to reinforce the flanks of the Kurakhovo direction.
Kobra and Khaza had a separate task - to cover the rear and control the approach of equipment at observation posts, one of the fighters said. While the assault group was clearing the landing, Russian infantry was approaching from the side of the point where Kobra and Khaza were. youtu.be/s0ziWi8acfY
3/ The Ukrainian defenders managed to destroy one occupier, and Dmytro went to look for another.
"Cobra ordered that Khaza remain with certain specific weapons to control the roadway, this was a command decision that must be respected," the military emphasized.
The Cobra engaged in hand-to-hand combat with a Russian attack aircraft from Yakutia, an occupier from the 39th Guards Brigade war.obozrevatel.com/ukr/mav-pozivn…
1/ No negotiations will lead to lasting peace until Putin drops his demands on Ukraine – ISW
(@TheStudyofWar)
The Kremlin said that Russia is supposedly ready for talks with Trump "without preconditions", while recalling its ultimatums regarding Ukraine. However, analysts are confident that until Putin abandons his demands, no negotiations will lead to a lasting peace.
2/ The Kremlin has responded to US President-elect Donald Trump's statement about preparing for a meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. It said that Russia is allegedly ready for negotiations "without preconditions", while recalling its ultimatums regarding Ukraine obozrevatel.com/ukr/entity/kre…
3/ This is stated in a material by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). understandingwar.org/backgrounder/r…
- Analysts are sure that until Putin abandons his demands, no negotiations will lead to a lasting peace.
The Russian dictator's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, made another statement on January 10 regarding negotiations between Russia and the United States to end the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Commenting on Trump's words about organizing a meeting with Putin, Peskov said that the Russian dictator is "open" to contacts with international leaders and that "no conditions are required for this."
At the same time, Peskov once again recalled Putin's ultimatums to Ukraine. According to him, the Kremlin maintains its "repeatedly voiced" position, which the head of the aggressor state formulated in June 2024 and repeated during the "Direct Line" in December.
1/ As Russian losses in Ukraine mount, Putin faces ‘devastating’ demographic timebomb
Russian losses in Ukraine are helping fuel a demographic timebomb that could see the country’s population reduced by half by the end of the century, experts have told the Kyiv Independent.
2/ The impact on Russian society is devastating,” said Harley Balzer, emeritus professor of government and international affairs at Georgetown University.
“From Russia's perspective, (winning the war in Ukraine) is the smaller problem. The bigger issue is, is it going to be a viable country afterward regardless?”gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/0033…
3/ Russia’s rising losses
According to Ukrainian figures, on Jan. 7, Russian losses passed another grim milestone, surpassing 800,000.
- The figures from the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces do not specify killed or wounded.