Russia advances in the Pokrovsk direction and Putin is clinging to this success and is in no hurry to transfer contract soldiers from these directions to the Kursk region. He has already withdrawn some forces from the Zaporizhzhia region and the Kharkiv direction,
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but first of all, the Russian army is sending conscripts to resolve the situation. Reports of conscripts being sent come from different regions of the country - Murmansk, Irkutsk, Tyumen, Samara, Belgorod, Leningrad and Moscow regions. Many immediately after only completing
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basic training. This leads to the fact that conscripts surrender in large numbers. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to advance, although the pace is expectedly slowing down. Sudzha is completely under the control of Ukraine and it organizes a commandant's
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office in Sudzha following the Geneva Convention and organizes order and management of the city and nearby areas. The Lenin monument was also removed in the city, which greatly upset the Z community of Russia. Ukrainian forces are now trying to cut off the Glushkovsky
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district from the Kursk region by striking the bridges across the Seim River before launching an offensive on it. There are three bridges across the river. Russian Telegram chats are already receiving requests to provide Russian troops with boats in this area to continue the
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supply of ammunition. The Ukrainian Armed Forces report the destruction of two bridges - near Glushkovo and in Zvannoye. Thus, the only bridge left in the Glushkovsky district is in the village of Karyzh, after the obvious imminent destruction of which the supplies of the
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Russian Armed Forces group defending the area will fall on pontoons and boats. The Russians report a retreat from Tetkino across the Seim River. Budanov also said that the Crimean Bridge could suffer the same fate in the coming days. Russian propaganda is currently working
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at full power to divert attention from the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and intimidate the advancing troops. There was a "leak" about a dirty bomb being prepared by the Ukrainians, which caused some panic and talk of sabotage at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant. More
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recordings of brutal abuse of fallen Ukrainians have appeared. Heads on sticks and cut off ears, according to the Russians, should stop the Ukrainians, but this has rather the opposite effect. Russia has long shown its true face and such events are unlikely to have the
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impact that Russia expects. Ukraine already knows the brigade involved in this - the 155th separate marine brigade. It is unlikely that they can now count on being captured if they meet the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As writes, they are a very rotten
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brigade and the commanders in which are ready to give out call signs, names, contacts and addresses of their soldiers for money. Another trend of recent days is rumors that the FSB is tracking down and will kill major volunteers and bloggers helping Ukraine and covering the
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war, as well as journalists who have visited the Kursk region. In recent weeks, there have also been more frequent cases of arson of Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles and volunteers in Ukraine. Russia uses Telegram to find people looking for easy money. Most often, teenagers,
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who are easier to recruit and for less money. Russia is trying to sow fear, this has always been the main weapon. As soon as Russia is no longer feared, it loses. Ukraine proved this to the whole world with its attack on Kursk. It is time for Vladimir Putin to be
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seriously feared. And he is afraid. Putin has settled in Novo-Ogaryovo, where there is a bunker in his residence, and he does not leave this place. Putin is afraid.
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According to BND estimates, last year Russia’s military spending may have amounted to almost half of the state budget and around 10% of the country’s GDP. According to the German intelligence service, Russia is spending significantly more on the war and its armed forces
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than it has declared in recent years. Since the start of the war against Ukraine in February 2022, Russia’s defense budget has increased sharply every year. In addition, Russia’s interpretation of “defense spending” differs significantly from the NATO definition, German
intelligence officials note. A comprehensive analysis of budget data conducted by BND shows that Russia’s defense budget in recent years was 66% higher than officially reported. Unaccounted expenditures include, for example, construction projects of the Ministry of Defense,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky explained why he sharply criticized Europe at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He made these remarks during a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, according to a correspondent from European Pravda. Zelensky said he had grounds for critical
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statements toward Europe after a lack of funding led to a shortage of air defense missiles, allowing Russia to strike Kyiv’s energy infrastructure. Zelensky did not deny that his speech may have sounded overly harsh from European capitals and explained this by saying that
Ukraine and the rest of Europe live in different information spaces. He also acknowledged that the differences are not only informational but also emotional in how events are perceived. The president explained that his Davos speech was preceded by heavy strikes on energy
Putin is losing the game he himself started. His bet was placed on a return to the world of the 19th and early 20th centuries - a world of empires and spheres of influence, where Europe, America, Africa, and Asia are divided among several “superpowers.” In Putin’s vision of
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the world, there were supposed to be three such powers: the United States, Russia, and China. However, the real transformation of the global order is unfolding in a completely different way. The key failure is Ukraine. At the end of the fourth year of war, Russia has still
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been unable to subjugate it. The army is visibly degrading, human and technological resources are being exhausted, the economy is held together by military spending and gray schemes, and the state increasingly resembles an overextended empire losing its ability to govern
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Within NATO, the possibility of conducting a special joint mission in Greenland is being considered in order to accommodate the interests of US President Donald Trump. This week, the US president once again stated that he wants Greenland. Military intervention is not being 1/8
ruled out. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen previously said that this would mean the end of the Alliance if the United States were to begin military action against her country. On Thursday morning, the 32 ambassadors of the Alliance gathered for their weekly meeting. 2/8
It took place in a "calm atmosphere." Denmark raised the Greenland issue in a "positive and forward-looking manner," NOS insiders reported. The US ambassador to NATO, Whitaker, also reportedly spoke in a conciliatory tone. As became clear during the meeting, almost all 3/8
Russia has once again staged a media stunt with the story about a drone attack on Putin’s residence. In the Novgorod region no one heard air raid sirens, yet according to Lavrov, 91 drones were launched from Ukraine and all of
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them were shot down. There is not a single video and not a single piece of evidence. Why is this needed? This entire performance was staged specifically for Trump. Putin personally called the American president and told him about it. Russia has long convinced Trump that it
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is Zelensky together with the “warmongering shadow government of Europe” who allegedly do not want the war to end. This show was played out so that Ukraine would be blamed for the failure of peace talks. Unfortunately, with Trump, this works. Meanwhile, Lavrov declares that
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Daily strikes by Ukrainian drones and missiles on Russian oil depots, warehouses and refineries have created an image in the information space of a “leaky” Russian air defense system. This image sharply contrasts with what Russian propaganda had been instilling in its audience🧵
for decades, namely the idea of an “impenetrable shield” capable, according to Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, of intercepting up to 97 percent of targets. The reality of a full scale war has proven far more complex. Ukraine has not managed to destroy Russian air defense as a
single integrated system, but it has succeeded in exposing its real limits. As analysis by the Royal United Services Institute shows, the strength of Russian air defense depends not only on missiles and radars, but also on industry, logistics and the ability to replenish losses