Since the Americans knew for sure, that there will be an invasion, they prepared with the Ukrainians, especially with most of their special forces’ ambushes and traps on all roads, that will be likely used in the event of an attack. All means of guerrilla warfare were prepared. In this case, high-tech guerrilla warfare, with drones and satellite reconnaissance and communication.
All other regions were thinly defended.
My estimation is, that the American services calculated with a push on Kiev and on Donbass and established the defences accordingly. In Donbass with the regular professional army. In northern Ukraine, Kiev included, with mixed components of the regular army, popular defence and most importantly, almost all special forces units of Ukraine, training for the mentioned guerrilla warfare.
Russia prepared strike groups North, South, Special forces (airborne VDV), Donbass militia brigades and Wagner mercenaries. Of course, there were more sub formations, but those were the most important.
Penetration
As announced before, I don’t intend to go into details.
Though I want to highlight some highlights.
Russia’s airborne special forces, called VDV, were responsible for pinning down the Ukrainian elite Special Forces troops in and around Kiev. Moreover, to apply maximum pressure on Kiev and the Ukrainian government, to assist either the negotiations or to bring a collapse of the government and achieve a quick Ukrainian total surrender. These troops did the most heroic fighting under the worst possible conditions. They also suffered huge casualties. There were special decorations of the involved formations by President Putin.
The southern strike group were quite successful. As far as I can judge it, they achieved most, but not all set goals for the first phase. They captured the whole of Kherson, a huge part of Zaporozhe and fought in the battle for Mariupol. Moreover, they expanded buffer zones around Kherson, Mariupol and Kakhovka. In anticipation of future defensive battles, to have space for maneuvering, regrouping and tactical retreats.
The northern group was tasked with pinning down troops across northern Ukraine from Donbass up to Kiev. As far as one can judge the reports (I could be wrong here), these group was not that successful and suffered heavy losses. It could be explained either by bad leadership, or because, as mentioned above, my assumption is, that Americans expected this vector as main attacking vector and prepared accordingly all guerrilla warfare elements in this direction.
There were several purposes, apart from the already mentioned scenarios A, B and C:
Ukraine prepared a large-scale attack at the Donbass, which was ready to kick-off any time. By attacking on a large front, Russia cut off most of logistics and reinforcements for the frontline troops in Donbass. A large-scale attack on Donbass was no longer possible. Instead, the Donbass militia utilized the situation and went on the offensive on their own.
Creating a permanent land bridge to Crimea. The bridge is good, but in wartime useless. Ukraine maybe isn’t capable, apart from terrorist attacks, to attack the bridge. NATO is. Would be one of the first targets, that couldn’t be defended.
Securing the permanent water supply to Crimea, out of the Kakhovka reservoir.
Ambushes
As initially stated, NATO did prepare Ukraine very well for the likely Russian attack vectors. Therefore, several tens of thousands special forces units were trained by NATO in Ukraine and on foreign soil, over eight years, to conduct this kind of guerrilla and stay-behind warfare.
By taking this into account, one can understand one of the reasons, why Russia have chosen the approach of invading with totally uniformed soldiers. To avoid, that offensive plans trickle through to NATO and that thereby even more successful ambushed could have been planned.
All other regions were thinly defended.
My estimation is, that the American services calculated with a push on Kiev and on Donbass and established the defences accordingly. In Donbass with the regular professional army. In northern Ukraine, Kiev included, with mixed components of the regular army, popular defence and most importantly, almost all special forces units of Ukraine, training for the mentioned guerrilla warfare.
Russia prepared strike groups North, South, Special forces (airborne VDV), Donbass militia brigades and Wagner mercenaries. Of course, there were more sub formations, but those were the most important.
Penetration
As announced before, I don’t intend to go into details.
Though I want to highlight some highlights.
Russia’s airborne special forces, called VDV, were responsible for pinning down the Ukrainian elite Special Forces troops in and around Kiev. Moreover, to apply maximum pressure on Kiev and the Ukrainian government, to assist either the negotiations or to bring a collapse of the government and achieve a quick Ukrainian total surrender. These troops did the most heroic fighting under the worst possible conditions. They also suffered huge casualties. There were special decorations of the involved formations by President Putin.
The southern strike group were quite successful. As far as I can judge it, they achieved most, but not all set goals for the first phase. They captured the whole of Kherson, a huge part of Zaporozhe and fought in the battle for Mariupol. Moreover, they expanded buffer zones around Kherson, Mariupol and Kakhovka. In anticipation of future defensive battles, to have space for maneuvering, regrouping and tactical retreats.
The northern group was tasked with pinning down troops across northern Ukraine from Donbass up to Kiev. As far as one can judge the reports (I could be wrong here), these group was not that successful and suffered heavy losses. It could be explained either by bad leadership, or because, as mentioned above, my assumption is, that Americans expected this vector as main attacking vector and prepared accordingly all guerrilla warfare elements in this direction.
There were several purposes, apart from the already mentioned scenarios A, B and C:
Ukraine prepared a large-scale attack at the Donbass, which was ready to kick-off any time. By attacking on a large front, Russia cut off most of logistics and reinforcements for the frontline troops in Donbass. A large-scale attack on Donbass was no longer possible. Instead, the Donbass militia utilized the situation and went on the offensive on their own.
Creating a permanent land bridge to Crimea. The bridge is good, but in wartime useless. Ukraine maybe isn’t capable, apart from terrorist attacks, to attack the bridge. NATO is. Would be one of the first targets, that couldn’t be defended.
Securing the permanent water supply to Crimea, out of the Kakhovka reservoir.
Ambushes
As initially stated, NATO did prepare Ukraine very well for the likely Russian attack vectors. Therefore, several tens of thousands special forces units were trained by NATO in Ukraine and on foreign soil, over eight years, to conduct this kind of guerrilla and stay-behind warfare.
By taking this into account, one can understand one of the reasons, why Russia have chosen the approach of invading with totally uniformed soldiers. To avoid, that offensive plans trickle through to NATO and that thereby even more successful ambushed could have been planned.
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Having invaded in winter, Russia had even more problems with ambushes. Snow gives good opportunities for preparing ambushes. Especially because columns are forced to drive in an array on roads. Next, I will explain, why this is a problem:
Ukraine pre-registered most road sections by artillery, where likely Russian columns will need to pass. And they did. And many columns have been destroyed. It was a very successful approach. Nevertheless, by far not enough, to hurt the Russians substantially.
The Ukrainian military applied the strategy to hide in all civilian buildings on the roads, where the Russian columns needed to pass. So, either the Russian shot at civilian houses or they tried to rush through and sustain heavy damage, due to NLAW fire out of windows of civilians. The worst of this approach is, that most civilians are Russian speaking. Which forced the Russian army to shoot on people, that they wanted to protect. Rightfully, Amnesty International recognized this approach as a war crime by the Ukrainians.
Of course, it absolutely makes sense, to mine the roads, where Russians would have been forced to pass. And that’s what Ukrainians did. Many tanks and other vehicles, that weren’t equipped properly, to detect or remote denote mines, were blown up.
A part of the propaganda warfare of Ukraine was, to demoralize the Russian public, to trigger it to overthrow President Putin. To achieve that, many ambush kills were filmed by drones and broadcasted immediately. The idea was, to make Russian public demand an end of the war and by refusing it, Putin would lose confidence by the population and would be eventually overthrown. The broadcasting was very successful. But not the approach, that Russians would lose moral, and demand an end of the war. That failed badly.
To achieve the exact same goal, to trigger the Russian public to overthrow Putin, Ukraine instigated many footages, where they tortured captured Russian soldiers horribly. I won’t describe it here in detail. This attempt failed as well. There were no calls for overthrowing Putin. Instead, the Russian public and soldiers got angry and demanded a far more resolute approach against Ukraine. Soldiers didn’t surrender that quickly. Instead, many fought to death, because they knew, what awaits them.
Negotiations
I described the main strike directions of the first phase. As mentioned in the possible scenarios, those strikes were intended to achieve scenario A or B. Unfortunately, A was never an option. Ukrainians were remote controlled, down to the unit level. There was never the possibility, that orders could be issued from a central command to the various units, to surrender. This still applies today.
Nevertheless, there were some pre-negotiations during phase 1 in Minsk. They led to a meeting on March 29, 2022, in Istanbul. These negotiations had officially the potential to end the conflict. Ukrainian neutrality should be declared and the recognition of Donbass and Crimea as Russian. The parties were close to a conclusion. The following days the proposals should have been discussed in the capitols and then an agreement on top level should be reached. As a sign of good will, Russia withdrew all troops from northern Ukraine, including Kiev.
Unfortunately, the West had other plans for Ukraine. Boris Johnson flew immediately to Kiev and after a meeting between him and Zelensky, Ukraine completely withdrew from negotiations.
This event triggered the activation and announcement of phase 2 by the Russian leadership at the end of March 2022.
Further thoughts
Russia decided, to apply a special military operation in Ukraine. Not a doctrinal war. The big question is, why? Many people, including Western intelligence services, thought there would be a doctrinal push. It would have many advantages, but some disadvantages as well. This is a topic for another article. But I will go a little bit into it here. By applying a special military operation, Russia had the following opportunities:
Ukraine pre-registered most road sections by artillery, where likely Russian columns will need to pass. And they did. And many columns have been destroyed. It was a very successful approach. Nevertheless, by far not enough, to hurt the Russians substantially.
The Ukrainian military applied the strategy to hide in all civilian buildings on the roads, where the Russian columns needed to pass. So, either the Russian shot at civilian houses or they tried to rush through and sustain heavy damage, due to NLAW fire out of windows of civilians. The worst of this approach is, that most civilians are Russian speaking. Which forced the Russian army to shoot on people, that they wanted to protect. Rightfully, Amnesty International recognized this approach as a war crime by the Ukrainians.
Of course, it absolutely makes sense, to mine the roads, where Russians would have been forced to pass. And that’s what Ukrainians did. Many tanks and other vehicles, that weren’t equipped properly, to detect or remote denote mines, were blown up.
A part of the propaganda warfare of Ukraine was, to demoralize the Russian public, to trigger it to overthrow President Putin. To achieve that, many ambush kills were filmed by drones and broadcasted immediately. The idea was, to make Russian public demand an end of the war and by refusing it, Putin would lose confidence by the population and would be eventually overthrown. The broadcasting was very successful. But not the approach, that Russians would lose moral, and demand an end of the war. That failed badly.
To achieve the exact same goal, to trigger the Russian public to overthrow Putin, Ukraine instigated many footages, where they tortured captured Russian soldiers horribly. I won’t describe it here in detail. This attempt failed as well. There were no calls for overthrowing Putin. Instead, the Russian public and soldiers got angry and demanded a far more resolute approach against Ukraine. Soldiers didn’t surrender that quickly. Instead, many fought to death, because they knew, what awaits them.
Negotiations
I described the main strike directions of the first phase. As mentioned in the possible scenarios, those strikes were intended to achieve scenario A or B. Unfortunately, A was never an option. Ukrainians were remote controlled, down to the unit level. There was never the possibility, that orders could be issued from a central command to the various units, to surrender. This still applies today.
Nevertheless, there were some pre-negotiations during phase 1 in Minsk. They led to a meeting on March 29, 2022, in Istanbul. These negotiations had officially the potential to end the conflict. Ukrainian neutrality should be declared and the recognition of Donbass and Crimea as Russian. The parties were close to a conclusion. The following days the proposals should have been discussed in the capitols and then an agreement on top level should be reached. As a sign of good will, Russia withdrew all troops from northern Ukraine, including Kiev.
Unfortunately, the West had other plans for Ukraine. Boris Johnson flew immediately to Kiev and after a meeting between him and Zelensky, Ukraine completely withdrew from negotiations.
This event triggered the activation and announcement of phase 2 by the Russian leadership at the end of March 2022.
Further thoughts
Russia decided, to apply a special military operation in Ukraine. Not a doctrinal war. The big question is, why? Many people, including Western intelligence services, thought there would be a doctrinal push. It would have many advantages, but some disadvantages as well. This is a topic for another article. But I will go a little bit into it here. By applying a special military operation, Russia had the following opportunities:
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Proceeding slowly, (If we exclude phase 1) so the West has all time it needs to deplete itself militarily and economically. So, Russia would be able to force the West down on its knees and to implement the new draft security framework for Europe, without getting into an actual military conflict with NATO.
Drawing out all Ukrainian troops and (NATO) equipment out of the big cities and Western regions. To destroy it in a place with short supply lines, a friendly population and total air domination. This is the Donbass and Kherson. Thereby a collapse of Ukraine can be triggered, slowly, but surly, without the need to fight devastating battles in Ukraine’s large cities. Thereby avoiding further Mariupol scenarios.
I want to highlight, that I’m by 100% convinced, that the Russian leadership calculated and still is calculating with confidence, with a full Ukrainian surrender. And the handing over of Ukraine as a whole by its military to Russia’s military. This is what eventually will happen. Unfortunately, we can assume that many people still will have to die before this happens. I wrote that I think that this was planned from the beginning. This is to be explained with, what I wrote in the “Strategic planning” section of this article. Russia is following a predefined, but flexible escalation process:
It was clear from the beginning that Ukraine as a whole, needs to be captured, to reach all geopolitical and security goals, set by the political leadership of Russia. Nevertheless, Russia needs always to show the whole world, and first and foremost its BRICS allies, that it is always ready to negotiate. Even though all parties are fully clear, that this is an existential war between the West and Russia. The party that loses, vanishes into geopolitical insignificance. There will be either a strong Russia with BRICS afterwards and NO West (geopolitically) or the West and the BRICS project would be over. Therefore, all involved parties will always find, a reason why not to negotiate or why negotiations failed. As many say, “until the last Ukrainian”. I personally think that Russia proceeds carefully and will execute a quick final blow, when the time comes, that fits Russia, to preserve as many Ukrainians and their infrastructure as possible. Why? Because it will inherit it and will need to either incorporate it and rebuild it or find another solution.
Why was I sure, from the beginning, that the whole of Ukraine is on the plate? Because the leaders of Hungary and Serbia started to be very bold in their communication with the West. They did and said things, that would be a no-go before. Things, for which they would be sanctioned into oblivion. Hungary for example blocked many EU sanctions against Russia. This is huge. This tells me, that Hungary and Serbia had information in advance, what the Russian plans are and how the future landscape between Russia, Hungary and Serbia will look alike. Without Ukraine. Since I believe that there will be a land-bridge between Russia (with the whole of Ukraine as federal subject) and Hungary, I think, that here will be finally military ground and air support, as well as trade by land and the black sea possible. So, Hungary and Serbia are no longer afraid of a military attack by NATO and by Western sanctions, that will be after the implementation of the multipolar world order obsolete. I have further thoughts about this, which I will explain in detail in another article.
Results of phase 1
Here I want to give a quick overview of the achieved objectives of phase 1:
Denazification was not completed yet.
Demilitarization was not completed yet.
Bringing war criminals to justice was not completed yet.
Huge territorial gains were made, and deep buffer zones around big cities were created for maneuvering in defence. Both sides suffered huge casualties, which are normal under such circumstances.
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Drawing out all Ukrainian troops and (NATO) equipment out of the big cities and Western regions. To destroy it in a place with short supply lines, a friendly population and total air domination. This is the Donbass and Kherson. Thereby a collapse of Ukraine can be triggered, slowly, but surly, without the need to fight devastating battles in Ukraine’s large cities. Thereby avoiding further Mariupol scenarios.
I want to highlight, that I’m by 100% convinced, that the Russian leadership calculated and still is calculating with confidence, with a full Ukrainian surrender. And the handing over of Ukraine as a whole by its military to Russia’s military. This is what eventually will happen. Unfortunately, we can assume that many people still will have to die before this happens. I wrote that I think that this was planned from the beginning. This is to be explained with, what I wrote in the “Strategic planning” section of this article. Russia is following a predefined, but flexible escalation process:
It was clear from the beginning that Ukraine as a whole, needs to be captured, to reach all geopolitical and security goals, set by the political leadership of Russia. Nevertheless, Russia needs always to show the whole world, and first and foremost its BRICS allies, that it is always ready to negotiate. Even though all parties are fully clear, that this is an existential war between the West and Russia. The party that loses, vanishes into geopolitical insignificance. There will be either a strong Russia with BRICS afterwards and NO West (geopolitically) or the West and the BRICS project would be over. Therefore, all involved parties will always find, a reason why not to negotiate or why negotiations failed. As many say, “until the last Ukrainian”. I personally think that Russia proceeds carefully and will execute a quick final blow, when the time comes, that fits Russia, to preserve as many Ukrainians and their infrastructure as possible. Why? Because it will inherit it and will need to either incorporate it and rebuild it or find another solution.
Why was I sure, from the beginning, that the whole of Ukraine is on the plate? Because the leaders of Hungary and Serbia started to be very bold in their communication with the West. They did and said things, that would be a no-go before. Things, for which they would be sanctioned into oblivion. Hungary for example blocked many EU sanctions against Russia. This is huge. This tells me, that Hungary and Serbia had information in advance, what the Russian plans are and how the future landscape between Russia, Hungary and Serbia will look alike. Without Ukraine. Since I believe that there will be a land-bridge between Russia (with the whole of Ukraine as federal subject) and Hungary, I think, that here will be finally military ground and air support, as well as trade by land and the black sea possible. So, Hungary and Serbia are no longer afraid of a military attack by NATO and by Western sanctions, that will be after the implementation of the multipolar world order obsolete. I have further thoughts about this, which I will explain in detail in another article.
Results of phase 1
Here I want to give a quick overview of the achieved objectives of phase 1:
Denazification was not completed yet.
Demilitarization was not completed yet.
Bringing war criminals to justice was not completed yet.
Huge territorial gains were made, and deep buffer zones around big cities were created for maneuvering in defence. Both sides suffered huge casualties, which are normal under such circumstances.
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Reuters : Taiwan will extend compulsory military service to one year from four months from 2024 due to the rising threat the democratically governed island faces from its giant neighbour China, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday.
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God almighty, as if Ukraine wasn't a lesson enough in what happens to the 'friends' of America.
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Discussion about the battle for Artemovsk(Bakhmut)
1. For political and operational reasons, the Ukrainian armed forces will continue to try to hold Artemovsk for as long as possible. It appears that political reasons now prevail over purely military ones.
2. The transfer of reserves to Artemovsk, Opytne, and Chasov Yar is taking place to the detriment of ambitious offensive plans, which also indicates the current prioritization by the Ukrainian command. Heavy casualties among the Ukrainian militants and Zelensky's political ambitions, force the Ukrainian command to send more reserves to this place.
3.Based on the experience of fighting for Popasna and previous actions, such as undermining bridges and preparing positions in the city centre, the AFU will conduct defensive action, with the option of retreating to positions prepared in the central and western parts of Artemovsk. Further, in the event of losing the city and being forced to retreat towards Kostyantynivka, they will defend themselves in the Chasov Yar area.
4. In the city itself, fighting will gradually shift to residential areas, with a repeat of the already familiar patterns - Mariupol, Popasna, Severodonetsk. The city itself will obviously be very heavily destroyed.
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1. For political and operational reasons, the Ukrainian armed forces will continue to try to hold Artemovsk for as long as possible. It appears that political reasons now prevail over purely military ones.
2. The transfer of reserves to Artemovsk, Opytne, and Chasov Yar is taking place to the detriment of ambitious offensive plans, which also indicates the current prioritization by the Ukrainian command. Heavy casualties among the Ukrainian militants and Zelensky's political ambitions, force the Ukrainian command to send more reserves to this place.
3.Based on the experience of fighting for Popasna and previous actions, such as undermining bridges and preparing positions in the city centre, the AFU will conduct defensive action, with the option of retreating to positions prepared in the central and western parts of Artemovsk. Further, in the event of losing the city and being forced to retreat towards Kostyantynivka, they will defend themselves in the Chasov Yar area.
4. In the city itself, fighting will gradually shift to residential areas, with a repeat of the already familiar patterns - Mariupol, Popasna, Severodonetsk. The city itself will obviously be very heavily destroyed.
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🇷🇺🇧🇾Putin and Lukashenko held talks at the Russian Museum.
"In such an informal setting, we will continue our communication in such wonderful interiors." We have agreed that 2023 will be celebrated as the Year of the Russian Language. It seems to me that meeting today for a working breakfast at the Russian Museum would be most appropriate. "This is a good environment for us to talk about serious business", Putin said. For the first time ever, the Russian President's talks are taking place in the Russian Museum.
The Belarusian president thanked the Russian president for the fact that "yesterday both countries agreed on several issues." "Sometimes it takes years for some states to do this, but you and I have finished, dotted the i's, and continued the Minsk dialogue, because it was mostly about the economy."
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"In such an informal setting, we will continue our communication in such wonderful interiors." We have agreed that 2023 will be celebrated as the Year of the Russian Language. It seems to me that meeting today for a working breakfast at the Russian Museum would be most appropriate. "This is a good environment for us to talk about serious business", Putin said. For the first time ever, the Russian President's talks are taking place in the Russian Museum.
The Belarusian president thanked the Russian president for the fact that "yesterday both countries agreed on several issues." "Sometimes it takes years for some states to do this, but you and I have finished, dotted the i's, and continued the Minsk dialogue, because it was mostly about the economy."
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Destroyed near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) Ukrainian 152mm 2C3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer.
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After photos of heaps of personal belongings of killed AFU soldiers in the yard of a temporary hospital in Artemovsk were published, they were quickly removed because the images were very telling, even for those who seriously believe the stories about 10,000 casualties since the start of the SMO.
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📌 The Wagner PMC's full-scale offensive on Soledar
The musicians' assault teams are working in three directions:
▪️ from the south-east, where many enemy positions were already taken yesterday;
▪️ from the east along the main road crossing the city;
▪️ from the eastern positions and from positions near Yakovlevka to the company stronghold of the AFU north of Soledar.
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The musicians' assault teams are working in three directions:
▪️ from the south-east, where many enemy positions were already taken yesterday;
▪️ from the east along the main road crossing the city;
▪️ from the eastern positions and from positions near Yakovlevka to the company stronghold of the AFU north of Soledar.
Success to you guys!
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Mid-autumn, near Kherson. A detailed analysis of one of the battles between soldiers from the Far East and AFU paratroopers.
A group of paratroopers from the 46th AFU airmobile brigade, traveling along the line of contact, are ambushed by a subdivision of our 38th motorized rifle brigade.
The first grenade launcher hit the side of the armored vehicle, forcing it to stop and the troops inside and on the armored vehicle to disperse. Most of the fighters run into the woods, while the rest hide in the grass and behind the armored vehicle. After the second grenade launcher hits the unit in ambush, it opens deadly fire from small arms on the insurgents. As a result, all the enemy personnel was annihilated.
An interesting fact from the participant's account of this battle: out of the 16 killed AFU paratroopers, only two had Ukrainian documents. The remaining 14 were Polish citizens
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A group of paratroopers from the 46th AFU airmobile brigade, traveling along the line of contact, are ambushed by a subdivision of our 38th motorized rifle brigade.
The first grenade launcher hit the side of the armored vehicle, forcing it to stop and the troops inside and on the armored vehicle to disperse. Most of the fighters run into the woods, while the rest hide in the grass and behind the armored vehicle. After the second grenade launcher hits the unit in ambush, it opens deadly fire from small arms on the insurgents. As a result, all the enemy personnel was annihilated.
An interesting fact from the participant's account of this battle: out of the 16 killed AFU paratroopers, only two had Ukrainian documents. The remaining 14 were Polish citizens
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‼️☝️Putin will end the conflict in Ukraine closer to 2024 - Chinese Global Times
According to a Chinese analyst, Russia is showing its readiness for a long-term fight with Kiev and the West, both militarily and economically.
"In 2023, Russia may take decisive action to end the conflict, as the Kremlin needs to create a relatively stable and positive environment for the 2024 presidential election," the publication writes.
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According to a Chinese analyst, Russia is showing its readiness for a long-term fight with Kiev and the West, both militarily and economically.
"In 2023, Russia may take decisive action to end the conflict, as the Kremlin needs to create a relatively stable and positive environment for the 2024 presidential election," the publication writes.
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🇺🇦🏴☠️Cemetery of Ukrainian fighters near Kharkov
"Only 10,000," they said
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🇺🇦💥Fighters of the 🅾️ group destroyed a Ukrainian terrorist vehicle
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🇺🇦 A selection of shots from Bakhmut.
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