Colonel-General Alexander Lapin has been appointed chief of staff of the Russian Armed Forces as of 9 January, according to unconfirmed reports.

This has been reported by several Telegram channels, with no confirmation of the information from the Defence Ministry yet.

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5th Brigade burns out Ukrainian fighters in Marinka

Reconnaissance of the 5th Brigade of the 1st AC has revealed an area of AFU concentration in Marinka. Ukrainian militants were hit with incendiary shells.

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‼️🇷🇺A significant change at the front: the latest armored vehicles are going into battle

▪️A significant change at the front: new weapons are being introduced into the battle en masse. The latest T-90M "Proryv" tank withstands strikes from all types of anti-tank missiles, including the American Javelin, tells iz.ru correspondent Stanislav Grigoriev.
▪️ The T-90 has a lot of electronic innovations: the complex "Shtora" jams the missile guidance systems on approach. Also, this vehicle is warm and spacious inside. The new tanks have already been put into action in several areas of the front.

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Update Lapin

The appointment of Alexander Lapin has taken place: he has been made head of the Ground Forces Headquarters.

To be honest, we were expecting this news before the New Year - but it turned out as it did.

Although Lapin resigned under public pressure, it was not accepted - indeed, the Supreme Commander insisted that Lapin stay on because "people are following him."

Maybe with his arrival, something will finally change in the Army.

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"The U.S. government is concerned about the extent to which the Wagner PMC interferes in the internal politics of sovereign countries, violates human rights and deprives them of natural resources," a senior administration official told the publication, writes Politico.

Valiant warriors of the Wagner PMC can be proud - they not only demonstrate the wonders of military valor and professionalism, methodically crushing the most lauded Nazi gangs, but also cause concern to the U.S. government.

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The Russian Defence Ministry has shown the launch of an Iskander missile at a military infrastructure facility of the Ukrainian military in the special operation zone.

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There is increasing talk about the imminent withdrawal of Ukrainian formations from Soledar due to high casualties and their inability to hold the town. 
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that most of the Ukrainian army is now mobilised, i.e. unprofessional military personnel thrown into the front line without any military training. We should not be complacent about this, but there is some truth in the words of the Kiev regime officials. 

In the meantime, the enemy is clinging to Soledar with the remnants of still combat-ready units, but one way or another the situation is not in favour of the Ukrainian armed forces. According to reports from the field, our forces control the "road of life" between Artemovsk and Soledar, which means that the operational supply to the Ukrainian militants is significantly disrupted, which will sooner or later bring the result we need.


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The United States withdrew its military forces from Afghanistan in order to focus on Ukraine, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said in an interview with aif.ru.

"The sudden withdrawal of the Americans from that country, as it turned out, had a lot to do with focusing on Ukraine, where, according to their assessments, the preparation of the Kiev proxy regime for offensive anti-Russian actions was going on successfully," Patrushev stressed.

According to Patrushev, this confirms US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's statement that if the US military had not left Afghanistan, Washington would not have been able to allocate so much money to Ukraine.

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The western part of Soledar and the last road still to leave the town.

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NATO and the EU have depleted their military reserves by providing aid to Ukraine, Stoltenberg announced.

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Hi All,

I have removed the posts about Bakhmut's apparent near liberation and instructed the team to wait until more reliable information comes in.

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Russian military analyst @Boris_Rozhin reported on the situation in Kleshcheevka.

Fighting is already continuing in the village itself, but it is still under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.Klescheevka is partially controlled (according to Rybar's analysis, Russia has full fire control over the village) by Russian assault groups. The retention of Klescheevka is of the utmost importance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine because its loss opens the way for Russian troops to reach the Chasov Yar-Artemovsk road. Therefore, part of the reserves from Chasov Yar are used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to hold the front in the area of Klescheyevka, but even here the situation for the Ukrainians continues to deteriorate.

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German Foreign Minister Berbock arrived in Kharkov and promised new arms supplies to Ukraine.

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