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German Defense Minister, Christine Lambrecht has decided to resign, German media report quoting sources.

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⚡️ 🪖 Battles for Razdolovka began near Soledar - a new bridgehead for the retreating units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The enemy fled from Soledar and dug in in the village of Razdolovka, which runs along the line of defense of the Ukrainian army Blagodatnoye - Salt - Razdolovka - Vesyoloye.

Tough battles are ahead. In the event of the success of the Russian army, the Armed Forces of Ukraine risk losing the most important railway junction in the Artyomovsky direction.

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A Ukrainian T-64BV tank shot near Kremenna.

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🔥 The destroyed American M777 155mm howitzer in the Soledar direction.

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The German Defense Ministry did not comment on the information in the media about Minister Christine Lambrecht's possible resignation, calling it a rumor. — RIA Novosti

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"What are our goals?" Retired German general and former military policy advisor to Merkel, Erich Wade, explained in an interview why Ukraine cannot win, why it makes no sense to send tanks to Kiev, and why Germany does not even have a plan of action in this conflict.

"We have a military stalemate that we cannot solve with weapons." A military victory for Ukraine is not to be expected, and negotiations are the only possible way. What is happening in Ukraine is a war of attrition. Marders and leopards are not enough to take over Crimea or Donbass. In eastern Ukraine, the Russians are clearly advancing. They may soon conquer the Donbass completely. The West can send 100 "leopards," but they will not change the overall situation. And the most important question is: how do we get through such a conflict with a belligerent nuclear power? By the way, Russia is the strongest nuclear power in the world! Otherwise, we will wake up one morning and find ourselves in the middle of World War III.

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"War causes immense psychological damage to soldiers, who may return from war without a physical scratch yet be ruined as human beings. Tormented by an inextinguishable internal Hell, they may struggle to adjust to “normal” life. They may suffer from constant rage or anxiety, and be prone to substance abuse, nightmares and more. This is known as PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Psychologists who study war-related PTSD say not only combat veterans can suffer from its consequences. Frequent exposure to images of extreme violence such as combat footage can have serious psychological effects, similar to those resulting from combat."

"A helmet-mounted camera shows a Russian soldier’s view as he grenades, then storms an AFU defensive pit. There, he confronts 2 injured Ukrainian soldiers, shooting them dead at point blank range after a brief attempt to take them prisoner. The video is explicit and horrifying. Most reviews of the video focus on analysis of fault; attempting to justify (or condemn) the actions of the Russian soldier, or conversely the dead AFU troops. Others provide a doctrinal critique of the Russian’s infantry skills and discipline. People want to nit-pick the video, draw conclusions aligned with their preferred narrative, and move on. Along the way, the pure horror in the clip is forgotten."

"..thanks to the released footage, this isolated horror will be witnessed by thousands. Including perhaps your neighbour’s teenage child. Including friends and family of the deceased men. Including the type of people who seek out violent content as entertainment. War is Hell, and we are all in it."

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Maryna Kalynychenko 60 SEPARATE INFANTRY BRIGADE

PLEASE REPOST!!! DON'T BE INDIFFERENT!!! Because, as our relatives go to heaven, yours take their place!!!!
This is the cry of the soul.
Command of the 60th Brigade!!!! What are you doing with our sons, fathers, and brothers?
The boys burned out, and there should have been a rotation. Tell me, where is the mouth of Yalta?
Tell me, how much did it fall? In fact, the 3rd company ceased to exist. And how many of these settlements became the grave for the defenders from the 60th? How much???

Tell me??? Where is this brigade? Who saw it? On what fronts is fighting? Where did the battalion commanders of 96,97,98 battalions go? Do you even exist? Are you aware that your personnel is missing? You've been ripped off a bit because you're interested in the military prosecutor's size of non-recoverable losses in the brigade. So what did you do? And here's what I'll tell you. You are throwing boys to hell no artie support, no armor, no sufficient bc.

Tell me, how many dead and wounded were there on January 1, 2023? enemy drones worked and covered our guys right in the trenches, a direct hit!!!!

To all my relatives who are fighting in the 60th, I say, guys...our boys are with you...these are suicide bombers !!! They want to destroy them so that the ends are hidden in the water and so that they are nothing. That's what they do.
This is not a team!
Those are traitors!!!!
The entire brigade suspects you of collaborating with the Katsaps. Mister boss!!!!
60 opbr can no longer hold . Investigate!!!
It shouldn't be!!!!
Instead of keeping strongly to the law that makes warriors from recruits, pay attention to the brigade 60 opbr.

Because we, the relatives of our warriors, do not fall under the Krypak law. We will come to you, Mr. Zaluzhny, and you will see. Can you also tell us, as one "commander" said to the platoon...it was you who shot yourself then?

Something bad is going on in the 60th Independent Infantry Brigade of the AFU.
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I don't know what she means by reference to the "mouth of Yalta"

👆👆👆 I see that readers don't understand the lady's letter to Zaluzny. It's written in a hysterical/mad tone. It's about the 60th infantry brigade of AFU that obviously sustained heavy losses. She appeals to all to share her post.

A big report from @riafan_everywhere about the actions of Wagner PMC fighters on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut, namely on the streets of Patrice Lumumba. Captured Ukrainian positions and destroyed armored vehicles are shown.

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The Artemsoli building in Soledar before the war and now.

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Starshie Eddie writes:

There is not a bad thing going on with the 60th AFU detachment; in my opinion, everything is going as it should, namely. The 60th Brigade is standing near Kleshcheyevka, on the Kurdyumovka-Chasov Yar section of the front. The brigade's strongholds are subjected to daily attacks, and it loses soldiers and equipment almost every day after attacks by PMC Wagner's attack units. On those days when the 60th Brigade manages not to lose positions and fight back, everything from shells from barrel and rocket artillery to AGS and VOGs from copters fly at it very actively. The woman's cry for help is not at all accidental; the 60th AFU brigade does have very heavy losses.


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Ukrainian sources report that Kramatorsk receives a huge number of dead from Artemovsk and Soledar every day; most of the dead are between 18 and 23 years old. They are brought in by army trucks.

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On January 11 in 2023, a change in the command structure of the SMO took place. It was also the day, where big parts of Soledar was freed by the Wagner group. It was a shock for everyone.
But what exactly happened?
Let me show you first a picture, that is currently being spread overt he internet, which explains the situation very well. The source is the Twitter account “RWApodcast”.
Old structure
General Surovikin was the overall commander of the joint group of forces in Ukraine. He commanded so to say the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.
Since he was in charge of the aerospace forces, he had additional access to the chief of the ground forces, General Salyukov and to the general staff deputy, General Kim.
Through General Kim he had essentially the full access to the whole Russian armed forces. At least within the framework of the SMO.
What was initially considered as ingenious, had some weaknesses. General Surovikin was tasked with leading the SMO, his duties as the commander of the aerospace forces and he needed to coordinate the needed resources and movements of all other parts of the Russian armed forces, that are not directly involved, if he needed them. Essentially it was a good structure, with this major disadvantage, that he needed to coordinate with other structures of the armed forces, while having to manage numerous battlefronts.
We are talking about forces of other military districts, logistics, intelligence, the Navy, politics and the military industrial complex.
During his time as the commander of the SMO, there was another big event. Russia and Belarus joined their military to one joint group of forces. This joint group of forces is commanded by the Russians but given that it consists of the whole military of another country, the command level was way above General Surovikin’s level of responsibility.
To put it straightforward. I assume that the Belarussians wouldn’t accept any other commander of their forces, than the chief of the general staff of Russia. Even though I am convinced, that no Belarussian troops will ever invade Ukraine, except if Poland enters the war, I’m sure, that the whole Belarussian armed forces will be tasked in providing any assistance, mainly logistical, training and medical, that the Russian armed forces need in Belarus.
The last point is, that General Surovikin obviously, taking his interviews into account had certain tasks:
Consolidating a straight frontline.
Securing this frontline with proper defenses.
Securing the transition from a defensive approach to an offensive one, which could soon start.
Preparing the enemy infrastructure for the final push, without depriving the civilians constantly from energy.
Depleting the enemy air defense means as much as possible (missiles, radars etc.)
Degrading the enemy manpower and equipment as much as possible without sacrificing too much own soldiers.
Draw out the enemy manpower of most Ukrainian cities and regions and force them to be committed to unfavorable positions for them.
Finally: Breach the Ukrainian defensive in Donbass, which has been fulfilled at the day, where the change in command has been announced.
General Surovikin fulfilled his tasks properly. I assume that a milestone has been reached and the next logical step in the plan of the general staff has been reached. The transition from defense and consolidation to an offensive approach.
New structure
The new structure is very much similar to the old one. General Gerasimov is now the nominal leader of the joint group of forces instead of General Surovikin. Which is of course needed, because of the final formation of the joint group of forces with Belarus. Apart from this, everything is the same.
General Surovikin reported to General Gerasimov before. And he still reports to him.