❗️ A military expert has said how many mercenaries are fighting on the side of the Ukrainian armed forces.

About 12,000 foreign mercenaries are currently fighting for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. D.Sc. in military science Anatoliy Matviychuk has said this to the Go and See channel.

💬"According to the latest data, before the New Year I saw the figure of 12 thousand, which includes the USA, Germany, England, Poland, African and Scandinavian countries, and the Baltics," the channel's interlocutor said.

Earlier, the commander of the Russian Viking group said that the influx of mercenaries to Ukraine was due to a shortage of mobilization resources.


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There has been a strange shift in Western media coverage of the conflict in Ukraine! Until recently, they wrote that "Russia is losing" or even "Russia has already lost." Suddenly, leading Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman is today in a column admitting Russia's victory on the battlefield, taking over Kiev, ousting the Zelinsky government, and replacing it with an "occupying force."

True, he now assures that this victory will not last and Russia will find itself in a situation of permanent guerrilla warfare in Ukraine and complete international isolation.

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Little info for readers. Our unofficial Ferryman section won't be on the program this week. We showed so much gore in regular news that we are rather sick of it. Besides, I don't think we can offer something you didn't see in the last seven days. It was a bloody week, which is terrible for AFU and good for us, but we also have tolerance only to some degree. So, definitely, it will be postponed for next week. Stay with us.
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Secretary Blinken made an interesting point: "The starting point of negotiations with Russia can only be the return of the situation to the 1991 borders, the withdrawal of Russian troops, the payment of reparations, and the return of Russia to the restrictive nuclear weapons treaties."

The last point is not very clear. Apparently, the Americans want to return Russia to a new version of the Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missile Treaty. But most importantly, the Americans probably want to control the management of Russian tactical nuclear weapons as well as the development and delivery of new equipment like Poseidon and Burevestnik on their own terms. 

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded to the statement of the head of the European Commission on giving any weapons to Ukraine.

"Head of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen called to give Ukraine any weapons it can use."

Nuclear, or what? ☢️
 
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South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor commented on South Africa and Russia's joint naval exercises that are scheduled for February.

According to her, South Africa thus wants to raise the level of its military training for the defence of the country.

"Russia is a powerful military power." "We would like our naval forces to be trained at a higher level and have skills that would help them both in South Africa's peacekeeping missions and in the defence of our country," the minister explained in an interview with RIA Novosti.
 
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The Ukrainian military openly spoke on the radio about the positions of Polish mercenaries in Soledar, which allowed us to conduct precise artillery strikes,🇷🇺 DPR head Pushilin's adviser Gagin told RIA Novosti.

Poland is putting pressure on Germany to transfer tanks to Ukraine, this gives us great amusement.In the context of real relations between Ukrainians and Poles on the battlefield, even in the same Soledar, part of the serious losses inflicted by us(Russians) on the Polish contingent occurred thanks to the Armed forces of Ukraine (AFU ) ,who absolutely did not hesitate to discuss on the radio the directions of work of their foreign colleagues. As someone who has heard all this, I can responsibly state that Ukrainians don't like Poles — they are framed in the most dangerous sectors of the front. They (ukros) treat them as an unpleasant travelling companion. they have different goals, Ukraine wants some kind of independence. Poland wants to take a bite out of western Ukraine. No one has forgotten about the Volyn massacre, the long-term experience of mutual genocide.  And all this resembles schizophrenia

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Ukraine is on the verge of religious conflict — Russian Envoy to UN

Due to Kiev’s persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Ukraine has found itself on the verge of a religious conflict of unprecedented scope, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said.

"The war on canonical Orthodox Christianity is another track of Kiev’s repressive policies. Ukraine stands on the brink of a large-scale inter-confessional conflict, which has not had any precedents in modern European history," he told Tuesday’s session of the UN Security Council, which was initiated by Russia to discuss human rights in Ukraine.

"Supported by their Western sponsors, Ukrainian authorities have long adopted a course that seeks to undermine the Canonical Orthodox Church of Ukraine. As we heard from Metropolitan Anthony, now the schismatic church of Ukraine, which was artificially created in 2018 and made fully obedient to the authorities, is being forcibly imposed on the Ukrainian people," the Russian diplomat continued.

"Ukraine is only one step away from a fratricidal internal religious catastrophe," Nebenzya emphasized.

The UOC is a self-governing church with broad autonomy within the Moscow Patriarchate. The special status of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is reflected in the Charter of the Russian Orthodox Church, which the Council of Bishops adopted in 2000. However, the Council of the UOC on May 27 of last year announced the adoption of amendments to the UOC Charter, declaring its complete independence. At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities recently stepped up a campaign against the UOC. Since November 2022, the Ukrainian security service SBU has been conducting searches in its churches and dioceses throughout the country. Several hierarchs were charged with treason and subversive activities.

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Russia’s UN envoy reiterates that the Dnepropetrovsk missile was shot down by Ukraine

A Russian missile that fell in Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk recently, was shot down by Ukrainian air defenses — Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya

Nebenzya at the Security Council for Ukraine: Today, many people mentioned the tragedy in Dnepropetrovsk, where the entrance to a residential building was destroyed by a rocket. None of you mentioned the real background of what happened, which was voiced, including by Ukrainian officials.

"A Russian missile that targeted an energy infrastructure facility was downed by Ukrainian air defense. Since the air defense launcher was positioned in a residential quarter contrary to the norms of international humanitarian law that you care about so much, the missile fell onto a residential building. The rest you know," Nebenzya said. "If the Ukrainian authorities had heeded the IHL [international humanitarian law], this tragedy would have never happened."

Just as there would be no need on our part to carry out strikes against an infrastructure facility that supports the military potential of Ukraine, if the Ukrainian leadership showed a readiness for peace negotiations on realistic terms that would eliminate the reasons that caused the need for a military defense.

"We regret that none of you said a word of condemnation of the almost continuous air strikes by the Ukrainian armed forces against Donetsk that also killed people. In this case however the Kiev regime deliberately targets residential quarters where there are no military facilities. Residents of Donetsk will tell you more about it at an Arria meeting that we will convene on Friday," the Russian diplomat added.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦🎞 How the enemy bypasses and overloads Russian air defence — Rybar analysis

Rybar's team continues experiments with formats for covering the special military operation and presenting analysis.

We bring to your attention a simulated scenario of uncovering and overloading of Russian air defence by the enemy. We have tried to show all the elements of the multistage system, showing the range of forces and means used against Russia.

In our opinion, information presented in this format is much more understandable to the audience than text or maps. We have to keep up with the times, don't we?

Enjoy.
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