This time—a proxy war with Russia—is different .

Ukrainian losses—at least 150,000 dead including 35,000 missing in action and presumed dead—have fatally weakened Ukrainian forces resulting in a fragile Ukrainian defensive posture that will likely shatter under the crushing weight of attacking Russian forces in the next few weeks — The American conservative

Until it decided to confront Moscow with an existential military threat in Ukraine, Washington confined the use of American military power to conflicts that Americans could afford to lose, wars with weak opponents in the developing world from Saigon to Baghdad that did not present an existential threat to U.S. forces or American territory. This time—a proxy war with Russia—is different. 

The blunt fact is that in its efforts to secure victory in its proxy war with Russia, Washington ignores historical reality. From the 13th century onward, Ukraine was a region dominated by larger, more powerful national powers, whether Lithuanian, Polish, Swedish, Austrian, or Russian. 

In the Second World War, Washington was lucky with timing and allies. This time it’s different. Washington and its NATO allies are advocating a full-blown war against Russia, the devastation and breakup of the Russian Federation, as well as the destruction of millions of lives in Russia and Ukraine. 

Washington emotes. Washington does not think, and it is also overtly hostile to empiricism and truth. Neither we nor our allies are prepared to fight all-out war with Russia, regionally or globally. The point is, if war breaks out between Russia and the United States, Americans should not be surprised. The Biden administration and its bipartisan supporters in Washington are doing all they possibly can to make it happen.  

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A Ukrainian prisoner of war, caught during the battles for Ugledar.

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Aleksandr “Skif” Khodakovsky (commander of the DPR Vostok Brigade) reports on the progress at Ugledar:

January 26, 2023

Our tanks risked going out to conduct direct fire and work on the outskirts of Ugledar—the enemy was hitting them with ATGMs from the roofs of high-rise buildings. Infantry maneuvered, unblocking assault groups that got caught in firing bags, pushing the enemy into the city. A Ukrainian SU-25 aircraft was shot down over Ugledar. According to intelligence, the enemy is transferring resources from Bakhmut to Ugledar, trying to reinforce itself as much as possible.

January 27, 2023

Near Ugledar, the night passed without much activity on either side, with no significant changes in the situation. In the morning, the enemy used HIMARS on the village of Stepnoye, believing that there is a major control center and trying to complicate our work. So far, the enemy's tactics have been built on cutting off our advance groups, which have cut into its defenses as deeply as possible, with artillery fire with occasional counterattacks. But the Ukrainian counterattacks are not intense and are mostly attempts by small groups to retake the positions we have taken.

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"The Crisis in Ukraine: Prospects for 2023: The Great Power Relations analytical website writes that Russia will soon create a new multilateral world order and Ukraine will cease to exist. The spring will be very bloody, and NATO and the "Fourth Reich" will lose. 
 
"Either Washington will succeed in creating a miracle in Ukraine, or the Russians will crush Ukraine and then break the back of the NATO alliance as well." Thus, Russia would end the United States' strategic position in Europe and probably create an entirely new world order with multiple centers of power, as opposed to U.S. unipolarity. Whatever the outcome of the conflict, one thing is clear: Ukraine will no longer exist as a viable, independent, contiguous state. An extremely bloody spring is coming. But in the end, German and American tanks and other new capabilities cannot prevent the defeat of NATO. In other words, American and Western commanders will sooner or later have to face an even worse choice: defeat or nuclear war."

https://greatpowerrelations.com/ukraine-crisis-overview-of-2022-outlook-for-2023/

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North Korea will always be on the side of Russia, "in the same trench" with its army and people. — Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong

The United States, by pumping up Ukraine with weapons, stimulates instability in the world.— Kim Yo-jong

Kim Yo-jong has no doubt that the Russian Federation will "burn to the ground" weapons that the US and other Western countries brag about.

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Another footage of destruction of American M777

Conflicting reports whether it was struck using Krasnopol or Lancet

Kremennaya front

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Yesterday's Strike of Thermal Power Plant in Odessa

As always, all missiles were shot down.

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❗️Estonian intelligence (stop laughing!) found out how much longer rocket attacks on Ukraine will continue.

According to the head of the department, Margot Grosberg (he is in the photo, stop laughing!), at best, Ukraine can be bombed for up to three months. At worst, up to nine.

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"Solntsepek" burns out enemy positions.
Cleansing of the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine between Pavlovka and Ugledar.

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"Not all rats will have time to escape alive" - this is the headline of the Polish magazine Polityka.

The cover depicts a sunken submarine painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. The article itself talks about the disagreements in the Ukrainian government.

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Arestovich – about Zelensky's psychology, three years ago: Zelensky is a weak man, he has two keys – petty self-esteem and fear. The guards won't let anyone near him. They break him psychologically, put him in fear. And at the same time, he arrives at the performance of the "95 quarter", jumps on stage and dances, the president of the country, in front of the audience. From a psychological point of view, this means splitting the personality. He lives in two worlds. In one thing he is afraid, he is all attacked by villains. In another, he is loved, and he is there in a familiar atmosphere. And no one tries to build bridges between these worlds, they are carefully broken.

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