The Washington Post has released an interesting article about captured Russian equipment in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In short:

>The Ukrainian army is experiencing big problems with putting a number of trophies into service: many samples (BMP-3 are mentioned in the article) have no Ukrainian analogues, are unknown to Ukrainian repairmen and, in fact, cannot be repaired;

>A centralized collection and restoration of equipment is organized in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, technical intelligence units specially engaged in the search for trophies: but some samples remain in the units that took them, and in the event of a breakdown they become dead weight - the exchange of spare parts between units is not organized;

>Most of the Russian equipment taken in the Kharkiv region was not combat-ready: only 20% were able to put into operation immediately, 30% required field repairs, and the second half required factory restoration;

> Captured vehicles (in particular, tanks) are used as donors for the modernization of Ukrainian models: the article notes that the average age of a Ukrainian tank is 30 years, while most Russian tanks are no older than five;

>With NATO equipment, the situation is even worse: it needs to be sent to Poland even for field repairs due to the inability of Ukrainian workshops to serve Western models;

>The work of the repair shops is greatly hindered by strikes on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine - the generators are not able to compensate for the outages

A good source of information about the enemy was given by an American newspaper. Another would be the number of equipment and the coordinates of the workshops ...

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❗️Ukrainian media report a series of explosions in Kramatorsk


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In Belarus, as part of a sudden check of combat readiness, exercises began on the transition from peacetime to wartime.

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Yesterday on the Svatovo-Kreminna front (Zhuravka gully section), an event of local importance took place, but that does not make it any less important. Units of the 3rd motorised rifle division, along with the units of the 74th Guards Brigade, attacked this place and knocked out the enemy (Ukrainians) from the important height of 165. 

After suffering heavy losses, the Ukrainians could not withstand the onslaught and fled to the remaining part of the Zhuravka gully under their control. Interestingly, some Ukrainian special forces were left to defend the hill; at least, that is the impression one gets after looking at the Ukrainian corpses and the equipment abandoned by them. The Ukrainian special forces could not defend the place and were killed.
Russian infantry significantly replenished their supplies with good trophy weapons and ammunition from this certain AFU unit called "Kangal."

The Russian offensive has not stopped there. The soldiers of the 3rd motorised rifle division and paratroopers from the 76th division continue to attack the Ukrainians near Makiivka, with artillery clearly and competently destroying Ukrainian personnel and equipment. They also destroyed several positions , suitable reserves, and medical evacuation points of the enemy (Ukrainians).

in the picture : A trophy Chevron from the Ukrainian special forces.

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Russian troops received a new batch of 2B24 82mm mortars manufactured by the Burevestnik Central Research Institute, as well as 120mm 2B11 mortars. The weapon is intended to be sent to the NWO zone. As emphasized in UVZ, the state defense order was completed ahead of schedule. The previous batch of mortars was sent to the troops in June of this year.

The 82-mm mortar 2B24 is a further development of the 2B14-1 "Tray" mortar, originally developed for arming mountain and air assault brigades, as well as units of the marines of the Navy and the Airborne Forces. The mass of the mortar is 45 kg, which allows it to be carried by calculation forces. Rate of fire with continuous firing - 20 rounds per minute, range from 100 to 6000 meters. Calculation - 5 people.


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Dmitry Medvedev :

First, traitors who hate their country so much that they call for its defeat and destruction must be regarded as hostis publicus, enemies of society. Regardless of the legal qualification of their actions, they are "enemies of the state" or "traitors," using their favourite American equivalent. They should be firmly entrenched in this definition, even if no administrative or criminal proceedings were ever brought against them.

Secondly, Such individuals should not be allowed to return to Russia for the rest of their lives. They should be completely cut off from sources of income in our country, no matter what they consist of. The immoral situation in which traitors, who wish their country to be defeated, make money on Russia in parallel, must be stopped once and for all.

Third, the return of such people home can only take place if an unequivocal public repentance is made beforehand, and in appropriate cases, only through amnesty or pardon.

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The Finnish parliament calls on the government to be the first in Europe to begin deliveries of Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine.

The point of the idea is that the transfer of even a small number of tanks will create a precedent in the supply of Western tanks from other European countries.

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Ukrainian sources report that the Nazis transferred about 300 militants of the SSO of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Bakhmut area.

It seems that the Lisichansk scenario is being repeated when, in a desperate attempt to save the situation, the Nazi regime throws into the meat grinder not even reserves, but a "gold fund" - militants trained abroad for terrorist attacks and special operations. However, there would be more sense from trained infantry attack aircraft. But where can you get them?

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Putin's senior aide visited the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

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The energy crisis will cause a further downturn in the eurozone economy in 2023, the Financial Times reported.

In their opinion, high inflation and a shortage of energy resources will provoke a further reduction in production and a deterioration in the situation on the labor market. Thus, the eurozone economy will shrink by 0.01% next year, while the European Commission and the European Central Bank predicted its growth by 0.3% and 0.5%, respectively.

According to experts, prices will rise on average by more than 6% next year and by almost 2.7% in 2024, while the unemployment rate will increase from 6.5% to 7.1% by the end of 2023.

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That's better!

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'Just dogs barking': Zakharova on Kiev’s bid to oust Russia from UNSC

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova hits back at the Kiev regime’s calls to expel Russia from the UN Security Council by saying such rhetoric needs to be ignored.

"Do nothing. This is precisely the case when dogs bark but the caravans move " Zakharova said.

On December 20, Dmitry Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said that Kiev was gearing up for official steps to annul Russia’s membership in the UN Security Council. That said, he admitted that it wouldn’t be easy to launch this process.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov repeatedly stated that it is impossible to exclude Russia from the UN Security Council. The US also thinks that it is impossible to alter the UN’s rules in order to do so, White House Spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said at the December 15 briefing.

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The Daily Telegraph published this touching photo today. The picture shows a "Ukrainian soldier on a 10-day leave from duty" kissing his daughter for the first time in almost a year in the western Ukrainian city of Lvov.
The British press is not at all embarrassed by the Chevron of the SS Dead Head Division, because everyone knows: the Nazism of the Ukrainian army is, after all, "an invention of Russian propaganda"!
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