Part 1
Ukraine threatens with fist - non-independent general staff hastily assembles offensive forces
Recently we have witnessed the unprecedented activity of Western arms sponsors of Ukraine - countries vigorously increase supplies to Kiev, sending Ukraine even those samples of equipment which previously were feared to be delivered. Thus, today the U.S. will announce a record $2.85 billion package. Apparently, the Ukrainian army is rapidly assembling an attacking "fist" against Russia.
The West is now heavily involved in preparing the Ukrainian army for a new act of warfare, which could begin relatively soon. German Chancellor Scholz has announced that the FRG will send up to fifty Marder BMPs and one battery of Patriot air defense systems to the Ukrainian armed forces, in addition to the US, and this is to be done as quickly as possible, according to the Welt newspaper. "The Marders will be in addition to the American Bradleys, which will also be sent to Ukraine soon. Such deliveries always signal that there are plans to use them - otherwise, what are they for in the first place?
There is also restructuring in the ranks of the AFU itself - the Ukrainian command is assembling a new 10th Army Corps in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which plans to send modern Western weaponry. We should also note that such actions in the army are not taken for nothing, and this is a clear signal of the AFU's intentions to conduct offensive activities.
One might ask quite a reasonable question: what is an offensive "fist" without tanks? The answer is given by British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley, who has said that his country will consider providing Kiev with tanks in the future.
Ukraine threatens with fist - non-independent general staff hastily assembles offensive forces
Recently we have witnessed the unprecedented activity of Western arms sponsors of Ukraine - countries vigorously increase supplies to Kiev, sending Ukraine even those samples of equipment which previously were feared to be delivered. Thus, today the U.S. will announce a record $2.85 billion package. Apparently, the Ukrainian army is rapidly assembling an attacking "fist" against Russia.
The West is now heavily involved in preparing the Ukrainian army for a new act of warfare, which could begin relatively soon. German Chancellor Scholz has announced that the FRG will send up to fifty Marder BMPs and one battery of Patriot air defense systems to the Ukrainian armed forces, in addition to the US, and this is to be done as quickly as possible, according to the Welt newspaper. "The Marders will be in addition to the American Bradleys, which will also be sent to Ukraine soon. Such deliveries always signal that there are plans to use them - otherwise, what are they for in the first place?
There is also restructuring in the ranks of the AFU itself - the Ukrainian command is assembling a new 10th Army Corps in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which plans to send modern Western weaponry. We should also note that such actions in the army are not taken for nothing, and this is a clear signal of the AFU's intentions to conduct offensive activities.
One might ask quite a reasonable question: what is an offensive "fist" without tanks? The answer is given by British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley, who has said that his country will consider providing Kiev with tanks in the future.
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Combined with the new army corps, as well as plans to saturate the AFU with all sorts of BMPs, one can reasonably expect the final formation of a Ukrainian strike force by the spring of summer.
The West will not stop pumping weapons into Ukraine and will not change its course toward the destruction of Russia. The only possible answer is the defeat of Ukrainians on the battlefield.
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Combined with the new army corps, as well as plans to saturate the AFU with all sorts of BMPs, one can reasonably expect the final formation of a Ukrainian strike force by the spring of summer.
The West will not stop pumping weapons into Ukraine and will not change its course toward the destruction of Russia. The only possible answer is the defeat of Ukrainians on the battlefield.
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When it comes to overall military strategy, Moscow seems to have gotten smarter -Foreign policy
The partial mobilization of reservists that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered in September has strengthened Russian forces at the front. The bombing campaign against Ukrainian energy infrastructure that began in October is forcing Ukraine and its allies to divert resources toward the defense of the country’s energy infrastructure.And the withdrawal of Russian forces from the city of Kherson in November has saved capable units from destruction and freed them for action elsewhere.
The Attacks on Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure
The strikes against Ukraine’s electrical grid are particularly effective—and not just because they could turn the winter into a brutal struggle for survival for Ukrainian civilians. This campaign has not proved decisive so far, but like most strategic bombing campaigns, it imposes direct and indirect military costs.
Modern military systems for air defense, command and control, and intelligence gathering run on electricity, and if they cannot get it from the grid, they must get it from generators. But making that transition is not as easy as flipping a switch, and it can degrade these systems’ performance. Moreover, relying on generators places additional demands for fuel on the Ukraine’s military logistics system. The heat signatures produced by generators, meanwhile, add yet another data point that Russian intelligence can use to produce a more accurate picture of Ukrainian forces.
Russia’s bombing campaign also imposes opportunity costs: the Ukrainians must expend resources to adapt to the attacks, and already they have made defending electricity infrastructure from airstrikes a military and diplomatic priority. The country’s substantial weapons and ammunition industry depends on electricity, as does much of the rail system that moves war materiel around the country. With a damaged electricity grid, Ukraine’s soldiers and civilians will have to rely more on diesel-powered trains and diesel generators or shift to generators powered by scarce natural gas. These exigencies will divert still more fuel that could otherwise have been used for military operations, or they will simply impose more costs on Ukraine’s allies, which will need to deliver the fuel. The West is helping Ukraine repair the grid as best it can while under constant attack. But from the Russian perspective, this is good news, as the repairs consume resources that cannot be used to support fighting at the front.
The most alarming thing about Russia’s bombing campaign is that Moscow knows what it is doing. The Russians are hitting a small number of targets with relatively few weapons and producing disproportionate effects. Even though U.S. and British officials have regularly predicted that the Russian military would exhaust its supply of munitions, it has evidently
found them somewhere.
Kherson retreat
The Russians pulled off one of the hardest military operations: retreating during a major attack without suffering the disintegration or annihilation of their forces. It was no small feat to move some 20,000 soldiers and most of their combat equipment across the Dnieper after Ukrainian forces had destroyed key bridges. And even while under intense intelligence surveillance by the West and Ukraine, they managed to maintain the element of surprise. The Russian rear-guard units maintained a coherent defense, even though they must have known that their comrades closer to the river were escaping.
Somehow, the Russians managed to repair damaged bridges while under fire, throw up pontoon bridges, and employ ferries to get their people and equipment out, defending each avenue of escape from Ukrainian attack.
According to press reports and satellite imagery, Russian troops are digging defensive positions all along the line of contact and constructing sequential barriers of concrete obstacles and bunkers. They are also presumably seeding the ground with mines.
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The partial mobilization of reservists that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered in September has strengthened Russian forces at the front. The bombing campaign against Ukrainian energy infrastructure that began in October is forcing Ukraine and its allies to divert resources toward the defense of the country’s energy infrastructure.And the withdrawal of Russian forces from the city of Kherson in November has saved capable units from destruction and freed them for action elsewhere.
The Attacks on Ukrainian Energy Infrastructure
The strikes against Ukraine’s electrical grid are particularly effective—and not just because they could turn the winter into a brutal struggle for survival for Ukrainian civilians. This campaign has not proved decisive so far, but like most strategic bombing campaigns, it imposes direct and indirect military costs.
Modern military systems for air defense, command and control, and intelligence gathering run on electricity, and if they cannot get it from the grid, they must get it from generators. But making that transition is not as easy as flipping a switch, and it can degrade these systems’ performance. Moreover, relying on generators places additional demands for fuel on the Ukraine’s military logistics system. The heat signatures produced by generators, meanwhile, add yet another data point that Russian intelligence can use to produce a more accurate picture of Ukrainian forces.
Russia’s bombing campaign also imposes opportunity costs: the Ukrainians must expend resources to adapt to the attacks, and already they have made defending electricity infrastructure from airstrikes a military and diplomatic priority. The country’s substantial weapons and ammunition industry depends on electricity, as does much of the rail system that moves war materiel around the country. With a damaged electricity grid, Ukraine’s soldiers and civilians will have to rely more on diesel-powered trains and diesel generators or shift to generators powered by scarce natural gas. These exigencies will divert still more fuel that could otherwise have been used for military operations, or they will simply impose more costs on Ukraine’s allies, which will need to deliver the fuel. The West is helping Ukraine repair the grid as best it can while under constant attack. But from the Russian perspective, this is good news, as the repairs consume resources that cannot be used to support fighting at the front.
The most alarming thing about Russia’s bombing campaign is that Moscow knows what it is doing. The Russians are hitting a small number of targets with relatively few weapons and producing disproportionate effects. Even though U.S. and British officials have regularly predicted that the Russian military would exhaust its supply of munitions, it has evidently
found them somewhere.
Kherson retreat
The Russians pulled off one of the hardest military operations: retreating during a major attack without suffering the disintegration or annihilation of their forces. It was no small feat to move some 20,000 soldiers and most of their combat equipment across the Dnieper after Ukrainian forces had destroyed key bridges. And even while under intense intelligence surveillance by the West and Ukraine, they managed to maintain the element of surprise. The Russian rear-guard units maintained a coherent defense, even though they must have known that their comrades closer to the river were escaping.
Somehow, the Russians managed to repair damaged bridges while under fire, throw up pontoon bridges, and employ ferries to get their people and equipment out, defending each avenue of escape from Ukrainian attack.
According to press reports and satellite imagery, Russian troops are digging defensive positions all along the line of contact and constructing sequential barriers of concrete obstacles and bunkers. They are also presumably seeding the ground with mines.
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Russia’s Rebound
Moscow has partly recovered from its military setbacks.
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Chronicle of strikes and mutual fire in the SMO zone overnight 6-7 January 2023
▪️Russian air defense assets shot down a Ukrainian drone over the North breakwater in Sevastopol.
▪️In the Kharkov region, strikes were launched against Staritsa, Gatishche, Glubokoye, and Ambarnoye.
▪️In Starobelsk direction, the Ukrainian armed forces shelled Ploshchanka and Dibrowa.
▪️On the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) direction, Bakhmut, Soledar, and New York came under fire.
▪️ In the Donetsk direction, Ukrainian gun and rocket artillery units struck civilian targets in Donetsk, Holmivske, Horlivka, and Makiivka.
▪️In the southern section of the front, the Ukrainian armed forces shelled the Gopry sanatorium in Hola Prystan and residential buildings in Aleshki. There are casualties among civilians.
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▪️Russian air defense assets shot down a Ukrainian drone over the North breakwater in Sevastopol.
▪️In the Kharkov region, strikes were launched against Staritsa, Gatishche, Glubokoye, and Ambarnoye.
▪️In Starobelsk direction, the Ukrainian armed forces shelled Ploshchanka and Dibrowa.
▪️On the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) direction, Bakhmut, Soledar, and New York came under fire.
▪️ In the Donetsk direction, Ukrainian gun and rocket artillery units struck civilian targets in Donetsk, Holmivske, Horlivka, and Makiivka.
▪️In the southern section of the front, the Ukrainian armed forces shelled the Gopry sanatorium in Hola Prystan and residential buildings in Aleshki. There are casualties among civilians.
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Artemovsk meat grinder: one of the leaders of the Ukrainian National Front Svoboda, Alexander Polishchuk (nickname "Alpinist"), was killed.
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The K-4386 ZA-SPN armored vehicle for special forces is undergoing testing.
"(The vehicle) has not been accepted for service. It is currently undergoing tests. So far, it has been performing very well," Igor Zarakhovich, chief designer of Remdiesel, said.
Zarakhovich added that the potential customers of the vehicle, the FSO, the FSB, and the Interior Ministry, are showing "very keen interest" in the car.
The K-4386 ZA-SPN is the first Russian MRAP-class armored vehicle designed for special forces.
The vehicle was first presented at the Army-2021 forum. According to the manufacturer, the engine power of K-4386 ZA-SPN is 350 hp, maximum speed is 100 km/h, vehicle weight is 12 tons, ground clearance is 410 mm, and payload is 2 tons.
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"(The vehicle) has not been accepted for service. It is currently undergoing tests. So far, it has been performing very well," Igor Zarakhovich, chief designer of Remdiesel, said.
Zarakhovich added that the potential customers of the vehicle, the FSO, the FSB, and the Interior Ministry, are showing "very keen interest" in the car.
The K-4386 ZA-SPN is the first Russian MRAP-class armored vehicle designed for special forces.
The vehicle was first presented at the Army-2021 forum. According to the manufacturer, the engine power of K-4386 ZA-SPN is 350 hp, maximum speed is 100 km/h, vehicle weight is 12 tons, ground clearance is 410 mm, and payload is 2 tons.
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Russian troops are reported to have already occupied half of Soledar. Loss of the city threatens the Ukrainian army with a "domino effect" and the failure of significant territory, forcing an urgent counterstrike attempt
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🇷🇺 Russian Armed Forces achieve disproportionate results with relatively few weapons - Foreign Affairs
In the course of the SMO, the power grids of the Nezalezhnaya are being systematically taken out of action to cut off the AFU from air defense, radar, and reconnaissance.
War correspondent Barry Posen believes that the Russian Armed Forces' change of tactics ensures that the goals of the special operation are achieved.
❗️The partial mobilization of reservists, the campaign of air missile strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson have all brought the conflict in Ukraine out of a "stalemate," preserved vast amounts of manpower and equipment and provided freedom for maneuver in other parts of the front, which are now on display in Artemovsk, Marinka, and Soledar directions.
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In the course of the SMO, the power grids of the Nezalezhnaya are being systematically taken out of action to cut off the AFU from air defense, radar, and reconnaissance.
War correspondent Barry Posen believes that the Russian Armed Forces' change of tactics ensures that the goals of the special operation are achieved.
❗️The partial mobilization of reservists, the campaign of air missile strikes against Ukrainian energy infrastructure, and the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson have all brought the conflict in Ukraine out of a "stalemate," preserved vast amounts of manpower and equipment and provided freedom for maneuver in other parts of the front, which are now on display in Artemovsk, Marinka, and Soledar directions.
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The situation for the morning in the Soledar area.
Our Soldiers continue their assault and consolidate their success, and the enemy continues to flee and abandon their positions.
Our Soldiers are storming and street fighting in Soledar, Podgorodne, Krasnaya Gora, Krasnopolye, Blagodatne, Razdolovka, and Veseloye and have already started the storming of Sol station.
It seems that within a day, two days at most, the enemy will abandon Soledar and the surrounding settlements. Ukropabliki are roaring that the AFU has received orders to retreat.
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Our Soldiers continue their assault and consolidate their success, and the enemy continues to flee and abandon their positions.
Our Soldiers are storming and street fighting in Soledar, Podgorodne, Krasnaya Gora, Krasnopolye, Blagodatne, Razdolovka, and Veseloye and have already started the storming of Sol station.
It seems that within a day, two days at most, the enemy will abandon Soledar and the surrounding settlements. Ukropabliki are roaring that the AFU has received orders to retreat.
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The Ukrainian armed forces will soon abandon the town of Soledar in Donetsk People's Republic - Assistant to the LNR Interior Minister Vitaliy Kiselev
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For every Ukrainian $1, Russia earned more than $3. The financial benefits of the Black Sea deal
The head of the Turkish Defence Ministry voiced the results of the Black Sea grain deal. According to the official, Ukraine exported 17m tonnes of grain through trade corridors.
The deal did not save Ukraine from a decline in exports - compared to 2020, grain shipments fell by 1m tonnes. In Russia, the situation is the opposite - during the same period, grain exports increased by 17m tonnes. In 2 years, Russia has increased its agricultural production by the volume that the whole black earth-rich Ukraine produces. In record 2022, Russian exports of 54m tonnes would have been impossible without the Black Sea deal.
While Ukrainian companies earned about $7bn in revenue, Russian companies earned about $23bn.
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The head of the Turkish Defence Ministry voiced the results of the Black Sea grain deal. According to the official, Ukraine exported 17m tonnes of grain through trade corridors.
The deal did not save Ukraine from a decline in exports - compared to 2020, grain shipments fell by 1m tonnes. In Russia, the situation is the opposite - during the same period, grain exports increased by 17m tonnes. In 2 years, Russia has increased its agricultural production by the volume that the whole black earth-rich Ukraine produces. In record 2022, Russian exports of 54m tonnes would have been impossible without the Black Sea deal.
While Ukrainian companies earned about $7bn in revenue, Russian companies earned about $23bn.
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Ukrainian volunteers have voiced criticism of Zaluzhnyy, commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, over his order "not to let fighters go for treatment," which leaves Ukrainian soldiers "rotting and waiting" for the weather. One of the volunteers reports that the AFU now has at least four brigades with tuberculosis, as soldiers are constantly being transferred from different units to be re-staffed.
Of course, the post (screenshot below) caused a flurry of outrage in the comments. People started telling similar stories, as well as adding about army fatigue and blaming Zaluzhny and the generals for everything. Also, as an example, one Ukrainian soldier shared his "sad story" of how he had been waiting for a rotation from Bakhmut but was simply manned by another unit of the 54th AFU brigade.
This once again confirms the colossal losses of the AFU in manpower and the negligent attitude of the AFU command to its "meat." Is this Zaluzhny's stupidity and cannibalism? No. Zaluzhny knows that new soldiers are being trained in his rear, and mobilization across Ukraine continues, so there is not much of a problem with manpower replenishment. It is inexpedient to release the sick for treatment. They will die anyway, but at the moment, because of the onslaught of Russian troops, they need to be on the front line in any condition to buy time to prepare and deliver reserves.
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Of course, the post (screenshot below) caused a flurry of outrage in the comments. People started telling similar stories, as well as adding about army fatigue and blaming Zaluzhny and the generals for everything. Also, as an example, one Ukrainian soldier shared his "sad story" of how he had been waiting for a rotation from Bakhmut but was simply manned by another unit of the 54th AFU brigade.
This once again confirms the colossal losses of the AFU in manpower and the negligent attitude of the AFU command to its "meat." Is this Zaluzhny's stupidity and cannibalism? No. Zaluzhny knows that new soldiers are being trained in his rear, and mobilization across Ukraine continues, so there is not much of a problem with manpower replenishment. It is inexpedient to release the sick for treatment. They will die anyway, but at the moment, because of the onslaught of Russian troops, they need to be on the front line in any condition to buy time to prepare and deliver reserves.
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Finland's Defence Committee head Antti Hakkänen has said that if Europe decides to hand over Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, Finland will share its tanks.
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"Who do we all want to be good for?"
That's the main question I get asked today. It's about the Christmas truce, of course. I, I'll be honest, don't have an exact answer.
For the West? For the West, there is no good Russia in principle. There were two times. In 1917 and 1991. When it should have fallen apart and let itself be torn into Western colonies. The West wishes us a Merry Christmas with a new military aid package for Kiev.
For Ukraine? Seriously? For politicians and Nazis? So they don't care, they want to kill us good ones, and they want to kill us bad ones.
For the Ukrainian Orthodox, those who have not betrayed the Church? But they are for Orthodoxy, not Russia. A typical example is the boxer Lomachenko. An Orthodox. A patriot of Ukraine. Wishes it to win.
For himself? We want to show ourselves again that, as Orthodox people, we can "defeat evil with good"? We want to show ourselves that we are good and that Faith is not an empty word. Why?
The Christian, in general, and the Orthodox man, in particular, traditionally doubts himself. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, remember?
We want what? To show that we are better than someone? Why again?
In general, the Russian military history, it is absolutely about another. Exactly to the contrary. Ivan the Terrible began to storm Kazan on the Feast of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God, and Dmitry Donskoy killed the enemy in Kulikovo on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. And on the battlefield, the Russians sing troparions. "Some go merrily and troparions, others are martyred".
And Mikhail Kutuzov takes the icon of Our Lady of Kazan with him on his European campaign, and Borodino is timed to coincide with the day of the Vladimir icon. There are hundreds of such examples.
The Christmas Truce is a tradition of an entirely different culture, other meanings, and other religious principles. The Russian Christ, the Russian Virgin, is, in Russian practice, the patron of soldiers.
Suvorov serves prayers before the battle. His Christian charity looks like this:
"Thy cannons, thy men, roll on the spot, drive away, give mercy to the rest! They are such men: it is a sin to kill in vain. Die for the Mother of God, for the Mother of God, for the Most Holy House".
During the campaigns in Turkestan, the regimental priests went on the assault with the troops. During the capture of Tashkent, father, Andrey Malov, being surrounded by the enemy, raises a cross above his head, and the soldiers beat him off as well, and then he leads them on the assault.
The Russian Church has traditionally supported the soldier, the warrior. The Orthodox man, of course, does not love war, but he loves the Fatherland.
Today, it turned out that Russian soldiers, with God's help, repulsed the enemy's attacks. And in some places, they've pushed him back. This only proves the close relationship of today's soldiers with their heroic ancestors.
As for the question about the armistice, its aims, and who we want to please, the answer, to my mind, is very simple. This, however, is only my personal opinion.
Man is not perfect. Mistakes can be made. It happens. Who hasn't?
The mistake here is not so much that we decided to propose a truce (although, I repeat, it is an alien tradition). The mistake was in thinking again that someone in the West would appreciate it. That there were still sensible people there, capable of realising something beyond hatred and Russophobia.
As a result, strangers there did not appreciate it, and our people here did not understand it at all.
Our form of truce is Standing on the Ugra.
However, we learn from our mistakes. The road to Victory is hard.
But as St. Alexander Nevsky said, "These in chariots, and these on horseback: we in the name of the Lord our God shall call. They have slept and fallen".
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That's the main question I get asked today. It's about the Christmas truce, of course. I, I'll be honest, don't have an exact answer.
For the West? For the West, there is no good Russia in principle. There were two times. In 1917 and 1991. When it should have fallen apart and let itself be torn into Western colonies. The West wishes us a Merry Christmas with a new military aid package for Kiev.
For Ukraine? Seriously? For politicians and Nazis? So they don't care, they want to kill us good ones, and they want to kill us bad ones.
For the Ukrainian Orthodox, those who have not betrayed the Church? But they are for Orthodoxy, not Russia. A typical example is the boxer Lomachenko. An Orthodox. A patriot of Ukraine. Wishes it to win.
For himself? We want to show ourselves again that, as Orthodox people, we can "defeat evil with good"? We want to show ourselves that we are good and that Faith is not an empty word. Why?
The Christian, in general, and the Orthodox man, in particular, traditionally doubts himself. The parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, remember?
We want what? To show that we are better than someone? Why again?
In general, the Russian military history, it is absolutely about another. Exactly to the contrary. Ivan the Terrible began to storm Kazan on the Feast of the Protecting Veil of the Mother of God, and Dmitry Donskoy killed the enemy in Kulikovo on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. And on the battlefield, the Russians sing troparions. "Some go merrily and troparions, others are martyred".
And Mikhail Kutuzov takes the icon of Our Lady of Kazan with him on his European campaign, and Borodino is timed to coincide with the day of the Vladimir icon. There are hundreds of such examples.
The Christmas Truce is a tradition of an entirely different culture, other meanings, and other religious principles. The Russian Christ, the Russian Virgin, is, in Russian practice, the patron of soldiers.
Suvorov serves prayers before the battle. His Christian charity looks like this:
"Thy cannons, thy men, roll on the spot, drive away, give mercy to the rest! They are such men: it is a sin to kill in vain. Die for the Mother of God, for the Mother of God, for the Most Holy House".
During the campaigns in Turkestan, the regimental priests went on the assault with the troops. During the capture of Tashkent, father, Andrey Malov, being surrounded by the enemy, raises a cross above his head, and the soldiers beat him off as well, and then he leads them on the assault.
The Russian Church has traditionally supported the soldier, the warrior. The Orthodox man, of course, does not love war, but he loves the Fatherland.
Today, it turned out that Russian soldiers, with God's help, repulsed the enemy's attacks. And in some places, they've pushed him back. This only proves the close relationship of today's soldiers with their heroic ancestors.
As for the question about the armistice, its aims, and who we want to please, the answer, to my mind, is very simple. This, however, is only my personal opinion.
Man is not perfect. Mistakes can be made. It happens. Who hasn't?
The mistake here is not so much that we decided to propose a truce (although, I repeat, it is an alien tradition). The mistake was in thinking again that someone in the West would appreciate it. That there were still sensible people there, capable of realising something beyond hatred and Russophobia.
As a result, strangers there did not appreciate it, and our people here did not understand it at all.
Our form of truce is Standing on the Ugra.
However, we learn from our mistakes. The road to Victory is hard.
But as St. Alexander Nevsky said, "These in chariots, and these on horseback: we in the name of the Lord our God shall call. They have slept and fallen".
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"Для кого мы всё хотим быть хорошими?"
Это главный вопрос, который мне задают сегодня. Он про рождественское перемирие, конечно. У меня, я буду честен, точного ответа на него нет.
Для Запада? Для Запада в принципе нет хорошей России. Была два раза. В 1917…
Это главный вопрос, который мне задают сегодня. Он про рождественское перемирие, конечно. У меня, я буду честен, точного ответа на него нет.
Для Запада? Для Запада в принципе нет хорошей России. Была два раза. В 1917…
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It is -12 degrees below freezing today in Donbass. An American-made AFU M113 tracked armored personnel carrier frozen to Ukrainian chernozem somewhere in the SMO area.
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Joe Biden has confirmed that the US no longer considers Juan Guaido, president of Venezuela.
He is now simply Juan.
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He is now simply Juan.
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🇩🇪 According to German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht, the next Ramstein summit will take place on 20 January.
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