The moment of arrival at Konstantinovka.

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The arrival in Kramatorsk is most likely to fall at the machinery. Fragments of "burning" debris can be seen flying around. Most likely detonation of the BKM at the time of explosion.
There is a probability of an air defence hit, too.
The Russian Federation used a single strike and did something quite precise.
Most likely they "sketched" the location of the installation.

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Kherson

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Before judging Zelensky for rejecting the Christmas truce try walking in his shoes first…

🎻 🎶 Sometimes you wonder how such talented people end up in the war.
An improvised concert of a soldier of the Russian Guard for colleagues on the front line.

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As 2022 drew to a close, the fascist Ukrainian regime took steps to ban churches affiliated with the Moscow Patriarchate.

A final service was given on 31 December 2022 at the historical church of Kiev-Pechersk. Kievans crowded the service to farewell their church and pray for its return. Note the resonance and symbolism in the the congregation's words "Christ is risen, truly risen!".

On 04 January 2023, faithful and priests were prevented from entering the church, as the holy site was seized by the Ukrainian government.

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🇺🇦 Journalist of the German edition BILD Julian Röpke reports that the grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Soledar is on the verge of encirclement

☠️ The situation may repeat the scenario of the Mariupol "boiler".

❓ The German calls for replenishment of reserves and a major counter-offensive, but where will Zaluzhny and Co. find them when in the Donbass, both in Soledar and Artyomovsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer enormous losses.

😄 Maybe the German himself can take up arms and show his commitment to "European values".

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The special operation in Ukraine showed that the tank has not lost its relevance in the conflicts of the 21st century, although disputes about its role and place in the army have not subsided since the appearance on the fields of the First World War.

In the interwar period, the discussion about the role of tanks was about which of them - infantry escort tanks, cruiser tanks, breakthrough tanks, tankettes - were most preferable and in what proportion. They tried to determine both the optimal tactical and operational-tactical structure for their use. After the Second World War, in which the tank became an integral part of any major operation, clouds began to gather over its future.

-Izvestia

Zin Note:

Ever since the beginning of the SMO and Russia's initial difficulties, I have heard plenty of prognostications of the "end of tanks in combat" or announcements of tanks becoming obsolete. Of course, the tank has never been an effective weapon in isolation, as mentioned above. Without significant air cover and infantry support, a tank is incredibly vulnerable and always has been. The same thing occurred throughout military history during the axial age of human civilization (or what many consider the medieval period) with the mounted heavy cavalryman.

During the classical era, as armory improved, the effectiveness of heavily armored cavalry against weaker infantry units was apparent. The wealthier armies of the era began to invest more resources in these units until the mounted man at arms became the mainstay of the battlefield. But then things changed. New tactics and technologies evolved precisely to deal with this threat. Bodkin arrows, the halberd, the bardiche, and the arquebus all developed to once again allow infantry and skirmishers to repel waves of these much more expensive to equip heavy cavalry. Still, the mounted man at arms didn't completely disappear from the battlefield well until the modern era. Shortly thereafter, the tank was invented and fulfilled a similar niche and will continue to do so for some time.

With proper air and infantry support, the tank is still a necessary unit for holding ground and repelling counterattacks as well as assisting in major offensives. Tanks can also act as mobile artillery to suppress enemy movements or to hit enemy strongholds to assist infantry in close proximity. Perhaps, one day, the tank will be obsolete, but not anytime soon.


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🇩🇪🇺🇦 The leader of the ruling party of Germany publicly opposed the supply of Leopard tanks to Kyiv

The co-chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Lars Klingbeil, said that Germany would not unilaterally supply Leopard tanks to the armed forces of Ukraine.

📝 “No country is currently supplying such heavy tanks as the Leopard 1 or Leopard 2. So it is right that the Americans, the French, and also we as the federal government are constantly thinking about whether we can now become involved in this conflict,” — emphasized an influential politician.

❗️ Germany's supply of heavy weapons to the Kyiv regime is that moral line, crossing which the Germans can break the shaky relations with Russia, which in its history has repeatedly suffered disasters from the German side.


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As an option to stop the war, Ukraine is being offered the "Korean scenario," said Alexei Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council.

(This scenario includes the division of territories without signing a peace treaty and a political settlement, but with the actual cessation of the war, as happened with North and South Korea, which were divided along the 38th parallel).

“We are now being offered the Korean version. The so-called conditional “38th parallel”. Here are such Ukrainians, and here they are not such Ukrainians. Russians will now invent anything. I know for sure that one of the options that they can offer us is 38 parallel," Danilov said on the air of the telethon.

He reiterated recent claims that Putin's spokesman Dmitry Kozak is now negotiating this in Europe.

According to Danilov, Kozak "goes to meetings with politicians of the past in Europe and conveys messages through them that they (the Russians - Ed.) are ready for many concessions in order to fix the status quo that exists from today and force us to We've reached some kind of truce."

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✅ Over the past day, the military personnel of the NM DPR destroyed more than 20 nationalists, 2 T-72M1 tanks and 7 units of special vehicles.


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⚡️ Ukrobloggers report an explosion in Melitopol

🚨 Ukrainian publics report an explosion in Melitopol, but there is no confirmed information about the terrorist attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the Russian army or civilians.

✅ We are waiting for reliable information.


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❗️In Ukraine, 250,000 square kilometers of land have been mined, which corresponds to more than 40% of the entire territory of the country, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said in an interview with the South Korean Yonhap news agency.

But Russia during the SMO has not yet controlled 40% of the territory of Ukraine. This is what happens: they mined themselves, and then staged a demonstrative howl about this?! However, nothing new.

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In the east of Ukraine, where the fighting is going on, low temperatures have been established. According to the Hydrometeorological Center, it is now in the region of 14-16 degrees below zero.

At the same time, until January 12, it will gradually warm up, but even then at night it will be frost to -9.

This means that the ground will freeze to move heavy equipment.

"We are expecting an intensification of hostilities. Frosts hit, at night down to -17, our heavy equipment will finally be able to move forward faster. But do not forget that the weather still favors both us and the Russians," the governor of the Lugansk region wrote in his telegram channel Gaidai.

Cold will also cause an increase in energy consumption. DTEK Executive Director Dmitry Sakharuk has already informed about possible blackouts not only during the day, but also at night due to cold weather.

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Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Kallas found a common language with her Ukrainian counterparts. It turned out to be Russian.

The incident occurred at the end of 2022, but the video has spread on the Web only recently. It is known that the politician speaks five languages, but only Russian helped her to communicate with a participant in one of the press conferences, writes Sputnik Near Abroad.

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⚡️"The advance of Russian troops in Soledar has been confirmed," writes the American "Institute for the Study of War".

Geolocation footage shows a Wagner group mercenary at the Artyomsol plant in the city center, analysts say in their morning summary.

Ukrainian troops hold the northwestern part of the settlement, experts add after analyzing photos and videos.

Also, "the forces of the Wagner group advanced to Klescheevka" south of Bakhmut, "the Ukrainian channel Resident is worried.

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The transfer of Russian military to Belarus is intensifying, the monitoring group "Belarusian Gayun" testifies.

Over the past two days, at least 1400-1600 soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces could have been transferred to Vitebsk, observers say. "An additional confirmation is that on the evening of January 6, soldiers of the RF Armed Forces were seen in different parts of the city, walking in groups of several people and visiting shops," Belaruski Gayun writes.

The military arrived in recent days in trains of 700-800 people each.

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⚡️The defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Soledar is crumbling like a house of cards.

In a few days, the system of defensive positions crumbled, which were occupied by units of the 28th mechanized and 17th tank brigades. During their flight, five more strongholds were abandoned. Many wounded and dead. A sharp cooling significantly complicated the already critical situation. There is nothing to take out the wounded. There are numerous cases of frostbite and hypothermia. No one even thinks about the removal of corpses in these brigades.

Morale fell to a minimum even in units that were considered the elite of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Yesterday, in the Soledar region, junior officers and soldiers of the detachment of the Special Purpose Center "West" (the former 8th separate regiment of the Special Forces of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) refused to carry out a combat mission.

The Ukrainian command tried to rectify the situation by sending more than 20 units of various Western-made lightly armored vehicles on trawls. However, almost all of these armored vehicles turned out to be technically faulty, and the cold snap made their use for counterattacks completely unsuitable. The manpower reserves in this area at the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are also practically exhausted.

The most savvy Ukrainian military understand the hopelessness of their situation and leave the Soledar area in small groups.

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💥 The situation in Soledar is difficult; the city is semi-surrounded - Arestovych

The main efforts of the Russian troops are aimed at cutting off Soledar from Artemovsk and cutting the Soledar-Slavyansk road, Zelenskyy's representative has said.

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‼️🇺🇦" Ukraine expects hostilities to escalate in February," National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine secretary

Former Luhansk racketeer Danilov said that the sides are entering a certain activation phase.

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