Lancet vs self-propelled howitzer
The fighters of the DPR OBTF Kaskad continue tirelessly to distribute "New Year's gifts" to Ukrainian neo-Nazis. Defenders of Donbass near Konstantinovka (Ugledar direction) "presented" the Lancet UAV to the crew of the self-propelled howitzer, which fired at civilians in Donetsk.
As a result, the howitzer was disabled, and the crew ran away.

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#Summary for the morning of January 10, 2023

🔴The Russian army on the Soledar sector of the front is rushing to the city center, where there were battles for administrative buildings. The city is being cut off from the south. There are reports about the focal nature of the AFU defense of the city. The unified defense system is broken.

Artemovsk (Bakhmut) - fierce battles. PMC Wagner is developing success north of the city in order to cut the Artemovsk-Seversk highway. There are reports the enemy sent SBU officers to their units with the task of stopping desertion in AFU ranks.

Maryinka (Donetsk direction) - fighting for the settlement is underway, our forces are on the offensive.

In Ochakovo (Nikolaev region) an ammunition depot was destroyed. Targets in Kramatorsk and Slavyansk were hit. In Kherson, three police stations were hit.

🔵The General Staff of the AFU declared their aircraft delivered 17 strikes on the areas of concentration of our troops.

Belgorod region was being shelled by the enemy.

In the LPR, the settlements of Chmyrovka, Rubizhne, Svatovo and Kremennaya came under MRLS and cannon fire. One person died and 2 were injured, including one child.

In the DPR, Donetsk (Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts), Gorlovka (Central-city and Nikitovsky districts), Aleksandrovka were under fire. A civilian was killed, three civilians were injured.

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America may transfer Stryker armored vehicles to Ukraine in a new aid package

❕ The Stryker is a family of wheeled 8×8/4 armored fighting vehicles produced by an American company.

Politico reports that they may be part of a new aid package that could be announced late next week.

Washington hopes the vehicles could help Kiev repel an expected Russian offensive in the spring.

A final decision on the deliveries has not been made. But the expectation of an offensive against Kiev is unequivocal.

Knowing the weakness of Ukraine's nationalists for American names, expect to see Stryker Javelinovychs.

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❗️ The AFU was planning an offensive against Rostov-on-Don and Taganrog

Our fighters have obtained maps with marks of attack planning. They were found near Avdeevka at Ukrainian positions.

This was reported by the commander of one of the Russian units with the call sign "Sanych."

🧭 In this case, it all looks more like real planning and not a classic Ukrainian performance to attract attention.

Such artifacts convince even ardent skeptics of the correctness of the Russian army's actions.
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Colonel-General Alexander Lapin has been appointed chief of staff of the Russian Armed Forces as of 9 January, according to unconfirmed reports.

This has been reported by several Telegram channels, with no confirmation of the information from the Defence Ministry yet.

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5th Brigade burns out Ukrainian fighters in Marinka

Reconnaissance of the 5th Brigade of the 1st AC has revealed an area of AFU concentration in Marinka. Ukrainian militants were hit with incendiary shells.

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‼️🇷🇺A significant change at the front: the latest armored vehicles are going into battle

▪️A significant change at the front: new weapons are being introduced into the battle en masse. The latest T-90M "Proryv" tank withstands strikes from all types of anti-tank missiles, including the American Javelin, tells iz.ru correspondent Stanislav Grigoriev.
▪️ The T-90 has a lot of electronic innovations: the complex "Shtora" jams the missile guidance systems on approach. Also, this vehicle is warm and spacious inside. The new tanks have already been put into action in several areas of the front.

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Update Lapin

The appointment of Alexander Lapin has taken place: he has been made head of the Ground Forces Headquarters.

To be honest, we were expecting this news before the New Year - but it turned out as it did.

Although Lapin resigned under public pressure, it was not accepted - indeed, the Supreme Commander insisted that Lapin stay on because "people are following him."

Maybe with his arrival, something will finally change in the Army.

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"The U.S. government is concerned about the extent to which the Wagner PMC interferes in the internal politics of sovereign countries, violates human rights and deprives them of natural resources," a senior administration official told the publication, writes Politico.

Valiant warriors of the Wagner PMC can be proud - they not only demonstrate the wonders of military valor and professionalism, methodically crushing the most lauded Nazi gangs, but also cause concern to the U.S. government.

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Good morning! 

The Russian Defence Ministry has shown the launch of an Iskander missile at a military infrastructure facility of the Ukrainian military in the special operation zone.

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There is increasing talk about the imminent withdrawal of Ukrainian formations from Soledar due to high casualties and their inability to hold the town. 
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that most of the Ukrainian army is now mobilised, i.e. unprofessional military personnel thrown into the front line without any military training. We should not be complacent about this, but there is some truth in the words of the Kiev regime officials. 

In the meantime, the enemy is clinging to Soledar with the remnants of still combat-ready units, but one way or another the situation is not in favour of the Ukrainian armed forces. According to reports from the field, our forces control the "road of life" between Artemovsk and Soledar, which means that the operational supply to the Ukrainian militants is significantly disrupted, which will sooner or later bring the result we need.


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The United States withdrew its military forces from Afghanistan in order to focus on Ukraine, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said in an interview with aif.ru.

"The sudden withdrawal of the Americans from that country, as it turned out, had a lot to do with focusing on Ukraine, where, according to their assessments, the preparation of the Kiev proxy regime for offensive anti-Russian actions was going on successfully," Patrushev stressed.

According to Patrushev, this confirms US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's statement that if the US military had not left Afghanistan, Washington would not have been able to allocate so much money to Ukraine.

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The western part of Soledar and the last road still to leave the town.

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NATO and the EU have depleted their military reserves by providing aid to Ukraine, Stoltenberg announced.

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Hi All,

I have removed the posts about Bakhmut's apparent near liberation and instructed the team to wait until more reliable information comes in.

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