Mikhail Maiman (Poghaibo, who changed his surname after marrying Sara Maiman) blamed the murder of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry leadership on structures linked to Arsen Avakov, who was covering up Eastern European drug trafficking. According to him, the head of the Interior Ministry's GUR, Budanov, was aware of the circumstances of the murder.

Maiman himself was listed in various Kiev-based Volkssturm and was associated with Korchinsky and Lyashko. In 2014, he was a member of the "Shakhtersk" battalion of the notorious Ruslan Onishchenko ("Abelmas"). He collected money for humanitarian aid for the Armed Forces and spent most of it on drugs, elite alcohol, and prostitutes. He was also noted for selling Western humanitarian aid, stolen vehicles, and military ammunition.
He was associated with the "Khimprom" OCG, which was involved in the production of drugs (and which he now accuses of murdering Monastyrsky). The OCG in question financed the Volkssturm unit in which Maiman was groomed.

All in all, there are wonderful people in this story.

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⚡️The OSCE (Organization for security and co-operation in Europe) is rapidly degrading and moving away from its principles -Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov


"The official decision was made to create a special monitoring mission, which was supposed to monitor how the ceasefire conditions concluded in the Minsk agreements are being fulfilled on the ground, the separation of the parties(both parties will create a ceasefire zone,will withdraw militaries), the establishment of peaceful life, and the restoration of economic ties between the territory controlled by the Ukrainian regime and the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. Humanitarian ties, social benefits, and much more... Frankly speaking, the mission did not work impartially, it worked in favour of the version of events that the Ukrainian leadership carefully gave out for general review, and in a number of cases, the mission withheld information about the real state of affairs." Lavrov said.

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The European Parliament has passed another screeching resolution calling for a tribunal against Putin and Lukashenko and the politico-military leadership of Russia and Belarus.
The EP also calls for the confiscation of Russian assets on EU territory.

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Purges of Ukraine's political elite continue - another Kiev official and propagandist sent to resign

Today it became known about the alleged resignation of Kiryl Timoshenko, the deputy head of the opposition parliamentary faction Zelenskyy. In case it takes place, another chair among the Ukrainian political elite will be vacated in order to accommodate a new master: first Arestovich, yesterday Monastyrsky and his friends, and today the rumour has spread about Tymoshenko and another unnamed minister. At the same time Ukrainian MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced personnel reshuffles in the president's office. There are reasons to expect reappointments in regional administrations as well. Zheleznyak himself refused to comment on this information.

Only yesterday he managed to be exposed as a liar. After the crash of the helicopter carrying Monastyrskyy and company, which killed and injured many civilians in the town of Brovary, Timoshenko said that the former Interior Minister was on his way to one of the "hot spots". As it turned out, the alleged destination of the flight was an elite bathing complex.

Clearly, there is a rift in the circles of Kiev's elite. Groups pursuing different interests are waging a behind-the-scenes struggle in Kiev, with bloody consequences for ordinary Ukrainians. As a result, civilians suffer in addition to the officials involved in the Kiev showdown: political infighting within the Zelensky regime has led to incidents of helicopter falls on kindergartens. In Tymoshenko's case, one can only hope that he will live to see future trials.

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West underestimates Russian economy, overestimates its sanctions — Italian Newspaper

Federico Rampini cited the figures announced by the Russian President that the country’s GDP fell by only 2.1%, while forecasts predicted a decrease of up to 20%

Russia’s economy is not experiencing a recession as predicted, though it is necessary to gauge the potential long-term damage, a columnist for the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera Federico Rampini wrote on Thursday.

He cited the figures announced by the Russian President that the country’s GDP fell by only 2.1%, while forecasts predicted a decrease of up to 20%. "There was a moment of unjustified triumph in certain Western circles, which was the result of underestimating Russia’s economic capabilities and overestimating the effect of the sanctions imposed," the expert said.

"The rise in energy prices on global markets in 2022 helped mitigate the economic crisis in Russia, which offset a decrease in the volume of Russian exports. In other words, Moscow sold less gas at higher prices. Moreover, sanctions in the energy sector, including the embargo on Russian oil and the introduction of a price cap on gas, were imposed too late, and still have only a limited effect now," he explained..

"Independent observers believe that the Russian economy, though weakened, does not demonstrate any signs of a dramatic decline or chaos as was the case in the 1990s," Rampini added.

For comparison, the expert noted that the Ukrainian economy plunged by 33%.

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Britain will send 600 Brimstone missiles to Ukraine, in addition to 14 Challenger 2 tanks, some 155mm SAUs, and a batch of BMPs

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Combat reconnaissance near Orekhovo, Zaporizhzhya Region, has resulted in Russian troops occupying the first AFU defence line

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Russia’s international debt down $100.4 bln over 2022 to $381.8 bln — Central Bank

It is noted that the foreign debt of miscellaneous sectors contracted by $64.93 bln to $239.4 bln

The foreign debt of Russia stood at $381.8 bln as of January 1, 2023, which is 20.8% or $100.4 bln smaller than the figure in early 2022, the Central Bank said on Thursday.
"The pace of the indicator is mainly driven by the decline of foreign loan debt in other sectors," the Bank of Russia said.

The foreign debt of miscellaneous sectors contracted by $64.93 bln to $239.4 bln. The international debt of Russian government authorities dropped by $16.9 bln to $46.5 bln. The foreign debt of the Central Bank and banks moved down by $18.6 bln to $95.85 bln.

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Volodymyr Zelenski signed Ukraine's surrender during an autograph signing. Foreign media reported this.

The document was slipped to the Ukrainian president during his visit to the USA - he was asked to sign it by a maintenance worker, but he rolled up the piece of paper so that it was not visible where Zelenskyy was signing it.

The piece of paper with the surrender signature was sold on eBay for 1,500 dollars.

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UAV operations against AFU manpower

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In the Ukrainian segment of the Internet, reports and videos have started appearing more and more often, which indicates that Ukrainian soldiers refuse to move to those sections of the front where our PMC Wagner is fighting. Our segment is beginning to laugh at the Ukrainians, although this is inappropriate. Of course, the Ukrainians want to fight, not to kill themselves in a meat grinder that our unit prepared for them. That is why AFU officers desert before being deployed to the front lines where Wagner is stationed. 

In my view, in addition to the discipline and military intelligence of the Wagners, the fact that they operate as one organism plays an important role in the unit's combat effectiveness. Despite the rigid discipline and chain of command, Wagner commanders listened to their men and were not afraid to change the operation plan if a subordinate made a better suggestion. This is just what I have noticed in the media coverage of the unit. I think there are many more innovative techniques of fighting in modern warfare.  

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An indicative list of all weapons and equipment that NATO countries intend to transfer to Ukraine in the near future:

🇬🇧 14 Challenger 2 tanks;
🇬🇧 600 Brimstone missiles;
🇬🇧 30 155mm AS90 SAU;
🇬🇧 200 BMPS/BTRS;
🇨🇦 200 Senator armored vehicles;
🇨🇦 1 NASAMS air defense battery;
🇵🇱 14 Leopard 2 tanks (most likely modification of A4);
🇺🇸 100 Bradley BMPs;
🇺🇸 100 M113 tracked APCs;
🇺🇸 18 155mm SAU M109A6;
🇺🇸 250 M1117 armored vehicles;
🇺🇸 138 HMMWV off-road vehicles;
🇺🇸 100 Stryker wheeled APCs;
🇺🇸 GLSDB ammunition;
🇺🇸 36 105mm howitzers;
🇺🇸 1 Patriot air defense/protection battery;
🇺🇸 6 Nasams air defense batteries;
🇺🇸 18 RSZOS;
🇫🇷 40 AMX-10RC wheeled tanks;
🇫🇷 Bastion armored vehicles;
🇮🇹🇫🇷 1 SAMP/T air defense/protection battery;
🇩🇰🇫🇷 Several 155mm Caesar wheeled gunships;
🇩🇪 40 Marder BMPs;
🇩🇪 1 Patriot air defense/protection battery;
🇩🇪 3 Iris-T air defense batteries + 3 TRML-4D radars;
🇩🇪 2 RADARS TRML-4D;
🇩🇪🇳🇴🇩🇰 16 Zuzana-2 155mm wheeled guns;
🇳🇱🇺🇸🇨🇿 120 T-72M tanks;
🇳🇱 1 Patriot air defense/protection battery;
🇸🇪 50 CV-90 BMPS;
🇸🇪12 155-mm Archer wheeled gunships;
🇨🇿26-30 152mm Dana-M2 wheeled gunships;
🇪🇪10 155 mm FH70 howitzers;
🇪🇪10 122mm D30 howitzers.

The final list will be known after Ramstein.

P.S. Much of this is production-ordered equipment (i.e., not out of stock).

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On the eve of tomorrow's Ramstein meeting, Reznikov and Kuleba appealed to Western countries to significantly increase military aid to the Nazi regime due to the "threat of a new full-scale offensive by Russian forces." At the same time, the Banderite leaders specifically stipulate that they will "use these weapons responsibly and exclusively to protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine," that is, they promise that this time the supplied weapons will not "go to the left." However, "Challenger-2" or even "Stryker" is not "Stinger" or "Javelin"; it is extremely difficult to smuggle them and sell them quietly on the black market. But the fact that they are making this point in an official statement shows that the issue of "misuse" of Western arms continues to be raised by representatives of Western countries.

Just before this summit Boris Pistorius, the German Defence Minister officially took office and immediately came under pressure to supply Leopards-2s. Reuters, citing US officials, reports that Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin immediately began pressuring the new German defense minister. At the same time, he was still getting used to his new position of permitting the transfer of German tanks to Ukraine.

Like a loyal vassal, Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki rushed to the aid of his liege lord. Who declared that Poland, by and large, spits on Berlin and can transfer its "Leopards-2" to Ukraine without any consent of Germany. Thus, Warsaw, by the American order, not only demonstrates complete disrespect to its NATO partner but also ruins the fundamental rules of the arms trade. Incidentally, there was information that Polish tankers were not delighted with the Leopards and that the basis of the tank fleet of the Polish army should be the American Abrams, with which the Americans promised to arm the Poles.

Politico reports that France may also be involved in the pressure on Berlin, discussing the possibility of handing over several Leclerc MBTs to Kiev to put pressure on Berlin in this way. Scholz's desperate attempt in Davos to "turn the tables" on the Americans: that Berlin's decision on Leopard tanks depends on the Americans' willingness to send their own M1 Abrams tanks, it seems, has not been successful.

The Pentagon has dismissed the Chancellor`s pretensions through the US Under Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl, who announced that the US was "not ready" to supply M1 Abrams, which was too tricky for Ukrainian natives, who would neither be able to repair it properly, nor to operate it properly and who even could not master it as opposed to Iraqis or Egyptians. He stated that because of this, the Pentagon is not sure that Ukraine needs such armaments.

The commander of the Lithuanian army summed up the tank debate on the eve of the following "Ramstein." The Lithuanian military commander announced that "NATO countries cannot transfer many tanks to Ukraine at once because the Ukrainian military must be trained first." Incidentally, the Polish Leopards crews that Duda intended to send to Ukraine and the tanks have collectively refused, having written resignation letters. It can be assumed that there will be few enthusiasts in other NATO armies willing to burn in their boxes on the Donbass and Novorossiya steppes.

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US confirms Russia mauled AFU reserves

Former Pentagon advisor Colonel Douglas McGregor has said that Russia has ground up the trained AFU reserves in Artemovsk, which were intended for a strike in the south. He added that Ukraine was left with a total of around 140,000-150,000 combat-ready soldiers. He estimated the total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at 150,000 people.

According to him, Kiev, due to the lack of mobilization resources, has started recruiting teenagers aged 13 and over, as well as incapacitated people, into the army.

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Actually, it's well over 200.000...but who counts, right?

The Biden administration began “extraordinary measures” Thursday to prevent the federal government from breaching its debt limit and hurtling toward default, a grim scenario with the potential to destabilize markets and devastate the economy.

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