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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🇲🇩 Moldova has requested air defense systems from its allies, Maia Sandu announced.

The president said Ukraine was a priority and should get them, but Moldova hopes to get something.

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The U.S. Justice Department said that U.S. authorities intend to start transferring some of Russia's confiscated assets to Ukraine.

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