To clarify, as admitted by the Ukrainian military command itself, Ukrainians have no defence against ballistic missiles. Hence, the cheaper Iranian imports are an important addition to the Russian arsenal.

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Ukrainian sources report that the ongoing air attack is being conducted with something more powerful than Geranium-2 drones.

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🇪🇺The "collective west" has begun preparations for the transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine.

(Note that it takes a long time to train pilots for them.)

The company, Lockheed Martin, which produces F-16 fighter jets, is increasing production volumes in order to be ready to supply them to countries that decide to transfer their aircraft to Ukraine. 
The company cannot send aircraft directly to Kiev.

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⚡️Explosions are reported in the Kyiv region

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⚡️Geraniums( Geran -2 )spotted in Vinnitsa region

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The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to cross the Dnieper River near Novaya Kakhovka; Russian forces opened fire— Vladimir Rogov, member of the local Zaporozhye administration.

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With respect to SRBMs (short-range ballistic missiles) and the reason why Ukraine has no defence against them:

1) in addition to the different trajectory (a ballistic, i.e. a parabolic trajectory), whereby the missiles do not fly parallel to the surface, like cruise missiles, but come down in a steep downwards curve,

2) the key factor is the tremendous (in comparison to most common cruise missiles) terminal velocity of SRBMs, which is the velocity on the final approach to the target.

Gravity works in a ballistic missile’s favour, and it is what makes it such a potent weapon.

The terminal velocity of an SRBM like 9K720 Iskander, for instance is 2100–2600 m/s (Mach 6–7), making it hypersonic on approach to the target, whereas most common cruise missiles, like everyone’s favourite Kalibr, are pre-sonic. Cruise missiles avoid air defences and radar detection by flying low, maneuvering, and hugging the terrain. SRBMs have no need for this.

An ICBM is even faster, reaching a terminal velocity of 3.3 km/s.

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PS. That is also the reason why the most successful implementation of the American ABM system would see kinetic anti-ballistic missiles launched from a mobile sea platform in the theatre from where a launch is expected and destroy an ICBM when it’s most vulnerable and its velocity is smallest in magnitude (the missile is fighting gravity at that point)—at the take-off stage. Also the reason why the US NMD designs could never successfully challenge the enormous number of Russian ICBMs positioned in the heartland of the Russian territory.

#Ukrainian #Warcrimes—Donetsk, DPR, Russia, September 19, 2022. Ukrainian forces shelled the Kuybyshevsky district in Donetsk, leaving 16 civilians dead, including 2 children. Eternal memory to the innocents who perished at the hands of the fascist Kiev regime.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USNkL5mTUkw (Szary Wilk, in Polish)

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Slavyangrad: We are issuing a correction. This video was from Mariupol, as pointed out by our OSINT Unit (M).
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CORRECTION: THIS VIDEO IS FROM MARIUPOL AND MUCH EARLIER IN THE CONFLICT.

Fact-Checking: SLG OSINT Unit.

The result of a successful hit by a Russian anti-tank guided missile on a vehicle carrying Ukrainian nationalists from the Azov regiment (banned in Russia) near Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Judging from the video there are "two hundred" and "three hundred". 25 January 2023.

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Drones are flying massively across Ukraine.
As explained by a source, the strategy at the moment is the following one:
The first wave is on the closest targets at a distance of 100-200 km from the line of contact. 
These are arrivals in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kherson, Zaporozhie, Kharkov and Cherkasy regions. There are already hits in Dnepropetrovsk, most likely on the fuel and lubricants base/energy infrastructure.
The second wave is launched next, the purpose of which is to strike deep, then missiles on identified targets of air defence/radar stations, AFU aviation. The third wave of UAVs goes into a clean sweep and then possibly missiles again.

Now there is already information about UAVs in Kiev region. 

The attack is likely to be protracted.

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"So, may God protect the brave Ukrainian defenders of their country who keep the flame of liberty burning brightly as we can." (c) Biden

The "Flame of Liberty" enters the chat, ferried by the Soviet-made 9M113 Konkurs ATGM. May it burn eternal.

PS. Footage is from Iraq

Source: Zastavny

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Can't argue with facts.

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ENOUGH. What is the point?

GB: First Russia literally (literally, as the meaning of the word literally is) finances the European economic miracle over the past 30 years and has the enemy suckle at her tit. Now, these interminable (and incurable as well) imbeciles on both sides of the new Iron Wall insist on continuing the party. To what end and limit? Cut it off. Sell to China, India, and the rest of the world that still has something to pay you for the bounty you offer. Give it away to Africa for free. But stop giving it to the enemy. Done and over.

VIENNA, Jan 25 – Austria’s refusal of gas from the Russian Federation will take years, and there is little point in this, since Russian gas continues to flow to the republic, only many times more expensive and via other routes, ex-presidential candidate of Austria, politician and publicist Gerald Grosh said in an interview.

“The Austrian economy and industry have been oriented towards cheap Russian gas for more than five decades. Switching over would take years and a lot of taxpayer money. In addition, it makes little sense to do without cheap Russian gas and get the same gas from other countries four times more expensive. Still, we are convinced that Russian gas comes to us more expensively and through other countries. Whether a citizen is ready to sacrifice his savings for the sake of fraud with moral labels – I doubt it, “he said.

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Yes, we can destroy the Leopard 2. No, it won't be easy.
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It's official - Germany agreed to provide 14 Leopard-2 Main Battle Tanks to Ukraine, and allow Poland and Finland to donate similar numbers of the tank.

Many commentators are dismissive of this deal, saying a few dozen MBTs will make no difference, the AFU has insufficient trained personnel to use them effectively and no resources to maintain them. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said any western tanks delivered to Ukraine would "burn like all the others". To any pro-Russian observer this is all very reassuring.

Be certain however - the appearance of even a few dozen of these machines on the battlefield is a major development, and a threat which the Armed Forces of Russia takes very seriously.

A modern MBT is a heavily armed and armoured, network connected, autonomous, mobile battle station. The presence of just a few Leopard 2s can multiply the fighting power of an entire brigade, due to the weapons, sensors, communication and protection they bring.

MBTs such as the Leopard 2 are not easy targets to destroy. They cannot be destroyed by indirect fire - only direct hits by armour piercing weapons can stop them. We can use our own MBTs as tank killers but this will expose them and their crews to very high risk. We can attack from the air, however the enemy maintains effective point air defence so again this risks our precious aviation assets - both machines and personnel.

Infantry-operated anti-tank weapons are the final option. Any infantry soldier who has faced off against an enemy MBT and survived, knows how difficult and dangerous that mission is.

Just as Mr. Peskov promised, we will eventually burn every German tank which invades our land. Whatever the cost. Let's just not pretend it will be easy.

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🔥 Soldiers of the assault detachments liberated the village of Opytnoye near Artemovsk

Russian soldiers liberated a strategically important settlement - the village of Opytnoye south of Artemovsk. From the north we entered Paraskovievka. The enemy equipped the front line of defense here, but the assault detachments of the Wagner PMC, with the support of artillery and anti-tank systems, broke into this stronghold.

The fighters passed through the industrial zone and entered Opytnoye, after which, house by house, they freed him from Ukrainian formations. The private sector (residential area) was full of militants. The published footage shows how the enemy tried to send reinforcements at night, but this attempt was stopped by accurate artillery fire. Now, Opytnoye is a springboard for an attack on Artemovsk.

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“Russians? Not"

The chief executive of Matthias Warnig Nord Stream AG admitted that he does not consider Russia responsible for the explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. However, he believes that one of the NATO countries is behind the sabotage. Warnig spoke about this in an interview with the German newspaper Die Zeit.

“- Russians? No, Warnig replied to the question of who was behind the explosion.
- Who then? NATO country?
He nods silently.
- England?
- It's all speculation. But think about it, ”RBC quotes from an interview.

Explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines occurred in September 2022, when both Nord Stream 1 and one Nord Stream 2 strings were seriously damaged. The White House ruled out the involvement of NATO countries in the incident.

The European side was involved in the investigation of the terrorist attack, but the objectivity of the investigation is a big question. As of January 12, 2023, Sweden has not responded for several months to a request from the Russian government to involve Russia in the investigation of the sabotage.

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