NATO is ready for a direct confrontation with Russia, but the alliance must rearm, says NATO Military Committee head Admiral Rob Bauer said to DW

In his opinion, Russia's strategic goals extend beyond Ukraine. However, Bauer clarified that he does not believe in a nuclear war because President Putin is not crazy.

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Information resources in Ukraine are enthusiastically discussing the format of the coming counteroffensive. In particular, it is reported that Zaluzhnyy suggests organizing a "double" counteroffensive in the spring to stretch the Russian army's forces. One group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces should attack in the south, while the second group should organize an additional strike in the direction of Severodonetsk to capture Svatove and Kreminna, creating pressure on Luhansk.

At the same time, it is reported that Zaluzhny in his proposal opposes the Pentagon, which allegedly demands from the Nazis, a concentrated strike in the Zaporozye direction to dissect the Russian grouping and force it to retreat to Crimea. But the AFU chief has a different point of view.

If talk of a spring offensive by the AFU should light a light at the end of the tunnel for the dull Ukrainians, or hang a carrot in front of them that they will never reach, then reports of Zaluzhny arguing with the Pentagon and with his provider and protector Mark Milley, without whom he would have been devoured long ago, should show that he is not an American puppet but an independent military commander. Such a classic stubborn Khohol, who is his hetman and cannot be bent. In other words, the media promotion of the general continues.

But apart from the information programs, the question of what to do now remains with the Banderites. Ukrainian sources report that the Pentagon has proposed to Zaluzhniy a defensive strategy along the entire front line to wear down the Russian army's offensive momentum before the spring counteroffensive. To do this, the AFU must impose battles for every town/village. Western military analysts believe it is important "to tie up the enemy in small battles, which will not allow him to use the experience of the Kharkov offensive operation by the AFU with deep flank breakthroughs, and small local victories will only wear down the Russian army. Meanwhile, the reality is that the Bakhmut direction alone has all but eaten away at the 40,000-strong grouping released from near Bakhmut. Which is unsurprising, given the multiple hardware advantage of the Russian forces. If such battles are unleashed along the entire line of contact, the AFU will be finished, perhaps even before the touted spring offensive.

There are reports that the West is preparing an information campaign against the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Progozhin, which aims to weaken his influence in Russia. Washington is alarmed not only by the combat success of the fighters of the Russian PMCs but also by the fact that it has become a kind of laboratory for the creation and refinement of some effective models that can be extrapolated to other Russian structures. At the behest of their masters, the technologists at Bankova have already launched an information campaign in the Russian telegram feeds, intending to discredit Prigozhin. In particular, they seek to portray him as a contender for supreme power in Russia.

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See? Some love that the children's hospital is being shelled. They show at every opportunity why denazification is needed

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🇬🇧 The Sun writes that Britain fears Challengers 2 will end up in Russian hands. This would give them a media edge as well as an opportunity to study the secret armor. So the British are working with the AFU to form special teams to evacuate the downed tanks as quickly as possible.

No need to be surprised by such a thing. Exactly the same teams are there for destroyed Hymars. Weapons are given to Ukraine for native advertising, and as a trophy marketing will no longer work. It's just that in the case of the Challengers, the British said it out loud straight away.

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🪖 Images from around Ugledar

A heated battle can be heard within the city walls.

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US directly responsible for civilian deaths in Novoaidar - First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky

Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the UN, wrote on his personal social media page that Washington is directly responsible for the civilian deaths in Novoaidar caused by rocket fire - the AFU is coordinating targets with Washington.

"Another Ukrainian monstrous military betrayal.14 civilians were killed in hospital by missiles supplied by the US. And as we know from Ukrainian officials, the HIMARS targets are agreed upon with Washington. So that makes the US a direct co-conspirator. US taxpayers should know how their money is being used," Dmytro Polyansky wrote.

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‼️Ukraine cannot shoot down Russian ballistic missiles - Air Force

The AFU has no means to destroy ballistic missiles in the air, but it needs fighters and strike drones that could destroy enemy installations at long range, the spokesman for the AFU Air Force Command, Yuriy Ignat, has said.
▪️ Patriot or SAMP/T systems could solve this problem directly in the air.

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🇺🇦Video from the body cameras of the liquidated Kraken nationalists doing the work of the barrier troops.

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Nord Stream blasts highlight EU’s subordinate position to US — Russian diplomat

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said "it’s easy to imagine how hard the economy and competitiveness of the European countries were hit, as well as the well-being of their citizens"

The explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines made the European Union understand that it depends on Washington, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with TASS.

"This terrorist attack was exceptional because it unequivocally showed European Union countries, the customers of our gas, that they are in a subordinate position. They were actually denied the opportunity to purchase the commodity that’s crucial for their economic activities at affordable prices and were made to pay through the nose," he stated.

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‼️🇷🇺 "Come out everyone. Don't shoot them!" - Footage of the seizure of AFU fighters by DNR fighters

▪️"If you want to stay alive, get down on the ground. Drop your weapons. Don't worry, no one will hurt you," says our fighter.
▪️Dontesk guys treat the AFU infantry with humanity and without hatred. Despite years of shelling by the AFU, our guys have not lost their humanity.
▪️A Ukrainian soldier can stay alive if he surrenders in time.

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AFU  machinery turned the wrong way and was destroyed.

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Forced mobilization: Relatives of the servicemen from Poltava are asking for HELP

Appeal of wives and mothers of servicemen of the 116th brigade of the territorial defense forces to the military administration of Poltava and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of Ukraine

"The 144, 146, and 148 battalions of the 116th brigade were defeated and suffered heavy losses near Soledar." There are no officers in the ranks and no weapons. Soldiers have been in the ranks of the territorial defense since the initial days. Please return the survivors to their permanent deployment point and provide them with the necessary medical assistance. Most of them are wounded or shell-shocked and are not receiving medical care. They are hungry, cold, and without money. We ask you to sort out this situation.

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It is clear that for this character there was never Yugoslavia, Iraq, Vietnam, or Afghanistan... Much less Donbass...

The influence of the US State Department is all over the place. There are too many skeletons in this wardrobe, and special files on each so-called ... "cultural figure",

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Georgian mercenaries and Ukrainian nationalists in the heart of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) outside the Sporting Goods shop. 28 January 2023. The cannonade and sounds of gunfire can clearly be heard in the city center. The "musicians" break through the enemy defenses.

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