🇺🇸 US army lieutenant colonel calls sending tanks to Ukraine an information operation.

U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis has said that sending Western tanks to Kiev will not change the real situation and is an information operation.

"The problem is making what works in video games and on paper function on the ground," he said.
Davis believes the decision to send tanks to Kiev is a "huge information operation," a decision that has nothing to do with success on the battlefield. He also questioned the effectiveness of the previously supplied military equipment to Ukraine.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/29/exclusive-lt-col-daniel-davis-warns-nuclear-war-us-no-plan-ukraine-this-not-video-game/

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Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said that the Minsk agreements allowed Ukraine to rebuild its army.

"Do you know what the success of the Minsk agreements is, despite the fact that Russia has not fulfilled any of their points?" This document gave Ukraine eight years to build an army, an economy, and a global pro-Ukrainian anti-Putin coalition," the former Ukrainian president said in an interview, which was shown in the documentary "Putin vs. the West" by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

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Kherson's local residents write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing the city for surrender.

Kherson residents believe that the city will not remain under the control of Ukrainian troops for long. The population feels extremely uncomfortable because of the filtration measures and "mortification."

💬 The city itself is almost intact, but the settlement is clearly being prepared for surrender. They dug trenches without concrete. "The conscripts are running away, and the residents are not paying utility bills for either water or light," reports Olga, a local resident.
She also said that men are given summonses right in line for humanitarian aid. Now there is a rotation, and Kherson is flooded with unmotivated and intimidated soldiers.

💬 If these stay, then Kherson won't have to be stormed. "The Kiev government might send in nationalist reinforcements," said a local resident.

Whether this is true or not, we will soon find out, but something is already quite obvious: Kherson, left by Russian troops in September, became a notorious suitcase without a handle for the Ukrainian authorities after a brief propaganda triumph. For four months, the occupation authorities have failed to organize normal life in the city. Residents of Kherson are experiencing acute shortages of water, food, heat, and electricity. The situation with garbage collection is simply catastrophic. The occupation authorities not only refuse to act, but have also started redistributing the "garbage" market. Under such conditions, the local junta will have to face the discontent of the population, which may grow into active resistance if it is impossible to continue. Judging by the information coming out of Kherson, such a scenario does not look so speculative, it's quite real.

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The Euro-Atlantic Five-Year Plan—in four days.

The Czech President-elect and retired army general (and a Russophobe) Petr Pavel is preparing telephone conversations with the head of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen. This will be the first official talks between the leader of an independent state that recognizes China and the head of Taiwan.

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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged South Korea to provide military support to Ukraine, saying the country is in urgent need of ammunition.

South Korea has sent materials such as gas masks, bulletproof vests and medical supplies to Ukraine, but has declined to provide lethal weapons, citing a law that prevents it from arming countries engaged in conflicts.

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In Ukraine's Volyn region, there is a shortage not only of ambulances but also of specialists; everything and everyone is sent to the Kharkiv region.

From the Volyn region, all ambulances are transferred to the 14th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, located near Kupyansk. Most of the Volyn doctors have also been mobilized for this brigade. In this regard, the issue of a shortage of qualified personnel is acute.

"We are replacing doctors with orderlies, and in the future we will be replacing doctors with paramedics," said Vladimir Shmalya, head of the council of the Center for Emergency Care and Disaster Medicine.

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🌾Cheap Ukrainian grain exported to the east of the European Union is creating problems for local farmers, because the cheap grain from Ukraine displaces local products from markets.

The situation "could create serious difficulties for EU producers in the agricultural sector," noted a joint report by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. 
"There are now increasing signs that this increase, if unchecked, could create serious difficulties in the local market," the document said.

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The Israeli security establishment on Monday was reportedly bracing for a retaliatory strike by Iran, following a series of attacks against Islamic Republic targets over the past several days that have been blamed on Israel.

The Kan public broadcaster reported Monday that security officials have held discussions over the past day to try to predict when and how Iran will respond to several strikes on convoys that reportedly were ferrying weapons and ammunition(usual propaganda) for Tehran-backed militias in Syria over the past 48 hours.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-readying-for-iranian-retaliatory-attacks-that-could-target-civilians/
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Russian forces are strengthening their positions on new frontiers that were recaptured from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region. This was reported to us by the chairman of the movement "We are with Russia" Vladimir Rogov.

"Our guys consolidated their successes and built a new line of defense at all the lines from which [the Armed Forces] were knocked out in a week by reconnaissance in combat. The enemy positions are being processed: aviation is actively working, the presence of our Tornado-S MLRS is felt on the front. I Let me remind you that this type of weapon surpasses the American MLRS HIMARS in terms of accuracy," he said.

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❗️❗️❗️❗️Vehicle traffic on the Crimean bridge resumed after repair - Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation

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The Bandera General Staff reports that Wagner attack aircraft took the village of Sakko and Vanzetti. There is a cleansing of the village and the expansion of the bridgehead.

In addition, the musicians are fighting near the settlements of Nikolaevka and Vasyukovka

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American veteran appeals to Ukrainians to defect to Russia!

https://twitter.com/DravenNoctis/status/1620142015064453120?s=20&t=8_6rvZ06rIH_soJfC59hng

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A new Russian offensive is highly likely in the coming months - ISW.

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The unit in the "Wagner Group", which consists of citizens of Scandinavian countries, in particular, from Norway, also participate in the battles on the Bakhmut front.
It is called Nidhegg (NíðhǫGgr), which means one of the great serpents (dragons) in Scandinavian mythology. The serpent gnaws the roots of the Yggdrasil tree (the world tree symbolizing the universe), and also devours sinners.
According to the beliefs of Scandinavian mythology, an eagle with great wisdom sat on top of the Yggdrasil ash tree. He was in an eternal feud with Nidhegg. And a squirrel named Ratatosk scurried up and down the trunk of Yggdrasil and endured the abusive words that the eagle and the dragon Nidhegg showered on each other.

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❗Battles for Ugledar continue

Heavy fighting continues for dachas on the outskirts of Ugledar. The enemy infantry, which has been accumulating in the houses for the last three days, has been thoroughly thinned out. Now they continue to resist the attack aircraft, artillery, and tanks, and the houses built to last are still coping with their new role as shelters.

The only solution is sniper pairs, which since the beginning of the assault have destroyed more than ten units of enemy manpower each on average.

The main enemy forces continue to remain in Ugledar and the mines. According to unconfirmed reports, a couple of tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were a nightmare for summer cottages, were sent to a scrap metal warehouse, but the enemy tanks did not end there.

The fighting is heavy, the parties bear mutual losses.


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UAV operators of the 57th regiment of the 3rd AK ZVO of the Russian Armed Forces successfully attacked the nationalists from the air.

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Footage from the Crimean bridge, where on the morning of January 31, vehicular traffic was partially resumed. Previously, it was suspended due to renovation work.

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"He took off, he saw, he punished." Frontier Torskoe-Kremennaya. Artillery on a tip from a drone destroys enemy infantry.

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The main thing from the statements of the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin:

- NATO has already entered into a direct confrontation with Russia, supplying more and more weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, deploying more and more battle groups in the south-east of Europe and in the Baltics

- Any possible deliveries of Western tanks to Ukraine will not solve anything: they will become another target, Russia has something to counteract the enemy

- The offer of Russian businessmen for rewards for destroyed or captured Abrams and Leopard tanks, which the West promises to transfer to Kyiv, can be an excellent motivational component for Russian fighters

- Russian units are moving forward, despite the fact that Ukrainian formations are fixed on the territory of industrial facilities along the entire line of contact and do not take into account huge losses

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◽️ The crews of the Pantsir mobile anti-aircraft missile systems in the SMO zone have learned to intercept HIMARS missiles

💬 "HIMARS" is a high-altitude target and it has ballistics. The vehicles were reflashed for this purpose,” the head of the combat vehicle shared.

💪 "Shell" is armed with 12 rocket launchers and 2 anti-aircraft machine guns. The complex is capable of destroying household drones and kamikaze drones within a radius of 20 kilometers. The control system of the "Shell" is fully automated.

◽️ Anti-aircraft gunners can track dozens of targets at the same time. Combat duty in the SMO zone is carried out around the clock.

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