🇷🇺Ukrainian troops fired more than 30 NATO-caliber 155-mm shells in Donetsk in less than 2 hours on Thursday, the DPR said.

The Yasinovatsky district also came under fire.

🇬🇧British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace "does not mind" sending new tanks to Kiev if the already promised Challenger 2s are destroyed in Ukraine, writes Telegraph.

Over the past year, British military assistance to Kiev amounted to about $ 2.7 billion - about 3 million pieces of military equipment, including a batch of Challenger 2, as well as 200 other armored vehicles, more than 10 thousand anti-tank missiles and multiple launch rocket systems. Premier Sunak has committed to meeting or exceeding this level of support in 2023.

🇺🇦Ukrainians of draft age (18-55) who want to leave through Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia to Russia, as well as from Poland to Belarus, are forcibly returned to Ukraine at the request of Kiev, where they will be mobilized into the Ukrainian army.

The Baltic and Polish authorities are also detaining Ukrainians trying to enter the EU at the border crossing points with Russia and Belarus.

At the beginning of 2023, the Ukrainian Cabinet approved new rules for military registration of those liable for military service, conscripts and reservists - diplomatic missions should "facilitate the return of those liable for military service and reservists to Ukraine in the event of mobilization and in wartime."

🇺🇸The United States is exploring the possibility of releasing intelligence data that it believes indicates that China is considering arms sales to Russia. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal.

According to the newspaper, Beijing can assist Moscow in replenishing the arsenal of ammunition or in the supply of what the Russian Federation was unable to produce due to sanctions, such as electronics, and not necessarily provide advanced weapons.

🇺🇸The US congressman accused Ukraine of using cluster munitions, the Politico newspaper reported.

“I don’t agree with their use of these systems,” said Rep. Jason Crowe, who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. “There is no doubt that these systems provide immediate short-term benefits on the battlefield. and they will have to be eliminated, and unexploded ordnance on the battlefields is a big problem for the civilian population."

🤚Video footage of the training of the Kursk militias. Men do it in their spare time.

🇷🇺According to available information, in the near future the Kiev regime is preparing an armed provocation against the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, which will be carried out by units of the armed forces of Ukraine, with the involvement of the nationalist formation "Azov".

As a pretext for the invasion, it is planned to stage an alleged offensive of Russian troops from the territory of Transnistria.

To do this, the Ukrainian saboteurs participating in the staged invasion will be dressed in the uniform of the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The Russian Ministry of Defense is closely monitoring the situation on the border of Ukraine with the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and is ready to respond to any changes in the situation.

🇷🇺Chomp. Berkhova is Russia now.