From the documentary "The Fog of War"

Former US Secretary of Defense discusses the incendiary bombing operations in Japan in WW2.

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The Russian army managed to capture an American supplied Abrams tank intact as the Ukrainian army were fleeing.

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Apti Alaudinov published a video with parting words for the Akhmat special forces before the operation "Throw through the pipe" in the Sudzhan direction.

The fighters covered a long distance, moving along a gas pipe, and reached the enemy's rear.

The Aid assault group and the Timso signalers completed their assigned tasks at the highest level - professionally and effectively!

the unit commander noted.

Alaudinov noted that the unique operation of multi-kilometer underground penetration into Sudzha, behind enemy lines, will be included not only in training manuals for special services, but also in Russian history textbooks as a turning point in the entire special military operation in Ukraine.

Source: Russian media
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This is a short cut of nearly 11 minute video published on Apty Alaudinov's channel.

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London is extremely irritated that Donald Trump is conducting a dialogue with Russia as with a superpower and demonstrating disdain for its closest allies, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service said.

What else did the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service report;

🔜London tasked the media and specialized NGOs with demonizing Trump, presenting him as "a man with a poor track record in peacekeeping, vulnerable to manipulation by the Kremlin";

‼️ London sees a threat to its interests in the promotion of dialogue between the US and Russia to resolve the Ukrainian conflict;

‼️ The British authorities consider it an urgent priority to undermine the White House's peacekeeping efforts on the Ukrainian track;

🔜London is "going out of its way" to strengthen the Kiev regime's resilience to increasing pressure from Washington.

Source: Russian media
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Large-scale measures are being prepared to search for members of Ukrainian terrorist organizations who are located in the Russian Federation, RIA Novosti reports, citing sources in the security forces.

The search may begin against the backdrop of the resumption of exchange of data between Russian and US intelligence agencies on counter-terrorism issues, the agency specified. This includes the banned "Russian Volunteer Corps" and "Legion "Freedom of Russia" operating on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were sponsored through USAID.

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Russian special agencies are doing their job, ensuring the security of the Russian Federation. Dmitry Peskov told Izvestia this, commenting on the exposure of the activities of spies working under cover of the British embassy in Moscow.

Other statements by the press secretary of the Russian President:

👌 The Russian Federation and the United States are at the initial stage of the path to restoring Russian-American relations. There is a long way to go, the presidents have expressed political will in this direction;

🔜 Telephone contacts between Putin and Trump do not occur very often;

🟢 The Kremlin notes that the United States expects Ukrainians to demonstrate a desire to make peace;

🟢 Moscow does not confirm the media report that negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine are planned in Saudi Arabia this week;

‼️ The manifestation of violence in Syria is a concern for Russia; this issue needs to be urgently considered, including in the UN, to normalize the situation;

👌 On Tehran's reaction to Trump's nuclear proposal: Iran is a sovereign country that forms its own position on foreign policy issues.

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The commander of the Air Assault Brigade "VOSTOK", Hero of Russia, holder of 6 Orders of Courage, comments on Operation "Stream".

Here is what Metametrica writes about the commander:
"Zombie" - Hero of Russia, holder of six (!) Orders of Courage, participant in combat operations in the Ossetian-Ingush conflict, operations in the Central African Republic, Syria and the SMO, former commander in the PMC "Wagner", and currently commander of the "Vostok".

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The cousin of the US Vice President fought for the Ukrainian Armed Forces for 2.5 years as part of the Da Vinci Wolves national battalion, Le Figaro reports. According to the publication, J.D. Vance and Nate Vance have the same maternal grandparents.

A Texan who previously served in the Marine Corps went to Lviv in March 2022 and volunteered. The command sent him to different directions - Kupyansk, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Pokrovsk.

I wanted to go and see. Out of curiosity. And for adventure, too... They (the Ukrainian Armed Forces) were looking for everyone who had ever held a weapon. Many were so young. Almost children. It's scary,

he told the newspaper.

Nate returned from Ukraine in January 2025, a few days before Donald Trump's inauguration and his brother's inauguration as vice president.

Source: Russian media
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Well, there are relatives in my family I don't talk to anymore. Views within one family may differ.
My good friend said it is not conflict between nations or even blocks. It is a battle between good and evil and the frontline may go even through families.

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And here is a part of the post published yesterday by North Wind (Северный ветер):

They work for enemy propaganda, or they are chatterboxes worse than the PsyOps

Yesterday we noticed that after the posts of our fans of "liberating" populated areas occupied by the enemy on the Internet, enemy propaganda will write about the "heroism of the Ukrainian Armed Forces", whose soldiers "repulsed all attacks and destroyed three of our military districts".

However, in addition to the enemy, not only the notorious PsyOps (in this case a generalized concept) decided to "kill" all our soldiers, but also one of our "military experts" who came to the Kursk region. What is characteristic is that lovers of freeing our soldiers on the Internet and killing them there are from the same "network" and regularly repost each other - they have the same audience...

Now imagine the state of Russian citizens?!

If everything is clear with the first, then the second not only help the enemy, but also do his work. How can you treat people who chase subscribers, deceiving the audience with lies about the mass death of our soldiers?!

None of these chatterboxes (an obscene word comes to mind here) knew or know anything about the underground operation of our command and the heroism of the fighters. Some write posts from Moscow living rooms, the other sits on a sofa by a coffee machine in the government of the Kursk region.

Moreover, until the complete liberation of the Sudzhan border area, no one will know even 10% of the details. There are battles going on now and the slightest disclosure could lead to tragic consequences.
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You may ask why do I post this. The thing is, that, obviously, part of information about the operation somehow got into the info field. Who posted the first - Ukrainian resources as this channel claimed or Russian side (I really doubt that), is still a question.
Considering that even official media were not informed of the operation (even on the level of chief editors) this operation was prepared in extreme secrecy. And there is such thing as military censorship.

Also, what North Wind writes, confirmed what I stated before - one must never run ahead of the train and claim that some settlements are liberated, before MoD officially states these are liberated. As Vladimir Trukhan explained, the LBC "breathes" and it may vary. Soldiers' lives are precious, so, in case there is operational necessity to retreat from a position, commanders will make the personnel retreat. That is normal, as this conflict is not about territorial gains.

I really ask all of our respected readers once again - please, don't view SMO as a reality show or a football game. The army works in the pace the General Staff planned. Russian political leadership agrees to their assessment of the situation. Russians are not bound by any time frames. They are not in a hurry, as they do their job on their own account. The West is in the rush, but they chose this attrition mode themselves. They will not be able to win here. So, let's just be patient. Moscow wasn't built at once.

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The 105th regiment of the NM DPR reports:

American "Himars" destroyed the positions of the occupiers near Sudzha after the Ukrainian Armed Forces command lost contact with one of its units

The crests thought that they were stopping the advance of the Russian Army and ended up hitting their own.

What is noteworthy is that the Russian air defense fighters initially did not believe that it was not flying at our positions and shot down five missiles. But they decided to let the sixth one pass to see what would happen.

In the end, our guys laughed, but for some reason the Ukrainian didn’t like it very much.

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Very good idea, Julian.
And in order to supply remains of German industry with gas you may start eating beans right away.

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Оборонка writes,

Another M1A1 Abrams tank, delivered from the US, which was used by the Kyiv regime forces in the border area of ​​the Kursk region, is being sent to the rear. This example was captured in the area of ​​Malaya Loknya, where it was abandoned by Ukrainian servicemen fleeing in the direction of the Sumy region.

Not long ago, the New York Times published an article in which one of the tankers reported that 19 of the 31 M1A1s delivered were lost. Perhaps, if we count the destroyed ones, then this number will be reached - however, the total figure is still underestimated, since several vehicles were used for spare parts, and several more were taken as trophies by the Russian Armed Forces. Thus, almost all American tanks have either been destroyed or towed to the Russian rear and are put on public display.

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