BELOW ARE REPORTS OF 69 UKROP ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN ON DEC 28TH.

❗️Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 69 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.

🚑Information was received about the injury of three civilians, incl. teenage girls #ChildrenNotTarget , in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and the Central City district of Gorlovka.

🏚18 residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as 3 civil infrastructure facilities.

Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City districts), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 45 attacks from MLRS, 155 mm artillery, and attack UAVs.
At Gorlivske there were 20 shellings from MLRS, 155 mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
At Yasinovatsky there were 4 shellings from MLRS and 155 mm artillery.

Commander Khodakovsky -
"Lately we have become accustomed to perceiving what is happening as “they” and “us”. Sometimes we expand the concept of “they” to the collective West, sometimes we narrow it to “Ukraine,” but the habit of generalizing has already become firmly entrenched in our “operating system.” God be with him, with the West, but I would like to keep in mind who is who in our situation. To what extent have the people who inhabited the territory of administrative Ukraine reached such a state that they are now self-destructing on the battlefields for the sake of some ideas?

I observed the “inside” of Ukraine for a certain period, until I moved from the role of observer to the category of operator, and I clearly understand the logic of what happened to Ukraine. Most of the population of this former Soviet republic was led in a specific direction, and the guide was... big business. Where anyone's business interests were concentrated, their political gaze was directed there. It may seem like a coincidence to some, but by the time Yanukovych signed the protocols on European integration, his son had become a virtual monopolist in the supply of scarce types of coal to Europe and had brought this business to a dominant level.

I gave the example of Yanukovych as the most “pro-Russian” politician to emphasize that the rest of the major players were even more likely to strive for the West. But these players had the media in their hands, they had political platforms and the opportunity to instill in society those meanings that were beneficial to them. Having narrow business interests, the Ukrainian elite began to create sentiments in society that would help it solve its prosaic problems. The West encouraged the aspirations of the Ukrainian elite, gradually tightening its grip around its golden testicles. The nationalists, being in the minority, were of interest to all forces as a tool for cutting off the common root system with Russia - without this, the drift towards the West would have been impossible. Even the aforementioned Yanukovych fed the nationalist party Svoboda to use it in games with Russia.

Do any parallels arise? Yes, there are plenty of excesses and distortions, but Putin’s policy of taking control of the money wallets, whose hearts were in safe deposit boxes next to their accounts in the West, was saving for the country. The process was not completed, but the special operation accelerated what had been started, and we got a chance to escape from the total control of our natural enemies. And here a couple more conclusions arise: the people are always led, and the elite should definitely not be determined by the size of their fortune. The real elite are those who are responsible for the future of the people whose fate they have influence on."

В последнее время мы привыкли воспринимать происходящее, как "они" и "мы". Иногда мы расширяем понятие "они" до коллективного запада, иногда сужаем до "Украины", но привычка обобщать уже прочно вошла в нашу " операционную систему". Бог с ним, с Западом, - но хотелось бы держать в уме, кто есть кто в нашей ситуации. Насколько народ, населявший территорию административной Украины, сам дошёл до такого состояния, что теперь самоуничтожается на полях сражений в угоду каким-то идеям?

Я наблюдал до определённого периода "внутренности" Украины, пока из роли наблюдателя не перешёл в разряд оператора, и мне чётко понятна логика произошедшего с Украиной. Большую часть народонаселения этой бывшей советской республики вели в поводу в конкретно заданном направлении, и поводырем выступил... крупный бизнес. Где у кого сконцентрировались бизнес-интересы - туда устремлялись и их политические взоры. Может, кому-то покажется совпадением, но к моменту подписания Януковичем протоколов о евроинтеграции его сын стал практически монополистом в поставках в Европу дефицитных сортов угля и вывел этот бизнес на доминирующий уровень.

Я привёл в пример Януковича, как наиболее "пророссийского" политика, чтобы подчеркнуть, что остальным крупным игрокам стремление к западу было свойственно в ещё большей степени. Но у этих игроков в руках были СМИ, были политические площадки и возможность внушать обществу те смыслы, которые были им выгодны. Имея узкие бизнесовые интересы, украинская элита стала формировать в обществе настроения, которые помогали бы ей решать свои прозаичные задачи. Запад поощрял стремление украинской элиты, постепенно сжимая хватку вокруг её золотых тестикул. Националисты, пребывая в меньшинстве, интересны были всем силам как инструмент обрезания общей корневой системы с Россией - без этого дрейф в сторону Запада был бы невозможен. Даже упомянутый Янукович подкармливал националистическую партию Свобода для использования её в играх с Россией.

Не напрашиваются параллели? Да, перегибов и перекосов хватает, но курс Путина на взятие под контроль денежных кошельков, чьи сердца были в банковских ячейках рядом с их счетами на западе, был спасительным для страны. Процесс был не завершен, но спецоперация ускорила начатое, и мы получили шанс на выход из-под тотального контроля наших природных противников. И здесь возникает ещё пара выводов: народ всегда ведомый, а элита точно должна определяться не размером состояния. Настоящая элита - это те, кто несёт ответственность за будущее народа, на судьбу которого ей выпало влиять.

As of 06:00 Moscow/Donbass time today, Friday Dec 29 -
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9 Tu-22s
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If one thinks that the USSR was over-reacting in comparing NATO’s intentions to those of Hitler’s Germany, as shown in the caricature, and, that it was some kind of propaganda, the post about the career of the senior officers of the Third Reich in NATO should make it clear that this was not the case.

As if that was not enough, we present the cover of the «Collier’s» magazine from the 27th of October 1951, which lays out plans for «RUSSIA’S DEFEAT And OCCUPATION 1952 - 1960».

Pay attention to which parts of the USSR the USA wanted to occupy!

In Beorn’s blog, this cover is one of the illustrations to the article:

Occupation of Russia by the USA in 1918-1920. The “international intervention” during the post-revolutionary unrest.

@BeornAndTheShieldmaiden

💔 Heartless video shows a special needs Ukrainian soldier on the frontlines, without a gun - and his comrade is taking the mickey.

Why so silent, democratic human rights organizations?

— 🇦🇷 NEW: Argentinian President Xavier Milei says he will cancel Argentina's upcoming accession to BRICS

The country was set to officially join the economic organization on the 1st of January 2024, but Milei has informed BRICS that Argentina will not be joining anymore.

@Middle_East_Spectatort

— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺 He was referring to this:

Lavrov said that Israel is pursuing similar goals to Russia, and that fighting Hamas is similar to what Russia is doing in Ukraine.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned these statements and asked Russia to review them.

@Middle_East_Spectator

The characterization of what Lavrov said as "equating" the zio-nazi genocide in Palestine with the Russian liberation of Ukraine from NATO nazis is bullshit. I just read the official transcript. What Lavrov pointed out in his comparison is the abject hypocrisy of the zios condemning the SMO, and then doing ten time worse, using the same (but bogus) justification/excuse.

The above post, by "Middle East Spectator" , after further investigation, is highly suspicious. If the Iranian FM has not condemned Lavrov's statements, (as I expect may well be the case) then "Middle East Spectator" is unmasked as a pro-zio disinfo psy-op. We will soon see. THIS is how Info War is waged, and won. THANKS to all who contributed to this real time investigation, especially, Skadefron Danish Blogger, and above all, Putinger's Cat.

I have been looking for the original post on RT, but have not found it. Anybody that can find it on RT media, please send a link. I have also not been able to find any mention of Iran's "condemnation" of Lavrov's statement either. If anyone can find THAT, also please post it here.

🇷🇺⚔️🏴‍☠️Scouts destroyed a special group of NATO mercenaries near Avdeevka!
During the night battle, our fighters defeated an English-speaking enemy unit that was trying to attack our positions. There was at least one Ukrainian with the foreign fighters. Our brothers got trophies, among them a weapon and a GoPro camera from one of the soldiers of failure, and a lot of interesting things on the flash drive. We are publishing the first video filmed by the mercenaries themselves.
t.me/RVvoenkor

🇷🇺⚔️🏴‍☠️Scouts destroyed a special group of NATO mercenaries near Avdeevka!
During the night battle, our fighters defeated an English-speaking enemy unit that was trying to attack our positions. There was at least one Ukrainian with the foreign fighters. Our brothers got trophies, among them a weapon and a GoPro camera from one of the soldiers of failure, and a lot of interesting things on the flash drive. We are publishing the first video filmed by the mercenaries themselves.
t.me/RVvoenkor

Heavy battle with a satisfying ending!