🇷🇺🇺🇦 Prigozhin on the essence of the battles for Artemovsk and the nature of the hostilities for the city.

“Bakhmut is the central point of the Eastern Front and a serious logistics center. And our task there is to die as little as possible, and to destroy the enemy as much as possible.
Bakhmut's feature is in its unique historical and geographical defense capabilities, which include, first, the division of the city into several parts by water barriers. Secondly, the neighborhood of Bakhmut is a complex of settlements that create a unified defense system. Thirdly, this is a unique landscape, ravines and heights, which are natural tunnels. And the icing on the cake is the system of Soledar and Bakhmut mines, actually a network of underground cities. In which there is not only a cluster of people at a depth of 80-100 meters, but also tanks and infantry fighting vehicles move. And stockpiles of weapons have been stored since the First World War "(c) Prigozhin

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Fierce battle in Soledar. Arrival in the trench with the Armed Forces of Ukraine

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Map, showing the advancement and directions of the main strikes of the Wagner Group's assault units in the battles for Soledar

🇷🇺🇺🇦 In Bakhmut, the situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is extremely difficult, crests are sitting in the basements, afraid to stick their necks out because of the incessant work of our artillery.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 A downed MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kurakhovo area of the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk region.

🇪🇪🇺🇦🇷🇺 Estonia's Army Intelligence Chief Margo Grosberg, in an interview with local media, stated his belief that Russia retains the material means of war for over another year.

"No matter how much they are not able to increase the amount of ammunition production, simple math says they still have about 10m in stock, about 3.4m more could be made in a year...this ammunition is enough to fight for at least a year, if not longer.”

Grosberg further pointed out that, despite claimed losses of 1,400 Tanks in Ukraine, Russia retains over 9,000 either currently in repair plants being reactivated or in storage depots. Thus, total losses in percentage terms are low and easily replaced. The same is true for artillery systems where the claimed loss of 500 pieces represents only 10% of total stocks.

All of this, of course, must also be taken into context of Russian moves to mobilize their economy into a war time footing. Production figures are surging, on the backs of additional spending and work shifts, propelling Russian manufacturing to its largest height since 2019.

⚡️🇺🇦🇷🇺 Amid reports of AFU reserves being sent to the Belarusian border, the buildup of Russian forces inside Belarus has continued apace, generating increased fear of a new strike from the north towards Kiev.

🇨🇳🇹🇼 In something of a farce, it has emerged components of Taiwanese anti ship missiles were sent to mainland China for repairs. Known as Hsiung Feng 3, these missiles are a major element in Taiwan’s arsenal to deter naval landings by the PLA but use Swiss gyroscopes from Leica Geosystems. The oversight occurred as a result of Leica sending them for repair in China instead of Switzerland itself as planned.

Adding to the irony, it is alleged this was only noticed by Taiwanese authorities after their return by tracing the send location to a facility in Shandong in the PRC.

🇩🇪🇷🇺🇺🇦 "Jihadi" - Julian worries about Soledar. Last time he threw such tantrums about Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Khokhol getting destroyed while he talks on a phone

🇷🇺🇺🇦 The sky over Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) last night

The battle never stops.

🇭🇺⚡Those who transport weapons to Ukraine are parties to the conflict - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡"Ukraine is waiting for the aggravation of hostilities in February", - Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

🇺🇲⚡US President Joe Biden is preparing to launch the election campaign - The Hill sources

He may announce his intention to run for a second term as early as February.

🇩🇪⚡Two people were detained in the city of Castrop-Rauxel (North Rhine-Westphalia) in western Germany on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack using toxic substances - cyanide and ricin.

🇺🇦 It is reported that this video was filmed in Svetlovodsk, Kirovograd region. The voice-over says that this is an attempt to serve a summons to a man.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡Ukrainian intelligence is waiting for new strikes on infrastructure today or tomorrow

This was announced by the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence Skibitsky. In his opinion, a new massive blow could be in cold weather. The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate also noted that the Russian Army may launch a new offensive against the Zaporozhye region.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️In response to the strike of the Kiev regime on the point of temporary deployment of the Russian Armed Forces in Makeyevka, a retaliation operation was implemented - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Within 24 hours, Russian reconnaissance means revealed and reliably confirmed the points of temporary deployment of the Ukrainian military in Kramatorsk.

More than 700 Ukrainian soldiers were in hostel No. 28 in Kramatorsk and more than 600 Ukrainian soldiers were in hostel No. 47

More than 600 soldiers destroyed in Kramatorsk as a result of a missile attack on the points of temporary deployment of Ukrainian troops - Russian Defense Ministry

🇷🇺 The Ministry of Defense announced another exchange process. As a result of negotiations, 50 Russian soldiers were returned from Ukrainian captivity.