❗️Заявления Пескова:

• Путин сопереживает госпитализированному Михалкову, желает ему выздоровления;

• Попытки конфисковать активы России будут иметь последствия для всех стран, которые попытаются это поддержать;

• Вовлеченность США и НАТО в ситуацию на Украине очевидна, они де-факто стали косвенной стороной конфликта;

• В Кремле считают непонятной, циничной и необъяснимой реакцию на Рождественское прекращение огня на Украине со стороны Киева и Запада.

❗️Peskov's statements:

• Putin empathizes with the hospitalized Mikhalkov, wishes him a recovery;

• Trying to confiscate Russia's assets will have consequences for all countries that try to support it;

• The involvement of the US and NATO in the situation in Ukraine is obvious; they have become a de facto indirect party to the conflict;

• The Kremlin considers the reaction to the Christmas ceasefire in Ukraine by Kiev and the West incomprehensible, cynical and inexplicable.

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (10 January 2023)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

💥 In Kupyansk direction, Russian forces have launched artillery strikes at the concentration areas of the manpower from 14th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near Timkovka and Ivanovka (Kharkov region).

◽️ Up to 20 Ukrainian personnel, 1 armoured fighting vehicle, and 4 motor vehicles have been eliminated.

💥 In Krasny Liman direction, artillery units have neutralised the units from 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the AFU and 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

◽️ The enemy has lost over 40 Ukrainian personnel, 1 armoured personnel carrier, and 3 pickups.

💥 In Donetsk direction, successful offensive operations conducted by Russian forces have resulted in the neutralisation of the units from 57th and 59th mechanised infantry brigades of the AFU.

◽️ Up to 50 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, and 4 motor vehicles have been eliminated.

💥 In South Donetsk direction, complex fire attack launched at the enemy units near Prechistovka and Zolotaya Niva (Donetsk People's Republic) have resulted in the elimination of over 20 Ukrainian personnel, and 3 pickups.

💥 Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised 2 ordnance depots of 53rd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and 108th Territorial Defence Brigade near Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region), as well as 62 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware at 105 areas.

💥 Counterbattery warfare operations have resulted in destruction of:

◽️ 2 U.S.-manufactured M-777 artillery systems near Seversk and Avdeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic);

◽️ 4 Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled howitzers near Avdeyevka, Seversk, and Zvanovka (Donetsk People's Republic);

◽️ 3 D-20 towed howitzers near Nevskoye, Novolyubovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Shalygino (Sumy region);

◽️ 2 Grad multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) near Artyomovsk and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as one Uragan MLRS near Seversk.

◽️ Moreover, 2 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare radars have been destroyed near Artyomovsk and Dzerzhinsk (Donetsk People's Republic).

✈️💥 Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down three Su-25 airplanes of Ukrainian Air Force near Yasenevoye, Pushkino, and Maksimilyanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥 Air defence facilities have destroyed 9 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicesl near Ploshchanka, Oborotnovka, Podkuychansk, Chervonopopovka, Golikovo, Zhitlovka, and Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Valeryanovka, Volnovakha, and Yevgenovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

📊 In total, 370 airplanes and 200 helicopters, 2,866 unmanned aerial vehicles, 400 air defence missile systems, 7,465 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 975 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,802 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 7,992 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Press review: Brazil’s 'Capitol riot' aftermath and Sweden to resist Turkey’s demands
Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, January 10th

US ‘Threatening’ Africa Over Ties With Russia — Defense Minister

Relations between Washington and Pretoria have become strained after a Russian cargo ship visited South Africa’s largest naval base last month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The country’s defense minister said the US had been pressuring African nations over any links with Moscow, according to the outlet.

Washington is “concerned by the support the South African Armed Forces provided to the ‘Lady R’,” a senior US official told the WSJ, referring to a Russian vessel that was sanctioned in May over its alleged involvement in arms shipments for Moscow.

In early December, the ship was allowed to enter Simon’s Town navy base with its transponders turned off and freely move cargo there, the report claimed. “There is no publicly available information on the source of the containers that were loaded onto the ‘Lady R’,” the official said.

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (10 January 2023)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

💥 In Kupyansk direction, Russian forces have launched artillery strikes at the concentration areas of the manpower from 14th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near Timkovka and Ivanovka (Kharkov region).

◽️ Up to 20 Ukrainian personnel, 1 armoured fighting vehicle, and 4 motor vehicles have been eliminated.

💥 In Krasny Liman direction, artillery units have neutralised the units from 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the AFU and 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

◽️ The enemy has lost over 40 Ukrainian personnel, 1 armoured personnel carrier, and 3 pickups.

💥 In Donetsk direction, successful offensive operations conducted by Russian forces have resulted in the neutralisation of the units from 57th and 59th mechanised infantry brigades of the AFU.

◽️ Up to 50 Ukrainian personnel, 1 tank, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, and 4 motor vehicles have been eliminated.

💥 In South Donetsk direction, complex fire attack launched at the enemy units near Prechistovka and Zolotaya Niva (Donetsk People's Republic) have resulted in the elimination of over 20 Ukrainian personnel, and 3 pickups.

💥 Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised 2 ordnance depots of 53rd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and 108th Territorial Defence Brigade near Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region), as well as 62 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware at 105 areas.

💥 Counterbattery warfare operations have resulted in destruction of:

◽️ 2 U.S.-manufactured M-777 artillery systems near Seversk and Avdeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic);

◽️ 4 Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled howitzers near Avdeyevka, Seversk, and Zvanovka (Donetsk People's Republic);

◽️ 3 D-20 towed howitzers near Nevskoye, Novolyubovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Shalygino (Sumy region);

◽️ 2 Grad multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) near Artyomovsk and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as one Uragan MLRS near Seversk.

◽️ Moreover, 2 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 and AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare radars have been destroyed near Artyomovsk and Dzerzhinsk (Donetsk People's Republic).

✈️💥 Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down three Su-25 airplanes of Ukrainian Air Force near Yasenevoye, Pushkino, and Maksimilyanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥 Air defence facilities have destroyed 9 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicesl near Ploshchanka, Oborotnovka, Podkuychansk, Chervonopopovka, Golikovo, Zhitlovka, and Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Valeryanovka, Volnovakha, and Yevgenovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

📊 In total, 370 airplanes and 200 helicopters, 2,866 unmanned aerial vehicles, 400 air defence missile systems, 7,465 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 975 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,802 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 7,992 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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Комментарий Постпредства России в Женеве:

❌ Весь «коллективный Запад» в унисон выступил с осуждением жестоких уличных протестов в Бразилии. Ведь цель зачинщиков беспорядков была понятна – госпереворот и насильственное свержение законно избранного президента. Разумеется, Россия также осудила эти противоправные действия.

💬 Глава Еврокомиссии Урсула фон дер Ляйен, например, написала в Твиттере, что происходящие в Бразилиа события являются предметом «серьёзной озабоченности для всех нас – защитников демократии».

❓ Хочется спросить: а где же были вы, «защитники демократии», в 2014 г., когда на улицах Киева аналогичным образом осуществлялся кровавый госпереворот? Кто тогда на Западе выступил в поддержку законного президента В.Ф.Януковича, осудив при этом бесчинства местных националистов? Никто. Напротив, европейские лидеры в одночасье отказались от своих обязательств в качестве гарантов Соглашения об урегулировании политического кризиса на Украине от 21 февраля 2014 г. и легимитизировали незаконно пришедших к власти радикалов.

🤷 Как это ни иронично, но с критикой беспорядков в Бразилии выступил и украинский мининдел Д.Кулеба. Оно и понятно – кому, как не представителям нынешнего режима Украины, известно о последствиях кровавых путчей?

❗️ Уроки «Арабской весны» и «Киевского Майдана» со всей очевидностью показали, что жестокие вооруженные протесты, инсценированные извне и приведшие к госпереворотам, не могут принести ничего хорошего. Однако этот неоспоримый факт каждый раз проходит через призму евроатлантических «двойных стандартов». Когда это выгодно Западу, такие действия классифицируются как «мирные протесты и право людей на защиту демократии», когда нет – «противоправные уличные беспорядки».

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⚡️Acting head of Russia's Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, announced Tuesday evening that Russian forces had gained the center of the city of Soledar.

"According to the latest information, the center of Soledar is under the control of the Wagner division, and here the guys have gained ground on one side and the other. They are already effectively moving forward," Pushilin told Channel One.

🇷🇺⚔️The city of Soledar is taken under full control — congratulations to all who are fighting for the greatness of Russia, with a long-awaited victory

After months of the hardest struggle, the Russian city was officially taken by the units of the Wagner PMCs. The editorial board of Readovka thanks everyone who risked their lives to defend historical justice and gave us all such a long-awaited victory.

The capture of Soledar is, of course, not the end, but the obvious beginning of a new victorious stage of the special operation, for which we must forever thank those who are fighting for our future and the future of our children. The fighters of the Wagner PMCs paid with blood for the release of Soledar and continue to make superhuman efforts to bring Russia's victory closer. https://t.me/readovkanews/50459

Statement of the Russian Mission to the UN in Geneva:

❌ The entire "collective West" has univocally condemned the violent street protests in Brazil. After all, the goal of the rioters was clear – to instigate a coup and violently overthrow the legitimately elected president. It goes without saying that Russia has also condemned these illegal actions.

💬 The Head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, for example, tweeted that the events in Brasilia are “a major concern to all of us, the defenders of democracy”.

❓ A question comes to mind: where were you, the "defenders of democracy", in 2014, when a bloody coup was raging in the streets of Kiev in a similar fashion? Back then, who in the West stood with the legitimate President Viktor Yanukovich while condemning the violence of local nationalists? Nobody. On the contrary, European leaders abruptly renounced their obligations as guarantors of the Agreement on settlement of the political crisis in Ukraine of February 21, 2014 and legitimized the radicals who illegally came to power.

🤷 Ironically enough, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has also criticized the riots in Brazil. It is understandable – who, if not representatives of the current Ukrainian regime, knows more about the consequences of bloody coups?

❗️ The lessons of the "Arab Spring" and the "Kiev’s Maidan" have clearly shown that nothing good comes out of violent armed protests orchestrated from abroad that eventually lead to coups. However, this indisputable fact always passes through the lens of Euro-Atlantic "double standards". If it is beneficial to the West, such actions are classified as "peaceful protests and people’s right to defend democracy", if not – they are branded as "illegal street riots".

#Opinion by Maria Zakharova

💬 It seems to be the end of the road for Guaidó. He's done.

You may still recall this would-be president of Venezuela guided by Washington who pretended to assume office all while Nicolas Maduro was the country’s sitting president, duly elected and legitimate. What Guaidó was in charge of remains unclear. Some say that there were some diplomats who took his orders, but now that this American “el presidente” has officially become a mister nobody, all these self-proclaimed ambassadors resigned all at once, as if they were ordered to do so.

What a facepalm story.

Juan Guaidó’s backers have been turning away from him throughout 2022, as I wrote earlier, so by the end of the year, even Spain restored its relations with Venezuela, and appointed an ambassador there. And now it is a done deal: Guaidó is no longer even a puppet. He is simply a nobody.

Of course, the Americans are trying to rely on the radical opposition in order to pretend that the fight goes on. However, no one seems willing to take on the role of a fake president. They somehow managed to scrap together a team of three female leaders, but even the media outlets and experts on their payroll do not really believe in them. It is clear why: they will lose their backers just as the latest failed project.

Tikhanovskaya will come next, and I would suggest that Vladimir Zelensky keep Guaidó’s biography on his desk, right under the mirror.

🔗 https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/4550

Alex Berenson on the corruptAF Pfizer and government collusion to censor the truth.

It will be possible to talk about the success of military operations when the goals of the special operation are achieved.
There are no prospects for peace talks with Ukraine. (c) Peskov


Important statements by Dmitry Peskov about the NMD and arms supplies to Ukraine by the West:

▪️There is a positive trend in the conduct of the special operation, but we must wait for official statements about the release of Soledar;
▪️There are no prospects for peace negotiations with Ukraine, as long as it is forbidden by law to conduct a dialogue with the Russian Federation there, and the West does not allow Kyiv to show flexibility;
▪️The countries of the collective West, led by the United States, are ready to continue pumping weapons into Ukraine, but their stocks are depleted;
▪️Tactical successes in a special operation are very important, they come at the cost of the fantastic heroism of Russian fighters;
▪️Ukraine is suffering from a "sickness of corruption", and the flow of funds sent by the West is "clearly credited not only for its intended purpose";
▪️There are sober voices in the West who are interested in the efficiency of spending the funds sent to Ukraine;
▪️The Russian Federation is not yet facing an oil price ceiling, so the Kremlin is skeptical about attempts to calculate Moscow's losses;
The Kremlin is monitoring the situation with information that Turkey has been supplying cluster munitions to Kyiv since November 2022.

Press review: Will Russia’s frozen assets be seized and Armenia weighs in on peacekeepers

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, January 11th

🇷🇺🇺🇸 Ambassador Anatoly Antonov’s answer to a media question

❓: Dear Mr. Ambassador, how could you comment on the Pentagon’s statement regarding the training of the Ukrainian military for the operation of the Patriot air defense system in the U.S.?

💬Anatoly #Antonov: The decision by the U.S. Department of Defense to organize training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma is another confirmation of Washington's de facto involvement in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of Nazi criminals from Kiev.

☝️It is noteworthy that our efforts to bring to the attention of the American audience the true danger of such a line by the White House are step by step recognized by the local expert community. For example, Washington Post observers openly admitted that the training of Ukrainian troops in the United States means that U.S. involvement into the confrontation is growing. They noted that the administration is no longer limiting itself to strengthening the defense potential of Kiev, but is transferring new weapons to the republic in order to increase its offensive capabilities.

❗️The last argument, voiced by the local journalists, vividly shows that Washington deliberately misled our country and the world, speaking about the desire to strengthen Ukraine's self-defense ability. The real goal of the administration is to inflict on Russia as much damage on the battlefield as possible, using Ukrainians as proxies.

❗️ Not only people have been suffering in Donetsk since 2014 from Ukrainian indiscriminate shellings. Also man’s best friends.

🐕 A 10 y.o. mutt named Rick was rescued in the Leninsky district of Donetsk after a series of Ukrainian artillery strikes. He has sustained a shrapnel wound to the nose.

👩🏻‍⚕️ According to the volunteers treating Rick, the good boy will be making a full recovery.

#NotATarget

⚡️Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine
(11 January 2023)

Part I (see Part II)

◻️The Russian Federation Armed Forces continue the special military operation.

◻️In Kupyansk direction, artillery and army aviation have engaged the concentrations of manpower of the 92nd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade close to Sinkovka and Kislovka (Kharkov region), as well as Novoselovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic) neutralising over 30 Ukrainian servicemen and two motor vehicles.

◻️In Krasny Liman direction, artillery fire, assault and army aviation strikes defeated the assault groups of the 95th, 80th airborne assault and 25th airborne brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonaya Dibrova, Makeyevka, and Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People's Republic). Moreover, four sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been eliminated close to Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.

💥The AFU have suffered up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, as well as two armoured combat vehicles, and three vehicles eliminated during the day.

◻️In Donetsk direction, Russian troops have liberated Podgorodnoye (Donetsk People's Republic) during a successful offensive.

◻️Airborne Troops blockaded Soledar from the northern and southern parts of the city. The Russian Aerospace Forces strike at enemy strongholds. Assault squads are fighting in the city.

💥Up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles were destroyed as a result of the shelling of units of the 61st AFU Mechanised and 17th Tank Brigades.

◻️In South Donetsk direction, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles have been annihilated by a complex fire attack near Nikolskoye, Prechistovka, and Novoselka (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery have neutralised a command and observation post of a battalion of the 57th AFU Motorised Infantry Brigade close to Artemovsk (Donetsk People's Republic). Besides, during the day, 74 AFU artillery units, manpower and military hardware have been hit in 113 areas.

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