⚡️Боррель призвал вооружать Украину, напомнив о победах России над Гитлером и Наполеоном:

«Россия – большая страна, она привыкла бороться до конца, она привыкла почти проигрывать, а затем восстанавливать все. Она сделала это с Наполеоном, она сделала это с Гитлером. Было бы абсурдно думать, что Россия проиграла войну или что ее военные некомпетентны. Поэтому именно сейчас необходимо продолжать вооружать Украину»

⚡️Borrell called for arming Ukraine, recalling Russia's victories over Hitler and Napoleon:

"Russia is a big country, it is used to fighting to the end, it is used to almost losing and then rebuilding everything. It did it to Napoleon, it did it to Hitler. It would be absurd to think that Russia has lost the war or that its military is incompetent. That is why it is necessary to continue arming Ukraine now"

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

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

◽️In Kupyansk direction, aviation and artillery of the Western Military District (WMD) have hit units of the 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Berestovoye (Kharkov region).

💥More than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 armoured fighting vehicle and 2 motor vehicles have been destroyed. In addition, 1 AFU artillery munition warehouse has been destroyed near Olshana (Kharkov region).

◽️In Krasniy Liman direction, artillery fire from the Central Military District (CMD) has hit units of the 111th Territorial Defence Brigade near Torskoye and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥More than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 1 D-20 howitzer, and 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar station have been destroyed.

◽️In Donetsk direction, volunteers of assault detachments, supported by Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Southern Military District, have liberated Dvurechye (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥The AFU suffered up to 50 servicemen killed and wounded, 2 armoured combat vehicles, 3 pickup trucks and 2 D-20 and D-30 howitzers.

💥In addition, 1 warehouse of the AFU artillery munition has been destroyed near Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar station has been destroyed near Malinovka.

◽️In Zaporozhye direction, as a result of the offensive actions, units of the Eastern Military District (EMD) have taken more advantageous lines and positions.

💥More than 30 fighters, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 pickup trucks, 1 Akatsia self-propelled howitzer and 1 D-20 howitzer have been destroyed during the day.

💥Operational and Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised the command post of the 36th Separate Rifle Battalion of Territorial Defence near Kotlyarovka (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as 67 artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 95 areas.

💥Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 Su-24 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Vladimirovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥1 Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force has been shot down by anti-aircraft defence forces near Lozovaya (Kharkov region).

💥Also during the day, 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed near Kovalyovka, Kremennaya, Naugolnoye, Novovodyannoye, Ploshchanka, Nezhurino, Zmiyovka, Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Novokazankovatoye (Zaporozhye region) and Blagodatnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

💥In addition, 3 HIMARS and Uragan multiple-launch rocket systems, and 1 HARM anti-radar missile have been intercepted near Vasilyovka and Grozovoye (Zaporozhye region).

📊In total, 375 airplanes and 203 helicopters, 2,922 unmanned aerial vehicles, 401 air defence missile systems, 7,589 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 985 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,883 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 8,128 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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⚡️ Заявление МИД России в связи с высказываниями главы дипломатии ЕС Ж.Борреля относительно сравнения политики США и их союзников в отношении Москвы с действиями А.Гитлера

💬 Заявление Высокого представителя ЕС по иностранным делам и политике безопасности Ж.Борреля относительно приведенного Министром иностранных дел Российской Федерации С.В.Лавровым в ходе пресс-конференции 18 января сравнения политики США и их союзников в отношении Москвы с действиями А.Гитлера звучит лицемерно, особенно на фоне расистских высказываний главы дипломатии ЕС, разделившего мир на «цветущий сад», в котором проживает «миллиард граждан ЕС и США», и наступающие на него «джунгли», а также открытой поддержки Евросоюзом киевского неонацистского режима. С 2014 г. вооруженные силы Украины и националистические батальоны безнаказанно обстреливают мирные города Донбасса, Херсонской и Запорожской областей России, убивают мирное население, в т.ч. детей. При этом ЕС обучает боевиков ВСУ, готовится поставить еще больше вооружений и военной техники, которые будут и дальше использоваться для уничтожения гражданских лиц. Есовцы заявляют об отсутствии параллелей, однако сами закрывают глаза на свастики на шевронах ВСУ, нацистские флаги и ту самую символику, с которой более чем 80 лет назад европейцы варварски вторглись в наши земли.

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В очередной раз видим, как отдельные организации пытаются столкнуть различные нации и народы. Приходится напоминать, что именно наш народ встал более 80 лет назад на защиту человечества от чумы фашизма, человеконенавистничества, нацизма и агрессивного империалистического милитаризма, не деля его на национальности. Пока нацисты в одной газовой камере травили славян, евреев, цыган и другие нации, наши отцы, деды и прадеды боролись с вермахтом и освобождали узников концентрационных лагерей. Именно их память мы свято чтим и будем чтить в веках. Нельзя забывать и о том, что 27 января ежегодно отмечается в мире как Международный день памяти Холокоста именно в знак признательности воинам Красной армии, освободившим в этот день в 1944 г. узников нацистского концлагеря «Освенцим» (Аушвиц-Биркенау). Мы же в конце XX – начале XXI века столкнулись со стремлением дискредитировать роль нашей страны в деле борьбы с нацизмом и неонацизмом, с откровенной русофобией и призывами к «отмене России». Любой попытке реабилитации нацизма, расистским практикам надо решительно противостоять. Это то, что должно объединять народы, а не разъединять их.

☝️ В рядах Красной армии, как и других армий антигитлеровской коалиции, с фашистами боролись сотни тысяч евреев. Во время Великой Отечественной войны в войсках служили около 501 тысячи воинов-евреев. <...>

Игнорирование так называемой «демократической коалицией» Запада героизации современным украинским режимом нацистов, совершавших преступления во Львове, Бабьем Яре, Хатыни, игнорирование фактов использования на государственном уровне и подразделениями ВСУ нацистских лозунгов, нацистской символики и названий в честь дивизий СС является искажением памяти о Холокосте и жертвах нацизма. Точно так же, как и многочисленные безнаказанные преступления против русскоязычных граждан Украины и заявления украинских политиков, что убийство максимального количества русских есть цель их борьбы и существования.

❓ Хочется спросить, где же были такие структуры, как ЕЕК, когда сносили памятники воинам-освободителям именно на территории Европы; когда по столицам именно европейских городов шагали нацисты под антисемитскими символами и с юдофобскими лозунгами; когда именно европейцы пытались торпедировать в ООН нашу резолюцию о борьбе с героизацией нацизма?

❗️ Никогда не поздно признать свои ошибки и сделать правильный нравственный выбор, поэтому призываем Европу возвысить свой голос для борьбы с антисемитизмом, русофобией и другими проявлениями дискриминационной политики в отношении отдельных национальностей и этносов.

❗️Key points of press statement by RT France:

▪️The TV channel has been targeted since its launch and there have been calls for censoring the broadcaster with the use of false information;

▪️After five years of harassment, the authorities in power have achieved their goal – the closure of RT France;

▪️EU authorities used the Ukraine crisis, covered by the TV channel in a balanced way, to finally shut the broadcaster down;

▪️123 TV channel employees are at risk of being unpaid in January, losing their jobs, which casts doubt on the future of media independence in France;

▪️The TV channel's closure is only the first and "extremely dangerous" step, after which other Russian media will be targeted.

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▪️The supply of offensive weapons to Ukraine will lead to global disaster, retaliatory measures with more powerful weapons

▪️By its decision to supply weapons to Kiev, the West is leading the world towards a terrible war, to hostilities worse than those at present when strikes are directed only towards infrastructure;

▪️Arms supplies to Kiev may end in a tragedy that will destroy the West, given the technological superiority of weapons in Russia

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💬 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Tanja Fajon: “We have to take care of the rules of international law and truly respect it, rather than change it when countries select a path of disrespect towards international law. Russia preferred the latter. This means that there are countries which respect the rules and countries which respect their national interests, which extend beyond the rules. This is what happens and we have to take the World Order into account.”

Yes, this has not worked out very well. As a matter of fact, it has truly turned out that there are countries “changing international law, choosing a path of disrespect towards it.” A brief insight for the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia 👇

Let us recall the position of the Ljubljana officials regarding the invasion of the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq.

Prior to the intervention by the United States and its vassals, Slovenia had a pro-American stance accusing Saddam Hussein’s regime of posing a threat to the international community. In particular, in February 2003, Ljubljana, alongside other Eastern European countries, signed a declaration backing Washington’s position several hours after the famous test tube demonstration by Colin Powell in the UN Security Council. US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld claimed that Slovenia had joined the US coalition (which was later disputed by the official Ljubljana).

Following the bombing of Iraq, the Slovenian government issued an official statement expressing its regret over the start of hostilities. Prime Minister Anton Rop promised that Slovenian servicemen would not be taking part in the war.

At the same time, in 2006, these Slovenian military personnel took part in the so-called NATO Training Mission in Iraq. This decision did not resonate with the country’s population and later the military personnel were withdrawn. According to the Mission’s reports, Ljubljana also provided AK-47 rifles, helmets and funds.

In addition to that, Slovenian military personnel have been part of the US antiterrorist coalition in Syria and Iraq since 2016 (Operation Inherent Resolve against the Islamic State).

So, are we to understand that these are rightful changes in international law?

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (22 January 2023)

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

💥 In Kupyansk direction, Ground-Assault and Army Aviation, as well as the artillery of the Western Military District have neutralised the concentrations of manpower of the units from 14th and 92nd mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near Dvurechnaya, Gryanikovka (Kharkov region), Novosyolovskoye, and northern outskirts of Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

◽️ Over 50 Ukrainian personnel, 1 motor vehicle, and 1 pickup have been eliminated.

💥 In Krasny Liman direction, the strikes launched by Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, as well as the artillery of the Central Military District and Airborne Troops have resulted in the neutralisation of the units from 92nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Stelmakhovka, 95th, 80th airborne assault brigades of the AFU, and 125th Territorial Defence Brigade near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Serebryanskoye forestry, and Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

◽️ Over 80 Ukrainian personnel, 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 5 armoured fighting vehicles, and 1 pickup have been eliminated.

◽️ 2 U.S.-manufactured counterbattery warfare radars (AN/TPQ and AN/TPQ-37) have been destroyed near Vishnyovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic).

💥 In Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Military District, and volunteers from assault detachments continued their successful offensive operation, and neutralised the AFU units near Razdolovka, Blagodatnoye, Krasnopolye, and Severnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

◽️ 1 AFU ordnance depot has been destroyed near Antonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

◽️ Over 80 Ukrainian personnel, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 D-30 howitzer have been eliminated.

💥 In Zaporozhye direction, offensive operations conducted by the units of the Eastern Military District have resulted in taking more advantageous lines and positions.

◽️ Up to 85 Ukrainian personnel, 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 1 pickup, 2 D-20 howitzers have been eliminated near Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region), and Prechistovka (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as 1 D-30 howitzer near Preobrazhenka (Zaporozhye region).

◽️ 1 AFU ordnance depot has been destroyed near Malinovka (Zaporozhye region).

💥 In Kherson direction, 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery warfare radar has been destroyed near Sadovoye (Kherson region).

💥 Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised the command post of 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU near Lezhino (Zaporozhye region), as well as 74 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 119 areas.

💥 Russian air defence facilities have shot down 1 Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Antonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

◽️ 9 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed near Zmiyevka, Vladimirovka, Krasnorechenskoye, Yagodnoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Urozhaynoye, Novomayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region), and Ochakovskoye (Kherson region).

◽️ 2 rocket-propelled projectiles launched by U.S.-manufactured HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems have been shot down near Rabotino and Molochansk (Zaporozhye region).

◽️ 1 U.S.-manufactured HARM anti-radiation missile has been intercepted near Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region).

📊 In total, 376 airplanes and 203 helicopters, 2,931 unmanned aerial vehicles, 401 air defence missile systems, 7,601 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 985 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,887 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 8,144 special military motor vehicles have been since the beginning of the special military operation.

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Vladimir Sheludko, Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) veteran, lives in Donetsk. He considers Ukrainian Army’s soldiers war criminals. ‘They’re wicked people. They’re a bunch of hoodlums. It’s a cult,’ Sheludko says.

Vladimir went through the entire Great Patriotic War. He went to defend his homeland from the Nazis at the age of 17. ‘Those were professional fascists. And these are fascist scum,’ Sheludko says, comparing the Ukrainian military with the German variant.

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