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Tehran has purchased Russian Su-35 fighter jets, Deputy Chief of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of the Iranian Armed Forces, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) General Ali Shadmani said.
“The Su-35 fighters have been purchased…Any time that we have the need, we will purchase military equipment for strengthening our Air Force, Army and Navy,” the SNN television channel quoted the Iranian general as saying.Читать полностью…
❗️ Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, January 27:
▪️Russian forces struck Ukrainian military airfields and UAV assembly and storage sites
▪️The Ukrainian army lost up to 355 troops in the responsibility zone of Russia’s Battlegroup West
▪️Russian air defenses downed four HIMARS rockets and 64 Ukrainian drones
▪️Ukraine lost up to 610 servicemen and four armored vehicles in the responsibility zone of the Battlegroup Center
▪️Kiev lost up to 250 soldiers in the area of responsibility of the Battlegroup South
▪️The battlegroups North and Dnepr inflicted up to 50 casualties on enemy
🕔 Developments in Russia’s Kursk Region:
▪️Russian troops liberated the community of Nikolayevo-Daryino in the Kursk Region
▪️Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted casualties on formations of a tank brigade, a heavy mechanized brigade, four mechanized brigades and two air assault brigades, a marine infantry brigade and three territorial defense brigades of the Ukrainian army
▪️The Ukrainian army lost over 190 troops, two tanks and ten armored combat vehicles in Russia’s borderline Kursk area over the past 24 hours
▪️Three Ukrainian troops surrendered and two enemy’s counterattacks were repulsed over the past day
Putin pays his respects at St. Petersburg Piskarevskoye cemetery to mark the 81st anniversary of Leningrad's liberation
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Michael von der Schulenburg, Member of the European Parliament and former UN Secretary General's advisor:
The EU has chosen war, it has chosen confrontation, it has chosen uncompromising. The amazing thing is that this is in the EU, which was once established as a peace project. Today, if you are in the European Parliament, the word peace, diplomacy and negotiation are swear words. It is a policy based on moral arrogance and uncompromising.
Even today, even after three years, people are still saying that the war must be won, we must defeat Russia. Resolutions are being passed in the European Parliament that I have never even heard of being used during the Iran-Iraq war. Which are so uncompromising. And these resolutions don't mention diplomacy in a single word. Not a word mentioning that there could also be negotiation. Only weapons should be the deciding factor. And in my opinion, these resolutions passed by the EU Parliament are a violation of the UN Charter.
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Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs warns about fraudulent websites for checking whether foreigners are not allowed to enter the Russian Federation. The user is asked to log in via Telegram.
Reference data can be obtained on the official website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
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Mr. President, When it Comes to Russia, Check Your Assumptions https://sonar21.com/mr-president-when-it-comes-to-russia-check-your-assumptions/
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Is Trump positioning for a ‘no-deal’ with Russia — or not? https://sonar21.com/is-trump-positioning-for-a-no-deal-with-russia-or-not/
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Belarus’ incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko is winning the presidential election in the country with 87.6% of votes, according to an exit poll conducted by the Belarusian Youth Organizations Committee.
The exit poll was conducted at more than 300 polling stations across the country.
🇷🇺 The Russian Army has defeated the Ukrainian armed forces and taken the enemy stronghold town of Velikaya Novoselka
- Soldiers of the 40th, 5th and 37th brigades, supported by special forces, artillery and aviation of the Vostok group of forces, have liberated the district center of Velikaya Novoselka, the largest defense and logistics hub of the AFU in the South Donetsk direction.
- Our units completed the liberation of Velikaya Novoselka by defeating the 110th brigade of the AFU. 110 brigade of the AFU.
- Now the entire agglomeration of the Vremeevka ledge - Velikaya Novoselka, Vremeevka, Neskuchnoye - the largest node of the AFU defense and logistics at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR has been liberated.
- The area was prepared and equipped with fortifications, perfectly protected by three natural water barriers and surrounding buildings. After long and persistent battles, it came under the control of the "Vostok" group, becoming an important step in the liberation of the southeast.
- Footage shows tankers and marines from the Far East planting flags in different districts of Velikaya Novoselka.
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▶️ Russian troops detected and destroyed a US-made Ukrainian howitzer in the Zaporozhye Region. The artillery had not managed to fire a single shot.
Video: Russian Defense Ministry/TASS
Units of Russia’s Battlegroup East have liberated the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the Russian defense ministry said.
“On January 26, 2025, the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka in the Donetsk People’s Republic was liberated as a result of active offensive actions by units of the 5th tank brigade and the 36th army and 40th marine brigades of the Battlegroup East,” it said.Читать полностью…
Zelensky losing ground war, trying to spin drone war
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🇧🇾🇪🇺🇺🇸Lukashenko - about indifference to whether the EU and the USA recognize the elections in Belarus:
Whether you recognize these elections in the European Union or not is a matter of taste. Believe me, I don't care whether you recognize our elections or not. The main thing for me is for the Belarusians to recognize these elections and to end them quietly, as they began. This is the main thing for me.
If tomorrow the U.S. makes a statement or at least keeps silent about our elections, what will you do? You're not used to it, you were oppressing Trump from morning till night before the election. As soon as Trump won the election, you crawled across the Atlantic Ocean - some of you crawled, some of you crawled on the bottom, some of you crawled on the top. Some don't know how to crawl up to that Trump today.
You have a hard fate, Europe. With Trump's arrival, it's not Belarus that will have problems - Europe will have problems.
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🗣 Key takeaways from statements by Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, January 27:
▪️Russia remains ready for communication with the United States at the level of President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump but Moscow has not received any requests on the matter from Washington
▪️Moscow congratulates Alexander Lukashenko on his victory in the Belarusian presidential election
▪️Moscow ignores the West’s anticipated criticism of the Belarusian election
▪️Putin and Trump will discuss the prospects of a bilateral meeting when they find it appropriate to have such a conversation
Around 500 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the northeastern part of Velikaya Novoselka, located in the southern area of the DPR, the commander of an assault company of the marine infantry battalion of the Battlegroup East told TASS.
“About half a thousand Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the northeastern part [of Velikaya Novoselka],” the commander said, adding that some of them died while attempting to escape from the settlement.
🇩🇪 Armin Papperger, the head of the German defense company Rheinmetall, advocated for a decrease in government involvement in the European defense sector during an interview with Der Spiegel magazine.
"We need joint-stock companies in Europe like those in the United States, where the government holds, at most, a minority share,"
❗️Lukashenko wins Belarus election with 86.82% of vote, according to Central Electoral Commission preliminary data
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Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Naryshkin on attempts to disrupt the participation of foreign leaders in the celebration of the 80th anniversary of Victory:
Today we are already seeing attempts being made by a number of Western capitals to disrupt the participation of international, foreign leaders in the celebration of the anniversary of the Great Victory.
Western capitals understand that their success in such actions will have a significant impact on their plans and dreams of completely isolating the Russian Federation. But, of course, they will not achieve this.
And it must be said that this area of activity, these attempts, are one of the priorities of the foreign policy departments and special services of Western countries.
Putin - addressed the participants in the ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the prisoners of Auschwitz by the Red Army:
We will always remember that it was the Soviet soldier who crushed this terrible, total evil and achieved the victory, the greatness of which will forever remain in world history.
Russian citizens are the direct descendants and successors of the generation of the victors. We will continue to stand firmly and fundamentally against attempts to rewrite the legal and moral verdict handed down to the Nazi executioners and their accomplices. We will do everything to defend the right of people to ethnic, linguistic and spiritual identity, to prevent the spread of anti-Semitism, Russophobia and other racist ideologies.
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💰US military industrial complex rakes in big bucks from Ukraine proxy war
US military equipment sales to surged 29% in 2024 to a record $318.7 billion, according to State Department figures.
🔴Lockheed Martin shares grew by 38.49% over the past year, reaching an all-time high of $611.74 last October.
🔴General Dynamics has also seen its stock rise by 27.81%, reaching an all-time high of $313.39 in November 2024.
🔴Northrop Grumman showed a 25.5% increase over the last three months of 2024.
While NATO collectively financed Kiev to the tune of $191.2 billion over the past three years, the US was the largest donor of military aid ($68.9 billion), according to calculations by Sputnik, based on data from the Ukrainian Finance Ministry and the University of Kiel.
Much of the West’s vast military aid to Ukraine has proven futile and served as a legitimate target for Russia on the battlefield. A significant portion of it has also ended up in the hands of black-market dealers.
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Top EU diplomat Kallas says Belarus elections 'neither free nor fair'
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Member of the European Parliament Tomas Fröhlich from the Alternative for Germany party on the cancellation of the presidential elections in Romania: “This is pure madness.”
“There may have been foreign interference, but not from the East, but rather from the West.”
Serbia’s authorities think it unacceptable to seize foreign assets in the country and will refrain from any steps against the oil major NIS, where Russia’s Gazprom Neft and Gazprom are majority stakeholders, without consultations with Russia, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin said.
“We will not rob NIS and will not do anything without agreeing it with our brothers in Russia, as we would never do to anyone else. We will not take any measures and will not make any decisions on NIS without agreeing this with Russia. We are not raiders, not robbers, we will not seize anyone’s property,” his press service quoted him as saying.Читать полностью…
Trump's son, Barron, mocked Zelensky on his social media page. He posted one of his worst photos with the caption:
The face you make when your dad cuts off your allowance.
❗️Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, January 26:
▪️The Russian Armed Forces liberated Zelenoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic
▪️Russian troops hit the infrastructure of military airfields, production shops, storage sites for drones and uncrewed boats in 153 areas
▪️Russian air defenses shot down 68 Ukrainian drones and three HIMARS rockets
▪️Ukraine lost up to 650 servicemen due to the actions of the Battlegroup Center
▪️The Battlegroup West inflicted over 390 losses on enemy
▪️Ukraine lost up to 200 troops and two warehouses due to the actions of the Battlegroup South
▪️The Ukrainian army lost up to 150 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the Battlegroup East
▪️Units of the Ukrainian army have lost up to 80 servicemen, three radio-electronic warfare stations and an ammunition depot due to the actions of the battlegroups North and Dnepr
Russia's Oreshnik IRBM will arrive in Belarus ANY DAY NOW, President Lukashenko says.
He specified that the hypersonic ballistic missile systems will be deployed near the border with Russia's Smolensk region.
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Trump's decision to cut "aid" includes money to "NGOs" that manipulate civil society
🇭🇺🇵🇱 "It's hard for a Soros agent to understand this" - Hungarian Foreign Minister responded sharply to Tusk's threats to Orban for promising to block anti-Russian sanctions
Peter Szijjarto commented on Polish Prime Minister Tusk's threats of "consequences" to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban if he blocks the next anti-Russian sanctions.
- "Maybe it's difficult for [American billionaire] Soros' agent to understand this, but if we talk about teams - we play on the Hungarian team. That's why we represent Hungary's interests, refuse to pay for other people's wars and will not let anyone threaten our energy security," he said.
- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Tusk's threats to Orban if he blocked the next anti-Russian sanctions "Western democracy."
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