🇷🇺🇺🇦🇫🇷SBU agent Butusov complained about the complete failure of the "French brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces", namely the 155th brigade, which recently "entered the battle in the Krasnoarmeysk area".
From the beginning of its formation until the New Year, 1,700 people fled from the brigade, 50 of whom fled in France. The rest after entering the battle. The cost of forming this brigade, which was entirely trained and armed by the French, was 900 million euros.
With great effort.
🇷🇺🇺🇦Armored vehicles lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region: M113 and BMP-1
Читать полностью…🇲🇩Moldova has switched to electricity supplies from Romania after a reduction in production at the Moldovan State Regional Power Plant (GRES), which ran on Russian gas.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian Armed Forces are approaching the highway to Krasnoarmeysk. There are 2 km left to Kotlino, and about 7 km to Udachny (where the largest coking coal deposit in Ukraine is located).
In addition, it is reported that most of Vozdvizhenka to the east of Krasnoarmeysk has also come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
🇨🇳China has staged the world's largest drone show with large-scale special effects to celebrate the New Year.
Читать полностью…🇺🇦The footage from Zelensky's address, where he talks about the Ukrainian ballistic missile "Sapsan" , is a video of the launch of South Korean missiles, users write on social networks.
The missile launcher used in Zelensky’s video (first still frame) is almost identical to a video that was published six years ago on a South Korean military public page (second still frame and video).
It says that the Republic of Korea forces are launching Hyunmoo and ATACMS missiles.
🇷🇺🇺🇦In the Kurakhovo direction, for the first time in a long time, a French wheeled tank AMX-10RC was destroyed. Remember this miracle vehicle that immediately got bogged down in the Vremyevsk direction in 2023, when it was used by Ukrainian marines during the counteroffensive?
Since then, they have been virtually absent from the front. Due to their ineffectiveness, weak armor, and lack of good onboard weapons, they are not the best examples for battles of such intensity as in the SMO. Just a fashionable tank.
However, their appearance in the Kurakhovo direction may be connected with the 155th brigade "Anna Kyiv". This unit was trained in France and is equipped with French equipment and weapons, from "Caesars" to AMX-10.
The 155th Brigade initially had problems at the front because it was torn apart and the well-coordinated units were sent to different formations. And, as we can see, the problems did not end there.
🇫🇷🇸🇾French Air Force fighters, as part of the International Coalition, carried out a series of strikes on the remaining infrastructure of the ISIS in Syria.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️New Year's morning in Kiev began with several powerful arrivals, local sources report
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ Our soldiers took the industrial zone in Kurakhovo and raised the Russian flag there
Military sources report that this was the last fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which means that the city is effectively liberated , all that remains is to wait for a report from our Ministry of Defense.
They ruined the whole New Year for the Ukrainians
✉️🇷🇺🇪🇺⚡️Access to some Russian media has been restricted in the EU under DSA/sanctions laws, Pavel Durov said.
"Meanwhile, all Western Telegram media channels remain freely accessible in Russia. Who would have thought that in 2025, Russian Telegram users would enjoy greater freedom than European ones?" Durov said.
🇷🇺🇺🇦Pokrovsk . RF Armed Forces 2 km to the outskirts of the city. You can already hear how close it is.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺UVZ reports that the pre-New Year batch of T-90M Proryv and T-72B3M tanks has been sent to the troops.
The previous batch of tanks was delivered in September of 2024.
🇷🇺🇺🇦Shelling of a HIMARS MLRS column with three Iskander-M OTRK missiles near the village of Davydiv Brod in the Berislav district of the Kherson region.
Three different types of missiles were used - the "classic" 9M723 missed completely, the submunitions of the 9M723K5 cluster munition detonated approximately in the area of the column's parking lot, and the final missile with an air burst hit closer to the tail of the column, most likely causing some damage to a pair of the rear launchers.
🇸🇦🇸🇾Saudi Arabia has sent two Il-76TD transport aircraft to Syria for the first time, carrying about 350 tons of humanitarian aid
Читать полностью…🇺🇸❗️The mayor of New Orleans in the US called the car driving into a crowd a terrorist attack.
The FBI reported the discovery of improvised explosive devices after a car drove into a crowd in New Orleans, Fox News reports.
🇹🇷🇸🇾 A Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UAV crashed near the Manbij/Karakozak bridge in Syria.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸⚡️American intelligence agencies have classified the attack in New Orleans as a terrorist act . The first in the last few years on US soil.
An SUV rammed into a crowd of people, then the driver left the car and opened fire on the people.
🇺🇸Unknown man crashes car into New Year's crowd in New Orleans
At least 10 people were killed and 30 more were injured
The media reports that the police had to use weapons and shoot the driver, and his actions were deliberate
Other media outlets write that the driver was detained after the shooting
🇷🇺🇸🇾🇱🇾CNN reports that Russia is moving its forces from Syria to operations in Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean to the Al-Khadim base in Libya
According to them, Moscow An-124 and Il-76 aircraft fly daily from Khmeimim to Al-Khadim in eastern Libya.
🇾🇪🇺🇸Yemeni Houthis claim to have shot down yet another and now the 14th (!!!) American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen.
As a rule, after a while they show footage of the defeat. Let's wait.
🇺🇸Billionaire Elon Musk has been living in Trump's residence since the US presidential election, The New York Times writes, citing sources.
According to the newspaper's sources, Musk is staying in a cottage on the Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, located not far from the main house. This allows him to easily visit the president-elect and attend meetings.
The cottage, called Banyan, is located a few hundred feet from the main building, another NYT source noted. That allows Musk to visit the president-elect. The NYT reports that Musk recently attended a meeting between Trump and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
The newspaper notes that Musk is not the only member of Trump's inner circle who has stayed at his residence. For example, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance stayed at one of the cottages in Mar-a-Lago, a source familiar with his stay told the NYT. According to the newspaper, Trump's friends and associates have stayed at the Banyan cottage for many years.
The NYT reports that Trump himself has bragged to people that Musk, the world's richest man, is "renting" a cottage at Mar-a-Lago. The cottage is renting for at least $2,000 a night, according to a source familiar with the prices, though it's unclear how much Musk will end up paying, since Trump could lower the price or not charge at all.
🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️ The supply of Russian gas via Ukraine has ceased as of 8:00 Moscow time on January 1, Gazprom reports.
The company indicated that it lacks the technical and legal ability to supply gas for transit through Ukraine.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺Russia has already begun cutting gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine on the last day of the transit agreement, Reuters reports.
As a result, gas prices in Europe have risen slightly today.
Reuters writes that the end of transit "will mean the near-total loss of Moscow's once-powerful influence over the European gas market." For Europe, the loss of cheap Russian gas supplies (though it has replaced them with supplies from other sources) has led to a serious economic slowdown, rising inflation, and a worsening cost-of-living crisis.
Ukraine loses about $800 million a year in fees from Russia, and Gazprom will lose about $5 billion on gas sales to Europe via Ukraine.
Let us recall that Shmyhal said that Ukraine would stop transit at 7 am on January 1.
It should be noted that after the cessation of transit, Russian gas supplies to Europe will continue via the Turkish Stream, and liquefied gas will also be supplied by sea. In 2024, according to the Russian government, Russian gas supplies to Europe increased by 20% compared to 2023.
🇷🇺⚡️ In his New Year's address, Putin expressed confidence that everything will be fine and the country will move forward.
He added that Russia still has a lot to decide, but can be proud of what has already been done.
The President wished well-being and prosperity to Russia and every Russian family
🇷🇺🇺🇦Destruction of a shelled Ukrainian BMP-2 with an electronic warfare system by a strike from an FPV drone on fiber optics near the village of Chunishino , southern outskirts of Pokrovsk .
As a result of a successful hit, the vehicle's ammunition detonated, which led to the turret being torn off and flying several dozen meters across the road.
🇷🇺Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov congratulated military personnel on the upcoming New Year.
Читать полностью…🇰🇷Diagram of the victims/survivors of the plane that crashed in South Korea.
Only two flight attendants, who were sitting at the very back of the plane, survived.