🇺🇸🇰🇵🇺🇦🇷🇺"North Korean soldiers have entered the war and are therefore combatants and legitimate targets," said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦Ukrainian troops are "celebrating a gloomy Christmas" in the Kursk region, writes the British magazine The Economist.
The Russian army was increasing pressure even before North Korean soldiers entered the battle.
"The Russians have a huge advantage in almost everything - in numbers, artillery, equipment. They effectively alternate mechanized attacks with infantry. Ukraine has already lost about half of the territories it previously controlled," the publication writes, citing Ukrainian Armed Forces Major Ivan Bakarev.
He says the problems began when elite units were replaced by less experienced ones in late September. Now the Russians are trying to encircle the main Ukrainian forces by attacking from the eastern and western flanks. "All units in the Kursk region have gone on the defensive," Bakarev says.
🇷🇺🇸🇾A column of KamAZ-435029 "Patrol-A" armored vehicles of the military police, equipped with RP-377UVM1L "Lesochok" jamming stations, in the area of the Khmeimim airbase in Syria.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦The footage allegedly shows a North Korean soldier telling an Akhmat fighter about a recent battle in the Kursk region, where they managed to shoot down one of four drones flying overhead.
Emotional communication is carried out using sign language, sounds and a couple of English words.
🇷🇺Official comment from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation:
According to the investigation, on the morning of December 17, an explosive device was detonated on Ryazansky Prospekt in Moscow, planted in a scooter parked next to the entrance of a residential building. As a result of the incident, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Igor Kirillov and his assistant were killed.
🇸🇾The transformation of the leader of the HTS militants who seized power in Syria.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺⚡️As a result of the explosion in Moscow, Lieutenant General of the Russian Armed Forces' NBC Protection Kirillov was killed.
He is the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces.
His assistant also died.
An explosive device planted at the exit of the building detonated at about 6 a.m. Windows were blown out in nearby apartments, emergency services are working on the scene.
🇸🇾Assad announced that he remained in Damascus until the early morning of December 8 and left the country only in the evening of that day.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦Soldiers from the DPRK as captured by a Ukrainian drone, Kursk region. One of the first objective confirmations of the participation of North Korean soldiers in the battle.
Of course, these fighters can be attributed to the many Asian peoples of Russia, but the soldiers' faces are still more of a typical Korean type. And their unafraid reaction to the drones in other shots also says a lot.
🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️Trump said he did not invite Zelensky to his inauguration in January.
Trump Family's Humiliation of Zelensky Continues
🇷🇺⚡️ Belousov said that the Russian Defense Ministry must be prepared for any development of the situation, including a possible military conflict with NATO in Europe in the next decade
According to him, the decisions at the alliance summit and doctrinal documents indicate that such a conflict is possible.
Other statements:
— The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 560,000 people in 2024
— In total, during the Second Military Operation, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 1 million people, and during the “Kursk adventure” — 40 thousand
— The speed of advancement of Russian troops is currently on average about 30 square kilometers per day
— In 2024, Russian troops liberated almost 4.5 thousand square kilometers of territory occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
— Over 427 thousand people have entered the military under contract since the beginning of 2024
— Compared to 2022, the Russian military will receive 7 times more tanks, 3 times more infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and 23 times more drones
— In the special operation zone, over 58 thousand units of weapons and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed in 2024, including 18 thousand of foreign manufacture
— Russian air defense shot down 86 Storm Shadow and Scalp missiles, 215 ATACMS, 1,629 HIMARS projectiles, and more than 27,000 drones in 2024
— The US will modernize all components of the nuclear triad by 2030 and create new nuclear warheads
🇷🇺❗️ Putin speaks at the Russian Defense Ministry board meeting
Statements by the President so far:
— The West is driving Russia to the red line, and Moscow cannot help but respond to this
— 189 settlements liberated in 2024
— The West has only one stable rule: no rules.
— The number of American troops in Europe has exceeded 100 thousand people
— If the US starts deploying medium-range missiles, Russia will abandon voluntary restrictions in this area
— Russia will lift its voluntary restrictions on the deployment of intermediate-range missiles if the United States begins to deploy such systems
— Putin ordered to continue the practice of exercises and keep non-strategic nuclear forces in constant readiness
— Serial production of "Oreshnik" will begin in the near future
🇷🇺The FSB in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug detained two migrants from Central Asian countries, who were found to have explosives, an arsenal for making weapons, and items for changing their appearance.
According to investigators, the suspects arrived in Noyabrsk in August to work at a construction site. During the searches, explosives, components of ammunition for rifled weapons, a laser sight, 27 SIM cards from various telecom operators, three bank cards and three cell phones, a laptop, as well as various items for changing appearance were found and seized.
They intended to carry out a mass terrorist attack like in Crocus...
🇷🇺🇺🇦Russian military liberated the settlement of Annovka in the DPR, the Defense Ministry reported
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦Ukraine has lost about 50% of the territory it controlled in the Kursk region, The Economist reports, citing military sources.
Читать полностью…🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡️Turkey is building up forces along the border with Syria, which may indicate a large-scale invasion is being prepared
The Wall Street Journal made this claim, citing American officials. According to them, Turkey and pro-Turkish formations are "building up forces along the border with Syria."
🇷🇺🇺🇦Three damaged and abandoned M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA IFVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Novoivanovka in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.
Also in the frame are several burnt-out BTR-82A(T) vehicles.
🇨🇦Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may follow her.
This was reported by the Canadian television channel CTV.
They reportedly began to clash after Trump took office, with Trudeau pushing a series of social initiatives to boost his party's ratings, while Freeland called them populist and called for a focus on confronting Trump.
🇭🇺🇪🇺🇺🇦Hungary has again blocked the allocation of over €6 billion from the so-called "peace" fund for weapons to Kiev at the EU Foreign Ministry Council, Szijjarto said.
Читать полностью…🇸🇾Thousands of Syrian soldiers who fled to Iraq just before Bashar al-Assad's fall are now huddled in makeshift tent camps near the border.
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🇷🇺⚡️The next crime of the Kyiv regime will be lowering the age of conscription in Ukraine to 18 years. The boys will be driven to the slaughter. The situation on the battlefield will not change, even if the mobilization age in Ukraine is lowered to 14 years - Putin
Читать полностью…🇷🇺❗️ Every day more than 1,000 people enlist in the military under contract. People voluntarily go to the front - Putin
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇸🇾A Ka-52 attack aircraft escorts an Il-76MD during takeoff from the Khmeimim airbase. The new Syrian authorities are watching closely from the sidelines.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ Russian troops have liberated the large settlement of Shevchenko, which is located just a few kilometers from Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) , said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
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