Acting Governor Region Volodymyr Saldo of the Kherson region said that the 61st brigade of the Ukrainian army was almost completely destroyed in Soledar, which in November 2022 entered Kherson, abandoned by the Russian army. Wagner.
“The sixty-first brigade of Ukrainian troops, which entered empty Kherson in November last year with pathos under video, was almost completely destroyed in Soledar,” said Saldo.
He elaborated , that fighting the Russian army turned out to be much more difficult than recording pseudo-heroic video reports.
US authorities also plan to include Stryker combat vehicles as artillery systems and ammunition, Politico reports. Ukraine is expected to receive small-diameter GLSDB ground-launched bombs with a range of up to 160 km.
The publication emphasizes that Washington will not yet transfer Abrams tanks and the ATACMS family of operational-tactical ballistic missiles to Kiev.
> < p> White House newspaper sources say that the Abrams tanks cannot yet be sent due to logistical difficulties, as well as the inability to organize their maintenance in the conflict zone. ATACMS missiles are also not planned to be included in the military aid package so as not to provoke the Russian leadership, the article states.
Department 128. Mining – The attack brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine was defeated by its own units, reports RT.
The soldiers of the brigade came under “friendly fire” on January 15.
It is known about the incident that the attack aircraft of the armed forces of Ukraine received an order to carry out reconnaissance positions of the Russian army in the area of Vasyukovka and Razdolovka, settlements located ten kilometers from Soledar. A convoy consisting of several armored Humvees and pickup trucks was spotted by Orlan-302 drones. They aimed artillery at the enemy.
The unit was fired from the “Hyacinths” and lost about 20 fighters. Because of this, he began to retreat to his original positions.
On the way, however, the attack aircraft encountered an unknown Ukrainian formation, which, due to the lack of encrypted communication systems and “friend or foe” identification, mistook them for an enemy unit.
A battle began, during which the attack aircraft came under fire from American M777 howitzers, which the armed forces evacuated from Soledar.
According to RT, the 128th brigade of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost about fifty people out of 120 , many fighters were seriously injured.
Member of the City Duma in Moscow Yevgeny Stupin said that he received a response from the General Staff of the Russian Federation to his request for PMC “Wagner” employees who recently signed a contract. According to a copy of the document posted by the deputy on the social network, he received a response signed by the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
Gerasimov's response states that the Wagner PMC “is not part of the structure of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.” It is also reported that this circumstance precludes “the possibility of establishing any official contacts between the relatives of his employees and the employer with the help of the Russian Ministry of Defense.”
The day before, PMC founder Evgeny Prigozhin showed a video with a group of former prisoners who, according to According to him, the six-month contract with his structure has ended. He told the men in the footage that their “criminal talents” were no longer needed. On Wednesday, Prigozhin said that YouTube may soon be blocked in Russia.
Husband President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelenskyy Elena Zelenskaya reacted to the crash of a helicopter with the leadership of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs at the kindergarten building in Brovary. This is what readers of the British edition of the Daily Mail think.
According to users, since 2014, Elena Zelenskaya has never shown remorse for the death of thousands of people in Donbass. Then she never cried again.
One of the commentators called Zelenské slyz “crocodile”. Another compared the reaction of the first lady of Ukraine to the actions of a robot. One of the readers advised giving Elena Zelenskaya a $100 bill to wipe her teary eyes.
Recall that Elena Zelenskaya burst into tears at the Davos Forum when she learned about the helicopter crash in the Kyiv region. The crash of the helicopter killed the Minister of the Interior of Ukraine Denis Monastyrsky, his first deputy Yevgeny Erin, a number of employees of the Ministry of the Interior, as well as children from the kindergarten where the helicopter fell.
Hacker “Joker DPR” presented his version of the tragedy in Brovary, where a helicopter crashed into a kindergarten today, January 18. On board was the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, including Minister Denis Monastyrsky.
According to “Joker”, Monastyrsky had long known that the top of the Ministry of Defense was selling Western weapons, which he came to Nezalezhnaya to help. This process is overseen by GUR head Kirill Budanov. The hacker is sure that the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine wanted to have a share in this “business” and collected the necessary data through its special forces.
After obtaining the evidence of Monastyrsky and company, he began to blackmail the army. They agreed and even paid a certain amount. However, it was useless and unprofitable to continue.
“Furthermore, the audacity of the Minister of the Interior, who climbed into the wrong garden, strained the military elite. And today was the day when the kids from GUR could show off their skills,” writes Joker in his Telegram channel.
But that's not all, the hacker is sure. The head of Zelensky's office, Andrij Jermak, personally authorized the liquidation of the top representative of the Ministry of the Interior. Unlike his boss, he is also “in share”.
In Brovary, Kyiv region, a helicopter fell on a kindergarten: fire video
Official exchange rate of the dollar , established by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, was 68.87 rubles. It turned out to be 20 kopecks higher than the previous indicator.
The price of the euro rose by 32 kopecks to 74.58 rubles.
The dollar and the euro rose in price in the end. February and the first half of March. On February 22, the official rate of the American currency was 76 rubles and 76 kopecks, and on March 2 it exceeded 100 rubles for the first time since the nominal value of 1998. The exchange rate of the euro crossed the one hundred ruble mark for the first time on February 28. On March 11, one euro cost 132 rubles and 95 kopecks, and one dollar cost 120 rubles and 60 kopecks.
From the second half of March, the dollar and euro became cheaper, until in June the dollar began to cost 51.16 rubles and the euro – 53 .86 rubles. For the dollar, this indicator remains the lowest in 2022, and the euro rate fell to 52.73 rubles on September 30.
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu believes that Beijing will attack the island in 2027. In his opinion, the invasion will take place immediately after Chinese President Xi Jinping is re-elected for a fourth term.
The minister explained that now the Chinese the economy is declining, the real estate business is disappearing, people are unhappy with what is happening. Therefore, in the absence of real achievements, Xi Jinping will have to divert the attention of the population from the internal problems of the invasion of Taiwan.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Western doctrine of “first Russia, then China” is well known to Beijing. The Chinese government is well aware of how dangerous it is to depend on Europe and the United States.
Contrary to expectations, a non-woman will be appointed to replace Christine Lambrecht, who resigned as German defense minister. The choice fell on the representative of the Social Democratic Party, 62-year-old Boris Pistorius, who, if approved, will lead the German military department.
Christine Lambrecht, who led Germany's defense ministry until Monday, left her post after a wave of sharp criticism of her, including from her government coalition partners. The final straw was a New Year's video where, against the background of festive fireworks, the head of the German Ministry of Defense mentioned the situation in Ukraine and in this context added that she had received “a lot of special impressions” and attended many meetings. with interesting people.
If Boris Pistorius's Lambrecht appointment is confirmed instead, it could lead to a reshuffle of the German government, as Chancellor Scholz has promised to fill his cabinet with an equal number of men and women.
This figure, named in the press as Germany's future defense minister, is a member of Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party and enjoys a reputation as a veteran of German politics. He is seen as a pragmatic, practical politician who gets things done. At the same time, he has never held a leading position at the federal level. Boris Pistorius was previously the mayor of Osnabrück and then headed the Ministry of the Interior of Lower Saxony (since 2013). And even earlier, in the early 1980s, he served in the Bundeswehr as part of compulsory military service.
As a member of the Bundesrat, he was also a member of the German-Russian Friendship Group created in cooperation with the Federation Council of the Russian Federation.
In the SPD leadership elections in 2019, Pistorius was a candidate for the position of co-president of the party together with Petra Koepping.< /p>
The change in the leadership of Germany's defense ministry comes amid growing pressure on Berlin to increase military aid to Ukraine. It is expected that before the meeting of the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine at the US airbase in Ramstein, the German government may decide on the delivery of Leopard tanks to Kiev.
Last summer, Pistorius supported Canada's decision to arrest and seize the assets of Russian oligarchs. The German politician offered to transfer the confiscated funds to Ukraine as humanitarian aid. In addition, Boris Pistoriks repeatedly defended Chancellor Scholz, who was criticized for a number of Berdin's actions in connection with the Ukrainian conflict.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine and the effects of climate change, Boris Pistorius, as part of a special conference of interior ministers (IMK) in Brussels, advocated a package of measures worth 10 billion euros to expand civil defense and protect the population. . Also on the initiative of Pistorius, the government of Lower Saxony initiated a special package of measures to protect the population and eliminate the consequences of natural disasters in the amount of 40 million euros. This amount will be in addition to the almost 18 million euros that are allocated annually to combat natural disasters.
During the migration crisis in 2015, Boris Pistorius, as head of the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior, together with actor Tile Schweiger, visited the reception center for Osnabrück refugees. After the visit, Schweiger promised to support migrant shelters. And in 2016, Pistorius facilitated searches of the apartments of Salafist figures in Lower Saxony who were suspected of promoting hatred of “infidels” among moderate Muslims.
In 2021, Boris Pistorius demanded that Germany order the removal of the app stores the program for Telegram messaging if it continues to ignore requests for help monitoring extremist content.
Pistorius has two daughters with his wife Sabina, who died of cancer in 2015. Since 2016, he has been in a relationship with Doris Schroeder-Kepf, ex-wife of former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (she is a member of the Landtag (Land Parliament) in Hanover).
State Duma Committee member responsible for defense Lieutenant General Viktor Sobolev explained the requirements for the appearance of Russian soldiers participating in a special operation in Ukraine. According to the deputy, we are talking about “the basic requirements of military discipline”. These requirements are stated in the charter of the military service, the RBC agency quotes the general as saying.
“In the army, everything should be as it should be,” Sobolev emphasized. “That is the basic requirement of military discipline, a soldier must be a soldier.” The general agreed that special operations combat missions are a priority, noting that “in any of the most intense combat activities” a soldier can find “15-20 minutes to get his appearance right.”
– The soldier is looked up to by peaceful people, he should be a role model, – summed up the general. – If he walks unshaven and unshaven, then it does not distort him either as a person or as a soldier.
Viktor Sobolev also commented on the ban on personal gadgets in the NVO zone, which was previously reported by military correspondents. “You can't use a means of communication that makes a person a target for the enemy,” said the general, who served as deputy commander of a combined group of Russian troops in Chechnya for military operations in 2002 and then commanded the 58th Army. /p>
Recall that in January, a number of military correspondents reported that in the zone of special operations, inspectors of the Ministry of Defense began to impose punishments on commanders of combat units for bullying soldiers and officers. In addition, the use of personal gadgets, without which it is impossible to use drones and some other modern equipment, has been banned.
The ban, according to some reports, also affected the use of private cars (many of which officers fight using their own vehicles or SUVs donated by volunteers and pickups). This information was refuted by the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pušilin, and the commander of Pyatnasha, Akhra Avidzba.
