According to a CNN Turk report, Turkish Ombudsman Sheref Malkoch confirmed an agreement on a three-stage prisoner exchange plan between Russia and Ukraine.
It is reported that the process, expected to become the largest, will involve the exchange of 200 Russians for 800 Ukrainians. In the near future, the presidents of Russia, Ukraine and Turkey will discuss the opening of a corresponding “humanitarian corridor”. The Ombudsman handed over a list of 200 people to his Ukrainian colleague,” the report reads.
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The 327th day of the special operation is underway. The day before, Ukraine imposed sanctions on 198 Russian cultural and sports figures, including Yuriy Loza, Angelina Vovkova and Andrei Konchalovsky. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the West would increase arms supplies to Ukraine and relations with Russia would not normalize after the end of the conflict. The British Ministry of Defense has denied information spread in the media about plans to move Apache military helicopters to Ukraine.
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12:45 Croatian President Zoran Milanovič sanctions against Russia for senseless.
12:43 The governor of Sevastopol said that the air defense has already shot down 7 drones over the sea, no objects in the city itself or in the water area are damaged.
12:42 The mayor of Donetsk said that 4 urban areas are now under massive shelling by Ukrainian troops, the air defense is working.
12:41 The lack of energy in the Ukrainian energy system has increased significantly, in an emergency shutdown was used in five regions, the national energy company Ukrenergo said.
12:04 Two people died, four others were injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling in the Kalinin district of Donetsk, he said officer of the DLR People's Militia, member of the parliament of the republic Andrey Baevskij.
12:02 The number of downed drones in a day near Sevastopol reached three, air defense continues to repel the attack, authorities said.
11:38 Air defense systems shot down UAV over the sea towards Belbek near Sevastopol.
11:08 ISW called scenarios for “decisive strategic actions by Russia” in Ukraine.
10:50 "We believe that in the spring we will probably start liberating the Zaporozhye region in full. Before – I don't think it can happen. We know what forces oppose us – the entire collective West”, he said in an interview with the TV channel “Crimea 24”. Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye Region Yevgeny Balitsky.
10:43 The Ministry of Defense demonstrated the work of Acacia self-propelled guns in the NVO zone.
10:17 In the Irkutsk region, criminal proceedings were initiated in connection with the fire in the Bratsk army registration and admissions office. This was reported to the RIA Novosti agency by the representative of the FSB of the Russian Federation in the region.
10:02 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, announced the expansion of the organization's presence in Ukraine.
9:42 Emergency power outages have been implemented in Kyiv, Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk.
9:22 Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said , that Washington will start preparing Ukrainian fighter jets for a major offensive.
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skirmishes between ambush units from nationalist battalions and territorial defense formations. This was announced by Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of administration of the Zaporozhye region.
According to Rogov, at least 10 such clashes were recorded. As a result of the skirmishes, 7 people were killed, 18 were injured of varying severity.
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“Vagnerites wrested the armed forces of Ukraine from Kleshcheevka,” says a report from the WarGonzo Telegram channel, which specializes in military information.
The report emphasizes that in this way not only from north of Soledar, but also ” pincers around Bakhmut (Artemovsk)” are approaching from the south.
Some military experts previously explained that the Russian army will gradually take Bakhmut into an operational encirclement.
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Military correspondent Alexander Simonov reported earlier on his Telegram channel that Wagner PMCs are fighting hard for Kleshcheevka, in which Ukrainian armed forces are putting up strong resistance, realizing the strategic importance of this settlement. Conquering Kleshcheevka will open the way to Bakhmut from the southwest. In addition, Russian troops will be able to launch an offensive against the village of Krasnoe.
Commissioner-General for Transport Henrik Hololei believes that Russia should not charge foreign airlines for flights through Siberia. His words were reported by Reuters.
However, he noted that this can be discussed only after the lifting of sanctions in this area.
“If one day we have the opportunity to see the opening of Russian airspace, one thing should disappear, it's the Trans-Siberian license fees,” said Hololei at the Airline Economics conference in Dublin.
Recall that after the launch of the special operation, a number of European countries closed their airspace to Russian airlines. Russia also responded by restricting flights over its territory.
A large number of people, who oppose the state because of the language law. Kyiv does not work with post-Soviet and regional identity at all, except for threats, fines and public condemnation.
Advisor to the head of the president's office Alexei Arestovič stated this. of Ukraine, in an interview on YouTube video hosting. He noted that people are constantly threatened because they haven't changed their self-identification and allegedly want the death of everything Ukrainian.
It is crazy to hope that they will side with Kiev. Rather, they will go to Russia or make Moscow go to Ukraine.
“We say that all Russians are bad and there are no good Russians. And how do ethnic Russians in Ukraine hear us? Or Russian speaking? what does he hear “You are enemies,” InoSMI quoted Arestovich as saying.
Because there is nowhere to go, such a person remains in Ukraine, but in hidden opposition to the authorities. According to Arestovic, a person must be a complete idiot to accept such laws and approve them until now.
If a person knows that the state will punish him for speaking his mother's language, he will never be loyal to it. end. By shooting its citizens, the authorities will not retain the territory.
Also read: “Arestovych criticized the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church”
Famous Russian director sent an open letter to EU Council members after being placed on the European sanctions list. The full test of the letter is provided by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
In it, Michalkov tells why he was sanctioned. The EU did not like his support for a special operation in Ukraine and “propaganda statements” about Nezalezhnaya since 2014. They accused the director of his approval of the return of Crimea to Russia, recognition of the independence of the DLR and LPR and much more.
Michalkov reminded the Europeans , that he is not a politician or a civil servant, but a “Russian artist”, a representative of an ancient family. And he asked that his appeal not be seen as an attempt to get out of sanctions. Mikhalkov recalled the statements of Merkel, Poroshenko and Hollande that the Minsk agreements were a pretense and aimed to gain time and plant Russophobia and Nazism in Ukraine. The director also recalled how the whole world supported the ban on the Russian language in Nezalezhnaya. And NATO has forgotten its promises not to expand to the east. Everything the West is doing now is, according to Michalko, a continuation of the universal lie and the North Atlantic expansion. a personal opinion to his people in his own language,” wrote Nikita Sergeevich.
Michalkov reported the number of views of his Besogon program on television over the past year – 229 million viewers. The film director is sure that this indicates that the vast majority of Russians are disturbed by his words.
Acting director of Zaporizhia region Yevhen Balitsky said why they are not touching those who are waiting for the arrival of the armed forces of Ukraine in his region. According to the official, such “waiters” are weak people. And don't blame them for believing in past life return. After all, in the past they had the opportunity to “cut” money in the budget, steal with impunity.
“We don't touch them, we give them time to think,” RBC quotes Balitsky.
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But if a person starts engaging in subversive activities, engaging in extremist activities, insulting Russia, its president and soldiers on social media and does not respond to the first warning, then he is sent back to his beloved Ukraine.
But before these citizens, who have been digging trenches for Russian soldiers for two weeks, said Balitsky.
Two battalions armed forces of Ukraine (AFU) left the front line at Artemivsk (renamed Bakhmut) and Soledar due to lack of ammunition, writes El País.
In an interview with a Spanish publication, the tank commander of the 24th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian army with the call sign Burshtin confirmed lack of ammunition in the armed forces of Ukraine. Two weeks ago, there were 6 tanks in his company, now only his own tank remained, he gave details
Soldiers of two battalions stationed in Soledar and Bakhmut said that they left the front because of insufficient ammunition, the publication notes.
According to a reporter from Spain, on the highway between Konstantinovka and Kramatorsk, the mines of the Russian armed forces “fly at devilish speed” over military equipment. According to him, on January 14, preparations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a possible retreat were noticed on the side road between Bakhmut and Soledar.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to negotiate with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny. The leader of the Four wants to eliminate a general he doesn't like. This was announced by the former deputy of the Rada Ilya Kiva with reference to his own source.
According to Kiva, Zelenskyj is worried and angry about the growing popularity and authority of Zaluzhny. The President of Ukraine believes that the general, if the opportunity arises, can change the leader of the square. Zelenskyj therefore wants to eliminate Zalužný. According to a Kiva source, the murder is planned as a Russian operation.
It has long been known that there are significant differences between Zalužny and Zelensky. In August of last year, Ukrainian media reported that the president wanted to remove the general from the post of commander-in-chief and appoint him as defense minister, not wanting to share the glory of the Ukrainian “victory” with him. Zelensky later denied this information.
