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The Ukrainian Air Force tells how it destroyed three precious Russian Su-34s incredibly quickly

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Ukraine shows evidence of shooting down Russian Su-34. Source Defense Blog

Colonel Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, told Armiia TV: “Lightning fast and highly accurate. Just the way the (Air Force) commander likes it. This is not the first time.” first. This happened twice on the Bryansk front and in the Odesa province, when the enemy was surprised. Russia appeared complacent, moved closer, trying to attack our troops with guided bombs deeper into the positions defense position. You know that 500kg KABs can fly 20-25 km into the depth of our defense system (70 km in total). But when you want to attack and are anxious to attack, you have to fly closer. They took risks – but failed. Hopefully the Russians will take more such risks and we will see more Russian Su fighter-bombers shot down furthermore”.

Previously, Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, announced that Ukrainian defense forces shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter bombers on the southern front on the 22nd. /twelfth.

Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Defense and Security Council, noted that the hunt for Russian Su-34 fighter bombers that had caused many problems for the Self-Defense Forces on the southern front had happened a long time ago.

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Russian troops stormed the left bank of the Dnipro River, attacked six fronts, and suffered significant losses

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The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on Facebook that information as of 18:00 on December 21 shows that the operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine is still difficult.

There were no significant changes in the operational situation on the Volyn and Polissia fronts. No signs of the formation of attack groups were detected. Several units of the Belarusian Armed Forces are performing tasks in areas bordering Ukraine.

On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, Russian forces maintain a military presence in the border areas, carry out sabotage and reconnaissance operations, shell settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation and increase their density minefields along the Ukrainian border. About 20 settlements were hit by artillery and mortars, including Karpovychi in Chernihiv province; Turia and Krasnopillia in Sumy province and Vesele, Hatyshche and Dvorichanske in Kharkov.

On the Kupiansk front, the Ukrainian Defenders repelled 18 Russian attacks in the Synkivka, Kharkov areas, as well as Stelmakhivka, Luhansk, where Russian troops, with aviation support, tried to break through the defenses. Ukrainian army’s headquarters. About 10 settlements were hit by artillery and mortars, especially Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka and Berestove in Kharkov.

On the Lyman front, the Armed Forces repelled three Russian attacks in the Terny region, Donetsk province, where the Russians tried to break through the defense of Ukrainian forces with aviation support. The Russians also conducted air strikes near Nevske in Luhansk Oblast and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast. More than 10 settlements were affected by shelling and mortar fire, including Nevske and Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast, as well as Torske, Serebrianka, Verkhnokarianske and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast.

On the Bakhmut front, Ukrainian soldiers repelled seven Russian attacks in Bohdanivka, Klischiivka and Andriivka, Donetsk province. The Russians also conducted an airstrike in the Toretsk area, Donetsk oblast.

About 10 settlements were hit by artillery and mortars, especially Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Andriivka and Kurdiumivka in Donetsk oblast.

On the Avdiivka front, the Ukrainian Defenders repelled 20 attacks in eastern Novokalynove, Novobakhmutivka and Avdiivka and 12 attacks in the Pervomaiske region in Donetsk oblast.

Here, Russian troops, with aviation support, tried to penetrate the Ukrainian defense but failed. About 10 settlements were shelled by artillery and mortars, including Oleksandropil, Sukha Balka, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Vodiane and Nevelske in Donetsk oblast.

On the Marinka front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to restrain Russian troops in the Mariinka and Novomykhailivka areas, Donetsk province, where Russian forces, with aviation support, carried out 11 unsuccessful attacks. Take our defender’s position. Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Heorhiivka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka were attacked by Russian troops with artillery and mortars.

On the Shakhtarsk front, the Russians did not conduct any offensive (offensive) actions. They fired on about 10 settlements with artillery and mortars, including Blahodatne, Vuhledar, Prechystivka and Zolota Nyva in Donetsk province.

On the Zaporizhzhia front, the Armed Forces repelled five attacks west of Verbove in Zaporizhzhia province, where Russian forces tried to drive Ukrainian units from their positions. Some 25 settlements were attacked with artillery and mortars, including Robotyne, Novodanylivka, Orikhiv, Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaky and Piatykhatky in Zaporizhzhia.

In the area of ​​responsibility of the Odesa Operational Strategic Group on the Kherson front, the city of Kherson and Antonivka in the Kherson Oblast were affected by shelling. The Russians also conducted an air strike in the Krynky area, Kherson.

The Russians did not give up their intention to expel Ukrainian units from the left bank of the Dnipro River, carrying out 11 unsuccessful offensive actions. However, Ukrainian troops repelled the Russian advance and Moscow suffered significant losses. Ukrainian forces steadfastly maintained the line, continued to maintain their positions and opened fire on Russian troops.

During the day, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine targeted 14 clusters of Russian personnel, weapons, military equipment and two anti-aircraft missile systems.

Units of the Rocket Forces and Artillery targeted a group of Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as two ammunition depots and an artillery system.

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Russia got richer despite the war with Ukraine, but the West lost trillions of dollars in assets

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Despite the war with Ukraine, Russia is still significantly richer. Getty Photos

The number of millionaires and individuals in Russia with extremely high net worths has also increased, despite the ongoing war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the US and Europe have lost assets worth trillions of dollars, the Swiss bank said.

Business Insider reported that Russians became richer even as the war in Ukraine continued, while the US and Europe lost trillions of dollars, according to UBS.

The Swiss bank said Russia added $600 billion to its total assets in its annual Global Wealth Report published on August 15.

The number of Russian millionaires also increased by about 56,000 to 408,000 in 2022, while the number of ultra-high net worth individuals – those with assets above $50 million – increased by nearly 4,500.

But the US lost more wealth than any other country last year, shedding $5.9 trillion, while North America and Europe combined were $10.9 trillion poorer, UBS reported.

There were also fewer than 1 million American millionaires at the end of 2022, the bank said, although the US still accounts for more than 50% of the world’s ultra-high net worth individuals.

Russia’s wealth was achieved despite the country going to war with Ukraine in February 2022, which led to the West imposing sanctions on the Kremlin, shrinking its economy and caused a decline in Moscow-listed stocks.

UBS admitted that “it is difficult to determine wealth trends in Russia at this time”, but emphasized it was one of the few countries that became richer in 2022.

Rising oil prices may be a factor behind the rise in Russian wealth, with exports of the commodity a key economic driver for Moscow. Data from Refinitiv shows that the cost of a barrel of benchmark Urals crude rose about $7 last year.

The UBS report also suggests that Mexico, India and Brazil all gain significant wealth in 2022, while the US, Japan, China, Canada and Australia lose the most.

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Ukraine missed the opportunity

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Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyanskiy, speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in September. Photo Getty

Ukraine’s leaders have missed the chance to find a smooth exit from the country’s conflict with Moscow, a top Russian diplomat has claimed, so any deal to end the fighting will worse than the deal that President Vladimir Zelensky abandoned in March 2022.

Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyanskiy, said Saturday in an X (Twitter) post: “President Zelensky wasted the opportunity to take such a favorable step. Any agreement Anything that can be done now would reflect their surrender”.

Polyanskiy made his comments in response to statements by Michael McFaul, a prominent anti-Russian figure in the West, that Russian President Vladimir Putin was never serious about reaching a peace agreement with Ukraine. The Russian diplomat appeared to be referring to the preliminary agreement reached during peace talks organized by Türkiye in March 2022. President Putin later canceled the deal at a meeting with African leaders, saying Ukraine’s leaders had thrown it into the “historic landfill”.

Since that time, Ukraine has lost hundreds of thousands of troops. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian forces have suffered more than 125,000 casualties since June, when their failed counteroffensive began. With the US and EU struggling to get approval for additional military aid to Kiev, the Western media narrative on Ukraine’s prospects has become darker.

McFaul, US ambassador to Russia under President Barack Obama, downplayed his influence on the Ukraine crisis, saying: “I’m just a professor far away.” Polyanskiy replied that McFaul was too modest: “We all know your truly destructive role in the post-Soviet space.”

The Russian diplomat noted that in a 2012 interview, McFaul described himself as “an expert on democracy, anti-authoritarian movements and revolutions.” He added that the professor could credit Ukraine with missing the opportunity for peace because of his “continuous belligerence” and “misleading the American public about the real situation on the ground.”

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Ukraine plans a new ‘counter-attack’

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President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, Commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, Colonel. Alexander Syrsky and Roman Malovets, deputy chief of staff of the President, look at a war map. AP photo

Ukraine may be gathering forces to launch a new counteroffensive in 2024 after the first offensive, which began this summer, failed to break Russian lines, Welt newspaper reported citing a German expert.

In an interview with a German daily, Nico Lange, a former German defense official who is now a senior fellow at the Munich Security Conference, said that despite growing pessimism in the West about the progress of Ukraine on the battlefield, Kiev maintains a fair amount of optimism thanks to military equipment, with more deliveries expected to come from the West.

“Ukraine may be gathering resources for a new counter-offensive next year,” this expert suggested, adding that Kiev may begin a new offensive in the Kherson area and attempt to cross the river. Dniepr by force.

Meanwhile, the report notes that Ukraine “still has big plans”, explaining that those ambitions are evidenced by Kiev’s wish list submitted to the US, which includes attack helicopters, aircraft advanced combat, long-range missile systems, Abrams tanks and other equipment.

At the same time, Germany’s Bild newspaper also reported on December 15, citing sources, that Ukraine is drawing up a “new war plan”. According to the magazine, Kiev has abandoned plans to push Russia out of territories it claims as its own and is instead focusing on inflicting maximum damage on Moscow.

“Our goal is to have as positive a kill ratio as possible,” an anonymous officer told Bild, adding that if Kiev achieves a 10:1 loss ratio in its favor, they will advance, while a 1:1 ratio will ultimately mean retreat.

Another source was quoted as saying that “Kiev’s position is irrelevant, what matters is that most Ukrainians survive”. An anonymous former Western military expert told Bild that “what we are experiencing is essentially a controlled rearguard action”.

Ukraine launched a much-anticipated counteroffensive in early June but failed to gain any significant ground despite being reinforced with large amounts of Western equipment. Months after the attack, even top Ukrainian officials, including Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, began to admit that the effort had fallen short of its goals.

Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu stated that Kiev had suffered more than 125,000 casualties since the beginning of the summer.

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Unexpected new discovery about the Wagner Group

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Wagner Forces in Africa. CFR photo

According to the Blood Gold Report released this month, fueled by its influence in much of Africa, the Wagner Group has established a foothold in recent years by providing security and paramilitary services. . The research program’s authors write that Wagner has “exclusive rights” to the largest Ndassima gold mine in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Wagner has also established control of a major gold refinery in Sudan, which, according to the Blood Gold Report, has allowed PMC to “become the dominant buyer of unprocessed Sudanese gold, with multiple accounts is a Russian military transport plane that transports processed gold out of foreign countries. CNN reported in July 2022 that some Russian officials began smuggling gold from mines in Sudan almost immediately after launching the war in Ukraine.

In Mali, Wagner forces are being paid in cash by the military government taking over this West African country in 2021. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Wagner forces have begun deploying for the first time. Declared to Mali with Russian support.

The Blood Gold report said PMC members are paid up to $10.8 million per month by the Mali government, funded largely by tax revenues collected from several Western-owned gold mining companies. in this country.

According to the project’s authors, gold mined from African countries is “laundered into the international market bringing billions of dollars in revenue to the Russian state, which in turn directly and indirectly finances Russia’s war.” with Ukraine and the global hybrid warfare infrastructure”.

After the death of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in August, the Russian military took full control of the PMC, which plays a key role in the war in Ukraine.

According to Blood Gold Report: “Since the death of tycoon Prigozhin, the mercenary group has officially been under the control of the Russian State. However, the Kremlin’s focus on Africa and mining activities This country’s blood gold shows no signs of changing.”

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Ukraine bitterly admitted that Russian ballistic missiles could reach Kiev in less than two minutes

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Consequences of the Russian ballistic missile attack on the night of March 12, 2023. NV photo

“If we have information, air strikes will be announced as a precaution in areas where ballistic missiles can reach. Such information is very often available – you see such announcements on our Telegram me and everywhere there is a threat of using ballistics. Then some areas turned red. The enemy is very cunning and does such things covertly, covertly. Unfortunately, we and our partners do not always have this information,” Mr. Ihnat added.

Russia launched 10 C-400 ballistic missiles and 10 Shahed suicide drones into Kiev on the night of December 13. While all Russian targets were neutralized, falling debris caused some injuries on the ground, the Ukrainian side said.

As a result, residential buildings were damaged. People were evacuated from a nine-story building in the capital’s Desnyanskyi district. In total, more than 50 people were injured, including 6 children.

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Ukrainian general reveals discord between front-line troops

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Ukrainian flags represent fallen soldiers in Kiev’s Independence Square.

RT news agency on December 13 quoted Mr. Sergey Krivonos stating that the soldiers wondered why they had to shed blood on behalf of a heartless government.

Krivonos is a critic of President Vladimir Zelensky, who fired him from the National Defense and Security Council at the end of 2020 for alleged lack of team spirit.

The general said Kiev was “taunting” by treating the military, who he warned “could act quite harshly” in response.

“There are no cemeteries but entire landfills. People on the front lines always remember such things and they do not accept shades of gray. For them, it is only black or white,” he said.

The Russian Ministry of Defense estimates Ukraine’s losses from June to November at more than 125,000 troops. Kiev did not report casualties, but Western media said the toll was certainly steep, based on rapidly expanding cemeteries and other circumstantial evidence.

The Washington Post reported last week that Kiev is running out of soldiers and is having difficulty recruiting, as civilians “have little appetite to fight for a national army and government seen as rife with corruption and corruption.” poor”.

Krivonos cited a recent announcement by Ukraine’s state-owned railway operator that seasonal trains would be offered to people visiting ski resorts as an example of what upsets the military. He believes the country needs to switch to total war mode and accused Mr. Zelensky of not doing so out of fear of losing his popularity.

The general said that Zelensky’s government contributed to the problem by using a state-controlled “television marathon” – the only program broadcast – to attract public attention. He called the content “one of the worst manipulations” of the Ukrainian people.

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