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☆》When there is a will there is a way. The will to stop been bully is strong, is with Ukraineian folks.

☆》 @Follow the Will. Follow the way the will go. It will match the Russian halfway...Ukraine will not give up halfway, to protect their sovereignty against invaders and aggressors.

Putin is though, must ask Ukraine folks for their permission.. Sleepy. Is A Big No, he (OMG) he must ask his god whatever. Tongue

Devil "He is Furious, he, Putin orders revenge" killing.

Commander of Il-22M aircraft hit over Sea of Azov is killed in attack by Ukrainian missiles.

Viktor Klimov. The commanding officer of Russian Il-22M airborne command post is by hit by Ukrainian forces on 14 January, was killed in attack. His co-pilot, also wounded, managed to land the aircraft.

Reports of downing of Russian A-50 reconnaissance aircraft & damage to an Il-22M appeared on Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels, on evening of 14 January. It partially confirmed on 15 January by Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukrainian Air Force,. Ukrainska Pravda’s sources in the Ukrainian govt. On morning of 15 January, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, confirmed Ukrainian Air Force had downed two important Russian planes: an airborne early warning system (AWACS) aircraft & an airborne command post.

Ukrainian Air Force said Russian Il-22 air control centre survived the attack but is beyond repair.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/21/7438205/

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Situation Report: Russia may or on deen? to  move Air Defenses to cover Cities. Reported Ukrainian drone attacks near St. Petersburg indicates Russia have a big problem with air defense capacity.

Petersburg & elsewhere in Russia raise a questions whether Moscow will forced to pull precious air defense systems & crews from near Ukraine front lines to protect its cities. The russia operator of facility was hit, suspended operations after explosions & fire caused by “external action.” 

Novatek, Russia’s 2nd-largest natural gas producer, said it halted operations at the Ust-Luga terminal on Baltic Sea following incident, with local officials says “explosions” at plant, according to Financial Times.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/uk...ver-cities

Russia May Have To Move Air Defenses To Cover Cities....Pentagon has no more money for Ukraine as it hosts a meeting of 50 allies on support for Kyiv.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is out of money for Ukraine, unable to send the ammunition and missiles that the government in Kyiv needs to fend off Russia’s invasion.

With the aid caught up in domestic politics, the Biden administration on Tuesday came empty-handed for the first time as host of the monthly meeting of about 50 nations that coordinate support for Ukraine. The group was established by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in April 2022.

While waiting for Congress to approve more money for Ukraine’s fight, Washington will look to allies to keep bridging the gap.
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russi...222186e7f0

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At least 18 killed in wave of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises strong response as rescuers scour rubble for survivors in sub-zero temperatures.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/24...on-ukraine

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At least 18 killed in wave of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promises strong response as rescuers scour rubble for survivors in sub-zero temperatures.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/24...on-ukraine

18 people have been killed and more than 130 injured after Russia hit Ukraine’s biggest cities with waves of missiles, a sombre evening address by President Zelenskyy. Putin mass killing launched some 40 missiles of varying types, site many as 200 sites were hit, including 139 homes, with many deaths into “an ordinary high-rise apartment building”, Zelenskyy said. “Ordinary people lived there.” A mass killing like the Israel too.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/24...on-ukraine

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Russians Knocking on Avdiivka’s Door: ‘They Were Dislodged’ – War in Ukraine Update for Jan 25
Kyiv has no idea how POW plane exploded; Avdiivka mayor says Moscow’s troops breached the city, if briefly; At least 8 civilians wounded, 2 killed, by air strikes in Donetsk

A road sign sits in the village of Yablonovo near the Russian IL-76 military transport plane crash site in the Belgorod region on January 24, 2024. Russia on January 24, 2024 accused Ukraine of shooting down a military transport plane carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners, killing everyone on board.

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Jan 25 (Reuters) - A Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15min warning b4 Russian military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war entered an area where it was shot down on Wednesday, killing all on board accuses Kyiv of downing Ilyushin Il-76 in Russia's Belgorod region, killing 74 people on board, including 65 captured en route to be swapped for Russian PoWs.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/rus...024-01-25/

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Latest update today from Ukraine: Bashkirs rise against Kremlin, another Russia Federation. Huge Crisis in Russia Kremlin find no way out. PUTIN CAN'T Believe.  
https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=DmzRVxbkpPIkBPjq

Latest update today from Ukraine: Putin is fighting against another Federation folks by Thousand. 

Another Huge Crisis in Russia Kremlin finding no way out. PUTIN CAN'T Believe The folks is fighting back.
https://youtu.be/5_uhUKKjYJQ?si=hdin1R9ybSqDsG2X

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Face To Face With A Russian T-90 51-ton Tank, A Ukrainian 30-ton M-2 Fighting Vehicle Ran Out Of Armor-Piercing Ammo got off a few rounds with its 25-millimeter auto-cannon before breaking off & speeding away, leaving a 2nd Bradley to press the attack at a range of just a few tens of yards. So Its Gunner Got Creative...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...885dfb6c92

Bodies of 77 Ukrainian soldiers repatriated to Kyiv on Jan 26, Russia had returned bodies of 77 soldiers, days after downing of a Russian military plane threw doubt on the future of such exchanges. As Moscow and Kyiv traded fresh accusations over crash of the transporter as Russia says was shot down near the border, killing 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs).

While Kyiv has not outright denied the claims, officials have appeared to question whether its POWs were on board. The latest repatriation of bodies appeared unrelated to downing of plane, which crashed in a fireball in Russia’s western Belgorod on Jan 24.

“Preparations for repatriation had been under way for a long time,” Ukraine’s Coordination HQs for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said in statement.

Hundreds of captured prisoners have been freed in dozens of exchanges throughout the two-year war.

Bodies of 77 Ukrainian soldiers repatriated to Kyiv The latest repatriation of bodies appears unrelated.

KYIV – Ukraine / Kyiv has not outright denied the claims, officials have appeared to question whether its POWs were on board. The latest repatriation of bodies appeared unrelated to the downing of the plane, which crashed in a fireball in Russia’s western Belgorod region on Jan 24. But Russia’s claims that Ukraine shot down a plane ferrying Ukrainian detainees had thrown doubts on the future of such exchanges.

Disputed evidence --- On Jan 26, Ukraine was still disputing Russia’s account of how the Ilyushin-76 military transporter crashed. The Kremlin dismissed the idea of releasing evidence proving that dozens of Ukrainian soldiers had been killed.

“Investigators are working, I have nothing to add on this topic,” Kremlin spokesman told reporters when asked if Russia planned to publish evidence on how plane are shot down, and who was on board.

Jan 25, Russia’s Investigative published video footage of the crash site, showed small chunk of plane debris & blurred close-ups of body. A second video is show on Jan 26 showed more debris, a forensics team sealing up body bag & photos of three identification documents it said were those of dead victims.

Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets dismissed the material released so far by Moscow as “elements of an info propaganda campaign against Ukraine”. Kyiv & Moscow have opened criminal investigations, as Ukrainian President Zelensky has called for an international investigation.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europ...ed-to-kyiv

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for united support of his army in his annual new year address, without explicitly referring to the war he is waging in Ukraine.

Already said...Putin Miscalculated is not only a self-inflicted, it also to kill Ukraine.

☆》When there is a will there is a way. The will to stop been bully is very strong, is with the innocent Ukrainian folks.

☆》 @Follow the Will. Follow the way the will go. It will match the Russian halfway ....Ukraine will not give up halfway, to protect their sovereignty against invaders and aggressors.

Putin is though, must ask Ukraine folks for their permission (no), this other this way.  It's God to guard him N guide him. OMG.

Poland and Korea Offer Lessons for Ending the Russia-Ukraine War

Permanent peace would require a unified and resolute negotiation effort from the West and a substantial security commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty.

March 18, 1921, Treaty of Riga sealed an uneasy peace between Soviet Russia & the 2nd Polish Republic following Polish-Soviet War, conflict was nominally a Polish victory over Soviet Union’s attempt to expand westward into the rest of Europe. As result a portions of modern-day Ukraine and Belarus came under Polish rule, containing the Soviets to the periphery of the continent.

However, despite territorial gains, the terms of the Treaty of Riga negatively affected Polish foreign policy over the next two decades. It hindered Poland’s alliance-building capability with other central and eastern European states. Additionally, Polish govt maintained a policy of conflict avoidance with the Soviets, even after Moscow violated certain treaty provisions.

Treaty of Riga enabled Soviets to exploit Poland’s ethnic minorities, already had difficult relations with central govt. Specifically, Belarusian & Ukrainian national movements b'cos co-opted by Soviets were instrumentalized to exacerbate internal conflicts within Poland. It led to heightened repression by Polish state & greater opposition from ethnic minorities. This outcome divided Eastern & Central Euro susceptible, both Stalin & Hitler. The case study of Treaty of Riga, negotiation process subsequent execution, offer lessons for another one of Russia’s neighbors with which it is currently at war. 

Negotiating with Moscow.....
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/pol...war-208708

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Russian field armies—together possessing 40,000 troops & thousands of vehicles?. Ukrainie garrison in Avdiivka is holding, as Russian main attack, 3rd annual winter offensive in its 23-mth wider war, more accurately russia armies is failing along as it's or around Avdiivka is ongoing, after advancing a short distance or so on north & south of city last mth, Russian 2nd & 41st Combined Armies at best has stalled.

Analysts believe actually losing ground around village of Stepove on Avdiivka’s northern flank. It’s no secret Moscow’s new strategy is to outlast, but Kyiv win a war attrition, so Russians can’t win a war of attrition if they continue to lose more vehicles and troops than the Ukrainians lose.

In context, battle for Avdiivka has been a disaster for Russia, exactly this kind of fight, Kremlin can’t afford its goal to grind away Ukraine’s is  strength. around Avdiivka, it’s the Russians who are getting grounded down.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...2b72cc1ed6

NEAR KUPIANSK: After spending another night on watch duty, a Ukrainian soldier near the country's northeastern front crashed out on a bunk inside his dugout, a cap resting over his closed eyes. It is -8 degrees Celsius outside, snow crunching underfoot as troops from the 41st Mechanised Brigade shuffle around their trenches, east of the town of Kupiansk.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/ex...st-4079151

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Hungary is making live talks complicaed for EU aid for Ukraine 'more complicated' - senior EU official

BRUSSELS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - European Union (EU) talks on giving Ukraine 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in financial aid have been getting "more complicated" by Hungary.

It has not been flexible ahead of next week's summit on the matter, a senior EU official said on Friday.

Hungary govt has a strained relationship with Ukraine. As Hungarian leader has maintained and also side with Russia / Putin with close ties to Russia the mad man, and withheld support for Ukraine when EU leaders is trying to gave the green light.
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if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor blocked a revision of EU budget that includes to Ukraine, the aid summit in December (fail). EU leaders will try again to reach a deal on package at another summit coming next Thursday. It will be soon but have to keep Hungary one side soon. its' timing is coming soon. 
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hun...024-01-26/

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Hungary is making live talks complicaed for EU aid for Ukraine 'more complicated' - senior EU official

BRUSSELS, Jan 26 (Reuters) - European Union (EU) talks on giving Ukraine 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in financial aid have been getting "more complicated" by Hungary.

It has not been flexible ahead of next week's summit on the matter, a senior EU official said on Friday.

Hungary govt has a strained relationship with Ukraine. As Hungarian leader has maintained and also side with Russia / Putin with close ties to Russia the mad man, and withheld support for Ukraine when EU leaders is trying to gave the green light.
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if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor blocked a revision of EU budget that includes to Ukraine, the aid summit in December (fail). EU leaders will try again to reach a deal on package at another summit coming next Thursday. It will be soon but have to keep Hungary one side soon. its' timing is coming soon. 
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hun...024-01-26/

EU president to stay in post amid fears Hungary Vikto getting the EU job. Charles Michel’s decision comes ahead of EU meeting where Hungary’s PM is expected to block Ukraine support package.

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EU president to stay in post amid fears Hungary Vikto³ getting the EU job. Charles Michel’s decision comes ahead of EU meeting where Hungary’s PM is expected to block Ukraine support.

EU leaders are considering triggering a mechanism that would strip Hungary of voting rights.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...tting-role

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Live: Kyiv could beat Putin quicker by firing British weapons, military chief says ‘We must have the capabilities to make sure Russia will give up forever’, says Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa. Ukraine could win the war quickly if permission to fire British and other Western weapons against targets deep inside Russia, Ukraine’s head of navy has said. Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa told Sky News. war would have been different had Ukrainian forces been able to use Western munitions without restrictions fm very start. “We have capabilities to make Russia give up forever the thought of even looking in Ukraine’s direction, including at sea,” he said.

Earlier, it was reported that US was preparing to station nuclear weapons in UK for the first time in more than a decade amid the growing threat from Russia. Under the proposals, warheads three times as strong as the bomb that devastated Hiroshima would be based at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, according to Pentagon documents seen by The Daily Telegraph.

KEY POINTS
Putin accused of potentially using PoWs as human shields. Russia says it finds Ukraine IDs, tattooed body parts at plane crash site. Kyiv opens criminal probe into downing of Russian plane. The Kremlin Russian marks 80 years since breaking Nazi siege of city of St. Petersburg marking 80th anniversary of the end of a nearly 900-day siege by Nazi.

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EU leaders are considering triggering a mechanism that would strip Hungary of voting rights.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...tting-role

Terrifying Moment Ukrainian Focess has wipe out Russian tanks colume one by one near Avdiivak.
https://youtu.be/fedDJ1Qu3BI?si=_rJvb4Ml0pNOoRvv

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Latest update today from Ukraine: Bashkirs rise against Kremlin, another Russia Federation.
https://youtu.be/gRpD3e91gG0?si=DmzRVxbkpPIkBPjq

Hungary accuses EU of blackmail over Ukraine aid standoff.

Suggested Only., If that the bloc plans to sabotage Budapest's economy if it vetoes fresh aid for Ukraine.


"Hungary said, they does not give in to blackmail," János Bóka, the country's minister for EU affairs, wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

Tensions have been running high between the EU and Hungary after Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed to block the use of the EU budget to give 50 billion euros ($54 bil) in financial aid for Ukraine.

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Bit by bit, year by year, and your ot their children will live a better life than you.’ Now deal has been broken, there is more a sense of long-term pessimism....

Russia Enlists 30,000 Soldiers Monthly for Ukraine Conflict....(to replace those missing, kill and those) 

Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy chief major general of Ukraine's main military intelligence arm, has recently reported that Russia is enlisting approximately 30,000 soldiers monthly. Although this recruitment of soldiers each month suffices to compensate for frontline losses, Russia would have to initiate a larger-scale mobilization to build a more substantial strategic reserve.

This rate of recruitment, which averages 1,000 to 1,100 people per day, is in response to the significant casualties Russia has sustained in ongoing Ukraine conflict. This info is in line with the observations made by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), which corroborates the scale of Russia's efforts to maintain operational rotations in Ukraine. Targeting by year 2025, to hitt 500k Casualty.

Skibitskyi's statements shed light on the high-casualty approach of the Russian military, particularly in strategic urban battles such as those in Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Analysts have observed the continuation of these tactics across various fronts, notably the United States' report in October about Russia employing "human wave" tactics. These involve deploying underprepared and poorly equipped troops into high-intensity combat scenarios, often resulting in significant losses.
https://armyrecognition.com/ukraine_-_ru...raine.html

Members of the public hold Moldovan national flags at president's headquarters in Chisinau for a rally celebrating, EU's decision to open accession talks with Moldova, Dec. 17, 2023. The Kremlin prepares to destabilize Moldova, likely as a part of the efforts to hinder its EU integration, among other objectives.

U.S.-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote in its Jan. 28 assessment.

Tensions fillowing Moldova and Russia escalated after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with pro-Western govt of Moldova repeatedly accusing Kremlin of destabilizatio. Alexei Polishchuk, the director of the 2nd Dept of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Countries. Russian Foreign Ministry, claimed in interview on Jan. 28 for Russian state-run media outlet TASS that Moldova began to "destroy its ties" with Russian-led CIS organization, as the rumors about Moldova leaving the CIS by the end of 2024 are circulating.

CIS established following breakup of Soviet Union in 1991 & it currently groups nine former Soviet republics. Moldova has not formally left the CIS but effectively suspended its participation in the organization in 2022. Polishchuk alleged that leaving CIS may not benefit citizens or Moldovan economy.

It settlement of Transnistria issue in Moldova is in a "deep crisis," & Russia can fix deteriorating relations between Moldova and Transnistria as a "mediator and guarantor" in this issue. Transnistria is a breakaway region internationally recognized as part of Moldova. Russian troops @occupied Transnistria since early 1990s when Russia invaded region under the pretext of protecting ethnic Russians.

Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Oleg Serebrian announced on national radio on Jan. 28 that Moldova would not return to the 5+2 Transnistria negotiating process, included Russia as Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues. Speaking at a press conference on Jan. 29, the DPM said Chisinau is determined to resolve Transnistria issue "exclusively" through peaceful means.

"This position is supported by our colleagues in Kyiv. There are no plans for military or other kind of pressure on Transnistria," the ISW, Russia could make similar claims to Moldova as to Ukraine, referring to Russia’s accusations of Ukraine’s "abandoning" the Minsk Agreements, used as part of justifications for the full-scale invasion.

In previous assessment, the ISW determined Russia is slowly shaping the info space aimed destabilizing Moldova to justifying any future campaigns by framing Russia as a protector of "threatened Russian language speakers" in Moldova. This approach is almost identical to the narratives constructed by Russia to justify the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

In January, Russian-state media continued to embolden pro-Russian separatists in Moldova, possibly in an attempt to sow political instability and division, the ISW reported.

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Bit by bit, year by year, and your ot their children will live a better life than you.’ Now deal has been broken, there is more a sense of long-term pessimism....

Russia Enlists 30,000 Soldiers Monthly for Ukraine Conflict....(to replace those missing, kill and those) 

Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy chief major general of Ukraine's main military intelligence arm, has recently reported that Russia is enlisting approximately 30,000 soldiers monthly. Although this recruitment of soldiers each month suffices to compensate for frontline losses, Russia would have to initiate a larger-scale mobilization to build a more substantial strategic reserve.

This rate of recruitment, which averages 1,000 to 1,100 people per day, is in response to the significant casualties Russia has sustained in ongoing Ukraine conflict. This info is in line with the observations made by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), which corroborates the scale of Russia's efforts to maintain operational rotations in Ukraine. Targeting by year 2025, to hitt 500k Casualty.

Skibitskyi's statements shed light on the high-casualty approach of the Russian military, particularly in strategic urban battles such as those in Bakhmut and Avdiivka. Analysts have observed the continuation of these tactics across various fronts, notably the United States' report in October about Russia employing "human wave" tactics. These involve deploying underprepared and poorly equipped troops into high-intensity combat scenarios, often resulting in significant losses.
https://armyrecognition.com/ukraine_-_ru...raine.html

Year by year, they wish their children will live a better life than them, this deal has been broken, there is more a sense of long-term pessimism. 

Russia enlists 30,000 Soldiers for Ukraine Conflict to replace those missing, kill & those missing) is now turn to 100,000. Ukraine's main military intelligence arm, has recently reported Russia / Putin's is enlisting 100,000 soldiers Although this recruitment of soldiers suffices to compensate for frontline losses. Russia have initiate larger-scale mobilization to build reserve. This recruitment is in response to significant casualties Russia has sustained in Ukraine conflict. Info observations made by Institute study of war(ISW), corroborates Russia's efforts to maintain operational rotations in Ukraine. Targeting by year 2025, to hitt 500k Casualty.

Russia deploys 100,000 citizens in occupied Melitopol, aiming to ‘extinguish Ukrainian resistance
https://english.nv.ua/nation/moscow-atte...ens-50388516.html

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Russian occupation authorities brought about 100,000 Russian citizens to the temporarily occupied Melitopol to suppress Ukrainian resistance, Mayor Ivan Fedorov reported on Telegram on Jan. 30.
150,000 people lived in Melitopol before the full-scale Russian invasion. Within six months after the occupation, more than half of Melitopol’s residents left the city for the government-controlled territory and abroad, leaving 60,000-70,000 people in the city, said the official.. Since then, the city has been flooded with freeloaders and migrant workers from Russia.” 

According to many local resident, population has become larger than it was before the occupation, exceeding 150,000. Mostly, these are the people who arrived.” Fedorov believes Russian administration is trying to “extinguish Ukrainian resistance, which continues in the temporarily occupied territories” & to they Russia want to change the gene pool to make life more difficult for locals.
https://english.nv.ua/nation/moscow-atte...88516.html

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Russian occupation authorities brought about 100,000 Russian citizens to the temporarily occupied Melitopol to suppress Ukrainian resistance, Mayor Ivan Fedorov reported on Telegram on Jan. 30.
150,000 people lived in Melitopol before the full-scale Russian invasion. Within six months after the occupation, more than half of Melitopol’s residents left the city for the government-controlled territory and abroad, leaving 60,000-70,000 people in the city, said the official.. Since then, the city has been flooded with freeloaders and migrant workers from Russia.” 

According to many local resident, population has become larger than it was before the occupation, exceeding 150,000. Mostly, these are the people who arrived.” Fedorov believes Russian administration is trying to “extinguish Ukrainian resistance, which continues in the temporarily occupied territories” & to they Russia want to change the gene pool to make life more difficult for locals.
https://english.nv.ua/nation/moscow-atte...88516.html

Target by year 2025, to hit 500k Casualty. Soonest.  

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  … sanction …. what sanction …..   

https://x.com/FT/status/1752320508635341289?s=20

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Target by year 2025, to hit 500k Casualty. Soonest.  

Ukraine / EU agrees $54 billion aid package for Kyiv. 

Ukrainian President Zelensky wanted to sacked Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. CNBC's live blog developments on war in Ukraine. While EU leaders on Thursday agreed a 50 billion euro ($54 billion) aid package for Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel said on social media, overcoming weeks of opposition from Hungary.

Ukraine's army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi is expected to be dismissed from his post "within days," CNN.
Zaluzhnyi, popular with the public but (in think] more problematic Ukrainian President (himself). 

(I THINK. He want to hang on to power). Amid a rift between the leaders, was widely reported to have been called to a meeting at president's office and wanted to suck him, (but was asked to step down. 

He reportedly refused, a source told CNN. A presidential decree could be issued by the end of the week to dismiss the military commander.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/01/ukraine-...raine.html

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EU summit agrees 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine

EU member states on Thursday agreed on an additional aid package totaling 50 billion euros ($54 billion) for Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel said on social media.

"All 27 leaders agreed on an additional €50 billion support package for Ukraine within the EU budget," he said. "This locks in steadfast, long-term, predictable funding for #Ukraine. EU is taking leadership & responsibility in support for Ukraine; we know what is at stake."

EU leaders have been struggling to reach this consensus over support package, amid opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban who vetoed the aid deal in December. Hungary wants to have an annual review that would allow it a right to veto the disbursements each year, Reuters.

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Ukraine / EU agrees $54 billion aid package for Kyiv. 

Ukrainian President Zelensky wanted to sacked Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. CNBC's live blog developments on war in Ukraine. While EU leaders on Thursday agreed a 50 billion euro ($54 billion) aid package for Ukraine, European Council President Charles Michel said on social media, overcoming weeks of opposition from Hungary.

Ukraine's army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi is expected to be dismissed from his post "within days," CNN.
Zaluzhnyi, popular with the public but (in think] more problematic Ukrainian President (himself). 

(I THINK. He want to hang on to power). Amid a rift between the leaders, was widely reported to have been called to a meeting at president's office and wanted to suck him, (but was asked to step down. 

He reportedly refused, a source told CNN. A presidential decree could be issued by the end of the week to dismiss the military commander.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/01/ukraine-...raine.html

Ukraine's Military Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov (HUR) said on national television on Jan. 30 NEWS FEED, -- Saying Russia's ongoing offensive in Ukraine would run out of steam in early spring 2024. Budanov said that the current offensive has not made any significant advances since its start in November 2023. The Ukr
Russian troops are trying to advance near Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, and Avdiivka sectors in east of Ukraine. He acknowledged Russian troops have made “some advances” near Avdiivka, where Moscow soldiers is suffering heavy losses in an attempt to encircle front-line city just kilometers from occupied Donetsk.“But this is not what they expected, not even close,” Budanov said.

According to he, Russia set goal of reaching the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk to quickly reaching Chornyi Zherebets River. Sometime in early spring, (Russia’s) offensive will completely exhausted. We In the past weeks, where Kyiv has been warn, Russia is intensifying attacks around Kupiansk aiming to encircle & capture this key town.

Ukrainian military confirmed on Jan. 21 a retreat from Krokhmalne, a village near the administrative borders of Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts, saying its loss has no strategic impact. However, Ukraine’s Armed Forces denied Russia's to claims about the capture of Tabaivka, another village in Kharkiv Oblast not far from Kupiansk.
https://kyivindependent.com/budanov-says...ly-spring/

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  … sanction …. what sanction …..   

https://x.com/FT/status/1752320508635341289?s=20

Russian economy overheated becomes increasingly reliant on continuing war, study proves. Russia's economy has been noticeably overheating and is increasingly dependent on continuing the war, the expenses of which act like a narcotic on it.

"Operating at the limits of its capacity, the economy is now showing increasing signs of overheating," the forecast indicated.


According to WIIW, Russian economy grew by 3.5% last year. However, high inflation & key bank rates raised to 16%, analysts estimate this year's growth will reach only 1.5%. "Russia is increasingly dependent on the war continuing enormous spending on it is like a drug for the economy," Vasily Astrov, Russia country expert at WIIW, pointed out.

Astrov indicated about 29% of the country's federal budget will be allocated for armaments in 2024. Generally, spending on Russian military industry has increased to 6% on country's GDP,  the highest level since collapse of the Soviet Union.

In addition, the Austrian Institute has lowered its economic growth forecast for Ukraine. This year, the figure may reach 3%, which is 1.2% points lower than WIIW experts had previously expected.

This pointed to a possible victory of Donald Trump in US presidential election, makes future of Western financial assistance to Ukraine, which is defending itself from Russian invasion, even less certain.

Background: In 2023, the European Union, affected by war, inflation and weakening export markets, managed to avoid recession despite the weakness of its two largest economies, Germany and France, and given that the EU had not experienced any significant growth since mid-2022.

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Russian economy overheated becomes increasingly reliant on continuing war, study proves. Russia's economy has been noticeably overheating and is increasingly dependent on continuing the war, the expenses of which act like a narcotic on it.

"Operating at the limits of its capacity, the economy is now showing increasing signs of overheating," the forecast indicated.


According to WIIW, Russian economy grew by 3.5% last year. However, high inflation & key bank rates raised to 16%, analysts estimate this year's growth will reach only 1.5%. "Russia is increasingly dependent on the war continuing enormous spending on it is like a drug for the economy," Vasily Astrov, Russia country expert at WIIW, pointed out.

Astrov indicated about 29% of the country's federal budget will be allocated for armaments in 2024. Generally, spending on Russian military industry has increased to 6% on country's GDP,  the highest level since collapse of the Soviet Union.

In addition, the Austrian Institute has lowered its economic growth forecast for Ukraine. This year, the figure may reach 3%, which is 1.2% points lower than WIIW experts had previously expected.

This pointed to a possible victory of Donald Trump in US presidential election, makes future of Western financial assistance to Ukraine, which is defending itself from Russian invasion, even less certain.

Background: In 2023, the European Union, affected by war, inflation and weakening export markets, managed to avoid recession despite the weakness of its two largest economies, Germany and France, and given that the EU had not experienced any significant growth since mid-2022.

This conflict the biggest dumb ass are

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Russia’s frozen assets are generating billions. EU is getting ready to send them to Ukraine. Russian assets frozen in European accounts are generating billions of dollars in interest payments could be diverted to help repair Ukraine’s war-torn economy & European Union just took a step closer to doing that with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, they froze nearly half of Moscow’s foreign reserves — some €300 billion ($327 billion). Around €200 billion ($218 billion) sits in European Union — mostly at Euroclear, a financial institution keeps assets safe for banks, exchanges and investors...

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Russia’s frozen assets are generating billions. EU is getting ready to send them to Ukraine. Russian assets frozen in European accounts are generating billions of dollars in interest payments could be diverted to help repair Ukraine’s war-torn economy & European Union just took a step closer to doing that with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, they froze nearly half of Moscow’s foreign reserves — some €300 billion ($327 billion). Around €200 billion ($218 billion) sits in European Union — mostly at Euroclear, a financial institution keeps assets safe for banks, exchanges and investors...

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Russia’s frozen assets are generating billions. EU is getting ready to send them to Ukraine. Russian assets frozen in European accounts are generating billions of dollars in interest payments could be diverted to help repair Ukraine’s war-torn economy & European Union just took a step closer to doing that with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, they froze nearly half of Moscow’s foreign reserves — some €300 billion ($327 billion). Around €200 billion ($218 billion) sits in European Union — mostly at Euroclear, a financial institution keeps assets safe for banks, exchanges and investors...

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Year by year, they wish their children will live a better life than them, this deal has been broken, there is more a sense of long-term pessimism. 

Russia enlists 30,000 Soldiers for Ukraine Conflict to replace those missing, kill & those missing) is now turn to 100,000. Ukraine's main military intelligence arm, has recently reported Russia / Putin's is enlisting 100,000 soldiers Although this recruitment of soldiers suffices to compensate for frontline losses. Russia have initiate larger-scale mobilization to build reserve. This recruitment is in response to significant casualties Russia has sustained in Ukraine conflict. Info observations made by Institute study of war(ISW), corroborates Russia's efforts to maintain operational rotations in Ukraine. Targeting by year 2025, to hitt 500k Casualty.

Russia deploys 100,000 citizens in occupied Melitopol, aiming to ‘extinguish Ukrainian resistance
https://english.nv.ua/nation/moscow-atte...ens-50388516.html

One of largest Russian oil refineries on fire

A big fire broke out in the Russian city of Volgograd on the night of 2-3 February, with petroleum burning 2-day/2-night, burning over an area of 300 square metres.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti with reference to the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. Updated at 06:30: Local media reported that a fire had broken out at the LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refinery in Volgograd.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/3/7440209/