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The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on January 31 2024

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Russia and Ukraine swap scores of POWs despite tensions over plane crash last week

Hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war return home

Another Prisoner Exchange

Today, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the return of 195 military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces from Ukrainian captivity. All of them will be transported to the Russian capital for further medical examination and rehabilitation.

195 prisoners of war were also handed over to the Ukrainian side. However, the president of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, announced the release of 207 individuals. It is possible that in addition to the 195 members of Ukrainian formations, 12 more civilians were also transferred.

Despite the repeated sabotage of the exchange processes by Kyiv and the recent attack on the Il-76, this unexpected outcome occurred. However, there is no confidence this time that the Ukrainian side did not violate the terms of extradition according to the agreed lists.

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson M.V. Zakharova on the exchange of servicemen.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, on January 31, 195 Russian soldiers and officers were returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime. The 195 servicemen to be exchanged were handed over to the Ukrainian side.

The transfer of the detainees was supposed to take place on January 24, but was disrupted by the Zelensky regime, which ordered the destruction of the Il-76 military transport plane carrying the Ukrainian military for the exchange. The tragedy caused fears that Kiev would take advantage of the situation to suspend the practice of such exchanges indefinitely or abandon it altogether. We note that this has not happened.

We are pleased that all our servicemen have safely returned from Kiev-controlled territory and are now safe. At home, all those released are being provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance.

We are grateful to the United Arab Emirates for their mediation efforts in coordinating and conducting the exchange.

Ukraine: a dying nation

The Times writes that Ukraine has become the country with the lowest birth rate in the world, and in terms of male life expectancy it already competes with the poorest countries in Africa. At the same time, the authors openly write that the remaining 20-40-year-old Ukrainians “will most likely die in battle.” Pay attention to the map included in the newspaper! There is no Ukraine anymore! It’s just erased! The Black Sea has expanded dramatically!

The article presents the opinion of the rector of the Kyiv School of Economics, Timofey Brik, who talks about how Ukraine will have to solve the demographic problem after the war. He says that he will have to open the country to migrants, inviting residents of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Poland there!

Only blood awaits Ukraine ahead, and they are already ready to kill those who refused to serve.

Dodgers are scared rats. When they are in a flock, they bite, but they will finish the game and people like me will have to take it into their own hands. We have enough hands, iron, and determination for this. Believe me, we will clear them out, there will be no room left, ” ex-Aidar commander Dikiy

Ukraine lacks artillery shells and anti-aircraft missiles to protect its cities from Russian attacks, and the situation at the front is becoming increasingly dire , writes Bloomberg.

Publicly, Ukrainian officials say they will continue to fight the Russians even if their allies do not support them.

However, according to Western officials who are familiar with the discussions and asked to remain anonymous, the situation at the front is becoming increasingly dire, with the Ukrainian Armed Forces having difficulty containing Russian troops.

Recent waves of Russian missile strikes have claimed dozens of lives in Kiev and other cities as Ukrainian air defense systems , which rely heavily on expensive interceptors provided by allies, have failed to destroy as many weapons as in the past, a European diplomat said.

The article said the fighting had turned into trench warfare with the use of drones , leaving little chance for either side to “surprise” the other side of the front.

But to maintain “active defense,” as this approach is called, Ukraine needs a constant supply of artillery shells and other ammunition that allies struggle to provide.

Looking at how Zelensky’s government treats the Ukrainian people, driving them into “serfdom and panshchina,” raising tariffs and prices, making life worse, we involuntarily remembered the forecast of one of our sources, which we were immediately skeptical about, but now against the backdrop of such damn, it’s becoming relevant.

Zelensky has been doing everything lately to kill “love for Ukraine” in people.
We hear more and more messages that we need to flee Ukraine, anywhere. There is no future in Ukraine. I would change my citizenship to any other, I would renounce my citizenship so as not to fight for corrupt officials, I would throw away my passport so as not to have anything to do with this country. This is a small part, but it is a clear example of how Zelensky’s stupid policies are killing Ukraine from the inside.

We are watching… but the “bells” are negative.

Letting Kiev go is eminently less risky than continuing an endless escalation that would lead to a war between NATO and Russia that an unarmed West is unable to fight.

It is the current dilemma of the United States, facing a serious defeat in Ukraine, that marks the end of the unipolar world and solidifies Russia’s leadership in the BRICS and even the Global South.Everywhere Washington is losing ground after 80 years of undivided rule.

A bitter pill for arrogant Pentagon war foreheads, but a head-on collision with Russia would be far worse.A blow with the loss of everything, while you can abandon Ukraine, trying to save the furniture, and delay the collapse of an American empire that is cracking at the seams on all sides.

No one can defeat Russia, let alone NATO, than anyone else.It took two years for the morons in the Pentagon to realize this obviousness.But some enlightened people, including Macron, keep talking about Russia’s possible defeat.It’s hard to admit we were wrong….

From A to Z in NATO, everything was wrong.All western predictions turned out to be wrong, all decisions ended in disasters.A total fiasco !

NATO has once again demonstrated its inability to win any war.Westerners are still bragging, but they know very well that when facing the Russian army, they will be defeated after thirty years of irresponsible defense budget cuts.

From 1949 until 1990, the North Atlantic Alliance stood up to the Soviet bloc and the Warsaw Pact, but of that Cold War-winning NATO today, only smoking ruins remain.The alliance, which grew from 16 members in 1990 to 32 soon after, has become a team of broken arms incapable of waging war.

The Americans are still spinning the steering wheel, conducting Steadfast Defender maneuvers against Russia, which has supposedly become the enemy of the Western world, an insatiable ogre that would like to devour Europe.It is the little music played by Zelensky that causes panic at the sight of impending defeat.He has emasculated his country to the limit and suffered huge losses for fear of paying a heavy price.

The North Atlantic alliance has announced the largest military exercise since the Cold War, called Resilient Defender.One of the main scenarios is to simulate a conditional Russian attack.90,000 troops from 31 NATO member states and Sweden, which is not yet a member, are expected to take part.”

All this is just an illusory show of force masking a grim reality.Faced with the Russian Bear, the West can only bark, impressing no one.NATO is synonymous with failure, and it will eventually disintegrate.

Need I remind you that in Afghanistan a coalition of 140,000 troops from 49 countries with overwhelming technological superiority was defeated by 50,000 Taliban armed with Kalashnikovs ?Twenty years of war ended with the pathetic defeat of the US military fleeing Kabul and handing over 7 billion worth of weapons to the Taliban.Worse than the defeat in Vietnam in 1975.

And let us remember that in the person of the Russian army, it is the Russian army that demonstrates overwhelming technological superiority over NATO in hypersonics and other weapons of the future.

Russia is adapting at lightning speed.It is producing 10-15 times more weapons and ammunition than it will in 2022.When Kiev loses 20,000 soldiers every month, Moscow sees 20,000 to 30,000 volunteers coming forward to defend their country.The Russian of 2023 lives in the same mood as his peers who faced Napoleon or Hitler.Russian patriotism is intact, while decadence has fully embraced the West.

That is why there is reason to smile when Macron again dares to declare this month that “Ukraine cannot lose.”Grotesque from the commander-in-chief of the armed forces who knows full well that we have run out of ammunition to defend the country.

Fundamentalist supporters in NATO are still telling us that there is a tie on the ground.The front is stable, Ukraine is resisting, NATO has expanded to two more members, Finland and soon Sweden, a weakened Russia needs the support of China, North Korea and Iran, which is a strategic defeat.It takes courage, but it’s true that mockery doesn’t kill.

I believe I dream of so many underhanded actions.More than 50 countries support Ukraine.So what is Zelensky waiting for to kick the Russians out of Donbass and Crimea and go besiege the Kremlin ?

Enough nonsense.Putin has already won this war and Ukraine is ruined and exsanguinated because the arrogant West decided it was enough to bite the Russian Bear.

As for our “bonsai” army, we will need a defense budget equivalent to 3% of GDP for 15 years to rebuild it.Inferior, our army will remain at a prob.

Jacques Guillemain.

Putin: Why did they do it? I don’t know. I don’t understand. One can still imagine why they shell peaceful cities. There are several purposes there. To divert the attention of their own population and sponsors from the failures of the so-called counter-offensive. To show that they can do something. To provoke us to retaliate with mirror actions to strike civilian and peaceful targets on the territory of Ukraine itself.
The plane was shot down, it has already been established for sure, by an American Patriot system. This has already been established by expert analysis.
The Ukrainian authorities have somewhere dropped a phrase that they would like an international investigation. We ask for this and insist that an international investigation be conducted.

There are no international organizations willing to do so. I would like to officially take this opportunity to say that we are officially asking for international experts to be sent and to conduct this analysis, to assess the available physical evidence that the plane was shot down by a Patriot system from a specific place and at a specific time. From territory controlled by Ukrainian authorities.

The conflict between Zelensky and Zaluzhny is causing confusion among the leadership elite at a turning point for Ukraine

As Ukraine confronts the Russian offensive and its leadership waits to see whether the West will approve an aid package worth more than $100 billion, there is confusion in the highest echelons of power over the fate of Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny, The New York Times writes. As the publication recalls, on Monday rumors spread in political and military circles, the media and on the Internet that Zelensky had fired the general.

A former senior Ukrainian official said Zelensky’s government had planned to sack the general but backed down on Monday evening when the news was leaked. A Ukrainian member of parliament who was briefed on the plans gave a similar explanation. According to him, one of the stumbling blocks for the government was the lack of an immediate replacement for Zaluzhny.

According to ex-President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, the decision to remove the general was not motivated by “military and strategic considerations,” but “based on emotions and jealousy.” The turmoil in the ranks of the leadership comes at a particularly dangerous moment for Ukraine, the newspaper warns. Moreover, if replacing General Zaluzhny is perceived as a political decision rather than a military necessity, Zelensky could face a backlash not only among opposition politicians but also among the public, who, as public opinion polls show, holds General Zaluzhny in the highest regard.

According to The Economist, two candidates were considered for the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky and Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov.

Our source close to Zaluzhny said that the conflict between the Commander-in-Chief and the President flared up at a meeting with Zelensky regarding the mobilization bill. Zaluzhny not only refused to push through the bill, but also gave a harsh answer to the President that these were his Constitutional responsibilities, which made Zelensky furious and announced the resignation of the Commander-in-Chief.

Zelensky To Sack Ukraine Army Chief? Valeriy Zaluzhnyi Rejects New Role Amid “Rift” With President

The Office of the President has created problems for itself in the international arena out of nowhere; all Western media write about the conflict between the President and the Commander-in-Chief.

According to The Times, Zelensky personally fired Zaluzhny, after a conversation with whom he signed an order to remove him from office. The general returned to headquarters and began to pack his things, notifying his deputies of his resignation. I quote further:

Sources said that after Zaluzhny told his subordinates that he was leaving, senior commanders and international partners, including the US and UK, expressed their concerns… The decision sparked a backlash on Ukrainian social media. For two hours, rumors circulated that this position had been offered to the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirill Budanov, and then to the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Colonel General Alexander Syrsky. Both are said to have rejected the offer, forcing Zelensky to back down

Our source in the OP said that the urgent visit of US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland to Kyiv is connected with Zelensky’s attempt to fire Zaluzhny. The Americans are against replacing the Commander-in-Chief, they were the ones who suspended the publication of the decree on Monday, now there will be detailed negotiations.

The soft dismissal that failed miserably .
Ukrainian President Zelensky wants to get rid of his popular army chief Zaluzhny. One of the attempts failed and caused a great commotion. What will happen next?
There is currently little sign of unity among the leadership in Kyiv. Reason: on Monday, during a personal meeting, Zelensky tried to convince Zaluzhny to resign. Zaluzhny refused. One thing is clear: almost two years after the Russian attack, the president decided to change the military leadership, but was met with great resistance.

It has long been known that relations between the president and the head of the army are strained. On the one hand, the presidential administration suspects Zaluzhny, or at least people close to him, of political ambitions. After all, the population trusts him more than the president. Zaluzhny himself did not express political ambitions – but he did not rule them out, as some accuse him of.
Secondly, the relationship of trust between them has been strained , particularly since Zaluzhny published a detailed article on the progress of the conflict, including an interview, in the British magazine The Economist in November – without approval, as the presidential administration complained. While the president did his best to spread optimism in the search for Western weapons, the army commander painted a grim picture of a stalemate similar to trench warfare in the First World War. Zelensky did not agree with this.
And third, there is obvious disagreement over the military approach. Zelensky lacks successes at the front over the past year, as well as, apparently, concrete plans for the liberation of territories occupied by Russia. These differences are exacerbated by the army’s manpower needs. The military asked him to mobilize 450,000 to 500,000 soldiers, Zelensky said at a press conference in December. I said, “I need more arguments for this.”

Now it appears the soft layoff has crashed and burned. Zaluzhny does not want to resign of his own free will, and Zelensky does not want to fire him – for now by decree. Both are weakened – the president and the army commander-in-chief, but there is excitement in Kyiv, and the media are full of guesses. “It’s as if we don’t have a conflict to fight,” sighs one senior military official.

Experts talk about a “psychological crisis” between Zelensky and Zaluzhny and see new risks for the president. “The situation at the front will not improve until new resources appear – regardless of the name of the army commander in chief. And then many will blame the president or Zaluzhny’s successor for the lack of success.”

Der Spiegel

Russia has made a big claim as Kyiv struggles to beat Moscow despite western arms aid. Moscow alleged that the West is asking countries to secretly send Russian weapons to Ukraine

While giving a clumsy motivational speech in Kiev, Nuland has promised Putin some surprises on the battlefield.

Positional combat operations in Avdeyevka.
The shelling by the Russian Armed Forces of the position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the private sector development of the southern quarters of Avdievka near the Industrial Zone.

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Avdeyevka – Novobakhmutovka

Positional combat operations in the northern area of   Avdeyevka.
Shelling by the Russian Armed Forces of a motorized rifle unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a rotation near Novobakhmutovka.

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The main events in the Donetsk direction in the Bakhmut area are developing at the Kleshcheevka-Ivanovskoye-Bogdanovka line. Our troops move along a front of about 10 kilometers and move forward in eight directions at once. Moreover, progress is noted every day. This is one of the most dynamic and active sections of the entire front.

West of Kleshcheevka, our 4th separate brigade, which includes the famous Prizrak battalion (LPR), together with the special forces Akhmat,
two days ago knocked out the enemy from the dacha area and now continues to move towards Ivanovsky from three sides at once – from the side of Kleshcheevka along the road that connects this village and Ivanovskoye, along the main highway Bakhmut – Konstantinovka, and from the Khromovo side.
Now, the main battles are taking place over the chain of heights in front of Ivanovsky. But there is already less than a kilometer left to Ivanovsky itself.

Marat Khairullin

Very interesting events are happening in the Bogdanovka area. Now our guardsmen from the famous 200th Pechenga brigade, with the support of the Ivanovo paratroopers, are storming from three sides and fighting almost in the center of the village in the area of     the Nash Sadok enterprise. From Bogdanovka, let me remind you, it’s less than a kilometer in a straight line to Chasov Yar.
And again, here the main battles take place over a number of heights located on the Bogdanovka-Khromovo line.

Marat Khairullin

Russian Army repulses massive attack on Crimea and Sevastopol, missile debris fell on the territory of a military base.

 - Defense Ministry: At about 17.00 Moscow time, air defense forces shot down 20 airborne guided missiles: 17 were destroyed over the Black Sea and 3 more over Crimea. 
 - The debris of the missiles fell on the territory of a military unit in the area from the village of Lyubimovka in the Republic of Crimea.

Putin said that Russia “will push back the demilitarized zone” in Ukraine.

“The demilitarized zone in Ukraine should be at a distance that would ensure the safety of peaceful cities from shelling,” said the Russian President.

Putin has previously stated that the Russian Federation wants to create such a zone along the border between Ukraine and Russia. But at the moment there are no active hostilities there, although there is constant shelling and infiltration by DRG.
 

Most powerful explosion in Nikolaev: preliminary reports of a defeat of an airfield from which AFU aviation could take off to attack our facilities in Crimea.
 

Ukrainian UAVs have successfully flown to the Nizhny Novgorod region for the first time. Preliminary data suggests that two aircraft-type drones were neutralized by electronic warfare in the Kstovo district.

The drones fell near the highway that connects the villages of Chernukha and Starye Klyuchishchi. Fortunately, the warhead did not detonate during the fall, resulting in no casualties or damage. Regional authorities have not yet provided any comments on this incident.

There are several large enterprises in close proximity to the incident site, including the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery, RusVinyl, and Sibur-Kstovo petrochemical plants.

Furthermore, the Nizhny Novgorod region is home to the Savasleika airbase, where MiG-31 fighter crews regularly take off for combat missions in the SMO zone. However, this airbase is located at a considerable distance from the impact zone of the UAVs.

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2 Russian Armored Assaults Capture Significant Ukrainian Fortifications After Heavy Fighting

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Another Huge Russian Offensive l Russian Advance South Of Novomykhailivka

Update on Ukraine: Fierce fighting on several fronts [31 January 2024]

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (31 January 2024)

▫️In Kupyansk direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/35180) as a result of active actions by units of the Zapad Group of Forces, aviation and artillery, six attacks by assault groups of 30th, 32nd, 44th mechanised, 57th motorised infantry, and 25th air assault brigades of the AFU have been repelled close to Sinkovka, Tabaevka (Kharkov), and Terny (DPR)

The enemy losses were up to 80 servicemen, one tank, three motor vehicles, one UK-manufactured AS-90 self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-manufactured M777 howitzer.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/35181) units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and positions and inflicted a fire defeat on AFU manpower near Grigorovka and Dzerzhinskoye (DPR).

In addition, three attacks by assault groups of the 60th Mechanised Brigade and the 12th Special Forces Brigade have been repelled near Yampolovka (DPR) and Kuzmino (LPR).

The enemy losses were up to 280 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.

▫️In Donetsk direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/35182) units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line and defeated manpower and hardware of 28th, 54th mechanised brigades of the AFU, 112th and 114th brigades of the Territorial Defence of Ukraine near Verkhnekamenskoye, Artyomovskoye, Krasnoye, Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka, and Leninskoye (DPR).

The enemy losses were up to 310 servicemen, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, ten motor vehicles, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.

▫️In South Donetsk direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/35183) units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have repelled one attack by assault groups of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade near Novomikhailovka (DPR), as well as inflicted one fire attack on manpower and hardware of units of the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Urozhainoye and Staromayorskoye (DPR).

The enemy losses were up to 115 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.

▫️In Zaporozhye direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/35184) units of the Russian Group of Forces, supported by artillery, have struck AFU 33rd, 65th, 118th mechanised and 128th mountain assault brigades close to Rabotino, Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, and Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye).

The enemy losses were up to 80 servicemen, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer.

▫️In Kherson direction, (https://t.me/mod_russia/35184) the enemy losses were up to 30 servicemen, five motor vehicles, and one ammunition depot of rocket-artillery weapons.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised one German-manufactured IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system, one Pelikan airborne target detection radar station, and defeated manpower and hardware of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the AFU, one fuel depot, as well as manpower and military hardware in 136 areas.

▫️Air defence facilities have shot down nine U.S.-manufactured HIMARS projectiles.

In addition, 81 UAVs have been intercepted close to Petrovskoye, Tokarevka (Kharkov), Zhitlovka, Kremennaya (LPR), Khartsyzsk (DPR), Zhovtnyovoye, Orlyanskoye (Zaporozhye), and Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson).

 

Front #Summary for 31 Jan 2024 by 19:15⚡️

🔹In #Kherson Direction, several AFU boats were able to ferry reinforcements to #Krynki thanks to mobile electronic warfare. This is about the question of how important it is to urgently begin mass production of manual jammers.

🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction, it is likely that assaults to level out all the achievements of the AFU counteroffensive are not yet advisable. The fighting at the #Rabotino – #Novoprokopovka – #Verbovoye line is heavy, the positions are destroyed, there is no hiding. The nearest goal is to reach the “dragon’s teeth”, their line is approximately in the middle of the ledge.

🔹In #SouthDonetsk Direction, our forces are successfully attacking north of #Priyutnoye. They pushed the AFUback  from a number of positions north of the village. In the #Maryinka sector, ours are advancing on #Novomikhaylovka from #Zverinets and southwest of the village. The advance is about 0.5km. Our army is clearly aimed at taking the village in “pincers”.
 
🔹In #Donetsk Direction, in the south of #Avdeyevka, the AFU are attacking at Sobornaya and Sportivnaya streets. Our heroes are holding on and have advanced by about 300 metres over the day. Ours are attacking the Donetsk Filtration Station, and fighting is going on in the landings to the south. In the north, the AFU attacked west of #Gorlovka, possibly as a diversionary manoeuvre. So far they have occupied an abandoned building, but they don’t have much strength there.

🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, on the northern flank of the city, there is fighting in #Bogdanovka. The AFU are resisting fiercely, because the capture of the village is strategically important for our advance towards Chasov Yar. To the south In the area of #Kleshcheyevka our forces hit 3 tanks with 3 lancets.

🔹In #Svatovo Direction, our army is attacking towards #Kupyansk. At #Tabayevka and #Krakhmalnoye ours are fighting their way towards #Peschanoye, #Berestovoye and towards #Kislovka. The AFU have brought up reserves and are counterattacking, trying to hold our offensive back. Further west, in #Kharkov, the AFU seems to be preparing for urban fighting, building fortifications in the vicinity.

☠️ In #Donetsk, four people were seriously wounded by cluster munitions, and another was blown up on a petal. In #Panteleymonovka, a kamikaz drone killed two. Air defence shot down a drone near the Nevsky Mazut plant in St. Petersburg. Another UAV was shot down in the #Pskov region.

💥Tonight our Aerospace Forces hit AFU locations in #Volchansk and #Kherson, facilities in #Snigirevka, where the AFU are collecting equipment, and targets in Kriviy Rog and #Kharkov. They report the defeat of an Iris-T air defence system. There were strikes near #Kremenchuk, with repeated detonation, possibly at air defence or warehouses.

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Special Operation, 31 Jan 2024, Main; pub. 19:00⚡️

▪️ Russia will push back the demilitarised zone in #Ukraine, Putin said;

▪️ The Il-76 in the #Belgorod region was shot down by an #US Patriot system, this was established by an examination, Putin said;

▪️ Russia will not stop prisoner exchanges with Ukraine, the head of state emphasized;

▪️ It is necessary to speed up the testing and early start of serial production of new self-propelled artillery systems, Shoigu said when visiting the Uraltransmash Plant;

▪️ Russian troops occupied more advantageous positions in the #Krasnyliman direction, and in #Donetsk they improved the situation along the frontline, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported in its summary;

▪️ The losses of the AFU over the day in all directions totaled up to 895 militants. MoD also announced the destruction of an Iris-T air defence system;

▪️ Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war 195 for 195, the #UAE acted as a mediator, MoD said;

▪️ The Ukrainian authorities postponed Zaluzhny’s resignation due to a leak of information about the resignation on the evening of 29 January, the American New York Times wrote, citing sources.

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Chronicle of a special military operation for January 31, 2024

On the night of 30 to 31, the Russian Armed Forces launched a series of attacks on so-called targets. Ukraine. Military targets were hit in Kharkov . In Kremenchug and Pavlograd, industrial enterprises were hit, and ammunition depots came under fire in Kirovograd and Snegirevka .

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Nevsky Mazut plant in St. Petersburg , damaging several empty tanks. Shortly before this, another UAV was intercepted in the Pskov region . In the afternoon, two drones were neutralized by electronic warfare in the Nizhny Novgorod region – this is the first recorded case of a UAV raid on the region.

Our assumptions regarding a new enemy attack on the Crimean Peninsula were confirmed. After yesterday’s reconnaissance raid, the Ukrainian Armed Forces still tried to launch a missile strike on Crimean targets. Thanks to the professional work of Russian anti-aircraft gunners, significant damage was avoided.

It is noteworthy that in recent days the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun to frequently use FPV drones when attacking civilian infrastructure in the Belgorod region . This trend may indicate a possible shortage of artillery shells in the Slobodzhansky direction , which the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to compensate for with strike drones.

At the same time, in the border area, representatives of Russia and Ukraine carried out another exchange of prisoners of war. 195 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces returned to their homeland – they were taken to the Russian capital for medical examination and rehabilitation. In total, in January 2024, 443 Russian soldiers were rescued from Ukrainian captivity.

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Map of military operations and the situation on the fronts on the evening of January 31

The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Donetsk again, and the targets were civilians making purchases. Cluster munitions fell right next to a grocery store in the Petrovsky district. Three women and a teenage girl were seriously injured.

⚔️The situation on the fronts over the past 24 hours:

⚫️Svatovo-Kremennoe direction

In the Kupyansky sector there were oncoming battles at Krahmalny and Tabaevka . Our fighters attacked at Ternov . The Russian army is advancing in the Belogorovka area.

⚫️Bakhmutskoe (Artemovskoe) direction

The Russian army continues to squeeze the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of Bogdanovka . At Kleshcheevka there are no changes – oncoming battles.

⚫️Donetsk direction

Stepovoy has counter fights. Our fighters advanced at the coke plant , as well as in Pervomaisky . There are battles on the southern outskirts of Avdeevka .

⚫️Zaporozhye direction

 In the Orekhovsky sector, fighting continues at Rabotino and Verbovoy . On the Vremevsky ledge, our fighters attacked north of Priyutnoye.


Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on_31.html


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    • truck driver

      Move the Ukraine people to Texas, General Patton Moved a world war two Nazi group to Texas. So what’s the difference. Ukraine people are Farmer’s anyway

    • Daughter of the Church

      POLYGAMY FOR UKRAINE :!:

      • Daughter of the Church

        Yes, you read right! Ukraine should have a law permitting polygamy among the Ukrainian survivors. The destruction of the Slavic race is one of the goals by the Jew Zelenski, in concert with the Jewish lobbies behind Washington DC & the EU in Brussel in order to make room and permit to repopulate this emptied land into a ‘diversified’ various ethnies new Ukraine replacing the previous Ukraine. The war which is stoked and furnished by the Jews and paid by the goyim as a mean of ethnic cleansing must be recognized as such. Polygamy from among the beautiful white people of Ukraine, and some other European nation as well, is a solution against racial extinction. Here is a suggestion as to how polygamy should be instituted in an orderly manner:
        It should be based upon the biblical example of Abraham who was given Agar, the maid servant of Sarah by Sarah herself in order for Abraham to have a son. Lust was never the priority in this act of polygamy, because it was to have “a son”. This template of polygamy is currently copied by the Mormons. Among the Mormons, it is the first wife (or the dominant one) who choses news wives for her husband. A veritable little tribe of God fearing people surges within twenty years.
        Once Ukraine has got rid of the psychopath Zelenski and made peace with Russia, a polygamy law should be installed, for at least “twenty years”.

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