AboutThe fis of the President of Ukraine accepted the resignation of freelance adviser Alexei Arestovich One of the main speakers of Kiev resigned after a scandal broke out because of his words about a rocket hitting a house in the Dnieper
Alexey Arestovich
The office of the President of Ukraine granted the request of Alexey Arestovich to dismiss from the position of a freelance adviser, said the press secretary of the President Sergey Nikiforov, writes “Ukrainian Truth”.
The corresponding order has already been signed, Nikiforov said.
Arestovich got into the center of the scandal after claiming that a rocket that hit a residential building in the Dnieper was shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces. After that, the adviser apologized several times for the disclosure of unverified information.
“I sincerely apologize to the victims and their relatives, residents of the Dnieper and everyone who was deeply hurt by my premature erroneous version,” Arestovich wrote in his telegram channel, stressing that he had made a serious mistake on the air.
He also noted that his mistake brought neither reputational nor legal consequences for Ukraine.
Despite the apologies, the freelance adviser to the president was still sharply criticized by both the military and local authorities in the Dnieper. The Mayor of Dnipro, Boris Filatov, called on the SBU and the Ukrainian counterintelligence to respond to Arestovich’s statements. “I have been saying since the first day of the war that Arestovich is a narcissistic brute and a slop mouth,” Filatov wrote in Telegram. And the commander of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mykola Oleshchuk, said that “there are no firing means in the Armed Forces of Ukraine capable of shooting down this type of missiles.”
On the afternoon of January 17, Arestovich submitted his resignation. He explained this decision by the desire to show an example of “civilized behavior”.
The entrance of a multi-storey building in the Dnieper collapsed after an explosion on the evening of January 14. Before that, an air alert was declared throughout the country, and the authorities reported on the work of the air defense. About 200 people lived in the entrance that collapsed, said Deputy head of the office of the President of Ukraine Kirill Tymoshenko. According to the latest data of the authorities, 44 people were killed, said the mayor of Dnipro Boris Filatov.
Arestovich, according to him, served in the Ukrainian army until 2005, worked in military intelligence. After 2005, he began to engage in political activities. He opposed the “Orange Revolution” and regularly traveled to Russia, participating in the activities of the “International Eurasian Movement” founded by Alexander Dugin. In parallel, he starred in commercials and TV series of Russian and Ukrainian production (for example, “The Return of Mukhtar”). After 2014 and the beginning of the conflict in Donbass, he acted as a military expert in the media,actively maintained his blog. For some time he served in the combat zone. On October 28, 2020, Arestovich was appointed speaker of the Ukrainian delegation in the Trilateral Contact Group, and in December – freelance adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine on strategic communications in the field of national security and defense. After February 24, Arestovich became one of the most famous speakers of official Kiev and gave numerous media comments on the situation in the war zone.
Ecs-the head of the Ground Forces, Vladimir Boldyrev, responded to Kadyrov on “General blah blah blah”, General Boldyrev said that only the president and the Minister of Defense can criticize the commanders. He called everything else empty words and underhand fuss
Vladimir Boldyrev
Former commander of the Ground Forces Vladimir Boldyrev, in a conversation with a correspondent of RBC, commented on Ramzan Kadyrov’s statements in his address. In particular, he responded to statements that he had been demoted and transferred from the North Caucasus Military District because he had failed in his duties.
“No one has demoted me anywhere. After that, I became the commander of the North Caucasus District, was transferred to an equivalent position and commanded the Volga-Ural District. That’s all I can say about it. For some reason, he did not remember 2008 and the coercion of Georgia to peace, for some reason he missed this moment completely,” Boldyrev said.
He also reiterated that the head of Chechnya had no right to criticize Alexander Lapin. “The commander of the district troops, the commander of the grouping of troops at the front, Colonel-General, Hero of Russia Lapin, only two people can evaluate him, much less criticize him:this is the minister and the president of our state. No other officials can give an assessment. Everything else is just empty words or underhand fuss, which may be encouraged from somewhere,” Boldyrev said.
Everything else he said about me— God is his judge, I’m not going to enter into a polemic with him here»,— Vladimir Boldyrev told RBC.
The day before, Kadyrov commented on Boldyrev’s statement that, as a civilian, he had no right to criticize Lapin. He recalled that he is a general of the Russian Guard and has experience, experience and results. “Which one of us is better:Colonel-General blah-blah-blah or Colonel-General Kadyrov?”The head of Chechnya said.
Kadyrov criticized Lapin in early October, after the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Red Estuary. “It’s not a shame that Lapin is incompetent. And the fact that he is covered at the top by the leaders in the General Staff. <...> Army nepotism will not lead to good. In the army, it is necessary to appoint as commanders people of firm character, brave, principled, who worry about their fighters, who tear their teeth for their soldier, who know that a subordinate cannot be left without help and support. There is no place for nepotism in the army, especially in difficult times,” Kadyrov said then.
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Vladimir Boldyrev commanded the troops of the Siberian Military District in 2001–2002, then until 2004— the troops of the North Caucasus Military District.
In mid-July 2004, he was transferred to the post of commander of the Volga-Ural Military District. This happened a month after the militants attacked Ingushetia. Then the militants under the leadership of Shamil Basayev simultaneously attacked the federal border guard in Nazran, the buildings of the police department in Karabulak and the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya. The losses of the federal forces amounted to 93 people. The heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia and the Prosecutor’s office of Nazran were also killed. In addition to Boldyrev, the chief of the General Staff Anatoly Kvashnin, the commander-in-chief of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vyacheslav Tikhomirov left their posts.
In 2008–2009, Boldyrev was the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces. During the military operations in Georgia in 2008, he headed the operational headquarters in Vladikavkaz, which coordinated the actions of the military in South Ossetia.
On January 1, 2010, Boldyrev wrote a report on his dismissal. At that time, he exceeded the age limit for military service.
Currently, Boldyrev is one of the Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defense.
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MDefense Minister Shoigu announced changes in the number of military personnel during 2023-2026. Changes in the composition of the armed forces, including an increase in the number of military personnel to 1.5 million, will be carried out in 2023-2026. Shoigu instructed to create two military districts and strengthen the combat component of the Navy, VKS and RVSN
The increase in the number of the Russian Armed Forces will be carried out during 2023-2026, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting with his deputies, commanders-in-chief of the types of troops and commanders. This follows from the message of the Ministry of Defense.
“Large-scale changes in the composition of the armed forces, an increase in their number, a change in the military-administrative division of the Russian Federation, which will be carried out during 2023–2026, will require <...> making appropriate competent decisions», — the agency said in a statement.
Together with the increase in the number of armed forces , it is planned:
create two new interspecific strategic territorial associations – Moscow and Leningrad military districts;
form an army corps in Karelia;
transform seven brigades into motorized rifle divisions;
strengthen the combat component of the Navy, VKS and RVSN.
Shoigu at the end of December proposed to increase the number of the armed forces to 1.5 million, explaining this by the need for “guaranteed solutions to the tasks of ensuring the military security of the Russian Federation”. This number will include 695 thousand contractors, and by the end of the year their number should be increased to 521 thousand people, taking into account the replacement of mobilized citizens in the groups of troops and the recruitment of new formations.
In addition, the head of the Ministry of Defense proposed to increase the age of conscription from 18 to 21 years, and the upper threshold to 30 years, and to carry out the transition to the new system in stages. His initiative was conceptually supported by President Vladimir Putin.
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In August, Putin signed a decree according to which the full-time strength of the armed forces is set at 2,039,758 units, of which 1,150,628 are military personnel. The number of the latter has grown by 137 thousand people. On January 1, the document entered into force.
PUshilin announced the occupation of the railway station in Soledar, new shelling of the Belgorod region. The main thing about the special operation is in the RBC material *
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The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said in his Telegram that no one was injured as a result of the shelling of the outskirts of the city of Shebekino. “There is damage to the power lines. Power engineers have already started switching subscribers to backup lines,” he said.
The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported on the occupation of Soledar. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the complete capture of this city on January 13.
The acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that Russian forces had taken control of the Sol railway station, which is located northwest of the main part of Soledar.
Pushilin said that Maryinka will soon come under the full control of Russian troops. According to him, all high-rise buildings in this city have been cleaned.
The Office of the President of Ukraine reported that the death toll as a result of an explosion in a house in Dnipro has increased to 41. The body of a child was removed from the rubble.
Chronicle of military operations
Supplies of foreign weapons to Ukraine
What sanctions have been imposed against Russia
Vladimir Putin’s emergency appeal
What preceded the military operation
Latest news about the military operation
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected the headquarters of the group of troops “East” during work in the zone of a special military operation.
Russia and Ukraine, through the mediation of the Turkish Ombudsman Sheref Malkoch, are preparing an exchange that may affect a total of 1 thousand people.
Recruitment agencies have recorded an increase in the number of vacancies for specialists in military accounting. There are still a few of them (less than 1% of the total number), but compared to 2021, demand has increased several times.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization in the country, mobilization activities began on September 21. Mobilization is necessary, according to Putin, to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia, to ensure the security of the people and “people in the liberated territories”.
Only those citizens who are in the reserve, and above all those who have served in the ranks of the Armed Forces, have certain military accounting specialties and relevant experience, are subject to mobilization. Those called up for service before being sent to the unit will necessarily undergo additional military training “taking into account the experience of a special military operation”. Citizens who will be called up as part of the mobilization will receive the status, payments and social guarantees of contract employees, the president said.
The head of the Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that as part of the partial mobilization in Russia, it was planned to call up 300 thousand people in reserve. At the same time, he assured that students would not be involved in mobilization, and conscripts would continue to serve in Russia.
September 21 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the volume of losses in the special operation. According to him, Russia’s losses amounted to 5,937 people. Ukraine since the beginning of the special operation lost more than 100 thousand people—61207 dead and 49368 wounded— this is half of her original army.
Chronicle of military operations
December 1 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that during the offensive, the settlement of Kurdyumovka (south of Artemovsk/Bakhmut) was taken under full control.
November 30th The Ministry of Defense reported that during the offensive in the Donetsk direction, the settlements of Belogorovka and Pershe Travnya were occupied (the Ukrainian authorities renamed it Ozaryanovka). Later that day, the Ministry of Defense announced the establishment of full control over the settlement of Andreevka (located south of Artemovsk) in the DPR.
November 18 The Ministry of Defense officially announced the occupation of the village of Opytne to the south of Avdiivka.
November 14th The Russian Defense Ministry reported that after persistent fighting, Russian troops completely occupied the village of Pavlovka (south of Ugledar) in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
October 18 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Russian army captured the settlement of Gorobevka, Kharkiv region (northeast of Kupyansk).
October 7th The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported that the settlements of Otradovka, Veselaya Dolina and Zaitsevo are occupied in the Bakhmut area. The Russian Defense Ministry reported on the occupation of Zaitsevo the day before.
September 22 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the grouping of the DPR and LPR troops with the fire support of the Russian Armed Forces occupied the settlement of Zhovanka (south of Bakhmut).
September 15 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the servicemen of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics took control of the village of Mayorsk, fire support in this was provided by Russian troops. The village of Mayorsk is located on the northern outskirts of the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk region. In this area there was one of the checkpoints of entry and exit from the DPR to the territory of Ukraine. The headquarters of the Republic’s Defense Ministry also published a map according to which the further advance of the troops is planned to continue to the north in the direction of Bakhmut.
September 14th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of the settlements of Nikolaevka and Nikolaevka Two south of Bakhmut.
September 10th The Russian Defense Ministry announced an operation to curtail and transfer the Izyumsko-Balakleya group of troops to the territory of the DPR.
September 7th The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of Kodema (southeast of Bakhmut/Artemovsk). According to the statement of the defense Ministry, the Ukrainian troops have not carried out any offensives over the past day.
September 6th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of two more settlements. We are talking about Vremevka and Novopol (to the west of Velikaya Novoselka).
On this day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on the ongoing attempts of the Ukrainian army to attack in certain areas of the Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog direction.
September 2nd Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed that Ukraine continues to attempt to conduct an offensive in Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog and other directions. According to the minister, “the enemy is suffering significant losses.”
September 1st The Ministry of Defense reported on the landings of Ukrainian troops in the area of the Zaporozhye NPP. One landing party on seven boats consisting of two groups of 60 people landed at about 06:00 Moscow time on the coast of the Kakhovsky reservoir 3 km northeast of the station. They were blocked by Russian forces with the help of army aviation helicopters. Three people from the group were captured in the evening, part ofthe servicemen continued to resist, some died. The second group left Nikopol on two self-propelled barges and tried to disembark at about 07:00 Moscow time a few kilometers from the NPP, but was, according to the defense department, sunk along with the barges as a result of shelling. This group, presumably, was sent to the NPP as reinforcements for the first landing.
On the same day, the Ministry of Defense announced two new attempts of the offensive by Ukrainian forces: in the southern direction, in the area of Nikolaev and near Kharkov. According to the defense ministry, the Ukrainians failed to achieve success.
August 31 The Ministry of Defense again reported on the attempts of attacks by Ukrainian troops in the Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog direction. The APU attacked the settlements of Arkhangelsk, Olgino and Ternovye Pody, the attacks were repulsed, the APU suffered significant losses and were repulsed.
August 29 and 30 The Ministry of Defense reported on the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of the country: in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, as well as from Krivoy Rog. The Russian military repulsed the attacks, reported the defeat of the advancing units, numerous losses among the Ukrainian troops and a significant amount of destroyed equipment. Statements of the Ministry of Defense about the Ukrainian offensiveThey appeared after the CNN publication about the preparation by the Ukrainian side of the necessary conditions for a serious counteroffensive. Initially, Zelensky’s office denied reports appearing in the media about plans for an offensive in the south of the country, but then the press secretary of the Southern Military Command of Ukraine Natalia Gumenyuk confirmed them.
August 24 The Ministry of Defense reported on how many Ukrainian weapons were destroyed by the Russian military during the six months of the special operation. Among them are 268 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1803 drones, 369 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4382 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 819 multiple rocket launchers, 3339 field artillery and mortars, as well as 5034 units of special military vehicles.
August 23 The Russian military came to the administrative border of the Mykolaiv region, the Ministry of Defense reported. According to the department, they managed to establish control over the territory of the region with an area of 12 sq. km. The Ministry announced that it had taken control of 36 sq. km of the territory of the Kherson region, including the village of Komsomolskoye.
August 21 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the liberation of the village of Peski near Donetsk; the Russian Defense Ministry declared full control over the settlement a week ago.
August 18 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the grouping of troops of the Donbass republics “with the fire support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” liberated 270 settlements on the territory of the republic, including Zaitsevo and Dacha (both located north of Gorlovka).
August 17th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported control over the settlement of Vershina (southwest of Artemovsk/Bakhmut).
August 14 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the settlement of Udy in the Kharkiv region.
August 13 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the village of Peski (west of Donetsk).
August 3rd The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported the occupation of the settlements of Travnevoye and Semigorye (south of Artemovsk/Bakhmut).
July 29 The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported control over the villages of Klinove and Pokrovskoye (east of Bakhmut).
July 26 Assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LNR Vitaly Kiselyov reported on the occupation of the Uglegorskaya TPP, which is located opposite Svetlodarsk (east of Bakhmut/Artemovsk).
On this day Kiselyov announced the occupation of Novoluganskoye (east of Bakhmut/Artemovsk).
On July 20, the DPR territorial defense headquarters announced the occupation of the village of Berestovoye (north of Soledar).
On July 19, the DPR territorial defense headquarters announced the occupation of the village of Staromayorskoye (south of Velikaya Novoselka).
July 14 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the settlements of Stryapovka and Novaya Kamenka (east of Soledar).
July 14 The Territorial Defense Headquarters reported that the People’s Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, occupied the following settlements: Novodonetsky, Neskuchnoye, Oktyabr (south of Velikaya Novoselka), Mironovka, Krasny Plowman, Companies, Vidrodzhennya, Copper Ore (east of Artemovsk/Bakhmut) and Kamenka (north of Avdiivka).
July 13 Assistant Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov told the TASS news agency that the People’s Militia forces entered the city limits of Soledar (south of Lisichansk). Earlier, TASS, with reference to Kiselyov, reported on the beginning of the fighting for Seversk.
July 12 The Russian Defense Ministry has accused the Ukrainian military of mining bridges across the Seversky Donets River in the village of Nikolaevka (DPR). “They intend to blow them up and, according to an already worked-out scenario with wide coverage in the Ukrainian and Western media, accuse the Russian armed forces of allegedly indiscriminate strikes on critical transport infrastructure facilities,” the report says.
Then, July 12, the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik said that the units of the People’s Militia will continue the offensive, as Ukrainian troops continue to shell the territory of the republic. “The units of the People’s Militia of the LPR will be forced to continue our movement forward in order to push the enemy to a safe distance so that their equipment and weapons, ammunition do not reach our territory,” the Lugansk Information Center quotes him.
July 11 The official representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko, announced the capture by the forces of the republics of Donbass of the settlements of Vladimirovka and Tripillya in the DPR (east of Soledar).
July 10th The LPR ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik said that the troops continue to attack the city of Seversk in the DPR. He also told about the capture of the village of Grigorovka.
July 6 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of the settlement of Disputable (east of Seversk).
July 3 Sergei Shoigu reported to Vladimir Putin that the Russian Armed Forces, together with units of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic, have established full control over the city of Lisichansk..
Photo: Alexander Ratushnyak/EPA/TASS
July 2 The Ministry of Defense reported that as a result of successful offensive actions, the troops of the group “Center” under the command of Colonel-General Alexander Lapin captured the settlements of Verkhnekamenka, Zolotarevka, Belogorovka. In addition, the settlements of Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora were occupied.
July 1st The Ministry of Defense reported on the advance of the Russian Armed Forces and the formations of the LPR and DPR near Lisichansk and their exit directly to the city. The Lisichansk oil refinery, the Matrosskaya mine, the gelatin plant, as well as the village of Topolevka were taken under control.
On this day, a representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR reported on the occupation of the villages of Privolye and Shipilovka (west of Lisichansk).
On the afternoon of June 30 the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR announced the occupation of the village of Sidorovo (located south of Svyatogorsk).
On the morning of June 30, the Ministry of Defense announced the withdrawal of the garrison from Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea as a step of goodwill.
June 27 Assistant to the Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov said on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24” that the republican forces and the Russian military have completed the sweep of Volcheyarovka (a village southwest of Lisichansk).
June 26 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation Severodonetsk and nearby localities (including Voronovo and Borovskoye).
June 24 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that as a result of successful offensive actions by a group of Russian troops in the Luhansk direction, the settlements of Loskutovka, Podlesnoye, Mirnaya Dolina, Shchebkaryor, Vrubovka, Nyrkovo, Nikolaevka, Novoivanovka, Ustinovka and Rai-Alexandrovka were liberated in five days.
June 24 The representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR, Andrei Marochko, told Interfax about full control over the settlements of Zolotoye and Gorskoye (east of Lisichansk).
Photo: Ilya Pitalev/RIA Novosti
June 23 Andrei Marochko on the air of the TV channel “Russia 1” said that the forces of the LPR and Russian units entered the village of Katerinovka (southwest of Zolotoye).
On this day, the LNR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik reported on the cleaning of the village of Loskutovka (south of Lisichansk).
June 22 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the village of Metelkino (near Severodonetsk).
June 20 Assistant to the Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov announced the occupation of the village of Toshkovka (southeast of Lisichansk).
June 10 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the People’s Militia, with the fire support of the Russian army, established full control over four villages: Tripolye, Vladimirovka, Stavki and Lipovoye.
June 7 Sergei Shoigu reported on the occupation of Svyatogorsk, Yampol, Drobyshevo, Yarovaya, Kirovsk, as well as residential quarters Severodonetsk.
June 6 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported on the establishment of control over the settlements of Pokrovskoye and Zeleny Guy (in the area of Ugledar).
June 3rd the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported on the establishment of control over the settlements of Yarovaya and Shchurovo.
May 30 The DPR authorities reported the advance of the People’s Militia to Slavyansk and the occupation of the settlements of Dibrova and Old Caravan (west of the Estuary).
May 28 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the city of Krasny Liman (Estuary) in the Donetsk region was taken under control by the Russian military.
May 24 The flag of Russia was raised over the city hall Svetlodarsk (northeast of Gorlovka).
Photo: zakharevich_igor/Telegram
May 21 The Ukrainian units defending the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol surrendered.
Photo: Alexey Kudenko/RIA Novosti
Mariupol was blocked by Russian troops and the People’s Militia of the DPR on February 28. A month later, Ukrainian units, including the Azov regiment (its symbols are recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), were blocked on the territory of the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant. It was decided to abandon the storming of the plant with numerous underground structures. Attempts by the Ukrainian military to evacuate the blocked units ended in failure, after which negotiations on surrender began.
May 17 a representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR reported that the units of the republic managed to occupy the village of Orekhovo (east of the city of Zolotoe).
May 16 parts of the LPR occupied the village of Novozvanivka (north of the town of Popasnaya).
On May 12, the LPR defense Ministry reported that the People’s Militia had pushed Ukrainian servicemen away from Popasnaya.
How Popasnaya suffered in the LPR from the fighting. Video
May 11 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that during the joint offensive of the People’s Militia of the LPR and the Akhmat unit, the settlements of Yuzhny and Voevodovka, the gunpowder factory Zarya, as well as several suburban settlements to the north and northwest of Severodonetsk were occupied.
May 5 The People’s Militia of the DPR occupied the village of Troitskoye, from which the shelling of Gorlovka was conducted.
April 25 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the village of Novotoshkovskoye (northeast of Popasnaya).
April 16 The Ministry of Defense announced that the Ilyich Metallurgical Plant was taken under control in Mariupol.
April 11 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the village of Kamenka in the Kharkiv region. The military department noted that it was “one of the most fortified defense lines in the Izyumsky district”.
April 1st in Ukraine, the first publications appeared about the discovery of the bodies of civilians in the city of Bucha Kiev region, which was previously abandoned by Russian troops. Then Kiev announced the death of hundreds of residents of Bucha and blamed the incident on Russian servicemen. In Moscow, the incident was called a staging, pointing out a number of inconsistencies. After the events in Bucha, the negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine was actually frozen.
March 31 The Ministry of Defense announced the full occupation of the settlement of Zolotaya Niva. Russian units crossed the Kashlagach River.
On this day, the LNR units completed the cleanup of Zhitlovka.
On March 29, the Russian army began to leave Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The Kremlin called it a gesture of goodwill in the interests of the negotiation process.
During March, negotiations were held between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine. Initially, the meetings were held in Belarus, and the last meeting was held in Istanbul on March 29. According to its results, the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, announced the coordination of a number of positions, and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin promised “a drastic reduction in military activity in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions”.
March 28 The People’s Militia of the LPR captured the settlements of Ivanovka, Novosadovoye, having reached the border of Novolyublino— Terny.
March 25 The Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of the settlements of Batmanka, Mikhaylovka, Krasny Partizan, Stavki and Troitskoye.
March 24 The Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian armed forces took full control of the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region.
march 22 The Ministry of Defense announced the loss of Kiev’s control over ten settlements. The Russian military occupied the village of Urozhnoye in the Donetsk region, the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic took four settlements: Slavnoye, Trudovskoy, Chelyuskintsev Mine and Maryinka. Five more Ukrainian settlements came under the control of the People’s Militia of the LPR: Kalinovo, Novoaleksandrovka, Stepnoye and Boguslavskoye.
March 13 The Russian Armed Forces have established full control over the settlements of Pavlovka, Nikolskoye, Blagodatnoye, Vodianovka, Vladimirovka.
March 11 The People’s Militia of the DPR seized Volnovakha.
March 9th inThe Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Russian armed forces took control of the settlements of Krasnaya Polyana and Stepnoye. The People’s Militia of the LPR occupied Grachevo, the People’s Militia of the DPR – Signal, Taramchuk, Elenovka and Trudovoye.
March 4 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the People’s Militia of the LPR occupied several settlements: Shandrigolovo, Alexandrovka, Derilovo, Srednoye, Lozove. The People’s Militia of the DPR occupied four settlements: Rozovka, Truzhenka, Znamenovka and Potbellied. Russian troops occupied several settlements in the Zaporozhye region, including the city of Canopies.
March 3 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of the city Balaclay (Kharkiv region). In addition, Russian troops took control of several settlements in the Zaporozhye region, including Blue Mountain, Sweet Beam, Ilchenkovo. The DPR forces surrounding Mariupol occupied the village of Vodiane, as well as Sartana and Vinogradnoye.
Photo: RIA Novosti
March 2 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the establishment of control over Kherson, as well as Vasilevka and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region). In the Luhansk region, the People’s Militia of the LPR established control over the cities of Starobilsk and Svatovo, as well as the district center of Novoaydar.
February 27 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the blocking Kherson and Berdyansk, as well as about the lesson Genichesk (Kherson region). The People’s Militia of the LPR occupied the settlements of Novoakhtyrka, Smolyaninovo (east of Severodonetsk), the Village of Lugansk.
February 26 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian troops took full control of Melitopol overnight..
February 25 the Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of Snake Island in the Odessa region of Ukraine. The Snake garrison laid down their arms.
February 24 The Border Service of Ukraine reported attacks and shelling along the entire border from the Zhytomyr region (bordering only with Belarus) to Lugansk, as well as from the Crimea. Military facilities throughout the territory of Ukraine were subjected to rocket attacks. Later it became known that the Russian army crossed the border in Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. At the same time, the People’s Militia of the LPR launched attacks on the cities of Happiness and Stanytsia Luhanska to the north of Lugansk, and the People’s Militia of the DPR launched an offensive on Mariupol and Volnovakha.
At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.
Supplies of foreign weapons to Ukraine
NATO countries and their allies have been increasing arms supplies to Kiev since the beginning of the special operation. If initially we were talking about helmets, bulletproof vests, unmanned aerial vehicles (Turkish Bayraktar), then they began to send old Soviet weapons to Ukraine, which were still stored in warehouses in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.
Over time, Ukraine began to supply weapons that were produced in NATO countries and Australia. It was about armored vehicles (British Saxon, Australian Bushmaster), anti-tank complexes (Javelin, NLAW), artillery installations (French Caesar, American HIMARS).
You can read more about military supplies to Ukraine here.
What sanctions have been imposed against Russia
Packages of sanctions against Russia began to be introduced even before the start of the special operation in Ukraine, after the recognition of the DPR and LPR. The restrictions were announced by the USA, Canada, the EU, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Switzerland, Iceland and a number of other countries.
There were six waves of sanctions in total. The United States, the United Kingdom, and the EU stated that they were coordinating efforts to weaken the Russian economy, but restrictions were not always imposed synchronously. There were also certain differences, which in the West were explained by the unwillingness to harm their own economies. There were also differences in personal sanctions. For example, the United States imposed restrictions on 663 people, and the United Kingdom imposed restrictions on more than 1,000 businessmen, politicians, military personnel, media employees, people who were considered close to Putin in London.
The first The wave concerned banks financing the military industry, State Duma deputies who supported the recognition of the DPR and LPR. VEB, which is the lender of many companies, the operator of national projects, the curator of other development institutions and the manager of pension savings of almost 40 million Russians, also came under sanctions.
The second wave of sanctions it began after the start of the special operation. The UK has imposed restrictions on 100 individuals and companies, including VTB, Rostec and Aeroflot. The amounts of deposits and deposits for Russian citizens in UK banks were limited to 50 thousand US dollars. All transactions with new debt obligations with a maturity of more than 14 days were limited to a number of companies (including Gazprom, Russian Railways, Alfa-Bank). Personal sanctions affected Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu.
The EU has imposed restrictions, including against Russian Railways, Uralvagonzavod, KAMAZ, Alfa-Bank, Otkritie, Bank of Russia and Promsvyazbank. Banks were banned from selling euro-denominated securities to clients from Russia, as well as from listing shares of any Russian state-owned companies (with a state share of over 50%) on European exchanges. In addition, insurance of Russian aircraft was banned, and a ban was imposed on the sale and leasing of airliners, spare parts and equipment to Russian airlines.
By March 10, the EU, the United Kingdom, Bosnia, Norway, the United States, Switzerland, Montenegro, and the United Kingdom had closed the airspace for Russian aircraft. A little later, Canada did it too. A number of airlines refused flights to Russia.
The third wave of sanctions it began on February 26. The reserves of the Bank of Russia in the G7 countries were frozen, five banks were disconnected from the SWIFT system. The UK has closed ports for Russian ships, as well as exports of high-tech goods to Russia. On the territory of the EU and the UK, the assets of a number of businessmen were frozen, including Igor Sechin, Mikhail Fridman, Peter Aven.
On March 2, the EU banned the sale, supply, transfer and export of euro banknotes to Russia.
On March 8, the United States announced a ban on oil, gas and coal supplies from Russia.
Since March 10, Visa and Mastercard have stopped working in Russia. The owners of Russian cards of these payment systems have lost the opportunity to pay with them outside the country or pay for purchases in foreign stores.
On March 10, the UK imposed sanctions, including against Roman Abramovich, Andrei Kostin, Oleg Deripaska. Their assets were frozen, British citizens were banned from cooperating with them.
On March 11, the United States banned the supply of dollar bills to Russia, the import of alcohol and seafood from Russia.
On March 12, Bermuda cancelled the flight certificates of 740 aircraft registered there by Russian airlines.
The fourth wave of sanctions it began on March 15. The import of Russian steel products into the EU was banned, and the export of luxury goods to Russia was banned.
On April 4, the United States banned Russia from using reserves frozen in the United States for payments on public debt.
On April 5, the next package of EU sanctions was announced. So, the EU banned the import of Russian coal, transactions with major banks. Russian ships were banned from entering EU ports (an exception was made for carriers of food, humanitarian and energy goods).
On April 6, the United States banned citizens from doing business with Alfa-Bank and Sberbank, as well as new investments in Russia.
On April 9, the EU restricted the import of fertilizers from Russia.
On April 11, the EU Flight Safety Committee added 21 Russian airlines to the list of carriers that are prohibited or restricted from flying within the EU, since these carriers do not comply with international safety standards.
On April 12, the UK banned the import of Russian cast iron and steel.
On June 3, the EU announced the sixth package of sanctions. The restrictions included KAMAZ, Tatneft, and the National Settlement Depository. Sberbank, Rosselkhoznadzor, and ICD were disconnected from SWIFT. In addition, the EU has promised to abandon the import of Russian oil within six months, and the import of petroleum products within eight months.
The EU has been discussing the sixth package of sanctions for more than a month. Several countries indicated that they were not ready to go for a hard rejection of Russian energy carriers, as this would deal a serious blow to their economies.
On June 16, the UK imposed sanctions, including against Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
On June 28, the United States imposed a ban on the import of Russian gold.
On July 8, Canada imposed sanctions on Patriarch Kirill. In addition, Roskomnadzor, the Regnum news agency, and Ekaterina Andreeva, the presenter of Channel One, were subject to restrictions.
Vladimir Putin’s emergency appeal
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal on the morning of February 24 and announced the start of a special military operation in the Donbass. “Its [operation] goal is to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years,” he stressed.
According to him, Russia cannot feel safe and exist with a constant threat from Ukraine. He stressed that the military operation in Donbass will be carried out in accordance with the UN Charter, the decision of the Federation Council and agreements with the DPR and LPR.
What preceded the military operation
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TUretsky Ombudsman Malkoch announced the preparation of the largest exchange between Russia and Ukraine During the negotiations, a trilateral plan was agreed, Ukraine submitted a list of 800 people, Russia — of 200, said the Turkish ombudsman
Turkish Ombudsman Sheref Malkoc
Russia and Ukraine, through the mediation of the Turkish Ombudsman Sheref Malkoch, are preparing an exchange that may affect a total of 1 thousand people, CNN Turk reports. According to Malkoch, a trilateral plan was agreed during the meetings, during which Kiev presented a list of 800 people, Moscow – of 200.
“It’s not enough to just talk, it’s necessary to take steps. Talk to your leaders to create a mechanism,” the TV channel quotes the words of the Turkish ombudsman.
He again made a proposal for a humanitarian corridor, which, according to him, can be organized in Istanbul.On January 11, Malkoch stated that Turkey would like to achieve the opening of such a corridor between the countries to help children, women and the wounded affected by the hostilities in Ukraine.Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets indicated that Ankara’s idea concerns both civilians and the military.
In mid-January, several rounds of negotiations took place in Turkey between the Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova and the Ombudsman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Dmitry Lubinets. They were organized by the Turkish Ombudsman Sheref Malkoc. Moskalkova pointed out that the parties discussed issues of providing humanitarian assistance to citizens of the two countries. At the same time, she reported that she had not discussed Ankara’s proposal for a humanitarian corridor with her Ukrainian counterpart.
At the same time, Talc indicated that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to discuss the issue of a humanitarian corridor with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian Leader Vladimir Zelensky. The topic of prisoner exchange was touched upon in a conversation between Putin and Erdogan on January 16, the Kremlin reported.
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MKyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko allowed the collapse of the energy infrastructure of Ukraine “at any second” Klitschko assessed the situation with energy supply as critical. In Kiev, according to him, the electricity shortage is 30%
The collapse of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure “could happen at any second,” Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in an interview with Reuters at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“We’re not talking about collapse, but it can happen.”..>any second»,— said Klitschko.
“Critical infrastructure in Kiev and other cities of Ukraine can be destroyed at any second,” the mayor explained. He added that now the electricity shortage in Kiev is about 30%.
It is cold in the country now, and therefore it is difficult to live without electricity, Klitschko said, assessing the situation as critical. “We are fighting for survival,” the mayor added.
Russia began striking Ukraine’s energy facilities on October 10. President Vladimir Putin stressed that they were a response to the terrorist attack that took place on the Crimean Bridge on October 8. Moscow accused the Ukrainian special services of organizing the explosion. Kiev denied its involvement.
Since then, Klitschko has repeatedly reported damage to energy infrastructure facilities in Kiev. On January 14, the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy, German Galushchenko, said that as a result of the strikes, power facilities in the Kharkiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Vinnytsia and Kiev regions of Ukraine, as well as in the Kiev-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, were damaged. Also, the head of the Odessa OVA Maxim Marchenko spoke about the damage to objects. On this day, emergency power outages were introduced in 11 regions of Ukraine.
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President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in December informed his American counterpart Joe Biden about the destruction of 50% of the country’s energy infrastructure. In November, Ukrainian Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko estimated the damage to the country’s infrastructure from missile strikes at $100 billion, and maybe more. Two months later, the country’s first deputy foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova said that, according to the authorities, the amount of damage exceeded $127 billion.
InThe Romanian Ministry of Defense announced that an element of the Pantsir-S1 missile system found on the shore, the missile element, according to the Romanian Navy, was most likely washed ashore by the sea current and it does not pose a danger
The fragment found on the coast of Romania is an element of the anti-aircraft missile system “Shell S-1”, the press service of the country’s Naval Forces said. They indicated that the found object was most likely washed ashore by the sea current and it does not pose a danger.
“The detected element does not contain pyrotechnic and hazardous materials and is a starter tube of a type 57E6 anti-aircraft missile launched by an anti-aircraft missile system of the type S-1 Shell (according to the NATO classification SA-22 Greyhound),” it is reported with reference to the data of the General Staff of the Navy Romania.
The component of the rocket, thrown onto the beach a few dozen kilometers from the Romanian city of Constanta, was found on the evening of January 15, the newspaper Zaire wrote. Local rescuers said that the object does not pose a danger, it was handed over to the Romanian military.
The Romanian Navy did not rule out that in the near future the passage may bring other similar “constituent elements” close to the coastal zone of Romania and other countries, but this does not pose a danger. “However, we recommend that citizens [hellip;], for their own safety, do not approach the detected objects and immediately notify the competent authorities,” the message says.
The self-propelled anti-aircraft gun system of land and sea-based “Pantsir-S1” was adopted in Russia in 2010. It can fire at ground, flood targets and manpower, as well as provide protection from all modern means of air attack. The Ministry of Defense mentioned that “Pantsir-C1” is on combat duty in the special operation zone.
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RAmzan Kadyrov admitted that the conflict in Ukraine can be called the Third World War Against the background of the conflict in Ukraine, problems are observed in European countries, Kadyrov believes. Russia has a “calm, working environment,” he added
If we consider the countries of Europe and NATO as the international community and participants in the conflict in Ukraine, then what is happening can be called the Third World War, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov believes.
“If we take those European states that are involved today in (the conflict in Ukraine.—RBC), this is NATO, the NATO bloc and other related states, if we call these <...> states by the world community, then we can say this is the Third World War,— he said (quoted by RIA Novosti).
Kadyrov also pointed out that there are problems in European countries. Rallies are held there, the leaders are removed, the head of Chechnya said, noting that in Russia, on the contrary, “there are no problems, the president holds meetings, meetings, conducts his work.”
He also mentioned that countries such as China, India and Pakistan are not involved in the conflict in Ukraine.
The United States, European countries and NATO, after the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, increased military assistance to Kiev, starting the supply of weapons and military equipment, but stated that they were not parties to the conflict. So, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, said that the EU is “not a belligerent party”: “This is not happening and will not happen.”
The fact that the United States will not take part in the conflict in Ukraine and introduce a no-fly zone there, said the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin. Washington, according to him, is concentrating on providing military assistance to Kiev and protecting NATO territory.
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The Russian authorities have repeatedly criticized Western military assistance to Ukraine. Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov pointed out that “NATO has de facto already got into the Ukrainian conflict,” and the first deputy head of the presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, said that the military alliance is at war with Russia on the territory of Ukraine.
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In Berdyansk heard explosions, the authorities announced the work of the air defense, the German Foreign Minister called for the creation of a tribunal in The Hague to investigate Russia’s actions in Ukraine. The main thing about the special operation is in the RBC material *
The main thing is by 21:35 Moscow time
In Berdyansk (a part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Russia) there were “two loud explosions”, said the representative of the regional administration Vladimir Rogov in the telegram channel. Later, he clarified that, according to preliminary data, it was the Russian air defense that struck Ukrainian kamikaze drones.
Russia’s actions in Ukraine should be investigated by a special tribunal in The Hague, in addition, the fundamental document of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should be adapted to bring Moscow to justice, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said.
Mobile communications from Russian operators work in all four new regions: in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as in the Kherson region and the Zaporozhye region. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Ministry of Finance Dmitry Kim.
A French volunteer, former soldier Adrian Boke, who covered the events in the Donbass, explained to RBC his request to give him political asylum in Russia by the fact that, having returned to France, he found himself “trapped”. “I returned to my country in July and unfortunately fell into a trap. I was imprisoned and tortured by the Frenchthe police, then at the end of September, an attempt was made on me with a knife in Istanbul, organized by the SBU agents,” Boke said. In his opinion, he is no longer safe in any country in the world except Russia.
Chronicle of military operations
Supplies of foreign weapons to Ukraine
What sanctions have been imposed against Russia
Vladimir Putin’s emergency appeal
What preceded the military operation
Latest news about the military operation
The number of victims of the collapse of part of the house in Dnipro, which occurred after the shelling on January 14, reached 40 people, among them three children, the Ukrainian state emergency Service reports.
Dmitry Peskov commented on the missile hitting an apartment building in the Dnieper. “The Russian armed forces do not strike residential buildings. Strikes are carried out on military targets. What happened in the Dnieper was the result of the action of an air defense missile,” he said.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal announced the signing of a memorandum with the EU on providing Kiev with macro-financial assistance from Brussels for $18 billion in 2023. The first tranche of €3 billion is expected by the Ukrainian government this week.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed Ankara’s readiness to assist and mediate to ensure long-term peace between Russia and Ukraine. According to the office of the Turkish leader, Erdogan said this in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The leaders also discussed the exchange of prisoners with Ukraine, the export of Ukrainian grain and the creation of a gas hub in Turkey.
Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky on the air of the TV channel “Crimea 24” said that it would not be possible to quickly take Zaporozhye from the Russian army. “Very large events will be needed. In the fight for safe streets, a lot of mine clearance will have to be done,” Balitsky is quoted by the TASS news agency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization in the country, mobilization activities began on September 21. Mobilization is necessary, according to Putin, to protect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Russia, to ensure the security of the people and “people in the liberated territories”.
Only those citizens who are in the reserve, and above all those who have served in the ranks of the Armed Forces, have certain military accounting specialties and relevant experience, are subject to mobilization. Those called up for service before being sent to the unit will necessarily undergo additional military training “taking into account the experience of a special military operation”. Citizens who will be called up as part of the mobilization will receive the status, payments and social guarantees of contract employees, the president said.
The head of the Defense Ministry, Sergei Shoigu, said that as part of the partial mobilization in Russia, it was planned to call up 300 thousand people in reserve. At the same time, he assured that students would not be involved in mobilization, and conscripts would continue to serve in Russia.
September 21 Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu called the volume of losses in the special operation. According to him, Russia’s losses amounted to 5,937 people. Ukraine since the beginning of the special operation has lost more than 100 thousand people—61207 dead and 49368 wounded— this is half of its original army.
Chronicle of military operations
December 1st The Russian Defense Ministry reported that during the offensive, the settlement of Kurdyumovka (south of Artemovsk/Bakhmut) was taken under full control.
November 30th The Ministry of Defense reported that during the offensive in the Donetsk direction, the settlements of Belogorovka and Pershe Travnya were occupied (the Ukrainian authorities renamed it Ozaryanovka). Later that day, the Ministry of Defense announced the establishment of full control over the settlement of Andreevka (located south of Artemovsk) in the DPR.
November 18 The Ministry of Defense officially announced the occupation of the village of Opytne south of Avdiivka.
November 14th The Russian Defense Ministry reported that after persistent fighting, Russian troops completely occupied the village of Pavlovka (south of Ugledar) in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
October 18 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Russian army captured the settlement of Gorobevka, Kharkiv region (northeast of Kupyansk).
October 7th The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported that the settlements of Otradovka, Veselaya Dolina and Zaitsevo are occupied in the Bakhmut area. The Russian Defense Ministry reported on the occupation of Zaitsevo the day before.
September 22 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the grouping of the DPR and LPR troops with the fire support of the Russian Armed Forces occupied the settlement of Zhovanka (south of Bakhmut).
September 15th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the servicemen of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics took control of the village of Mayorsk, fire support in this was provided by Russian troops. The village of Mayorsk is located on the northern outskirts of the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk region. In this area there was one of the checkpoints of entry and exit from the DPR to the territory of Ukraine. The headquarters of the Republic’s Defense Ministry also published a map according to which further advance of troops is planned to continue northward in the direction of Bakhmut.
September 14th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of the settlements of Nikolaevka and Nikolaevka Two south of Bakhmut.
September 10th The Russian Defense Ministry announced an operation to curtail and transfer the Izyumsko-Balakleya group of troops to the territory of the DPR.
September 7th The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of Kodema (southeast of Bakhmut/Artemovsk). According to the statement of the defense Ministry, the Ukrainian troops have not carried out any offensives over the past day.
September 6th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of two more settlements. We are talking about Vremevka and Novopol (to the west of Velikaya Novoselka).
On this day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on the ongoing attempts of the Ukrainian army to attack in certain areas of the Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog direction.
September 2nd Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu confirmed that Ukraine continues to attempt to conduct an offensive in Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog and other directions. According to the minister, “the enemy is suffering significant losses.”
September 1st The Ministry of Defense reported on the landings of Ukrainian troops in the area of the Zaporozhye NPP. One landing party on seven boats consisting of two groups of 60 people landed at about 06:00 Moscow time on the coast of the Kakhovsky reservoir 3 km northeast of the station. They were blocked by Russian forces with the help of army aviation helicopters. Three people from the group were captured in the evening, part ofthe servicemen continued to resist, some died. The second group left Nikopol on two self-propelled barges and tried to disembark at about 07:00 Moscow time a few kilometers from the NPP, but was, according to the defense department, sunk along with the barges as a result of shelling. This group, presumably, was sent to the NPP as reinforcements for the first landing.
On the same day, the Ministry of Defense announced two new attempts of the offensive by Ukrainian forces: in the southern direction, in the area of Nikolaev and near Kharkov. According to the defense ministry, the Ukrainians failed to achieve success.
August 31 The Ministry of Defense again reported on the attempts of attacks by Ukrainian troops in the Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog direction. The APU attacked the settlements of Arkhangelsk, Olgino and Ternovye Pody, the attacks were repulsed, the APU suffered significant losses and were repulsed.
August 29 and 30 The Ministry of Defense reported on the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of the country: in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, as well as from the Krivoy Rog. The Russian military repulsed the attacks, reported the defeat of the advancing units, numerous losses among the Ukrainian troops and a significant amount of destroyed equipment. Statements of the Ministry of Defense about the Ukrainian offensiveThey appeared after the CNN publication about the preparation by the Ukrainian side of the necessary conditions for a serious counteroffensive. Initially, Zelensky’s office denied reports appearing in the media about plans for an offensive in the south of the country, but then the press secretary of the Southern Military Command of Ukraine Natalia Gumenyuk confirmed them.
August 24 The Ministry of Defense reported on how many Ukrainian weapons were destroyed by the Russian military during the six months of the special operation. Among them are 268 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1803 drones, 369 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4382 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 819 multiple rocket launchers, 3339 field artillery and mortars, as well as 5034 units of special military vehicles.
August 23 The Russian military came to the administrative border of the Mykolaiv region, the Ministry of Defense reported. According to the department, they managed to establish control over the territory of the region with an area of 12 sq. km. The Ministry announced that it had taken control of 36 sq. km of the territory of the Kherson region, including the village of Komsomolskoye.
August 21 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the liberation of the village of Peski near Donetsk; the Russian Defense Ministry declared full control over the settlement a week ago.
August 18 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the grouping of troops of the Donbass republics “with the fire support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” liberated 270 settlements on the territory of the republic, including Zaitsevo and Dacha (both located north of Gorlovka).
August 17th The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported control over the settlement of Vershina (southwest of Artemovsk/Bakhmut).
August 14 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the settlement of Udy in the Kharkiv region.
August 13 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the village of Peski (west of Donetsk).
August 3 The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported the occupation of the settlements of Travnevoye and Semigorye (south of Artemovsk/Bakhmut).
July 29 The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported control over the villages of Klinove and Pokrovskoye (east of Bakhmut).
July 26 Assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LNR Vitaly Kiselyov reported on the occupation of the Uglegorskaya TPP, which is located opposite Svetlodarsk (east of Bakhmut/Artemovsk).
On this day Kiselyov announced the occupation of Novoluganskoye (east of Bakhmut/Artemovsk).
On July 20, the DPR territorial defense headquarters announced the occupation of the village of Berestovoye (north of Soledar).
July 19 The DPR territorial defense headquarters announced the occupation of the village of Staromayorskoye (south of Velikaya Novoselka).
July 14 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the settlements of Stryapovka and Novaya Kamenka (east of Soledar).
July 14 The Territorial Defense Headquarters reported that the People’s Militia of the DPR, with the support of the Russian army, occupied the following settlements: Novodonetsky, Neskuchnoye, Oktyabr (south of Velikaya Novoselka), Mironovka, Krasny Plowman, Companies, Vidrodzhennya, Copper Ore (east of Artemovsk/Bakhmut) and Kamenka (north of Avdiivka).
July 13 Assistant Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov told the TASS news agency that the People’s Militia forces entered the city limits of Soledar (south of Lisichansk). Earlier, TASS, with reference to Kiselyov, reported on the beginning of the fighting for Seversk.
July 12 The Russian Defense Ministry has accused the Ukrainian military of mining bridges across the Seversky Donets River in the village of Nikolaevka (DPR). “They intend to blow them up and, according to an already worked-out scenario with wide coverage in the Ukrainian and Western media, accuse the Russian armed forces of allegedly indiscriminate strikes on critical transport infrastructure facilities,” the report says.
Then, July 12, the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik said that the units of the People’s Militia will continue the offensive, as Ukrainian troops continue to shell the territory of the republic. “The units of the People’s Militia of the LPR will be forced to continue our movement forward in order to push the enemy to a safe distance so that their equipment and weapons, ammunition do not reach our territory,” the Lugansk Information Center quotes him.
July 11 The official representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko, announced the capture by the forces of the republics of Donbass of the settlements of Vladimirovka and Tripolye in the DPR (east of Soledar).
July 10th The LPR ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik said that the troops continue to attack the city of Seversk in the DPR. He also told about the capture of the village of Grigorovka.
July 6 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported the occupation of the settlement of Disputable (east of Seversk).
July 3 Sergei Shoigu reported to Vladimir Putin that the Russian Armed Forces, together with units of the People’s Militia of the Luhansk People’s Republic, have established full control over the city of Lisichansk.
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July 2 The Ministry of Defense reported that as a result of successful offensive actions, the troops of the group “Center” under the command of Colonel-General Alexander Lapin captured the settlements of Verkhnekamenka, Zolotarevka, Belogorovka. In addition, the settlements of Novodruzhesk, Maloryazantsevo and Belaya Gora were occupied.
July 1st The Ministry of Defense reported on the advance of the Russian Armed Forces and the formations of the LPR and DPR near Lisichansk and their exit directly to the city. The Lisichansk oil refinery, the Matrosskaya mine, the gelatin plant, as well as the village of Topolevka were taken under control.
On this day, a representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR reported on the occupation of the villages of Privolye and Shipilovka (west of Lisichansk).
On the afternoon of June 30, the DPR territorial defense headquarters announced the occupation of the village of Sidorovo (located south of Svyatogorsk).
On the morning of June 30, the Ministry of Defense announced the withdrawal of the garrison from Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea as a step of goodwill.
June 27 Assistant to the Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov said on the air of the TV channel “Russia 24” that the republican forces and the Russian military have completed the sweep of Volcheyarovka (a village southwest of Lisichansk).
June 26 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation Severodonetsk and nearby localities (including Voronovo and Borovskoye).
June 24 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that as a result of successful offensive actions by a group of Russian troops in the Luhansk direction, the settlements of Loskutovka, Podlesnoye, Mirnaya Dolina, Shchebkaryor, Vrubovka, Nyrkovo, Nikolaevka, Novoivanovka, Ustinovka and Rai-Alexandrovka were liberated in five days.
On June 24, the representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR, Andrei Marochko, told Interfax about full control over settlements Zolotoye and Gorskoye (east of Lisichansk).
Photo: Ilya Pitalev/RIA Novosti
June 23 Andrei Marochko on the air of the TV channel “Russia 1” said that the forces of the LPR and Russian units entered the village of Katerinovka (southwest of Zolotoye).
On this day, the LNR Ambassador to Russia Rodion Miroshnik reported on the cleaning of the village of Loskutovka (south of Lisichansk).
June 22 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the village of Metelkino (near Severodonetsk).
June 20 Assistant to the Interior Minister of the LPR Vitaly Kiselyov announced the occupation of the village of Toshkovka (southeast of Lisichansk).
June 10 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that the People’s Militia, with the fire support of the Russian army, established full control over four villages: Tripolye, Vladimirovka, Stavki and Lipovoe.
June 7 Sergei Shoigu reported on the occupation of Svyatogorsk, Yampol, Drobyshevo, Yarovaya, Kirovsk, as well as residential quarters Severodonetsk.
June 6 The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported on the establishment of control over the settlements of Pokrovskoye and Zeleny Guy (in the area of Ugledar).
June 3rd the headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported on the establishment of control over the settlements of Yarovaya and Shchurovo.
May 30 The DPR authorities reported the advance of the People’s Militia to Slavyansk and the occupation of the settlements of Dibrova and Old Caravan (west of the Estuary).
May 28 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the city of Krasny Liman (Estuary) in the Donetsk region was taken under control by the Russian military.
On May 24, the flag of Russia was raised over the city hall building Svetlodarsk (northeast of Gorlovka).
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On May 21, Ukrainian units defending the Azovstal metallurgical plant surrendered in Mariupol.
Photo: Alexey Kudenko/RIA Novosti
Mariupol was blocked by Russian troops and the People’s Militia of the DPR on February 28. A month later, Ukrainian units, including the Azov regiment (its symbols are recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), were blocked on the territory of the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant. It was decided to abandon the storming of the plant with numerous underground structures. Attempts by the Ukrainian military to evacuate the blocked units ended in failure, after which negotiations on surrender began.
May 17 A representative of the People’s Militia of the LPR reported that the units of the republic managed to occupy the village of Orekhovo (east of the city of Zolotoe).
May 16 parts of the LPR occupied the village of Novozvanivka (north of the town of Popasnaya).
May 12 The Defense Ministry of the LPR reported that the People’s Militia pushed Ukrainian servicemen away from Popasnaya.
How Popasnaya suffered in the LPR from the fighting. Video
May 11 The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that during the joint offensive of the People’s Militia of the LPR and the Akhmat unit, the settlements of Yuzhny and Voevodovka, the gunpowder factory Zarya, as well as several suburban settlements to the north and northwest of Severodonetsk were occupied.
May 5th The People’s Militia of the DPR occupied the village of Troitskoye, from which the shelling of Gorlovka was conducted.
April 25 The People’s Militia of the LPR reported the occupation of the village of Novotoshkovskoye (northeast of Popasnaya).
April 16 The Ministry of Defense announced the taking under control of the Ilyich Metallurgical Plant in Mariupol.
April 11 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the occupation of the village of Kamenka in the Kharkiv region. The military department noted that it was “one of the most fortified defense lines in the Izyumsky district”.
April 1st in Ukraine, the first publications appeared about the discovery of the bodies of civilians in the city of Bucha Kiev region, which was previously abandoned by Russian troops. Then Kiev announced the death of hundreds of residents of Bucha and blamed the incident on Russian servicemen. In Moscow, the incident was called a staging, pointing out a number of inconsistencies. After the events in Bucha, the negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine was actually frozen.
March 31 The Ministry of Defense announced the full occupation of the settlement of Zolotaya Niva. Russian units crossed the Kashlagach River.
On this day, the LNR units completed the cleanup of the Zhitlovka.
On March 29, the Russian army began to leave Kiev, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The Kremlin called it a gesture of goodwill in the interests of the negotiation process.
During March, negotiations were held between the delegations of Russia and Ukraine. Initially, the meetings were held in Belarus, and the last meeting was held in Istanbul on March 29. According to its results, the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, announced the coordination of a number of positions, and Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin promised a drastic reduction in military activity in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions.
March 28 The People’s Militia of the LPR captured the settlements of Ivanovka, Novosadovoye, having reached the border of Novolyublino— Terny.
March 25 The Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of the settlements of Batmanka, Mikhaylovka, Krasny Partizan, Stavki and Troitskoye.
March 24 The Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian armed forces took full control of the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region.
March 22 The Ministry of Defense announced the loss of Kiev’s control over ten settlements. The Russian military occupied the village of Urozhnoye in the Donetsk region, the forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic took four settlements: Slavnoye, Trudovskoy, Chelyuskintsev Mine and Maryinka. Five more Ukrainian settlements came under the control of the People’s Militia of the LPR: Kalinovo, Novoaleksandrovka, Stepnoye and Boguslavskoye.
March 13 The Russian Armed Forces have established full control over the settlements of Pavlovka, Nikolskoye, Blagodatnoye, Vodianovka, Vladimirovka.
March 11 The People’s Militia of the DPR seized Volnovakha.
March 9 inThe Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Russian armed forces took control of the settlements of Krasnaya Polyana and Stepnoye. The People’s Militia of the LPR occupied Grachevo, the People’s Militia of the DPR – Signal, Taramchuk, Elenovka and Trudovoye.
March 4 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the People’s Militia of the LPR occupied several settlements: Shandrigolovo, Alexandrovka, Derilovo, Srednoye, Lozove. The People’s Militia of the DPR occupied four settlements: Rozovka, Truzhenka, Znamenovka and Potbellied. Russian troops occupied several settlements in the Zaporozhye region, including the city of Canopies.
March 3 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of the city of Balakleya (Kharkiv region). In addition, Russian troops took control of several settlements in the Zaporozhye region, including Blue Mountain, Sweet Beam, Ilchenkovo. The DPR forces surrounding Mariupol occupied the village of Vodiane, as well as Sartana and Vinogradnoye.
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March 2 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the establishment of control over Kherson, as well as Vasilevka and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region). In the Luhansk region, the People’s Militia of the LPR established control over the cities of Starobilsk and Svatovo, as well as the district center of Novoaydar.
February 27 The Russian Defense Ministry announced the blocking of Kherson and Berdyansk, as well as about the lesson Genicheska (Kherson region). The People’s Militia of the LPR occupied the settlements of Novoakhtyrka, Smolyaninovo (east of Severodonetsk), the Village of Lugansk.
February 26 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian troops took full control overnight Melitopol.
On February 25, the Ministry of Defense announced the occupation of Snake Island in the Odessa region of Ukraine. The Snake garrison laid down their arms.
February 24 The Border Service of Ukraine reported attacks and shelling along the entire border from the Zhytomyr region (bordering only with Belarus) to Lugansk, as well as from the Crimea. Military facilities throughout the territory of Ukraine were subjected to rocket attacks. Later it became known that the Russian army crossed the border in Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Kherson regions. At the same time, the People’s Militia of the LPR launched attacks on the cities of Happiness and Stanytsia Luhanska to the north of Lugansk, and the People’s Militia of the DPR launched an offensive on Mariupol and Volnovakha.
At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.
Supplies of foreign weapons to Ukraine
NATO countries and their allies have been increasing arms supplies to Kiev since the beginning of the special operation. If initially we were talking about helmets, bulletproof vests, unmanned aerial vehicles (Turkish Bayraktar), then they began to send old Soviet weapons to Ukraine, which were still stored in warehouses in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.
Over time, Ukraine began to supply weapons that were produced in NATO countries and Australia. It was about armored vehicles (British Saxon, Australian Bushmaster), anti-tank complexes (Javelin, NLAW), artillery installations (French Caesar, American HIMARS).
You can read more about military supplies to Ukraine here.
What sanctions have been imposed against Russia
Packages of sanctions against Russia began to be introduced even before the start of the special operation in Ukraine, after the recognition of the DPR and LPR. The restrictions were announced by the USA, Canada, the EU, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Switzerland, Iceland and a number of other countries.
There were six waves of sanctions in total. The United States, the United Kingdom, and the EU stated that they were coordinating efforts to weaken the Russian economy, but restrictions were not always imposed synchronously. There were also certain differences, which in the West were explained by the unwillingness to harm their own economies. There were also differences in personal sanctions. For example, the United States imposed restrictions on 663 people, and the United Kingdom imposed restrictions on more than 1,000 businessmen, politicians, military personnel, media employees, people who were considered close to Putin in London.
The first The wave concerned banks financing the military industry, State Duma deputies who supported the recognition of the DPR and LPR. VEB, which is the lender of many companies, the operator of national projects, the curator of other development institutions and the manager of pension savings of almost 40 million Russians, also came under sanctions.
The second wave of sanctions it began after the start of the special operation. The UK has imposed restrictions on 100 individuals and companies, including VTB, Rostec and Aeroflot. The amounts of deposits and deposits for Russian citizens in UK banks were limited to 50 thousand US dollars. All transactions with new debt obligations with a maturity of more than 14 days were limited to a number of companies (including Gazprom, Russian Railways, Alfa-Bank). Personal sanctions affected Vladimir Putin, Sergey Lavrov, Sergei Shoigu.
The EU has imposed restrictions, including against Russian Railways, Uralvagonzavod, KAMAZ, Alfa-Bank, Otkritie, Bank of Russia and Promsvyazbank. Banks were banned from selling euro-denominated securities to clients from Russia, as well as from listing shares of any Russian state-owned companies (with a state share of over 50%) on European exchanges. In addition, insurance of Russian aircraft was banned, and a ban was imposed on the sale and leasing of airliners, spare parts and equipment to Russian airlines.
By March 10, the EU, the United Kingdom, Bosnia, Norway, the United States, Switzerland, Montenegro, and the United Kingdom had closed the airspace for Russian aircraft. A little later, Canada did it too. A number of airlines refused flights to Russia.
The third wave of sanctions it began on February 26. The reserves of the Bank of Russia in the G7 countries were frozen, five banks were disconnected from the SWIFT system. The UK has closed ports for Russian ships, as well as exports of high-tech goods to Russia. On the territory of the EU and the UK, the assets of a number of businessmen were frozen, including Igor Sechin, Mikhail Fridman, Peter Aven.
On March 2, the EU banned the sale, supply, transfer and export of euro banknotes to Russia.
On March 8, the United States announced a ban on oil, gas and coal supplies from Russia.
Since March 10, Visa and Mastercard have stopped working in Russia. The owners of Russian cards of these payment systems have lost the opportunity to pay with them outside the country or pay for purchases in foreign stores.
On March 10, the UK imposed sanctions, including against Roman Abramovich, Andrei Kostin, Oleg Deripaska. Their assets were frozen, British citizens were banned from cooperating with them.
On March 11, the United States banned the supply of dollar bills to Russia, the import of alcohol and seafood from Russia.
On March 12, Bermuda cancelled the flight certificates of 740 aircraft registered there by Russian airlines.
The fourth wave of sanctions it began on March 15. The import of Russian steel products into the EU was banned, and the export of luxury goods to Russia was banned.
On April 4, the United States banned Russia from using reserves frozen in the United States for payments on public debt.
On April 5, was announcedanother package of EU sanctions. So, the EU banned the import of Russian coal, transactions with major banks. Russian ships were banned from entering EU ports (an exception was made for carriers of food, humanitarian and energy goods).
On April 6, the United States banned citizens from doing business with Alfa-Bank and Sberbank, as well as new investments in Russia.
On April 9, the EU restricted the import of fertilizers from Russia.
On April 11, the EU Flight Safety Committee added 21 Russian airlines to the list of carriers that are prohibited or restricted from flying within the EU, since these carriers do not comply with international safety standards.
On April 12, the UK banned the import of Russian cast iron and steel.
On June 3, the EU announced the sixth package of sanctions. The restrictions included KAMAZ, Tatneft, and the National Settlement Depository. Sberbank, Rosselkhoznadzor, and ICD were disconnected from SWIFT. In addition, the EU promised to abandon the import of Russian oil within six months, and from the import of petroleum products within eight months.
The EU has been discussing the sixth package of sanctions for more than a month. Several countries indicated that they were not ready to go for a hard rejection of Russian energy carriers, as this would deal a serious blow to their economies.
On June 16, the UK imposed sanctions, including against Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.
On June 28, the United States imposed a ban on the import of Russian gold.
On July 8, Canada imposed sanctions on Patriarch Kirill. In addition, Roskomnadzor, the Regnum news agency, and Ekaterina Andreeva, the presenter of Channel One, were subject to restrictions.
Vladimir Putin’s emergency appeal
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made an emergency appeal on the morning of February 24 and announced the start of a special military operation in the Donbass. “Its [operation] goal is to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years,” he stressed.
According to him, Russia cannot feel safe and exist with a constant threat from Ukraine. He stressed that the military operation in Donbass will be carried out in accordance with the UN Charter, the decision of the Federation Council and agreements with the DPR and LPR.
What preceded the military operation
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WithSenator Kosachev called incorrect the formulation of the question from the EC about flights over Siberia, the senator considered incorrect the very formulation of the issue of royalties for flights on trans-Siberian routes, since the West and Russia have imposed mutual restrictions. A similar payment system operates in other geographically large countries
Russia continued to charge for flights over Siberia, as Brussels did not allow Russian airlines on domestic flights of the European Union. This was stated by the Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev in his telegram channel.
“After joining the WTO [The World Trade Organization] Russia was ready to review the mechanism of trans-Siberian royalties, but the agreement between Russia and the EU has not entered into force. Brussels has not fulfilled its promise to allow Russian airlines on EU domestic flights,” Kosachev wrote.
Another reason, he said, was the EU’s decision to maintain a system of trading greenhouse gas quotas for aircraft. “This is fair, because foreign planes emit CO2 into our airspace, polluting the atmosphere,” the senator noted.
Kosachev also considered incorrect the very formulation of the question of the cancellation of payment for the right of passage on Trans-Siberian routes. As Kosachev explained, a similar practice is used in one form or another in other geographically large countries, for example in Canada or China. Russia directs royalties to the modernization of infrastructure, since its equipment is used when an aircraft flies over its territory.
The head of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation, Andrei Klishas, added that “the very statement of the question by “non-friends” that the European Commission is demanding something from Russia “sounds comical”. “Let them better say thank you to Russia that they can still fly over Ukraine,” Klishas summed up.
Henrik Hololey, head of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Transport, said earlier that if Russian airspace is reopened to European airlines, royalties for flights over Siberia should be canceled.
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After the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the EU, the USA and Canada closed their skies to Russian airlines. As a retaliatory measure, Russia has banned flights by planes from 36 countries without special permission from the Federal Air Transport Agency or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Foreign airlines flying between Europe and Asia use routes through Russia, flying over Siberia, to shorten the way. The fee for this has been charged since the 1970s, most of it is received by Aeroflot. In 2020, due to the pandemic, the airline lost about $250 million, Vedomosti wrote.
In early December, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), William Walsh, said that the West should reconsider its views and prepare for the resumption of flights through Russian airspace. According to him, in 2023, Chinese airlines will have an advantage over British Airways, whose flights may be delayed for several hours due to bypassing the Russian sky.
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