CBS: in total, about 20 secret documents were found at the US President Biden’s residence, about 10 secret documents were found, and among about a dozen papers found in the office of the US president in the analytical center there are also top-secret materials
Joe Biden
About ten documents marked “secret” were found at the residence of US President Joe Biden in Delaware, so the total number of materials found there and at the Penn Biden Center analytical center is about 20, CBS News reports, citing a representative of federal law enforcement agencies familiar with the investigation,
According to the TV channel, among the documents found in the presidential residence, there were no materials classified as “top secret”, which is the highest level of classification. At the same time, there were top-secret documents among the documents found in the analytical center. As CBS notes, the leak of top-secret information can cause “exceptionally serious damage”.
About ten secret documents were found in Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Center in November last year, the TV channel reported on January 10. According to CNN, they related to the period of his work as vice president under the administration of Barack Obama in 2013–2016. Among the papers were American intelligence reports and briefing materials related to Ukraine, Iran and the UK. Biden was surprised that they were found there.
Two days later, Biden’s aides found a second batch of classified documents, this time at his home in Delaware. The president himself publicly admitted that they were stored in a closed garage.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on the same day appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the incident. He became Robert Hur, who previously served as deputy Attorney General, and in 2018 was appointed by the previous US President Donald Trump as the chief prosecutor of the state of Maryland (left office in 2021).
The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy, called on Congress to investigate the appearance of secret documents in the garage and office of President Joe Biden. However, a member of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party, Marjorie Taylor Green, said that the appointment of a special prosecutor would actually close access to the materials to Congress.
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However, later the House Judiciary Committee began investigating the incident. The committee’s decision to lead the investigation was announced in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland by its chairman, Republican Jim Jordan. A copy of the appeal was published on the committee’s Twitter page.
“We are overseeing the actions of the Department of Justice regarding former Vice President Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, including the apparently unauthorized storage of classified materials in a private office in Washington and in the garage of his residence in Wilmington (Delaware)”raquo;,” the letter says.
The White House expressed confidence that the documents got into Biden’s office at the Penn Biden Centre and his residence “unintentionally”, and promised to cooperate closely in the investigation.
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Inlast reported the second series of explosions in Kiev in the morning For the first time in more than 10 days, the authorities of Kiev and the region reported attacks on critical infrastructure
Vitali Klitschko
In Kiev, an air alert was announced for the second time in the morning, according to the telegram channel of the city military administration. The authorities announced a missile attack on the capital. According to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, explosions are heard in the Dnipro district of the city. He also said that in the Goloseevsky district in the south-west of Kiev, rocket fragments fell on an uninhabited territory, no one was injured.
The deputy head of the office of the President of Ukraine, Kirill Tymoshenko, said that an object of critical infrastructure was attacked. The military administration of the city confirmed this.
The head of the office of the Ukrainian president, Andriy Ermak, urged residents not to ignore the alarms. A number of Ukrainian media outlets, including Hromadske, write about the explosions.ua and others. An air alert has also been declared in the Chernihiv region.
A few hours earlier, the head of the military administration of the Kiev region, Alexey Kuleba, reported that a fire had occurred at one of the critical infrastructure facilities. The deputy commander of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Alexander Pavlyuk, at the same time said that the explosions in Kiev and the region are not related to military operations.
On the morning of January 14, the Industrial district of Kharkiv was also subjected to missile strikes. According to Mayor Igor Terekhov, their target was infrastructure facilities. Explosions were also heard in the regional center of the Zaporozhye region – the city of Zaporozhye. In the Mykolaiv region, the city of Ochakov came under fire, the head of the regional administration Vitaly Kim said. There was a fire at one of the objects of civil infrastructure: a garage, two cars caught fire, windows in a multi-storey building were damaged.
In the first days of the month, the Ukrainian authorities reported several times about the shelling of Kiev. So, explosions in the city thundered on the night of January 1, 2 and 3, after which emergency power outages were introduced in the capital. Klitschko said that some heat supply facilities were de-energized.
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On January 11, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov as the commander of the joint group of troops in Ukraine. The former commander-in-chief Sergei Surovikin became his deputy along with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces Oleg Salyukov and Deputy Chief of the General Staff Alexei Kim. In the Ministry of Defensethey reported that we are talking about increasing the level of leadership of the military operation in Ukraine, and explained this decision by expanding the scale of the tasks being solved during its implementation, the need to organize closer interaction of the armed forces and improving the quality of providing troops and the effectiveness of managing groups of troops.
Since October 2022, Russia has been attacking the military administration and energy facilities of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin explained this as a response to Kiev’s actions. One of the last such attacks, reported by the Ministry of Defense, occurred on December 31: the department announced strikes on objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine involved in the production of unmanned vehicles, as well as parking, storage and launch of attack drones.
On January 8, the Russian military department reported that after the end of the truce regime imposed on Christmas Day on behalf of Putin, rocket and artillery strikes were carried out in various directions, as a result of which firing positions, manpower and enemy warehouses were hit.
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Rogov in St. Petersburg announced the decision of the “fate and scenario” of the military operation, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Zaporozhye administration, said that he had arrived in St. Petersburg, where, according to him, now “to some extent” the fate of Russia and the future of the military operation is being decided
Vladimir Rogov
Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, said in his telegram channel that he was in St. Petersburg, where, according to him, the future of the military operation in Ukraine was being decided.
“A few hours ago I did not even imagine that I would be forced to celebrate the Old New Year.”..> in St. Petersburg. The fate of our Motherland has been determined many times in Northern Palmyra. To some extent, it is being solved now. At least—the fate of his, more precisely— according to which scenario the special operation will be carried out further—, — he wrote. Rogov did not give any other details.
The newspaper Vedomosti previously wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin may come to St. Petersburg in mid-January to take part in events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the breakout of the siege of Leningrad. Experts in a conversation with the publication noted that his public appearance is “inevitably connected” with the basic agenda of the military operation. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not confirm whether Putin would visit the city, but promised that the Kremlin would “promptly inform about [his] regional trips”.
On January 11, Russia reshuffled the leadership of the military operation in Ukraine: Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu appointed the head of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov as commander of the joint group of troops. The former commander, Sergei Surovikin, became his deputy along with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces, Oleg Salyukov, and Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Alexei Kim.
The Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin said that the change of leadership is connected with the expansion of the scale of the tasks of combat operations. Peskov pointed out at the same time that the goals of the military operation do not change: the Russian authorities are still striving for the “liberation of the LPR and the DPR within the borders of 2014”. Among other goals, Putin called “demilitarization” and”Denazification” of Ukraine. On January 9, at a meeting with the government, Putin demanded to solve the problems of residents of the regions annexed to Russia (DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions), “without postponing for later”, despite the ongoing hostilities there.
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WithThe Brazilian UD included Bolsonara among the defendants in the investigation of the storming of state power buildings, the Brazilian Prosecutor General’s Office considered that Jair Bolsonaro “committed an act of inciting the public to commit crimes.” The court granted the request of the department to include the ex-president in the list of defendants in the case of riots
Ex-President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro
The Federal Supreme Court of Brazil has included former President Jair Bolsonara in the list of persons involved in the investigation of riots in the capital, CNN Brasil reports.
Earlier, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Brazil applied to the court with a corresponding petition. Thus, the court granted the request of the department.
According to CNN Brasil, the former president posted a video on his Facebook profile (owned by Meta, which is recognized as extremist and whose activities are banned in Russia) in which he questions the results of the elections in which he lost to Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.
According to the prosecutor’s office, Bolsonaro “committed an act of inciting the public to commit crimes, which is a violation of Article 286 of the Criminal Code.”
“Civil servants (former and current) who continue to behave in this way, insidiously agreeing to the violation of democracy, will be held accountable,” Judge Alexander de Moraes said.
Bolsonaro won the presidential election at the end of October last year, losing by a narrow margin to Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. He acknowledged the results, but claimed numerous falsifications during the voting.
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On January 8, protests and riots broke out in the capital of Brazil with the participation of Bolsonaro supporters. They demanded to review the election results. The protesters began storming administrative buildings, including the Supreme Court, the presidential residence – the Planaltu Palace – and the National Congress. An emergency regime was declared in the city, hundreds of people were detained. On the same day, the situation was stabilized.
The next day, Bolsonaro said that the protesters had violated the law.”Peaceful demonstrations in a legitimate form are part of democracy. However, the robberies and break-ins in public buildings that occurred today <...>, violate the established order», — said.
Later, the ex-president of Brazil was hospitalized in the United States with abdominal pain. He was discharged on January 11.
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ToHow Russia and China can respond to the build-up of the combat capabilities of the Japanese army, Japan and the United States have agreed to strengthen strategic military cooperation in the Far East, indicating Russia and China as the main threats. These joint projects will require a response from Moscow, experts say
A US Army soldier watches Tokyo from a helicopter
On Friday, January 13, US President Joseph Biden received Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington. The conversation at the White House was about all the main issues of cooperation, one of the main topics was the strengthening of the military alliance of the two countries.
Kishida’s first visit to the United States since taking office as Prime Minister was preceded by intensive consultations between the heads of foreign policy and military departments of the two countries. They held talks in the 2+2 format on January 12 (the US was represented by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin, Japan by Foreign Minister Yoshimashi Hayashi and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada), after which the defense ministers met separately at the Pentagon.
The external threats that Japan and the United States intend to jointly respond to were named by the Pentagon: “China is becoming more assertive, Russia has invaded a sovereign state, and North Korea is developing nuclear weapons and their means of delivery,” and cooperation between Tokyo and Washington in these conditions remainsthe cornerstone”in ensuring the security of the Indo-Pacific region.
New division
Given the new challenges, the United States and Japan have agreed that the 12th Artillery Regiment of the U.S. Marine Corps deployed on Okinawa Island will remain in Japan and by 2025 will be reorganized into the 12th Coastal Marine Regiment (Marine Litteral Regiment, MLR). “We will equip this new unit with advanced intelligence gathering, surveillance and intelligence capabilities, as well asanti-ship weapons and vehicles that meet the needs of the current and future combat situation,” Austin explained.”These actions will strengthen deterrence in the region and allow us to protect Japan and its people more effectively.” He called the alliance’s decision to optimize American forces in Japan historic (quotes from the website of the US Department of Defense).
MLRS, consisting of 1,800–2,000 people, are able to quickly deploy small groups of marines on remote islands to defend against attacks and to support the US or allied fleets, The Japan Times points out. The commander of the US Marine Corps, David Berger, previously presented a plan for the reorganization of these forces, according to which the creation of MLR is one of his key areas. He also noted that the new units should work closely with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to prevent easy access of the Chinese army to various Pacific regions.
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Plans to create a new unit in Okinawa may cause protests by local residents who have been advocating for decades for a reduction in the American military presence on the island (now about 70% of American military facilities are located in this prefecture). In total, according to the US Department of Defense, there are about 50 thousand American servicemen in Japan. The appearance of a new unit will not increase this number, the ministry said in a statement.
The unit will receive a new NMESIS coastal missile system (Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, “The Expeditionary System of the Navy and Marine Corps to prohibit access”), which was developed by Raytheon Corporation and is designed to support the fleet with missile fire from shore. NMESIS complexes are equipped with Naval Strike Missile (NSM) anti-ship missiles of the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & amp; Aerospace, whose flight range reaches 185 km.
According to one of the US officials quoted by CNN, the reform of the unit in Okinawa and the creation of similar units in several other areas of the Pacific Ocean is one of the most significant adjustments in the location of the US Armed Forces in the region in recent years. It is due to the fact that the simulation of a military conflict,Conducted by the American Center for Strategic and International Studies, showed that the US military stationed in Japan, and in particular Okinawa, can play a decisive role if necessary to repel the PRC’s attack on Taiwan, providing the United States with advanced deployment and basing options.
Protection and cooperation in space
At the January talks, representatives of the two countries also concluded that an attack “in space or from space” could lead to the application of article 5 of the US-Japan security treaty, and an agreement on actions in outer space was signed. As Blinken explained, it “covers everything” from joint research to joint work on the moon landing of the first woman and a person with a non-white skin color.
The need for a commitment to jointly repel attacks from space and in space is due to growing concern about the rapid development of China’s space program and its development of hypersonic weapons, CNN explains. In the summer of 2022, China sent three astronauts to its almost completed space station.
“The space component is important for the security and prosperity of our alliance. We agree, as you have heard, that attacks in space or from space are a clear problem, and we argue that depending on the nature of these attacks, this may lead to the application of article 5 of the US-Japan security Treaty, Blinken confirmed. In accordance with this article of the agreement on mutual cooperation and security between Japan and the United States, concluded in 1960, the latter undertake to protect Japan from attacks by third parties.
US support for Japan’s record gain
In 2022, Japan updated the fundamental documents in the field of national security (National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy) and decided to double defense spending, which was the most serious strengthening of the self-defense forces since World War II. In particular, these documents specified in detail the possession of “retaliatory strike capabilities” that allow strikes against enemy military bases. Preemptive strikes are still prohibited.
As The Japan Times notes, in order to implement this decision, the Kishida government needs the support of a key ally, the United States. The American partners did not skimp on it during the negotiations. “We supported Japan’s decision to get the capabilities to resist a missile strike, informed that close coordination to obtain them will strengthen the alliance of the United States and Japan,” Austin told reporters after the meeting “2+2”.
Secretary Blinken said the U.S. welcomes Japan’s decision to double defense spending. According to Tokyo’s plan, they will grow from 1.24 to 2% of GDP by 2027. According to official data, in the 2022 fiscal year, the country plans to spend about $41.9 billion on defense (the next fiscal year will begin in April).
Attack restrictions
After the surrender of Japan in World War II, the country adopted a pacifist Constitution, according to which it is forbidden to have an army. “The Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation, as well as the threat or use of armed force as a means of resolving international disputes,” article 9 of the Basic Law says.
Defensive units have the official name “Self-Defense Forces”, but in many texts they are called the army. In the Global Firepower ranking, the Japanese armed forces occupy the eighth place in terms of power. Nevertheless, the Self-Defense Forces are subject to numerous restrictions, including a ban on offensive actions and preventive strikes.
The country’s sovereignty is ensured by the Security Guarantee Treaty with the United States, first signed in September 1951 and expanded and extended in 1960. Article 5 of this document states that “each party recognizes that an armed attack on any of the parties in the territories under the administration of Japan would be dangerous to its own peace and security, and declares that it will take actions to repel the general danger in accordance with its constitutional provisions and procedures.”».
Possible reaction of Russia
Experts interviewed by RBC are confident that the strengthening of Japan’s military power and its alliance with the United States requires retaliatory actions on the part of Moscow. “Of course, any strengthening of Japan poses a threat to Russia, given that we have a territorial dispute. We will have to fend it off. This will require financial and human resources,” Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, explained to RBC. In his opinion, Russia’s retaliatory actions will be taken in the unionwith China. “It is necessary to hold consultations with our regional partners, and probably not only with China, but also with North Korea. Some coordinated measures are quite possible so that they are more effective, so that there is a certain synergistic effect,” continues Pukhov. Nevertheless, Russia’s priority now remains a special military operation in Ukraine, and given that the risk of an attack from Japan remains low, resources should not be dispersed.
“The strengthening of Japan’s military potential certainly poses a threat to our country. Moreover, we must not forget that the United States supports Japanese claims to the Kuril Islands, does not recognize our sovereignty over the Southern Kuriles. In these conditions, strengthening the Pacific borders in the foreseeable future is a necessity,” military expert Yuri Lyamin noted. And this should be done in the coming years. He alsoHe recalled that the Japanese program is also designed to ensure that the country’s military potential will increase by 2030. In response, Russia needs to strengthen the Pacific Fleet, continue to strengthen coastal defense in the area of the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Kamchatka and Primorye, Lyamin concluded.
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MThe Ministry of Defense reported on the full occupation of Soledar, Volodin proposed to confiscate property for discrediting the army, the Federation Council said that this was possible. The main thing about the special operation is in the RBC material *
The main thing is by 21:45 Moscow time
The Russian Defense Ministry issued an explanation on the summary of the occupation of Soledar. It says that “offensive actions in this tactical direction, which ended with the defeat of the AFU, were carried out by a heterogeneous grouping of Russian troops according to a single plan and plan.” “As for the direct assault on the city blocks of Soledar occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, this combat task was successfully solved by the courageous and selfless actions of the volunteers of the assault detachments of the PMC Wagner.
The representative of the German government, Christiane Hoffman, said that the transfer of German-made tanks to Ukraine (we are talking about Leopard tanks) without German permission would be considered illegal. The consent of the federal government is required. These are the rules,” she said. Earlier, Poland and Finland announced the possible transfer of Leopard to Ukraine.
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian authorities should act so that citizens who left the country want to return. “They are all our citizens, all equally, and all could have had different reasons to leave. But the one who has not slipped into the path of a truly hostile attitude towards our country,”these are our citizens for whom we need to fight,” Peskov said (quoted by TASS).
In Berdyansk, the car of the head of the military-civil administration of the Berdyansk district, Alexey Nikolaevich Kichigin, was blown up. The telegram channel of the district administration reported that the official was not injured, as he noticed a suspicious object on the bottom of the official car in time.
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 Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the liberation of the city of Soledar was completed on the evening of January 12.
The Ministry of Defense noted during the capture of Soledar the actions of the airborne units, which “made a hidden maneuver”, successfully attacked the Ukrainian positions immediately, occupying the dominant heights, and blocked the city from the north and south sides. The military department claims that in the last three days alone, the losses of Ukrainian troops in the Soledar area exceeded 700 people.
The Ministry of Defense also reported that the establishment of control over Soledar makes it possible to cut off the supply of the Armed Forces in Artemovsk (Bakhmut), then block and take the remaining Ukrainian troops into the cauldron.
LNR Colonel Vitaly Kiselyov told the TASS news agency that about 300–400 people from the 46th and 77th airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to dislodge Russian units from Soledar, but the attack was unsuccessful.
Adviser to Rosenergoatom Renat Karchaa said in an interview with the TV channel Russia 24 that the Ukrainian military began to fire less frequently at the Zaporozhye NPP. At the same time, he noted that “the wildness is that it is impossible to shoot at a nuclear power plant at all.”
The mayor’s office of Shakhtersk (DPR) told the TASS news agency that 173 people have already been evacuated from Soledar to this city. It is expected that 108 more people, including children, will arrive there in the near future.
Lieutenant Colonel of the People’s Militia of the LPR Andrei Marochko said that the local MGB had opened a criminal case against an employee of the Obsedavid Orralls under the article “espionage”. It is alleged that the Briton led the technical monitoring group of the OSCE Luhansk team and at the same time, on the instructions of foreign intelligence services of one of the NATO countries, collected and transmitted information about the locations of positions, military equipment and weapons of the People’s Militia of the LPR.
The Verkhovna Rada has deprived Viktor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Renat Kuzmin and Andrei Derkach of their parliamentary mandates. Earlier, by the decree of Vladimir Zelensky, they were deprived of Ukrainian citizenship.
Secretary of the General Council of “United Russia” Andrey Turchak said that the postponement of mobilization for the fathers of three children remains. “The corresponding directive of the General Staff, issued in October, continues and will continue to operate. We worked out this issue with the Ministry of Defense in order to stop all speculation on this topic,” he wrote in his Telegram.
The use of military force by Kiev against Russia or Belarus or the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the countries from a legal point of view will be considered sufficient grounds for a collective response, Director of the second department of the CIS countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexei Polishchuk told TASS.
The military department reported strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Starch and Berestove (Kharkiv region), Grigorovka, Serebryanka, Poltava, Uspenovka (DPR).
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin proposed to introduce confiscation of property into criminal legislation for discrediting the armed forces and calls for extremism. According to him, the scoundrels who have moved abroad continue to publicly pour dirt on Russia, while in the country they still have real estate for rent, and their fees consist of funds from Russian citizens. According to the speaker, this expresses their sense of impunity, since they are sure that Russian agencies will not get them.
The head of the Federation Council Committee on Constitutional Legislation and state Construction Andrei Klishas considers it possible to include in the Criminal Code measures in the form of confiscation of property for insulting the armed forces, for this it is necessary to make appropriate amendments on the wording of the criminal offense.
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced the readiness of artillery units of the regional grouping of troops of the Union State. “Today, as part of the joint activities of the combat coordination of the regional grouping of troops (forces) of Belarus and Russia, artillery units of the 11th separate mechanized brigade are being prepared to perform tasks for their intended purpose,” RIA Novosti quotes the Belarusian Ministry of Defense.
The training of the Ukrainian military to work with American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles should begin next week, the United States expects to complete the training in weeks, not months, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said at a briefing.
The governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that in Shebekino, a total of 409 residential premises were destroyed as a result of Ukrainian shelling. “In 40% of cases, everything is completely restored. But the volume of restoration work is still very large. Only during the last shelling, 54 more residential premises were damaged,” he said in his Telegram.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization in the country, mobilization activities began on September 21. Mobilization is needed, 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 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 Defense Ministry of the Republic also published a map according to which 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 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 Berestove (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 battles 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..
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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 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 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.
May 24 The flag of Russia was raised over the city hall Svetlodarsk (northeast of Gorlovka).
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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 pushed Ukrainian servicemen away from Popasnaya.
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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 villages 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 in The 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.
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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 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, 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, Great Britain, 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 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 Poletaev, in response to Volodin’s idea of confiscation, recalled the logic of the Criminal Code To add an additional penalty in the form of confiscation of property to a number of articles of the Criminal Code, it is possible, but the logic of its construction should not be violated, Senator Vladimir Poletaev believes
Vladimir Poletaev
The Federation Council will promptly consider a legislative initiative to confiscate the property of those convicted of discrediting the armed forces, if it is introduced, but its provisions should not violate the logic of the construction of the Criminal Code. This was stated to RBC by Senator, first deputy head of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and state Construction of the Federation Council Vladimir Poletaev.
Earlier, the speaker of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin published a post in Telegram, in which he proposed to supplement the Criminal Code with a clause on the confiscation of property from those who moved abroad, but continues to “publicly pour dirt on Russia”. According to him, individual statements of such people can be regarded as the rehabilitation of Nazism, calls for extremism or discrediting the armed forces of Russia.
“Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin has the right of legislative initiative. If he prepares the relevant bill, we will definitely consider it carefully and promptly,” Volodin Poletaev commented on the statement.
“But in general, this will require changes in the articles of the Criminal Code. In theory, it is possible to add confiscation as an additional punishment, but for this you need to analyze the components of [crimes], correlate them with the severity, etc.,” the senator added.
He recalled that the articles of the Criminal Code should be correlated with each other. “If we have, for example, economic crimes, then, of course, confiscation of property is already prescribed in them. If we have such crimes as poaching, then there is also the confiscation of funds and objects that participated in poaching. That is, there is a logic of the construction of the Criminal Code, it should not change. We now have a fairly coherent system of building compositions, sanctions, and it should remain unified, there should be no fallout,” Poletaev stressed.
Earlier, Senator Sergey Tsekov proposed to confiscate the property of “all Russian citizens who have left the country and criticize it”. Commenting on the statement, the head of the Committee on Constitutional legislation and state Construction of the Federation Council Andrei Klishas called it shocking and stressed that it contradicts the Constitution.
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In addition, other proposals have been made at various times to impose restrictions on those who left Russia because of the special operation and mobilization. Volodin, for example, proposed to raise the tax rate for such citizens, and deputy Oleg Golikov proposed to limit the right to be elected to elective positions in municipal and state authorities of Russia, as well as the right to undergo civil service.
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Minust added Smolyaninov, Troitsky and former ROC cleric Kirsanov to the register of foreign agents. Lawyer Anatoly Fursov, former cleric of the Trinity Church of the village of Chashnikovo Sergey Kirsanov and TENES LLC were also included in the updated register.
Artur Smolyaninov
The Ministry of Justice of Russia has added actor Artur Smolyaninov and journalist Artemy Troitsky to the register of foreign agents, follows from the list on the agency’s website.
Also included in the registry are:
Anatoly Fursov— Lawyer, Managing Partner of the Bar Association «Dombrovitsky & Partners»
Sergey Ukhov – ex-coordinator of Navalny’s headquarters in Perm (in 2021, the court recognized Navalny’s headquarters as extremist organizations and banned them);
Alexander Shelest is a Ukrainian journalist;
Sergey Kirsanov— former cleric of the Trinity Church of the village of Chashnikovo, Solnechnogorsk district, dismissed from office in February 2021;
TENES LLC is among the founders of the company, including journalists Anton Dolin and Mikhail Zygar (both recognized as foreign agents). By law, those who have entered the register of foreign agents must open a legal entity within a month after being included in the list, the legal entity is used for reporting.
Artur Smolyaninov has repeatedly criticized Russia’s actions in Ukraine, and after his interview with Novaya Gazeta. Europe” (blocked by Roskomnadzor), in which he spoke about hatred for “people on the other side of the front”, noting that he fought on the side of Kiev, the head of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin instructed to open a criminal case against the actor.
Music critic, former musician Artemiy Troitsky left Russia back in 2014. He also repeatedly criticized the policy of the Russian authorities and spoke out against conducting a special operation in Ukraine.
Sergey Ukhov linked the entry into the register of foreign agents with his work on the Perm 36.6 channel, which he calls the only media in the region that has taken a tough anti-war position. Ukhov noted that the channel publishes data on the dead and supports relatives of the mobilized. He intends to appeal the inclusion in the list.
The Ministry of Justice last updated the register of foreign agents on December 23, 2022. Then journalist Anastasia Zhvik, journalist Andrey Kolesnikov, human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina and journalist Gleb Pyanykh got into it, among others.
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The concept of “foreign agent” was first introduced into Russian legislation in 2012. At first, it applied only to NGOs engaged in political activities. The law on Foreign Media in Russia was adopted in 2017. In 2019, amendments were made to the legislation, which determined the possibility ofassignment of the status of a foreign agent to individuals and legal entities if they distribute or participate in the creation of information by foreign media and are financed in one form or another from abroad. By the end of 2020, the concept of unregistered public associations performing the functions of a foreign agent also appeared in the legislation.
The legislation contains a number of prohibitions and restrictions on persons involved from the lists of foreign agents. The messages and materials of the foreign media should be distributed on the territory of Russia with the appropriate labeling. The dissemination of information about the NGO-foreign agent, NGO-foreign agent, natural person-foreign agent should also be accompanied by labeling.
In addition, foreign agents cannot receive state funding when carrying out creative activities, teach and conduct educational activities among minors, produce information products for minors, as well as participate in the procurement of goods, works and services to meet state and municipal needs.
On December 1, 2022, the Ministry of Justice published a single list of foreign agents. At the same time, there were persons previously excluded from the register in it. Opposite the names of organizations in the list are their TIN and OGRN (the main state registration number), and the individual is mentioned with the date of birth. Now there are 520 people, media and organizations in the register.
In July 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law according to which a foreign agent is a person who has received “support from abroad” or who is “under foreign influence” and engaged in political activities in Russia, purposefully collecting data in the field of military and military-technical activities of Russia or the distribution of messages and materials to an unlimited number of people.
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WithTo Belarus: ex-presidential candidate Andrei Dmitriev was detained for participating in riots Andrei Dmitriev was detained on January 11. The investigation claims that he took part in mass riots in Minsk after the opposition did not agree with another victory of Alexander Lukashenko
Andrey Dmitriev
Former presidential candidate of Belarus, co-chairman of the liquidated public association “Tell the Truth” Andrei Dmitriev was detained “for involvement in extremist activities”, including for participation in mass riots, the Belarusian IC reported.
Dmitriev was detained on January 11, the reasons were not previously reported. In the 2020 presidential election, he lost to the incumbent head of state Alexander Lukashenko and the candidate of the united opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
According to the investigators of the Belarusian IC, the politician took part in the street riots that took place in Minsk in August—September 2020. “It is also established that the suspect crossed the state border of the Republic of Belarus 599 times, 33 of them after 2020. The investigation believes that Dmitriev’s contacts with representatives of the West and the United States may indicate the coordination of his “political” activities from abroad. There is information that the detainee was in contact with the US State Secretariat and personally with its former head Hillary Clinton,” the report says.
Dmitriev is suspected under Article 342 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (organization and preparation of actions that grossly violate public order, or active participation in them). The maximum penalty under the article provides for up to four years in prison.
Andrey Dmitriev was one of four registered opponents of the current President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election. According to the CEC of the country, he won 1.2% of the votes. The association “Tell the Truth”, in which he was a co-chairman, was liquidated by the Supreme Court of Belarus in October 2021, citing violations in the activities of the organization. Dmitriev himself said that with any court decision, the representatives of “Tell the Truth” will continue their activities.
The presidential elections in Belarus were held on August 9, 2020. The victory, according to the CEC, was won by Lukashenko with 80.10% of the votes, the second place was taken by Tikhanovskaya with 10.12%. The opposition called these data falsified. After the announcement of the official results, mass protests began in the country, which lasted for several months. Many opposition leaders have either been detained or left the country. Dmitriev was last detained in August last year, but later released.
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Bloomberg: next week, Germany may allow the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Berlin will make a decision on helping Ukraine with combat tanks before the meeting of defense ministers in Ramstein, Bloomberg has learned. It is still unclear whether this will be a permit for re-export from other countries, or Germany will decide to supply tanks itself
The government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz is likely to allow the supply of Leopard heavy tanks to Ukraine, a decision on this will be made next week, before the meeting of the defense ministries of the allied countries at the Ramstein airbase, which is scheduled for January 20. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to two officials familiar with the position of the German government.
According to them, German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht will announce a clear decision on Leopard supplies at a meeting in Ramstein. Another source told the agency that pressure on Berlin from the allies on this issue is increasing.
“Now there are signs that Scholz may be ready to drop his initial objection to sending Leopard tanks or allow countries such as Poland and Finland to re-export their own Leopard to Ukraine, which requires Berlin’s consent,” the agency writes.
It is not yet clear whether Germany will only allow other countries to send Leopard tanks, or whether it will start deliveries itself. In addition to Leopard 2 tanks, there are 180 older Leopard 1 tanks in Germany. German officials note that the Leopard 1, released in the 1960s, will still be able to compete with Russian battle tanks.
In addition, the British The Guardian, citing Ukrainian officials, reported that Kiev expects on Monday, January 16, an announcement of London’s readiness to transfer ten Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine. The newspaper’s interlocutors believe that such a step will help Chancellor Olaf Scholz decide to supply Leopard tanks.
Earlier, The New York Times reported that active negotiations are underway between Washington and Berlin on the supply of tanks to Ukraine. The United States has not confirmed its desire to supply the Ukrainian army with Abrams tanks, while Chancellor Scholz is coming under increasing pressure from allies who demand his consent to supply Leopard tanks.
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According to the sources of the publication, Scholz does not want to be the first to agree to the transfer of tanks to Ukraine, and thus spoil “special relations” with Russia in the future.
Earlier, Poland and Finland announced their agreement to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine within the framework of the international coalition. According to the NYT, there are now about 2 thousand Leopard tanks of various modifications in Europe.
The Russian authorities criticize Western countries for supplying weapons to Ukraine. Moscow claims that such actions lead to a prolongation of the conflict and do not contribute to its settlement.
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