ROsaviation: the ban on flights to 11 airports in the south of Russia has been extended until November 3, airports in the south of Russia will be closed at least until November 3, the Federal Air Transport Agency reported. Restrictions were introduced at the end of February and have been regularly extended since then
The regime of restrictions on flights to 11 airports in the south and central part of Russia has been extended until November 3, a representative of the Federal Air Transport Agency told RBC.
Flights to the airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Gelendzhik, Voronezh, Kursk, Krasnodar, Lipetsk, Simferopol, Rostov-on-Don and Elista are still temporarily restricted.
All these airports are located not far from the border with Ukraine. They suspended work on the day of the start of the special operation, on February 24. The Federal Air Transport Agency explained that they made such a decision because of the threat to civilian aircraft.
Since then, the restriction has been extended weekly, most recently on October 20.
Due to restrictions on flights to southern airports, Russian Railways sent 144 additional trains towards Adler, Anapa, Novorossiysk, Sochi and other southern cities of Russia and increased the number of seats in the trains. Restrictions on flights also allowed expanding the subsidized transportation program: Rosaviation reported that it was able to include 49 new destinations bypassing Moscow. Additional subsidy agreements have been concluded with 15 air carriers, including Aeroflot and UTair.
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PBritish Prime Minister Sunak: London will continue to support Kiev at the same level, British Prime Minister Sunak expressed hope that he will soon meet personally with Ukrainian leader Zelensky. Earlier, he invited the British Prime Minister to visit Ukraine
Ukraine can count on permanent solidarity and support from the UK. This was stated by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
“It was a great honor to talk with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky this evening. Both he and the Ukrainian people can count on the continued solidarity and support of Great Britain. We will always be on the side of Ukraine,” Sunak wrote on Twitter.
The British Prime minister’s website says that Sunak assured Zelensky that the support would be “as strong as before”. Both leaders agreed that it is necessary to continue to put pressure on Russia with economic sanctions.
Sunak also expressed hope that he would meet Zelensky in person soon. Earlier, the Ukrainian president invited the British Prime Minister to visit Ukraine.
“I believe that the partnership between our states and the already traditional British leadership in the protection of democracy and freedom will only strengthen in the future,” Zelensky said in the telegram channel.
Earlier, Sunak said that he believes that the conflict in Ukraine should be ended. He admitted that he took office as Prime minister at a “difficult moment”.
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Rishi Sunak was officially appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain on October 25. From February 2020 to July 2022, he headed the Treasury, but resigned due to disagreement with the actions of Boris Johnson.
Then he decided to compete for the post of prime minister, but lost to the then acting British Foreign Minister Liz Truss. She served as Prime Minister for 45 days, after which she resigned due to mistakes in economic policy.
The press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow does not see in the appointment of a new head of the British government prerequisites for improving relations between the countries.
“Of course, it is not necessary to expect any epiphany and some political wisdom from anyone in the countries of the collective West, including the UK,” he said.
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In The State Duma was offered to exempt candidates and doctors of sciences from partial mobilization, a deferral from partial mobilization was previously granted to college and university students, graduate students and residents, and also promised fathers with three children. A new initiative was put forward by a State Duma deputy from the Communist Party
A bill has been submitted to the State Duma on the exemption of candidates and doctors of sciences from conscription during partial mobilization. The document is published in the legislative support system.
The author of the bill is Mikhail Matveev, a State Duma deputy from the Communist Party. He proposed to supplement paragraph 4 of Article 17 of the law “On Mobilization Training and Mobilization in the Russian Federation”, adding a mention there that “citizens with a degree of Doctor of sciences or candidate of Sciences” are exempt from partial mobilization.
In accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 17 of the current law, citizens who have an outstanding or outstanding criminal record for committing a serious crime are not subject to conscription for military service on mobilization.
President Vladimir Putin announced partial mobilization in Russia on September 21, seven months after the start of the special operation in Ukraine.
The current law on mobilization states that those who are temporarily unfit for military service for health reasons, who are engaged in caring for seriously ill relatives or disabled people of group I, as well as fathers who depend on four or more children under the age of 16, can count on a deferral from conscription.
At the end of September, a bill was submitted to the State Duma, which proposes to exempt fathers of three or more minor children and children under 23 who receive education from mobilization. In mid-October, Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that this category of men will not be called up, but this does not prevent them from serving voluntarily.
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After the announcement of partial mobilization, the Ministry of Defense announced that women, fathers with many children, medically unfit for military service, conscripts, as well as employees of some industrial enterprises who received reservations from the government, a number of categories of workers from the IT, finance, communications and media sectors would not fall under it.
By presidential decrees, a deferral from partial mobilization was granted to students receiving specialized secondary or higher education for the first time, as well as graduate students and residents. The government portal «Explain. The Russian Federation clarified that the decision to draft students of correspondence departments will be made by draft commissions. Also, applicants for a master’s degree after bachelor’s degree in universities with a military department will receive a postponement.
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ToThe US congressmen withdrew a letter to the White House with proposals for a settlement in Ukraine, the document contained calls for finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict, easing sanctions and negotiations with Moscow. The Biden administration did not support the idea, and a group of congressmen withdrew the letter
A group of Democrats from the lower house of the US Congress, who the day before addressed the White House with proposals to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, withdrew their letter, writes Reuters with reference to the statement of the leader of the progressive faction (consists of the most left-wing members of the Democratic Party) Pramila Jayapal.
On October 24, 30 congressmen from the Democratic Party sent a letter to the White House calling on them to “look for any diplomatic way” to end the conflict with the preservation of a “free and independent Ukraine”, which will suit the Ukrainian people. “Such a scheme is likely to include incentives for the cessation of hostilities, including some form of sanctions relief,” the document notes. Its authors called a “protracted war” an alternative to diplomacy.
“We agree with the administration’s opinion that America is not in a position to put pressure on Ukraine in making sovereign decisions, and with the principle you proclaimed “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine”. But as legislators who are responsible for spending tens of billions of US taxpayer dollars on military assistance in the conflict, we believe that such involvement in this war obliges the United States to seriously consider all possible ways, including direct communication with Russia, to reduce the damage and support Ukraine in reaching a peace agreement. democrats explain.
White House spokesman John Kirby, commenting on the letter, said that Washington does not intend to negotiate with Moscow without the participation of Kiev. The conflict could end today, “if Mr. [Vladimir] Putin did the right thing and withdrew his troops,” Kirby added.
Jayapal explained in her statement that the letter was written several months ago and it was sent without prior verification.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky refused to negotiate with Russia while it is led by Putin, after Russia recognized the results of referendums in the republics of Donbass and the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
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Moscow declares its readiness for dialogue and calls on Ukraine to cease fire. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is confident that one day Zelensky will “forget” about his decision or he will be “ordered” by the United States and Great Britain. «He will say: «There is!» And will figure out how to explain it all so as not to lose face »,— suggested the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Fond Nobel decided not to invite to the award ceremony the ambassadors of Russia and Belarus Among the Nobel Prize laureates in 2022 — the Russian Memorial Center (recognized as a foreign agent and liquidated) and the Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski
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The Nobel Foundation has decided not to invite the ambassadors of Russia and Belarus to the 2022 Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, the foundation said in a statement. The award winners were announced in early October, and the award ceremony will take place in December.
“The Nobel Foundation invites ambassadors who are in Sweden, but due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine decided not to invite the ambassadors of Russia and Belarus to the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm,” the message says.
The Ambassador of Russia to Sweden is Viktor Tatarintsev, the Ambassador of Belarus is Dmitry Mironchik.
RBC has contacted the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry for comment.
The board of the Nobel Foundation also refused to reconsider its decision not to invite the leader of the nationalist and right-wing populist party “Swedish Democrats” Jimmy Okesson to the ceremony. This political force, as part of a coalition with moderates, Christian Democrats and Liberals, won the last elections and is the second party in terms of the number of seats in the Swedish parliament.
The winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize were announced in early October. It has been awarded annually since 1901 in five areas: physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace promotion.
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The Nobel Peace Prize this year was awarded to the Russian Memorial Center (recognized in Russia as a foreign agent and liquidated), Belarusian human rights activist Ales Bialiatski and the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties.
“Thanks to their consistent efforts in support of humanistic values, anti-militarism and the principles of law, this year’s laureates revived and honored Alfred Nobel’s vision of peace and brotherhood among peoples, a vision most needed in the modern world,” the Nobel Committee commented on its decision.
Memorial is a Russian human rights organization that was founded in 1992 in Moscow, before that it was a public group of the same name. One of its organizers and the first honorary chairman was Academician Andrei Sakharov. The organization dealt with the history of repression and human rightsactivity. In 2021, the Supreme Court liquidated the Memorial, satisfying the claim of the Prosecutor General’s Office, according to which the organization poses a public threat, speculates on the topic of political repression and distorts historical memory.
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ZThe Moscow Amoskvoretsky court recognized the song Oxxxymiron as extremist, and In August, the prosecutor’s office demanded that the song dedicated to the school shooting be recognized as extremist because of the “public justification of violent actions and the ideology of violence” contained in it. Zamoskvoretsky court granted the claim
Oxxxymiron (Miron Fedorov)
The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow recognized the track of rapper Oxxxymiron as extremist (Miron Fedorov, entered by the Ministry of Justice in the register of natural persons-foreign agents) «Last Call » and fan clips for this song, RBC reported in court.
The corresponding lawsuit was filed by the Moscow prosecutor in August. The Prosecutor’s office during the psychological and linguistic examination revealed in the track “signs of public justification of violent actions and ideology of violence”.
In the “Last Call”, the story of a schoolboy who shoots his classmates because they offended him is told in the first person. An amateur video for this song, distributed on the Internet, contains a cut of frames from the Estonian film “Klass” (Klass, 2007) with a similar plot: in it, two teenagers, after prolonged harassment, arrange a shooting at school.
In 2018, YouTube and VKontakte, based on the requirements of the Prosecutor General’s Office received by Roskomnadzor, restricted access in Russia to more than 860 copies of the clip “Last Call”. The prosecutor’s office believes that “the video sequence in conjunction with the lyrics of the song encouraged a wide range of people to take part in the commission of mass riots, massmurder and extremist activity with the use of weapons, explosive devices and explosives.
In October 2022, the rapper was recognized as a foreign agent. The Ministry of Justice decided that Fedorov received money from Ukraine while carrying out political activities.
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In Zaporozhye was informed about the tightening of the AFU forces to the region, school holidays were extended in the Kherson region due to the “unstable situation”, the EU was thinking about the “Marshall plan” for Ukraine. The main thing about the special operation is in the RBC material *
The main thing by 18:35 Moscow time:
Vladimir Putin said that the creation of the coordination council was created for “broad and deep coordination between all areas of activity, all structures, all ministries, departments and the power bloc, and the economic bloc, and the regions of the Russian Federation”.
Vladimir Putin urged “not to hide behind formalities and standard bureaucratic procedures” when the authorities work in their own conditions. According to the president, it is not enough to follow the beaten path and interact with a narrow circle of familiar manufacturers. As Putin noted, the equipment used by the Russian military should be modern, convenient and effective. At the same time, manufacturers of special tools and other equipment for the participants of the SVO should receive feedback and understand how the work of factories and design bureaus affects real life.
The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported the shelling of the village of Tishanka in the Volokonovsky district, as a result of which damage was recorded in five-part households. In addition, the shells hit the border crossing points in Valuysky and Shebekinsky urban districts.
The headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR reported that as a result of the shelling of the Budyonnovsky district of Donetsk from Ukrainian positions, four civilians were injured.`
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The governor of the Saratov region, Roman Busargin, banned the use of drones in the region after the presidential decree on the level of basic readiness, RIA Novosti reports.
Six people, including a 12-year-old child, were injured as a result of the morning explosion of a car bomb in Melitopol, said Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the Zaporozhye administration. Earlier, local authorities reported that five employees of the local TV company “ZaTV” were injured.
LNR police Colonel Vitaly Kiselyov said on the air of Channel One that in the area of the cities of Kremennaya and Svatovo, the Russian army struck at units that tried to enter the territory of the republic.`
The Permanent Representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, on the air of the Russia 24 TV channel, said that Moscow generally supports the idea of IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi on the protection of the Zaporozhye NPP. “Its essence is that you cannot shoot from the territory of the station and you cannot shoot at this station. Quite a reasonable idea, which we generally support. The question, as always, is in the details,” he said.
Ulyanov also said that the IAEA experts will go to Kiev and Yellow Waters (there are uranium mines there) after Russia’s warnings about Ukraine’s intention to create a dirty bomb. According to him, the preliminary results of this visit will be known within a few weeks.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, called the confiscation of Russian assets abroad the ultimate goal of the EU. “It’s not so simple from a legal point of view. We defend the rule of law, but this means that we must follow the rule of law, so we have a lot of work to do to create impeccable legal grounds [for asset confiscation],” she said at a conference in Berlin.
The Ministry of Defense reported repulsed Ukrainian attacks in the area of the settlements of Kuzemovka (LNR), Ishchenko and Bruskinskoye (Kherson region). In the Krasnolimansk direction, according to the military department, more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed during the day. In addition, strikes were carried out on the control points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlements of Novoye, Dvurechnaya (Kharkiv region), Konstantinovka (DPR), Olenovka (Mykolaiv region). A MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down near the settlement of Kaluga (Mykolaiv region).
French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Pope Francis to hold telephone talks with Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, the Point newspaper reports.
Dmitry Peskov commented on the conversation between Emmanuel Macron and the Pope. “If this is in line with efforts to find possible solutions, then it can be evaluated positively. But, on the other hand, this statement does not say anything about the fact that someone should call President Zelensky and deal with the legislative framework that prohibits any negotiations with the Russian Federation. We are ready to discuss all this with the Americans, the French, and the pontiff. Russia is open to all contacts. But we must proceed from the fact that Ukraine codified the short duration of the negotiations.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the EU had sent Ukraine 400 generators and about $1 billion to restore energy infrastructure.
The new Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, said that her country will remain faithful to the principles of NATO and will continue to support Ukraine, Reuters reports. At the same time, she acknowledged that in the coming months Italy will have to face the most severe economic crisis since the Second World War.
Berdyansk became the first large city in the Zaporozhye region to be connected to the Russian gas transportation system.
A member of the Public Chamber, Alexander Malkevich, said that as a result of a car bomb explosion near the television center in Melitopol, five employees of the local TV company “ZaTV” were injured. The power of the explosive device was 1.5-2 kg in TNT equivalent.
Patriarch Kirill at the opening of the XXIV World Russian People’s Council said that to resist the challenges of the time should be through growth in faith, loyalty to traditions and love for the Fatherland, care for its spiritual and material well-being. “And as long as our Fatherland is an island of freedom, the rest of the world will have a certain view of hope for the opportunity to change the course of history and prevent a global apocalyptic end, at least to push it into that perspective with which none of us connects either our lives or the lives of our closest descendants,”mdash; the patriarch is quoted by the Interfax agency.
The ex-head of “Roscosmos” Dmitry Rogozin took the call sign “Cosmos” during his trip to new regions, it follows from the photos he published in his telegram channel. In the pictures, he is depicted in a military uniform with a patch “Cosmos”, in the hands of the former head of the state corporation machine gun.
The deputy head of the administration of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov threatened to expel businessmen to Ukraine who refuse to accept rubles in the region. “Regarding all those people who refuse to accept rubles in the city of Kherson today or somehow sabotage the administration of the Kherson region, we will sort it out, up to expulsion to the territory of Ukraine,” he promised.
According to Bloomberg, the European Commission wants to negotiate with the UK on the introduction of a common ceiling with the EU on Russian gas prices. In addition, the possibility of introducing an increased price for electricity exports outside the European Union is being studied, but such actions are prohibited by several international agreements with partners.
In the Bryansk region, an explosive device went off on the railway, said the governor of the region, Alexander Bogomaz. The incident occurred on the stretch between the settlements of Novozybkov and Zlinka. Railway tracks were damaged. No one was injured.
The US State Department announced that Washington does not intend to negotiate with Russia without the participation of Kiev. The Foreign Ministry also warned Moscow about the “consequences” in the event of the use of a “dirty bomb” or nuclear weapons. At the same time, they indicated that they did not see evidence of Russia’s intentions to use a nuclear charge.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, after conversations with the US and UK defense ministers, called “false” Moscow’s statements about Ukraine’s intention to use a dirty bomb. According to him, such statements should not be a reason for further escalation of the conflict.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on a telephone conversation between the Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov and the Chief of the Defense Staff of Great Britain Anthony Radakin. “During the conversation, the discussion with the British side of the situation related to the possible use of a dirty bomb by Ukraine continued,” the military department said in a statement.
The British Ministry of Defense reported that during a telephone conversation with Gerasimov, Radakin refuted Moscow’s assumptions that Kiev is set to escalate the conflict. At the same time, London called it important to continue contacts with Russia in order to avoid misunderstandings, Reuters reports.
Sergey Lavrov called frivolous statements that Moscow itself can use a dirty bomb. “The unfounded refutations of our Western colleagues that all this is fiction and that Russia itself is planning to do something similar to blame the Zelensky regime,” this is not a serious conversation. Some of our interlocutors actually offered to discuss the information we have at a professional military level. This is an approach that we supported,” he said.
Mikhail Mishustin spoke about the distribution of responsibilities in the coordinating council for ensuring the needs of the armed forces. So, Denis Manturov will be responsible for the supply of all types of weapons, military equipment, communications equipment according to the target tasks of the Ministry of Defense, the personal belongings of military personnel. Dmitry Grigorenko will oversee regulatory and financial issues. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin will coordinate the development of security measures in the Russian regions, Mishustin added.
Vladimir Putin On October 19 announced the decision to introduce martial law in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions. On the territory of the Crimea, Krasnodar Krai, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk, Rostov regions and Sevastopol, a medium-level response regime is being introduced. Among other things, we are talking about the introduction of a special mode of operation of facilities that ensure the functioning of transport, communications and communications, energy facilities, a special regime for entering and leaving the territory, restricting the movement of vehicles, carrying out their inspection. In other regions that are part of the Central Federal District and the Southern Federal District, a high alert level is being introduced within the framework of which the protection of public order and ensuring public safety, control over the operation of facilities that ensure the functioning of transport, communications and communications are strengthened. In other regions of Russia, the level of basic readiness is being introduced.
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti that there are no plans to close borders in light of the introduction of martial law in four Russian regions.
The head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik told the RIA Novosti news agency that there would be no innovations for residents of the region in connection with the introduction of martial law. “Luhansk region has been living under martial law for eight years, and the decree is aimed at its registration within the framework of Russian legislation,” he explained.
The head of the DPR Denis Pushilin called the timely decision to impose martial law in new regions of Russia. According to him, in reality, the DPR has been under martial law for the last eight and a half years.
The authorities of the Kursk region will strengthen the access regime on the territories bordering Ukraine, as well as at the entrance to the city of Kurchatov, where the Kursk NPP is located. According to the governor of the region Roman Starovoit, the protection of infrastructure and education facilities will also be strengthened in the region.
The head of North Ossetia, Sergei Menyailo, said on October 21 that he had ordered the removal of the Upper Lars and Lower Zaramag mobile call points from the checkpoint, which had been operating there for several weeks. “Today, the flow of citizens who cross the state border has subsided,” In addition, the Federal Border Service has all the necessary information and lists about citizens for whom exit from the country is restricted,” he wrote in his telegram channel.
About 10 thousand mobilized across the country were returned home for various reasons, said the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrei Kartapolov.
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”.
Mobilizations are subject to only those citizens who are in the reserve, and above all those who served in the ranks of the armed forces, has certain military accounting specialties and relevant experience. 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, 300 thousand in reserve will be called up human. 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 her original army.
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October 18 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that units of the Russian army captured the settlement of Gorobevka, Kharkiv region (northeast of Kupyansk).
October 7 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 the further advance of the troops is planned to continue to the north in the direction of Bakhmut.
September 14 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.
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 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 the 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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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).
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 villages 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 Butch 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 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 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 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, 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
Reports that Russia is increasing its military presence on the border with Ukraine began to appear in the Western media in October 2021. The Kremlin said that the movement of Russian troops on the territory of the country is exclusively a matter of Russia.
In December 2021, Russia sent the United States drafts of a security guarantee treaty. Moscow offered NATO to abandon further expansion to the east and guarantee that Ukraine and Georgia, in particular, would not join the alliance. In addition, the United States had to abandon the creation of bases on the territory of the former USSR.
On February 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a reaction to the US responses on security guarantees. Moscow stated that there was no constructive response from Washington to the Russian proposals. “In the absence of the readiness of the American side to agree on firm, legally binding guarantees to ensure our security from the United States and its allies, Russia will be forced to respond, including through the implementation of military-technical measures,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Secretary of the NSDC of Ukraine Alexey Danilov said that Kiev does not see signs of preparation of a full-scale operation on the part of Russia. In his opinion, the purpose of the provocation was to force Ukraine to start “militarily responding powerfully”, and then accuse the Ukrainian authorities of organizing the provocation.
On the afternoon of February 18, Donetsk announced that the Ukrainian army was preparing to strike at the Svetlodarsk arc in order to cut the communication lines between Donetsk and Lugansk. The DPR and LPR announced the evacuation of the population to the territory of Russia. Mobilization was announced later. Those in reserve must arrive at the military enlistment offices. At the same time, the Foreign Ministries of the DPR and the LPR refused Kiev’s proposals to hold an extraordinary meeting of the contact group on the settlement in the Donbass.
On February 19, US President Joe Biden said that an attack by Russian troops on Ukraine could happen “in the coming weeks” and even “in the coming days”.
Vladimir Zelensky, during the Munich Conference, demanded the convening of a summit of the countries participating in the Budapest Memorandum, which provided for Ukraine’s renunciation of nuclear weapons. At the same time, Zelensky said that the return of Donbass and Crimea to Ukraine is possible only by peaceful means.
On the afternoon of February 21, the press service of the Southern Military District reported that a sabotage group from Ukraine had broken into the territory of the Rostov region. Two armored vehicles arrived from the territory of Ukraine to evacuate the saboteurs. They were destroyed, five saboteurs were killed.
On February 21, Putin said during a meeting of the Russian Security Council that the Ukrainian authorities were not going to implement the Minsk agreements. He suggested discussing the request of the leaders of the DPR and LPR to recognize the sovereignty of the self-proclaimed republics at a meeting of the Russian Security Council.
Putin explained that the danger of Ukraine joining NATO lies in the fact that official Kiev threatens to “retake Crimea and Sevastopol”. This poses a threat of a collision between Russia and the entire North Atlantic Alliance. At the same time, Putin considered that the moratorium on Ukraine’s accession to NATO is not a concession.: this is the time to prepare for Kiev’s accession to the alliance.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. Putin also signed agreements on friendship and mutual assistance with the leaders of the DPR and LPR.
The President of Russia announced in which borders the DPR and the LPR are recognized. “We have recognized the republics, and hence their Constitution. And there the borders within the Donetsk and Lugansk regions are registered. All disputed issues will be resolved at the negotiations between the Kiev authorities and these republics. This is not possible at the moment. But I hope it will be so in the future,” he said.
Official Kiev refused to recognize Russia’s decision and the independence of Donbass. Vladimir Zelensky stressed that the borders of Ukraine will remain as they were recognized by the international community, “despite the statements of the Russian Federation.”
On Tuesday, February 22, at an emergency meeting, the Federation Council unanimously allowed President Vladimir Putin to use the Armed Forces of Russia abroad in the DPR and LPR.
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PPatriarch Kirill called for making faith, love for the motherland and sacrifice the values of Russia. The list of core values in the National Security Strategy of Russia should be expanded and the concepts of “faith”, “sacrifice” and “love for the fatherland” should be included there. “Dignity”, “human rights and freedoms” are borrowed from the West, the patriarch said
Patriarch Kirill
The Russian National security Strategy should include such concepts as “faith”, “love for the fatherland” and “sacrifice”, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia said in his final speech at the meeting of the XXIV World Russian People’s Council (VRNS), reports TASS.
“The National Security Strategy attempts to describe a certain system of values. The highest value is life. <...> And then we have borrowings from Western European philosophy: «dignity », «human rights and freedoms ». All this is good, no one now denies either the rights or the dignity of a person, but is it possible to put it right after “life”?»— the patriarch asked.
According to the patriarch, the concepts from the strategy contain “humanistic ideas that arose quite late in the context of primarily Western European development”. «And what about these humanistic ideas <...> there were no values? And faith, and love for the fatherland, and sacrifice, without which our history is unthinkable at all? She and ourwell-being is built, among other things, on the sacrifices of previous generations. For those who died during the war, defending their homeland, for those who worked desperately in the most difficult conditions, developing the economy of our country, and after all, there were also victims. <...> How can I not say about love for the fatherland, about loyalty, about duty, about sacrifice?»— the patriarch spoke out.
According to the head of the ROC, these “eternal values” are not conditioned by the political context, and their list can be expanded further.
Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new version of the Russian National Security Strategy in July 2021. In it, the preservation of the people of Russia is indicated as the main priority. The protection of traditional values is called a strategic priority of the country, and their strengthening is attributed to the number of national interests. The concept of “fundamental values” is given there with reference to the Russian Constitution. In the Constitution, a person, his rights and freedoms are called the highest value (Article 2).
The National Security Strategy also states that “traditional Russian spiritual, moral, cultural and historical values are being actively attacked by the United States and its allies, as well as by transnational corporations, foreign non-profit non-governmental, religious, extremist and terrorist organizations.” Traditional values, according to the strategy (paragraph 91), are considered life, dignity, human rights and freedoms, patriotism, service to the Fatherland, responsibility for its fate, a strong family, creative work, the priority of the spiritual over the material, and others.
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In December 2021, the Ministry of Culture submitted for public discussion a draft presidential decree “Fundamentals of state Policy for the preservation and strengthening of traditional Russian spiritual and moral values”. It proposed to enshrine in law the following “destructive and alien” values, such as the cult of immorality, denial of the ideals of patriotism, service to the Fatherland, procreation, creative work, denial of the ideals of Russia’s positive contribution to world history and culture.
Earlier, the patriarch said that they are trying to “erase” Russia, as it offers alternative views on the world, God and man.
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Putin demanded higher rates of work from the government in all areas, the President noted that the existing standards “were created at unknown times,” and equipment manufacturers should understand how their work affects real life
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Vladimir Putin urged “not to hide behind formalities and standard bureaucratic procedures” when the authorities work in their own conditions. He stated this during a meeting of the coordination council for ensuring the needs of the troops.
According to the president, it is not enough to follow the beaten path and interact with a narrow circle of familiar manufacturers. As Putin noted, the equipment used by the Russian military should be modern, convenient and effective. At the same time, manufacturers of special tools and other equipment for the participants of the SVO should receive feedback and understand how the work of factories and design bureaus affects real life.
“And a clear concrete work plan should be defined for each direction,” the head of state said.
According to Putin, it is also impossible to proceed from the previously established standards in the issue of security. “They were created at unknown times and in completely different conditions, so I draw your attention: the standards are the standards, but you need to either change them or adapt them without any violation of the law,” he explained.
Putin also demanded that the authorities work at a faster pace in all directions and realistically assess the situation. “This concerns not only the special military operation itself, it concerns all our work in almost all areas,” the president added.
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Putin signed a decree on the creation of the coordination council for special operations on October 21. It included 19 people. The new body was headed by Mikhail Mishustin, his deputies were Deputy Prime Ministers Dmitry Grigorenko and Denis Manturov.
Putin explained the decision to create a coordinating council by saying that the tasks related to military operations are solved not only by the relevant law enforcement agencies, but also by the entire system of public administration.
Glava of Zaporozhye region Balitsky: three settlements began to receive gas from the DNR Gas began to be received in the Berdyansk district, Melitopol will be connected next. A “permanent and autonomous from Ukraine” gas supply route from the DPR has been created, the head of the Zaporozhye region noted. Gas from Ukraine stopped coming in July
The first three settlements in the Berdyansk district of the Zaporozhye region received gas through the territory of the DPR, acting head of the region Yevgeny Balitsky said in the telegram channel.
According to him, specialists have launched nine boiler houses in Berdyansk, three municipal enterprises, a bakery, and the Berdyansk plant of reinforced concrete structures. The day before, about 500 private sector subscribers were also connected, gas supply to apartment buildings is being launched.
“I instructed the gas service of the region to provide maximum assistance to colleagues from Berdyansk for the speedy and safe gasification of the city and district. The next one to connect— Melitopol and Melitopol district»,— noted Balitsky. He stressed that specialists are purging and filling the mains of the distribution network. However, they are faced with the problem of gas pipeline breakthroughs and are carrying out restoration work on the spot.
“I am grateful to the Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation for the possibility of a permanent and autonomous gas supply route from Ukraine to the Zaporozhye region from the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” Balitsky said.
RBC sent a request to a representative of the Ministry of Energy of Russia.
In early July, Balitsky reported that Kiev had disconnected the region from gas supply. Then the authorities turned to the Russian leadership for help in an emergency situation. Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin instructed the Russian Ministry of Energy to promptly work out the issue of gasification of the Zaporozhye region. As Kommersant wrote, the main option was to restore the Soviet Taganrog gas pipeline to Mariupol (DPR)Berdyansk (Zaporozhye region). After that, it is necessary to build a gas pipeline to Melitopol, the publication indicated.
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Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, noted in his turn that a new pipeline from Russia would be built to supply gas to the region.
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