Posted by Russia’s Vladimir Putin has sent a warship towards the Atlantic and Indian oceans armed with new hypersonic Zircon cruise missiles. LIVE coverage:
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The New York Times has polled military experts to discover that it is more expensive to shoot down drones than to launch them.
novayagazeta.eu NYT: Ukraine spends seven times more on downing drones than Russia does to launch them The New York Times has polled military experts to discover that it is more expensive to shoot down drones than to launch them. Over the
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Putin took part remotely in the launch of Admiral Gorshkov, a frigate armed with hypersonic Zircon missiles. The frigate is headed on a voyage across the Atlantic and Indian oceans, as well as the Mediterranean, and will conduct exercises with the Zircons.
New Year Eve, Russia’s leader of Wagner terrorist mercenaries Evgeny Prigozhin visited 1 of the morgues in #Ukraine – filled with corpses. Morgue worker said “Yes, this is from the front today… this isn’t the first truck load, they constantly arrive.”
https://armyinform.com.ua/2023/01/02/yak-kuhar-putina-vitav-zi-svyatom-chorni-pakety/
Hear! hear! Tens of thousands have died. Millions turned into refugees. Almost one-sixth of #Ukraine’s territory remains under Russian occupation. The goal for 2023 must be to give Kyiv all the aid it needs to bring the conflict to an end — on its terms.
RuNAVY frigate «Admiral Gorshkov» armed with «Zircon» hypersonic AShMs left its home base & started 1st detachment in Atlantic, Indian & Mid. Some pics of 3M-22 (SS-NX-33 or without «X»).
KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine
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By 29 December, Ukrainian forces had eliminated at least 1 602 Russian junior and senior officers. Minimum confirmed losses. Confirmations are made via publicly available data from Russia, such as funeral notices, obituaries or news sites.
Given
‘s persistence, perseverance, dedication, and impressive outcomes with Magnitsky legislation, I think this could very well prove to be a realizable and successful resolution. Thank you, for making this one of your missions of Justice, Bill!
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Bill Browder
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My New Year’s resolution: seize the $350 billion of frozen Russian central bank reserves in the West and have that money allocated to the defence and reconstruction of Ukraine https://telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky (English)
The war in has put the mercenary Wagner group & ‘Putin’s Chef’ into the international limelight
‘ (investigative unit funded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky) expert Denis Korotkov followed Prigozhin’s rise and wrote stories about their activities
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A solitary picket in Kazan, ” the youth of Russia is against the war. Guys, come out for a protest against Putin! This will be the end of his government” #RussiansAgainstWar #Resistance #StopWar
Wagner’s Prigozhyn explains why he is unable to take Bakhmut – a line of defence every 10 meters, hundreds of lines of defence across the city. Russians lack armoured vehicles and equipment.
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Russian cinema in 2023: “Putin ordered that a film about the special military operation be shown by 1 February”
https://vesti.ru/article/3131556
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Putin’s war has led to an enduring global food crisis “contributing to widespread starvation, poverty and premature deaths.”
Inexplicable that the IMF is trying to profit from Ukraine’s beleaguered war economy. This must stop! US Congress must act to pass legislation that would prevent this!
The economic belt will tighten further on the Putin Regime: “The price of gas in Europe dropped below $750 per 1,000 cubic meters for the first time since February 18, 2022.”
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Central banks are scooping up gold at the fastest pace since 1967, with analysts pinning China and Russia as big buyers in an indication that some nations are keen to diversify their reserves away from the dollar
https://ft.com/content/e0983ebb-bbe0-4d33-8517-e19fa06e1a77
At the moment the price of gas is 77 euros per megawatt hour; over 4 times lower than expected in August 2022. This is a disaster for the Russian economy. Thanks,
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She is proof that you can walk through hell and still be an angel. #UkraineRussiaWar
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Ukrainian-produced 152mm artillery shells filled with TNT have appeared on the front lines. The development speaks to how Ukraine’s defense enterprise has managed to remain functional after being subjected to nearly a full year of war
Ukraine’s Locally Produced Artillery Shells Have Reached The Front
#Russian PMC “Wagner” forcibly took about 30 people from the suburbs of Bakhmut to Rostov-on-Don (#Russia). National resistance center emphasises that locals were taken out specifically for the purpose of filtration in filtration camps.
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Jan, 4 #RussiaUkraineWar: the latest update.
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Ministry of Defence
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The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is continuing. The map below is the latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 04 January 2023. Find out more about the UK government’s response: http://ow.ly/UyIu50Mi1Yv #StandWithUkraine
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Love always wins – Mykhailo and Iryna know it for sure. The couple has been living in a tiny room in a hospital near Lviv, where the man undergoes rehabilitation, for months. Their life changed forever when the man lost both his legs while fighting in the Luhansk region
Russians transfer new military units to north of Crimea
Russians transfer new military units to north of Crimea
The wives of mobilised Russians have released a video appeal calling for their husbands to be withdrawn from the frontlines where they are currently serving as cannon fodder to slow Ukraine’s advance
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Russia invades Ukraine, commits genocide, then accuses the Ukrainian authorities of “Russophobia”
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Died “war correspondent” Prigozhin’s “RIA FAN” Kirill Romanovsky. Prigozhin himself reported this. The details of the propagandist’s death are not specified.
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In #Russia, media reported that in 2022 the Wagner private military company (PMC) had trained more than 10,000 combatants. PMCs are illegal under Russian law. But Wagner is allowed as it’s owned by Putin-friendly oligarch Prigozhin.
Инструктор ЧВК «Вагнер» с позывным Ток рассказал о подготовке бойцов
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project
We have a winner The 2022 Person of the Year in Organized Crime and Corruption is… Yevgeny Prigozhin Here’s why our judges selected the Russian oligarch over the other three finalists.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch and mercenary leader, has become perhaps the most conspicuous avatar of everything that is
Who Watches the Watchers? 