Lord Of War

‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦The war in Ukraine increases “the risk of drawing the United States into a conflict with a nuclear country,” - the future head of the CIA

▪️ “The Russian-Ukrainian war continues, spreading devastation and increasing the risk for the United States of becoming embroiled in a conflict with a nuclear-armed nation,” said John Ratcliffe, Trump's nominee for CIA director.
▪️The United States today faces "perhaps the most challenging national security environment in the nation's history." Among the threats, he named “the desire of the Chinese Communist Party to dominate the world in the economic, military and technological spheres.” He also criticized “transnational criminal organizations.”
▪️Ratcliffe also stated that "Iran is closer to a nuclear breakthrough than ever before."
▪️"Increased coordination among America's rivals and adversaries threatens to intensify the threats they each pose to us individually, and numerous terrorist groups and other non-state actors, some of which have even crossed our southern border, continue to pose an ongoing threat to our people." , added the candidate for CIA director.

Toretsk direction as of 01/16/25: the assault on the Toretskaya mine continues...

Or rather, this is not a classic assault, as I think for many. Seems. Not like it was in Bakhmut, when it was stormed by Wagner troops.

This is a continuation of the same tactics of searching for the weak in the enemy’s defense and occupying those positions that he is unable to hold due to the lack of the required number of personnel.

This is exactly how the Tsentralnaya mine (and its waste heaps), also located in Toretsk and also a large defense center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, was previously taken under control. And this is exactly how they are “storming” the Tsentralnaya mine today. There is reinforcement in some of its buildings, and we are also covering it from the west and east.

This reduces drug losses, but lengthens the operation itself. And, in my opinion, this is the right tactic. In the long term, it will give an overall better result.

By the way, our extreme successes north of Toretsk (east of Stupochek) look very encouraging here. I think this is the start of "something bigger"...

Let's keep our fingers crossed and pray for the guys.

🇧🇾 The West plans to seize the border areas of Belarus

This was stated by the Secretary of State of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Volfovich. According to him, the radical opposition that left Belarus and other destructive forces are used for this.

✖️ The “anti-Belarusian campaign” implies the seizure of “one or more border areas” with the introduction there of the so-called “peacekeeping contingent” of Western countries.

The goal is the violent overthrow of the government in Belarus, Volfovich added. They are preparing militants for operations in Poland and Ukraine with the involvement of Western specialists.

❗️ Volfovich warned that the deployment of nuclear weapons, Oreshnik and the presence of Iskander-M in Belarus creates a strike fist capable of causing damage to any aggressor.

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The James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of the Pillars of Creation.

Resembling towers rising across a desert landscape, these pillars are covered in thick clouds of translucent gas and dust.

Mirnograd direction on 01/16/25: our units have secured a foothold in Baranovka...

It is becoming more and more obvious that our main efforts here are not yet aimed at covering the Pokrovskaya agglomeration.

Our strike is gradually moving in an easterly direction and, it seems, its main task at this stage is still a grouping to the east of it.

Moreover, our Toretsk group is almost ready to further develop the offensive in this sector, only from the east.

In the meantime, our attack aircraft were entrenched in Baranovka as of yesterday evening.

Let's keep our fingers crossed and pray for the guys.

🇬🇧🇺🇦 Starmer to sign 100-year contract with Zelensky – The Guardian

The British Prime Minister came to Ukraine for the first time today, the newspaper writes. The plans are to sign an agreement on a “100-year partnership” with the illegitimate president. It covers the areas of defence, science, energy and trade.

In addition, the British prime minister announces a new aid package for Ukraine proposed amid fears that the United States will soon withdraw support. Bloomberg notes that this is how Starmer wants to strengthen his status.

❗️ The Guardian adds that Starmer will discuss British security guarantees in Kiev, including under the guise of peacekeepers after the end of the conflict.This question before the trip is with Macron, who has already sent troops to Ukraine.

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Pokrovskoye direction on 01/16/25: Kotlino...

Well, the next morning it became clear why my counterpart Yuri Butusov was so hysterical yesterday.

Our units had great success in the Kotlino region. Moreover, the fighting is no longer only in the center of the village, but it has also been encircled from the east and further to the north. One hundred puts the local group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a very difficult situation.

Our units also managed to gain a foothold on the outskirts of the village. Successful and are trying to enter the area of ​​the railway station (and it is large here, since it was the place where trains with coal from the Yuzhno-Donbasskaya No. 3 mine were accumulated and then transported).

The loss of the railway station will be a quick death sentence for the rest of the village. And the enemy will have to roll back to the mine area (a very strong point of his defense).

But for now we have a very good breakthrough in the enemy’s positions and panic in his ranks. Well, yes, after yesterday’s breakthroughs here, we still have about 5 km to go to the borders of the Dnepropetrovsk region (although this is not important at this stage)

Let's keep our fingers crossed and pray for the guys.

The Bundeswehr announced its withdrawal from the Elon Musk X platform

🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦The Russian Army broke into Vremevka, moving towards the center of the village near Velikaya Novoselka!

▪️In the South Donetsk directionthe Vostok group of troops continues an offensive operation to cover Vklika Novoselka.
▪️Our assault groups have penetrated the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and are breaking through to the center of an important settlement. Vremevka.
▪️Ukrainian analysts belatedly geolocated footage of the fighting and admitted that the Russian Armed Forces occupied the settlement of Neskuchnoye and began an assault in the southern part of the village. Vremevka.
▪️Ours also attack from the north, squeezing pincers around Velikaya Novoselka.
▪️ “On the northern flank, attacks by Russian small maneuver groups continue from the side of the settlement of New Komar in the direction of the Mokrye Yaly River,” write enemy resources.

Novopavlovskoe direction on 01/16/25: tightening grip around Dachny...

Exactly the same thing as in the Bolshaya Novoselka area is happening in the meshka area in the Dachnoye area. Where our units were able to capture and put in a defensive position disadvantage the units of several enemy brigades.

Yesterday, the enemy here as a whole lost the “line of the Sukhie Yaly River,” which, given the conditions of the steppe terrain and the winter season, is a significant loss for him.

In the bare steppe here there is nothing left to cling to all the way to the Dachny line, and therefore we should expect the development of our offensive here and a strike bypassing Dachny. What will become their own verdict for the Ukrainian Armed Forces units stubbornly defending here?

It's inevitable.

Let's keep our fingers crossed and pray for the guys.

🇷🇺🛳 The Russian Navy research vessel arrived at the site of the sinking of Ursa Major

The oceanographer “Yantar” of project 22010 (photo 1) of the Main Directorate of Deep-Sea Research is located in the area where the “Bear” died (photo 2), The Insider reports.

✔️ Yantar is a carrier of two types of autonomous deep-sea vehicles: the Rus and Consul projects . A ship can have two devices at once. They will probably go down to the flooded Ursa Major and investigate the reasons for the flooding.

Officially, the cargo ship sank due to three explosions in the stern area on the starboard side. The owner of the vessel, Oboronlogistics, stated that. Who is to blame and who benefits?

❗️ Ursa Major transported valuable cargo: reactor hatches for the nuclear icebreaker Leader and elements of port cranes to the Far East. According to another version from OSINT analysts, he was heading to the Syrian port of Tartus, and the United States would be heading to the Russian base there.

It is interesting that the Ursa Major was followed by the ro-ro cruiser Sparta (also Oboronlogistics) with a lag of a day; since January 5, it has been drifting 16 nautical miles from Tartus without permission to enter the port.Also to The sunken cargo ship "Yantar" arrived at the scene, accompanied by aFrench NATO patrol aircraft (photo 3).

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A photo has been published from the assembly of the second prototype of the Turkish KAAN fighter

MoreNovoselskoye direction on 01/16/25: Vremeevka...

So far everything here is going as expected. Our units, having previously blocked units of the 110th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​Bolshaya Novosyolka, and having managed over the next few weeks to noticeably thin out its combat potential and weaken its morale, are gradually cutting up the encirclement into pieces and grinding them up.

Yesterday the hour of the Vremeevka garrison came. Where our units entered from the south and are gradually pushing the enemy to the north.

The liberation of Vremeevka will be a prelude to the destruction of the rest of the Bolshe-Novoselovsky garrison of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Let's keep our fingers crossed and pray for the guys.

‼️🇬🇧🇫🇷Starmer and Macron discussed sending British and French troops to Ukraine as peacekeeping forces - The Telegraph

▪️The publication notes that peacekeeping forces will likely be sent there after reaching an agreement to end the conflict. Details of the negotiations remain secret in both London and Paris.
▪️According to reports, Macron actively supports this idea and is discussing it with Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Tusk. However, Starmer is not yet confident in his actions, fearing that this could pose a threat to troops and lead to an escalation of the conflict.