Putin Recognizes Donbass Republics, Sends Russian Military to 'Denazify' Ukraine

[Ca.]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1749418539671249050

https://twitter.com/x/status/1749319251532320885

Special services and employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic have suppressed a large drug distribution channel in Yenakievo. This was reported to us by the press service of the agency: https://vk.cc/cu51m8

EU Mulls $21 Billion Military Aid to Ukraine Bypassing Hungary's Veto – Report

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced last month that Budapest had vetoed 50 billion euros in the EU’s macro-financial aid for Ukraine.

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ФСБ задержала за госизмену жителя Новокузнецка, переводившего деньги для ВСУ

По данным ведомства, средства направлялись на приобретение военного снаряжения

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FSB officers detained on suspicion of state treason a resident of Kuzbass who transferred money for the needs of the AFU. This was reported to us by the agency: https://vk.cc/cu59oF

https://twitter.com/x/status/1749362769772621964

https://twitter.com/x/status/1749377084701409605

 

[Ursus Minor]

Michael Snyder just featured a report by a traveler who made to Ukraine recently.

A woman named Maria Mateiciuc recently visited Ukraine, and her sobering assessment of the war has gone viral on social media.

I just got back from Ukraine, where I was visiting some friends.
Everything we have heard about what’s happening in Ukraine is a lie.
The reality is darker, bleaker, and unequivocally hopeless. There is no such thing as Ukraine “winning” this war.

– By their estimates, they have lost over one million of their sons, fathers and husbands; an entire generation is gone.
– Even in the Southwest, where the anti-Russian sentiment is long-standing, citizens are reluctant or straight-up scared to publicly criticize Zelensky; they will go to jail.
– In every village and town, the streets, shops, and restaurants are mostly absent of men.
– The few men who remain are terrified of leaving their homes for fear of being kidnapped into conscription. Some have resorted to begging friends to break their legs to avoid service. Army search parties take place early in the morning, when men leave their homes to go to work. They ambush and kidnap them off the streets and within 3-4 hours they get listed in the army and taken away straight to the front lines with minimal or no training at all; it is “a death sentence.”
– It’s getting worse every day. Where I was staying, a dentist had just been taken by security forces on his way to work, leaving behind two small children. Every day, 3-5 dead bodies keep arriving from the front lines.
– Mothers and wives fight tooth and nail with the armed forces, beg and plead not to have their men taken away. They try bribing, which sometimes works, but most of the time they are met with physical violence and death threats.
– The territory celebrated as having been “won back” from Russia has been reduced to rubble and is uninhabitable. Regardless, there is no one left to live there and displaced families will likely never return.
– They see the way the war has been reported, at home and abroad. It’s a “joke” and “propaganda.” They say: “Look around: is this winning?”.
– Worse, some have been hoaxed into believing that once Ukrainians forces are exhausted, American soldiers will come in to replace them and “win the war”.

There is no ambiguity in these people. The war was for nothing – a travesty. The outcome always was, and is, clear. The people are hopeless, utterly destroyed, and living in an unending nightmare.
They are pleading for an end, any end – most likely the same “peace” that could have been achieved two years ago. In their minds, they have already lost, for their sons, fathers and husbands are gone, and their country has been destroyed. There is no “victory” that can change that.
Make no mistake, they are angry with Putin. But they are also angry with Zelensky and the West. They have lost everything, worst of all, hope and faith, and cannot comprehend why Zelenky wishes to continue the current trajectory, the one of human devastation.
I didn’t witness the war; but what I saw was absolutely heart-breaking.
Shame on the people, regardless of their intentions, who have supported this war. And shame on the media for continuing to lie about it.

 

[Bluegazer]

OK, not strictly related to the thread, but....

LATEST NEWS | Putin demands the return of Alaska to Russia and declares illegal its sale to the U.S.

 

[Lyndi]

OK, not strictly related to the thread, but....

LATEST NEWS | Putin demands the return of Alaska to Russia and declares illegal its sale to the U.S.

Thinking this fits this thread. Giving the U.S. a way to relate to Russia's position with Ukraine on its doorstep.

I don't know the history of how Alaska was purchased but it is very interesting to learn this, now curious about what happened.

 

[ApotheosisMMC.]

OK, not strictly related to the thread, but....

LATEST NEWS | Putin demands the return of Alaska to Russia and declares illegal its sale to the U.S.

It is false, the documents refer to "properties", I don't know how it has been distorted so much, but it spread quickly and the good friends of Negocios TV have swallowed it too.

 

[ApotheosisMMC.]

It is false, the documents refer to "properties", I don't know how it has been distorted so much, but it spread quickly and the good friends of Negocios TV have swallowed it too.

According to a State Department representative, Russia is not getting back Alaska, which was sold to the U.S. in the 19th century.

This is it, then. And we’ve been waiting for it to be returned any day. Now war is unavoidable

https://x.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1749520810933404072?s=20

 

[youlik]

Michael Snyder just featured a report by a traveler who made to Ukraine recently.

A woman named Maria Mateiciuc recently visited Ukraine, and her sobering assessment of the war has gone viral on social media.

I want to bring a video that can be perceived as the next verse of the same sad "song" that you brought, but which gives some hope, which says that everything is not completely bad. I'll have to translate everything this character says, because there are no subtitles.
A guy from Melitopol about life with the advent of Russia. The raguls are burning up from this video

Hi guys, everyone. Honest? Take your time. But she probably wanted to write-don't make me laugh. Let's have a laugh together. Is that what my lies are? Look. My grandmother received a pension of 3000 hryvnia, now receives 25,800 rubles (the hryvnia exchange rate to the ruble is 1-2.34, i.e. the grandmother receives a pension almost 4 times more than the previous one - my note), they paid an average of about 5000 hryvnia for utility bills, now pays an average of 2000 rubles. Medicine was paid, it became free. Schools, kindergartens, road repairs and in general everything, everything, everything is being repaired, is being done. Life is just bursting with life. This is a fact. They write again that I'm lying, making it up. What did I make up? (we omit swearing) Explain to me, what is my lie? That you don't want to believe in it and accept reality for what it is? Well, these are some very bad qualities of yours. This may be a bitter truth for you, but instead of hating us, you could be happy for us. That's the point. And you hate us for living. That's the problem. The problem is with you. You want it to be bad everywhere, to be worse than yours, but it doesn't happen that way. Are you swimming in shit over there? You swim in Kiev. Swim in silence. The subway was falling asleep-so sit in silence. Is that clear? And everything is fine with us - white sugar, chickens are rushing, Putin, you know... Putin is the president of the world. And here is the city of Melitopol behind. Look, the stella of Military Glory. Well, it's beautiful. Melitopol is a city of military glory. Well, why not be happy? You need to be happy for people that they are doing well, that they are living, smiling, crying, laughing, being born. Do you understand? And you twist it all, turn it over, shoot everyone, all traitors, collaborators. I'll look at you in Odessa when I'm there... Or where? In Kiev. I'll take a look. Do you know how stunned you will be when people in Odessa choose to live as part of Russia through a referendum? I'll look at your piggy faces. That's when we'll have a laugh. You will scream-they have always been traitors. Look, look how it's going to be. It's still obvious. The same as in the Crimea, in the Zaporozhye region, in the Kherson region, in the Donbas, it will be the same in Odessa and Kharkov. That's it, nothing changes.

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Я хочу привести видео, которое можно воспринимать как следующий куплет той же грустной "песни", которую привели вы, но которая дарит некоторую надежду, которая говорит, что все не окончательно плохо. Мне придется перевести все, что говорит этот персонаж, т.к. субтитров нет.
Ребята, всем привет. Честный? Не спешите. Но, наверное она хотела написать-не смешите. А давайте посмеёмся вместе. Вот в чем заключается мое вранье? Вот смотри. Бабка моя получала пенсию 3000 гривен, теперь получает 25800 рублей (курс гривны к рублю 1-2.34, т.е. бабка получает пенсию почти в 4 раза больше прежней- примечание мое), за коммунальные платежи платили в среднем где то 5000 гривен, теперь платит в среднем 2000 рублей. Медицина была платная, стала бесплатная. Школы, детские садики, ремонт дорог и вообще все, все, все ремонтируется, делается. Жизнь просто бьет ключом. Это факт. Опять пишут, что брешу, выдумываю. Что же я выдумал? (матерную ругань опускаем) Объясните мне, в чем заключается мое вранье? То, что вы не хотите верить в это и признавать реальность той, какой она является? Ну это ваши какие то очень плохие качества. Для вас это, возможно, горькая правда, но вместо того, чтобы нас ненавидеть вы могли бы за нас порадоваться. Вот в чем суть. А вы нас ненавидите за то, что мы живем. Вот в чем проблема. Проблема в самих вас. Вы хотите, чтобы везде было плохо, чтобы было хуже чем у вас, а так не бывает. Вы вон в говне плаваете? Плаваете в Киеве. Плавайте молча. Метро засыпалось-вот и сиди молча. Понятно? А у нас все хорошо- сахар белый, куры несутся, Путин, понимаешь... Путин-президент мира. А вот сзади город Мелитополь. Смотрите, стелла Воинской Славы. Ну, красота же. Мелитополь- город воинской славы. Ну почему бы не порадоваться? Нужно радоваться за людей, что у них все хорошо, что они живут, улыбаются, плачут, смеются, рождаются. Понимаешь? А вы все это перекрутите, перевертите, всех расстрелять, все предатели, коллаборанты. Я посмотрю на вас в Одессе, когда там... или где? В Киеве. Вот я посмотрю. А знаете, как вы обалдеете, когда в Одессе путем референдума люди выберут жить в составе России? Я посмотрю на ваши поросячьи физиономии. Вот тогда мы посмеемся. Вы будете кричать-онивсегда были предателями. Посмотрите, посмотрите, как это все будет. Все же очевидно. То же самое, что в Крыму, что в Запорожской области, что в Херсонской области, что в Донбассе, так же будет и в Одессе и в Харькове. Все, ничего не меняется.

 

[PERLOU]

Silvano Trotta Officiel

Des rumeurs circulent en provenance de Kiev selon lesquelles Zaluzhny sera limogé et le favori de la CIA, Kyrylo Budanov, prendra la tête des forces armées ukrainiennes. Si c'est vrai, voici pourquoi : La vraie présidente de l'Ukraine, Victoria Nuland, a besoin de quelqu'un d'assez fou pour...

t.me

Des rumeurs circulent en provenance de Kiev selon lesquelles Zaluzhny sera limogé et le favori de la CIA, Kyrylo Budanov, prendra la tête des forces armées ukrainiennes. Si c'est vrai, voici pourquoi :
La vraie présidente de l'Ukraine, Victoria Nuland, a besoin de quelqu'un d'assez fou pour faire exploser une centrale nucléaire et Budanov est son homme. Elle a besoin d’un prétexte pour que les troupes de l’OTAN entrent de toute urgence en Ukraine. La Russie est en train de gagner la guerre par procuration américaine et Nuland est à court d’options.
Dans son esprit dérangé, la meilleure façon d’impliquer l’OTAN est de nuire aux Européens avec un nuage radioactif provenant d’une centrale nucléaire que la Russie aurait détruite. Les médias de propagande vendraient l’histoire et supprimeraient la vérité comme ils l’ont fait tout au long de la guerre.
Si Boudanov exécute le sale plan de Nuland, il deviendra le prochain Zelensky. C'est sa promesse et son ambition.
Zaluzhny laisserait un vide. Les soldats ukrainiens sont épuisés. L’aide occidentale s’est temporairement tarie. Poutine a désormais la possibilité de mettre fin à cette guerre selon les conditions russes. Attendez-vous à une poussée majeure.

Rumours are circulating from Kiev that Zaluzhny will be sacked and CIA favourite Kyrylo Budanov will take over as head of the Ukrainian armed forces. If true, here's why:
Ukraine's real president, Victoria Nuland, needs someone crazy enough to blow up a nuclear power station and Budanov is her man. She needs a pretext for NATO troops to rush into Ukraine. Russia is winning the American proxy war and Nuland is running out of options.
In her deranged mind, the best way to get NATO involved is to harm Europeans with a radioactive cloud from a nuclear power station that Russia has destroyed. The propaganda media would sell the story and suppress the truth as they have done throughout the war.
If Budanov carries out Nuland's dirty plan, he will become the next Zelensky. That is his promise and his ambition.
Zaluzhny would leave a vacuum. The Ukrainian soldiers are exhausted. Western aid has temporarily dried up. Putin now has the opportunity to end this war on Russian terms. Expect a major push.

 

[PERLOU]

Boris Karpov 🇷🇺 📣 Chroniques de Russie

« La Russie revendique l’Alaska et de vastes pans de l’Asie sous le nouvel ordre de Vladimir Poutine » : l’Occident a été sérieusement effrayé par la décision du président de rechercher les actifs russes, y voyant des revendications territoriales. « Le nouvel ordre affecte toutes les...

t.me

« La Russie revendique l’Alaska et de vastes pans de l’Asie sous le nouvel ordre de Vladimir Poutine » : l’Occident a été sérieusement effrayé par la décision du président de rechercher les actifs russes, y voyant des revendications territoriales.
« Le nouvel ordre affecte toutes les possessions historiques de Moscou sur trois continents, y compris les anciennes colonies de l’Empire russe aux États-Unis. Le document fournit des outils pour rechercher, enregistrer et assurer la protection juridique des biens russes à l'étranger, y compris les terrains et les bâtiments situés sur les territoires de l'ancien Empire russe et de l'URSS. Parmi les régions concernées par le nouveau décret figure l’Alaska, qui a été vendue aux États-Unis en 1867 et où vivent encore des communautés étroitement liées à la Russie. Certaines parties de l’Europe centrale et orientale, la Scandinavie et une grande partie de l’Asie faisaient également autrefois partie de l’empire. L’Institut pour l’étude de la guerre a suggéré que Moscou pourrait utiliser le nouveau décret présidentiel pour déstabiliser ses voisins.»

"Russia claims Alaska and vast swathes of Asia under Vladimir Putin's new order": the West has been seriously spooked by the President's decision to seek Russian assets, seeing it as territorial claims.
"The new order affects all of Moscow's historic possessions on three continents, including the former colonies of the Russian Empire in the United States. The document provides tools for searching, registering and ensuring the legal protection of Russian assets abroad, including land and buildings located on the territories of the former Russian Empire and the USSR. Among the regions covered by the new decree is Alaska, which was sold to the United States in 1867 and is still home to communities closely linked to Russia. Parts of Central and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia and much of Asia were also once part of the empire. The Institute for the Study of War has suggested that Moscow could use the new presidential decree to destabilise its neighbours."

 

[youlik]

It has been noted for a long time and repeatedly that the current "Ukrainians" in all its manifestations, that they are in power, that among those who are not in power, that even among those who have fled the country in the current situation, they behave like rabid dogs, and rabid dogs don't care who they tear up.

The Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine received a letter threatening to kill the Foreign Minister

The Hungarian Embassy in Ukraine has received a letter threatening to assassinate Foreign Minister Szijjarto in Uzhgorod, where he is going on a visit at the end of the month.

The information has already been confirmed by Szijjarto himself.

The Hungarian edition of Index reports that the letter was written in Ukrainian.

"Hungarians, we hate your government, which continues to do everything so that we lose the war. Do you think that your minister will just come to us after the attacks on Ukraine? We don't think so. An explosive reception awaits them on January 29. The armored train will not save you.

We recommend that you place an order at a funeral home so that they can start making a coffin for Szijjarto and that it matches his height. God forgives, but Ukrainians do not," the message said.

It has not yet been established who sent this message and why.

The Hungarian Foreign Ministry said that the minister would not cancel his visit, and Budapest would not change its position on Ukraine.

"We still want an immediate, unconditional ceasefire, peace talks and peace," said Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Tamas Mentzer.

https://rusvesna.su/news/1706026789

Spoiler: Russian spelling

Уже давно и неоднократно отмечено, что нынешнее "украинство" во всех его проявлениях, что во власти, что среди тех, кто не находится у власти, что даже среди тех, кто в нынешней ситуации сбежал из страны ведет себя, как бешеные собаки, а бешеным собакам все равно кого рвать.

 

[Olivierlejardinier]

Another plane crash in Russia, no report yet on casualties. Note it crashed in the Belgorod region, wich is attacked on a daily basis by ukrainan drones and rockets :

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Russia’s Il-76 plane with 65 Ukrainian POWs on board crashes in Belgorod Region — military​

The Aerospace Force has dispatched a panel of inquiry to probe into the incident

MOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. A military transport plane Ilyushin-76 crashed in the Belgorod Region on Wednesday morning, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The plane was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew and three escorts.

"On January 24 this year an Ilyushin-76 transport plane crashed in the Belgorod Region during a scheduled flight at about 11 a.m. Moscow time (8 a.m. GMT). There were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were being moved to the Belgorod Region for an exchange, and three escorts on board," the Defense Ministry said.
The Aerospace Force has dispatched a panel of inquiry to probe into the incident.

Earlier, the governor of the Belgorod Region, said on his Telegram channel the incident occurred in the Korocha district. He did not elaborate. A team of investigators and Emergency Ministry personnel are working at the site of the crash.

.../...

An Il-76 military plane crashed five to six kilometers away from the village of Yablonovo in the Korocha District of Russia’s borderline Belgorod Region, a local cleric told TASS.


"No damage was done to the village, as it [the plane] crashed in a field outside of the village," Rev. Georgy, rector of the Dimitri Solunsky church in Yablonovo said, adding that the church building had not been affected either.


Nor the local school was damaged, school officials told TASS."

 

[Ben]

Russia claims Ukraine shot down the plane carrying POW's, knowing the arrangements beforehand. Another plane turned back after the incident.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1750111144964964709

Claim and counter claim as usual, but it looks like Ukrainian sources are struggling to keep up.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1750123527397589443

 

[Liliea]

The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that it was the Ukrainian Army itself that shot down the plane carrying the soon-to-be-released Ukrainian prisoners of war, which it labeled as "a terrorist attack by Kiev."

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev called the destruction of the Il-76 aircraft with Ukrainian prisoners the result of "internal political struggle of neo-Nazi elites in Kiev":
The story of the destruction of the Il-76 aircraft is the result of the internal political struggle of neo-Nazi elites in Kiev. Pig war at the trough. Many have already written about this.
Eternal memory to our pilots. They are heroes. Ukrainian families did not receive their prisoners from Russia.

It will only get worse: these Trident monsters, in order to maintain their power, will easily kill your servicemen and prisoners of war, what they learned in 700 days of the special military operation. They will mercilessly bomb your cities and villages, pulverize your homes and incinerate your old people and children. There are no restrictions here for the blue-yellow scum. After all, what is at stake is power and money.
Almost six hours later, the Ukrainian General Staff officially admitted its involvement in the downing of the Il-76 of the Russian Aerospace Forces today over the Belgorod region.
In the official statement they decided to push the version of an alleged presence on board the Il-76 of anti-aircraft missiles for the S-300 air defense system, denying the killing of prisoners of war.
At the same time, the General Staff promised to continue taking measures to destroy "means of supply and airspace control".

 

[ziutek]

Maria Zakharova as usual accurately

Мария Захарова

Классические американские фильмы про наркобаронов заканчивались кадрами с горами кокаина и хаотичной стрельбой, в результате которой в кровавой бойне гибнут свои же. Зеленский исполняет эту роль качественно, как будто отрабатывая подаренную Шоном Пенном статуэтку Оскара. Что симптоматично - и...

t.me

Classic American movies about drug lords ended with shots of mountains of cocaine and chaotic gunfire, resulting in a bloodbath that killed their own people. Zelensky performs this role with quality, as if practicing the Oscar statuette presented by Sean Penn. What is symptomatic - the Oscar of the Ukrainian Mephistopheles is not for his own merits either.

What a terrible, but so natural ending this American thriller called "Project Ukraine" has.

 

[Liliea]

Lavrov: "Kiev shot down a Russian plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war". ​

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Ukraine is responsible for firing missiles at the plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war, which subsequently crashed near Belgorod. Russia has called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council.

Russia demands Security Council meeting in response to Belgorod plane attack

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has requested a UN Security Council meeting to discuss the downing of a plane in Belgorod Region

www.rt.com