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

I watched/listened to the interview. What stood out to me, in the discussion about how the west and Russia came to be in the situation they're now in. When speaking about the turn around, from speaking about Russian integration into the EU maybe, or into Nato, around the 2008 time frame, he really came off as sincerely disappointed and looking back on it with incredulity and regret, regret not about it not working it out between the West and Russia, but regret about it just being impossible despite trying everything in their power to be peaceful and friendly with their western neighbors. At the same time he can be lighthearted and come up with this gem when Tucker asks him in a back and forth about Lavrov meeting Blinken: "Have you spoken to any officials in the Biden administration since then?" to which he replied "I wouldn't want to ruin their careers." :lol: (at 1:03:30)

Although very well versed on all the topics discussed, and it was a good interview I think, Lavrov seemed tired to me.

Well worth the watch in full.
 
Before the New Year, people traditionally turn to the "host" of this holiday with their wishes. In Russia, he is called Grandfather Frost.
Russian soldiers read out a New Year's address to Grandfather Frost. It turned out, in my opinion, funny and touching, I'll translate it.
"Give me, Grandpa, this New Year's Eve
A night without howling "Himars" and a reliable pillbox.
Give me, grandfather, a connection with artillerists,
Warm boots, dirt under the enemies.
You know, Grandpa, I was good.,
I listened to the commanders and hardly drank,
I went on stormtroopers, I shot at the enemy,
If I could, I wrote to my mother.
Give it to me, Grandfather, and to the whole country
Something that is needed in the war:
The experience for a Vanya-commander platoon, a sharp-eye for shooter,
Battery for the copter, shame for the storekeeper.
Give us letters from children, Grandfather!
Pour tactics into the generals' heads.
Give our wifes and mothers the gift of falling asleep without tears
But the victory... Oh well! We'll take it ourself somehow ..."
The letter to Santa Claus was written by the soldiers of the 331 parachute regiment, directed by Hussar. Be Kind!
New Year's poems are already being created! Well done

There are very few "witnesses" like this man left alive. He tells how he was tortured by the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They beat him and burned the word "СЕПАР" (short for separatist) on his back with a red-hot poker. They only tried to find out which of the villagers sympathize with Russia.
To a resident of the village of Shakhterskoye, AFU soldiers burned the word "СЕПАР"(separatist) with a poker in 2022. The man lay on the floor for a day, taking his T-shirt of his body and moving away from the pain.

My "beloved" Estonians do not leave me alone in any way. I understand that this can happen to anyone in the learning process, but why do I come across Estonians?
"F..k you!" Estonian soldier learns to throw a grenade, recent Lightning exercises

Перед Новым Годом люди традиционно обращаются к "хозяину" этого праздника со своими пожеланиями. В России его называют Дедом Морозом.
Российские солдаты зачитывают новогоднее обращение к Деду Морозу. Получилось, по моему, забавно и трогательно, я переведу.
"Подари мне, дедушка, в этот Новый год
Ночь без воя "Хаймерсов" и надежный ДОТ.
Подари мне, дедушка, с пушкарями связь,
Тёплые ботиночки, под врагами-грязь.
Ты же знаешь, дедушка, я хорошим был,
Командиров слушал я и почти не пил,
На штурмовки хаживал, по врагу стрелял,
Если удавалось, то матери писал.
Подари мне, дедушка, да и всей стране
Что-нибудь такое, что нужно на войне:
Опыт Ваньке- взводному, зоркий глаз- стрелку,
Батарею- коптеру, стыд- кладовщику.
Подари нам, дедушка, письма от детей!
Генералам в голову тактику залей.
Дай жене и матери дар без слёз уснуть
А победа... Ладно уж! Сами как-нибудь..."
Письмо Деду Морозу писали бойцы 331 парашютно-десантного полка, режиссер Гусар. Быть Добру!
Таких "свидетелей", как этот мужчина в живых осталось очень не много. Он рассказывает, как его пытали солдаты ВСУ. Они его били и выжгли раскаленной в печи кочергой на спине слово "СЕПАР" (сокращение от сепаратист). Пытались узнать только, кто из жителей села сочувствует России.
Мои "любимые" эстонцы никак не оставляют меня в покое. Я понимаю, что в процессе обучения такое может произойти с каждым, но почему мне попадаются эстонцы?
 
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It's up!


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Experts says that most of the communication comes from non-verbal communication.I think that is true in many cases.Very often when im observing two people talking to each other i found big misunderstanding between them.And i found,it comes from their lack of understandings how to communicate.I often tell people when they have conversation,that is not that much important of what is that they talk about,but how they talk about.This "how"is crucial.You see,if two people have conversation and one of them or both are unfriendly,then conversation doesnt make sense.Likewise if one is neurotic or hysterical they cant make conversation even if they share same idea,have same views,,they completely agree with each other,but they will fight because they dont know how to communicate.
We must be very open,silent with full attention when we listening others,its cultural above all,and then communication takes on a completely different meaning,its much more deeper and takes greater understandings.
And that is the case here.When we watching Mr.Lavrov speaking,his voice,his gestures..you can see there is nothing offending,nothing intrusive.Actually his speaking is pleasant,not "heavy".He just make statements,the facts and what we gonna do with this statements its up to us.He do not impose on us.It is the same with President Putin.In every moment they know exactly what they talking about.Many times we can see that they thinking while they talking.
Unlike west leaders,their movements,gestures,body posture,waving their arms..it send us message that they are always right and we must follow them without questioning.They impoese themselves on us with their non-verbal communication.

"If people spoke only what they know,there would be a great silence in the world"
 
From the thread Russia Begins Operations in Syria: End Game for the US Empire?
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Also note: U.S. Has Stopped Ukrainian ATACMS Strikes On Russia:
We'll see.
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Resumed today and with another loan of which 20 billion were stolen (frozen assets) from Russia. They were just waiting for the work in Syria to be completed/advanced, I guess.

From RT Russian Telegram Channel
The strike on Taganrog on the morning of December 11 was carried out by six ATACMS missiles; the Ukrainian Armed Forces' target was a military airfield, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Two missiles were shot down by the combat crew of the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and gun system, the rest were deflected by electronic warfare systems.

As a result of falling missile fragments, there are casualties among the personnel. There is no destruction.
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Attack with Western long-range weapons The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the situation in Taganrog will not go unanswered.
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Crossing over several topics (including the outgoing? regime in the US leaving a legacy for Trump)

Russia tells its citizens: avoid travel to the West​

By Dmitry Antonov and Guy Faulconbridge
December 11, 20242:31 PM GMT Updated a day ago
  • Summary
  • Russia says avoid US, Canada, EU countries
  • Russia says US hunting down Russians
  • Kremlin: Biden is dialling up tensions ahead of Trump
MOSCOW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday that relations with Washington were so confrontational that Russian citizens should not visit the United States, Canada and some EU countries in coming weeks because they risked being "hunted" down by U.S. authorities.
Russian and U.S. diplomats say the relationship is worse than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the two Cold War superpowers came closest to intentional nuclear war, due to a confrontation over the Ukraine war.

"In the context of the increasing confrontation in Russian-American relations, which are teetering on the verge of rupture due to the fault of Washington, trips to the United States of America privately or out of official necessity are fraught with serious risks," Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, told a news briefing.
"We urge you to continue to refrain from trips to the United States of America and its allied satellite states, including, first of all, Canada and, with a few exceptions, European Union countries, during these holidays," she said.

Both Moscow and Washington say their citizens have been wrongfully imprisoned and their diplomats harassed increasingly as relations soured, though they both defend convictions by their own justice systems.
Some Russians are in jail in the United States and dozens of U.S. citizens are in jail in Russia, convicted of a range of crimes ranging from espionage to hooliganism - even after the biggest Russian-U.S. prisoner swap since the Cold War.

"Our citizens have become the subject of hunting by American authorities and U.S. special services," Zakharova said, without elaborating.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told NBC News on Tuesday that Russia would "definitely be prepared to consider" another prisoner swap, similar to the August exchange that involved Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and ex-U.S. Marine Paul Whelan.

The Kremlin said the outgoing administration of U.S. President Joe Biden was dialling up the tension with Russia ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration - and has warned of the risks of a wider war.
"It is obvious that the current administration will follow this path and will try to leave this legacy. How and in what way - we will see together," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The United States and its Western allies have supported Ukraine with hundreds of billions of dollars of weapons and aid, and have promised to defeat Russian forces and what Western leaders cast as an imperial-style land grab by Moscow.

President Vladimir Putin says an arrogant West led by the United States ignored Russia's post-Soviet interests, tried to pull Ukraine into its orbit since 2014 and then used Ukraine to fight a proxy war aimed at weakening - and ultimately destroying - Russia.
The White House has said it is merely defending U.S. interests in supplying weapons to Ukraine. Trump has vowed to swiftly end the war and has said he has good relations with Putin, who argues that parts of Ukraine are rightfully Russian, a position which Kyiv rejects.
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Oh yes...I have also been mulling at all of this.
It seems clear to me that the downside for the falling West is that until its morals change and its awareness ups the beatings will continue [ Witness Ukraine ], and the gigantic Western underestimation of the Russian military power will insure that Russia triumphs across all boards. I have not much hope for that happening. I see all the hounds of war being fed by so many cowards that make up the vast majority of the Western leaders world ; add stupid into that mix , then ignorant then blind.
 
Current Ukrainian personal and Military casualties.

tass.com

Ukrainian losses exceed 40,260 troops: situation in Russia’s Kursk Region

According to the report, Russian operational/tactical and army aircraft, missile forces hit enemy manpower and equipment in the Kursk and Sumy regions
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According to the report, Russian operational/tactical and army aircraft, missile forces hit enemy manpower and equipment in the Kursk and Sumy regions
MOSCOW, December 13. /TASS/. The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 200 soldiers in the Kursk area over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The enemy's losses since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region have exceeded 40,260 servicemen.

TASS has gathered the key news about the unfolding situation.

Operation to neutralize Ukrainian forces​

- Russian forces defeated Ukrainian armed formations in the settlements of Viktorovka, Guyevo, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Sverdlikovo, and Staraya Sorochina.

- Russian operational/tactical and army aircraft, missile forces hit enemy manpower and equipment in the Kursk and Sumy regions.

- The operation to destroy Ukrainian forces continues.

Ukraine’s losses​

- Over the day, Ukraine lost more than 200 troops, three tanks, including two British-made Challengers, two infantry fighting vehicles, including a German-made Marder, two armored personnel carriers, an armored combat vehicle, nine motor vehicles, a piece of artillery, six mortars, and an electronic warfare station.

- Since the beginning of hostilities in the Kursk Region, Kiev has lost over 40,260 troops, 239 tanks, 177 infantry fighting vehicles, 125 armored personnel carriers, 1,252 armored combat vehicles, 1,124 motor vehicles, 309 artillery pieces, 40 multiple rocket launchers, including 11 HIMARS and six MLRS of US manufacture, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport and loading vehicles, 73 electronic warfare stations, 13 counter-battery radars, four air defense radars, 27 pieces of engineering and other equipment, including 13 counter-obstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, six armored repair and recovery vehicles, as well as a command and staff vehicle. Tags Military operation in Ukraine



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649 #Airplanes (--)283 #Helicopters (--)37633 #UAVs (+37)586 #Air Missile Sys. (--)19775 #Tanks&Vehic. (+45)1500 #Combat MLRS (--)19482 #Guns&mortars (+71)29146 #Special equip. (+8)#ZelenskyWarCriminalThe crew of the 2S4 "Tulip" self-propelled mortar of the "Center" group of forces destroyed a fortified stronghold of the UkroWehrmacht in the #Krasnoarmeysk direction

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Ukrainian Mobilisation Officers Fell Victims Of IED Attack In Dnipro

On December 14th, an explosion thundered in the city of Dnipro (Dnepropetrovsk). This was not the result of Russian strikes...
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On December 14th, an explosion thundered in the city of Dnipro (Dnepropetrovsk). This was not the result of Russian strikes but a terrorist attack that targeted Ukrainian military officials.

Unknown attackers blew up a car parked near the local mobilisation center in the city center. The car belonged to military commissars. At the moment of the explosion, a soldier and two policemen were nearby. As a result of the attack, the soldier, who was reportedly an employee of the mobilisation center, died on the spot. The policemen were heavily wounded.

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The city authorities preliminarily classified the incident as a terrorist attack, but they are still waiting for the results of the investigation.

Ukrainian authorities may use the attack as another pretext to blame Moscow but Ukrainian mobilisation officers were definately attacked by local residents whose relatives and friends are captured on the streets and forcibly thrown into battles.

The Ukrainian military starts falling the victim of terrorism nourished and0 glorified by the Kiev regime. Ukrainian saboteurs continue similar attacks in Russian rear. For example, on December 13th, assassination attempt on the General Director of the Russian Engineering Design Bureau prepared by Ukrainian special services was thwarted in the Moscow region.

This is also far from the first attack on mobilisation officers in Ukraine. The public resistance against the illegal general mobilisation and the ruling Kiev regime is growing.
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Russian Aviation Destroys Three Ukrainian Drone Deposits

Russia's military has destroyed three Ukrainian drone storage facilities, the Ministry of Defense reported.
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(Updated: 9 hours ago)
The strikes were carried out by operational-tactical aviation, UAVs, missile troops, and artillery units.
Russia's military has destroyed three Ukrainian drone storage facilities, the Ministry of Defense reported.

"Three UAV storage facilities have been hit," Moscow clarified.


Additionally, Russian forces successfully targeted enemy personnel and military equipment in 153 areas.

Air defense systems downed six rockets from the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and 60 aerial-type drones.

Other Developments​

Tsentr Battlegroup
Russian forces repelled four counterattacks from Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainian losses included up to 365 soldiers and one armored fighting vehicle.

Tactical improvements were made, with the destruction of personnel and equipment from two mechanized, a mountain, motorized infantry, and assault brigades, a marine brigade, and two national guard brigades.

Ukrainian losses also included three vehicles, one 152mm D-20 artillery piece, three 152mm Msta-B howitzers, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers.

Zapad Battlegroup
Russian forces improved their tactical position in the Kharkov region and Lugansk People's Republic (LPR).

Ukrainian forces lost up to 540 soldiers.

Two counterattacks were repelled.

Ukrainian losses included two armored personnel carriers, four pickups, one 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery unit, and several pieces of artillery from various countries including the UK and the US.

Two Ukrainian electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

Yug Battlegroup
Russian forces secured more favorable positions and repelled two Ukrainian attacks.

Up to 225 Ukrainian soldiers were lost.

Losses for Ukraine also included two armored fighting vehicles and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.

Ukrainian formations from two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, a marine brigade, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in several locations in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

Vostok Battlegroup
Ukrainian forces lost up to 150 soldiers in the area of the Vostok battlegroup’s operations.

Losses included two armored fighting vehicles, three vehicles, one 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery unit, and one 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery unit.

Russian forces continued advancing into Ukrainian defense lines, with significant losses to two mechanized brigades and one territorial defense brigade.

Sever Battlegroup
Ukrainian forces lost up to 60 soldiers in the Kharkov region.

Russian forces inflicted losses on two territorial defense brigades and one Ukrainian border guard unit.

Losses included two armored personnel carriers, three vehicles, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
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How Corruption and Desire to Hurt Russia Crippled Ukraine's Energy Infrastructure?

Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is in dire straits as Russia’s reprisals for Kiev’s attacks on its soil take their toll.
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Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is in dire straits as Russia’s reprisals for Kiev’s attacks on its soil take their toll.
Since the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine has not built a single power plant – all of its nuclear, hydro and thermal power plants were constructed during the Soviet era.

Now, after months of fighting and a campaign of precision Russian strikes sparked by Kiev’s attacks on Russia’s territory, about 80 percent of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure lies in ruins.

This dismal situation is further exacerbated by rampant corruption, which apparently hinders efforts to protect Ukrainian power facilities by, for example, moving them to reinforced underground shelters, The Times claims.

Ukrainian officials have already lamented that, if Russian attacks against Ukraine’s power infrastructures continue, people in Ukraine may be looking at power outages lasting from 12 to 20 hours a day during this winter.

The dreadful state of the Ukrainian power grid has also started taking its toll on the nuclear power plants the country still operates.
Five of Ukraine’s nine operational nuclear reactors were forced to decrease their output on Friday at the behest of the Ukrainian power grid operator.

These moves were performed as nuclear power plants require reliable connections to the power grid, not only to transmit energy they generate but also to receive electricity required for cooling.

The lack of such connections would thus either prompt the necessity to shut down the plant or face the prospects of safety systems there failing with potentially catastrophic consequences.
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The new system can help to quickly detect and target Starlink terminals because the basic principles of radio signal transmission have not changed since the invention of radio, says Andrei Bezrukov, chairman of the CBST board of directors.

According to Bezrukov, even the use of Starshield, a militarized version of Starlink, by Ukrainian forces would not hide their communications terminals from Kalinka's gaze.

Kalinka's range is primarily determined by the terrain in the search area and the enemy's use of other electronic systems. As for the time it would take to press Kalinka into mass production, Bezrukov says it all depends on the demand of Russian forces. operating in the conflict zone.

The United States provided the Ukrainian military with a large number of Starlink communications terminals after the conflict escalated in February 2022.

In addition to coordinating its military operations, Ukrainian forces actively use Starlink to communicate with air and maritime drones that Kiev uses to launch terrorist attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russia.
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The defense in the direction of Uspenivka has completely collapsed. ⚠️ The Russians were able to bring several square kilometers under their control. 🚨 There are also said to be Ukrainian soldiers still in the encirclement who have not managed to escape due to the rapid advance of the Russians

Yelizavetivka, Veselyi Hai, Hannivka, Trudove, and Uspenivka have fallen.

Kurakhove is also about to fall. Here the Russians control over 90% of the civilian houses. The Ukrainians are only present at the power station and in a few houses.

The Russians are now advancing from Shevshenko to the north and threatening Pishchane. Two other villages south of Pokrovsk are also currently under attack by the Russians.

In the direction of Kursk, the Russians have managed to take control of further forest areas and parts of the fields.

Cold War II❄️Uspenivka And Kurakhove Have Fallen🔥North Korean Units Are In Combat🛡Military Summary And Analysis For 14.12.2024


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This is probably still about the losses of the AFU. In both cases, the losses are not yet lethal but as for the encircled, a fatal outcome is most likely for them.
Rogov: the AFU detachment of 700 people with special forces was surrounded south of Kurakhovo

SIMFEROPOL, Dec 15 – RIA Novosti. The AFU group, numbering about 700 people, including a special forces detachment, was completely surrounded south of the city of Kurakhovo in the DPR, chairman of the commission of the Public Chamber of Russia on sovereignty issues, co-chairman of the coordinating Council for the integration of new regions Vladimir Rogov told RIA Novosti.
Earlier, Rogov reported that the AFU landed in a "fire bag" south of Kurakhovo, while fighting continues in the city itself for its liberation from the Ukrainian occupation.

The "cauldron" for Ukrainian militants south of Kurakhov in the area of the villages of Uspenovka, Annovka and Vesely Guy has slammed shut. About 700 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were surrounded, including a special forces unit that was recently transferred there. There is no organized resistance or defense, they are trying to get out of the encirclement in scattered groups across the fields and riverbed," Rogov said.
According to him, the main forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are counterattacking Russian positions west of Uspenovka in order to break through the corridor for the exit of the group trapped in the "cauldron".

"At the same time, according to the interceptions, before the complete encirclement, the AFU group requested commands to retreat and evacuate at least eight times, but they were refused," Rogov said.
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Рогов сообщил об окружении группировки ВСУ южнее Курахово

The French can be applauded - a "qualitatively" trained "brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine". The next goal should be to ensure that the trained brigade runs out of front line no longer in half strength, but in full strength, then this will be a logically completed process.
The French-trained AFU brigade escaped from the front line

MOSCOW, Dec 15 — RIA Novosti. About a thousand people deserted from the 155th brigade of the Anna Kievskaya AFU, part of which was trained in France, almost immediately after arriving at the position, the editor-in-chief of the Ukrainian edition of Censor said.no," Yuri Butusov on his YouTube channel.
"There are a huge number of cases of unauthorized abandonment of a unit (SOC) from among those who were put there, in this brigade," he said.

According to the journalist, this is due to the fact that this brigade was formed from forcibly mobilized people and sent them to the front without proper training.

"They packed several thousand people from the street into the brigade, literally — these fake ones — they said that this was a brigade, put a competent commander there, but did not give him time to form a team. As a result, almost a thousand people who were forcibly put there — in the 155th brigade - they went home immediately upon arrival," Butusov explained.

At the same time, according to the journalist, the responsibility for these servicemen was assigned to the brigade commander and he was removed from office.
At the end of November, the head of the French Defense Ministry, Sebastian Lecorny, announced that 2.3 thousand Ukrainian soldiers of the Anna Kievskaya armed formation trained in this country had gone back to Ukraine to participate in hostilities. Three infantry battalions, an engineering and artillery corps, ground-air surveillance and reconnaissance units were trained in France. Ukrainians were trained by fifteen hundred French soldiers.

Roman Likhachev, a lawyer at the Ukrainian Center for Support to Veterans and Their Families, previously reported that since 2022, over 100,000 cases of unauthorized abandonment of a unit have been recorded in Ukraine. The publication Ukrainska Pravda wrote on October 16 that the office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine had registered about 60 thousand criminal cases on the fact of unauthorized abandonment of a unit and about 30 thousand on desertion since the beginning of 2022 in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Подготовленная Францией бригада ВСУ убежала с передовой

Это, наверно, все же про потери ВСУ. В обоих случаях потери пока не летальные, но что касается окруженцев, то для них летальный исход наиболее вероятен.
Французам можно поаплодировать- "качественно" подготовленная "бригада ВСУ". Следующей целью надо ставить, чтобы подготовленная бригада разбегалась в разные стороны уже не половинной численности, а в полном составе, тогда это будет логически законченный процесс.
 
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