In the early morning of February 24, 2022, Russia launched missile attacks on Ukrainian territory and launched a direct, full-scale invasion. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repel the enemy
- Destroyed in 2023 
Map of routes of hostile targets for January 2, 2024
* The map is created for educational purposes only, the routes are slightly artificially distorted and may be inaccurate. The map must not be used to decide on a location during an alarm. The infographic does not carry any military value and is created solely on information from open sources. 
- Ukraine does not have a “Plan B” if the West stops military assistance, says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba.
“We are confident in plan A.” 
- North Korea has begun transferring short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, WSJ reports.
The Russian Federation is also negotiating with Iran regarding ballistic weapons. Delivery could take place this spring. There is no deal yet. 
- Russia plans to equip Kh-32 cruise missiles with cluster munitions, reports the National Center of Resistance of Ukraine. 
- Ukrainian StratCom reports that Ukrainian troops attacked the command post of Russian troops near Sevastopol in Crimea. 
- Russia has already launched North Korean ballistic missiles on December 30 and January 2 at Ukraine, the US claims.
The remains of a possible North Korean missile in Kharkov on January 2. 
Possible North Korean ballistic missiles fired by Russia at Ukraine:
Short-range ballistic missile KN-23 (Hwasong-11Ga).
But the KN-23 is significantly larger than the Russian Iskander missile. 
- They struck the Russian city of Belgorod after a massive Russian missile attack on Ukraine a few days ago. 
- New escalation on the Korean Peninsula
North Korea fired about 200 artillery shells in the area of the South Korean islands of Yeonpyeong and Paengnyeongdo.
The shells fell into the maritime buffer zone north of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto maritime border.
South Korea advised residents of Yeonpyeong to seek refuge, adding that it would take appropriate action. 
- Support came from unexpected places 
Ukrainian porn actress and bald guy
- The United States no longer has sufficient funding to provide Ukraine with new military aid packages. The decision is up to Congress, said John Kirby.
- The Rada Committee has begun considering a new law on mobilization, - Arakhamia
Zaluzhny, Shaptala and Umerov came to the committee to discuss. The review will take 3 days.
- A Su-34 fighter-bomber was destroyed at an airbase in Chelyabinsk tonight
It burned down. The price of the fighter is $36 million. 
- Lukashenko introduced a ban on prosecution of himself in the event of leaving the post of President of Belarus
He approved changes to the law on the president, which provide the former president and his family with immunity, lifelong protection and the right to use state real estate after his resignation.
Interesting laws are being adopted. INI guess there are reasons to be afraid of the tribunal? 🤔 
- How old 
- Providing military support to Ukraine is an investment in the prosperity of the American people, - Kuleba in an interview with CNN.
Aid to Ukraine is not charity, but an investment in NATO security and the well-being of the American people. 
- The war in Ukraine will last at least until 2025, - FT.
▪️The choice of the West in the next few months will be decisive
▪️So far there is no such hopeless situation that could lead to freezing the conflict or peace negotiations
▪️Ukraine has a difficult choice: is it worth conscripting a large number of young people to replenish its units?
▪️This year, the West could provide Ukraine with the tools to reclaim more territory. 
- Putin approved a decree granting Russian citizenship to foreign mercenaries participating in the war in Ukraine
Recruitment for new meat assaults 🤷 
- The United States promises to continue to support Ukraine as long as necessary, but not necessarily at the level of 2022 and 2023, - US State Department representative Matthew Miller during a briefing.
- On January 15, the Russian Federation may launch a new offensive near Kharkov, - The Telegraph.
The occupiers want to attack Kupyansk and the surrounding area again.
It can be noted that attacks on Kharkov have recently intensified, which may also indicate preparations for an offensive. 
A little more about this news
▪️The first thing worth noting is the loud headline. Below in the text, The Telegraph clarifies that “near Kharkov” means “to Kupyansk”. However, if you write “to Kupyansk” in the title, who will be interested?
▪️The attack on Kupyansk and Liman began back in July. For six months, the occupiers did not achieve success and did not achieve their goals. They just continue to stagnate in Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Novoegorovka, Dibrovo, Serebryansky forestry.
▪️In addition, various analysts (for example, DeepState) regularly report that there are heavy battles in the Kupyansk direction. And after regrouping and replenishing, the occupiers will resume more intense assaults, but this is nothing new.
▪️The authors of the article do not know under whose control Kreminnaya actually is:
Moscow has concentrated its resources in the area in a bid to push towards the Ukrainian-held towns of Kreminna and Lyman
It is possible to draw conclusions about the level of expertise of this material.
▪️There is a possibility that Russia is planning new attacks, and on Kharkov too, perhaps by Christmas. This is not news, since in the fall there were already speculations about possible shelling from the Russian Federation in winter.
- Neutralization of the unexploded warhead of the Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missile in Kyiv. 
- Norway handed over to Denmark two F-16 fighters intended for training Ukrainian pilots. 
- Bezuglya was recalled from the post of Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee - NV 
Adamant about being recalled from office
The Chairman of the Committee put it to a vote when I warned him that I would be late for the meeting in my absence; and colleagues voted. I will never give up and no blackmail will force me to retreat from principles, work, struggle and truth. 
- The Scottish government will deprive Ukrainian refugees of housing payments, - Daily Record.
Scotland GovernmentDiya told local authorities that it would not continue providing funding to help Ukrainians settle. Last year local authorities received £10 million to cover the cost of short-term housing for refugees, but this funding will no longer be available.
Thus, we will have to stop supporting hotels where Ukrainians are staying. 
- In Belgorod, local residents are urged to seal their windows with tape to protect themselves from explosions
Here is “Kyiv in 3 days” 
- Russian deputies proposed to give the families of the mobilized cardboard life-size figures depicting their faces
This was proposed by Vologda City Duma deputy Mikhail Kozyrev. When the journalists reached out to Kozyrev, he, of course, denied everything and stated that he had not written anything like that, and that it was all started, of course, by Bandera’s supporters. 
- 🔥The air force hit the Saki airfield in Crimea, - commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Nikolai Oleshchuk. 
- The Polish government will sign an agreement with farmers to end the blockade of the Shegini-Medica state of emergency with Ukraine, reports Rzeczpospolita.
- The European Commission is preparing alternatives in the event that Hungary blocks the decision to finance Ukraine from the European budget, - Ursula von der Leyen.
According to the head of the European Commission, the funds transferred at the end of last year should be enough for Ukraine to cover expenses at the beginning of 2024. 
- Germany will not extradite men to Ukraine, German law does not allow this, - Bushman for Welt am Sonntag.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, 221,571 men of military age have arrived in Germany from Ukraine.
Currently there are 189,484 such Ukrainians there. 
- Artillery shells used daily by Russia and Ukraine in the summer of 2023 and now.
Source: WSJ 
- Russian FPV drones with machine vision and automatic target detection, as well as a thermal imager, have appeared at the front, a Ukrainian source reports.
The system is still in its infancy, but concerns have already been raised about the presence of such weapons. 
- Denmark's transfer of the first F-16 fighters to Ukraine has been delayed for about six months, the Berlingske newspaper reports, citing the Danish Ministry of Defense.
Reasons: Failure to fulfill a number of conditions, including the training of Ukrainian pilots, the training of mechanics and ground personnel, the condition of airfields and the organization of supplies of ammunition and spare parts. 
- There will be no Patriot interceptor missiles for Ukraine?
White House and Pentagon officials have warned that the United States will soon be unable to supply Ukraine's Patriot batteries with interceptor missiles, which could cost between $2 million and $4 million apiece, the NYT reports.
"If our foreign partners turn their backs on us, we will return to the beginning of the war, when people simply did not come out of their shelters, and the Russians tried to turn our cities into complete ruins," said Ukrainian Major Vladimir. 
- Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, supplies of Chinese CNC machines to the Russian Federation have increased 10 times.
Such machines are needed for the military industry and allow the rapid production of complex metal parts and parts from other materials.
Judging by Russian customs declarations, in July, Chinese companies supplied numerically controlled equipment to the Russian Federation worth $68 million, while in February 2022 this figure was $6.5 million. 
- On January 4, the Ukrainian army destroyed several ammunition depots and radar stations in Crimea.
They were located at the airfield in Saki and near the village of Grishino. 
- The United States has imposed sanctions against a bakery in Tambov that produces drones for the Russian military.
Drones are assembled using a 3D printer, which produces frames, holders for antennas and cameras.
Most components are purchased online, allowing manufacturers to spend up to $500 per drone. The bakery claims to produce 250 drones per month. 
Drone factory inside a bakery in Tambov. Only in Russia. 
- Invulnerable quantum satellite communication between China and Russia
Scientists from Russia and China have successfully tested a highly encrypted quantum communication system that promises to be virtually invulnerable, a landmark event for quantum technology.
Scientists managed to fly 3,800 km between a ground station near Moscow and another near Urumqi in China's western Xinjiang region to send two encoded images protected by quantum keys.
Quantum communication, a form of information transfer based on quantum physics that uses cryptography to encode data in single photons, offers a way to transmit information that hackers cannot eavesdrop on. 
- The first shots of the Abrams M1A1SA tank delivered by the Americans to Ukraine. 
- Romania is building a new highway to the border with Ukraine, which will create a new transport corridor.
The goal is to provide access from Ukraine to Romanian ports, bypassing Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.
Romanian media report that about 3,000 workers and hundreds of vehicles are working around the clock, 7 days a week to continue construction of the highway from Bucharest to the Ukrainian border. 
- The production and digging of Ukrainian metal underground shelters for army personnel is now being installed en masse on the defense lines along the entire front. 
- Are German Leopard tanks not suitable for war?
German tanks were created for exercises and parades, and not for real combat operations, Spiegel reports.
A commission from Germany, which visited a German tank repair center in Lithuania, was unpleasantly surprised by the number of equipment that failed due to internal defects.
Spiegel notes that problems with logistics and a shortage of spare parts persist - even in Lithuania, far from the front, mechanics face problems when repairing German Leopards.
According to a Bundeswehr officer, German tanks wear out too quickly in combat conditions.
The Ukrainian military notes that the Leopard has fragile tracks - weakening their tension leads to breakdowns. 
- It is reported that a 23-year-old Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot with the call sign “Blue Helmet” died during a recent flight. 
- 🤡 The United States will leave NATO if I win the election, - Republican Party candidate Vivek Ramaswam.
Guide: how to not win 100% 😂 
- In Ukraine, the air raid warning sounded more than 16 thousand times
Most of all in August and December. 
- Something went wrong 
- Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa arrived in Kyiv
She is involved in the transfer of large energy equipment to help prepare for winter.
The Japanese Foreign Ministry emphasized its determination in the restoration and reconstruction of Ukraine. 
- Orban may temporarily head the European Council, - Politico.
If Charles Michel resigns in July, it is possible that Viktor Orbán, Prime Minister of Hungary, will take his place as President of the European Council, given that Hungary holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU from July 2024 to December.
This scenario will become possible if EU leaders cannot agree on a successor to Michel.
Charles Michel is running in the European Parliament elections, which will lead to his early departure from office in July rather than November. 
- The West probably does not believe that Russia will attack them if it succeeds in Ukraine, - The Telegraph.
Main points of the article:
▪️There are doubts in the West that Ukrainians are fighting not only for their country, but for the whole of Europe, since otherwise they would be given more military support.
▪️Zelensky, exhausted by two years of war, is now forced to focus on restoring the initiative.
▪️Zelensky faces a major test of his leadership that is more complex and significant than the challenges he faced at the outset of hostilities.
▪️Any serious consideration of peace negotiations will largely guarantee Ukraine's defeat. 
- The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the invaders’ half-built railway bridge near Mariupol
In the vicinity of the village of Granitnoye, fuel tanks and engineering vehicles of the Russian army were destroyed, as reported by Pyotr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
This area is where a bridge was to be built linking occupied Mariupol with Russian cities. The purpose of the construction was to solve the logistics problems of the invaders and reduce dependence on the Crimean Bridge. 
- Unknown drones have been flying over German military training grounds for more than a year, they cannot be caught, - Bild.
Suspicious unmanned aerial vehicles are spotted every week, most often in the airspace where the Ukrainian military is conducting exercises. There is suspicion in Germany that these drones are being flown by Russia, although there is no evidence for this claim yet. 
- Elon Musk uses cocaine, LSD, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine at private parties around the world
Journalists discovered that from 2018 to 2021, Elon Musk took part in several private parties where participants were required to hand over their phones and sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Musk's inner circle has expressed concern about the impact of these substances on his health and business.
That explains a lot 
- Rostov air defense “accidentally” hit its own paratroopers
It is reported that the plane with the landing force arrived at the specified coordinates and began “unloading” not far from the Kuzminka training ground. As the soldiers approached the ground, fire was opened on them from the ZU-23-2. Most of the shots did not reach the target, but two Russian servicemen received injuries incompatible with life.
The operator who carried out the shooting turned out to be a “veteran of the SVO”, also with an award. 
- 🤷 It happens 
- Ukrainian military medic Galina Fedyshyn before and after Russian captivity 
- And this happens 
- For what? We just wanted to kill people in a neighboring country, just to make money. 
- It turned out awkward 
- It’s strange that only now? 
- Boycott Paris 2024 
- I hurried with the registry office 
- A tragic story from Belgorod 
- Ukraine received from Germany the latest (2021) SKYNEX air defense system, thus Ukraine becomes the only operator of this weapon at the moment in the world. 
- Help Dasha find the correct answer 
