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
- North Korea uses Ukraine as a testing ground for ballistic missiles that can carry nuclear warheads
This was announced by the Permanent Representative of South Korea to the UN, Hwang Jung Koo. 
- India decided to buy Saudi oil instead of Russian after problems with payments - Reuters, citing sources
According to the agency's interlocutors, the two largest Indian state-owned refineries - Indian Oil Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp - plan to purchase 2 million barrels from the Saudi state corporation Saudi Aramco with delivery in February.
Indian Oil has approached Riyadh and is also counting on additional supplies of oil from West Africa instead of the Russian Sokol grade.
Indian refineries were unable to receive at least 6 million barrels of Sokol in November and December: tankers with oil produced in Kamchatka stood in the roads off the coast of South Asia for weeks, waiting for unloading, and then went to new ones buyers. 
- Wearing imported goods from unfriendly countries and calling on an iPhone is the norm for those who send to die for Russians 
- Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR) received 100 GB of secret data on military equipment of the Russian army worth $1.5 billion.
The data was obtained from the Russian company Special Technology Center, which produces military and wartime equipment, in particular, Orlan UAVs of various modifications, a number of electronic warfare equipment and other military products.
The array contains documentation for 194 product items: drawings, specifications, patents, software, etc. 
- German Chancellor Scholz:
No matter how significant Germany's contribution may be, it will not be enough to ensure Ukraine's security in the long term.
I therefore call on allies in the European Union to step up their efforts towards Ukraine. The planned arms deliveries to Ukraine by most EU member states are not enough. 
- France can supply Ukraine with another 85 SCALP-EG cruise missiles in addition to the previously transferred 50 missiles, Le Figaro reports. 
- Apparently, Iran has supplied Russia with the latest version of the Shahed kamikaze UAV (Shahed-238) with a jet engine.
The first one (MJ0) was shot down by Ukrainian troops. 
- A possible military conflict over Taiwan could cost the global economy an estimated $10 trillion, dwarfing the blow from the war in Ukraine, the Covid pandemic and the global financial crisis.
This estimate is given by Bloomberg, noting that the indicated amount is about 10% of world GDP. 
- Russia is deploying nuclear weapons in Belarus, WSJ reports.
In this way, Putin wants to scare NATO and force it to stop military support for Ukraine. 
- In Russia, an explosion was heard on the railway tracks in Nizhny Tagil, near the San Donato station. There is an oil depot near it, reports RosSMI.
Another explosive device was found near the explosion site. 
- According to DeepState, the Ukrainian Armed Forces pushed the invaders back from Novomikhailovka by approximately 2 km
▪️It is clear that the invaders are unable to enter the operational space to break through to Kurakhovo or Ugledara.
▪️However, it is expected that the invaders will introduce another battalion of marines from the 155th brigade into battle near Novomikhailovka. The detachment has already completed the formation of assault groups (7-8 such groups have been formed). Ukrainian defenders are preparing for the upcoming offensive. 
- All Swedish citizens are advised to prepare for a possible war in the country, - Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces Büden and Minister of Civil Defense Bulin. 
- An unknown kamikaze drone attacked an oil depot in Orel (Russia)
The drone hit a fuel tank. 
- Z-channel asks to send firewood to the military airfield, because the pilots there are freezing
Then, however, the post was deleted, as the pilots received a slap in the neck for talking about the problem.
What can I say, news from a “superpower” 
- Russia is very far from capturing Kupyansk and Avdeevka, as in October last year, - military observer Bild Repke.
He believes that Putin's winter offensive failed: thousands of Russian soldiers died and more than 400 pieces of military equipment were destroyed.
Ukraine will be able to hold the offensive, there will be enough ammunition. The Russian Federation is forced to gather reserves again in order to launch another offensive. 
- Secret negotiations about Ukraine
Last month, representatives of Ukraine met with representatives of the G7 and the global South, Bloomberg reports.
Although Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Brazil support the territorial integrity of Ukraine, they insist on the need for direct contacts with the Russian Federation. (Ukraine, of course, rejects this possibility). Another such meeting may take place soon in Davos. 
- The European Parliament is considering the issue of depriving Hungary of the right to vote, says MP from Finland Petri Sarvamaa.
According to him, difficulties in decision-making in the European Union are due to Orban’s actions. This leads to stagnation in the decision-making mechanism.
It’s high time 🎉 
- Among the main risks of 2024 is a “divided Ukraine,” - The Time.
▪️Europe no longer buys Russian energy. However, this year, Ukraine is de facto divided, and the Republic now has the initiative on the battlefield and a material advantage.
▪️2024 is a turning point in the war: if Ukraine does not soon solve its problems with personnel, does not increase weapons production and does not develop a realistic military strategy, its territorial losses may be permanent and may expand .
▪️Kiev has been hit hard by weaker political and material support from the US, and the prospects for European assistance are only slightly better. Ukraine desperately needs more troops.
▪️This year, Kyiv will take greater military risks, including strikes on more targets on Russian territory, which will provoke a Russian response and could draw NATO into the conflict. 
- South Korea is the main enemy of the DPRK, we have no intention of avoiding war, - Kim Jong-un.
If the South attempts to use armed forces against the DPRK or threaten its sovereignty and security, and such an opportunity arises, we will not hesitate to destroy South Korea by mobilizing all the means and forces at our disposal 
- In 2023, Ukraine tripled the production of weapons, equipment and artillery shells, and mines by 42 times, - Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security. 
- Iran may transfer ballistic missiles with a range of up to 700 km to Russia
And the White House said that the Russian Federation was again firing missiles at Ukraine from North Korea. 
- Ukrainian tank Leopard 2A6 with crosses of the Ukrainian Army and the German Bundeswehr. 
- North Korea's Kim Jong-un said that "the time has come to identify South Korea as the most hostile state." 
- The American fast food chain Subway was blacklisted as Ukrainian sponsors of the war.
More than 500 of the company's restaurants continue to operate in the Russian market, paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes to the Russian budget.
When will Metro, Auchan and Leroy be added to the lists? 
- The occupiers want to create a 15-kilometer “buffer zone” with the Belgorod region, ISW reports.
However, military analysts doubt that in the near future the occupiers will have enough strength to carry out an operation to seize significant territory in the Kharkov region. 
- The occupiers have big problems on the left bank of the Kherson region, ISW reports.
At the front line, invaders are forced to spend several hours waiting for permission from the command to use artillery against certain targets. Commanders are demanding photo and video evidence to prove the need for strikes.
According to information from ISW, occupiers in this area are faced with a shortage of electronic warfare systems to combat unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition, Russian troops suffered significant losses in military equipment, especially in the Krynok region, where up to 90% of Russian military equipment was destroyed. 
- NATO is completely “dead” and the United States will leave the alliance, Trump said.
European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton said that at the economic forum in Davos in 2020, the former US President warned Ursula von der Leyen in a private meeting that the US would not help and send its troops to the EU in in the event of a Russian attack. He also added that NATO is forever “dead.” 
- Ukraine is in 18th place in the ranking of the most powerful armies in the world
Russia is in second place. 
- Consequences of arrival in Kharkov
The occupiers hit two missiles near a hotel in the center of Kharkov. 10 deaths are known.
This hotel was mainly used by the media; the military was never there. 
- What an exciting start to the New Year in Russia 
Multi-move! 
- Patriots of the Russian Federation are focused on solving two problems 
- An Aeroflot plane was forced to land in Barnaul - this is the airline’s ninth problem aircraft in five weeks
An Aeroflot plane flying from Moscow to Gorno-Altaisk was forced to land in Barnaul. It is reported that the emergency landing occurred due to “technical reasons” on board.
The ship landed with the flaps extended. There were no casualties. 
- Navalny does not lose his sense of humor 
- A strange trend has formed in Russia 
- Putin needs to be buried like a pharaoh 
- Boris Nadezhdin will meet with the wives of the mobilized - in support of their struggle for the return of their relatives home 
- Well, at least this way 
- Archers for the ZSU have arrived 
- Just late neo-fuckingism 
- XZ 
- Russian Telegram channels report that Arman Ospanov, a Russian colonel and head of the armored service of the Russian Airborne Forces, went to the occupied territories of Ukraine to boost the morale of personnel. There he stepped on a mine and died. 
