russian invasion of Ukraine. Chronicle for January 30 - February 3

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

- Zaluzhny refused Zelensky’s offer to take the post of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, The Economist reports.

The British magazine reports that although Zelensky has not yet announced his resignation, this does not mean that this will not happen - a replacement is being sought for the commander-in-chief.

Candidates for this position are being considered by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Budanov and the commander of the ground forces Syrsky.

Budanov was offered this position, but he “refused at the last moment.”

- In the Netherlands they proposed sending our refugees to western Ukraine, - Dutchnews.

This was stated by deputies from one of the largest parties in the country - BBB. Politicians say refugees could return to western Ukraine because it is a relatively stable region and Europe cannot accommodate everyone.

- The Internet has “fallen” throughout Russia

According to media reports, there was a malfunction in DNSSEC, which led to a lack of Internet access for most mobile providers and operators.

Meanwhile, the Institute of Warfare reports that the Russian Federation is modernizing elements of its air defense system in the deep rear due to constant attacks by Ukrainian drones. There is a possibility that Russian forces are experimenting with new electronic warfare capabilities while cutting off Internet services to avoid unexpected interruptions.

Recently, there have been failures with 4G communications in the Leningrad, Novgorod and Pskov regions.



I was a little mistaken

- Ukraine will receive the first batch of GLSDB missiles from the Pentagon tomorrow, - Politico.

The missiles are capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 145 km.

- The largest NATO exercise since the Cold War begins today

90 thousand military personnel from all 31 NATO countries, as well as Sweden, about 50 warships, 80 aircraft, 1.1 thousand ground combat vehicles, including 133 tanks, will take part in them.

The legend of the exercises is the Russian invasion in the Suwalki corridor area.

- As a result of the attack of three heavy UAVs "Baba Yaga" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on enemy positions, 11 vehicles were destroyed, 2 - 200 and 4 - 300, - Russian media.

- EU countries have pledged to provide Ukraine with financial support in the amount of 21 billion euros for weapons assistance, - head of European diplomacy Borrell after an informal meeting of defense ministers in Brussels.

The EU wants to train 20,000 more Ukrainian soldiers, bringing the total to 60,000.

- Air Force Commander Oleshchuk hinted at an attack on the Belbek airfield in Crimea

The Russian Ministry of Defense also presented its report, which stated that all the missiles were shot down and only debris fell on the airfield. However, local Crimean media reported a direct hit on the airfield.

- The Ukrainian Armed Forces will launch a new counter-offensive in the spring of 2024, - Budanov in a comment to The Telegraph

Russia's resources will soon be "completely exhausted," leaving the battlefield open to possible attacks from Ukraine.

We make a move, the enemy makes a move. Now it's the enemy's turn. It will end and then ours will begin

- Forecasts for 2024 from the Director of the CIA

▪️The United States has lost its former supremacy in the world due to the active role of China and Russia.

▪️The CIA views China as a bigger threat, which is why the agency's budget for China has more than doubled in the last two years.

▪️The current moment for the United States has been compared in significance to the Cold War and post-9/11 era.

▪️The situation in the Middle East is considered one of the most difficult in the last 40 years.

▪️Russia's arrival in Ukraine in February 2022 marked the end of the post-Cold War era.

▪️Putin's war has led to failure on many levels for Russia, with large numbers of casualties and economic difficulties.

▪️Russia becomes an economic vassal of China.

▪️A difficult year is expected on the battlefield in Ukraine, presenting a serious test.

▪️The key to Ukraine's success lies in Western support, military assistance and the opportunity for serious negotiations, which can provide a strategic gain for Ukraine and a loss for Russia.

- Minus Su-30, 2 - Su-27, 12 occupiers were killed, another 10 were wounded, - the occupiers about the losses due to the arrival at Belbek.

- The updated version of the draft law on mobilization in Ukraine still needs to be finalized, - Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Egor Chernev.

They heard something, they misheard something, probably in the Ministry of Defense. Questions remain, but there is something to work with

- Ukraine can receive Russian-made S-400 from Turkey, – Defense Express

In 2019, Ankara began implementing an agreement signed in 2017 in the amount of $2.5 billion for the acquisition of Russian S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems. This led to Turkey's exclusion from the US F-35 program.

US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in an interview with CNN Turk that it would be possible to lift the ban on the sale of F-35 fighters if Turkey refuses to use Russian S-400 air defense systems.

- A few weeks ago, Zaluzhny expressed a desire to withdraw troops from Avdiivka, but Zelensky rejected this idea.

On December 30, the President personally visited the city on the front line to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters.

- Pictures of the Belbek airfield in Crimea appeared after yesterday's arrival

- GUR soldiers destroyed the occupiers’ missile boat “Ivanovets”



An enemy ship was spotted in the roadstead of Lake Donuzlav in Crimea. As a result of direct hits to the hull of the Russian ship, it received damage incompatible with further movement - the Ivanovets sank.

The value of the lost ship is estimated to be between $60 and $70 million.

Approximately 40 sailors could be on board the Russian missile boat "Ivanovets", - Ukrainian Navy.

This operation is another reminder to Russian invaders that staying with impunity on the territory of previously occupied objects in Crimea is harmful to their health.



Satellite images of the Russian boat "Ivanovets" were published a few hours before the attack by the power steering drones

Perhaps the ship was on combat duty in the area of the western coast of Crimea.







The Russian Defense Ministry tried to clarify the situation. Musical pause



"Peaceful rocket ship"

- China notified Ukraine of the possible negative impact on their relations due to Kyiv’s decision to recognize more than 10 Chinese companies as “international war sponsors”

SpisoThe banned ones include 14 companies from China, including Alibaba and Xiaomi.

China is still the main consumer of Ukrainian grain and iron ore.

- In 2023, Russia captured approximately 574 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, while the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberated about 317 square kilometers, Deep State reports, providing the estimated results of offensive operations over the past year.

▪️The enemy had the greatest success precisely in the battle for Bakhmut, because he broke into Soledar, captured it and surrounded Bakhmut on three sides, and then captured the entire city.

▪️Ukrainian offensive operations took 2nd and 4th place, respectively. The cutting of the Vremovsky ledge brought more liberated territory than the operation at Robotino.

▪️The enemy tried all year to oust the CO behind the Stallion, but did not achieve their goal. The situation remains difficult, and the enemy is not changing his plans. The attempt to encircle or capture Avdeevka continues. In October it seemed that if the enemy did not stop, Avdeevka would fall in November. However, the defense managed to hold the city, and if not for the breakthrough in the south, the situation could have been transferred to the category of difficult but stable. However, these events present new challenges and worsen the tactical situation in the troops.

▪️In the summer, the SO managed to achieve significant successes south of Bakhmut and some in the north.

▪️The enemy still managed to occupy Marinka and is now trying to build on the success in Georgievka and Novomikhailovka.

- “We already have the ability to destroy the enemy and ensure statehood. Our goal is to take advantage of the current situation,” Zaluzhny.

Main points from the interview with the Commander-in-Chief:

▪️ The use of drones is the best method for Ukraine to avoid being drawn into a trench war in which we have no advantage.

▪️ Cuts in military support from key allies must be resisted while overcoming internal political tensions.

▪️ Russia, given the distraction of the international community by events in the Middle East, may try to cause new conflicts in other regions.

▪️ Russia has a significant advantage in mobilizing human resources, while in Ukraine state institutions cannot increase the size of the armed forces without resorting to unpopular measures.

▪️ Priority No. 1 - mastering the entire arsenal of cheap, modern and highly efficient UAVs and other technological means.

▪️ Intention to create a completely new system of technological re-equipment. It is planned to achieve this goal in 5 months.

▪️ In 2024, the focus will be on 3 areas:

— Creation of a system for providing the Ukrainian Armed Forces with high-tech assets;

—Development of a new philosophy of training and warfare, taking into account limitations in resources and methods of their use;

— Mastering new combat capabilities.

- Ukrainian strike could disrupt production of deadly Russian drone, - Forbes

An explosion at the Zagorsk optical-mechanical plant in Sergiev Posad near Moscow disrupted the production of Russian Lancet drones. It took place on August 9. Since that time, the production of Lancets has been reduced.

- The next war between the world's great powers could begin with the first shot in space, - The Economist.

Countries are actively developing new capabilities and creating forces and weapons for conflict beyond the atmosphere. For example, in December, the US and China sent robotic planes into space on a secret mission, while Russia launched three of its satellites. For the American command, such actions may represent a test of a “killer machine,” that is, a means for destroying satellites.

- Every fifth Pole has a negative attitude towards Ukrainians, especially noticeable among people aged 25 to 34 years

The older generation, over the age of 55, shows a more favorable attitude. Perhaps the increase in negativity is due to rising prices and concerns about their own well-being, as Poles fear the loss of jobs to Ukrainians.

- The US Senate may approve $61 billion inpower to Ukraine next week, - Politico.

The Democratic majority leader in the Senate announced that a vote will take place next week on a bill providing $61 billion in military aid to Ukraine. Voting is scheduled for February 8.

- Ukraine has warned its allies that it faces a “critical” shortage of artillery shells as Russia deploys three times more firepower on the front lines every day.

According to a document seen by Bloomberg, Ukraine cannot fire more than 2,000 shells per day along a 1,500-kilometer front line.

This is less than a third of the ammunition that Russia uses.

- A very high-quality decoy target of the Ukrainian Iris-T SLM air defense system, made in Germany.

- We need to be prepared for war with Putin, says top Romanian general Georgita Vlad.

- High-quality mock-ups of the Ukrainian M142 HIMARS rocket launcher and the 155-mm M777 howitzer.

- Ukrainian media claim that Russian General Tatarenko died during the Ukrainian attack on the Belbek airbase.

10 Russian servicemen were killed, including the commander of the aviation squadron, Lieutenant General Alexander Tatarenko.

- The territory of Russia, potentially vulnerable to attacks by the Ukrainian army, exceeded a million square kilometers.

The affected regions include St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Yaroslavl.

- Due to a shortage of ammunition, Ukraine is trying to build 1,000,000 drones using the capacity of small, disparate enterprises, WSJ reports.

Manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles keep their operations small - a couple of dozen employees in one building - to keep production secret.

Currently, Ukraine produces 62 types of drones. Work is underway to ensure that they fly further, carry a larger load and have good protection from electronic warfare.

Only one enterprise, consisting of a couple of dozen workers, produces 3,000 FPV UAVs per month and plans to increase production to 10,000 drones.

Most parts are made on 3D printers yourself.

- Ukraine has already destroyed 20% of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Bild reports.

In the spring of 2022, Russia had more than 70 ships, and their propaganda called them “invincible.”

Since then, a total of 13 ships have been destroyed on the open sea and in the docks, as well as the Black Sea Fleet headquarters building in Sevastopol.

- Putin announced Moscow’s plans to integrate the occupied Ukrainian territories into the Russian Federation over the next 6 years, - ISW.

Putin calls on Russian banks to overcome the fear of Western sanctions and intensify their activities in the TOT of Ukraine.

Analysts believe that Russia does not envisage any territorial concessions.

- The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense confirmed the start of the transfer of hundreds of BTR-60s to Ukraine

- Financial assistance provided by Japan to Ukraine exceeded $4.5 billion, - Shmigal

Japan ranks 4th among Ukraine's partners in terms of the amount of budget support provided.

- By March 2024, Ukraine will receive more than 524,000 artillery shells from the European Union, - Borrell

The head of EU diplomacy cited the shortage of ammunition in the world and problems in the supply chain as the reasons for the delay.

He noted that in March 2023, when the EU promised to transfer a million artillery shells to Ukraine within one year, it was clear that this was too ambitiousclear goal.

- Sony has prohibited players from Russia or Belarus from activating keys for their games on Steam

- Ukraine has been included in the global railway project and trains will begin running from Lviv to most European countries

Passenger trains will travel at a speed of 160 km/h and cross borders in just 25 minutes.

The railway service will run from the southern coast of Spain, passing through Almeria, Granada and Antequera, ending in Lviv.

- the Russian Federation struck a granary in the Poltava region at night

As a result, part of the harvest that was stored was lost.

- Satellite images of the consequences of attacks on the Belbek military airfield in Crimea

- Exports through the ports of Odessa, despite the blockade of the Russian sea, have almost reached pre-war indicators, - Minister of Infrastructure Kubrakov.

In January, 6.3 million tons of cargo were exported through the Ukrainian corridor, which is almost equal to the pre-war level.

- In the port of Feodosia, the large landing ship "Novocherkassk" is being raised in parts

Has it been repaired yet?

- The daily norm of artillery shells in Russia has decreased by 2 times, - Evlash, head of the press service of the operational-strategic group of troops "Khortitsa"

If earlier they fired 60 thousand ammunition a day, now it is around 30 thousand

- In Russia they proposed canceling Valentine’s Day

And replace it with the Day of “Friendship and Partnership”

The Western holiday is “alien to our domestic culture and traditions.” Instead of celebrating it, students could give each other memorable gifts and play team games

In the photo there are a couple of initiators

- The staples burst (14 times)

- GUR writes that in Russia, in the city of Engels, the commander of the Tu-95 crew was shot.



They write that he was injured. Whether he survived or not is still being determined. Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best! The earth is glassy, creature.



Special household operation going according to plan

- Of the 230 prisoners of war received by Russia as a resultof the last exchange, only one of them was not a prisoner

- An unexpected LGBT thing happened in the Russian Federation

- American propagandist Tucker Carlson was spotted in Moscow at the Bolshoi Theater



Tucker Carloson said that he wanted to interview Putin - perhaps this is the moment. He condemned Ukraine: he accused Ukraine of murdering in prison an American (from Peru) “journalist” who openly supported Putin and Russia but lived in Ukraine (Tucker himself never mentioned him before his death), it is characteristic that he (Carloson) also never mentioned an American journalist who is in a pre-trial detention center in Russia on charges of espionage (but he mentioned a pseudo-journalist and the Ukrainian regime); he accused Ukraine of destroying the Kakhovka hydroelectric station - but the worst thing is that his interviews and posts, in addition to gaining tens of millions of views, are also reposted by Elon Musk :))

His actions coincide with the fact that in such posts the name “Biden” is always heard, that is, his condemnation, and the popularization of Republicans (Trump), in his rhetoric: Ukraine is Biden’s resource, there is no democracy there, Third world country; We need to cooperate with Russia. Therefore, in terms of propaganda, Russia needs to be raised, and Ukraine needs to be beaten, thereby preparing American citizens for its “loss” and entry into Russian influence.

He is unlikely to interview Zelensky; objectivity is out of place here.

- And about mobilization in the Russian Federation, fresh thoughts from users

- Did I understand everything correctly?



Life is war, childhood is war, going to the toilet is war, air is war, even the sky is war, even Allah is war, only war is not war.

- Battle for BI-2

- Rescuers have incorrect instructions

- Photo of pediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova, in her apartment after the search



The widow of a military man who died in Ukraine complained about the doctor. She said the doctor called her husband a “legitimate target of Ukraine.” The complaint was filed by 34-year-old Anastasia Akinshinova

The whole essence of Russian society in this photograph and in this situation is mental and material: victims, history, resentment, snitching, poverty, uncertainty about where the enemy is. The widow became a victim of Putin’s policies and her own gullibility, and the pediatrician became a victim of an angry widow, and now she will be made a “scapegoat” within the Russian Federation for all her “sins.”

- Visualization of destroyed or damaged 2678 Russian tanks, visually confirmed by the Oryx Internet resource

- It's time to storm the landing



- Your design is crap.

- This design is shit.

- Then not bad.

- A girl from Yekaterinburg, who was raped by Wagnerites returning from the war, withdrew her statement. The reasons are stress, pregnancy and the pressure put on her. No criminal case was ever initiated. "E1".



A 19-year-old Yekaterinburg woman, who spoke about gang rape by participants in the war in Ukraine, withdrew her statement from the police. Investigators never started the case, reports E1, which managed to communicate with the victim.

"—I gave up because I can’t handle it alone against everyone—when they’re being bullied from all sides and I know it. That’s why I had to decide to take such a step." - she says.

Let me remind you that the crime occurred in the village of Beloyarsky, Sverdlovsk region, where Wagnerites Ivan Komarov and Roman Kalmykov raped and also robbed a local resident. The men came to the Wagner PMC from a colony, where they were convicted of murder and robbery.

If you read the fullThe article on the E1 website clearly shows that the girl was under pressure - both by the police and by the Wagnerites, who, in particular, tried to bribe her, and then wrote a statement of extortion against her. The girl also found out that she was pregnant - it’s not very clear from the text, but most likely from the rapists. Meanwhile, the police were in no hurry to open a case and tried their best to dissuade her.

"- The policeman said that they would soon leave for the front, they would ask for forgiveness. To this I said that I would not communicate with them, at most with those two people who did not touch me. One of they began to kiss my hands and ask me to take the application back. I stood my ground. Then he began to offer money, I refused. Only then my nerves could not stand it because they were putting pressure on me. I said, okay,” Alena said earlier. (name changed)".

"The criminal trial in such a case is very cruel for me from a moral and psychological point of view, and besides, I found out that I was pregnant."

"They told me: if I withdraw the statement, then only by mutual consent, nothing else. And I wrote that it was mutual. It’s not because I made peace with them, I just can’t stand morally such tests." “, the girl added.

- 207 prisoners returned to Ukraine

- A very terrible tragedy (no)



I have a question - where did the Bryansk Chemical Plant send 8 coffins? And why did they return? Was the addressee entered incorrectly?

- Do you know how much these earrings cost in Russia? Five days imprisonment

- Place where IL-76 crashed. ~500 meters

- Explain

- Comments



The funny thing is that King Olaf II Haraldsson is an Orthodox saint and his name is in the calendar, it seems) I was born and raised in an atheist family and I know more about their faith and culture than these...

- In Belgorod, the FSB detained volunteer Nadezhda Rossinskaya, who was helping Ukrainian refugees, and allegedly opened a criminal case against her. Then the security forces also detained her sister, Elena Egorova.



Lawyer Evgeniy Sokolov told the publication “7x7” about the detention of Elena Egorova. What she is charged with is still unknown. Earlier, Elena’s sister, Nadezhda Rossinskaya, was detained: the volunteer helped refugees from Ukraine and Belgorod residents affected by shelling.

According to preliminary information, a criminal case was opened against Nadezhda for calls for activities “directed against the security of the state.” She is suspected of collecting donations for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

- Can you name the disadvantages?

- How it all started and how it’s going



The Armata tank is of course a top joke. What news was there about it, how the theoretical characteristics were discussed. What's the outcome?