russian invasion of Ukraine. Chronicle for January 4

Category: Summary, PEGI 16
5 January 2023

In the early hours of February 24, 2022, Russia launched rocket attacks on Ukrainian territory and launched a direct full-scale invasion. APU repulse the enemy



- The Russian Ministry of Defense appointed the same military men who "massively" used phones🤦🏻‍♂️

They say that was the main reason. Why "the enemy so easily caught the signal."

Moreover, they reported that "with return fire they destroyed first" Haymars ", from which the soldiers flew in, and then four more (not to say a few).


- "The fragment cut by surgeons from my spine, please pass it on to Emmanuel Macron"

The clown Rogozin sent a gift to the French Ambassador in the form of a fragment, which was pulled out of him after being wounded in Donetsk.

One question: why the spine, if initially there was an ass?


- Mass protests are planned in Russia on January 5

In Moscow, they want to hold rallies against the criminal Kremlin group and intentions to announce a new wave of mobilization. Today, relevant calls are circulating on the network.

It's hard not to support


- Crimea, are you sleeping? Something has been amused in Sevastopol since the very morning. And they also report explosions at the Belbek airfield in Crimea.

Evpatoria has also joined the explosive morning marathon, according to public reports.


- Each house – fortress: the owner of PMC «Wagner» Prigozhin acknowledged that Russian troops cannot capture Bakhmut, analysts from the Institute for the Study of War write (https://www-understandingwar-org.translate.goog/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-3-2023?_x_tr_sl=en&amp ;_x_tr_tl=uk&_x_tr_hl=uk&_x_tr_pto=sc).

Prigozhin, in his communication with journalists, tried to justify Russia's failures in Bakhmut, but confirmed that the forces of the invaders had reached their maximum.

This is an important turning point for Prigogine. Back in October, he assured that PMC "Wagner" advances 100-200 meters per day. Now, Prigozhin has launched an information campaign to blame the Russian Ministry of Defense for the failures and to absolve himself of responsibility for the failure to capture Bakhmut.


- A network of Kremlin agents in Germany is trying to turn Berlin against Kyiv, – investigation (https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/ukraine-crisis-germany-influencers) Reuters.

People associated with the Russian sub-sanctioned organization Rossotrudnichestvo helped promote pro-Russian views and organize protests against support for Ukraine in Germany, and one of them claims to have worked in the military intelligence of the Russian Federation.

The German Interior Ministry in a commentary to Reuters said that "very seriously" refers to any attempt by foreign states or individuals to exert influence, especially “in the context of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.”

The Kremlin refused to comment on the publication.


- Russia will now try to apply new approaches in shelling, - GUR

"For example, if they do not have enough missiles for a mass raid, they will combine high-precision missiles, and Kh-22, and S-300 - especially in front-line areas, and kamikaze drones. For two days in a row, katsaps actively used them" , - said the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Vadim Skibitsky.


- The cost of gas in Europe fell below $750 per 1,000 cubic meters. m. for the first time since February 18

Rusnya, what are you like in general? We are worried, something just twisted your face ...


- Russia should receive another batch of kamikaze drones from Iran. However, how many of them will be there is not yet known - GUR.

According to Skibitsky, to date, the Katsaps have used about 660 Iranian "mopeds". The contract provides for 1750.


- In Ukraine, they expect the deployment of an AmericanPatriot systems as soon as possible: preparations for the transfer of these systems have already begun, - Foreign Minister Kuleba.


- But the widows of the mobilized no longer complain about anything

They are simply asking the authorities to close the borders for still living Russian peasants


- Unrequited love is not only for Natasha from the FSO


- Almost 70 people's deputies refused to sign an appeal to the speaker of the Verkhovna Rada on the deprivation of powers of deputies of the banned party "OPZh", — "Honestly."


- Negotiations not only on new Patriot batteries, but also on the supply of new NASAMS, IRIS-T, Crotal systems: the next meeting in the Ramstein format on armed support to Ukraine will take place in the near future, — Kuleba


- Technology from more than ten American and Western companies was found in one of the Iranian drones shot down in Ukraine, - CNN (http://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/04/politics/iranian-drone-parts-13- us-companies-ukraine-russia/index.html?utm_term=link&utm_content=2023-01-04T11%3A24%3A05&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twCNNp).

According to Ukrainian intelligence estimates, out of 52 components seized from the Shahed-136 UAV, 40 of them were developed by 13 different American companies. The remaining components are manufactured by companies from Canada, Switzerland, Japan, Taiwan and China.

So far, there is no evidence that companies are deliberately violating sanctions laws and knowingly exporting technology for use in drones.


- Rusnya weakened its offensive on Bakhmut and began to concentrate more forces around the neighboring city of Soledar, - The Wall Street Journal.

According to the publication, the fighting there has been going on for a long time, but the very fact of such a transfer of soldiers may indicate that the Armed Forces of Ukraine forced the Russians to "change tactics on the go."

The WSJ emphasizes that such actions of Russia do not indicate that it has completely abandoned its plans to occupy the city, but is now trying to rethink what is happening in this direction.


- The Korea Aerospace Research Institute showed pictures of the Moon and the Earth.

The images were taken between December 24, 2022 and January 1, 2023 at a distance of 120 km from the Moon.


- A substance of unknown origin, possibly found in the building of the Russian embassy in Latvia, - Delfi

Rescuers and other services are working on the spot.

Are you stocking up on "Novichok"?


- "Come in large numbers and breed": briefly about the demographic situation in the swamps.

The comment "there will soon be no pure Russians" sounds like a dream at all.


- Such fake billboards and banners in support of the war appeared on the Internet, and some especially gifted people took them for the truth


- Everything is stable with Russians: Caucasians humiliate them, but they endure

Nevertheless, one of them lost his nerves. He tried to undermine the offenders, but in the end he self-destructed.

In the best traditions of the Russian army, the commanders did not want to take dirty linen out of the hut (in order to avoid a scandal from relatives) and attributed it to the soldier's negligent attitude to security measures, because women still give birth to soldiers, and colonels in the unwashed are still important people.

The absence of fingers on the corpse's hand (creepy photos, we do not recommend watching for the faint of heart) confirms the version of conscious self-explosion.


- #losses of invaders as of 04.01

+ 720 dead aircraftRF for the past day:

Major Nikolai Goncharov

Captain Yuri Lavrentiev

Senior Lieutenant Khyshikto Danzhurov

Lieutenant Alexander Tumakov

Major Alan Gazdanov

Major Alexander Seikaev


- "Heroic Defense of Russia": this is how a story about the war in Ukraine was signed on the Polish TVP channel

After a hype in the net and newspapers, the administration of the TV channel called the headline "a monstrous mistake" and removed the editor who was responsible for the release.

Meanwhile, the Poles have already dubbed the channel as Telewizja Vladimira Putina.


- Budanov cut the "map of Russia" into pieces on his birthday


- France will transfer AMX-10 RC armored vehicles to Ukraine, — Reuters


- Significantly increase the combat capability of our units: Ukraine expects the delivery of American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in the near future, - head of the GUR Budanov


- Estonia intends to be the first in Europe to transfer frozen Katsap assets to Ukraine, — Postimees, referring to the words of Foreign Minister Reinsal

Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs have been tasked to work out the legal side of the issue within a month.


- The United States is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. It may include additional installations of HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, - Voice of America correspondent Mikhail Komadovsky, citing the words of John Kirby


- The air forces of Ukraine are the best! Destroyed today:

attack aircraft Su-25;

helicopter Ka-52;

UAV “ORLAN-10”.


- Journalists have established the identity of the Russian military, launching shaheds across Ukraine.

All of them are servicemen of the 294th center from Kolomna:

Sergey Sozinov;

Andrey Stepovoy (Russian Air Force captain);

Gleb Pivkin;

Evgeny Glukhov (lieutenant of the Russian Air Force).

Walk and look around. You know what to do when you see them in the resorts of Egypt and Turkey.


- Biden confirmed that the United States can transfer the Bradley BMP to Ukraine.

BMP Bradley will increase the combat capability of ground troops. Unlike the previously provided M113s, the Bradley is armed (https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/rus/news/2023/01/4/7153604/) with a powerful 25mm cannon and TOW anti-tank systems.


- Russia uses 1,750 Iranian drones until May 2023, writes ISW (https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-4-2023).

This number of drones will be used if the intensity is similar to that from September to December 2022.

Russian forces are increasingly using UAVs in strikes against Ukraine's critical infrastructure, and have likely depleted their current stockpile of these systems significantly.

According to the ISW, Russia is likely to seek further bilateral cooperation with Iran in order to supply weapons.


- Preparation (by propaganda) goes according to plan


- "The arctic fox sniffs the cotton"


- Bashkort group


- Lend-Lease


- HRC member Marina Akhmedova breaks the bottom in propaganda


- moreone new entry on our list: a destroyed Russian T-90 originally intended for export


- It turns out that this game can be played together


- Did you miss kovidle? A new strain of COVID could trigger another wave of the pandemic, writes Politico

The Omicron XBB.1.5 coronavirus strain, which has become the dominant strain in the US in just a few weeks and has already been detected in at least 29 countries, could lead to a new wave of the pandemic, WHO spokeswoman Maria Van Kerkhove said.

WHO is working on an analysis of the severity of the new strain, which promises to publish in the coming days.


- P - patriot


- Russia was not allowed to the largest fair of new technologies

Russian companies will not be represented at the world's largest exhibition of new technologies CES in Las Vegas in January. It is reported by the BBC. Representative of the organizers of the exhibition Gary Shapiro confirmed that this year Russian companies were denied participation due to the political situation.

Shapiro also stated that the decision to refuse potential Russian exhibitors was made not because of US policy, but expressed the position of the exhibition organizers themselves. On the other hand, more than ten Ukrainian technology companies will be represented at the exhibition. He stressed that CES is ready to accept Russian companies that, after the start of the war in Ukraine, relocated to other countries.

The CES Electronic Technology and Innovation Fair in Las Vegas annually attracts more than 3,000 companies from around the world, from tech giants to startups. Last year it was attended by about 40 thousand spectators, which was considered a low number due to the coronavirus pandemic: in pre-pandemic times, the number of visitors was about 200 thousand each year, and in 2023 the organizers hope to return to previous numbers. The exhibition will open for the general public on Thursday, January 5, but it is already open for journalists and professionals.


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