Russia carried out a “retaliation operation” for the attack on Makiivka, Medvedev remembered the rules of war, Kyiv provided RIM-7 missiles
With chairmen wishing to meet the testator, it is necessary to act according to “special wartime rules,” said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council. He commented on the discussion on how to respond to anti-Russian statements by people who left the country – “by law” or “by justice”. “Of course, only according to the law. But if the law does not work or does not reduce goals, then according to the rules of wartime. Let’s remember the experience of the Great Patriotic War and other countries,” Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel.
Poland, proceeding from its own interests, offers to satisfy allies and spouses, if necessary, to completely weaken Russia. According to RBC, this was told by journalists in the source texts. It is noted that “a certain member, including Germany,” accepts the scope for the speedy use of obligations on the border, while allowing for territorial concessions from Kyiv. At the same time, Poland wants to weaken Moscow in the expected future and believes that Russia should “play strongly”, the sources say.
Other important topics of the weekend are in the material of Rosbalt.
Kramatorsk was hit in response to the New Year shelling of Makiivka
The joint grouping of Russian troops in the regional regional operational operation from 12:00 on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7 observes the administrative regime of the headquarters of the entire line of contact, transferred to the Russian Defense Ministry. At the request of the Ministry of Defense, throughout this period, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to conduct intensive shelling of certain and Russian positions. The Ukrainian artillery, from which shelling of settlements was fired, was suppressed by return fire from the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
After the completion of the transition of Russian troops, strikes continue on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk, Kupyansk, Krasnolimansk and YuzhnoDonetsk directions. Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down five aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in a day.
The Ministry of Defense also reported that intelligence was discovered in the conditions of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Kramatorsk. Following this proposal for dormitories housing a total of 1,300 Ukrainian troops, massive rocket strikes were introduced. Loss of autopsy more than 600 people. The department said that the “retaliation operation” was a response to a strike on Makeevka, where, according to the Ministry of Defense, a catastrophe of 89 Russian military personnel occurred.
Also, the servicemen of the department reported the return of 50 Russian servicemen from Ukrainian captivity.
The village of Tetkino in the Kursk region came under fire from Ukraine, Governor Roman Starovoit said. Recorded about 10 arrivals. “No one happened, no damage was found in the residential area, but the shelling disrupted the power supply of the village of Tetkino and the discovery of the village of Popovo-Lezhachi,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
In the Belgorod region, the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Shebekinsky urban district came under attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, no one returned as a result of the shelling, and the roof of the poultry shed was damaged.
The West is preparing the sixth military assistance package for Kyiv
The sixth “defense package”, within which Ukraine should receive a new part of the attack from the country of the West, has not yet been agreed upon, Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani said in an interview with the Corriere della Sera newspaper. “We are discussing with France the issue of improving, from a technical point of view, the prospects for air defense systems based on joint technologies,” Taya said. Earlier, the La Repubblica newspaper, citing sources in Washington, reported that US national security adviser Jake Sullivan was offering the delivery of SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile systems.
Training of the Ukrainian military to work in the Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems for several months, said Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. “We will start training on the Patriot later this month. But I’m not able to reveal you the completion of the training. This is possible for several months. Patriot is not a momentary opportunity,” she explained.
“Germany in 2022” “The Chancellor reaffirmed his unwavering solidarity with Ukraine. In 2022, the federal government will support Ukraine on a bilateral basis with more than 12 billion euros and will continue this course in 2023,” the German press service said in a statement.
The United States is transferring radar-guided RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, the Pentagon said. At the same time, the US Department of Defense did not specify the exact number of missiles that capture Washington and send to Kyiv as part of an international military aid package.
The German government can still decide on the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, which Kyiv will play on in the future, said Vice Chancellor of the country, Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habek. “No, this, of course, is not ruled out,” the minister said. At the same time, set out by Habek, the German government complies and coordinates its actions with the participants. discussions about possible arms transfers will change as developments unfold in the war zone in Ukraine.
The US does not improve the prospects for decision-making in Ukraine
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and ex-Pentagon chief Robert Gates, in a joint article in The Washington Post, said that Ukraine’s economy and military potential are now almost completely protected from supporters from the West, primarily the United States. Unless the Armed Forces achieve a significant breakthrough in the course of the conflict, pressure from the West in Kyiv to step up its use of fire “will grow as months of military stalemate occur.”
The only possible option is to prevent this scenario. Rice and Gates also revealed confidence that Russia does not give Ukraine the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
The UN sees the completion of the trial in Ukraine, said at a briefing the representative of the general organization Stefan Dujarric in response to a request to assess the decision of Germany and transfer infantry fighting vehicles to Kyiv. “We are being asked to supply weapons in one way or another. Our goal, what we wanted to see, is the end of this conflict in accordance with the UN Charter and the INF,” Dujarric replied.
In the coming months, at the National Security Council, President John Kirby said that the United States did not have promising solutions to solve the problem in the coming months. According to him, Washington does not expect the Russian army to cease fire during the winter. “I will not doubt that their tactical plans continue, but they are beginning, and we translate that this is repeated in the coming months,” Kirby said.
The Russian authorities are offering Kyiv a “Korean version” of a direct conflict, said Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. “We are now returning the Korean version. The so-called conditional “38th parallel”. Here are such Ukrainians, but here they are not such Ukrainians, ”he said on the air of the national telethon.
Irina Kalinina