The British Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces were “dragon’s teeth” while building defensive structures in Mauripol.
The ministry showed in its latest intelligence update that “Russia has begun to build defensive structures around the occupied city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. “
Pyramidal structures, known as dragon’s teeth, are being built because they are designed to prevent tanks from overtaking them due to their shape.
The ministry added: “Dragon teeth were sent for the preparation of defensive fortifications in occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
“Russia is strengthening its lines in all professional zones. On October 19, 2022, the owner of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claimed the duty of a fortified “Wagner Line” of defenses in the Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast.
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Ukraine’s Defense Ministry took to Twitter this afternoon to share footage of its infantrymen getting rid of a Russian tank with a javelin.
A javelin is a form of missile used through ground troops in Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry captioned the video: “A kiss for Russian tank operator. . . of St. Javelin”.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed another 90 days of martial law in Ukraine.
Martial law was first declared on February 24, the day of the Russian invasion.
We would see this extension at the end of February 19.
As the United States prepares for midterm elections, a best friend of Vladimir Putin has admitted to interfering in the country’s democracy.
Russian businessman and founder of mercenary Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin added that he will continue to interfere in the U. S. election.
“We have interfered, we are interfering and we will continue to interfere. Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way, as we know how to do,” he said in a statement.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has claimed that 50,000 of the calls for the “partial mobilization” program are now in active combat.
“Now we have 50,000 in their combat units. . . the others are not yet in combat,” Putin was quoted as saying by Interfax.
More than 300,000 Russian reservists enlisted during the mobilization period, with Putin adding that 80,000 in addition to the 50,000 are being trained in Ukraine.
Riots broke out in the Russian armed forces, with a video showing 2,000 recruits surrounding a general and shouting angrily: “Shame on you. “
Maj. Gen. Kirill Kulakov, 53, was seen humiliated in a revolt by men mobilized at his educational base in Kazan.
The commander shouted with chants of “Get out of here!”, “Shame on you” and “Down with the [Putin] regime!”
The crowd suggested he “apologize” for the remedy of the men called to fight in Ukraine.
They say that they lack food and hot water in miserable barracks and that they were given rust for 50 years.
Zelensky reiterated the Ukrainian company’s stance on negotiations with Russia in his evening speech.
The Ukrainian president also said that “anyone who takes the agfinisha climate seriously” also needs to end the war.
Zelensky said in his evening speech: “Anyone who takes the weather calendar seriously also takes seriously the desire to prevent Russian aggression without delay, repair our territorial integrity and force Russia into genuine peace negotiations.
“In such negotiations, we have continuously proposed, and to which we have won meaningless Russian responses with new terrorist attacks, bombings or blackmail.
“Again: recovery of territorial integrity, respect for the Charter of the United Nations, reparation for all damage caused by war, punishment of all war criminals and promises that this will not happen again. These are absolutely understandable conditions. “
Putin is said to launch a momentary test of his unstoppable Satan-2 hypersonic nuclear missile.
The RS-28 Sarmat missile, the world’s last, can detonate targets at nearly 16,000 mph and will only be tested until the end of the year.
Politician Aleksey Zhuravlyov had threatened in the past to bomb Britain with the Satan-2 hypersonic missile in minutes and wipe out Finland in just ten.
Russia had boasted in the past that the beast, which can bring 15 warheads and drop multiple nuclear weapons in a single terrifying attack, would be fully deployed by the end of the year.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will attend the G20 summit in Bali week.
He will most likely virtually attend his spokesman, public broadcaster Suspilne said on Tuesday, Reuters reports.
The spokesman checked whether Zelensky had replaced positions after saying he would be available if Putin were there.
Following reports via the Washington Post that the United States is calling on Russia and Ukraine to start peace talks, one of Ukraine’s most sensible officials gave his opinion on the situation.
Mykhailo Podolyak took to Twitter to say: “Important: Ukraine has never refused to negotiate. Our negotiating position is open. 1. First, RF withdraws its troops from Ukraine.
“2. After everything else, is Putin ready?Obviously not. Therefore, we are constructive in our assessment: we will talk to the next RF leader.
According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russia lost 710 soldiers, bringing the total casualties to more than 77,000.
Fifteen tanks were also destroyed as Ukraine continues its counteroffensive.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia is open to negotiating with Ukraine, but added that the time is not right.
“We have said that the Russian side remains open to achieving its goals through negotiations,” Peskov told reporters.
“We have also continuously drawn everyone’s attention to the fact that we don’t see such an opportunity right now, because Kyiv has a law [its decision] not to continue with any negotiations. “
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry released a video showing the moment a Russian tank explodes through a Ukrainian javelin.
It is observed that the surface-to-air missile is aligned to launch before falling on the Russian tank.
You can see the explosion in the distance when the javelin effectively hits its target.
The governor of the Sumy region, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, showed that citizens will face blackouts today.
He posted a message to citizens on the Telegram app that read: “In addition to scheduled time cuts, emergency blackouts are being used in the area.
“Unfortunately, due to the cold, the intake of electrical energy is increasing. This leads to an increase in the load on the appliances and a shortage of electrical energy.
“There is a risk of accidents, no less complicated than those that occurred due to enemy fire. Therefore, more restrictions are necessary. Don’t want to consume electrical power sparingly. “
Russian foot soldiers in Kherson are “disguised as civilians” and in position for “street battles,” according to the Ukrainian military after the Kremlin warned others to leave the area.
According to Reuters reports, the Ukrainian military claimed that Russian forces, “disguised as civilians, occupy civilian premises and internal positions to fight street battles. “
Russian forces have also been “involved in looting and robbing citizens and infrastructure sites and are bringing equipment, food and cars into the Russian Federation. “
Heavy fighting is expected after the Kremlin warned the Russian occupiers to leave the town of Kherson.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive focused on retaking the city because it is the only Russian-controlled territory on the western bank of the Dnipro River that divided Ukraine in two.
Vladimir Putin will sign up for the G20 leaders’ summit next week “if the scenario is possible. “
Putin’s Indonesian counterpart and the assembly’s host said the Russian leader could attend virtually instead.
The chairman of the bloc of primary economies, Joko Widodo, said Putin had ruled out attending the Bali summit in a phone call.
Reuters reports he told reporters about a stopover in Bali: “Maybe I’ll ask to do it virtually. “
The British Ministry of Defense claimed that Russian forces were “dragon’s teeth” while building defensive structures in Mauripol.
The ministry said: “Russia has started building defensive structures around the occupied city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine. Two factories produce concrete anti-tank pyramidal structures, called dragon’s teeth. “
“Dragon teeth were installed between Mariupol and the village of Nikolske; and from northern Mariupol to the village of Staryi Krym. Mariupol is a component of Russia’s “land bridge” between Russia and Crimea, a key logistical communication line.
“Dragon teeth were sent for the preparation of defensive fortifications in occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
“Russia is strengthening its lines in all professional zones. On October 19, 2022, the owner of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claimed the duty of a fortified “Wagner Line” of defenses in the Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast.
As the United States prepares for midterm elections, a best friend of Vladimir Putin has admitted to interfering in the country’s democracy.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian businessman and founder of the mercenary group Wagner, who meddled in the last US elections and would continue to do so. He said: “We have interfered, we are interfering and we will continue to interfere. Carefully, precisely, surgically and our own way, as we know how to do.
Meanwhile, Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko has warned citizens of the worst situation in which the capital loses electricity and water as Putin continues to attack its infrastructure.
Klitschko suggested Kyivans “consider everything,” including “spending time” with friends or family outside the city.
In a television interview on Saturday, the Ukrainian said: “His task (Putin) is for us to die, freeze or flee our land so that he can have it. This is what the abuser must achieve. ” The boxing legend also called Russia’s attack on infrastructure “terrorism” and “genocide. “
Ukraine won its first of the Nasams and Apside air defense systems.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov tweeted: “We will continue to shoot down enemy targets attacking us. Thanks to our partners: Norway, Spain and the United States. “
Putin announced on Friday that a total of 318,000 troops had been mobilized during Russia’s partial mobilization period.
Of those newly recruited troops, 49,000 are already in combat.
Despite the announcement of the end of the partial mobilization, Putin signed a law allowing citizens convicted of serious crimes to be called up for military service, according to Russian state media TASS.
Russian infantrymen fighting in Pavlivka, Ukraine, criticized their “incompetent” generals as “cannon fodder” in a letter.
This comes amid growing reports of Russian forces staging mutinies at various locations in Putin’s increasingly unpopular and costly war.
They state in the leaked letter: “Once again, we were launched into an incomprehensible attack through Generals (Rustam) Muradov and (Zurab) Akhmedov, so that Muradov can get bonuses from (Chief of Staff Valery) Gerasimov and his promised hero. of Russia (medal).
“So we and the Kamchatka Marines advanced towards Pavlivka.
“As a result of the ‘carefully prepared’ attack through those ‘great commanders’, we lost another three hundred people in 4 days, killed, wounded and missing.
“We lost 50 percent of our military equipment, and that’s just our brigade. “
Since the beginning of Putin’s bloody invasion of Ukraine, the British army has been in charge of Ukrainian troops.
But what do those brave fighters receive?
Well, today, the UK Ministry of Defence took to Twitter to talk about the education program.
According to the Ministry of Defense, Ukrainian troops receive:
Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK said he hoped Kyivan citizens would not have to evacuate after Putin’s specific moves in Ukrainian infrastructure.
Speaking on Sky News, Vadym Prystaiko echoed Vitali Klitschko this morning, saying: “I hope this doesn’t happen, and we are looking to renovate all the force facilities, the power plants, the conversions, all that.
“If that happens, we will have to move them from west to west of Ukraine, Lviv and all places in the European Union.
“You have to locate many other people, but Ukrainian winters can be quite harsh. We want to think about how we do it. “
The UK Ministry of Defence has released its latest update.
It turns out that Putin keeps the Donbass region as his main target with several likely lines of advance.
Ukraine continues to make progress in Kherson amid reports of Russia’s withdrawal from TheArray
Russia’s state-run Tass news reported that Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić hopes the Battle of Kherson will be the decisive occasion in the war in Ukraine.
He is quoted as saying: “We have a complicated era ahead of us, next winter will be even more complicated than this, because we are facing the Stalingrad war, the decisive war of the war in Ukraine, the Kherson war, in which both sides use thousands of tanks, planes, artillery.
The West thinks that in this way it can destroy Russia, Russia thinks that in this way it can do what it took at the beginning of the war and end the war. This will create more clutter everywhere.
According to Kyiv Independent, the Russian-backed mercenary company, the Wagner Group, is about to set up “training centers” on the border with Ukraine.
The report states that the centers will be located in “the Kursk and Belgorod regions and will be composed of citizens of those regions. “
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