Here we go again-Ukraine once again

[August]

[August]

This is pretty good. I especially love the guys paddling the tank up stream at 49 seconds.

[Jimbuna]

Kremlin insider says Putin suffering headaches and dizziness as president skips events

Putin is suffering from cancer and Parkinson's and is "critically ill", according to a Kremlin insider. The Russian President is believed to be using "body doubles" to attend public events as his health is deteriorating. Link

Putin is experiencing "dizziness and headaches", the Kremlin insider said in a post on Russian Telegram channel General SVR,

Echoing previous claims made in the same channel that Putin is also suffering from cancer, they added that the cancer is "slowly progressing", "calling into question his ability to participate in large events".

The Telegram channel has long claimed Putin is battling with cancer and has said that sources inside the Kremlin say the Russian leader has lost 18lbs.

They claim Putin's inner circle is worried that his "persistent cough" will be seen as a "sign of the leader's rapidly deteriorating health", as Russia continues to attack Ukraine.

Last month, the Russian President appeared to cough in a clip from a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.

Putin has been cancelling a number of meetings in the past month and he also called off his annual end of year press conference in Russia's parliament.

Last week Putin was supposed to be visiting a tank plant in Nizhny Tagil but this was cancelled.

Putin also appeared unsure as he stepped onto the tarmac in Belarus after a flight from St Petersburg for a meeting with his close ally Alexander Lukashenko last week.

The Russian leader was forced to jump down from the step of the Russian aeroplane, appearing unsteady on his legs and the 70-year-old arrived in Belarus.

It is claimed that Putin initially suffered colon cancer which has spread and the medication used to treat it has led to early symptoms of Parkinson's.

Rumours surrounding Putin and his health began to swirl years ago, but they gained traction in February when his "shaky arm" was seen while he was speaking to Lukashenko.

In April, an independent media outlet reported that the Russian leader has travelled with an oncologist on numerous occasions.

In May, a former MI6 spy also added weight to claims Putin is suffering from poor health. Speaking to LBC, Christopher Steele said the exact details were unknown but added Putin is "constantly" accompanied by doctors.

But others dismissed the claims. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov addressed Putin's health in May, saying "Putin appears in public every day" and added: "I don't think sane people can discern any sort of symptom of disease in this man."

Then, in July, CIA Director William Burns also said that the Russian President is "too healthy" but dded that his comment was "not a formal intelligence judgment."

The Kremlin has repeatedly denied rumours on Putin's health.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/oth...d332edfd32270b

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Belarus says it downed Ukraine air defence missile

Belarus has summoned the Ukrainian ambassador, saying it had shot down a Ukrainian air defence missile in Belarusian territory.

It happened during one of Russia's heaviest aerial onslaughts against Ukraine so far.

Footage from Belarusian state television appeared to show missile debris in a field.

A Ukrainian military spokesman said the incident was "the result of air defence".

Belarus - a key ally of Russia - demanded that Kyiv carry out a full investigation, after the S-300 rocket came down near the border.

It is the first time Belarus has shot down a Ukraine missile since the Russian invasion in February.

The Ukrainian ambassador was called in to the foreign ministry in Minsk.

"The Belarusian side views this incident as extremely serious," spokesperson Anatoly Glaz told the Reuters news agency.

He called on Ukraine to "take comprehensive measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in the future".

And in a press briefing on Friday, the Kremlin said it was greatly concerned by the incident.

Ukraine's defence ministry said it was ready to invite experts from countries that do not support "the terrorist state of Russia" to help investigate of the incident, adding that it reserved "the unconditional right to the defence and protection of its own sky".

It said it did not rule out a "deliberate provocation" in which Moscow launched its cruise missiles on a path where they would be intercepted over Belarusian territory.

Belarus said the missile came down near the village of Harbacha in the Brest region, around 15 km (9 miles) from the border with Ukraine.

A witness told Radio Free Europe: "Our windows were shaking and the house was vibrating from what must have been a sound wave."

The military commissar of the Brest region, Oleg Konovalov, sought to downplay the incident.

"Unfortunately, these things happen," he said in a video posted to social media.

He compared it to an incident last month when a missile landed in Poland, killing two people. Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said Kyiv's air defences were "most likely" to blame, but Ukraine denied this.

Belarus has very close ties with Russia, and allowed Moscow to use its territory in February to start the invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials recently claimed that Russia could be planning a new offensive from Belarus, but Western governments say they have seen no evidence of that.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said most regions were without power in freezing conditions following a huge wave of Russian missile attacks.

Moscow fired scores of missiles at cities across Ukraine on Thursday, including in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv and Odesa.

Mr Zelensky warned that Moscow "is only driving itself deeper into a dead end".

"The status of the largest terrorist in the world will have consequences for Russia and its citizens for a long time. And each missile only confirms that all this must end with a tribunal. This is exactly what will happen," he said.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64122632

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In West, only sect "saving Russia’s face" remains, everything is already understood about Putin - Kuleba

In the West, there are no longer any supporters of the idea of "saving the face" of the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. However, there are those who want to "save Russia’s face".

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba stated this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Censor.NET reports.

"Only the ``saving Russia's face'' sect remained. But they already understood everything about Putin. This is a marginal sect, but it still exists, because of the prism of "we still want to live with them", "they will not disappear anywhere", etc., - explained the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"For me, the most important thing now is not so much to overcome this sect but to establish in my partners the understanding that no matter what the government in Russia is, Russia will not change in its essence.
This should stop a much wider circle of people who believe that it is possible to turn Russia into a liberal, democratic country. And it's actually much more important to overcome that narrative. And agree with the thesis that Russia is what it is, and our task is not to turn an orc into an elf but to extinguish this aggression.
And to create such conditions under which the expansion of Russia will become impossible. That is, from an aggressive-authoritarian country, it should become simply an authoritarian, conservative country. They must be pushed into their borders and locked up. Let them live in their autarky, under their tsar-father, as long as they don't attack anyone," Kuleba added. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3390256

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

In West, only sect "saving Russia’s face" remains, everything is already understood about Putin - Kuleba

In the West, there are no longer any supporters of the idea of "saving the face" of the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. However, there are those who want to "save Russia’s face".

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba stated this in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Censor.NET reports.

"Only the ``saving Russia's face'' sect remained. But they already understood everything about Putin. This is a marginal sect, but it still exists, because of the prism of "we still want to live with them", "they will not disappear anywhere", etc., - explained the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"For me, the most important thing now is not so much to overcome this sect but to establish in my partners the understanding that no matter what the government in Russia is, Russia will not change in its essence.
This should stop a much wider circle of people who believe that it is possible to turn Russia into a liberal, democratic country. And it's actually much more important to overcome that narrative. And agree with the thesis that Russia is what it is, and our task is not to turn an orc into an elf but to extinguish this aggression.
And to create such conditions under which the expansion of Russia will become impossible. That is, from an aggressive-authoritarian country, it should become simply an authoritarian, conservative country. They must be pushed into their borders and locked up. Let them live in their autarky, under their tsar-father, as long as they don't attack anyone," Kuleba added. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3390256

Now that winter has set in, most Dutch people still support Ukraine, according to a study by the research collective Euroskopia, conducted in the Netherlands by the Bureau I&O Research on behalf of de Volkskrant. Only 27 percent of Dutch people think that "the war in Ukraine should be ended as soon as possible, even if that means Ukraine loses territory. 46 percent are against such a compromise peace, the rest are neutral or have no opinion. This surprisingly puts the Netherlands in the lead in a survey of nine EU member states. Poland, with 28 percent in favor of an agreement with Russia, is similar to the Netherlands.

In other countries, support for the Zelensky government is less generous, the survey shows. In the nine EU member states surveyed, 48 percent favor a compromise peace, and 32 percent oppose it. The preference for an agreement with Moscow is highest in Germany (60 percent) and Austria (64 percent). It is not clear why support for Ukraine is relatively high in the Netherlands. According to the Euroskopia survey, the Dutch are less affected by increased energy prices than citizens of European countries. Of the Dutch, 32 percent say they feel the effects of the energy crisis "to a great extent," compared with an average across the nine countries surveyed of 48 percent. The Dutch are also the most satisfied with the support they receive from their own government: 37 percent versus an average of 25 percent. However, it is not clear whether there is a causal link between the burden of energy prices and support for a compromise peace, the researchers write, because very different factors are at play. In September, researchers at the University of Michigan explained the German desire for a quick peace not primarily by high prices but by the pacifist tradition of postwar Germany. After the Russian invasion, Chancellor Scholz announced a Zeitenwende: Germany was going to supply weapons to Ukraine and wanted to become a major military power itself. German citizens, however, struggled to follow this turnaround, according to the researchers.

[August]

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The Times' radio had this: why more oligarchs will meet their fate before all this is over.

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Putin “knows he’s in trouble” in Ukraine: Former head of British Army speaks out

The former head of the British Army has said Vladimir Putin is pushing the idea of peace talks to end the Ukraine war because he’s in a “position of weakness.”

Lord Richard Dannatt said of Putin’s negotiation hints that “the reason why he’s talking about this at the present moment is that he knows he’s in trouble. He’s been raising fresh troops, mobilising several thousands we are told. But I don’t think he’s equipping them very well.”

Putin gave the order to invade Ukraine in February and Kremlin planners expected a swift victory. However, the Russian army is now protecting just a small sliver of the land it picked up in the early days of the conflict, and Western support for Ukraine shows little sign of falling away.

“One has to ask why he’s saying what he is saying. He is, I think, speaking from a position of weakness. If I was the Ukrainian President, I would not want to hear talk of peace talks at the present time. And, frankly, to be honest, I don’t think we should be talking about it either, because it gives Putin a little bit of encouragement that maybe the West is starting to talk about peace talks,” Dannatt said, in a lengthy interview with GB News today.

Dannatt also warned that Putin would be under domestic pressure, as the mobilisation of reserves had made it “everyone in Russia’s war” as opposed to a special military operation, as it was originally badged.

“We are ready to negotiate with everyone involved about acceptable solutions, but that is up to them – we are not the ones refusing to negotiate, they are,” Putin told state television in an interview broadcast on Christmas Day.

Lord Richard Dannatt led the British Army as Chair of the General staff from 2006 to 2008.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/othe...a114d6c5174cd8

[Jimbuna]

China’s Xi’s reserved remarks contrast Putin’s upbeat tone

Since major Western economies responded to the invasion with an unprecedented, coordinated barrage of sanctions, Russia has been forced to seek other markets, and has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the top crude supplier to China.

Bilateral trade has soared and financial ties have been expanded.

On Friday, Russia‘s Finance Ministry doubled the maximum possible share of Chinese yuan in its National Wealth Fund (NWF) to 60 per cent as Moscow tries to “de-dollarise” its economy and end dependency on “unfriendly” nations including the United States, European Union members and Britain and Japan.

Moscow has also publicly backed Xi’s position on Taiwan and accused the West of trying to provoke a conflict over the status of the self-governing island, which China claims as its own.

Putin told Xi: “You and I share the same views on the causes, course and logic of the ongoing transformation of the global geopolitical landscape, in the face of unprecedented pressure and provocations from the West.”

However, Xi has been less vocal in his criticism of Western countries that are China’s key export market, and has appeared cool on Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine.

China has refrained from condemnation, instead stressing the need for peace, but Putin in September publicly acknowledged that his Chinese counterpart had “concerns” about Russia‘s actions.

Xi did, however, tell Putin on Friday that China was ready to increase strategic cooperation with Russia against the backdrop of what he called a “difficult” situation in the world at large.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the meeting had been substantive and constructive, but that no date had yet been set for Xi’s visit.

[Jimbuna]

Zelensky tells Russians - Putin is destroying you

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Russians that their leader is destroying their country.

Responding to Vladimir Putin's New Year address delivered while flanked by people in military uniform, he said the Russian president was hiding behind his troops, not leading them.

On a day of deadly Russian air strikes across Ukraine, he said Ukrainians would not forgive Russia.

At least person died and dozens were injured in the attacks.

The head of Ukraine's armed forces, Valerii Zaluzhny, said air defences had shot down 12 of 20 Russian cruise missiles.

The attacks happened two days after one of the largest air strikes since the start of the war. Dozens of attacks in recent weeks have caused repeated power cuts.

Moscow has repeatedly denied targeting civilians, but Mr Putin has recently admitted hitting critical energy facilities.

In an address on his Telegram channel, Mr Zelensky said those who carried out Saturday's attacks were inhuman and they would "lose".

Switching from Ukrainian to Russian, he then attacked Mr Putin.

"Your leader wants to show you that he's leading from the front, and his military is behind him," he said.

"But in fact he is hiding. He's hiding behind his military, his missiles, the walls of his residences and palaces.

"He's hiding behind you, and he's burning your country and your future. No-one will forgive you for terror. No-one in the world will forgive you for that. Ukraine will not forgive."

He was speaking in response to Mr Putin's New Year address, which is being broadcast for each of Russia's 11 time zones as they see in 2023.

The Russian leader tried to rally people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine, saying the country's future was at stake.

In combative mood, Mr Putin said: "We always knew, and today it is confirmed to us yet again, that a sovereign, independent and secure future for Russia depends only on us, on our strength and will."

He presented the invasion of Ukraine's sovereign territory as "defending our people and our historical lands" and said "moral, historical rightness is on our side".

Mr Putin also accused the West of "provoking" Moscow to launch its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.

"The West lied about peace. It was preparing for aggression... and now they are cynically using Ukraine and its people to weaken and split Russia," he said.

Ukraine and the West reject Russia's claims about the start of the aggression.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64135080

[Jimbuna]

Putin read address against background of security personnel disguised as military personnel. PHOTOS

Russian dictator Putin recorded a New Year’s greeting surrounded by "military". However, the network noticed a woman who had appeared with Putin in other "roles" several times.

This is reported by Censor.NET.

Among the "military" present, standing behind Putin during the New Year's greeting, a user noticed a woman on the network. This is not the first time she appears at events with Putin.

This time she portrays herself as a military woman.

We will remind, today the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin addressed the Russians with New Year's greetings. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3390583

Armed Forces of Ukraine have already liberated 40% of territories occupied after February 24, - General Staff

As of the end of 2022, the Defense Forces of Ukraine liberated 40% of the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia after February 24.

Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Brigadier General Oleksiy Hromov, reported this in a comment to Ukrinform, Censor.NET reports.

"The Armed Forces of Ukraine and other components of the defense forces liberated 40% of the territories occupied after February 24. The liberation of the right-bank Kherson region brought the total area of de-occupied territories to almost 40,000 square kilometers. Only during the fall, during the offensive operation in the Kharkiv region, 12,000 square kilometers were liberated. km, about 500 settlements were liberated, and during the offensive operation in the Kherson direction, about 6,000 square kilometers were liberated, more than 200 settlements were liberated," he said.

He also said that 14,000 square meters have been released in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions. km, in the north of the Kyiv region - 7 thousand square meters. km

The brigadier general reminded that with the forces of a powerful offensive group of Russian troops, which had been building up for several months, the enemy only managed to partially achieve the goal in the Donetsk operational area - to temporarily deprive Ukraine of access to the Sea of Azov, to create a land corridor to the temporarily occupied Crimea.

At the same time, the achievement of dominance in the air remained only a declaration of the enemy, Hromov emphasized.

Answering questions about the potential of the Russian army in February, when the Russian Federation invaded the territory of Ukraine, Hromov said: "As of February 23, 2022, the offensive group of the enemy exceeded 127,000 servicemen, almost 1,800 tanks, 4,900 armored combat vehicles, more than 1,800 artillery systems , 830 rocket salvo systems. In a 400-km zone near the state border of Ukraine, there were about 440 combat aircraft and more than 500 helicopters of the PKS, 11 tactical groups of missile brigades (44 launchers) of operational-tactical missiles "Iskander". reinforced by landing and artillery boats of the Caspian Flotilla of the Southern Military District and the Baltic Fleet, there were 28 attack ships (boats), six attack submarines. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3390544

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Chilling New Year's Eve message scrawled onto killer Russian drone as bombs fall on Kyiv

Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with a fresh round of missile strikes in the last hours of 2022 - with one bearing a chilling "Happy New Year" message apparently scrawled on it by a Russian soldier. In total, 45 Iranian-made Shahed drones were downed overnight, although Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said nobody had been killed, unlike the previous night's raids, which resulted in the death of at least one person.

A picture of the Iranian drone was shared by Andriy Nebytov, chief of Kyiv's police, via the Telegram messaging app.

He commented: "The fragments of the martyr are part of the nightly greeting from the "brotherly people" with a happy New Year!"

Using a nickname for Russian troops, he added: "You can say cheap and tasteless! Real orc-style."

Mr Nebytov stressed: "And these wreckages are not at the front, where fierce battles are taking place, they are here, on the sports ground, where children play.

"This is all you need to know about the terrorist state and its army.

"We thank the air defence units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the excellent result.

"Without your professional work, the morning would not be good.

"I ask all citizens not to ignore the air alarm signal and always take shelter."

Mr Klitschko shared a picture of a bomb-damaged car, commenting: "Explosions in the Holosiivskyi and Shevchenkovskyi districts of the capital.

"In Shevchenkivsk, a fragment of a rocket fell on a Volkswagen car and damaged the hood of the car. There are no victims or victims."

The raids did not deter Ukranians from celebrating although an 11pm curfew prevented them from doing so in the main square overnight.

Nevertheless, for several hours leading up to it, hundreds packed the streets, unfurling Ukrainian flags and taking selfies in front of a big Christmas tree in Sofia Square lit up in blue and yellow.

US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink tweeted: 'Russia coldly and cowardly attacked Ukraine in the early hours of the new year.

"But Putin still does not seem to understand that Ukrainians are made of iron."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world...fea31b7c1f7bd6

[Jimbuna]

Putin should face trial this year, says top lawyer

By James FitzGerald
BBC News

Russian President Vladimir Putin should go on trial in Ukraine this year for war crimes committed there, says the man who led the prosecution of former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.

Sir Geoffrey Nice told the BBC Mr Putin was a "guilty man" for attacks on civilian targets during the war.

The British barrister expressed his surprise that prosecutors and politicians were not "spelling this out much more freely and openly".

Russia denies committing war crimes.

But, speaking to Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme, Sir Geoffrey described Moscow's actions during the invasion as "crimes against humanity" - as civilian targets were being attacked.

Crimes against humanity are considered to be among the most serious offences under the so-called "rules" of war.

These laws ban attacks on civilians - or infrastructure vital to their survival - and are set out in international treaties such as the Geneva Conventions.

For example, Russia's repeat attacks on the Ukrainian energy grid over the winter have been described as war crimes because of the harm done to civilians. Russia insists it is hitting military targets only.

Moscow's troops have been accused by the international community of thousands of abuses since their full-scale invasion of the neighbouring country last February.

The prosecutor-general in Kyiv says more than 62,000 war crimes have so far been recorded, including the deaths of more than 450 children. The BBC has not been able to verify these figures.

Sir Geoffrey worked with International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) between 1998 and 2006.

He led the case against former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, who went on trial in The Hague in 2002 for war crimes committed in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo.

Mr Milosevic - once known as the "butcher of the Balkans" - died in prison before the trial concluded.

Commenting on the war in Ukraine, Sir Geoffrey said the case "couldn't be clearer" against Mr Putin, and there was "no doubt" of a chain of command leading to the man in the Kremlin.

This meant the "most important thing" was to try the Russian leader himself, rather than low-ranking soldiers, he told Broadcasting House.

He added that any trial "could be tomorrow morning, as far as I'm concerned" and should be held by Ukrainians in the Ukrainian language. Mr Putin himself would not need to be present, he said.

Sir Geoffrey speculated over a possible reason why the Russian leader had not faced tougher action so far - suggesting there could be a move to exempt him from prosecution as part of a peace deal.

He said the International Criminal Court (ICC) - which has jurisdiction over Ukraine - "has still not made a pronouncement about Putin's responsibility for this crime".

Sir Geoffrey said this "reluctance" raised the question of whether there was some sort of "political advantage" to not indicting the president.

But he said the idea of any peace settlement that prevented a trial of Mr Putin was an "appalling prospect" which would be "a complete denial of justice to the people of Ukraine".

In response, the ICC rejected any assertion of "pressure or influence" on the prosecutor, Karim Khan, to delay any investigations.

Mr Khan had "gone on record repeatedly... to demonstrate that accountability is an imperative that must be achieved", an ICC statement said.

It added that the prosecutor had been working on the ground in Ukraine to collect evidence of war crimes - and arrest warrants would be issued when enough proof had been gathered.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64138851

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Russia intends to launch new offensive in Ukraine. Russian Federation mobilized much more forces than it used on battlefield, - Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that Russia is preparing a new wave of offensive during its aggression against Ukraine, and also calls not to underestimate the impact of the mobilization carried out in the Russian Federation.

He said this in an interview with the BBC Radio 4 channel in the World at One program, Censor.NET reports with reference to "Euro Integration".

Jens Stoltenberg emphasized that Ukraine now has an advantage on the battlefield and reminded that this has been going on for a long time. However, he believes that Ukraine has not yet felt all the consequences of the so-called "partial mobilization" that took place in the Russian Federation in the fall.

"Ukrainian forces have been advancing for several months, but we also know that Russia has mobilized much more forces (than it used on the battlefield), many of them are currently undergoing training," the Secretary General said.

The available data, according to the Alliance Secretariat, indicate that Russia is "ready to continue the war and intends to potentially launch a new offensive," he emphasized.

Stoltenberg emphasized that Ukraine needs to maintain and continue support from the Western world, including the supply of weapons. Donors of Ukraine should also be prepared for the fact that this support will last for a long time. The NATO Secretary General is convinced that there is such readiness.

"We will be by your side no matter what. We will help you until victory," he assured Ukraine.

Stoltenberg is also convinced that the war will end with negotiations with Russia, but it is important to create good conditions for the start of negotiations.

"What Ukraine can achieve at this table depends entirely on the strength on the battlefield," he said. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3390707

Russia has missiles left for 2 massive strikes on Ukraine. By March, Russian Federation will have critical situation with weapons, - Budanov

The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov predicted what awaits Ukraine and Russia in 2023

He said this in an interview during the United National Telethon, reported by Censor.NET.

"- the Russian Federation has missiles left for 2 massive strikes on Ukraine — they are reducing the number in order to keep simulating the intensity of these missile attacks;
- one Russian missile attack requires 1.5-2 months of work;
- by March, the Russian Federation will have a critical situation with weapons;
- Belarusian production is not able to provide Russia with weapons;
- the industry of the Russian Federation is not comparable to the industry of the Soviet Union, there is no production of strategic aviation aircraft, these are all old aircraft;

- the Russians faced a big problem of motor resource production;
- TU-95 and TU-160 are the basis of the Russian aircraft fleet;
- the military situation in Bakhmut is not catastrophic, there is a catastrophe with the city itself and the destruction caused by the Russians;
- the Russians suffer heavy losses near Bakhmut;
- protests in Russia are unreal, more than 70% of Russians support this war;
- mobilization in the Russian Federation continues continuously since March 2022;
- since January 5, the Russian Federation is preparing to close the borders for Russians under the age of 55 to leave (from the territory of the Russian Federation and Belarus);
- next year will bring joy and victory to Ukraine, and transfer of power to Russia;
- victory is a return to the borders of 1991. But this will not be the "end" of all processes, they will be quite long," Budanov said. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3390686