🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🖌 AFU StratCom:

"🔱 Operational information as of 08:00 on January 27, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion

❗️ The main point of the summary:

🔵 In total, 166 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.

🔥 Over the past day, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile troops, and artillery have struck four command posts, four areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, and one other important facility of the Russian invaders.

🔵 In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our troops in the area of ​​the settlement of Vovchansk four times.

🔵 In the Kupyansk direction, 11 attacks by the invaders took place in a day. The defense forces repelled the enemy's assault actions near Stepova Novoselivka, Kolisnykivka, Glushkivka, and Zagryzove.

🔵 In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 15 times. They tried to advance near the settlements of Hrekivka, Novoyehorivka, Nadiya, Zelenyy Gai, Makiivka, Yampolivka, and Torske.

🔵 In the Kramatorsk direction, 21 clashes were recorded in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Stupochky, and Bila Hora.

🔵 In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out nine attacks in the area of ​​the settlement of Toretsk.

🔵 In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 78 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Vodyane Druge, Myrolyubivka, Yelizavetivka, Promin, Zelene, Udachne, Kotlyne, Nadiivka, Uspenivka, Andriivka, Shevchenko, Dachne, and Yantarne.

🔵 In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy attacked our positions 12 times near Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, Rozdolny, Novoselka, and Velyka Novoselka.

🔵 In the Orikhiv direction, there was one unsuccessful enemy attempt to attack our units in the direction of Novoandreyevka.

🔵 In the Dnieper direction, the enemy carried out one fruitless attack on the positions of our troops and was repulsed.

🔥 In the operational zone in Kursk, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled seven attacks over the past day."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08.00 01.27.2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The 169th day of large-scale armed aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 166 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours.

According to updated information, yesterday the enemy carried out 45 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropping 58 CABs. In addition, it carried out over five thousand attacks, including 105 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 2,155 kamikaze drones to destroy them.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular in the areas of the settlements of Ryasne, Loknya, Basivka, Kupyansk, Kucherivka, Myropillya, Petropavlivka, Kostyantynivka, Katerynivka, and Kleban Byk.

Over the past day, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile troops, and artillery have struck four command posts, four areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, and one other important facility of the Russian invaders.

In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our troops in the area of ​​the settlement of Vovchansk four times.

In the Kupyansk direction, 11 attacks by the invaders took place in a day. The defense forces repelled the enemy's assault actions near Stepova Novoselivka, Kolisnykivka, Glushkivka, and Zagryzove.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 15 times. They tried to advance near the settlements of Hrekivka, Novoyehorivka, Nadiya, Zelenyy Gai, Makiivka, Yampolivka, and Torske.

In the Kramatorsk direction, 21 clashes were recorded in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Stupochky, and Bila Hora.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out nine attacks in the area of ​​the settlement of Toretsk.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 78 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Vodyane Druge, Myrolyubivka, Yelizavetivka, Promin, Zelene, Udachne, Kotlyne, Nadiivka, Uspenivka, Andriivka, Shevchenko, Dachne, and Yantarne.

In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy attacked our positions 12 times near Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, Rozdolny, Novoselka, and Velyka Novoselka.

In the Orikhiv direction, there was one unsuccessful enemy attempt to attack our units in the direction of Novoandreyevka.

In the Dnieper direction, the enemy carried out one fruitless attack on the positions of our troops and was repulsed.

In the operational zone in Kursk, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces have repelled seven attacks by Russian invaders over the past 24 hours. The enemy carried out 435 artillery shells, launched 25 air strikes, and used 33 anti-aircraft missiles.

The enemy did not conduct any offensive operations in the Siversky direction over the past day.

No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.

Our soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment, and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders last day amounted to 1,430 people. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed three tanks, 12 armored combat vehicles, 16 artillery systems, 74 operational-tactical UAVs, 59 vehicles, and a unit of special equipment."

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🇷🇺⚠️⚠️❌🗺 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"⚡️ 57 ENEMY UAVS SHOT, 39 DRONES FAILED TO REACH THEIR TARGETS (LOCATIONALLY LOST)

On the night of January 27, 2025 (from 8:00 p.m. on January 26), the enemy attacked with 104 Shahed attack UAVs and simulator drones of various types from the following directions: Orel, Kursk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russia —, Chauda — Crimea.

The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units, and mobile fire groups of the Air Force and Defense Forces of Ukraine.

💥 As of 09:00, it has been confirmed that 57 Shahed attack UAVs and drones of other types have been shot down in Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.

39 enemy drones-simulators: lost in location (without negative consequences).

The Russian UAV attack affected Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Ivano-Frankivsk and Kyiv regions. Infrastructure facilities, apartment buildings and private houses were hit. No casualties have been reported so far, and assistance is being provided to the victims. Special services are eliminating the consequences of the enemy attack."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"⚡️ Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of January 27, 2025)

▫️ Units of the North group of forces in the Kharkiv direction inflicted defeat on formations of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Velyki Prokhody and Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region.

The AFU lost up to 15 servicemen, three field artillery pieces and an ammunition depot.

▫️ Units of the West group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Redkodub, Kutkovka, Kupyansk, Zagoruykovka, Glushkovka, Boguslavka, Zeleny Gai, Kopanki in the Kharkiv region, Kolodezi and Yampol in the DPR.

The enemy's losses amounted to 355 soldiers, seven pickups and five field artillery pieces. Three ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️ Units of the "Southern" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the formations of three mechanized, assault, airmobile brigades of the AFU and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Vasyukovka, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Dachnoye and Ulakly of the DPR.

The AFU lost up to 250 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two cars and two field artillery guns. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️ Units of the Center group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the manpower and equipment of five mechanized, motorized infantry, and ranger brigades of the AFU, two brigades of the National Guard, and a brigade of the National Police of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Baranovka, Shevchenko, Slavyanka, Yasenovoe, Novoelizavetovka, and Andreyevka of the DPR.

The enemy lost up to 610 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, seven cars and six field artillery pieces.

▫️ As a result of decisive actions by units of the "East" group of forces, the settlement of Velyka Novosyolka of the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated. The formations of the tank, mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Bogatyr and Vremevka of the DPR.

The enemy's losses amounted to over 160 servicemen, a tank, four vehicles and four field artillery pieces, including a Polish-made 155-mm self-propelled artillery unit "Krab".

▫️ Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two coastal defense brigades of the AFU and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Prydniprovske and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

The AFU lost up to 35 servicemen, four vehicles and an ammunition depot.

▫️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on the infrastructure of military airfields, production workshops and storage depots for unmanned aerial vehicles, a fuel base of the AFU, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment in 149 districts.

▫️ Air defense systems shot down four US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets and 64 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️ Since the beginning of the special military operation, a total of 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 41,571 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,858 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,510 multiple launch rocket systems, 21,010 field artillery pieces and mortars, and 30,830 special military vehicles have been destroyed."

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"⚡️ Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region (as of January 27, 2025)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to defeat the formations of the AFU in the Kursk region.

▫️ Units of the North group of forces during offensive operations liberated the settlement of Nikolayevo-Daryino, and also defeated formations of a tank, heavy mechanized, four mechanized, two airborne assault brigades, a marine brigade and three territorial defense brigades of the AFU in the areas of the settlements of Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Goncharovka, Guevo, Zamostye, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Makhnovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Sverdlikovo and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. Two enemy counterattacks were repelled.

▫️ Strikes by operational-tactical, army aviation and artillery fire hit enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the populated areas of Guevo, Kazachya Loknya, Kruglenkoye, Martynovka, Melovoy, Mirny, Nikolaevka, Sudzha, Yuzhny, as well as Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Vodolaghi, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Ryzhevka and Stukalovka in the Sumy region.

AFU losses in 24 hours amounted to more than 190 servicemen, two tanks, an armored personnel carrier, 10 combat armored vehicles, five cars, as well as six UAV control points and an ammunition depot were destroyed. Three servicemen of the AFU surrendered.
 
▫️ In total, during the military operations in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost more than 55,190 servicemen, 321 tanks, 238 infantry fighting vehicles, 184 armored personnel carriers, 1,636 armored combat vehicles, 1,644 vehicles, 392 artillery pieces, 44 multiple launch rocket system launchers, including 13 HIMARS and six MLRS made in the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile system launchers, eight transport and loading vehicles, 103 electronic warfare stations, 14 counter-battery radars, four air defense radars, 32 units of engineering and other equipment, including 13 engineering obstacle clearing vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing unit, as well as nine armored repair and recovery vehicles and a command and staff vehicle.
 
The operation to destroy the AFU formations continues."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 Russian channel @RVvoenkor:

"‼️🇷🇺 Visual recording of our troops by the enemy [Deep State] in Velyka Novoselka

▪️The enemy resource DS published hysterical material:
🤦‍♂️ "Perhaps this is the first time in our memory that someone is officially "holding" and the Russians are walking around the village with Prussian steps with flags and launching fireworks...
▪️ In general, sometimes the opportunity is given to inform official representatives about the loss of large settlements, so that they can convey this to society as they see fit for a good purpose. This is perceived as a demonstrated opportunity to hang macaroni on ears, while the enemy is being recorded by other monitoring groups."
🤬"Lies will destroy us all. At first, however, the neighboring units, and then society."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 Russian channel @RVvoenkor:

"🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 Battle for Toretsk: the Russian army storms the last enemy defense nodes

▪️Russian troops continue attacks on the northern outskirts of the city, battles are underway south of the Fomikha mine waste heap, for the Toretskaya mine and the village of Krymskoye. In the latter, our units are pulling forces to the southern part to take the remaining part of the village and put pressure on the Toretskaya mine and its waste heap.
▪️"On the northwestern outskirts of the city, the 132nd brigade of the Russian Armed Forces is pressing along Soledarskaya, Tsvetochnaya streets and Tavrichesky lane in the direction of the western forest plantation, in the area of ​​which there are a number of hills, the capture of which will open the Russian army the opportunity to flank an attack on Shcherbinovka and reduce the logistical shoulder," Ukrainian analysts admit."

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🇺🇸🗯👔👔🕊 — 🏴 ZeroHedge | "Settle Now, And STOP This Ridiculous War!": Trump Threatens Tariffs As Russia Sees 'Small' Window For Deal On Ukraine | January 23, 2025:

"Russia says there is a 'small' window of opportunity to make a deal with Donald Trump over Ukraine, just one day after the US President threatened to impose sanctions on the Kremlin if Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to negotiate.

"Compared to the hopelessness in every aspect of the previous White House chief (President Joe Biden), there is a window of opportunity today, albeit a small one," Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told an audience at the Institute for US and Canadian Studies in Moscow, a Russian think tank that focuses on US and Canadian affairs.

"Compared to the hopelessness in every aspect of the previous White House chief (President Joe Biden), there is a window of opportunity today, albeit a small one," he added. "It's therefore important to understand with what and whom we will have to deal, how best to build relations with Washington, how best to maximise opportunities and minimise risks."

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🇺🇸🗯👤👤🕊 — 🇺🇸 President of United States Donald J. Trump:

"I’m not looking to hurt Russia. I love the Russian people, and always had a very good relationship with President Putin - and this despite the Radical Left’s Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX. We must never forget that Russia helped us win the Second World War, losing almost 60,000,000 lives in the process. All of that being said, I’m going to do Russia, whose Economy is failing, and President Putin, a very big FAVOR. Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE. If we don’t make a “deal,” and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries. Let’s get this war, which never would have started if I were President, over with! We can do it the easy way, or the hard way - and the easy way is always better. It’s time to “MAKE A DEAL.” NO MORE LIVES SHOULD BE LOST!!!"

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🇺🇸❗️🇷🇺 — 🧠 Leftism on 𝕏:

Reporter: "If Vladimir Putin doesn't come to the table to negotiate with you, will you put additional sanctions on Russia?"

Trump: "Sounds likely."

"The war should have never started. If you had a competent President, which you didn't, the war wouldn't have happened.
The war in Ukraine would have never happened if I were President, but that couldn't happen because the election was rigged."

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👤2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣🔤🔫❗️🕊 — 📰 Remix News | Zelensky claims 200,000 European soldiers needed to secure peace deal | Zelensky only managed to betray a Ukraine — and a Europe — desperately caught between and dependent on two far greater and determined powers | January 22, 2025:

"In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president’s resounding message seemed to be that Europe must stop relying on America, and yet his demands for peace alone would surely entail both U.S. involvement and also Russian compromise.

Zelensky said “a minimum of 200,000 European soldiers will be required to secure Ukraine after any peace deal is reached.

“A minimum, otherwise it’s nothing,” he said, emphasizing the need to keep Putin in check."

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🇨🇩💥🔥 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"❗️🇨🇩🇷🇼 Situation in DR Congo: The Fall of Goma

The offensive launched on January 24 by the Rwandan-backed M23 (March 23 Movement) anti-government militants on the city of Goma turned out to be successful for them.

Taking the provincial capital of North Kivu means de facto control of the region. In addition, there is now nothing to stop M23 from advancing south towards Nyumbi , where there are even more resources.

At the moment, UN troops are holding the last transport artery in the city - the airport, from where the contingent is being hastily evacuated.

❓How did this happen?

In addition to the "peacekeepers" from the UN mission MONUSCO , who began to leave immediately after the offensive began, there was a contingent of South African forces in the city, as well as Romanian mercenaries. And yet, all international support turned out to be pointless, in a situation where their own armed forces did not represent a serious structure.

Also, the government in Kinshasa did not understand the real situation on the ground. In this case, there is no talk in the spirit of "intelligence missed it" since African intelligence services are not very much. Rather, at the top, they were clearly confident that the UN, the US or someone else would save them from Paul Kagame.

But this did not happen: the Rwandan leader, on the contrary, strengthened his position in Turkey and the West, pledging to sort out the situation in the east of the DR Congo on his own.

📌President Tshisekedi's excessive reliance on external actors has led to the main problem — underfunding and underequipment of the Congolese army.
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It would seem that we are talking about the distant Democratic Republic of Congo, but parallels with Syria, which is closer to Russians, are obvious.
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❓What to expect and why is it important?

The war in Black Africa, so far from the average person's mind, is now critically important for world production. The fact is that it is in the east of the DR Congo that almost half of all the resources needed in modern industry are mined.

This is especially true for coltan, a key element in the production of microelectronics. Control over the extraction of such a valuable resource will allow the Rwandan leadership to continuously support the country's economic growth and strengthen its authority in the region.

Therefore, the scenario is likely that the buffer zone created by M23 militants will turn into a quasi-state, given that a new administration is already being introduced in the occupied Congolese territories. And later, after some agreements on the Rwandans' terms, the annexation of resource-rich territories is possible.

The main beneficiaries of the instability and the existence of the "gray zone" that has been controlled so far were the Europeans and Americans, who, through Rwanda, prevented the DR Congo from becoming stronger and traded with the latter on favorable terms. Now, after the fall of Goma , the need for the previous agreements is disappearing.

🔻The panic raised by many media outlets about the fall of Goma is entirely justified — the Rwandan leadership has received a trump card with which it can manipulate local regional players and ensure access of the world's largest producers to the necessary resources bypassing the DRC.

This is a serious blow for Tshisekedi's government in the DRC, as it is now unclear whether troops will be able to hold their positions south of Goma and prevent pro-Rwandan militants from breaking through further.

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🇺🇸🚫🇻🇪🛢 — 🇺🇸 The Epoch Times | US Will Likely Stop Buying Oil From Venezuela: Trump | Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Venezuela is ‘governed by a narco-trafficking organization.’ | January 22, 2025:

"President Donald Trump said on Jan. 20 that his administration would likely stop buying oil from Venezuela.

“It was a great country 20 years ago, and now it’s a mess,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, hours after his inauguration. “We don’t have to buy their oil. We have plenty of oil for ourselves.”

(...)

“It’s governed by a narco-trafficking organization that has empowered itself of a nation-state. And we have seen, I believe, upwards of seven, eight, nine million Venezuelans have just left the country; more are expected to leave,” he [Secretary of State Department Marco Rubio] said."

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🇬🇧🇺🇸🔫⚡️🇧🇬🇷🇴 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"🇧🇬🇬🇧🇷🇴 Exercise Steadfast Dart – NATO begins logistics training as part of the exercise

Many observers and some of our colleagues reported on the start of the Steadfast Dart exercise in mid-January. This is a major NATO event that trains the Alliance's rapid reaction forces in Eastern Europe.

By the end of January, the active stage began. A few days ago, landings were organized from a C-27 transport helicopter in the Shabla training ground area in Bulgaria.

During this phase, three NATO reconnaissance aircraft and two Turkish Air Force F-16 fighters were operating in the air over Romania and in the Black Sea.

❗️ But only now have NATO units begun to work out logistics on the eastern flank.
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British troops stationed in two Romanian cities are moving mechanized groups towards the Smârdan training ground from Nedlac and Negru Voda.

The French estimate the speed of the transfer by rail from Carcassonne in France to Voila in Romania. According to the deadline, the French should arrive on February 2.

Romanian troops transport their forces in automobile convoys between January 28 and February 9 from six locations: Iasi, Piatra Neamt, Bacau, Botosani, Dej and Turda.
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As this example shows, the main goal of this stage is to practice logistics measures. NATO evaluates the effectiveness of the existing infrastructure and the speed of deployment of rapid reaction forces in the event of war.

For now, everything is concentrated in Romania and Bulgaria, but in February, the training will move to Greece, when the main units participating in the exercise arrive in Romania. And that is when scenarios of a full-scale conflict with Russia will be played out.

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