🇺🇸🚫🛫🗺🧠⚡️🇺🇦 — 📰 ZeroHedge | US Reissues Urgent 'Do Not Travel' Warning For Russia, As NYT Confirms CIA's Escalating Involvement | January 2, 2025:

"The US State Department has once once again re-issued an urgent advisory warning Americans not to travel to Russia. The renewed travel advisory also tells any American citizens currently in Russia to depart immediately. It cites the danger associated with the ongoing war with Ukraine, as well as the significant risk of wrongful detention by Russian officials, and the possibility of terrorism.

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Even as the Pentagon has taken steps to draw down its support, the CIA has been ramping up its anti-Russia covert actions launched out of Ukraine, as The NY Times this week highlighted:

Where Mr. Hegseth had marginalized his Ukraine-supporting generals, the C.I.A. director, Mr. Ratcliffe, had consistently protected his own officers’ efforts for Ukraine. He kept the agency’s presence in the country at full strength; funding for its programs there even increased. When Mr. Trump ordered the March aid freeze, the U.S. military rushed to shut down all intelligence sharing. But when Mr. Ratcliffe explained the risk facing C.I.A. officers in Ukraine, the White House allowed the agency to keep sharing intelligence about Russian threats inside Ukraine.

Now, the agency honed a plan to at least buy time, to make it harder for the Russians to capitalize on the Ukrainians’ extraordinary moment of weakness."

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🇻🇪🗯🇷🇺 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"And Russia didn't help!"
How credible are the narratives about the Russian group in Venezuela?

It was only a matter of time before the internet would remember about the Russian contingent in Venezuela. And here we are: now there are narratives about why Russian servicemen didn't help in repelling the US attack?

➡️The first thing to know about the Russian group in the Bolivarian Republic is that there is a limited number of servicemen operating there as military advisors. There is no full-fledged armed formation on our side.

➡️There was a desire to expand the contingent from Russia, but in Caracas they decided that they didn't need it. Therefore, our servicemen only provide advisory support to Venezuela, train local units, and provide intelligence information.

➡️The state of the country's armed forces is evidenced, for example, by the fact that it doesn't even have a normal radar detection network — the screens from FlightRadar at the press conferences of Defense Minister Padrino Lopez are indicative here. And the data on the flights of the US Air Force were largely provided by Russian units.

❗️The country's leadership was also notified about the signs of an impending strike through all available channels. However, you can see what happened. Whether it was negligence or a backroom deal, or all together and at once — it's not so important anymore: the Americans achieved their stated goal."

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🇺🇸🇵🇷⛓🇻🇪🇻🇪 — Nicolás Maduro is already on Puerto Rico, US territory.

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪 — The Russian-made BUK launchers at La Carlota airbase in Caracas were destroyed by US Air Force strikes overnight

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

"Operational information as of 08:00 on January 3, 2026 regarding the Russian invasion

Glory to the Outskirts!

The 1,410th day of large-scale armed aggression by Russia against Ukraine has begun.

Ukrainian defenders are steadily repelling the occupiers' offensive, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

Over the past day, 116 combat clashes were recorded.

Yesterday, the enemy carried out one missile strike and 57 airstrikes using 153 guided aerial bombs against our troops' positions and populated areas.

6358 drone kamikaze attacks were recorded, and the enemy carried out 3223 shellings.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes, including on populated areas in the Kolomyitsa district of the Dnipropetrovsk region; Zaliznytsia, Verkhnia Tersa, Huliaipole, Varvarivka, Rizdvyanka, Dolinka, Novoandriivka, and Magdalynivka in the Zaporizhia region; Mykolaivka in the Kherson region.

Yesterday, the Air Force, missile troops, and artillery of the Defense Forces hit four personnel concentration areas and two other important enemy targets in the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions.

In the South-Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attempted to break through our defenders' defensive lines three times yesterday, in the areas of the populated areas of Vovchansk, Grabovske, Staritsa, and Prilepka, and in the direction of Izbytsky.

In the Kupyansk direction, two enemy attacks occurred yesterday. Our defenders repelled the enemy's assault attempts in the area of Petropavlivka and in the direction of Kurilivka.

In the Liman direction, the enemy carried out nine attacks. They attempted to break into our defenses in the areas of Drobysheve, Liman, Zarichne, Stavky, Torske, and Yampil.

In the Slavyansk direction, our defenders stopped five enemy attempts to advance in the areas of Siversk, Zakitne, and Pereiznoe yesterday.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy carried out one attack in the area of Minkivka and was repelled.

In the Konstantinovka direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks in the areas of Konstantinovka, Oleksandr-Shultyn, Pleschivka, Klyban-Bik, Mykolaipillia, and Sofiyivka.

In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 26 enemy assault attempts in the areas of Novo Shakhove, Chervnyi Lyman, Rodinske, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Molodetskoe, Udachne, Filiia, Dachne, and in the direction of Novopavlivka yesterday.

In the Alexandrivka direction, the enemy carried out 10 attacks in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Oleksandrgrad, Vishneve, and Zlahoda yesterday.

In the Huliaipole direction, the occupiers carried out 20 attacks in the area of Huliaipole and in the direction of Dobropillya and Zelenoe.

In the Orihiv direction, the invaders attacked our units' positions three times in the areas of Plavni and Primorsky.

In the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian units repelled four enemy attacks.

No signs of the enemy forming offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.

Our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupying forces in terms of personnel and equipment and are actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

Over the past day, the Russian invaders suffered 750 casualties. Ukrainian soldiers also disabled three tanks, four armored combat vehicles, 24 artillery systems, one multiple rocket launcher system, and 539 unmanned aerial vehicles and 101 unit of the occupiers' automotive equipment."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of January 3, 2026.
 

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation.
 
📍 Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. Formations of a mechanized brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defense brigades were defeated near the settlements of Grunovka, Kondratovka, Pisarevka, and Shostka in Sumy Oblast.

🔥 In the Kharkiv direction, units of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Staritsa, Ternovaya, and Chugunovka in Kharkiv Oblast.

▪️ The AFU lost up to 215 service members, eight vehicles, and a field artillery gun. A supply depot was destroyed.
 
💥 Units of the "West" group of forces defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Grushevka, Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Senkovo, and Smorodkovka in the Kharkiv region.

▪️ In total, in the "West" group of forces' area of ​​responsibility, enemy losses amounted to up to 210 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 14 vehicles, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station. Five ammunition depots were destroyed.
 
🚩 Units of the "Southern" group of forces, as a result of active operations, liberated the settlement of Bondarnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

🔥 Formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile, an assault, a mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Zakotne, Kondratovka, Kostyantynivka, Malinovka, and Reznikovka in the DPR.

▪️ The enemy lost up to 220 servicemen, 11 armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, and four artillery pieces, including two foreign-made. A materiel depot was destroyed."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of January 3, 2026.

📍 Units of the "Center" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, and an airmobile brigade, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Belitskoye, Novy Donbas, Rodynskoye, Toretskoye, and Udachnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

▪️ Enemy losses amounted to 400 servicemen, two tanks, six armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, and two field artillery pieces.
 
🪖 Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of an airborne assault brigade and four assault regiments of the AFU near the settlements of Zaliznychne, Petrovka, Vozdvizhevka, and Rizdvyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

▪️ The AFU lost up to 215 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, 11 vehicles, two multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles, including Czech-made Vampires, and an artillery piece. A materiel depot was destroyed.

💥 Units of the "Dnipro" group of forces defeated formations of the AFU mechanized and mountain assault brigades and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Novoandriivka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

▪️ The enemy lost up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, nine vehicles, a German-made IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system launcher, three artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station. A materiel depot was destroyed.

✈️ Tactical aviation, strike drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces damaged energy and port infrastructure facilities used by the AFU and military-industrial complex, assembly and storage facilities for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, an air defense radar station, and temporary deployment points for AFU and foreign mercenaries in 156 districts.

🎯 Air defense systems shot down fifteen guided aerial bombs, two US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, and 124 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
📊 Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 670 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 107,003 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 642 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26,871 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,636 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
▫️ 32,360 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▫️ 50,714 special military vehicles."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Has the crisis passed? The situation in the Kupeysk direction

The situation in Kupyansk remains difficult. Despite successful operations on the left bank of the Oskol, where the Russian Armed Forces held positions in the industrial zone, the enemy is gradually expanding its control zone on the right bank.

Enemy assault groups, according to footage from War Correspondents of Russian Spring, have reached the building of the district court in the center of Kupyansk. The enemy is attempting to reach the bed of the Oskol, but cannot firmly establish itself in the area due to the work of Russian drone operators.

📌 The situation in neighboring Moskovka remains uncertain. According to earlier footage on the Internet, allegedly showing the presence of Russian units in the village, it is difficult to determine the affiliation of the servicemen. Moreover, the village is more than five kilometers from the current LBS, and such a "breakthrough" would have been confirmed by additional videos from both sides.

❗️ At the same time, after some improvement in the weather, Russian UAV operators have finally been able to operate at full capacity, which partially offsets the numerical superiority of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy is again forced to operate mainly in small groups, relying on the supply of heavy drones and NRTK.

The crisis, of course, has not yet passed — however, now the chances of the Russian Armed Forces to hold a foothold behind the Oskol and positions in Kupyansk itself have increased.

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🇺🇸❌🇻🇪🇻🇪 — US President Donald Trump about Maduro loyalists and die-hard Chavistas:

Well, if they stay loyal (to Maduro), the future is really bad for them. If they convert—there’s a conversion factor—I would say most of them have converted. He’s had very little loyalty.

In fact, I noticed today that some people are marching in the streets waving flags, and they’re very supportive. They have American flags being waved on the streets.

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