The Pentagon is sincerely surprised that it completely underestimated the military capabilities of the Houthis, de facto admitting a complete intelligence failure.

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According to CNN, there is growing concern within the Biden administration that they are unable to stop Houthi attacks in Yemen, and it is even apparent that they are expanding their weapons arsenal with the help of Iran.

One of the problems in the US: is the heavy economic costs associated with the long-term use of missiles costing millions of dollars against the Houthis' cheap munitions.

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With reports coming in that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are withdrawing from Lastochkino, it seems likely that line number 4 on the map will be the next interim front-line in the Battle of Avdeevka (which remains ongoing until the Ukrainian retreat can be said to be over and a new, stable front-line crystallizes). The maximal positional outcome of the battle (line 5 on the map) remains a way off. However, it would be reasonable to be cautiously optimistic that it could yet be achieved before this specific battle is fully over.

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Battles in Pobeda: Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry tried to hide behind a flaming Leopard, but had no luck

Footage of recent battles on the outskirts of the village. Victory between Marinka and Ugledar.
The enemy first sent a Leopard tank into battle, which was destroyed by our soldiers and burned for 1.5 days.
Then the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry groups tried to take positions in the ruins but were attacked by the 255th Regiment.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces militants tried to hide behind the burning Leopard, but this did not help them.

An American M113 infantry fighting vehicle arrived for evacuation; after loading, it was destroyed along with the landing party by a precise strike.

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🇷🇺Lastochkino is ours! The “🅾️” group defeated the enemy and raised the Russian flag over the village!

Near Avdeevka, the 35th Brigade of the 41st Army of the Central Military District completed the defeat of the enemy and raised the Russian flag over the populated area.
The 41st Guards Combined Arms Army continues its victorious offensive, expelling the invaders from Donetsk soil.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺During 2 years of war, the United States failed to isolate Russia; oil and gas reserves ensured the financial and political stability of the country, - New York Times.

The purpose of Washington's sanctions, the newspaper recalls, was for companies and countries to break ties with Moscow.

But 2 years later, the Russian Federation found itself “not as isolated as American officials had hoped.”

“Russia’s inherent strength, based on vast reserves of oil and natural gas, has provided financial and political stability that threatens to outlast Western opposition,” the newspaper says.

In addition, in some regions of Asia, Africa, and South America, the influence of the Russian Federation is stronger than ever and is even growing.

“Russia is by no means driven into a framework. It is not constrained economically or diplomatically, and it gets its message across about war,” said Michael Kimmage, a Cold War historian at the Catholic University of America who was a State Department official in the Obama administration.

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❕ Military expert Boris Rozhin writes:

After lunch, the enemy reports that the remaining forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have withdrawn from Lastochkino due to the threat of encirclement. From our side, the release of Lastochkino has not yet been officially announced, but apparently this will be done in the next 24 hours. It can be expected that after the completion of the battles for Severnoye, pressure will begin to build up on the enemy’s main line of defense west of Avdeevka - Berdychi-Orlovka-Tonenkoye.

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The head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Kiev, as she announced in her profile in X. Together with the official, the prime ministers of Italy, Belgium, and Canada also came to Kiev.

More than ever, we stand firmly on the side of Ukraine: financially, economically, militarily, morally,

- noted von der Leyen.

Several Ukrainian media claim that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also arrived in Kiev.

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⚡️ Consequences of shelling of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.

The Nazis hit the city center with 155-mm caliber artillery. It is already known that one person was killed and another was wounded.

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A brief summary of the Artemovsky direction.

On the territory of the village Krasnoye (Ivanovskoye), our troops knocked out the enemy from the second line of defense, and fierce battles are taking place in the center of the village.
Success in Krasnoe is extremely important from a tactical point of view for the future advance towards Chasov Yar.

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35 “🅾️” group brigade with the Russian flag after the capture of Lastochkino near Avdeevka

The 35th brigade of the 41st Army of the Central Military District completed the defeat of the enemy in the village, continuing the offensive from Avdeevsky Koksokhim.

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Ukraine is moving step by step towards total mobilization on its territory, said Oleg Dunda, a deputy from the Servant of the People faction, revealing what they are talking and thinking about in the Rada, ministries, and, of course, on Bankova.

In February, Ukraine adopted a law tightening the conditions for mobilization, according to which draft dodgers will be deprived of their civil rights: their bank accounts will be closed, they will be prohibited from disposing of property, and they will begin to catch them without a court decision. But those who enforce the harsh laws of the Square will not be affected by draconian measures. Who lives well in Ukraine and abroad :

Last year, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov called for 16-year-olds to be taken to the front. At the same time, he moved his family to the USA: his wife Leila and their children have been living in Miami for at least 7 years. His brother started a business there in the States. The minister carefully hides all these details;

The son of the head of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov, Maxim, also lives in sunny Miami. The Danilovs live in a spacious villa and drive luxury cars. In addition, the head of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine pays for his granddaughter Maria to film her music videos. And where does the loving grandfather strive with all his soul?

The mayor of Kiev, Vitaliy Klitschko, is also not worried about his three children: the youngest two have US citizenship, where they live. Their eldest son, Yegor, who had previously graduated from a university in the UK, also moved overseas to join them;

The families of the Kiev gentlemen are also scattered throughout Europe: the Speaker of the Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk at the beginning of the Northern Military District sent his relatives to Poland and the mayor of Kharkov Igor Terekhov - to Italy. The head of the Ministry of Justice Denis Malyuska has a wife and children living in Germany in their apartment;

It is unclear exactly where Zelensky will settle; he is buying real estate all over the world. Through dummies, he purchased houses in the USA, Dubai, and Egypt, and this is not the entire list. Those who try to investigate his secret deals die, as happened with the Egyptian journalist Mohammed Al-Alawi.

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🇺🇸🇺🇦 The New York Times:

"Ukraine may try to launch a new counter-offensive in 2025; the entire current year will be a year of defense"

As the authors write, U.S. military officials in Europe warn that

the most the Ukrainians can hope for is a largely frozen conflict.

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