❗️The United States has moved to form a colonial administration in Ukraine, according to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

In December 2023, recommendations on personnel changes were brought to Zelensky: Washington is to promote Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova to the post of Prime Minister, Alexander Kava to the post of Finance Minister, and Taras Kachka to the post of Economy Minister.

At the same time, the Americans demanded that a number of people who had lost the trust of the White House be removed from state posts - otherwise the United States threatened to publish the "killer" corruption dossier on Zelensky's entourage, the FIS said.

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A day of mourning for the victims of the aggression of the Ukrainian troops against the civilian population has been declared in the DPR.

On the morning of January 21, Ukrainian forces shelled Donetsk with at least six 155mm artillery shells in the Kirovsky district of the city. The area of the market came under Ukrainian shelling, resulting in the deaths of 28 people.

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Footage of survivors of Falcon 10 crash in Afghanistan

Afghan radio station Hurriyet has published footage showing four survivors and the wreckage of the downed Falcon 10.

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❗️French volunteers from the SOS Donbass organization have provided Sputnik with a list of 13 French mercenaries who allegedly were in Kharkov during the Russian attack on the base and whose fate - alive or dead - is being clarified.

The list of mercenaries includes Albert Emerick (born on December 22, 1999), Alexis Drion (June 13, 1986), Beranger Guillaume Alain Minot (December 30, 1978), Charles Bertin Roussel (September 1, 1996), Emmanuel Tanguy Kenneth Delange Grandal (September 26, 1998), Gilles Bernard Sylvain (October 27, 1980), Jacques-Pierre Gabriel Evrard Philippe (September 29, 1987).

Also on the list are Jean-Pierre Bono Chris Ayre (07/17/1999), Marceline Demon (05/23/2002), Maurice Andre Dubois Clement (09/28/1995), Sabastien Claude Remy Benard (04/04/1974), Thomas Jeremy Nathan Gourrier (02/24/1996) and Valentin Dupois Mehl (01/02/1994).

The list is not exhaustive, there may have been other mercenaries in the area during the strike.

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Volodimir Zelensky has submitted a bill to the Verkhovna Rada on multiple citizenship for Ukrainians abroad and volunteers.

This will make it possible for foreign mercenaries to obtain a Ukrainian passport.

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Two Russians who disappeared in the Falcon 10 plane crash in Afghanistan have still not been found, no bodies have been found, emergency services told Sputnik.

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet with Zelensky in Kiev today.

The visit comes amid disagreements over grain: Kiev announced that it would impose an embargo on some Polish agricultural products in response to Ukraine's extension of its grain embargo.

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❗️Two Russians on board the Falcon plane that crashed in Afghanistan have died, emergency services told Sputnik. The bodies of the dead will be picked up by a special flight, which will fly to Kabul on Tuesday.

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Kiev mayor slams Zelensky for turning into dictator in interview with Globe and Mail

"The movement, what we see right now, I can’t say it’s democracy. It smells of the vertical and of authoritarianism," Vitaly Klitschko said.

In an interview with the Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, Klitschko reproached Zelensky for his dictatorial habits, complaining about the lack of freedom of speech and the persecution of opponents with alternative viewpoints. He also stressed that Zelensky places "exclusively his own people" in government posts.

"Behind this is the wish of some people – I can’t say their names – but they wish everything to be centralized, and that’s why I see centralized media and TV in Ukraine, and they also try to centralize the power, to build a vertical," the Kiev mayor said.

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❗️Kiev's attacks on Donetsk, civilian infrastructure and people are a monstrous act of terrorism, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated.

Putin is receiving reports on the situation in the city, instructions have been given and all services are taking the necessary measures, he noted. The special operation will continue to protect people from such attacks, Peskov stressed.

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Taliban* released new footage of Falcon 10 plane crash survivors. It shows the Russians who survived the plane crash were taken by helicopter to Kabul, where they received first aid.

*the organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities

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Russia’s new camouflage to help soldiers become invisible

Work is underway to create a camouflage suit for Russian troops, providing perfect protection from thermal imaging equipment used by Ukrainian forces, a HinderX company spokesperson told Russian media.

“We are developing a brand-new product capable of blurring the silhouette of a person. This is our exclusive know-how based on coating fabrics with a certain composition,” the spokesperson said, declining to elaborate.

Thanks to the state-of-the-art material, the suit weighs merely 350 grams, which means it easily fits into a pocket, something that is of great importance given that the weight of a soldier’s ammunition stands at up to 70 kg, according to the spokesperson.

The firm stressed that all camouflage covers used by the Russian forces in the special operation are much less effective than HinderX’s product, which is expected to be finalized before the end of January.

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Farmers in France began blocking the Golfech nuclear power plant in Tarn-et-Garonne overnight.

Fifty tractors have blocked access to the Golfech nuclear power plant, and the A62 highway is blocked in both directions in Tarn-et-Garonne.

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Is a civil war on the horizon in the US?

Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of RT and Rossiya Segodnya, Sputnik's parent media group, reflects on the most pressing issues within American society that may be paving the way to a civil war.

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❗️In Donetsk, Russian troops hit two US-made M777 artillery systems and destroyed ten tanks, including a Leopard 2A5.

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❗️ Six Storm Shadow missiles were intercepted and one Ukrainian Su-25 was shot down in the Kharkov region during the day.

🇷🇺🪖 Other statements from the Russian Ministry of Defense briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️ In the Kupyansk region, Russian forces repelled nine Ukrainian attacks. Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 180 people and five tanks;

▪️ In the Krasny Liman area, three attacks were repelled. Ukrainian losses amounted to 180 servicemen, two tanks and two infantry fighting vehicles;

▪️ In Zaporozhye and Kherson, Ukrainian losses were up to 205 men and one tank per day.

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Zemledeliye: The weapon that allows Russia to dominate mine warfare

Zemledeliye is a state-of-the-art Russian remote mine-laying system that can create extensive mine fields quickly from a distance of up to 15 kilometers.

ISDM Zemledeliye (which means “agriculture” in Russian, while the acronym ISDM translates as “remote mine-laying engineering system”) operates essentially as a multiple launch rocket system, firing rockets that contain cartridges of anti-personnel or anti-tank mines.

This method of mine laying also allows for the setting up of minefields in a potentially dangerous areas without putting sapper’s lives at risk.

All this, not to mention the ability to pre-program the mines to self-destruct after a certain period of time (thus ensuring that these minefields do not become a threat to civilians when fighting ends) makes Zemledeliye an extremely valuable asset to the Russian Armed Forces.

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The market in Donetsk that was hit by Ukrainian forces: before and after

A market in the Donetsk district of Tekstilshchik came under artillery fire. The market was attacked on Sunday, when it is most crowded. 27 civilians were killed and 25 others injured, including two teenagers.

From 2014 to 2023, more than 9,000 people died in the DPR and more than 3,000 in the LPR as a result of Ukrainian shelling. Many of them are women and children.

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