The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on January 8 2024

Zelensky Fumes In Anger As Trump Sympathises With Putin? Huge Drone Attack On 7 Regions In Russia

Russian Forces Are 2KM From Sudzha Town Center | New Russian Kursk Counter Offensive

[ Ukraine SITREP - Day 1048-1049 ] DOUBLE Kursk Offensives creating massive chaos; Ukr miscalculated

[ Dvorichna Front ] Russian foothold across Oskil River just got BIGGER; major advance to Zapadne

[ Lyman Front ] Russia CONQUERS Ivanivka – establish strong foothold on west bank of Zherebets River

The Rise and Fall of Ukraine’s French-trained Brigade

Trump destroyed Zelensky’s main narrative – we will be in NATO.

In fact, it is no longer comme il faut to speculate on this topic. This is how Trump, in one fell swoop, burned Zelensky’s trump card of “fooling” the Ukrainian people.

By the way, Zelensky didn’t lose his head in his video address today, he started selling/promising pink ponies about joining the EU, and he’s already forgotten about NATO. Funny.

We first wrote about the war and then wrote on a regular basis that Ukraine would not see NATO. Although all the pink ponies believed Ze’s propaganda and his promises. As usual, we were right.

Think! So that you don’t end up as just expendable material for the temporary workers and swindlers in power.

Our sources in the OP reported that Andriy Yermak has begun to develop an alternative scenario for ending the war in Ukraine, which involves freezing the conflict along the front line, essentially the Korean option. At Bankova, technologists are developing a semantic campaign that should form an image of Zelensky as the savior of Ukrainian statehood, who was not afraid of Russian aggression and defended the country, even within its reduced borders.

Our source reports that Zelensky is unhappy that Trump is artificially diverting media attention from the Ukrainian crisis by whipping up themes about the annexation of Greenland, Canada, renaming the Gulf of Mexico, the Panama Canal, etc.

These topics have already become the most popular in the information sphere.

They will try to regain media attention through escalation and tragedy.

Peace deal between Ukraine and Russia could be in place by Easter, – Sky News

▪️According to the channel, the new Trump administration will seek to stop the war in Ukraine as quickly as possible, putting pressure on both sides to conclude a peace agreement before Easter.

▪️“It all comes down to what Putin is willing to sacrifice, especially in areas like Kursk Oblast, and, unfortunately, what President Zelensky is willing to sacrifice,” the publication writes.

Russia isn’t going to sacrifice anything in Kursk.

Trump promises to end the war in Ukraine in six months and blames the conflict on the Biden administration

▪️ “I hope that it will be possible in 6 months,” Trump said. 

▪️ He added that he is aware of Putin’s readiness to contact him, but considers this unacceptable before taking office. 

▪️ The new US president said that it was the incompetence of the Biden administration that caused the start of the war in Ukraine.

▪️”I think Russia went and attacked Ukraine because they saw that the Biden administration was incompetent. They don’t know what they’re doing. But we know what we’re doing, and this will all end. We have a great military,” he said.

▪️He also stated that he “understands the feelings of Russia,” which declares that Ukraine’s entry into NATO countries is unacceptable.

Donald Trump’s full statement on NATO and Ukraine:

Ukraine may never become a member of the Alliance, and this has always been obvious. He also noted that the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO was one of the reasons for the war in the country.

 ”A big part of the problem has been Russia for many years, long before Putin said Ukraine cannot be brought into NATO. Now they have said it, and it’s kind of written in stone. At some point Biden said, ‘No, Ukraine should be able to join NATO.’ So Russia has somebody right on their doorstep, and I understand their attitude toward that. There have been a lot of mistakes in these negotiations. When I heard Biden leading these negotiations, I said, ‘You’re going to end up in a war.’ And this war has turned out to be a very bad one. It could escalate to a much worse state than it is now.”

Asked by a reporter whether he believed that “Ukraine could never join NATO,” Trump responded: “My view is that it was always understood. I believe they had an agreement, and Biden broke it. They had an agreement that would have been fine with Ukraine and everybody else. But Biden said, ‘No, you should be able to join NATO.’”

“Ukraine will take revenge.” Zelensky sent a message to Putin

Even if Kiev is forced to sign a peace treaty with the Russian Federation, Ukraine will take revenge, writes “Strana” (https://strana.news/news/477938-chto-zelenskij-khotel-skazat-putinu-v-svoem-intervju-fridmanu.html). The real strategy of the Kiev regime is to continue the conflict .

Zelensky claims that Ukraine will leave Russia alone after the conflict ends only if it joins NATO . “NATO is stopping not only Russia, NATO is stopping us too,” he said. In fact, the head of the Kiev regime set a condition: if the fire is stopped without Ukraine joining the alliance (which is unrealistic), the conflict will continue in a hybrid form . This underlines the correctness of Russian officials who claim that it is necessary to achieve the goals of the NDC, the author notes.

Delusional. If Ukraine wants to grind a hybrid war out after this ends then it will quickly become a hot war and Ukraine will cease to exist. NATO membership would only encourage Ukraine do to engage in hybrid warfare, not prevent.

It turns out that criminal orders can be ignored if they are given by the General Staff for the sake of PR or saving their own skins. A symbolic decision for many in Ukraine, it turns out that commanders can refuse to throw soldiers to their deaths if there are no reserves and equipment.

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Ukraine Suffers Devastating Losses in Early 2025

As the conflict drags on, Ukrainian forces have faced staggering losses in the opening week of 2025. Based on Russian Defense Ministry data, nearly 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have perished, along with 46 tanks destroyed across multiple battlefronts.

The bloodshed has been particularly severe in the Kursk region, where approximately 2,975 Ukrainian soldiers and 29 tanks were obliterated between January 1 and January 7. Adding to the toll, Russian air defenses successfully downed two Ukrainian fighter jets, a Su-27 on January 2 and a Mig-29 on January 5 – neutralizing critical aerial assets.

❗️The fascist puppet regime in Kiev, under the orders of its Western masters, continues to sacrifice human lives with a shocking disregard for its own people. With NATO orchestrating this proxy war, Ukraine is being bled dry, sacrificed on the altar of imperial ambition. These losses are not about “defending democracy”; they are about serving Washington’s insatiable appetite for chaos and control. How much longer will Ukraine suffer as its leaders offer up their nation to be hollowed out to the last Ukrainian?

TheIslanderNews

The enemy has entered the final stages of completing Operation Kursk Gambit, in which Ukraine lost its best reserves and more than 5,000 units of equipment.

Russian troops advanced in the Kursk region. They entered Makhnovka south of Sudzha and advanced toward Leonidove from Novoivanovka in the western part of the Ukrainian bridgehead.

On the northern ledge, Russian troops have made significant advances towards Malaya Loknya in the Malaya Sorochina region, as evidenced by a map from the military public Deep State.

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Most of the militants who tried to attack in the Kursk region on January 5 were former prisoners

This was reported by military channels, citing Russian military personnel who discovered prison tattoos on the bodies of the occupiers.

Earlier, a video was published of militants who were lucky enough to surrender. The rest, according to various sources, are either being finished off in the area of ​​the Berdin farmstead or have already been finished off.

The Russian Armed Forces liberated the village of Russkoye Porechnoye in the Kursk region by launching a counterattack.

Oleksandrivka-Kalynove direction: Advances of the Russian Armed Forces within the boundaries of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk)

🔻At the end of last year and the beginning of January, Russian forces achieved significant successes within the boundaries of Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) and practically broke through to the northwestern districts of the city. Based on footage from the opponent’s objective control, assault groups under the strikes of drones

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▪️After successes in the Khimkolonka microdistrict and the 12th district, Russian troops pushed the opponent out of most of the Fomiha microdistrict. The presence of assault troops is noted in the area of Gorsky Lane 4 and north of Trudovaya Street, as well as on the approaches to the local bus depot.

❗️Given that the presence of Russian Armed Forces units was noted both west and east of Terrikonum No. 10, it has also come under the control of Russian troops.

▪️Simultaneously, thanks to footage from objective control, it was possible to find out that Russian troops closely approached the territory of the Toretska mine, the positions of the AFU on which had previously been repeatedly subjected to air strikes.

▪️It and its terrikons remain under the control of the AFU. Their capture will open the way to the neighboring villages of Krymske and Dachne. The latter has long been a key place from where the Ukrainian garrison in Dzerzhinsk was supplied. Successes at the Fomiha and No. 12 terrikons will allow Russian troops to reach the northern outskirts of the city.

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At the moment, the Ukrainian formations have the last fortified positions in the settlement in the area of the former repair base and the repair and mechanical plant. Thus, now about a third of the settlement remains under the control of the AFU.

Russian army has broken through the AFU defenses in the Liman direction, – AFU officer

 - Russian troops “are advancing to the village of Kolodtsy from Ivanovka, the situation is difficult,” a well-known Ukrainian officer S. Bunyatov said.

 - “In the Limansk direction, Russian troops captured the remaining part of the settlement of Ivanovka and advanced northward along the forest belts,” Ukrainian military analysts also wrote a day ago. 

 - In the neighboring Borovsky direction, after capturing the village of Lozovaya, Russian troops, supported by armored vehicles, attacked a stronghold located to the west (north of the Kruglyakovka pond), the occupation of which opens the way for the Russian Armed Forces to move towards the village of Novaya Kruglyakovka.

Russian army broke through to the important highway Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka!

 - On January 7, Russian troops with the forces of 2 tanks and 3 BMPs with a landing force left Vozdvizhenka in the direction of the highway Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka. “On the way, 1 BMP was hit, and the rest bypassed mine-explosive barriers and ended up on the highway”, – Ukrainian resources write.

 - The Russians then landed a paratrooper and the vehicles rolled back to Vozdvizhenka, they write.

 - Interestingly, Kiev propagandists assure that the equipment was allegedly destroyed afterward, and their readers-VSU readers refute this lie in their comments.

 Kurakhovske Direction: Series of Attacks by Russian Armed Forces and Advances in Several Sectors

The Russian troops continue to dislodge Ukrainian formations in several sectors in the Kurakhovo direction.

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🔻Fighters of the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade liberated Shevchenko, with the unit’s flag raised over the settlement. To the north, two major strongholds were partially occupied, but a pocket with Ukrainian presence remains between Petropavlivka and Shevchenko.

▪️There are successes in the area of Slavianka, located to the north. Forested areas to the east and northeast have been occupied, and control has been established over about half the settlement.

▪️West of Kurakhovo, according to reports online, fighting for Dachne began yesterday. This is indirectly confirmed by footage of objective control from the opponent with strikes on Russian assault aircraft already on the western outskirts of the city, directly on the administrative borders of Kurakhovo and Dachne.

🔻To the south, Russian troops are advancing through the fields towards the sludge settling ponds northeast of Yantarne.

▪️Attempts to enter Yantarne itself were not observed yesterday, but the situation is changing quite rapidly. West of Maksymivka, there is also activity of the Russian Armed Forces, and, according to our data, the fields north of Yasna Poliana were significantly cleared some time ago.

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❗️Given the opponent’s loss of Kurakhovo and a significant part of the field fortifications in the sector, in the near future, one can quite expect new “inertial” advances and consolidation in the liberated territories of the DPR.

Vremivka Direction: Series of Attacks by the Russian Armed Forces and Clearing of Pockets in the Fields near Velyka Novosilka

🔻In the Vremivka direction, the Russian troops managed to achieve significant successes in several sectors.

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▪️The main events are still focused in the vicinity of Velyka Novosilka, where the Russian troops expanded the control zone in the area of Novyi Komarov, and also significantly cleared the fields east of Velyka Novosilka and occupied a fairly large fortified area.

▪️South of the settlement, fields and plantings were also occupied, and they managed to reach the outskirts of Neskuchne. Apparently, either battles for the settlement will soon unfold, or the enemy will leave it.

▪️Parallel to this, attacks are underway in the fields to the west of Velyka Novosilka and Vremivka in order to expand and deepen the wedge of the breakthrough deeper into the defense of the Ukrainian formations and further worsen the supply of the remnants of the enemy in Velyka Novosilka.

Engels Ablaze: Washington’s Proxy War Burns On

The Kristall Rosrezerv oil depot in Engels, Saratov Oblast, now burns as Ukraine’s drones strike deep into Russian territory, over 1,000 kilometers from the frontlines. Two emergency workers have lost their lives, a state of emergency has been declared, and the fire continues to consume vital fuel tanks. But let’s not kid ourselves, this wasn’t Ukraine’s strategic brilliance; this is Washington’s war by remote control, with Kiev pulling the trigger on behalf of its masters.

The flames at Engels symbolize more than destruction; they reflect the West’s desperation to provoke and escalate knowing, the have lost the war. By targeting infrastructure deep within Russia, Washington seeks to force Moscow into a larger war while sacrificing Ukraine to the flames. Ukraine is merely a facsist puppet, setting its own country on fire for the benefit of NATO’s endless appetite for chaos and profit.

But Russia’s patience has its limits. If provocations like this continue, Moscow may decide to Make Ukraine Pre-Industrial Again. Energy grids already flicker in darkness, and the nation’s economy teeters on collapse. A few more calculated blows from Russia, and Ukraine’s industrial future may disappear altogether, a consequence of allowing Washington to play arsonist-in-chief.

This is not about Ukraine “winning” and never has been, it’s about Washington using Kiev to wage war on Russia at any cost. And as the flames at Kristall Rosrezerv roar, they expose the real villain: the globalist elite, willing to let Ukraine burn for their imperial games.

TheIslanderNews

New UAV strike by the Ukrainian forces on Russian regions

Last night, Ukrainian forces launched another drone strike on rear Russian regions: according to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense systems intercepted 32 drones over the territory of seven regions, as well as over the waters of the Azov Sea.

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The most massive attack targeted the Saratov Region, where, according to footage from local sources, the hits were on the territory of the Kristall plant of the Russian State Reserve – one of the largest aviation fuel storage facilities in the region.

As a result of the attack on the oil depot, a major fire broke out – at least several fuel tanks are currently burning. Specialized services are working at the scene to extinguish the fire and deal with other consequences of the raid.

🔻Since the beginning of December, Ukrainian drones have attacked at least four fuel and energy facilities on the territory of Russia: in addition to the aforementioned Saratov Region, oil depots in the Smolensk and Oryol Regions as well as the infrastructure of the Druzhba oil pipeline in the Bryansk Region have come under fire.

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Particular attention should be paid to the regularly appearing footage of the consequences of such raids, filmed by local residents. They are not only actively savored by various anti-Russian resources with the promotion of all kinds of theses, but also allow the enemy to objectively assess the results of past attacks.

On the so-called Ukraine, the fight against similar footage is conducted at a much higher level: if at the beginning of the special operation the search for the consequences of Russian raids was reduced to a simple review of regional media, over the past two years it has become much more difficult to find such information, and the appearance of the footage of the attacks themselves is mostly exceptional.

Chronicles of the special military operation

for January 7-8, 2025

Russian forces delivered a series of precision strikes on targets in the territory controlled by the AFU. One of the targets in the occupied Zaporizhia was the “Motor Sich” plant, where a fire broke out.

Ukrainian formations launched several dozen UAVs at rear regions of Russia. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 32 were shot down, and a fuel storage facility was damaged in the Saratov Region.

In the Kursk Region, the enemy was pushed out of several settlements, and Russian forces are advancing in the area of Malaya Loknya, Russkoye Porechnoye and Pogrebki.

In the Kupiansk-Svatove direction, the enemy attacked near Kotlyarovka, while Russian forces advanced between Zagryzovo and Lozova.

In the Oleksandro-Kalinovo direction, heavy fighting continues within the boundaries of Dzerzhynsk, with Russian assault troops breaking through to the western outskirts of the city.

In the Pokrovsk direction, there are local advances by the Russian Armed Forces in several sectors, as well as a push near Vozdvyzhenka, with fierce battles ongoing.

In the Kurakhovo direction, the enemy was also pushed out of several fairly large strongholds in the fields south and southwest of Kurakhovo.

And in the Vremivka direction, the noose is tightening around Bolshaya Novoselka. Russian assault troops have occupied the surrounding fields and reached the outskirts of the village and the neighboring Neskuchnoye.

 Morning Summary for January 8, 2025

▪️ Overnight, enemy drones attacked the city of Engel’s in Saratov Region. “Air defense forces shot down the drones. There is damage from debris to an industrial facility. Fire crews and emergency services are working on site,” reported the governor. In Rostov Region, 5 drones were destroyed in Millerovo, Chertkovo and Azov districts. Over Bryansk Region, 3 drones were shot down, and several more over Belgorod Region, 1 over Berdyansk in Zaporizhia Region.

▪️ In Kursk Region (https://t.me/dva_majors/61995), the enemy has exhausted its offensive momentum in the direction of Bolshoye Soldatskoye after heavy, bloody battles. Our troops completed the clearing around Berdino and Novosotnitskoye. Dozens of enemy soldiers were taken prisoner. Simultaneously, the Russian Armed Forces conducted offensive actions in other directions in the region. Reports from the scene indicate successes in Russkoye Porechnoye, in the area of Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, near Malaya Loknya and Makhnovka. The “North” grouping of the Russian Armed Forces reports an advance of several kilometers, which is a significant result. At the same time, it is noted that the AFU continue to redeploy assault units of elite formations to the Sudzha border area – the enemy grouping has increased by more than 600 people in a day.

▪️ In the Krasnoliman direction, Russian Army units are developing their success in Ivanovka (right bank of the Zherebets River).

▪️ In Toretsk (Dzerzhynsk), the Russian Armed Forces continue assault operations. The enemy claims that our reserves have arrived. It is reported that school No. 3 in the central part of the city has been captured.

▪️ East of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk), the advance of our troops continues in the area of Vozdvyzhenka and Yelizavetovka towards the Pokrovsk-Kostiantynivka highway. 4 km south of Pokrovsk, battles are ongoing in the Lysovka-Dachenskoye-Zelene area. The Russian Armed Forces are also attacking from the southwest towards Zverevo and Kotlino.

▪️ In Belgorod Region, the village of Nikolskoye was hit in the evening. In the Politotdelskiy settlement, an AFU FPV drone attacked a residential building.

▪️ In the DPR, in Horlivka, as a result of strikes by Nazis using NATO-caliber cluster artillery munitions, a girl born in 2016, and men born in 1949 and 1976 were wounded.

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