A Skeptic Reports - 2025-02-06

Trump shocks supporters with US 'own' and 'rebuild' Gaza plan

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My take on the Trump Gaza plan is that it is not the plan. It is to get to a plan. It’s a Shock and Awe display to the rest of the world. It is to stir all the players to come to the table. It’s all about making all the regional players part of a solution. They should all have skin in the game.

That said, be prepared to weather the outrage for the next headline cycle. Our usual sources are all over the place on this development. I could shield us from it, but then we aren’t real news either. In a day or two, something else will displace this story.

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Temper everything else you read with what the White House released immediately after Trump’s comments.

Karoline Leavitt: "The president has not committed to boots on the ground in Gaza...the United States is not going to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza...This is an out-of-the-box idea...his goal is lasting peace in the Middle East for all people in the region."

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Help! We need a few more paid subscribers to keep up our pace. Are you able to help? We have numerous source subscriptions to pay, and a very small part time staff to keep fed with coffee and donuts!

One of our subscriptions is to translate stuff like this:

«Американские компании заработали миллионы... Эта война принесла миллиарды доходов, кроме всех негативных вещей, которая она принесла нам. Более того, США получила от Украины опыт. Опыт современной, большой, наземной войны».

to stuff like this:

"American companies have made millions... This war has brought billions in revenue, in addition to all the negative things it has brought us. Moreover, the US has gained experience from Ukraine. Experience of a modern, large, ground war."

Your support does a lot!

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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: Trump's Foreign Policy - Strategy Behind the Noise?

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Saudi Arabia Rebukes Trump on Israel Ties After He Declares US Will ‘Take Over’ Gaza Strip

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #KasachyaLoknya

🕰 Date: ~04.02.2025

📌 Coordinates: 51.25689798519392, 35.20301906020665

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian kamikaze drone Lancet destroyed a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kasachya Loknya.

🖥 id: 05022025.0907

✉️source: https://t.me/razved_dozor/7732

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‼️ 🇷🇺🏴‍☠️ The enemy attacked the Krasnodar region: a tank with residual oil products is on fire

▪️During the repulsion of an attack in the village of Novominskaya in the Kanevsky district, a tank with minor residues of petroleum products caught fire, claims Governor Kondratyev.

▪️The fire has been assigned the second rank of complexity, it has been localized, there are no casualties. 55 people and 19 units of equipment are involved in extinguishing the fire.

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‼️🇺🇸🇮🇱 Trump: US 'ready to occupy Gaza' and begin clearing the enclave, Palestinians must be evicted

▪️The US President, together with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, spoke to the media, stating that the US will take control of the Gaza Strip and will clear the areas. It is also possible that US troops will be sent "to ensure security."

▪️He proposes to resettle the Palestinian population to Jordan and Egypt, 2 million people may also leave for other countries.

▪️ He wants to turn the Gaza Strip into the “Riviera of the Middle East,” where not only Palestinians but also people from all over the world could live.

▪️He also announced a trip to Gaza, Israel and Saudi Arabia, without giving the planned dates.

▪️The United States will announce its position on the ownership of the West Bank in the coming weeks, Trump added.

▪️Earlier, Republicans introduced a bill to the US Senate and House of Representatives to replace the “West Bank” with “Judea and Samaria” in official documents.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦The last serious outpost of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and emptiness: There are no fortifications beyond the village of Orekhovo on the border of the DPR and the Dnipropetrovsk region.

▪️This was stated by Ukrainian military propagandist Andrey Tsaplienko, citing the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers stationed there.

▪️"Fortifications are our pain and our rake, which we are stepping on once again. On the map is the village of Orekhovo. In fact, it is the last serious outpost in the Donetsk region along the "route" of the Russians' movement towards Dnipropetrovsk region. Our soldiers come to me and sound the alarm - they are looking closely and do not see that anything serious has been dug up behind Orekhovo. The worst thing is that enemy drones are already prowling this area and are also looking. And they see the same thing that our soldiers see," he wrote.

▪️The Kyiv propagandist also cited a statement by a Ukrainian Armed Forces soldier on this matter:

➖"It's been like that since the 22nd. I remember how we left Avdiivka, like Bakhmut, it's the same. The infantry will retreat and dig, but it will be in vain. The pilots, the mortars too. Because of this retreat, the speed is multiplied by X5," says "a man with ten years of combat experience."

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Surprise attack on the border: Russian army advances near Urazovo

▪️Russian units have occupied a new area of ​​territory near Topoli between Belgorod’s Urazovo in the Valuysky District and Kharkov’s Dvurechny in the Kupyansk direction.

▪️ Over the weekend, the first data emerged that our attack aircraft are developing an offensive, destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses in the Topoli area, where Russian forces were able to advance up to 1 km deep and up to 3 km wide.

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🇷🇺⚔️ 🇺🇦 Storming Yar's Chasov: Russian Army Advances in Center and Flanks

▪️Russian troops continue assault operations in the city and on the flags, expanding the zone of control in the city center and continuing the flank envelopment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, advancing on the southern approaches to Chasov Yar.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces have new tactical successes in the Novoseverny microdistrict and further south in the Dolgoe-II tract.

▪️ In recent days, Russian troops, supported by armored vehicles and infantry units, have continued to advance in the southern part of Chasov Yar, attacking south of the Khlebopekarnya (Khlebnik) pond, continuing attacks in the buildings south of the Chasovyarsky Refractory Plant, and completing the cleanup of the Novoseverny microdistrict,

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Arrival via power grids and administrative buildings of Kharkov

▪️The enemy reports that during the night two hits by Shahed missiles on designated targets were recorded.

▪️An administrative building was damaged in Saltovsky district. The drone also damaged power grids and educational institution buildings.

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‼️🇺🇸 CIA Offers Voluntary Resignation to Its Employees — Wall Street Journal

▪️According to the presidential administration, the heads of the department now intend to bring the agency’s activities into line with the priorities outlined by President Trump.

▪️The CIA has apparently become the first agency to decide to fire employees while retaining the right to receive 8 months' salary and social benefits.

▪️The agency is also freezing hiring of applicants who have already been given conditional offers. Some of these will likely be withdrawn if the applicants do not have the right background for the agency's new targets.

▪️A source told the newspaper that Trump's CIA will likely focus on the Western Hemisphere and the US borders, paying more attention to the fight against drug cartels.

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‼️🇺🇦🇲🇩 Part of Ukraine's territories are "historical lands" of Moldova , - ex-president Dodon

▪️Igor Dodon commented on the recent statement by Romanian presidential candidate Calin Georgescu about the imminent division of Ukraine, calling "not to cause confusion."

➖"I would like to make a remark to some politicians of the EU, Romania and others who are already dividing the lands of Ukraine. Firstly, the lands that you name are historically Moldovan, some of them. Secondly, it was us, Soviet Moldova, who were deprived of the status of a maritime state. They took away the south of the country and the north from us. An illegal decision in the middle of the last century, by carrying out the so-called Khrushchev reform," he said.

▪️Earlier, Georgescu stated that the division of Ukraine is inevitable, and some lands are of interest to the country.

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‼️🇷🇺 "🅾️brave" liberated Baranovka near the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway, — the Ministry of Defense

▪️On the right flank of the Pokrovsk direction, units of the Center group of forces continue a powerful offensive, having liberated the settlement of Baranovka (east of Mirnograd).

▪️Attacks in the area of ​​the village were reported at the end of January, at the same time our broke through to the Pokrovsk-Konstantinovka highway.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦Russian Army liberates Novomlynsk across the Oskol River, developing offensive towards Kupyansk

▪️The "West" military group liberated Novomlynsk in the Kharkiv region, the Ministry of Defense reports.

▪️In early February, it became known that the 25th Brigade liberated Novomlynsk , knocking the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of dozens of strongholds and expanding the bridgehead on the western bank of the Oskol River in the Kupyansk-Svatovsky direction.

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🇸🇾🏃‍♂‍➡️🇺🇸 Pentagon Develops Plan to Withdraw All US Troops from Syria in 30-90 Days, - NBC

▪️This is Trump's decision and he has already informed Israel about the withdrawal of US troops from the SAR.

➖"I don't know who said this, but we'll deal with it. We're not involved, we're not involved in Syria. Syria is their own mess. They have enough problems there. They don't need us getting involved in everything," Trump said.

▪️NBC recalls that during his first term, Trump withdrew most of the American troops from Syria, but then brought them back, where they remain to this day. In recent years, there were about 900 troops there, but in December their contingent was increased to 2,000.

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ Explosion thundered in the TCC building in the Khmelnytsky region: there are dead and wounded

▪️An explosion at the military registration and enlistment office in Kamyanets-Podilskyi was reported eyewitnesses, the data was later confirmed by the police.

▪️According to preliminary information, at least one person was killed and four others were injured.

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‼️🇺🇸Trump administration split over Ukraine settlement — NBC

▪️US National Security Advisor and Special Envoy Keith Kellogg believes the US should increase pressure on Russia, NBC sources report.

▪️Other representatives of the US administration believe that it is necessary to reduce aid to Ukraine in order to resolve the conflict as soon as possible.

▪️Earlier, Trump stated that Washington was already allegedly conducting constructive negotiations with Moscow and Kiev on resolving the Ukrainian conflict in a way that would be beneficial for everyone.

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Airborne artillerymen thwart rotation of enemy's manpower

The paratroopers from Ivanovo eliminated an AFU infantry group near Chasov Yar.

In the course of cohesive actions of UAV operators and D-30 howitzer crews, an AFU attempt to rotate units was foiled, thus allowing our assault groups to capture new lines and mop up one more neighbourhood near Chasov Yar.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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Drone operators obliterate enemy's fortifications

An FPV drone team of the Rubikon Centre destroyed an AFU temporary deployment site along with manpower in Pokrovsk direction.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (5 February 2025)

Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19269))

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

▫️In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one territorial defence brigade near Volchansk (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops, one motor vehicle, three field artillery guns, and one ammunition depot.

▫️As a result of successful actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Novomlynsk (Kharkov region).

Losses were inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Kolodeznoye, Kutkovka, Doroshovka, Kondrashovka, Peschanoye, Novaya Kruglyakovka, Zeleny Gai (Kharkov region), and Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 220 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, nine pickup trucks, four field artillery guns, including two Western-made guns. Four electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on formations of three mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Tikhonovka, Belokuzminovka, Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, and Dachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 200 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, and two ammunition depots.

▫️Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces advanced to the depth of the enemy defences and liberated Baranovka (Donetsk People's Republic).

Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of seven mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade of the AFU, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Shcherbinovka, Dzerzhinsk, Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Lysovka, Grishino, Kotlino, Uspenovka, Nadezhdinka, Kotlyarovka, Yasenovoye, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 500 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, nine motor vehicles, and two artillery guns.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (5 February 2025)

Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19268))

▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued active offensive operations. Losses were inflicted on formations of one tank brigade, one mechanised brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades near Bogatyr, Razliv, Razdolnoye, Burlatskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gulyaipole (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, including two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 and M198 howitzers.

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade, three territorial defence brigades of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Orekhov, Malye Shcherbaki, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Tokarevka, and Pridneprovskoye (Kherson region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and one artillery gun.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of military airfields, UAV depots and launch preparation sites, drone operators and electronic warfare specialists training centres, as well as engaged the enemy's manpower and hardware in 157 areas.

▫️Air defence systems shot down 10 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 57 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 653 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 42,463 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 21,034 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,513 MLRS combat vehicles, 21,276 field artillery guns and mortars, and 31,218 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (5 February 2025)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.

▫️In the course of offensive operations, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of six mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, one marine brigade, four territorial defence brigades of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Gogolevka, Guyevo, Daryino, Zazulevka, Zaoleshenka, Kazachaya Loknya, Kolmakov, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevka, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Oleshnya, Pogrebki, Rubanshchina, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, and Yuzhny.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Basovka, Belovody, Veselovka, Zhuravka, Ivolzhanskoye, Iskriskovshchina, Mirlogi, Miropolye, Mogritsa, Sadki, Stetskovka, Yunakovka, and Yablonovka in Sumy region.

▫️Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to up to 325 troops, three tanks, one armoured personnel carrier, 36 armoured fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and two mortars.

▫️Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 57,655 troops, 334 tanks, 244 infantry fighting vehicles, 193 armoured personnel carriers, 1,744 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,827 motor vehicles, 409 artillery guns, 45 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 17 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 106 EW stations, 15 counter-battery warfare radars, five air defence radars, 33 units of engineering and other materiel, including 14 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, nine armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.

The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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🎮 Drone operators obliterate enemy's hardware

The Sever Group of Forces' FPV drones operated via optic fiber link destroyed several AFU armoured fighting vehicles in Sumy region.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Novomykhailivka

🕰 Date: ~04.02.2025

📌 Coordinates: 49.201165,37.877990

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Footage of the destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment by a Russian FPV drone in Novomykhailivka.

🖥 id: 05022025.0909

✉️source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/21479

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #MalayaLokhnya

🕰 Date: ~04.02.2025

📌 Coordinates: 51.34199, 35.22077

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian FPV drone hits Ukrainian Armed Forces combat vehicle near Malaya Lokhnya.

🖥 id: 05022025.0922

✉️source: https://t.me/lost_armour/4406

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Nadezhdynka

🕰 Date: ~04.02.2025

📌 Coordinates: 48.1423, 37.01274

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was blown up by a Russian mine trap in Nadezhdynka.

🖥 id: 05022025.0845

✉️source: https://t.me/rusich_army/20587

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Pysarivka

🕰 Date: ~05.02.2025

📌 Coordinates: 51.034676, 34.816755

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: A Russian missile strike blows up a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Pysarivka.

🖥 id: 05022025.1059

✉️source: https://t.me/divgen/62809

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 The Russian army has created another bridgehead across the Oskol River

▪️The Ukrainian military-analytical resource DeepState writes about the new advance of Russian troops in the area of ​​the settlement of Topolya .

▪️"The Russians were essentially able to form another small bridgehead on the right bank of the Oskol River. Attempts to cross the water obstacle in this area were repeated and they began, approximately, in mid-January, and probing of the area was carried out at the beginning of last month. According to preliminary information, the Russian army managed to achieve success in the village, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces units repelled the attacks.

▪️After some time, the Russians made another attempt, but in a different place and they managed to take positions on a chalk mountain south of the village of Topoli, having crossed the river. So the map in this area changed.

▪️Russian troops are also trying to form a bridgehead between Kamenka and Topolye, but they have not yet been able to gain a foothold there and build on their success, so this remains only a warning bell for future attempts that may occur.

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to stabilize the situation so that this area does not develop into another larger bridgehead, as happened further south in the area of ​​the villages of Dvurechnaya and Novomlynsk.

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‼️🇺🇦🇺🇸 The US intends to present Trump's plan for peace in Ukraine to its allies next week at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, - (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-05/us-set-to-present-trump-s-plan-for-peace-in-ukraine-next-week) Bloomberg.

▪️Elements include potentially freezing the war and leaving the territory occupied by Russian troops in an indefinite state, while providing Ukraine with security guarantees so that Moscow cannot attack again.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Tanks and BMPs are burning: "🅾️brave" troops are burning NATO equipment and Ukrainian infantry en masse, advancing on Pokrovsk and Toretsk - another day of fighting in the Guards "Center"

▪️Footage of combat work of fighters of the "Center" group of forces on February 3 to destroy military equipment, weapons, infantry and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during active offensive operations in the Pokrovsky and Toretsky directions.

▪️The footage shows the destruction of Bradley IFVs, French VAB armored personnel carriers, combat armored vehicles, firing points, artillery, trucks, pickups, positions, dugouts, UAV crews, and enemy infantry.

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‼️🇷🇺 "🅾️brave" destroy the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, storming Zaporizhia

▪️Ural scouts of the 90th division of the "Center" force group are attacking the settlement of Zaporozhye, located behind the settlement of Serebryanoye, near the border of the DPR and the Dnepropetrovsk region.

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🇷🇺⚔🇺🇦 Russian Army Expands Bridgehead Beyond Oskol River, Advancing Towards Kupyansk

▪️On the northern flank of the Kupyansk direction in the Kharkiv region, units of the West group of forces recently liberated Novomlynsk, Zapadnoye and Dvurechnaya.

▪️Now Russian troops advanced beyond the settlement of Zapadnoye and further south along the Oskol River in an area up to 7 km wide and more than 2 km deep.

▪️Fighting continues in the area of ​​the village of Dvurechnaya, the 25th brigade is storming enemy strongholds.

▪️To the southwest and south of the settlement of Topoli, our troops crossed the Oskol River and took up positions along forest belts in an area up to 2.5 km wide and up to 900 meters deep.

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🇷🇺🔥🇺🇦 Impressive footage of the defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at Dvurechnaya: the 25th brigade is massively destroying enemy equipment, expanding the bridgehead beyond the Oskol River

Recently, the 25th Brigade's strike drone operators have destroyed more than 70 enemy vehicles here!

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‼️🇺🇦🇺🇸 Zelensky confirmed that military aid from the United States is being sent to Ukraine, but these are packages approved by Biden. No new aid packages were approved under Trump.

➖"American aid has not been stopped, it continues, for this I am grateful to the United States. Of course, we are not talking about new packages, it is too early to talk about this," Zelensky said.

▪️According to Reuters, last week the US briefly stopped sending military aid approved under Biden, but then resumed it again.

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💥 Grad MLRS hits AFU positions

A BM-21 Grad MLRS crew of the 9th Separate Guards Motorised Rifle Brigade (Tsentr Group of Forces) hit an AFU manpower cluster, thus supporting advance of our assault groups in Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Having acquired the intelligence, the artillerymen promptly took a firing position, deployed the combat vehicle, and launched a salvo of 122-mm high-explosive fragmentation shells at the targets.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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🏳️ AFU POW tells about AFU drone trying to eliminate friendly troops

Captured AFU serviceman Vasily Pavlyukovich was left behind by his command during combat. When his unit was ordered to evacuate, Ukrainian servicemen hid in the dugout as they were instructed. The POW noted, that his command tried to eliminate him and other Ukrainian servicemen attempting to surrender.

'When we were carrying a wounded man, a drone tried to hit us. Apparently, this was a Ukrainian drone. The drone tried to kill us,' he said.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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🗓 Top News Today

▫️As a result of successful actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19268) Novomlynsk (Kharkov region).

▫️As a result of the negotiation process, 150 Russian servicemen were returned (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19273) from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime. 150 AFU POWs were returned as a result of the exchange.

▫️ The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19270) the operation to neutralise AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region. Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to up to 325 troops, three tanks, one armoured personnel carrier, 36 armoured fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, three field artillery guns, and two mortars.

▫️The Russian Defence Ministry shows Msta-B (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19279) and D-30 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19263) howitzer crews, Grad (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19278) MLRS, UAV (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19262) operators, Ka-52M (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19274) helicopter crews, and assault detachments (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19282) in action.

▫️ The Russian Aerospace Forces successfully launched (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/19264) a Soyuz-2.1v carrier rocket from the Plesetsk cosmodrome.

#TopNews

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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Fwd from @dva_majors

Morning Summary for February 5, 2025

▪️ Overnight in the Krasnodar Territory, the governor reported that in the village of Novominskaya, Kanevskoy District, "debris of a UAV fell on a reservoir with minor remnants of petroleum products". A fire started, which was assigned the second level of complexity. Special services are working at the scene. 55 people and 19 pieces of equipment have been involved in firefighting, the fire has been localized.

▪️ In the Kursk Region, the "North" group of forces is engaged in battles to liberate Sverdlikovo, as well as in the forest belts of the Sudzha District and on the approaches to Malaya Loknya.

▪️ On the Lipetsk direction, the enemy continues to build up its group for a potential counteroffensive. Personnel (possibly the 92nd Separate Rifle Brigade), armored vehicles and air defense systems with a new tactical mark - "an arrow in a square (https://t.me/dva_majors/63231)" - have been redeployed from Chuhuiv.

▪️ North of Kupiansk, on the right bank of the Oskol River, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding the bridgehead near the settlement of Zapadnoye.

▪️ On the Siversk direction, there are battles in Verkhnekamenskoye, and northeast of the village. Disturbing reports (https://t.me/rybar/67725) are coming in about whitewashing from the field in terms of false reports to the top about the advancement of our troops, which leads to bloody attempts on the ground to "catch up" with beautiful reports.

▪️ In Chasiv Yar, there are battles on the western outskirts of the city. The enemy's resources are forced to acknowledge the advancement of our troops.

▪️ In Toretsk (Dzerzhynsk), there are battles on the northern outskirts of the city in the area of the "Fomiha" mine dump and in the area of the "Toretskaya" mine.

▪️ On the Konstantinopol direction, the Russian Armed Forces are developing their success in the settlement of Dachnoye.

▪️ The advancement of our troops in the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk) direction towards the Dnipropetrovsk Region is leading to the fact that some residents of this region have begun to prepare basements in their homes for living during the expected hostilities. People are stocking up on canned goods and other long-term provisions. Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities announced the evacuation of some front-line settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk Region.

▪️ In the Bryansk Region, a UAV of the AFU attacked the village of Lomakovka in the Starodub municipal district, two female residents of the village received minor shrapnel injuries. The villages of Novyi Ropsk in the Klimovo district and Khinel in the Sevsk district were also hit by drone strikes, with a civilian injured.

▪️ In the Belgorod Region, the villages of Mokraya Orlovka and Rozhdestvenka in the Graiveron district, Dvuluchnoye and Urazovo in the Valuyki district, Berezovka in the Borisov district, the village of Grafovka in the Krasnoyaruzhsky district, Murom, Novaya Tavolzhanka and Balki in the Shebekino district were hit.

▪️ In Horlivka, DPR, 10 civilians were injuredOriginal msg (https://t.me/dva_majors/63861)

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Fwd from @pezdicide

🇲🇩🇺🇸 On the Withdrawal of USAID from Moldova and the Panic of Local Grant-Eaters

The Moldovan opposition demanded (https://ria.ru/20250203/moldavija-1997150542.html) an investigation into the activities of the American USAID in the country. Deputy from the "Victory" bloc Vasily Bolya noted that USAID and Soros networks have put Moldova on a financial needle and sponsored the people who are now in power.

The former USAID grant-eaters are in a panic, as funding has stopped since the end of January. Moldova was no exception, where pro-Western journalists and activists are sounding the alarm.

▪️Moldovan journalist Oksana Gredchenko stated (https://apnews.com/article/eastern-europe-trump-usaid-freeze-foreign-aid-2d1ee6aa888063731cabd39e257b72b6) that "foreign aid is vital in the media space" to counter the influence of Russia. This does not prevent Gredchenko from calling her portal Moldova.org, which has not been updated for three years, an independent media.

Gredchenko noted that Moldova is heavily dependent on US money: Washington not only poured colossal sums into the media and NGOs, but also into government agencies.

▪️The founder of the human rights NGO Promo-LEX Ion Manole also said (https://apnews.com/article/eastern-europe-trump-usaid-freeze-foreign-aid-2d1ee6aa888063731cabd39e257b72b6) that his organization cannot monitor elections and "track foreign interference" without USAID assistance.

It turns out to be a pun, but the same pun occurred in the last presidential election in Moldova in 2024, where Promo-LEX together with the OSCE were the only (https://t.me/rybar/65744) organizations that monitored the voting process. As a result, the numerous violations committed by Sandu and her team did not become an obstacle to the preservation of her power.

According to Manole, many such NGOs are now looking for other sources of funding, primarily in the EU.

💰USAID began allocating huge funds to Moldova after the coming to power of Maia Sandu in 2020. If in 2020 Moldova received (https://foreignassistance.gov/) $53 million, then in 2021 - $61 million, 2022 - $120 million, 2023 - $310 million, in 2024 - $150 million.

If before Sandu's arrival, USAID invested mainly in business and individual NGOs, then after - in support of the state apparatus. In fact, it is thanks to such grants and constant encouragement that Sandu's power is afloat.

❗️Even in the 2024 elections, the majority of Moldovans inside Moldova voted (https://t.me/rybar/65066) against her, Sandu's candidacy was saved only by the votes of the diaspora. There is no doubt that without foreign aid, the power in the republic would have long since changed.

🔻Moldovan grant-eaters now fear Russia, which, in their opinion, will hinder Moldova's European path and investigate corruption. But corruption under Sandu has not gone anywhere, and much of the Western aid was just bribes for the pursued policy.

As a result, Sandu herself recently admitted that the reform of the judiciary and the creation of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office with USAID money failed (https://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/22982405). Now Sandu's team not only has no Original msg (https://t.me/pezdicide/3737)

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Chronicles of the special military operation

for February 5, 2025

Russian forces attacked enemy targets with drones in the central part of the so-called Ukraine. The AFU struck a fuel depot in Novominska with drones.

In the Pokrovsk-Myrnograd direction, Russian forces are fighting in the area of Yelyzavetivka and north of Novotoretske.

In the Novopavlivka direction, assault troops have entrenched themselves in the southern part of Sribne west of Novoandriivka.

In the Andriyivka direction, Russian forces are fighting in Andriyivka, seeking to expand the northern face of the emerging semi-encirclement here.

🔻Detailed analytical report on events in the Special Military Operation zone is available on our closed channel @rybar_plus_bot

High-resolution maps:

Situation in the special military operation zone (ru (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2025/02/05/20250205195147-1a18376f.jpg); en (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2025/02/05/20250205195146-0d94af63.jpg))

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone

Chronicle of events for February 5, 2025

In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians continue to restore destroyed buildings and infrastructure. The fourth batch of enclave residents passed through the Rafah Crossing for treatment. In the evening, bad weather arrived, with hurricane-force winds beginning to blow away tents in Al-Mawasi and Khan Yunis.

Israeli security forces are conducting operations and arrests in the West Bank, especially in Jenin and Tulkarm. In Jenin, 25 people have died over the past two weeks, and the "Iron Wall" operation, according to journalists, will continue even during Ramadan.

Tensions remain on the border with Lebanon, with Israeli troops continuing operations on the territory of their northern neighbor. In Rab At-Talatin, Israelis burned down several structures.

🔻A detailed analytical report on events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone is available on our closed channel @rybar_plus_bot (https://t.me/rybar_plus_bot)

High-resolution map (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2025/02/05/20250205191942-b13f5d32.jpg)

English version (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2025/02/05/20250205191946-d256b7aa.jpg)

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#digest #report #map #Israel #Palestine

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