Battlefield Update - 2023-03-22 (2)
Russia Presses Bakhmut Avdeevka, Furious on UK DU Shells; China Russia Mutual Defence Pact Defending Each’s Core Interests
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on March 21
▪️The AFU attempted to attack the territory of the Novozybkov oil pumping station in the Bryansk region with a drone.
The object was shot down before it reached its target. The power supply to the settlements in the area was temporarily cut off for security reasons.
▪️Another UAV attack was launched against the Klimovo village.
As a result, five residential buildings were damaged, no casualties.
▪️In Crimea, six Ukrainian UAV's attempted to strike the Dzhankoy railway station area.
The air defenses repelled the attack, and several downed drones hit the urban area, damaging residential buildings and a technical college building.
▪️In the northern districts of Bakhmut, the Wagner PMC units continue to storm the industrial area.
In the past 24 hours, control was established over several shops of the non-ferrous metals plant.
▪️On the southern outskirts, Russian forces knocked the AFU out of several multi-story buildings along Korsunsky Street.
In Sobachevka and Budyonovka districts, Russian units are advancing towards each other, encircling the enemy.
▪️To the southwest, on the outskirts of Krasne, heavy fighting in the vicinity of the road to Kostyantynivka continues.
Despite heavy losses, the AFU continue to hold the road, which is vital to the Bakhmut garrison.
▪️Russian forces launched a missile strike on the Odesa International Airport.
The facility is used by the AFU as a drone base for attacks on the Crimean peninsula.
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The full list of documents signed during Xi Jinping's visit to Russia:
1. A joint statement of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on the deepening of relations in comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction entering a new era.
2. A joint statement by the President of the Russian Federation and the Chairman of the People's Republic of China on the plan for the development of key areas of Russian-Chinese economic cooperation until 2030.
3. Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the field of joint production of television programs.
4. Protocol to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the People's Republic of China on the establishment and organizational basis of the mechanism for regular meetings of the heads of government of Russia and China, dated June 27, 1997.
5. Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China on deepening cooperation in the field of exhibition and fair activities.
6. Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China on deepening investment cooperation in the development and use of forest resources.
7. Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China on deepening investment cooperation between the subjects of the Russian Federation and the provinces of the People's Republic of China in the soybean industry.
8. Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic and the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China on industrial and infrastructural cooperation in the preferential regimes of the Far East of the Russian Federation.
9. Protocol between the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences on strengthening cooperation in the field of fundamental scientific research.
10. Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the Field of Consumer Protection Between the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Russian Federation) and the Main State Administration for Control and Regulation of the Market of the People's Republic of China.
11. Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Agency for State Property Management (Russian Federation) and the Committee for Control and Management of State Property of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on Strengthening Cooperation in the Management of State Enterprises.
12. A comprehensive program of long-term cooperation in the field of fast neutron reactors and closing the nuclear fuel cycle between the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom" and the Atomic Energy Agency of the People's Republic of China.
13. Memorandum of Cooperation between the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company" and the China Media Corporation.
14. Agreement on the exchange of information and cooperation between the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS)" (Russian Federation) and the Information Agency "Xinhua" (People's Republic of China).
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❗️ The main thing from the briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️ Russian troops destroyed more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupyansk direction during the day;
◾️ The armed forces of the Russian Federation destroyed about 40 military Armed Forces of Ukraine and the M777 artillery system in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day;
◾️ Russian troops destroyed more than 300 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;
◾️ The troops of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a self-propelled howitzer in the Krasnolimansky direction;
◾️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a fuel depot for military equipment of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade in the Zaporozhye region;
◾️ The RF Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian territorial defense in the Kislovka area in the Kharkiv region;
◾️ Russian air defense systems destroyed 26 Ukrainian drones in a day, shot down 3 HIMARS MLRS shells;
◾️ The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Kharkiv region;
◾️ The Russian Armed Forces hit two hangars with weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Shkolny airfield near Odessa.
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⚡️ Key statements by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
- Two of the three drones that tried to hit targets in Sevastopol in the morning were destroyed by servicewomen, the defense minister instructed to present them for state awards;
- Up to 90 percent of operational and tactical aviation crews and 60 percent of strategic and long-range aviation crews received combat experience during the special operation;
- More than 85% of servicemen of the Air Force operating drones gained combat experience during the special military operation;
- The Russian Air Force destroyed more than 20,000 enemy targets during the special military operation, conducting more than 140,000 combat sorties;
- The modernization of Moscow's missile defense system will be completed this year;
- The Razvyazka space control station will be put on combat duty by the end of the year;
- The proportion of modern weapons in the Air Force will reach 85% by the end of the year;
- The military and political situation within the borders of the Eastern Military District remains difficult;
- The U.S. is increasing its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region and creating an "American security architecture" in the region to deter Russia and China.
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China Petroleum Engineering Corporation plans to participate in Russia's Nenets Region's projects
A few big projects are being implemented in the Nenets Autonomous Region, including a joint venture of Gazprom and Lukoil (a gas chemical complex), and the Indiga port with a rail line from Sosnogorsk.
The China Petroleum Engineering Corporation offers the Nenets Autonomous Region technologies for the implementation of petrochemical and energy projects in the region. The corporation's delegation is paying an official visit to the region, the governor's press service told TASS on Tuesday.
"Naryan-Mar (the region's center) has welcomed a delegation of the China Petroleum Engineering Corporation," the press service said. "To the Nenets Autonomous Region, the Chinese investors are offering infrastructure technologies, design solutions, as well as supplies and the installation of equipment. "There are many opportunities: more than 300 national patents and 40 unique technologies."
The Chinese delegation has discussed with the region's Governor Yury Bezdudny the projects, in which the Chinese corporation could participate. The governor has invited potential businesses to get registered in the region and to enjoy tax incentives. He also voiced a binding condition for this cooperation: the businesses must employ local residents with skills sufficient for the projects' implementation.
The engineering company, whose representatives are visiting the Nenets Autonomous Region, is engaged in infrastructure projects in various sectors, including oil and petroleum chemistry, and the energy sector. In Russia, the company has participated in projects in the Far East, and now it eyes new projects north of the Arctic Circle.
A few big projects are being implemented in the Nenets Autonomous Region, including a joint venture of Gazprom and Lukoil, a gas chemical complex - Roshim Group of Companies' project), and the Indiga port with a rail line from Sosnogorsk.
The Arctic Zone's residential status implies a number of preferences, including tax incentives. Any business, registered in the Arctic, that is ready to implement a new investment project and to invest at least 1 million rubles ($1,300), may become a resident.
Without bidding, the residents receive land plots, owned by the state or municipalities - this provision is applicable to all small and medium-sized businesses registered in the region.
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The multipolar world order accelerates. They must be shitting bricks in Washington about now.