War Reports - 2025-01-11 - Main Report

President-elect Donald Trump shared a video in which Columbia professor Jeffery Sachs sharply criticized US Middle East policy and accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of helping to lead the US into “endless wars“ in the region.

In the video, posted without comment to Trump’s Truth Social account on Tuesday, Sachs said Netanyahu is “a deep, dark son of a bitch“ who led the US into multiple follies in the Middle East and now wants America to fight a war with Iran on Israel’s behalf…

https://libertarianinstitute.org/news/trump-posts-video-slamming-netanyahu-us-middle-east-policy/

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Tony Blinker's Battle with Reality

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Trump Threatens Gaza with ‘Hell’ Over Hostages As Israel Kills 74 Children in the First Week of 2025

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Trump on preparations for meeting with Putin: (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/87890)

[World leaders have contacted you, but we still haven't received a call from Putin. Will it be next week or the week after?]

"A call? He wants to meet, and we'll arrange it. We've had a lot of conversations with President Xi. We have a lot of meetings planned with different people. Some have already arrived, but I'd rather wait until the 20th."

[When you say you want to meet with Putin or Xi, do you want to have a summit or are they coming here?]

"It's not decided yet. But President Putin wants to meet. He said so publicly. We need to sort this out. It's a fucking mess."

What are the US doing in Ukraine? Did they come there to fight Russia? Is that what Donald Trump is talking about? Well, if it's bad and you know it's bad, then just leave Ukraine. And don't pretend you have nothing to do with it.

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The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction and interception of 40 Ukrainian drones overnight: 16 UAVs were destroyed over the Rostov Region (https://t.me/rian_ru/276154), four each over the Kursk and Voronezh Regions, three over the Bryansk Region, two over the Kuban Region, one over the Belgorod Region, and ten over the Azov Sea.

An open fire was extinguished on an area of 2,000 square meters at an industrial facility in a village near Rostov that caught fire after a UAV attack, local authorities reported.

A fire in a private house in the village of Chaltyr has been completely extinguished, acting governor Slyusar reported.

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The Twitter account of the German Aid to Ukraine (https://t.me/rus_demiurge/87681) project reports that Germany has delivered the first batch of its newest Lynx IFVs to Ukraine in the amount of 10 units.

They were transferred for testing in combat conditions. It is clear that 10 vehicles, even if they are perfect, will not make a difference, but testing is just right.

It was reported that only one unit was transferred, but this is obviously not enough even for testing.

One way or another, if the tests are successful, it is planned to launch serial production of these vehicles directly on the territory of Ukraine.

It is appropriate to remember here that Russia is rapidly supplying LNG to Germany (in 2024, ships with 17.8 million tons of Russian LNG moored in European ports), which is used, among other things, for production capacities.

Yes, Russian oligarchs still hope that the war will end and "everything will be as before." They do not understand that if Russia does not win this war, there will be neither Russia nor these Russian oligarchs. Russia will either start to fight for real or disappear. Yes, in the end, it is possible that Russia will disappear along with the whole world. To prevent this from happening, we need to fight now.

Victor vicktop55

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The EU will pull support for Ukraine if the US does not want to help it — EU Foreign Minister (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

▪️The head of European diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, made a bold statement today. In her interview with Politico, she added that “we should not speculate about the future support of the US,” because “it is not in America’s interests for Russia to be the strongest in the world.”

“I am really confident that all other EU members, and hopefully the US as well, are ready to continue to support Ukraine. The European Union is also ready to take on this leadership if the US does not want to,” Kallas said.

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On a January morning in Greenland in 1968, (https://t.me/glavmedia/383341) a B-52 with 4 thermonuclear B28s took off from the Thule airbase - it was in constant readiness to bomb the USSR as part of the "Chrome Dome" program.

The strategist managed to refuel in the air, and one of the pilots opened the valve for air intake from the engine to the heating system. Due to a technical malfunction, the hot air was not cooled and the cushions under his seat caught fire. There was a smell of burning rubber, an analysis of the "black boxes" showed that the crew first laughed "whose ass is burning?", and then began to look for (and found) the source of the fire. They tried to put it out with fire extinguishers - but to no avail.

The power supply went out, and the cabin filled with smoke to such an extent that the commander transmitted a distress signal, realized - "we will not land" and ordered to urgently abandon the plane. The unguided aircraft crashed onto the ice 11 km (7 miles) from the Thule airstrip.

The impact detonated the conventional explosives in the fuses of all four thermonuclear bombs, scattering plutonium across the area. The ignited aviation fuel melted the ice, and the wreckage sank to the bottom of the ocean.

The Pentagon immediately declared a "Broken Arrow" situation (worse than a "bent spear," but better than an "empty quiver" or "flash"). Incidentally, this was one of many (see list) incidents of the US losing nuclear bombs (in some cases, the explosion could have wiped out half a state).

The operation to find the "babies," collect snow and ice with uranium and plutonium, and hide the technology lasted almost a year. After the declassification of the emergency, it turned out that for almost 10 years after Denmark was declared a nuclear-free zone, nuclear weapons were stored at the base, and the United States considered "this trifle (Denmark) does not need to be notified."

In 2024, President-elect Trump announced plans to purchase Greenland and annex it, and did not rule out that the United States could take it by force. According to intelligence and diplomats, America is going to use Greenland to store nuclear weapons and deploy F-35s for their use.

Victor vicktop55

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DPR. Donetsk (https://t.me/rus_demiurge/87684?single)

The "Moloko" supermarket came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Two people were reported injured.

It's good that this didn't happen during the day when there were a lot of people. Otherwise, disaster would have been inevitable.

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In Makhnovka, Kursk, Ukrainian soldiers had their fingers cut off for refusing to shoot at Russian soldiers! (http://t.me/RVvoenkor)

▪️Ukrainian soldiers began to surrender en masse to fighters of the 11th Airborne

Brigade, some of those who surrendered had their fingers cut off by commanders for refusing to shoot at Russian soldiers.

▪️The paratroopers continue to clear Makhnovka in the Kursk region from occupiers who have not yet surrendered.

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott - Accuses Biden of Helping Ukraine Instead of Wildfire Victims: (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/87953)

You know what it takes - for Biden to stop giving money to Ukraine and start giving it to North Carolina, for him to help our fellow Americans by securing our borders instead of sacrificing America for the well-being of some other countries around the world.

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (from 4 to 10 January 2025)

Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18783))

From 4 to 10 January 2025, the Russian Armed Forces delivered 28 group strikes by precision weaponry and attack UAVs at infrastructure of military airfields, weaponry depots, attack UAV workshops and depots as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries.

▫️Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces continued to eliminate AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.

Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one heavy mechanised brigade, one tank brigade, six mechanised brigades, four air assault brigades of the AFU, one marine brigade, and five territorial defence brigades. Two counter-attacks launched by AFU units were repelled.

In Kharkov direction, Russian troops inflicted losses on units of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades.

Over the past week in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces, the AFU losses amounted to more than 2,835 troops, 30 tanks, and 122 armoured fighting vehicles. Moreover, 117 motor vehicles, and 30 field artillery guns were destroyed.

▫️As a result of active operations, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Nadiya.

Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade. Nineteen AFU attempts to regain lost positions were thwarted.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,530 troops, one tank, 28 armoured fighting vehicles, including one Polish-made Rosamak armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made Bradley armoured fighting vehicle, seven U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, and five U.S.-made HMMWV armoured vehicles. Russian units eliminated 52 motor vehicles, 46 field artillery guns, 11 of them manufactured by NATO countries, 10 electronic warfare stations, and 15 ammunition depots.

▫️ As a result of decisive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Kurakhovo.

Losses were inflicted on formations of eight mechanised brigades, two motorised infantry brigades, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two airmobile brigades of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades. Sixteen enemy attempts to regain a tactical position were thwarted.

Over the past week, the AFU losses in this direction amounted to up to 1,715 troops, three tanks, including one German-made Leopard tank, 12 armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 17 motor vehicles, 20 field artillery guns, including four Western-made guns. Six ammunition depots were wiped out.

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

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