Comments by "Levan Gudadze - Opinion" (@LevanGudadze) on "Alexander Mercouris"
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According to media reports here in Russia, intelligence records the appearance of a significant number of Polish and German-speaking mercenaries on the battlefield in the Zaporozhye region, and if so, one can probably say that I was right when I said on my channel many times that the crews of the allegedly transferred For Ukraine, military equipment, including tanks, as well as personnel servicing the equipment, will be NATO military for formalities enrolled in Western PMCs.
I believe that very soon the NATO countries and, no less important, the citizens of the EU members and the United States will begin to regret the participation of their states in this conflict, the losses among the Western military will be so great.
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The Western media will not tell about this, of course, but one of the main news here in Russia today was the fact that Russian forces have established full control over the settlement of Blagodatnoye in the vicinity of the city of Soledar, which, by the way, was also mentioned on my channel in today's update. Offensive actions were carried out by subdivisions of Wagner PMC.
Such a development makes the position of the Ukrainian units in Bakhmut extremely difficult, in fact, undefendable.
In addition, this evening the Russian media published information that the Russian side in the course of offensive operations in the Zaporozhye region took control of nine settlements that were previously held by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Assessing the events on the front over the last 3-4 weeks, it seems that the forces that remain loyal to the Zelensky regime are being defeated not only on the battlefield, but also psychologically, because lately they have been leaving positions and retreating from lots direction and too often.
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Today, here in Russia, the media broadcast exclusively positive news about the progress of the special military operation, so much so that for many this news may come as a surprise, for example, it seems that the Russian military managed to break through the first line of defense in the Zaporozhye direction with a new offensive.
As I recently said on my channel, the Zelensky regime was transferring forces from the Zaporozhye region to the north to the borders of Belarus and in the Bakhmut region, weakening the contingent in Zaporozhye. Apparently, the Russian armed forces monitored this situation and, as a result of an unexpected offensive, advanced up to 10 kilometers in the Zaporozhye direction and took control of up to 7 settlements in the vicinity of the city of Orekhovo.
In addition, according to the latest information, the Russian armed forces have established full control over the village of Dvurechye in the Donetsk region.
There is also the news of the last hour that Wagner PMC units have taken full control of the settlement of Krasnopolye in the vicinity of Soledar.
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After a relatively long pause, last night the Russian side again launched a massive missile attack on the logistical, energy and military infrastructure of the Zelensky regime. I Noted on my channel in today's update that for the first time 6 hypersonic Kinzhal missiles were used at once.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, all targets were achieved by the missile attack, but there is little specific information, although the question arises, exactly what targets were hit by hypersonic missiles?
My opinion is that with hypersonic missiles, Moscow attacked ammunition depots, including American-made missiles for missile launchers and artillery shells, as well as armored vehicles, possibly even places where the Ukrainian side, together with representatives of Poland, hid the Leopard 2A4 tanks recently transferred to Warsaw.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the attack by the hypersonic Kinzhal also destroyed the Patriot air defense system, which allegedly had already been delivered to Ukraine, according to a recent statement by the Polish defense minister.
Unfortunately, the media do not report exact data here in Russia, and probably nowhere else.
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You may already know about this, but if not, I’ll tell you that today, here in Russia, the media report that, according to the statement of the head of the PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin, the armed forces of Ukraine lose 10-11,000 soldiers every month in the direction of Bakhmut killed and many times more wounded .
Of course, I will talk about this topic on my channel in tomorrow's update in more detail, but even now we can say that Bakhmut really became a place of destruction of the Ukrainian army and the fighting spirit of the Ukrainian military.
According to Prigozhin’s statement, the Zelensky regime has concentrated about 70,000 soldiers in the direction of Bakhmut and plans to launch a counteroffensive to deblock this city.
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This is very interesting in my opinion, because we can talk about the beginning of the end of the European Union, or even the whole modern world.
Here in Russia, the media is reporting tonight that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that in an effort to defeat Russia, the EU bureaucracy may send a military contingent to Ukraine under the guise of a peacekeeping mission.
I will certainly talk about this tomorrow on my channel in an update, because if the leaders of the EU really take such a step, this will be the unconditional beginning of the end of the European Union as a quasi-state entity.
Perhaps Orban’s words are somehow connected with Poland’s desire to create some kind of anti-Russian alliance and, under the auspices of this alliance, provide Ukraine with additional military assistance, including fighter jets, and maybe even with the manpower of the Polish armed forces.
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It will be another great show as always. And by tradition, I will share in my commentary the information of the day that was relevant for us here in Russia and which I have already spoken about on my channel.
The first and most relevant news is, of course, the transition of the settlement of Kleshcheevka under the full control of Russian forces. Bakhmut is now in operational encirclement, and the position of the units still loyal to the Zelensky regime has deteriorated significantly, to the point of hopelessness.
The second important news is information about the losses of the Zelensky regime on the Bakhmutsky, Seversky and Soledarsky defense lines. According to statements by officials from the Russian side, 14 brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces stationed in this direction lost up to 70% of their personnel killed and wounded.
The third important news is that the Kremlin has warned Washington that it will not leave unanswered if the United States or other NATO countries transfer weapons to Ukraine for strikes deep into the territory of the Russian Federation, including Crimea. The consequences of ill-considered actions of Western countries can be catastrophic.
And one more interesting news is that in the center of Moscow, on the roofs of some state buildings, the Pantsir air defense systems were placed. Telegram channels are full of photos and video confirmation. I don’t know what Moscow is preparing for, but apparently something really serious is coming.
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Tracking the updates in Russian media and Russian-language pages on internet platforms all day, I can say that one of the main news of the day in Russia is that information was published on some large telegram channels about the discovery of Leopard 2 tanks in the Nikolaev region of Ukraine.
I mentioned this information on my channel in today's update, but I also noted there that no photo and video materials proving the information were presented in the primary sources.
Personally, my opinion is that Poland could well have secretly transported Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine to train Ukrainian crews, this is possible, especially since, according to the statement of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Warsaw will request Berlin's permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, however, Germany's permission is a secondary topic and the tanks will be sent anyway.
Today, information was also published with reference to the Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany that Berlin would not mind if one of the countries that have Leporad tanks in service transfers them to Ukraine.
At the same time, it is obvious to me that Western-made main battle tanks will not be able to radically change the situation on the battlefield, and most of them will be destroyed just as easily as hundreds of other tanks in service with Ukraine were destroyed.
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Some may not know that the government of Ukraine could face a shortage of money and not be unable to pay salaries if the US Congress fails to approve another injection of funds into the Ukrainian economy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, which I will talk about on my channel too, because even if the taxpayers of Western countries do not like it, they need to know that the US and other donor nations currently pay the salaries of some 150,000 civil servants in Ukraine as well as over half a million teachers, professors, school workers in general, hundreds of thousands of military personnel and in general everyone who receives a salary from the state budget, that is, over a million people..
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I don’t know if the audience is informed here, on my channel I already wrote about this, Ukrainian telegram channels report this evening (Moscow time) that the chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, is asking Zelensky to start withdrawing troops from Seversk, which has lost its supply routes and will become the next target of the Russian army.
"The commander-in-chief, Zaluzhny, considers it pointless to hold the city, which currently does not play a role in strategic terms, and its retention will cost a lot of forces for the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
We may soon hear report if interested in ts of an operational encirclement of Seversk.
At the same time, Bloomberg reports that the Netherlands is considering the transfer of the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine.
The Dutch government is studying the possibility of transferring the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg on Tuesday.
According to the sources of the editorial office, the authorities will soon make a final decision on this issue. Other details are not given.
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As I have said many times on my channel, the Russian side controls all roads leading to Bakhmut and this information was officially confirmed today.
Advisor to the acting head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, on the air of the Russia 1 TV channel, said that the Russian military had almost completely blocked Bakhmuit, establishing direct and artillery control over all roads.
He also stated that the Ukrainian garrison in Artemovsk has about ten thousand soldiers.
At the same time, Gagin noted that in Chasov Yar, from where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack the city, Kyiv has formed "a fairly serious grouping of armed forces."
In my opinion, Zelensky's regime is not able to release Bakhmut, but time will tell..
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This afternoon, Russian President Vladimir Putin called it a priority task to eliminate the very possibility of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) of the border regions of the Russian Federation. This is against the background of information that the United States intends to supply Ukraine with long-range missiles, which I also spoke about in today's update on my channel.
So, is it possible to interpret Putin's statement as a warning, for example, to Poland, through which Ukraine receives practically all the weapons supplied by the West?
Is Moscow approaching a point where, due to constant escalation by Western elites, it will be forced to resort to drastic measures to stop Western involvement in the Ukrainian conflict and the conflict itself? We're talking about nuclear weapons, damn it, that is, potentially, about the end of the modern world.
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The EU and G7 countries have largely failed to enforce a $60 per barrel price cap on Russian seaborne oil exports, Financial Times reported on Monday, citing an analysis of shipping and insurance records.
In August, around three-quarters of Russian oil was reportedly being shipped overseas without Western insurers, which was considered one of the tools helping to limit the price at which Russian crude was being sold on the global market.
About half of Russian oil exports did not use Western insurance services during the entire spring, according to Kpler data, as cited by the media, suggesting Moscow “is becoming more adept at circumventing the cap.”
Meanwhile, global prices for crude are on the rise, nearing 13-month highs. Brent futures for November delivery were trading at $93.51 per barrel on Monday, while US West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) climbed above $90 per barrel. Russian crude was no exception, with the Far Eastern blend ESPO trading at over $88 per barrel, and with Urals crude above $78 per barrel.
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Today I took a day off, did not make a new video for my channel, but perhaps I will share the latest news relevant to us here in Russia in the comments. And so, according to the Russian media and Russian-language telegram channels, at about 23:00 Moscow time, explosions were heard in Kharkov, Russian forces strike at enemy concentrations and command posts, as well as critical infrastructure.
In addition, in the area south of Bakhmut, fierce battles are observed between the settlements of Kleshcheevka and Ivanovskoye, with the gradual advance of units of the PMC "Wagner" towards the village of Ivanovskoye. Its capture will mean the operational encirclement of the Bakhmut garrison.
In the direction of Avdiivka, heavy tactical battles near the village of Vodiane. People's militia units of the DPR are attacking the enemy.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the RF Armed Forces continue offensive battles in the direction of the village of Kamenskoe.
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Some may not know that the government of Ukraine could face a shortage of money and not be able to pay salaries if the US Congress fails to approve another injection of funds into the Ukrainian economy, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, which I will talk about on my channel too, because even if the taxpayers of Western countries do not like it, they need to know that the US and other donor nations currently pay the salaries of some 150,000 civil servants in Ukraine as well as over half a million teachers, professors, school workers in general, hundreds of thousands of military personnel and in general everyone who receives a salary from the state budget, that is, over a million people..
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Here in Russia we have a lot of new data today on the course of hostilities in the special military operation zone, including that Wagner PMC units have taken more than a third in the city of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut), and continue to push the Ukrainian military out of their positions. On my channel I also spoke about the successes of the Russian side in the direction of Seversk, Bakhmut and Vugledar, but during the day there were too many updates in almost all directions.
For example, this afternoon it became known that as a result of the offensive, Krasnaya Gora is under the complete control of the Russian side, as is Mariinka, a suburb of Donetsk and the settlement of Sin'kovka too, northeast of Kupyansk. Ukrainian units also lost control over Paraskovievka.
In addition, Russian Volunteers of the assault detachments, with fire support from the troops and artillery of the Southern Group of Forces, have taken control of Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
At the same time, dozens of Ukrainian soldiers were captured in the Mariinka, according to telegram channels, citing sources in the combat units participating in the operation. There are still not officially confirmed reports that some units of the Ukrainian army have begun to leave Bakhmut.
It seems that the Ukrainian defense lines are collapsing along the entire front line.
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping is already in Moscow and begins negotiations with the Russian side. More than 10 agreements are expected to be signed between the two countries and several declarations will be signed as well, as I reported on my channel in updates.
I believe that the leaders of China and Russia, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, will not make statements about reaching an agreement on the supply of Chinese weapons to Russia, but after the end of the visit, in a week or two, high-ranking officials of Russia and China will probably openly declare that China is starting to supply Russia with weapons and otation.
In my opinion, first of all, Russia will receive attack drones and weapons for them from China, as well as artillery systems and ammunition. It is possible for Beijing to supply both tanks and armored personnel carriers for their examination for compliance with the requirements of modern combat.
In addition, along with weapons from China, hundreds of officers of the Chinese armed forces are likely to arrive in Russia to gain experience in planning and command and control in combat conditions.
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Big news this evening in Russia are being discussed on all media platforms. The main news, of course, is that The Wall Street Journal and Sky News Arabia, citing sources in the White House and the Pentagon, reported that the administration of US President Joe Biden is contemplating transferring M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. I made an update on my channel also on this topic, because most of us in Russia see what is happening as a direct aggression of the West.
There is no official confirmation of this information, but according to WSJ interlocutors, deliveries may be announced this week. Thus, the newspaper writes, the White House hopes to remove Germany's objections to the supply of Leopard 2.
WSJ also reports that we are talking about a "significant number" of vehicles, Sky News Arabia - about 10 tanks. The channel notes that Ukraine needs 500 tanks to “oppose the offensive operation being prepared by Russian President Vladimir Putin in the spring.”
Personally, my opinion is that these tanks will burn well, without fundamentally changing anything on the battlefield, and Moscow will react this time, and this time much harsher than ever before.
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The Biden administration is providing another military aid package to Ukraine, this time for $350 million. Of course, I will also talk about this in tomorrow's update on my channel, after analyzing the information better, but now we can say that Washington is gradually reducing the financial resources allocated to Ukraine.
Naturally, we are still talking about hundreds of millions, and this is a huge amount of money that could have been used to solve significant problems in the United States itself, but given the fact that the Biden administration has never been distinguished by love and respect for US citizens, it remains only to state that in the White House to some extent, interest in Ukraine is also declining.
By the way, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced the allocation of a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $350 million.
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The Ukrainian garrison of Bakhmut collapsed and the godly Wagner PMCs are finishing off the remaining Ukrainian units. I believe this can be concluded after today's statement by the head of the Wagnerites, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who announced that the Russian side controls 70% of the city.
On my channel, a few days ago, I reported that Bakhmut is 70% controlled by Wagner units, but today there was official confirmation of this information from Prigozhin himself.
According to him, the Ukrainian side is concentrating forces in the direction of Bakhmut for a counteroffensive and de-blockade of the city and the encirclement of the Wagnerites.
In this regard, Prigozhin asked Shoigu to take all necessary measures to prevent the Wagner PMC from being cut off from the main forces of the Russian Federation, as it "will lead to negative consequences for the special military operation.
In my opinion, the Zelensky regime will not be able to carry out a large-scale and, more importantly, an effective counteroffensive and will not be able to deblockade Bakhmut, but it is still logical that the Wagner PMC leadership is taking measures to be properly prepared for any development of events.
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I myself have not made a video update on my channel for the fourth day, and one of the reasons is that there is not enough reliable information, despite the fact that I am in Russia.
However, one thing is clear to me, the Russian authorities will have to change the status of the special military operation in Ukraine, because it has become obvious to everyone that the current status does not allow the Russian military to act most effectively. Whether it will be a declaration of war, an anti-terrorist operation or something else, time will tell, but fundamental changes are obviously inevitable.
I personally suggested more than once in my videos and comments that Russia would most likely carry out a partial or complete mobilization of reservists this fall, perhaps in October-November, and in the winter a general offensive of Russian troops would begin.
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You may not agree, but as for me, the so-called globalists used world wars to promote their agenda, because after the first and second world wars, almost all globalist projects were created, from the UN with many international divisions to the World Trade Organization, the World Bank and the International Monetary Foundation. NATO, the EU and many other supranational projects can be counted among the globalist projects.
Based on the foregoing, I consider it possible that for a decisive breakthrough in advancing the project of a single world government, the Western globalist elites will again use the world war, provoking this war in the next 10-15 years..
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This information is also being disseminated now in the Russian media. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, after many months of discussions, decided to supply Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine. This was reported by Der Spiegel on Tuesday.
According to the newspaper, Ukraine will receive at least one company of Leopard 2A6 tanks. Other allies, including from the Scandinavian countries, according to the newspaper, also want to transfer Leopard 2 battle tanks to Kyiv. The German government, as Spiegel points out, plans to grant permission for the export of this kind of equipment, which belongs to other countries, in particular Poland.
According to Spiegel, the Leopard 2 tanks are to be sent to Ukraine from the Bundeswehr's (German Armed Forces) own stocks. In the medium and long term, other battle tanks from industry stocks can be prepared for use.
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