Comments by "Levan Gudadze - Opinion" (@LevanGudadze) on "Alexander Mercouris" channel.

  1. 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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  2. Ministry of Defense is creating special groups to deal with Western tanks supplied in Ukraine, that is, we can probably say with certainty that it's only a matter of time now and Western tanks will also be in the hands of Russian design bureaus and, subsequently, Russian military museums.
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  3. The Kiev regime does not spare anyone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the eve launched a massive artillery strike on their own servicemen who decided to surrender, killing them all, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
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  4. Russian units may soon surround Bakhmut, Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, said on the air of the Russian First Channel. I'll talk about this in the next update on my channel, but right now Wagner PMC fighters are establishing control over the central quarters of this city.
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  5. From January 1 of this year to December 1, more than 452,000 people have joined the Russian Armed Forces in the interest of the Special Military Operations, stated by The Deputy Head of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, which I will talk about on my channel too, because the high level of people willing to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense actually makes the issue of mobilization in Russia irrelevant..
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  6. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant gave the order for a complete blockade of the Gaza Strip, cutting off the region from water, electricity and food supplies, which I will also talk about on my channel, since the situation in the region is already critical and could turn into an absolute disaster and humanitarian catastrophe, with the exodus of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees to Egypt.
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  7. I think that today's speech by Putin before the federal assembly is not as historic as his speech at the Munich security conference in 2007, but I made some conclusions for myself, which I talked about on my channel in today's update too, including that Moscow does do not believe in the end of the conflict in Ukraine in a relatively short time. Surprising in Putin's speech was the absence of a statement about red lines regarding the supply of long-range weapons by the Western elite to Ukraine, as well as the absence of an announcement about a possible new wave of mobilization, or a change in the status of a special military operation. This is perhaps good, but at the same time strange, at least for me.. By the way, great show as always.
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  8. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Niger decided to deprive the ambassador of France of agrement and asked him to leave the country, follows from the message of the ministry.
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  9. EU countries are set to buy record volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Russia this year, which I will also talk about on my channel, because contrary to the EU statements to stop consuming Russian fuel by 2027, in reality, a number of European countries are dependent on Russian energy supplies just growing..
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  10. Due to the protests of Polish truckers blocking border crossings between Poland and Ukraine, the Ukrainian economy has already lost over $437 million Ukrainian Pravda reported, which I will talk about on my channel too, since in the coming days the Polish truckers will be joined by protesting farmers, in addition, Slovakia, where truckers and farmers also plan to block border crossings, may also join the protests.
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  11. The Western media did not say a word about the failed attempt of the Zelensky's regime this morning to seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The operation itself was really a failure and forces loyal to Zelensky lost 60 special forces soldiers and about 200-250 more motorized riflemen, without achieving anything..
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  12. Last night, Russian planes destroyed three boats with Ukrainian troops in the area of Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea, heading to Crimea, the Ministry of Defense reported, which I will talk about on my channel too, because this is not the first time that the Ukrainian armed forces have unsuccessfully tried to land troops on the peninsula..
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  13.  @bishopofsahs  I think it's not for long.
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  14. The Lebanese Hezbollah group and the Israeli army exchanged artillery and missile strikes on the border of the two countries, which I will also talk about on my channel, since the possible full-scale involvement of Hezbollah in hostilities with Israel could not only significantly complicate the destruction of the Israeli armed forces, but also push the Israeli leadership to the use of extreme force, including nuclear weapons, which in turn could lead to destabilization of the entire Middle East..
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  15. Russian and allied forces entered Soledar and Seversk.
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  16. The Army of Mali, supported by Wagner, has seized Kidal, an important stronghold in the north of the country, from separatist Tuareg rebels. The central government of Mali lost control over this town more than 10 years ago.
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  17. The commercial ship Galaxy Leader was captured in the Red Sea by the Yemeni group Ansar Allah (Houthis), which I will talk about on my channel too, since the Israeli leadership blamed Iran for the incident, thereby creating a pretext for a possible subsequent escalation in the region..
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  18. Well.. Here in Russia, the topic of a possible new wave of mobilization has again become relevant, which I also spoke about on my channel in today's update, and cited a statement by Peskov, Putin's press secretary, who said that he had no information about a possible mobilization. At the same time, the very fact that the possibility of mobilization was not categorically refuted probably indicates that the reservists should start preparing now .. I personally would not be surprised for sure if the Kremlin announces a new wave of mobilization and calls for service from 500,000 reservists to a million.
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  19. Another interesting event of the day, in my opinion, is Germany's refusal to transfer its main battle tanks to Ukraine and the refusal to allow other countries to transfer their leopards to Kyiv. The question is, how long will Berlin hold on to this only correct position?
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  20. At the same time, assault detachments, supported by the Airborne Forces and the forces of the Southern Group of Russian Forces, continue fighting for Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and have taken control of three more quarters, the Defense Ministry said.
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  21. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fears the conflict will expand beyond the east and south of the country, ABC News reports, citing Ukrainian Lieutenant General Sergei Naev, who suggests that the conflict will expand if Russia continues to increase weapons production and develop new military technologies, which I will talk about on my channel too, since, unlike the statements of a number of other representatives of the Ukrainian military and political leadership, Sergei Naev actually confirms that, unlike the Ukrainian side, Russian troops are not in any kind of deadlock and are preparing to expand the zone of active military operations..
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  22. 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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  23. According to the information that is reported here in Russia today, the head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are transferring additional reserves to Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and are trying with all their might to keep the city. According to him, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ukrainian army put up fierce resistance. The bloodshed of the battles is increasing every day. Today, information was also circulating that Zelensky's adviser Alexander Rodnyansky in an interview with CNN did not rule out a strategic retreat from Bakhmut. In my opinion, in the coming days, the Ukrainian military will begin to retreat from Bakhmut in the direction of Chasov Yar.
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  24. As the confrontation between the political and military leadership of Ukraine intensifies, a number of extremely pro-Western Ukrainian activists are beginning to openly declare the inevitability of a military coup and the removal of Zelensky from the presidential office, for example, activist Alexander Lemenov threatened Zelensky with a coup, which I will talk about on my channel too, since there are constant attacks from Zelensky’s entourage to the head of the general staff, General Zaluzhny, certainly increases the likelihood of an internal armed conflict in Ukraine and even a military coup.
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  25. The media reports here in Russia that the so-called President of Ukraine Zelensky refused to withdraw Ukrainian units from Bakhmut, thereby dooming the city's garrison to death, or at best to captivity. I said on my channel many times that Zelensky could do just that in order to exchange the Ukrainian military stationed in Bakhmut for time for himself and his Western masters, but still I hoped that common sense and the human factor would force him to order his troops to retreat. Apparently, there was no common sense, no humanity left in him, only anger and hatred. The Ukrainian military will not surrender Artemivsk, the so-called President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference following the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv. “No one will surrender Bakhmut. We will fight as much as we can,” he said.
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  26. The combat capabilities of the Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57 are constantly growing, as modern technologies, weapons and fire control systems, as well as second-stage engines are integrated into the platform, the manufacturer reports.
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  27. On the eve of the BRICS summit, South Africa is considering withdrawing from the International Criminal Court.
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  28. Russian air defense systems shot down two more Ukrainian drone flying to Moscow this morning.
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  29. A campaign to collect signatures against sending weapons to Ukraine began on Saturday across Italy. According to the newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano, public and cultural figures who supported the initiative are in favor of holding a popular referendum on the issue of arms supplies.
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  30. Ukrainian militants from the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade shot 23 of their colleagues near Kherson for attempting to desert, Ria Novosoty reports.
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  31.  @therealunclevanya  According to a number of media reports, US-controlled so-called non-governmental organizations and opposition politicians in Georgia demanded the resignation of the government, despite the fact that all the demands of the protesters were met, including the release of all those restrained during the riots over the past 3 days, along with the fact that the bill on foreign agents was withdrawn by a parliamentary majority. At the moment, the situation certainly resembles the preparation of the ground for regime change on the instructions of Washington, as I have been talking about this for all the last days in my updates.
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  32. Ukrainian military from the 419th separate rifle battalion complain about the lack of ammunition and uniforms, about meat assaults (suicidal assaults) and command extortions, when they have to pay 20 thousand hryvnia for vacation. The battalion stands near Kleshcheevka..
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  33. Excellent. I was waiting for another video from Alexander Mercouris. I must say, the hosts of The Duran also influenced my decision to make English-language videos and at least remember how to speak English..
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  34. The military losses of the Zelensky regime over the past 24 hours amounted to 700 military, according to reports from the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Zelensky regime suffered most of the losses in the Donetsk direction, about 400 soldiers.
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  35. It will be an interesting winter in Europe..
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  36. Over the past 24 hours, as I reported on my channel, the Russian armed forces carried out drone and missile strikes on the logistics and military infrastructure of Ukraine in the Odessa region, as a result of which the Odessa Hotel in the port area of the the city was destroyed, which, according to unnamed sources, housed the headquarters of the Ukrainian Navy and several dozen foreign mercenaries and high-ranking officers of the armed forces of several NATO countries.
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  37.  jasonthestrong3551  I have not heard of such that the Russian side announced the destruction of Abrams. What sources do you get information from?
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  38. An American MQ-9 drone fell into the Black Sea due to its own sharp maneuvering, Russian fighters did not come into contact with it, the Russian Defense Ministry said. I will certainly talk about this strange incident on my channel in tomorrow's update, as more information will appear by then. Meanwhile, the RF Ministry of Defense clarified that the incident occurred this morning in the Crimean region. According to the ministry, the drone with transponders turned off flew in the direction of Russia, violating the borders of the area of ​​the temporary regime for the use of airspace established for the purpose of conducting a special military operation.
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  39. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 850 military and several dozen combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery.
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  40. The authorities of Poland and the Baltic countries should withdraw foreign military from their territory before demanding the withdrawal of Wagner PMC fighters from Minsk, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said.
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  41. According to a number of sources, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky is looking for candidates to replace Aleksey Reznikov as minister of defense.
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  42. China supports the BRICS expansion process and welcomes the early entry into the "big family" of new partners, the Chinese Foreign Ministry says.
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  43. I said today on my channel in an update that according to Russian data, a day after the address of Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly on February 21, an unscheduled meeting will be held by the Russian State Duma and the Federation Council. The question arises, what will Putin talk about, that the Russian parliamentarians should gather the next day? My assumption concerns two topics, the first is that Putin will announce the start of a new wave of mobilization, the second is that Putin will change the status of a special military operation. Or maybe both will happen. Let's see. It will be interesting.
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  44. Last night, Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones, of which 1 was over the Kaluga region, 10 over the Kursk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
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  45. Many countries, including Israel, Russia and Poland, demanded from Ottawa an apology and explanation for honoring the Ukrainian Nazi in the Canadian Parliament.
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  46. Perhaps you have already heard about this information, maybe not, but the media reported this afternoon here in Russia that India joins Anto-Russian sanctions and will not buy Russian oil above $60, according to the price ceiling imposed by the West. I will certainly talk about this information on my channel tomorrow in an update, but it is already clear that the Russian society, a significant part of the society, who learned about this information, was shocked by such a decision by the Indian leadership, because many really believed that India was a friendly state to the Russian Federation. They were dead wrong.
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  47. Odessa is a Russian city and a little bit Jewish, Vladimir Putin said at a plenary meeting of the Valdai international discussion club, which I will talk about on my channel too, since this is perhaps the first time when the President of the Russian Federation indirectly confirmed (in my understanding) the likely intention to liberate the city from the oppression of the Zelensky regime controlled by the so-called Western elites..
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  48. Russian energy major Gazprom delivered its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) to China on Thursday, Reuters reported, citing the LSEG financial information company, as Moscow wants to expand using the Arctic corridor in the face of Western sanctions. The Velikiy Novgorod tanker, loaded with LNG from the Portovaya LNG plant in the Baltic Sea, set sail to China on August 14, according to data. It has now arrived at the terminal of Tangshan Caofeidian in the Hebei province.
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  49. 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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  50. Slovak President Zuzana Caputova spoke out against providing Kiev with another package of military aid because of the victory in the parliamentary elections of the Direction - Social Democracy party of ex-Prime Minister Robert Fico.
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