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

  1. The Russian Armed Forces have begun using the latest T-14 Armata tanks in the special military operation zone, an informed source told RIA Novosti.
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  2. The Russian military leadership has no plans to conduct mobilization as its current needs are fulfilled by career military service members, including those who volunteered to fight against Ukraine, according to a senior official. The pledge not to draft additional troops was reiterated on Friday by Vladimir Tsimlyansky, the deputy chief of the mobilization directorate of the General Staff. He was briefing the public about a scheduled conscription campaign that kicks off next week. “The number of people wishing to enrol in Russian military service under a contract, as well as volunteers who have decided to take part in the special military operation, is sufficient for fulfilling our tasks,” he said.
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  3. Trade and travel restrictions should be considered due to the 'rain of bombs' on Gaza, Petra De Sutter has said, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister.
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  4. The world is gradually moving away from the model of economic colonialism, when entire regions are driven into bondage, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with participants in the international Olympiad on financial security.
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  5. Preparations have begun for the production of the first batch of Russian light fighters of the fifth generation "Checkmate" (Su-75).
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  6. The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine may begin in the summer, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said in an interview with the Hill newspaper. I talked about this in more detail on my channel in today's update, but perhaps I will add that there may not be any Ukrainian counter-offensive вообще, because even in Washington, US officials are beginning to understand that the armed forces of the Zelensky regime are on the verge of collapse and are no longer capable of large-scale offensive actions.
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  7.  jasonthestrong3551  In Bakhmut, the Russian side destroyed the best brigades of the armed forces of Ukraine, and now the same trap is being prepared in Avdiivka. So everything has its time.
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  8. Over the past week, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 11 group strikes with high-precision weapons on port infrastructure facilities, personnel deployment points and places of production and storage of unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
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  9. It seems that the final battle for the Donbass has begun..
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  10. The German government has received a request from Warsaw and today it intends to allow the re-export of Polish MiG-29 fighters, which were once in the reserve of the GDR Air Force, the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports.
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  11. Russian Armed Forces have liquidated more than 400 servicemen of the Ukrainian army in the Soledar-Artemovsk (Bakhmut) sector of the SMO.
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  12. Perhaps this is something really serious, I will talk about this topic on my channel tomorrow in an update, but it is already known that according to Russian media reports, the Polish military is deploying Patriot air defense systems at the airfield in the Warsaw district of Bemowo. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak, explaining what is happening, wrote on Twitter that these are just exercises and there is no reason to panic. Are the Polish authorities afraid of a Russian missile attack on airfields and logistics centers used to supply Western weapons to Ukraine? looks like it at the moment..
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  13.  @jonee1405  Ukraine is winning? In what universe does this happen?
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  14. After Hungary and Poland, Slovakia also suspends the import of grain and other agricultural products from Ukraine.
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  15. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 750 military and several dozen combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery.
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  16. A number of sources report that "Wagner" PMC who signed the contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense are participating in the assault on Avdeevka. The exact number of "Wagner" Fighters is not known, but the there is apparently around 5000 Russian troops engaged in the assault.
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  17. In Deir ez-Zor, clashes began between American forces and the Kurdish formations of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on the one hand and the Syrian army and its allies on the other, Al Mayadeen reported, citing a source.
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  18. On Thursday evening, the Harir base, housing Coalition and US forces, was attacked by a drone, leading to a fire in the fuel depot, as reported by the Kurdistan Region’s Counter-Terrorism Unit.
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  19. Contrary to expectations, the liberation of Donbass from the Nazi regime of Zelensky may be delayed until winter, when the Russian side will launch a general offensive and push the forces loyal to Zelensky farther not only from Donbass, but also from Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Odessa..
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  20. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 750 military and several dozen combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery.
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  21. The Pentagon will only be able to support Ukraine's war effort for a “few weeks” should Congress fail to pass a new funding bill, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has claimed.
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  22. It can also be noted that by regrouping a significant part of the reserves of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Chasov Yar area, the Zelensky regime is possibly preparing the withdrawal of forces from Bakhmut and at the same time creating a new line of defense to prevent a lightning-fast Russian breakthrough deep into the territory of Ukraine, which is undoubtedly can happen if the Russian side does not meet serious resistance after taking full control of Bakhmut.
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  23. The Russian Army reclaims previously abandoned positions north of Novoprokopovka and advances on Rabotyno. Zaporozhye sector of the front..
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  24. 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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  25. Zelensky: Kyiv does not have the strength and weapons to conduct a counteroffensive deep into Russia.
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  26. Contrary to the expectations of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the Bakhmut area, in fact, Wagner PMC units are advancing. More specifically, russian forces are continuing their offensive on Bakhmut and are already 1,200 meters from the administrative building in the city center. This was reported today by the media here in Russia. The corresponding statement was made by the head of the PMC Wagner Prigozhin.
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  27. Two more blocks of Bakhmut came under the full control of Wagner PMC in the northwestern and central parts of the city in a day, media reports here in Russia.
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  28. Slovakia has completed the transfer of MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, said Slovak Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy. According to media reports here in Russia, the Zelensky regime received 13 fighter jets from Slovakia and all of them were delivered by land, apparently fearing a Russian strike on the air base from which these planes could take off.
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  29. The first Russian serial missiles of the fifth-generation Sarmat strategic missile system will be put on combat duty in the very near future, the Ministry of Defense reported.
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  30. Over the past 4 months, since the beginning of the so-called counter-offensive of the Ukrainian armed forces, the losses of the Ukrainian side amounted to more than 90,000 military personnel, 557 tanks and almost 1,900 armored vehicles, said Russian President Putin.
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  31. Hamas military wing fires 150 rockets at Tel Aviv after Gaza attack..
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  32. The reluctance of the current President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky to consider peace talks with Russia might lead him to being ousted to make such negotiations possible, Oleg Soskin, an adviser to two former Ukrainian presidents, said.
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  33. Polish truckers protesting on the border with Ukraine could be joined by a group of farmers later this week, according to a Bloomberg report on Monday. The truckers are demanding tougher rules for their Ukrainian competitors and have been blocking border checkpoints, meaning some cargo vehicles carrying humanitarian aid for Kiev have been unable to pass. As many as 20,000 vehicles have reportedly been stuck on either side of the Ukrainian-Polish border as a result of the strike.
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  34. 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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  35. “We officially declare that the rights and safety of the Armenian population of Karabakh will be protected,” Azerbaijani President Aliyev said today, which I will also talk about on my channel, since at the moment approximately 90,000 Armenians have already left Nagorno-Karabakh fearing for their safety and Azerbaijani persecution..
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  36. About 280 thousand people have been accepted for contract service in the Russian Armed Forces since January 1.
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  37. A new set of UN proposals on a grain deal involves reconnecting Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT and unfreezing Russian assets.
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  38. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 500 military and several dozen combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery.
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  39. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 700 military and about 50 combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery.
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  40. The Russian Armed Forces repelled all the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsk region, no breakthroughs were allowed, the Russian Defense Ministry said in an official statement.
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  41. Tax revenues have continued to grow in Russia, increasing by nearly 10% between January and October compared to the same period last year, according to the head of the Federal Taxation Service (FTS). Daniil Egorov, who met with President Vladimir Putin late on Monday, said the figure has already reached 37.6 trillion rubles ($428 billion) in the first ten months of 2023.
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  42. The Cabinet of Ministers of Germany will soon announce the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
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  43. According to reports from a number of sources, Tehran and Moscow have agreed to supply Russian Su-35 fighter jets, Mi-28 attack helicopters and Yak-130 trainer aircraft to Iran and the process of transferring equipment has already begun.
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  44. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 400 military and several dozen combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery.
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  45. Moscow has conducted a drone attack on an oil depot used to supply Kiev's army in Odessa Region near the Romanian border, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
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  46.  @des_smith7658  I agree with you. There is too much buzz around this topic, but NATO tanks will not change anything on the battlefield, and NATO military experts should understand this very well. It's just that politicians can't stop and push the alliance deeper and deeper into conflict, dooming the West to a humiliating defeat, and for the same reason, the population of the West to economic and social problems.
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  47. Opposition groups from the both sides of the political spectrum held demonstrations across Germany as the country marked Unity Day on Tuesday. Several rallies criticized government policies, including arms shipments to Ukraine. Some 4,600 people showed up for an event in Berlin, which was organized by the right-wing Alternative for Germany party. The march ended with a rally at the Lustgarten park in the capital center and went without an incident, except for a few verbal confrontations, according to the local press.
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  48. I think Washington will be forced to withdraw troops from Syria. Not in the near future, but in the end it will be inevitable..
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  49. The BRICS in 2024 will include six new countries, Argentina, Egypt, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia, said South African President Cyril Ramaposa.
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  50. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost up to 450 military and several dozen combat systems, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers and artillery.
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