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Russian forces liberate Berestki in Donetsk People’s Republic — Defense Ministry

At the same time, air defense forces shot down 26 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles in the past 24 hours, the Ministry reported

 

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Syrian militants pledge to protect Russian bases – TASS

Damascus fell under the control of armed militants on Sunday

The anti-government militants and jihadists who toppled President Bashar Assad’s government in Syria have guaranteed the security of Russia’s military bases and diplomatic outposts in the country, a Kremlin source has reportedly told the TASS news agency.

Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) jihadists and US-armed Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants stormed Damascus on Saturday, as the Syrian Army stood down and Assad left the country for asylum in Russia. HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, a former al-Qaeda commander, proclaimed victory in a televised statement on Sunday, declaring that “the future is ours.”

Speaking to Russia’s TASS news agency later on Sunday, an unnamed Kremlin source said that Russian officials “are in contact with representatives of the armed Syrian opposition.”

These representatives “have guaranteed the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic institutions on Syrian territory,” the source said, adding that “we hope for the continuation of political dialogue in the name of the interests of the Syrian people and the development of bilateral relations between Russia and Syria.”

Russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, helping Assad wrest back control of his country from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), and a panoply of foreign-sponsored militias and jihadist groups. This time around, Moscow did not commit forces to hold back the HTS and FSA assault, with the Russian Foreign Ministry stating that Assad had decided to relinquish power peacefully following back-channel talks with several opposition groups. ”Russia did not participate in these negotiations,” the ministry noted.

Russia began construction of the Khmeimim Air Base near Latakia shortly after it came to Assad’s aid in 2015. The facility has since been used by the Russian Air Force to launch attacks on IS and other terrorist groups in Syria, and to transport supplies and weapons into the country.

Khmeimim Air Base is located around 60km from the Russian naval facility at Tartus, which was built by the Soviet Union in 1971. Russia signed a 50-year lease on the facility in 2017, allowing Moscow full sovereignty over the base and giving the Russian Navy permission to station up to 11 vessels there.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that both facilities had been placed on high alert during the insurgents’ advance on Damascus, but “there is currently no serious threat to their security.”

 

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Russia to provide closest ally with Oreshnik missiles

The hypersonic missile systems will be deployed in Belarus, President Vladimir Putin has said
Russia to provide closest ally with Oreshnik missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend a signing ceremony following a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Russia-Belarus Union State marking the 25th anniversary of the Union State Treaty in Minsk, Belarus. © Sputnik/Grigory Sysoev
Cutting edge Russian Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missiles capable of flying at up to ten-times the speed of sound will be stationed in Belarus when the system fully enters service, President Vladimir Putin has said.

Putin made the announcement on Friday in Minsk during a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.

”These systems will be delivered to the Russian Strategic Missile Forces and will be deployed in parallel on the territory of Belarus,” Putin said.

Lukashenko had asked about obtaining some of the Oreshniks, pointing out that Russia has already deployed nuclear weapons to Belarus and extended its nuclear umbrella to its Union State ally.

”We have places where we can deploy these weapons. With one condition: that the targets will be determined by the military-political leadership of Belarus, and that Russian specialists will service the deployment of the weapons,” Lukashenko said.

 

[Nickson francis]

Baada ya Oreshnik na kuranda randa kwa drone juu ya US base kule UK, matumizi ya ATACMS na storm shadow yamekuwa prohibited

Mnamkuza sana Russia

 

[Nickson francis]

Juzi kwenye mahojiano Babu lavrov alisema majaribio ya silaha hiyo ilikuwa ni alarm kwa watu wa upande wa pili, aliendelea kusema alarms Ile mpaka muda huu imepokelewa kwa tahadhari nzuri ya kukiepuka kikombe cha jahannam.

Nikaunganisha nukta, kwa siku za karibuni mabwana wale hawajarusha hata jiwe mitaa ya URUSI.

nikabaki kucheka na kusikitika.

Hawa wajinga wawili bado wanawasiliana na wao ndio watakaoamua ni lini vita hii itakwisha na kipigo gani kitolewe kwa adui mpuuzi.

🇺🇸 na 🇷🇺 ni wanakharamu.

Hiyo ni mikwara kama mikwara mingine aliyowahi kutoa

 

[MWANAHARAMU]

Vita ya Syria bado mbichi kabisa.
Kutakuwepo na mtanange kati ya HTS na Free Syrian Army in future.

Hawa HTS ndio wameingia makubaliano ya kuacha vitu(asset) za Kirusi na jamaa wanaendelea kuoperate free hivyo lazima kutakuwa na bargain itakavyo endelea.

Hili kundi la Free Syrian Army linaloungwa mkono na Marekani lazima litafuata matakwa ya bwana ake piga ua.

Kuna Turkiye na undumilakuwili wake na kikundi chake.

Tuingie 2025 huku tukingojea Syrian civil war 2.0 kikipigwa

 

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Tatizo ni askari wa ASSAD hawatai kupigana na Hizbullah walikuwa backup kubwa, Russia anamsaidia air force tu land force anatakiwa jeshi la serikali. Serikali ya Assad inaenda kuanguka na nimeikia watoto na mke wameshaondoka Syria

Kumbe kulikua Kuna mazungumzo nyuma ya pazia

Assad agreed to step down following back-channel talks with unspecified armed groups and left the country, instructing officials to conduct “a peaceful transfer of power,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

 

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Trump’s estimate of Russian losses wrong – Kremlin

The US president-elect earlier put the number at 600,000 soldiers and Ukrainian losses at 400,000

Incoming US President Donald Trump’s estimate of Russia’s losses in the Ukraine conflict is far off the mark and is based on Kiev’s claims, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.

Peskov was commenting on a post Trump made on his Truth Social platform earlier on Sunday, where he claimed that Moscow has lost some 600,000 servicemen in the conflict.

The day before, Trump had a meeting with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Paris. While calling for an “immediate ceasefire and negotiations” between Moscow and Kiev and signaling that Ukraine was willing to “make a deal with Russia,” Trump also gave an estimate of Kiev’s losses, which he claimed stood at some 400,000 troops “and many more civilians.”

“As for the figures given about losses on both sides, it is obvious that they are presented in the Ukrainian interpretation and reflect the official position of Ukraine. The real figures of losses are completely different,” Peskov said in a press statement. He stressed that “Ukrainian losses are many times higher than the losses on the Russian side.”

The spokesman also warned that prolonging the conflict, which the US and other Western states are doing by aiding the Kiev regime, could “lead to the complete exhaustion of the Ukrainian army.”

Russia does not make public its losses in the conflict. President Vladimir Putin explained back in June that it is simply not done “as a rule,” while those who do announce such figures tend to intentionally “distort” the information. He noted at the time, however, that the ratio of losses on the two sides is approximately one Russian loss for every five Ukrainian losses.

 

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Syrian militants pledge to protect Russian bases – TASS

Damascus fell under the control of armed militants on Sunday

The anti-government militants and jihadists who toppled President Bashar Assad’s government in Syria have guaranteed the security of Russia’s military bases and diplomatic outposts in the country, a Kremlin source has reportedly told the TASS news agency.

Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) jihadists and US-armed Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants stormed Damascus on Saturday, as the Syrian Army stood down and Assad left the country for asylum in Russia. HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, a former al-Qaeda commander, proclaimed victory in a televised statement on Sunday, declaring that “the future is ours.”

Speaking to Russia’s TASS news agency later on Sunday, an unnamed Kremlin source said that Russian officials “are in contact with representatives of the armed Syrian opposition.”

These representatives “have guaranteed the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic institutions on Syrian territory,” the source said, adding that “we hope for the continuation of political dialogue in the name of the interests of the Syrian people and the development of bilateral relations between Russia and Syria.”

Russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, helping Assad wrest back control of his country from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), and a panoply of foreign-sponsored militias and jihadist groups. This time around, Moscow did not commit forces to hold back the HTS and FSA assault, with the Russian Foreign Ministry stating that Assad had decided to relinquish power peacefully following back-channel talks with several opposition groups. ”Russia did not participate in these negotiations,” the ministry noted.

Russia began construction of the Khmeimim Air Base near Latakia shortly after it came to Assad’s aid in 2015. The facility has since been used by the Russian Air Force to launch attacks on IS and other terrorist groups in Syria, and to transport supplies and weapons into the country.

Khmeimim Air Base is located around 60km from the Russian naval facility at Tartus, which was built by the Soviet Union in 1971. Russia signed a 50-year lease on the facility in 2017, allowing Moscow full sovereignty over the base and giving the Russian Navy permission to station up to 11 vessels there.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that both facilities had been placed on high alert during the insurgents’ advance on Damascus, but “there is currently no serious threat to their security.”

Syrian opposition fighters took control of the Latakia province, where Russian military facilities – the Khmeimim airbase and the Tartus naval base – are located, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Dec. 9, citing a Syrian source.

 

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Trump hacheki na kima 🏃🏃🏃🏃

 

[kp kipanya44]

Syrian militants pledge to protect Russian bases – TASS

Damascus fell under the control of armed militants on Sunday

The anti-government militants and jihadists who toppled President Bashar Assad’s government in Syria have guaranteed the security of Russia’s military bases and diplomatic outposts in the country, a Kremlin source has reportedly told the TASS news agency.

Hayat Tahrir-al-Sham (HTS) jihadists and US-armed Free Syrian Army (FSA) militants stormed Damascus on Saturday, as the Syrian Army stood down and Assad left the country for asylum in Russia. HTS leader Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, a former al-Qaeda commander, proclaimed victory in a televised statement on Sunday, declaring that “the future is ours.”

Speaking to Russia’s TASS news agency later on Sunday, an unnamed Kremlin source said that Russian officials “are in contact with representatives of the armed Syrian opposition.”

These representatives “have guaranteed the security of Russian military bases and diplomatic institutions on Syrian territory,” the source said, adding that “we hope for the continuation of political dialogue in the name of the interests of the Syrian people and the development of bilateral relations between Russia and Syria.”

Russia intervened in the Syrian Civil War in 2015, helping Assad wrest back control of his country from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), and a panoply of foreign-sponsored militias and jihadist groups. This time around, Moscow did not commit forces to hold back the HTS and FSA assault, with the Russian Foreign Ministry stating that Assad had decided to relinquish power peacefully following back-channel talks with several opposition groups. ”Russia did not participate in these negotiations,” the ministry noted.

Russia began construction of the Khmeimim Air Base near Latakia shortly after it came to Assad’s aid in 2015. The facility has since been used by the Russian Air Force to launch attacks on IS and other terrorist groups in Syria, and to transport supplies and weapons into the country.

Khmeimim Air Base is located around 60km from the Russian naval facility at Tartus, which was built by the Soviet Union in 1971. Russia signed a 50-year lease on the facility in 2017, allowing Moscow full sovereignty over the base and giving the Russian Navy permission to station up to 11 vessels there.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that both facilities had been placed on high alert during the insurgents’ advance on Damascus, but “there is currently no serious threat to their security.”

Syrian opposition takes full control of Latakia province hosting Russian bases, Russian media reports

Syrian opposition fighters took control of the Latakia province, where Russian military facilities – the Kheimin airbase and the Tartus naval base – are based, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Dec. 9, citing a Syrian source.

kyivindependent.com

 

[kp kipanya44]

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he is currently formulating a concept to end the war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine.

 

[kp kipanya44]

Moscow could not support its ally in Syria, former dictator Bashar al-Assad, due to the "massive damage" inflicted on Russian forces by Western-supported Ukrainian troops, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Dec. 8.

 

[kp kipanya44]

Russian losses in Ukraine prevented Moscow from saving Assad regime in Syria, Biden says

"Additionally, Russia's support for Assad also failed. And that's because Ukraine, backed by our American allies, has put up a wall of resistance against invading Russian forces, inflicting massive damage on the Russian forces," U.S. President Joe Biden said.

kyivindependent.com

Moscow could not support its ally in Syria, former dictator Bashar al-Assad, due to the "massive damage" inflicted on Russian forces by Western-supported Ukrainian troops, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Dec. 8.

 

[kp kipanya44]

Trump 'formulating a concept' to end Russia-Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin should seek an end to the war as he lost 700,000 people to hostilities, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in comments for the New York Post published on Dec. 8.

kyivindependent.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin should seek an end to the war as he lost 700,000 people to hostilities, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in comments for the New York Post published on Dec. 8.

 

[enzo1988]

kp kipanya44 , jaribu kuwa mkweli alichosema Trump jana. Trump kwa Ukraine alisema hivi:

Donald Trump wrote on social media that Ukraine had "ridiculously lost" 400,000 soldiers.

Ukraine war latest: 43,000 dead, Volodymyr Zelensky says in rare update

The Ukrainian president also claimed that 198,000 Russian soldiers had been killed and 550,000 wounded.

www.bbc.com

He said Kyiv had “ridiculously lost 400,000 soldiers, and many more civilians”

Trump calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Ukraine after meeting Zelenskyy

US president-elect claims Kyiv ‘would like to make a deal’ to end war with Russia and cites loss of ‘400,000 soldiers’

www.theguardian.com

Kuhusu Urusi alisema hivi:

"while close to 600,000 Russians had been killed or wounded".

Ukraine war latest: 43,000 dead, Volodymyr Zelensky says in rare update

The Ukrainian president also claimed that 198,000 Russian soldiers had been killed and 550,000 wounded.

www.bbc.com

kp kipanya44 ,wewe hujiulizi ni kwa nini Zelensky alikuja kukanusha haraka?? Tutumie akili zetu hata kama tuna mahaba mazito coz ukweli wa vifo wanaujua wao!

Ukraine war latest: 43,000 dead, Volodymyr Zelensky says in rare update

The Ukrainian president also claimed that 198,000 Russian soldiers had been killed and 550,000 wounded.

www.bbc.com

 

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8 Dec, 2024

US admits much-hyped tanks failed in Ukraine

Kiev already retired its dwindling stock of M1 Abrams earlier this year


American-made M1 Abrams tanks were “not useful” to the Ukrainian military, despite being billed as a potential “game changer” in the conflict with Russia, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has admitted.

After months of requests from Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky and his officials, the White House approved the transfer of 31 M1 Abrams main battle tanks – enough to equip an entire tank battalion – to Ukraine in January 2023. President Joe Biden said the tanks would help “counter Russia’s evolving tactics and strategy on the battlefield in the very near term,” while multiple US media outlets described them as a “game changer” ahead of Kiev’s planned counteroffensive against Russian forces that summer.

This was not the case, Sullivan said at the Reagan National Defense Forum in California on Saturday. Asked whether the Biden administration could have better prepared Ukraine for the counteroffensive had it supplied Kiev with more heavy weapons, he cited the Abrams tanks as an example of how not everything in America’s arsenal worked in Ukraine.

”When it comes to Abrams tanks, we sent Abrams tanks to Ukraine,” he replied. “These Abrams tank units are actually undermanned because it’s not the most useful piece of equipment for them in this fight.”

Shortly after their deployment, the Russian Defense Ministry began releasing videos of Abrams tanks burning on the battlefield. According to some estimates, as many as 20 of the 31 tanks sent to Ukraine in 2023 have since been destroyed, and Ukrainian commanders began withdrawing the rest from service earlier this year, American officials told AP.

The M1A1 variants sent to Ukraine were first stripped of their depleted uranium armor, leaving them vulnerable to Russian drones and anti-tank missiles.

One of the heaviest main battle tanks in service worldwide, the M1 Abrams weighs in at 60 tons, with the latest M1A2 variant increasing this heft to more than 73 tons. An M1 Abrams tank costs more than $450 per mile in fuel and repairs, according to a 1991 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report adjusted for inflation.

The GAO report stated that the average M1 Abrams needs its track replaced after as little as 710 miles, with engines typically suffering catastrophic “blowouts” after 350 hours of operation.

Even before Biden authorized their delivery to Ukraine, US military officials warned that the Abrams tanks would prove unsuitable for Kiev’s needs.

“The challenge with the Abrams is, it’s expensive. It’s difficult to train on. It is very difficult to sustain. It has a huge, complicated turbine engine that requires jet fuel,” US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl warned in early January 2023. “Frankly, our assessment is just that the Abrams is not the right capability at this time.”

 

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Aisee zelensky ana kazi .

Trump adviser blasts Zelensky for ‘disrespectful’ attire

At his meeting with the US president-elect in Paris on Saturday, the Ukrainian leader wore a sweater and boots instead of a suit

Vladimir Zelensky, Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump leave Elysee Presidential Palace after their meeting in Paris, France on December 7, 2024.
Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone has blasted Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky for the clothing he wore at a trilateral meeting with the incoming US president and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron.

The three held talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Saturday, on the sidelines of the reopening ceremony of the Notre Dame Cathedral. According to media reports, the meeting was brief and lasted around 45 minutes, with Macron having to persuade Trump for days to agree to it.

While both Macron and Trump wore formal suits, Zelensky wore a black sweatshirt with the emblem of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, slacks, a military-style jacket, and brown combat boots. While this has become a signature style for the Ukrainian leader, Stone found it offensive.

“He can’t afford a suit? He wore a suit and tie to the World Economic Forum event, but can’t wear one to address a joint session of Congress or to meet the President-elect of the United States?” Stone told the New York Post, adding that Zelensky’s attire was “disrespectful to the American people.”

Social media users have expressed similar grievances over Zelensky’s fashion choices on X, with many posting comments such as “Zelensky was too good to wear a suit to the Notre Dame,” and “next time you’re in the presence of our President, show some respect and put on a suit.”