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Special ops, January 25: The White House confirms that 31 M1 Abrams tanks have been sent to Ukraine.

MOSCOW, January 25 – RIA Novosti. The White House has approved the shipment of 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Kiev, their deliveries will take several months; Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian army did not take into account anything, they formed detachments and shot their own people in the back; Deputy Governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balitsky said that Kiev is preparing a counterattack in the Zaporozhye direction, the accumulation of enemy forces in the area of ​​​​the city of Zaporizhzhia was recorded – up to 40 thousand people.

arms shipments to Ukraine

On Wednesday night, a US administration official told Qatari television channel Al Jazeera that US President Joe Biden will announce on Wednesday his decision to supply Abrams tanks to Ukraine.

Anatoly Antonov, Russian Ambassador to the United States, said that the supply of American tanks to Ukraine would be a “clear provocation” and warned that armored vehicles would be destroyed by the Russian army.

According to the news of the Washington Post citing US officials, Abrams tanks that can be announced to be sent to Ukraine in the USA will most likely not arrive in Ukraine anytime soon. The official told the publication that in the event of a possible decision to supply the Abrams tanks to Kiev, “it will not be for fighting in the near future” and most likely will not be delivered to Ukraine for months or even on the line. year.

German Cabinet spokesman Steffen Hebestreit told reporters that the German government has decided to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks. He also stated that Germany aims to create two tank battalions for the Ukrainian side, as a first step, it will transfer 14 Leopard 2 tanks from Bundeswehr stocks to Ukraine. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters that Germany will supply Kiev with Leopard 2 tanks in 3-4 months at the latest.

The Russian Embassy in Germany described Berlin’s decision to supply Kiev with Leopard 2 tanks as extremely dangerous: it takes the conflict to a new level of conflict.

Answering questions from Bundestag lawmakers on Wednesday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany would not supply fighter jets and send troops to Ukraine “neither now nor in the future”.

Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder said that Belgium does not have serviceable tanks to supply Ukraine, that such equipment was withdrawn from service years ago.

French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu told France 5 TV channel on Wednesday that the first AMX10-RC wheeled tanks that France sends to Ukraine will be delivered in February.

A senior US administration official confirmed that the US has sent 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. He added that the delivery of M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine would take months, and that the United States hopes that the supply of weapons to Ukraine will not only help Kiev in defense, but also allow it to seize lost territories, including the Crimea.

In addition, according to a senior US administration official, the US will also send eight M88 armored recovery vehicles to Ukraine for the maintenance of M1 Abrams tanks. As the White House noted, the US is starting to work on a program to train Ukrainians to use Abrams tanks.

In the statement made by the Pentagon, it was stated that the total volume of the new military aid package that the USA will make to Ukraine with Abrams tanks will be 400 million dollars.

Norwegian Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram said the country was ready to send tanks to Ukraine, but did not specify the number.

Operation progress

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Ukrainian army did not take into account anything, they formed detachments and shot their own people in the back. He also stated that the purpose of the special military operation is to protect the people and Russia from the threats they are trying to create on neighboring historic Russian territory.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that the Russian army has stopped the attempt to land Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

Denis Pushilin, acting chairman of the DPR, said on Wednesday that Wagner troops were advancing on Artemovsk (aka Bakhmut), with clashes continuing both in the outskirts and in the neighborhoods recently held by the enemy. He also said that the liberation of Soledar allowed Russian forces to take control of the areas where Kiev launched an offensive and to close the supply routes of Ukrainian troops. He also noted that Kiev continues to transfer reserves to the Marinka enclave in order to protect it and prevent the siege of Avdiivka.

Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, said that there is no possibility of embarking on the diplomatic path to resolve the Ukraine crisis.

Deputy Governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balitsky said that Ukrainian troops are preparing a counterattack in the Zaporozhye direction, the accumulation of enemy forces in the area of ​​​​the city of Zaporozhye was recorded – up to 40,000 people.

New regions of Russia

Russian security forces stopped the financing channel of SBU employees who were involved in the organization of terrorist attacks in the Kherson region; A representative of Russian law enforcement in the region told RIA Novosti that the money went to the EU through banks from Western countries, including the Baltic states, Poland and the Czech Republic.

International Environment

Russian President Vladimir Putin has not communicated with Vladimir Zelensky for the past few years, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, told RIA Novosti. Putin and Zelensky met at the Normandy format summit in Paris in 2019. Putin also held bilateral meetings with Zelensky, French leader Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

He told RIA Novosti at the Russian Foreign Ministry that Washington has firmly declared its desire to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow, that it is impossible not to notice the truth. Evaluating the words of Dmitry Polyansky, the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, that the West “has not yet crossed all the red lines”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “A hybrid war is being waged against our country. spoke Lavrov”.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO is not and will not be a party to the conflict in Ukraine and has not sent troops or aircraft there. He also said that the road to peace in Ukraine is through the supply of weapons to Kiev.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori said Russia’s failure in the Ukraine conflict was “almost unthinkable” and questioned the wisdom of “putting so much power in Ukraine”.

In the event of a military conflict in Europe, the forces of a professional army alone will not be enough, the whole society will have to participate, a “partial mobilization of people and equipment” will be carried out, Chief of the General Staff of the Czech Army, Major General Karel Rzhegka, said in an interview with the CTK news agency on Wednesday.

Odessa’s historic center has been recognized by UNESCO as a threatened historical heritage object, the organization said on Wednesday. The Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation, affiliated with the organization, said that the decision to threaten the historic center of Odessa to the UNESCO World Heritage List was made under pressure from the West, bypassing the rules of procedure. Also, as stated in the permanent mission, Kyiv hid the facts about the destruction of works of art in Odessa from UNESCO and put pressure on the independent experts of the organization.

U.S. President Joe Biden said in a televised speech Wednesday that Ukrainian forces are preparing for a counterattack. He also said that the West’s actions to assist Ukraine do not pose a threat to Russia.

Source: Ria

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