mortar fire equalizes. ground the position of ukrainian nationalists, new footage from the front line from our war correspondent. paris promises kiev even more weapons, why do economists doubt that france has enough strength for this? it is difficult for him to walk on sand because sand is heavy. the us election race and biden as a target for competitors. what else is he accused of? huseta continue to attack american ships, is europe ready to come to the rescue? we start with the progress

of the special military operation on in the southern donetsk direction, our mortars destroyed strongholds of the ukrainian armed forces. the fighters of the vostok group of troops are hitting the militants, leaving them no chance to retaliate. with the line of combat contact. report by our war correspondent eduard punigov. the combat crew of the mortarmen of the thirty-sixth army of the vostok group moves to positions in the southern donetsk direction, no special training is required to use the gun, everything is ready for battle in a few minutes. this is the so-called nomadic mortar. its main task is to carry out targeted strikes on enemy infantry at a distance of approximately 5-6 km from the line of combat contact. i point the gun at the point where we need to shoot. here. parallel bubbles that need to

be aligned, when they give the coordinates of the target, set the target and align the bubbles. the life of everyone else depends on the work of the gunner. the faster he does his job, the less chance the enemy has of detecting the crew. the rolling mortar tactic is that soldiers are constantly moving, they use pre- prepared positions. that's where it lies such a plate, all the soldiers need is to simply deploy the mortar, fire five or six shots and immediately leave this point. the fighters receive new coordinates. reconnaissance and quickly move to another point, drone operators tell the soldiers where it is safest to go, and air defense protects them from artillery fire and kamikaze drones. now we are going to a firing position to train enemy manpower against infantry. january, the new year holidays have passed, things have become calmer, or vice versa, the enemy has somehow become more active, has become larger. let him

friend, as it is, he doesn’t interfere too much, we also value him, this crew has already fired hundreds of shots each time successfully avoiding retaliatory strikes, although the ukrainian armed forces specifically target such swinging mortars. we went out, worked for 5-10 minutes, turned up, left, well, so that there was as little chance of the opposite as possible, well, replies from the enemy, well, today it’s sunny, like birds are in the air, and for us, for the enemy, that is, everything is everywhere. ..

the sith hit another ship off the coast of yemen, an anti-ship missile hit a merchant ship flying the flag of malta, so media reports. the houthis said they would attack all american ships in the red sea, both military and commercial, and published a threatening video. maria skorodelka has all the details. iran's xer launched its first missile attack on targets in pakistan, tasnir news agency reported. two bases of the jaish-ul-adl group in pakistan's baluchastan were completely destroyed. usa. the houthis' position in yemen, lebanon is preparing for a possible war with israel, the un is concerned about the situation, they declared that the middle east is on the brink of a big war. off the coast of yemen the houthis attacked another ship, representatives of the movement posted a warning video online. in it, the red sea was flooded with american coffins. later, the ruling shia group in the north, ansar allah , took full responsibility for the attack, as explained in local media.

a greek cargo ship was attacked, which was heading to israel under the flag of malta; according to the houthis , they refused to respond to warning signals. the houthis will continue to obstruct. citing senior military officials

us officials say despite us air strikes, the houthis have retained almost half their ability to fire missiles and drones at ships transiting the red sea.

the us must involve iran, scare the iranian authorities with power. the united states wants to start a war with iran, but we do not understand that iran can get involved in this massacre. spoiled, then everyone won’t say hello. american political scientists and military experts say that many in the united states have realized that bombing the houthis will not bring results in the future. united politics the states are failing due to primitiveness, write in the national interest. washington is indeed once again turning to a policy of military intimidation, threatening its fleet and drones, and once again spending budget money to finance another war. the houthis have no doubt that the threat is real, but they doubt the readiness of the united states itself to see it through. the matter will end, after it ends, as it has happened many times, how bombs and missiles will not be able to change the situation, and the money and resources of the allies , including in ukraine, journalists emphasize. maryadilko said at least 23 palestinians were killed in khanyounis after night

bombings, wafa news agency reported. the israeli military razed dozens of residential buildings and attacked hospitals in the southern gaza strip. people are abandoning their homes and... where to hide from the shelling, according to local residents, almost everything in the central part of the gas has been destroyed. israeli troops left after turning the area into a scorched earth. they destroyed factories and houses like salah addin a tsunami hit. now it is not even clear where you are, in a former house, on a farm, factory or somewhere else. this is an anomalous destruction, no stone was left unturned. the israel defense forces, simultaneously with a ground operation in the gaza strip, are attacking hezbollah positions in lebanese territory. despite the active fighting in tel aviv, they are already discussing the restoration of the community, which borders the gas sector. the government is ready to review the system of providing financial assistance to israelis who want to return

to evacuations. bottles of gas and return residents into their homes, to achieve much greater prosperity, even greater than before the war, for this we must first achieve victory over hamas. france is using its last strength to increase the production of weapons for kiev. macron said he would visit zelensky in february to coordinate the supply of hundreds more bombs. at the same time , the french themselves have to cope with economic difficulties. the budget is not enough for internal needs. anastasia popova will continue the topic. the first 15 minutes of a little over two hours of press conference, macron talked about the projects of the new government. in the new, rapidly changing world, france lags noticeably behind technologically and industrially, especially in comparison with the usa and china, although its ambitions are typically

french - to become the third pole in the future geopolitical alignment. yesterday's world is erased and the world order disappears. the war in ukraine has been going on for almost 2 years. the hamas attack on october 7 last year shocked all of europe. we know about the crisis of democracy not only in france, but throughout the world. we need strong diplomacy and an economy that won't. depend on the us or china to face any risk, it is necessary to double the military budget to make europe strong. the main external risk for the current head of the elysee palace is russia, paris, obviously very upset that european investments in ukraine have not yet justified themselves, are preparing for new arms supplies, are developing their own bilateral agreements with security guarantees, which macron will go to kiev to sign personally already in february.

the country's debt has crossed the 3 trillion mark euro. but macron is worried about something else. the main

internal risk, he said, is the rise of extreme right-wing sentiment throughout europe. speaking about his main competitor marine lepine, the french president loses his composure for the only time during the entire press conference, and for good reason. the french want something different. judging by polls, in the upcoming european elections, the national union risks breaking away from macron by a record 10%. anastasia popovle bernadsky. european news bureau. now economic news. alexander. behind last year, sales of used cars in russia increased by almost a quarter. tell us which car you bought most often. tatyana, otechestvennaya lada, for now i’ll start with another topic. the share of small medium-sized businesses in russia's gdp reached 21% in 2022. as the news reports with reference to minecon, development is the maximum since 2017. let me remind you that this indicator is calculated. with a lag of almost a year. according to rosstat, gdp in the same period exceeded the mark of 155 trillion rubles. this

means that the contribution of smes turned out to be more than 32.5 trillion. driver for sector development sanctions and replacement of departing foreign companies began, experts say. the fact is that small players are more mobile and adapt to new conditions faster. the moscow exchange index has grown 17 times over 23 years, it has outpaced not only inflation, but this was reported by the chairman of the board of the exchange, yuri denisov. we are talking about an index of the broad stock market, which includes the top 100 securities of domestic companies. private investors have played an important role in its growth; there are now almost 30 million of them, which is 50 times more than in 2009. we have a development zone only from the point of view of further growth of accounts, but from the point of view of their further filling. at the same time, i would like to say that individuals are the last ones. russia took

second place in lng supplies to greece at the end of last year, providing fuel for more than 8 ter/hour. the first place for the usa is over ten. this data is provided by the operator of the country's gas transportation system. moscow began exporting liquefied gas to athens only in the second half of 2022. previously, only pipeline raw materials went there. french total energy declared force majeure for obligations related to the arctic lng-2 project. the company said it will comply with the sanctions regime in accordance with its own principles, and does not plan to receive gas from this project this year. experts interviewed by the financial times concluded that restrictions on arctic lng 2 could lead to disruption in global energy markets. let me remind you that the project involves the construction of liquefaction lines.

we are going to the village to rest, but our grandfather thinks that rest can wait, because he wants to vote these days, but his mother told him, vote in the village, directly, be a mobile voter, dad, mom, supported, i already wrote a statement for this, by the way, the whole family is going to the village, animals, adults and children. nature to relax and choose mobile, choose in the country, freely, important, honestly convenient, in ukraine the screws of mobilization are being tightened more and more. the verkhovna rada adopted a law on the creation of an electronic register of persons liable for military service, according to which summonses will be sent out. in the meantime, potential defenders are still being caught in raids

on the streets in public places. what lengths do ukrainians go to in order to avoid going to the front? evgeniy nipot will tell you. when some ukrainians , huddled flocks of pixelated flowers, follow the trail. real wolves bring death, while others are forced to either flee or fight back. true, it doesn’t always work out; someone is packed in frankivsk right on the roadway, broken, put face down in the asphalt, or kidnapped. from this resident.

patronymics, addresses, places of work, the dossier will contain telephone numbers, mail addresses, information about language proficiency, driver’s license information certificate and weapons permit, they will enter information about parents (in), details of internal passports, data on trips abroad, and so on, and most importantly - a digitized portrait in order to find the fugitive through street cameras. it becomes

increasingly difficult to dodge. it is not surprising that similar videos appear in the ukrainian segment of the network. it is alleged that the video allegedly captured the moment of a shot at one of the human hunters; in these frames, a member of the flying squad, beaten and undressed in the snow, by friends of those who, thanks to him, ended up on front, where it was filmed and under what circumstances is unclear, the authenticity of these videos of course raises the question:

men, they need more men, because he also very clearly said that they need thousands who died on the ukrainian side, but in europe we have almost 800 thousand ukrainian men who violated ukrainian law. and those who fled from ukraine like cowards, and we must help ukraine with these men, as well as with weapons, so that they do not die in ukraine, they fought for ukraine and won this war.

after such statements, some men in ukraine, they decide to take radical measures , disguise themselves as women, hoping to avoid an unenviable fate, although it is much more unenviable when packs of wolves prowl the country, and a masquerade is unlikely to save them from them, only fast legs or... a reinforced concrete, often corrupt cover, which also begins to crack. there are new intrigues in the pentagon. cbs news publishes a recording of the phone call after which the head of the department, lloyd austin, was secretly hospitalized. on january 1, the 911 service received a call from the us department of defense. employees they called an ambulance for their manager. before this, the dispatcher was warned that the issue was sensitive and they asked the boss to receive it without unnecessary noise.

the winner of the republican primary elections in iowa, donald trump, continues his presidential race. the first primary will start next week. trump, being merciless towards his opponents , published a video on his social network where he presented the white house as a nursing home, and its main resident was joe biden. the american ex-president has repeatedly reproached the current head of the united states for inability to govern the country. i didn’t miss this opportunity.

the candidates who had dropped out of the presidential race sat down at the podium and said that now they would work together, but he did not specify exactly how. now sports news ilya alexander ovechkin misses the third washington match in a row due to injury, tell us when to expect his return? tanya, good morning, the thirty-eight-year-old ford is worried about a lower body injury, but ovechkin took part in his team’s training today before the match with nanaheim, so there is no return zaga. the second round matches started today at the australian open. in one of the central matches of the day , russian mira andreev defeated the sixth racket of the world, a representative of tunisia.

for the first time in his career, he beat an opponent from the top 10 of the wta rankings. the native of krasnoyarsk allowed her famous opponent to take only two games in the entire game. the russian took the starting set completely to zero, scoring the first baranka in her professional career. victory 6:0, 6:2 in less than an hour. for... the fourth grand slam tournament in his career on sixteen-year-old andreeva is only three; she made it to at least the third round. a star is born was how australian's press service responded to the dominant performance of the young russian. andreeva's opponent in the 1-16 finals will be the frenchwoman diane paris. today she beat another russian, kamilla rakhimova. also , russian maria timofeeva entered the third round of the australian open, having entered the main draw of the tournament through qualification. she beat the former first racket of the world with a score of 1:6 64 6:1. dachanka carolyn wozniacki, who received a special wild card invitation from the organizers. timofeeva is competing in the main draw of a big tournament for the first time. about six months remain before

the start of the summer olympics in paris, but the question of the participation of russian athletes is still open; the conditions put forward may not suit our side, since they reject any affiliation of the athlete with russia. the president of the country's olympic committee, stanislav poznyakov, gave an interview to my colleague daniela makhalin, see his full version. and today after 11 am, for us the reference point is 2026, the youth olympic games in senegal, which will be held, well, for us there is a very high degree of confidence that our young athletes will be able to participate in these competitions, so the main thing for us now and all of us at the russian olympic committee, we are preparing a training program for our athletes already by the twenty-sixth year, and based on the fact that in los angeles, we are aware that we are also now preparing through the reserve there are already 28 athletes on the olympic team

. sochi played eight matches in the continental hockey league, sensationally beat ak bars and broke its fifteen-game losing streak. spartak won for the first time in the last seven meetings, depriving them of any chance of participating in the playoffs. the locomotive, the winning petrochemist, became the first participant.

set a unique achievement in the history of the rangers in the national hockey league. the russian, who provided an assist in the opening period of the game against seattle, became the first player in rangers history to score an assist. at least two seasons with 60 points in 43 games or less since the start of the regular season. this season, panarin took part in 43 games, recording 27 goals and 33 assists. the portuguese is jammed. left his post as head coach of the italian football club roma. we thank jose for his passion and dedication, but believe changes are necessary in the best interests of the club, roma said in a statement. muureni is 60 years old and has led the romans since 2021, under the leadership of the team won the first ever conference league in the twenty-second year. last season, roma reached the europa league final, where they lost to seviri. this season the team ranks ninth in the italian championship. and yesterday

. the roman club announced the name of the new head coach, roma graduate and legend daniel de rossi. the contract with the italians was concluded until the end of the current season. the turkish newspaper sabah reported that moscow lokomotiv and russian national team player anton miranchuk the beshekt football club from istanbul agreed to the transfer. mironchuk’s contract with the locomotive is valid until june 30 of this year. according to the source, anton did not accept the moscow club’s offer for a new agreement, since lokomotiv wanted to halve his salary to one and two. january 17 is a memorable date in russian military history: january 17, 1945, the liberation

of warsaw. the army, together with the first army of the polish army, liberated warsaw. the honor of being the first to enter the capital of poland was given to the troops of the first belarusian front and the first polish army. moscow saluted the liberators with 24 artillery salvos. more than 690 thousand people received the medal for the liberation of warsaw.

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