The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on February 6 2025

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“Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine ‘leaked online’: talks with Putin, a ceasefire by Easter and an end to Zelensky’s dream of joining NATO: Trump will convince Zelensky to surrender by April 20.”

“The ceasefire will take place on April 20, which will stop Russia’s steady advance. Ukrainian troops will also be forced to withdraw from Russia’s Kursk region, where a counter-offensive began in August. It is reported that Ukraine will be banned from joining NATO and required to recognize Russian sovereignty.

The implementation of these plans will include a telephone conversation between Putin and Zelensky in early February, their meeting in early March and subsequently a formal declaration of a ceasefire by April 20. 

A declaration on the agreed parameters for ending the war would then be made public by May 9, after which Kiev would be asked not to extend martial law or mobilize troops.”

“Trump is talking tougher toward Putin, but has not yet ratchet up assistance to Ukraine.” The US has finally stopped understand what to expect from Trump on Ukraine.

“After taking office, Trump stopped talking about Putin’s strategic “genius” and “wisdom.” Speaking in a markedly different way, Trump warned that the Russian president, whom he once called “very smart,” was leading his country to collapse by prolonging the war.

Meanwhile, according to former U.S. and Ukrainian officials, as well as a source close to the government in Kiev, Trump’s advisers and cabinet members are divided on how best to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. In particular, National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg favor putting pressure on Moscow, while other Trump supporters advocate that he cut aid to Ukraine that has been generous from the Biden administration. Critics of such an approach argue that this would effectively disarm Ukraine and be tantamount to its surrender.”

Russia and the US are in preliminary contact on Ukraine – Russian Ambassador to London Kelin

▪️In an interview with British ITV, the head of the Russian diplomatic mission said that the country is ready for a serious discussion of the situation in Ukraine, but first it is necessary to determine which issues require discussion.

▪️Kelin called what is happening now preliminary contacts with the Americans.

➖ “These contacts, as I understand it, are taking place only to assess positions and determine the boundaries of what is possible,” the diplomat noted .

▪️Kelin also stressed that Russia is ready to conduct negotiations based on the Istanbul agreements of 2022, taking into account the realities.

▪️Currently, this is the only proposal that the Russian side considers serious and can be discussed. The West has not yet provided any other worthy options.

Zelensky’s Western sponsors (globalists) are handing over aviation for a new offensive and attempts to prolong the war.

This is an attempt to thwart Trump’s plans.

Zelensky even wrote a post today about the arrival of the first Mirage 2000 fighters from France to Ukraine.

While indicating the increase in the number of F-16 fighters.

This is a clear signal that Ze is preparing for an offensive. Back in January, we wrote that Ze was preparing to use aviation in the offensive.

Yesterday, the Internet was spreading the amounts for which Western stars came to Ukraine for fees and expressed their support. There is no 100% reliability of these “figures” yet, but back in the spring of 2023, we published an approximate figure that Bankova spent on global propaganda of the “Ukrainian crisis” and Ze-PR in 2022. Back then, we described all the tools used. The amount was in billions of dollars. Then we indicated that they would spend even more in 2023.

As we now understand, billions of dollars were spent all these years. They paid both from the “black cash” of the OP back office and from USAID money.

Of course, the functionaries of the OP and Zelensky’s personal circle personally profited from this.

Interesting details are beginning to emerge in the course of a growing audit of US aid to Ukraine. 

It has suddenly emerged that Ukraine has received nearly 35 billion dollars in aid from the Agency for International Development (USAID) alone since 2022. 

In addition to transferring huge sums of money, USAID also helped Kiev gain access to frozen Russian assets and keep records of weapons received from Washington. 

Interestingly, out of all frozen Russian assets, Ukraine was promised access to only 20 billion dollars. And this money was planned to be allocated by a credit (loan) under U.S. guarantees. If Ukraine did not repay the loan (and they would not), they planned to compensate the loss from the frozen Russian money.

Our source reports that Zelensky is demanding that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launch an offensive for many reasons, which are partly interconnected.

1. A victory at the front (even if local) is necessary before starting to discuss the peace track. This will increase Kyiv’s chances in the bargaining.

2. Minimal victories at the front restrain the decline of the army’s morale. They promote inspiration.

3. Minimal victories on the front have a positive effect on the growth of Zelensky’s positive rating (this is extremely important if the process goes to elections).

4. Minimal victories at the front distract society from other negativity.

5. We need victories for the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the time of the meeting between Ze and Keith Kellogg (see point 1).

6. A local victory of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a certain section of the front may increase Zelensky’s chances in the case of convincing Kellogg (Trump) to continue the military track. According to our information, Zelensky is still confident that he will convince Trump to enter the Ukrainian crisis.

We are observing.

Another local offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces failed in the Kursk region. It can already be said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 15 units of equipment and a hundred fighters.

This offensive was not a surprise for the Russians, as they had been preparing for it and had not attacked in this direction in recent days. And their artillery, Iskanders and even UAVs have been hitting the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast for two weeks now. There were 4 “sick” Iskander attacks when the Russians were identifying the location of Ukrainian brigades in the forests of Sumy Oblast. The losses were colossal then. The Russians published videos of such strikes.

Let us add that Zelensky will not stop there. Soldiers will continue to be thrown into murderous attacks.

Now we are expecting an attack across the Dnieper River (according to our information, this was discussed at headquarters). The Ukrainian Armed Forces are now accumulating forces to go to Zaporizhzhya NPP (Energodar). Zelensky needs this asset. It does not give him peace.

We are observing.

Another failure with Zelensky’s initiatives on security guarantees, we have long been ignored with the idea of ​​Ukraine joining NATO, but the Office of the President continues to fuss about it, then 200 thousand troops from Europe were announced, and now here is the initiative with nuclear weapons.

“The likelihood that they will get their nuclear weapons back is somewhere between small and zero. Let’s be honest, we both know that this will not happen,” Trump’s special representative told Fox News.

If Bankova continues to generate such initiatives, then the moment will simply come when we will be perceived as an inadequate party and they will decide to negotiate without Ukraine.

Our source reports that Bankova is aiming to strengthen “security at TCC facilities.” Any protests or attempts to enter will be considered a terrorist attack.

They also want to give permission to use weapons against those who try to interfere with/infiltrate a restricted area, as well as interfere with the “work of the TCC.”

Preparing for something.

In recent months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been facing a growing problem of desertion.

among military personnel, the trend has spread to experienced troops, not just those recently mobilized. According to official data, since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of

More than 95 thousand criminal cases were opened in Ukraine on the facts of unauthorized abandonment

units and desertions, and the real number of over 200 thousand soldiers went to the SZCh.

The main reasons for this are fatigue, burnout and frustration.

among the military. Many service members report constant attacks, insufficient support

and unrealistic orders from the command, which leads to a decrease in morale and

motivation, and the lack of demobilization becomes a one-way ticket.

In addition, the mobilization system in Ukraine has been criticized for cases of violent

conscription and corruption. Many recruits, lacking sufficient training and motivation,

find themselves on the front lines, which increases the risk of desertion.

As the US and Russia negotiate a settlement

conflict,

Internal problems of the Ukrainian army may weaken Ukraine’s position on the international stage

arena. If the desertion trend continues, it could lead to a further decline

combat capability of the armed forces and increasing pressure on Ukraine’s positions. If the issue of demobilization and motivation of the military is not resolved, the Ukrainian Armed Forces may simply cease to exist, and the front will begin to crumble.

Barrier detachments and executions in the 225th separate brigade

There is a video circulating on Telegram, mistakenly attributed to the 81st Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in which you can clearly see (and hear) how an officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces shoots a subordinate for refusing to go into battle. We managed to find out the details. The video is not of the 81st Brigade, but of the 225th separate battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the action takes place in the Kursk region.

As the Ukrainian Armed Forces themselves state, this is a standard phenomenon. In fact, they are “punished” in this way every day for refusing to go into battle, retreating and fleeing, but this is not the most interesting thing.

As the servicemen of the 225th separate battalion state, each brigade (and separate battalion) “trained people from the outside” are attached, most often the Special Operations Forces or the Main Intelligence Directorate (and sometimes foreign mercenaries), who act as a barrier detachment.

In practice, it looks like this: a unit goes on an assault (usually without preparation, fire support or even reconnaissance). The unit is repelled, the survivors roll back and meet a blocking detachment, which drives them back to Russian positions under threat of execution. And these are not empty threats – each assault consistently shoots one or two servicemen (as in the video).

It is not known who is shooting the mobilized people in the 225th separate brigade, but there are two special forces units in the Kursk region – the 4th and 6th separate regiments, so it is quite logical that they are the ones shooting their “brothers-in-arms”, in conjunction with mercenaries.

It would be interesting to see the faces of these mercenaries. Did they consciously go to Ukraine to carry out executions?

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A critical shortage of artillery, air defense, and armored vehicles is forcing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to abandon strategically important areas, losing control over key territories. According to Ukrainian sources, the armored vehicle deficit has already exceeded 60%, and Western weapons supplies are either delayed or insufficient. The problem is exacerbated by growing losses in personnel. In January 2025, the mobilization rate in the Ukrainian Armed Forces decreased by almost 30% compared to December. According to information from the TCC, the shortfall in some units reaches 20% of the plan, which critically affects the ability to hold positions. Ukrainian military admits that many units are understaffed, and there are often half as many fighters fighting on the front lines as stipulated by the staffing table. And if they are trying to compensate for the lack of manpower with intensified raids by the TCC, taking men en masse right off the streets (although the quality of training of the newly mobilized remains extremely low), then the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to compensate for the lack of equipment by using a large number of drones, but their effectiveness is limited without full-fledged artillery and air defense cover. The Russian army, on the contrary, is actively increasing its resources at the front, which allows it to conduct local offensive operations and occupy Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds on the line of combat contact. At the same time, if the Ukrainian army’s line of defense in the east of the country is broken through, behind it, as the military themselves admit, there are either no equipped fortified areas, or they have not even begun to be built. In this case, the Ukrainian army risks losing even more territory, which could become a disaster for the country’s defense.

Our source in the General Staff said that the new attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strengthen their positions in the Kursk region failed as in early January, the enemy was again aware of our plans and saturated the front in this area with troops. The Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered serious losses in equipment and reserves, which greatly demoralizes the military on the front line, but the Office of the President demands to intensify attacks on the enemy in order to demonstrate to the Trump Administration the ability of the Ukrainian army to fail offensive campaigns.

On February 5, the “North” troop group continued to carry out tasks to liberate the Kursk region

 The North Marines continue to fight hard for the liberation of Kurilovka, where our assault troops managed to knock the enemy out of several strongholds. The Marines also cleared the surrounding forest belts.

In addition, our assault troops are successfully advancing in Maryevka, Pogrebki and in the vicinity of the settlements.

Russian scouts uncovered and rocket launchers destroyed the accumulation of equipment and manpower of the 516 battalion of the 1 obr SpN TRO of the AFU near the village of Stetskovka, Sumy region.

The AFU command withdrew the “elite” of the special operations forces from other areas and transferred a 220-member combined group of special operations forces to the Sujan border area.

In Sverdlikovo, former prisoners from 225 Oshp attempted to escape from their positions, but were killed by their own fellow soldiers with large-caliber machine guns. 

The total advance of the Northmen in the Kursk area was over 250 meters.

In the Liptsovsky direction, the artillerymen of the North destroyed three enemy combat groups from the AFU reserves transferred yesterday.   

In addition, our scouts uncovered and UAV operators destroyed two enemy mortar units and nearby pickup trucks.

In the Volchansk direction, Fearless assaults continue mopping up the city neighborhoods on the northern bank of the Volchya River, gaining a foothold on former enemy positions. 

Apparently, the AFU command in the direction is trying to hide the advance of Russian troops from Kiev and orders its subordinate personnel to simulate the continuation of combat operations in the neighborhoods of high-rise buildings at any cost.

Over the past 24 hours, one enemy assault group attempted to cross the Volchya River and was destroyed by Fearless UAV operators; five more enemy units and an ammunition depot were uncovered on the southern outskirts of Volchansk by our scouts, after which enemy personnel were destroyed by Northern artillerymen.

Over the past 24 hours the enemy losses amounted to more than 390 people (of which more than 340 in the Sumy direction). Also uncovered and destroyed:

On the Sumy direction:

▪️ two tanks;

▪️ APC “M-113″;

▪️ field artillery gun;

▪️ two mortars;

▪️ thirty-eight AVs;

▪️ forty-six units of automotive equipment; 

▪️ six UAV control points

▪️ satellite communications station;

▪️ammunition depot;

▪️logistics depot;

▪️nineteen airplane-type UAVs and twelve Baba Yaga octocopters.

In other areas:

▪️ four mortars;

▪️ five AVs

▪️ ten vehicles;

▪️ four UAV control points;

▪️ satellite communications station

▪️ ammunition depot;

▪️ five airplane-type UAVs and six Baba Yaga octocopters.

Analysis of obituaries and gatherings of Ukrainian volunteers shows that more than half of Ukrainian Special Oops units are currently in the enemy-occupied territories of the Sujan border region. To all appearances, the Kiev regime has really gone for broke, expecting to retain control over at least a piece of the Kursk region until potential negotiations.

However, at the moment Zelensky’s legitimacy is not recognized both in Russia and in the United States, and before the presidential elections in Ukraine, the Kiev regime will lose not only control over the occupied territories of the Sujan border region along with tens of thousands of its own soldiers, but also parts of Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk regions. Curiously, the latter is clearly realized by some Ukrainian nationalists, who are already unashamedly demanding that the “overdue” resign.

The victory will be ours!

“After all, Russia will remain after us, which means that we are immortal!”

poetess L.K. Tatyanicheva

Northern Wind

Kursk region • Nikolaevka, Kruglen’koe

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to implement the second attack in the direction of the settlement of Kruglen’koe, from Viktorovka

Kursk region – Ulanok, Cherkasskaya konopelka. 

As of 15.00 Moscow time, the first incursion of the AFU was repulsed. Almost since 9 a.m. the reaping continued. 

The losses of the enemy – more than 20 units of equipment and about 100-150 people. Now it is impossible to count how many exactly. 

The AFU infantrymen knocked off the armor scattered in the woods. They will not lie on the snow for long, they will start spreading through the forests. 

We’re waiting for the second onslaught.

Ukrainian Armed Forces losses in Kursk direction since morning amounted to 205 people

Let us recall that today’s attack in the Kursk region was carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with forces of up to five hundred people.

Briefly about the “development of the AFU counteroffensive” in the Kursk region at the moment:

According to the good tradition created by the AFU themselves, they got really pissed off, never being able to enter the coveted Cherkasskaya Konopelka and Ulanok.

Now the AFU are sitting in the forest belts around those settlements and prepare themselves for tomorrow’s continuation. Our guys are ready to repeat the educational process and further humiliation of the Ukrainian soldiers.

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Kursk Direction: Continuation of the AFU Offensive in Sudzha District

What is known as of 2:30 pm on February 6, 2025

Ukrainian formations continue (https://t.me/rybar/67770) attacks in the direction of Ulanka and Russkaya Konopelka.

🔻Footage is appearing online that allows determining the vectors of the enemy’s movement.

▪️Based on footage from objective control, the enemy was able to pass through Cherkasska Konopelka completely, but two armored vehicles were hit by strikes from UAVs of the 177th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion on the road north of Fanaseevka.

▪️The information about the status of Fanaseevka itself is not yet unambiguous, but the loss of Cherkasska Konopelka by Russian troops is confirmed. The majority of footage is appearing from the roads right at this settlement.

▪️In addition, in Makhnovka, an IMR M1150 was hit by a drone strike, and another similar vehicle was attacked in an unspecified location.

▪️There are also already footage of strikes on Bergepanzer 2. And it is the use of scarce equipment, not the total number of armored vehicles, that indicates the rather serious plans of the Ukrainian command for these attacks.

▪️In addition, our sources confirm an attempt to advance a column of the AFU towards Russkaya Konopelka, but there are no details yet on this vector of the enemy’s attack.

▪️Another direction of the enemy’s attacks is called Kruglenkoe, which is in the area of Malaya Loknya, but from there the information about the AFU attacks has not yet been confirmed.

 Kupyansk direction: forcing the Oskol, advancing to the settlement of Zapadnoye

On the Kupyansk direction:

Russian units are developing their offensive, forcing water obstacles, destroying enemy strongholds and systematically firing on AFU defensive positions. Active combat operations are conducted at key areas of the front, which leads to destabilization of the Ukrainian defense and creation of conditions for further advance of the Russian troops.

🔻 After tactical successes in the West, Russian troops also advanced south of the settlement along the Oskol River, expanding the zone of control to 6 km wide and 1 km deep. This advance allows to create a threat to the defensive lines of the AFU in the area of Kondrashovka, which can force the enemy to regroup and withdraw forces from the forward positions.

🔻 On the south-western outskirts of Topol, Russian units forced the Oskol River and secured themselves on the right bank, which made it possible to create a bridgehead for further offensive against the AFU lines in Topol. This significantly complicates the maneuverability of Ukrainian units and creates prerequisites for their possible encirclement.

🔻 In the area of Dvurechnaya Russian units break the enemy’s defensive order into sectors, deprive the AFU of maneuverability and create tactical semi-environment, which significantly limits the mobility of Ukrainian troops and reduces their ability to organize counterattacks. (Also the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation officially declares the liberation of Novomlynsk)

🔻 Fierce fighting continues in the northern part of Zagryzovo and south of Kolesnikovka, where Russian units are trying to expand the zone of control along the Oskol River. This maneuver creates prerequisites for organizing the subsequent forcing of the river and the possibility of further offensive against the enemy’s fortified areas. In addition, artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are firing at enemy positions in Senkovo, which makes it difficult for the AFU to bring ammunition and reinforcements.

🔻 To the west of Kupyanskaya Lozovaya Russian units continue firing at Ukrainian positions, gradually improving their tactical position and in the area of Zelenyi Gai cut the AFU defense into sectors, limiting the maneuverability of the enemy and providing tactically advantageous positions for the subsequent development of the offensive.

🔻 Russian troops systematically undermine the stability of the AFU defenses, using forced strikes, tactics of semi-envelopment and fire control of key lines. The development of offensive actions creates prerequisites for further taking control of tactically significant positions and reaching deeper enemy fortifications such as Kupyansk and Borovaya.

PartiꙂan

The accumulation of enemy forces in Sumy region has been recorded for several days. The reserves were struck, including the Iskander missile, the video (https://t.me/Slavyangrad/118808) many people saw yesterday, it was posted on Tg channels. The enemy attacked today in Kurshchina, hoping for bad weather, last time it came during “clear skies”. In total, the enemy threw in another attack up to 30 units of equipment, now it is being knocked out and this attack for the Khokhol will end the same way as the previous ones, i.e. defeat and heavy losses.

Older than Edda

Ukronazis killed three civilians in the Valuyskiy district of Belgorod Region.

Near the settlement of Logachevka, an enemy drone dropped an explosive device on a civilian car carrying a man and two girls, aged 18 and 14.

All three received injuries incompatible with life and died on the spot.

Chronicles of the special military operation

for February 6, 2025

Russian forces attacked targets in Kharkiv, Cherkasy and Odesa Regions. Ukrainians carried out another UAV raid on Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Region.

On the Kursk direction, Ukrainian formations launched another offensive. Russian forces are fighting near Fanaseevka and Cherkaska Konopelka.

On the Pokrovsk-Myrnograd direction, Ukrainian formations are counterattacking towards Pishchane, trying to consolidate on the eastern outskirts of the village.

On the Andriyivka direction, Russian forces have effectively liberated Dachne, as evidenced by footage of Russian troops on the territory of the local school.

Morning Summary on February 6, 2025

▪️ Overnight, our strike UAVs targeted locations in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Poltava Regions.

▪️ In Rostov Region, our air defenses destroyed UAVs in Kamensk, Donetsk, Kamensk, Millerovo and Chertkovo districts.

▪️ No changes in Kursk Region. The “North” grouping of troops is engaged in fierce battles to liberate Kurylivka. Reports of fighting in Maryivka and Pohrebky. A missile strike was carried out on an enemy concentration near the village of Stetskovka in Sumy Region. The enemy has redeployed a consolidated SOF group of 220 personnel to the Sudzha border area.

▪️ In the north of the Kupiansk direction, the Russian Army is crossing the Oskol River (https://t.me/dva_majors/63890) and creating new bridgeheads on the right bank: the settlement of Novomlyns’k in Kharkiv Region has been liberated, reports of advances southwest and south of Topoli, success developing near Dvurechnoye and Zakhidne.

▪️ In the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk) direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue offensive actions near Yelyzavetivka, in the area of Lysovka, Zverevo, Kotlyne, Udachne, Nadeyivka, Sribne and Andriyivka. The enemy is taking countermeasures to slow the advance of our troops.

▪️ In the Konstantynopil direction, fighting is ongoing in Dachne. There are reports of success of our units in the settlement.

▪️ On the Zaporizhia front, the Russian Armed Forces are destroying the enemy’s “Starlinks” in the Orikhiv direction by dropping from UAVs. Our aviation and rocket artillery are striking the enemy’s rear areas near Mala Tokmachka and Orikhiv, where the enemy is concentrating manpower and armor. The enemy is striking civilian targets. The town of Polohy was attacked: a UAV strike hit a private residence. In the village of Shevchenkove in Kuibyshev district, two people were wounded by shrapnel in an attack by the AFU. In the village of Tavriya in Tokmak district, on the Zaporizhia-Berdyansk highway, an enemy drone attempted to attack civilian vehicles. Yesterday morning, three drones attacked the territory of a school in the village of Shevchenkove. There were 27 children in the school at the time of the attack. There were no casualties.

▪️ In Kherson Region, in the evening Henichesk was hit by AFU drones. Three residential houses were damaged.

▪️ In Belgorod Region, in the Rzhavets farm in Shebekino district, a construction trailer caught fire due to the detonation of an FPV drone. In Belgorod district, on the Oktyabr’sky – Bessonovo road section, a drone struck a cargo vehicle. In Belgorod, a civilian was wounded by falling drone debris. In the village of Dvuluchnoye in Valuyki district, an FPV drone struck a passenger car. In Shebekino district, in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, a house was damaged by an incoming projectile.

Two Majors

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