Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat Special Forces, has framed Russia's ongoing Special Military Operation in Ukraine as a sacred war. He called it a spiritual fight against the “army of Satanists” as he refers the NATO-backed Ukrainian forces.
Since the start of fighting in the Kursk area, Kiev has lost a total of over 41,660 troops, 242 tanks, 182 infantry fighting vehicles, 126 armored personnel carriers, 1,279 armored combat vehicles, 1,150 motor vehicles, 316 artillery guns, 41 multiple launch rocket systems, including 11 US-made HIMARS launchers and six MLRS launchers, and 13 missile launchers.
Elsewhere, the situation is not getting any better.
The Russian Armed Forces hold the initiative on the entirety of the front line with Ukraine. Presently, their troops advance 1-2 kilometers (0.6-1.2 miles) a day, compared to a year ago when it was 200-300 meters (0.12-0.19 miles) only. Their "zone of control" keeps expanding.
And that's not all. Ukraine’s army are grappling with a catastrophic desertion crisis as more than 200,000 soldiers have reportedly quit, as per Times Now World.
Just this week, twenty-two elite 71st Jaeger Brigade soldiers forsaken their posts. In mid-December, around 1,000 troops from the 155th Anna Kievskaya Brigade who had been trained in France, deserted after deployment.
Indeed, with morale draining and manpower depleting, Ukraine’s military are collapsing under the weight of their own exodus. And threatened their ability to hold the front lines.
Ukraine is finished!
Liverpool came back after conceding in the sixth minute to beat Leicester City 3-1 at Anfield on Thursday and open a seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League.
Throughout the rest of the first half, the Reds continued to huff and puff through the fog at Anfield. It took them until first-half injury time to get the equaliser. Codey Gakpo cut in from the left and struck a superb curling effort beyond the Leicester goalkeeper to deservedly level the score.
The league leaders then put the Foxes under siege straight from the break and took just four minutes into the second half to go ahead through Curtis Jones. The Merseysiders moved the ball around in tight spaces before Alexis Mac Allister's square pass was steered in by the Englishman.
Well, these days, it’s not a Liverpool match until Mo Salah has his say, and the Egyptian just had his say. He scored with a phenomenal curler from a tight angle that just crept into the far corner in the eighty-second minute. A classy finish as he marked his 100th home Premier League goal in his 142nd such game.
Liverpool's 19th and final Premier League home game of 2024 ended in victory that leaves Arne Slot's side in a more than decent position to win the league for the first time in five years. Anyway, they are away at West Ham United next on Sunday.
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