Russian troops have probably managed to occupy the city of Soledar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, but this is unlikely to lead to the encirclement of Bakhmut, which continues to be defended by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is the latest report from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). According to the institute's experts, the Russian military has captured all of Soledar, or at least controls most of it.

Russians over 30 years old who have not served in the army, as well as those in the reserve, will be sent to military training camps. This was announced by a member of the Defense Committee of the State Duma of Russia, Lieutenant General Viktor Sobolev. According to him, this is necessary for men who have not served in the army to receive military registration specialties. “Those who are over 30 years old will be recruited to receive a military specialty and not be cannon fodder.

Kirill Kabanov, a member of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia, said that the legal term "traitor" may appear in Russian legislation. He wrote about this in his telegram channel.

As a mental disorder of mothers affects growing up and the life of their children Mental disorders in adults cannot be a contraindication for the planning and birth of children. However, if the parent is not observed among experts and does not take medication, then the manifestations of his disease - and this can be, for example, episodes of psychosis, hysteria or, conversely, apathy and depression - negatively affect the psyche of the child.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of the Ukrainian city of Soledar in the Donetsk region. According to the department, the city is essential for the continuation of successful offensive operations. Establishing control over Soledar makes it possible to cut off the supply of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk (Bakhmut), and then block and take into the cauldron the Ukrainian troops remaining in it, the Ministry of Defense said.

A court in Tomsk placed under house arrest Stanislav Shmakov, an assistant to a deputy of the City Duma and an employee of Tomsk State University, and two of his acquaintances under house arrest for two months. All three are accused of damaging the pro-war banner, writes Sibir.Realii. According to investigators, Stanislav Shmakov, Kirill Dudarkov and Polina Plotnikova ruined a banner that said: "Everything for the front." Now they are charged with vandalism.

Mobilization deferrals for fathers of three no longer apply. State Duma deputy Nina Ostanina wrote about this in her telegram channel, referring to the deputy head of the Human Rights Council Irina Kirkora. In turn, the military commissar of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Yuri Shuvalov, said today that the delays introduced by the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense on October 4 for fathers of three children were canceled by his own instruction on December 21, 2022.

He used to participate in the elections to the State Duma (and almost won), and also fought for honest salaries in Moscow State University During the war, the 38-year-old mathematician and politician Mikhail Lobanov was arrested twice. Right before the New Year, the security forces burst into his apartment with a search, put their face on the floor, beaten, and then taken to the department.

Existing Russian legislation does not allow for adequate punishment of Russians who have left who allow themselves to speak out against the war. Therefore, a new “law for scoundrels” is needed, according to which property can be confiscated from such citizens. State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote about this in his telegram channel. “The scoundrels who have left live comfortably thanks to our country.

In Russia, in the third quarter of last year, the number of poor people dropped sharply. Bloomberg writes that this, among other things, is connected with the payments received by the participants in the war in Ukraine or the families of the soldiers killed there. So, in the event of the death of a serviceman, his family receives compensation - several million rubles. The publication notes that with this money you can buy housing in most regions of Russia. Payments are also made for injuries.

The story of a 19-year-old student, whom the state recognized as an extremist and terrorist for the fact that she was against the war Olesya Krivtsova is a second -year student of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk. At the end of December, they came to her with a search.