Today’s news from Russia’s special military operation.

Russian investigators discovered that Ukrainian Nazis and Western mercenaries massacred a group of elderly civilians (with their hands tied in the basement of a house) in the Kursk oblast settlement of Russkoye Porechnoye (18+): https://southfront.press/video-18-more-evidence-of-ukrainian-atrocities-in-russian-kursk-region-revealed/

A Kiev regime “HIMARS” rocket attack on a school in Bekhtery (in the liberated parts of Kherson oblast) killed two civilians this morning as students and teachers headed to classes: https://southfront.press/number-of-victims-of-ukrainian-terrorist-attacks-growing/

Russian forces recently captured a group of “Right Sector” Ukrainian Nazis (from the “Arey Battalion”) during the battle to liberate Plekhovo in Kursk oblast: https://southfront.press/ukrainian-nazis-who-murders-civilians-in-kursk-now-safe-and-sound-in-russian-captivity/

A Russian Lancet strike destroyed another US-built M109 self-propelled howitzer in Sumy oblast: https://www.rt.com/russia/611290-lancet-paladin-artillery-video/

Some news for today from Russia’s special military operation.

Russian forces recently liberated the Shevchenko Lithium Ore Field in the western parts of the Donetsk People’s Republic, which is a major loss for Western capitalists that wanted to exploit it: https://sputnikglobe.com/20250118/ukraine-losing-lithium-wealth-major-blow-to-the-west-1121457558.html

A Russian Iskander missile strike eliminated a NATO/Danish F-16 pilot and ‘instructor’ in Krivoy Rog: https://www.rt.com/russia/611145-danish-f16-instructor-killed/

Russian missiles struck the Kiev regime military's Luch design bureau (that manufactures “Neptune” missiles) in Kiev (video): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/18/987365.html

Russian forces liberated the Donetsk People’s Republic settlement of Petropavlovka, northwest of Kurakhovo: https://sputnikglobe.com/20250118/russian-forces-strike-ukrainian-defense-sites-in-response-to-atacms-attacks-free-two-villages-1121455742.html

Great news for Nigeria and the BRICS!

The BRICS now have nine partner countries (junior members): Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan.

Plus the ten full members: Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, South Africa, and the United Arab Emirates.

Note, Turkey and Vietnam also received invitations to eventually join as partner countries during the 2024 BRICS summit.

Today’s news from the Donbass.

Russian forces liberated the Donetsk People’s Republic settlement of Vremyevka, just west of Velikaya Novosyolka. Kiev regime occupation forces inside Velikaya Novosyolka are now mostly encircled (map included): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/17/983791.html

The details continue emerging of how Kiev regime troops (including Western mercenaries) massacred civilians in the DPR’s Selidovo before fleeing in late October: https://southfront.press/black-tuesday-how-the-afu-strewn-the-town-with-corpses/

A surrendered Ukrainian soldier stated that the Kiev regime is burning its dead troops’ bodies to avoid paying their families. They also burn Western mercenaries’ bodies to hide their presence: https://sputnikglobe.com/20250117/ukrainian-forces-burn-soldiers-bodies-to-avoid-paying-families---pow-1121442354.html

A combat summary for today (plus videos): https://southfront.press/overview-of-military-situation-in-ukraine-january-17-2025/

Two US journalists bravely called out “Secretary of State” Antony Blinken for being a war criminal today.

Max Blumenthal: https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1879926469633487204

Sam Husseini: https://www.rt.com/news/611039-state-department-husseini-blinken/

Huge respect to these two guys for doing what is right.

Today’s news from occupied Palestine and Syria.

Social media users react to ceasefire with mix of relief, joy: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/15/740983/Gaza-won-Netizens-react-Hamas-Israel-ceasefire-genocide

The fascist and genocidal Tel Aviv massacred another 62 Palestinian civilians today, as the ceasefire negotiations continued: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/15/740980/Israel-Kills-62-Palestinians-despite-ceasefire-deal

Zionist aircraft have now intentionally attacked the “HTS” in Syria for the first time, killing two members in Quneitra province. I wonder how these new rulers in Damascus will respond to this blatant aggression. One frustrating aspect of the previous Syrian government is that they did not shoot back after these kinds of thuggish Zionist attacks: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/15/740976/Syria-Israel-HTS-airstrike-Quneitra-Assad

Some news from occupied Palestine.

The Zionist regime admitted that yesterday Palestinian resistance fighters eliminated five more Zionist occupation troops in northern Gaza: https://southfront.press/israeli-army-takes-in-more-losses-in-gaza-as-ceasefire-nears/

Yemen fired another hypersonic Palestine-2 ballistic missile at the Zionist “Defense Ministry” headquarters in Tel Aviv: https://thecradle.co/articles/undeterred-by-us-led-war-yemen-targets-israel-three-times-in-12-hours

Zionist genocidal attacks massacred over 50 civilians in Gaza, including an attack on Gaza City's Shujaiya neighborhood that killed 11 people. https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/14/740875/Israel-kills-50-Palestinians-Gaza-strikes

Special bonus video, a US activist correctly called out Blinken for being a brutal war criminal: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/14/977470.html

Today’s news and videos from the Donbass.

Russian forces liberated the western Donetsk People’s Republic settlement of Neskuchnoye (southwest of Kiev-occupied Velikaya Novosyolka) and the northern DPR settlement of Terny (northeast of Kiev-occupied Krasny Liman): https://sputnikglobe.com/20250114/russian-army-liberates-neskuchnoye-and-terny-settlements-in-donbass-1121427446.html

Russian air defenses shot down six US-supplied “ATACMS” missiles and eight British-supplied “Storm Shadow” cruise missiles over the past 24 hours: https://sputnikglobe.com/20250114/ukraine-loses-over-1600-soldiers-in-battles-as-russia-liberates-two-settlements-1121427183.html

Russian self-propelled howitzer in action (video): https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mat.mp4?_=3

Today’s news and videos from the Donbass and Kharkov oblast.

Russian forces liberated the Donetsk People’s Republic settlement of Yantarnoye (southwest of Kurakhovo) and the Kharkov oblast settlement of Kalinovo (north of Kiev-occupied Kupyansk): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/12/971468.html

After the city’s liberation, Kurakhovo’s civilian population came out to greet the Russian army (video): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/12/972651.html

Former Ukrainian soldiers that joined the Russian military (the Maksim Krivonos battalion) continue conducting drone strikes on Kiev regime armored vehicles in the DPR (videos): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/12/972793.html

Today’s news and combat footage from the Donbass and Kursk oblast.

Surrendered Ukrainian soldiers in Kursk oblast revealed that their Kiev regime commanders had cut off some of their fingers for refusing to shoot at Russian troops: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--%E2%AC%87%EF%B8%8FREAD-BELOW%E2%AC%87%EF%B8%8F--POW'S-with-severed-fingers!:6

President Putin awarded Andrey Grigoryev with the Hero of Russia title. He was the Russian soldier from Yakutia that recently eliminated a Kiev regime troop in a dramatic knife fight in the Donetsk People's Republic: https://www.rt.com/russia/610748-putin-decorated-knife-fight-soldier/

A Russian soldier destroyed a Kiev regime position with an anti-tank mine (video): https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--Delivery-of-an-anti-tank-mine-to-the-position-of-AFU-observers:b

Russian drone operators destroyed another Kiev regime tank (video): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/11/970747.html

Some news and videos from Russia’s special military operation.

A Russian drone strike recently eliminated another British mercenary (and former British soldier) in Zaporozhye oblast: https://www.rt.com/russia/610601-british-mercenary-killed-ukraine/

Russian ‘hellish backpack’ destroys Kiev regime position (video): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/09/965938.html

Recent Russian drone strikes in and near the partially Kiev-occupied DPR city of Dzerzhinsk, AKA “Toretsk” (videos): https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--Destruction-of-enemy-vehicles-by-drones-in-Toretsk!!:3

Plus, a special bonus video: Iran has released footage of its latest, impressive underground missile base: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/10/968652.html

A little news from Kursk oblast. All of the Kiev regime’s recent attacks failed – they could not capture a single settlement. Meanwhile, over the past few days, Russian forces liberated the Kursk oblast settlements of Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye, and Kruglenkoye.

In addition, over 20 Kiev regime invaders (from the “82nd Airborne Assault Brigade” and the “225th Separate Assault Battalion”) surrendered to Russian forces in Kursk oblast, near Berdin (videos): https://southfront.press/testimony-of-ukrainian-soldiers-captured-in-russian-kursk-region/

More drone strikes on Kiev regime armored vehicles near the Kursk oblast settlement of Berdin (video): https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20890-Berdin.mp4?_=1

Russian drone strikes on Kiev regime positions in Kursk oblast (video): https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/20924_1.mp4?_=1

Today’s news and combat footage from the Donbass and Kursk oblast.

Russian forces recently liberated another DPR settlement (Shevchenko) northwest of Kurakhovo: https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/9596656.html

Russian forces eliminated another US mercenary: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/08/963346.html

Ex-Ukrainian soldiers that joined the Russian military (the Maksim Krivonos battalion) are conducting drone strikes on Kiev regime military equipment in the DPR: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--Ex-Ukrainian-Armed-Forces-soldiers-from-the-Maksym-Krivonos-unit:e

Elite Chechen Akhmat special forces have been conducting a lot of drone strikes on Kiev regime military equipment in Kursk oblast recently: https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/9597122.html

Some combat footage for today from the Donbass and Kursk oblast.

Russian forces recently liberated the DPR settlement of Petropavlovka (to the northwest of Kurakhovo): https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,---114th-Brigade-of-the-51st-raised-flag-in-Petropavlovka-North!:9

13 Kiev regime invaders surrendered to Russian forces in Kursk oblast: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/07/960116.html

Russian drone operators destroyed another US-built “MaxxPro” armored vehicle in the DPR: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--Destruction-of-the-%F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%B8American-International-Maxx-Pro:4

Another US-built M113 armored personnel carrier destroyed: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/06/959302.html

Today’s news and combat footage from the Donbass and Kursk oblast.

Russian forces liberated the Donetsk People’s Republic settlement of Dachenskoye (south of Kiev-occupied Krasnoarmeysk): https://sputnikglobe.com/20250106/russian-army-liberates-settlement-of-dachenskoye-in-donetsk-peoples-republic-1121368368.html

Russian forces continue repelling Kiev regime attacks in Kursk oblast, destroying another ten tanks and seven infantry fighting vehicles there today: https://www.rt.com/russia/610493-kursk-tanks-ten-broken/

Russian drones finished off a Kiev regime T-72 tank in Kursk oblast (video): https://s5.cdnstatic.space/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/T72.mp4?_=3

Russian drones striking more Kiev regime tanks in Kursk oblast (video): https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/05/957352.html

Today’s news and combat footage from the Donbass and Kursk oblast.

Russian forces fully liberated the DPR city of Kurakhovo, after clearing its western industrial outskirts: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/05/956526.html

Russian defenders repelled a Kiev regime attack on the Kursk oblast village of Berdin (combat footage included): https://southfront.press/first-phase-of-new-ukrainian-advance-in-kursk-turned-into-failure/

A Russian tank destroyed a Kiev regime tank in a close quarters duel near Kiev-occupied Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR (video included): https://www.rt.com/russia/610468-donbass-tank-battle-video/

Some news from occupied Palestine.

Palestinian al-Qassam Brigades forces conducted IED strikes on five Zionist tanks in and near northern Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp. The resistance also fired a SAM at a Zionist Apache helicopter east of the al-Bureij refugee camp (in central Gaza): https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740270/Qassam-Brigades-targets,-destroys-5-Israeli-battle-tanks-in-northern-Gaza

US imperialist leader Joe Biden wants to provide the fascist and genocidal Tel Aviv regime with another $8 billion of US weapons: https://tass.com/world/1896219

Zionist genocidal attacks on Gaza have now killed over 45,700 civilians (note, this is the more conservative count, coming from Gaza’s Health Ministry), 59 of which were massacred over the past 24 hours: https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740294/Israel-massacre-Palestinians-children-Gaza-City-Khan-Yunis-

The Yemeni Armed Forces conducted a ballistic missile strike on a target near Jaffa (which is near Tel Aviv): https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/05/740323/Yemen-attacks-Israel-missile

Some news and combat footage for today from Russia’s special military operation.

Anti-fascist partisans continue burning Kiev regime buildings (both government and corporate) and infrastructure: https://odysee.com/@Support4Z:b/%F0%9F%93%BD%EF%B8%8F-A-%F0%9F%87%AC%F0%9F%87%A7-%F0%9F%87%AB%F0%9F%87%B7,--Partisans-in-Ukraine-continue-to-do-sabotage-work:1

The Kiev regime counts large numbers of its deceased troops as “missing in action” in order to not pay compensation to their surviving family members (18+ video evidence of a recently uncovered basement full of abandoned troop corpses in the DPR): https://southfront.press/missing-afu-soldiers-found-in-kurakhove-video-18/

A Russian Iskander-M missile strike destroyed a large Kiev regime troop concentration in Sumy oblast near the border: https://news-pravda.com/world/2025/01/03/953983.html

Today’s Syria news.

Washington is preparing to construct an illegal occupation base in the center of “Kobani” (Ayn al-Arab) in northern Syria to protect its Kurdish “SDF” proxies from Turkish-backed “SNA” forces: https://thecradle.co/articles/us-lays-groundwork-for-new-military-base-in-northern-syria-report

Sporadic clashes in the area continue between the “SDF” and “SNA”: https://southfront.press/syria-remains-unstable/

The Zionist invaders seized the Al-Mantara Dam in the Quneitra countryside (the largest in southern Syria) and had earlier in December seized the Al-Wahda Dam (along southern Syria’s Jordanian border, which provides 30% of Syria’s and 40% of Jordan’s fresh water supply): https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-bombs-damascus-outskirts-seizes-control-of-syrian-water-sources

A very curious coincidence… Yesterday, a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas blew up, killing the driver and wounding seven bystanders. Now investigators identified the driver as a 37-year-old Green Beret (specifically, an “intelligence and operations specialist”), that had been pictured in social media wearing a shirt with the Ukrainian Neo-Nazi slogan “Slava Ukraini” on it: https://www.rt.com/news/610363-vegas-cybertruck-suspect-ukraine/