About Krinki.

It is over with--Krinki is under full control of Russian forces. Yes, anticlimactic and as was predicted. Shoigu also summarized the VSU "counteroffensive" with freshest numbers.

МОСКВА, 20 февраля. /ТАСС/. Вооруженные силы Украины (ВСУ) потеряли в ходе своего контрнаступления 166 тыс. военных, более 800 танков, заявил министр обороны Сергей Шойгу. По его словам, потери украинских войск составили "166 тыс. убитыми и ранеными, более 800 танков, почти 2 400 боевых бронированных машин". "Фактически из того, что у них есть сегодня, больше половины Leopard уничтожены, они потеряли 123 самолета и вертолета", - рассказал министр в интервью главному редактору ТАСС Михаилу Петрову.

Translation: MOSCOW, February 20. /TASS/. The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) lost 166 thousand troops and more than 800 tanks during their counteroffensive, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. According to him, the losses of Ukrainian troops amounted to “166 thousand killed and wounded, more than 800 tanks, almost 2,400 armored combat vehicles.” “In fact, of what they have today, more than half of the Leopards were destroyed, they lost 123 aircraft and helicopters,” the minister said in an interview with TASS editor-in-chief Mikhail Petrov.

The losses of VSU in the last 48 hours around Avdeevka are 2,400, so you get the drift, right? And then a peculiar report from TASS. 

"Западные спонсоры киевского режима увязывают продолжение поставок Украине боевых ракет повышенной дальности с эффективностью их практического применения, - обратил внимание источник. - Страны НАТО, передающие такие вооружения, прекрасно осознают, что режим [президента Украины Владимира] Зеленского применяет террористические методы, нанося этими ракетами удары по гражданским объектам на территории России, убивая невооруженных российских граждан". "От Киева требуют предоставлять перечень целей на территории России и обосновывать целесообразность нанесения по ним ударов. Эксплуатацию и боевое применение поставляемых Украине ракет надлежит осуществлять под контролем натовских специалистов, которые фактически превращают киевский режим в террористическую организацию наподобие ИГИЛ (ИГ, до 2014 года - "Исламское государство Ирака и Леванта" - ИГИЛ, запрещена в РФ). Все это свидетельствует о прямой вовлеченности НАТО в боевые действия против Вооруженных сил Российской Федерации", - отметил собеседник агентства. 

Translation: “Western sponsors of the Kyiv regime link the continued supply of extended-range military missiles to Ukraine with the effectiveness of their practical use,” the source noted. “NATO countries that transfer such weapons are well aware that the regime of [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky uses terrorist methods by inflicting these missiles on attacks on civilian targets on Russian territory, killing unarmed Russian citizens." "Kiev is required to provide a list of targets on Russian territory and justify the feasibility of striking them. The operation and combat use of missiles supplied to Ukraine should be carried out under the control of NATO specialists, who are actually turning the Kiev regime into a terrorist organization like ISIS (IS, until 2014 -" "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" - ISIS, is banned in the Russian Federation). All this indicates the direct involvement of NATO in hostilities against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation," the agency's interlocutor noted.

Correct--it is all about petty vengeance and impotent hysteria. Obviously those people in NATO can only fight defenseless civilians. In Russian case--not so defenseless with Air Defense dramatically mitigating the damage, but you cannot stop 100% of everything, some will "leak". In other "yawn" news:

The Biden administration will unveil a “major sanctions package” targeted at Moscow on Friday in response to the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Tuesday. The sanctions will “hold Russia accountable for what happened to Mr. Navalny, and quite frankly, for all its actions over the course of this vicious and brutal war that has now raged on for two years,” Kirby told reporters during a call. He wouldn’t provide more detail about the package when asked.

Yes, Kremlin is quaking in its boots from these sanctions, LOL. Do you know when it is over? When the world starts laughing at you, albeit not without sadness. As was expected:

U.S. Vetoes Proposal for Humanitarian Cease-Fire in Gaza at U.N. Security Council. Washington says unconditional cease-fire would prolong conflict in Gaza. 

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