New York Times sues Microsoft and OpenAI for exactly what New York Times does everyday of its existence…
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html
You cannot make this stuff up, yet it fits perfect for a dying Empire of lies and Chaos…
WtR
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by army aviation and artillery repelled six attacks of assault groups of AFU 60th, 115th mechanised, 95th air assault brigades near Sinkovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 45 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one D-30 howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by artillery and heavy flamethrowers repelled two attacks launched by the AFU 63rd mechanised and 12th Special Forces brigades near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of enemy manpower and hardware near Serebryansky forestry.
Up to 190 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and one D-30 gun were eliminated.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by artillery repelled two attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 24th Mechanised Brigade near Novogorodskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at enemy manpower and hardware near Veseloye, Krasnoye, Kleshcheyevka, Vasyukovka, Bogdanovka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The AFU losses in this direction amounted to up to 280 Ukrainian troops, two armoured personnel carriers, and three motor vehicles.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, two Msta-B howitzers, two Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems, two D-30 howitzers , and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system were eliminated.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by artillery and aviation inflicted losses on enemy manpower of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy lost up to 90 Ukrainian troops and three pick-up trucks.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by artillery and aviation inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 33rd, 65th mechanised and 82nd air assault brigades close to Rabotino and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
During the day, up to 45 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, one motor vehicle, one Msta-B howitzer, and one D-30 gun were neutralised.
In Kherson direction, as a result of the Russian Group of Forces actions, artillery, and aviation, the AFU losses amounted to up to 20 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one D-20 gun, and four Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation engaged command and observation posts of the AFU 67th Mechanised Brigade and 1st Operational Brigade of National Guard, a fuel depot, as well as manpower and military hardware in 127 areas.
One Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force was also shot down by air defence systems near Vodyanoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Air defence systems also intercepted seven HIMARS MLRS projectiles, one HARM anti-radiation missile, and one JDAM aerial guided bomb.
In addition, 17 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down near Gorlovka, Kirillovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Belogorovka, Novodruzhesk (Lugansk People’s Republic), Radensk, Peschanovka (Kherson region), and Balochki (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 560 airplanes and 262 helicopters, 10,121 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 14,341 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,189 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,527 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 16,765 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
My Russian SweetPea. We are out walking and looking at all the New Year decorations…
New Year Tree at our theater…
Holidays are almost here…
WtR
In the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas wasn’t celebrated very noticeably, but it was still celebrated even if silently. New Year was the necessary time for enjoyment. Currently Christmas in Russia is widely known normally to be on January seventh. The date is completely different as a result of the Russian Orthodox church uses the previous “Julian” calendar for non secular celebration days. The Orthodox Church conjointly celebrates Advent. However it’s normal dates, beginning on twenty eighth November and planning to the sixth January, therefore it’s forty days long…
The official Christmas and New Year holidays in Russia lasts from thirty first of December to the tenth of January. The Russian Christmas greeting is “S Rozhdestvom!”…
Some Russians fast (don’t eat anything) on Christmas Eve, till the primary star has appeared within the sky. Folks then eat sochivo or kutia a porridge made of wheat or rice served with honey, poppy seeds, fruit (especially berries and dried fruit like raisins), chopped walnuts or typically even fruit jellies!
Kutia is usually eaten from one common bowl, this symbolizes unity. within the past, some families prefer to throw a spoonful of sochivo up on the ceiling. If it stuck to the ceiling, some folks thought it meant they might have sensible luck and would have an honest harvest!
The Russian word for Christmas Eve “sochelnik,”, comes from the word “sochivo”…
Some Orthodox Christian Russian conjointly do not eat any meat or fish throughout the Christmas Eve meal/feast…
Other fashionable Christmas Eve foods embody beetroot soup (borsch) or vegan potluck (solyanka) served with individual vegetable pies (often created with cabbage, potato, or mushroom); salads usually made of vegetables like gherkins, mushrooms or tomatoes, and conjointly potato or different root vegetable salads…
Sauerkraut is main dish within the Christmas Eve meal. It may be served with cranberries, shredded carrot and onion. It would be followed by additional pies or porridge dishes like buckwheat with fried onions and fried mushrooms…
Dessert is usually things like fruit pies, gingerbread and honey bread cookies and fresh / dried fruit with additional nuts…
A drink called Vzvar – (meaning ‘boil-up’) is usually the toast of the meal. It is a sweet drink made of dried fruit and honey, boiled in water. Vzvar is historically at the birth of a toddler, therefore at Christmas it symbolizes the birth of the baby Jesus…
Following the meal, prayers may well be said and folks then visit the midnight Church services. They usually do not wash the dishes till they get home from Church – typically not till 4am or 5am!
The New Year celebrations are very important to Russians (sometimes considered as Christmas)…
This is when – when ‘Father Frost’ (known in Russian as “Ded Moroz” or “Дед Мороз”) brings presents to kids. he’s invariably in the company of his Granddaughter (Snegurochka). On New Year’s eve kids hold hands, create a circle round the Christmas tree. They await the magic to see the star and different lights on the Christmas tree light up!
The standard greeting for Happy New Year is “S Novym Godom.”
WtR
Happy New Year Everyone…
Stop: While you are contemplating packing that Christmas tree away until next year. Think about leaving it up until the 7th of January…
New Year Tree
In Russia we have just finished putting our trees up and are getting ready for the holidays of all holidays. The Russian New Year and then the Orthodox Russian Christmas…
The trees all come out for sale after Western Christmas and everyone is in a tree buying frenzy for a week. Even today the 26th, people are carrying trees on their shoulders everywhere. The tree stands are selling out as you read this…
You see Santa (Ded Moroz) has not come to town in Russia…
Russians use this time of the year to go all out on the New Year. Firework stands are everywhere. People are dancing in the streets and Babushka’s are cooking up a storm with their secrete recipes. I also heard a crazy figure like “Russians will drink (insert unbelievable number ###) liters of Alcohol this New Years?” and to recover, they get a whole bunch of days off….but I am seeing that the rest of the world is working on being heavy drinkers also…
The Christmas looking tree is a New Year Tree in Russia; kinda looks like a Christmas tree! Huh?
So call your tree a New Year Tree and leave it up for a few more days. In fact since Orthodox Christmas is not until the 7th of January keep the tree up even longer…
The Russians do…
WtR