Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:19 Ermak said that he had a telephone conversation with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó. The head of the OP assured that in the coming days the Verkhovna Rada plans to adopt a number of important European integration bills, and Ukraine will fully fulfill its obligations.
“He noted that Ukraine is counting on a positive decision at the December meeting of the European Council, which will take place on December 14-15, on the start of negotiations with Ukraine on EU membership,” Ermak emphasized. The parties discussed the possibility of a meeting between Zelensky and Orban and agreed to work on determining a convenient date for such a meeting.
21:12 A SBU counterintelligence sniper hit a Russian officer from a distance of 3,800 meters, breaking the previous world record. Read more in the article Legendary Shot .
21:08 The military aid package announced today for Ukraine may be one of the last, Blinken said: “Unless Congress decides to provide additional funds, this will be one of the last security aid packages we will be able to provide to Ukraine.”
21:03 G7 countries will introduce a ban on diamonds from Russia from January 1, 2024, writes Reuters. The G7 countries will also introduce a phased ban on the import of Russian diamonds from third countries starting around March 1, and by September 1 they will create a “reliable verification and certification mechanism” for rough diamonds. However, the ban does not apply to industrial diamonds. G7 countries will seek to further limit Russia's use of the international financial system, the statement said.
20:22 The Pentagon announced a new aid package for Ukraine worth $175 million. The package included, in particular, AIM-9M and AIM-7 missiles for air defense; ammunition for HIMARS; artillery shells of 155 and 105 mm caliber; HARM missiles; TOW missiles; Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems; more than 4 million rounds of small arms ammunition, etc.
20:04 Biden, in his address to Congress, said that if Putin is not stopped, “we will see the American military fighting against the Russian military.” “If Putin takes over Ukraine, he will not stop there. He will attack NATO allies... Congress must approve additional funding for Ukraine. It shocks me that we have come to this time and Republicans in Congress refuse to approve it,” the American emphasized the president.
19:53 Ukraine received 480 thousand shells from the European Union in 2023 instead of the promised million, writes Reuters. The agency notes that the key initiative of the European Commission to accelerate the production of shells, which provides for the placement of contracts through the European Defense Agency, allowed the production of only about 60 thousand shells for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
19:50 Biden will announce additional aid to Ukraine in the amount of $175 million during a speech this evening, Reuters reports, citing an American official. He will also renew his call on Congress to pass his request for national security funding.
19:47 Representatives of the governments and industry of the United States and Ukraine signed an agreement in Washington on their intentions to accelerate the joint production of weapons and data exchange, Reuters reports. The document emphasizes that the parties "will give priority to the joint production and exchange of technical data to meet the urgent operational needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces."
19:41 Ukraine does not strive to only depend on partners - Ukraine strives and can actually become a donor of security for all its neighbors, “when it can guarantee protection for itself,” Zelensky said in an address to participants in the defense industry conference DFNC1: US Edition, which is taking place in Washington.
"I invite all American defense companies to cooperate with Ukraine. I am confident that we can together create a new and powerful arsenal of freedom that will be a reliable assistant to all the free nations of the world. We can do much more together than any of us can do alone ", the president emphasized.
19:34 The scandalous ex-people's deputy Ilya Kiva was found dead in one of the hotels near Moscow. Sources from Korrespondent.net confirm the death of the politician who fled to Russia as a result of a special operation by the SBU. Everything that is known about the liquidation of Kiva is in the material Death of a Traitor .
19:27 Biden has asked Congress to pass a national security funding request that includes money for Ukraine, as the White House warns that funding for Ukraine will end before the end of the month.
19:23 Police identified the found fragments of a body under the rubble of an apartment building in Novogrodivka, Donetsk region. DNA testing showed that this is a 35-year-old man - the father of the deceased eight-year-old girl. They are still looking for the body of the girl's 33-year-old mother. As of December 6, four people are considered dead in Novogrodovka. A Russian S-300 missile hit a building in the city center on November 29.
18:39 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation reported that after the murder of ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Ilya Kiva, a criminal case was opened. According to the Investigative Committee, an unknown person fired from an as yet unidentified weapon at Kivu on the territory of a park in the village of Suponevo; the ex-people’s deputy died on the spot.
18:11 US Attorney General Merrick Garland reported suspicion of torture and ill-treatment of an American citizen to four Russian military personnel. This is the first case of prosecution for war crimes committed during Russian aggression within the jurisdiction of foreign states, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported. According to the US Attorney General, this is also the first case of prosecution under the US war crimes law.
Four people are suspected of kidnapping the victim from a house in the village. Milovo, Kherson region. According to the American side, the victim was illegally detained for ten days, tortured, beaten, and threatened with sexual violence and murder.
17:48 The Russians fired from MLRS at the village. Podol, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, two people were injured, the prosecutor’s office reported. In addition, the enemy fired at the town of Zolochev, Bogodukhovsky district, and the building of the enterprise was damaged.
17:36 Eight more children returned to Ukraine - four girls and four boys from eight to 18 years old, the Presidential Office reported. They thanked Qatar and UNICEF for their involvement in the process of returning children deported and stranded in the temporarily occupied territories.
17:32 The liquidation of traitor Oleg Popov in occupied Lugansk was also an operation of the SBU, Ukrainian media write, citing sources.
17:21 In the village of Suponevo, Odintsovo district, near Moscow, the body of ex-People’s Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Ilya Kiva was found , Russian media report. Ukrainian media write, citing sources, that this was an operation of the SBU, and the traitor was eliminated using small arms.
16:33 The Russians fired from the territory of the Russian Federation at the city of Seredina-Buda, Shostkinsky district, Sumy region, two people were wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported. At least three apartment buildings, private households, an educational institution, a medical institution, an administrative building, and a hotel were damaged.
16:15 Donetsk public pages write about a strong explosion in the city and a fire in fuel warehouses.
16:02 The US Department of Defense has about $5.9 billion left for military assistance to Ukraine. Without additional funding, the department could soon reach a limit where it cannot maintain its current level of security assistance to Ukraine, Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder said.
15:48 Putin will visit the UAE and Saudi Arabia in one day, on December 6, and on December 7 he will meet in Moscow with the President of Iran. About why the President of the Russian Federation went to the Arabs, see the article Oil Tour .
15:30 Ermak said that he held a “significant meeting” in Washington with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson: “he assured that Ukraine will continue to follow the path of reform. He thanked for the support of Congress - it is vital for Ukraine, and we highly appreciate it "He expressed hope that initiatives that are extremely important for the defense of our state will be adopted."
15:27 In Lugansk, not far from the Avangard stadium, a car was blown up - according to preliminary information, “deputy of the People’s Council of the LPR” Oleg Popov was killed, Russian media write.
15:18 At night, the Russians shelled the village of Liptsy, Kharkov region, with artillery - a residential building was destroyed, critical infrastructure was damaged. In the town of Cossack Lopan, an outpatient clinic and private houses were damaged as a result of enemy shelling, the prosecutor's office reported.
14:39 The Russian army has four times more kamikaze drones than the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said Bild military expert Julian Repke, citing a Ukrainian military officer. According to him, in recent months the Russians have begun to create combat drones based on cheap amateur drones from China and Western countries. Now they supply 4000-5000 such devices to the front every month.
The Russian Federation also sharply increased the production of armored vehicles: if before the war, about 130 modern BTR-82A and 60 T-90M tanks were produced per year, now these figures have doubled. The Russian Federation also assembles equipment from welded parts of old and new. At the same time, the losses of armored vehicles in the Russian Federation are high: in October-November, they lost about 500 units in Ukraine.
13:21 In Nepal, police detained ten suspects of recruiting locals into the Russian army. The investigation believes that they issued tourist visas to young Nepalese for $9,000, and upon arrival in the Russian Federation, they ended up in the occupation forces, writes Reuters.
12:40 The ruling party of Hungary submitted a resolution to parliament calling on the government not to support the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, writes Reuters. Orban's Fidesz party said the start of Ukraine's accession negotiations should be based on consensus among member states, and "there are no conditions for this today."
12:27 The promise to provide Ukraine with a million ammunition by March 2024 was unrealistic from the very beginning, said German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius: “This figure gave rise to expectations that ultimately did not materialize. One million is not so easy to achieve for a defense industry that has transitioned from peaceful time".
At the same time, he promised an improvement in the situation with ammunition for Ukraine in the near future: “You can be sure that the situation will improve in the coming months. Germany alone will provide almost 200 thousand ammunition. But everything takes time, and this is not a matter of political decisions or financial resources."
11:58 According to the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Ukrainian forces counterattacked in the area of Bakhmut and Avdiivka. In particular, the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked near Bogdanovka and captured two positions previously held by the Russian Airborne Forces. The Defense Forces also advanced into the area of the Avdeevka coke plant and forced the Russians to retreat from two forward positions.
11:22 The Senate vote on military aid to Ukraine is in jeopardy due to the Republican ultimatum. Read more in the article On the verge of collapse .
11:14 Russia attacked one of the front-line thermal power plants for the sixth time in a month and a half, DTEK reports. Equipment was damaged, and residents of a neighboring village were left without heating.
11:03 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said in an interview with Fox News that Ukrainian troops have passed the first and second lines of defense of the Russians and are now facing the third. He emphasized that work continues and Ukraine has a plan for de-occupation of lands for 2024. “We have deoccupied 50% of our territory, we are defeating Russia on our land, we have returned the territory, liberated it. Now we have a plan for 2024,” the minister said.
10:56 Ermak said during a visit to Washington that without US help Ukraine could lose the war with the Russian Federation: “If the assistance that is now being discussed in Congress is postponed - I’m not saying not accepted - this will create a big risk that we "We will be in the same position we are in now. And, of course, this will most likely make it impossible to continue liberating the territories and create a great risk of losing the war."
10:27 At night, the Russians shelled Kherson, one person was injured. The medical facility was damaged, but its employees were not injured, the OVA reported. Over the previous 24 hours, three people were killed and seven were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:51 The Center for Countering Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council warns that foreign media are planning a series of publications with disinformation against the military-political leadership of Ukraine, which will be published on English-language resources. They are prepared by foreign journalists who have experience working in Russia, in particular, during the beginning of Putin’s power. The goal of the campaign is a split in Ukrainian society.
09:14 The UK announced a winter package of humanitarian aid to Ukraine worth 37 million pounds. This is part of Britain's overall £127 million humanitarian aid package to Ukraine in 2023-24.
09:10 Zelensky recorded congratulations on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the video, the president walks through the streets of Kyiv.
08:39 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of December 6:
- personnel - about 335,110 (+1270) people,
- tanks - 5600 (+13),
- armored combat vehicles - 10,456 (+40),
- artillery systems - 8024 (+37),
- MLRS - 919 (+6),
- air defense systems - 605 (+0),
- aircraft - 324 (+1),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 6083 (+51),
- cruise missiles - 1570 (+0),
- ships/boats - 22 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,532 (+49),
- special equipment - 1153 (+5).
08:24 The United States “will bear responsibility” for the defeat of Ukraine if Congress does not approve aid to Kiev, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said: “I talked to members of Congress. I think they understand that this is a difficult situation, and we can take responsibility for the defeat of Ukraine, if we fail to provide Ukraine with the necessary funding... I include direct budget support here because it is extremely important."
08:05 Over the past 24 hours, 97 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the Defense Forces repelled 26 enemy attacks in the Limansky direction (in the areas of Serebryansky forestry, Belogorovka of the Luhansk region; Ternov, Sporny, Vesyoly, Razdolovka of the Donetsk region), 25 attacks in Avdeevsky (in the areas east of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, northeast of Berdychi , Avdeevka, Severny, Pervomaisky, Donetsk region) and 18 attacks - on Maryinsky (in the districts of Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region).
In addition, in the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka areas of the Kharkov region and Novoselovsky, Lugansk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in the area south of Zolotaya Niva, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in areas west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region. At the same time, the Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and in the Kherson direction they hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnieper.
07:29 At night, air defense destroyed 41 of 48 Shahed-type drones , which Russia attacked from two directions - the Crimean Cape Chauda and the Kursk region, the Air Force command reported. Most of the drones were shot down by the Defense Forces' mobile fire teams.
07:20 The UK will introduce a new package of sanctions on December 6 against individuals and groups of foreign suppliers exporting military equipment and parts to the Russian Federation, the British government announced. The sanctions measures are designed to deprive Moscow of resources for weapons production.
05:04 Biden will hold a virtual meeting with G7 leaders on Wednesday, December 6, amid uncertainty over a new aid package for Ukraine, the White House said. At the same time, Biden called the cessation of support for Ukraine “absolute madness.” Secretary General of the Japanese Government Hirokazu Matsuno said that Zelensky will also take part in the G7 meeting.
00:12 The Russian military received the task of taking Avdeevka, Donetsk region, at any cost before December 14, when Putin is due to hold his final press conference, the Russian publication Important Stories reports, citing relatives of those mobilized. According to the publication, more than 100 relatives of those mobilized wrote a letter to Putin saying that the fighters were being sent to “meat assaults” on Avdeevka. Relatives of those mobilized claim that Russian commanders throw wounded soldiers into battle, ordering them to recover in the trenches.