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[Regnum] From December 5 to 9, abnormal frosts of 7–10 degrees below normal are expected in Moscow. This was reported on December 4 by the press service of the capital's main directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.
Who to blame? There’s always the Joooos, of course, or Donald Trump, America, NATO, the EU, President Zelensky...
“According to forecasts from Roshydromet forecasters, during the period from December 5 to 9, abnormally cold weather is expected in Moscow with an average daily air temperature 7–10 degrees below the climate norm,” the report says.
Rescuers urged people not to stand in the cold and move, take shelter from the wind, and use nearby rooms for heating. The department also recommended dressing appropriately for the weather, wearing a hat, and not exposing your cheeks, ears, nose, wrists, fingers and ankles on the street.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations urged not to immediately drink hot tea or take a hot shower after coming home from the cold, since the body must adapt to room temperature within 20–30 minutes, otherwise a significant load on the cardiovascular system may occur.
As IA Regnum previously reported , leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, Evgeny Tishkovets , reported that up to 30% of the monthly precipitation fell in Moscow in one day. According to him, at the VDNKh base weather station, 13 mm of precipitation fell over the past 24 hours, or 25% of the monthly precipitation norm. At the weather station in Tushino - 13 mm, MSU - 16 mm, at Balchug - 15 mm. He added that such snow cover had either never existed in the entire history of measurements, or there was a repeat of the records of 71 and 19 years ago (1952 and 2004), when the snow measuring ruler fell to a depth of 30 cm.
In Moscow, up to 30% of the monthly precipitation fell in one day. Leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Evgeny Tishkovets announced this on December 4 in his Telegram channel.
According to him, at the VDNKh base weather station, 13 mm of precipitation fell over the past 24 hours, or 25% of the monthly precipitation norm. At the weather station in Tushino - 13 mm, MSU - 16 mm, at Balchug - 15 mm.
Half an inch? Golly. I remember getting snowed in over Thanksgiving in Buffalo, NY because 4’ of snow fell overnight. Granted, that was a few blocks from the snow belt south of the city, so they only measured about 2.5’ at the airport on the northeast side of town. Still, Moscow probably gets colder.
“Under ideal conditions, 1 mm of precipitation converted into water is approximately equal to 1 cm of snow, which means that we can with a high degree of probability assume that the height of snow cover in the capital has reached unprecedented levels. If yesterday at VDNKh there was 19 cm, then by this morning it will most likely be 30 cm snowdrifts, which is more than four times higher than the norm at the beginning of winter (norm is 7 cm),” the specialist noted, adding that such snow cover either never existed in the entire history of measurements, or there was a repetition of the records of 71 and 19 years ago (1952 and 2004), when the snow measuring ruler fell to a depth of 30 cm.
According to him, exact data on snowdrifts will become known after 9:00.
As reported by IA Regnum , Tishkovets previously reported that the calendar winter began from a good position - with normal air temperatures and twice the height of snowdrifts.
At least 70 flights were canceled or delayed at Moscow's Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Domodedovo international airports. As of 07:30 Moscow time, 12 flights were delayed at Vnukovo airport, four were cancelled; at Sheremetyevo airport there were no canceled flights, but 32 flights were delayed. At Domodedovo Airport, passengers on 20 flights will have to fly to their destination late, and two flights have been cancelled.
On December 2, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand , predicted that abnormally cold weather is expected over almost the entire territory of Russia in the coming days . According to the forecaster, in the period from December 2 to 6 in the Northwestern Federal District, air temperatures are expected to be 7-14 degrees below normal, and in some places - 15-20 degrees below normal. Vilfand clarified that, in view of this, in most regions of the Northwestern Federal District -16... -23 °C is expected, and in the Arkhangelsk region, the Komi Republic and the Nenets Autonomous Okrug - up to -30 °C.
As Vilfand clarified, especially cold weather is expected during this period in the Krasnoyarsk, Magadan and Khabarovsk territories, as well as in Yakutia and Chukotka.
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[LB] It is not yet possible to claim that those occupiers were liquidated.
Iryna Lysohor
The representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense Andriyu Yusov cannot now confirm the data of the head of the Avdiyiv military administration about the liquidation of the occupiers involved in the alleged shooting of unarmed Ukrainian defenders near Stepovoy.
Yusov said this in a comment on the air of the Radio Liberty project - "Freedom. Morning". He said that now it is difficult to say who was eliminated.
"Now it is difficult to say which ones are the ones. But the situation near Avdiivka and this specific settlement is very dynamic. And yes, there is information, these are not rare cases when fortifications change hands. However, to claim that it is those ones that have been liquidated, we are now we cannot. This point needs to be further verified," he said.
According to Yusov, there are no details as to which representatives of the units of the Russian army could have done this. The representative of GUR called such information "sensitive" and added that all details will be reported during the investigation.
The other day, the DeepState analytical group published a video of the alleged shooting by the Russians of two Ukrainian soldiers near Avdiyivka, near Stepovoy.
It is known that the enemy entered the positions of the 45th OSB. During the clearing, the occupiers found a dugout in which Ukrainian fighters were. They were forced to surrender due to a lack of BC. The Russians shot both of them. The Armed Forces said they were verifying the video, while noting that the Russian occupiers cynically violate the customs of war on a daily basis. The Prosecutor General's Office has started an investigation into the shooting of two Ukrainian soldiers by the occupiers in Donetsk region.
Yesterday, the head of the Avdiyiv city military administration, Vitaliy Barabash, said on the air of a telethon that the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated the occupiers who shot unarmed Ukrainian soldiers near Stepovoy. Later, the Defense Forces stormed this position and destroyed the occupants.
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[LB] In total, there were more than 500 combat encounters between the enemy and the defenders.
Iryna Lysohor
The defenders repelled 124 attacks in the Bakhmut direction and more than 160 in the Avdiiv direction in a week, the spokesman of the General Staff said.
Defense forces of Ukraine continue their offensive south of Bakhmut. Last week, in the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy carried out assaults in the areas of Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Ivanivskyi, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and east of Severny. Here, the defenders repelled 124 enemy attacks.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the occupiers conducted unsuccessful assaults northwest of Verbovoy, Robotyny, and Novoprokopivka 104 times per week. The spokesman of the General Staff, Andriy Kovalev, announced this on the air of the telethon.
"In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy continues offensive actions in the areas of Sinkivka, further east of Petropavlivka, Ivanivka of the Kharkiv region and Novoselivsky, Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk region. In this direction, during the past week, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 48 enemy attacks, inflicting considerable losses in both manpower and and in heavy weapons," he said.
In the Lymansky direction, the enemy conducted assaults in the areas of Stelmakhivka, Serebryansk forestry of Luhansk region and Terny, Yampolivka, Torsky of Donetsk region, where the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled 59 attacks during the week.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy continues offensive actions in the Avdiivka area, where during the week there were 168 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the area east and south of Novokalynovy, east of Novobakhmutivka, northeast of Berdychiv, Stepovoy, Andriivka, Opytny, Severny, north of Tonenko and Pervomaisky of the Donetsk region .
In the Mariinsky direction, the Russians tried to capture Maryinka and are currently continuing their offensive in the Krasnohorivka and Novomykhailivka regions of the Donetsk region. The defense forces repelled 66 attacks by the occupiers.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, the occupiers unsuccessfully tried to carry out eight attacks in Vodyanyi, south of Vugledar, Prechistivka and Staromayorsky districts.
In Kherson, the occupiers concentrated their main efforts on conducting defense and displacing Ukrainian units from the occupied bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. The occupiers continue to carry out airstrikes and artillery fire on the defenders' positions in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
During the week, there were 589 combat clashes, the enemy launched more than 30 missile and more than 270 airstrikes, carried out 386 attacks from rocket salvo systems on military positions and civilian infrastructure.
We will remind you that the other day the president held a meeting on the construction of defense structures . Zelenskyi said that defense fortifications will be erected in an accelerated mode in all the main directions where "it is necessary to strengthen". According to him, these are primarily Avdiivskyi, Marinskyi and other areas of the Donetsk region. Kupyansk direction, as well as the defensive line Kupyansk - Lyman. All Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Rivne regions, Volyn. And also the south - Kherson region.
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[VESTI] The information was confirmed by the Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
On Sunday, December 3, the Ukrainian Defense Forces launched an attack on occupied Lugansk.
Details: earlier it became known that in temporarily occupied Lugansk at night unknown drones attacked an oil depot. A large fire broke out there. The network wrote that due to the attack at the oil depot, one of the tanks caught fire. The Russians blamed the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the attack.
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[Korrespondent] 22:39 National Security Advisor to the US President Jake Sullivan called on Congress to support the White House's request for additional funding for Kiev, since "any member of Congress who does not support funding for Ukraine is voting for a result that will make it easier for Putin to win."
22:35 The Assembly of the International Maritime Organization adopted a resolution in support of Ukraine's efforts in the Black Sea - Ukrainian success in resuming shipping and operating a new grain corridor. This export corridor has already yielded results - more than 7 million tons of cargo, Zelensky said in an evening video message.
22:14 The Washington Post conducted the most comprehensive study of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Published in two parts, the material is based on interviews with more than 30 Ukrainian and American officials, as well as more than two dozen officers and soldiers on the front lines. Some officers and soldiers spoke about military operations on condition of anonymity. Read more in the material Disagreements with the United States. WP about the failure of the counteroffensive .
22:03 Ukraine has begun consultations with the European Union on collective security guarantees, the Presidential Office reported.
21:57 The Russians are carrying out strikes with Shahed drones in the Izyum and Chuguevsky districts of the Kharkov region, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Hit marks were recorded on civilian infrastructure, several fires broke out, but initially there were no casualties.
21:14 The United States assesses the situation in Ukraine as “difficult”, given that the money for support will run out “very soon”, 97% of the assistance has already been spent, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.
20:31 Putin will visit the UAE and Saudi Arabia this week, said Russian Presidential Assistant Yuri Ushakov.
20:28 The Russians launched a missile strike on Krivoy Rog - the consequences are being clarified, no people were injured, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak. In addition, during the day the enemy attacked Nikopol, Manganets and the Krasnogrigoryevsk community with heavy artillery. The gymnasium building, four residential buildings, and power lines were damaged. No people were hurt.
20:03 The Lithuanian government has contributed €1 million to the Ukraine Solidarity Fund, a trust fund of the Council of Europe Development Bank aimed at improving the living conditions of Ukrainians and supporting reconstruction efforts.
19:51 Disputes in the American Congress could leave Ukraine without military assistance. The White House warned that funds allocated to help Ukraine would run out before the end of the year. The situation is critical. Read more in the material: Running out of money?
19:17 Ambassadors of the 27 EU member states will begin discussing on December 5 the possible start of membership negotiations with Ukraine and other candidates, a decision on which should be made at the EU summit in the middle of the month, writes Reuters.
19:12 The international conference on the restoration of Ukraine with the involvement of Greek business will be held in Athens on February 15, 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers announced.
18:50 StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed information about an attack on fuel warehouses in occupied Lugansk.
18:39 Brazilian President Lula da Silva said that Putin will be invited to the G20 summit in his country: “Russian President Putin will be invited to the G20 summit in Brazil, but he will have to deal with an international warrant for his arrest.” Da Silva recalled that Brazil is a party to the International Criminal Court convention and is responsible for its compliance.
17:53 The new Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico and Shmygal had their first conversation, as a result of which the head of the Slovak government announced a meeting in early 2024. Fico also confirmed that Bratislava will not supply Kyiv with weapons from state warehouses and the army, but will continue to provide assistance in the humanitarian and civilian spheres. He added that Slovakia “does not believe in a military solution to the conflict in Ukraine, since this will only lead to unnecessary bloodshed without results.”
17:28 Geert Wilders, whose party won the elections in the Netherlands, confirmed that he opposes arms supplies to Ukraine, although he condemns the Russian invasion: “I think Russia is the bad guy here. I think, whatever you think about Ukraine, how corrupt it is, it is a sovereign country, and Russia should not have started the war. But I believe that the Netherlands should not give weapons to Ukraine, because we have very little of them. Other countries do this. I believe that there should be negotiations, and not a war."
17:15 The German defense concern Rheinmetall reported that it has received an order for 142 million euros for the production of tens of thousands of shells for Ukraine for 155-mm artillery. The ammunition is due to be delivered in 2025.
16:32 Another family with two children was returned from the temporarily occupied territories, said the head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
15:44 Ukraine received from its partners scarce missiles for existing air defense systems, as well as new modern anti-aircraft systems, Zelensky said following a daily conference call. In addition, according to him, for the first time Ukraine managed to reach the production rate of six Bogdan self-propelled guns per month, and there is already an understanding of how to increase it further.
The president also said that he had received intelligence reports and reports from the front: “Defensive battles in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions, active operations in the south.” In particular, the Defense Forces “are implementing a plan to repel the enemy’s ability and desire to terrorize Kherson.”
15:17 According to British intelligence estimates, Russian losses in Ukraine could amount to 70 thousand dead and 220-280 thousand wounded. In general, the department determines the average value of about 320 thousand military personnel, whom the Russian army lost in one way or another. At the same time, the intelligence agency added that “even among Russian officials there is a low level of understanding of total losses due to a long-established culture of false reporting in the army.”
14:52 Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko visited China for the second time this year. Putin's close ally is in Beijing on a working visit and was received by Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse for lunch. In general, the negotiations between Lukashenko and the Chinese leader lasted three hours. What they agreed on - in the material of Lukashenko in China .
14:26 The Russian army fired at residential buildings in Antonovka, Kherson community - one person was killed, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. Three more people were injured in the village of Inzhenernoe.
13:58 Deep State analysts published a video on December 2 showing Russian soldiers shooting Ukrainian soldiers who had their hands behind their heads. According to Deep State, Ukrainian soldiers were killed near Stepnoye in the Donetsk region. Everything that is known about this incident is in the material The shooting of two Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers .
13:34 In December, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive many times more drones, Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Gavrilyuk said in an interview with ArmyInform: “In November, we managed to send more UAVs to the troops than in the previous month. We recently received additional resources for the purchase. Therefore, in December, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive "There are already many more drones. I hope the picture on the battlefield will change." In addition, according to him, Ukraine is now increasing the production of not only UAVs, but also electronic warfare equipment.
13:05 White House Budget Director Shalanda Young said in a letter to the leaders of both parties in Congress that the United States will run out of funds to finance Ukraine by the end of the year. According to her, this will “bring Kyiv to its knees on the battlefield” if Congress does not approve a new aid package, writes the Financial Times.
She clarified that money is needed both for arms supplies and to support the economy. "Putin understands this well, which is why Russia has made destroying Ukraine's economy a central part of its strategy," Young writes. She also emphasized that providing assistance to Ukraine would also benefit the US economy.
12:37 Governor of the Voronezh region Alexander Gusev confirmed the death in Ukraine of the deputy commander of the 14th Army Corps of the Northern Fleet, Major General Vladimir Zavadsky.
12:32 Ukraine is working on a new modification of the Neptune rocket, Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Gavrilyuk said: “Currently, work is underway to create the so-called long Neptune. We are talking about a new modification of the rocket for the Neptune complex.”
12:06 GUR representative Andrei Yusov, in a comment to Radio Liberty, did not confirm the information about the alleged liquidation of Russian military personnel involved in the execution of unarmed Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region, as recently stated by the head of the Avdiivka GVA Vitaly Barabash. According to Yusov, so far there is not even data on which Russian military units could have done this.
12:04 The air raid alarm is not sounded if there is accurate information that the Russian MiG-31K taking off from the airfield does not pose a threat, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. At the same time, he clarified that such information is not always possible to obtain: “Our Western partners of NATO countries are trying to inform us as quickly and fully as possible about this or that MiG-31K flight. Plus, we have our intelligence. But there is not always information, with “He’s flying with or without a rocket, whether it’s just a flight, or a combat sortie, or just a training flight.”
Commenting on a possible solution so that several hours of MiG flights would not paralyze the whole of Ukraine, Ignat noted that this question is not for the Air Force: “This question is not really for us. The Air Force will continue to inform about the threat due to MiGs and provide this information to the operational duty officer "The State Emergency Service in Kiev, which launches the warning system. At the same time, the state leadership instructed the relevant ministries and departments to develop a decision on responding to the MiG-31K flights. I cannot say what this decision will be. We will continue to inform about the threat."
11:55 In Novogrodovka, Donetsk region, at the site of an enemy missile hitting an apartment building in the city center on the night of November 29, a search and rescue operation is still ongoing. As of the morning of December 4, the child’s body was recovered from the rubble. The child’s parents, who are probably under the rubble, have not yet been found, said the head of the State Military Administration, Alexander Shevchenko. The Novogrodovsk community declared three days of mourning for the victims - from December 4 to 6. As a result of the strike, three people are already known to have died.
11:48 The Russian army attacked a kindergarten in the Shumen microdistrict of Kherson - according to preliminary information, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. Over the previous 24 hours, two people were killed and nine were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
11:12 Bulgarian President Rumen Radev vetoed the transfer of 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine, which parliament approved in November. He explained this by the fact that some members of parliament were allegedly not sufficiently familiar with the details of the transfer of equipment. Also, the needs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which owns these BTR-60s produced in the 60-70s, were allegedly not taken into account.
11:07 The Russians are not just accumulating missiles, but also restoring their strategic reserve, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: “They are not just accumulating missiles - they are restoring their strategic reserve. After all, most of the missiles that we "We are telling you, they are also carriers of tactical nuclear weapons. They need to have this critical reserve in order to threaten NATO countries and their other enemies." He also added that the enemy has not abandoned plans to “extinguish” the Ukrainian energy grid and is preparing for this more carefully.
10:56 The Financial Times writes about a new threat to the allocation of 50 billion euros to Ukraine by the European Union: in addition to the position of Hungary, EU member countries cannot yet agree on replenishing the joint budget, from which it is planned to allocate funds to support Kiev, the publication’s sources report. Reaching a compromise is complicated by the far-right's election victory in the Netherlands and a recent German court ruling to curb government borrowing.
10:21 The Ukrainian Armed Forces received another 5,000 FPV drones purchased as part of the Ednist initiative, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. Each drone is equipped with cumulative and high-explosive fragmentation shells.
09:59 On the evening of December 3, drones attacked an oil depot in Lugansk, local residents posted a video of the fire on social networks . Russian "military correspondents" confirmed the information. They suggest that the attack was carried out by the Ukrainian counterparts of Shahed.
09:07 The British Ministry of Defense showed a video from the destroyed Avdiivka:
08:40 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of December 4:
personnel - about 332,810 (+770) people,
tanks - 5580 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 10,401 (+5),
artillery systems - 7961 (+12),
MLRS - 913 (+0),
air defense systems - 602 (+0),
aircraft - 323 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 6017 (+22),
cruise missiles - 1569 (+0),
ships/boats - 22 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,451 (+19),
special equipment - 1141 (+1).
08:28 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports, citing geolocated footage, that in the Avdeevka direction, Russian troops advanced west of the railway north of Stepnoye (3 km southwest of Avdeevka), as well as to the southwest from Pervomaisky (10 km southwest of Avdeevka).
08:09 In the Nikolaev region, during a night attack, the building of an agricultural enterprise and a power line in the Bashtansky district were damaged by debris from a downed UAV; there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim. In total, six enemy Shahed-131/136 UAVs were shot down in the region at night.
07:45 Over the past 24 hours, 68 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the Defense Forces repelled 21 enemy attacks in the Avdeevsky direction (in areas east of Novokalinovo and Novobakhmutovka, as well as in the Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Severny, Pervomaisky districts of the Donetsk region) and 16 attacks in Bakhmutsky (in the areas of Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka Donetsk region).
In addition, in the Kupyansky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the Serebryansky forestry area of the Lugansk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - south of Rabotino and in the Novopokrovka area of the Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, in the Kherson direction they hold occupied positions on the left bank of the Dnieper, in Melitopol they continue to actively inflict losses on Russian troops in manpower and equipment, the General Staff noted.
07:19 At night, air defense destroyed 18 of 23 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs and one X-59 guided missile , the Air Force command reported. Russia attacked with drones from the Crimean Cape Chauda, and with a missile from the airspace of the occupied Kherson region. Air defense operated in at least nine regions of Ukraine.
01:21 American companies cannot produce weapons fast enough to meet global demand, in particular due to the wars in Ukraine and Israel. This is stated in the draft of the first National Defense Industrial Strategy in US history, writes Politico.
The draft document, which the Pentagon is expected to release in the coming weeks, says that in its current form, the US defense industrial base "does not have the capacity, capability, responsiveness or resilience necessary to meet the full range of military production requirements at the required speed and scale." At the same time, the US Department of Defense admits that China’s industry “significantly exceeds the potential of not only the United States, but also the total production volume of our key European and Asian allies.”
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery repelled one attack of assault groups of the AFU 57th Mechanised Brigades close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region).
Up to 35 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system have been eliminated.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled five attacks of assault groups of the AFU 63rd and 67th mechanised brigades close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 280 troops, five Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th, 93rd mechanised brigades near Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 300 Ukrainian troops, two armoured personnel carriers, and three motor vehicles.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade close to Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
In Zaporozhye direction, one attack launched by assault groups of the AFU 118th Mechanised Brigade near Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region) was repelled by the Russian Group of Forces, air strikes, and artillery fire.
The enemy lost up to 40 Ukrainian troops, two armoured personnel carriers, and three motor vehicles.
In Kherson direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on clusters of manpower and hardware of the AFU 36th, 37th marines brigades near Tyaginka (Kherson region).
Up to 50 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, as well as one Giatsint howitzer have been neutralised by fire.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 107 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down 30 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novovodyanoye, Lisichansk (Lugansk People's Republic), Peski, Spornoye, and Aleksandrovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Novaya Zburyevka, (Kherson region) and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region), as well as one HIMARS MLRS projectile.
In total, 545 airplanes and 256 helicopters, 9,391 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 13,775 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,187 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,227 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,894 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/04/2023 to 00:00 12/05/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 69 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian forces.
Information was received about the injury of 7 civilians in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
Six residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky, Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka. Eight civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kyiv, Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 25 attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, and attack UAVs.
At Gorlivske there were 41 artillery attacks from 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky there were three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
A total of 230 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 59 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
22:46 Front birdbroadcasts: Kherson direction. Right bank. 04.12 22:40
Tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of UFAB-500 air strikes on the right bank of the Kherson direction.
21:11 Ukrainian troops fired 17 NATO rounds of 155mm caliber at the Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk and Gorlovka, reportedat the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:32 Crews of 240mm 2S4 self-propelled mortars "Tulip" strike the enemy using adjustable ammunition in the Seversky direction -video.
19:30 Zaporozhye direction. Verbovoe. Analysis of the Front Bird for 04.12:
“On this section of the front, assault operations or their imitation are carried out every day. We are recapturing what is left of the landings where the enemy is now sitting, and he, in turn, is trying with all his might to hold these lines and is looking for where to put pressure himself.
Weather conditions and the lack of greenery in forest plantations have a negative impact on both sides.
It is extremely difficult to carry out any actions covertly in such an environment.
Birds are always on duty in the air, everyone’s movements are “copied” and the destruction of this target begins with artillery or FPV drones.
If you are on the front line (living in a trench) and are not dressed like an onion, then you can lose to winter.”
18:27 The Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the help of drones, attacked an electrical substation in the city of Pologi (Zaporozhye region). A total of 12 VOG-25 ammunition was thrown at the site. In addition, enemy artillery was fired. One of the transformers is out of order. There are no casualties.
Earlier, on November 29, the Ukrainian Armed Forces subjected Pologi to rocket fire. Then 12 rounds were fired at the city.
17:55 Units of the Expeditionary Volunteer Assault Corps cut the last route along which the Ukrainian Armed Forces group was supplied in the area of Artyomovsk and Soledar.
17:27 Crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS and 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled guns of the Vostok group of troops deliver crushing blows to the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction -video.
16:50 During artillery attack of Gorlovka from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three people were injured. The clinic building and the Nikitovsky district administration building were damaged. This was announced by the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.
16:40 Vasylivka in the Zaporozhye region is again under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A civilian was wounded.
16:37 Kherson direction situation as of 16.00 December 4, 2023
In Krynki the situation remains the same. Ukrainian formations continue to cling to a bridgehead in the populated area, trying to expand the zone of control deeper into the forest.
That night, two assault groups of the 1st Battalion of the 38th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy took up positions south of the greenhouses adjacent to the plantings in the south of Krynoki, which indicates a slight advance of the Marines to the south.
As a result of artillery and mortar fire from the Russian Armed Forces, the group was scattered and suffered losses. The wounded and dead were evacuated to the northern part of the village, from where they were transported to the right bank.
In general, the situation in the Kherson direction has not changed. Ukrainian marines are trying to move deeper, but without significant success. However, as the weather gets colder, the Dnieper bed will freeze, which will simplify the movement of walking groups across the river.
Considering that the Katran strike group has a bridgehead, more large-scale attacks should be expected with the glaciation of the soil and water. Just at this moment, the transfer of units of the 37th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade began to the left bank.
Previously, the unit did not participate in battles on the left bank, and it is fully staffed. The introduction of the 37th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, on the one hand, indicates losses in other brigades, and on the other, an early activation of the front.
What is curious: with the advent of 37th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade in the LBS, characteristic changes also appeared in the features of the use of the Bayraktar UAV. Within a few days, the drone takes off from the Kulbakino airfield, which has not been observed over the past year.
16:21 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
15:37 Consequences of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka -photo.
14:30 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkov region in the Kupyansk direction;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 100 servicemen in the South Donetsk direction per day;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled five attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction, the enemy lost up to 280 military personnel;
Russian air defense shot down 30 Ukrainian drones and a HIMARS MLRS projectile in one day;
Units of the Russian Armed Forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction;
Within 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nesteryanka area in the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy lost up to 40 servicemen;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 300 servicemen in the Donetsk direction in one day.
13:25 Personnel combat work of the crew of the 152mm towed artillery mount "Msta-B" of the artillery unit of the group of forces "South" in the Avdeevsky direction.
13:20 The Paratrooper’s Diary reports from the Zaporozhye direction:
“West of Rabotino, the paratroopers, with the support of artillery, carried out a series of attacking actions, managed to slightly dislodge the enemy, but they are again coasting.
North of Verbovoy we are holding the previously occupied positions; the enemy is trying to dislodge the Russian Armed Forces with artillery and cluster munitions, but the fighters are firmly holding their positions.
The enemy is also firing from MLRS at populated areas in the front-line rear areas.
We, in turn, are hitting enemy positions in Plavny, Kamenka, Pyatikhatki, Malye Shcherbaki, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovny, Gulyaypole and Malinovka with long-range weapons.”
13:10 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
During the active defense, the group’s motorized rifle units, supported by artillery fire, defeated the personnel of the 79th air assault and 72nd mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Novomikhailovka and Ugledar.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in killed and wounded amounted to up to 85 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, two cars, a 152mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S3 "Akatsiya", a 122mm self-propelled artillery mount 2S1 "Gvozdika".
12:30 Intelligence reports are coming in that the Kiev command is trying to plug holes in the Marinka area and is urgently transferring new reserves to the Kurakhovo area, writes Military Correspondent Lisitsyn.
It is in this direction that the enemy expects a new blow from the Russian army.
11:45 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:
With the support of artillery fire, they defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. The enemy lost up to 300 troops, an infantry fighting vehicle, and two vehicles.
During the counter-battery fight, a 152mm D-20 gun, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.
Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Slavnoe and Belogorivka, Donetsk People's Republic.
11:25 On the night of December 4, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked an oil depot in Lugansk using a drone -video.
10:38 Western analysts write about the advance of our troops on the flanks near Avdievka
The American Institute for the Study of War, having studied footage on social networks, claims that Russian troops have advanced west of the railway north of the village of Stepnoye (northern flank).
The Ukrainian military public page Deep State writes about the “partial success” of our troops in Stepnoye and south of the village.
10:35 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
Units of the Center group of troops continue to carry out combat missions of a special military operation in the Krasnolimansk direction.
In the area of the Torsky sector, the actions of a unit of the group’s motorized rifle regiment, supported by artillery fire, repelled an attack by the assault group of the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Concentrations of manpower of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade and 12 Special Forces Brigade in the areas of Yampolovka and Serebryansky Lesnichestvo were defeated.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 250 military personnel and two vehicles.
10:27 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction the Archangel of Special Forces reports:
The weather is very changeable, both sides are watching and waiting for the ground to freeze. The TPQ counterbattery reconnaissance station was identified and subsequently destroyed by artillery.
The mud is knee-deep, visibility is not always good.
Recently, several more Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen aged 18-19 with illnesses were captured.
10:25 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10.20
West of Rabotino the enemy attacked our positions under the cover of fog. After artillery strikes, groups of attack aircraft of five to seven soldiers attacked our positions. As a result of heavy fire from the Russian Armed Forces, the enemy was unable to reach our defense line.
Near Verbov, the Ukrainian Armed Forces again attacked with small groups of infantry supported by several armored vehicles. The attacks were repelled by shooting and artillery strikes.
10:10 Tonight, the Ukrainian Armed Forces simultaneously fired 10 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS rockets at Gorlovka.
As a result, a guy born in 2004 was injured. Private residential buildings and civilian vehicles were destroyed.
10:01 In the DPR over the past 24 hours, 9 civilians were injured, incl. two children.
Civilians were injured as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Donetsk and Gorlovka.
Four women and a girl were injured after the artillery artillery attack of the Lenin artillery attack of Donetsk.
A 17-year-old boy in Donetsk, a man born in 1960, was injured from drops from UAVs. in Gorlovka and a woman in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
In total, the number of artillery attacks of the DPR over the past 24 hours increased to 184 units of ammunition on civilian targets recorded by the DPR JCCC.
09:49 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery three rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan five rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 42 rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha nine rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka two rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe two rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan three rounds;
-- n.p. Big Potemkin three rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi five rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Novaya Zburevka, firing a total of 36 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:27 The Front Bird reports about the enemy attack in the Zaporozhye direction:
“At dawn the enemy tried to organize some kind of assault.One tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, one armored car and up to a platoon of personnel took part in the attack.
Our artillery, in cooperation with aerial reconnaissance, worked well. The Vsushniki got hit in the teeth and rolled back. Let's fight."
09:15 In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost several key strongholds. This was reported by a military expert, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the LPR NM Andrei Marochko.
“In the area of the settlement of Sin'kovka, during a maneuver defense, the Russian Armed Forces knocked out Ukrainian militants from their positions, which they held for a long time. This fact significantly worsened the position of the VFU in this area and reduced its defensive capabilities,” Marochko wrote in the Telegram channel.
08:55 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions of a special military operation in the Kupyansk direction.
During active operations, with the support of army aviation and artillery fire, the manpower and equipment of the 14th Mechanized and 25th Airborne Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Sin'kovka and Berestovoe. The ammunition depot of the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Liptsy region of the Kharkov region was destroyed.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 95 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, two vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
08:15 Frontline summary on the morning of 12/04/2023:
In the Kherson-Crimean direction there are oncoming battles in Krynki. No progress on either side. Under the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Belozerka, Kherson, Antonovka, Prydneprovsky, Sadovoy, Tyaginka, Lvov, Olgovka and Berislav. RF Armed Forces - in Golaya Pristan, Aleshki, Poima, Peschanivka, Podstepnoye, Kazachi Lagery and Novaya Kakhovka.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with artillery support, attacked west of the village of Rabotino, from the direction of Novoprokopovka and Verbovoy. LBS unchanged. Long-range weapons of the Russian Armed Forces worked on Ukrainian positions in Plavny, Kamenka, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the points of the same name in the Ugledarsky and Donetsk directions), Pyatikhatki, Malye Shcherbaki, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovny, Gulyaypole and Malinovka. Russian ones - in Nesteryanka, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoy, Novofedorovka and Novopokrovka.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, after heavy work by artillery and aviation, carried out assault operations near Novomikhailovka, in Mar'inka, near Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), in the industrial zone on the southeastern approaches to Avdeevka, from the Yasinovatskaya fork (a new direction attack), from the east of Kamenka, to the Avdeevsky coke plant, near Stepnoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions), near Novobakhmutovka (a settlement controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces) and Keramika. Assault on all Ukrainian positions along the LBS.
08:12 Personnel battle for the liberation of Artemovsky in the DPR.
Airborne attack aircraft drove the nationalists out of the village, revealing the enemy’s defenses with air reconnaissance. The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces suppressed the firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after which the paratroopers, under the cover of an armored group on BMP-2 and BMD-2 and drones, launched an assault from several directions. The enemy fled, leaving behind the wounded and dead. Some of the militants laid down their arms and surrendered.
08:09 “It’s time to sail away”: Ukrainian saboteurs tried to approach Russian positions in the Kherson region, but were ambushed and fled.
The network is at oddsvideo, allegedly published by the Armed Forces of Ukraine division “Ocean’s 12”. Presumably, the operation that was unsuccessful for the DRG took place on Belogrudy Island in November of this year.
At the very first shots fired in their direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces immediately rushed to the boats.
08:00 Summary on the morning of December 4, 2023:
During the night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy targets with Geranium drones and missile weapons. The enemy recorded our drones in the Kherson, Nikolaev, Vinnytsia, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Khar'kov, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. The UAVs flew along a complex trajectory, weaving through enemy airspace, thereby harassing air defense posts.Fighting continues in the Kherson direction. In the village Our stormtroopers destroyed 11 enemy marines and captured two. On the enemy shore, a 155mm M777 howitzer was destroyed and a fuel and lubricants warehouse was hit. Russian Army aviation carried out strikes on Berislav.
On the Zaporozhye Front, another attempt by the enemy to break through to the west of Rabotino was stopped. The enemy again used helicopters at ultra-low altitudes. By the evening, the Ukrainian Armed Forces unsuccessfully tried to attack near Verbovoy.
In the Maryinsky direction, the enemy is transferring fresh forces to Kurakhovo (12 km west of Mar'inka), fearing the development of our offensive. Kurakhovo is the main logistics hub in the near rear on this sector of the front. The distance from the LBS will allow application along the no. air strikes without entering the enemy's air defense zone.
On the southern flank of the Avdeevsky direction, near the occupied industrial zone, the Russian Armed Forces launched strikes from the Solntsepek TOS on the Vinogradniki cottage village. Enemy soldiers transferred to the direction from the second echelons are increasingly refusing to counterattack.
Fighting continues in the Artyomovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction, the Russian Armed Forces retain the initiative. They report that our troops have consolidated north of Kleshcheevka.
Data are being received about the success of Russian units in the Sin'kovka area in the Kupyansky direction and movement from the Torsky ledge in the direction of Ternov (northwest of Krasny Liman).
What a load of codswallop by the Wapo.
[Regnum] The US and Britain helped Ukraine plan a counteroffensive through a series of military tactical games. The Washington Post wrote about this on December 4,citing high-ranking American, European and Ukrainian officials.
According to the publication, in the first months of 2023, the American, British and Ukrainian military held eight military-tactical board games at the US Army base in Wiesbaden (Germany).
It is noted that the exercises were carried out using specialized software for war games, as well as Excel spreadsheets. Additionally, sometimes planners simply moved the figures on the map.
According to the newspaper's interlocutors, despite the jointly developed plan, the parties disagreed about the strategy, tactics and timing of its implementation. The Pentagon, in particular, wanted the offensive to begin in mid-April.
As Regnum news agency previously reported , Polish General Leon Komornitsky said that the Russian Armed Forces have moved to the complete liquidation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the absence of radical changes in Kiev’s plans will lead to its imminent defeat. In his opinion, the Ukrainian command made a major miscalculation by delaying the counteroffensive, which gave the Russian army enough time to prepare for defense.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported on December 1 that during the six months of the so-called counter-offensive, which began on June 4, the Ukrainian army lost over 125,000 soldiers and 16,000 weapons.
Earlier, the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky , said that the Ukrainian conflict had entered a new phase. According to him, this happened due to the onset of the winter period, which could complicate the conduct of military operations after the summer counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which did not produce the expected results.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Stanislav Stremidlovsky
[REGNUM] After the Institute of National Remembrance of Poland (IPN) recently decided to stop investigating the circumstances of the resettlement of residents of south-eastern Poland (Ukrainians, Rusyns and Poles) in 1947 as part of Operation Vistula, the question arose about the motivation for this decision. After all, for many years in Poland this action was considered a “crime of the communist regime” and “ethnic cleansing.” But now the IPN explanatory note says that the “evacuation” of displaced people was not “repressive in nature”, but “preventive and protective”. That it was connected with massacres committed against the local population by OUN and UPA detachments (organizations whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation).
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RIA] The US Democratic and Republican parties failed in negotiations in an attempt to agree on a bill to protect the border and combat the migration crisis, which would allow them to agree on President Joe Biden's request for additional support for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, NBC News reports.
Republicans say they will block Biden's request for security and foreign aid without adequate immigration changes," the publication said, citing congressional representatives.
Reportedly, all attempts by political opponents to reach an agreement ended in “deep disagreements.”
“Democrats understand that Republicans are unwilling or unable to compromise on a reasonable proposal that can be passed,” the channel quotes one of the informed interlocutors. "Those pesky Republicans" He cried! "They ruin everything!"
Against this background, Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized political opponents, pointing out that their requests were “dictated” by former US President Donald Trump.
"We're willing to make concessions, but we won't go around in circles if Republicans aren't interested in meeting halfway," he said.
Bloomberg previously reported that the US Senate could consider Biden's package request for aid to Ukraine and Israel and other national security goals no earlier than December 11, although the vote could be delayed further due to disagreements between lawmakers. In November, Schumer said the Senate would vote on December 4.
Against this background, US Presidential National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan confirmed on Monday that after Washington runs out of allocated money to help Ukraine, arms supplies to Kyiv will stop.
US President Joe Biden asked Congress for $106 billion to help Israel and Ukraine, but did not receive unequivocal support. The Republican-majority House of Representatives voted to support only Tel Aviv, but the Democratic-controlled Senate blocked the initiative. Biden has stated that he will not sign a bill providing aid only to Israel without Ukraine if Congress approves such a document, and Republicans in the House of Representatives insist on a separate discussion of support for Kyiv.
Meanwhile, the previously allocated money is running out, the administration admitted, which is why the arms packages sent to Ukraine are decreasing.
Recently, Western media have increasingly written that the United States and the EU are tired of the Ukrainian conflict, and support for the regime of Vladimir Zelensky is weakening. Thus, The New York Times drew attention to the fact that Kyiv is experiencing a shortage of not only media attention, but also ammunition.
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