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[LB] The enemy continues to advance in the area of Avdievka.
by Iryna Lysohor
In the Kupyan direction the occupiers advanced during the week in the areas of Synkivka, east of Petropavlivka and Ivanivka of the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk region. The defenders repelled 79 enemy attacks.
On Lymanskyi the enemy carried out assaults in the areas of Makiivka and Serebryansk Forestry of Luhansk Oblast and Terni of Donetsk Oblast, where the Defense Forces repelled 32 attacks during the week . The spokesman of the General Staff, Andriy Kovalev, announced this on the air of the telethon.
"On the Bakhmutskyi direction, the Russian occupiers carried out assaults in the Bohdanivka, Ivanovsky, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and North Donetsk regions. 71 attacks were repelled here during the week," he said.
At the same time, in the direction of Bakhmut, the defenders continue to inflict losses on the enemy, and are entrenched at the achieved boundaries. In the Avdiivka direction the enemy continues to advance in the Avdievka area.
The occupiers unsuccessfully conducted more than 300 attacks on the Defense Forces in the areas east of Novokalyny, east of Novobakhmutivka, Stepovoy, Avdiivka, Severny, south of Tonenko, Pervomaisky, and Nevelsky. The defenders inflicted considerable losses on the enemy.
On Marinka the Russians do not stop trying to capture Marinka. The occupiers continue offensive actions in Krasnohorivka and Novomykhailivka districts.
In this direction, the defenders repelled 92 enemy attacks. In the Shakhtarsk direction, the Russians conducted more than 10 unsuccessful attacks in the districts of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, and north of Priyutny, Zaporizhzhia.
"On the Zaporizhsky direction, during the week, the enemy carried out unsuccessful assaults 49 times in the areas west of Verbovoy and Robotyn of the Zaporizhzhia region," Kovalev said . He added that at the same time in the Melitopol direction, the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to actively inflict losses on the occupiers and exhaust the enemy.
In the Kherson direction the occupiers focused their main efforts on conducting defense and dislodging the Defense Forces from the occupied bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. The enemy is improving mine barriers and logistics, continues to strike in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
During the week, the enemy launched 41 missile and 237 air strikes, carried out 410 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:04 Ukraine is preparing to intensify mobilization. Thus, the Ministry of Defense announced a new recruitment strategy for the army, and at the same time, videos with visits of TCC employees to gyms, cafes and restaurants are being massively published on social networks. Read more in the materialWhere subpoenas will be handed out.
21:13 Pentagon Financial Inspector Michael McCord warned in a letter to the heads of relevant committees of the US Congress that the department has until December 30 to finance military assistance to Ukraine, writes Bloomberg.
20:42 A wiretap was found in the room in which the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny could have worked. The General Staff said that on December 17, during a routine inspection, elements of equipment for retrieving information were discovered in one of the locations. More details in the materialWho wiretapped the head of the Armed Forces of Ukraine?
20:37 An officer of the Russian GRU, who worked in responsible positions, flew to the Netherlands to ask for political asylum andto testify about the Russian military crimes against Ukraineat the International Criminal Court, reported the Russian human rights project Gulagu.net.
19:59 The United States will announce a new aid package to Ukraine at the end of December, but it may be the last, said White House National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby: "The United States plans to allocate another package of military aid to Ukraine later this month. But it may be the last until Congress decides to increase funding. After this, we will no longer have the authority to replenish the budget.”
19:48 The European Union, in a new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, for the first time provided for the possibility of confiscation of financial assets of a legal entity or individual, the EU Council reported.
18:53 Air defense forces shot down a Kh-59 guided missile in the Krivoy Rog region of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Air Command of Skhid reported.
18:02 The 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia included the following measures:
tightening control over the oil price ceiling;
a phased ban on the import of diamonds from the Russian Federation, including those processed in third countries, and jewelry with diamonds - from January 1 to September 1, 2024;
ban on the import of a number of other goods, such as cast iron, copper wire, aluminum wire, foil;
a phased ban on the import of liquefied propane;
restrictions on re-export of particularly sensitive goods and technologies to the Russian Federation;
expansion of the list of goods prohibited for sale;
new sanctions against individuals and 29 legal entities, including from third countries;
extending the transit ban to all military goods;
ban on the use of software;
the need to notify about the transfer of funds outside the EU from Russia;
Switzerland joined the ban on the import of iron and steel from the Russian Federation.
Chemicals, lithium batteries, thermostats, DC motors and servomotors for drones, machine tools and machine parts and mechanisms have been added to the list of goods whose export to Russia is prohibited. The EU is also introducing additional restrictions on the import of cast iron and scupper, copper wires, aluminum wires, foil, pipes and rolled products with a total value of 2.2 billion euros per year.
At the same time, the EU Council added exceptions to restrictions on the import of personal items from Russia, as well as for cars with diplomatic license plates.
17:49 The Russians fired artillery at a private enterprise in Kherson, killing a security guard, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
17:45 The EU approved the 12th package of sanctions against Russia, said the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell.
17:31 Denmark and Sweden have agreed to purchase and transfer to Ukraine an additional batch of CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, the Swedish government reported. The allocated amount is $263 million. Taking into account the unit cost of 10 million, we are talking about approximately 25 combat vehicles.
17:26 The EU will hold a special summit on February 1, 2024, at which it plans to discuss the issue of allocating 50 billion euros of additional assistance to Ukraine for a four-year period, said President of the European Council Charles Michel.< /span>
17:07 Zelensky’s visit to the United States last week took place against the backdrop of active debate in Congress about providing an aid package to Ukraine. What do the Western media write about this visit and do they consider it successful - in the materialBetrayal or support?
16:01 As a result of a clash with the DRG, which penetrated into the Belgorod region near the village of Terebreno on the afternoon of December 17, two servicemen of the Border Department of the FSB of the Russian Federation were wounded, Russian publics report.
15:50 The Helsinki District Court ordered the arrest of the former commander of the neo-Nazi group Rusich, Jan Petrovsky. He is suspected of war crimes in Ukraine and will be sent to Vantaa prison. Petrovsky will be charged until May 31, 2024. Previously, a Finnish court did not allow him to be extradited at Ukraine’s request.
15:38 Last week, a trade mission from the United Kingdom, which included representatives of the government and defense industry, visited Ukraine for the first time, the British Ministry of Defense reported. During the visit, Ukraine and Britain signed a series of agreements - in particular, on the maintenance of mine-resistant vessels, the repair of Ukrainian artillery systems, the development of drones, etc.
14:54 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are faced with a shortage of artillery shells and have curtailed some military operations due to a lack of foreign assistance, Alexander Tarnavsky, commander of the operational-strategic group of troops of Tavria, told Reuters. “There are problems with ammunition, especially post-Soviet ammunition - 122 mm, 152 mm. And today these problems exist along the entire front line. The volumes we have today are not sufficient for us, given our needs. That's why we are redistributing them. We are rescheduling the tasks that we set for ourselves and doing them less, because we need to provide them,” he explained.
The commander clarified that the defenders on the southeastern front have gone on the defensive in some areas, but are trying to advance in others. At the same time, he added that Russian troops are also facing problems with ammunition, but did not disclose details.
14:37 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the "elite" The 155th Marine Brigade of the Russian Pacific Fleet lost at least 234 soldiers - four times more than during the ten years of war in Chechnya, the BBC reports. This figure is confirmed data from open sources. At least 18 officers were among the dead.
The actual losses of the brigade in killed could be much higher - about 470 people, and about 950 in seriously wounded people, since for every killed soldier in this war there are 1.7-2 seriously wounded, journalists calculated. In addition, there are reports on social networks about 42 missing soldiers of the 155th brigade.
13:59 Zaluzhny denied claims of a "stalemate" at the front. At the same time, he did not answer the journalists’ question whether Ukraine was planning an offensive in winter: “This is a war, I cannot say what I am planning and what we will do. Otherwise, it will be a show, not a war, the price of which is human lives. This cannot be discussed under any circumstances.”
Zaluzhny also criticized the dismissals of military commissars, which Zelensky carried out this summer after corruption scandals. When asked how the removal of the heads of regional TCCs affected the effectiveness of mobilization, the commander-in-chief replied that “they were professionals, they knew how to do it, but now they are gone.” According to Zaluzhny, now the mobilization process should not be strengthened, but “simply returned to the framework in which it worked before.”
13:05 Putin managed to turn the exit of Western companies from the Russian market into a “gold mine”: if companies want to leave the Russian Federation, the Kremlin sets conditions “that are beneficial to its government , its elites and its war,” writes The New York Times. According to the newspaper, over the past year these exits brought the Russian military treasury at least $1.25 billion.
12:26 Ukraine will be able to cope independently without Western funding for “a couple of months,” said IMF head Kristalina Georgieva. She called on the West to "quickly" provide tens of billions of dollars to Kyiv as delays would jeopardize the country's economic recovery. At the same time, Georgieva praised the Ukrainian authorities for the way they “revitalized the economy,” curbed inflation and strengthened the tax base. However, further delays could force Kyiv to return to “destabilizing policies” - such as printing money.
11:58 F-16 fighters are unlikely to help Ukraine in the fight against Russian ballistic missiles, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat: “Ballistics are ground-based installations that can trigger at any point and release the missile. The F-16 cannot work against them. It can destroy aerodynamic targets, as well as work against ground and surface targets."
11:13 The Russian Black Sea Fleet hid almost all the “serious” weapons in Novorossiysk. ships, including carriers of Caliber cruise missiles, reports the Crimean Wind monitoring group. In particular, ten of the 12 Caliber carriers are in the port, as well as three patrol ships, four large landing ships and three minesweepers. Satellite images for December 17 were published by OSINT researcher MT Anderson.
10:37 The EU leadership is considering the possibility of depriving Hungary of its voting rights in order to overcome Budapest’s veto on aid to Ukraine, the Financial Times writes, citing European officials. We are talking about punishment under Article No. 7 “for violations of the rule of law,” which can lead to the suspension of voting rights.
However, there are a number of difficulties on the way to such a radical solution, the publication notes. Firstly, it may be blocked by another EU country. Moreover, "many countries are nervous about using what is essentially the EU's biggest weapon against a member state." Therefore, the priority, as European officials say, is not “punishment,” but rather persuading Orbán to relinquish his veto. Failing that, the 26 other EU members could negotiate a deal on Ukraine on their own, although this would take time and offer only a short-term solution.
09:59 The EU will adopt and publish the 12th package of sanctions against Russia today, December 18, writes Politico. According to diplomats, the bloc's 26 member countries have signed the package, and "a formality remains."
09:35 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted that Putin's statements that Russia is not interested in invading NATO are very similar to the Kremlin's insistence at the end 2021 and early 2022 - including on the eve of a full-scale invasion - that Russia does not intend to attack Ukraine.
Analysts say the Kremlin's rhetoric about its hostile intentions toward NATO, combined with Russia's potential future military capabilities if it wins in Ukraine, poses a serious security threat to the West. If the Russian Federation were able to achieve its stated maximalist goal of the complete surrender of Ukraine, which would likely lead to a Russian military occupation of Ukraine, Russia could deploy forces to the NATO border from the Black Sea to the Arctic Ocean.
08:21 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of December 18:
personnel - about 347,160 (+1090) people,
tanks - 5783 (+44),
armored combat vehicles - 10,752 (+60),
artillery systems - 8175 (+38),
MLRS - 926 (+3),
air defense systems - 610 (+1),
aircraft - 324 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 6290 (+12),
cruise missiles - 1610 (+0),
ships/boats - 22 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,822 (+56),
special equipment - 1198 (+4).
08:18 Over the past 24 hours, 64 military clashes took place at the front,the General Staff reported in the morning report . In particular, in the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 16 enemy attacks east of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and another 11 south of Tonenky, Nevelsky and Pervomaisky of the Donetsk region.
In addition, in the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka areas and east of Petropavlovka, Kharkov region; on Limansky - near Makeyevka, Lugansk region and east of Ternov, Donetsk region; on Bakhmutsky - in the Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka districts of the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Novomikhailovka area of the Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
07:03 Air defense at night destroyed all five Shahed-type attack UAVs that Russia attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area, the Air Force command reported. Drones were shot down within the Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnitsa and Khmelnytsky regions.
00:20 The issue of Washington's continued provision of assistance to Ukraine will be decided next year, said Republican Senator Lindsey Graham. "I talked to the people at the White House negotiating table five days ago. We are not even close to an agreement,” he noted. Graham explained that Republicans refuse to vote on aid to Ukraine until a compromise is reached on immigration policy in the south.
Currently, only $1 billion remains for the purchase of new weapons for Ukraine, recalled the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova.
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Pentagon Financial Inspector Michael McCord warned in a letter to the heads of relevant committees of the US Congress that the department has until December 30 to finance military assistance to Ukraine, writes Bloomberg.
Or else what? Since when does the Pentagon tell Congress what to do?
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[Korrespondent] Is Ukraine preparing a new counter-offensive?
The German publication Welt writes that Ukraine is likely gathering resources for a new counteroffensive next year.
After the failure of a counteroffensive in 2023, is Ukraine preparing a new one for 2024? The German publication Welt claims that the counter-offensive that Ukraine is planning for 2024 will be exactly what the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny apparently planned for this summer.
Welt is confident that even though the Ukrainian counteroffensive has apparently reached a stalemate and the West is wavering in its support, there are signs that Kyiv is preparing a plan.
After the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, pessimism spread in society. Bad news about ammunition shortages in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a shortage of soldiers, bottlenecks in the supply of weapons systems from the West and declining morale among Ukrainians are fueling the bad mood.
"Many people forget that most tanks and armored personnel carriers are still there, and that a lot of promised weapons are still being delivered," counters German security expert and political consultant Nico Lange.
This applies, for example, to 200 German Leopard 1 tanks, of which only about 30 arrived in Ukraine.
Also, Ukraine still has access to more than 95% of all weapons systems supplied by the West, as they have not yet been used in a counter-offensive. This is the result of estimates from the Dutch open website Oryx, which analyzes data on the supply and destruction of military equipment.
Welt notes that in the South, Ukrainian naval units are holding and expanding a bridgehead near Kherson on the Russian-occupied bank of the Dnieper. From here it is only 60 kilometers to the Crimean Peninsula, occupied by Russia. This is a weak point for the Russian military since Ukraine forced the Black Sea Fleet to withdraw its troops and destroyed important air defense systems and other Russian military installations.
According to media reports, Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny was never a supporter of an offensive without air support, and agreed to this only “for political reasons,” but subsequently the “big counteroffensive,” which was supposed to lead to Melitopol and Berdyansk, was eventually cancelled.
Journalists add that Zaluzhny, by deciding to attack with small units, saved the lives of his soldiers, secured weapons systems from the west and gained important time.
“Ukraine is likely gathering resources for a new counteroffensive next year. One of the starting points could be a bridgehead in Kherson. With the necessary fighter jets, combat helicopters and drones, Ukraine could provide sufficient support for the advance of its troops, especially since there are almost no Russian fortifications in the region. This would be exactly the counteroffensive that Zaluzhny probably had in mind from the very beginning,” writes Welt.
WHAT ZALUZHNY HIMSELF SAYS
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, refused to comment on the command’s military plans for 2024, speaking with reporters on the sidelines of a presentation by the State Logistics Operator. According to the general, the situation at the front is not a stalemate.
“This is war. I can't say what I plan, what we should do. Otherwise, it will be a show, not a war, the price of which is human lives. This cannot be discussed under any circumstances,” Zaluzhny said.
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[RIA] Exactly two years ago they tried to play a game with us - and the cards held the cardsharp. Now, judging by the latest publications in the most globalist media, the players’ hands are shaking, and they are not able to deal the deck as they would like. From the word absolutely.
Last Friday Sergei Lavrov said that “I have no right to name names, but a number of high, very famous leaders of Western countries. Including one particular leader of a very famous Western country several times through different channels <...> sent signals: they say, why don’t we meet and talk about what to do withUkraineand European security.”
When, even before the start of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow tried to explain to those same Westerners that if they did not take themselves and their bad heads into their hands, they would push the world into a geopolitical crisis, the tone of the answers to us, as well as the statements addressed to us, was well-known: “Yes.” Better shut up, Russians, we will get back what we want with Ukraine, and you, Russians, will be asked, at best, to watch how we build the levels of threat to the security of your country and your sovereignty.”
This is how it looked in the wording of the State Department and its boss Blinken: "Secretary of StateUSA a> in connection with the actions of Russia and the steps it is taking.” According to him, there are points in Russia’s security proposals that the United States considers “obviously unacceptable.”EU noted that, along with the fact that Russia stated that it “has reasons for dissatisfaction, demands and fears, so do the USA and
Obviously unacceptable. Great. The West had already ordered a fight with us, and now, when, in fact, we had to - albeit indirectly - take part in it, receiving bruises, bumps and other collateral damage, it turned out (suddenly) that we had little guts.
Therefore, the search for contacts began. Through official channels, but secretly from Kyiv. In principle, there is nothing new: conducting separate negotiations behind the backs of current allies is the political and diplomatic norm of behavior of Western power elites. Everyone watched "Seventeen Moments of Spring" and they know how it's done.
And when a journalist representing the TF1 media group (perhaps the largest private media holding France), in good faith asks the Russian president about previous contacts with Emmanuel Macron and the reasons why they were interrupted, this does not surprise us. This is causing a furor in the West.
The TF1 reporter received a correct and detailed answer from Putin: “We had a fairly good, kind working relationship. As you know, I have been to France, Mr. Macron has come to Russia, we have always had a busy agenda regarding bilateral relations and international issues, we are ready to continue to interact with France. But at some point the President of France stopped relations with us. We didn’t stop, I didn’t stop, it was he who stopped. If there is interest, please, we are ready.”
It is worth adding that the words of our president were the first news in the most important and highest-rated (in the entire EU) evening news broadcast TF1, that is, in fact, Putin set the tone for how and what the European press would say about the current agenda. Reporting Russia's openness to discussion about what is happening—and what is actually happening—with “European security.” And not how the current state of affairs is seen if you look at it from the Parisian or Berlin corridors of power.
The Elysee Palace could not survive this, and a day later Macron, who was asked, undoubtedly, a question prepared in his own office about possible contacts with the President of Russia, suffered.
“If this makes it possible to achieve a peaceful settlement and respect for international law, then France will be the power that will provide support and spare no effort to achieve a result,” Macron said, adding that “his phone number has not changed.”
When a man flirts in life, and even in profession, it can look both cute and funny. Well, or stupidly.
Coquetry in politics (“here’s my phone number: call me, call me”), especially public coquetry, looks like cynical stupidity. When words like these are spoken, you need to remember not only how amazing you look on television, but also the weight that your words carry. Macron’s words have no weight today not only because a year and a half ago he and his advisers published the contents of confidential negotiations with the Kremlin in the press, but also because there is no independent political position behind them. Both France and its president - as head of state.
And we didn’t count the attempt to transfer from a sick head to a healthy one. But they took into account that even if the Elysee Palace is starting to get nervous about the situation in Ukraine, it follows that, regardless of whether the West, the EU, Paris or Berlin like to work on mistakes (which turned out to be worse than a crime) or not, they everyone will have to do it anyway. And the sooner the better.
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[KavkazUzel] The court sentenced the former fighter of the Wagner PMC Pavel Nikolin to a term in a colony, having found him guilty of an armed attack on police officers in Novoshakhtinsk.
As "Caucasian Knot" wrote, in October the trial began in the Rostov Regional Court in the case of a 38-year-old former soldier of the Wagner PMC Pavel Nikolina. He was accused of threatening to use violence against a government official, attempt on the life of a security officer and illegal possession of weapons and ammunition.
On December 9, 2022, it became known that the suspect in the shooting at police officers in Novoshakhtinsk, Pavel Nikolin was placed in custody. At the same time, he explained the shooting at security forces by confusing them with Ukrainian military personnel.
The Rostov Regional Court sentenced Pavel Nikolin to six years and 11 months in prison, TASS reports today. “The court decided to find Nikolin guilty and sentence him to imprisonment for a term of 6 years 11 months,” the agency quotes the judge.
Earlier, a panel of jurors convicted Nikolin, the publication notes.
Let us remind you that, according to investigators, on December 6, 2022, police officers were looking for a missing woman. Not far from Novoshakhtinsk, they came across Nikolin in the fields, who opened fire on them from a light machine gun. One security officer was injured. Nikolin was detained the next day in the Krasnosulinsky district on an abandoned farm.
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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 aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled ten attacks of assault groups of AFU 21st, 115th Mechanised, 95th Air Assault Brigades near Sinkovka, Liman Perviy, and Terny (Kharkov region).
AFU losses were more than 60 Ukranian troops, one German-made Leopard-2 tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured personnel carriers, and one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units supported by artillery repelled one attack of the AFU 12th Azov Special Forces Brigade south-eastern of Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 220 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, one tank, three armoured personnel carriers, five motor vehicles, as well as one Slovakian-made Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery system.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by artillery and heavy flamethrower systems repelled nine attacks launched by assault groups of AFU 24th, 28th Mechanised, 79th Air Assault, 81st Airmobile Brigades close to Kurdyumovka, Belogorovka, Leninskoye, Shumy, and Maryinka (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, aviation and artillery launched strikes at AFU manpower and hardware near Kleshcheyevka and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy has lost up to 190 Ukrainian personnel, five infantry fighting vehicles, including one Bradley, and two motor vehicles.
In the course of the counterbattery warfare, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, one 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers were eliminated.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by Operational-Tactical aircraft, helicopters, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled four attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses amounted to 90 troops, three pickups, as well as one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Zaporozhye direction, two attacks launched by assault groups of the AFU 117th Mechanised Brigade near Novoprokopovka (Zaporozhye region) were repelled by the Russian Group of Forces, air strikes, and artillery fire.
Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on manpower pf AFU 33rd, 65th Mechanised, 128th Mountain Assault Brigades near Rabotino, Zherebyanka, and Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy's losses amounted to 30 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, as well as one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In Kherson direction, as a result of actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by artillery and aviation, the AFU lost up to 50 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded and three motor vehicles.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made M109 Paladin, one Polish-made Krab, and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer were destroyed.
Operational-tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed one command and observation post of the AFU 1st Operational Brigade of National Guard near Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as manpower and military hardware in 113 areas.
Air defence systems shot down 25 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Topolevka, Verkhnekamenka (Lugansk People's Republic), Gorlovka, Berestovoye, Spornoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Alyoshki (Kherson region), as well as two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles.
In total, 553 airplanes and 259 helicopters, 9,861 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 14,165 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,189 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,382 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 16,437 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/18/2023 to 00:00 12/19/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 5 incidents of firing from the AFU.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
One residential building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility, was damaged.
One settlement of the Republic was under enemy fire: the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 5 attacks from 155mm artillery and attack UAVs. Eight units of various ammunition were fired.
A previous 36 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces per day.
21:35 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers surrendered after Russian UAV operators near Verbovoy (Zaporozhye direction) dropped them a radio and held negotiations -video.
20:50 Often the heroes of our videos are pilots who destroyed enemy equipment or fortifications. But there are those who always remain behind the scenes, but make no less contribution to the work of our aviation. We are talking about engineering and technical specialists.
Today an engineer with the call sign "Eagle" told in detail about his important but invisible work. Details in our video.
20:05 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: “We help the infantrymen advance”
Krasnolimansk direction
Having received the coordinates of the target, the Uragan MLRS crews of the Center group of forces moved to the combat area. Having taken up a firing position, the crew deployed the combat vehicle and aimed at the target. The artillerymen destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold with volley fire.
19:35 Offensive near Donetsk: Russian Army breaks through defense on the flanks, advancing up to 800 m to Avdievka
– “North-west and north of Opytny, Russian troops advanced in an area up to 1.85 km wide to a depth of 800 m in the direction of Avdievka,” admit Ukrainian military analysts.
– On the northern flank of the Avdeevsky direction, small infantry groups of the Russian Army continue to put pressure in the Stepovoy area and in the populated area itself. “The Russians have partial success along the forest belt,” the enemy reports.
– In Avdievka itself, to the west of the industrial zone previously taken by us, the assault infantry of the Russian Armed Forces occupied the private sector with battles and attacked in the area of Kolosova Street and Yasinovatsky Lane. The fighting doesn't stop.
– In the western part of Vodyanoye, Russian troops advanced north of the Novoavdeevsky headquarters in an area up to 350 m wide to a depth of up to 350 m.
– The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its morning report reported that the Russian army is still trying to encircle Avdievka, having carried out 16 attacks in half a day east of Novobakhmutovka, Stepovoy, Avdievka, and another 11 south of Tonenkoye, Nevelskoye and Pervomaisky.
19:00 The Russian Ministry of Defense transmits footage from a training ground in the rear area of the Northern Military District -video.
Motorized riflemen of the Vostok group of forces are practicing tactical actions to capture enemy strongholds around the clock.
“We are practicing the assault on a strong point so that the unit is ready to hit the enemy in any direction,” says the senior instructor with the call sign “Athlete.”
17:00 Front bird broadcasts: Donetsk direction. district settlement Andreevka 12.18 16:35
It is reported that in the area of the village of Andreevka, our airborne units destroyed several enemy self-propelled guns using Lancet loitering ammunition.
Two targets hit.
One of them lit up, the fireworks were bright.
16:10 "Colonelcassad" notifies: Brief information summary for the Left Bank of the Dnieper.
The enemy suffered a comprehensive fire defeat within 24 hours. Due to logistical problems, the enemy is overloading boats with personnel and cargo, trying to ensure the required volume of transfers.
Military infrastructure facilities and points of concentration of manpower are destroyed both on the left and right banks of the Dnieper. Due to the lack of evacuation, the sanitary situation continues to deteriorate, the condition of the wounded is deteriorating, and there are cases of death due to the inability to provide proper assistance.
Enemy losses: up to 65 people, 10 boats, 10 vehicles, a Farmer vehicle, one UAV, one repeater, 12 downed FPV drones.
15:30 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops, with the support of aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 117th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of the village of Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region.
In addition, they inflicted fire on concentrations of manpower of the 33rd, 65th Mechanized, 128th Mountain Assault Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino, Zherebyanki and Nesteryanka, Zaporozhye region.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 30 military personnel, two vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of coordinated actions of units of Russian troops, artillery fire and air strikes, the enemy’s daily losses amounted to up to 50 military personnel killed and wounded and three vehicles.
During the counterbattery fight, the following self-propelled artillery units were hit: M109 “Paladin” made in the USA and “Krab” made in Poland, as well as a 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
14:30 Front bird broadcasts: Yuzhnodonetsk direction. n.p. Novomikhailovka 18.12 12:50
It is reported that our units of the Vostok group of troops successfully repelled several enemy attacks.
In particular, motorized rifles, supported by aviation and artillery, kicked the 79th Airborne Battalion Brigade in the teeth.
The enemy has KIAs and wounded.
13:40 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, supported by air strikes and artillery fire, defeated enemy personnel and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Bogdanovka, Razdolovka, Andreevka and Pobeda.
– Artillery, anti-tank missile systems, and FPV drones hit two enemy strongholds, six dugouts, four firing positions of AGS and LNG grenade launcher crews, and two mortar crews of 82mm and 120mm.
– The total enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 250 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, a tank, three armored fighting vehicles, five vehicles, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled gun, as well as an M777 howitzer and an M119 gun.
12:40 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. district settlement Krasnogorovka 12/18 11:05
Due to deteriorating weather conditions, heavy armored vehicles are experiencing some difficulties in passing rough terrain.
I’ll say right away that this is a common tactic.
Moreover, both with us and with the enemy.
Therefore, while weather issues are being resolved on earth, iron birds are actively working from the sky.
Su-24 and Su-34 struck enemy support forces in several passes.
There is a defeat of targets!
11:50 Russian military fix the appearance of English-speaking mercenaries in Krynki, Kherson region, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to gain a foothold.
11:10 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement by the 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 the active defense, motorized rifle formations of the 6th Combined Arms Army, supported by artillery fire, repelled seven counterattacks by assault groups of the 115th Mechanized and 95th Airborne Assault Brigades, supported by armored vehicles, in the areas of Lake Liman and the northern outskirts of Sin'kovka. The counterattacks were repulsed, the enemy retreated in the western and southwestern directions.
“In addition, in the defense zone of the 20th Combined Arms Army, assault groups of the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade made two attempts to attack the positions of our troops in the direction of Terny, Zhitlovka. As a result of a rifle battle supported by artillery fire, the attacks were repelled.
– The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to more than 50 military personnel, one infantry fighting vehicle, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, two armored fighting vehicles and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
10:15 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 18.12 09:30
Local telegram channels report the sound of an explosion and a flash in the southern part of the region.
The air raid warning did not sound in the area.
Perhaps the Ukrainian Armed Forces are once again carrying out mining in a crooked manner.
09:20 First personnel the use of a multi-band radio-technical and electronic reconnaissance complex, as well as radio countermeasures 1L267 “Moscow-1” in the Kupyansky direction.
08:17 Paratroopers destroyed using “Lancets” two self-propelled guns and a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank near Andreevka
From these positions the enemy fired at our battle formations. To destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces' equipment, the Lancet loitering ammunition from a separate Guards Airborne Forces unit from the Far East, which is part of the Southern Group of Forces, was selected.
08:02 Summary on the morning of December 18, 2023
Once again, a night attack by the Geranium UAV took place at the Starokonstantinov military airfield in the Khmelnitsky region.
In the Kherson direction, battles continue at Krynki, enemy channels report the deployment of armored vehicles by the Russian Armed Forces. Our UAV operators do not stop destroying enemy personnel on the water: the enemy yesterday focused on replenishing personnel and evacuating. It was reported that an enemy aircraft had been destroyed in the sky over Elizavetovka, located behind enemy lines.
On the Zaporozhye Front, the condition of the ground did not allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to fully utilize armored vehicles. Infantry attacks on Verbovoe have been repelled, ours are counterattacking at Rabotino, and local battles are taking place. The enemy artillery fire on our positions does not stop.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are building on their success, they have begun advancing towards Kurakhovo, the enemy is snarling with FPV drone attacks on our equipment. To the south, our troops are fighting near Novomikhailovka.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are conducting an offensive on the northern ledge of the front near Stepovoy, enemy resources announced attacks on our troops at the coke plant. On the southern ledge of the front there are battles at Pervomaisky and Vodyanoy.
West of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Russian Armed Forces attack the village. Bogdanovka, moving towards the settlement. Ivanovka along the highway to Chasov Yar. Heavy battles are taking place near Kleshcheevka for control of the height.
In the Kupyansk direction - battles near Sin'kovka, as well as in the Kislovka area, there are no significant changes in the LBS.
In the Belgorod direction, an action by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was stopped near the village of Terebreno, Krasnoyaruzhsky district: the enemy tried to carry out activities involving traitors who had previously gone over to his side, but the attack was repelled. The enemy fired 129 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR; a resident of Donetsk was wounded.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Oleg Krivoshapov
[REGNUM] Those who went through the most terrible war in our history and who have lived to this day are left to die for. More than 78 years have passed since the victory. The living victorious fighters are about a century old. And many of them clearly remember and vividly watch how our army passes through the same battlefields as in 1943.
Correspondent IA Regnum, thanks to the initiative of the Committee of Families of Soldiers of the Fatherland (KSVO), was lucky enough to talk with three veterans living in the near and far Moscow region. Participants in the Great Patriotic War conveyed congratulations on the upcoming New Year and personal messages with words of support to Russian soldiers fulfilling their duty in the zone of a special military operation.
These unique people are Nikolai Nikolaevich Bagaev, Maria Mikhailovna Rokhlina and Vera Ivanovna Panova.
Nikolay Bagaev, 105 years old. “We must eliminate resurgent fascism”
We came to visit Nikolai Nikolaevich on the eve of his birthday. Ourinterlocutor is no longer just the same age as the century. He turned 105 on December 18.
On the uniform, which Nikolai Nikolaevich was preparing for the special occasion, but which he put on a little earlier - at a meeting with us, there is a whole “iconostasis”.
Recipient of the Order of the Patriotic War, two Orders of the Red Star, three medals “For Military Merit,” a medal “For Victory over Germany,” a medal “For the Capture of Königsberg,” a commemorative medal “For the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Moscow” and many other awards.
Our interlocutor was drafted into the army before the war. More precisely, in Europe there was already a war going on - World War II.
“On October 6, 1939, I began my military service; it was a special conscription into the NKVD troops. And I gave my all to the service from the very beginning. In 1941, already on the third day of the war, our 251st Rifle Division was near Moscow. It was difficult for the Nazis to bomb Moscow, and they landed troops from airplanes twenty, ten, even five kilometers from Moscow. And when our division arrived, half began to dig trenches and build structures, and the other half went around Moscow to destroy the enemy,” says Nikolai Nikolaevich.
The next memory is associated with the most difficult days and weeks of the battle for Moscow. At the beginning of December 1941, the enemy approached the capital. They took the village of Krasnaya Polyana, within the current boundaries of Lobnya. “And on the fifth, in a thirty-degree frosty night, our troops, including our regiment, went on the offensive... By that time I was already a senior sergeant and commanded a regimental reconnaissance platoon,” says the veteran.
Then, on the frosty December days, it became clear for the first time that the enemy’s forces were not limitless. After one of the battles, in which Bagaev’s unit also participated, “the Germans could not stand it, abandoned their personal weapons, and fled.” “We were catching up with them. They abandoned huge warehouses of ammunition of various calibers, huge warehouses of fuel and lubricants,” the interlocutor recalls. After the most difficult weeks of the battle near Moscow, the enemy retreated from our capital in just three days.
And on December 24, Nikolai Bagaev was seriously wounded.
“The bullet entered the right lung and exited between the fourth and fifth rib,” the veteran said. - Frost, cold, you exhale - and blood flows in a stream... About three or four hours later, orderlies - a girl and a guy - took me from the front line and took me to a medical center in the forest. There they provided help, and me and another lieutenant - he was seriously wounded in the head - were put on a sleigh. They covered me with a tarpaulin and I lost consciousness. I opened my eyes and saw a young girl sitting at my head; I later found out that she was sixteen years old.”
The girl turned out to be a donor. She voluntarily offered her blood for the wounded man. The calendar showed December 27, 1941.
“The doctor who treated me said: “You, senior sergeant, are a twice-happy man. They took you to us for two days, you’ve been lying with us for a day now, but there’s no blood. And suddenly the door opens and a girl comes in. I read an announcement that they were accepting blood from the public. The blood type of you and the girl matched,” Bagaev shared.
He still had many years of service ahead, from which Nikolai Bagaev retired with the rank of colonel. But he carried the memory of his miraculous salvation after being seriously wounded in the winter of 1941 near Moscow and his gratitude to the young girl who gave him her blood through many decades.
“Many today went to defend their homeland voluntarily, and I would like to say that they are now doing a great job,,” said the veteran. — It is necessary to eliminate resurgent fascism in Ukraine and free the Ukrainian people from these troubles. This is a great task. We must fight and stay alive. This is the main wish. You are participants in great events, I wish you to fulfill your task with dignity and, of course, stay alive. In 1945, we were very happy about the victory, and many cried. It’s not for nothing that the song about Victory speaks of “a holiday with tears in our eyes.” We were then given strength by our love for our homeland, and we won.”
Two participants of the Great Patriotic War - Maria Rokhlina and - joined in congratulating the 105-year-old hero of the day Bagaev Vera Panova.
Both are women legends, each of whom has already exchanged 99 years. Both have difficulty moving when they put on tunics covered with dozens of military awards. Both, like Nikolai Bagaev, asked to give their New Year’s greeting letters with words of support to the SVO soldiers.
Maria Rokhlina, 99 years old. "I am a little soldier of a big war"
Maria Mikhailovna Rokhlina spent the entire war as a medical instructor. She took part in the Battle of Stalingrad, fought on the Kursk Bulge near Prokhorovka, participated in the crossing of the Dnieper, and in 1945 she reached Prague. Risking herself every day, she saved the lives of hundreds of soldiers and officers.
She seriously undermined her health, but is not broken to this day. Today she is the chairman of the council of veterans of the 95th Guards Rifle Division of the Poltava Division. Once a week he works at the Moscow Committee of War Veterans.
Rokhlina, unsurprisingly, has her most vivid memories from the events of the Battle of Stalingrad, in which she took a direct part.
“It was hard in the winter of 1942. We were gathered in one of the workshops of the tractor plant - fighters from different units who were retreating and were defeated,” says Maria Mikhailovna. — We took an oath until our last breath, to hold on until the last drop of blood. And they survived."
Now, when fighters of the Russian Armed Forces are slowly but surely knocking out the enemy from Avdeevka “industry”, Maria Rokhlina’s story seems like a fresh combat report. Half of the territory of the tractor plant in Stalingrad was held by ours, the other was occupied by the Germans - and for many weeks “the line of contact resembled a real hell. Until the turning point in the Battle of Stalingrad.
“And when on November 19, 1942 we heard artillery barrage, we celebrated the victory,” said Maria Mikhailovna. — Everyone hugged each other, kissed: “We won!” And when they ask me how I celebrated Victory Day, I always answer that I met it twice.”
The medical instructor Rokhlina had to endure many trials.
“In winter, frost freezes everything, and with mittens, especially in Stalingrad, it is impossible to bandage a wound, provide assistance, apply a tourniquet or splint. I applied it with my bare hands. I forgot my gloves where I put them,” admitted Maria Mikhailovna. — And once, in October - early November of '43, I was transporting one seriously wounded man across the Dnieper, generally rowing with my hands. And my hands became stiff from the cold, I even lost consciousness.”
And the former medical instructor Rokhlina experienced one incident at the front years after the war with renewed vigor.
“In our division, a very young boy lieutenant had severely damaged feet of both legs,” said the veteran. — The guy was waving a pistol, shouting to everyone: “Shoot me!” Who needs me?! I’m not yet twenty years old, but I’m already without legs! Who will marry me! And I was called to him. I approached, he thrust a gun at me: “Shoot me or marry me.” What, I say, right here and now? "Right now". And his feet were torn apart.”
At the same time, the torn pieces of the wounded man’s boots, according to Rokhlina, were literally mixed with fragments of flesh. Several more fragments lay nearby, on the raincoat. “I applied tourniquets to stop the bleeding, then pulled out and threw away the pieces of boots that I could take out. My legs were literally blinded. I show him: “Why are you yelling! Look, your feet are intact.” But he still threatened with a pistol and screamed heart-rendingly,” shared the former medical instructor.
Thirty years later, Maria Mikhailovna arrived in Poltava, where at a meeting of veterans, an unfamiliar man with a cane approached her. “He took off his shoes, socks, lifted his pants legs and said: “Look at my feet.” He had them intact, although traces of wounds, of course, remained,” Rokhlina said.
It turned out that a few days after Maria Mikhailovna “blinded” the legs of the wounded officer, he threatened everyone with a pistol. Then he still had surgery. “They put me to sleep, examined my feet, they were warm,” the veteran said. “They operated on, selecting the remaining pieces of boots that had already begun to grow into the skin.”
The lieutenant was demobilized, but he retained his legs. And years later he became the rector of a pedagogical university. “He remembered me,” Rokhlina explained. — He showed his legs, and then turned to me, knelt in front of me, and put his head on them. And the whole hall stood up."
Maria Mikhailovna calls herself a little soldier of a big war. And he adds that today we all need another victory. The one that is forged in the NWO zone.
“I feel very sorry for the guys who are there now, who are fighting and will be away on New Year’s,” admitted Rokhlina.
At the same time, she appealed to today's fighters to follow the banner of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. "I wish you good luck. Live long, love your homeland. We are united, reaching out to each other. We have common goals. Guys, act like a soldier,” said Maria Mikhailovna.
Vera Panova, 99 years old. "Take care of yourself. Smash the enemy!"
Vera Ivanovna Panova, a disabled person of the 1st group, served as a telephone operator during the war, then as a sanitary instructor. She retired to the reserve after the victory over Germany, in August 1945.
Vera Ivanovna asked the activists of the Committee of Families of Soldiers of the Fatherland who came to her to convey a message to the soldiers on the front line for the New Year. We present it in full.
“Hello, our dear defenders of the Fatherland! Vera Ivanovna Panova, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, writes to you. When Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, I was seventeen years old. I completed nine years of high school and evening nursing courses. She started working in the surgical department as a nurse. At the call of the Komsomol, I voluntarily went to the front to defend my homeland. The population of our country had a high sense of patriotism. Boys in the ninth and tenth grades went to the military registration and enlistment office and asked to be sent to the front, but they were refused. And they signed up for the fighter regiment.
I celebrated victory in the city of Krakow.
I watch the SVO news every day. I'm proud of you, I'm worried about you. Take care of yourself. Smash the enemy. Take care of each other. Remember, yours are here, at home, mothers, wives, children and our entire country. I wish you health, mutual assistance and inexhaustible energy.
Every year I take part in the Victory Parade. I am proud and admire our armed forces and their commander-in-chief Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
I congratulate you all, your loved ones, on the new year 2024, the year of Victory. I wish you to return home safe and healthy.
Sincerely, Vera Panova."
Vera Ivanovna asked to convey her words to those who cannot yet celebrate the New Year with their loved ones. The head of the KSVOYulia Belekhova assured her interlocutor in the same way as the two other participants in the Great Patriotic War whom we visited that day: the messages will reach the recipients. Words of support from those who performed their soldier’s duty from the first days of the war until the Victory are very important for our soldiers today, Belekhova emphasized.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Employees of the Federal Security Service A suspect in preparing a terrorist attack against one of the leaders of a military-industrial enterprise was detained in Izhevsk, the Public Relations Center of the FSB of Russia reported on December 18.
“As a result of the events carried out in Izhevsk, a Russian citizen born in 1990 was detained”, the message says.
It is noted that the man tried to carry out a terrorist attack on instructions from Ukraine using a homemade explosive against one of the heads of a military-industrial enterprise in Udmurtia.
During the arrest, components for the manufacture of explosives and explosives were confiscated from him, as well as means of communication with correspondence with Ukrainian coordinators.
Based on this fact, a criminal case was opened under the articles “Preparation for a terrorist act” and “Participation in the activities of a terrorist organization.”
As reported by IA Regnum, on December 15, officers of the Rostov regional department of the FSB detained a 40-year-old citizen of Ukraine suspected of spying for Ukrainian intelligence.
Earlier, on December 13, the FSB reported the detention in North Ossetia of a Ukrainian citizen suspected of espionage. Law enforcement officers established that he transmitted data to the Ukrainian Armed Forces about the movement and location of Russian military equipment in the Northern Military District zone.
In Lugansk on December 4, FSB officers detained a local resident suspected of spying for the Ukrainian special services. He was caught collecting data about the Russian army, using funds provided by the Ukrainian side.
Russian citizen, suspect in preparation for a terrorist attack in Udmurtia, detained by Russian FSB officers. The intelligence service distributed relevant footage on December 18.
A man born in 1990 was detained in Izhevsk. According to the FSB, on instructions from a Ukrainian terrorist organization, he was preparing a terrorist attack against one of the leaders of a military-industrial enterprise.
The footage shows how security forces lay a man on the floor in the entrance, put his hands behind his back and handcuff him. Next, the man tells how exactly he prepared to carry out the terrorist attack.
He was believed to be using an improvised explosive device. Components for making a bomb, explosives, as well as communications equipment containing correspondence with Ukrainian coordinators were seized from the detainee, the department noted.
In Udmurtia, a criminal case was opened regarding the incident under articles on preparation for a terrorist attack (Part 1 of Article 30 and Part 2 of Article 205) and participation in the activities of a terrorist organization (Part 2 of Article 205.5). Operational search activities and investigative actions continue.
As reported by IA Regnum, earlier in Rostov-on-Don, employees of the regional department of the FSB detained 40 -year-old citizen of Ukraine suspected of spying for Kyiv.
They don’t come whiter than Russians, after all. And Evil Muslims or Chinamen are raaaaaycis.
[Regnum] It is extremely important to create content, including video games in which Russia would be presented from the most attractive side, President Vladimir Putin said on December 18.
“There is a very important component - the content of the games. After all, millions of people play these games, and if they play with such content, where Russia or our people, the peoples of Russia, our history, traditions are presented - this is done, by the way - in some unseemly form, this causes colossal damage to our country.” ,—the president noted at a meeting with the winners and mentors of the professional skills championship.
Content that includes respect for the history and traditions of Russia, for parents and for the country itself will create a powerful foundation for stability, Vladimir Putin emphasized.
Russia is in the top five in terms of the number of people playing video games, the president also noted.
“Approximately 60% of citizens of the Russian Federation over 18 or 16 years old are interested in this. This is a lot, and we are among the top five countries in terms of the number of players in the world,” said the head of state.
He called video games a very profitable business. According to preliminary estimates, the volume of this market in Russia alone is estimated at 177 billion rubles, so young specialists “have something to do,” added Vladimir Putin.
As reported IA Regnum earlier, in August 2023, Vladimir Putin instructed the government to prepare proposals to promote video games of domestic developers to foreign markets, including the BRICS countries.
In July 2023, at a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the ANO “Russia - the Land of Opportunities”, the President noted that computer games should help a person develop, instill in people universal values and not “leavened patriotism."
Video games are “not a toy business,” but a colossal, multi-billion dollar business, but the main thing is not the money, but the fact that the game should help a person develop and help him find himself, says Vladimir Putin.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] As usual, I support the annual campaign “2 carnations for Comrade Stalin.”
Integrity and respect for history is important for any country and people who do not want to perish and dissolve in time. The history of our country spans many centuries; throughout there have been not only great victories and grandiose achievements, but also failures and setbacks. However, the fabric of history is inextricable, all these years and decades are watered with the sweat and blood of our ancestors, overshadowed by tireless work to build and strengthen the state.
Not a single historical period can be erased from the national memory and discarded as harmful and unnecessary. Moreover, if we are talking about the period of unprecedented rise and power of Russia - the period when for the first time in its history for a long time it became one of the two leading powers in the world - the period of the Stalinist USSR, inextricably linked with the figure of J.V. Stalin himself.
It stands out for the achievements that we, the Russian people (in alliance with the rest of the peoples of the USSR) have achieved in all areas of human development.Alexander Nevsky, Dmitry Donskoy, Ivan III, Peter I - all of them forced the Russian people not only to respond to the challenge of the time, they forced them to mobilize and defend their right to independence. And even among them the personality of I.V. Stalin stands out sharply.The memory of national leaders is of a slightly different kind.
We honor and honor them not so much for their personal achievements, but for the heights and victories that we ourselves, the people and the country, achieved under their leadership. We remember the latter for great achievements, military or peaceful exploits. We honor them for what they have done personally. The result of their deeds - here it is, next to us - a scientific discovery, a victory in battle, an immortal book or painting, or a heroic deed forever inscribed in the History of our Motherland.
We are going to lay scarlet carnations because Stalin is our national leader. How do such personalities differ from historical figures, from scientists, generals, engineers, artists and writers?Some will ask why? Joseph Vissarionovich has been dead for a long time, the party created and led by him is no longer there, the country of which he was the head has been gone for almost a quarter of a century. These are all things of bygone days. Now there is a different country, different challenges, different reality.
12/21/2023 on the next anniversary of the birth of Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, we call on everyone to honor the memory of the Leader by personally laying flowers at his grave at the Kremlin wall in Moscow and in memorial places in other cities of the USSR.
Under Stalin, the USSR developed at a pace unattainable for the world, making a breakthrough unprecedented in history in just 20 years, which made it possible to defeat the fascist reptile, which had gathered under its banner the economic and military potential of almost all of Europe. Under Stalin, the foundation was laid for our nuclear missile shield and a breakthrough into space. Under Stalin, the cult of knowledge and labor forced us to strive for science and make world discoveries and breakthroughs. Under Stalin, just two years after the war, cards were abolished and annual price reductions began. Under Stalin, our country and our people enjoyed worldwide recognition and respect.
It was under Stalin, on the ruins of the Reichstag, that we showed the whole world who the real supermen are!
That’s why we his memory is so dear and we encourage everyone on December 21, 2021 to come and honor the great man by placing two scarlet carnations at the leader’s grave or other places in your area associated with his name.
Two Carnations Campaign for Comrade Stalin" will be held for the 27th time on the private initiative of a group of comrades.
The purpose of the action is to honor the memory of the Leader on December 21, 2023 by laying flowers at his grave on Red Square in Moscow. Anyone can take part independently or as part of our group.
For our comrades who live outside the Moscow region and are not able to take part in person - provide voluntary fundraising for the purchase of flowers, the purchase of flowers and their laying in Moscow on their behalf on Red Square at the grave of Comrade Stalin on December 21, 2023.
The event must be coordinated with the authorities.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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