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Slightly off topic but Jack Ryan Season 3 dropped this week and its all about Russia. Funny thing is it was clearly written (and probably filmed) before the Ukraine invasion and the Russian leader is a decent guy that looks nothing like Putin.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions also suffered enemy attacks.
by Iryna Lysohor
The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Ternopil Oblasts, as well as in Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast and Kyiv Oblast.
In the Chernihiv region near the villages of Gai, Kamianska Sloboda and Mykhalchyna Sloboda of the Novgorod-Siversk community, the enemy fired at night with self-propelled guns and mortars. Information on destruction losses is being clarified. In total, over the past 24 hours, there were about 40 explosions, shelling from mortars and self-propelled guns in the Novgorod-Siversky district. This is stated in the summary from OVA as of 9 am.
In the Donetsk region, at night there were shelling of populated areas along the front line. In the morning, the enemy launched an artillery bombardment of Avdiyivka. Yesterday afternoon – a missile attack on Kramatorsk. Two S300 missiles. One fell in an industrial zone, the other in the center, destroying the building of a boarding school. During the past day, there were shelling of Chasovoy Yar and Bakhmut. In the region, seven civilians were wounded per day.
In the Sumy region, there was artillery shelling at night (probably by self-propelled guns, four "parishes") of the Seredino-Budsk urban united territorial community of Shostkinsky district. 54 blows were made by the enemy along the border during the day yesterday. The communities of Bilopolska, Khotynska and Znob-Novgorodska were under fire. No casualties. Other consequences are being clarified.
In Zaporizhzhia region, during the past day, the occupiers shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Kamianske, Poltavka, Orihiv, Gulyaipole, Novoandriivka, Zaliznychne, Malynivka, Charivne, Dorozhnyanka, Magdalinivka, Novodanilivka, Mala Tokmachka, Olgivske, Chervone, Temyrivka, Plavni, Stepove , Mali Shcherbaki. There is the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure facilities as a result of Russian shelling. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians once again terrorized the Nikopol district, hitting Nikopol and Marhanets twice with heavy artillery. No victims. Several private houses, several farm buildings and a gas pipeline were mutilated in Nikopol. In Marganka, the consequences of the attack are becoming clear.
In the Luhansk direction, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers near Stelmakhivka, Andriivka, Nadiya, Makiivka, Ploshanka, Chervonopivka, and Dibrova. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out fire damage near Novoselivskyi and Stelmakhivka. On the Lymanskyi direction, Makiivka, Ploshanka, Chervonopivka and Dibrova were fired upon. The situation in the region remains difficult.
The occupiers launched rocket and artillery strikes in the Kharkiv region . Anti-aircraft fire was activated in Kharkiv. The Russians shelled the border settlements of Kharkiv, Chuguyiv, Kupyan, and Izyum districts. In the Vovchansk community, garages were on fire, as a result of the hits, the business block of the Central District Hospital was damaged. Four employees of the district hospital were injured, another 62-year-old man was also injured. Shelling by the occupiers destroyed a residential building in Kupyansk, a fire broke out in another household. No victims. Mine danger will remain high. A 25-year-old man was blown up by an unknown explosive device in the forest in Protopopivka, Izyum district. Hospitalized, average condition.
In the Kherson region, Russian troops continue mortar and artillery shelling of civilian infrastructure along the right bank of the Dnipro River. According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the areas of the settlements of Novodmytrivka, Kachkarivka, Inzhenerne, Lviv and Kherson were damaged by fire. Russian invaders are constantly attacking the Ostriv microdistrict in Kherson. This neighborhood is a zone of increased danger. Electricity and gas pipelines were damaged in Stanislav due to the impact of Russian artillery. A man is injured, he is being treated. 10 houses of local residents were damaged. In general, two people were wounded and one person died in Kherson Oblast last day due to Russian shelling. Work continues to restore normal life to the liberated part.
We will remind you that Andrii Shtepa, known as "Shnir," "managed" Lyubimivka and Vasylivka of the Kakhovsky district of the Kherson region.
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[Korrespondent] 23:43 The American edition of The Washington Post revealed previously unknown details of Zelensky's visit to the States. More details - in the material Special secrecy .
22:02 Ukraine will receive $500 million from the UK through a World Bank project. The funds will be used to pay social assistance to families with children and wages to employees of state institutions of higher education, the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance said.
21:10 The US federal budget for 2023, in which almost 45 billion is intended to help Ukraine, has been adopted. The House of Representatives, following the Senate, approved a $1.7 trillion budget.
20:43 Russia again fired at one of the energy facilities of DTEK, it stopped generating electricity, the company said, without specifying where exactly this happened. As a result of the shelling, an employee of the enterprise was killed, another one was wounded.
20:15 PMC Wagner sent about 40,000 prisoners from Russian prisons to the war in Ukraine, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the US National Security Council. According to him, about 50,000 Wagnerites are participating in the war,
...so 80% are convicted criminals? Not a lot of serious fighting to be got out of that lot, I imagine, though they’ll do fine harassing the locals. On the other hand, turning them into cannon fodder will reduce Russian prison running costs at a time when money is tight for the government, so that’s a plus for President Putin...
and the PMC spends $100 million a month to pay for its military activity in Ukraine.
"It looks like Mr. Prigozhin is ready to just throw the bodies of Russian citizens into a meat grinder in Bakhmut. About a thousand Wagner fighters have been killed in this battle over the past few weeks, and we believe that 90% of them were actually prisoners," Kirby said.
20:01 Kiev authorities, due to a shortage of electricity, decided to stop the operation of ground electric transport - trams and trolleybuses. Buses now run on all ground electric transport routes. Metro in Kyiv works, said Klitschko.
19:44 Zelensky said that today he held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief: "We are preparing for the coming months and next year in general. We see prospects at the front. We are preparing for various options for the actions of a terrorist state - we see its intentions. And we will respond. We discussed the situation in energy".
The president also warned that Russian terrorists could become active again during the upcoming holidays, and urged to take into account air raid warnings.
19:17 Zelensky said that Ukraine should become the subject of a response to crisis situations in the world, and for this purpose it is planned to create a Ukrainian agency for international assistance.
18:45 Biden signed a record US defense budget for 2023 in the amount of $858 billion, the White House said. The US document allocates $6 billion to contain Russia in Europe and an additional $800 million to help Ukraine. The document also provides for strengthening sanctions against the Russian Federation, in particular, it provides for a five-year extension of the ban on cooperation with Russia in the military sphere. In addition, Washington intends to achieve the exclusion of the Russian Federation from the G20 and a number of other international organizations.
18:28 The enemy has increased the volume of transportation by rail of personnel, military equipment and ammunition to the areas of warfare, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the evening report. The enemy continues to concentrate his efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky and Avdeevsky directions. On Kupyansky - trying to improve the tactical situation. On Novopavlovsky, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson - it is defending.
There were no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups on the territory of Belarus. However, the occupiers plan to deploy a field hospital in Belarus. And about 500 servicemen from the Russian Guard arrived in Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, in order to strengthen administrative and police measures.
17:59 Borrell said that Iran is making a huge strategic mistake by supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine: "Tehran is aware of Russia's ongoing war crimes targeting civilian infrastructure. Iran chooses the wrong path and undermines its credibility when it pretends not to takes sides in this war."
17:54 The Bulgarian Ministry of Defense announced that it had begun an operation to deliver weapons to Ukraine.
17:17 At a meeting with ambassadors, Zelensky did not rule out that he would continue to make personal visits abroad under certain conditions: "If any visit potentially has the same significant strategic content as mine now in the United States, if the results of the visit will directly depend on our Armed Forces, all of our Defense Forces, if one or another of our partners is ready to take the lead in implementing the points of the Ukrainian peace formula, if there can be decisive steps to accelerate our victory, then as an exception to the general practice of wartime be my talks and on a personal level."
17:13 Zelensky presented a certain formula for peace in Washington. The plan is not yet ready, but the Ukrainian head of state's team is currently working on it. The President's Office is expected to present its ideas on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion on February 24th. For more details, see Zelensky's Peace Plan .
17:00 Sky News TV channel published photos of Kiev from space for January and November 2022 - after the Russians began shelling the energy infrastructure of Ukraine.
16:27 The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, advocates the exclusion of Russia from the UN Security Council: "I think that there is a flaw in international law if a permanent member of the UN Security Council, in this case Russia, blatantly violates international law. In my opinion, a mechanism for terminating membership: I'm not talking about the complete exclusion of Russia, but at least the termination of Russia's membership in the Security Council."
15:58 Lukashenka is going to Russia for four days, his press service reported.
15:52 The shortage of electricity in the Kiev region is 50%, said the head of the OVA Oleksiy Kuleba. The most difficult situation is in Buchansky, Brovarsky and partially in Boryspil districts. In Bila Tserkva, Vasilkovo, Fastov and Vyshgorodsky district, we managed to reach the 4/4 hour blackout schedule.
15:24 There will be no festive New Year events in Kiev this year, said the first deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration Nikolay Povoroznik: "There will be no locations. We have Christmas trees, but no events will be held. We allowed events to be held in kindergartens for children, but only in compliance with all the security conditions that the time dictates today."
15:16 In the Sumy region, the terrorist defense destroyed a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group on the morning of December 22. According to the head of the UVA Dmitry Zhivitsky, up to ten Russian military men crossed the line of the state border of Ukraine. On the territory of the Krasnopol community, near the village of Vysokoye, the Teroboronists entered into battle with the Russian DRG. After a short battle, two invaders were killed, the rest fled back to Russia.
15:00 Dmitry Rogozin with other VIP-guests from the "DPR" unforgettably "celebrated" his birthday in Donetsk. Details about what happened are in the material "Gift" to the birthday man .
14:38 The SBU put a Russian woman on the international wanted list, who called on her occupying husband to rape Ukrainian women over the phone. We are talking about Russian woman Olga Bykovskaya living in Crimea. Her husband is a military man who was part of the occupation group of the Russian Federation in the south. Bykovskaya urged him to rape Ukrainian women in the Kherson region.
13:47 Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni announced her intention to come to Ukraine "in the first months of next year." She also said that she would have a telephone conversation with Zelensky in the near future.
13:36 Estonia has prepared a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said. The package will include a winter field uniform, personal protective equipment, as well as drones.
13:07 Peskov said that Zelensky's peace plan does not take into account "realities": "We heard Zelensky's statements about various steps, about the peace plan. But everything that Zelensky said before was said without taking into account the current realities that have developed and that cannot be ignored."
12:58 Israeli intelligence director - Mossad - David Barnea said that Iran seeks to covertly expand the supply of weapons to Russia: "We warn of further intentions of Iran, which they are trying to keep secret: to deepen and increase the supply of advanced weapons to Russia, to expand the project to uranium enrichment and intensifying attacks in various ways on Muslim countries friendly to [Israel] in the region." At the same time, Barnea stressed that the Ayatollah regime will never have nuclear weapons at its disposal - the Mossad will not allow this.
12:47 Zelensky said that he had an "important conversation" with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte: "Thanked for the decision to allocate 2.5 billion euros to help Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor. We appreciate the support of the Netherlands. And we continue to work together to strengthen the defense capability, energy resilience, rebuilding critical infrastructure".
12:32 British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that London plans to double the number of Ukrainian military trained in the country in 2023, to at least 20,000 people.
12:26 The Russians are not demolishing the Mariupol Drama Theater completely, but its back and central parts, and the front will be left intact as a "basis for reconstruction," said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. According to him, only those parts of the building are being dismantled that prove the bombing, and not the undermining invented by propaganda from the inside.
12:09 A loud explosion was heard in the center of Melitopol, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to eyewitnesses, the car used by the Russians was blown up. Russian telegram channels report that two FSB officers were badly injured in the explosion.
11:46 Peskov announced "significant progress" towards the goal of "demilitarization" of Ukraine.
11:44 Stoltenberg said that the Kremlin's actions indicate Russia's plans to resume the offensive against Ukraine, and invitations to negotiations are only attempts to buy time for preparation.
11:38 The Air Force found out that Zelensky was brought to the United States from Poland by an American military aircraft, which was accompanied by a NATO reconnaissance aircraft and an F-15 fighter. According to journalists, after a visit to Bakhmut, the president boarded a night train and ended up in Polish Przemysl early in the morning. Cars were already waiting for him there, including black Chevrolet Suburbans used by the US government. Shortly thereafter, a US Air Force Boeing C-40B took off from Rzeszow Airport (about 80 km from Przemysl).
The plane headed towards the UK, and the North Sea region was pre-scanned by a NATO reconnaissance aircraft. The Air Force recalls that Russian submarines are patrolling the North Sea. Further in Britain, an American F-15 fighter took off into the sky, which accompanied the board for another part of its journey. After ten hours in the sky, the plane landed near Washington. ABC sources said that the Americans feared an assassination attempt on Zelensky by the Russian Federation, even in the United States.
11:24 British intelligence believes that Putin's statement about the expansion of the Russian army by about 30% - up to 1.5 million people - indicates intentions to prepare for long-term strategic challenges. However, it is not clear when this level will be reached. It is also unclear how Russia will find recruits for such an expansion when its forces are under unprecedented pressure in Ukraine.
10:58 As of the morning of December 23, the power shortage in the energy system has slightly decreased, but remains significant. All types of generation are working, the power unit, which was connected to the power grid yesterday, reached its nominal capacity, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, restrictions remain in the power transmission system caused by damage to the main networks. Consumption limits have been brought to all regions.
10:47 The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation approved federal educational programs, according to which the "coup d'état" in Ukraine in 2014, "the reunification of Crimea and Sevastopol with Russia", "humanitarian support" of the "DNR" and "LNR", and also the "special military operation" and the ensuing "sanctions by the United States and its allies."
In addition, a module "elements of initial military training" was added to the life safety program for grades 10-11, which includes the rules for firing from an AK-74 Kalashnikov assault rifle, the principles of operation of F-1 and RGD-5 hand grenades, and first aid in combat. In another OBZH module, schoolchildren are told about "the basics of countering extremism and terrorism."
10:19 Russia has transferred another batch of Tor-M2K anti-aircraft missile systems to Belarus "within the framework of the existing intergovernmental agreement on military-technical cooperation," the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus reported.
09:59 Kiev continues to live in emergency shutdown mode, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko, urging residents of the capital not to turn on all electrical appliances at once after they turn on the light.
09:26 The Russians over the past day fired at the territory of the Kherson region 61 times: one person was killed, two were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:22 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, four civilians were killed - two in Chasovoy Yar and two in Bakhmut. Seven more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:55 The headquarters announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of December 23.
personnel - about 100,950 (+550) people liquidated,
tanks - 3005 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 5986 (+5),
artillery systems - 1984 (+6),
MLRS - 414 (+1),
air defense systems - 212 (+0),
aircraft - 283 (+0),
helicopters - 267 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1698 (+5),
cruise missiles - 653 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4622 (+7),
special equipment - 178 (+0).
08:34 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Vysokoe, Sumy region, Khatnoe, Kharkiv region, Stelmakhivka, Andreevka, Nadezhda, Makeevka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopovka and Dibrova, Lugansk region and Novoselivka, Yampolevka, Yakovlevka, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut , Mayorsk, New York, Vodiane, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the Volyn and Polesye directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groupings were found. In Belarus, the military commissariats check the assigned staff, with special attention paid to senior officers in the reserve.
The invaders have equipped a military hospital at one of the recreation centers in Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region. In addition, several tourist bases in the city are used to accommodate Russian military personnel. In Crimea, enemy units are carrying out engineering equipment for defensive positions along the Krasnoperekopsk-Dzhankoy highway.
07:35 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that Putin, with his statements about his desire to end hostilities as soon as possible, is trying to absolve himself of responsibility for waging a long war in Ukraine. And his statement about his reluctance to increase the pace of the "special operation" also suggests that he is trying to justify a costly military effort to a domestic Russian audience that is making ever greater sacrifices to achieve the Kremlin's unrealistic goals.
01:22 In February, on the first anniversary of the Russian invasion on February 24 or close to this date, Ukraine will present a peace plan based on Zelensky's peace formula. According to European and Ukrainian diplomats, the Zelensky team is now concretizing the plan, writes The Wall Street Journal. However, the newspaper notes, representatives of the United States, Ukraine and NATO said that the negotiating position of Ukraine will depend on its position on the battlefield, so Kyiv wants to prepare for potential peace negotiations by achieving military victories.
00:47 The Russians demolished the Drama Theater in Mariupol, journalist Andrei Tsaplienko said. The corresponding video from the place was also published by the local public.
00:19 British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley called Russia's purchase of weapons from North Korea for the war in Ukraine a sign of desperation: "The fact that President Putin is turning to North Korea for help is evidence of Russia's desperation and isolation. Together with partners, we will work on to make North Korea pay dearly for supporting Russia's illegal war in Ukraine." Cleverly confirmed US reports that North Korea had supplied missiles to infantry units of the Russian PMC Wagner, noting that this was contrary to UN resolutions.
Meanwhile, the DPRK Foreign Ministry denies information about the supply of weapons to Russia, according to the Yonhap news agency.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Dmitry Kosyrev
[RIA] Here is a recent regional election story: the fight was between two female candidates. One is the owner of an elite university diploma, worked in the diplomatic department in various positions, was also a lawyer, flickered a little on television, co-author of a book about why the whole world needs her beautiful country. In general, the metropolitan celebrity. The second never left her region for a long time, as a lawyer she defended protected forests there from being placed on the list of ordinary forests and fought other metropolitan encroachments to include something local and tasty in federal property.
We chose the second one. And the clever author of the article says: this is what should happen, our entire elite should be updated from below, relying on people who will come from the regions. Because with such an elite, as now, we will not go far (I would like to add to help him: we will lose the state).
Actually, we're talking about the US. And not about the recent elections themselves, but about the primaries - the internal party selection of a Republican candidate for the Senate from one of the states. We know the first woman, if only because her dad was vice president of the United States under the second George W. Bush, that is, we are talking about Liz Cheney. And the second name is Harriet Haigman - and she, and not Liz, has now become a senator from the deaf and reserved state of Wyoming (apparently, the choice of the candidate turned out to be correct: Harriet was well voted for).
I am finding it absolutely fascinating how close the attention Russians are paying to internal American affairs. An what — at least among the sources badanov follows — they think about it all.
And here it is interesting for us that not only in Russia there are and always will be those who want to understand the acute issue: the elite is, in general, what? Which have? What should be? Well, it is understandable that in tense times such conversations become a furious cry. And Russia does not have a monopoly here, in the United States now, too, the time is nowhere more tense. And for some, it's not even about making America great again, but simply about keeping it functional as a society.
Now an article from The American Conservative that describes this situation. The article is not brilliant, sometimes naive, sometimes confused, but there are good thoughts there. Here is the simplest of them: the author guessed to turn to dictionaries. And that's what happened. Cambridge Dictionary: Elite is "the richest, most powerful, best educated or best trained group in society."
Yep, says our author. This is the same muck that we suffer from - visitors to the glamorous Washington cocktail parties and so on and so forth. But there is another dictionary - British, from Oxford . Everything is not so hopeless here. Here the elite is "a select group, superior in their abilities or qualities to the rest of society."
Feel the difference? People have certain qualities, abilities and, let's add to the British vocabulary, merits. And if today they are rich, or powerful, or better educated than others, it is because of their abilities and their deeds. That is, money or power (aka influence, well, or popular enthusiasm) is their reward for being an elite. And not vice versa.
Shifting the conversation to today's Russian realities, we are now ending a high-profile philosophical discussion, in which almost the entire society participates. It, observing the demonstrative escape from the country of ardent supporters of the West, is trying to clearly determine why these people are not the elite - more precisely, they are no longer the elite.
The weakest position belongs to the envious characters, who were inspired by the idea that any elite is evil and that any elite that exists needs to be radically changed. Such people are hopeless, because when they see how a new layer of elites has formed, they will start their cry again. Well, such characters do not like that in any society, if it is not subjected to regular bullying, some people turn out to be more respected (and, perhaps, richer and more powerful) than others.
Therefore, their position looks very weak when they try to claim that “I didn’t really want to” - all these Grebenshchikovs, Khamatovs, Pugachevs and other characters from the very beginning were mediocre and miserable upstarts who made their way only thanks to the corrupt connections of their parties, so "bring another elite" - artistic, literary, political, business.
No guys, it's not. "On the other side" turned out to be not mediocrity, but often really talented, once wonderful people, whose names cannot be erased from our history, our past. They will remain in our history. Just today with them (and us), at a sharp turn in history, an absolutely operatic plot happened. Here is Wagner, who is very popular today - who is a composer, they said about him "joyful as the sun." But he had one dreary and muddy opera - called "The Death of the Gods". And what happened to a small, but noticeable group of our former elite, is a completely different opera: "The gods screwed up." And therefore (see above, according to dictionaries) - since their abilities and deeds failed, then such people ceased to be an elite or at least went down several steps in terms of public respect.
Returning already to American torment, there has long been a heated discussion that the current American elite is rubbish. We read about it: "elite" universities, churning out semi-educated children and grandchildren of former people with merit, looping status and wealth in a narrow circle of families. Because of this, today's inadequate decisions on global military and economic policy. In principle, the usual situation for any kind of society. That very sharp turn, when the elites have to be updated.
Here is the author of an article in The American Conservative and is trying to offer his own solutions for such a situation - we repeat, not necessarily brilliant and unique, but interesting. Something like this: the country will be saved by its regions and purely local elites growing up there, who benefit these regions. The winners will be those children whose parents, if not entirely taught at home (away from today's universities), then helped the process - they gave good books to read, generally taught to read. Also, such families should become members of strong and active religious communities, in which like-minded people are attracted.
Bottom line: "We need local communities where the most talented will associate with good people, read good books and discuss good ideas, while desiring to put such ideas into practice for the benefit of all."
Well, everything is correct. Maybe America can do it. And not only her.
Honestly, I want everyone to do better. The common citizens everywhere deserve to be better led.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:17 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in total, more than 190 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in different directions in a day. 19:35 Ukrainian media publish frame show the music college in Artyomovsk is on fire, modestly silent that the staff of the VFU is stationed there.
19:31 Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction have lost:
- killed and wounded - more than 40 people, including - five killed and 16 wounded as a result of fire damage at the place of deployment of Ukrainian militants in the city of Kherson.
In addition, during the day the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to:
- four units of automotive and combat armored vehicles;
- two towed artillery pieces;
- two unmanned aerial vehicles.
19:15 Kamikaze drone strikes infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:35 We need feedback from defense industry enterprises with units participating in the NWO-Putin
17:57 The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a missile attack on Kherson. The location of the mercenaries along with the personnel was destroyed. The number of losses of foreign mercenaries is being specified.
16:36 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (December 23, 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation. In the Krasno-Limansky direction in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye and Novolyubovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, attack aircraft and artillery struck at the accumulation of enemy manpower and equipment.
In addition, two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the Medvezhye tract, as well as Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk People's Republic. Enemy losses per day in this direction amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, three armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.
In the South Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of Russian units and the complex fire damage to manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novomayorske, Prechistovka and Vodiane of the Donetsk People's Republic, up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored personnel carriers and three pickup trucks were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery hit 62 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 87 districts. Two depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the area of the settlement of Novoselidovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement of Ivano-Daryevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made counterbattery combat station AN/TPQ-50 was destroyed. In the area of the city of Kharkov, a position was opened and a radar station of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed.
During the counterbattery fight in the area of the settlement of Selidovo, Donetsk People's Republic, two US-made M777 artillery systems were destroyed. In addition, in the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka, two Ukrainian combat vehicles of the Grad multiple launch rocket system were destroyed, from which shelling of the settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic was carried out.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the settlement of Orekhovo-Vasilevka of the Donetsk People's Republic shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force. Also, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down near the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, ten unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by means of air defense in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka, Novovodyane, Kreminnaya of the Luhansk People's Republic, Olginka, Volodino, Kuteynikovo, Yasinovataya of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malinovka, Maly Shcherbaki and Pologi of the Zaporozhye region. In addition, in the area of the settlement of Komissarovka in the Lugansk People's Republic, two rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 351 aircraft, 189 helicopters, 2,704 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,207 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 936 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,702 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 7,722 units of special military vehicles.
16:05 An air alert has been announced in Odessa, Kharkiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnitsa and Mykolaiv regions of Ukraine, as well as in the part of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kyiv, according to the data of the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Development. According to the data, the alarm was announced at 15.00 (16.00 Moscow time).
15:25 DestroyedAPU equipment - T-64 tank, BMP-1, captured BTR-82A and a truck.
14:58 On the eve of the New Year holidays, a new wave of mobilization in Ukraine is gaining momentum.Videoa man with a disability who received a summons from Cherkasy.
14:43 Rare frames. The drone operator removes Ukrainian air defense fire on him.
One rocket passes by, the second explodes nearby, but does not cause critical damage to the drone and it continues to work.
With a high degree of probability, this hit was counted as a “shoot down” by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:58 An air alert has been announced in most of the regions of Ukraine, according to the data of the online map of the Ministry of Digital Development.
According to its data, an alert has been declared in Kyiv, Cherkassy, Poltava, Nikolaev, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa regions of Ukraine, as well as in parts of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions controlled by Kyiv.
13:46 Graphs of power outages in Ukraine.
13:27 The deficit in the energy system of Ukraine remains significant, and restrictions remain in the electricity transmission system - Ukrenergo.
13:20 The battalion, which included Captain Yuri Kashevarov, was defending one of the settlements. The enemy, with the support of heavy armored vehicles, made an attempt to dislodge the servicemen of the RF Armed Forces from their positions, using artillery and mortar fire.
During the battle, competently managing his subordinates, Yuridestroyedtwo armored personnel carriers, two combat vehicles and a large number of enemy manpower. Despite the ongoing shelling from the enemy, Yuriy pulled his wounded comrades out from under enemy fire, loaded them into a car and took them to a safe area for subsequent evacuation.
Thanks to the bold and decisive actions of Captain Kashevarov and his subordinates, it was possible to prevent a breakthrough of the defense line. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
12:40 December 18 in Belopolye, Sumy region, it was committed killing a person. Killed by drunken troshniks. A month ago, two girls were raped, but others. Constantly drinking and robbing, taking everything they want. Residents have already written an appeal to Governor Zhivitsky to be removed. It is reported by military correspondent Kitten Z.
“Tolerate them is no longer possible. Let everyone know what they are doing. Peace to all of us, come soon,” local residents complain.
12:24 Ukrainian recruiters in Kharkivhuntafter men in clubs and pubs. There is a new wave of mobilization.
12:20 The FSB detained a Ukrainian agent in the Rostov region who issued target designations for the calculations of American multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) HIMARS, the FSB of Russia reported on Friday.
We are talking about a citizen of Russia and Ukraine, Vladislav Ponamarev, who, according to the FSB, “was attracted by the Security Service of Ukraine to confidential cooperation”
12:10 In Ukraine, children were given out for extracurricular reading on vacation a book about Zelensky, who travels through time and fights with Stalin. With Jewel on T-34.
11:35 The FSB stopped in a number of regions the criminal activities of citizens of Russia and Ukraine who assisted the SBU and Ukrainian troops, and espionage cases were initiated.
11:33 Personnel combat work of the crew of the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile and gun complex. Russian air defense units are on round-the-clock combat duty to protect the airspace in the area of the special operation.
In the process of carrying out combat duty, the crews of the Pantsir air defense missile system destroy aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as missiles of various classes. ZRPK detection systems allow the crew to calculate any targets in the sky: from household drones, most often used as reconnaissance, to cruise and ballistic missiles, helicopters, aircraft and MLRS shells.
The intensity of the calculations of the complexes is very high. Every day, the complex detects air targets and immediately destroys them with maximum efficiency. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
11:27 In Dnepropetrovsk demolished monuments to Pushkin and pioneer hero Volodya Dubinin.
11:00 Covering enemy infantry who likes to climb in a bunch at night with AGS.
10:15 Dmitry Likhachev, tank driver,told about one of the battles, when his tank was attacked three times by ATGMs. Our fighters continued to carry out their combat mission and left the car only after the third hit. Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
09:35 Ukrainian social networks begin to flood rollers with cadres of forced mobilization.
09:20 220 mm caliber rockets crush enemy - "Hurricane" grouping "O" is firing.
The calculations of the MLRS worked out on the positions of the enemy. UAVs provide fire correction for artillery units. The complex has high efficiency due to mobility and firepower.
08:50 "It's funny, it's rubbish" - Ukrainianshowedthe condition of the equipment supplied as assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Video 18+ contains obscene language.
08:10 An air raid sounds in the Nikolaev region of Ukraine and the part of Kherson controlled by Kyiv, according to the data of the online map of the Ministry of Digital Development.
08:09 From early morning until evening twilight: artillery reconnaissance units of the Air Defense Forces successfully perform tasks for identifying targets and adjusting fire in the special operation zone
Scouts are on duty around the clock and transmit the received information to the means of fire destruction of the Air Defense Forces directly from the line of contact in real time.
In the conditions of counter-battery combat, our reconnaissance equipment shows good results. Ministry of Defense of Russia
07:55 Destroyed Ukrainian armored personnel carrier-7 "Defender" somewhere in the zone of the NWO. BTR-7 "Defender" or BTR-70Di - Ukrainian version of the complex modernization of the Soviet BTR-70 armored personnel carrier.
In total, 13 armored personnel carriers of this type were modernized at the state enterprise "Nikolaev Repair and Mechanical Plant" with the installation of the Zaslon active protection complex, a television, combined day and night sight with a laser rangefinder, the Panorama panoramic view system and air conditioning.
06:01 Ministry of Defense showed how the material and technical support of the Western Military District units in the special operation zone is organized
At the location of the MTO units, work is in full swing around the clock. Field life may seem harsh, because there are no frills in it. However, Russian servicemen are fully provided with everything necessary.
There are showers and a bathhouse in the recreation areas for personnel. Mobile workshops are deployed in the tents of the bakery, which bake bread in the field. "Homemade" bread, which is baked by masters of their craft, is fresh, fluffy and ruddy.
The main task of the logistics departments is the continuity of supplies. When the military has everything they need, nothing distracts from the implementation of the main tasks. And this is the most important thing now. Video: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
05:08 Ukrainian soldier demonstrates fragments of his short-range air defense system 9K35 "Strela-10", which was destroyed on the very first day of his arrival at the front.
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Vlad says Merry Christmas! Thanks to all you nutcase right/left wing Americans who support Russia and Putin(just kidding)
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1606619000976416769
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Run on banks, past time the Russian people start suffering. Hope they have a grinding depression and their power is put out like they've done to Ukraine, sooner the better:
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:47 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the Kievsky district of the city of Donetsk at 20:40, 5 apartment buildings on the street were damaged. Artem and Universitetskaya, the building of the Donetsk-City store and 3 cars. 23:11 According to eyewitnesses, one of the enemy missiles in Donetsk hit the intersection of st. Artem and Tamansky prospect. Damaged windows in houses and nearby shops.
22:38 Balitsky said that the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant had almost stopped, the IAEA said they would continue consultations on creating a protective zone around it.
20:14 The enemy continues to shell the Kiev and Kuibyshev regions. At 19:55, another fivbe rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from Netaylovo.
19:49 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 23, received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
shelling in 12:20:
— fixed damage to the garage cooperative "Cosmos";
- st. Donugolskaya, 31, 34, 40 - private residential buildings; two cars were also damaged;
- st. Shpagina, 49, 53 - private residential buildings;
- st. Krasnoselskaya, 26 - a private residential building;
- st. Vasilkovaya, 26 - a private residential building;
- st. Lyuberetskaya, 7 - a private residential building;
- st. Energy, 25 - a private residential building;
- st. Yupiterskaya, 39 - a private residential building.
shelling in16:29:
- st. Saburova, 14, 17 - private residential buildings.
Kyiv district:
- st. Svetlova, 14/1 - apartment building;
- st. Menzhinsky, 14/3 - apartment building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- st. Otechestvennaya, 64 - a private residential building;
- st. Patriotic, 66, 101 - direct hits in private residential buildings.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
17:21 Petrovsky district was again fired from multiple rocket launchers. Over the past 15 minutes, 12 rockets have been fired at civilians. The enemy is firing from Krasnogorovka.
Information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
15:59 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 23, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- st. Ignatchenko, 4, 5 - apartment buildings; the gas pipeline was also damaged;
- st. Voznesensky, 2, 3 - private residential buildings.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
14:49 Like yesterday, the RF Armed Forces todayinflictednew missile attacks on Kramatorsk.
Several arrivals in the industrial zone are reported. Most likely they are hitting clusters of APU equipment.
13:51 Under the fire of the Nazis were the Kuibyshev and Kiev regions. From Netaylovo, five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at peaceful quarters.
13:50 Petrovsky district is again under enemy fire.
Five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from Krasnogorovka in the Petrovsky district.
11:34 FrontSvatovo-Kremennaya, Ploshchanka district. Approximately this is how every day the destruction of enemy personnel takes place. The reconnaissance reveals, when the crest begins to move through the wooded areas, the artillery strikes. Such actions require high coordination and speed, four months ago we could only dream of such a thing, now it is starting to work out. The work of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division, the everyday life of the war.
10:52 The fire from the AFU does not subside.
From positions in Krasnogorovka, six rounds of 155mm caliber and six rockets from MLRS were fired in the Petrovsky district.
10:51 The shelling of the Kuibyshev region continues.
At 08:40, 09:40 and 10:00, 16 rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from Netaylovo.
09:43 Over Donetskworksair defense.
09:35 Scouts strike Ukrainian militants in the Avdievka area from the air.
Scouts of the 3rd Guards Special Forces Battalion of the DPR destroyed Ukrainian militant in the Avdievka area with the help of a strike UAV. Despite the fact that the VSUshnik was in the trench, the fragments still hit the upper body. Subsequently, the drone operator recorded the evacuation of the body of the destroyed militant.
09:09 Front-line summary for the morning of December 23, 2022:
The Russian army has stepped up in the Luhansk direction. In the northern sector, with the support of artillery, she tried to advance to Berestovoye. She also conducted assault operations in the Novoselovsky area. A little to the south, with the support of artillery, attacked in the direction of Stelmahovka. Even further south - in the area of Ploshchanka and Krasnopopovka. And to the southeast, she tried to dislodge the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the bridgehead for the attack on Lisichansk in Belogorovka.
To the east of Soledar PMC "Wagner" attacked from Yakovlevka. Fierce fighting is going on in the southeastern outskirts of the city. Artillery works on Soledar and Artemovsk. The Wagnerites are not going to leave the eastern outskirts of Artemovsk.
Here oncoming fierce battles. To the south of the city there are also oncoming battles in the area of Experienced. The Ukrainian army is also trying to seize the initiative here. To the south, PMC "Wagner" attacks from Kurdyumovka and Ozaryanovka.
The goal is to take control of the road section, which also goes through the large logistics centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Chasovoy Yar and Toretsk. Russian troops from Maiorsk tried to advance towards Druzhba.
On the northern sector of the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near New York. Artillery hit New York.
To the south - the attack of Russian troops in the direction of Alexandropol. They also tried to advance and cut a section of the H-20 highway in the Kamenka area. To the southwest, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked from the side of Experienced and in the direction of Vodyany.
Further southwest, assault operations were carried out near Nevelskoye. Another ground attack on the fortified Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasnohorivka. Artillery hit the city itself. Fierce fighting in the city of Marinka. The Ukrainian garrison continues stubborn resistance. Russian troops again tried to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka. The Ukrainian army continues shelling of Donetsk.
09:02 Work of artillerymen of the Pskov division and mobilized fighters in the Svatovsky direction. The strikes of the 152mm howitzer 2A65 Msta-B ensure the advancement of the infantry. The troops of Kyiv are trying to suppress the artillery of the Pskov paratroopers with return fire. The correspondent of RIA Novosti became a witness of the art duel.
08:55 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on December 23, 2022
08:35 Artillerymen of the “O” group crush Ukrainian terrorists near Kremennaya. Fire is fired from a powerful 152mm self-propelled gun "Hyacinth-S" based on MTLB.
08:11 During the day, three people were killed on the territory of the DPR, four more were injured.
Over the past day, from 08:00 on December 22 to 08:00 on December 23, three people were killed and four more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
07:27 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the village. Lugansk killed two people.
07:00 Summary of the Luhansk People's Republic Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, December 22.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded on the settlement. Svatovo with the use of artillery pieces 155mm (four rounds). As a result of the shelling, two houses were damaged.
06:06 Servicemen of the 238th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflict regular strikes against the accumulation of manpower and equipment of the enemy in the area of the settlement of Marinka. This time, the artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces destroyed an armored car of Ukrainian militants.
04:03 Near Artemovsk, the Russian Army destroyed a close friend of Arestovich Alexander Snegurovsky, a former actor of the Black Square
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02:27 Ukrainian militants fired four rounds of 155mm caliber in Makiivka (Chervonogvardeisky district), reported the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
0:35 Air defense is operating in the rear cities of the DPR. The enemy is trying to strike at the infrastructure deep in the Republic.
The fire raged for more than four hours at an army facility in east Moscow
It came amid a spate of mystery infernos with suspicions that sabotage is at play
Video forum Readovka showed smoke pouring from the military facility
The fire broke inside garage units at 3 Sokolinaya Gora, building 10.
It came a day after a mystery fire at Vladimir Putin's only aircraft carrier while the vessel was under repairs from an earlier inferno. The ill-fated Admiral Kuznetsov was docked in the Zvyozdochka shipyard in Murmansk for repairs when the blaze started on the vessel which has been beset with problems. The fire erupted in the cabins on the port side of the flagship of the Russian navy, which also caught fire in 2019.
The blaze today could further delay the Admiral Kuznetsov's return to active deployment.
[IsraelTimes] Federal prosecutors say suspect relayed info to Russian intelligence services; German spy chief warns of Moscow’s ’unscrupulousness and willingness to use violence’
An official for Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency has been arrested on suspicion of treason for allegedly passing state secrets to Russia, officials said Thursday, as tensions soar between Moscow and Berlin.
Ties between Russia and Germany have deteriorated dramatically since the invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, and German officials are on high alert for Russian espionage.
The man — identified only as Carsten L. — "transmitted information that he had obtained in the course of his professional activities to Russian intelligence services," federal prosecutors said.
He was arrested on Wednesday in Berlin, with authorities searching his workplace and apartment and that of one other person.
"Investigations were conducted in close cooperation with the BND," the statement added.
The suspect allegedly passed the information to Russia this year. He was remanded in jug after appearing before a judge. BND president Bruno Kahl said the agency would not comment further on the case for now, as "restraint and discretion are very important."
"With Russia, we are dealing with an actor whose unscrupulousness and willingness to use violence have to be reckoned with," he said.
"Every detail of this operation that becomes public means an advantage for this adversary in its intention to harm Germany."
Since the start of the Ukraine war, concerns about Russian spying in Germany have increased. Last month, a German man was handed a suspended sentence for passing information to Russian intelligence services while working as a reserve officer for the German army. And in October, Germany’s cybersecurity chief, Arne Schoenbohm, was sacked after a television satire show broadcast allegations that he had ties to Russian intelligence services.
Germany had seen spying cases with links to Russia even before the Ukraine war, as have other European countries. In 2016, a German former intelligence agent who spied for both the Russian secret services and the CIA was locked away Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! for eight years.
The Ukraine conflict has heightened concerns in Berlin not only about Russian espionage plots, but also attempted sabotage of critical infrastructure and cyberattacks. The rail network in the north of the country was temporarily paralyzed in October by what operator Deutsche Bahn called "sabotage," with some officials pointing the finger at Russia. Important communications cables were cut at two sites, forcing rail services to be halted for three hours and causing travel chaos for thousands of passengers.
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[IsraelTimes] Federal prosecutors say suspect relayed info to Russian intelligence services; German spy chief warns of Moscow’s ’unscrupulousness and willingness to use violence’
