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[Korrespondent] 23:13 The mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, announced the second enemy strike on the city in a day, this time - presumably by kamikaze drones. According to him, one of the infrastructure facilities is targeted.
22:34 The air force shot down five enemy drones in the Dnipropetrovsk region, presumably Iranian Shahed, the air command of Skhid reported.
21:42 PMC Wagner mercenaries made an insulting appeal to the head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov. The reason for dissatisfaction is the poor provision of the units participating in the assault on the Ukrainian Bakhmut. PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin supported his fighters and confirmed the lack of ammunition. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has already intervened in a public conflict between various Russian law enforcement agencies and sent his PMC to the Donbass. More details - in the material The split in the Russian army.
21:04 Polls of Ukrainian servicemen who returned from captivity indicate that conditions in the colonies have partially improved, said Oleksandr Kononenko, a representative of the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada in the security and defense sector. According to him, this was the result of pressure from Ukraine and the international community.
At the same time, he acknowledged that it is extremely difficult to establish the whereabouts of prisoners of war, because Russia does not provide this information. It also does not provide access for representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to all places of detention of prisoners. In addition, the Russian Federation does not undertake to deliver letters, even if Ukraine knows the whereabouts of the prisoners. Thus, the Russian side does not want to officially confirm the captivity.
20:58 Russia has assembled a group of troops in Belarus in the amount of 10,200 people, head of the State Border Guard Service Sergei Deineko said. According to him, this grouping is unable to fulfill the task of re-advancing into the territory of Ukraine.
20:47 The situation in the energy system of Kiev is stabilizing, outages are becoming more predictable, in the near future it will be possible to return to the schedules, Yasno CEO Sergey Kovalenko said. He also said that the city authorities of Kyiv received 107 applications from condominiums for compensation of 70% of the cost of purchasing generators for houses. These generators can power water pumps, elevators or other equipment.
20:25 Zelensky said that he had met in Kiev with French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu: "He spoke about the security situation at the front and about the defense needs of Ukraine. We discussed further steps to strengthen the defense capability of our state with the support of France."
19:54 The United States is ordering automated fire control systems for 18 new HIMARS, which will be transferred to Ukraine, Military reports with reference to a contract posted on the US government's public procurement portal. These systems make it possible to bring together information from intelligence, infantry, artillery, aviation, etc., which gives a common understanding of the operational picture of battles and fire support.
19:18 Lavrov said that the United States explained to the Russian Federation through diplomatic channels that they did not plan to send American specialists to Ukraine to control Patriot systems.
19:13 The enemy is forced under the pressure of fire control in the south of the country to constantly relocate, look for new places. The work is aimed at ensuring that the invaders move their combat positions as far as possible from the coast, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden. "Thus, the ability to hit our targets and settlements on the right bank is reduced," she explained.
19:08 Special acoustic sensors will be installed in the Kiev region - this will make it possible to detect Russian drones or missiles even in places where there are no people, said Andrei Nebytov, head of the Kiev region police.
18:19 In the occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region, Russian servicemen and mercenaries are leaving their places of service en masse. For search activities, separate units of the Russian Guard were sent to the city of Primorsk. According to preliminary information, more than 200 people are wanted, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an evening summary.
18:10 Vice-Chancellor of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Märt Volmer said that most of the member states of the UN Security Council do not share Ukraine's desire to exclude Russia from this body: "It would be possible if a very large number of states considered, like Ukraine, that Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it received this status outside the procedure and illegally, and this needs to be reconsidered somehow. But in fact, there are no states that would consider that this is possible and necessary."
18:04 The first deputy head of Putin's administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, visited the Zaporizhia NPP. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine stated that such an illegal visit is another gross violation of international law and Ukrainian legislation. The Kremlin's move also demonstrates its complete disregard for the requirements of three IAEA Board of Governors resolutions requiring Russia to immediately withdraw its military and other personnel from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Foreign Ministry noted.
The agency called on partner states and EU institutions to expand sanctions against the Rosatom corporation, its affiliated companies, as well as other key representatives of the Russian nuclear industry. "We separately emphasize the need to work out mechanisms for the complete cessation of cooperation with the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear technology, as well as limiting Russia's rights and privileges in the IAEA," the statement says.
17:55 Zelensky, during a speech in the Verkhovna Rada, presented the commander of the Ukrainian HIMARS battery, Captain Pavel Chernyavsky, with an award from Biden, MP Oleksiy Goncharenko said. Earlier, Zelensky awarded the commander with the Military Merit Cross, but he asked to pass his award to Biden during the visit of the Ukrainian president to Washington.
17:43 The return of Kremennaya in eastern Ukraine will be another step in the Ukrainian campaign to return major cities captured by Russia after its invasion, writes The New York Times. Read more about where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving forward in the material Gates to Donbass .
17:39 The UK will provide the Armed Forces with Sea King helicopters, which will be used for search and rescue operations, the country's Ministry of Defense said. According to the agency, the Royal Navy has already conducted training on Sea King helicopters for ten crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:08 Since February 24, explosions and fires have occurred on the territory of Russia, as well as in Crimea, on the territory of 72 military registration and enlistment offices, military bases, warehouses and other military facilities, Nestka calculated based on open data. Most often - 44 times - military registration and enlistment offices and recruiting offices were set on fire. Other facilities, including military units, ammunition depots, airfields and other buildings associated with the military-industrial complex, have burned at least 28 times since February 24.
16:37 Shoigu sent his private military company Patriot to fight near Ugledar, Donetsk region, said Sergey Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, against the backdrop of an unsuccessful campaign in the direction of Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Vuhledar, as well as in the Lugansk region, the Russians are trying to break through and achieve at least some result, throwing all their forces into battle.
He noted that militants of the private Patriot army, affiliated with Shoigu, appeared in the Stepnoye region near Vuhledar - it was created as a counterweight to the Wagner PMC. "Wagner PMC and Patriot PMC are competing structures. Wagner is in Bakhmut, under Ugledar Patriot. There is no direct interaction between them, they are autonomous structures," Cherevaty said.
16:23 The occupiers once again fired at Oleshki, Kherson region, as a result, one person died, the mayor of the city Yevhen Ryshchuk said.
16:19 During mass attacks, Russians launch three waves of kamikaze drones - in this way they are trying to destroy Ukrainian air defense and strike at critical targets, said OK Pivden speaker Natalya Gumenyuk. "They launch the first wave precisely to identify air defense systems, the second wave - to hit these objects, air defense systems. Already the third wave, as a rule, is directed at critical and energy infrastructure facilities that were the target of destruction," Gumenyuk explained.
16:04 In Odessa, they began to demolish the monument to Catherine II. After dismantling, it will be transferred to the Odessa Art Museum, said Deputy Mayor Oleg Bryndak.
15:58 There are signs of the creation of new, more powerful units of enemy troops in the Zaporozhye direction, but there are no signs of the formation of a strike force capable of conducting offensive operations, said Yevgeny Yerin, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction. According to him, everything speaks of preparing the enemy for positional defense. In particular, new minefields are being created, engineering positions are being equipped, etc.
15:29 Ukraine is developing air-to-air drones that will fight Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones, Digital Transformation Minister Mikhail Fedorov said in an interview with Associated Press. According to him, Ukraine has already purchased about 1,400 drones, mostly reconnaissance ones. Fedorov explained that after meeting the needs for reconnaissance drones, the next stage will be the development and purchase of strike UAVs. "I can already say that in February-March the situation with drones will change dramatically," the minister announced.
15:25 The Russians struck the first blow to the energy infrastructure of Ukraine on September 11 - then they hit the Kharkiv thermal power plant. Since then, Ukrainian air defense has shot down more than 420 missiles and 430 kamikaze drones, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
15:19 Russia has already deported more than 13,000 Ukrainian children, Reznikov said.
15:06 Zelensky, in his speech at the last meeting of the Verkhovna Rada this year, said that Ukraine has become one of the leaders of the free world and has helped the West to unite, find itself again and stop being afraid of Russia. The theses of the President's speech are given by the People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
Zelensky also noted that the Ukrainian military-industrial complex will be one of the most progressive in the world. He is sure of victory, because now there is a national unity, a functioning state and support for peace. In addition, according to the President, Ukraine will become a leader in building green energy and will develop its own nuclear generation.
More than 1.2 trillion hryvnias were allocated for defense during the year, and this money is only from internal taxes and duties, while international assistance goes to humanitarian purposes, the president noted. Separately, he stressed the need to release all Ukrainians from captivity and said that 1,456 of our people had been returned since the beginning of the war. In addition, it will be necessary to return the Ukrainians who are now abroad, because they should not remain refugees.
Zelensky is convinced that the restoration of Ukraine will be the largest economic project in Europe. He called on the deputies to develop a legislative framework to encourage foreign businesses to enter Ukraine now, especially for companies that have left the Russian Federation.
14:22 Swiss OSINT analyst Benjamin Pitt has published satellite images showing how the invaders are digging in in the south of Crimea. In particular, the photo probably shows the location of the trenches near the radar station near the village of Lazurnoe.
13:49 Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto believes that Russia can use nuclear weapons in case of defeat in the war: "The use of tactical nuclear weapons is planned by Russia. For us it is unthinkable, but for Moscow - yes, if the point of no return is passed, if they risk to be defeated. In short, the danger is potentially there, although very unlikely."
At the same time, Crosetto assured that Italy would continue to support Ukraine, including by providing military assistance: "If possible, we will certainly help them defend themselves: Russia has crossed a border that it should not have crossed."
13:28 Danilov said that Ukraine has come half way to victory, but the most difficult stage is ahead: "Russia continues to set maximalist goals in the war with Ukraine - the elimination of statehood, the destruction of Ukrainians as a nation. The time of maximum concentration - we have passed half the way to victory. But the most difficult period lies ahead - to finally kick the aggressor off our land and punish him for his crimes."
12:57 Putin's decree approving simplified procedures for renouncing Ukrainian citizenship and acquiring Russian citizenship is void and indicates Russia's unwillingness to negotiate, its leadership's desire to continue the war, the absorption of the territory of Ukraine, the forced assimilation and genocide of the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
"The procedure for issuing Russian passports to Ukrainian children and adolescents from 14 to 18 years old, which was introduced without the consent of the recipients, is a flagrant violation of fundamental human rights and proof of the genocide of Ukrainians committed by Russia. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine regards it as another crime of Russia against sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, grossly violating the Constitution and laws of our state, the current norms of international law and the international obligations of Russia," the statement reads.
12:51 Peskov said that "no peace plan for Ukraine can exist if it does not take into account the entry into Russia of four new regions."
12:46 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that the Russians' attempts to capture Bakhmut are close to climax. The troops of the invaders have noticeably degraded, they lack personnel and ammunition. Combat losses force the Russian military to use detachment-sized assault groups. Analysts recall that this was already observed in August in the Kherson region - then the Russian forces also degraded from company and battalion tactical groups to separate detachment groups.
According to ISW, the Russian advance in the Bakhmut area will continue to slow down, and possibly even stop, if the Russian troops do not receive significant reinforcements in manpower and ammunition in the near future.
12:39 Russians shelled the village of Kizomys, Kherson region: three people were injured, including a 14-year-old child, the President's Office reported.
12:18 French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu arrived in Kyiv , TF1 reports.
11:57 Not only the military command of the Russian Federation, but also the Russians who came to work in the city have already left Kremennaya in the Lugansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine de-occupy Kremennaya, the turn of other Lugansk cities will come, because they are so destroyed that they are not suitable for defense. According to Gaidai, after the liberation of Kremennaya, there are two options for the development of events: go to Starobelsk, the main logistics center of the region, or help Bakhmut and go to Rubizhnoye and Severodonetsk in order to split the group of invaders in this direction.
11:26 On December 27-28, Budanov visited the forward positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in Bakhmut, where special intelligence officers work, the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate reported. He listened to the report of the commanders of the units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, defined tasks and awarded the soldiers.
11:12 In the Kharkiv region, in the area with. Bugaevka, Chuguevsky district, two people, including a seven-year-old child, were blown up by an explosive device in the forest, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Both received blast injuries and were hospitalized.
10:55 As of December 28, the shortage of electricity in the system has increased - this is due to the shutdown of some blocks of power plants due to the shelling of gas infrastructure in the eastern region, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, due to relatively warm weather, consumption restrictions have not been applied at night for the fourth consecutive day. The available capacity in the system is not enough to meet all the needs of consumers in the country, so consumption limits have been brought to all regions.
10:43 Over the past two weeks, Ukraine has agreed to supply more than 600 generators, Kuleba said. Seven autotransformers will come from the governments of Lithuania, Ireland and Poland; 543 generators with a capacity of more than 100 kW - from Germany, Norway and Spain; 24 transformers - from Finland; 45 transformers - from Azerbaijan; 19 powerful generators - from Israel.
10:40 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 28.
personnel - about 103,770 (+550) people liquidated,
tanks - 3017 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 6037 (+13),
artillery systems - 1999 (+1),
MLRS - 418 (+0),
air defense systems - 212 (+0),
aircraft - 283 (+0),
helicopters - 267 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1707 (+0),
cruise missiles - 653 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4660 (+8),
special equipment - 179 (+0).
10:29 British intelligence predicts that Russia will make it a priority to hold the front line near Kremennaya, given the importance of the area for the logistical support of its troops in the Donbass. In recent days, Russia has reinforced the front line in the Kremennaya Lugansk region amid increased pressure from Ukrainian forces. Analysts recall that Kremennaya became quite vulnerable after the Ukrainian Armed Forces moved forward west through Liman in October.
10:06 As a result of the morning strike on Kharkov, one person was wounded, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
09:24 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, announced a missile attack on the Sloboda district of Kharkov. In many areas of Ukraine air raid alert.
09:21 In the Kursk region, two employees of the FSB border department were blown up by a mine, ASTRA reported. According to journalists, an armored personnel carrier with border guards ran into a mine near the Krupets checkpoint.
09:18 Over the past day, three people were injured in the Donetsk region, two in Kharkiv (one of the wounded was blown up by an explosive device), in Kherson - also three, the OVA reported.
09:04 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that the Russian authorities are trying to force the West to make concessions and put pressure on Ukraine for negotiations. Analysts say the Kremlin is likely to continue to focus its grievances on the West and ignore Ukraine as a sovereign entity while supporting ongoing information operations.
Moscow routinely portrays Ukraine as a pawn of the West, devoid of any actual sovereignty, in order to deprive Ukrainian officials of the right to participate in future direct negotiations and instead present negotiations with Russia as the responsibility of Western officials, the ISW says. The Kremlin will constantly portray Ukrainian officials as dragging out the war while reiterating its military goals by trying to influence Western officials to force Ukraine to negotiate on more favorable terms for Russia, analysts have concluded.
08:56 The Gomel regional court passed a sentence on three Belarusians accused of sabotaging the railway, along which trains with Russian military equipment were traveling to participate in the war against Ukraine. Three residents of Svetlogorsk were sentenced to 21 to 23 years in prison with a fine and confiscation of property. At the moment, this is the most severe sentence in cases of sabotage on the railway.
08:47 Danilov said that Ukraine will be able to get Russian planes in the Far East: "The enemy began to hide them. They understand that Ukraine can get them deep in the territory of the Russian Federation, and there are not so many bombers left. We are talking about Tu-95MS bombers and Tu-22MZ. Now the Russians have overtaken them to Primorsky Krai, but if necessary, we will get to the Far East."
08:33 The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . Ukrainian defenders repulsed the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Ploschanka and Chervonopopovka in the Lugansk region and in the areas of Spornoye, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Podgorodnoye, Bakhmut, Andreevka, Kleschievka, Avdeevka, Vodyanoye, Maryinka, Pobeda and Zolotaya Niva in the Donetsk region.
According to the General Staff, in Sevastopol, the invaders stepped up campaigning for entry into military service under a contract in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
04:45 Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 702 critical infrastructure facilities have been damaged, and more than 35,000 facilities have been destroyed in total, First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin said. Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk regions suffer the most from shelling.
00:04 Repair of Ukraine's energy infrastructure is complicated by the shortage of necessary components and the incompatibility of components that Western partners can transfer to Kiev, CNN reports, citing an American source. According to him, the United States and partners are faced with the problem of disrupting the global supply chain for the equipment needed for repairs. Washington is trying to solve this problem together with the private sector.
In addition, some of the important network repair components that are used in the US are not suitable for Ukraine, as they are designed to work on other frequency bands.
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In Russia from Donetsk to Kerch
They cherish their Orthodox Church!
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:21 Ukrainian saboteurs blew up a pedestrian bridge in Pologi, Zaporozhye region, regional authorities said. 21:33 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 352 aircraft, 192 helicopters, 2,734 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,282 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 950 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,737 field artillery pieces and mortars have been destroyed, as well as 7,792 units of special military vehicles.
20:27 Captured Ukrainian serviceman told that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not give clear instructions and talks about "atrocities" in Russian captivity
◽️According to him, the Ukrainian command kept them in the dark and did not even explain where the enemy was.
◽️“They said take the edge of the landing, no trenches, nothing. We were frozen that day. The gun battle began. Half of the unit was killed, the commander was killed and we decided to surrender, ”said the prisoner.
◽️Russian fighters treat prisoners with dignity. “They talked about atrocities (in captivity), while there is no such thing. I've been in captivity for over a day now. They even gave me a Russian dry ration, cigarettes,” he added.
19:15 Pskov paratroopers "nightmare" the Ukrainian stronghold
The enemy "opornik" was discovered reconnaissance of the 76th Airborne Assault Division. After studying the positions of the enemy, it was decided to raid.
A group of 20 paratroopers secretly approached the defender of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and struck at him. Along with small arms, RPG-7 grenade launchers and RPO Shmel and MPO flamethrowers were used. After delivering a fire strike, the paratroopers carried out a withdrawal.
During the battle, three fighters were injured. After the raid, the Ukrainian “opornik” flew over a reconnaissance drone, which recorded 12 killed servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine there.
18:19 Russian artillery demolishes fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Bakhmut.
17:08 Speed, accuracy, combat skill:frameswork of crews of D-20 howitzers of the Central Military District in the zone of the special operation.
Artillery crews of 152mm cannons from closed firing positions destroyed individual targets.
From receiving data to firing a shot, no more than two minutes. Then comes the adjustment of fire with the help of unmanned aircraft.
Artillery crews are staffed not only by contract servicemen, but also by volunteers who successfully carry out combat missions.
After hitting the targets, the artillery crews of the Central Military District change their firing positions.
16:12 The sounds of explosions are heard in Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian edition of Klymenko Time.
15:40 In Konstantinovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Donetsk region, there wasdestroyedBC warehouse. The video shows the detonation of ammunition.
14:36 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupyansk sector;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed over 80 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;
◾️The Russian military destroyed a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the DPR;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces killed more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries in the Ugledar region in the DPR;
◾️Russian troops destroyed more than 170 military brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR and DPR;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed in the DPR two M777 artillery systems and an FH-70 howitzer manufactured by the FRG, from which shelling of residential areas of Donetsk was carried out;
◾️Since the beginning of the special operation, Russian troops have destroyed 950 Ukrainian MLRS combat vehicles;
◾️The Russian military hit five command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and an arms depot in the DPR, Kharkiv region and Zaporozhye;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed three 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR, Kharkiv and Kherson regions.
13:42 At the training grounds in Belarus, the ground trembles underfoot. Military personnel of the allied group of troopsgoattack. They shoot everything and only combat.
“Everyone already knows who does what, how. At a signal, at a glance, he already understands where and how to act in this situation, ”said the deputy platoon commander of one of the units of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign Senya.
The units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, which are part of the regional grouping of troops, carried out combat coordination activities. In the course of joint exercises, the military personnel worked out elements of tactical, fire, medical and engineering training, as well as driving combat vehicles over rough terrain.
12:25 Air raid alert sounds throughout Ukraine. A fighter with daggers took off in Baranovichi.
11:33 Explosions are reported in Druzhkovka, Krasny Liman, Slavyansk and Artemovsk.
11:32 Subway stopped in Kharkiv after impact
11:30 A powerful explosion in Konstantinovka (the territory of the DPR temporarily occupied by the Kyiv regime)
10:37 Explosions thunder in the morning in Kharkiv, the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine reported.
The mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov, informed that Kharkiv was under shelling and asked residents to stay in shelters and take precautions. The head of the Kharkiv regional administration, Oleg Sinegubov, also announced strikes in the region.
09:45 Kiriyenko and Turchakawardedparatroopers at the front.
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko and First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Andriy Turchak, during their regular working trip to the NVO zone, together with the Commander of the Airborne Forces, Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, awarded the soldiers of the 98th Airborne Division, who distinguished themselves during the battles on the right bank of the Dnieper, and also in operations in other areas.
The politicians also talked to the mobilized and looked at how their life in the trenches is organized, in particular, on the borders of the second line of defense. One of the goals of the working trip was, among other things, preparation for the first meeting of the coordination group on NWO, created by presidential decree just a week ago, which will take place today.
09:23 Struggle for speed and accuracy: Artillery of the "Brave" group covers the enemy.
Calculations 152mm D-20 howitzer guns from the “O” group work on the positions of Ukrainian militants, spending no more than two minutes per shot from the moment they receive the target. Correction is carried out with the help of UAVs. The calculations are staffed not only by contractors, but also by volunteers. All together successfully carry out combat missions. After firing, the Russian fighters leave their positions and take cover in dugouts.
08:03 Destroyed artillery pieces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in result of counterbattery.
05:56 Destroyed command and staff vehicle BMP-1KSh of the Ukrainian army somewhere in the zone of the NMD in Ukraine.
05:20 Work Mi-35 and Mi-28 of the army aviation of the Western Military District in the special operation zone. The footage was shown by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The on-board technician with the call sign "No. 7" said that the Mi-35 received several damage from a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile that exploded next to it - the on-board complex helped "take it away" from the helicopter. It took less than a day to repair the car, he said.
00:50 Another destroyed 155-mm self-propelled guns 155mm "Krab" of Polish production, presumably in the Kharkiv region.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:37 The RF Armed Forces destroyed a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Vladimirovka region in the DPR, the Defense Ministry reported. 22:21 In the Ugledar region in the DPR, more than 70 Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries, as well as seven pieces of equipment, were destroyed per day.
21:04 A civilian died as a result of shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, the headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic reports.
“As a result of the shelling of the AFU of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a woman was killed and a man was wounded,” the headquarters said in a telegram channel.
19:37 APU militants around 13:00 undermined a pedestrian bridge in the front-line town of Pologi, Zaporizhia region, Vladimir Rogov reports.
19:33 APU again fired upon Donetsk, firing 16 MLRS missiles into the city. Arrivals in residential areas.
18:32 UAV operators of the 100th brigade correct fire on the enemy in the Nevelsk direction.
UAV operators continue to conduct aerial reconnaissance 24 hours a day. Servicemen of the 100th Brigade of the 1st Army Corps use drones to detect targets from the air and help to correct the fire on the enemy.
18:10 Ukrainian troops fired on Makiivka and Yasinovataya in the DPR, firing 12 rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155 mm in five minutes, the republic's representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
18:09 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on December 28, 2022.
18:00 Ukrainian troops at 17:20 fired at the Kyiv region of Donetsk, firing four rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
17:45 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces destroyed positions of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artyomovsk direction.
17:18 Ukrainian troops at 17:00 fired at the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, firing 10 rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155 mm, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) said on Wednesday.
16:40 Ukrainian troops fired 15 rockets from the MLRS in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
16:23 Ukrainian troops fired 18 rounds at Gorlovka and Yasinovataya. Ukrainian troops fired 18 rounds at Gorlovka and Yasinovataya in the DPR, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
15:43 Ukrainian troops fired six rounds with a caliber of 155mm at the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
15:35 Ukrainian terrorists are shelling the village of mine 6/7 (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Explosions of enemy rounds are recorded in the immediate vicinity of Timiryazev Street.
15:25 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 28, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya: - damage was recorded to the MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 2". Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
15:15 Destructi on the fire of our artillery truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with ammunition. District n / a Terny, front Svatovo-Kremennaya.
14:30 Regularblowon civilians from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Yasinovataya DPR, a direct hit in the summer kitchen and a bathhouse in the yard of the private sector. According to preliminary data, the shelling was carried out with 155mm rounds.
13:45 Ukrainian troops fired six rounds with a caliber of 155 mm at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
"Fire was recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction: 13.20 (coincides with Moscow time) - the settlement of Aleksandropol - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired," the department said in its Telegram channel .
Nothing is known about the consequences at the moment.
13:14 Ukrainian troops at 12.57 fired four rounds of 155mm caliber at the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
12:40 Soledar direction situation as of December 28, 2022:
In the vicinity of Bakhmut (Artemovsk) and Soledar, intense fighting continues. Ukrainian formations are spreading information about a critical situation and a high probability of a defense breakthrough.
In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) section, assault detachments of the 57th Separate Mechanized Rifle Brigade tried to break through the positions of Russian troops on the southeastern outskirts of Bakhmut. As a result, a group of soldiers of the 57th Brigade was surrounded, from which only eight managed to escape.
To restore combat readiness and regain control over the lost territories, 250 people from the airborne assault troops and SOF of Ukraine were deployed to the Bakhmut area.
To the north-east of Bakhmut, units of the Wagner PMC established control over two strongholds in the Podgorodny area, where the formation of the 17th Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived the day before to strengthen the borders.
To the south, the assault on Experienced continues. Currently, fighting is taking place near the art school and the agricultural lyceum on Naberezhnaya Street.
To the south-west, Russian troops recaptured three strongholds on the eastern outskirts of Kleshcheevka and south of the village, where the forces of the 24th and 60th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are defending.
Engineering groups of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are equipping false firing positions for MLRS and artillery at the turn of Chasov Yar - Druzhba.
In the Soledar sector, assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces are advancing from the Bakhmut secondary school to the Dekonskaya station in the south of Soledar.
At the same time, the Wagnerites, with the support of the artillery of the NM of the LPR, are pushing through the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along Sosyura Street. In addition, during the fighting from Yakovlevka, control was established over the company stronghold of the 128th Guards Brigade.
12:15 Yesterday, at the Svatovo-Kremennaya front (section of the Zhuravka gully), an event, albeit of local significance, did not become less important. Parts of the 3rd Motor Rifle Division during the offensive knocked out the enemy from an important height of 165 and connected with units of the 74th Guards Brigade, which in turn also led an offensive to this height.
The Ukrainian militants could not withstand the onslaught and fled to the part of the Zhuravka gully that remained under their control, suffering very heavy losses. Interestingly, some Ukrainian special forces were left to defend the height, at least this impression is created after examining the corpses of the enemy and the equipment abandoned by him. The Russian infantry significantly replenished their stocks with good captured weapons and ammunition from a certain unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine called "Kangal".
The offensive of the Russian troops did not stop there, the soldiers of the 3rd Motor Rifle Division and paratroopers from the 76th Division continue to attack the enemy near Makeevka, the artillery clearly and competently destroys both the enemy’s personnel directly on the positions, and suitable reserves and enemy medical evacuation points.
11:45 Artillery 1st Army Corps destroys enemy armored vehicles and artillery guided projectiles "Krasnopol"
Artillerymen of the 1st Army Corps continue to successfully use 152mm Krasnopol guided missiles. With their help, enemy artillery and armored vehicles are destroyed. The use of guided weapons allows you to destroy important targets from the first shot, regardless of whether they are in place or on the move.
11:28 Ukrainian troops at 11.10 Moscow time fired four rounds with a caliber of 155mm at the Kievsky district of Donetsk - DPR representative office in the JCCC
10:37 Ukrainian troops fired four 155mm NATO caliber rounds at the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
10:31 Statement by the NM of the DPR on the situation as of 10.30 on December 28, 2022:
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: one tank
("T-80BV"), two self-propelled howitzers (122mm "2S3" and 155mm "AHS Krab") and seven units of armored and automotive vehicles. Losses in enemy manpower amounted to more than 15 people.
10:23 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on December 28, 2022.
10:02 Front-line summary for the morning of December 28, 2022:
In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops reduced the intensity of artillery work. Arrivals along Plavni, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on Tokmok. There is a military airfield there. Tokmok itself is an important logistics center for the Russian Armed Forces.
In the South-Donetsk sector, the Russian army again attempted to attack in the direction of Novomikhailovka. Fierce fighting continues in the city of Marinka. Russian troops are again attacking in the direction of Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Vodyany and from the side of Experienced. Oddly enough, it is quiet in Avdiivka. A little to the north, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are trying to move to Kamenka. Further north, they attacked in the direction of Alexandropol.
To the south of Artemovsk PMC "Wagner" decided to move to Dyleevka. A little to the north they attack in the area of ??Kleshcheevka.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops are again trying to reach Belogorovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting assault operations in the Krasnopopovka area. Here is the struggle for a section of the R-66 highway to Kremennaya.
09:45 Gorlovka and Donetsk are under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian militants fired nine rounds with a caliber of 155 and 152mm in the Nikitovsky district; five rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired in the Kalininsky district. Five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
08:49 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on December 28, 2022
08:37 Tankers of the RF Armed Forces support infantry in the offensive on Marinka.
08:05 During the day, one civilian was wounded on the territory of the DPR.
Over the past day, from 08:00 on December 27 to 08:00 on December 28, one civilian was wounded as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:01 Mobilized servicemen 1st Army Corps DPR showed a serious line of defense in the Zaporozhye direction.
Soldiers of the 123rd Regiment of the Mobilization Reserve of the 1st Army Corps of the DPR equipped a worthy segment of the echeloned defense line and comfortable living conditions for servicemen on their sector of the front. Mine-explosive barriers, barbed wire, as well as deep trenches serve as reliable protection for the Russian people of the Zaporozhye region from Ukrainian nationalists.
06:32 Over the past day, on December 27, 2022, no shelling of settlements was recorded by the LPR representative office in the JCCC.
05:15 Soldiers of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the DPRworkon the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun based on the MT-LB in the Donetsk direction.
04:01 Artemovsk. Kind from the air. The fighting continues to shift to the city limits - the front from the fields and villages creeps into the city.
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[REGNUM] Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a sensational statement. According to him, the West is already directly threatening to physically eliminate the Russian president.
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[REGNUM] Based on the results of the year, it can be stated that Bayraktar drones are generally capable of performing tasks in theaters of military operations where a layered air defense system has not been created. But in the presence of serious resistance “on the ground”, the effectiveness of drones is significantly reduced. The Ukrainian conflict clearly shows that when meeting with a more serious enemy, Bayraktar often becomes prey than a hunter.
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I have wondered about this; the Turkish drones were reportedly successful in the early stages of a conflict and were widely covered in the media. However, they have since disappeared from both the battlefield and the media, which has puzzled analysts.
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The Bayraktars first disappeared when they were being shot down by Russian air defense. They made a brief reappearance when Ukraine received HARM missiles and were able to achieve local air superiority.
This is also why it is a bad idea to send Predator drones. They need line of sight to the target and won't survive in an air defense environment.
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[REGNUM] The dismantling of the monument to the Russian Empress Catherine II was completed in the city of Odessa, which is under the rule of the Kiev regime. This was reported on December 29 by the local newspaper Dumskaya.
Preparations for the demolition of the monument began on the afternoon of December 28, the main work was carried out on the night of December 29. Along with the monument to Empress Catherine II, the figures of her associates, the founders of Odessa - Joseph Deribas, Platon Zubov, Franz de Vollan and Grigory Potemkin were also dismantled.
The sculpture of the Empress was removed from the pedestal at about 02:40 Moscow time. The dismantled figure will go to the Odessa National Art Museum for storage.
Recall that the decision to dismantle the monument to Catherine II was made by the Odessa City Council at the end of November on the basis of a petition sent by its authors to Vladimir Zelensky.
Earlier , REGNUM reported that the dismantling of the monument to the Russian Empress Catherine II began in Odessa.
[SAHARAREPORTERS] A Moscow City Court has sentenced former Russian senator Rauf Arashukov and his father, Raul, to life imprisonment in a high-profile murder case.
The former politician was detained in 2019 while attending a parliamentary session, RT reports.
At the time, the prosecutor general, Yury Chaika, and the head of the Investigative Committee, Aleksandr Bastrykin, personally led the detention.
Sequel to his arrest, fellow senators voted to strip him of parliamentary immunity during the same session.
The trial judge, who earlier found the ex-senator and his father guilty of planning the murder of the deputy head of a local youth movement, Aslan Zhukov, sentenced them to life imprisonment.
While pronouncing their sentence on Tuesday, the judge held: "The court does not see any obstacles to sentencing Raul and Rauf Arashukov to life in prison."
Zhukov was also an aide to the leader of Russia’s southern Karachay-Cherkessia region, Fral Shebzukhov at the time of his murder.
Only one juror found that the guilt of the two men had not been sufficiently proven and that they deserved leniency, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
Raul Arashukov was additionally found guilty of stealing over 4.4 billion rubles ($62 million) from Russian energy giant Gazprom.
In September, the jury also found both men guilty of forming a criminal group with the goal of stealing 30 billion rubles ($425 million) from the company.
The court seized several of the Arashukovs’ cars, including a Bentley and a rare Soviet Chaika. A total of 18 other suspects were put on trial in connection with the case.
Both men denied their guilt. Rauf, 36, was described as Russia’s youngest senator during his tenure between 2016 and 2019, representing Karachay-Cherkessia Region. His father Raul was once a gas mogul.
Arashukov Jr. was exposed as one of the organisers of a contract killing after a hitman from a group that carried out one of the murders turned himself in back in August 2018.
The senator’s arrest kick-started what ended up being a large-scale police operation involving searches in several Russian cities.
The materials released online contained, among other things, justifications for Russia's occupation of Ukraine. more than 100,000 SIM cards were used to register the said accounts. They were seized by police officers.
This is part of a police operation called "Botoferma" you can verify this information, for example, on the official youtube of the Ukrainian police, which provides the full video and more detailshttps://t.co/1PetyFiTZk
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