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2022-12-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 18th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:47 Zelensky said that although FIFA blocked his appeal for display at the stadium before the final game in Qatar, it was distributed by the best Ukrainian football players and thousands of world media: "We are already preparing a special summit this winter. Summit for the sake of peace. For our country and for any other people who can succumb to the same aggression, the same terror that Russia has brought to our land."
22:38 Ukrainian authorities support Republicans' call for greater "transparency and accountability" of US assistance to Ukraine, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said in an interview with ABC TV channel: "We are working with Congress on a very strong bipartisan basis, not only regarding reports that we have already received. We already have a number of systems in place. The NATO system for security assistance, as well as a full report on budgetary support."
22:24 Zelensky told the details of today's Stavka meeting in an evening video message. In particular, according to him, the participants examined the situation in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in great detail: “The Bakhmut direction is the key one. We keep the city, although the occupiers are doing everything so that not a single whole wall remains there. we are gradually reducing the potential of the occupiers. Minus the warehouses, minus the logistics of the Russian army."
The President also noted that air defense is a constant priority of the Headquarters, and once again called on partners to help fully protect the sky: “By providing us with modern air defense systems in sufficient quantities faster, you can deprive the terrorist state of the main instrument of terror. This will be one of the most powerful steps which will hasten the end of the aggression. Russia will have to take the path of ending the aggression when it can no longer take the path of missile strikes."
Also, according to Zelensky, the situation on the border was discussed in detail at Headquarters: “Protecting the border with both Russia and Belarus is also a constant priority. We are preparing for all possible defense scenarios. will not help, like all other sick ideas in this war against Ukraine and Ukrainians."
21:42 The head of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky predicts a significant shortage of electricity on December 18 and 19 due to lower temperatures. According to him, all power units of nuclear power plants operating in the controlled territory have already resumed operation, however, there are restrictions on networks that cannot give out a certain part of their power due to the consequences of rocket attacks. “I think that in the near future we will be able to see the full capacity of three nuclear power plants in the network. In one or two days, we will be able to further increase the volume of generation that is available to our consumers,” Kudritsky said.
21:14 The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Vadim Skibitsky, said in an interview with Spiegel that Putin postponed the start of the invasion of Ukraine three times - the last time it happened in mid-February: "The FSB insisted on starting the offensive, they were convinced that they had prepared enough for the invasion. They invested huge resources and pushed the head of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Gerasimov to attack." Finally, according to him, Gerasimov came under pressure and approved the start of the offensive.
19:49 Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the presidential press service reports. The members of the Stavka paid special attention to the situation in Belarus. Information was heard about the current number and armament of enemy military groups. The commanders noted the readiness of the defense forces to respond to any development of events.
19:31 It will take two to three weeks to resume generation in Ukraine after missile strikes - provided that there are no new shellings, Dmitry Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK, said. According to him, two stations of the company were seriously damaged.
"Now we are talking in the context of this winter. So, we can stabilize the system only by maximum recovery to the level that allows the generation to work. For this, if there are no attacks, it will take two to three weeks, and the generation will return to the volume that is now possible," Sakharuk explained. As for a full recovery, this is possible only after the victory, and it will take years, he added.
19:16 The commander of the British armed forces, Tony Radakin, said in an interview with The Telegraph that he should make his contacts with his Russian counterpart Valery Gerasimov more regular. He said that he maintains contacts with Gerasimov, despite the deterioration of British-Russian relations: “I would like this communication to be even more regular. I would like contacts with the Russian Federation to be even stronger, even if it will be difficult conversations. These are ongoing relationship".
Radakin added that he agreed with Gerasimov not to disclose the details of their negotiations, and the Russian general adheres to this.
18:17 The enemy is trying to restore the lost position in the Liman direction; on Zaporizhzhya - restores the railway infrastructure to improve logistics. It focuses its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions. It is conducting defense in other areas, concentrating efforts on deterring the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, the General Staff said in an evening summary.
According to the General Staff, in the Lugansk region, the invaders are mobilizing. In particular, from December 5, the military commissariats sent out registration cards to all enterprises in the region. The situation is similar in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region: in Gorlovka, employees of public utilities are subject to mobilization.
17:25 In Mariupol, the invaders staged a global search event - several military brigades are looking for deserters with weapons who disappeared during transportation through the city. According to the mayor's adviser Pyotr Andryushchenko, according to sources, the deserters are among the prisoners, so the group poses a particular danger.
17:19 The Russians began to withdraw some units from the Dnieper in the area of Kakhovka and Novaya Kakhovka, as well as move their units along the left bank of the Kherson region. It is not yet clear whether this is a rotation or a withdrawal of troops, said Yury Sobolevsky, deputy chairman of the Kherson Regional Council. He also said that in recent weeks, Russians have been trying not to accumulate personnel in one location - now they are settled in small groups, often in residential buildings. "They are trying to minimize their losses from the constant strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It often happened that they flew into the building, where there were several hundred invaders," Sobolevsky explained.
17:13 In the very center of Melitopol, the Russians have been placing concrete cones for the second day. In all likelihood, this is how they are already preparing for street fighting, said the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov. According to him, "dragon's teeth" are placed closer to civilians - among the main streets and residential areas.
Fedorov also said that the Russians have begun a new round of terror - they are keeping residents who want to leave the occupation during the forced "New Year holidays." So, for a week from the occupied territories of four regions - Zaporizhia, Kherson, Donetsk and Lugansk - in Zaporozhye, the invaders released only 174 people. And starting from December 15, and for three days now, not a single person has been released from the occupation.
Filtration has also increased on alternative evacuation routes. Previously, it was possible to leave the occupation through the Donetsk region or Crimea towards Georgia or Estonia and Latvia. However, cases have become more frequent when Russians turn Ukrainian cars back on the border between Russia and European countries. According to Fedorov, the invaders are so afraid of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that they are holding all civilians hostage as human shields.
17:05 European Parliament President Roberta Metsola called for additional financial and military support to Ukraine: "This war must be urgently stopped. And Ukraine must win this war. This means more weapons for Ukraine, more financial and humanitarian assistance, more practical solidarity and more sanctions against Russia".
15:17 The military operation to liberate Crimea has not yet begun, but readiness has already arisen in the thoughts of Ukrainians, Zelensky said in an interview with French TV channels TF1 and LCI: "The operation itself has not yet begun. When it starts, you will definitely hear it. I believe that "The reconquest of Crimea began in the minds of people, and this is very important. In our inner desire, in the unity of attitude towards this. Not just in words, Crimea is Ukraine. We must be ready and go. No one will give Crimea away just like that. The reconquest always begins with society : with desire and readiness. I believe that there is a beginning."
15:13 Information about the retreat of the Russians from the Kherson region may be a trap, said the head of the joint press center of the defense forces of the Tauride direction Yevgeny Yerin: "According to our information, on the left bank of the Dnieper, the Russians are constantly redeploying troops from several settlements. However, talking about them retreat is still early, since the enemy’s statements about the retreat can be an information trap to force the Armed Forces of Ukraine to act according to their rules.We are dealing with a very insidious enemy, therefore, only after a specific assessment of the situation and actions of the enemy will we decide whether the Russians are really retreating from a number of settlements on the left bank of the Dnieper.
14:45 Russia is not yet ready for a new large-scale offensive, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Ministry of Defense, said: “Today, neither the formation of strike groups nor their constriction at the borders is observed. And I can emphasize once again: to the development of different scenarios, in particular from the Belarusian direction , the Ukrainian Defense Forces are ready. There will be no surprises."
14:22 Zelensky, in an interview with French TV channels TF1 and LCI, called ridiculous the threats from some Russian officials regarding the supply of Patriot systems to Ukraine. The president also confirmed that he was personally negotiating with Biden on the transfer of Patriot to Ukraine: "The process is underway, I am personally involved in this. In principle, this is very necessary for us ... For me, this is important - this is my relationship with President Biden." Zelensky added that he "looks at this issue with great positiveness."
The President emphasized that one should not be afraid of Russia's reaction due to the possible transfer of Patriot to Ukraine: "It is too late for Russia to be afraid ... We are not afraid of them and were not afraid."
13:59 Zelensky was supposed to address the world before the final of the football championship in Qatar, but FIFA blocked the display of the appeal, although Qatar supported the idea, Arakhamia said. The Ukrainian president proposes to the world the Peace Formula - "a set of efforts that can return peace to different peoples." To this end, Ukraine proposes to convene the Formula Peace Global Summit this winter.
13:37 Ukrnenergo has denied another Russian fakes about the alleged "resumption of exports" of electricity from Ukraine. In particular, this time it was the publication of a fake letter from the head of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky to the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy. "The authors of the fake are in such a hurry that they apply on behalf of the "board of directors" of Ukrenergo. Although the Ukrainian system operator has only a supervisory board and a board. The Russian grid operator, from which Ukraine disconnected forever on February 24," the "Board of Directors" is emphasized. Ukrainian company.
12:54 Residents of Belgorod reported 12 explosions over the city. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that an air defense system had worked over the city and the region. Four victims are known.
12:23 The Russians launched another blow to the center of Kherson: three people were injured, one of them is in serious condition, the President's Office reported.
11:28 Over the past day, the Russians fired at the territory of the Kherson region 54 times: three people were killed, six were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
11:25 As of December 18, all nuclear power plants in Ukraine, except Zaporozhye, reached their planned capacity. The volumes of electricity consumption increased compared to the previous day, which affected the deficit indicators in the system. The reason is both damage to energy infrastructure facilities during a missile strike and a seasonal drop in temperature, Ukrenergo said.
10:49 Pope Francis called what is happening in Ukraine a world war: "I do not see an end in the short term, because this is a world war ... Several parties are already involved in the war. It is global in nature ... There are many interests."
10:22 Commander of the Ground Forces Alexander Syrsky said in an interview with The Economist that Russia should not be underestimated, and mobilization in the Russian Federation worked: "Fairly well-trained soldiers now appear en masse along the entire eastern front line, some come from the Russian outback, including from the eastern regions and from the Urals. This causes concern."
Syrsky noted that the Russians, under the new commander Sergei Surovikin, have changed tactics: they attack in small, well-coordinated foot units. At the same time, the enemy has high losses, but, according to Syrsky, this "has never been the highest priority for Russia."
10:17 The main task of the enemy near Bakhmut is to break through the defense system, find weaknesses, enter the operational space and try to go to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, said Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of the defense of Bakhmut achieve two main goals: "The enemy cannot enter the operational space, is not able to continue to carry out a strategic offensive operation, and suffers huge daily losses."
10:13 In the Kharkiv region, in the village of Grakovo, Chuguevsky district, an employee of the State Emergency Service was blown up by a mine, he was hospitalized in a serious condition, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
10:09 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died - in the Clock Yar. Another person in the region was injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:42 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 18. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Liman and Bakhmut directions.
- personnel - about 98,280 (+590) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2987 (+2),
- armored combat vehicles - 5963 (+5),
- artillery systems - 1948 (+1),
- MLRS - 410 (+0),
- air defense systems - 211 (+0),
- aircraft - 281 (+0),
- helicopters - 264 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1649 (+1),
- cruise missiles - 653 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4579 (+2),
- special equipment - 174 (+0).
08:24 The enemy is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky and is concentrating efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions. Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by Russian invaders in areas of more than 15 settlements. Among them are Stelmahovka and Serebryanskoye forestry in the Lugansk region and Verkhnekamenskoye, Vyemka, Veseloye, Bakhmut, Kleschievka, Experienced, Pervomayskoye, Nevelskoye and Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in a morning report .
According to the General Staff, the command of the Russian troops plans to introduce a round-the-clock curfew in the settlements of the Zaporozhye region. So, in Chernigovka, restrictions will be introduced from December 25, in Berdyansk - from December 30 to January 3.
06:33 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes about the split between the "DNR" and PMC Wagner. So, Pushilin was sharply criticized by Russian military bloggers after he announced the participation of the "DPR" army in the battles near Bakhmut. Analysts believe that the role of Prigozhin's mercenaries in operations around Bakhmut is likely to continue to split the various factions in the Russian military, as well as discredit the Kremlin's puppets of the "DNR" and the militants they command.
The ISW also notes that the Kremlin is trying to whitewash Putin by participating in "meaningless events" such as the grand opening of a turkey farm or a refurbished highway to show that he is a leader who is close to the people. In addition, the Kremlin is trying to portray Putin as a competent military leader and to rehabilitate the image of the Russian Defense Ministry by covering the President's meeting with the Joint Headquarters of the Russian Armed Forces.
04:07 Shoigu visited the Southern Military District and inspected the grouping of troops in the "special operation" zone, Russian media reported.
03:11 The Ministry of Defense of Britain confirmed that, as part of the aid package, London provided the Armed Forces with Brimstone 2 precision-guided missiles. "This assistance played a decisive role in deterring the Russian offensive," the ministry added.
01:50 The Russians initially planned to reach Kiev from the border in 18 hours. However, the occupiers failed to fulfill the planned plan, writes The New York Times in its investigation. According to the published schedule of the invaders , the first cars were supposed to leave Belarus and arrive near Kiev earlier than the Russian command determined.
01:32 The New York Times writes that Zelensky imposed sanctions against Medvedchuk in early 2021 and closed pro-Russian TV channels, which disappointed Putin. The publication, in particular, notes that with such a step by Zelensky, "the hopes of the Kremlin were broken."
The NYT writes that Putin showed his frustration during a lengthy meeting at his Sochi residence with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in October 2021. In particular, according to the publication, "when it came to Ukraine, Putin flared up with rage." Bennett noted that Zelensky was interested in a face-to-face meeting with Putin, to which Putin replied: "I have nothing to discuss with this man ... What kind of a Jew is he? He is an accomplice of Nazism."
00:51 The Russian attack on Ukraine, and especially the failure of the Kremlin's original plan, has caused concern among Chinese leader Xi Jinping, CIA chief William Burns said: "I don't think any other foreign leader paid such attention to this war and poor military results Russia than Xi Jinping when he thinks about his own ambitions in Taiwan and elsewhere."
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