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2022-12-31 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 30th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:53 The US State Department expresses concern about China's connection with Russia after a video conversation between Putin and Xi Jinping, CNN reports, citing a State Department spokesman. “Beijing claims to be neutral, but its behavior clearly shows that it continues to invest in close ties with Russia. The US and Europe have warned China of the consequences of Russia providing military assistance in its war against Ukraine or systematic assistance to circumvent sanctions. We are closely monitoring the activities of Beijing," the source said to CNN.
21:44 Ukrainians have great hopes for the coming year and hope that in 2023 they will be able to celebrate the victory over Russia. About what experts think - in the material Predictions about the end of the war .
20:17 The Russian army will be able to recover from losses in Ukraine in at least five years, Reznikov said in an interview with LB.ua: “NATO intelligence recognizes that the losses of Russians in tanks, artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, manpower are very significant. Federations can recover in at least five or even ten years. Missile potential - the same. Because this is a war of resources."
20:06 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russians have kidnapped 30 mayors of Ukrainian cities. Seven of them are still considered missing, including Kherson Mayor Igor Kolykhaev, Klitschko said in an interview with Spiegel. "The mayors were targets everywhere. The Russians tried to arrest the mayors and use various methods to force them to cooperate... The situation was difficult: if you stay with your community, you are a traitor... We have several times asked the government for instructions: to stay or evacuate "But we didn't get a clear answer."
20:02 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today's meeting of the Headquarters has already become the 45th this year: "The key is the Donetsk region, Luhansk region. Our Donbass, where the fiercest battles continue. Bakhmut, Soledar, Kremennaya ... In general, we hold positions. There are also such sectors of the front where we are gradually advancing."
According to the president, during the meeting, the further strengthening of air defense was discussed: “This year we have not only preserved our air defense, we have made it stronger than ever. But in the new year, Ukrainian air defense will become even stronger, even more effective. Ukrainian air defense can become the most powerful in Europe, and this will be a guarantee of security not only for our state, but for the entire continent."
At a separate meeting, the state of the energy sector was discussed: “We have a clear strategy for ensuring the generation and supply of electricity. It takes time to implement it. It takes a lot of effort. But it will be. It will be necessary. This is one of the most important tasks for the next year, and I I have no doubt that we will do it."
Also, according to Zelensky, today for the first time the ceremony of awarding volunteers with the Heart of Gold was held: "It is fair and honest - at the end of the year, to celebrate those who help our defense all year, help people and our entire state."
19:29 For ten months of this year, Ukraine has attracted more than 31 billion dollars from partners, as well as almost 200 billion hryvnias from the sale of military bonds, Shmyhal said. In addition, this year it was possible to defer all payments on external debt for two years. The prime minister stressed that international support has become extremely important, while at the same time, two-thirds of all funds received in the budget are domestic resources: paying taxes, duties, buying bonds.
18:52 Zelensky said that he had spoken on the phone with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis: "Thank you for the warm wishes for the Ukrainian people and defense support this year. I received assurances of the same level of support next year. We have outlined joint activities."
18:48 Former French President Francois Hollande, who was directly involved in the execution of the Minsk agreements, confirmed the words of ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel that these agreements were needed to give Ukraine a breather and ensure the preparation of the army for a new conflict. “Yes, Angela Merkel was right about this. Since 2014, Ukraine has strengthened its military potential, it has become completely different than in 2014. It has become better trained and equipped. The merit of the Minsk agreements is that they provided the Ukrainian army with such an opportunity ", he said in an interview with the Kyiv Post.
18:19 The backup power line to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was disconnected on the evening of December 29 due to damage caused by shelling, the IAEA reported.
18:13 Since the beginning of martial law in Ukraine, 12,000 men have tried to illegally cross the border, 15 of them died in the river section and in the mountains, the State Border Service said.
18:06 Over the past 13 hours, six Il-76MD military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces have arrived in Belarus at the airfield in Machulishchi. According to the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun, all planes bring something to Belarus, but what exactly is still unknown. It cannot be ruled out that both the delivery of equipment and the rotation / delivery of mobilized people can take place. If we talk about bringing soldiers of the RF Armed Forces into the country, then we can talk about a maximum of 1470 soldiers, since the maximum capacity of each Il-76MD is 245 people.
17:53 This week, Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that Kiev plans to hold a peace summit in New York at the end of February. They want to organize a meeting at the UN site, and the Secretary General of the organization, António Guterres, can act as an intermediary. At the same time, as planned, the summit will be held without the participation of Russia. About what is behind the meeting proposed by Ukraine and why Kiev is now talking about peace - in the material Peace Summit in February .
17:41 In Kiev, there are already almost the same number of people as before the Russian invasion, Klitschko said in an interview with Spiegel: “We count how many cell phones are used. Before the war, there were 3.8 million people here, in March - less than a million, in July - two, two and a half million, now - 3.6 million. 300 thousand of them are registered migrants from other regions of the country. The city is overcrowded."
17:28 The dynamics of losses makes the invaders constantly renew their personnel in the east, said the representative of the Eastern Group of Forces, Sergei Cherevaty. According to him, during these days there were 249 attacks on the Bakhmut front, 32 clashes. The enemy lost 131 people killed, more than 150 wounded. The enemy also lost two ammunition depots.
Large losses force the Russians to constantly renew their forces, Cherevaty said. PMC Wagner replenishes its personnel with prisoners, but there are fewer and fewer who want to, because rumors have reached Russian prisons that this is a one-way ticket. Another private military company Patriot, affiliated with Shoigu, has already been spotted in the direction of Vugledar in the Stepnoy region.
17:07 From February to this day, 1884 settlements have already been de-occupied, the President's Office reported. 15,199 infrastructure facilities have been restored, almost the same number is in the process. Almost 11,500 points of invincibility operate in Ukraine.
16:28 Since February 24, the Russians have carried out 52 air attacks on Kiev, more than 600 buildings have been damaged. During this period, 120 people of Kiev were killed, including five children, 495 residents of the capital were injured, including 30 children, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
15:49 Russia is already firing fewer missiles at a time and increasing the intervals between attacks, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "We see that, despite the massive missile strike, Ukraine's infrastructure has survived and will definitely survive. The enemy's missile potential is decreasing. They are not can maintain such a high intensity both in terms of regularity and quantity."
15:24 One of the largest batches of Starlinks from Poland arrived in Ukraine, Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development, said. According to him, the terminals are already being delivered to Invincibility Points throughout the country, another part will be transferred to support the energy and medical sectors. This is the third batch of Starlinks from Poland: together with the previous ones, this is about 20,000 terminals. Ukraine continues to negotiate with SpaceX and partners to get even more Starlinks, the minister said.
15:08 The city of Berislav, Kherson region, began to receive electricity, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
14:36 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation stated that on December 30, as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Yevgeny Rybakov, Deputy Head of the Control and Investigation Department of the Military Investigation Department of the RF IC for the Joint Group of Forces, died "in the line of duty" during the "SVO". He allegedly investigated "war crimes" of Ukrainians.
14:04 About 3,400 Ukrainian servicemen are in captivity, another 15,000 people are reported missing, Alyona Verbitskaya, the presidential commissioner for ensuring the rights of Ukrainian defenders, said in an interview with RND: “We don’t know what happened to them. they are also Russian prisoners of war, whether they were forcibly removed from the territories occupied by Russia, or perhaps they were killed long ago. Such uncertainty is especially difficult for relatives." According to her, the Russian Federation denies the Red Cross access to POW camps and systematically violates the Geneva Convention.
13:59 Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander. The meeting participants focused on providing the units of the defense forces in the hottest areas with weapons and other means. The issue of improving the air defense of Ukraine, in particular, to protect critical infrastructure facilities, was also considered. Separately, they heard information about the restoration of the energy system.
13:50 Putin and Xi Jinping held video talks, during which the Chinese leader said that against the backdrop of a "difficult international situation," he was ready to increase "political cooperation with Russia, to be global partners," Russian media reported. Xi Jinping also welcomed the fact that Russia does not refuse to resolve the "Ukrainian conflict" through negotiations.
13:46 In with. Borschevaya, Kharkiv region, near the forest, a car ran over an explosive device: one person died on the spot, another was injured, the regional prosecutor's office said.
13:44 The Russians attacked the village of Yekaterinovka in the Kharkiv region: two people were killed, two more were injured, the President's Office reported.
13:12 The "authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka announced a Ukrainian artillery strike on the city, which was eventually left without electricity.
12:55 Power engineers managed to stabilize the situation in the capital, and Kiev is returning to planned outages, DTEK said.
12:53 Moldovan President Maia Sandu said that she sees no way to maintain constructive relations with Russia: "Unfortunately, Russia works with such tools - threats, attempts to intimidate other countries ... When we came to power, we declared that we were striving for constructive relations with Russia After this war has begun, what kind of relationship can there be with an aggressor, with a state that kills its neighbors?"
When asked if she plans any visits and meetings with representatives of the Russian authorities, Sandu replied that she "has nothing to discuss with the aggressor country."
12:39 The idea of "saving Putin's face" no longer has supporters in the West, Kuleba said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "Only the sect of "saving the face of Russia" remains. But as for Putin, they have already understood everything. This a marginal sect, but it still exists, through the prism of "we don't care to live with them", "they won't disappear anywhere" and the like."
According to the Foreign Minister, the main thing for him now is not so much to overcome this sect, but to establish in his partners the understanding that whatever the Russian government, Russia itself will not change in its essence: "This should stop a much wider circle of people who believe "It's possible to make a liberal, democratic country out of Russia. And it's really much more important to overcome this narrative. And agree with the thesis that Russia is what it is, and our task is not to turn an orc into an elf, but to extinguish this aggression."
Kuleba believes that it is necessary to create conditions under which Russia's expansion will become impossible: "That is, from an aggressively authoritarian country, it should become just an authoritarian, conservative country. They need to be pushed into their borders and locked up. Let them live in their autarky, with their tsar-father, only they don’t attack anyone.”
12:16 The Russians fired on the city of Semyonovka in the Chernihiv region, the power went out in the city, one person is known to have died, the President's Office reported.
12:08 Russian reconnaissance aircraft Sergei Atayants AWACS A-50 flew from Belarus, which detects targets and gives points for strikes to fighter pilots. According to the monitoring group of Belaruska Gayun, this morning he took off from the airfield in Machulishchi, where he had been since December 14.
11:59 Planet Labs satellites have not recorded visible damage at the Russian airbase Engels-2, writes The War Zone. The publication published a picture dated December 29, when air defense was working on the airfield. Three days earlier, on December 26, three servicemen of the technical personnel serving the Tu-160 bomber-missile carrier were killed at the base as a result of an attack.
At the same time, independent NOËL researchers note that after December 26, the sky over Engels was cloudy, and nothing was visible on satellite images. Therefore, the Russians could have managed to remove all the consequences of the explosion at the airfield in three days.
The War Zone also draws attention to significant changes at the base. At the end of November, before the attacks, there were 31 strategic bombers at the base. The December 29 image shows only 11 bombers. Six of them - four Tu-95s and two Tu-160s - are completely covered with snow. Five Tu-95s have been cleared of snow, and the area around one Tu-160 has been partially cleared. The photo also shows new protective barriers that have begun to be erected between the aircraft.
11:50 As of December 30, the power shortage in the energy system remains at the same level as before the tenth massive missile attack by the Russians, Ukrenergo reported. The power system in the planned mode restores normal operation, the increase in power by generation continues. At the same time, as a result of hits on some power facilities, the situation in the southern and eastern regions remains difficult. Consumption limits have been brought to all regions.
11:24 According to updated information from the Air Force Command, during a massive Russian missile attack on December 29, 58 out of 70 cruise missiles were destroyed. In addition, three reconnaissance UAVs and a Mi-8 helicopter were destroyed in the eastern direction. Another drone - Orlan-10 - was destroyed in the Kyiv region during a missile attack. The invaders planned to use the UAV for aerial reconnaissance and identify the positions of the Ukrainian air defense.
11:01 "LNR" and "DNR" have adopted new "constitutions", which indicate that they "became part of Russia" in the status of "republics".
10:50 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that the air defense system worked out in the city.
10:43 Germany and other NATO countries should continue to supply weapons to Ukraine, Stoltenberg said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "It may sound paradoxical, but military support for Ukraine is the fastest way to peace." In his opinion, Putin must make sure that he does not achieve his goal of establishing control over Ukraine. Then the prerequisites will arise for a peaceful solution through negotiations that will ensure the survival of Ukraine as an independent democratic state.
Stoltenberg also said that he considers Ukrainian attacks on military installations in Russia absolutely legal: "Every country has the right to defend itself. Ukraine too."
10:27 Kuleba, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, expressed confidence that Ukraine will receive ATACMS tactical missiles and tanks from the United States next year. At the same time, the minister noted that the decision of the partners will depend on the situation on the battlefield.
09:33 British intelligence reports that the Western Group of Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine may be headed by Lieutenant General Yevgeny Nikiforov. (Earlier, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported that Nikiforov had already been appointed to this position and that he represented the Surovikin-Prigozhin group.) Nikiforov will become at least the fourth commander of the formation after the invasion and will replace Colonel General Sergei Kuzovlev, appointed three months ago.
British intelligence recalled that Nikiforov had previously participated in a failed Russian attack on Kyiv. As chief of staff of Russia's Eastern Group of Forces in the early weeks of the invasion, Nikiforov was to take an active part in planning the group's and airborne troops' attempt to advance on Kyiv from the northwest through the Chernobyl region.
The Western Group of Forces is faced with the task of holding the region of the Luhansk region around Kremennaya and Svatovo. Since either side may well attempt an offensive in this area, Nikiforov is taking on an important operational role in the conflict, analysts say.
09:26 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one civilian was killed - in Bakhmut, the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko said.
In the Kharkiv region, three people were killed, one was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
In the Kherson region, one person was injured due to Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
09:03 The UK has donated more than 1,000 VALLON metal detectors and 100 bomb disposal kits to Ukraine to help clear minefields, the British government has announced.
09:01 Klitschko specified that, according to the information of the air defense forces, seven kamikaze drones went to Kiev, two of them were shot down on approach to the capital, five - over the city.
08:59 The FSB announced the prevention of a terrorist attack in the North Caucasus, which was allegedly planned by a citizen of Ukraine on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services. He was detained and gave "confessions," the FSB said.
08:56 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of December 30th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Liman and Bakhmut directions.
- personnel - about 105,250 (+690) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3026 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 6059 (+12),
- artillery systems - 2010 (+6),
- MLRS - 423 (+0),
- air defense systems - 212 (+0),
- aircraft - 283 (+0),
- helicopters - 268 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1740 (+23),
- cruise missiles - 711 (+58),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4683 (+8),
- special equipment - 180 (+1).
08:51 The enemy is trying to advance on Bakhmut and improve the tactical situation in the Liman and Kupyansk directions, the General Staff said in the morning report . Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repulsed attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Soledar, Ivanovskoye, Kleschievka, Kamenka, Avdeevka, Vesele, Vodyane, Krasnogorovka and Maryinka in the Donetsk region.
08:45 On the night of December 30, the enemy attacked Ukraine with Iranian-made kamikaze drones Shahed-131/136. All 16 drones fired by the Russians from the southeast and north directions were shot down, the Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. To overcome the air defense system of Ukraine, the enemy tried to use the channel of the Dnieper.
07:32 The Russians attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region with kamikaze drones at night: all five enemy "shaheeds" shot down the air defense forces, said the head of the UVA Valentin Reznichenko.
07:01 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with five Shahed kamikaze drones, all of them were shot down by air defense forces, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko. One of the barrage ammunition hit the administrative building in the Goloseevsky district of the capital, as a result of which the building was partially destroyed, and windows were damaged in a residential building nearby. Information about the victims was not received, the data is being specified.
06:08 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that explosions at military facilities in the rear areas of the Russian Federation demonstrate the inefficiency of Russian air defense and exacerbate criticism of the authorities, which cannot protect their territory. Analysts say it is becoming increasingly clear that Russia is not capable of countering airborne threats deep within its territory.
05:07 The Russians attacked infrastructure facilities in the Kiev region with "Shahed" drones. The air defense forces were destroyed by drones, there were no preliminary hits, said the head of the OVA, Aleksey Kuleba.
01:37 Biden announced that he signed the US budget for fiscal year 2023, which includes multibillion-dollar assistance to Ukraine.
00:22 The International Organization for the Investigation of Corruption and Organized Crime (OCCRP) called Prigozhin the corrupt official of the year: "Dirty money, primitive violence, cynicism and impunity even in the face of Russian law - all derivatives of state-approved corruption are combined in his figure. That is why - for now, he mercenaries sow death in another Ukrainian city - the OCCRP expert jury awarded Prigozhin the title of Corruption of the Year 2022.
Last year, Lukashenko was the corrupt official of the year.
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