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2023-12-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 21, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:41 Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov created a real sensation with his statement regarding the mobilization of Ukrainians liable for military service who went abroad. Later his words were corrected by the Ministry of Defense. But the scandalous aftertaste still remained. Read more in the material Mobilization abroad .
20:56 The Biden administration has begun urgent negotiations with allies on the use of Russian assets to help Ukraine. In total, we are talking about more than $300 billion, writes The New York Times. According to the publication, negotiations between finance ministers, central bank governors, diplomats and lawyers have intensified in recent weeks. The White House is putting pressure on Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan to develop a strategy for the second anniversary of the full-scale invasion. At the same time, many details remain “the subject of heated debate.” In particular, it has not been decided whether to use this money for the reconstruction of the country or for military support, the newspaper adds.
20:21 The Russians launched a missile attack on Zaporozhye, damaging civilian infrastructure. There was no information about casualties, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko.
20:12 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he heard a report from the Main Intelligence Directorate today: “The enemy’s plans, the work of the Russian defense industry - there are signals about their slowdown. We will continue to help slow them down.”
20:03 A senior lieutenant of one of the tactical aviation brigades shot himself in a military unit in Mirgorod. The guy had to master the F-16 fighters. Read more in the article Hazing again?
19:11 Orban said that Zelensky invited him to hold a meeting and negotiations in early December, and he allegedly agreed: “I told him that I would be at his disposal. We only have to clarify one question: about what?” The Hungarian prime minister added that the Ukrainian president wanted to discuss the country's application to join the EU.
18:57 “Governor” of the occupied Kherson region Vladimir Saldo said that Russian air defense allegedly shot down an ATACMS missile over the Sea of Azov, flying towards the Crimean Bridge.
18:52 The number of wounded in Toretsk has increased to six, the State Emergency Service reported.
17:38 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and discussed proposals to ensure the safety of civil navigation in the Black Sea. The President also invited a UN representative to the fourth meeting of advisers on the implementation of the Peace Formula.
16:56 The Russians dropped aerial bombs on civilian infrastructure in Toretsk, Donetsk region - three people were killed, five were injured, the prosecutor's office reported.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified that two bombs hit the territory of one of the Toretsk mines - one person was killed and two more were injured. The enterprise is without power. There were 32 miners underground, they have already been brought to the surface. Two more air bombs hit the territory of another mine. Two people were killed and three were injured. Administrative buildings and equipment were damaged.
16:29 Orban said that there is not a war in Ukraine, but a “military operation”: “There was no declaration of war between the two countries. When Russia declares war, then there will be war. We should be happy that there is no declaration of war, because then in "There would be general mobilization for Russia. I don't wish that on anyone."
16:25 The Dutch government announced the allocation of the first tranche of more than 2 billion euros planned for Ukraine in 2024. The €102 million package covers the first four months of 2024 and is intended for humanitarian needs - in particular to get through the winter and prepare for spring.
16:12 Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko reported explosions in the city. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense allegedly destroyed a Ukrainian missile over the Sea of Azov. Earlier, public accounts also reported explosions in Kerch, Sevastopol and Dzhankoy.
16:01 Russian media report that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the Donetsk National Technical University. Meanwhile, the public also writes that a fire started in the university building after an attack in the area of the third building, where the military department was located. The Russian military is based in the building.
15:53 Finland is providing Ukraine with the 21st package of military assistance worth 106 million euros, the country’s Ministry of Defense reported.
15:46 Starting from February 24, 2022, Russia launched 7,400 missiles of various types into Ukraine, said Air Force Speaker Yuri Ignat. According to him, about 1,600 missiles were destroyed out of the total number. At the same time, Ignat clarified that the figure 7400 includes all missiles - S-300 and S-400 (about a third of them), Kh-22, ballistic missiles. In particular, the enemy used about 900 Iskander-M ballistic missiles.
15:19 A 17-year-old boy was returned from the temporarily occupied territory, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
14:54 Democrats have a “Plan B” to continue funding Ukraine, said party member Mike Quigley from the House of Representatives. According to him, “there are some procedural methods,” in addition, there are options that allow funding to be allocated for three to four months. "This is a terrible Plan B; it's not nearly as good as Plan B. But it's very important to avoid gaps in assistance," the congressman said. He also allowed the use of some variation of the Lend-Lease law. But for now, Democrats are hoping to reach an agreement with Republicans and get their votes.
14:10 Germany allocated a “winter package” of assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 88.5 million euros. Part of the funds will go to the purchase of equipment for power plants, the rest - to projects for the transition to green energy.
13:58 The Russian army shelled Tyaginka, Berislavsky district, Kherson region, one person was killed, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. The enemy also dropped explosives on Berislav from a drone, one person was injured.
13:45 Ukraine received another 5,000 Starlink terminals from Poland, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. According to him, some of the terminals will be sent to ensure uninterrupted communications in the front-line territories, and critical infrastructure facilities will also receive the terminals. Today, there are about 47 thousand Starlinks operating in Ukraine, received from international donors and partners. Poland transferred the most - 19.5 thousand terminals.
13:07 Ukraine received the last tranche of 1.5 billion euros from the EU macro-financial assistance package of 18 billion euros this year, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said. Now Kyiv is awaiting a new decision on the allocation of 50 billion euros by the European Union, which is blocked by Hungary. "We must reach an agreement to continue to give Ukraine the support it needs to rebuild and reform. We stand with our neighbor, friend and future member," von der Leyen wrote.
12:53 The head of the press and information department of the Ministry of Defense, Illarion Pavlyuk, said in a comment to Babel that there are no discussions about the mechanisms for recruiting into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from abroad, and Minister Rustem Umerov allegedly told Western journalists about recruiting and “the need to convey to Ukrainians abroad how It’s important for them to join the army.”
12:35 Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov said that the main task of the Russian troops in Ukraine this year was to repel the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike force. At the same time, he claims that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were only able to make “slight progress” in the Zaporozhye direction. Russian troops, he said, are now engaged in “active defense.”
11:48 In the Northern operational zone, at all dominant heights near the border with Belarus, the construction of defense positions is underway in pursuance of the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev and showed a photo. According to him, now the situation in this area is stable and controlled, which makes it possible to prepare new fortifications. They are intended for additional forces that can later be transferred to this direction in the event of a rapid escalation of the situation.
11:09 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov told Welt TV that next year they want to “ask” men who left Ukraine but are fit for military service to appear at recruiting stations. At the same time, he made it clear that sanctions could be applied. “We are still discussing what will happen if they do not come voluntarily,” the minister said.
11:04 Next year Ukraine will strengthen special operations behind enemy lines. Priority targets are Russian warships, logistics corridors for arms supplies, military bases, etc., SBU head Vasily Malyuk said in an interview with Politico. “Our plans must remain a shock to the enemy. The occupiers must understand that they will not be able to hide. We are sticking a needle right into the enemy’s heart. Each of our special operations produces its own result. All this complicates Russia’s ability to wage war and brings Ukraine’s victory closer,” he noted. .
10:51 In Russia, a 12-year-old girl from the “LPR” died, who, together with more than 100 other Ukrainian children, went for “health” to Tyumen, Russian media write. On the way home, the children were taken off the train and sent to a Saratov hospital due to a fever in one of them. As a result, it turned out that about 60 children from the “LPR” have symptoms of ARVI, and 15 have been confirmed to have influenza A.
| I suppose if all the children die of neglect, that too counts as successful deprogramming from attachment to the idea of Ukraine. |
Local authorities have opened a hotline for parents. However, as noted by the head of the Lugansk Regional Administration Artem Lysogor, many children have no connection with their parents, since in many cities and villages of the “LPR” there is no mobile Internet.
10:38 The state budget of Ukraine received about $950 million more from Japan as part of World Bank projects for reconstruction and social protection, the Ministry of Finance reported. People's Deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak noted that thus the total financial support from all international partners since the beginning of a full-scale war exceeded $70 billion. As of today, 70.62 billion have already been received, and another tranche of 1.5 billion euros from the EU is also expected soon.
10:24 In the morning, the Russian army hit Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, with heavy artillery - two people were killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. Four private houses, outbuildings, and power lines were damaged.
09:49 In Russia, starting in the fall of 2024, they will begin issuing electronic summons to conscripts, and starting in January, they will be able to register for military service online, without appearing at the military registration and enlistment office. Putin signed the corresponding orders. The summons is considered served from the moment it appears in the electronic register. After this, the conscript will not be able to leave the country until he reports to the military registration and enlistment office. The innovations apply only to regular calls for military service.
09:12 In the Kiev region, during a night attack, a fire broke out at a civilian enterprise as a result of falling debris, said the head of the police department, Ruslan Kravchenko. One of the company’s warehouses on an area of 1,500 meters caught fire, the fire has already been extinguished. Neighboring buildings and cars were damaged, but no people were injured.
08:50 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of December 21:
- personnel - about 350,270 (+1080) people,
- tanks - 5828 (+14),
- armored combat vehicles - 10,825 (+31),
- artillery systems - 8226 (+20),
- MLRS - 932 (+4),
- air defense systems - 611 (+0),
- aircraft - 324 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 6342 (+26),
- cruise missiles - 1613 (+1),
- ships/boats - 22 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10 919 (+48),
- special equipment - 1208 (+5).
08:24 In the Nikolaev region, during a night attack, as a result of falling debris from a downed drone, a warehouse of an agricultural enterprise in the Vesnyanskaya community was damaged. A fire broke out at the scene, which was quickly extinguished; there were no casualties, said Vitaly Kim, head of the OVDA.
08:11 Over the past 24 hours, 99 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, in the Kherson direction, where the Ukrainian military continues to expand the bridgehead, the enemy carried out more than 30 unsuccessful assault operations in the hope of dislodging the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions. However, he was rebuffed and retreated with losses.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 14 enemy attacks in the Novokalinovo areas, east of Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka, and another 22 attacks near Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky, Donetsk region. In the Kupyansky direction, 16 enemy attacks were repelled in the Sinkovka areas, east of Petropavlovka and Ivanovka; on Limansky - 13 attacks near Belogorivka, Luhansk region and east of Ternov, Sporny, Donetsk region.
In addition, in the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks near Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the districts of Marinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - west of Verbovoy and south of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
07:42 Defense forces attacked the territory of the former Cold Storage Plant in the Kalmiussky district near Mariupol, said adviser to the Mariupol mayor Pyotr Andryushchenko. Military equipment and ammunition of the invaders were destroyed, at least ten Russians were seriously wounded.
06:54 Air defense at night destroyed 34 of 35 Shahed attack UAVs , which Russia attacked from three directions: the Crimean Cape Chauda, Russian Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk, the Air Force command reported. Air defense operated in Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnitsa, Cherkassy, Kherson, Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Khmelnitsky, Sumy, Poltava, Chernigov and Kirovograd regions.
02:45 A meeting of the highest military body of the North Atlantic Alliance - the military committee, within the framework of which a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council in the format of commanders of the Armed Forces of the Alliance is planned, will be held in Brussels on January 17-18, 2024, the NATO press service reported.
01:50 Switzerland will provide additional assistance for Ukraine in the winter in the amount of 11.8 million Swiss francs (about $13.66 million), the country's government announced. The money will be sent to several non-governmental organizations providing assistance to Ukrainian citizens. Thus, the total amount of assistance from Switzerland during the winter period will be about 26 million Swiss francs (approximately $30 million).
01:21 North Korea recently delivered more than a thousand containers of ammunition to Russia, US Ambassador to NATO Julian Smith said: “We have new information that the DPRK recently supplied additional weapons to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine. According to our information "The DPRK transferred more than a thousand containers of military equipment and ammunition to the Russian Federation." Smith clarified that satellite images show the movement of these containers from North Korea to Russia on cargo ships.
According to Washington, Pyongyang, in exchange for ammunition, wants to receive other military technologies from Moscow - for example, fighter jets, surface-to-air missiles, armored vehicles, equipment for the production of ballistic missiles, etc.
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