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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:38 Defense forces in the Mariupol direction hit a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber from an air defense system, which “did not return to the airfield,” the Air Force command reported. In addition, in the Odessa direction “there was combat work” on the Russian Su-30 in the Black Sea, the consequences are being established.
21:49 For special operations in the Black Sea, the SBU uses not only the Sea Baby maritime drone, but also another one - Mamai. Until now, not a single media outlet in the world knew about the existence of the SBU sea drone Mamai. As of today, Mamai is the fastest object in the Black Sea, it can accelerate to 110 km/h.
20:54 The Russian army shelled the village of Ocheretino, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region, one person was wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported. Two more people were injured as a result of an enemy attack on the New York town of Toretsk. According to preliminary data, the Russians used guided bombs.
18:27 Ukraine returned three more children from the temporarily occupied territories, said the head of the Save Ukraine organization Mykola Kuleba. According to him, this was the organization’s 14th rescue mission, during which they managed to return home 14 children, seven of whom were deprived of parental care.
16:50 The Russians continue to shell the Kherson region, two people were injured - in Belozerka and Komyshany, the OVA reported.
15:22 In January 2024, the Coalition of Artillery will begin work in Paris to strengthen the Ukrainian army, said Deputy Minister of Defense Ivan Gavrilyuk. He also said that in 2024, tests of Caesar self-propelled gun fire control using artificial intelligence are planned, which will reduce the use of ammunition for shooting and increase target destruction by 30%.
14:38 Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that complete demobilization for military personnel is possible only after the war. Now, he said, the military will be able to receive “rest or partial dismissal” - this decision will be provided for in the new bill, which will regulate the mobilization, demobilization, deferment and social protection of the military. It may be registered in the Verkhovna Rada “in the coming days.”
13:51 Putin has decided to continue the war until the final victory in Ukraine, said the main European diplomat Josep Borrell: “Putin cannot be satisfied with part of Ukraine and allow the rest of Ukraine to belong to the European Union... He will not give up the war, especially before the American elections, which "may present him with a much more favorable scenario. So we must prepare for a high-intensity conflict for a long time... If we do not change course quickly, if we do not mobilize all our capabilities, it will allow Putin to win the war in Ukraine."
12:47 At night, the Russians fired at the village. In the middle of the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region, two people were injured, the prosecutor’s office reported.
09:53 The head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov, promised that “next year there will be 1 million drones. There will never be subpoenas in Dii.”
08:41 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of December 24:
- personnel - about 353,190 (+800) people,
- tanks - 5858 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 10,888 (+17),
- artillery systems - 8314 (+28),
- MLRS - 932 (+0),
- air defense systems - 611 (+0),
- aircraft - 327 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 6404 (+20),
- cruise missiles - 1614 (+1),
- ships/boats - 22 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,022 (+27),
- special equipment - 1229 (+6).
07:59 At night, the Russian army shelled the center of Kherson - three people were killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prookudin. Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, four people were killed and nine were injured, including one child.
07:45 Air defense at night destroyed 14 of the 15 Shahed attack UAVs that Russia attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area, the Air Force command reported. The drones were destroyed within the Nikolaev, Kirovograd, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Khmelnytsky regions.
07:28 Over the past 24 hours, 81 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, in the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 25 enemy attacks east of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka, as well as 15 attacks near Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky, Donetsk region. Another 17 attacks were repelled in the Kupyansky direction (in the Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region) and in the Kherson direction, where Ukrainian forces continue to expand the bridgehead.
In addition, in the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks near Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Rabotino district and north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region
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