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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:41 As a result of the strike of the RF Armed Forces, the transfer of weapons and ammunition of foreign production was disrupted, the advancement of reserves to the areas of hostilities was blocked, defense enterprises of Ukraine were stopped.
21:40 Personnel sorties of Su-35 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a special operation
Crews of multi-role fighters are practicing air patrol tasks, covering the actions of attack aircraft and helicopters of army aviation during air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Fighter flights are carried out with suspended missiles of various classes.
20:32 Personnel combat work of the crews of the MLRS 122mm BM-21 of the Western Military District
The fighters perform fire missions to destroy objects and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special military operation during the day and at night.
Military personnel called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilization serve in one formation.
19:30 Ukrainian media also report a repeated air alert in Zaporozhye, Sumy, Poltava regions
19:29 An air raid alert has been declared in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine
18:24 Russian loitering ammunition "Lancet" strikes American howitzer M777 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
17:30 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, 2,675 unmanned aerial vehicles, 398 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,140 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,691 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 7,638 units of special military vehicles.
16:27 Almost half of the Kyiv region remains without electricity - the head of the Kyiv regional military administration Oleksiy Kuleba.
16:25 Air raid alert again announced in Kharkiv region
15:20 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
◾️The RF Armed Forces dealt a massive blow to the military command and control systems, the defense industry and the energy facilities of Ukraine supporting them;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces hit the point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries in the DPR;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stopped and dispersed the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, despite the attempts of the enemy counterattacks;
◾️All designated objects were hit during the massive strike, the goals were achieved;
◾️Russian troops inflicted a comprehensive defeat on enemy reserves in the DPR, destroying up to 30 Ukrainian military;
◾️Ukrainian and Western air defense systems have spent a significant resource on decoys specially launched by the RF Armed Forces;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation thwarted an attempt to transfer foreign-made weapons to the combat zone, the defense enterprises of Ukraine were stopped;
◾️On the Krasno-Limansky direction, the RF Armed Forces defeated the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the losses amounted to 30 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded;
◾️As a result of unprofessional actions of Ukrainian air defense crews, damage was caused to civilian infrastructure on the ground;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Kupyansk direction inflicted fire damage on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two groups of Ukrainian saboteurs in the DPR;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 35 Ukrainian soldiers in the Yuzhno-Donets direction in a day;
◾️During a missile attack on December 16, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed four radar stations of the S-300 complexes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.
14:33 Platoon commander of the Grad MLRS with the call sign Don told about the mood in the team and the features of combat work at the forefront.
A platoon, in which all crews consist of mobilized people, successfully solves the assigned tasks. Fighting mood!
122mm BM-21 Grads hunt for columns of enemy equipment. Also, rocket salvo artillery is used for barrage fire on the routes of a possible withdrawal or advance of the enemy. Volleys of high-explosive and fragmentation shells from rocket systems also mercilessly hit enemy positions. The shock wave and fragments that scatter hundreds of meters destroy the identified firing positions, fortifications and armored vehicles.
14:32 Residents of Volchansk in Kharkiv regionhave undergonemass robberies by unsolicited Ukrainian "rescuers"
In a number of districts of the city and even in the center, the Nazi invaders break into apartments, houses, basements. They take out absolutely everything! The plan is very simple, knowing who was evacuated, the militants go to the addresses and steal everything they want to the maximum.
For example, at 20 Geroev Chernobyl Street, militants in five apartments took away small household appliances. But if only they would stop there. At 56 Korolenko Street, almost all apartments were cleaned out, doors were smashed, and local residents say that they saw how during the day the militants loaded larger household appliances, as well as furniture, into a truck.
13:18 Kramatorsk was left without electricity, water and heat supply - the mayor of the city.
12:34 Air raid throughout Ukraine
11:33 In Brovary, water and heating have been turned off, Mayor Sapozhko said.
According to him, there were problems with the supply of electricity to critical infrastructure facilities.
10:42 Our artillery works on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Soledar.
10:42 Echelon of military equipment goes to help the allied forces in the NVO zone.
09:25 Su-35S fighters lead patrol close to the front.
Fighter aircraft mainly strike enemy MiG-29s and Su-25s, as well as Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters. Video: Ministry of Defense, TK Zvezda.
08:05 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed work Russian artillerymen in the NVO zone.
Military personnel of the Western Military District delivered a strike from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS on manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Video: Russian Ministry of Defense
07:54 An air raid alert has been announced in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions of Ukraine.
06:01 In Malotaranovka, a village near Kramatorsk, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Donetsk region, an explosion occurred.
01:15 An air raid alert has been announced in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine.