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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief December 18th (updated)
2022-12-19
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] strong>18:06 Pskov paratroopers pushed back the army of Kyiv by more than 2 kilometers over the past week on the Svatovsky section of the front in Donbass, a serviceman with the call sign "Parker 13" said -video

18:03 The commander of the special unit in the Zaporozhye direction said that the fighters immediately react to the appearance of the DRG, do not allow the enemy to go on the offensive -video

17:18 Battles near Soledar: the Russian army destroyed the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

Reconnaissance using a thermal imager found an enemy unit and aimed artillery.

16:26 Russian infantry, with the support of aviation and artillery, is pushing the army of Kyiv in different sectors of the front in the Svatovsky direction in the Donbass, one of the Russian servicemen with the call sign "Rain" who performs tasks in this direction told RIA Novosti -video

15:39 Soldiers of the 1st Army Corps of the DPR eliminated the “banderovozka” from ATGMs -video

15:27 Destroyed Ukrainians and their equipment in Donbass -video

15:21 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progressholdingspecial military operation on the territory of Ukraine (18.12.2022)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

In the Kupyansk direction, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier and two vehicles were destroyed as a result of fire damage in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Kislovka, Kharkiv region.

In the Krasno-Limansky direction in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Stelmakhovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, as a result of a fire raid by Russian artillery, enemy reserves were defeated. In addition, preemptive fire on assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine thwarted enemy attempts to conduct reconnaissance in force in the direction of the settlements of Golikovo and Kremennaya of the Luhansk People's Republic.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction per day amounted to 60 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, one tank and two pickup trucks.

In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the offensive actions of Russian units, the settlement of Yakovlevka of the Donetsk People's Republic was taken under control. At present, its cleansing from the remnants of Ukrainian troops is being completed.

In the areas of the settlements of Podgorodnoye, Kleshchievka, Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to regain lost positions by counterattacks. As a result of artillery strikes and the actions of Russian assault groups, counterattacks were repelled. The enemy suffered losses and was driven back to their original positions. More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed.

In the South-Donetsk direction, accumulations of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenko and Dorozhnyanka, Zaporozhye region. In the area of ​​​​the settlement of Vremevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, an enemy repair and evacuation group was destroyed by artillery fire and active actions of Russian troops.

Three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Vladimirovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novoselivka of the Zaporozhye region. The losses of the enemy in this direction per day amounted to 50 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, an armored combat vehicle, a tank tractor and two pickup trucks.

Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery hit the command post of the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as 109 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 144 districts.

In the area of the settlement of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a position was opened and a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar was destroyed.

Air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle in the area of ​​the settlement of Yelenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and also intercepted nine rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in the areas of the settlements of Chaplinka in the Kherson region, Artemovsk, Yenakiyevo of the Donetsk People's Republic, Popasnaya, Beloye of the Luhansk People's Republic .

In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, 2,676 unmanned aerial vehicles, 398 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,149 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 multiple rocket launcher systems, 3,691 field artillery and mortars, as well as 7,650 units of special military vehicles.


15:11 The Russian Armed Forces tookCONTROLYakovlevka in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense reported.

14:25 First-person footage of the work of the Russian special forces in the Dvurechensky direction -video

13:42 The RF Armed Forces are successfully advancing in Maryinka -video

The units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation managed to make significant progress in the Maryinsky direction.

More than 80% of the settlement is under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been thrown back to the west.

13:38 Air raid alert announced in the Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv regions of Ukraine and in the Kyiv-controlled areas of the Zaporozhye region - the official resource for alerting.

13:36 Another denazified Ukrainian pickup truck with Ukrainian Aryans -video

12:32 Special Forces of the "Brave" throw off New Year's gifts on the positions of Ukrainian terrorists -video

10:55 RF Armed Forces are constantly working on Ukronazi positions, not letting them raise their heads -video

10:30 In Opytny near Bakhmut (Artemivsk), the purge from Ukrofascists continues -video

10:12 "Lancet" hits a Ukrainian tank -video

The crew at the last moment saw loitering ammunition rushing towards them.

09:37 An effective link between the work of UAV operators and artillerymen of the allied forces in the destruction of Ukrainians in the Bakhmutsky (Artyomovsky) sector -video

09:06 Night firing of the 238th Artillery Brigade from the Grad MLRS in the Svatovsky direction -video

08:10 122mm BM-21 Grad of the Southern District covered the place of concentration of the enemy -video

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