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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:30 Ukraine still has not received weapons under lend-lease, the United States is using other ways, - Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikolenko
According to him, Washington is not yet using lend-lease to save the Ukrainian budget in the future, and US military assistance is being transferred to Ukraine under other programs.
19:52 Motorized infantry of the Kantemirovskaya division, whichoperateA drone was shot down in the Swatov direction. The fighters nicknamed this drone "Baba Yaga".
19:50 DPR fighters shot down Ukrainian Mi-8 -video
18:11 Arrival of the kamikaze drone "Geran-2" at the point of temporary deployment of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
18:07 Artillery of the 1st Slavic brigade is firing counter-battery -video
17:36 The outpost of the "O" group destroyed the Ukrainian tank -video
17:33 New footage and details of the destruction of the helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR -video
Soldiers of the 1st Corps of the DPR shot down a Ukrainian helicopter near the village of Tonenkoe, located near Donetsk in the Avdiivka direction, wargonzo reports.
17:26 The Russian military destroyed a stronghold with foreign mercenaries near Maryinka, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The center of Maryinka has already been cleared of Ukrainian troops, Pushilin said today -video
17:25 Three shots per minute: combat work of the crews of the 152mm Acacia self-propelled guns of the artillery unit of the Southern Military District -video
17:23 Destroyed ZIL Ukrokhokhlov -video
17:22 Addition to the post about how a group of Ukrainians came under heavy fire from Russian artillery in one of the directions. The moment of the destruction of the Ukrainian pickup by a Russian mine -video
14:36 ​​A group of Ukrainians came under heavy fire from Russian artillery in one of the directions -video
14:34 Air raid alert sounds in most regions of Ukraine.
13:40 On the Soledarsky site, another 300 Ukrainians were hit by Russian artillery on the basement door -video
13:38 Ukrofascists continue to suffer heavy losses in the dead and wounded in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector -video
13:32 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (12/19/2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of a fire raid by Russian artillery on the accumulation of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka, Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe, Luhansk People's Republic, more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and two vehicles were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery fire inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, concentrated in the areas of Stelmakhovka, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People's Republic and in the area of ​​Serebryansky forestry.
In addition, four Ukrainian sabotage groups were destroyed in the area of ​​the Rozovka settlement in the Lugansk People's Republic. The total losses of the enemy in the Krasno-Limansky direction amounted to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of offensive actions, Russian troops occupied more advantageous lines. Artillery fire thwarted the enemy’s attempts to conduct reconnaissance in combat of the positions of Russian troops in the direction of the settlements of Disputed, Novgorodskoye, Vodyanoye, Leninskoye and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
More than 130 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles and three cars were destroyed in the Donetsk direction in a day.
In the South-Donetsk direction, artillery fire and active actions of Russian troops defeated the company tactical groups of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which made unsuccessful attempts to attack in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Vladimirovka and Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Two sabotage groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Nikolskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The total losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to 80 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks.
Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the points of temporary deployment of units of the 61st Infantry Jaeger Brigade, the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, as well as the group of the Yug Special Operations Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the regions settlements of Constantinople of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kherson and Veletenskoe of the Kherson region.
In addition, 56 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 139 districts.
During the day, air defense systems shot down eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Melovatka, Ploshchanka, Nizhnyaya Duvanka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Volnovakha, Nikolaevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Priyutnoye of the Zaporozhye region and Cairo of the Kherson region.
In addition, six rockets from the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Sladkoe, Debaltseve of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kreminnaya of the Lugansk People's Republic and Lyubimovka of the Zaporozhye region.
Four American anti-radar missiles "HARM" were shot down in the airspace of the Belgorod region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, 2,684 unmanned aerial vehicles, 398 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,159 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,691 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 7,664 units of special military vehicles.
13:24 11 DPR regiment destroyed a military helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pervomaisk -video
11:41 In Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy and Kharkiv regions of Ukraineannouncedair alert.
It also operates in parts of the Kirovohrad region and in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region.
11:37 240mm 2S4 "Tulip" self propelled mortar "Brave" hits the enemy with mines weighing up to 230 kg -video
11:35 Self-propelled artillery of the 3rd Brigade hits enemy manpower and fortifications pointwise —video
10:18 The RF Armed Forces are constantly working on Ukrainian positions, not letting them raise their heads -video
10:16 Undermining the Ukrainian BRDM on the TM-62 anti-tank mine while crossing the river -video
10:15 Ukrainians continue to suffer heavy losses in killed and wounded in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector -video
09:06 On the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector, the Ukrainians, while leaving their positions, came under machine-gun fire -video
08:05 Summary on the morning of December 19
At night, the Russian Armed Forces resumed massive strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure facilities. UAV-kamikaze "Geran-2" were seen over the Cherkasy, Nikolaev, Poltava, Depropetrovsk and Kyiv regions. In Kyiv, multiple explosions and fires at facilities, hitting targets in Krivoy Rog. Cannon artillery works along the right bank of the Kherson region.
Fighting continues in Maryinka (Donetsk direction), in the suburbs of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
In the Zaporozhye region in the village Novoselovka, Novomikhailovka and Vladimirovka of the DPR, three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
In the Belgorod region, at least eight people were injured from enemy shelling, one was killed. During the night, there were reports of new explosions in the area. N. p. Red Yaruga.
Massive shelling of the DPR. In the evening in Donetsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Kalinin Hospital, two dead patients are known.
In the LPR, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the settlement. Novoselovka and n.p. Alchevsk from MLRS HIMARS.