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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 21, 2024
2024-12-22
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] 22.10 Russian invaders are trying to force the Dnieper River every day. This was stated by the spokesman of the Defense Forces of the South Vladislav Voloshin. Yesterday the Defense Forces worked preemptively, and the enemy was not able to reach even the middle of the river.

21.25 In different cities of Russia in the last two days there have been at least 13 arsons and explosions in public places. Russians will blame "Ukrainian swindlers" who first allegedly "cheat" victims out of money, and then offer to return it for the arson.

20.56 Ukraine received three helicopters from Poland. This was reported by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar.

19.41 US Central Intelligence Agency Director Bill Burns visited Ukraine on his final visit in this post. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky provided details.

18:59 Ukraine will continue to strike Russian military facilities and infrastructure, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address on Saturday.

17.40 Since the beginning of the current day, 110 combat clashes have occurred on the front, of which almost a third were in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a summary as of 16.00.

16.42 Ukrainian military denied reports in the British newspaper The Guardian about an alleged order to the Ukrainian Air Force command to send unprepared air defense servicemen to the front as shooters. This was reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

16.20 Explosions were heard at a gunpowder factory in the Russian city of Kazan in Tatarstan. They began after a drone attack. The Tatarstan authorities declared a state of emergency for government agencies and emergency response units after the drone attack.

15:32 The Ukrainian army has received a domestically produced Wolly remote combat module. It is equipped with a 7.62 or 12.7 mm machine gun with ammunition with an automatic cartridge feed system, a thermal imager, and an automatic target detection, recognition and tracking system. The battery charge is enough for several days of operation.

14.57 President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed a new Ukrainian ambassador to Hungary – a Ukrainian volunteer from Zakarpattia, Fedir Sandor. Sandor is a professor at Uzhgorod National University. He is known online as the "professor from the trenches" because in 2022 footage appeared online of Sandor giving a lecture to his students while sitting in a trench during breaks between combat missions.

13.57 During the week of December 16-21, Russians used more than 550 guided aerial bombs, as well as almost 550 attack drones and more than 20 missiles against Ukraine. This was reported by President Volodymyr Zelensky

12.58 Ukraine and its European allies are entering a "critical" few weeks before the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump. At stake is not only Ukraine's sovereignty and independence, but also the long-term security interests of Europe itself.

11.46 Part of the Polish government was outraged by the red and black flags of the UPA on the armored personnel carriers handed over to Ukraine. In particular, Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz called it a "provocation."

10.58 On the night of December 21, Russian war criminals attacked a medical facility in Kherson from aircraft, launching two guided aerial bombs.

10:44 Russians announced on the morning of December 21 that a drone attack had taken place in Kazan, where a gunpowder factory operates, which is key to the Russian military-industrial complex. This was reported by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrei Kovalenko.

9.31 Ukraine carried out its first attack using only robotic systems: ground drones and FPV drones.

8:59 At least seven drones struck the Russian city of Kazan on Saturday morning, December 21, Russian media reported. Some hit residential buildings.

7.57 The US accuses China of supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine. Washington believes that Beijing's actions are at odds with its peace statements.

7.49 Ukrainian intelligence officers managed to "intercept" and identify a traitor-military on the Russian side who defected to the enemy in 2014

7.28 A series of explosions thundered over Sochi just over an hour ago. The cause of this is allegedly a UAV attack, Russian Telegram channels report.
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