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[Regnum] The trial of the murder of Sputnik agency war correspondent Russell Bentley, known by the call sign Texas, has begun in the Donetsk Garrison Military Court.
In April, the war correspondent disappeared in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and was put on the wanted list. It was later revealed that Tejas was killed by Russian fighters.
"The defendants, building their defense, point out that on April 8, as a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces strike, several of their comrades were killed. Therefore, having noticed an American at the scene of the emergency, they took him for a gunner working for the enemy," the Lenta.ru article states.
Bentley came to Donbass in 2014 and joined the militia, after which he fought as part of the Vostok battalion and took part in the battles for the Donetsk airport. Texas said that he was impressed by the courage and fortitude of the Donbass residents who resisted the Ukrainian militants. He was also actively involved in volunteer activities and was awarded DPR awards. In March 2022, the American announced that he had raised $100,000 to help the residents of Donbass who suffered from Kiev's aggression.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Dmitry Kiselev, CEO of the media group Russia Today, announced on May 6 that it was necessary to investigate the murder of Texas and punish those responsible. The Telegram channel Operation Z: War Correspondents of the Russian Spring later clarified that the suspects in the murder "wear shoulder straps," they have been detained and are giving confessions.
On September 20, the Investigative Committee completed the preliminary investigation into the criminal case of Bentley's murder. Head of the Department for Interaction with the Media Svetlana Petrenko clarified that the investigation was conducted against Russian servicemen Vitaly Vansyatsky, Vladislav Agaltsev, Vladimir Bazhin and Andrei Iordan. Depending on the role of each, they are accused of group abuse of power, use of violence and torture that resulted in the death of the victim, as well as concealment of a particularly serious crime by moving remains.
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[RIA] Sergey Lavrov gave an 80-minute interview to American journalist Tucker Carlson. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry assessed relations between Moscow and Washington, commented on the test of the Oreshnik missile, and also explained why Russia launched a special operation in Ukraine. On relations with the USA:
Russia sees no reason why Moscow and Washington cannot cooperate for the sake of the Universe;
Russia does not think about war with the USA and does not want it; such a war could be nuclear in nature; the main thing for Moscow is to avoid it;
Russia and the United States are not officially at war, what is happening in Ukraine is a hybrid war;
There are several channels of communication between Russia and the United States, but they are mainly used for the exchange of people serving sentences in both countries;
Donald Trump is a strong man, he is very friendly, but this does not mean that he is pro-Russian.
"We see no reason why Russia and the United States cannot cooperate for the sake of the Universe," Lavrov said.
On the risk of nuclear war:
The West’s statements about Moscow’s lack of “red lines” and their shifting are a very serious mistake;
Talk of a limited nuclear exchange is an invitation to disaster that Russia does not want.
"If they (American officials - Ed.) follow the logic that some Westerners have been voicing recently, that, they say, don't believe that Russia has 'red lines', yes, they have declared them, but these 'red lines' are shifting again, then this is a very serious mistake," the head of the MFA warned.
About the "Oreshnik" strike:
Moscow will be ready to use any means to prevent the West from inflicting a “strategic defeat” on Russia;
Russia does not want to aggravate the situation and hopes that its signal to the US in the form of the Oreshnik test was taken seriously;
Russia, having tested the Oreshnik, wanted to convey to the West that it would do everything to protect its interests;
Russia is ready to send additional "messages" to the West if they do not draw the necessary conclusions in light of the launch of Oreshnik;
The US knew about the launch of Oreshnik in advance and did not see anything truly dangerous in the test launch.
"We do not want to aggravate the situation. But since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are used on Russian territory, we are sending signals. We hope that the latest (a couple of weeks ago) from the new Oreshnik system was taken seriously," the minister noted.
About the special operation in Ukraine:
Russia would not have started the SVO if the West and Kyiv had complied with the Minsk agreements;
Moscow does not intend to destroy Ukrainians, they are brothers and sisters for the Russian people;
You shouldn’t think that Russia and the United States are deciding the Ukrainian issue for everyone; this is not Moscow’s style;
Russia hears changes in statements from Zelensky and the West on the conflict in Ukraine;
Zelensky is inadequate if he wants to bring back Russian speakers after his words about “special individuals”;
The West is covering up the breakdown of negotiations between Moscow and Kiev in the spring of 2022 with a provocation in Bucha;
Some capitals are tired of the Ukrainian conflict, and there is talk that the US wants to leave it to Europe;
Russia has realized that it is better to rely not on the lifting of sanctions, but on itself.
"When Ukraine and its sponsors launched plan B, trying to seize this (Eastern. - Ed.) part of Donbas by force, that's when we launched a special military operation. If they had fulfilled the Minsk agreements, Ukraine would have been a single whole," Lavrov explained.
On the escalation of the situation in Syria:
The US, Britain and other countries, according to open information, support Islamist groups in Syria - it's a complicated game;
Russia wants to discuss with Turkey and Iran how to cut off the channels of financing and arming Islamist groups in Syria.
"We would like to discuss the need to return to strict implementation of the Idlib agreements, because the Idlib de-escalation zone became the place from which the terrorists moved to capture Aleppo," the minister said.
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I saw the interview with Tucker. It went quite well. Since 2004, he has served as the leading foreign minister. The West has no equal. Tucker will be vilified, of course, but he is the only one doing journalism. Western media will suppress this as directed by their governments.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 19.15. On December 5, Russian occupiers launched a missile attack on Voznesensk. As a result of the enemy attack, there is a fatality. This was reported by the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim.
18.03 More than 30 thousand DeepStrike attack drones will be delivered to the Ukrainian military next year. This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov. According to him, some of these UAVs were financed by international partners who invested in the Ukrainian defense industry.
17.46 Ukrainian defenders repelled an air attack by Russian troops last night. The video was published by the Air Force Command.
"Combat work of air defense on the night of December 5 in the south-eastern direction," the report says.
16.15. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on countering threats to national security in the healthcare sector during the special period.
14:45 Elements of a Russian missile were found in the Dniester district of Chernivtsi Oblast. The missile's warhead did not detonate. Explosives experts carried out blasting operations.
13:35 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha left the plenary session hall of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe before the speech of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Following the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, a number of other foreign ministers and diplomats left the hall.
11:45 Counterintelligence of the Security Service has exposed the organizer of the draft dodgers' schemes in cooperation with the Russian FSB. SBU officers detained him when he was trying to swim across a section of the Dnieper River on the border with Belarus in flippers, in order to then move to the Russian Federation.
The man was in contact with FSB representatives, deliberately disrupted mobilization in Ukraine and planned to participate in information and psychological operations after fleeing to Russia.
11:10 Ukraine will be ready to immediately move on to elections after a fair peace is established. This was stated by the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak.
"Looking at reality, the president said that after establishing a just peace, we will be ready to immediately move to proper democratic elections in our country," he said.
9:56 In the Kiev region, as a result of falling debris from downed Russian drones, three private houses and a power line were damaged.
9:15 During the night, air defense forces shot down 30 of 44 drones launched by Russian troops on Ukrainian territory. Enemy drones were shot down in the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsky and Odessa regions.
8:40 Ukraine is not preparing to lower the mobilization age from the current 25 years to 18 years. This was stated by adviser to the President of Ukraine Dmitry Litvin.
"Nobody is preparing any mobilization of 18-year-olds," he wrote on the social network X in response to a post about the advisability of taking 15-17 year old boys abroad.
8:25 Over the past 24 hours, 168 combat clashes have been recorded on the front. 82 attacks by Russian troops were repelled by defenders in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report.
7:55 As of December 5, the total combat losses of Russian troops on Ukrainian territory were approximately 748,950 people (1,580 per day).
7:40 Russia is not directly involving mercenaries from South Korea in the fighting in the Kursk region. Instead, it is keeping them in the second echelon. This was reported by the Center for National Resistance.
The mercenaries were subordinated to the 11th Airborne Assault Brigade. They are involved in duty at observation posts and checkpoints, and they also guard areas where enemy troops are concentrated.
05:30 Last week, Chief of the General Staff of Russia General Valery Gerasimov called Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown. This is the first conversation between the head of the Russian General Staff and his American counterpart in more than two years. According to the publication, during the conversation, Gerasimov told Brown that the launch of the Oreshnik missile was allegedly planned long before the US administration allowed Ukraine to use American missiles to shell military facilities in Russia.
01:55 On Wednesday, December 4, defenders from the 48th separate assault battalion liberated the village of Novy Komar in the Donetsk region from the enemy, the DeepState project reports. The enemy suffered heavy losses in killed, and there are also prisoners.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one territorial defence brigade and one border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Veterinarnoye and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 troops and two motor vehicles.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, three mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one airborne brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one national guard brigade near Dvurechnaya, Kupyansk, Bugayevka, Lozovaya (Kharkov region), Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry. Six counterattacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 560 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, two U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzers, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 gun.
Moreover, two Zakhist-AF electronic warfare stations, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar, and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of three mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, and one air assault brigade of the AFU near Kurakhovo, Uspenovka, Ulakly, Ostrovskoye, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the enemy were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 330 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles. Two electronic warfare stations and one ammunition depot were wiped out.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, one assault battalion of the AFU, and two naval infantry brigades near Dzerzhinsk, Dimitrov, Shevchenko, and Novotroitskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Nine counter-attacks launched by AFU armed formations were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 515 troops, one tank, one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, four armoured fighting vehicles, including two Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one 100mm Rapira gun.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and three territorial defence brigades near Razliv, Komar, Dneproenergiya, Novoselka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gulay Pole. Eight counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 210 troops, two German-made Leopard tanks, one armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, and one French-made 155mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka, Novoandreyevka, Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), and Kherson.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 45 troops and two motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck power objects ensuring operation of Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, infrastructure of military airfields, fixed-wing UAV workshops, as well as engaged manpower and armoured hardware clusters of the enemy in 147 areas.
Air defence units shot down two U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 101 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 649 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 37,284 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,630 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,497 MLRS combat vehicles, 19,032 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,003 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of four mechanised brigades, one heavy mechanised brigades, one tank brigade, three air assault brigades, and two territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Viktorovka, Kazachaya Loknya, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Novoivanovka, Plyokhovo, and Sverdlikovo.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and armoured hardware of the enemy near Aleksandriya, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Kolmakov, Martynovka, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, and Loknya in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 300 troops. Three tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one electronic warfare station, and five mortars.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 38,235 troops, 232 tanks, 168 infantry fighting vehicles, 123 armoured personnel carriers, 1,228 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,087 motor vehicles, 308 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 72 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:03 Loitering Munition Operators destroyed the enemy's Fury UAV in the border area of the Kursk region.
The operator of the reconnaissance drone "Zala" identified a priority target for destruction - a crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV "Furia", returning to shelter after conducting aerial reconnaissance of our forward positions. The enemy placed the UAV launcher between the houses.
Professionally controlling the Lancet loitering munition, the operator hit the installation and the crew with pinpoint accuracy.
19:56 RF Armed Forces entered to the north-eastern part of the settlement of Uspenovka and took the road to Annovka under fire control. This maneuver allowed them to bypass the main fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
19:40 In the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region, sappers of a separate sapper unit of the Dnepr group of troops used drones for making passages in minefields, clearing the path for Russian units.
18:50 Servicemen of the 242nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division have finally cleared and taken full control of the settlement of Romanovka in the Kurakhovsky direction –video.
17:51 Russian military destroyed a truck with a towed artillery piece of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
17:42 A missile strike was carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Voznesensk area of Mykolaiv Oblast. Local media reported explosions. There is a military airfield to the south of the city.
17:40 Su-35S fighters completed air cover for aircraft and helicopters in the border areas of the Kursk region.
17:05 The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in the Pokrovsk direction, the Novosti SVO and Mira channel reported. After the liberation of Novopustynka, our troops advanced and entered Novotroitskoye.
16:45 Fire damage to Ukrainian army personnel and equipment in the Kherson direction –video.
16:20 Calculation of the FPV drone of the North group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the border area of the Kursk region.
15:49 Pokrovsky section: Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the highway in the direction of the village of Ukrainka –map.
15:27 Krasnoarmeyskoye direction: the enemy has been driven out of Pushkino, part of the settlement is in the "gray zone". Also, the RF Armed Forces are moving forward south of Shevchenko.
14:57 Russian reconnaissance drones are working with VT-40 drones on a basement and two strongholds with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Kherson direction –video.
13:50 Russian attack aircraft attacked at night along the locks of the Kurakhovskoye Reservoir, “pushed” the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the middle of the dam.
13:38 The situation in Chasov Yar: Russian troops have entered and are fighting in the Severny microdistrict, and have also advanced further north on the heights.
13:24 Results of night strikes on enemy targets.
On the night of December 4-5, 2024, Russian armed forces attacked the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions. Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems and attack drones were used.
Mironovka, Dnipropetrovsk region: strikes from the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system hit the territory of the Bereginya agricultural enterprise, which was used as a hidden deployment point for enemy air defense units.
Uman, Cherkasy region: the territory of the Uman military airfield was hit by a strike drone attack. Part of the flight equipment and ammunition belonging to the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade were destroyed at the facility;
Ozernoye, Zhytomyr region: a drone strike hit the territory of the 20th Support Center.
Krasnoe, Chernihiv region: strikes were carried out on the territory of an airfield near the village of Krasnoe, where a launch site for enemy long-range drones was located. The results of the defeat are being clarified, Donbassky Partisan reported.
13:05 RF Armed Forces released n.p. Novopustynka.
12:57 A crew of a 240mm 2S4 mortar "Tulip" destroyed a strong point and fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Chasov Yar –video.
12:39 The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
– The Russian Armed Forces destroyed military airfields of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a workshop for the production of aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles;
– the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the “Center” grouping zone in one day amounted to 515 soldiers, a tank and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle;
– the “West” group repelled six Ukrainian counterattacks in one day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 560 servicemen and a Leopard tank;
– losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the “South” group amounted to 330 soldiers;
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 110 fighters in one day due to the actions of the Dnepr and Sever groups;
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 soldiers and 2 Leopard tanks in the area of responsibility of the Vostok group;
– Russian air defense systems shot down 101 Ukrainian drones in one day.
12:22 122mm BM-21 Grad struck a the concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
The artillerymen struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower and equipment, supporting the advance of the attack aircraft of the Center group of forces.
11:58 The battle for the village of Novopustynka in the Krasnoarmeysk direction has begun.
10:53 In the Rubtsovsk direction by aviation destroyed UAV control point and platoon stronghold of the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy lost up to 20 personnel.
09:54 Enemy reports: “The Russian Armed Forces took control of Blagovatnoye and also advanced in Konstantinopolskoye, Sukhi Yal, Starye Terny, Chasovoy Yar, Novopustinka, Yelizavetovka, near Pushkino, Zarya and Shevchenko.”
09:22 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been driven out of several positions that were set up on the territory of the Central mine in Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk). As specified by the security forces, this fortified area is one of the most important and fortified by the enemy in the city.
08:45 The Russian Armed Forces are striking enemy targets in the Chernigov region.
Earlier, Ukrainian monitoring channels reported the departure of two Tu-95 strategic bombers from the Olenya airfield. It is noted that the missiles are heading towards the Kyiv region.
08:09 Russian troops have taken control of the northern shore of the Kurakhovskoye Reservoir, Vladimir Rogov reported.
08:06 Crews of the Molniya-2 UAV of the North group of forces struck military facilities, armored and automotive equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
08:00 In the area of the settlement of Grekovka in the Rubtsovsk direction there was revealed artillery position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 82mm mortar crew. The camouflaged mortar position was destroyed by a precise drop of ammunition from a Russian attack drone.
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[Regnum] Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov held a telephone conversation with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the US Armed Forces Charles Brown. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
"A telephone conversation took place between V. V. Gerasimov and Chairman General Charles Brown. During the conversation, the American side was informed about the exercises in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea of the groups of the Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces with the implementation of practical shooting and launches of high-precision missiles," the statement said.
The department specified that the conversation took place on November 27 and was initiated by the Russian side. The publication also noted that the information was conveyed to Brown in order to prevent possible incidents in connection with the presence of US and NATO ships near the area where the Russian exercise was being conducted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on December 3, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Navy and Aerospace Forces conducted joint launches of high-precision sea- and air-based missiles in the Eastern Mediterranean during exercises.
The frigates Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Golovko fired hypersonic Zircon missiles, the diesel-electric submarine Novorossiysk launched a Kalibr cruise missile, and MiG-31 fighters with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles also took part in the exercises, the report said.
Groups of Russian troops conducted missile, artillery and torpedo firing, and practice bombing. Some combat exercises were carried out using the latest equipment recently adopted for service, the press service noted.
In September 2024, the strategic command and staff exercises "Ocean-2024" were also held. They involved more than 400 warships, submarines and support vessels, more than 120 aircraft and helicopters of the naval aviation of the Russian Navy and Aerospace Forces, about 7 thousand units of weapons, military and special equipment and more than 90 thousand personnel.
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[Regnum] Ukrainian military began demining their own mines in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region. This was reported on the air of " Solovyov LIVE" said Vladimir Rogov, Chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on issues of sovereignty, patriotic projects and support for veterans.
The activist suggested that the Ukrainian Armed Forces, having begun demining on their side, may be preparing for a counteroffensive.
“Maybe they’ll try to stick their nose in and dig in somewhere,” Rogov commented on the actions of the Ukrainians.
In his opinion, Ukrainian units on the Zaporizhzhya front, not near the first line of defense, are behaving “at least strangely.”
Previously, war correspondents assumed that the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Zaporizhia region could be an attempt to realize Kyiv’s main dream of cutting off the land corridor to Crimea.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, at the end of November, fighting began in the Zaporozhye village of Belogorye, where Russian Armed Forces fighters entered, Rogov reported.
On November 22, a shootout occurred at a checkpoint in the Zaporizhia region after an attempt by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group to penetrate. The saboteurs, who were posing as refugees, were stopped for inspection at the checkpoint.
Russian Armed Forces fighters used drones to strike a Ukrainian Armed Forces column in Kiev-controlled territory in Zaporizhia Oblast, likely disrupting the rotation, Mykolaiv resistance coordinator Sergei Lebedev reported on November 29.
Former commander of the US Army in Europe, General Ben Hodges, said that the draft age in Ukraine is “too high” and recommended mobilizing young people, women, and refugees, reports the publication “Strana.ua”.
The general, who lives in Germany, said the Ukrainian Armed Forces could do more to recruit women and Ukrainians who have left the country. He said he sees Ukrainian refugees everywhere and thinks it is “wrong.” Only those who cannot help Ukraine on the battlefield should be in Europe, Hodges said.
"Frankly, when I first heard a few years ago that Ukraine was not mobilizing its youth to fight Russia, I was surprised. In my opinion, the draft age in Ukraine is too high. In most countries in the world, you can enlist in the military at 18 or 19. Ukraine could use that opportunity, too," Hodges added.
As reported by Regnum news agency, Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya called on Ukrainians not to allow the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, to sacrifice their children "to save his own skin."
The head of the council of reservists of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ivan Tymochko previously stated that in Ukraine from January 1, 2025, all men aged 18-25 will be required to undergo military training. This measure will first affect students, he emphasized.
In May, the Kiev regime tightened its mobilization measures. The new law allowed military commissariat employees to hand out summonses 24 hours a day and anywhere, and also allowed the conscription of certain categories of citizens who had previously been considered unfit for military service. In addition, the draft age was lowered from 27 to 25.
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