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[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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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in fierce battles in Kursk region, southern and eastern Ukraine.
The Russians are attacking most in the Kursk region and in the Vremovsky direction. There are currently 22 battles going on there.
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 report as of 16:00 on Saturday, December 21.
Yes, the enemy stormed positions once in the Kharkov direction . There is a battle going on not far from Kazachya Lopan.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian occupiers attacked once in the area of Petropavlovka and were repulsed.
In the Liman direction, the invaders carried out 12 attacks near Zeleny Gai, Grekovka, Terny and Ivanovka. Nine battles are still ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the occupying forces continue to look for weak spots in the Ukrainian Armed Forces defense near Verkhnekamenskoye and Belogorovka. Two useless enemy assaults took place here.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our defenders are repelling two enemy attacks in the direction of Stupochki.
In the Toretsk direction, the aggressor attempted four times to penetrate the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses in the areas of the settlements of Toretsk and Druzhba.
In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian invaders carried out 15 assaults in the areas of Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisovka, Zeleny, Novy Trud, Dachensky and Novovasilovka. The defense forces repelled seven enemy attacks, eight combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy army attacked nine times near Starye Terny, Kurakhovo and Dachnoye. Seven assaults have already been repelled.
In the Vremovsky direction, there were 26 enemy attacks near Uspenovka, Yantarny, Novosyolka, Blagovatny and in the direction of Razliv and Otradny. The enemy is most active in the Konstantinopolsky area, where 14 clashes occurred. Three battles are still ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, occupation forces stormed six times near Novoandreyevka and Pyatikhatki. One combat clash continues.
In Kursk Oblast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling 19 enemy attacks. In total, the invader has made 32 assaults today.
Let us recall that on December 20, Russia lost about 1,900 soldiers at the front . The total losses of the aggressor country are approaching 800 thousand killed and wounded since the beginning of the Great War.
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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 pf Forces defeated formations of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade close to Kazachya Lopan and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 40 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one ammunition depot.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and defeated manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one airborne brigade, and assault brigade of the AFU near Zapadnoye, Zagryzovo, Lozovaya, Dvurechnaya (Kharkov region), Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled. The AFU losses were up to 440 servicemen, three tanks, including one German-made Leopard tank, two pickup trucks, five 122mm D-30 howitzers as well as one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, two U.S.-made 105mm M-101 howitzers, and two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzers. One ammunition depot and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
As a result of decisive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Ostrovskogo (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops hit formations of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades close to Zaliznyanskoye, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Chasov Yar, Kurakhovo, Seversk (Donetsk People's Republic), and Belogorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 285 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one 12mmm D-30 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzer, and five field ammunition depots.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depth of the enemy's defences and defeated manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, two jaeger brigades of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, one territorial defence brigade, one national guard brigade, and one assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine close to Dzerzhinsk, Peschanoye, Krasnoye, Novotroitskoye, Novoolenovka, Nadezhdinka, Krasnoarmeysk, Shcherbinovka, and Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).
Twelve counter-attacks of the enemy were repelled. The enemy losses were up to 580 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, U.S.-made M-113 and M-1117 armoured personnel carriers, four motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, two 152mmm Msta-B howitzers, two 152mm D-20 guns, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made MaxxPro.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and defeated formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade close to Razliv, Velikaya Novosyolka, Konstantinopol, and Storozhevoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were more than 160 troops, six motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzers, and one 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces defeated manpower and hardware of one air assault brigade, one mountain assault brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defense brigades close to Antonovka, Kamyshany (Kherson region), and Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 70 troops, two motor vehicles, one 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, three 152mm D-20 guns, and one electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck power facilities that support Ukrainian defence industry enterprises infrastructure of military airfields, one attack UAV depot, as well as engaged clusters of AFU manpower and military hardware in 147 areas.
Air defence units shot down eight HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 89 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 650 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 38,241 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,947 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,504 MLRS combat vehicles, 19,902 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,402 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
In the course of offensive operations, units of the Sever Group of Forces defeated formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, and four AFU territorial defence brigades close to Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskaya Konopelka. Two counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Guyevo, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya Sorochina, Rubanshchina, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Yuzhny as well as Basovka, Belovody, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, and Loknya in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses were more than 300 troops, one tank, two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two armoured personnel carriers, four armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, and two electronic warfare stations.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 42,750 troops, 249 tanks, 189 infantry fighting vehicles, 130 armoured personnel carriers, 1,305 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,166 motor vehicles, 323 artillery guns, 42 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 78 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] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/21/2024 to 00:00 12/22/2024.
A total of 10 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of five civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
One car,
One residential building,
municipal equipment,
One civil infrastructure facility.
Eight artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
One artillery attack in the Yasinovataya direction,
One artillery attack in the Kurakhovo direction.
A total of 21 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:15 Daily average advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the SVO
Updated based on data from December 16-19, 2024. The rate of advance is +16.1 km² per day for the period, the total advance is +64.05 km².
20:52 Russian army unexpectedly forced the Oskol River, threatening the enemy's rear
Russian troops in the Khar'kov region advanced 600 meters in depth, gaining a foothold on the river bank.
-Total area of advance 1.68 km²
-A Ukrainian drone captured the moment when the Russian Armed Forces were moving along the bank on the “Ukrainian side” of the river.
19:25 Russian troops attacked on one of the largest temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.
It was located in one of the buildings of the oncology hospital. The enemy actively used the upper floors to install electronic warfare systems and launch UAVs. Some floors were used for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and lightly wounded militants were also treated there, the Zaporizhzhya Front reported.
18:49 Of the eight drones that attacked Kazan, three were aimed at defense industry facilities, while the rest hit residential buildings, Minnikhanov said. The explosives on some UAVs did not go off, and work is underway to eliminate them.
18:22 Most of the settlement of Lozovaya in the Khar'kov region came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
17:57 Three Ukrainian drones were destroyed over the territory of Crimea, the Ministry of Defense reported.
17:36 Enemy reports: "in the Kursk direction, the Russian Armed Forces have begun an assault on the settlement of Kruglen'koye, pursuing the goal of entering the flank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the Malaya Loknya-Pogrebki area. The advance of Russian troops in the area of the settlement of Russkoye Porechnoye is also being recorded."
17:15 Destroyed Australian Bushmaster PMV armored vehicle.
16:29 Reconnaissance troops from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a UAZ-452 “Bukhanka” used by the enemy with a precise strike from an FPV drone –video.
16:10 Destroyed in the Seversk area, a 155mm M-109L self-propelled gun of Ukrainian formations was struck by a loitering munition from an X-51 Lancet.
15:50 Russian troops began fighting to liberate Yantarny, south of Kurakhovo DPR — Rogov
15:48 In Odessa, the TCC has already started stopping cars with women inside –video.
14:40 Russian military from the "North" group destroyed two hexacopters "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Khar'kov region.
14:14 The Telegram channel "Archangel Spetsnaz" reports the situation in the Chasovoyarsk direction:
"The 98th Airborne Division is fighting hard for the territory of the fireproof plant, at least half of which has come under our control. North of the plant, behind the railway tracks, the 200th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade has secured the Severny microdistrict and is methodically pushing the enemy west. Half of the microdistrict has come under our control.
South of the plant, units of the 98th Division managed to occupy the boiler house building, which the enemy was unable to recapture. Now the division's main efforts are focused on establishing full control over the plant and destroying the enemy in the block of multi-story buildings. Further south, the 4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade is also making progress, expanding the bridgehead areas south of Chasy Yar beyond the Seversky Donetsk-Donbass Canal.
The enemy is running out of steam, using armored vehicles less often. The enemy infantry is surrendering more and more often. At the same time, this trend is not widespread, and the resistance is fierce."
13:57 A prisoner from the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that militants from Ukrainian volunteer battalions participated in reprisals against civilians in the Donbass regions –video.
13:44 Most of the city of Kurakhovo in the DPR is under the control of Russian troops. According to the security forces, the settlement is being cleared of local pockets of resistance by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:30 Ukrainian Leopard tank was destroyed in the Khar'kov region with a series of direct strikes by FPV drones, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
13:28 The settlement of Kruglenkoye in the Kursk region has been completely liberated.
In the area of the settlement of Belaya Gora, UAV operators of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division discovered an enemy armored fighting vehicle that had been stopped as a result of a mine explosion, which was immediately destroyed using a Lancet-X 52 loitering munition.
12:12 The Russian Ministry of Defense officially confirmed the liberation of the settlement of Ostrovsky in the DPR.
12:02 Footage of objective control of the airstrike on the bridge over the Volchya River, connecting Constantinople and Andreyevka in the Kurakhovsky direction.
11:56 Work of the artillerymen of the Northern Fleet naval infantry from the Dnepr group of forces –video.
11:50 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun to gradually withdraw their forces from Kurakhovo to the village of Dachnoye in the DPR located to the west, Vladimir Rogov reported.
11:09 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group of three people destroyed while attempting to land on the left bank of the Dnieper, Russian security forces reported.
11:07 The Ukrainian Armed Forces used more than 40 drones
to attack the Belgorod region; two men were wounded, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported.
10:59 Kyiv used UAVs in three waves from different directions to attack civilian targets in Kazan; three drones were destroyed and three more were suppressed by electronic warfare, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
10:31 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces supported by artillery and attack UAVs occupied a large stronghold in Terny. During the battle, two self-propelled guns, a mortar crew, and three UAV launchers were destroyed.
10:22 Operators of attack UAVs of the 5th Army of the "East" group destroyed armored vehicle "Kozak" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Vrem'evsky direction.
10:14 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee recorded more facts of armed aggression by Ukrainian militants committed against the civilian population of the DPR.
As a result of the artillery attack of the Nikitovsky and Central-City districts of Gorlovka, where the enemy used 155mm caliber barrel artillery, three civilians received injuries of varying severity.
In addition, as a result of the enemy using a NATO-type MLRS, a man born in 1971 was injured in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk. At the same time, during the day, the village of Selidovo was subjected to artillery attack, as a result of which a woman born in 1951 was injured.
In total, five residential buildings, one civilian infrastructure facility, as well as administrative buildings, a bus and an ambulance were damaged by artillery attack on the territory of the DPR.
09:57 Eight drone “arrivals” recorded in Kazan, including six attacks on residential buildings — authorities
09:37 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from barrel artillery:
– Three rounds in the village of Kostogryzovo;
– in the village of Kakhovka three rounds;
- according to n.p. Novaya Kakhovka four rounds;
– Six rounds to the village of Aleshki;
– Three rounds in the village of Sofievka;
– Four rounds to the settlement of Podstepnoye.
As a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a partial power outage occurred in the settlement of Sofiyivka. In the settlement of Aleshky, as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, one civilian was injured.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Kazachi Lagerya, Sagi, Aleshki, Golaya Pristan, and Peschanovka, firing a total of 25 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
09:21 In Kazan, as a result of a drone attack, a fire broke out in houses in the Sovetsky and Kirovsky districts, the mayor's office reported. Emergency services are working at the scene of the fire, all necessary assistance is being provided, evacuated residents will be accommodated and provided with food.
09:02 Servicemen of the separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the "Southern" group of troops using the 122mm BM-21 "Grad" MLRS completed firing propaganda rounds at Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Donetsk direction.
08:34 At about 07.50 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan.
08:11 "Donbass Dome" fought off Ukrainian UAV attack on substation in Donetsk
The airspace defense and electronic warfare system "Dome of Donbass" intercepted a Ukrainian drone that was attempting to attack an energy facility in Donetsk, the regional FSB Directorate of Russia reported.
08:09 Footage of combat work of UAV operators to destroy enemy manpower in the Zaporizhzhya direction.
08:07 Artillerymen of the "West" group of forces support advance of assault groups on the Krasnolimansk section of the front, destroying strongholds and pushing back enemy guns.
08:04 Over the night, 19 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by air defense systems, of which nine were shot down over the Belgorod Region, five over the territory of the Voronezh Region, three over the Black Sea, and one each over the territories of the Kursk Region and Krasnodar Region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
08:02 Russian anti-aircraft gunners shot downed Ukrainian drones "Furia" and "Leleka-100", the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
08:01 Calculations of the 203mm 2S7 self-propelled gun "Malka" are being destroying strongholds, artillery, weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area.
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