[NYTimes] Some of the cruise missiles that Russia launched at Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure in late November were manufactured months after the West imposed sanctions intended to deprive Moscow of the components needed to make those munitions, according to a weapons research group.
Experts examined remnants of Kh-101 cruise missiles found in Kyiv, the capital, after an attack on Nov. 23 that knocked out electricity and shut down water systems in large areas of the country. One of the missiles was made this summer, and another was completed after September, markings on the weapons show, according to a report released by the investigators on Monday.
That Russia has continued to make advanced guided missiles like the Kh-101 suggests that it has found ways to acquire semiconductors and other matériel despite the sanctions or that it had significant stockpiles of the components before the war began, one of the researchers said.
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[ColonelCassad] Answers to questions from the military correspondent Kotenok's channel about the course of the NWO.
- What is the reason for the pause in the use of Geraniums at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the energy infrastructure of Ukraine? Is there a climate factor? How efficient are these devices at sub-zero temperatures?
- There are several reasons. Deteriorating weather, the need to increase production for mass use, plus, perhaps, there is an accumulation of drones for mass strikes that will accompany offensive operations in the winter.
There is no data on the pace and volume of production of these drones in Iran and Russia, although Iranian military transport aircraft continue to fly to Moscow with enviable regularity, so the flow of cargo continues. As for the operation of Geraniums at sub-zero temperatures, there is no intelligible information in the public domain.
- Rumors are circulating more and more actively that the Zaporozhye NPP will either be transferred to Ukraine or transferred to the direct control of the IAEA. Is this scenario acceptable for Russia, and what impact will it have on the energy supply of the "square"?
- Such a scenario, of course, is unacceptable, and the implementation of something like this will be regarded as an obvious defeat for Russia. Officially, the Russian Foreign Ministry explained yesterday that nothing like this would happen and sovereignty over the ZNPP would not be handed over to anyone.
The maximum that Moscow agrees to in exchange for the cessation of shelling of the Zaporizhzhya NPP by the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to take an obligation not to place heavy weapons at the ZNPP while maintaining Russian guards with light weapons at the station, while Rosatom personnel work at the station.
Since Ukraine and its sponsors are not satisfied with this, shelling of the Zaporizhzhya NPP and Energodar is expected to continue. In the meantime, the ZNPP personnel have finally been purged - those who did not sign a contract with Rosatom were removed from it + the gunners of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were cleaned up.
— Russian troops are advancing in Artemovsk. At the same time, news about the "collapse of the Ukrainian defense" has repeatedly appeared. Is the Ukrainian command ready to leave the city, or is it planning to hold it despite the losses?
- There is no collapse of the enemy defense. The enemy was forced to retreat south of Artemovsk, but maintains the integrity of the front north of Kurdyumovka, relying on the fortified area in Kleshcheevka and the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal. At the same time, a second line of defense is being built at Yar's Clock.
The pace of our offensive here is low, which, however, pays off with the heavy losses that the Wagner PMC and the RF Armed Forces inflict on the Artemov group (according to Ukrainian and Western statements, from 500 to 800 killed and wounded per day). In Artemovsk itself, fighting continues for Experienced and in the industrial zone on the eastern outskirts.
Without taking Experienced, one can not count on a direct assault on Artemovsk. They will not simply hand over the city to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, so reinforcements are hastily driven here, including those removed from other directions. The loss of Artemovsk will have severe consequences for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, identical to the consequences after the loss of Popasna.
- If Artemovsk is liberated by the Russian army, will this reduce the threat to Donetsk in terms of artillery shelling of the capital of the DPR?
- Partly, since the capture of Artemivsk will force the Armed Forces of Ukraine to rebuild their defenses in the Donbass, but it is important to understand that until Maryinka and Avdiivka are taken, shelling from cannon artillery will continue in the current mode. The cessation of the shelling of Donetsk requires a serious advance to the west from Donetsk in the direction of Krasnoarmeysk, where Krasnohorivka, Selidovo, Kurakhovo, etc. must also be taken.
So it's not an easy task. At the same time, even in this case, Donetsk will remain within the reach of long-range MLRS and long-range artillery, but, of course, massive shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be much more difficult to organize.
- What is the reason for the increase in the intensity of strikes against Donetsk, Alchevsk and other settlements of the DPR and LPR, incl. with the use of "Hymars"? What is the immediate interest of Kyiv to hit civilian targets and how adequate is the theory that we are talking about actions taken by individual Ukrainian commanders without sanction from above?
“Of course, these are concerted actions and approved war crimes, just like human shield tactics in defense in cities. In this regard, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are no different from the militants who have been shelling the residential areas of Aleppo for years. And this, of course, is not the excesses of the performers. All this is authorized and provided.
Terror against the civilian population is designed to sow panic, cultivate discontent among the inhabitants, force our command to carry out operations against powerful fortified areas at the expense of those forces that could be used elsewhere. So terror has a similar utilitarian function. The West, of course, will turn a blind eye to all the crimes committed and supply more shells and missiles to kill civilians.
- Within a few hours, two emergency situations occurred at once at the airfields near Ryazan and Engels, where Russian strategic aviation is based. What conclusions should be drawn from what happened?
- Conclusions are simple. We should not underestimate the enemy, because we are, first of all, at war with NATO, due to which the enemy has ample opportunities to organize sabotage and terrorist attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation. This requires strengthening the CTO regime, further strengthening the work on enemy agents (an analogue of SMERSH is necessary), strengthening the protection of important objects, not only in terms of guard duty, but also in terms of combating various UAVs, which will most likely be used further for attacks.
Now such attacks are, in fact, limited only by the flight range and the ability of NATO to build routes where there are more chances to slip through our air defenses. Where the process is built correctly, drones shoot down on a regular basis without loss or damage. It is necessary to end with the sluggishness of the rear life. There is a serious war going on with a serious enemy, and laxity and complacency cannot lead to anything good.
- Ukroboronprom reports on the final stage of testing a heavy drone capable of covering a distance of up to 1000 km. Is it worth taking such statements of the Ukrainian side seriously and is this apparatus, if it is really created, capable of delivering strikes against Central Russia?
- 1000 km. able to overcome the old Soviet "Strizh". Of course, several handicraft drones can be assembled in Ukraine or Poland, but this is a small-scale production, and the effect of the use of such drones will rather be media, which does not negate the obvious threat to various infrastructure facilities.
Of course, the United States will continue to raise the stakes, so you should not underestimate the threat from such drones, so as not to be surprised later by unpleasant arrivals. Again, it is necessary to build air defense taking into account the presence of such weapons in the enemy, and on the other hand, if possible, eliminate production facilities if they are located in Ukraine, which requires the work of undercover and technical intelligence in this direction.
- In the United States, the political crisis is intensifying associated with Elon Musk's targeted attack on the Democratic Party and Hunter Biden. How serious the consequences will be, and is it possible to expect that, losing political points, the Biden administration will try to dump "toxic assets", incl. control over the Zelensky regime?
This story will undulate until the 2024 US presidential election, and the Republican Party will no doubt use it. But this is, first and foremost, an internal American story that will not force the Biden administration to abandon the war in Ukraine.
On the contrary, the intensification of the internal political crisis in the United States will push Washington to escalate the war in Ukraine as part of the classic scheme of switching attention (see the film "The Tail Wags the Dog"). In addition, the use of this topic by Republicans will be complicated by the struggle of part of the party establishment against Trump.
— The new British government, led by Rishi Sunak, is actively demonstrating a decrease in foreign policy ambitions. What is this - the real course of London or a disguise to prepare for something more?
- London's general course has not changed, it's just that the difficult economic situation in Britain is increasingly affecting it, which has already led to a reduction in Napoleon's plans to rearm the British army. A huge hole in the budget, inflation and rising prices are forcing the British elites to balance the Ukrainian "enterprise" with the need to maintain socio-economic stability, the decline of which, among other things, again actualized the topic of a referendum on the separation of Scotland from Britain.
The Scottish separatists want to hold a referendum this autumn. The British court forbade it, but the separatists insist. Against the backdrop of declining living standards, this issue will be very painful for Britain in the medium term. But one should not be under the illusion that Britain will abandon its Russophobic course and support for the war in Ukraine.
- After serious protests in Iran and China, both Tehran and Beijing made certain indulgences. In China, mass testing is softening, and Iran is ready to revise the law on the hijab. Does this mean that in both cases Moscow's partners suffered a situational defeat?
- Iran and China in their tactics of suppressing protests have repeatedly used both the stick and the carrot, varying them depending on the situation. This could be observed during the last iteration of the protests in Iran, and during the protests in Hong Kong, where the authorities could also make local concessions in some aspects, while continuing to bend the general line.
I do not think that there have been any changes in the approaches of the Iranian and Chinese authorities over the past two to three years. In the case of covid, almost all developed countries have gone through protests against restrictions, and China is no exception. There have been protests before, and there will be in the future, as long as the epidemic and related measures last. In the case of Iran, the authorities apparently relied on wearing down the protests with metered violence and cosmetic concessions.
Says Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
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[NYT] Launching drones at air bases 300 miles from its own territory, Ukraine changed the geography of the war. It said it had developed drones with a range of over 600 miles.
BLUF:
It was not clear how Ukrainian special forces were able to infiltrate Russia, or how close to either base they got. But the car bomb assassination in August of the ultranationalist commentator Daria Dugina, believed to have been carried out by Ukrainians, showed similar capabilities.
"Ukraine’s ability to strike deep into Russian territory is not just militarily significant," said Max Bergmann, a former American diplomat and expert on European and Russian security at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.
"It also sends a message to Russia that continuing the war is not cost-free, that it is not just Ukraine which is vulnerable to long range drone and missile strikes; so is Russia," Mr. Bergmann said. "This is useful for Kyiv, since when or if the two countries ever sit down, a commitment to stop attacks on Russian territory is now a valuable chip Ukraine has to offer."
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[Vesti] December 6 is the 286th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, the Russians launched a massive missile attack on critical and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. Residential buildings and critical infrastructure facilities in Vinnitsa, Kyiv, Nikolaev, Odessa and other regions were hit.
Russia fired 70 Kh-101, Kh-555, Kh-22, Kh-59, Kh-31P and Kalibr missiles across Ukraine. In total, more than 60 missiles were destroyed by air defense units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The Russians also launched 17 air strikes and carried out 38 attacks from the MLRS.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the Russian Federation in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Bakhmut, Andreevka, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Kurdyumovka, Krasnogorovka, Donetsk region.
Aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out 15 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as 5 strikes on the positions of Russian air defense systems.
Missile and artillery units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 2 command posts, 8 areas of personnel concentration and an important object of the Russian Federation per day.
08:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. At night, the Russians fired artillery at Nikopol, Chervonogrigorievsk and Marganets communities. Nearly 50 shells were fired at the civilian population. There were no casualties or wounded.
Zaporozhye region. Russia launched a missile attack on civilian and critical infrastructure facilities within the Stepnenskaya community. Residential buildings were also damaged. There were no injured or dead.
08:30 . Odessa region. City electric transport will not work in Odessa due to lack of electricity.
09:00 . In Kyiv, Dnipro and Odessa - emergency blackouts, DTEK reported.
09:50 . Lugansk region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving deep into the Lugansk region in the Svatovsky and Kremensky directions, said the head of the UVA Serhiy Gaidai.
11:00 am . Donetsk region. Donetsk and Makiivka under fire . Russian "authorities" report that shells hit the building of the Centavr Plaza business center, near the Donbass Arena stadium and the Covered Market of Donetsk. Cars and trade pavilions are burning near the intersection of Chelyuskintsev Street and Prospekt Mira.
Local media write about the shelling of the Kievsky region, and in the Kalininsky region they report "arrival" at the Druzhba Sports Palace. There are wounded, but the "authorities of the DPR" do not report their number. Locals also write about arrivals in Makiivka. There is heavy smoke in the city. Where exactly flew and whether there were victims - is not reported.
12:00 . Donetsk region. President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the holiday in a personal video message . The video was recorded against the backdrop of the Slavyansk stele, so now the president is most likely there.
13:30 . Kherson region. Explosions in Kherson.
13:50 . A total of 60 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and the GNSU returned from Russian captivity to Ukraine. Among them - 58 men and two women, 15 officers and 45 privates and sergeants. 34 Mariupol defenders, including 14 from Azovstal. There are those who were kept on Russian territory, as well as those who were in Yelenovka.
14:20 . Donetsk region. Two people are reported dead in an attack on the former Pioneer Palace near the Central Department Store in Donetsk.
16:00 . Kherson region. As a result of the shelling of Kherson, a 43-year-old employee of the water utility was killed. Residential buildings and the building of the local water utility were hit.
17:20 Traitor Oleg Tsarev's brother was convicted of terrorism.
17:51 Strike on an industrial infrastructure facility - the head of the VA of Krivoy Rog Alexander Vilkul confirms the explosions in the city.
18:18 Russia requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on December 9 in connection with the supply of Western weapons to Kiev. The Russian Federation is ready for a diplomatic settlement in Ukraine to eliminate the reasons that forced the start of a special operation. Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, stated this.
18:41 Due to the shelling of power facilities, emergency power outages operate in Kiev and the Kiev region, - DTEK.
19:00 According to preliminary information, launches of 38 X-101 / X-555 cruise missiles on Monday, December 5, were carried out from eight Tu-95ms strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea and Volgodonsk, Rostov Region.
19:19 ZNPP should come under the control of Energoatom, - Press Secretary of the President of Ukraine Serhiy Nikiforov.
19:47 The SBU conducts searches in MP churches in the Poltava region. In particular, we are talking about the Mgarsky Transfiguration Monastery of the Poltava and Mirgorod diocese of the UOC and the diocesan administration of the Kremenchug and Lubensky diocese of the UOC. The events are being held, among other things, to prevent possible provocations and terrorist attacks by the Russian Federation.
20:10 The missile attack on Ukraine the day before, on December 5, cost the Russians about $550 million.
20:33 The police showed how they inform the population about the missile threat during a power outage. Through loudspeakers, the police inform citizens even in the most remote settlements about air attacks, so that people learn about the possible danger in time and go to the shelter.
20:59 Guarantees are needed against Russia, - Finnish Foreign Minister on Macron's statement
"In the current situation, we need guarantees specifically against Russia. This applies to both Ukraine and other countries," Pekka Gaavisto said at a press conference.
21:21 In the Kherson region, cases of desertion have become more frequent among the invaders. As reported in the evening summary of the General Staff, the reason for this is significant losses in the units of the Russians in the Kherson direction.
21:44 At least two more explosions thundered in the Dnieper. Local publics write that this could be an attack by Iranian drones. There are also reports of explosions in Zaporozhye.
21:59 Estonia is no longer able to help Ukrainian refugees at the same level as before, because the country no longer has housing and jobs. This was stated by Prime Minister Kaya Kallas.
22:22 The United States will continue to provide air defense and support for Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which is necessary for victory. This is how US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink reacted to the new massive shelling of energy infrastructure.
22:44 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation commented on today's missile attack on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine.
"Despite Kyiv's attempts to disrupt the combat work of Russian aviation with a terrorist act, at about 15:00 on December 5, a massive strike was carried out on objects in Ukraine, the goal of the Russian strike on Ukraine was achieved, all 17 designated objects were hit."
23:11 The forces of Ukrainian air defense managed to shoot down more than 60 missiles out of 70 flying through the territory of Ukraine. This is reported by the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
23:40 Report about a new "arrival" in Donetsk.
23:58 US changed Himars rocket launchers to prevent Ukraine from launching rockets on Russian territory, - The Wall Street Journal.
00:15 Ukraine is ready to ensure Russia's security in exchange for Moscow's renunciation of nuclear weapons, - adviser to the OP Mikhail Podolyak.
00:33 Three Russian servicemen were killed, four were injured during an attack on the Russian airfields "Dyagilevo" in the Ryazan region and "Engels" in the Saratov region. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed the attack of unmanned aerial vehicles on Russian airfields in the Ryazan and Saratov regions.
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[Koreespondent] 23:16 Experts have already called strikes on Russian rear the most daring attack on Russian territory in the nine months of the war and compared the incident in terms of its military weight with the destruction of the missile cruiser Moscow. More details - in the material New geography of war.
23:02 Reznikov confirmed that at the moment there is no need for an additional wave of mobilization in Ukraine: "We need what - and we do not hide it, we tell our Western partners - we need weapons. Starting from artillery, shells for it, armored cars, tanks, planes, everything."
22:40 On Tuesday, December 6, Ukraine celebrates Armed Forces Day - a professional holiday for all military personnel. This year, the holiday is one of the most significant, as it takes place against the backdrop of a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, and also coincides with the start of the First Winter Campaign of the UNR army. In honor of the holiday, Korrespondent.net has compiled a selection of interesting facts about the Armed Forces of Ukraine that all of Ukraine is proud of. More details in the material Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
21:55 The US State Department said that Washington does not encourage Kiev to strike at targets outside Ukrainian territory and did not supply weapons for strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation, and the purpose of the supplied weapons is purely defensive.
21:33 Germany refused to transfer Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine , they will be deployed in Poland, Polish Minister of Defense Mariusz Blaszczak said after talking with his German counterpart Christine Lambrecht: "After talking with representatives of the German Ministry of Defense, I was disappointed with the decision to refuse to support Ukraine. Deploying Patriot in Western Ukraine would increase the security of Poles and Ukrainians."
21:19 It will be possible to turn off electricity exactly according to the schedule when the power shortage in the energy system is reduced - that is, when it will be possible to turn off one of the three groups of consumers every four hours, said the head of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky. He explained that all consumers in each region are divided into three queues, which are alternately disconnected from the power supply so that this happens as planned.
“We are now close enough to bringing the power deficit to such parameters when we can return to the planned schedules again. I think that we will need another 2-3 days. If there are no new attacks, then I think that this week we will should reach the planned schedules," Kudritsky said.
20:32 Blinken said that there is always a way out of the conflict: Putin started this war, and he can end it tomorrow. At the same time, the US Secretary of State expressed doubts about the prospects for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. According to him, Moscow is looking for a "fictitious way out of the situation" and has not demonstrated the seriousness of its intentions. "We are focused on continuing to help Ukraine with everything necessary for self-defense," Blinken stressed.
20:03 Orban said that Hungary, although it has blocked EU macro-financial assistance, is actually not against supporting Ukraine, but in a different way: "Today all the news is that Hungary has blocked financial assistance for Ukraine. This is all fake. Hungary is ready provide financial assistance to Ukraine, but on a bilateral basis. No veto, no blackmail. We want to convince the EU countries that a common European debt is not a solution."
19:34 Power outage schedules will be in effect at least until the end of March 2023, YASNO CEO Sergey Kovalenko warned: “You need to understand when we will abandon schedules altogether and we will have 100% electricity. Until the end of March, the baseline scenario, which will be for us good if we get through the winter and the beginning of spring on stabilization schedules."
18:49 The Russians are trying to advance in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky and Avdeevsky directions, the General Staff said in the evening summary. On November 30, in the area of Verkhnetoretsky, Donetsk region, the fact of desertion of Russian servicemen with weapons from their combat positions was revealed. Among them, 13 out of 21 are recruited from places of deprivation of liberty. The command of the Russian troops ordered to detain and liquidate the violators, as of December 5, all deserters were destroyed.
18:41 The Russians launched a missile attack on the industrial infrastructure of Krivoy Rog, said the head of the VA Alexander Vilkul.
18:39 Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on December 9 regarding "Western supplies of weapons to Ukraine," said Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN. He also said that the Russian Federation is "ready" for a diplomatic settlement in Ukraine "to eliminate the causes" that forced the start of a "special operation." At the same time, he stressed that Russia will continue to strike at the infrastructure of Ukraine, which is "used for military purposes."
18:23 Borrell said that 24 EU countries have offered their participation in a new military mission for Ukraine. Training will take place in different locations: more than 100 proposals for training modules have been put forward by member countries, which are being considered for their relevance to Ukrainian needs. As of December 5, 15 modules are ongoing with the participation of 1,125 Ukrainian servicemen. Nine more have already been completed, having trained 377 Ukrainian defenders.
18:21 After a massive missile attack on Ukrainian infrastructure on December 5, the energy system remains in deficit at the level of 19% of projected consumption, Shmyhal said.
18:17 All taxes that now go to the state budget go to military spending, Shmyhal said. During the war, this amount amounted to 30 billion dollars in equivalent. The remaining budget expenditures are now covered by the financial assistance of the allies. According to the prime minister, Ukraine's military spending since the beginning of the war has amounted to more than 1.1 trillion hryvnias, two-thirds of which went to the salaries of the military.
Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine has spent UAH 176.2 billion on the purchase and repair of equipment and weapons, which is more than in the previous ten years combined. For 2023, Ukraine has planned to spend 300 billion hryvnias on equipment and weapons.
18:13 Ukrainians will not yet be issued summonses at checkpoints due to the large number of volunteers, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said: “Today we have a large number of volunteers who come to recruitment points. Our Armed Forces of Ukraine already have the opportunity to select the best of those who wish. Therefore, in principle, now there is no need to call someone at the checkpoints."
18:10 Zaluzhny said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are the first army in the world, and published a video for the Armed Forces Day:
18:05 Russia will strive to ensure that agreements on the security zone around the ZNPP are reached by the end of the year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. At the same time, he added that reaching an agreement does not depend on Moscow, "it is up to Kyiv and its curators."
Ryabkov also said that Russia is ready to return to a dialogue with the West on security guarantees, "if and when there is interest in this," but it will not ask for it itself.
17:33 Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa announced that she had visited Bucha and Irpin: "I saw with my own eyes burned houses, schools, kindergartens, broken roads. But the most painful thing was to see crosses in the gardens. Not a single photo or video will convey what I I saw it right there."
Gavrylitsa stressed that she supports the initiative of an international investigation into the war crimes of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. According to her, Moldova remains a friend and partner of Ukraine and will continue to support it.
17:28 The first high-quality satellite images of the Russian airfield in Engels have appeared after the explosions. The photo shows traces of a fire, as well as fire foam near one of the Tu-95 bombers.
16:53 During the massive shelling on December 5, Russia fired various types of missiles at Ukraine worth about $400-500 million, Forbes calculated.
16:46 The Russians fired at an infrastructure facility in Kherson, one person is known to have died, the OP reported.
16:25 The new package of EU sanctions against Russia will include a ban on transactions with three more Russian banks and a ban on investments in the Russian mining sector, writes FT. The draft document also includes a ban on the broadcasting of four channels and export controls on products worth more than 2 billion euros.
16:12 In Dnipro, by decision of the City Council, monuments to Pushkin, Gorky, Lomonosov will be removed from public space and transferred to the territory of the Zoocontrol KP, Mayor Boris Filatov said.
15:51 In the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, "terodefense units" will be formed from among the local residents, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. According to him, the authorities plan to form several battalions, which will include those "who, due to health reasons or within the limits of age, cannot be called up by the armed forces," but who have combat experience and desire.
15:47 The Ukrainian embassies in Romania and Denmark received dangerous parcels, Kuleba said. "To all who continue to send these packages, to terrorize our embassies, please relax and do not waste your time and money on postage stamps. You will not achieve anything by this," the minister added.
15:22 Fragments of Russian missiles found in Kiev indicate that at least two ammunition was manufactured after the imposition of Western sanctions regarding the supply of necessary components for missiles, investigators from the British Conflict Armament Research group said. Experts conclude that Russia either found ways to acquire semiconductors and other materials for production despite sanctions, or had significant stocks of these components prior to the outbreak of the war.
14:51 "Deputy of the people's council of the DPR" Maria Pirogova died as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, Russian media reported.
14:46 Missiles in Russia still have a few massive strikes on Ukraine, after which it will go "to zero", said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov: "In fact, the stocks of high-precision weapons in the Russian Federation are already coming to an end. They have long entered to a critical minimum. However, as we see, they decided to go to the end, that is, to zero. Which, in principle, is very bad for the Russian Federation itself. The military there is aware of this problem."
According to the chief intelligence officer, the production of new missiles in Russia continues, but it is "absolutely scanty" compared to the amount they use. Budanov said that a few months ago Russia faced a shortage of rocket and artillery weapons. Problems began even with artillery. According to intelligence data, as of early December, Iran had not delivered a single ballistic missile to Russia. And from China, Russians import washing machines, refrigerators and other equipment.
14:38 Oleg Tsarev's brother Mikhail, sentenced to five years in prison for terrorism (he prepared explosions in the Dnepropetrovsk region on the order of the Russian Federation), asks to be exchanged for captured Ukrainians.
14:23 It will take several more days to restore the volume of electricity production to the level that was before the missile attack on December 5, Ukrenergo reported. All regions have been brought to the limits of electricity consumption, however, there are regions where the limits have been exceeded, therefore, an emergency shutdown mode has been applied.
During the rocket attack on December 5, Odessa and Kyiv regions suffered the most. Today, in most of the Odessa region, the power supply of critical infrastructure facilities - hospitals, boiler houses, water utilities has been resumed.
14:09 A Moscow court "arrested" Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk and Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova in absentia for "violating the territorial integrity of Russia," Russian media reported.
13:48 Yermak confirmed another exchange of prisoners: 60 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service - 58 men and two women, 15 officers and 45 privates and sergeants are returning home . Among the released - 34 defenders of Mariupol, including 14 from Azovstal. There are wounded, there are those who were kept on Russian territory, as well as in Yelenovka.
13:45 Czech Finance Minister Zbigniew Staniura, who chaired the meeting of EU finance ministers, said that a way to help Ukraine would be found: "Unfortunately, we were unable to accept the package as a whole. However, this will not dampen our ambitions to start allocating our assistance to Ukraine from the beginning January. I ask the Committee on Economics and Finance to find an alternative solution. This means that we must find a solution that all states will support. We will find a solution to support Ukraine."
13:41 In Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov region of the Russian Federation, a deserter with a machine gun is caught, who, while trying to detain him, wounded two policemen, Russian media write. Roads are blocked in the city, residents are asked not to go outside.
13:37 The leader of the "DPR" Pushilin announced the exchange of prisoners according to the 60x60 formula.
13:34 Hungary at a meeting of EU finance ministers blocked the allocation of 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in 2023.
13:00 The bodies of 49 fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine, the Office of the Commissioner for Missing Persons said.
12:29 Girkin said that he returned to Moscow from the Donbass, where he tried to fight for the "DNR". He complained that for some time he had acted as the chief of staff of the battalion being formed, and at the end of November he "found out with some bewilderment" that he not only did not hold a position in his battalion, but was not even listed in the states of the regiment.
12:08 Zelensky in Slavyansk, Donetsk region, recorded a video message with congratulations on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
11:50 Peskov said that "we do not see the prospects for negotiations on Ukraine now, in order to resolve the situation, the goals of the Russian special operation must be achieved."
11:46 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Ukraine can strike at the deep rear of Russia. In particular, according to analysts, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched strikes on December 5 at the Engels-2 air base in the Saratov region and the Diaghilevo air base in the Ryazan region. And although the damage was relatively small, this demonstrates the ability of Ukraine to hit the Russian rear. Perhaps these are attempts to disrupt the Russian missile campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure, according to ISW.
11:42 In the coming days, about half of the Kiev region will be without electricity, said OVA head Oleksiy Kuleba.
11:38 As a result of yesterday's shelling of the center of Donetsk, the judge of the "military court of the DPR" Viktor Isaev was killed, the press service of the "court" reported.
11:27 Putin called a meeting of the Security Council, discussing with the permanent members of the council "ensuring the internal security of the state," Russian media reported.
11:15 Ukraine is preparing for enemy attacks on the banking system. In particular, the possibility of such an attack was considered at a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander, Danilov said.
10:59 The drones that attacked the Russian air bases in Diaghilev and Engels were launched from Ukraine, writes The New York Times, citing sources. At least one of the strikes was directed by a special unit near the base.
10:27 The UN has confirmed the death of 6,702 civilians in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. In total, 17,181 people suffered from the war, 10,479 people were injured. Among the dead were 2626 men, 1794 women and 424 children. The sex of another 1,858 dead adults is still unknown.
09:58 In the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, unknown drones attacked the Slava plant. According to Baza, at least two drones fell near the diesel fuel tanks, but they were allegedly empty, so there was no serious fire. The Slava plant has already been attacked - on November 30, three fuel tanks flared up there.
09:35 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of December 6.
personnel - about 92,200 (+510) people liquidated,
tanks - 2929 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 5905 (+5),
artillery systems - 1915 (+1),
MLRS - 395 (+0),
air defense systems - 211 (+0),
aircraft - 281 (+0),
helicopters - 264 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1587 (+5),
cruise missiles - 592 (+61),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4505 (+8),
special equipment - 163 (+0).
09:17 The United States has delivered 8,500 Javelin missiles and 4,000 high-precision 155-mm artillery shells to Ukraine. The number of missiles as of the end of October 2022 is equivalent to four years of production. And the supply of 900,000 standard and 4,000 high-precision 155-mm artillery shells is equal to 5-6 years of their production, calculated the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI.
09:06 In the Kharkiv region, Russians fired artillery at the Chuguevsky, Kharkov and Kupyansky districts. One person died in Obukhovka, Kupyansky district, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov.
09:04 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, nine civilians were injured - four in Ivanovsky, three in Bakhmut, one each in Maksimilyanovka and Toretsk, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
08:59 Zelensky congratulated the Armed Forces of Ukraine on their holiday:
08:27 In the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions, the enemy continues to conduct an offensive, actively use aviation to support the actions of their ground groups. Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Bakhmut, Andreevka, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Kurdyumovka, Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
07:32 An unknown drone attacked the airfield in Kursk, said the governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit. As a result of the drone attack, an oil storage tank caught fire, no one was injured. Eyewitnesses of the incident published a video of a large-scale fire on the Internet .
06:49 Russia may launch a new missile attack on the territory of Ukraine on Tuesday, December 6, said Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He recalled that, firstly, today is a holiday in Ukraine - the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and, secondly, "we see such trends that on October 10-11, October 17-18 they struck one day, on the second they struck a little less, but they did it anyway."
06:10 The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on Ukraine on Tuesday, December 6, Russian media reported, citing their permanent mission. At the meeting, the Russian Federation will raise "humanitarian issues and the topic of protecting children."
03:14 The Russians launched a missile attack on the suburbs of Zaporozhye, one of the missiles hit the territory of the Stepnyansky territorial community. Critical infrastructure facilities and residential buildings were damaged. People, according to preliminary information, were not injured, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
02:36 The United States will continue to provide Ukraine with military support, the Pentagon said following a telephone conversation between the head of the department, Lloyd Austin, and Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov. The US Department of Defense noted that one of the priority goals in helping Kyiv is to provide air defense systems.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:49 Ukrainian media report five explosions in Dnepropetrovsk - an air raid alert sounds in the city and region. Recall that earlier in Krivoy Rog, the Russian army hit an infrastructure facility on the territory of the industrial zone. 21:40 Failure of negotiations inUAEand the stubborn rhetoric of the Zelensky gang clearly show that no cessation of hostilities can be expected in the near future. The fighting will continue, there will be no agreements to stop the war, the escalation will continue, despite all the obvious economic and other consequences.
The economic blitzkrieg against the Russian Federation failed, which means that the Russian Federation will retain a sufficient economic base to ensure the conduct of the war against the West in Ukraine in the context of a disintegrating world order.
European calls about the need to discuss something - on the one hand, they are a sounding of the readiness of the Russian Federation to make some concessions, and on the other hand, they are generated by fear of the consequences of a protracted war for the European economy.
17:54 What is taught in children's military-patriotic clubs in Ukraine? —video
Terrorist activity.
Russian special services discovered the apartment of the founder of the children's military-industrial complex "Kaskad" in Severodonetsk.
The organization's apparent goal is to educate children in the use of weapons and mine blasting, as well as the conduct of terrorist activities.
And all this against the backdrop of the imposition of a frank neo-Nazi ideology.
Intelligence officers, just think, found dolls and household appliances that were used to create bombs.
They found models of weapons, school textbooks, coloring books for preschoolers that glorified Bandera and Shukhevych, the Azov Regiment* banned in the Russian Federation*, and neo-Nazis.
All this was found in an activist who actively supported Ukraine, where, as you know, “there is no Nazism.”
*Terrorist organization banned in Russia.
16:12 Russian units are storming enemy positions in the center of Maryinka -video
16:11 On the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) section of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian units tried to counterattack in the area of the settlement of Spornoye, as a result they were defeated -video
14:53152mm 2S19 Self-propelled gun "Msta-S" with an accurate hit destroyed a truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with ammunition - video
14:50122mm self propelled artillery 2S1 "Carnations" of the paratroopers thwarted another attempt to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
14:45 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (06.12.2022)
On December 5, Russian troops inflicted a massive strike with long-range precision-guided air and sea-based weapons on the military command and control system, defense complex facilities and related energy facilities in Ukraine. The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit.
As a result of the strike, the production and repair of Ukrainian weapons at the enterprises of the military-industrial complex was stopped, the railway transportation of military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including foreign-made ones, was disrupted. The transfer of reserves to combat areas is difficult. I emphasize that there were no missile attacks on the city of Kyiv.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, Russian troops carried out offensive operations, as a result of which they took advantageous lines and new positions. As a result of artillery fire, assault and army aviation strikes, more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed.
In the Kupyansk direction, preemptive artillery fire in the area of concentration of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine prevented an enemy attempt to attack in the direction of the Kuzemovka settlement of the Luhansk People's Republic. Up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles and one pickup truck were destroyed.
Offensive operations of Russian troops are successfully continuing in the Donetsk direction. Attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to counterattack Russian units in the areas of the settlements of Spornoye, Kurdyumovka and Maryinka of the Donetsk People's Republic were repelled. During the day, more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen and five armored combat vehicles were destroyed.
In the South-Donetsk direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the areas of the settlements of Vladimirovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novodarovka of the Zaporozhye region. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped by assault aircraft and artillery fire and thrown back to their original positions. Enemy losses amounted to more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, two infantry fighting vehicles and three vehicles.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery defeated four command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, Stepnoye in the Zaporozhye region, Kramatorsk and Artemovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, 83 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 176 districts were hit.
In the area of the settlement of Ilyichovka, Kharkiv region, the point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries was hit.
A radar station of the Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile system S-300 was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Andreevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Three depots of rocket-artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaipole, Stepne and Primorskoye of the Zaporozhye region.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Yasenovoe in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, air defense systems destroyed six unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Olkhovatka, Kharkiv region, Zhitlovka, Stelmakhovka, Luhansk People's Republic, Vasilievka, Sladkoe, Zaporozhye region.
In addition, 15 rockets of the HIMARS and 220mm BM-27 Uragan multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Komissarovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Bogdanovka in the Kherson region, Tokmok and Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region. Two American HARM anti-radar missiles were shot down near the village of Morozovka, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 340 aircraft, 180 helicopters, 2,634 unmanned aerial vehicles, 391 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,010 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 910 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,662 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 7,484 units of special military vehicles.
14:44 Assault aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation -video
12:54Ukraiinians' car destroyed by Russian artillery fire -video
12:49 In the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector, the Ukrofascists are suffering heavy losses in killed and wounded -video
12:46 Soldiers of the "Somalia" battalion thwarted another attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through to their positions -video
The Ukrainian military attacked in a column of 15 pieces of equipment, of which four were lost as a result: three Western-style armored cars and one American M-113.
10:04 The Supreme Court of Ukraine decided that the symbolism of the SS division "Galicia" is not Nazi.
This was announced by lawyer Vyacheslav Yakubenko, representing the interests of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory.
“The Supreme Court has put an end to the lengthy judicial epic, initiated 5 years ago by representatives of the “Russian world”.
From the Ukrainian nationalists, the SS division "Galicia" was formed in 1943.
The soldiers of this division are involved in punitive operations and massacres of civilians.
09:06 People's militia of the DPR publishes footage of the combat work of artillerymen of the 1st Slavic brigade, who destroy enemy positions in the Avdievsky direction - video
08:14 The crews of the Ka-52 and Mi-24 helicopters launched a missile attack on the area where the enemy’s manpower and equipment were concentrated, destroying the command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - video
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:11 According to additional information, as a result of today's shelling of Donetsk, men born in 1967, 1996 were also injured. and women born in 1958, 1967, 1974, 1995 21:08 At 19:40, the Ukronazis shelled the Kuibyshev region. According to the JCCC, from N. rounds rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired at the settlement of Netaylovo.
20:00 As a result of the morning shelling of Yelenovka village:
- the glazing of the village administration building was damaged;
- window blocks, roofing of the building and workshops of school No. 1 were damaged;
- the glazing of the building of school No. 2 was damaged
- the entrance door and the glazing of the building of kindergarten No. 23 were damaged;
- the building of the workshop of the state of emergency "Styla-Agro" was destroyed;
- in 14 private households, doors, roofing, glazing, and outbuildings were damaged.
19:24 Colors offrontnear Svatovo: a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is going to break through the positions of motorized riflemen of the 1st tank army.
The enemy tried to capture the settlement. Novoselovskoye. The enemy tank went to break through the positions of 1 TA motorized riflemen, but ran into a surprise.
17:38 As a result shelling by VFU Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk killed 3 people, the number of wounded increased to 14 civilians.
16:49 At 16:35, the Kirovsky district was hit. According to the JCCC, five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from Krasnogorovka.
Take care of yourself and your loved ones, be careful! Don't come out of hiding unless absolutely necessary!
16:37 Tthe consequences of the shelling of the Donetsk City Youth Center. Two civilians died here. The Ukrainian fascists have nothing sacred left. They continue to kill women, old people and children in cold blood.
15:53 Member of the DPR Parliament Maria Pirogova died as a result of the shelling of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, TASS reports with reference to the People's Militia.
15:05 Ukrainian militants fired again at the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk
The projectile hit the building of a shopping center near the central department store. The rocket hit the roof of the building, killing a woman as a result of the shelling, the mayor of the city said. The DPR representative office in the JCCC reports that six rockets were fired from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS into the city
14:12 VFU killed a civilian in Makiivka.
14:01 Another exchange with Ukraine will take place today – Pushilin
According to the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, 50 Russian fighters will return home.
13:15 Covered market in the center of Donetsk, cars are burning, shops are blazing, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are localizing the fire.
Once the most popular place among the townspeople, it is now a target for the Nazis. Creatures hit this place not for the first time, and each with human casualties -Reporter Rudenko V
Terrorists!! They must be destroyed, otherwise this infection will spread to the whole of Russia.
13:07 The Russian Armed Forces continue to liberate Donbass, recently Mayorsk, Pavlovka, Opytnoe, Andreevka, Belogorovka Yuzhnaya and Kurdyumovka-Shoigu have come under our control
13:06 As a result of the barbaric shelling of the Voroshilovsky district, residential buildings on the street were damaged. 50 years of the USSR; buildings of the 7th building of DonNTU and the Donetsk Republican Art Museum.
11:02 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk is again under fire from Ukrainian fascists. According to the JCCC from Netaylovo, three more NATO projectiles with a caliber of 155mm were fired at civilians.
Details are being specified.
10:17 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 6, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
n.p. Elenovka:
— "Elenovskaya School No. 1" Elementary School;
- st. Pereezdnaya, 63 - a private residential building;
- st. Frunze, 160 - a private residential building;
- st. Shevchenko, 150, 173 - private residential buildings.
n.p. Gorlovka:
- damaged infrastructure GP "Styrol";
- st. Smolenskaya, 15 - a private residential building;
- st. Poletaeva, 109 - a private residential building;
- per. Clean, 88 - a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
10:05 There are reports of shelling of the Starobelsky elevator.
10:01 Stormtroopers-infantrymen, mobilized from the Rostov region just a month and a half ago, took five prisoners in the first battle! It was in Maryinka (DPR). The details were told to us by a fighter with the call sign "Fog" -video.
09:45 WarGonzo: front-line summary for the morning of 12/06/2022
On the Donetsk front, the Ukrainian army again dealt a massive blow to the regional center. Mostly rocket artillery hit.
Fierce ground battles for Bakhmut continue. To the south-east of the city, PMC "Wagner" is trying to push through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Experience. They also attack on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut.
The Ukrainian army is also experiencing serious problems near Soledar. There, Russian troops are conducting assault operations in the area of Yakovlevka and Donetsk Belogorovka in order to take full control of the section of the road.
On the Luhansk direction, oncoming battles continue near Zhitlovka and Krasnopopovka. This is north of Kremennaya. True, their intensity subsided a little. In this direction, there is also a struggle for a section of the road. In this case, highways R-66.
09:35 The chemical plant "Stirol" in Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a shell hit was recorded on the territory of the enterprise, Mayor Ivan Prikhodko said.
08:48 Military expert Boris Rozhin:
"As expected, the APU againfired upon Energodar. There are several arrivals of 155mm rounds in the city. Accurate after yesterday's statements by the Russian Foreign Ministry that Ukraine will not break off with the transfer of control over the ZNPP to the IAEA or anyone else. Therefore, the topic of nuclear terrorism is being raised again.”
08:32 Analysis of the situation in Ukraine from the enemy: the main conclusions of the American Institute for the Study of War.
-Russian troops continued to conduct defensive operations on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line.
- Russian troops continued to build up successes around Bakhmut, but they had not yet surrounded the city and were conducting offensive operations in the Avdeevka-Donetsk region. Ukrainian sources claimed that small Russian assault groups of 15-20 people were trying to break through Ukrainian positions.
08:21 Ministry of Defense: Russian Armed Forces attacked power generation facilities in Kyiv, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Sumy, Kramatorsk, Krivoy Rog, Kharkov, Cherkassy, Poltava, Nikolaev, in Ternopil, Vinnitsa, Cherkasy, Khmelnytsky and Kirovohrad regions, more than 70 missiles.
Offensive operations of our troops are going on in the Soledarskrm and Artemovsky (Bakhmut) directions, as well as in Maryinka in the Donetsk section. At the front in the DPR, two Mi-8 helicopters and a MiG-29 aircraft were shot down. Enemy attacks on the Kremennaya-Svatovo sector were repulsed.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the help of UAVs, attacked the bases of strategic aviation of the Russian Armed Forces in the Saratov and Ryazan regions, three of our servicemen were killed, six were wounded.
In the vicinity of the Moldavian border town of Briceni, on the border with Ukraine, an upper stage of a rocket was found. According to preliminary data, the projectile belongs to the Ukrainian S-300 air defense system.
In the LPR, Alchevsk and Vrubovka were fired from MLRS, seven civilians were killed, 30 were injured. In the DPR, four civilians were killed and seven injured from the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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