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This s*&ts getting serious. With apparent "hits" inside Russia from "accidents" or Ukranian partisans, Putin is going to be backed into a corner.
Another worry is could some of these "accidents" be set off by anti Putin activists. Siberia is a long way from the Ukrann.
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Would that generally be considered an act of war? I figure without a declaration of war they'd be in deep crap if captured, but beyond that what are the legalities?
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[Vesti] December 14 is the 294th 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 .
06:30 . Kyiv region. 11 Shahed-136 drones were shot down in the region and over the capital. The wreckage of the drone damaged two administrative buildings in Kiev and a private house in the village of Vyshneve . There are no casualties, and there are no injured.
07:00 . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, Russia launched one air and 11 missile strikes, three of them on the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv, Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions. Also made more than 60 attacks from the MLRS.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Kharkiv region; Novoselovskoe, Krasnopopovka, Serebryanskoye and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Belogorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutsky, Bakhmut, Kurdyumovka, Nevelsky, Maryinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region.
Missile and artillery units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit 2 command posts and 4 areas of concentration of Russian personnel.
08:30 . Kyiv. KSCA reported 13 downed kamikaze drones. Residential buildings in the Shevchenko district of the capital received minor damage. There were no casualties.
09:00 . Kherson region. The Russians shelled the Kherson region 42 times from artillery, MLRS, tanks and mortars. Residential areas, a yacht club, a school, a sports institution were damaged. One person was killed, one more resident of the region was injured.
10:00 a.m. Zaporozhye region. Explosions in Zaporizhia, air defense is preliminarily working. There is an air raid in the region.
11:30 am . Kherson region. The Russians fired at the building of the Kherson OVA from the MLRS. Two floors damaged. There were no casualties.
12:30 pm An exchange of prisoners took place. A total of 64 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who fought in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions are going home, including the soldiers who participated in the defense of Bakhmut - officers, privates and sergeants. They also managed to release a US citizen who helped the Ukrainians - Murekezi Suedi. Also returned the bodies of four dead.
13:00 . Mobilization in Ukraine may be after the New Year. Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that there is a need to restore the wounded soldiers.
14:30 . Kyiv. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky gathered the Headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief, where they heard reports on the operational situation at the front and considered the urgent needs of the defense forces. Particular attention was paid to the security of state borders. Among other things, the Stavka participants discussed the strengthening of Ukraine's air and missile defense, as well as the protection of energy infrastructure.
15:00 . In the occupied territoriesRussians organized torture for children, said the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets. Children were given water every other day, they were not given food, they were told that their parents refused them.
15:30 . Kherson region. Reported arrival in Kherson.
The European Parliament approved the provision of €18 billion in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in 2023.
17:30 . President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Guterres: they discussed our peace formula and the Global Peace Formula Summit, urged to send UN experts to Ukrainian energy facilities as soon as possible. The parties also plan to develop the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the GrainFromUkraine program.
18:00 . Kherson region. In Kherson, elevators are being shut down due to constant shelling and the inability to provide safe maintenance.
18:30 Support for Ukraine in the war against Russia is approved by 74% of EU citizens. A third of Europeans believe that their lives will change because of the war and its consequences. Support for Ukraine is most approved in Sweden (97%), Finland (95%), the Netherlands (93%), Portugal (92%) and Denmark (92%).
18:55 Subdivisions of rocket troops and artillery hit two command posts and eight enemy personnel concentration areas. This is reported by the General Staff.
19:19 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar explained the statements about a new wave of mobilization - she says that everything will depend on the course of the war, so the forecasts here are "incorrect."
19:47 In Kherson, an 8-year-old boy was killed as a result of shelling by Russian infidels, - press officer of the Defense Forces Dmitry Pletenchuk. Doctors were unable to resuscitate the child after mine-explosive injuries.
20:10 On December 14, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky gathered Headquarters, where they heard reports from those present on the operational situation at the front and considered the urgent needs of the defense forces.
20:33 Mine danger: 36 people have already exploded on mines in Izyum since the de-occupation.
21:00 France and Italy will hand over SAMP-T air defense systems to Ukraine
"This is a very persistent request of President Zelensky, and the Italians have confirmed to us that they are ready to fulfill it. Thus, we can meet their needs," French Ambassador to Ukraine Etienne de Ponsin said during a hearing in the French National Assembly.
21:21 "Reporters Without Borders": Eight journalists were killed in the war in Ukraine in 2022
A total of 57 media workers died globally in 2022, almost 19% more than a year earlier. The authors of the international organization's report attribute this to the war in Ukraine, which this year has become the second (after Mexico) most dangerous country for media workers.
21:53 The occupiers have appointed an employee of Rosatom as the new Gauleiter of Energodar.
“Propaganda channels of infidels in Energodar today publicly presented another (it seems already the fifth) Gauleiter who headed the “city administration”. This short-sighted poor fellow was Eduard Senovoz, an employee of Rosatom,” said the mayor of the city Dmitry Orlov.
22:22 During the day, Ukrainian aviation inflicted seven strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and three strikes on the positions of the anti-aircraft missile systems of infidels, according to the evening summary of the General Staff.
22:50 Lithuania and other EU countries are preparing for a new flow of refugees due to Russian aggression
“We are all now preparing both at the EU level and at the national level… because Russia is attacking the critical infrastructure of Ukraine, we must be prepared that there may be a new wave of refugees,” Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite said, according to the national broadcaster LRT.
23:33 Over the past few days, Russia has transferred at least 60 more units of military equipment to Belarus, according to the project for monitoring combat activity "Belarusian Guyun".
00:20 Since February, a total of 184 Ukrainian athletes have died from the actions of Russia, and she herself uses sports for propaganda purposes. Vladimir Zelensky said this in a conversation with the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach.
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Report that Zelensky's wife went on a 40,000 Euro shopping spree in Paris while trying to drum up support for Ukraine war.
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When we lived in Europe, whenever we came home to visit I’d bring empty suitcases to fill with 10 pounds of chocolate chips, a couple boxes of double acting baking soda, jars of Miracle Whip and bottles of hot sauce, the next two sizes of clothes and shoes for the trailing daughters, clothes and shoes for myself (Mr. Wife prefers to do his own shopping), books and toys... about $500 each trip thirty years ago.
Everything was so much more expensive in Western Europe if it was available at all, since we didn’t have base PX privileges. My credit card was stopped the first time — the transaction trail looked precisely like a thief running amok; thereafter I called them the day we landed in America to let them know how long I was going to be focussed on shopping, to prevent embarrassment all around.
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[Korrespondent] 23:06 In the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, partisans blew up the railway tracks, along which military equipment entered the war against Ukraine, the Russian edition of The Insider writes, citing the Telegram channels of Rospartizan and the All-People's Movement of the Freedom of Russia Legion.
22:49 Xi Jinping in recent weeks instructed the Chinese government to establish closer economic relations with Russia, while for nine months he took a wait and see attitude, writes The Wall Street Journal, citing political advisers in Beijing. In particular, we are talking about increasing imports of Russian oil, gas and agricultural products, strengthening the energy partnership in the Arctic and increasing Chinese investment in Russian infrastructure such as railways and ports.
At the same time, the recent escalation of the war in Ukraine is forcing Beijing to take a more balanced position, because China still needs Western technology and close ties with other states to compete with the United States, the newspaper notes.
22:34 Telegram channels report explosions in Kursk near the airfield, Governor Roman Starovoit announced the work of air defense over the Kursk region, "there were no casualties and no damage."
22:25 Zelensky reported on the progress on the issue of air defense for Ukraine: "Held a meeting of the Headquarters today. They also talked about protecting the sky. We are constantly strengthening our air defense and anti-drone defense. And we are doing everything to get more modern and powerful systems for Ukraine We have made important progress on the issue of air defense this week."
20:47 The United States has evidence of a deal to supply Iran with ballistic missiles to Russia, said White House spokesman John Kirby.
20:32 As a result of shelling by Russians of the Dniprovsky district of Kherson, an eight-year-old child and one more person were killed. Two people received moderate and severe injuries, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
20:29 Zelensky commented on the situation at the front in an evening video message: "There is no calmness at the front line. There is nothing easy and simple. Every day and every meter are extremely difficult. And especially where all the tactics of the invaders come down to destroying everything in front of you with artillery, so that only bare ruins and craters in the ground remained. Russia is destroying city after city in the Donbass - like Mariupol, like Volnovakha, like Bakhmut. To defend in such conditions is not just heroism, it is something more."
19:43 The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe approved the Action Plan for Ukraine for 2023-2026 with a record amount of funding of 50 million euros. The document entitled Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction was developed in close consultation with the Ukrainian authorities. The action plan aims to increase the resilience of state institutions by strengthening democratic governance and the rule of law, as well as protecting human rights and supporting the reform agenda of Ukraine as an EU candidate.
19:39 Zaluzhny, in a conversation with the Supreme Commander of the Allied NATO Armed Forces in Europe and the Commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, discussed the needs for weapons and equipment and said that the Ukrainian Defense Forces "are preparing for different scenarios for the development of events in the coming months."
19:35 The SBU completed searches at the facilities of the UOC-MP in the Transcarpathian, Chernivtsi, Rivne, Volyn, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Lvov, Zhytomyr and Kherson regions. On the territory of the dioceses, Russian passports, St. George's ribbons, symbols of the banned OPPL party and Kirill's "manual" on spreading enemy propaganda through believers, as well as warehouses with pro-Kremlin literature were found.
18:52 The media reported that the Deputy Minister of Defense announced a new wave of mobilization. Anna Malyar says that this is not true. More details in the material New mobilization .
18:43 Zelensky said that he spoke with the president of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, and told him that since February, 184 Ukrainian athletes have died from Russia's actions, and she herself is using sports for propaganda purposes. In addition, Zelensky called on the IOC to help restore Ukraine's sports infrastructure destroyed by Russia. "A fair answer for a terrorist country can only be complete isolation in the international arena. In particular, this also applies to international sporting events," he stressed.
Previously, Bach advocated that all countries be represented at the Olympic Games, including those that are in conflict.
18:30 The Biden administration plans to conclude a contract by February 2023 to implement a three-year initiative aimed at monitoring the provision of US military and financial assistance to Ukraine, writes Politico. The program will be called Monitoring, Evaluation and Audit Services for Ukraine Reporting, or MEASURE.
18:19 President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Mirjana Spoljarich does not rule out the possibility of an exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine in the "all for all" format. There are precedents for such exchanges, she said, and they tend to serve as "confidence-building measures" between the parties to the conflict: "Very often, a broad exchange of prisoners becomes the first step towards a broader agreement."
Spolyarić added that ICRC representatives intend to visit all prisoners of war from both sides. She estimated their total number at several thousand.
18:13 In Kherson, an eight-year-old child was killed as a result of Russian shelling, UVA press officer Dmitry Pletenchuk said.
17:29 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with UN Secretary General António Guterres: "Thanked for participating in the conference on supporting Ukraine in Paris. We discussed our peace formula and the Global Peace Formula Summit. He called for UN experts to be sent to Ukrainian energy facilities as soon as possible. We will develop the Black Sea Grain Initiative and the Grain from Ukraine program".
17:08 In the Belgorod region of Russia on the border with Ukraine, they continue to build anti-tank structures for "defense". The photo was shown by Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov .
16:23 Iceland will allocate another $3 million to Ukraine for the Energy Support and Budget Support Fund through the World Bank, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
15:31 The European Parliament approved the allocation of 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in 2023.
15:27 Russians are creating torture chambers for children in the occupied territories, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said: “There are torture chambers for children in the occupied territories. I thought it was impossible to break through the bottom after Bucha, Irpin. he was taken out to be shot. There were ten torture chambers in Kherson, in one there was a separate cell where children were kept."
According to the Commissioner for Human Rights, the children were not fed in the torture chambers, water was provided every other day. The occupiers told the children that their parents had abandoned them. For example, one of these "detainees" is a boy who took a picture of Russian equipment on his phone.
15:23 As a result of today's shelling of the center of Kherson by Russians, six local residents were injured, the Prosecutor General's Office said.
15:21 The SBU conducted searches in the offices and premises of representatives of the banned Communist Party and the political party Rus United as part of counter-sabotage measures in Kiev, Dnipro and Krivoy Rog. They found weapons, St. George ribbons and flags of the Russian Federation.
15:14 The "authorities" of the occupied Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, said that after the explosion at the transformer substation, more than 10 thousand subscribers are left without electricity. "Ukrainian saboteurs" were blamed for the explosion.
14:46 An A-50 VKS of the Russian Federation, an early warning aircraft, has arrived in Belarus, the monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reports. These planes locate targets and provide strike points for fighter pilots.
14:21 France and Italy accepted Ukraine's application for the supply of the Mamba air defense system, writes Challenges. According to the publication, France immediately reacted positively to the possibility of supplying these systems, but the issue has so far been discussed with the Italian side. "It seems that this last hurdle has been overcome," the newspaper notes.
14:06 The European Commission announced that it had paid the third and final tranche in the amount of 500 million euros as part of emergency macro-financial assistance to Ukraine. With today's payment, the total amount of macro-financial assistance since the start of the war has reached 7.2 billion euros. The funds were provided to Ukraine in the form of concessional loans with longer maturities than under the regular programme. As a sign of solidarity, the EU budget will cover the interest on these loans.
13:55 The ceremony of awarding the 2022 Sakharov Prize to the brave Ukrainian people took place in the European Parliament.
13:33 Zelensky held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the presidential press service reported. The participants listened to reports on the situation at the front, considered the urgent needs of the Defense Forces, analyzed the latest actions of the enemy and ways to counter it. Particular attention was paid to ensuring security at the state border. Work also continued on strengthening air and missile defense and protecting energy infrastructure.
13:12 The Ministry of Defense does not rule out the next wave of mobilization in Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Department Anna Malyar said: "There is a need to restore the military who were injured in the war. These things are difficult to predict, because mobilization depends on the needs of the war. And, in addition, there are casualties and the need to rebuild. Even those people who are now at war need to be replaced."
13:00 Another exchange of prisoners took place: 64 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned to Ukraine , who fought in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions, including participating in the defense of Bakhmut, Yermak said. Among them are officers, privates and sergeants. It was also possible to release a US citizen who helped the Ukrainians - Murekezi Suedi. The bodies of the four dead were also returned.
12:43 Pope Francis urged to celebrate Christmas modestly and send the saved funds to support Ukraine: "It's nice to celebrate Christmas and have parties, but let's reduce the level of Christmas spending a little. Let's make a more modest Christmas, with more modest gifts, and let's send something what we will save for the people of Ukraine who need it. They are hungry, they are cold, many people die because of the lack of doctors and nurses. Let's not forget about them. Christmas - yes, in peace and with the Lord, yes. But with Ukrainians in the heart."
12:39 Russian media write that Ukraine has handed over to the Russian Federation the rector of the Lisichansk Cathedral, Archpriest Andrei Pavlenko. He was imprisoned for eight months and was recently sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason. According to media reports, the exchange took place "thanks to the efforts of PMC Wagner." They also write about the return to the Russian Federation of the bodies of two pilots from the PMC Wagner.
12:31 Peskov said that Patriot systems, if delivered from the United States to Ukraine, would become a "legitimate target." He also spoke about the possibility of a New Year's truce at the initiative of Kyiv: "No proposals have been received from anyone, such a topic is not on the agenda."
Peskov commented on Pushilin's statement about the need to "liberate" Chernihiv and Odessa: "Everything depends on the choice of citizens, on the decision of people. The primary task is to protect people in the LPR and DPR. We see a difficult situation in Donetsk, and this is primarily, of course, the military is concentrating, the special military operation continues."
12:27 Russians today fired at the building of the Kherson OVA from multiple launch rocket systems. Two floors of the building were damaged, according to preliminary information, there were no victims, the OP reported.
12:04 In the Kiev region, in one of the settlements, which was under the occupation of Russian troops, a man was blown up by a Russian-made anti-personnel mine PMN-4. The victim was hospitalized with a mine-explosive injury, the State Border Guard Service said and recalled that regime restrictions apply in the areas bordering Russia and Belarus, in particular, it is forbidden to be in forest areas.
11:51 Erdogan said that his negotiations with Zelensky and Putin are continuing: "We have seen that the road to peace can be opened through an agreement on grain and an exchange of prisoners. Our negotiations with Mr. Putin and Mr. Zelensky continue."
11:44 Kyiv and the Kyiv region on the morning of December 14 were attacked by Iranian Shahed drones. The capital survived two waves of shelling. Everything that is known about the goals and consequences of this attack is in the material For Ryazan .
11:32 The situation in the energy system of Ukraine remains difficult, there is a significant shortage of electricity, Ukrenergo reported. The most difficult situation is in the east - due to almost daily shelling, energy facilities are constantly damaged. Repair work is slowing down due to the danger to the life of the repairmen. At the same time, on December 13, another unit was put into operation at the nuclear power plant - this helped not to apply emergency shutdowns over the past day.
Ukrenergo also reported that during the morning attack, not a single power facility was damaged.
11:19 The SBU announced that it was carrying out counterintelligence activities at the facilities of the UOC-MP in the Transcarpathian, Chernivtsi, Rivne, Volyn, Nikolaev, Sumy, Lvov, Zhytomyr and Kherson regions.
10:47 In an interview with Korrespondent.net , adviser to the head of the President's Office Mikhail Podolyak spoke about the inevitability of our victory , the upcoming tribunal over the aggressor, about talk about possible negotiations and the guilt of Russian society for the unleashed war.
10:34 The Russians are trying to attack Ukraine with drones at night or at night - this allows you to confuse the Ukrainian air defense, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "The tactics inherent in the use of these UAVs is night. Conditions of poor visibility, because they are visually difficult to be detected in the dark by the means by which they are shot down - these are small arms, anti-aircraft missiles. Therefore, it is radar means that detect them, and anti-aircraft missile systems and other fire weapons shoot down."
Ignat added that before the attack, the Russians conduct reconnaissance in order to find the weak points of the air defense forces and not fall into its zone of action: “Using the riverbeds and those zones that the enemy reconnoiters, where we may have certain weak points, strong points are all the enemy detects. Makes reconnaissance on the eve of strikes, thus trying to avoid getting into the zone of our air defense."
10:15 SBU conducts searches in the UOC-MP Cathedral in Lviv.
10:08 Russians over the past 24 hours fired at the territory of the Kherson region 42 times: one person was killed, one was wounded, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
10:06 Zelensky said that the air defense forces shot down 13 out of 13 enemy drones this morning.
10:03 Ukraine will soon introduce a program for the free exchange of incandescent lamps for LED lamps for the population, said Economy Minister Yulia Sviridenko. According to her, this will allow to consume 7-10% less electricity at peak load. "In the near future, the Ministry of Economy will provide detailed instructions on how to get LED lamps - the mechanism will be as simple as possible," Sviridenko assured.
09:52 British intelligence writes that disputes have arisen among the Russian military about waging war against Ukraine. In particular, some believe that management has chosen the wrong planning strategies. Analysts refer to the statements of Girkin, who returned from the "DPR" and resumed criticism of the Russian authorities. In particular, he ridiculed the orders of the leadership of the Russian army to build defensive structures, questioning their usefulness in modern warfare, and also announced a "crisis of strategic planning."
Girkin's comments are indicative of a heated debate on the conduct of the war that is ongoing in Russia's military community, the intelligence said. At the same time, British experts cannot confirm the rumors about the dismissal of the head of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov. However, it is known that the tension among the military has reached the top.
09:48 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 14th.
personnel - about 96,000 (+740) people liquidated,
tanks - 2970 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 5937 (+7),
artillery systems - 1931 (+0),
MLRS - 404 (+0),
air defense systems - 211 (+0),
aircraft - 281 (+0),
helicopters - 264 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1617 (+0),
cruise missiles - 592 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4562 (+13),
special equipment - 171 (+1).
09:27 Air raid ended. According to the head of the Kyiv city military administration, Sergei Popko, two waves of enemy drones were fired at the capital, 13 UAVs were destroyed. Debris from the downed UAVs hit one administrative building, and four more residential buildings in the Shevchenkivskyi district received minor damage. People were not hurt.
09:02 KGVA reported that 13 kamikaze drones had already been shot down.
09:00 On the wreckage of a downed drone in the Shevchenkovsky district of the capital there was an inscription "For Ryazan", the Kiev TV channel reports from the scene.
08:54 British judges conduct trainings for Ukrainian colleagues as part of the preparation of the "new Nuremberg" - the trials of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, Sky News reports. 90 Ukrainian judges have been selected to participate in the program, training has already begun in Ukraine "in a secret place". The program has been allocated £2.5 million.
08:39 As a result of the fall of the fragment of an enemy drone in Kiev, no people were injured, Svetlana Vodolaga, the press secretary of the State Emergency Service, said.
08:28 Russians are attacking Ukraine with Shahed-136/131 Iranian-made kamikaze drones flying from the direction of the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov. Radar facilities detected more than ten loitering ammunition. As of 8:10 a.m., ten drones have been destroyed and work continues, the Air Force said.
08:12 As a result of the morning attack on Kiev and the region, two administrative buildings were damaged in the capital, and a private house was damaged in the village of Vyshneve, the President's Office reported. The air raid continues.
08:03 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two civilians were killed - in Gornyak and Kleshchievka, the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko said.
07:51 According to preliminary information, a fragment from a drone damaged two administrative buildings in the Shevchenko district of the capital. Information about the victims is being specified, the Kyiv city military administration said.
07:46 New Zealand will provide Ukraine with $1.9 million in humanitarian aid through the International Committee of the Red Cross, the country's Foreign Ministry said. First of all, we are talking about the purchase of medical supplies and equipment, transformers and generators.
07:42 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of Russian invaders in the areas of the settlements of Gryanikovka, Kharkiv region; Novoselovskoye, Krasnopopovka, Serebryanskoye and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Belogorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Kurdyumovka, Nevelskoye, Maryinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
07:29 In the Kiev region and over the air defense capital, ten "shaheeds" have already been shot down, Klitschko said. The air raid continues.
07:27 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the Russian authorities use the concept of terrorism as a legal basis for internal repression.
Analysts also noted that Russian military bloggers accused the Russian Defense Ministry of being engaged in "excessive reporting" instead of solving systemic problems related to Russian operations in Ukraine. They also criticize the Russian authorities for being engaged in "excessive informing" in order to fill the information space with photo and video artifacts that should "justify the existence" of the Russian Defense Ministry and create the appearance of success for Russian operations in Ukraine.
07:21 Currently, 13 settlements of the Luhansk region have been de-occupied, and by the New Year, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for sure, "will be able to please with progress in the Kremensk and Svatovsky directions," said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He also said that the mobilization in the Lugansk region is the collection of "remnants of luxury" by the Russians. The occupiers throw the mobilized men of the region into attacks in order to reveal the positions of the Ukrainian troops.
06:44 Klitschko announced explosions in the Shevchenkovsky district of the capital, and air defense is operating in the Kiev region, said the head of the OVA, Alexei Kuleba.
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[RIA] Today, the Western media blame "Russia's invasion of Ukraine" for all the troubles of the world. They just hang all the dogs on us. The famine in England, the impoverishment of Europe, the rebellions and riots that overwhelm the former "golden billion" - the NWO is to blame for everything. But who was the first to start in Ukraine?
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Explosions reported in Kherson and Kharkov regions 20:53 An air defense system worked over the city of Klintsy - the governor of the Bryansk region
Governor Alexander Bogomaz said that, according to operational services, an air defense system worked over the city of Klintsy.
“Thanks to the professional actions of the military Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the missiles fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shot down,” Bogomaz wrote.
19:50 The results of the work of Wagner tankers and artillerymen are certainly impressive -video
19:49 Rare footage: the destruction of the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with VOG-17 grenades from a drone. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are working on the railway supply line of the Zaporozhye Front -video
19:14 Battles near Soledar: the 6th Regiment of the LPR destroyed the infantry and the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
18:10 The Russian Armed Forces hit the command post of the operational-tactical groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Liman" in the region of Kramatorsk in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense reported.
18:09 Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 100 Ukrainian military personnel in the Kupyansky direction in the Kharkiv region, the Ministry of Defense reported.
16:22 Exclusive. Russian paratroopers thwarted the offensive of the "armored fist" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
At the disposal was a video of another feat of the Russian Army. The assault group of paratroopers, consisting of 25 people from the 217th Paratrooper Regiment of the 98th Guards Airborne Division, fought with superior enemy forces in the area of Sukhoi Stavok - Kostromka.
15:15 RF Armed Forces took control of the main part inhabited Vodyanoye point in the DPR, up to 50 Ukrainian militants, one tank, 3 combat armored vehicles and 4 pickup trucks were destroyed - Russian Defense Ministry
15:13 Crews of T-72B3M tanks of the Southern Military District continue to destroy firing points, fortified positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
15:06 LPR fighters destroy the enemy in the Lisichansk direction -video
15:02 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (14.12.2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of artillery fire on accumulations of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Kotlyarovka, Tabaevka, Berestovoe in the Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoe in the Luhansk People's Republic, up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, an armored combat vehicle and six pickup trucks were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery fire and active actions of Russian troops thwarted the counterattacks of three assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, advancing in the direction of the settlements of Ploshchanka and Kremennaya of the Lugansk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement of Stelmakhovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, a convoy of reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit by fire. In addition, five enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova in the Lugansk People's Republic and Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic. The losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, an infantry fighting vehicle and two pickup trucks.
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the offensive actions of the Russian troops, the main part of the settlement of Vodiane of the Donetsk People's Republic was taken under control. Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored fighting vehicles and four pickup trucks were destroyed.
In the South-Donetsk direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, four assault groups tried to counterattack the positions of Russian troops in the direction of the settlements of Pavlovka, Novomayorskoye and Neskuchnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic. All counterattacks are repulsed, the enemy is driven back to their original positions.
In addition, the infliction of fire damage on the columns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novoselka and Prechistovka of the Donetsk People's Republic prevented the transfer of enemy reserves. Losses of the Ukrainian army per day in this direction amounted to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and four vehicles.
Rocket troops and artillery hit 93 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, as well as enemy manpower and military equipment in 186 districts.
In the area of the settlement of Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, the command post of the operational-tactical group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Liman" was hit.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the settlement of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, where up to 2,000 of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system and over three thousand artillery shells of various calibers were stored.
A warehouse of missile and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Kamenskoye, Zaporozhye region.
In the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka and Kalinin of the Donetsk People's Republic, two US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar stations were destroyed.
During the day, three unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by means of air defense in the areas of the settlements of Peremozhne, Tokmak, Zaporozhye region and Rachevka, Kherson region.
In addition, a missile from the American HIMARS multiple launch rocket system was intercepted near the village of Kremennaya in the Lugansk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 343 aircraft, 183 helicopters, 2,658 unmanned aerial vehicles, 396 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,099 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,685 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 7,599 units of special military vehicles.
14:18 1. Continue intense battles for Experienced. The enemy continues to throw reinforcements there. PMC "Wagner" continues assault operations.
2. There is also a promotion on the eastern outskirts of the city. Assault groups are gradually moving deeper into Artemovsk. Several houses on Maksimenko are occupied. Fighting also continues in the area of the industrial zone on Patrice Lumumba Street.
3. There are fights at Kleshcheevka and in the Kurdyumovka area. The enemy is strengthening positions in the area of Chasov Yar.
4. To the north-east of Artemovsk, fighting is underway in the direction of the Artemovsk-Soledar highway and near Podgorodny.
In general, the enemy's defense crackles and slowly sags, but it's premature to talk about a breakthrough of the defense or about its collapse. Promotion requires serious effort.
14:12 Russian units continue to advance in the Bakhmutsky (Artemovsky) sector, denazifying all ukrofascists -video
13:05 Effective linkage of the work of UAVs and artillery of the allied forces to destroy the ukrofascists in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector -video
11:30 Ukrainian media report on air anxiety in Poltava, Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
11:28 And forward at dawn: the combat work of the Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces -video
09:53 Under pressure from Russian units, the ukrofascists continue to be forced to leave their positions in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) area -video
09:23 Summary on the morning of December 14
On the Artemovsky (Bakhmut) direction, Wagner PMCs occupied two factories in the city.
Our forces are advancing on the Soledar sector of the front.
Marinka in the Donetsk direction is cut off from one of the supply roads of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fighting is going on.
In the Ugledar direction, our troops repelled an enemy attack on Pavlovka.
Artillery duels are going on in the Kherson direction.
Armed Forces of Ukraine at the turn of Svatovo - Kremennaya are preparing for the offensive.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to hit logistics hubs with artillery fire in order to cut off our troops from supply roads, the enemy units near the city of Orekhovo are being re-equipped.
The Bryansk region was hit yesterday by a missile attack, the target was shot down over the town of Klintsy.
Shelling continues in the DPR, yesterday shells of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the Stirol chemical plant in Gorlovka. During the day, three civilians were killed.
09:20 Artillery of the "Brave" crushes the Ukrainian defense -video
08:32 An air alert has been announced in the Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Vinnitsa regions. In Kyiv and the region, the work of "Geranei" and the sounds of explosions are heard -video
08:30 Artillerymen of the Central Military District destroy the targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the towed 152mm howitzers "Hyacinth-B" in the area of the special operation -video
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:28 On the territory of the LPR, since June 24 this year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have fired more than 500 Haimars missiles, said Alexei Getmansky, expert of the LPR JCCC. On June 24, 2022, the Hymars hit Stakhanov, damaging 15 residential buildings. 21:15 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 14, receivedadditionalinformation on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Olginka (included in the area of responsibility of the administration of the Starobeshevsky district):
- on the street. Kirov, 26 killed a man born in 1960 and a woman born in 1965
As of 21:30, the total number of civilian casualties from AFU attacks for December 14, 2022 is seven people (four dead, three injured). The information continues to flow.
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Olginka (included in the area of ??responsibility of the administration of the Starobeshevsky district):
- st. Kirova, 26 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
21:11 VFU killed two civilians in the Volnovakha region of the DPR
Ukrainian militants attacked Olginka in the Volnovakha region of the DPR, where a man and a woman were killed.
20:21 In the direction of the Kuibyshev region at 20:05 from the barrels of enemy artillery located in the village. Netaylovo village, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were sent.
19:16 As a result of the shelling of the village of Staromikhailovka, two private households were damaged. In one, the roof was damaged, as well as windows and doors of outbuildings and a summer kitchen. In another, a house window and a fence were damaged.
18:26 VFU wounded a civilian during the shelling of residential areas of the village of Spartak in the Yasinovatsky district of the DPR.
16:52 During the shelling of the Kuibyshev region, four households were damaged. The facade, roof, gas pipe, power line, and glazing were damaged.
15:42 The shelling of the Kuibyshev region continues. The JCCC reports that at 15:25 p.m. three more rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at Netaylovo settlement.
14:29 Kirovsky district of Donetsk is again under enemy fire. According to the information received, at 13:50 from Krasnogorovka, temporarily controlled by the Ukrainians, another three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
Data on the victims and destruction are being specified.
13:39 According to preliminary information, as a result of the shelling of the Kyiv region, the microdistrict in which the Donetsk Institute of Physical Culture and Sports is located was under enemy fire.
It is also reported that five houses of the private sector near Partizansky Avenue were damaged. At the same time, the roof caught fire in two houses, in addition, facades, a gas pipe, fences, adjoining buildings were cut by fragments, and window glazing was broken.
12:33 According to the information received today, as a result of shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk, a civilian was killed. Questionnaire data are specified.
11:47 According to preliminary information, the Kyiv region of Donetsk was again fired upon from 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers.
According to the JCCC from n.p. TonenkoyeUkrainians fired eight rockets at the Kievsky district of Donetsk and the Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka.
The Kirovsky district also came under enemy fire. The Ukrainians fired three rounds of 155mm caliber at civilians.
Details are being specified.
11:10 Kuibyshevsky district is again under enemy fire. At 10:55 from Netaylovo, Ukrainians fired another five rounds of 155mm caliber at civilians.
Details are being specified.
11:09 The Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk - the 1st Platform in the Admin Settlement - was subjected to heavy enemy shelling. According to local residents, a number of apartment buildings, a hospital, and the Udacha store were damaged.
According to preliminary data, there are victims (personal data are being established). Detailed information to be confirmed
10:21 Kyiv, Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk are under massive enemy fire. Over the past half hour, nine rounds of 155mm caliber have been fired at civilians in these areas.
Ukrainians are firing from the settlements of Orlovka and Krasnogorovka temporarily under their control.
Data on the victims and destruction are being specified.
08:35 Fighting in the Kharkiv region: Mobilized fighters, along with contract soldiers, repel attacks and destroy the enemy -video
08:19 Russian intelligence officers in the Kupyansk direction hit a group of Ukrainian military men who pretended to be using flashlights, the commander of the special forces group of the Western Military District told RIA Novosti -video
[FoxNews] U.S. plans to send Ukraine the Patriot missile defense system are underway, Fox News confirmed Tuesday, though Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has not formally signed off on the transfer.
The news comes following weeks of speculation that Kyiv may receive the top weaponry after a senior defense official in November said Washington was considering sending Ukraine the system.
Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said Tuesday there were no specific plans to send the system, but noted that the U.S. was not ruling it out.
#3
...I got a bad feeling about this. depending on where the batteries are located, it could come close to actually covering Russian territory. I'm behind the Ukranians 100%, but this might be too far.
#1
Fears are growing Belarus could soon join war in Ukraine to help ally Putin
Fears... right. They are there, in support roles deep in the rear in Donbas. This has already been confirmed by multiple sources.
As for military might... not so much. Belarus has an even worse military than the Russians and Ukraine keeps a good chunk of their forces they rotate out of the front for a break on the border there. They are well motivated, trained, armed and most importantly are veterans. Lukashenko needs his military and police forces in Belarus to keep him in power. Blustering on the border works to keep Ukrainian forces there, but marching Belarus soldiers into Ukraine to get slaughtered will get Lukashenko out of power very quickly and he knows it.
#2
Back in Feb/March - Russia did that feint on Kiev, meanwhile Belarus was playing their part of the theatrics performing drills and such, which forces UKR to commit to border forces. More of the same. I dont think Belarus wants to get mixed up with Nato.
#4
Always thought the Z thing was a strange affectation for the Russians, who seem to have no sense of history, recent or otherwise:
During this time, the letter Z (meaning "He is alive") became a common piece of protest graffiti in Greek cities, in memory of Lambrakis and his democratic ideals. The military junta banned the use of the letter "Z" as graffiti, in response to these protests.
[EurasianTimes] While military assistance to Ukraine is depleting Germany’s ammunition reserves, a recent report by the German-language newspaper, Die Welt, suggests the slowdown in component imports from China could worsen the issue.
[Jpost] Russia's defense ministry said on Wednesday that two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers carried out a seven-hour patrol flight over the Sea of Japan.
The bombers - capable of carrying nuclear bombs and nuclear-armed cruise missiles - were accompanied by Russian SU-class fighter jets, the ministry said.
Even while bogged down thousands of miles away in its war in Ukraine, Russia has continued to conduct regular strategic bomber flights as a show of strength to its neighbors in the Far East. Last month it carried out joint patrols with China over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.
The defense ministry said the latest mission complied with international airspace rules and was part of regular flights over what it called the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Black and Baltic Seas, and the Pacific Ocean.
[ShafaqNews] Russia has for the first time emerged as top oil supplier to India replacing Iraq as refiners last month snapped up oil from Moscow fearing a price cap from Dec. 5 could hit supplies and choke payment avenues, data obtained from trade sources showed.
India's oil imports from Russia rose for the fifth straight month, totaling 908,000 barrels per day (bpd) in November, up 4% from October, the data showed.
The Group of Seven nations, Australia, and the 27 European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... countries have imposed a price cap of $60 a barrel on Russian seaborne oil from Dec. 5 as the West tries to limit Moscow's ability to finance its war in Ukraine.
The price cap plan calls for G7 countries to deny insurance, finance, brokering, navigation, and other services to oil cargoes priced above the price cap on crude and oil products.
Russian oil accounted for about 23% of India's overall import of about 4 million bpd oil in November, the data showed.
India's overall imports in November declined 11% from October on lower purchases by Russia-backed Indian refiner Nayara Energy, which had shut its 400,000 bpd refinery for maintenance during the month, the data showed.
India, which rarely used to buy Russian oil because of costly logistics, has emerged as Russia's second biggest oil client after China as refiners snap up discounted crude shunned by Western nations since the February invasion of Ukraine.
Last month India's oil imports from Iraq declined to the lowest since September 2020, while that from Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century... plunged to a 14-month low, the data showed.
Indian refiners that were initially wary of placing orders for Russian crude for loading post Dec. 5, have resumed purchases from Moscow as sanctions allow direct payment for Russian oil, sources said.
Higher purchases of Russian oil dragged down Indian imports from the Middle East and member nations of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) declined to the lowest ever in November, the data showed.
During April-November, the first eight months of this fiscal year, Iraq continued to be the largest oil supplier to India followed by Saudi Arabia and Russia, which has knocked down UAE to the fourth position.
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