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[Vesti] December 29 is the 309th 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 .
08:00 . Kyiv region. It is reported about the threat of rocket attack on the Kyiv region. There is an air raid in the capital.
Chernihiv region. Air defense works.
Sumy region. Shot down a rocket.
08:30 . Kyiv region. Air defense works.
Zhytomyr Oblast. Explosions.
Kyiv region. The fragments of a downed rocket damaged a private building in the Darnitsky district of Kiev (Osokorky) and a car parked nearby. There is no information about the victims.
09:00 . Nikolaevkskaya area. 5 missiles were shot down over the sea , said the head of the Regional State Administration Vitaly Kim.
Poltava and Odessa regions. Air defense works.
Kharkov region. A rocket attack was made on Kharkov. The subway stopped in the city. Arrivals to Slobodskoy district.
Lviv region. Explosions in Lvov.
09:30 . Kyiv. Rocket attack on the capital:
fragments of downed rockets damaged 2 private houses in the Darnytskyi district;
an industrial enterprise in the Goloseevsky district and a playground in the Pechersky district were damaged;
the situation regarding the victims is specified.
10:00 Lviv region. 90% of Lviv - without electricity. Trams and trolleybuses do not run, there may be interruptions in water supply, the mayor Sadovy said.
About 63 rockets in the sky over Ukraine reports the head of the Khmelnytsky OVA Vitaliy Gamaly.
Kharkov region. The arrival of 4 missiles, probably S-300, in the Nemyshlyansky and Osnovyansky districts of Kharkov was announced by the head of the Regional State Administration Oleg Sinegubov.
Kyiv. It is known about three victims as a result of a hit in the Darnytsia region. Among them is a 14-year-old girl. All were treated and hospitalized.
Odessa region. Over the Odessa region, air defense shot down 21 missiles . The energy infrastructure was damaged as a result of the hit. There are emergency power outages in the area.
10:20 . Chernihiv region. Air defense works.
Crimea. Explosions are heard in Dzhankoy. The city has a military airfield of the Russian Federation.
Kyiv region. Over Kiev on the morning of December 29, 16 missiles were shot down.
Ivano-Frankivsk region. The rocket hit a house in one of the villages directly. There is an arrival at the energy facility. No victims or injured.
11:00 . Kherson region. As a result of Russian shelling of Kherson, the Regional Cardiological Dispensary was damaged. 2 people were injured - a security guard and a boiler room worker. The roof, windows and facade of one of the buildings were destroyed in the building.
11:30 The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 54 out of 69 missiles, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny said.
12:00 . Lviv region. In Lviv, there is a hit on an energy infrastructure facility. Due to damage, emergency power outages were introduced in the area. Without electricity, more than 470 thousand subscribers. The most difficult situation is in Lviv and surrounding settlements.
14:00 . Kharkov region. Infrastructure in the Industrial district of Kharkiv is under attack. As a result of attacks on the Kharkiv region, a 50-year-old man was killed, two more were injured.
15:00 . Lugansk region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have advanced 2.5 km in the direction of Kremennaya over the past 2 weeks, said Aleksey Gromov, a representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The offensive operations of the Ukrainian army in the area continue.
Donetsk region. 4 missile strikes were carried out on Konstantinovka. Two rockets hit the boarding school where the IDP accommodation center is located. At the moment of impact there were 42 people. There is 1 injured. Two other rockets hit near the former cinema and in the courtyard of the hostel - windows were damaged in the building, but no one was injured.
15:40 . Kharkov region. Another wounded person died as a result of the rocket attack.
17:20 Zelensky asked Biden for tanks and planes, but the US position remained unchanged - Politico.
17:48 The enemy is trying to conduct offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Zaporozhye and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky and Avdeevsky directions.
18:18 On Kupyansky and Novopavlovsky, he is actively defending. In the Kherson direction, he is regrouping troops to other directions, leading the defense. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00 on Thursday, December 29.
18:40 The Minister of Defense of Ukraine thanked the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for today's work.
19:00 More than 300 foreign sailors cannot leave Ukrainian ports because of the war.
19:20 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus summoned the Ambassador of Ukraine to express a strong protest to him. Today, the authorities of the republic announced that an allegedly Ukrainian rocket fell on the territory of the Brest region.
19:44 The President signed the bill No. 8196/8197 on promoting the restoration of the energy infrastructure of Ukraine.
20:10 8700 civilians still live in Bakhmut under constant shelling. More than 70 thousand people left the city.
20:39 King of horror Stephen King said on his Twitter that his biggest wish next year is peace in Ukraine.
20:58 The United States transferred about $50 million of additional equipment for power grids to Ukraine. It is also noted that the Pentagon has already sent two NASAMS systems and air defense systems.
21:21 There can't be normal relations with today's Russia, - German Foreign Minister.
"We must clearly realize that there can be no normal relations with this Russia. Like many Russians, we want to see a peaceful and democratic Russia that is not a threat to its neighbors. But let's not have any illusions - we live in a different reality. That is why the task there must be a strengthening of our common security against Russia on a permanent basis ," said Annalena Berbock, head of the German Foreign Ministry, in an interview with the Romanian portal Digi24.
21:55 In 80% of the de-occupied cities, the Internet has been partially restored.
"Despite the full-scale war, we continue to deploy and restore high-speed Internet in Ukraine. To keep people in touch with their relatives. 80% of the liberated cities have partially restored Internet. The Russian military left behind destroyed infrastructure, hundreds of kilometers of damaged cables..." , - according to the press service of the Ministry of Digital Transformation.
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[Korrespodent] 23:24 Zelensky said in an evening video message that as of this evening there is a power outage in most regions of Ukraine. It is especially difficult in the Kiev region and in the capital, in the Lviv region, in Odessa and the region, Kherson and the region, in the Vinnitsa and Transcarpathian regions. "But this cannot be compared with what it could have been if it were not for our heroic anti-aircraft gunners and air defense ... There are two days left of this year. Perhaps the enemy will try again to make sure that we celebrate the New Year in the dark," he added the president.
According to him, the situation on the front line has not changed significantly in a day: "The most acute of all is Bakhmut, Soledar, the entire line in the Donetsk region. The enemy has not abandoned the crazy idea to capture the Donetsk region ... Now they set themselves the task - before the New Year."
21:31 Russia's next missile strike may be more massive than today, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Russia is restoring its aircraft fleet. The Russians have produced 13 aircraft with eight suspensions each. The question is how many are ready at the present time to spend the same cruise missiles. They have enough carriers. "
20:52 Danilov said in an interview with the Kyiv Post that the Ukrainian army can enter Russia if necessary: "If it is necessary to be where we deem necessary to protect our country, we will be there. And we will not ask anyone And all this talk that there is no need to annoy someone there is nonsense.”
20:04 After the tenth massive missile attack, the energy system is being restored as planned, the enemy failed to "extinguish" the Ukrainian energy system, said Volodymyr Kudrytsky, Chairman of the Board of NEC Ukrenergo. According to him, at present, a significant part of the generating capacity in the system has been restored, but there is significant damage to the network and some power plants. Due to significant network damage, it is difficult for power engineers to deliver electricity to Kharkov, Kyiv, Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson, Lvov regions.
19:59 In response to the "protest" of the Belarusian side in connection with the violation of the airspace of Belarus by the S-300 anti-aircraft missile allegedly fired from the territory of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that the Ukrainian side is aware of the Kremlin's "desperate and persistent" aspirations to draw Belarus into its aggressive war against Ukraine. In this regard, the Ukrainian side does not rule out a deliberate provocation by the Russian Federation, which has laid such a route for its cruise missiles in order to provoke their interception in the airspace over the territory of Belarus.
At the same time, the statement says that the Ukrainian side is ready to conduct an objective investigation of the incident in Ukraine and is ready to invite authoritative experts from among the states that are not associated with Russia's support in any form.
19:50 Dnipro returned to stabilization schedules of power outages, DTEK reported.
19:11 As a result of explosions at the Russian Engels airfield on December 26, not only vehicles and personnel, but also aircraft were damaged, Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said: “We know for sure about the damage to aircraft, vehicles and personnel. more than the three dead, as the Russians first claimed." He noted that Russia's military infrastructure continues to degrade, so similar incidents are possible in the future.
19:06 Japan will send another $500 million to Ukraine in addition to the $1.1 billion already provided, said Japanese Ambassador Kuninori Matsuda. Tokyo is also considering other support packages, he said.
19:00 Firefighting and repair work on the energy infrastructure continues after today's shelling, Yasno CEO Sergei Kovalenko said. According to him, in Kyiv, the current level of electricity availability is "quite high", and there is "a high probability that one of these days we will return to the pre-shelling level."
18:51 The enemy is concentrating its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Zaporozhye and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky and Avdeevsky directions. On Kupyansky and Novopavlovsky - it is actively defending. In the Kherson direction, it is regrouping troops to other directions, is being reinforced by units of territorial troops, and is conducting positional defense, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an evening summary.
In Donetsk, the invaders are taking out medical equipment and medical workers from the Kalinin Donetsk Regional Clinical Hospital to Mariupol. In Belovodsk, Starobelsky district, Luhansk region, more than 100 wounded representatives of Wagner PMC continue to be treated. In addition, about 120 wounded invaders are being treated in the city of Tokmak on the territory of the so-called "military hospital".
18:26 The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador because of the announcement of the wanted list of Bellingcat journalist Hristo Grozev. "This act is unacceptable. It is an attack on freedom of speech and an attempt to intimidate a Bulgarian citizen," Acting Prime Minister Gilib Donev said.
18:17 Putin signed the law on the suspension of judicial and enforcement proceedings against volunteers and mobilized (except for alimony).
17:33 In the de-occupied territories of Donetsk, Nikolaev, Kherson and Kharkiv regions, law enforcement officers have already found 1116 bodies of dead civilians, including 31 children, the National Police reported.
17:30 Head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk predicts even more “bavovna” and special operations in 2023: “I can predict three things next year: even more “bavovna” and new special operations of the SBU, further purge of the fifth column and lovers of the “Russian world” inside Ukraine , and most importantly - the new legendary victories of the Ukrainian defenders".
17:24 Putin signed a decree on payments of 3 million rubles to civilians seconded to the "new regions" in case of their injury and 5 million to their families in case of death. He also, by his decree, freed the security officials participating in the "SVO" and seconded to the "new regions" from the need to provide information on income.
17:11 The Belarusian Foreign Ministry announced that it had called the Ukrainian ambassador after the fall of an allegedly Ukrainian rocket on Belarusian territory, he was protested. Minsk also demanded that Kyiv investigate this incident, bring the "guilty" to justice and take measures to prevent such situations from happening again, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said.
16:37 Russia has already decided to start the next wave of mobilization from January 5, Budanov said in an interview with the BBC. According to him, the Russians are experiencing huge problems with the acquisition of already existing units due to losses in combat operations. When forming new units, they lack manpower, so it was decided to start a new wave of mobilization. “Whether they announce it on January 5 or 9, in principle, it will not change anything. They will have to start a new wave of mobilization. This is also considering the fact that the mobilization that they allegedly completed has not disappeared. As of now, people are being mobilized at full speed for the war," the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate added.
16:09 In Ukraine, during the morning attack, Russian missiles hit ten regions, as a result of the shelling, 28 different objects were damaged, of which 18 were private residential buildings, the rest were critical infrastructure facilities. Five people were injured, including one child, said the press officer of the State Emergency Service Alexander Khorunzhiy.
16:03 The Russians today launched four missile attacks on Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, said the head of the OVA, Pavel Kirilenko. Two rockets hit the boarding school, where the IDPs accommodation center is located, one person was injured there. There were 42 people in the building at the time of the impact.
16:00 In the Kharkiv region, the number of deaths after today's missile attack has increased to two: one of the wounded died in an ambulance, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
15:37 The UK will allocate 2.3 billion pounds to help Ukraine in 2023, said Defense Minister Ben Wallace.
15:26 At Bakhmut, Ukrainian troops daily hold back up to 20 Russian attacks, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, since December 23, there have been 259 clashes with the enemy, the invaders fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine more than 4,000 times. In the Bakhmut direction, they concentrated significant artillery forces and a large amount of ammunition. Therefore, the intensity of the fire in the Kherson and Zaporozhye directions has decreased.
According to the General Staff, more than 40% of enemy artillery shelling along the line of confrontation from Kupyansk to Marinka falls precisely on the Bakhmut direction.
15:20 Italy is ready to act as a guarantor of a peace agreement in Ukraine, Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said: “That is why I plan to go to Kiev before the end of February. Because I believe that on February 24, a year after the start of the war in Ukraine, the initiative can be taken I am talking about this with Ukrainian President Zelensky." Meloni also said that "until the conditions for peace are ripe, we must continue to support Ukraine."
15:17 In the Kharkiv region, as a result of rocket attacks on critical infrastructure, one person was killed, two more were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
14:48 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus stated that today at about 10:00 an air target was hit by air defense forces: "During the verification activities, it was preliminary established that the wreckage belonged to an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile fired from the territory of Ukraine."
14:45 Putin signed a law on fines of up to 5 million rubles or punishment in the form of up to five years in prison for desecration of St. George ribbons.
14:43 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced a new missile attack on an infrastructure facility in the Industrial District of the city.
14:40 Speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat said that today's 54 out of 69 missiles shot down are cruise missiles that Ukrainian air defense forces can shoot down. And such missiles as Kh-22, Kh-31 or S-300 cannot be shot down by Ukraine. "As for the released Kalibr and Kh-101 missiles, the percentage there will be above 80," he added.
14:28 All that is known about today's missile attack is in the article What the Russians damaged in Ukraine .
14:21 Russians fired at one of DTEK's TPPs today, the company said. This object has already been shelled several times. As a result of the impact, the equipment of the station was significantly damaged, one of the workers was slightly injured. This is the 22nd terrorist attack by Russia on DTEK's energy facilities.
14:15 The Saratov governor specified that a drone was allegedly shot down in the Engels district, the fence of the house, the car and the garage were damaged, no one was injured.
13:48 The Ministry of Defense has completely closed the supply of winter uniforms to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Anna Malyar, deputy head of the department. Moreover, according to her, a significant reserve has been formed for the winter uniform: hundreds of thousands of sets of clothes and shoes. In addition, next year the Defense Forces enter with a reserve of about 200,000 body armor and more than 120,000 helmets.
13:33 Missile parts were found in the Brest region today. According to the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun with reference to local public, in the morning, near the village of Gorbakha, in a field in the Ivanovo district, local residents found a rocket. Whether she was shot down or fell herself is still unknown. Judging by the published images, these are parts of a missile from the S-300 air defense system.
13:25 On the territory of Belarus, as well as the Bryansk and Kursk regions of Russia, there are now only 22,000 Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, which is half as many as it was before the full-scale invasion on February 24 and the attack on Kiev, said Aleksey Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
According to him, the situation along the state border of Ukraine with the Republic of Belarus remains controlled and stable. The enemy continues to improve its level of training, conducting training at Belarusian training grounds, where at present there are up to 11 thousand personnel and more than 400 units of military equipment of the occupying country.
Gromov added that Russia, as of December 29, removed from Belarusian territory all stocks of ammunition for artillery systems and multiple launch rocket systems, which were created in the interests of the Russian Federation on the eve of the attack on Ukraine. According to him, Minsk has limited opportunities to provide ammunition for an offensive group of troops from its territory. At the same time, Gromov added that the prospects for involving the Belarusian Armed Forces in the war in Ukraine directly depend on the ability of the Russian Armed Forces to advance in the Donetsk direction, as well as on the activity of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Meanwhile, Russia is expanding its control over Belarus' military airfields. In particular, additional work is underway to equip the airfields of Machulishchi, Baranovichi, Luninets and nearby infrastructure. Machulishchi is planned to be turned into a key logistics hub for the needs of the RF Armed Forces, Gromov said.
13:17 The Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced 2.5 km towards Kremennaya during the week, Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff, said. He also said that information is circulating among the officers of the headquarters of the 2nd Army Corps of the Russian Federation about the gradual preparation of defensive structures around Lugansk. At the same time, it is noted that in the event that the Armed Forces of Ukraine break through the defensive redoubts of the Russians on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line and, accordingly, the transfer of hostilities closer to Luhansk, a significant part of the military of this army corps plans to surrender.
13:13 The SBU conducts searches at seven facilities of the UOC (MP) in the Khmelnytsky region.
12:49 The Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine clarified that Russia attacked Ukraine with Kh-101 / Kh-555 air-launched cruise missiles from Tu-95ms strategic bombers from Volgodonsk, Rostov region and the northern region of the Caspian Sea, as well as Caliber cruise missiles from ships in the Black Sea .
In addition, up to six launches of Kh-22 and Kh-32 cruise missiles were carried out from Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, two launches of Kh-31P anti-radar missiles. The invaders also used S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles at the infrastructure facilities of the front-line cities. According to preliminary data, in total, the Russian troops used 69 missiles, of which 54 were destroyed.
12:30 In the Kiev region, air defense forces repelled all missile strikes. The enemy was aiming at critical infrastructure, said OVA head Aleksey Kuleba. As a result of the attack, ten private houses in the Buchansky district were damaged, one in the Vyshgorodsky district. Also in the Fastovsky district, a medical facility was damaged by debris. There are about 180,000 subscribers in the region without power supply, according to the decision of Ukrenergo, emergency shutdowns are in effect.
12:26 SBU handed a suspicion to the mayor of Poltava Alexander Mamay under Art. 114-2 of the Criminal Code - unauthorized dissemination of information about the movement of weapons, weapons and ammunition to Ukraine or the deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, committed under martial law, the UP reported, citing law enforcement sources.
Mamai is known for his statements in the spirit of Russian propaganda. In particular, a year ago he stated that the United States and Russia were fighting on the territory of Ukraine, and called the Russian-Ukrainian war fratricidal.
12:20 In the Lviv region, emergency power outages were applied due to damage to the energy infrastructure, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky. As of 11:40 am, there are more than 470,000 subscribers in the region without power supply. The most difficult situation is with the restoration of power supply in Lviv and the surrounding settlements.
12:16 In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, a Russian missile hit one of the energy facilities, resulting in a fire on a total area of 50 square meters. m. As of 11:25 a.m. the fire was localized, there were no victims or casualties. Another rocket damaged a private house on the territory of the Tlumach territorial community, but did not explode. At the time of the rocket hit, there were no people in the house, there were no casualties. Also, a fall of missiles was recorded in the region, the neutralization of which will occur later, said the head of the OVA, Svetlana Onischuk.
12:08 Russia today fired 69 missiles on the territory of Ukraine, 54 of them were destroyed , Zaluzhny said. The enemy launched air and sea-based cruise missiles, anti-aircraft guided missiles to the S-300 air defense system at energy infrastructure facilities.
11:47 As a result of a massive missile attack on Ukraine, there are damages to generating facilities and power grids. As of 11:00 am, the situation is difficult in the west of the country, in the Odessa and Kiev regions. Emergency blackouts will be applied, Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko said.
11:39 Governor of the Saratov region of the Russian Federation Roman Busargin said that an "unidentified object" was allegedly destroyed in Engels by air defense forces.
11:37 In Kherson, the Russians fired at the Regional Cardiological Dispensary, two people were injured, the President's Office reported.
11:24 Klitschko said that 40% of consumers in the capital were left without electricity after the missile attack due to the necessary security measures taken by power engineers during the air raid. Now power engineers are working on the resumption of electricity supply.
11:19 Russian channels Baza and Mash write about the work of air defense in the area of the air base in Engels.
10:51 According to updated data, all 16 missiles were destroyed over Kiev, Klitschko said. In the capital, the end of the alarm.
10:49 The fighting in Ukraine has reached a stalemate, as neither Ukraine nor Russia can achieve significant success, Budanov said in an interview with the BBC: "The situation just hung. It does not move. We cannot defeat them in all directions in a comprehensive manner. Also "as they are us. We are very much looking forward to new arms deliveries and the arrival of more advanced weapons."
The head of the GUR also noted that today he sees no signs of preparations for an invasion of Kyiv or the northern regions from Belarus.
10:38 According to preliminary information from the air defense forces, 15 missiles were destroyed over Kiev, Klitschko said.
10:35 According to the ASTRA publication, in the Bryansk region, drones destroyed the S-300 launcher in the Unechsky district.
10:16 21 missiles have already been shot down over the Odessa region, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko. The fragments of one of the rockets fell on a residential building, people were not injured. As a result of the hits, the energy infrastructure was damaged, so emergency power outages occur in the region.
10:12 There are already three victims in Kiev, among them a 14-year-old child, all of them are hospitalized, Klitschko said.
10:09 In the Lviv region, it was possible to shoot down part of the missiles, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
10:07 Russians besides rockets launched kamikaze drones from the north, the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim reported.
10:01 In Kiev, two people were rescued from a damaged private house, they were hospitalized. Search and rescue work continues. Also, on one of the central streets, fragments of a rocket damaged a car, Klitschko said.
09:57 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, announced four missile strikes, probably S-300, on critical infrastructure in the Nemyshlyansky and Osnovyansky districts of Kharkov. Information about the destruction and casualties is being specified.
09:53 Lviv is 90% de-energized, water supply disruptions are possible in the city, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said. Critical infrastructure moves to generators.
09:51 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, nine were injured, among them a ten-year-old child, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
09:49 The authorities of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation reported on the work of air defense in the Klintsovsky district, drones were allegedly shot down, there were no casualties.
09:47 In the village of Stepnoe, Odessa region, fragments of a cruise missile fell on a residential building, the consequences are being specified, the President's Office reported.
09:43 Air defense works in Kiev, fragments of downed missiles damaged two private houses in the Darnitsky district, as well as an industrial enterprise in the Goloseevsky district and a playground in the Pechersky district. Information about the victims is being specified, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
09:40 There are now 120 missiles over Ukraine, Podolyak said: “Over the whole of Ukraine, there are more than 120 missiles fired by the “evil Russian world” to destroy critical infrastructure and massively kill civilians ... We are waiting for the next proposals from the “peacekeepers” on a “peaceful settlement” , "security guarantees for Russia" and the undesirability of provocations.
09:37 The court sentenced personal informant Igor Girkin-Strelkov to ten years in prison. According to the SBU, he was detained as a result of a special operation in front-line areas in May this year. It was on behalf of Girkin that he tried to identify the locations and routes of movement of Ukrainian troops in the Slavyansk region. He also handed over to the enemy the location of local government institutions and critical infrastructure facilities.
09:30 KGVA reports on the work of air defense in the capital - fragments of a downed rocket damaged a private building in the Darnitsky district and a car parked nearby.
09:28 Air defense works in the Lviv region, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
09:21 Klitschko confirmed several explosions in the capital. According to him, there may be power outages in Kyiv. He urged to charge phones and other devices, to make a supply of water.
09:14 Emergency blackouts have been applied in Sumy, Zhytomyr, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regions to avoid significant damage if the enemy manages to hit power facilities, DTEK said.
09:05 The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that after a night attack by kamikaze drones, the enemy is attacking Ukraine from different directions with air and sea-based cruise missiles from strategic aircraft and ships. In addition, there is a high activity of enemy tactical aviation. The work of air defense is possible throughout the state.
09:01 The head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog, Alexander Vilkul, announced the launch of missiles from ships and aircraft from the Black Sea.
08:53 Lavrov said that Russia would not talk to anyone on the basis of the peace formula proposed by Zelensky. According to him, "it is obvious that Kyiv itself is not ready for dialogue." Lavrov also called Zelensky's intention to achieve the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Donbass and Crimea and the payment of reparations an "illusion”.
08:49 An air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine, they report missile launches. They also report the sounds of explosions in the Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Odessa, Sumy regions, air defense is working.
08:41 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy as of the morning of December 29th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Liman and Bakhmut directions.
personnel - about 104,560 (+790) people liquidated,
tanks - 3018 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 6047 (+10),
artillery systems - 2004 (+5),
MLRS - 423 (+5),
air defense systems - 212 (+0),
aircraft - 283 (+0),
helicopters - 268 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1717 (+10),
cruise missiles - 653 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4675 (+15),
special equipment - 179 (+0).
08:34 The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions, trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . The units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Andreevka, Ploshchanka and Chervonopopovka of the Luhansk region and Belogorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Podgorodnoye, Bakhmut, Kleschievka, Kurdyumovka, Avdeevka, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka and Pobeda of the Donetsk region.
08:11 At night, the Russians attacked the energy infrastructure of Kharkov, using 13 Iranian Shahed-136 UAVs for this. Of these, 11 drones of the Ukrainian Defense Forces unit were shot down, the General Staff said.
07:48 The enemy put surface and underwater missile carriers on combat duty in the Black Sea, 20 Calibers are ready for launch. The activity of strategic aviation was also recorded, OK Pivden reported.
07:25 The Russians attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region at night with kamikaze drones and heavy artillery. The air defense forces shot down all five "Shaheds" fired by the enemy, said the head of the UVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
05:56 The US authorities have made large-scale efforts to deprive Iran of the ability to produce and supply drones to Russia, the NYT writes, citing its sources. According to the publication, the White House stepped up work on Iranian drones after they found technology from Western countries, including American ones, in the drones.
The NYT notes that the Americans are already providing the Ukrainian military with information about the locations where the Russians are preparing Iranian kamikaze drones for launch. US companies also donated devices to Ukraine that can detect enemy drones over long distances. Such anti-drone capabilities have also been included in US military aid packages.
04:44 In Odessa, the dismantling of monuments to the Russian Empress Catherine II and the commander Alexander Suvorov was completed, photos and videos are published on social networks .
00:48 France will provide Ukraine with new systems to protect the sky from Russian strikes, Reznikov said after a meeting in Kiev with his French counterpart Sebastian Lecornu. In turn, Lecornu said that a fund had been created in France through which they would receive orders from Ukraine for the military-industrial complex.
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Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:28 On Thursday, a large-scale air raid was announced on the territory of Ukraine, lasting from two to five hours, explosions were heard in a number of regions, local media reported.
22:11 On the Kupyansky and Krasnolimansky directions, Kyiv lost 90 people per day, on the South Donetsk - up to 30 military and 6 pieces of equipment, as well as 2 groups of saboteurs in the DPR and in the Zaporozhye region, the RF Ministry of Defense reported.
21:30 Russian rocket artillery of the Pskov paratroopersworkson the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
20:11 Captured serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told Ukrainians from participating in hostilities
Oleksandr Vovk said that his unit had no ammunition, water or food. The prisoner noted the low moral and professional level of his commanders and added that they left the personnel "to die for meat."
"Guys, don't come here. Nothing to do here. Stay at home,” Vovk addressed his compatriots.
19:10 10 critical infrastructure facilities of Ukraine damaged as a result of a morning missile attack, - DSNS
18:16 An explosion thundered again in Kharkiv, media reported
17:39 Identified and destroyed: combat work of multirole fighters Su-35S of the Russian Aerospace Forces
During a special military operation, the crews of Su-35S multirole fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces perform the tasks of air patrolling, covering the actions of attack aircraft and army aviation helicopters during air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Flights of Russian Aerospace Forces fighters are carried out with suspended missiles of various classes.
During one of the flights, when an air target was detected, the crew of the Su-35S identified it as an enemy aircraft and destroyed it with missile weapons.
16:33 The authorities announced the second stop of the Kharkiv metro in a day
15:31 Russian military smashed artillery column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Bakhmut
14:31 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 354 aircraft, 194 helicopters, 2,741 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,296 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 953 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,742 field artillery pieces and mortars have been destroyed , as well as 7810 units of special military vehicles.
13:33 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupyansk sector;
◾️The Russian military destroyed about 30 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donets direction;
◾️The RF Armed Forces took up new advantageous lines and positions during the offensive in the Donetsk direction;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 70 soldiers of the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed two US-made M777 artillery systems in the Kharkiv region;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 80 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed two Ukrainian sabotage groups in the DPR and the Zaporozhye region;
◾️Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky over Krasny Liman and Kramatorsk shot down Ukrainian Su-25 and Su-24 aircraft, as well as two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters in the DPR;
◾️The RF Armed Forces opened a position and destroyed a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle in the DPR;
◾️Russian air defense systems intercepted four HIMARS and Uragan missiles in a day.
12:25 Emergency power outages operate in many areas of the Kyiv-controlled city of Zaporozhye, said the chairman of the movement "We are with Russia" Vladimir Rogov
12:24 Ukrainian air defense continues to destroy civilian objects: another hit by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile in the private sector of Kyiv. Damaged houses. 3 civilians were injured. On the streets there are upper blocks of anti-aircraft missiles and various debris after an explosion in the air.
11:28 In Kyiv, the railway track on the right bank is damaged. There were train delays.
11:28 Substation hit in Usatovo, Odesa region
11:27 In Kyiv, fragments of missiles of Ukrainian air defense systems fall into residential yards
10:25 In Kharkiv, as a result of a missile attack, the place of deployment of Ukronazis at the Turboatom plant was hit by a rocket
10:23 Odessa was left without electricity and water
As a result of the morning arrival, the city is de-energized - the residents were left without electricity and water.
10:22 Arrived in Odessa near Usatovo
According to local media, possibly to the substation. Water pressure dropped in the city.
10:15 Russian rocket spotted over Kyiv
10:12 Mayor of Lviv confirmed explosions in the city
10:12 Power outages began on the territory of Ukraine
The country's infrastructure is partially de-energized - trains will depart with delays. This was reported in the Ukrainian railways.
09:16 Effective work of the Russian artillery to destroy the ukrofascists in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector -video
09:15 RF Armed Forces are working on Ukronazi positions in a constant mode, not letting them raise their heads -video
09:14 The work of the Russian artillery terrifies the soldiers of the Ukroreich -video
09:10 Air Raid sounds throughout Ukraine.
08:14 Footage of the combat work of the crews of T-80 tanks of the Western Military District, performing fire missions to destroy armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special military operation. The ZVO subdivisions include mobilized citizens of the Russian Federation -video
08:11 Air Raid announced in Odessa, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv regions of Ukraine and Kyiv-controlled parts of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, local authorities report.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:27 Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down Ukrainian Su-25 and Su-24 aircraft and two Mi-8 helicopters in the DPR.
22:19 According to the Russian defense department, the RF Armed Forces destroyed 13 units of Ukrainian equipment in the Donetsk direction, the loss of Ukrainian forces in this direction amounted to more than 80 killed and wounded.
21:00 Ukrainian troops at 19.20 fired at Yasinovataya in the DPR, firing six rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm into the city, reported representation Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
15:58 The crew of the Orlan-10 UAV 2nd Army Corps directs the artillery of the RF Armed Forces in the Svatov direction -video
Report by the press service of the NM DPR on the joint combat work of the crew of the Orlan-10 UAV 2nd Army Corps and the crews of 152mm guns 2A36 "Hyacinth-B" of the 238th Artillery Brigade of the RF Armed Forces. Thanks to the adjustment from the UAV, the artillerymen with well-aimed fire covered the area where the enemy forces were concentrated, which suffered losses.
13:36 Russian units continue to advance on the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) sector -video
13:33 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progressholdingspecial military operation on the territory of Ukraine (29.12.2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, artillery strikes inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Timkovka, Kislovka and Berestovoye of the Kharkov region. More than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three vehicles were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and five pickup trucks were destroyed by artillery fire, assault and army aviation strikes on units of the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Serebryansky forestry.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continued offensive operations, as a result of which new advantageous lines and positions were occupied. The losses of the enemy in this direction during the day amounted to more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, four infantry fighting vehicles, three armored fighting vehicles and six vehicles.
In the South-Donetsk direction, artillery fire and active actions of the Russian troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sladkoye, Vladimirovka, Pavlovka, Velikaya Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and four pickup trucks were destroyed.
In addition, two enemy sabotage groups were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Vremevka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Levadne in the Zaporozhye region.
The missile forces and artillery of the groupings of troops hit four command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Kherson, settlements: Kupyansk, Novoosinovo of the Kharkiv region and Gavrilovka of the Dnepropetrovsk region, as well as 83 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 102 districts. Three depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Seversk and Artemovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as Stepne of the Zaporozhye region.
During the counter-battery fight in the area of the settlement of Kruglyakovka, Kharkiv region, two US-made M777 artillery systems were destroyed. In the area of Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a position was opened and a combat vehicle of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system was destroyed. In the city of Seversk in the Donetsk People's Republic, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer was destroyed, and in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic and Orekhov in the Zaporozhye region, howitzers 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 were destroyed.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the areas of the settlements of Krasny Liman and Kramatorsk shot down Su-25 and Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force. In addition, two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters were shot down near the settlements of Suvorov and Orlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, air defense systems shot down seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Pshenichnoye, Kremennaya, Chervonaya Dibrova and Koshelevka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Kirillovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, and Lyubimovka of the Kherson region. In addition, four rockets of the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Popasnaya in the Luhansk People's Republic, Peremozhnoye and Tarasovka in the Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 354 aircraft, 194 helicopters, 2,741 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,296 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 953 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,742 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 7,810 units of special military vehicles.
12:32 What is known about the attacks on Ukraine on December 29:the main thing currently
At night, Geran-2 drones attacked military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the central regions of Ukraine.
According to the Military Chronicle, warehouses with weapons and equipment, as well as places of deployment of air defense systems in Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa and Nikolaev regions, were hit.
Also, the Geran-2 drones hit targets in Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, where at least two military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were also hit, one of which was a warehouse with artillery ammunition.
Before the cruise missiles hit, target simulants appeared over most of the objects to open air defense areas. After the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down decoys, the main phase of the attack began.
A massive blow was delivered on the morning of December 29 by Caliber, Kh-101, and Kh-22 and Kh-32 air-launched cruise missiles. In total, according to Ukrainian sources, at least 120 missiles were involved in the attack.
In Kyiv, the subway was stopped after the strike. It is reported about the defeat of an industrial enterprise in the Goloseevsky district.
In Kharkiv, after the arrivals of cruise missiles, there is a partial lack of electricity, and the metro does not work in the city. Interruptions with communication, the Internet and water are observed.
In Ivano-Frankivsk, an infrastructure (energy) facility was hit by a blow.
In Nikolaev, at least two objects were hit by a blow: military and energy
In Odessa, presumably, an air defense base and a transformer substation near the airport were hit by a blow. Also, a blow was struck at the 330/110 kV Usatovo substation, 10 km north of Odessa.
In Lvov, energy facilities were hit by a blow. 90% of the city without electricity and water, the movement of trams and trolleybuses has been stopped.
Also, arrivals were recorded in Sumy, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Poltava, Ternopil and Khmelnytsky regions.
10:53 Reconnaissance drones point artillery at the enemy in the Kherson region -video
09:17 The rapid advance of Russian troops in the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) sector leaves no chance for the Ukrainian horde (27 brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense; 5 separate battalions; a combined detachment of special operations forces and, of course, the nationalist regiment Azov.), Which was driven into " meat grinder"video
08:19 Our troops are conducting defensive operations in the Torsky area near Liman, preventing enemy breakthroughs -video
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] The Kyiv Nazis claim that 120 rockets were launched in Ukraine (apparently they consider them en masse with imitation targets).
Now in Kyiv they are feverishly calculating the damage and coming up with a number of "downed missiles" (I put it at 70-80 out of 120). The population of Ukraine, as usual, is intimidated by threats of landings for publishing the consequences of arrivals, which prevent them from writing stories about the successes of air defense.
If on the merits of the strikes, then at 10-30:
1. Objects were struck in at least nine regions of Ukraine.
2. In seven regions of Ukraine, there are additional problems with electricity, water, cellular communications, and the Internet.
3. In five regions of Ukraine, problems with railway communication are reported.
4. Metro stopped in Kyiv and Kharkov.
5. There are reports of at least two strikes on exposed Ukrainian air defense positions.
ROCKET STRIKES CONTINUE.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
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[ColonelCassad] Convicted for calls to kill the children of security forces, blogger Vladislav Sinitsa got a new criminal case.
While serving his sentence in IK-1 of the Kostroma Region, while in the medical unit, he registered an account on the social network Twitter, in which for several days he negatively characterized the military and employees of the Russian Guard, and also called for violent actions against Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation as a whole.
A criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 280 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (calls for extremist activity). Now the blogger runs the risk of getting up to 5 years in prison by the current deadline.
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