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2022-12-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 5th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:45 Russian missile strikes on Ukraine's civilian energy infrastructure are brutal, cynical and ineffective against Ukrainian spirit and determination, British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons said.
22:40 In Ukraine, two Poles from the International Legion - Janusz Sheremeta ("Kozak") and his colleague Krzysztof, were killed, Polish journalist Mateusz Lyakhovsky said.
22:14 Several mysterious events took place in Russia on the night of December 5. A fuel tanker exploded at an airfield near Ryazan, resulting in deaths, and a drone fell on bombers at an airfield in the Saratov region. Panic broke out among Russians on social networks. Read more in the material Drones or sabotage?
21:52 The White House heard about alleged attempts by Ukraine to strike at the Russian military airfields of Diaghilevo and Engels, but does not have detailed information and therefore does not comment, said John Kirby, spokesman for the National Security Council.
21:43 Lavrov said that Russia "is sending warning signals to the West about the inadmissibility of a direct clash between nuclear powers."
21:18 Montenegro signed a declaration of support for the Euro-Atlantic course of Ukraine. This is the third such declaration - after the Czech Republic and Belgium, Zelensky said.
21:14 Zelensky said that Russian terror again affects neighboring states: "Again - power outages in Moldova. And this once again proves that the Russian ability to carry out such massive terrorist strikes is a threat not only to Ukraine, but to our entire region. When one terrorist destabilizes the lives of everyone, it is a common task to stop terror.Tonight I will talk about this in my address to the expert community of the American Institute for the Study of War and to all our friends in the United States."
The President also stressed that with today's missile attack, Russia "marked" another anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum: "There will be no peace just to sign something with these terrorists. elements of the security of others means a new war. Therefore, it is necessary to continue the existing policy of conscientious states of the world in principle: only the dismantling of Russian terrorist capabilities, only the liberation of our entire land, and only bringing the killers to justice can bring peace."
21:07 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the most problems with power supply are now in the central regions of Ukraine, in Odessa, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions. Most outages as of this evening - Vinnitsa, Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Khmelnitsky and Cherkasy regions. Four people are known to have died as a result of the missile attack.
20:30 There are no direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on the issue of a security zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. They added that there could be no question of any withdrawal of the Zaporizhzhya NPP from the control of Russia or the transfer of control to a third party.
19:52 The Sumy region is almost completely de-energized, said the mayor of Sumy Alexander Lysenko. According to him, electricity is already beginning to appear in some districts of the city, and in the near future it will be supplied alternately to different microdistricts.
19:29 As a result of today's shelling, some Ukrainian power plants will not be able to work at full capacity for a certain time. Combined with increased frost in the next 24 hours, this will lead to an increase in the shortage of electricity in the system, Ukrenergo said. In order to maintain a balance between the production and consumption of electricity in all regions of Ukraine, an emergency shutdown mode will be introduced.
19:01 Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said that it is now dangerous to agree to peace talks with Russia if long-term peace in Europe is the goal: "Russia's demands for security guarantees are a cover for its wars of conquest and war crimes, as well as its way to promote politics "spheres of influence" to deprive states of the right to independently determine their foreign and defense policy.
18:55 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that, "despite Kiev's attempts to disrupt the combat work of Long-Range Aviation, a massive blow was dealt to the military command and control system and energy facilities of Ukraine." According to Moscow, "the goal of the strike was achieved, all 17 designated targets were hit, the transfer of reserves of Ukrainian troops and foreign weapons by rail was disrupted."
18:51 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Kiev on the morning of December 5 allegedly tried to strike with jet drones at the Diaghilevo and Engels airfields, but Ukrainian UAVs flying at low altitude in the Ryazan and Saratov regions were intercepted by air defense systems. As a result of the fall and explosion of fragments of Ukrainian UAVs at Russian airfields, "the skin of the hull of two aircraft was slightly damaged," the Russian Defense Ministry said. As a result of the attack, three Russian soldiers were killed and four others were injured.
18:20 The United States modified the HIMARS transferred to Kiev so that they could not be used for long-range missile strikes on Russian territory, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing American officials.
18:18 Stockpiles of high-precision missile weapons in Russia have fallen to a critically low level, Andriy Yusov, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said. Therefore, according to him, "not so many and not so often" the Russian Federation will be able to afford such massive attacks.
18:09 In the Kiev region, as a result of getting into an energy infrastructure facility, emergency shutdowns were applied, now about 40% of subscribers are without electricity, said OVA head Alexei Kuleba.
18:02 In the Kiev, Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, emergency shutdowns have been introduced after the shelling of critical infrastructure, the stabilization shutdown schedules are not yet in effect, DTEK said.
17:59 In Nikolaev and the region, updated schedules of hourly power outages are being introduced for all consumers. It is assumed that now the outages will last less, and the schedule for each of the three queues will be the same for every day, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
17:55 The National Guard is recruiting employees in the "DNR" and "LNR", promising them additional payments as participants in the counter-terrorist operation. Relevant vacancies appeared on job search aggregator sites.
"The period of service on the territory of the DPR is counted on a preferential basis (3 days of service for 1 day of service). An increased allowance is paid. An additional payment of 4,240 rubles per day is made. Combat veteran benefits are provided," all vacancies say. As the channel We Can Explain noted, such preferential terms of service coincide with the provisions of the law for participants in the CTO, although the Russian authorities have never officially reported that a counter-terrorist operation is being carried out in the "DNR" and "LNR".
17:49 Russia today fired more than 70 missiles at Ukraine's critical infrastructure, of which more than 60 were shot down , the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. According to preliminary information, 38 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles were launched from eight Tu-95ms strategic aircraft from the Caspian Sea and Volgodonsk, Rostov Region. The enemy also fired 22 Caliber cruise missiles from ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
In addition, Tu-22m3 long-range bombers with three Kh-22 cruise missiles, as well as Su-35 fighters with six Kh-59 and one Kh-31P guided missiles, attacked Ukraine from the Black Sea.
17:43 Briton Sean Pinner, who fought for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was captured in Mariupol and was "sentenced" to death in the "DPR", after which he was released on exchange, returned to fight in Ukraine, writes The Sun.
17:41 Peskov said that Putin, during today's trip along the Crimean bridge, "emphasized the importance of the land road that connects Crimea with Russia."
17:37 The energy system of Ukraine is functioning and remains intact, Shmyhal said. According to him, hits were recorded in power facilities in the Kyiv, Vinnitsa, and Odessa regions. In some regions, emergency shutdowns have been applied to balance the system and prevent accidents. The Prime Minister recalled that Russia launched another massive missile strike on the anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum.
17:25 As a result of a massive missile attack, the energy infrastructure of the Odessa region was damaged, and there are also hits on civilian homes and civilian infrastructure. Two people were wounded, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko. Currently, there is no electricity supply in Odessa and most of the communities in the Odessa region.
17:14 In the Kharkiv region, the duration of the curfew is being reduced: from today it will operate from 23:00 to 5:00, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
17:02 Defenders from the air command of the Shid shot down 15 Russian missiles, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
16:57 Zelensky said that the air defense forces shot down most of the missiles, the power engineers are already restoring power supply.
16:43 Over the Poltava region, air defense forces shot down up to ten Russian missiles, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Lunin. And according to the KGVA, in the airspace of Kyiv during the alarm, which lasted about three hours, ten missiles were recorded, according to preliminary information, nine of them destroyed the air defense forces.
16:21 The Foreign Ministries of Poland and Finland did not support Macron's statement on security guarantees for Russia. In particular, Finnish Minister Pekka Haavisto said that "guarantees are needed specifically against Russia - this applies both to Ukraine and other countries." And Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Martin Przydacz stressed: "It is Russia that attacks other states and poses a security threat. If anyone needs security guarantees, it is Ukraine and the states of Central and Eastern Europe."
16:10 Most of Zhytomyr was left without electricity, Mayor Sergei Sukhomlin said.
16:08 EU Foreign Service Speaker Peter Stano, when asked to comment on the incidents at two Russian airfields near Ryazan and Engels, said that Ukraine has the right to defend itself: "Ukraine is waging a legitimate defensive war. Ukraine is undergoing a brutal illegal attack. Ukraine has an absolute right, also enshrined in international law, to defend themselves against this aggression, to defend their people and their territories. Therefore, the European Union and its member states support Ukraine by various means: financial, economic and military."
16:00 As a result of missile attacks on Krivoy Rog, there is destruction in the country's energy infrastructure, large-scale outages are possible, Vilkul said. According to him, the miners from the mines and people from the subway have been withdrawn. He urged local residents to charge power banks, stock up on water, and heads of enterprises of all forms of ownership to let workers go home.
15:52 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova announced the fall of a rocket element near the city of Briceni in the north of the country. The border guards found him. The danger zone was cordoned off, sappers were called to the place.
15:39 As a result of today's massive missile attack, there are already hits on energy infrastructure facilities and related emergency power outages, Ukrenergo reported. Dispatchers are working to maintain balance in the power system.
15:33 In the Odessa region, as a result of a Russian attack, two infrastructure facilities were damaged, one person was hospitalized, the President's Office reported.
15:24 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim predicts three waves of missile strikes for today.
15:22 In Novosofiivka, Zaporozhye region, the number of wounded has increased to three, among them a child under two years old, the OP reported.
15:14 Due to rocket attacks by Russians, problems have arisen in the energy system of Moldova, Moldelectrica said and warned of possible power outages.
15:11 In order to reduce the load on the power system throughout the Nikolayev region, all ten queues of the stabilization outage schedule were promptly disabled, Nikolaevoblenergo reported.
15:09 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim announced the launch of the second wave of missiles.
15:02 In Odessa, all pumping stations and backup lines are de-energized, there is no water supply throughout the city, Infoksvodokanal said.
14:55 In the Sumy region, emergency power outages were applied to prevent disruptions in the operation of the Ukrainian energy system, Sumyoblenergo reported.
14:53 The head of the military administration of Kryvyi Rih, Alexander Vilkul, said about the missiles in the air, "plus there are risks of repeated launches of Kh-22 missiles from the TU-22 in our direction." According to him, part of the city was left without electricity, some boilers and pumping stations were turned off. The system is held on generators, water supply is organized.
14:49 Air defense works in the Kiev region, but the increased danger remains - the movement of missiles towards the region was recorded, said the head of the OVA, Oleksiy Kuleba.
Meanwhile, in the village Novosofiyivka, Zaporozhye region, as a result of the strike, several private houses were destroyed, two people were killed, two were injured, the office reported.
14:35 Russia seeks to capture Bakhmut not from the point of view of strategy, but from the point of view of symbolism, said the commander of the Ground Forces Alexander Syrsky: "In military terms, Bakhmut has no strategic significance. But it has psychological significance. Because after a series of suffered in Kherson and the Kherson region, and before that there was the Kharkov region (Izyum, Balakleya), Liman, for him it will be symbolic.Therefore, he is trying in any way to capture this city, break through the defenses and thus motivate his personnel, raise his level moral and psychological state".
14:31 The Russians are launching missiles in Ukraine, several waves of attacks on critical infrastructure are possible, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. According to him, the launches are "traditional" - strategic aviation from the regions of Volgodonsk and the Caspian Sea, as well as from ships in the Black Sea.
14:25 The EU plans to introduce restrictions against the Russian UAV sector as part of a new package of sanctions that could be approved next week, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. In addition, the EU is considering restrictions on other technologies and components used by Russia for military purposes, as well as measures against services, investments, and the Russian media and financial sectors.
13:47 In a number of regions, they report on the work of air defense, in particular in the Kharkiv region, Dnipropetrovsk region and Poltava region.
13:19 An air alert has been declared in most of the territory of Ukraine. The authorities of many regions report the departure of enemy aircraft and the threat of a missile attack.
13:16 Yermak recalled the 28th anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum: "In exchange for giving up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal, we had to ensure security... But the piece of paper turned out to be just a piece of paper, and one of the guarantors was a terrorist in general. Never again. No more Budapest Memorandum".
12:59 The SBU detained in Kherson the ex-head of a branch of the Russian-controlled International Settlement Bank, which opened its "branches" in the occupied regions of southern Ukraine. It was through this Russian "financial institution" that Gauleiter Vladimir Saldo tried to equip more than 200 banking "representations" of the aggressor country in the region. Thus, the Russians planned to introduce a ruble zone in the occupied territory and provide additional revenues to the budget of the Russian Federation.
At the beginning of a full-scale invasion, the detainee supported the invaders and voluntarily agreed to head one of the "branches" of the Russian financial institution. While in his "position", he forced local entrepreneurs to switch to commercial settlements in Russian rubles and deduct part of their income in favor of the occupation administration. After the liberation of Kherson, the attacker tried to "lay low" in one of the city hospitals. The court chose him a measure of restraint in the form of detention without the right to bail.
12:44 With the appointment of Surovikin, the Russians have changed tactics on the eastern front, Alexander Syrsky, Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. According to him, the number of air and missile strikes has increased, the enemy has switched to the tactics of assault squads.
12:25 Military registration and enlistment offices in the regions of the Russian Federation received instructions from the Ministry of Defense to begin intensive work to mobilize men for the war in Ukraine. Their search will begin in January-February, while the authorities do not plan to officially announce the mobilization. This channel We Can Explain was reported by three unrelated sources in the military registration and enlistment offices of different regions.
One of the tasks set by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is the mass mailing and delivery of subpoenas - on the basis of Putin's decree on "partial mobilization", which was never officially completed. Also, the military registration and enlistment offices were obliged to start raids on the places of residence of conscripts. The Ministry of Defense does not yet give the number of future mobilized.
Meanwhile, the residents of Russia continue to receive summonses - in St. Petersburg they are issued just for January.
12:16 SBU conducts security measures at the facilities of the UOC (MP) in the Poltava region. In particular, we are talking about the Mgarsky Spaso-Preobrazhensky Monastery of the Poltava region and the Mirgorod diocese of the UOC and the diocesan administration of the Kremenchug and Lubensky diocese of the UOC.
12:13 In Russia, a single electronic database of those liable for military service is being created. To do this, all valid military records and archives of military registration and enlistment offices are digitized. The main goal of the project is to create an automated system for recording and controlling persons subject to mobilization, the Main Directorate of Defense of the Ministry of Defense reported. Upon completion of the development of the system, it will be combined with the databases of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (to control documents for traveling abroad), the Migrant system (to record non-residents and those wishing to change citizenship), the traffic police (control of owners and users of vehicles), SNILS (insurance number of an individual personal account) , Roscadastre, Rosregistr, TIN and even client bases of mobile operators.
After commissioning, this system will provide the possibility of total control over those liable for military service who do not live at the place of registration. This ensures that they receive subpoenas even if physical contact is impossible - in the form of SMS messages, emails, messages from social networks.
11:46 Ukrenergo reported that as of December 5, the situation in the energy system of Ukraine remains difficult, there is a shortage of electricity. All oblenergos have been given limits on daily electricity consumption, and if the limits are not met, emergency shutdowns are introduced.
During the weekend, thanks to the increase in the capacity of nuclear power plants and the traditional decrease in consumption for Saturday-Sunday, it was possible to apply the minimum amount of emergency shutdowns. On Monday morning, December 5, an increase in consumption is recorded - this is due both to the beginning of the working week and to a drop in temperature almost throughout the country.
11:34 The British newspaper Financial Times named Zelensky the Person of the Year.
11:21 Spanish police seized three envelopes from the post office with, probably, the eyes of animals, addressed to the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid, the Consulate General in Barcelona and the Consulate in Malaga. Investigations have begun. In total, 21 cases of threats to Ukrainian embassies and consulates in 12 countries are already known, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said.
11:17 British intelligence writes that in recent months the number of sorties of Russian tactical combat aircraft over Ukraine has decreased significantly. Today, Russian planes are likely to make dozens of sorties a day, while in March their number was up to 300 a day. Analysts note that Russia has already lost more than 60 aircraft in the conflict, and the reduction in sorties is likely a result of the high threat from the Ukrainian air defense forces, limiting the number of flight hours available to Russian aircraft, and deteriorating weather.
Since Russian ground attack tactics rely heavily on visual identification and unguided munitions, the Russian Air Force is likely to keep ground attack levels low in bad winter weather, intelligence said.
11:02 Russians over the past day fired at the Kherson region 27 times - two people were killed, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
10:49 Kyiv and Kyiv region, as well as Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Odesa regions are returning to stabilization power outages according to the schedule, DTEK said.
10:16 At the airfield near Ryazan, a fuel truck caught fire, an explosion occurred, as a result of which three people were killed, six more were injured, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported. Local publics also report damage to the aircraft - an explosion occurred in the parking lot of aviation equipment.
09:48 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 5. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Liman and Bakhmut directions.
- personnel - about 91,690 (+540) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2924 (+2),
- armored combat vehicles - 5900 (+8),
- artillery systems - 1914 (+6),
- MLRS - 395 (+0),
- air defense systems - 211 (+1),
- aircraft - 281 (+0),
- helicopters - 264 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1582 (+9),
- cruise missiles - 531 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4497 (+18),
- special equipment - 163 (+0).
09:31 In the morning, the Russians hit the civilian infrastructure of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, with S-300 missiles. According to preliminary data, one person died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
09:23 On the night of December 3, a blow was struck at one of the air defense and equipment bases of the occupier in Mariupol, Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said. At least two S-300 air defense systems and two units of military equipment were hit.
09:19 Russian publics report a drone attack on the Engels airfield in the Saratov region of the Russian Federation - strategic bombers are based there, which launch missile attacks on Ukraine. It is reported that two Tu-95 missile carriers were damaged and two soldiers were wounded.
09:03 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Ukraine's ability to maintain the initiative and maintain the momentum of current operational success depends on whether Ukrainian forces conduct consistent operations throughout the winter. At the same time, analysts refer to statements by Ukrainian officials who said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine plan to continue offensive operations throughout the winter.
08:35 WSJ writes that Putin was pushed into a full-scale war with Ukraine by his most trusted adviser, personal banker and one of the largest Russian TV magnates - 71-year-old billionaire Yuri Kovalchuk. According to the publication, Kovalchuk argued to Putin that the West was weakened and it was time for Russia to demonstrate its military power and protect its sovereignty by breaking into Ukraine.
08:23 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by Russian invaders in the areas of the settlements of Ploschanka and Belogorovka in the Lugansk region and Berestovo, Belogorovka, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoe, Bakhmut, Experienced, Kleschievka, Andreevka, Marinka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in morning summary .
In the Skadovsky district of the Kherson region, the Russians have tightened the administrative and police regime and introduced a curfew. Movement between settlements is prohibited around the clock, movement in settlements is allowed only during the day.
07:19 At night, the Russians fired three rockets at Krivoy Rog, hitting an industrial enterprise. One worker died, three more people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. The invaders also fired on the Nikopol region from heavy artillery. The Marganets community came under fire, people were not injured.
07:04 Macron said in an interview with CBS News that Putin must be prosecuted for war crimes committed in Ukraine. At the same time, he continues to insist on the need to maintain an open dialogue with him: "Isolation is the worst thing, especially for such a leader."
In addition, Macron said that he maintains regular discussions and direct contact with Putin, and the best way to resume interaction is to maintain this direct channel. According to Macron, Putin is wrong to believe that the West wants the destruction of Russia - in fact, the French have never aspired to this and have always respected the Russian people.
04:48 Representatives of Russia and Israel recently held talks, in which Moscow asked Jerusalem "not to interfere" with the transfer of Russian weapons from Syria to Ukraine, the Israeli Kan-11 TV channel reported, citing sources.
01:43 The Russians fired at the industrial and energy infrastructure of Zaporozhye, said the secretary of the City Council Anatoly Kurtev. It is known that one of the private enterprises was damaged.
00:49 The US Congress is working on an alternative to recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, Blinken said in an interview with CNN: "We are constantly considering what measures we can take to increase pressure. We are currently working with Congress on regulations that will help us with some controversial issues related to the use of the definition of "country sponsor of terrorism", which would have undesirable consequences".
00:23 The post-war restoration of Ukraine will cost 500-600 billion euros, said Anna Bjerde, Vice President of the World Bank.
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