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2022-12-07 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 6th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Koreespondent] 23:16 Experts have already called strikes on Russian rear the most daring attack on Russian territory in the nine months of the war and compared the incident in terms of its military weight with the destruction of the missile cruiser Moscow. More details - in the material New geography of war.
23:02 Reznikov confirmed that at the moment there is no need for an additional wave of mobilization in Ukraine: "We need what - and we do not hide it, we tell our Western partners - we need weapons. Starting from artillery, shells for it, armored cars, tanks, planes, everything."
22:40 On Tuesday, December 6, Ukraine celebrates Armed Forces Day - a professional holiday for all military personnel. This year, the holiday is one of the most significant, as it takes place against the backdrop of a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, and also coincides with the start of the First Winter Campaign of the UNR army. In honor of the holiday, Korrespondent.net has compiled a selection of interesting facts about the Armed Forces of Ukraine that all of Ukraine is proud of. More details in the material Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
21:55 The US State Department said that Washington does not encourage Kiev to strike at targets outside Ukrainian territory and did not supply weapons for strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation, and the purpose of the supplied weapons is purely defensive.
21:33 Germany refused to transfer Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine , they will be deployed in Poland, Polish Minister of Defense Mariusz Blaszczak said after talking with his German counterpart Christine Lambrecht: "After talking with representatives of the German Ministry of Defense, I was disappointed with the decision to refuse to support Ukraine. Deploying Patriot in Western Ukraine would increase the security of Poles and Ukrainians."
21:19 It will be possible to turn off electricity exactly according to the schedule when the power shortage in the energy system is reduced - that is, when it will be possible to turn off one of the three groups of consumers every four hours, said the head of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky. He explained that all consumers in each region are divided into three queues, which are alternately disconnected from the power supply so that this happens as planned.
“We are now close enough to bringing the power deficit to such parameters when we can return to the planned schedules again. I think that we will need another 2-3 days. If there are no new attacks, then I think that this week we will should reach the planned schedules," Kudritsky said.
20:32 Blinken said that there is always a way out of the conflict: Putin started this war, and he can end it tomorrow. At the same time, the US Secretary of State expressed doubts about the prospects for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. According to him, Moscow is looking for a "fictitious way out of the situation" and has not demonstrated the seriousness of its intentions. "We are focused on continuing to help Ukraine with everything necessary for self-defense," Blinken stressed.
20:03 Orban said that Hungary, although it has blocked EU macro-financial assistance, is actually not against supporting Ukraine, but in a different way: "Today all the news is that Hungary has blocked financial assistance for Ukraine. This is all fake. Hungary is ready provide financial assistance to Ukraine, but on a bilateral basis. No veto, no blackmail. We want to convince the EU countries that a common European debt is not a solution."
19:34 Power outage schedules will be in effect at least until the end of March 2023, YASNO CEO Sergey Kovalenko warned: “You need to understand when we will abandon schedules altogether and we will have 100% electricity. Until the end of March, the baseline scenario, which will be for us good if we get through the winter and the beginning of spring on stabilization schedules."
18:49 The Russians are trying to advance in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky and Avdeevsky directions, the General Staff said in the evening summary. On November 30, in the area of Verkhnetoretsky, Donetsk region, the fact of desertion of Russian servicemen with weapons from their combat positions was revealed. Among them, 13 out of 21 are recruited from places of deprivation of liberty. The command of the Russian troops ordered to detain and liquidate the violators, as of December 5, all deserters were destroyed.
18:41 The Russians launched a missile attack on the industrial infrastructure of Krivoy Rog, said the head of the VA Alexander Vilkul.
18:39 Russia has requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on December 9 regarding "Western supplies of weapons to Ukraine," said Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN. He also said that the Russian Federation is "ready" for a diplomatic settlement in Ukraine "to eliminate the causes" that forced the start of a "special operation." At the same time, he stressed that Russia will continue to strike at the infrastructure of Ukraine, which is "used for military purposes."
18:23 Borrell said that 24 EU countries have offered their participation in a new military mission for Ukraine. Training will take place in different locations: more than 100 proposals for training modules have been put forward by member countries, which are being considered for their relevance to Ukrainian needs. As of December 5, 15 modules are ongoing with the participation of 1,125 Ukrainian servicemen. Nine more have already been completed, having trained 377 Ukrainian defenders.
18:21 After a massive missile attack on Ukrainian infrastructure on December 5, the energy system remains in deficit at the level of 19% of projected consumption, Shmyhal said.
18:17 All taxes that now go to the state budget go to military spending, Shmyhal said. During the war, this amount amounted to 30 billion dollars in equivalent. The remaining budget expenditures are now covered by the financial assistance of the allies. According to the prime minister, Ukraine's military spending since the beginning of the war has amounted to more than 1.1 trillion hryvnias, two-thirds of which went to the salaries of the military.
Since the beginning of the war, Ukraine has spent UAH 176.2 billion on the purchase and repair of equipment and weapons, which is more than in the previous ten years combined. For 2023, Ukraine has planned to spend 300 billion hryvnias on equipment and weapons.
18:13 Ukrainians will not yet be issued summonses at checkpoints due to the large number of volunteers, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said: “Today we have a large number of volunteers who come to recruitment points. Our Armed Forces of Ukraine already have the opportunity to select the best of those who wish. Therefore, in principle, now there is no need to call someone at the checkpoints."
18:10 Zaluzhny said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are the first army in the world, and published a video for the Armed Forces Day:
18:05 Russia will strive to ensure that agreements on the security zone around the ZNPP are reached by the end of the year, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said. At the same time, he added that reaching an agreement does not depend on Moscow, "it is up to Kyiv and its curators."
Ryabkov also said that Russia is ready to return to a dialogue with the West on security guarantees, "if and when there is interest in this," but it will not ask for it itself.
17:33 Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa announced that she had visited Bucha and Irpin: "I saw with my own eyes burned houses, schools, kindergartens, broken roads. But the most painful thing was to see crosses in the gardens. Not a single photo or video will convey what I I saw it right there."
Gavrylitsa stressed that she supports the initiative of an international investigation into the war crimes of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine. According to her, Moldova remains a friend and partner of Ukraine and will continue to support it.
17:28 The first high-quality satellite images of the Russian airfield in Engels have appeared after the explosions. The photo shows traces of a fire, as well as fire foam near one of the Tu-95 bombers.
16:53 During the massive shelling on December 5, Russia fired various types of missiles at Ukraine worth about $400-500 million, Forbes calculated.
16:46 The Russians fired at an infrastructure facility in Kherson, one person is known to have died, the OP reported.
16:25 The new package of EU sanctions against Russia will include a ban on transactions with three more Russian banks and a ban on investments in the Russian mining sector, writes FT. The draft document also includes a ban on the broadcasting of four channels and export controls on products worth more than 2 billion euros.
16:12 In Dnipro, by decision of the City Council, monuments to Pushkin, Gorky, Lomonosov will be removed from public space and transferred to the territory of the Zoocontrol KP, Mayor Boris Filatov said.
15:51 In the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, "terodefense units" will be formed from among the local residents, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. According to him, the authorities plan to form several battalions, which will include those "who, due to health reasons or within the limits of age, cannot be called up by the armed forces," but who have combat experience and desire.
15:47 The Ukrainian embassies in Romania and Denmark received dangerous parcels, Kuleba said. "To all who continue to send these packages, to terrorize our embassies, please relax and do not waste your time and money on postage stamps. You will not achieve anything by this," the minister added.
15:22 Fragments of Russian missiles found in Kiev indicate that at least two ammunition was manufactured after the imposition of Western sanctions regarding the supply of necessary components for missiles, investigators from the British Conflict Armament Research group said. Experts conclude that Russia either found ways to acquire semiconductors and other materials for production despite sanctions, or had significant stocks of these components prior to the outbreak of the war.
14:51 "Deputy of the people's council of the DPR" Maria Pirogova died as a result of the shelling of Donetsk, Russian media reported.
14:46 Missiles in Russia still have a few massive strikes on Ukraine, after which it will go "to zero", said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov: "In fact, the stocks of high-precision weapons in the Russian Federation are already coming to an end. They have long entered to a critical minimum. However, as we see, they decided to go to the end, that is, to zero. Which, in principle, is very bad for the Russian Federation itself. The military there is aware of this problem."
According to the chief intelligence officer, the production of new missiles in Russia continues, but it is "absolutely scanty" compared to the amount they use. Budanov said that a few months ago Russia faced a shortage of rocket and artillery weapons. Problems began even with artillery. According to intelligence data, as of early December, Iran had not delivered a single ballistic missile to Russia. And from China, Russians import washing machines, refrigerators and other equipment.
14:38 Oleg Tsarev's brother Mikhail, sentenced to five years in prison for terrorism (he prepared explosions in the Dnepropetrovsk region on the order of the Russian Federation), asks to be exchanged for captured Ukrainians.
14:23 It will take several more days to restore the volume of electricity production to the level that was before the missile attack on December 5, Ukrenergo reported. All regions have been brought to the limits of electricity consumption, however, there are regions where the limits have been exceeded, therefore, an emergency shutdown mode has been applied.
During the rocket attack on December 5, Odessa and Kyiv regions suffered the most. Today, in most of the Odessa region, the power supply of critical infrastructure facilities - hospitals, boiler houses, water utilities has been resumed.
14:09 A Moscow court "arrested" Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk and Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzhaparova in absentia for "violating the territorial integrity of Russia," Russian media reported.
13:48 Yermak confirmed another exchange of prisoners: 60 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service - 58 men and two women, 15 officers and 45 privates and sergeants are returning home . Among the released - 34 defenders of Mariupol, including 14 from Azovstal. There are wounded, there are those who were kept on Russian territory, as well as in Yelenovka.
13:45 Czech Finance Minister Zbigniew Staniura, who chaired the meeting of EU finance ministers, said that a way to help Ukraine would be found: "Unfortunately, we were unable to accept the package as a whole. However, this will not dampen our ambitions to start allocating our assistance to Ukraine from the beginning January. I ask the Committee on Economics and Finance to find an alternative solution. This means that we must find a solution that all states will support. We will find a solution to support Ukraine."
13:41 In Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov region of the Russian Federation, a deserter with a machine gun is caught, who, while trying to detain him, wounded two policemen, Russian media write. Roads are blocked in the city, residents are asked not to go outside.
13:37 The leader of the "DPR" Pushilin announced the exchange of prisoners according to the 60x60 formula.
13:34 Hungary at a meeting of EU finance ministers blocked the allocation of 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in 2023.
13:00 The bodies of 49 fallen defenders were returned to Ukraine, the Office of the Commissioner for Missing Persons said.
12:29 Girkin said that he returned to Moscow from the Donbass, where he tried to fight for the "DNR". He complained that for some time he had acted as the chief of staff of the battalion being formed, and at the end of November he "found out with some bewilderment" that he not only did not hold a position in his battalion, but was not even listed in the states of the regiment.
12:08 Zelensky in Slavyansk, Donetsk region, recorded a video message with congratulations on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
11:50 Peskov said that "we do not see the prospects for negotiations on Ukraine now, in order to resolve the situation, the goals of the Russian special operation must be achieved."
11:46 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Ukraine can strike at the deep rear of Russia. In particular, according to analysts, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched strikes on December 5 at the Engels-2 air base in the Saratov region and the Diaghilevo air base in the Ryazan region. And although the damage was relatively small, this demonstrates the ability of Ukraine to hit the Russian rear. Perhaps these are attempts to disrupt the Russian missile campaign against Ukrainian infrastructure, according to ISW.
11:42 In the coming days, about half of the Kiev region will be without electricity, said OVA head Oleksiy Kuleba.
11:38 As a result of yesterday's shelling of the center of Donetsk, the judge of the "military court of the DPR" Viktor Isaev was killed, the press service of the "court" reported.
11:27 Putin called a meeting of the Security Council, discussing with the permanent members of the council "ensuring the internal security of the state," Russian media reported.
11:15 Ukraine is preparing for enemy attacks on the banking system. In particular, the possibility of such an attack was considered at a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander, Danilov said.
10:59 The drones that attacked the Russian air bases in Diaghilev and Engels were launched from Ukraine, writes The New York Times, citing sources. At least one of the strikes was directed by a special unit near the base.
10:27 The UN has confirmed the death of 6,702 civilians in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. In total, 17,181 people suffered from the war, 10,479 people were injured. Among the dead were 2626 men, 1794 women and 424 children. The sex of another 1,858 dead adults is still unknown.
09:58 In the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, unknown drones attacked the Slava plant. According to Baza, at least two drones fell near the diesel fuel tanks, but they were allegedly empty, so there was no serious fire. The Slava plant has already been attacked - on November 30, three fuel tanks flared up there.
09:35 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of December 6.
- personnel - about 92,200 (+510) people liquidated,
- tanks - 2929 (+5),
- armored combat vehicles - 5905 (+5),
- artillery systems - 1915 (+1),
- MLRS - 395 (+0),
- air defense systems - 211 (+0),
- aircraft - 281 (+0),
- helicopters - 264 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1587 (+5),
- cruise missiles - 592 (+61),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4505 (+8),
- special equipment - 163 (+0).
09:17 The United States has delivered 8,500 Javelin missiles and 4,000 high-precision 155-mm artillery shells to Ukraine. The number of missiles as of the end of October 2022 is equivalent to four years of production. And the supply of 900,000 standard and 4,000 high-precision 155-mm artillery shells is equal to 5-6 years of their production, calculated the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI.
09:06 In the Kharkiv region, Russians fired artillery at the Chuguevsky, Kharkov and Kupyansky districts. One person died in Obukhovka, Kupyansky district, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov.
09:04 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, nine civilians were injured - four in Ivanovsky, three in Bakhmut, one each in Maksimilyanovka and Toretsk, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
08:59 Zelensky congratulated the Armed Forces of Ukraine on their holiday:
08:27 In the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions, the enemy continues to conduct an offensive, actively use aviation to support the actions of their ground groups. Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Bakhmut, Andreevka, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Kurdyumovka, Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
07:32 An unknown drone attacked the airfield in Kursk, said the governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit. As a result of the drone attack, an oil storage tank caught fire, no one was injured. Eyewitnesses of the incident published a video of a large-scale fire on the Internet .
06:49 Russia may launch a new missile attack on the territory of Ukraine on Tuesday, December 6, said Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He recalled that, firstly, today is a holiday in Ukraine - the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and, secondly, "we see such trends that on October 10-11, October 17-18 they struck one day, on the second they struck a little less, but they did it anyway."
06:10 The UN Security Council will hold a meeting on Ukraine on Tuesday, December 6, Russian media reported, citing their permanent mission. At the meeting, the Russian Federation will raise "humanitarian issues and the topic of protecting children."
03:14 The Russians launched a missile attack on the suburbs of Zaporozhye, one of the missiles hit the territory of the Stepnyansky territorial community. Critical infrastructure facilities and residential buildings were damaged. People, according to preliminary information, were not injured, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
02:36 The United States will continue to provide Ukraine with military support, the Pentagon said following a telephone conversation between the head of the department, Lloyd Austin, and Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov. The US Department of Defense noted that one of the priority goals in helping Kyiv is to provide air defense systems.
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