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[LB] In Luhansk, defenders repelled enemy attacks.
by Iryna Lysohor
The night was relatively quiet, without shelling, in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Odesa, Khmelnytskyi, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Ternopil Oblasts, Poltava Oblast, Vinnytsia, Chernihiv Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, and Kyiv Oblast.
In the Sumy region, this morning there was mortar shelling in the vicinity of the town of Seredyna-Buda, Shostky district. Information about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure is being clarified. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy shelled the Velikopysarov community twice: the Russians fired mortars at one of the border villages. Shelling damaged a private house. Also, yesterday evening, the Russians opened fire on the Seredino-Budsk community. There were no casualties, according to a summary from the regional military administrations as of this morning.
In the Zaporizhzhia region , during the past day, the occupiers shelled the civilian infrastructure in the area of the settlements of Olhivske, Malynivka, Shevchenko, Novodanilivka, Orihiv, Mali Shcherbaki, Stepove, Kamianske, Gulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Dorozhnyanka, Charivne, Temyrivka, Biloghirya, Novodarivka, Novoandriivka , Shcherbaki, Mala Tokmachka, Poltavka, Plavni, Pavlivka. 12 reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects as a result of shelling by the Russians. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the enemy hit the Nikopol and Marganets communities with "Hrads", "Hurricanes" and heavy artillery at night. No casualties. Representatives of the State Emergency Service are working at the places of arrival, the details are being clarified.
In the Luhansk region, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the districts of Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, and Serebryansk Forestry. On the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the enemy shelled the areas of Novoselyvsky, Stelmakhivka, Pishchany, Nevsky, Dibrova, Makiivka, Ploshanka, and Chervonopivka. Mining equipment continues to be cut in occupied Dovzhansk. The situation in the region is difficult.
In the Donetsk region, there was a rocket attack on Kostyantynivka at night. The former school building and private houses were damaged. Active fighting near Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Maryinka and Krasnohorivka. The situation in the region remains difficult. Over the past day in Donetsk region: one dead and three wounded.
In the Kharkiv region, during the past day, enemy shelling was recorded in the Kupyan, Kharkiv, Vovchan and Izyum districts. According to preliminary information, there are no victims. In the Kharkiv district in the village of Deep, as a result of shelling by the occupiers, two houses were on fire. There were no casualties. In the city of Balaklia, a 58-year-old woman was injured - she stepped on an explosive device. Hospitalized in moderate condition.
In the Mykolayiv region, there was mortar shelling in the water area of the Ochakiv community at night. There are no casualties. Last day, the enemy also struck from salvo rocket systems on the water area of Ochakivska hromada. No casualties. Yesterday evening, as a result of enemy shelling in one of the settlements of the Kutsurub community, an economic building was destroyed, a social infrastructure object, residential buildings were damaged. Without victims and victims.
In the Kherson region , the occupiers do not stop their attacks on civilian infrastructure and housing. According to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, enemy troops shelled, in particular, Havrylivka, Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Zmiivka, Beryslav, Red Lighthouse, Lviv, Ivanivka, Zelenivka, Inzhenerne, Chornobayivka, Antonivka, Dniprovske, and the city of Kherson. The situation in the territory of the temporarily occupied Henicheska urban territorial community remains tense. Many Russians are also located on the territory of Arabatskaya Strelka. In the liberated territories of the Kherson region, work continues to restore normal life. The region receives humanitarian aid, electricity supply is restored.
We will remind you that in the past day, the enemy carried out two missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the city of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, 11 airstrikes on the positions of our troops along the contact line, and also carried out more than 60 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the civilian infrastructure of the city of Kherson and the positions of our troops .
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[Vesti] December 12 is the 292nd day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, Russia launched two missile attacks on the civilian infrastructure of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, 11 air strikes on the positions of our troops along the line of contact, and also carried out more than 60 shelling from the MLRS on the civilian infrastructure of Kherson and the positions of Ukrainian troops.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks in the areas of Stelmakhivka, Makeevka and Serebryansky forestry of the Lugansk region and Verkhnekamensky, Belogorovka, Soledar, Yuryevka, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Novomikhailovka and Vremovka of the Donetsk region.
Aviation of the Defense Forces inflicted 14 strikes on areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as a strike on the positions of the Russian anti-aircraft missile system.
Missile and artillery units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit: nine command posts, 17 personnel concentration areas, artillery concentration area, two ammunition depots.
At night , Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a telephone conversation with US President Joe Biden - he called for a global peace summit.
Lugansk region. At night, "flew" at the base of PMC "Wagner" in Svatovo . A large number of deaths are reported.
08:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. During the day, the Russiansattacked the Nikopol and Marganets communities with "Grads", "Hurricanes" and heavy artillery. They sent at least 30 shells there. There were no dead or wounded.
Donetsk region. The Russians killed a man in Velyka Novoselka. Another 3 people in the area were injured.
Nikolaevkskaya area. At night, as a result of Russian shelling of one of the settlements of the Kutsurub community, a utility room was destroyed, a social infrastructure facility and residential buildings were damaged. There were no casualties.
09:00 . Donetsk region. There was information about the blown up bridge connecting Bakhmut and Slavyansk. The Russian side traditionally claims that the Armed Forces of Ukraine did this to organize defense in the area. There are no official confirmations.
10:00 am . Donetsk region. 8 people were injured as a result of a morning strike from the "Hurricane" on the city of Gornyak.
Kherson region. The Russians 57 times fired at the territory of the Kherson region from artillery, MLRS and mortars . One person was injured.
11:00 am . G7 leaders will hold a virtual meeting to discuss Ukraine's urgent needs. Organized by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. First of all, this concerns the discussion of issues related to the consequences of Russian attacks on the country's energy infrastructure. European Union foreign ministers will also meet in Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine in the winter.
12:00 . Kherson region. It is reported about the arrival in Kherson.
On December 12, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths will arrive in Ukraine. He will visit Nikolaev and Kherson. In Kyiv, he will meet with officials and representatives of non-governmental organizations. Griffiths' visit will last until December 15.
15:00 . Kherson region. Kherson is under massive Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich. Under the gun is the KhBK microdistrict. At the moment, 7 victims are known, 2 of them died.
17:00 . Kherson region. The Russians fired at the medical institutions of Kherson, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich. Shells hit one of the city hospitals. The clinic building was damaged. Windows were shattered in another medical facility.
17:40 The First Lady of Ukraine arrived on an official visit to France. On the very first day in Paris, Olena Zelenska met with First Lady Brigitte Macron.
18:08 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked three important objects of the Russian military in the temporarily occupied Melitopol. This was announced by the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov
18:34 EU warns Iran against supplying drones and missiles to Russia
"The EU strongly condemns and considers unacceptable any military support from Iran, including the supply of unmanned aerial devices for the Russian criminal, unprovoked and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine, which grossly violates international law and the principles of the UN Charter. Iran, Russia indiscriminately uses against the civilian population Ukraine and against civilian infrastructure, causing horrendous destruction and human suffering," reads a statement released today on the website of the European Council.
18:55 Russia, despite Western sanctions, produces about 40 new missiles every month - GUR.
19:29 SBU detained collaborators in the Kherson region who threatened to be shot for refusing to "vote" in a pseudo-referendum.
19:59 EU says they have accumulated gas volumes necessary for winter
"Our storage facilities are more than 90% full. Therefore, we have exceeded our target. This is very good. Now we have exceeded the average occupancy rate for the last 5 years. Therefore, we can sum up that we are ready for this winter, despite supply disruptions from Russia," - said the head of the European Commission von der Leyen.
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[Korrespondent] 22:32 This winter, a summit will be held on the implementation of the Ukrainian formula for peace, Zelensky said: “Whatever the aggressor is going to do, when the world is truly united, it is the world, not the aggressor, that determines how events will develop. This is us we offer to all conscientious states, to all who value the UN Charter and simply peace."
22:23 Zelensky, in an evening video message, urged to be ready for new Russian strikes: "Russia has not abandoned its terror tactics. The absence of massive missile strikes only means that the enemy is preparing for them and can strike at any time. Although it is obvious that and without light, we know very well where to shoot and what to release, Russia still hopes for blackouts.This is the last hope of the terrorists...Please take seriously the warnings from the Ukrainian military command, from our Air Force and air raid signals.At all levels, we must be prepared for any hostile intentions."
22:15 The bridge in the village of Konstantinovka in the suburbs of Melitopol was damaged, previously, explosives were placed at the support. Traffic on the bridge was suspended - the bridge survived, but the roadbed seriously sank, the "authorities" of the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region said.
Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said that this is one of the strategically important bridges - it was through it that the invaders transported military equipment from the eastern direction.
22:02 EU foreign ministers failed to agree on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia, Borrell said. At the same time, he noted that the problem with harmonization is not in any particular EU member state, but in the fact that "there is no 100 percent agreement." He expressed hope that an agreement would be reached this week.
21:37 In Kiev, the limitation of electricity supply accounts for more than a third of consumption, and of the available volume, almost 40% goes to critical infrastructure, YASNO CEO Serhiy Kovalenko said.
21:28 The EU agreed on a package of sanctions against Iran due to the supply of weapons to Russia. According to Borrell, eight people and one organization are included in the sanctions list.
20:51 The head of the Odesa OVA Maxim Marchenko said that since the Russians monitor the progress of the repair work of the power grid, and then prepare new strikes based on this data, the progress of the repair work will be reported very limitedly.
20:46 Iran plans to limit the range of ballistic missiles that it is going to send to Russia, writes Axios, citing high-ranking sources from Israel. Thus, Tehran wants to prevent violations of the UN resolution. In particular, Fateh-110 missiles for 300 kilometers will be limited in range, and 700-kilometer Zolfaghar missiles will not be delivered to Russia at all.
19:54 Zelensky, during his speech at the G7 summit, named three steps that will accelerate the onset of peace:
The first step is new strength. Ukraine needs modern tanks, constant artillery support, cannons and shells, more rocket artillery and longer-range missiles.
The second is new strength. It is necessary to maintain financial, energy and social stability next year as well. "Not to lose in this is to win in everything," the President stressed.
The third step is a new diplomacy: "Ukraine has always been a leader in negotiating efforts and did everything to stop Russian aggression. And now we feel the opportunity to use diplomacy to bring closer the liberation of all our people and all our territories."
19:17 The G7 countries adopted a statement in which they promised Ukraine to restore and protect the country's critical energy and water infrastructure, and also expressed their intention to continue to provide military assistance with an emphasis on air defense systems.
19:14 In the Donetsk region, three pyrotechnicians were killed, the State Emergency Service reported. They carried out demining work in Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk region. As a result of the detonation of an explosive object, the head of the pyrotechnic department, the head of the underwater demining department and the senior sapper driver were killed. Two more pyrotechnicians were wounded.
18:35 The Russian army is focusing its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Zaporozhye directions. In other directions, the enemy is trying to restrain the actions of units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, the General Staff said in an evening summary.
According to the General Staff, in order to make up for losses in manpower and to replenish the units of the 1st Army Corps, women are called up for mobilization. Thus, 28 women have already been called up and sent for training by the Kalininsky District Military Commissariat of Donetsk.
18:28 The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has developed instructions for the safe surrender of Russian military personnel using a quadrocopter.
18:22 British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace did not rule out the possibility of supplying Ukraine with longer-range weapons systems: "I am constantly reviewing the weapons systems that we could provide. We also have more long-range systems in service. And if the Russians continue to shell civilian areas and will try to break the Geneva Conventions, then I will be open to see what we do next."
17:45 The EU Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs adopted a resolution condemning Iran's actions in supplying weapons to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine: "The European Union strongly warns Iran against any new arms supplies to Russia, in particular against any steps in possible transfer of short-range ballistic missiles to Russia, which could lead to a serious escalation. The European Union will continue to respond to all actions to support Russian aggression against Ukraine and hold Iran accountable, including the application of additional restrictive measures."
The EU also expressed concern that Iranian weapons, including drones, were produced using components of international origin, including from Europe. The EU said it "looks forward to taking appropriate measures" to stop this practice.
17:42 Zelensky said in a special episode of the Netflix show that Putin is afraid of death, therefore he will not use nuclear weapons: "I saw his desire to live, he loves this life very much. He even sits at a long table, he is afraid of getting covid or something "more. It shows that he is afraid of death and loves life. I'm not sure that he is ready to use nuclear weapons." And in the case of the use of nuclear weapons, the reaction of any state "personally to him" will follow, Zelensky is convinced.
Zelensky also believes that if Putin dies, Russia's war against Ukraine will end: "When such a person leaves, institutions stop. Such a time was in the USSR. Russian institutions will stop working, and Russian politicians will deal with internal issues."
17:37 Over the past months, France has sent to Ukraine, including six 155-mm TRF1 towed howitzers, 18 Caesar self-propelled artillery mounts, two LRU rocket launchers and two Crotale anti-aircraft systems, Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu said.
17:34 The approximate cost of emergency support for the electric power industry is estimated at $500 million, and for district heating - also at $500 million, Shmyhal said. According to him, as a result of Russian attacks on the electricity system, half of Ukraine's energy infrastructure was damaged.
17:32 In occupied Skadovsk, the car of collaborator Vitaly Bulyuk was blown up. He was taken to Simferopol with injuries, and the driver of the car died on the spot, Mayor Alexander Yakovlev told Suspilny.
17:25 Sanctions against the Russian energy sector and nuclear energy are not included in the ninth package of EU sanctions, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said. According to him, Budapest advocated the exclusion of certain individuals from the package of sanctions, in total it is planned to impose sanctions against 141 people.
17:16 The EU has accumulated the volumes of gas needed to pass the winter period - the storage facilities are more than 90% full, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
16:35 The Russian military is thrown into the forest belts without ammunition and food, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Sergey Gaidai: "The captured invaders admit that when they are taken to positions somewhere in the forest belts, the officers order to wait 12 hours, go for provisions and ammunition and already do not return to them, leave them with nothing."
According to Gaidai, a critical situation with medical care has developed in the occupied part of the Lugansk region. The wounded of moderate severity are quickly discharged and sent back to the front, while the seriously wounded simply do not have time to be taken to the medical facilities of Lugansk.
16:07 The World Bank plans to allocate another $1.7 billion in financial assistance to Ukraine by the end of 2022, said Anna Bjerde, Vice President of the World Bank for Europe and Central Asia. The remaining funds, she said, will be allocated early next year. Bjerde added that more than 50% of all economic aid provided to Ukraine since the beginning of the war has gone through the World Bank.
15:59 Over the past week, thanks to the work of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the resistance forces in the occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region, more than ten enemy military bases have been destroyed, Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said. In particular, a checkpoint with Russian personnel in Novobogdanovka was destroyed over the weekend; the radar station of the occupiers near Semyonovka "suffered"; two Russian bases were liquidated - a school in the village of Maiskoye and an enterprise in Pologi, captured by the occupiers.
And the hottest thing was in Melitopol - a blow was struck on the hotel and restaurant complex, where the FSB unit lived and the Ossetian military rested. Moreover, this building is located in the lower part of the city next to the top bases of military equipment, personnel and administrations of the occupiers, so the Russian air defense did not show itself too well.
15:51 The SBU has identified six Russian generals who organized and ensured the armed invasion of the occupying forces into the territory of the Kharkiv region. They gave direct orders for the occupation of settlements. They were declared suspected of violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine and waging an aggressive war.
15:38 The Russians shelled Kherson again - this time the enemy attacked the KhBK microdistrict. It is known about two dead and five wounded, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich. Also, emergency medical teams, together with the Red Cross, are sent to the Ostrov microdistrict. The number of victims is currently unknown.
15:24 The Council of the EU agreed to increase the European Peace Fund, from which the European Union reimburses member states for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. In particular, the EU Council decided to increase the overall financial ceiling by 2 billion euros (in 2018 prices) in 2023, with the possibility of further increases. The agreement will be formalized in early 2023.
14:50 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani Chafi once again stated that cooperation between Tehran and Moscow is based on common interests and is not directed against third countries. According to him, Tehran did not send weapons to "any of the parties."
The representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry stressed that statements about the construction of unmanned aerial vehicles by his country on the territory of the Russian Federation and the purchase of missiles by Moscow from Tehran are "politically motivated and made by parties that constantly provide weapons to one of the parties to the conflict, which contributes to its continuation."
14:43 Russia produces about 40 new missiles per month, Vadim Skibitsky, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said. According to him, the Russian Federation has been able to manufacture 240 precision Kh-101 cruise missiles and almost 120 Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles since the start of a full-scale war against Ukraine.
In addition, after shelling, Ukrainian intelligence officers began to detect Kh-55 subsonic cruise missiles, which were manufactured in the 1970s to carry a nuclear warhead. The warhead has been removed and ballast added to disguise the fact that it does not carry a payload. These missiles are made at the Ukrainian arms factory. Skibitsky believes that they were most likely part of the weapons that Ukraine transferred to Russia back in the 1990s as part of the Budapest Memorandum.
According to Skibitsky, Russia is using old Ukrainian missiles as bait to force air defenses against them. After the air defense is activated, Russian bombers launch more modern missiles with devastating warheads. In addition to missiles, the Russians also use Tu-160 and Tu-95 strategic bombers transferred by Ukraine under the Budapest Memorandum.
14:31 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, hopes that the EU will be able to agree on a gas price ceiling in the coming days. She urged countries to sign emergency measures, including a proposal to cap gas prices. Energy ministers intend to reach an agreement on Tuesday, December 13, but disagreements over the introduction of restrictions remain, writes Bloomberg.
14:06 Ukrenergo and one of the most influential international energy organizations in Europe - the Energy Community - signed a memorandum according to which the organization will help Kiev file a lawsuit against Russia and demand compensation for damage caused to Ukrenergo's backbone networks. "Currently, we are carefully recording all damage to networks and our destroyed facilities in order to bill the terrorist country," the Ukrainian company said.
The Energy Community Secretariat will involve international and Ukrainian experts, conduct a thorough analysis of where Ukrenergo can apply to compensate for losses. A claim action plan will also be developed and key legal experts and companies will be identified to provide support for the consideration of claims against the Russian Federation in national courts and international tribunals. In addition, the working group on legal claims, which will be established as part of the memorandum, will represent Ukrenergo in the Special International Tribunal against Ukraine.
13:35 Peskov said that Putin's big press conference is not planned before the New Year, "but we hope that he will find an opportunity to talk with the Kremlin pool."
13:24 The Russians shelled Kherson and suburban settlements from artillery and multiple launch rocket systems in the morning. As a result of the shelling of a residential microdistrict of the city, one person was killed, four more were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
13:21 The Slovak government is ready to transfer its MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, the country's Foreign Minister Rastislav Kacher said: "We have not yet transferred the MiG-29 to you, but we are ready to do it. We are talking with our partners in NATO about how to do it ".
12:37 As a result of the shelling of the central part of the city of Gornyak, the Kurakhovsky community of the Donetsk region, two people were killed, ten more were injured. The attacks were carried out using cluster munitions and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
12:20 The New Zealand government announced the imposition of sanctions against 23 citizens of the Russian Federation. Among them are the CEO of Channel One Konstantin Ernst and the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Maksut Shadayev.
11:41 In the morning, a blood-stained bundle arrived at the Ukrainian Embassy in Greece. The sender's address is the same as on the other envelopes that were previously received by Ukrainian embassies and consulates: a Tesla car dealership in the German town of Sindelfingen. The Greek police have begun investigative actions, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said. In total, according to him, 33 cases of threats have already been registered in 17 countries: one attempted terrorist attack, two reports of mining, one case of vandalism, one case of a written threat and 28 bloody packages.
11:30 In Poland, exercises began for Ukrainian doctors. According to the head of the Polish National Security Bureau, Jacek Severa, a group of Ukrainian doctors arrived in Poland to train air evacuation of wounded soldiers and civilians from the combat zone. According to him, Poland supports Ukraine in the creation and development of helicopter medical rescue service structures, and even more groups are already sent for training.
11:27 Kuleba said in an interview with ARD that he considers the scenario of a complete power outage in Ukraine to be realistic, but does not expect Ukrainians to leave the country en masse because of this. Rather, according to him, Ukrainians will move to rural areas, where there is an opportunity to heat with firewood.
11:23 As of the morning of December 12, there is a significant power shortage in the power system. Destruction in the energy system as a result of enemy shelling does not yet allow the full use of the capacity of thermal power plants, additional time is needed to resume their work, Ukrenergo said. The situation in the Odessa region remains difficult, the resumption of electricity supply to consumers continues.
10:47 In the morning, the Russians hit the miner of the Donetsk region from the MLRS Hurricane - eight people were injured, the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko said.
10:36 In the Slovak city of Kosice, near the border with Ukraine, a repair base has been opened to repair German Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers, as well as Mars MLRS, Gepard tanks and Dingo armored personnel carriers, Christian Freuding, head of the special headquarters for Ukraine at the German Defense Ministry, said.
10:33 British intelligence considers it unlikely that Russian troops will advance operationally in the next few months. According to analysts, the Russian command still seeks to capture the entire Zaporozhye, Kherson, Lugansk and Donetsk regions, giving priority to the task of moving deeper into the latter. But the Russian armed forces are currently unlikely to create an effective strike force capable of capturing these areas.
10:22 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of December 12.
personnel - about - 94,760 (+620) people liquidated,
tanks - 2966 (+24),
armored combat vehicles - 5928 (+8),
artillery systems - 1929 (+1),
MLRS - 397 (+0),
air defense systems - 211 (+0),
aircraft - 281 (+0),
helicopters - 264 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1617 (+4),
cruise missiles - 592 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4544 (+4),
special equipment - 169 (+2).
09:59 The new package of assistance to Ukraine from Slovakia in the amount of more than 10 million euros will include, in particular, gasoline generators, winter clothes, a power plant and transformers, materials for heating and food, mine clearance systems, ballistic vests and other military assistance, the minister said Defense Yaroslav Nagy.
09:54 As of the evening of December 11, Ukrainian power engineers have restored most of the generating capacities in the country's energy system, said the head of Ukrenergo Volodymyr Kudrytsky. At the same time, according to him, the consequences of Russian strikes do not yet allow the use of Ukrainian thermal power plants at full capacity. Kudritsky hopes that new power units from thermal power plants will start working in the network this week.
09:08 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one civilian was killed - in Velyka Novoselka. Three more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:56 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) is convinced that the invasion of the Belarusian army into Ukraine is extremely unlikely, and the Kremlin’s pressure on Belarus to support Russian aggression in Ukraine is part of a long-term effort aimed at securing further control over Belarus.
Analysts say the involvement of a significant part of the Belarusian forces in the war in Ukraine will leave Lukashenka vulnerable to new unrest and resistance.
Interesting times for all involved.
In addition, Lukashenko is probably aware that an invasion of Ukraine would undermine his authority as the leader of a sovereign country, since it would become clear that Russia's efforts to establish full control over Belarus were successful.
At the same time, ISW believes that the entry of Belarus into the war, in the worst case, will force Ukraine to temporarily divert personnel and equipment from the current front line. And even if Lukashenko brings in a much larger number of his troops to attack Ukraine, the Belarusian forces will still be small and will not be able to achieve significant operational success. In addition, ISW estimates that a Russian or Belarusian offensive from Belarus will not be able to cut Ukrainian logistical lines to the West.
08:40 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of invaders in the areas of Stelmakhivka, Makeevka and Serebryansky forestry of the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamensky, Belogorovka, Soledar, Yuryevka, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka, Novomikhailovka and Vremovka of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
07:28 Biden said following a telephone conversation with Zelensky that providing Ukraine with air defense means is a priority for the United States.
05:43 Russia does not cease to shake up the political situation in Moldova, which is why Chisinau is forced to turn to NATO for help, President Maia Sandu said: "We have made certain requests for our defense sector. We understand that assistance to Ukraine remains a priority, but We also hope to receive assistance to strengthen the defense capability."
At the same time, Sandu added that now there is no urgent need for military support from NATO, since there is no threat of a direct invasion of the Russian Federation into Moldova, but hybrid attacks are carried out constantly. According to the president, Russia, in addition to strengthening propaganda on the territory of Moldova, uses the issue of energy resources to push through its interests. Thus, Gazprom limited gas supplies to Moldova by 60%, despite the contract and the fact that Moldova buys gas from Russia at a very high price.
01:16 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Biden: "As always, it is substantive and useful. There are strong agreements. The G7 summit will take place today, Ukraine will participate, and now we have coordinated our positions with America. I was glad to feel in the conversation, that our formula for peace is received positively."
[Breitbart] Infamous Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, released by the U.S. government last week in exchange for basketball player Brittney Griner, said on Saturday that he wholeheartedly supports Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and wishes he could join the fighting.
"To be honest, I couldn’t even understand why we did not do it earlier," Bout said in an interview on the state-run Russia Today network (RT).
The interview was conducted by Maria Butina, who was herself incarcerated in the United States for espionage during the 2016 presidential campaign, and was elected to the Russian parliament after her release. Butina celebrated Bout’s release by President Joe Biden as a sign of Russia’s "strength" relative to the weak Biden administration.
"Why in 2014, you know, there were demonstrations in Kharkiv, people were carrying enormous tricolors and shouting, ’Russia, Russia, Russia,’ in Donbas and Odesa, as well, you know!" Bout exclaimed.
"Yes, clearly the conditions were not right and we were not ready, but I would have supported it wholeheartedly," he added.
In other words, Bout was saying ethnic Russians and Russian sympathizers living in Ukraine wanted Moscow to seize their hometowns as far back as 2014, the year Russia illegally annexed Crimea.
Russian forces are currently hammering civilian infrastructure targets in Odesa with missiles and Iranian-built drones, plunging the city into darkness, so there are not many residents waving tricolors and shouting "Russia, Russia, Russia" these days.
Bout said that if he had the "opportunity and necessary skills," he would volunteer to join the Russian invasion force. Bout was a Soviet air force pilot before launching his lucrative career as the "Merchant of Death," and at 55 he is younger than some of the recruits Putin is sending to Ukraine, so he would certainly seem to have the necessary skills to help the stalled invasion if he feels so inclined.
"The West believes that they did not finish us off in 1990, when the Soviet Union began to disintegrate," Bout told RT, harkening back to his days in the Soviet military. "They think that they can just destroy us again and divide Russia."
For all of his bluster about signing up for action in Ukraine, Bout appears to be more interested in planning a political campaign. On Monday, he took a break from his victory lap through Russian media to join the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), an ardently pro-Kremlin ultranationalist party.
"I am sure that Viktor Bout, a strong-minded and courageous man, will take a worthy place. Welcome to our ranks!" LDPR chair Leonid Slutsky declared. Slutsky said Bout would soon be invited to attend party parliamentary meetings.
LDPR plans to take Bout on tour across Russia to shore up morale, touting him as an expert in "freedom, peace, and love for Russia" who "survived incredible pressure in an American prison and did not break," as one local official put it.
Dismayed United States law enforcement agents told Politico on Monday that Bout might also return to the arms trade, reviving a career that included big-ticket sales to customers who were very interested in killing American soldiers and civilians.
Some of these sources worried that Bout could be more dangerous than ever, with his business network bolstered by contacts he made in prison and his reputation enhanced by the enthusiastic embrace of the Putin regime.
"The Merchant of Death is back in action, with more hatred against America and with greater motivation to fuel conflicts and support Russia in its outrageous and disastrous war with Ukraine," warned former DEA supervisor Derek Maltz.
"Anyone who thinks he’s washed up and Putin is not going to push him back into service, it’s beyond me. People who believe that don’t understand how the real underworld works," added Mike Braun, another former DEA chief.
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[RIA] Journalists from the influential and well-informed publication Foreign Policy revealed a curious conflict between the Pentagon and the US Congress. Officially, this confrontation is denied by both sides, the squabbling takes place only on the sidelines. However, the magazine spoke to high-ranking military officials and a number of legislators. On condition of anonymity, they told a lot of interesting things. Continued on Page 49
#3
This is misleading. We plan FULL SCALE wars with EVERYONE on the planet. The plans get made, shoved in a file and stored away. Heck, we probably have 200 different plans for Russia. That doesn't mean we're about to use them.
#4
I don't think the entire US should go to war with Russia. The way Russian army has been fighting in Ukraine, just send in the state of Rhode Island.
#6
"The whole aim of politics is to keep the populace alarmed (hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with endless series of hobgoblins, almost all imaginary"
#9
re#3: So I've heard, Brick. If true, we'd better dust off the one for war with Canada. Operation DesertIce Storm, I think it was. Can't have a commie state on the border.
#10
I imagine secdef and homies sitting around a table thinking, 'Gee... sure is a total charlie foxtrot up there. What can we do to perpetuate it indefinitely?'
And the Brits continually sending them half baked osint about how easy it would be right now to overwhelm 'the soviets'.
#12
The latest B-21 Raider strategic bomber has just been presented with pomp . By 2027, at least 149 such "birds" capable of delivering nuclear bombs to the other side of the planet should be built.
The author has a lot more confidence in our procurement program than I do.
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War with Mexico makes a helluva lot more sense to me.
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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] 21:35 At the training grounds in the Republic of Belarus, the military personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, who are part of the regional group of troops, continue intensive combat training course.
At present, motorized riflemen of the Western Military District are practicing the assault on fortified areas. With the help of armored vehicles, they block a mock enemy in a populated area and, acting in small groups, conduct training street battles.
20:25 A total of 70 percent of the company killed or wounded: paratroopers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded panic appeal
"We are passing this appeal to the command of the landing troops and the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 3rd airmobile company of a separate airmobile battalion of the 25th Secheslav Airmobile Brigade.
We were sent on a combat mission to hold individual combat positions. We did not receive proper weapons and artillery support.
As a result, 70% of the company was killed or wounded. We did not have and do not have military equipment and proper weapons. We didn’t even have equipment for evacuating the wounded, which is why several of the wounded did not survive.
We spent more than a month in the trenches, transmitting coordinates on which the artillery never fired. The platoon sergeants fled their positions in the early days, and were transferred by Chief of Staff Kipinach, now serving as battalion commander.
We demand the transfer of the entire unit."
19:30 Fighting near Avdievka: Tankers of the 1st Slavic Brigade thunder positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Vodyany
The tank crew, when correcting from a quadrocopter, inflicted fire damage on the mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Vodyany
19:29 In Skadovsk, the car of the deputy head of the administration of the Kherson region Viktor Bulyuk was blown up, - the media. It is reported that he was taken to a hospital in Simferopol.
18:18 Russian military beat them up in infantry fighting vehicle BMP-2 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Bakhmut
Due to the detonation of ammunition, the armored vehicle was completely burned out and cannot be restored.
17:31 How the Armed Forces of Ukraine distribute one package of humanitarian aid to the whole city:
1. Bred euro pans for humanitarian aid (in this case, the Israelis);
2. They sell it "to the left", leaving only one package with the logo of a humanitarian organization, stuffed with paper;
3. They pass the same package to the local residents in turn. (When it is given to a woman, the man no longer has it);
4. Throw off this video as an alternative to gifted Israelis for the report;
16:29 Russian snipers destroy enemy forces in the Donbass and in the Zaporozhye region.
15:10 Canadian Olivier Lavigne-Ortiza, nicknamed "Wally", who fought on the side of Ukraine and fled after the first serious battles in May 2022, said that crazy people and drug addicts are everywhere in Kiev.
In Kyiv you can see crazy people, drunkards and drug addicts everywhere. There is a lot of alcoholism, especially among foreigners who came to fight and then cannot return to the front precisely because of drug addiction.
14:18 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (12.12.2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
◽️In the Kupyansky and Krasno-Limansky directions, as a result of a complex fire destruction in the areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and five vehicles were destroyed.
◽️In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continued offensive operations. As a result of a preemptive fire engagement, an attempt by the enemy to counterattack Russian positions in the direction of the settlement of Peski in the Donetsk People's Republic was thwarted by one company of the 59th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The losses of the Ukrainian side amounted to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles and three pickup trucks.
💥Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery defeated the 83rd artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, as well as manpower and military equipment in 156 districts.
💥An ammunition depot of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Gulyai Pole, Zaporozhye region.
💥During a counter-battery fight, a Ukrainian combat vehicle of the Smerch multiple launch rocket system was hit at a firing position near the village of Zeleny Gay, Kharkiv region. In the area of the settlement of Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic, a combat vehicle of the Grad multiple launch rocket system was hit.
💥Russian air defense systems destroyed two MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the air in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske and Pavlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters were shot down near the settlements of Kurakhovo and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
💥During the day, six unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Golikovo, Ploshchanka, Melovatka, Popasne of the Luhansk People's Republic, Terny, Kharkiv region and the city of Donetsk.
◽️Also, two Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles and two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted near the village of Yubileynoye, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 343 aircraft, 183 helicopters, 2,653 unmanned aerial vehicles, 396 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,076 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 928 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,678 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 7,568 units of special military vehicles.
13:12 Ukrainian militants came to the temple of the UOC and forced the parishioners to sing the Ukrainian anthem instead of prayers. And Zelensky imposed sanctions against seven priests of the canonical UOC.
11:46 In Ukraine, Russian troops liquidated a mercenary from the United States, name redacted.
11:44 Damaged and abandoned British Mastiffs in the Vodyanoye area. These are the consequences of one of the recent counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the position of the Sparta battalion in the Vodiane area, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost several units of armored vehicles, including 3 Mastiffs.
10:45 Russian military knocked out the transport of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut. The remaining opponents are trying to hide in the field.
09:33 The crew of the search and rescue group of army aviation carries around the clockcombat dutyin the special operation zone. RIA Novosti correspondent spent a day on combat duty together with the search and rescue service of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces
09:15 Frontline summary on the morning of 12/12/2022:
In the Zaporozhye direction, under the blows of Russian artillery, Novoandreevka, Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Zheleznodorozhnoye, Gulyaipole and Dorozhnyanka.
The situation is similar in the Ugledar region. The Russian army was beating Bolshaya Novoselovka. The Ukrainian army tried to attack from the Neskuchny area to Storozhevoe. Also, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck at Prechistovka and Ugledar itself.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hitting the regional center. Russian artillery worked along Marinka, Kurakhov, Avdeevka and Veseloy.
To the south of Artemovsk, PMC "Wagner" is attacking from the Andreevka area. Fierce fighting on the eastern outskirts of the city. The APU is not leaving. A little north of the PMC "Wagner" storm Podgorodnoye, trying to take Artemovsk into a semicircle. Southeast of Soledar, the Russian army attacks at Artemovsk.
In the Seversk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to advance towards Verkhnekamenskoye. Russian artillery hit the Disputable.
On the Lugansk front, Russian troops attacked in the Belogorovka area. We left the Nevsky. Head-on battles in the area of Krasnopopovka and Zhitlovka for a section of the R-66 highway.
08:54 Zaporozhye direction. Destruction of an enemy observation post from automatic grenade launcher. Correction is carried out from a copter at a low altitude in the face of opposition from both enemy and friendly electronic warfare.
08:10 Russian military showed personnel work of the most powerful artillery installation in the world.
The advantage of "Malka" in power and range - it fires shells weighing 100 kg at a distance of 40 km.
Only one shot is enough to completely destroy an enemy stronghold or command post. Drone crews are engaged in target detection day and night. The footage is published by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
05:01 The Russian Ministry of Defense showed personnel strikes of the Iskander missile systems on the objects of the Ukrainian troops.
01:33 An air raid alert was announced in Kyiv, Kyiv, Vinnitsa, Cherkassy, Kirovograd, Zhytomyr, Odessa, Nikolaev and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine.
#1
Here ya go, this pretty much explains why Russians are murdering Ukrainians and their own soldiers:
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1602590146880323586
This interview didn't go well:
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1602725530691936256
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:05 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 12, receivedadditionalinformation on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:Kyiv district:
- on the street. Kochubeya, 79, a woman born in 1950 died.
- on the street. Kutuzova, 29 wounded woman born in 1987
n.p. Gorlovka: Central City District:
-- on st. Stepanenko, 1 a woman born in 1971 died, another woman born in 1939. got injured.
As of 23:00, the total number of civilian casualties from AFU attacks on December 12, 2022 is 10 people (five dead, five injured). The information continues to flow.
Received additional information on damages as a result of shelling by VFU of the cities of the Republic: n.p. Gorlovka:
Central City District:
- st. Stepanenko, 1 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Dzerzhinsky, 20 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Komsomolskaya, 11 - apartment building. Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
21:27 Ukrainian troops shelled Svatovo in the LPR, reportedrepresentation Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
“At 18.00 in the village of Svatovo with the use of artillery pieces of 155 mm (five rounds). Information about the victims and damage is being specified, ”the department’s Telegram channel says.
21:24 Two civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the central Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops,reported Headquarters of the territorial defense of the DPR.
“VFU wounded two civilians in the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk,” the headquarters said in a Telegram channel.
20:52 One house was destroyed, another was damaged as a result of the shelling of Kremennaya by Ukrainian troops, reported representation of LPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“As a result of the shelling of the city of Kreminnaya with the use of 155 mm artillery pieces (four rounds), one house was destroyed and one was damaged,” the representative office said in a message on the Telegram channel.
20:37 The action of the high (yellow) level of terrorist danger was extended in Sevastopol until December 27. This was announced on Monday site city ??governments.
The regime was introduced on July 31 after an attempted attack using a drone of the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in the center of Sevastopol.
“A high (yellow) level of terrorist threat has been established in the city of Sevastopol for the period from 18:00 on December 12, 2022 for a period of 15 days - until 18:00 on December 27, 2022,” the message says.
19:41 As a result of the shelling of the city of Kremennaya with the use of 155mm artillery pieces (four rounds), one house was destroyed and one was damaged.
19:25 APU inflict attacks on residential areas of Donetsk. Footage of a direct hit on the house along the street of the 50th anniversary of the USSR.
19:21 Destroyed armored vehicles APU in the direction of Rubizhne.
19:17 The servicemen of the Russian Guard during a special military operation for a week destroyed more than 20 objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions and detained 27 suspected of complicity, the press service of the department said.
The department also noted that about 200 firearms, grenade launchers, flamethrowers, hand grenades of various types, 14,000 cartridges for small arms and hunting weapons were seized from illegal circulation.
19:14 Funnel from the arrival of a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS projectile in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
19:01 Center of Donetsk located under fire, local Telegram channels. It is reported that the rounds hit the bus station "Covered market".
18:54 Tankers of the First Slavic Brigade are destroying the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Vodyany.
The tank crew, when corrected from a quadrocopter, inflicted fire damage on the mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Vodiane area.Video: NM DNR.
18:41 Ukrainian militants fired eight 122mm BM-21 Grad missiles at the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to Ukraine's War Crimes reported.
18:37 Employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation examined shelling sites in Voroshilovsky and Kievsky districts in Donetsk, where two children were injured.
18:31 AFU fired at a kindergarten and a playground in Aleshki - two children were injured
Today, Ukrainian militants attacked a kindergarten and a playground in Aleshki. There were no soldiers in the area.
As a result, three people were injured - two small children who were playing on the playground and an adult accompanying them, the local administration said.
18:22 AFU shelled the Kyiv district of Donetsk, a woman died.
18:21 As a result of the shelling of the AFU of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, two people were killed.
17:52 Ukrainian militants fired six missiles from the BM-21 "Grad" at Yasinovataya, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
17:48 Evening summary Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on December 12, 2022.
17:40 Application blows the RF Armed Forces using the TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" on the defensive positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kamenka area, Donetsk region.
17:39 Every night on the Zaporozhye frontare destroyedenemy DRGs.
"Scalpel", the commander of a rifle platoon of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division, works on the line of contact in the Zaporozhye region. He said that every night Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups are trying to probe for weaknesses in our defense. But nothing works out for them, and more than half of the composition is steadily destroyed. Video: wargonzo.
17:19 Donetsk is under attack from 122mm BM-21 Grad again. Six 122mm BM-21 Grad missiles were fired at the Kievsky district, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
17:15 The Armed Forces of Ukraine again covered Donetsk from the Grad MLRS. On the personnel in Kuibyshev region.
17:10 The situation in Artemovsk has been clarified: the Russian Army is entering residential areas. The defense line of the 71st Mountain Brigade in Artemovsk was broken through and the Russian troops advanced along the Pervomaisky Lane in the flesh to the intersection with Dobrolyubov.6
17:00 In the Lisichansk direction, tankers from 2nd Army Corps destroyed positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:30 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling on N of the item is recorded. Flint with the use of artillery guns 155mm (four rounds). Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
16:21 APU militants hit by school. Over the weekend, the Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt a massive blow to a school in the village of Maiskoe, Melitopol district, Zaporozhye region.
Three buildings of the school were completely destroyed. There were no casualties. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to strike at civilian infrastructure and social facilities in the Zaporozhye region.
15:21 Ukrainian sources report that in the area of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) on December 11, a Ukrainian Air Force fighter was shot down, which was flown by a military pilot of the 2nd class, Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Fedorov. The liquidated Ukrainian pilot was a native of Poltava and in recent years served in the 831st tactical aviation brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force.
15:18 AFU are shelling Donetsk with 122mm BM-21 Grad. Six missiles from the 122mm BM-21 Grad were fired in the Kuibyshev district, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
14:46 Night personnel fighting for Artemovsk (Bakhmut) Now there are fierce battles. This is the hottest spot on the front.
14:36 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Friendship - n.p. Maiorsk: fired five rounds from a tank;
— n.p. Shcherbinovka - n.p. Maiorsk: nine rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Katerynivka - n.p. Maiorsk: seven rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Pravdovka - n.p. Verkhnetoretskoye: six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
14:29 Russian air defense systems destroyed two MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the areas of Rodinsky and Pavlovka of the DPR;
The forces of one company of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack Russian positions in the Peski region of the DPR. The enemy was stopped by a preemptive fire strike, said Lieutenant General Konashenkov.
14:07 Consequences of arrivals of MLRS HIMARS. wargonzo project publishes personnel shelling of the point of temporary deployment of our military in the Zaporozhye region. The attack was made this summer.
13:47 Effects of shelling of the Mayak market in the Kievsky district of Donetsk from the 1212mm BM-21 Grad MLRS last night.
13:45 As a result of the shelling of the city of Yasinovataya damage received private sector homes. The shelling continues.
13:41 Personnel hits from the AGS in the APU group.
13:20 Ukrainian militants fired six 122mm BM-21 Grad missiles at the settlement. Yasinovataya, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
13:10 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 12, additional information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district: the building of the outpatient clinic No. 2 "TsPMSP No. 10 in Donetsk" was damaged on the street. Renaissance.
n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): - st. Prometheus, 22/1 - a private residential building; eight transformer substations are de-energized, without electricity in the village Rumyantsev. Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
12:59 In the district center of the Kherson region, the village of Chaplinka, an air raid siren worked and explosions were heard, local channels report. The information is being specified.
12:56 Fresh Photo from front-line hospitals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Artemovsk (Bakhmut). According to eyewitnesses, the flow of dead and wounded does not stop coming.
12:30 AFU fired at the Naked Pier of the Kherson region this night. At 23:55, Ukrainian militants fired eight rounds of cannon artillery at the Hola Pristan, the emergency services reported. Information about casualties among the civilian population and destruction of infrastructure is being specified.
11:30 Zaporozhye direction: application of unique system of remote mining "Agriculture".
The system is designed to quickly create minefields in particularly dangerous directions at a distance of five to 15 km - it fires rockets that ensure the installation of mines in a given area. It is possible to lay minefields of any complexity, including those with passages for friendly troops.
11:10 Effects of shelling st. Batishcheva, Kievsky district, Donetsk. As a result of the shelling, civilians, including children, were injured.
11:04 Information is coming in that the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being withdrawn from Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). Earlier, there were reports of heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction.
11:01 Last night, the Russian Armed Forces launched artillery strikes at the location of one of the units of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement. Chernobaevka, Kherson region. As a result of the fire defeat, the Ukrainian formations suffered losses: three units were destroyed. automotive equipment, 14 people were liquidated, more than 20 people. received injuries of varying severity.
10:40 Statement by the NM of the DPR on the situation as of 10.30 12.12.2022 The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure that are not military facilities.
Over the past day, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 235 rounds of ammunition from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of ten settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, nine civilians were injured, including two children. Thirty-eight housing constructions and four civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: one howitzer ("M777"), one tank ("T-72M1"), six units of armored and automotive vehicles, and two were shot down in the air Enemy UAV. Losses in enemy manpower amounted to more than 30 people.
10:07 As a result of the shelling of the city of Svatovo (LPR) with the use of 155mm artillery pieces (four rounds), a residential building was destroyed and a medium-pressure gas pipeline was damaged.
10:04 A quote from the Guardian about the situation in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) on behalf of the Ukrainian military:
“Eighty percent of the population here is pro-Russian. Those who are for Ukraine left. Most of those who still remain are waiting for the onset of the Russian world.”
10:01 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Major Filiponenko I.M. as of December 12, 2022
Over the past day, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
- up to 70 personnel;
- two tanks;
- five armored personnel carriers;
- one unmanned aerial vehicle;
-17 units of special vehicles.
09:43 Donetsk is under fire from the VFU. Eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at the Petrovsky district, nine rounds of 155mm caliber were fired at the Kiev and Kuibyshevsky districts of the city, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
09:36 Effects of shelling of the Mayak market in Donetsk. Video: reporter Rudenko.
08:49 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 12/12/2022
08:32 Situation in the Lisichansk direction (LPR). The Russian military records the constant transfer of enemy personnel and equipment to this direction. When infantry and armor are found, Russian gunners destroy them. Video: reporter Rudenko.
08:03 Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction are fighting in the settlement. Water and Pervomayskoye, in the center of the settlement. Marinka.
In the Ugledar direction, Russian troops launched an offensive in the direction of Vremyevka - Velikaya Novoselka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated to the second line of defense.
At night, Russian artillery engaged enemy targets in Kherson, Chernobaevka, and Berislav.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) are suffering heavy losses. In the area of N. p. Paraskovievka was blown up by a railway bridge that collapsed on the Artemovsk-Slavyansk highway.
There are indiscriminate shelling of Donetsk: numerous hits on the Mayak book market, residential buildings of civilians, the city children's clinical hospital No. 1. fourf civilians were injured, two of them children.
07:56 According to updated data, due to the night shelling of the village of the Gagarin mine (Nikitovsky district of Horlivka) Ukrainian militants damaged the building of school No. 48
07:51 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 11, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- on the street. Artem, 169 wounded man born in 1964
- at the intersection of St. Chelyuskintsev and st. Young Miners, a woman born in 1980 was wounded.
Thus, the total number of victims among civilians from VFU attacks on December 11, 2022 is nine people, incl. children born in 2011 and 2019 The information continues to flow.
02:51 Ukrainian militants fired on Gorlovka: five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired in the Nikitovsky district. Gagarin fired four rounds of 152mm caliber, reported the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
02:28 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded on the settlement. Svatovo with the use of artillery pieces 155mm (four rounds). Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
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As a Westerner, I am glad that a portion of the Russian population will be forced to endure the Holiday Season without the Slavic version of Spencer’s Gifts. Let’s call it even.
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#4
Damage control: It's not just for the Navy.
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[Medium] Following a total of eight waves of missile strikes (the last of these on the evening of 6 December: it included at least 16 Shahed-136s and targeted the DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company), over 40% of the high voltage grid of Ukraine is badly damaged, as is a similar percentage of thermal- and hydroelectric power plants. Means: the Ukrainian power grid is now in a really bad condition, and no 1 million of power generators delivered by the West is going to change that. The result are multiple power outages in Kyiv and the neighbourhood, parts of Dnipropetrovsk and the Odesa Oblast. Much of the Sumy and Kremenchuk areas are without heating for more than a week. Emergency repairs are going on, but that’s likely to take a few days longer — even more so because much of what’s left of the power grid is overloaded by the consumption, and thus ‘instable’, while most of heavy equipment destroyed by Russian missile strikes takes, literally, weeks to replace… or is hard to repair… Because of this, the authorities are repeatedly forced to impose emergency shutdowns…
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