[Regnum] Vilfand warned of “super Siberian frosts” in 21 regions of Russia
This coming weekend, a number of Russian regions will be in the grip of severe frosts, in some the thermometers will drop to minus 50 degrees. This will affect the center and south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, reported this to TASS. Is AlGore in the region?
“The center and south of the Krasnoyarsk Territory expect frosts even down to minus 50 degrees. Usually cold weather is compared to Siberian frosts, but it turns out that these are super Siberian frosts,” he said.
The meteorologist added that in a number of areas the temperature will drop to minus 35–38 degrees. This will affect 21 regions in the Northwestern, Central and Siberian Federal Districts. According to him, frosts of up to 40 degrees will be recorded in all regions of the north-west of the country. In the center of Russia, in particular in the Kostroma region, the air temperature will drop to minus 35 degrees.
At the same time, the north of the Volga region, Kirov region and Perm region will be affected by 40-degree frosts. Speaking about Yakutia, where temperature records are often recorded, Vilfand clarified that temperatures down to minus 45 degrees are expected there over the weekend.
Omsk, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo regions and Altai Territory will record frosts of 40 degrees below zero in the coming days.
As reported by Regnum news agency , Muscovites were warned about a three-day snowstorm and half-meter snowdrifts. A blizzard will hit the capital on December 12, which will last three days. The height of the snowdrifts in some places will reach 50 cm. Wind gusts of up to 15 m/s are expected until December 14 inclusive.
[Regnum] On December 12, Moscow will be covered by a snowstorm that will last three days, and the height of the snowdrifts in some places will reach half a meter,scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia Roman Vilfand told the Moscow agency.
“Until Thursday inclusive, wind gusts are predicted to reach 15 m/s, so tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday there will be snowstorms in places ,” he said.
Vilfand noted that housing and communal services employees and motorists will have difficulties due to large snowdrifts, which may be uneven due to strong winds, the forecaster added. According to the Hydrometeorological Center, the height of snowdrifts will reach 13–20 cm, and by the end of the week in some places it will be up to 45–50 cm. Vilfand said that the record height of snowdrifts in the capital in the period from December 13 to 16 was recorded in 1919 (32–33 cm) and 1941 (36 cm).
The air temperature in Moscow, according to the forecast, will be about minus 4–7 degrees, at night it will drop to minus 6–10 degrees.
As Regnum reported , Phobos weather center specialist Evgeny Tishkovets also warned on December 10 that a record amount of snow would fall in Moscow this week. According to the center, by December 15, a month's worth of precipitation will fall in the capital in just a few days . He warned that Friday is expected to set a daily record for this indicator on record.
Tishkovets also said that November and early December were the snowiest in the history of the Russian capital. The snowfall that came to Moscow updated the 71-year-old record.
[ZubuBros] Zelensky’s latest visit to the US could very well result in them delivering an ultimatum to him to either comply with their demands to recommence peace talks or be replaced. The narrative stage has already been set after leading Mainstream Media outlets became much more critical of him since the counteroffensive failed, thus preconditioning the public to expect this scenario if it’s decided upon.
Russian foreign spy chief Sergey Naryshkin released a scenario forecast on Monday after his service received reliable information "that high-ranking officials of leading Western countries are increasingly discussing among themselves the need to replace" Zelensky. Skeptics might scoff at this since his country has self-interested reasons for wanting to discredit the Ukrainian leader and widen his country’s divisions with the West, but that would be a mistake due to this actually being a credible possibility.
According to him, it’s not just Zelensky’s "endless rudeness" in dealing with his foreign partners or his "boundless nepotism and corruption" that’s driving this, but first and foremost his failure to defeat Russia on the battlefield like he promised. Seeing as how the conflict’s dynamics have recently reversed whereby Ukraine is once again on the defensive, which both Zelensky himself and his ground forces chief both recently acknowledged, there’s a need to freeze it to prevent a Russian breakthrough....
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Odesa, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions were attacked.
The Kyiv region recently suffered a night attack. According to preliminary information, no hits to critical or residential infrastructure were recorded. In one of the communities of the region, debris fell into the yard of a private house. In the capital, debris from downed rockets damaged buildings in the Darnytskyi district. There are victims. The consequences of the missile attack are being clarified, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.
There were three shellings (15 explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day. The enemy shelled the Koryukiv and Novgorod-Siversky districts with mortars. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified.
In Sumy at night, the Russians shelled the Seredino-Budsk community. 20 explosions from AGS were recorded. Previously without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out eight shelling of the border territories and settlements. 52 explosions were recorded. Bilopolsk, Krasnopilsk, Velikopysarivsk, Novoslobidsk, Seredino-Budsk communities were shelled. In Seredyno-Budska, three private residential buildings were damaged as a result of one of the shellings.
In the Kherson region, the enemy fired 84 rounds (435 shells) during the day, including five rounds (11 shells) at Kherson. Yesterday evening, three enemy attack UAVs of the Shahed-136 type were shot down in the area of Kherson and n.p. Komyshans of the Kherson district. In the afternoon, the Russian army attacked Kherson. A residential building was hit. A 37-year-old man received shrapnel wounds to the head, an explosive injury. He was hospitalized. Doctors provide the necessary assistance. Ivanovka came under enemy fire. A 52-year-old woman was injured in the village. She was hospitalized.
In Luhansk, the enemy's attack and tactical aircraft were deployed along the entire front line in the Luhansk region yesterday. The invaders also fought in the area of Tverdokhlibovo, which is north of Svatovo, and along Makiivka. They did not miss the Silver Forest. The daily number of shells fired at our positions and villages does not decrease either. This time - 537. Nevske and Bilogorivka were shelled. Attacks of the occupiers were repelled from Makiivka. During the day, the enemy fired 127 rounds (537 shells).
In Kharkiv, more than 18 settlements of the region were hit by artillery and mortar attacks: Kozacha Lopan, Grafske, Vovchansk, Bochkove, Budarky, Dvorichna, Sinkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, and Berestov, etc. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the vicinity of Petropavlivka, Pishchany, Pershotravnevo, Cherneshchyna, and Druzhelyubivka. A fire broke out in Kurylivka as a result of shelling, four garages and a private house were damaged. The Armed Forces repulsed four enemy attacks in the vicinity of Synkivka and Petropavlivka.
In Zaporizhzhia, rioters struck 78 attacks on 16 settlements in the region last night. 62 artillery shells fell on the territory of Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Novoandriyivka, Chervony, Novodanilivka, Levadny, Biloghirya, Preobrazhenka, Kamianskyi, Maly Shcherbaki and other front-line towns and villages. The enemy bombarded Mala Tokmachka with salvo missile systems and attacked Novodarivka, Charivne, Mala Tokmachka, Malynivka, Lugivske and Robotyne with 15 drones.
In Dnipropetrovsk, three unmanned aerial vehicles were directed to the Nikopol district by Russian invaders yesterday afternoon. Kamikaze drones targeted the district center. They also hit him with heavy artillery. The premises of one of the enterprises and the power line were damaged. It passed without casualties.
In Donetskia, nine settlements were under fire from the shelling of the previous era: Kurakhove, Avdiivka, Toretsk, Ocheretine, Orlivka, Klishchiivka, Berestki, Berdychi, Sokil. 22 residential buildings (four of them multi-apartment buildings) and a shop were damaged.
In Mykolaivska, during a night attack in Snigurivka of the Snigurivska community, as a result of falling fragments of a downed Shahed-131/136 UAV, an empty warehouse on the territory of an agricultural enterprise caught fire. The fire was promptly extinguished. There are no casualties. On the night of December 11, air defense forces and means destroyed 13 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs. Yesterday, the enemy fired artillery at the water area and Ochakov.
Also, yesterday in the city of Ochakiv, a residential building was damaged due to the falling debris of a downed UAV of the Shahed-131/136 type. There are no casualties. In the settlement of Kutsurubska hromada, a fire broke out in a warehouse with agricultural machinery as a result of the fall of the wreckage of a downed UAV of the Shahed-131/136 type, which was quickly extinguished. There are no casualties.
In Odesa, air defense forces shot down two Shahed-131/136 type drones during a night attack of the Russian Federation.
According to preliminary data, the enemy attacked Kyiv with ballistics. Air defense shot down all eight enemy targets . One person received shrapnel injuries, three more - an acute reaction to stress.
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[LB] In particular, the number of crow attacks in the Avdiiv direction has increased.
by Iryna Lysohor
In the Kupyan direction, the enemy continues offensive actions in the area of Synkivka and east of Petropavlivka in the Kharkiv region and Novoselivskyi in the Luhansk region. During the past week, defenders repelled 54 attacks against them.
In the Lyman direction, the Russians carried out assaults in the areas of Makiivka, Serebryansk Forestry, Belogorivka of the Luhansk Region, and Terni, Spirny, Vesely, and Rozdolivka of the Donetsk Region. The defenders repelled 52 enemy attacks, General Staff spokesman Andriy Kovalev said on the air of the telethon.
"In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy carried out assaults in the districts of Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Ivanivskyi, Klishchiivka, Andriivka of the Donetsk region, where the Defense Forces repelled 97 attacks during the past week. At the same time, the defenders continue offensive actions south of Bakhmut," he said.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy continues offensive actions in the Avdiivka area. During the week, the enemy carried out 210 attacks on the positions of our troops east of Novobakhmutivka, northeast of Berdychi, Stepovoy, Avdiivka, Severny, south of Tonenko and Pervomaisky.
In the Marinka direction, the occupiers did not give up their intention to capture Marinka. The enemy's offensive continues in the Krasnohorivka, Pobyeda, and Novomykhailivka regions of the Donetsk region. The defenders repelled 117 attacks.
During the past week, the occupiers carried out five attacks in the Shakhtarsky direction in the areas south of Vugledar and Zolotaya Niva, Staromayorsky.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy conducted 25 unsuccessful assaults west of Verbovoy, Robotyny, and Novoprokopivka.
In Kherson, the Russians concentrated their main efforts on conducting defense, displacing the defenders on the left bank of the Dnipro River, and setting up logistics. At the same time, they continue to carry out airstrikes and artillery fire on army positions and settlements in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.
During the week, there were more than 600 combat clashes, the enemy launched 49 missile and 405 air strikes, carried out 480 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
Note that the number of enemy attacks has increased this week. A week before that, 589 combat clashes took place , the enemy launched more than 30 missile and more than 270 airstrikes, carried out 386 attacks from rocket salvo systems on military positions and civilian infrastructure. At that time, the Russians carried out the largest number of attacks in the Avdiiv direction - more than 160.
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[Korrespondent] 21:44 Military experts compare conditions on the front line to the First World War and warn that dirt, damp, cold and rodents that prevent sleep can greatly affect the morale and performance of soldiers in battle. Read more in the article How the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer from rats and dirt.
21:31 The EU announced new sanctions against Iran. The restrictions included Shakad Sanat Asmari and three other Iranian companies involved in the production of components for drones, as well as their managers and key employees.
21:27 According to Eurostat, there are currently 4.24 million Ukrainian refugees in the EU.
21:15 Leaders of the Hungarian communities of Transcarpathia appealed to the Chairman of the European Council Charles Michel and the Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban with a request to support the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU. “The new bill adopted by the Ukrainian parliament significantly reflects the interests of national minorities and enjoys our full support,” they said.
20:36 Zelensky said that he began his visit to the United States with a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown at the US National Defense University. We discussed challenges to global security, developments at the front and further Ukrainian-American cooperation in the field of defense.
19:20 Borrell, following a meeting of the EU foreign ministers, said that funding for military assistance to Ukraine remains blocked. According to him, the foreign ministers did not agree on a new tranche for Kyiv from the European Peace Fund, but agreed on the need to continue supporting Ukraine.
18:58 Kuleba said that the meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó lasted an hour and was very sincere: “Of course, the main topic was the decision of the European Council to open negotiations on Ukraine’s membership in the EU. I understand that everyone is waiting for an answer: yes or no "Give me some time... Meanwhile, I want to give one signal. I clearly told Peter: we have a common future in Europe. We must get there as soon as possible. Together."
In turn, Szijjártó said that in a conversation with Kuleba he called the proposal to begin negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU “undeveloped.”
18:35 The United States will announce new military assistance to Ukraine by the end of the month, the White House said.
18:04 Zelensky said in an interview with Latin American media that negotiations and compromise with Putin are impossible because he does not want to end the war: “First of all, he does not need peace. When we want to solve a problem, we must understand that it is necessary to all sides. We want to end the war."
The Ukrainian president also recalled that in 2014, after the Russian occupation of Crimea and part of Donbass, Putin stated that he was not going to go to a full-scale war against Ukraine. "Everything he says is not true. He is not interested in an independent Ukraine. He needs Ukraine as a part, an enclave of Russia... So what should he compromise on? Who is he? I cannot trade people. And with whom? With a person ", whose word is worth nothing. These are not guarantees," Zelensky concluded.
17:26 The “court” in the “DPR” sentenced Ruslan Shmidt, a technician of the 2nd company of the 503rd separate battalion of the 36th separate marine brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to 25 years in a maximum security colony, allegedly “for the murder of a man in Mariupol.” Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko emphasized that in the last 16 days alone, 19 such “sentences” of varying terms of imprisonment were passed on trumped-up cases against the defenders of Mariupol.
16:38 Air defense forces destroyed a Russian X-59 guided missile in the Krivoy Rog region of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Air Command reported.
16:00 Sweden has allocated 120 million euros to Ukraine for the purchase of equipment for heating and increasing the capacity of the electrical network, as well as for other measures that will help Ukrainians survive the winter (for example, the construction of shelters), the country's Foreign Ministry reported.
15:32 Kuleba said that EU member states have not yet decided to start accession negotiations with Ukraine. According to him, “the fight will continue” at the summit of EU leaders on December 14-15 and “until the last minute” at the meeting of the European Council. First of all, we will have to overcome the resistance of Hungary.
14:41 The commander of the Eastern Group of Forces, Alexander Syrsky, claims that in the East the losses of Russians in killed are approximately eight times higher than the losses of Ukrainian forces. According to him, Russian troops rely specifically on human resources, while Ukrainian troops “try to achieve success through successful tactical actions, accurate artillery fire, mortars, attack drones and small arms.”
14:27 The decision on the start of negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU may be postponed to March due to Hungary’s position, Reuters writes, citing sources. Ahead of the EU summit on December 14-15, Budapest again said it would block the decision to start negotiations with Kiev.
14:02 The Russians shelled the Kherson territorial community for several hours, the regional prosecutor’s office reported. In one of the suburban villages, a shell hit a summer kitchen - one person was killed, one was wounded. Two more people were injured as a result of the shelling of Kherson.
13:56 Russian troops intensified their offensive in the Avdeevka direction. Over the past 24 hours, a significant escalation of the situation has been recorded, with a record number of military clashes, said Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces. “Yesterday the enemy began massive offensive operations with the support of armored vehicles in the Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. He is actively using aviation and guided bombs. He carried out 15 airstrikes during the day,” he noted.
13:17 British intelligence reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out successful local counterattacks during the battles near Avdievka and could have driven the Russians out of Stepnoye. According to analysts, this is where the Russians are trying to carry out one of their pincer attacks to cordon off Avdeevka and its well-defended industrial zone. Intelligence notes that Avdeevka remains the scene of the most intense fighting at the front - on some days, about 40% of all military clashes probably took place in this small sector.
12:39 The Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation officially decided to conduct “voting” in the presidential elections in the occupied territories of Ukraine, where martial law has been introduced.
12:13 The maritime coalition of Britain and Norway, in addition to the minesweepers Chernigov (M310) and Cherkassy (M311), will transfer 20 Viking amphibians and 23 high-speed boats to Ukraine, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported. The ceremony at which the creation of the coalition will be officially announced will take place today in London.
12:10 Representatives of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and regional authorities came to the conclusion that holding presidential “elections” in the occupied territories of Ukraine is possible.
11:54 Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba will today for the first time during a full-scale war personally meet with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjártó. “I think this fact speaks for itself: we continue to talk with Hungary. Ukraine has changed its legislation on the education and use of languages of national minorities the way Hungary wanted it. And this fact must be respected,” the Ukrainian minister noted.
EU foreign ministers today will discuss, in particular, Ukraine's fulfillment of accession requirements.
11:48 Military exercises will be held in the Darnitsky district of Kiev from December 11 to 14 - troops will practice the defense of the city. The KGVA reminded that filming and publishing the movement of military personnel and equipment is strictly prohibited.
11:36 The Russian army fired eight ballistic missiles at the Ukrainian capital. This is the second incident in a month. What is known about the consequences and what is the danger from these missiles - in the material Secrets of Ballistics .
11:02 Ukrainian media, citing sources in the SBU, publish photos and videos from the scene of the liquidation of ex-People's Deputy Ilya Kiva in the Moscow region. One of the photos shows the body of the ex-people's deputy, and the video shows the observation post near which Kiva filmed anti-Ukrainian videos. The intelligence service reported that Kiva was one of the priority targets - they had been watching him for a long time.
10:52 Crimean publics will report a strong fire in Feodosia on the territory of an industrial zone. According to some reports, an explosion occurred first.
10:27 The alarm in Kiev during the night attack was announced after the first explosions, because Russia used ballistic missiles, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat. Around four in the morning, Kiev residents began to write online that they heard explosions, but no alarm was declared. “This is not the first time this has happened, because ballistics flies very quickly. It literally takes a few minutes for the air defense to respond and destroy them,” explained Ignat.
09:38 Zelensky in the United States, in addition to meeting with Biden, will also speak to senators on December 12, The Washington Post writes. The President of Ukraine was invited by the leaders of the Senate factions Charles Schumer (Democrats) and Mitch McConnell (Republicans). He is also scheduled to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
09:20 Great Britain and Norway have created a naval coalition to support Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense reported. The new association of countries will supply ships and other equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strengthen the capabilities of conducting combat operations at sea. In the near future, London will transfer two mine clearance ships to Kyiv - Sandown class minesweepers.
08:39 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of December 11:
personnel - about 339,850 (+1030) people,
tanks - 5655 (+19),
armored combat vehicles - 10,560 (+31),
artillery systems - 8070 (+6),
MLRS - 919 (+0),
air defense systems - 605 (+0),
aircraft - 324 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 6154 (+18),
cruise missiles - 1586 (+0),
ships/boats - 22 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,636 (+13),
special equipment - 1168 (+6).
08:26 Over the past 24 hours, 98 military clashes took place at the front, the Gestab reported in its morning report . In particular, the Defense Forces repelled 49 enemy attacks in the Avdeevsky direction (in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka, south of Severny and Tonenky, Pervomaisky, Donetsk region), 18 attacks - in Maryinsky (in the areas of Maryinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region), 13 attacks - on Bakhmutsky (in the districts of Grigoryevka, Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka of the Donetsk region).
In addition, in the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka and Petropavlovka areas of the Kharkov region; on Limansky - in the districts of Ternov, Vesely, Donetsk region and Makeevka, Lugansk region; on Shakhtarsky - in the area southeast of Ugledar, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in the Rabotino district of the Zaporozhye region. At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and in the Kherson direction they hold their positions on the left bank of the Dnieper.
08:09 In the Nikolaev region, 13 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs were destroyed during a night attack, OVA reported. Debris from downed drones damaged a residential building in the city of Ochakov, a warehouse with agricultural equipment in the Kutsurubskaya community, and an empty warehouse on the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the town of Snigirevka. No people were hurt.
07:11 During a night attack, fragments of downed missiles fell in the Darnitsky district of Kiev, four residents of Bortnichi were injured, KGVA reported.
06:56 Air defense at night destroyed all 18 attack UAVs and eight of eight ballistic missiles , the Air Force command reported. Russia attacked Ukraine with Shahed-type drones from the occupied Crimea (Chauda, Belbek), and with missiles from the Bryansk region. Most of the drones were shot down in the Nikolaev region, and all the missiles were shot down in the Kyiv region.
01:35 Zelensky said that on the sidelines of the inauguration of the President of Argentina he spoke with Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban: “As frankly as possible - and it is clear that about our European affairs.”
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[RIA] Over the past couple of years, we have repeatedly heard anti-Russian and even Russophobic statements from Western leaders. And you could probably get used to it by now. But we should pay special attention to how over the past few days, leading American politicians, and then Western experts who joined them, simultaneously began to spin the same idea: “Russia will definitely attack NATO. The West will have to fight with Russia.”
This wave began on December 6 personally by US President Joe Biden in his theatrical performance on the eve of the failed Senate vote on aid to Ukraine , where he solemnly announced : “If Putin takes over Ukraine, he will not stop there. <…> He will continue to go, and then attack against a NATO ally."
And then it went like clockwork. National Security Assistant Jack Sullivan said just as dramatically: “The stakes are too high and the consequences are too serious. <…> If we leave and Putin takes over Ukraine, he won’t stop there.”
Then Admiral John Kirby, the talking head of the White House Security Council, got involved and said: “And if Putin gets all of Ukraine, then what? Then where will he go? If you think that the price of supporting Ukraine is high now, just imagine how it will be higher - not only in budget money, but also in American blood - if he attacks one of our NATO allies. <...> If Putin is allowed to achieve a strategic victory in Ukraine, after which he may attack one from our NATO allies, then we will have to involve American boots in this."
Well, the icing on the cake was the statement of the Pentagon chief, which, according to the sworn assurances of the famous TV presenter Tucker Carlson , was heard in Congress: “At a secret briefing in the House of Representatives, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told congressmen that if they do not allocate more money for Zelensky, “ We will send your uncles, cousins and sons to fight Russia." Pay the oligarchs or we will kill your children."
Many regarded this stream of alarmist statements as uncontrollable hysteria by members of the American administration. But these falsehoods are being done in a painfully large and systematic manner, which is accompanied by a certain kind of campaign in the media and among experts serving the White House. From which we can assume that all this is part of a systematic campaign launched deliberately and with a specific purpose.
As if by chance, these statements coincided with the publication of pseudo-analytical reports in which various Euro-Atlantic structures calculate the timing of Russia’s attack on NATO (that is, we are no longer talking about discussing such a possibility, but looking for an answer to the question: “When?”). First, a report is presented in Berlin that Russia will be ready to attack the alliance countries in six to ten years. Then the head of the Polish National Security Bureau, Jacek Siwera (an anesthesiologist by profession), openly pulls other “calculations” out of thin air, saying that this will happen in three years.
And just the other day, the British Defense Studies Institute (RUSI), in continuation of the same line, whipped up a report , which also states that after the victory in Ukraine, Russia “may try to take advantage of any perceived opportunity to seize symbolic areas of the alliance’s territory.” Which, of course, will entail the application of Article 5 of the NATO Charter on collective defense. The report's author, Professor Justin Bronk, believes that this scenario is "only a few years away."
Another high-ranking Briton, the kingdom's newly appointed Foreign Minister David Cameron , also joined this campaign by arriving on American soil. Speaking at a high-profile security forum in Aspen, he said: “If Putin wins, it won’t be the end. […] If we let him win in Ukraine, next time it will be somewhere else. And it won’t just be American money could be a NATO country, and therefore American lives.” It should be noted that at this forum this idea was constantly heard in the speeches of many American experts of various calibers.
So it's not just paranoia. It seems that the Biden team, with the support of foreign ideological servants, is starting its campaign by choosing the most dangerous direction - inciting fear among American society. And the point here, most likely, is not only and not so much in the dispute with the Republicans over military assistance to Ukraine - the Democrats themselves are not eager to force the issue . Faced with the increasingly obvious threat of a collapse in ratings and the defeat of the elderly Biden in the 2024 elections, Democratic strategists decided to intensify passions.
They now directly threaten war and the deaths of Americans, personalizing these fears ("your uncles, cousins, sons" will die).
Max Bergmann, an expert at the influential US Center for Strategic and International Studies , very accurately noted, commenting on the Ukrainian case: “Usually American foreign policy <…> is separated from the domestic political struggle. But not in this case.” Precisely because the White House is trying to rely on spinning an external threat to raise the stakes in the campaign.
And this is, in fact, a very dangerous moment. It has happened more than once in history when a bet on promoting a mythical international threat in an internal struggle, regardless of the original idea of the initiators, led to a real global conflict. By sowing fear and terror among its constituents, the White House may not even notice when these emotions become uncontrollable.
It is no coincidence that the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, pointed out to the Americans the danger of “losing touch with reality” during the White House’s discussions about the possibility of a direct military clash with our country. Indeed, now we must make every effort to explain to the Americans and their satellites: if we are talking about a direct war between nuclear powers, then the death of only “uncles and cousins” will not be limited: the question will be about the fate of all humanity. And playing with such threats, intensifying them, hoping that everything will be limited to the election campaign is very risky for everyone.
Biden, in an effort to retain power by any means, may not even notice (especially in his current mental state) when he passes the point of no return. It would be better if Washington realized the danger of this game before, not after.
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As far as Russians are concerned, they are at war with NATO now - something (who can really understand the mystic Russian mind?) all these NATO weapons used to kill Russian soldiers.
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Biden and his handlers want war, any war, "Biden, in an effort to retain power by any means". Suspend elections in the advent of war. Problem is our aged nukes have not been checked on. Reliability verses reality.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery repelled four attacks of assault groups of AFU 14th, 21st Mechanised, 57th Mechanised Infantry Brigades close to Petropavlovka, Sin'kovka, Terny (Khar'kov region).
The Zapad Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on clusters of AFU manpower and hardware close to Berestovoye, Ivanovka (Kharkov region), Novoegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic). The enemy lost up to 30 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported repelled one attack launched by the AFU 63rd Mechanised Brigade near Chervonaya Dibrova (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, air strikes and artillery fire struck the personnel and hardware of the 67th Mechanised Brigade close to Serebryansky forest. Up to 175 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles have been neutralised.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery repelled 18 enemy attacks and inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware near Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka, and Georgiyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 200 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two D-30 howitzers.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 58th Mechanised Infantry and 79th Air Assault Brigades near Novomikhailovka and Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 Ukrainian troops and three motor vehicles. In the course of the counterbattery warfare, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar were eliminated.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces repelled four attacks of the 117th, 118th Mechanised Brigades near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, air strikes and artillery fire struck AFU personnel and hardware close to Rabotino and Uspenovka (Zaporozhye region). ?? The enemy lost up to 45 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar station.
In Kherson direction, as a result of actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by artillery and aviation, the AFU lost up to 40 Ukrainian troops and four motor vehicles.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged two ammunition depots close to Chernobayevka (Kherson region), as well as manpower and hardware in 107 areas during the day.
24 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted by Russian air defence units close to Svatovo, Lisichansk (Lugansk People's Republic), Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic), Nesteryanka, Rovnoye (Zaporozhye region), Alyoshki, Korsunka (Kherson region).
In total, 550 airplanes and 257 helicopters, 9,632 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 13,979 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,188 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,297 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 16,192 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/11/2023 to 00:00 12/12/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 11 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian forces.
Information was received about the injury of a civilian, a man, in the Leninsky district of Donetsk.
Three residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Leninsky districts of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire:
Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), capital of Donetsk (Leninsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out seven attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, an attack UAV.
At Gorlivske there were four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
A total of 31 units of various ammunition were fired.
A previous seven artillery attacks were recorded on the part of the VFU during the day.
23:00 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC for December 11, as of 23:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Leninsky district): – on the street. Champion, 80 wounded, man born in 1986.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the Air Force in the cities of the Republic: Donetsk (Leninsky district): - Jasmine store on the street. Champion;
– st. Championnaya, 55 – private residential building, gas pipeline and power lines were also damaged;
– st. Kemerovo, 59 – private residential building.
Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
21:05 Russian FAB-500 with UMPCamazes observation post and firing point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in an empty high-rise building in Avdievka
19:25 The offensive on Chasov Yar and the cleansing near Avdievka: what is happening at the front by December 11 tells Military chronicle:
Avdievka. In the north, as a few days earlier, heavy fighting continues in the Stepovoye area: units of the 47th and 67th Mechanized Brigades regrouped and transferred fresh mobilized forces here, but the counterattack planned by the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not take place due to the work of Russian artillery.
Krasnopol-M2 guided artillery rounds were used on the buildings that the Ukrainian Armed Forces occupied before the attack. After this, the offensive, despite the arrival of reserves of the 116th Mechanized Infantry Brigade from the Zaporozhye region near Avdeevka, was disrupted. It is noteworthy that Stepovoye is gradually turning into an analogue of Kleshcheevka with a minimum number of buildings in which you can hide.
This has a positive effect on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ ability to operate in this area. Russian troops slightly expanded control to the northwest by rail, where they continued to gain a foothold. There is also progress in the area of the treatment facilities of the Avdeevsky coke plant.
Flanks of Artyomovsk. In the south, in Kleshcheevka, the Russian Armed Forces pushed the Ukrainian Armed Forces along the heights and continue to advance. The fighting in the area of the Ostrov stronghold continues: the Ukrainian Armed Forces are snapping back, fearing the loss of tactically important heights, Russian artillery, aviation and FPV drones are actively working.
In the north there is a large and important advance of the Russian Armed Forces towards Bogdanovka and further to Chasov Yar. The main problem is the geographical location of Bogdanovka, which is located in a lowland relative to Chasov Yar. The movement is complicated by very bad weather, which seriously reduces the pace of advance and impairs the effectiveness of UAVs and artillery. There is also progress in the Krasny (Ivanovsky) area, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces retreated after the defeat in Artyomovsk.
It is clearly noticeable that the artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces saves ammunition and less often uses not only high-explosive fragmentation rounds of 155mm caliber, but also cluster rounds. It is also interesting that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are urgently reinforcing the garrisons of neighboring Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka. A significant part of the troops (about six to seven companies) were transferred from the Kharkov region and are located at civilian facilities.
Kherson region. The operational situation is relatively stable, but there is no talk yet of stopping or at least reducing the pace of hostilities. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to bypass the control of the Russian Armed Forces over part of the Dnieper in this area and are trying to arrange the transfer of troops from other areas: instead of Tyaginka, the Ukrainian troops are trying to move the floating base further east - to the area of Ivanovka and Novotyaginka near the branch of the Basanka River, to the Tokarevka area on the right bank of the Dnieper with subsequent deployment DRG and units closer to the area of Kazachi Lagery, as well as to the area of the village of Lvovo with subsequent use through the Treasury and Frolovskoye lakes. At the same time, it is not yet possible to stretch artillery units along this line to cover the landing groups.
Kupyansk direction. The main combat work is still carried out by Russian artillery and aviation. There is no talk yet of the surrender of some areas of the front by Ukrainian troops, but the situation is rapidly deteriorating: the operational-tactical aviation of the Aerospace Forces is carrying out strikes deep into the territories on the left and right banks of the Zherebets River. Strikes are regularly carried out against the Kupyansk-Uzlovoy station, as well as against targets in the immediate vicinity of it.
Zaporozhye direction. The Russian Armed Forces maintain a slight advance to the west and from the south near the village of Rabotino. Mechanized attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have hardly been recorded in recent days; Russian troops are gradually returning positions abandoned during six months of hostilities in order to preserve personnel.
It is noteworthy that the number of Ukrainian Armed Forces units inside the fire bag is gradually decreasing: after the 47th Mechanized Infantry Brigade "Magura", which was transferred to Avdievka, reserves are gradually being selected, in particular the 116th Mechanized Infantry Brigade.
18:40 Russian paratroopers destroyed two tanks and a self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
During reconnaissance, UAV crews of the “winged infantry” discovered military equipment, with the help of which the nationalists fired at peaceful settlements on the left bank of the Dnieper.
Two tanks and a self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed by direct hits from Lancet loitering ammunition.
18:17 The 51st Airborne Regiment advanced another 500m in the direction of Vesely near Artemovsk.
17:41 Kherson direction situation as of 17.00 December 11, 2023
In the Kherson region, the situation remains the same: in Krynki, Ukrainian units continue to hold an occupied bridgehead, periodically trying to expand the zone of control.
Yesterday evening, the command of the Katran group strengthened its positions south of the greenhouses, sending an assault group of the 2nd battalion of the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade, and two more tried to equip the Mk-19 AGS firing point, but they were hit by artillery.
But closer to night, taking advantage of worsening weather conditions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces deployed at least six new groups of 36, 37 and 38 Naval Infantry Brigades of 5-10 people each by boat, which occupied houses in the central part. At the same time, over 20 wounded were evacuated to the right bank.
In general, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attempts to move deeper are still unsuccessful. The line of control currently also runs along the outskirts of the forest and the central part of the village. And in this case, the goal that the enemy is pursuing by sending personnel as if on an assembly line is curious.
16:49 Our troops advanced from Artyomovsk towards Krasny (Ivanovskoye)
Also during the day, heavy artillery of the Ivanovo paratroopers fired at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reports the Divanny General Staff
17:30 The 115th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Cherkasy region) was transferred to the Kupyansk direction
The brigade was being restored in the Chuguev area, where it was replenished with those mobilized from the south-eastern regions of Ukraine. The transfer of reserves is associated with large losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the left bank of Oskol.
16:49 Our troops advanced from Artyomovsk towards Krasny (Ivanovskoye)
Also during the day, the heavy artillery of the Ivanovo paratroopers fired at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reports the Divanny General Staff.
15:35 Our troops, with the help of drops from UAVs, not only destroy enemy personnel and equipment in the Kherson direction, but also literally destroy the hiding places of enemy personnel.
On frames– high-power incendiary ammunition.
14:32 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 200 servicemen killed and wounded in the Donetsk direction;
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces repelled four attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups in the Kupyansk direction; enemy losses amounted to up to 30 military personnel;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled 18 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction during the day;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled one attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansk direction, the enemy lost up to 175 soldiers and 4 pieces of equipment;
Russian air defense systems destroyed 24 Ukrainian drones in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions;
Russian troops repelled four attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Verbovoy area in the Zaporozhye region in one day;
The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on the personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novomikhailovka, Ugledar and Makarovka in the DPR, the enemy lost up to 80 military personnel;
The Russian Armed Forces hit two weapons depots near the village of Chernobaevka, Kherson region;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 40 military personnel and 4 vehicles in the Kherson direction in one day;
Russian air defense destroyed 24 Ukrainian UAVs in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
13:27 Liman direction situation as of 13.00 December 11, 2023
In the Liman direction, after a noticeable intensification last week, intense clashes continue.
Due to the slight advance of Russian troops in the area of ??the Shirokiy Ravine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine regrouped and with the forces of the assault group of the 97th battalion of the 60th Mechanized Brigade, with the support of one tank, attacked the stronghold of the Russian Armed Forces.
During the long battle, Ukrainian formations were able to gain a foothold in one of the positions to the west. At the same time, as a result of a retaliatory artillery strike by the Russian Armed Forces, one armored fighting vehicle with personnel was destroyed.
To the south, in the Serebryansky forest, Russian assault groups, under the cover of armored vehicles, attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of Grigorovka, which made it possible to knock out the enemy from several strong points.
At the same time, Ukrainian formations expect a similar resumption of fighting further north at the Makeevka-Nevskoye line, where the advanced units of the 66th Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces spotted a reconnaissance group of the Russian Armed Forces. Against this background, reinforcements were deployed to the line of contact.
12:32 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
During the active defense in the South Donetsk direction, three attempts to rotate the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Zolotaya Niva and Novodonetsk were thwarted by artillery fire. In addition, artillery fire hit temporary deployment points of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Urozhainy area, as well as accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novomikhailovka.
Operational-tactical aviation hit areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Paraskovievka area.
The enemy's losses were: two vehicles, 152mm self-propelled guns "Akatsia" and 122mm "Gvozdika" and up to 80 militants killed and wounded.
11:22 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating near Chasovoy Yar (DPR): abandoning both their fortifications and their dead.
The enemy is rapidly losing the initiative, a fighter with the call sign Kalmar, deputy for the combat unit of the separate Borz assault detachment, told RT correspondent Anna Dolgareva.
He added that the Ukrainian military now does not control the roads, which means they can no longer bring in reinforcements and ammunition: “If he [the enemy] leaves Chasov Yar, then this will expose the path to Bogdanovka.”
According to the commander of the Zubr detachment with the call sign Reaper, despite the intense clashes, it is felt that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are exhausted: “As it turned out, the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not hold their positions very firmly when there is no artillery cover. Without artillery they run and throw the bodies of the dead.”
10:32 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10.30:
Southeast of Rabotino, Russian troops are moving forward step by step. After a powerful artillery strike on enemy positions, the Russian Armed Forces stormed a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold.
Near Verbov, our troops repelled an attack by enemy attack aircraft and then counterattacked. A counter battle ensued.
Artillery is actively operating throughout the entire front, and there are many FPV drones in the air. Also, the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are regularly attacked by aviation with FAB-500 bombs with UPMK.
10:27 Statement Head of the press center of the Center group
In the area of Serebryansky forest in the Krasnolimansky direction, the movement of personnel and equipment of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was discovered. As a result of coordinated actions of units of the motorized rifle regiment, supported by artillery fire, the enemy lost about 50 servicemen.
During the counterbattery fight, more than 20 artillery crews of Ukrainian troops were exposed and suppressed.
10:05 During the past 24 hours, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded seven incidents of firing by the Ukrainian forces, and 19 rounds of ammunition were fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out seven attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
The enemy fired at Donetsk and Staromikhailovka.
Over the past 24 hours, there have been no reports of civilian casualties.
Two residential buildings and one civil infrastructure facility were damaged in Donetsk.
09:47 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
according to n.p. Korsunka three rounds;
according to n.p. Dnepryan eight rounds;
according to n.p. Krynki 32 rounds;
according to n.p. Alyosha 12 rounds;
according to n.p. Kazachi Lagery two rounds;
according to n.p. Maslovka three rounds;
according to n.p. Saga five rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Proletarka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, firing a total of 37 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:36 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:
With the support of aviation and artillery fire, units of the “Southern” group of troops repelled attacks by assault groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades and defeated enemy personnel in the areas of Kurdyumovka, Bogdanovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka.
In addition, a pickup truck and a 120mm mortar were destroyed in the Marinka area, manpower, firing points, strongholds and observation points of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit by artillery and fire from heavy flamethrower systems.
In this direction, enemy losses amounted to: up to 300 military personnel, two vehicles, two 152mm D-20 guns, two 122mm D-30 guns and an 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled gun.
09:12 The Front Bird reports about the successful attack of our troops in the Zaporozhye direction in the area of Rabotino and Verbovoy:
An enemy stronghold has been recaptured! We first covered the enemy with 152mm artillery. We again record the advance of our forces. Our comrades hit the flanks, forcing the enemy to disperse the concentration of their armed formations.
At night we heard our front-line bombers hit several UFAB-500s.
08:15 Airborne troops destroyed “Lancets” used, two tanks and self-propelled guns on the right bank of the Dnieper - with the help of this equipment, Ukrainian militants hit peaceful settlements from closed positions.
08:07 The Russian Ministry of Defense publishedpersonnelcombat work of the crew of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system in one of the areas of the special operation.
The TOS-1A heavy flamethrower system makes it possible to reliably destroy enemy personnel and equipment in open space, in shelters and in areas with difficult terrain.
08:01 Summary on the morning of December 11, 2023:
At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched missile attacks on Kyiv. Previously, the hypersonic “Daggers” were working: the air raid alarm went off after the arrivals. The enemy reports eight missiles. The Geranium UAV hit a logistics hub in Snigirevka, Nikolaev region, and reported an explosion in the Kirovograd region. In the Odessa region, the enemy also recorded our drones.
In Krynki, Kherson region, fighting continues on our shore. The futility of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ actions in this direction is already being discussed in the Ukrainian press; enemy journalists cite the mediocre expenditure of the enemy’s marines as arguments: “The majority are killed on the way to the shore.” However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively using drones and firing at our positions from their bank of the Dnieper.
On the Zaporozhye Front, our airborne units were sent in small groups to occupy enemy positions in the Verbovoy area, but in the conditions of the enemy FPV drones they were unable to do this. The need to equip each vehicle at the LBS with mobile electronic warfare systems becomes obvious: enemy drones seriously hamper the maneuver of our troops along the entire front line. During the day, near Rabotino and Verbovoy, the enemy also tried to advance with assault groups; the attacks were repelled by small arms and artillery fire.
In Mar'inka, our troops advanced even further, marking their tactical success by planting a flag. The enemy is still on the outskirts of the city, units of the Russian Army are also advancing north of the Maryinsky Reservoir.
In the Avdeevsky direction, they report the capture of the enemy’s forward position in the Vinogradniki area near the industrial zone in the south. The Russian Armed Forces are conducting active operations near Novokalinovo in the north, fighting continues in the Stepovoye area and near the coke plant.
From the Artemovsky (Bakhmutsky) direction they report that the Russian Armed Forces are operating on the outskirts of Bogdanovka (1.5 km from the Berkhovsky reservoir). North-west of Chasov Yar, our units are advancing at Grigorovka. North of Kleshcheevka, the Russian Army is expanding the front’s projection, and battles are taking place for strongholds.
In the Kupyansk direction, the intensity of hostilities decreased due to weather conditions.
The Belgorod region is again under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces; local authorities yesterday estimated that over the day before last, more than 10 villages and two border service facilities (actually non-functional checkpoints) were shelled. In the Kursk region, artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces disrupted the power supply in the village of Tetkino and the village of Popovo-Lezhachi, Glushkovsky district. In the DPR, Donetsk and Staromikhailovka were shelled, there were no casualties.
08:00 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the capture of positions defended by special forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Artemovsk.
The department noted that more than 20 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.
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[Regnum] Deliveries of AK-12 assault rifles to the troops at the end of 2023 almost doubled. This was reported on December 11 by the press service of the Kalashnikov concern.
“Compared to last year, the number of supplied automatic machines of the c model has almost doubled,” says a message on the concern’s website.
The press service emphasized that, in general, Kalashnikov fulfilled its 2023 obligations for the production of AK-12 assault rifles on time and in full.
Earlier, the head of the concern, Alan Lushnikov , said that Kalashnikov fulfilled the contract providing for the supply of AK-12 assault rifles to the Russian Ministry of Defense ahead of schedule. Kalashnikov completed the production of assault rifles under a three-year contract in November of this year.
The Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifle is the most modern example of individual automatic small arms in the Russian Armed Forces. This model differs from previous generations of AKs in increased accuracy and accuracy, improved ergonomics and readiness for 24-hour use, the concern reported.
As Regnum reported , in September the Kalashnikov concern announced plans to more than double the production of Vikhr missiles, Kitolov-2M guided artillery shells and 9M333 anti-aircraft guided missiles. For this purpose, new ammunition production sites will be created.
On October 10, the concern announced the early completion of the 2023 state defense order for the supply of 9M333 anti-aircraft guided missiles (SAMs) for the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM).
under a three-year contract
Curious. Before the Ukraine invasion.
They are freeing prisoners and dragging citizens off the street to fight. Why an increase in personal weaponry? Did they anticipate a surge, or is the battlefield weapon recovery effort failing due to lost territory?
The weapon delivery 'doubled' in 2023. Are the Asian allies (China/NKor/Iran/Stans) due to join the warfront or are the weapons a 'buy-in' for a new alliance?
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[Regnum] The Western press is trying to create an image of a Ukrainian leadership that can supposedly make its own decisions about negotiations or interviews. But these are only American games. Political scientist Yuri Svetov sharedthis opinion with IA Regnum.
Earlier, the Financial Times (FT), citing a Western official, reported that some leaders of Western countries, after an interview with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny , called Kiev to find out whether negotiations with Russia had become a priority. Zaluzhny’s frankness about the difficulties of a counteroffensive aroused concern among both Ukrainians and Ukraine’s Western partners, after which they wanted to find out what the Kyiv regime was ready for and whether they were thinking about moving to negotiations.
Svetov doubted the veracity of the FT reports. In his opinion, the publication is carrying out a decree to create an image of the leadership of Ukraine, which supposedly has the right to independently make important decisions.
“This publication casts a shadow over the fence. Why should Western politicians call Kyiv and find out whether it is ready for negotiations, when the question should be asked to Washington. And if the go-ahead had not been received from Washington, no one would have dared to interview the commander-in-chief, who would still be talking about the chances of his army. These are all American games,” Svetov shared.
He recalled that Zaluzhny gave a devastating interview to the British magazine The Economist. According to the political scientist, such a publication could only appear with the permission or by order of the American leadership.
“They know very well who is the boss in the house, who determines the rules. And it is useless to ask about this, especially after the confession of David Arakhamia (leader of the Servant of the People faction - Ed.) that they were told to go to war. After all, ending the conflict does not depend on either Zaluzhny or Zelensky. This is a figure of silence and an attempt to show that supposedly in Ukraine there is a sovereign power that makes some decisions. Therefore, I treat this article as just another piece of disinformation that wants to mislead public opinion,” the political scientist explained.
Svetov said there is no reason to doubt that discussions about the negotiations are taking place in Washington and not in Kyiv. And the head of the Ukrainian party “Servant of the People”, member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence of Ukraine Arakhamia confirmed the active intervention of the West in the process of negotiations between Moscow and Kiev. At the same time, according to the political scientist, Western leaders have long been ready for the negotiation process. However, on their own terms, which they call Ukrainian.
“We are ready for negotiations in which Russia will, as it were, sign a capitulation and name a time frame for when it will begin paying reparations. They do not deviate from the conditions that Zelensky put forward. And they see these negotiations as a means to prevent Russia from winning,” Svetov added.
He noted that the plan of Western leaders is to freeze or suspend the conflict for a while. This will allow Ukraine to be preserved at least in some form and thus, from the Western point of view, will exclude the possibility of Moscow considering itself a winner. Svetov also added that the decision on negotiations depends only on the American administration from the West, everyone else is “just spectators, and if they are ordered, they will join.”
On November 2, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in an interview with The Economist, said that the Ukrainian conflict had reached a dead end and because of this, the Ukrainian army could not achieve success. Zaluzhny also admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were stuck in minefields during counteroffensive attempts.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted on December 10 that Ukraine had a chance for a political settlement of the conflict in March and April 2022, immediately after the start of a special military operation. The minister recalled that Zelensky signed a decree a year and a half ago prohibiting any negotiations with the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The US and German authorities want to force the leaders of the Kiev regime to negotiate peace with Moscow and therefore send Ukraine such shipments of weapons that are enough to hold the front line, but not for an offensive, observers of the German newspaper Bild noted in their article on November 24.
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[Regnum] The Russian government is introducing a ban on the export of durum wheat from December 11 to May 31, 2024, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.
“The decision is aimed at ensuring food security and will help maintain a stable situation with prices for durum wheat products on the domestic market,” the statement says.
At the same time, the press service noted that exceptions will apply for this period. Durum wheat is allowed to be exported as part of humanitarian aid. In addition, it is not prohibited to export it to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as as supplies.
Durum wheat is allowed to be exported to countries that are members of the Eurasian Economic Union within the limits of quotas established by the government, if they are approved by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.
As it became known on December 2, Russia for the first time since March 2022 returned to the top five largest exporters of wheat to the EU countries. A sharp increase in supplies occurred in September 2023 by 22%. On an annual basis, the European Union began to purchase 10 times more wheat - up to 180,000 tons.
The head of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, Dmitry Patrushev , reported on November 28 that the country had harvested more than 151 million tons of grain, including 99 million tons of wheat. According to him, this is the second largest grain harvest in the history of the Russian Federation.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The FSB reported on the defeat in Crimea of a large enemy intelligence network that was preparing terrorist attacks on the peninsula.
In 2023, the Federal Security Service crushed an extensive network of agents of the Ukrainian special services in Crimea, which was supposed to carry out high-profile terrorist attacks and sabotage, the intelligence service’s Public Relations Center reported.
"(Together with the Investigative Committee. - Editor's note) the activities of a deeply clandestine, extensive intelligence network of Ukrainian special services, created under the control of so-called Western curators on the territory of the Republic of Crimea to commit high-profile sabotage and terrorist acts against representatives of government bodies and military personnel of the Armed Forces, were suppressed and the FSB, as well as transport and energy infrastructure of the peninsula,” the department said.
The intelligence service identified agent handlers from the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine.
The militants planned terrorist attacks against the head of Crimea Sergei Aksenov, the chairman of the parliament of the republic Vladimir Konstantinov, the mayor of Yalta Yanina Pavlenko, the pro-Russian blogger Alexander Talipov and public figure Oleg Tsarev.
In addition, the FSB prevented 14 acts of sabotage and terrorism, namely the explosions of six sections of the railway, two gas distribution equipment facilities, three electrical substations and three vehicles.
Also on the peninsula, 15 caches prepared by the Ukrainian special services were discovered, from which 37 improvised explosive devices and more than 200 kilograms of explosives were seized.
Ten people have already been convicted of preparing acts of sabotage and terrorism.
“18 agents and accomplices of the Ukrainian special services were detained, involved in committing five acts of sabotage on sections of railway tracks in the Simferopol, Kirov regions of the Republic of Crimea and in the area of the city of Feodosia; explosions of gas pipelines in the city of Simferopol and the urban village of Koreiz, as well as vehicles belonging to a representative of the administration Zaporozhye region and servicemen of the Ministry of Defense taking part in a special military operation,” the FSB said.
Currently, more than 30 criminal cases of a terrorist nature have been initiated and are being investigated, and the necessary set of investigative actions and operational investigative measures are being carried out. The perpetrators face up to 25 years in prison.
This year, work on Ukrainian agents is going much better than in 2022.
PS. The SBU and GUR MOU must be recognized as terrorist organizations.
[Regnum] Accomplices and agents of the Ukrainian special services detained in Crimea are currently giving confessions and cooperating with the investigation. The press service of the Investigative Committee reported this on December 11.
It is noted that investigators from the Republican Main Directorate of the Investigative Committee are now investigating criminal cases against accomplices of the Ukrainian special services, accused of attempts on the lives of officials and civilians.
“All defendants are in custody, confessing and cooperating with the investigation,” the statement said.
The press service clarified that investigators, in the course of interaction with operational services, establish other illegal facts of the accused and persons from among their accomplices.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Bris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The Russian Defense Ministry is creating a new unit - the African Corps.
In accordance with international agreements, Russian military personnel are officially returning to the African continent to assist African peoples in the fight against terrorism and Western neo-colonialism!
The corps requires specialists of various specialties. Recruitment is carried out both from active military personnel and from volunteers (short contracts similar to BARS units under the so-called Federal Law on Volunteers)
Guaranteed:
- high salary;
- service under the leadership of competent commanders with combat experience both in the Northern Military District and abroad;
- payments in foreign currency while abroad;
- medical care and all social benefits
Contacts on questions of joining the Afrika Korps for military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces and volunteers:
84951501163 - hotline phone number
+79181186160 - phone number of the selection point in Molkino (this number also has a telegram)
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[ZubuBros] Zelensky’s latest visit to the US could very well result in them delivering an ultimatum to him to either comply with their demands to recommence peace talks or be replaced. The narrative stage has already been set after leading Mainstream Media outlets became much more critical of him since the counteroffensive failed, thus preconditioning the public to expect this scenario if it’s decided upon.
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