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[Korrespodent] 23:24 Zelensky said in an evening video message that as of this evening there is a power outage in most regions of Ukraine. It is especially difficult in the Kiev region and in the capital, in the Lviv region, in Odessa and the region, Kherson and the region, in the Vinnitsa and Transcarpathian regions. "But this cannot be compared with what it could have been if it were not for our heroic anti-aircraft gunners and air defense ... There are two days left of this year. Perhaps the enemy will try again to make sure that we celebrate the New Year in the dark," he added the president.
According to him, the situation on the front line has not changed significantly in a day: "The most acute of all is Bakhmut, Soledar, the entire line in the Donetsk region. The enemy has not abandoned the crazy idea to capture the Donetsk region ... Now they set themselves the task - before the New Year."
21:31 Russia's next missile strike may be more massive than today, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Russia is restoring its aircraft fleet. The Russians have produced 13 aircraft with eight suspensions each. The question is how many are ready at the present time to spend the same cruise missiles. They have enough carriers. "
20:52 Danilov said in an interview with the Kyiv Post that the Ukrainian army can enter Russia if necessary: "If it is necessary to be where we deem necessary to protect our country, we will be there. And we will not ask anyone And all this talk that there is no need to annoy someone there is nonsense.”
20:04 After the tenth massive missile attack, the energy system is being restored as planned, the enemy failed to "extinguish" the Ukrainian energy system, said Volodymyr Kudrytsky, Chairman of the Board of NEC Ukrenergo. According to him, at present, a significant part of the generating capacity in the system has been restored, but there is significant damage to the network and some power plants. Due to significant network damage, it is difficult for power engineers to deliver electricity to Kharkov, Kyiv, Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson, Lvov regions.
19:59 In response to the "protest" of the Belarusian side in connection with the violation of the airspace of Belarus by the S-300 anti-aircraft missile allegedly fired from the territory of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that the Ukrainian side is aware of the Kremlin's "desperate and persistent" aspirations to draw Belarus into its aggressive war against Ukraine. In this regard, the Ukrainian side does not rule out a deliberate provocation by the Russian Federation, which has laid such a route for its cruise missiles in order to provoke their interception in the airspace over the territory of Belarus.
At the same time, the statement says that the Ukrainian side is ready to conduct an objective investigation of the incident in Ukraine and is ready to invite authoritative experts from among the states that are not associated with Russia's support in any form.
19:50 Dnipro returned to stabilization schedules of power outages, DTEK reported.
19:11 As a result of explosions at the Russian Engels airfield on December 26, not only vehicles and personnel, but also aircraft were damaged, Andriy Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said: “We know for sure about the damage to aircraft, vehicles and personnel. more than the three dead, as the Russians first claimed." He noted that Russia's military infrastructure continues to degrade, so similar incidents are possible in the future.
19:06 Japan will send another $500 million to Ukraine in addition to the $1.1 billion already provided, said Japanese Ambassador Kuninori Matsuda. Tokyo is also considering other support packages, he said.
19:00 Firefighting and repair work on the energy infrastructure continues after today's shelling, Yasno CEO Sergei Kovalenko said. According to him, in Kyiv, the current level of electricity availability is "quite high", and there is "a high probability that one of these days we will return to the pre-shelling level."
18:51 The enemy is concentrating its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Zaporozhye and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky and Avdeevsky directions. On Kupyansky and Novopavlovsky - it is actively defending. In the Kherson direction, it is regrouping troops to other directions, is being reinforced by units of territorial troops, and is conducting positional defense, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an evening summary.
In Donetsk, the invaders are taking out medical equipment and medical workers from the Kalinin Donetsk Regional Clinical Hospital to Mariupol. In Belovodsk, Starobelsky district, Luhansk region, more than 100 wounded representatives of Wagner PMC continue to be treated. In addition, about 120 wounded invaders are being treated in the city of Tokmak on the territory of the so-called "military hospital".
18:26 The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador because of the announcement of the wanted list of Bellingcat journalist Hristo Grozev. "This act is unacceptable. It is an attack on freedom of speech and an attempt to intimidate a Bulgarian citizen," Acting Prime Minister Gilib Donev said.
18:17 Putin signed the law on the suspension of judicial and enforcement proceedings against volunteers and mobilized (except for alimony).
17:33 In the de-occupied territories of Donetsk, Nikolaev, Kherson and Kharkiv regions, law enforcement officers have already found 1116 bodies of dead civilians, including 31 children, the National Police reported.
17:30 Head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk predicts even more “bavovna” and special operations in 2023: “I can predict three things next year: even more “bavovna” and new special operations of the SBU, further purge of the fifth column and lovers of the “Russian world” inside Ukraine , and most importantly - the new legendary victories of the Ukrainian defenders".
17:24 Putin signed a decree on payments of 3 million rubles to civilians seconded to the "new regions" in case of their injury and 5 million to their families in case of death. He also, by his decree, freed the security officials participating in the "SVO" and seconded to the "new regions" from the need to provide information on income.
17:11 The Belarusian Foreign Ministry announced that it had called the Ukrainian ambassador after the fall of an allegedly Ukrainian rocket on Belarusian territory, he was protested. Minsk also demanded that Kyiv investigate this incident, bring the "guilty" to justice and take measures to prevent such situations from happening again, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said.
16:37 Russia has already decided to start the next wave of mobilization from January 5, Budanov said in an interview with the BBC. According to him, the Russians are experiencing huge problems with the acquisition of already existing units due to losses in combat operations. When forming new units, they lack manpower, so it was decided to start a new wave of mobilization. “Whether they announce it on January 5 or 9, in principle, it will not change anything. They will have to start a new wave of mobilization. This is also considering the fact that the mobilization that they allegedly completed has not disappeared. As of now, people are being mobilized at full speed for the war," the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate added.
16:09 In Ukraine, during the morning attack, Russian missiles hit ten regions, as a result of the shelling, 28 different objects were damaged, of which 18 were private residential buildings, the rest were critical infrastructure facilities. Five people were injured, including one child, said the press officer of the State Emergency Service Alexander Khorunzhiy.
16:03 The Russians today launched four missile attacks on Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, said the head of the OVA, Pavel Kirilenko. Two rockets hit the boarding school, where the IDPs accommodation center is located, one person was injured there. There were 42 people in the building at the time of the impact.
16:00 In the Kharkiv region, the number of deaths after today's missile attack has increased to two: one of the wounded died in an ambulance, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
15:37 The UK will allocate 2.3 billion pounds to help Ukraine in 2023, said Defense Minister Ben Wallace.
15:26 At Bakhmut, Ukrainian troops daily hold back up to 20 Russian attacks, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, since December 23, there have been 259 clashes with the enemy, the invaders fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine more than 4,000 times. In the Bakhmut direction, they concentrated significant artillery forces and a large amount of ammunition. Therefore, the intensity of the fire in the Kherson and Zaporozhye directions has decreased.
According to the General Staff, more than 40% of enemy artillery shelling along the line of confrontation from Kupyansk to Marinka falls precisely on the Bakhmut direction.
15:20 Italy is ready to act as a guarantor of a peace agreement in Ukraine, Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said: “That is why I plan to go to Kiev before the end of February. Because I believe that on February 24, a year after the start of the war in Ukraine, the initiative can be taken I am talking about this with Ukrainian President Zelensky." Meloni also said that "until the conditions for peace are ripe, we must continue to support Ukraine."
15:17 In the Kharkiv region, as a result of rocket attacks on critical infrastructure, one person was killed, two more were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
14:48 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus stated that today at about 10:00 an air target was hit by air defense forces: "During the verification activities, it was preliminary established that the wreckage belonged to an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile fired from the territory of Ukraine."
14:45 Putin signed a law on fines of up to 5 million rubles or punishment in the form of up to five years in prison for desecration of St. George ribbons.
14:43 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced a new missile attack on an infrastructure facility in the Industrial District of the city.
14:40 Speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat said that today's 54 out of 69 missiles shot down are cruise missiles that Ukrainian air defense forces can shoot down. And such missiles as Kh-22, Kh-31 or S-300 cannot be shot down by Ukraine. "As for the released Kalibr and Kh-101 missiles, the percentage there will be above 80," he added.
14:28 All that is known about today's missile attack is in the article What the Russians damaged in Ukraine .
14:21 Russians fired at one of DTEK's TPPs today, the company said. This object has already been shelled several times. As a result of the impact, the equipment of the station was significantly damaged, one of the workers was slightly injured. This is the 22nd terrorist attack by Russia on DTEK's energy facilities.
14:15 The Saratov governor specified that a drone was allegedly shot down in the Engels district, the fence of the house, the car and the garage were damaged, no one was injured.
13:48 The Ministry of Defense has completely closed the supply of winter uniforms to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Anna Malyar, deputy head of the department. Moreover, according to her, a significant reserve has been formed for the winter uniform: hundreds of thousands of sets of clothes and shoes. In addition, next year the Defense Forces enter with a reserve of about 200,000 body armor and more than 120,000 helmets.
13:33 Missile parts were found in the Brest region today. According to the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun with reference to local public, in the morning, near the village of Gorbakha, in a field in the Ivanovo district, local residents found a rocket. Whether she was shot down or fell herself is still unknown. Judging by the published images, these are parts of a missile from the S-300 air defense system.
13:25 On the territory of Belarus, as well as the Bryansk and Kursk regions of Russia, there are now only 22,000 Russian troops near the Ukrainian border, which is half as many as it was before the full-scale invasion on February 24 and the attack on Kiev, said Aleksey Gromov, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
According to him, the situation along the state border of Ukraine with the Republic of Belarus remains controlled and stable. The enemy continues to improve its level of training, conducting training at Belarusian training grounds, where at present there are up to 11 thousand personnel and more than 400 units of military equipment of the occupying country.
Gromov added that Russia, as of December 29, removed from Belarusian territory all stocks of ammunition for artillery systems and multiple launch rocket systems, which were created in the interests of the Russian Federation on the eve of the attack on Ukraine. According to him, Minsk has limited opportunities to provide ammunition for an offensive group of troops from its territory. At the same time, Gromov added that the prospects for involving the Belarusian Armed Forces in the war in Ukraine directly depend on the ability of the Russian Armed Forces to advance in the Donetsk direction, as well as on the activity of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Meanwhile, Russia is expanding its control over Belarus' military airfields. In particular, additional work is underway to equip the airfields of Machulishchi, Baranovichi, Luninets and nearby infrastructure. Machulishchi is planned to be turned into a key logistics hub for the needs of the RF Armed Forces, Gromov said.
13:17 The Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced 2.5 km towards Kremennaya during the week, Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff, said. He also said that information is circulating among the officers of the headquarters of the 2nd Army Corps of the Russian Federation about the gradual preparation of defensive structures around Lugansk. At the same time, it is noted that in the event that the Armed Forces of Ukraine break through the defensive redoubts of the Russians on the Svatovo-Kremennaya line and, accordingly, the transfer of hostilities closer to Luhansk, a significant part of the military of this army corps plans to surrender.
13:13 The SBU conducts searches at seven facilities of the UOC (MP) in the Khmelnytsky region.
12:49 The Command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine clarified that Russia attacked Ukraine with Kh-101 / Kh-555 air-launched cruise missiles from Tu-95ms strategic bombers from Volgodonsk, Rostov region and the northern region of the Caspian Sea, as well as Caliber cruise missiles from ships in the Black Sea .
In addition, up to six launches of Kh-22 and Kh-32 cruise missiles were carried out from Tu-22M3 long-range bombers, two launches of Kh-31P anti-radar missiles. The invaders also used S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles at the infrastructure facilities of the front-line cities. According to preliminary data, in total, the Russian troops used 69 missiles, of which 54 were destroyed.
12:30 In the Kiev region, air defense forces repelled all missile strikes. The enemy was aiming at critical infrastructure, said OVA head Aleksey Kuleba. As a result of the attack, ten private houses in the Buchansky district were damaged, one in the Vyshgorodsky district. Also in the Fastovsky district, a medical facility was damaged by debris. There are about 180,000 subscribers in the region without power supply, according to the decision of Ukrenergo, emergency shutdowns are in effect.
12:26 SBU handed a suspicion to the mayor of Poltava Alexander Mamay under Art. 114-2 of the Criminal Code - unauthorized dissemination of information about the movement of weapons, weapons and ammunition to Ukraine or the deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, committed under martial law, the UP reported, citing law enforcement sources.
Mamai is known for his statements in the spirit of Russian propaganda. In particular, a year ago he stated that the United States and Russia were fighting on the territory of Ukraine, and called the Russian-Ukrainian war fratricidal.
12:20 In the Lviv region, emergency power outages were applied due to damage to the energy infrastructure, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky. As of 11:40 am, there are more than 470,000 subscribers in the region without power supply. The most difficult situation is with the restoration of power supply in Lviv and the surrounding settlements.
12:16 In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, a Russian missile hit one of the energy facilities, resulting in a fire on a total area of 50 square meters. m. As of 11:25 a.m. the fire was localized, there were no victims or casualties. Another rocket damaged a private house on the territory of the Tlumach territorial community, but did not explode. At the time of the rocket hit, there were no people in the house, there were no casualties. Also, a fall of missiles was recorded in the region, the neutralization of which will occur later, said the head of the OVA, Svetlana Onischuk.
12:08 Russia today fired 69 missiles on the territory of Ukraine, 54 of them were destroyed , Zaluzhny said. The enemy launched air and sea-based cruise missiles, anti-aircraft guided missiles to the S-300 air defense system at energy infrastructure facilities.
11:47 As a result of a massive missile attack on Ukraine, there are damages to generating facilities and power grids. As of 11:00 am, the situation is difficult in the west of the country, in the Odessa and Kiev regions. Emergency blackouts will be applied, Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko said.
11:39 Governor of the Saratov region of the Russian Federation Roman Busargin said that an "unidentified object" was allegedly destroyed in Engels by air defense forces.
11:37 In Kherson, the Russians fired at the Regional Cardiological Dispensary, two people were injured, the President's Office reported.
11:24 Klitschko said that 40% of consumers in the capital were left without electricity after the missile attack due to the necessary security measures taken by power engineers during the air raid. Now power engineers are working on the resumption of electricity supply.
11:19 Russian channels Baza and Mash write about the work of air defense in the area of the air base in Engels.
10:51 According to updated data, all 16 missiles were destroyed over Kiev, Klitschko said. In the capital, the end of the alarm.
10:49 The fighting in Ukraine has reached a stalemate, as neither Ukraine nor Russia can achieve significant success, Budanov said in an interview with the BBC: "The situation just hung. It does not move. We cannot defeat them in all directions in a comprehensive manner. Also "as they are us. We are very much looking forward to new arms deliveries and the arrival of more advanced weapons."
The head of the GUR also noted that today he sees no signs of preparations for an invasion of Kyiv or the northern regions from Belarus.
10:38 According to preliminary information from the air defense forces, 15 missiles were destroyed over Kiev, Klitschko said.
10:35 According to the ASTRA publication, in the Bryansk region, drones destroyed the S-300 launcher in the Unechsky district.
10:16 21 missiles have already been shot down over the Odessa region, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko. The fragments of one of the rockets fell on a residential building, people were not injured. As a result of the hits, the energy infrastructure was damaged, so emergency power outages occur in the region.
10:12 There are already three victims in Kiev, among them a 14-year-old child, all of them are hospitalized, Klitschko said.
10:09 In the Lviv region, it was possible to shoot down part of the missiles, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
10:07 Russians besides rockets launched kamikaze drones from the north, the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim reported.
10:01 In Kiev, two people were rescued from a damaged private house, they were hospitalized. Search and rescue work continues. Also, on one of the central streets, fragments of a rocket damaged a car, Klitschko said.
09:57 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, announced four missile strikes, probably S-300, on critical infrastructure in the Nemyshlyansky and Osnovyansky districts of Kharkov. Information about the destruction and casualties is being specified.
09:53 Lviv is 90% de-energized, water supply disruptions are possible in the city, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said. Critical infrastructure moves to generators.
09:51 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, nine were injured, among them a ten-year-old child, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
09:49 The authorities of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation reported on the work of air defense in the Klintsovsky district, drones were allegedly shot down, there were no casualties.
09:47 In the village of Stepnoe, Odessa region, fragments of a cruise missile fell on a residential building, the consequences are being specified, the President's Office reported.
09:43 Air defense works in Kiev, fragments of downed missiles damaged two private houses in the Darnitsky district, as well as an industrial enterprise in the Goloseevsky district and a playground in the Pechersky district. Information about the victims is being specified, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
09:40 There are now 120 missiles over Ukraine, Podolyak said: “Over the whole of Ukraine, there are more than 120 missiles fired by the “evil Russian world” to destroy critical infrastructure and massively kill civilians ... We are waiting for the next proposals from the “peacekeepers” on a “peaceful settlement” , "security guarantees for Russia" and the undesirability of provocations.
09:37 The court sentenced personal informant Igor Girkin-Strelkov to ten years in prison. According to the SBU, he was detained as a result of a special operation in front-line areas in May this year. It was on behalf of Girkin that he tried to identify the locations and routes of movement of Ukrainian troops in the Slavyansk region. He also handed over to the enemy the location of local government institutions and critical infrastructure facilities.
09:30 KGVA reports on the work of air defense in the capital - fragments of a downed rocket damaged a private building in the Darnitsky district and a car parked nearby.
09:28 Air defense works in the Lviv region, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
09:21 Klitschko confirmed several explosions in the capital. According to him, there may be power outages in Kyiv. He urged to charge phones and other devices, to make a supply of water.
09:14 Emergency blackouts have been applied in Sumy, Zhytomyr, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regions to avoid significant damage if the enemy manages to hit power facilities, DTEK said.
09:05 The command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that after a night attack by kamikaze drones, the enemy is attacking Ukraine from different directions with air and sea-based cruise missiles from strategic aircraft and ships. In addition, there is a high activity of enemy tactical aviation. The work of air defense is possible throughout the state.
09:01 The head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog, Alexander Vilkul, announced the launch of missiles from ships and aircraft from the Black Sea.
08:53 Lavrov said that Russia would not talk to anyone on the basis of the peace formula proposed by Zelensky. According to him, "it is obvious that Kyiv itself is not ready for dialogue." Lavrov also called Zelensky's intention to achieve the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Donbass and Crimea and the payment of reparations an "illusion”.
08:49 An air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine, they report missile launches. They also report the sounds of explosions in the Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Odessa, Sumy regions, air defense is working.
08:41 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy as of the morning of December 29th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Liman and Bakhmut directions.
- personnel - about 104,560 (+790) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3018 (+1),
- armored combat vehicles - 6047 (+10),
- artillery systems - 2004 (+5),
- MLRS - 423 (+5),
- air defense systems - 212 (+0),
- aircraft - 283 (+0),
- helicopters - 268 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1717 (+10),
- cruise missiles - 653 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4675 (+15),
- special equipment - 179 (+0).
08:34 The enemy is conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions, trying to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . The units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Andreevka, Ploshchanka and Chervonopopovka of the Luhansk region and Belogorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Podgorodnoye, Bakhmut, Kleschievka, Kurdyumovka, Avdeevka, Krasnogorovka, Maryinka and Pobeda of the Donetsk region.
08:11 At night, the Russians attacked the energy infrastructure of Kharkov, using 13 Iranian Shahed-136 UAVs for this. Of these, 11 drones of the Ukrainian Defense Forces unit were shot down, the General Staff said.
07:48 The enemy put surface and underwater missile carriers on combat duty in the Black Sea, 20 Calibers are ready for launch. The activity of strategic aviation was also recorded, OK Pivden reported.
07:25 The Russians attacked the Dnepropetrovsk region at night with kamikaze drones and heavy artillery. The air defense forces shot down all five "Shaheds" fired by the enemy, said the head of the UVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
05:56 The US authorities have made large-scale efforts to deprive Iran of the ability to produce and supply drones to Russia, the NYT writes, citing its sources. According to the publication, the White House stepped up work on Iranian drones after they found technology from Western countries, including American ones, in the drones.
The NYT notes that the Americans are already providing the Ukrainian military with information about the locations where the Russians are preparing Iranian kamikaze drones for launch. US companies also donated devices to Ukraine that can detect enemy drones over long distances. Such anti-drone capabilities have also been included in US military aid packages.
04:44 In Odessa, the dismantling of monuments to the Russian Empress Catherine II and the commander Alexander Suvorov was completed, photos and videos are published on social networks .
00:48 France will provide Ukraine with new systems to protect the sky from Russian strikes, Reznikov said after a meeting in Kiev with his French counterpart Sebastian Lecornu. In turn, Lecornu said that a fund had been created in France through which they would receive orders from Ukraine for the military-industrial complex.
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