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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief December 16th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 21:15 Today's attacks on the energy system of Ukrainecan become fatal. Experts talk about the accumulated effect, after which the irreversible process of destruction of the system begins.

It is not known whether it is possible and how to quickly provide energy to individual regions or cities, but judging by the fact that the Soviet government carried out the “electrification of the entire country” precisely in the format of a huge system, this is hardly possible.

By the New Year, Ukrainian cities may become completely uninhabitable. This means that their industrial and transport potential will be destroyed.

20:10 APU lose equipment in the Luhansk region

The surroundings of the Novoselovskoye settlement are literally littered with abandoned armored vehicles, the crew of which “departed”.

18:37 Calculations of 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, ensuring the offensive of Russian troops, amaze all types of fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, armored vehicles and accumulations of enemy manpower. After completing the combat mission, the self-propelled gun crews move to other firing positions and continue to deliver accurate artillery strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Reconnaissance of targets, adjustment of fire and control of the destruction of objects is carried out by the crews of unmanned aerial vehicles.

17:36 RF Armed Forceshave takencaptured a whole squad of Ukrainian militants near Artemivsk

16:45 Kharkiv and the region are completely de-energized, almost 1.3 million subscribers were left without electricity, authorities say

15:39 The Kiev metro cannot yet resume work due to a lack of electricity, the Ukrainian edition of UNIAN reported.

According to Viktor Vygovsky, chief engineer of the Kyiv metro, there is no electricity in some of the power supply centers of the distribution company. On December 16, the metro will no longer restore its work, the Ukrainian edition of Strana reported.

15:39 Today there was a loss of more than 50% of the consumption of the unified energy system of Ukraine - Ukrenergo

14:23 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, 2,673 unmanned aerial vehicles, 396 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,134 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,689 field artillery pieces and mortars have been destroyed , as well as 7,625 units of special military vehicles.

Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

13:36 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

◾️The Russian Armed Forces launched preemptive strikes in the Yuzhno-Donets direction and stopped attempts to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to 50 Ukrainian military were destroyed;

◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Ukrainian radar station of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the DPR;

◾️The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, up to 20 Ukrainian military were destroyed;

◾️The RF Armed Forces repulsed three counterattacks and pushed the Armed Forces back to their original positions in the Donetsk direction;

◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novomayorskoye and Shevchenko in the DPR;

◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed three sabotage and reconnaissance groups and more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers in the Krasnoliman direction;

◾️During the day, Russian air defense systems destroyed four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as two shells of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system;

◾️The Russian Armed Forces hit three command posts of the Ukrainian troops near Berislav and Gulyaipole.


12:34 In Ukraine, during the morning missile attack, energy facilities in the east and south of the country were damaged, said the head of the Ministry of Energy German Galushchenko.

12:31 Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov urged residents to stock up on drinking water

11:27 Subway and electric transport in Ukrainian Dnepropetrovsk completely stopped, according to the Ukrainian newspaper "Country".

“The metro and all electric transport in the Dnieper stopped,” the newspaper said in a telegram channel.

11:24 Explosions are heard in the Ternopil region of Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian edition "Country.ua".

“They write about explosions in the Ternopil region,” the publication said in its Telegram channel.

10:46 Explosions thundered in the Nikolaev, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv regions after the announcement of an air raid alert - Ukrainian media.

10:46 Kharkiv and Poltava are de-energized

Earlier, the head of the Nikolaev OVA, Kim, said that about 60 missiles had been launched in Ukraine.

10:45 A number of sections of the railway in Kharkiv, Kirovograd and Dnipropetrovsk regions are de-energized

10:43 Arrival in Chuguevsky district of Kharkiv region

10:43 At least three explosions sounded in the city of Zaporozhye, which is under the control of Kyiv - Vladimir Rogov

10:42 Explosions in Vinnitsa.

10:40 Kharkov is completely de-energized - Kharkovoblenergo.

09:25 Gauleiter of the Zhytomyr region announced the threat of a massive missile attack.

09:09 An air alert has been declared throughout eastern Ukraine.

Sirens sound including in Kharkov, Dnipropetrvosk, Chernigov, Poltava and many other cities.

08:44 Hurricane calculations received well-deserved awards at the forefront. The awarding took place near the line of contact. Artillerymen were awarded Zhukov medals.

08:21 An air alert was announced in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions of Ukraine, as well as in the part of the Kherson region controlled by Kyiv, according to the data of the corresponding online map of the Ministry of Digital Development.

08:10 "Our tank almost got hit by an anti-tank missile during the fighting on the line of contact - saved the tree."

Unique personnel The correspondent of Zvezda managed to shoot from the turret of the tank.

The crew of this tank successfully suppressed several firing points of the nationalists and disabled Ukrainian armored vehicles.


Posted by: badanov 2022-12-17
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