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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 16th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] 22:16 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ordered an audit that will assess the impact of British military assistance on the course of the war in Ukraine, BBC reports, citing a high-ranking source. The audit assumes that the government, based on the data available to Sunak, will prepare a report assessing how events in the war in Ukraine are developing and how important London's military assistance to Kyiv is. At the same time, the British government believes that such a cautious approach of the prime minister could prevent an increase in military assistance to Ukraine at a decisive moment on the battlefield.  21:04 Stoltenberg said that Putin is preparing for a long war and new offensives, so partners should continue to send weapons to Ukraine until the Russian president realizes that he cannot win on the battlefield. 21:00 15 Ukrainian sappers will learn mine clearance in Cambodia, the country's Foreign Ministry said. During the EU-ASEAN summit, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced that training would take place in January in Phnom Penh and then in April 2023 in Poland. Hun Sen stressed that his country supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine and all UN standards. 20:56 The new EU sanctions list includes Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, a number of ministers, judges of the Constitutional Court, governors of some regions, two daughters of Kadyrov. Also under the sanctions were Nikita Mikhalkov, Grigory Leps, Boris Korchevnikov, Dmitry Puchkov. In addition, the European Union imposed sanctions against all Russian parliamentary parties, against the Russian armed forces, the Navy, the Aerospace Forces, and the Ground Forces. 20:39 Zelensky said in an evening video message that emergency power outages were applied throughout the country today, in most cities and regions. In Kyiv and 14 regions, water supply also stopped as a result of power cuts. "No matter what the rocket worshipers from Moscow are counting on, it still will not change the balance of power in this war. They still have enough missiles for several such massive strikes. We have enough purposefulness and faith in ourselves to return our own after these strikes," the President emphasized. 19:51 The EU has officially published a new package of sanctions against Russia, it has entered into force. 19:46 Ukrenergo announced that the emergency situation in the energy system has been cancelled. 19:33 Defense Ministers of Belarus and Russia Khrenin and Shoigu will attend the meeting between Putin and Lukashenko on December 19. The talks will deal with "issues of security of the Union State," said Valery Revenko, head of the Department of International Military Cooperation of the Republic of Belarus. 19:04 In the Kharkiv region, power supply has been restored by 85%, in the regional center - by 55%, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. Power is expected to be fully restored by midnight. In Kyiv, electricity and water supply should be fully restored approximately by tomorrow morning, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said. 19:00 The Croatian Parliament rejected the proposal to join the EU mission for the training of the Ukrainian military (EUMAM). 18:42 As a result of today's massive attack on Ukraine, at least two people were killed and 20 more were injured. For more details, see the material Russian missile attack . 18:38 The Russians are strengthening the line of defense on the border of the Kherson region and Crimea, strengthening the defense and security of water supply facilities on the occupied peninsula - in particular, the North Crimean Canal. For this, additional units mobilized from the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation were sent, the General Staff said in an evening summary. 18:16 Journalists from The New York Times studied the correspondence of employees of the Russian state television and radio company VGTRK, leaked to the network. It turned out that employees of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company broadcast video recordings and other information on TV channels, which were transmitted to them by representatives of the FSB and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. For more details, see How Rospropaganda Works . 18:13 As a result of a missile attack on Krivoy Rog, three people have already died - a 64-year-old woman and a young couple. Their little son still remains under the rubble of the house. Another 13 people were wounded, including four children, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. 17:50 Ukraine does not have means capable of hitting air targets such as the Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "They could be shot down if we had planes or air defense systems, who would at least drive them away from our borders, in particular the same Patriot, which we really want to get." 17:44 Greece is ready to send S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine, which are located on the island of Crete, if the United States installs the Patriot system in their place, said Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos. 17:17 The White House believes that the time has not yet come for peace talks on Ukraine, Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. 16:41 The White House said that so far it sees no signs of preparing a Russian attack on Kiev, but is monitoring the situation. The Biden administration also said that the new package of military assistance to Ukraine will include additional air defense systems. 16:28 Switzerland announced that it is joining the new EU sanctions against Russia. 15:54 Due to today's rocket attacks on Russia, DTEK's energy company has been disconnected from the energy system, the company said. This enterprise has already been repeatedly fired upon by the Russians. As a result of the attack, the equipment was seriously damaged, and there were no casualties. 15:39 Kuleba, in an interview with Obozrevatel, said that only one taboo remained on the issue of arms supplies to the West: "We still have one big topic that is still taboo - tanks. Everything else, in principle, we have already begun to receive. But we will also remove this taboo, I have no doubts about that." 15:04 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with Putin, during which he called on him "for dialogue and diplomacy" as the only way to end the conflict in Ukraine. 14:52 OMON units from St. Petersburg arrived in Mariupol and started patrolling the streets from today. The main task that sounds from within the occupation administration is in case of mass protests due to social discontent, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol. 14:50 The first batch of emergency equipment from the United States arrived in Ukraine, US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said. 14:48 As a result of today's massive missile attack on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, the northern, southern, and central regions received the most damage, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, the company clarified that the emergency situation was introduced only for electricity market participants in accordance with the requirements of the Electricity Market Rules. It concerns only market transactions. Across the territory of Ukraine there is a regime of emergency shutdowns. Given that this is the ninth wave of missile strikes against energy facilities, the restoration of electricity supply may take longer than before. Priority electricity will be supplied to critical infrastructure facilities: hospitals, water utilities, heat supply facilities, treatment facilities. 14:39 Russia is trying to disperse the attention of Ukrainian air defense by launching a launch vehicle into the sea during massive attacks, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. According to her, last night and this morning there was not a single Russian ship in the sea - they went to the base point, where they took shelter from the storm. At the same time, the ships left their home base while preparing a massive missile strike to disperse Ukrainian air defense forces. This is not the first time the enemy has used such tactics, Gumenyuk added. 14:26 In Kiev, subway trains will not run until the end of the day today, underground stations will operate in shelter mode, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Buses run in the city according to regular schemes, as well as bus routes that replace trolleybuses. Tomorrow, additional buses will also be launched in the capital, which will duplicate tram routes. In addition, the city will organize the movement of buses, which will partially duplicate the subway route schemes. 14:13 According to preliminary data, this morning, Russians fired 76 missiles at Ukraine's critical infrastructure from the Caspian and Black Seas , including 72 cruise missiles (Kh-101, Caliber, Kh-22) and four guided aircraft missiles (Kh-59/ X-31P). The anti-aircraft missile troops of the Air Force and the air defense of the Ground Forces destroyed 60 enemy missiles , Zaluzny said. 14:11 As a result of a massive missile strike in different districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, energy infrastructure facilities were damaged. There is serious damage, in the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts, three employees of electrical substations were injured, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. 14:08 In the Kiev region, as a result of a massive attack, a critical infrastructure facility and nine private houses in different areas were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Alexei Kuleba. Three people were injured, one of them in critical condition. The region is experiencing emergency power outages, hospitals and critical infrastructure are running on generators. In some communities there are interruptions in communication, water and heat supply. More than 400 invincibility points operate around the clock in the Kyiv region. 13:58 The European Commission announced that the ninth package of anti-Russian sanctions included 168 organizations associated with the Russian military-industrial complex; restrictions on the export of dual-use technologies have been expanded, including for IT, drones, and electronics; restrictions have been expanded in the mining sector, business services, including advertising, marketing research, and public opinion polls. 13:35 In Ukraine, about nine generation facilities were damaged, including stations and substations, which led to the restriction of production at nuclear generation facilities, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said. Production is planned to increase in the coming hours. 13:21 In the Kiev region, as a result of rocket attacks, critical infrastructure facilities were damaged, two employees of the enterprise were hospitalized, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. 13:17 Director of the Energy Research Center Alexander Kharchenko, in a comment to Babel, explained what the onset of an emergency in the energy sector means. According to him, due to damage to substations and generating facilities, there is no technical possibility to provide electricity to more than 50% of the country's consumers (including critical infrastructure). That is, it is impossible to generate more energy or transport it. 13:12 As a result of today's missile attack, more than 50% of the consumption of the unified energy system of Ukraine was lost, which determines the onset of the systemic accident mode. Ukrenergo, in accordance with market rules, has declared an emergency in the country's energy system. 12:48 Near Kiev, 37 out of more than 40 missiles were shot down, said the speaker of the Kiev city military administration, Mikhail Shamanov. 12:42 The number of wounded as a result of a missile attack on Krivoy Rog has increased to eight, including three children. There are two dead, rescuers continue to dismantle the rubble - there may still be people there, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, and showed a photo of the house. 12:21 Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said that as a result of the shelling, energy facilities "both in the east and in the south of the country" were damaged. 12:13 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov spoke about "colossal destruction" as a result of the morning rocket attack: "There is colossal infrastructure destruction, first of all, the energy system. Our utilities, together with power engineers, have already begun to eliminate what the enemy has done." 12:06 In Krivoy Rog, as a result of a rocket hitting a residential building, one of the five entrances was destroyed, two people were killed, six were injured, including three children. There may be two people under the rubble, one of them is a child, the President's Office said. 11:45 Due to a blackout, 17 Ukrzaliznytsia trains are already running with delays of more than 30 minutes. At the same time, UZ noted that not a single long-distance train has been canceled, reserve diesel locomotives have been put into operation and are being secured in de-energized sections. 11:26 Hungary, in the process of negotiations between EU leaders on the ninth package of sanctions against Russia, was able to achieve the exclusion of the Russian ministers of energy, sports and health from it, Radio Liberty correspondent Rikard Jozwiak said. 11:07 On the morning of December 16, the Russians fired more than 60 missiles across Ukraine, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said. According to him, Kh-555 and Kh-101 missiles were fired from Tu-95 aircraft, there are also Caliber launches from the Black Sea and S-300 missiles. According to Ignat, this time for the first time the invaders used strategic bombers from the area of the Engels airfield - directly from the place where the planes are parked. 11:02 Mayor of Zhytomyr Sergey Sukhomlin said that another wave of launches of enemy drones is expected today. He also reported on the strike on Korosten. 10:59 Kremenchuk, Poltava region, was left without heat and electricity as a result of a missile strike, Mayor Vitaly Maletsky said. 10:53 In Krivoy Rog, a rocket hit a residential building, the entrance was destroyed. Two people were killed, at least five were injured, including two children, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. 10:51 As a result of missile strikes on certain territories of Ukraine, the Kirovohrad region is completely de-energized, said the head of the OVA Andriy Raykovich. 10:47 In connection with missile attacks on energy facilities in several regions of Ukraine, emergency power outages are introduced throughout the country, the President's Office reported. 10:38 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 16th.
10:32 Emergency blackouts are introduced in Kiev due to a missile attack, DTEK reported. 10:19 In Belarus, the A-50U aircraft was lifted into the air to detect and target targets and a fighter, the monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reports. 10:16 In Kiev, metro traffic has been temporarily stopped on all branches, underground stations are working as a shelter, Klitschko said. Due to damage to the energy infrastructure in all districts of the capital there are interruptions in water supply. 10:14 Due to damage to the energy infrastructure, a number of railway sections in Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions are de-energized, passenger electric trains in these regions will follow backup diesel locomotives, Ukrzaliznytsia reported. 10:12 The purpose of today's attack was the heat supply system of the largest cities of Ukraine, said Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 10:11 In Krivoy Rog, a Russian missile hit a residential building, there may be people under the rubble, the President's Office reported. 10:08 About 12 rocket strikes have already been inflicted on Zaporozhye, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council. 09:50 Kharkiv is de-energized, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. The whole of Poltava was also left without electricity, said the mayor of the city Alexander Mamai. 09:46 Klitschko announced two more explosions in Kiev - in the Dnieper and Goloseevsky districts. 09:28 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, announced a hit in critical infrastructure facilities in the Chuguevsky district, previously - no casualties. Power outages are possible. 09:24 Klitschko announced explosions in the Desnyansky district of the capital. 09:20 The Russians launched three attacks on the critical infrastructure of the Kharkiv region in the morning. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. In some areas, they report on the work of air defense, in particular, in Kyiv and Poltava. The head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog Oleksandr Vilkul also announced the missile strikes. 09:17 Over the past day, Russians fired at the territory of the Kherson region 30 times - four people were killed, nine were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said. 09:11 The authorities of a number of regions of Ukraine reported that they were turning off electricity in anticipation of a massive missile strike - this would help to avoid serious damage in the event of a strike on infrastructure facilities. 09:07 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) does not exclude that a new Russian offensive may begin in January or February. Moreover, an attack from the territory of Belarus "is not inevitable," analysts say. At the same time, they doubt the capture of Kyiv, but note that the goals of the Russian Federation in Ukraine have not changed and remain maximalist. 08:53 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe, Stelmakhivka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopovka and Belogorivka of the Luhansk region and Grigorovka, Vyemka, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Bakhmutskoe, Bakhmut, Kleshchivka, Andreevka, Kurdyumovka, Ozaryanovka, Druzhba , Alexandropol, Novobakhmutovka, Nevelskoe, Maryinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report . 08:47 Putin is expected in Minsk on December 19, negotiations with Lukashenka are planned. On the agenda - "economic cooperation and security issues, will discuss joint measures to respond to emerging challenges," Russian media reported. 08:31 An air raid alert has been declared in most regions of Ukraine, including in Kiev. Military journalist Andrei Tsaplienko reported that up to ten Tu-95 strategic bombers were in the Caspian Sea and launched missiles. The head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, warned that the first missiles are already entering, about 60 pieces are expected. 06:33 The United States sees no way to change UN rules to exclude Russia from the permanent members of the Security Council, White House Speaker Karine Jean-Pierre said: "If there was a way to exclude Russia from the UN Security Council, we would immediately begin to do so." According to her, the Biden administration does not see such an opportunity and therefore is focused on continuing efforts to isolate Russia in international organizations and to hold the Russian Federation accountable, including through sanctions. 06:28 The US Senate approved a record budget of the Pentagon in the amount of 858 billion dollars. The document provides for the allocation of an additional $800 million to Ukraine. The defense budget bill has been sent to the White House for signature. 05:46 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution of Ukraine condemning Russian repressions and human rights violations in the occupied Crimea. The document was supported by 82 countries, 80 abstained and 13 opposed. 04:47 The EU heads of state came to an agreement on building up further military support for Ukraine, as well as directing efforts to hold Russia accountable for war crimes. This is stated in the document adopted at the end of the summit. The EU also confirmed that it has finally approved the provision of 18 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine, funds will be received during 2023. Posted by: badanov 2022-12-17 |
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