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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:34 The Russian calculation of the Kornet anti-tank missile system destroyed the Ukrainian observation post in the Avdievka direction.
21:05 TG-channel "Callsign Bruce"informed about the situation in Paraskovievka
"As I am informed, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop resistance, the most difficult battles are going on. The enemy cannon and rocket artillery work especially hard on us. Obviously, this is due to the fact that a small settlement is a northern suburb of Bakhmut and is now of strategic importance in the overall defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The route to Slavyansk passes through it, which has so far been only partially cut by the fighters of the Wagner PMC. There is also a salt mine named after Volodarsky, on the territory of which until 2015 there were large weapons depots. Now Ukrainian military personnel use underground tunnels to shelter personnel and equipment, as well as covert movement between positions," the post says.
21:05 Arestovich said that those in Ukraine who consider Russian "the language of the aggressor" have all the signs of a severe mental disorder.
21:04 Explosions occurred near the city of Volchansk in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian edition of Strana reported.
20:10 RF Armed Forces lead fire on the enemy on the right bank of the Dnieper
Russian servicemen work from an anti-tank system in the building where the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine settled.
19:28 Gunners around the clock, without reducing the intensity, inflict fire damage to the enemy. Thanks to this, our infantry moves forward every day and brings Victory closer.
Volunteers and those called up as part of partial mobilization quickly mastered all the intricacies of artillery and have already joined the ranks on a par with regular military personnel.
"I came here as a volunteer after the start of the special operation. Two brothers are fighting here. Came to support! This is our land, my grandfather fought for it," shared the platoon commander with the call sign “Lawyer”.
“I believe that this is our Motherland and we must protect it! Who, if not us, will do it? - proudly said loader with the call sign "Sega".
18:18 Fighters of PMC "Wagner"continue to send home the dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Hundreds of bodies have already been prepared and stacked in coffins to be sent to the Ukrainian side.
18:17 Near Artemovsk (Bakhmut) fighters of PMC "Wagner" destroyed ideological Bandera, an active participant in the coup d'état in Ukraine in 2014, a terrorist from the Ukrainian nationalist detachment "Kraken" Vlad Andreev, writes the media.
18:17 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces destroyed positions of Ukrainian troops in the Artyomovsk direction.
17:07 Ukrainian troops outraged at the fact that the military commissars who paid the money do not go to the front, but catch youngsters, old people and disabled people all over the country
17:07 Wrong turn. VSUshniki drove over on your own anti-tank mine
15:46 Prigozhin showed the wreckage of the Su-24M of the Wagner group, whose crew died heroically in the Kleshcheevka area in the DPR.
In early December, the pilots were on a combat mission, were hit by MANPADS, and then sent their aircraft into a column of enemy armored vehicles.
15:45 AFU came under fire in Bakhmut
14:41 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed eight sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction;
◾️Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction per day amounted to 190 soldiers;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to 100 soldiers killed and wounded;
◾️The RF Armed Forces inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Ugledar and Novoselka in the DPR;
◾️Russian troops destroyed up to 65 Ukrainian soldiers, two 122mm 2S1 self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" and one 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the enemy in the Krasnolimansky direction;
◾️Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 Ukrainian drones and eight HIMARS MLRS shells in a day;
◾️The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions over the past day amounted to more than 60 servicemen;
◾️Russian troops destroyed the ammunition depot of the Terodefense Brigade in the Veterinary area in the Kharkiv region;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed the 122mm self propelled 2S1 Gvozdika and 122mm towed howizter D-30 howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction;
◾️The RF Armed Forces hit 87 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions.
13:45 Direct hit on a group of enemy soldiers
Soldiers of the 58th Specialized Special Forces of the 1st Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces are hunting for soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at night.
12:40 Another captured fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade told that he survived only because he surrendered.
"Guys, they didn’t beat me. Attitude is normal. So if you want to stay alive, please give up. Otherwise, it will be the stuffing that I saw in these trenches. Believe me, it's very scary," the captive soldier urged.
As a result, the attack of the Ukrainian troops was thwarted.
11:50 152mm gun 2A36 "Hyacinth-B" on the positions of the Ukrainians in one of the directions
11:49 The column of forced distribution of subpoenas in Ukraine continues! Yesterday's give away valentines in Dnepropetrovsk
11:56 Ukrainian troops are afraid to even raise your heads, as the Russian artillery does not sleep
10:45 Attack drone of Donetsk fighters damaged Polish "self-propelled guns" Crab
The operational-combat tactical formation "Cascade" cheers up the enemy near Bogoyavlenka. After a kamkaze drone hit the self-propelled guns, from which artillery fire was fired at the settlement, the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fled.
10:43 Ukrainian human rights activist Oleksiy Osker tells that people's deputies of Ukraine write out a bunch of allowances for themselves, among which there is even an article on "psychological assistance to victims of hostilities," but they don’t want to help ordinary citizens.
09:35 Shock UAV 1 of the Donetsk army corps.
Attack quadrocopters of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps constantly strike at the enemy without giving him a moment's rest and inflicting sensitive losses.
09:17 Personnel battle for a stronghold between Russian paratroopers and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special operation.
During the offensive operations, the soldiers of the "winged infantry," supported by artillery fire, suppressed the resistance of the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and forced the Ukrainian militants to leave their positions.
After some time, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of armored vehicles, tried to counterattack and recapture the company stronghold. Russian paratroopers timely revealed the intentions of the enemy and opened fire from anti-tank weapons, hand grenade launchers and small arms.
As a result of the fire of Russian paratroopers, the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was thwarted. During the battle, our paratroopers destroyed several armored vehicles and a large number of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:10 An air raid alert has been announced in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine and in the Kyiv-controlled part of Zaporozhye, they write in local publics.
08:15 Kupyanskoye direction. Over the past few days, the Russian Armed Forces have intensified their artillery strikes against enemy positions in the areas of settlements indicated onscheme.
There are problems with communication, electricity and water.
From the Kupyansky district they report that there is a mass distribution of subpoenas. Including people over 60 including drug addicts.
The enemy has stepped up hard counterintelligence measures. Phones, browser and messenger histories are checked.
The Russian army continues its offensive against Kupyansk.
08:05 Combat work calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the Western Military District for the destruction of objects and disguised positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During aerial reconnaissance, UAV crews uncovered the camouflaged positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and transmitted information to the artillery command post. After receiving the coordinates, the calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" struck at the enemy's positions.
"We hit targets. Good mood. We are ready and will work to the end," shared the commander of the firing platoon with the call sign “Iva”.
After the strike, the MLRS crews leave the firing position at maximum speed, reload in spare areas and advance to new lines.
07:50 Gods of war and UAV crew together worked out according to the positions of the enemy, you can see that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are hiding in the area where civilians live.
07:30 Personnel sorties of Su-30SM and Su-35S aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a special operation.
During the performance of combat missions, the crews of multi-role fighters practiced patrolling in a given area and covering the actions of bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters during air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Flights of Russian Aerospace Forces fighters were carried out with suspended missiles of various classes.
During one of the sorties, an aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was detected and destroyed in a timely manner.
06:00 Yakut sniper with one shot liquidated two foreign mercenaries.
A unique case - two nationalists who came to fight against Russia were eliminated with one shot. The mercenaries were opened by radio communications.