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That's a biggun. Wikipedia: The Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhhorod pipeline (also known as the Bratstvo pipeline, Brotherhood pipeline, West-Siberian Pipeline, or Trans-Siberian Pipeline) is one of Russia's main natural gas export pipelines, partially owned and operated by Ukraine.
The pipeline is 4,500 kilometres (2,800 mi) long, of which 1,160 kilometres (720 mi) is in Ukraine. Its diameter is 56 inches (1,420 mm). The original annual capacity of the pipeline was 32 billion cubic metres (1.1 trillion cubic feet) of natural gas per year. By 2009, the factual annual capacity was 27.9 billion cubic metres (990 billion cubic feet). It has 42 compressor stations, of which nine are in Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] 22:30 On Monday, December 19, Putin flew to Minsk for the first time since 2019. The talks of the two delegations in an expanded format lasted more than two and a half hours. The main thing that was expected of them in Ukraine was the inclination of Belarus to join the war. Details about the visit - in the material Why Putin went to Minsk .
21:58 The situation in the energy system of Ukraine as of the evening remains difficult: in the central region, including in Kiev, due to significant damage to the energy infrastructure, more significant restrictions have been applied than usual, Ukrenergo reported. At the same time, the company expressed hope that by the end of the next day it will be possible to increase the level of connection of consumers in the region by 20-30%.
21:26 The Government of Canada intends to confiscate the assets of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich for $26 million and use the funds to help restore Ukraine, the country's Foreign Ministry said. The sanctioned assets belong to Granite Capital Holdings, owned by Abramovich.
21:18 Putin announced following the talks in Minsk that the Russian Federation would train the crews of Belarusian aircraft converted for the possible use of air munitions with a nuclear warhead. Lukashenka, in turn, noted that Russia and Belarus are jointly training the crews of aircraft "carrying specific ammunition."
21:14 The "authorities" of Crimea are forming a fund of several thousand land plots "for their gratuitous transfer to the participants of the special military operation from Crimea and the families of the victims who were awarded state awards," Vladimir Konstantinov, "Speaker of the State Council" of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, said.
21:03 Reznikov said that he met with Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov in Ukraine: "I am grateful for Bulgaria's decision to provide assistance in the field of Ukraine's security. We look forward to the further development of Ukrainian-Bulgarian defense cooperation."
20:55 YASNO General Director Sergey Kovalenko announced a difficult situation in Kiev: today all three groups are almost completely turned off at the same time, the schedules do not work. In addition to all the damaged facilities, where repairs are ongoing, an infrastructure facility has been added, due to which there is no light on a significant part of the right bank of the city and in some places in the region. All critical infrastructure is connected, about 20% of the population has electricity.
According to Kovalenko, ten hours without electricity in the capital is a reality today. How quickly it will be possible to return to stabilization shutdowns is difficult to predict.
20:51 Lukashenka said that Belarus has put on duty the Iskander and S-400 complexes transferred by the Russian Federation.
20:27 Zaluzhny acknowledged the problem of desertion in the Ukrainian army and supported the adoption by the Parliament of a bill on strengthening responsibility for the unauthorized abandonment of a military unit or place of service, desertion, unauthorized abandonment of the battlefield or refusal to use weapons, disobedience and non-compliance with military orders. "My opinion clearly reflects the position of the commanders of groups and military units, who demanded a systemic solution to this set of issues," the commander-in-chief emphasized.
At the same time, he acknowledged the existence of problems that lead to spontaneous withdrawal from positions, and assured that he was working to eliminate them. Zaluzhny also assured that commanders also bear full legal responsibility for their actions or inaction, and he fully trusts his subordinates.
"The army rests on discipline. And if gaps in the legislation do not ensure its observance, and "refuseniks" can pay a fine, the amount of which is up to 10% of combat payments, or receive a punishment with a trial, this is unfair. Moreover, and this is key, naked sectors of the front are forced to cover other military personnel, which leads to an increase in the loss of personnel, territories and civilians on them.Often, lost positions have to be restored by assault operations at a very high price.It should not be like this.Is it possible to solve this problem in a milder way?Explain, to convince... Yes, if we are talking about peacetime. In a war, we need quick effective solutions," the commander-in-chief emphasized.
20:12 Putin said that Russia and Belarus agreed to continue the practice of joint military exercises, as well as to develop new military equipment. In addition, he assured that he did not intend to "absorb" Belarus. And Lukashenka said that during the negotiations with Putin, "the basis for the future breakthrough of the Russian Federation and Belarus forward" was actually created.
19:24 Putin said that the Russian-Belarusian talks were "effective". Lukashenka, in turn, expressed his conviction that "people will appreciate the decisions that we have made today and on the strategy."
19:20 The Russian Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine of shelling a hospital in Donetsk from Swedish howitzers.
18:56 Lavrov said that "SVO" was "absolutely necessary to thwart plans to turn Ukraine into anti-Russia."
18:27 The United States does not yet use lend-lease and transfers military assistance to Ukraine under other programs, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told Hromadsky: "The advantage of this tool is the speed of the US administration making decisions on a simplified procedure without unnecessary bureaucracy and the need to vote on each package of assistance to Ukraine in Congress United States. The disadvantage is that the volume of supplies of American weapons under lend-lease directly depends on the financial capabilities of Ukraine."
Therefore, according to him, at this stage of the war, Washington is providing military assistance to Kyiv at the expense of its own federal budget on a gratuitous basis.
18:23 UN Secretary General António Guterres does not yet see an opportunity for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, but he hopes that the war can be ended as early as next year: "I am not optimistic about the possibility of effective peace talks in the near future. I think that the military confrontation will continue, and I think that we will still have to wait until serious peace negotiations become possible ... When I say that I do not see opportunities for peace negotiations in the short term, I do not mean the whole of 2023 . I really hope that in 2023 we will be able to achieve peace."
18:12 In Melitopol, the Russians are acting according to the same scenario according to which they retreated from Kherson, Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said: "They first accumulated around Kherson, built fortifications, then reported that they were leaving some settlements, then prepared for street fighting , then they told that everything was still not lost, then they took out what they considered valuable from banks and other institutions. In principle, everything repeats itself, they like to step on the same rake, and let them work according to the same scenario, we at least know how it all ends."
Gumenyuk added that the occupiers are now trying to equip the line of defense at positions inland on the left bank of the Dnieper and at least somehow report to their leadership about something.
17:50 EU countries have agreed on a gas price ceiling of 180 euros / megawatt-hour (about 1900 euros per thousand cubic meters), Reuters writes. The gas price cap will initially not apply to OTC transactions.
17:24 In Kharkiv this year, a Christmas tree was installed at the Universitet metro station. All festive events will also be held with the support of business.
17:19 In Kiev, lights were lit on the country's main Christmas tree on Sophia Square. This year it was named the Tree of Invincibility. It is smaller than usual, decorated with economical garlands. It was installed at the expense of patrons.
17:03 A bill has been submitted to the State Duma of the Russian Federation, according to which "Russians with Ukrainian passports" will cease to be considered Ukrainian citizens in Russia as soon as they submit a corresponding application to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
16:51 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on world leaders to ignore any proposals from Moscow for a truce until it withdraws its troops from Ukraine. He also called on Western countries to increase the supply of military assistance to Ukraine, including air defense systems, artillery and armored vehicles.
16:39 Deliveries of wheat from Crimea to Syria have increased this year by 17 times - up to 500 thousand tons. This is about a third of the country's total grain imports, Reuters reports, citing data from the Refinitiv trade information platform. So, by the end of November, Syria imported about 501.8 thousand tons of wheat from Sevastopol, while for the whole of 2021 - about 28.2 thousand tons.
The sanctions make it more difficult to transport goods between Syria and Russia by conventional sea transport and marine insurance, so these countries are increasingly relying on their own ships to transport grain, including three Syrian ships under US sanctions.
16:15 In December, payments to the Ukrainian military will increase by 37% due to a number of additional charges, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, formally 60% of the total amount of monthly financial support has already been paid. It includes official salary, payments for title, length of service, etc.
In general, this is the smallest position in the structure of the monetary allowance of military personnel, and at the end of the year there are a number of additional charges, Malyar explained: “All payments are made under the article - monthly monetary allowance. Therefore, in December, almost 37% more will be paid to soldiers for this position. than it was in November.
As of December 14, the Ministry of Defense has already financed 100% of the additional payment for direct participation in hostilities (UAH 100,000) and 100% of the additional payment for service during martial law (UAH 30,000).
15:41 Danilov, in an interview with the UP, did not rule out that the Russians would try to strengthen their positions at the front and even announce a general mobilization, "so that as many of their citizens as possible would be destroyed": "For what? So that they do not have any trouble in their territory because the people they send here come back in a completely different physical condition."
Commenting on the possible plans of the Russian Federation to seize Kyiv, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council noted: “I want us all to understand: they have not given up on the idea of destroying our nation. If they don’t have Kyiv in their hands, they don’t have anything in their hands. But will we give them Kyiv, will we give them such an opportunity? No."
Answering a question about the timing of the end of the war, Danilov said that he had a positive attitude towards the forecast of Budanov, who believes that the war will end before the beginning of next summer: “I would like it to happen earlier. But given that I am a realist, I understand that before spring - summer we are unlikely to have such a holiday. But it will definitely be on our street. " He added that Lugansk, and Donetsk, and Simferopol "should definitely be returned to us, this will be our territory, our power will be there."
15:27 Putin "recommended" the Moscow region, the Crimea and Sevastopol to provide for the free transfer of land plots to those who distinguished themselves in the "special operation".
15:09 Zelensky, in his address to the leaders of the United Kingdom's Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), said that on the night of December 19, the Russians fired 34 Iranian Shahed drones from a new batch across Ukraine. In total, in this batch, Russia received 250 UAVs from Iran.
14:52 Berlin fears that after the meeting between Putin and Lukashenko, Belarus will expand its participation in the war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, said the official representative of the German Chancellor, Steffen Hebestreit.
14:26 Zelensky addressed the leaders of the United Kingdom Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF): "I ask you to support our country right now with a clear decision - to provide everything that can not only maintain momentum on the battlefield in Ukraine, but also accelerate the movement of our Defense Forces towards victory. Because our victory will be the victory of each of you, this is the victory of Europe, which we are all equally waiting for."
14:19 The training of those mobilized in Ukraine can take 2-3 months or even more, Roman Gorbach, head of the personnel department of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Citizens who have not previously completed military service are sent to training centers without fail. This is at least a month if it's a more difficult specialty, then we add at least two weeks, or even a month, or even two and a half months. This is individual training."
In addition, according to him, collective training is underway - when a serviceman gets into a unit, and this unit is preparing to be recruited into the combat zone. With this unit, classes are also conducted at training grounds and other areas of the terrain. In total, individual and collective training can take "two or three months or even more."
14:03 On the night of December 19, an Iranian kamikaze drone was recorded flying over the site of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant near the nuclear installation. Energoatom said that this is an absolutely unacceptable violation of nuclear and radiation safety.
13:47 There will be no "new wave" of mobilization in Ukraine, Roman Gorbach, head of the Ground Forces personnel department, said. He explained that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are recruiting conscripts according to plans. At the same time, the plans also take into account the conduct of mobilization in Russia. "All the factors that influence have long been taken into account - and the same factor that mobilization took place in Russia, where, according to applications, from 200,000 to 300,000 citizens were called up," Gorbach added.
13:42 Peskov said that today at the talks between Putin and Lukashenko there will be an opportunity "to talk about military issues, given the turbulence." At the same time, he called reports that Putin is going to Minsk to force Belarus to take part in the war against Ukraine "stupid and unfounded fabrications".
12:51 After night attacks on Kiev and damage to infrastructure facilities, public utilities have already managed to resume the work of most boiler houses: about 3% of consumers remain without heating, Klitschko said. The water supply system of the capital is operating normally. Obolonsky, Podolsky and Desnyansky districts suffer most from the shortage of electricity in the capital.
12:46 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that four supposedly American HARM anti-radar missiles were shot down in the airspace of the Belgorod region.
12:27 As a result of a night attack by enemy drones, three people were injured, nine houses were damaged, said the head of the National Police of the Kiev region Andriy Nebytov.
12:20 Klitschko said that on Tuesday, December 20, the metro stations Maidan Nezalezhnosti and Khreshchatyk and the transition between them will be opened. These stations have been closed since the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion.
11:46 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has already arrived in Belarus, Putin and Shoigu are expected to arrive soon, media write from the scene.
11:17 BBC News editor Steve Rosenberg noted that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Putin and Lukashenko have held 12 personal meetings, and all of them took place on Russian territory. And only today, the 13th meeting will be held in Belarus. "The scheme is broken. I wonder why," wrote a British journalist.
11:12 As of 11:00 on December 19, a difficult situation has developed in the energy system of Ukraine, as a result of a night attack there were several hits on infrastructure facilities, Ukrenergo reported. Also in the southern and eastern regions, the enemy shelled the de-occupied areas with artillery, there is damage.
The most difficult situation has developed in the central, eastern and Dnieper regions. Schedules of emergency shutdowns have been introduced in Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kirovograd, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kyiv regions and the city of Kyiv. Critical infrastructure facilities are connected in priority, the restoration of power supply to residential consumers may take a long time.
10:58 British intelligence writes that PMC Wagner continues to play an important role in the battles of attrition around Bakhmut. In recent months, the group has developed offensive tactics to exploit the large numbers of poorly trained convicts it has recruited.
Individual fighters are likely to be issued smartphones or tablets showing their assigned axis of attack and attack target superimposed on commercial satellite imagery. At the platoon level and above, commanders are likely to stay in cover and give orders by radio, receiving information from small UAVs. Individuals and detachments are ordered to move along a predetermined route, often with fire support, but less often with armored vehicles. Wagner operatives who arbitrarily deviate from their attack routes are likely to be threatened with the death penalty.
Analysts say this brutal tactic is intended to keep Wagner's rare assets of experienced commanders and armored vehicles at the expense of more readily available recruit prisoners, whom the PMC considers expendable.
10:39 The Russians have left stocks of missiles for a maximum of 3-4 attacks, said NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov in an interview with the UP: "If we count on the big attacks that we have already experienced, then they have a maximum of two or three, maybe four But then they will be completely left without missiles, which is unacceptable, because they may have completely different challenges, and they must leave at least some reserve."
According to him, "the limit that, according to the standards, they had to keep, they have already passed it and passed it quite a long time ago." At the same time, Russians have more or less enough S-300 missiles in their arsenal, Danilov added.
10:21 During the war in Ukraine, the protagonist of the Russian film Vanka Yevgeny Kolesnikov was liquidated. He joined the troops of the Russian Federation voluntarily, fought with a group of invaders Ahmad-West. Kolesnikov was destroyed in the Donetsk region, said the speaker of the Odesa OVA Serhiy Bratchuk.
10:17 Ukraine experienced several waves of Russian drone attacks this night. Everything that is known at the moment is in the material Night attack of drones: what is damaged in Ukraine .
10:06 On the night of December 19, 23 enemy UAVs were recorded in the sky over the capital, the defense forces destroyed 18 drones. People were not injured, but the debris damaged the roadway in the Solomensky district, as well as the windows of a high-rise building in the Shevchenkovsky district. There is a hit in a critical infrastructure facility, emergency services are eliminating the consequences, said Sergey Popko, head of the KGVA.
09:59 Russians over the past day fired at the territory of the Kherson region 69 times - six people were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
09:43 In the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have an advantage, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He expects good news from this area by the end of the year. In Belogorivka, according to him, Ukrainian forces are fighting off attacks, the enemy is not advancing. Gaidai noted that the occupiers know that they cannot hold out in the Luhansk region, so they began a massive robbery of the region: they take out both the personal property of civilians and enterprises to the Russian Federation. At the same time, the occupied cities are freezing - high-rise buildings are heated from the inside with firewood and furniture.
09:11 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three civilians were killed - two in Bakhmut and one in Torskoy. Four more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:04 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 19th.
personnel - about 98,800 (+520) people liquidated,
tanks - 2988 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 5969 (+6),
artillery systems - 1953 (+5),
MLRS - 410 (+0),
air defense systems - 212 (+1),
aircraft - 281 (+0),
helicopters - 264 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1657 (+8),
cruise missiles - 653 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4592 (+13),
special equipment - 175 (+1).
08:43 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Makeevka, Chervonopopovka and Belogorovka in the Lugansk region and Verkhnekamenskoye, Bakhmutskoye, Podgorodnoye, Bakhmut, Kleschievka, Andreevka, Krasnogorovka, Aleksandropol, Maryinka, Pobeda and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region , said the General Staff in the morning summary .
The number of invaders in the settlements of the Melitopol district of the Zaporozhye region has increased. The Russians are considering the possibility of recruiting former policemen who have defected to the enemy to participate in the hostilities.
08:18 At night, the Russians released about 35 Shahed-136/131 Iranian kamikaze drones across the territory of Ukraine, 30 of them were shot down, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. Like last time, strike UAVs were launched from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov.
07:54 In Kiev at night, several explosions thundered in the Solomensky and Shevchenkovsky districts. People were not injured, but there is damage to critical infrastructure, Klitschko said. Power engineers and heat workers are working to quickly stabilize the situation with energy and heat supply.
07:27 Emergency blackouts are introduced in Kiev due to drone attacks, DTEK reported.
06:35 As a result of a night attack by drones in the Kiev region, infrastructure facilities and private houses were damaged. According to preliminary information, two people were injured, said OVA head Aleksey Kuleba.
06:31 Kiev survived several waves of attacks by Iranian Shahed drones at night. More than 20 enemy UAVs were recorded over the capital, air defense forces destroyed about 15. There is a hit in a critical infrastructure object, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
04:59 Russians are attacking the capital with Iranian drones, air defense is working. To date, nine enemy UAVs have already been shot down over Kyiv, and the air raid continues, the Kyiv city military administration said.
04:33 The head of the Kiev OVA, Oleksiy Kuleba, announced a drone attack on the region. According to him, air defense works. Explosions were also heard in Kyiv.
02:26 Britain intends to transfer hundreds of thousands of artillery ammunition worth 250 million pounds to Ukraine in 2023, writes The Guardian. According to the publication, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce this.
00:12 The Netherlands has already provided almost 1 billion euros in military assistance to Ukraine, Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said. According to her, only in August the cost of equipment supplied by the Netherlands was estimated at 526 million euros, and by the end of the year this amount had already reached 987 million euros. In addition, the Netherlands is contributing 25 million euros to the NATO fund for military support to Ukraine. This money is intended for fuel, clothes and medicines.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:30 Ukraine still has not received weapons under lend-lease, the United States is using other ways, - Foreign Ministry spokesman Nikolenko
According to him, Washington is not yet using lend-lease to save the Ukrainian budget in the future, and US military assistance is being transferred to Ukraine under other programs.
19:52 Motorized infantry of the Kantemirovskaya division, whichoperateA drone was shot down in the Swatov direction. The fighters nicknamed this drone "Baba Yaga".
19:50 DPR fighters shot down Ukrainian Mi-8 -video
18:11 Arrival of the kamikaze drone "Geran-2" at the point of temporary deployment of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
18:07 Artillery of the 1st Slavic brigade is firing counter-battery -video
17:36 The outpost of the "O" group destroyed the Ukrainian tank -video
17:33 New footage and details of the destruction of the helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR -video
Soldiers of the 1st Corps of the DPR shot down a Ukrainian helicopter near the village of Tonenkoe, located near Donetsk in the Avdiivka direction, wargonzo reports.
17:26 The Russian military destroyed a stronghold with foreign mercenaries near Maryinka, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. The center of Maryinka has already been cleared of Ukrainian troops, Pushilin said today -video
17:25 Three shots per minute: combat work of the crews of the 152mm Acacia self-propelled guns of the artillery unit of the Southern Military District -video
17:23 Destroyed ZIL Ukrokhokhlov -video
17:22 Addition to the post about how a group of Ukrainians came under heavy fire from Russian artillery in one of the directions. The moment of the destruction of the Ukrainian pickup by a Russian mine -video
14:36 A group of Ukrainians came under heavy fire from Russian artillery in one of the directions -video
14:34 Air raid alert sounds in most regions of Ukraine.
13:40 On the Soledarsky site, another 300 Ukrainians were hit by Russian artillery on the basement door -video
13:38 Ukrofascists continue to suffer heavy losses in the dead and wounded in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector -video
13:32 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (12/19/2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of a fire raid by Russian artillery on the accumulation of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka, Kharkov region and Novoselovskoe, Luhansk People's Republic, more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and two vehicles were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery fire inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, concentrated in the areas of Stelmakhovka, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People's Republic and in the area of Serebryansky forestry.
In addition, four Ukrainian sabotage groups were destroyed in the area of the Rozovka settlement in the Lugansk People's Republic. The total losses of the enemy in the Krasno-Limansky direction amounted to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of offensive actions, Russian troops occupied more advantageous lines. Artillery fire thwarted the enemy’s attempts to conduct reconnaissance in combat of the positions of Russian troops in the direction of the settlements of Disputed, Novgorodskoye, Vodyanoye, Leninskoye and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
More than 130 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles and three cars were destroyed in the Donetsk direction in a day.
In the South-Donetsk direction, artillery fire and active actions of Russian troops defeated the company tactical groups of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 108th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which made unsuccessful attempts to attack in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Vladimirovka and Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Two sabotage groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the area of the settlement of Nikolskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The total losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to 80 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks.
Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the points of temporary deployment of units of the 61st Infantry Jaeger Brigade, the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade, as well as the group of the Yug Special Operations Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the regions settlements of Constantinople of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kherson and Veletenskoe of the Kherson region.
In addition, 56 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 139 districts.
During the day, air defense systems shot down eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Melovatka, Ploshchanka, Nizhnyaya Duvanka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Volnovakha, Nikolaevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Priyutnoye of the Zaporozhye region and Cairo of the Kherson region.
In addition, six rockets from the HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Sladkoe, Debaltseve of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kreminnaya of the Lugansk People's Republic and Lyubimovka of the Zaporozhye region.
Four American anti-radar missiles "HARM" were shot down in the airspace of the Belgorod region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, 2,684 unmanned aerial vehicles, 398 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,159 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,691 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 7,664 units of special military vehicles.
13:24 11 DPR regiment destroyed a military helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pervomaisk -video
11:41 In Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Sumy and Kharkiv regions of Ukraineannouncedair alert.
It also operates in parts of the Kirovohrad region and in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region.
11:37240mm 2S4 "Tulip" self propelled mortar "Brave" hits the enemy with mines weighing up to 230 kg -video
11:35 Self-propelled artillery of the 3rd Brigade hits enemy manpower and fortifications pointwise —video
10:18 The RF Armed Forces are constantly working on Ukrainian positions, not letting them raise their heads -video
10:16 Undermining the Ukrainian BRDM on the TM-62 anti-tank mine while crossing the river -video
10:15Ukrainians continue to suffer heavy losses in killed and wounded in the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector -video
09:06 On the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) sector, the Ukrainians, while leaving their positions, came under machine-gun fire -video
08:05 Summary on the morning of December 19
At night, the Russian Armed Forces resumed massive strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure facilities. UAV-kamikaze "Geran-2" were seen over the Cherkasy, Nikolaev, Poltava, Depropetrovsk and Kyiv regions. In Kyiv, multiple explosions and fires at facilities, hitting targets in Krivoy Rog. Cannon artillery works along the right bank of the Kherson region.
Fighting continues in Maryinka (Donetsk direction), in the suburbs of Artemovsk (Bakhmut).
In the Zaporozhye region in the village Novoselovka, Novomikhailovka and Vladimirovka of the DPR, three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
In the Belgorod region, at least eight people were injured from enemy shelling, one was killed. During the night, there were reports of new explosions in the area. N. p. Red Yaruga.
Massive shelling of the DPR. In the evening in Donetsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Kalinin Hospital, two dead patients are known.
In the LPR, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the settlement. Novoselovka and n.p. Alchevsk from MLRS HIMARS.
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Possibly the greatest troll ever. Lukashenka plays the part of the clown to a T.
Lukashenka at a press conference with Putin: "You know, the two of us are co-aggressors, the most harmful and toxic people on the planet. We have only one quarrel - who more. Volodimir Vladimirovic thought: me. I begin to think he is. So we decided that we are together to the same extent. That's all. And if someone thinks to divide us today to drive a wedge between us.
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Wish Vladimir Vladimirovich would visit Bakhmut today.
Here he is explaining how bad things are in the Donbas now. Within a month, there will be more Russian soldier deaths by exposure than combat. Russia was worse prepared for this war than Germany was invading Russia too late in 41:
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:57 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 19, received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kalinin district):
- a direct hit in building No. 10 of the DoKTMO hospital. Kalinin on Ilyich Ave.;
- a fire was recorded in the sports hall of the State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education “DonNMU named after I.I. M. Gorky "on Ilyich Ave.;
- a shell hit on the territory of the International Committee of the Red Cross on the street. Captain Ratnikov;
- an optics store on Ilyich Ave. was damaged;
— 21, 29 Ilyich Ave. — multi-apartment residential buildings;
- st. Kapitana Ratnikova, 6, 6 "a", 12, 14, 18 - apartment buildings.
Information about the injured civilians is being specified.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
22:19 According to the official data of the DPR JCCC since the beginning of the escalation* as of 21:45 on 12/19/22
For 305 days of escalation 4,392 civilians were killed, incl. 132 children.
On the territory within the borders before the start of the NMD, 2,285 civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. 155 children.
A total of 87 cases of undermining civilians were registered, incl. four children, on minesPFM-1 "Petal".
One of the injured died in the hospital.
On the territory liberated during the NMD, 1,641 civilians were injured, incl. 92 children. Total: 3,926 including children - 247.
Damage: - 9,224 residential buildings; — 2,200 civil infrastructure facilities, incl. 118 medical institutions, 446 educational institutions, 857 social security facilities, 59 critical infrastructure facilities, 720 electricity, water, heat and gas supply facilities. - 1,114 vehicles.
At the moment, it is impossible to establish for certain the data on damage and destruction of residential housing constructions and civil infrastructure facilities in the territory liberated during the NWO.
During the 305 days of the escalation of the DPR JCCC, 13,563 facts of firing were recorded, of which 13,232 were using heavy weapons.
In total, the enemy fired 89,650 ammunition of various calibers, including 32 rockets from OTRK "Tochka-U", 149 missiles MLRS "Himars", 255 MLRS missiles 220mm BM-27 "Hurricane"and 12,104 MLRS missiles 122mm BM-21 "Grad", as well as 15689 roundscaliber 155mm.
19:37 ATGM hit on tank of Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledar area.
19:05 Fixing the consequences of shelling in Budennovsky district of Donetsk 18.12.2022
Military experts of the DPR JCCC confirmed fact of shelling of the Budyonnovsky district, as well as clarified the direction of firing and the weapons used.
The enemy fired 155mm artillery from their positions located in the area of the settlement. Kamyshevka using M982 Excalibur projectiles (guided active-rocket projectile).
Fact next terror: the M982 Excalibur artillery shell belongs to the class of high-precision weapons - its use on a civilian object indicates the targeted nature of the artillery attack of the Ukrainian armed forces. It was only by luck that no one was hurt.
The area of responsibility of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry brigade (commander - Colonel Sergei Anatolyevich Sirchenko, head of artillery of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade - Colonel Puchkov Artyom Yuryevich).
Fixed damage tobacco factory infrastructure on the street. Antropova.
18:30Ukrainians fired at the Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts of Donetsk. Six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
Data on the victims and destruction are being specified.
18:16 Artillery of the 1st Slavic Brigade leads counterbattery fire
Artillery units of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the 1st Army Corps, as part of a counterbattery fight, strike at exposed enemy targets from 152mm 2S5 Giacint towed cannons in the Avdeevsky direction.
17:45 Fixing the consequences of shelling in Voroshilovsky, Kalininsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk 12/18/2022
Military experts of the DPR JCCC confirmed data on shelling of Kievsky, Kalininsky and Voroshilovsky districts, as well as clarified the direction of firing and the weapons used.
The enemy fired from the MLRS from their positions located in the area of the settlement. Sokol, using JROF-M missiles produced and transferred by NATO countries.
The area of responsibility of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade (commander - Colonel Kurash Yevgeny Yuryevich, head of artillery - Lieutenant Colonel Tsiganyuk Dmitry Vasilyevich).
As a result of the shelling of the 6th Corps of the DoKTMO died man born in 1991, another man born in 1975 was wounded.
Fixed damage at 23 addresses:
Kyiv district:
- missiles hit the territory of the Donbass Arena stadium;
- missiles hit the territory of the stadium RSK "Olympic";
- missiles hit the territory of the Palace of Youth "Youth";
— 10 German Titov Ave. — multi-apartment residential building; a car fire was also recorded;
- Liberation of Donbass Ave., 12 "a" - an apartment building.
Voroshilovsky district:
- a direct hit on the Donetsk administration building;
— Boiler room No. 245 SE Donbassteploenergo;
— administrative building on Mira Ave.;
— a direct hit in the hostel ?2 DonNTU on the street. Artem;
— the glazing in the hostel ?4 of DonNTU on Vatutina avenue was damaged;
- st. Chelyuskintsev, 148, 202 - apartment buildings;
- st. Artema, 137 - apartment building;
- Vatutina Ave., 37 - a direct hit on the roof of an apartment building;
— Vatutina avenue 41, 42, 44, 46 — apartment buildings;
- st. Lyubavina, 26 - a private residential building;
- st. 50 years of the USSR, 99 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Gorky, 158 - apartment building;
- damaged tram power line and public transport stop on the street. Chelyuskintsev.
Kalininsky district:
- the facade and glazing of the 5th and 8th buildings of the DoKTMO Hospital named after Kalinin;
- a direct hit in the building of the 6th building of the DoKTMO hospital. Kalinin;
- a direct hit in the building of the seventh building of the DoKTMO hospital. Kalinin.
17:16 The Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk is under shelling. At 16:58, four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
Data on the victims and destruction are being specified.
16:40 Donetsk continues to remain under massive enemy fire. Over the past half hour, civilians in the Kyiv, Kirov and Kuibyshev districts of the city have been under fire. Ukrainian fascists fired 8 rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
Data on the victims and destruction are being specified.
16:26 Consequences of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Kyiv region of Donetsk.
15:42 As a result of shelling of the Kirovsky area at 14:20 the glazing of one apartment building in the settlement is damaged. Abakumov.
15:41 The shelling of the Kirov region resumed. From the positions of the Ukrainian fascists in Krasnohorivka, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired at peaceful quarters.
14:33 Attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:
- at 13:55, three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired from Krasnogorovka in the Kirovsky district;
- 13:59 and 14:11 eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired from Orlovka in the Kyiv and Kuibyshev regions.
14:06 Continueactinformation about the consequences of the shelling of the Petrovsky district. Due to the hit of Ukrainian rounds, a partition in a residential building was completely burned down.
13:58 The main thing from the briefing of the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov:
More than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and two vehicles were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction as a result of a fire raid by Russian artillery on the accumulation of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery fire inflicted a defeat on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The total losses of the enemy amounted to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks;
In the Donetsk direction, as a result of offensive actions, the RF Armed Forces occupied more advantageous lines. More than 130 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles and three cars were destroyed in a day;
In the South Donetsk direction, artillery fire and active actions of Russian troops defeated the company tactical groups of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade and the 108th Brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The total losses amounted to 80 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks;
Four Ukrainian sabotage groups were destroyed in the LPR;
The Russian Armed Forces shot down four American HARM missiles in the airspace of the Belgorod region.
13:34 As specifiedinformation, as a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district, the roof and glazing were damaged in another one in private house.
13:29 As a result of the shelling of the Kyiv region by Ukrainians:
In one private residential building, the glazing was damaged, in the second, as a result of a direct hit by a shell, a fire broke out.
In the Petrovsky district, Ukrainian rounds destroyed the roof and glazing of a private residential building.
13:13 As of December 19, 2022, on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a group of troops of the DPR and LPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated Yakovlevka.
12:01 According to additional information, during yesterday's evening shelling of the village of Aleksandrovka, one private house was completely destroyed.
11:06 Ukrainian terrorists do not stop shelling the Kievsky district of Donetsk. According to the JCCC, at 10:49 a.m. they fired three 155mm rounds from Orlovka.
10:00 At 6:00 am Aleksandrovka village was shelled. Three 152mm rounds were fired from Krasnogorovka. A man born in 1975 was wounded. Roof, door, glazing were damaged in one private house.
08:15 We are doing a very important job" - ZRPK "Pantsir S-1" protects troops from air threats -video
[IsraelTimes] Polish media says Jaroslaw Szymczyk accidentally set off weapon in his office, lightly injuring himself and two others.
Poland’s police chief Jaroslaw Szymczyk accidentally fired a grenade launcher in his office that he had received from a senior Ukraine official, lightly injuring himself and two others, it was reported Friday.
Poland’s interior ministry initially said Szymczyk has been hospitalized with minor injuries after a gift he received from a senior Ukrainian official "went kaboom!" at police headquarters.
However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... Polish media cited by the Rooters news agency, reported the "violent mostly peaceful release of energy" was caused when the police chief fired the launcher in a serious breach of protocol.
A spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office said a probe had been opened into "an act consisting of unintentionally causing a violent mostly peaceful release of energy that threatened the life or health of many people or property."
The police chief went on an official trip to Ukraine earlier this month.
Szymczyk met with the heads of Ukraine’s police and state emergency services during the visit and the "the present was a gift from one of the heads of Ukraine’s services," the interior ministry said shortly after the incident, without specifying what the Polish commander had received.
A civilian employee of the national police headquarters also suffered minor injuries in the incident that did not require hospitalization and a third person was also lightly hurt, Rooters said.
Poland is an ally of Ukraine and has offered the neighboring country various kinds of support, including military and humanitarian aid, since Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24.
Poland also has accepted a large number of Ukrainian refugees.
#1
In America, our grenade launchers are clearly marked "Not For Indoor Use", which is why we don't have this problem.
Nice to see some followup on this story. Early reports made it sound sinister: Ukrainian guy sends Polish guy a package which blows up. That's still true, but "accidentally discharged weapon in his office" adds a bit of spice which totally changes the nature of the dish.
#3
I once asked a USPS employee what would happen if I chose "YES" on the screen that asked if there was anything dangerous in the package I was mailing.
She said "You don't want to know..."
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