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You know Dale, some folks revel in the destruction of a country and people. No matter what that government is or does, the general population has the ultimate number of sufferers.
Sure, that country can have the most corrupt values and government on earth. If the citizens actively chose that over some opposing system, it's theirs to deal with.
If an opposing country decides to fracture the evil country's governance and lifestyle to 'protect' a perceived way of life, then show that populace a valid alternative to the choices they've made. They may agree or they may not, again it should be their choice.
Imposition by military force of a supposed "We think it's valid" system usually gets one into trouble with the folks you're trying to impose your will on. The locals, who may have agreed with you in the past, might now view you (and your values) as something much less than what they previously believed. They might even fight back, if nothing else to protect their families and neighbors. At that point, they don't really care about what you're telling them about how awful their leadership is, they just see you breaking their things and killing their people (innocent or not).
If those locals somehow start beating you militarily, you wouldn't be winning hearts and minds for the few folks who still believe in you by redirecting your attacks to the stuff that keeps they and their neighbors housed and fed, unless you're looking to annihilate them too.
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Today's shelling highest number ever. Two waves of 70 destructive deliveries. Diplomacy non event. Deaf ears to any expression of solutions. Early efforts of diplomacy brushed aside. Solution, just send more money and arms enduring stagflation here. So the bear plods on to clear all who oppose them. Not the plan at first but now today's reality. Past agreements brushed aside by the West. So a new opposing world order is formed. All at the expense of the West. This because a few clutch the purse strings of power.
3 Russian ploy. Ukrainians rush in. Grab some headlines. Overextended and reserves used up. Now encircled huge loss of life and equipment just sent in destroyed. Pound and ground. Phase one artillery, air force, Drones and electronic warfare. Phase two Physical Russian mop up in so doing Russian loss of life kept to a bare minimum.
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Predicting cutoff of Western supplies back in March:
#1 Time. Why rush in. Let those who want to leave leave. Holdouts will soon run out of materials of all sorts of things. Let the media bloviate. People will soon tire of Pete and re-Pete. Soon complete encirclement cutting off western supply lines. Time. Putin berated and derided will move steadily on. Then Biden slavish followers blindly proclaim in any discussion because he is buddies with Trump. I might add 10 Wuhan type research labs in Ukraine of which seven Putin has destroyed. I can hear the Democrats and Soros squirm. This is a major financial setback for them and the swamp.
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^ Wow Matt. Hey I really liked that word find that I was able to use, bloviate.
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[Korrespondent] 21:54 Putin is ready to lose up to 300,000 Russian soldiers in the war against Ukraine, one of the NATO states claims, according to an investigation by The New York Times .
21:51 As of 18:00 on Saturday, December 17, all nine nuclear power units located in the territory controlled by Ukraine are operating in the energy system, Energoatom said. However, the capacity of one of the power units is limited to 600 MW due to the unavailability of the power system to receive the entire possible amount of electricity from it, since the energy infrastructure facilities were again damaged due to yesterday's shelling. Another six power units of the occupied Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant have been shut down - their activation is being blocked by the Russians. The station continues to constantly consume about 100 MW for its own needs from the energy system of Ukraine.
21:13 Zelensky announced on Monday, December 19, a meeting of the leaders of the Nordic countries: "These are the UK, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Iceland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway. These are our extremely important friends, important partners and effective assistants to our defense So we are preparing several new proposals from Ukraine on how to strengthen all of us, all the countries of Europe."
20:58 Zelensky said in an evening video message that after yesterday's rocket attack by the Russians, almost 6 million Ukrainians were able to return electricity. The President called on Ukraine's partners to provide a reliable air defense shield: "When we get it, then the main form of Russian terror, namely missile terror, will simply become impossible. And only this will mean security for millions of people and a strategic restructuring of the entire military situation. Russia for terror, the more opportunities we will have to return and guarantee peace."
20:22 The United States tried to prevent Ukraine from destroying the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov during his visit to the war zone in April, writes The New York Times, citing its sources. According to the publication, American officials learned about the planned visit of Gerasimov to the front line, but withheld this information from the Ukrainians, fearing that the attempt on his life could lead to a war between the United States and Russia. However, the Ukrainian side still found out about the trip and began to plan an attack on the general's position.
After an internal debate, Washington asked Ukraine to stop these plans because "it's too much." However, the message came too late - the Ukrainian military told the Americans that they had already launched an attack. The strike killed dozens of Russians, but Gerasimov survived. After that, Russian military leaders reduced their visits to the front.
19:11 Scholz said that Germany will not unilaterally transfer tanks to Ukraine: "We adhere to three clear principles. Firstly, we support Ukraine to the best of our ability. Secondly, we prevent a direct confrontation between NATO and Russia. And "Thirdly, there will be no unilateral action on the part of Germany. This is the criterion of our decisive but cautious policy - and it will be valid next year." The chancellor added that "the vast majority of Germans think it's right."
19:02 The Russians shelled the village of Stepanovka near Kherson from a mortar: shells hit the headquarters of humanitarian aid, one person died, two were injured. The enemy strike damaged school buildings, hospitals and churches, the President's Office said.
18:57 Russia has resumed strikes on Ukraine with Iranian drones thanks to a new batch, but uses them more sparingly, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate Andrey Yusov said: "Yes, this is a new batch, but compared to the initial massive use of Shaheds, it is obviously less. We are not commenting now number, but we see that, for example, during yesterday's massive terrorist missile strikes, "Shaheds" were not used. All other available means, all missile weapons were used."
18:15 Zelensky said in an interview with the French TV channel LCI that he was ready to engage in a duel with Putin - this is how he commented on the attempts of the Russian president to convey some messages to him through intermediaries, in particular Macron. "A real man, if he wants to say something to someone or, for example, punch someone in the face, he does it himself, and does not send intermediaries. Now, if they turned to me, I would not look for intermediaries," Zelensky said. When asked if he was ready to engage in physical combat with Putin, Zelensky replied: "Always ready. Even tomorrow. But this will be the last summit of President Putin."
17:58 More than 100 people contact the hotline, chatbot and other contacts of the project I want to live every day, Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate, said: “There are results, and they are significant, which also apply to individual rashists who surrender, and of entire units - and these are not only privates, but also officers. Although the most active are, of course, partially mobilized. These are people who do not understand at all what to do in the war in Ukraine and why they are here. "
In general, the information resources of the project I want to live were used by more than 1.2 million people, most of whom are from the territory of the Russian Federation. Yusov clarified that these are not direct appeals, but these are people who are studying for themselves or for their relatives the opportunity to save lives.
17:26 The Moldovan Commission for Emergency Situations has suspended the licenses of six pro-Russian TV channels that unfairly covered events in the country and in Ukraine. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that this was "an act of political censorship."
16:01 Scholz said that negotiations with the Kremlin are necessary to end the war in Ukraine. "Our goal is for Russia to stop its war of aggression and for Ukraine to defend its integrity," the Chancellor said. To achieve this goal, he said, it is necessary to talk with Russia: "Whether this will happen by phone, by video link or at a long table, remains to be seen."
Russia must realize that "it can't go on like this anymore," while Putin must "end the war, withdraw the troops, and thereby create an opportunity for mutual understanding," the chancellor stressed. At the same time, he noted the great danger of an escalation of the war due to Russia's military failures.
15:13 Kramatorsk after Russian shelling is completely de-energized, heat and water supply is stopped. "Where there is an opportunity, we switch to generators," Mayor Alexander Goncharenko said.
14:22 Russian trenches in Crimea "definitely will not help" the Russian Federation, and the peninsula will be returned under the control of Kiev, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said in a comment to Crimea.Realities: "I can say: the trenches will definitely not help them. Crimea will be returned and returned without fail - in such a way as our military-political leadership decides. If it is necessary to fight for Crimea, we will fight for Crimea, and we will not ask anyone. This is our land, and it must be returned home."
13:35 Zelensky, in an interview with the French TF1 INFO, admitted the possibility of a new Russian offensive in 2023: "We can understand their desire for revenge, this remains their obsession, their desire to attack our country, occupy our territory. They never abandoned this project, I think. But the question is, are they capable of it? And are we capable of handling it? But I'm sure that their desire to achieve this is still there."
13:31 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for a new possible invasion of Russian troops from the northern direction in early 2023, Major General Andrei Kovalchuk, commander of the Pivden Operational Command, said in an interview with Sky News.
12:38 The Russians, the day before the missile attack on December 16, used Iranian drones to reveal the location of the Ukrainian air defense, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "This is done in order to find out exactly where those Shaheds were shot down, where exactly ours got them air defense. Because they shoot down Shahed at night, and first of all it is done by anti-aircraft missile systems. It is clear that they determine their location and then make adjustments for their already missile attacks."
12:19 CIA sees to date no clear evidence of Russian plans to use tactical nuclear weapons, said the head of the agency, William Burns: "I think that saber-rattling is intended to intimidate." According to him, the United States made it very clear to the Russians what serious risks the use of nuclear weapons would have.
11:22 Over the past day, the Russians fired at the territory of the Kherson region 27 times: one person was killed, three were injured. In the morning, the enemy is shelling the Ship District of Kherson - one person was killed, one was wounded, the head of the Regional Military District, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
11:17 The Ukrainian electricity market is operating normally, the emergency regime, introduced the day before exclusively for operations in the electricity market, was completed at 19:15. As of the morning of December 17, the shortage of electricity in the system is still significant, and consumption limits have been brought to all oblenergos. The process of bringing the units of nuclear power plants to the level of planned capacity is underway, thermal power plants are gradually resuming work, hydroelectric power plants continue to work according to schedule. Emergency and restoration work is being carried out at power facilities damaged by shelling. The state of power grids across the country is difficult due to weather conditions.
11:13 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 17th.
personnel - about 97,690 (+420) people liquidated ...a terrifying number if not exaggerated. Also terrifying if it is...
tanks - 2985 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 5958 (+6),
artillery systems - 1947 (+1),
MLRS - 410 (+0),
air defense systems - 211 (+0),
aircraft - 281 (+0),
helicopters - 264 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1648 (+0),
cruise missiles - 653 (+61),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4577 (+14),
special equipment - 174 (+2).
11:00 CIA chief William Burns is convinced that Russia is not in the mood for real negotiations. He also considers Putin’s belief that he will be able to continue the war for a long time and nothing will stop him wrong: “I think that he is mistaken in making this bet, just as he was wrong, deeply mistaken in making the bet on February 24, when he started this war."
10:37 Russians are collecting fake "evidence" to accuse Ukraine of shelling Donetsk, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "There is information that Russian army units were instructed to collect fragments of foreign, that is, not Soviet, Western-style ammunition. I'm talking about the 155 caliber, about all the ammunition that can show Ukraine's "involvement" in the shelling of Donetsk. These remnants of ammunition are purposefully brought to Donetsk today. And then we see staged films and stories."
According to Yusov, the purpose of such provocations is to undermine confidence in Ukraine, primarily on the part of international partners. He stressed that the Ukrainian defense forces do not fire and do not choose residential areas and civilian infrastructure as targets.
10:23 "Authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region announced that they began to mount a protective dome from fragments of shells and drones over the storage of spent nuclear waste at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
09:31 British intelligence reported that Russia moved the launch site of Iranian drones to the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. Previously, these UAVs were launched mainly from the territory of the occupied Crimea. The change in launch site is likely due to Russia's concerns about Crimea's vulnerability, as well as the convenience of resupplying from Astrakhan, the likely destination for weapons in Russia, analysts said.
09:28 The Russians fired two Onyx-type missiles in the Odessa region in the morning. Both missiles fired from a coastal missile complex in Crimea were destroyed by air defense forces, OK Pivden reported.
09:23 Power supply has been restored throughout the Kharkiv region and in Kharkiv, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. He recalled that after yesterday's enemy shelling, the entire region was completely de-energized.
09:18 After yesterday's missile attack on a residential building in Krivoy Rog, rescuers pulled out the body of a one and a half year old child from under the rubble. Thus, the total number of deaths increased to four, another 13 people were injured, including four children, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional police department, Valentin Reznichenko.
08:55 In Kiev, after yesterday's shelling, water supply was completely restored, half of the people of Kiev are already with heat, with energy supply - two-thirds of the capital. But the blackout schedules are applied because electricity shortages remain significant, Klitschko said.
08:47 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in areas of more than 20 settlements. In particular, these are Ploschanka, Chervonopopovka, Belogorovka, Luhansk region, and Bakhmut, Experienced, Zelenopolye, Andreevka, Maryinka, Pobeda, and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region, the General Staff said in a morning report .
The enemy is redeploying individual units and withdrawing part of his troops from Kakhovka and Novaya Kakhovka to the area of the settlement of Nizhnie Serogozy. Among the local residents, the servicemen are spreading information that Kakhovka will be abandoned by Russian troops by the end of this year, so the locals, who are loyal to the occupiers, are offered to move to the Crimea.
07:42 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Dmitry Medvedev's statements about "legitimate military purposes" for the Russian Federation are part of an information operation aimed at weakening Western support for Ukraine. At the same time, Medvedev's rhetoric still does not correspond to the actual position of the Kremlin regarding the war in Ukraine. Russian forces have been, and likely will continue to be, hitting Western military equipment stationed in Ukraine, but this is not surprising, analysts say.
ISW experts also suggest that Putin's visit to Minsk on December 19 aims to put pressure on Lukashenka and strengthen the information operation regarding a possible Russian offensive from the territory of Belarus. At the same time, analysts add that the likelihood of a Russian invasion of Ukraine from the territory of Belarus is now assessed as low, but possible. And the meeting of the two dictators should strengthen the Russian information operation aimed at convincing Ukrainians and Westerners that Russia can attack Ukraine from the territory of Belarus.
04:53 Winter at the frontline will be a very dynamic time, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Laura Cooper is convinced: "Some think of winter as a time for rest and re-equipment, but we see no signs that the Ukrainians will stop And we certainly expect the Russians to also try to move forward."
03:13 The Biden administration has asked the US Congress to provide Ukraine with an additional nearly $38 billion, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.
02:51 Zelensky said in an interview with the French TV channel LCI that negotiations with the Russian Federation are possible, but not with the current Nazi Russia: “All we are interested in is the liberation of our own lands, after which we will have to talk with Russia, which is ready to respect its interlocutor and return what belongs to us. It is with such a Russia that I will be ready to negotiate, but not with the Russia that we have at the moment, with Nazi Russia."
01:17 Russia is solely responsible for any provocations regarding the war in Ukraine, said Deputy Speaker of the US State Department Vedant Patel, commenting on the words of Russian officials that the supply of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine "will lead to unpredictable consequences." "The only provocative measures that have been taken throughout this conflict are carried out by Russia. The US is not and never has been at war with Russia," Patel said.
00:41 Germany will transfer 130 million euros to the Energy Support Fund by the end of the year for the urgent needs of Ukrainian energy companies, the German Embassy said.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:41 As a result of the strike of the RF Armed Forces, the transfer of weapons and ammunition of foreign production was disrupted, the advancement of reserves to the areas of hostilities was blocked, defense enterprises of Ukraine were stopped. 21:40 Personnel sorties of Su-35 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a special operation
Crews of multi-role fighters are practicing air patrol tasks, covering the actions of attack aircraft and helicopters of army aviation during air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Fighter flights are carried out with suspended missiles of various classes.
20:32 Personnel combat work of the crews of the MLRS 122mm BM-21 of the Western Military District
The fighters perform fire missions to destroy objects and positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special military operation during the day and at night.
Military personnel called up from the reserve as part of partial mobilization serve in one formation.
19:30 Ukrainian media also report a repeated air alert in Zaporozhye, Sumy, Poltava regions
19:29 An air raid alert has been declared in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine
18:24 Russian loitering ammunition "Lancet" strikes American howitzer M777 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
17:30 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, 2,675 unmanned aerial vehicles, 398 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,140 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 931 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,691 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 7,638 units of special military vehicles.
16:27 Almost half of the Kyiv region remains without electricity - the head of the Kyiv regional military administration Oleksiy Kuleba.
16:25 Air raid alert again announced in Kharkiv region
15:20 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
◾️The RF Armed Forces dealt a massive blow to the military command and control systems, the defense industry and the energy facilities of Ukraine supporting them;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces hit the point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries in the DPR;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stopped and dispersed the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, despite the attempts of the enemy counterattacks;
◾️All designated objects were hit during the massive strike, the goals were achieved;
◾️Russian troops inflicted a comprehensive defeat on enemy reserves in the DPR, destroying up to 30 Ukrainian military;
◾️Ukrainian and Western air defense systems have spent a significant resource on decoys specially launched by the RF Armed Forces;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation thwarted an attempt to transfer foreign-made weapons to the combat zone, the defense enterprises of Ukraine were stopped;
◾️On the Krasno-Limansky direction, the RF Armed Forces defeated the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the losses amounted to 30 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded;
◾️As a result of unprofessional actions of Ukrainian air defense crews, damage was caused to civilian infrastructure on the ground;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Kupyansk direction inflicted fire damage on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two groups of Ukrainian saboteurs in the DPR;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 35 Ukrainian soldiers in the Yuzhno-Donets direction in a day;
◾️During a missile attack on December 16, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed four radar stations of the S-300 complexes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.
14:33 Platoon commander of the Grad MLRS with the call sign Don told about the mood in the team and the features of combat work at the forefront.
A platoon, in which all crews consist of mobilized people, successfully solves the assigned tasks. Fighting mood!
122mm BM-21 Grads hunt for columns of enemy equipment. Also, rocket salvo artillery is used for barrage fire on the routes of a possible withdrawal or advance of the enemy. Volleys of high-explosive and fragmentation shells from rocket systems also mercilessly hit enemy positions. The shock wave and fragments that scatter hundreds of meters destroy the identified firing positions, fortifications and armored vehicles.
14:32 Residents of Volchansk in Kharkiv regionhave undergonemass robberies by unsolicited Ukrainian "rescuers"
In a number of districts of the city and even in the center, the Nazi invaders break into apartments, houses, basements. They take out absolutely everything! The plan is very simple, knowing who was evacuated, the militants go to the addresses and steal everything they want to the maximum.
For example, at 20 Geroev Chernobyl Street, militants in five apartments took away small household appliances. But if only they would stop there. At 56 Korolenko Street, almost all apartments were cleaned out, doors were smashed, and local residents say that they saw how during the day the militants loaded larger household appliances, as well as furniture, into a truck.
13:18 Kramatorsk was left without electricity, water and heat supply - the mayor of the city.
12:34 Air raid throughout Ukraine
11:33 In Brovary, water and heating have been turned off, Mayor Sapozhko said.
According to him, there were problems with the supply of electricity to critical infrastructure facilities.
10:42 Our artillery works on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Soledar.
10:42 Echelon of military equipment goes to help the allied forces in the NVO zone.
09:25 Su-35S fighters lead patrol close to the front.
Fighter aircraft mainly strike enemy MiG-29s and Su-25s, as well as Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters. Video: Ministry of Defense, TK Zvezda.
08:05 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed work Russian artillerymen in the NVO zone.
Military personnel of the Western Military District delivered a strike from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS on manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Video: Russian Ministry of Defense
07:54 An air raid alert has been announced in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions of Ukraine.
06:01 In Malotaranovka, a village near Kramatorsk, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Donetsk region, an explosion occurred.
01:15 An air raid alert has been announced in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:48 Three civilians were killed, five more were injured after the shelling of the city of Shchastya by Ukrainian troops from the HIMARS MLRS, four houses were destroyed, the LPR reported. 22:39 Russian troops hit the point of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries in the Krasny Liman area of the Donetsk People's Republic.
20:42 Rumble in Lugansk
According to available data, this is the transition of a fighter to supersonic, and not an explosion.
According to the version from the Network - the work of air defense.
19:45 Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction have lost:
More than 30 people were killed and wounded.
In addition, during the day the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to:
- five units of automotive and combat armored vehicles;
- four artillery towed guns;
High-precision weapons hit one warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:04 Personnel the destruction of the M777 howitzer by the loitering ammunition "Lancet" southwest of Chasy Yar.
18:30 Officers of the Representative Office of the LPR in the JCCC fixed shelling of the city of Shchastya by the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the use of the American MLRS M142 HIMARS.
18:15 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on December 17, 2022.
17:47 In Mayorsk, Ukrainian militants fired five rockets from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS and five rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
Yasinovataya was also under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, four rounds of 122mm caliber were fired. This was reported in the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
16:46 Fixation of consequences of shelling of the Budyonnovsky district of Donetsk on 12/17/2022
16:20 JCCC in the DPR recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Ivanopolye - n.p. Maiorsk: five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Shirokaya Balka: five rockets were fired from the Grad MLRS.
15:53 Trenches of APU in Artemovsk. Kyiv is preparing for street fighting for the city center.
15:44 The DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Ozeryanovka: fired six mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Petrovka - n.p. Red Partizan: fired five rounds of 155mm caliber;
— n.p. Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:24 In the Krasno-Limansky direction, a complex defeat was inflicted on enemy reserves in the area of the settlement. Wells of the DNR. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 30 Ukrainian fighters killed and wounded, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made unsuccessful attempts to counterattack Russian units in the areas of the settlement. Bakhmut and Experienced DNR. More than 30 Ukrainian militants were destroyed, as well as seven cars. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
15:06 Kirovsky district of Donetsk and Yasinovataya under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Three 155mm rounds and three 122mm rounds were fired at Yasinovataya in the Kirovsky district, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
14:39 Ukrainian punishers once again fired upon territory of the DNR.
Ukrainian punishers hit Donetsk once again, such medical institutions as the Optics Center, the Medical and Diagnostic Institution medesthet, Ambulatory No. 2 and a residential building on the street came under fire. Century in Budyonovsky district of Donetsk.
14:21 In the Kyiv region of Donetsk, Ukrainian militants fired four rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
14:15 Near Artemivsk, a group of Ukrainian fighters "musicians"meton the march with mortar fire. For the opponent, the run ended with the presence of 200 and 300.
13:16 In the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Ukrainian militants fired three rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
12:37 VFU wounded a civilian in Donetsk. During shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Kyiv region of Donetsk, a man was injured.
12:20 Consequencesshelling of the city of Shchastya (LPR) by the armed formations of Ukraine.
According to updated data, as a result of the shelling of the city of Shchastya using the American M142 HIMARS MLRS (the enemy fired three missiles of the M31 GMLRS type), three civilians were killed and five people were injured. Four houses were destroyed.
12:15 At the Zaporizhzhya NPP over the storage of spent nuclear waste mountprotective dome. While he will save from fragments and swoo from drones. In the future it will be more serious. This is reported by Vladimir Rogov.
11:55 Afternoon summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on December 17, 2022.
11:25 Combat training of those mobilized from the Russian Federation is taking place at specially prepared training grounds.Video:NM of the LPR.
10:48 Consequences of shelling of the Budyonnovsky district of Donetsk.
10:35 Funnels in the center of Donetsk from Czech-made MLRS.Video: reporter Rudenko.
10:31 Statement by the NM of the DPR on the situation as of 10.30 12/17/2022
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: two tanks
(“T-64BV”), one self-propelled artillery mount (“122mm 2S1 Gvozdika”), one mobile radar station (“P-18ML”), eight units of armored and automotive vehicles, and two enemy UAVs were shot down in the air. Losses in enemy manpower amounted to more than 30 people.
10:02 In the Luhansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted an offensive towards Sofiyivka. This area is currently of no operational importance. In response, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched artillery strikes on Ukrainian troops in the area of ??Kislovka and Kotlyarovka.
A little to the south, the Russian Army shelled Tabaevka. Even further south, she hit Stelmahovka, Myasozharovka and Makeevka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also attacked in the Golikov area. The goal is to take control of a section of the R-66 highway and push the Russian troops back across the Red River.
To the east of Soledar, Wagner PMC has established full control over Yakovlevka. Thus, a section of the railroad was cut and a new direction of attack on the city was opened. On the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut, oncoming battles. Russian artillery is operating in the city. To the south, there are also oncoming battles in the area of Opytnoye. Even further south, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to counterattack in the direction of Kurdyumovka and Ozaryanovka.
10:01 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 17, information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district):
- a direct hit was recorded in the educational building No. 6 of the GOU VPO "DonAU and GS" on the street. Artem;
— fixed damage to the medical center "MedEstet" on the street. Shchors;
- st. Chelyuskintsev, 194 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Shchorsa, 41 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- getting into the sidewalk zone along Mira Avenue and st. Artem;
- the public transport stop Studgorodok was damaged, as well as the trolleybus contact line along the street. Artem.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
09:52 New Kakhovka once again came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the early morning, Ukrainian fighters fired six rounds of cannon artillery. This was reported by a representative of emergency services to the Chief in Kherson and the region. Civilian casualties and destruction are being specified.
09:20 Ukrainian soldiers are shelling Yakovlevka and Yasinovataya. Three rounds of 122mm caliber were fired at Yakovlevka. Also, three rounds of 122mm caliber were fired at Yasinovataya, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
09:00 Consequences of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the center of Donetsk.
08:42 Personnel destruction of the positions of Ukrainian troops near Maryinka from 152mm howitzers.
08:39 Information on the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 12/17/2022
08:24 Consequences of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
08:17 Kirovsky and Leninsky districts of Donetsk under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kyiv militants fired five rounds with a caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
08:16 Donetsk is again under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Mayor Aleksey Kulemzin said that ten rockets were fired at the city from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS. Local public posts photo of funnels after one of the arrivals. Information about the victims is being specified.
08:15 Consequences of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Budennovsky district of Donetsk.
08:10 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces in the Lisichansk direction destroyed positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:08 The DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Tonenkoye - Donetsk (Voroshilovsky and Kyiv districts): 10 missiles were fired from the RSO 122mm BM-21 "Grad";
— n.p. Shcherbinovka - n.p. Maiorsk: 10 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
08:05 During the day, 1 person died on the territory of the DPR, seven more were injured.
Over the past day, from 08:00 on December 16 to 08:00 on December 17, one person was killed and seven more civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:01 Russian artillery works on the positions of Ukrainian militants in Soledar.
07:28 VFU wounded three civilians in the Budyonnovsky district of Donetsk. Ukrainian militants attacked the Budyonnovsky district of the city at night. Three civilians were injured.
07:01 Consequences of unsuccessful counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut - BMP-1 and MT-LB were shot down, at least 10 servicemen were killed.
07:00 Summary of the Luhansk People’s Republic Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, December 16:
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, three shellings were recorded on the settlement. Stakhanov, Lantratovka and Svatovo with the use of the American M142 HIMARS MLRS (six missiles) and a 155mm artillery gun (five rounds).
As a result of the attacks:
-in n.p. Lantratovka, 11 civilians were killed, 17 people were injured, the Lantratovskaya secondary school was destroyed, and six residential buildings and a post office were damaged;
-in n.p. Svatovo killed one civilian, and one was injured, as well as damaged 6 houses.
06:48 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded on the settlement. Happiness with the use of MLRS HIMARS (three missiles). Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
04:02 Fuse Czech MLRS "RM-70" at the site of the last shelling. Donetsk.
03:29 Ukrainian troops fired at the southeastern Budennovsky district of Donetsk at night, firing six rockets from 122mm BM-21 Grad, the DPR said.
02:57 Donetsk again undershelling. Zaperevalnaya Street, this is a distant rear.
Unless otherwise noted, commentary by Russian writer Anastasia Larina
[ColonelCassad] Large enterprises of Rostec, Almaz-Antey and Roskosmos in the Sverdlovsk region have been transferred to a six-day work week. Andrey Vetluzhskikh, chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of the region, said that, in theory, the working day of employees could be increased to 12 hours.
“Yes, they are now working six days instead of five days a week. Yes, according to the legislation, it is possible to increase the working day almost every day up to four hours for the purpose of production needs, to work up to twelve hours , ”said a representative of trade unions at a press conference (quoted by TASS). He said that the state order for defense enterprises was "significantly increased."
Andrei Vetluzhskikh noted that the trade union makes sure that the management of the plants does not allow abuses against employees. According to him,employees of enterprises "absolutely" increased wages.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on special measures in the economy in the face of a military operation in July. The law allows the government to establish the procedure and conditions for attracting employees of enterprises working for defense to work overtime. Rostec transferred several enterprises to overtime work back in August. Among them is Uralvagonzavod.
As Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said, in 2023 the volume of state defense orders will be increased by 1.5 times. The minister claims that this will provide the Russian army with weapons and equipment by 97%.
More via MIG telegram channel:
The Dmitrovsky military registration and enlistment office reports that a transition to an expanded conscription is being prepared. First, they will switch to 1.5 years of military service, and then to 2 years.
So far, there have been no official statements on this topic from the RF Ministry of Defense.
They write that the statement was dug up since April.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the absence of proposals to change the term of service in the army
To date, no changes have been made to the federal law "On military duty and military service" regarding the terms of service in the army. This was reported on December 17 in the Russian Ministry of Defense.
"Legal regulation in the field of military duty and military service is carried out by the Federal Law of March 28, 1998 No. 53-FZ “On military duty and military service”. Article 38 of the Federal Law establishes that the period of military service for conscripted military personnel is 12 months," the ministry said.
Also, the federal ministry stressed that "any changes in the legislation of the Russian Federation in terms of changing the terms of military service on conscription" are currently not proposed by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Recall that earlier the military commissar of the Dmitrovsky urban district, Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Fotin, announced an increase in the terms of military service allegedly planned in 2023. However, later publications with such statements were removed. Fotin himself denied these words, telling MSK1 reporters. RU that he "said a lot of things" and "it all depends on how they edited" the material.
As REGNUM reported, on October 20, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov announced the need to increase the term of military service to two years. He explained that it is impossible to learn how to handle military equipment in one year.
The presidential administration and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation did not support this proposal. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in November that the Kremlin had not discussed the idea of extending military service to two years.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Today I finished reading a course of lectures at Moscow State University on color coups and local wars.
In total, there were 12 lectures of 1.5 hours each - Ukraine, Syria, Libya, the Arab Spring, color revolutions, pink tides in South America,
... a political wave and perception of a turn towards left-wing governments in Latin American democracies moving away from the neoliberal economic model in the 21st century...
PMCs and so on.
Lectures will be posted online by the end of December and everything will be available on LiveJournal, for those who are interested.
In general, since studying at the institute, I did not think that I would ever work in the profile, but nevertheless. I hope the listeners were as interested in listening to this as it was for the readers of LiveJournal to read about all this in recent years.
PS. At the beginning of next year, a book about fakes and information warfare in the context of SVO will also be published in co-authorship. I wrote an introduction for her (30 sheets). The book is currently being read. When it comes out, I'll announce it.
[NY Times] A Times investigation based on interviews, intercepts, documents and secret battle plans shows how a "walk in the park" became a catastrophe for Russia.
They never had a chance.
Fumbling blindly through cratered farms, the troops from Russia’s 155th Naval Infantry Brigade had no maps, medical kits or working walkie-talkies, they said. Just a few weeks earlier, they had been factory workers and truck drivers, watching an endless showcase of supposed Russian military victories at home on state television before being drafted in September. One medic was a former barista who had never had any medical training.
Now, they were piled onto the tops of overcrowded armored vehicles, lumbering through fallow autumn fields with Kalashnikov rifles from half a century ago and virtually nothing to eat, they said. Russia had been at war most of the year, yet its army seemed less prepared than ever. In interviews, members of the brigade said some of them had barely fired a gun before and described having almost no bullets anyway, let alone air cover or artillery. But it didn’t frighten them too much, they said. They would never see combat, their commanders had promised.
Only when the shells began crashing around them, ripping their comrades to pieces, did they realize how badly they had been duped.
Flung to the ground, a drafted Russian soldier named Mikhail recalled opening his eyes to a shock: the shredded bodies of his comrades littering the field. Shrapnel had sliced open his belly, too. Desperate to escape, he said, he crawled to a thicket of trees and tried to dig a ditch with his hands.
Of the 60 members of his platoon near the eastern Ukrainian town of Pavlivka that day in late October, about 40 were killed, said Mikhail, speaking by phone from a military hospital outside Moscow. Only eight, he said, escaped serious injury.
"This isn’t war," Mikhail said, struggling to speak through heavy, liquid breaths. "It’s the destruction of the Russian people by their own commanders."
President Vladimir V. Putin’s war was never supposed to be like this. When the head of the C.I.A. traveled to Moscow last year to warn against invading Ukraine, he found a supremely confident Kremlin, with Mr. Putin’s national security adviser boasting that Russia’s cutting-edge armed forces were strong enough to stand up even to the Americans.
Russian invasion plans, obtained by The New York Times, show that the military expected to sprint hundreds of miles across Ukraine and triumph within days. Officers were told to pack their dress uniforms and medals in anticipation of military parades in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
But instead of that resounding victory, with tens of thousands of his troops killed and parts of his army in shambles after nearly 10 months of war, Mr. Putin faces something else entirely: his nation’s greatest human and strategic calamity since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
How could one of the world’s most powerful militaries, led by a celebrated tactician like Mr. Putin, have faltered so badly against its much smaller, weaker rival? To piece together the answer, we drew from hundreds of Russian government emails, documents, invasion plans, military ledgers and propaganda directives. We listened to Russian phone calls from the battlefield and spoke with dozens of soldiers, senior officials and Putin confidants who have known him for decades.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
