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[Regnum] A record amount of snow fell in Moscow on December 3, which beat all daily indicators for that date,leading specialist at the Phobos weather center Mikhail Leus reported in his Telegram channel.
“In the entire history of weather observations in the capital, December 3 has never been so snowy,” he wrote.
According to the weather forecaster, by 18:00 10 mm of precipitation fell in the capital, which is 0.6 mm more than on the same date in 1980. Leus emphasized that these are preliminary indicators, as the snowfall continues, and the final data will be taken after 21:00.
The Phobos representative clarified that the most precipitation fell in the city center, on Balchug, and in Dolgoprudny. There is 11 mm of precipitation there so far.
On December 3, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand , warned that in the coming days, abnormal cold weather will occur in 60% of Russia . He reported about worsening weather in the Siberian regions and Crimea, as well as in the Rostov region and Krasnodar region.
In Moscow, despite heavy snowfall, a match took place between the Rostov and CSKA clubs as part of the 17th round of the Russian Premier League. The Muscovites defeated the southerners with a score of 2:0. The head coach of the Rostov team, Valery Karpin, called the one who decided to play the game in such weather a “moron. ”
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[VESTI] The Ukrainian Armed Forces opened fire on them as they were surrendering.
The Russians who shot unarmed Ukrainian soldiers in the Donetsk region were liquidated.
Source: Head of the Avdiivka city military administration Vitaly Barabash on the Freedom TV channel.
Details: Barabash confirmed that the Ukrainian military tried to surrender because they ran out of ammunition.
Quote: “As far as I know, a little later our guys stormed these positions, and everyone there was liquidated... These are non-humans. We are a rule of law state and Russian prisoners in Ukraine are in much better conditions. The attitude towards them is better than the Russian military towards to their own fighters."
The Armed Forces stormed this position and destroyed all the Russians who were there.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The head of the Avdiyiv city military administration said on the air of the telethon that the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated the occupiers who shot unarmed Ukrainian soldiers near Stepovoy. Later, the Defense Forces stormed this position and destroyed the occupants.
"They (Ukrainian military, ed.) surrendered because they ran out of ammunition. As far as I know, our guys stormed this position a little later. Everyone who was there was eliminated," Barabash said.
Yesterday evening, the DeepState analytical group published a video of the alleged shooting by the Russians of two Ukrainian prisoners near Avdiyivka, near Stepovoy.
It is known that the enemy entered the positions of the 45th OSB. During the clearing, the occupiers came across a dugout in which Ukrainian fighters were. They were forced to surrender due to a lack of BC. As soon as the second fighter came out, the Russians shot them both. The Armed Forces said they were verifying the video, while noting that the Russian occupiers cynically violate the customs of war on a daily basis. The Prosecutor General's Office has started an investigation into the shooting of two Ukrainian soldiers by the occupiers in Donetsk region.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:19 The Russians fired at Avdeevka and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region: one person was killed, two were wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported.
20:44 Zelensky said in an evening video message that intense fighting is taking place at “dozens of points” along the entire front: “The heaviest are the Maryinsky direction, Avdeevsky, Bakhmutsky. But also the south and the Kharkiv region.”
The president also spoke about plans for the next week: “We will definitely increase the capabilities of our state. In particular, our military-industrial complex. We are also preparing new packages of military support from partners. We are also preparing to strengthen our air defense - this is an ongoing priority.”
17:58 As a result of the Russian strike on residential areas of Kherson, one person was killed and seven were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Hit was recorded in a residential building and the area nearby, as well as on the territory of two hospitals.
17:35 The Russians shelled Kherson, hitting a residential building - currently five casualties are known, the Presidential Office reported.
16:03 Germany wants to reduce the amount it allocates to the European Union fund for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine, The Daily Telegraph writes, citing a confidential document. In it, Berlin asks the European Peace Fund to take into account the billions of dollars in military aid that Germany has donated to Kyiv on a bilateral basis.
In addition, in another document obtained by The Daily Telegraph, France advocates stopping arms supplies from EU countries and proposes focusing on “joint purchases” from European arms manufacturers.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the European Peace Fund has provided Ukraine with weapons worth 4.5 billion euros and trained 34 thousand Ukrainian military personnel as part of the EU training mission.
14:17 This week alone, the Russians illegally convicted 11 defenders of Mariupol in captivity, on fictitious and falsified charges. On average, up to 25 years in prison for each, said Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko.
13:55 The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War warns that in the near future another wave of disinformation will be launched on Russian propaganda channels regarding the reasons for the suspension of prisoner exchanges. The goal of the Russian special services is to destabilize the situation within Ukrainian society and sow distrust in government agencies.
In particular, the Coordination Headquarters is preparing to present inflated demands for the exchange formula and the intention to return military personnel from all units without exception, including those towards whom the Russian authorities have “special propaganda rage.” The headquarters assured that nothing has changed on the Ukrainian side in the negotiation process, negotiations with the Russian side continue.
12:32 The Russians shelled the village of Sadovoye, Kherson region, one person was killed, OVA reported. Over the previous 24 hours, one person was injured in the region as a result of Russian shelling.
11:19 The head of the Avdiivka GVA, Vitaly Barabash, said that a blow was struck at the positions of the Russians who shot unarmed Ukrainian soldiers, “all of them were liquidated.”
11:16 Stoltenberg warned that the situation for Ukraine could get worse if the West does not increase arms supplies. According to him, Kyiv is in a “critical situation” and “we need to prepare for bad news.” The Secretary General also emphasized that “we must support Ukraine in both bad and good times.”
08:41 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of December 3:
personnel - about 332,040 (+930) people,
tanks - 5575 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 10,396 (+11),
artillery systems - 7949 (+8),
MLRS - 913 (+0),
air defense systems - 602 (+0),
aircraft - 323 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 5995 (+1),
cruise missiles - 1569 (+1),
ships/boats - 22 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 10,432 (+22),
special equipment - 1140 (+2).
08:28 Over the past 24 hours, 88 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In particular, the Defense Forces repelled 25 enemy attacks in the Avdeevsky direction (in the areas east of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka, Severny, south of Tonenkoye, Pervomaisky of the Donetsk region) and 21 attacks in the Bakhmutsky direction (in the areas of Bogdanovka, Ivanovsky, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk region) .
In addition, in the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, northeast of Petropavlovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region, and Stelmakhovka, Lugansk region; on Limansky - in the Serebryansky forestry area of the Lugansk region; on Maryinsky - in the Marinka and Novomikhailovka districts of the Donetsk region; on Shakhtarsky - in areas southeast of Ugledar, west of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - in areas south of Rabotino, west and north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, assault operations south of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, and in the Kherson direction they hold occupied positions on the left bank of the Dnieper.
07:20 At night, air defense destroyed 10 of the 12 Shahed attack UAVs that Russia attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area, the Air Force command reported. The drones flew in several waves and entered the Mykolaiv region through the occupied Kherson region. Most of them were shot down in the Nikolaev region, the rest were heading in a northwestern direction and were shot down in the Starokonstantinov area of the Khmelnytsky region. In addition, the Russians fired one X-59 guided missile from the Belgorod region, but it did not reach its target.
03:57 The outcome of the war in Ukraine will determine global security for decades to come, and the United States “has no opportunity to sit out,” said Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin. "The United States strives for a free and sovereign Ukraine that can defend itself today and deter new Russian aggression in the future. That is Biden's goal," he added and promised continued support for Kyiv.
Austin also said that the United States has increased funding for ammunition production by 50%. According to him, during the Biden administration, artillery ammunition production has quadrupled.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces, aviation, and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of AFU 14th Mechanised and 25th Airborne Brigades near Sin'kovka and Berestovoye (Khar'kov region).
One ammunition depot of the AFU 113th Territorial Defence Brigade was eliminated near Liptsy (Kharkov region).
The enemy lost up to 95 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces and artillery repelled one attack launched by assault groups of the AFU 60th Mechanised Btigade near Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In addition, strikes were delivered at clusters of manpower of AFU 63rd Mechanised and 12th Special Forces Brigades near Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.
The enemy lost up to 250 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by artillery inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower and hardware near Kurdyumovka, Andreyevka, and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 300 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, one infantry fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20, one 122mm D-30 howitzers, as well as one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower of AFU 72nd Mechanised and 79th Air Assault Brigades near Novomikhailovka and Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 85 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, one Akatsiya self propelled artillery system, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces, helicopters, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems repelled one attack launched by assault groups of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, servicemen of the AFU 46th Airmobile Brigade were defeated close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 20 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.
In Kherson direction, the Russian Group of Forces' units inflicted fire damage on AFU manpower close to Matiyasovo and Novosyolovka (Nikolaev region), and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU lost up to 65 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, three 122mm Gvozdika self propelled artillery systems, and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit one command post of the air defence control and warning centre of the AFU Vostok Air Command near Dnepropetrovsk, fuel depots close to Mirgorod (Poltava region) and Khmelnitsky, one ammunition depot in Nikolaev region, as well as manpower and military hardware in 107 areas.
Russian air defence and electronic warfare systems have shot down eight UAVs near Podkuychansk (Lugansk People’s Republic), Slavnoye, Belogorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Peschanoye, Vinogradovka (Kherson region), Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region), as well as two S-200 anti-aircraft guided missiles converted to hit ground targets, and one HIMARS MLRS projectile.
In total, 545 airplanes and 256 helicopters, 9,361 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 13,759 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,187 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,224 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 15,876 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03.12.2023 to 00:00 04.12.2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representative Office reported 59 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of 9 civilians, incl. two teenagers#ChildrenNotTarget in Leninsky, Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
A total of 11 residential buildings were damaged in the Leninsky district of Donetsk, the Central City, Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka. Four civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Leninsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 26 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, an attack UAV.
At Gorlivske there were 27 artillery attacks from MLRS, 152mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, an attack UAV.
At Yasinovatsky there were six artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
A total of 184 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:06 Hit Russian Aerospace Forces in Krynki, Kherson region
21:05 Ukrainian TG channels report a group of UAVs “Geranium” moving from the south
19:26 Bad weather and muddy roads can greatly complicate progress in some sectors of the front, Military Chronicle notes.
Not only precipitation and impassable mud affect the pace of movement of the RF Armed Forces. When the weather allowed advance, the Ukrainian Armed Forces threw their best reserves into battle in various directions.
On video— moving the tank to firing positions in the South Donetsk direction.
18:45 In the village. Dvurechnaya (Khar,kov region) Ukrainian Armed Forces are transferring additional forces and equipment. The militants are housed in the private sector. Preparations for crossing Oskol are noted.
The events are related to the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Sin'kovka and Petropavlovka and an attempt to impose active hostilities in another section of the Kupyansky direction.
17:50 From the Kupyansk district of the Kharkov region, the Front Bird reports:
“Guys from the field report the resumption of shooting battles in the western direction from the settlement.
They hit the enemy with AGS and RPGs. Enemy units do not come out after such roasting. Let's fight."
17:20 Military expert Boris Rozhin spoke about the situation in the Avdievka area:
Our troops continue to gain a foothold in the industrial zone and expand the zone of control around it. The enemy is no longer making serious attempts to return to the industrial zone.
Active assault operations continue in the Stepovoy area. In the village itself there is no progress yet, but to the south of the village there is. The enemy recognizes the deterioration of the situation in this area. The village itself is virtually unsuitable for defense - almost all the buildings are destroyed, as are some of the basements. It is very difficult for both us and the Ukrainian Armed Forces to cling to him.
There has been no significant progress yet to the west of Krasnogorovka. The enemy's counterattacks also did not bring him any significant results. The main losses in armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were suffered to the north-west of Avdiivka.
In the Severny area (south of Avdievka) there is some progress in our favor, but the start of battles for Severny itself is still a long way off. The enemy's defense here is quite strong so far.
Avdeevsky coke and the Khimik microdistrict continue to be processed, including by industrial plants.
Bad weather makes it difficult for both sides to conduct military operations.
The enemy continues to transfer reinforcements from other directions near Avdievka. The Berdychi-Orlovka-Tonenkoe-Severnoye area, which ensures the preservation of communications with Avdievka, will be retained by the enemy command at any cost.
16:39 Paratroopers destroyed two infantry fighting vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Verbovoye in the Zaporozhye direction.
Scouts from the Novorossiysk Guards Mountain Airborne Forces discovered two armored combat vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Their coordinates were transmitted to the control center. Accurate artillery shots and a Kornet anti-tank guided missile hit destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' infantry fighting vehicles along with their crews.
15:47 In Gorlovka, as a result of an explosive object being dropped from an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a civilian was injured in the village of the 6/7 mine.
15:20 In the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, two women were injured when ammunition was dropped from a Ukrainian UAV.
A Ukrainian UAV tracked two women on the territory of the mine. Skochinsky and dropped ammunition - women born in 1956 and 1963 were wounded.
14:18 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction per day amounted to up to 300 military personnel;
In the Krasnolimansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by an assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
An ammunition depot was destroyed in the Kharkov region, the total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 95 military personnel;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction amounted to up to 250 military personnel;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 85 military personnel in the South Donetsk direction;
Russian air defense forces shot down eight Ukrainian UAVs, two S-200 missiles and one HIMARS projectile in one day.
14:15 Statement Head of the press center of the Vostok group:
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
Motorized rifle units, supported by artillery fire, stopped attempts to rotate units of the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Staromayorsky area.
Army aviation and artillery hit the temporary deployment points of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade in obstructions, the 72nd Mechanized Brigade in Ugledar and the 118th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Makarovka region.
The use of heavy flamethrower systems caused fire damage to enemy strongholds in the Novomikhailovka, Novodonetsk and Nikolsky areas.
The total enemy losses amounted to 110 military personnel and three vehicles.
13:40 From the Avdeevsky direction from the Krasnogorovka area, the Front Bird reports:
It is reported that our guys captured two enemy tanks with the help of assault groups. Preliminarily, T-62 and T-80.
There are clashes going on west of Krasnogorovka. Our units are covered by attack aircraft and attack helicopters.
13:19 The Diary of a Paratrooper reports from the Krasnolimansky direction:
The enemy attempted an attack - infantry groups were sent to attack in the direction of our positions in the areas of Torsky and Serebryansky forest.
The Russian Armed Forces not only repelled the attack, but also took prisoners.
More than a 100enemy manpower were taken out of action. Eight servicemen surrendered.
12:49 News from Zaporozhye direction:
The artillery resumed its work intensity.
The enemy is again making advances north of Verbovoye. Soldiers of the Airborne Forces 7th Air Assault Division courageously repulse enemy attacks.
12:40 Ukrainian military attacked a beauty salon in Donetsk, six civilians were wounded -video.
12:35 Statement Head of the press center of the Center group:
Units of the Center group of troops continue to carry out combat missions of a special military operation in the Krasnolimansk direction.
In the areas of the Torsky area and Serebryansky forestry, the actions of units of the group’s motorized rifle brigade, supported by artillery fire, repelled attacks by assault groups 60, 63 and 67 Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy's losses amounted to more than 100 nationalists, eight military personnel surrendered.
During the counterbattery fight, more than 30 enemy artillery crews, three armored fighting vehicles and four vehicles were exposed and suppressed.
12:20 From the Avdeevsky direction they report:
The Russian Armed Forces are attacking the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village from several directions. n. Stepovoye. The chosen tactics brought success; we managed to take almost 300 meters. There is also progress in the Pervomaiskoye-Severnoye area.
11:41 Consequences of artillery attack of the Leninsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants. Among the civilian population, according to preliminary information, 6 people were injured -photo.
11:17 Statement Head of the press center of the "South" group:
Units of the South group of troops continue to carry out the tasks of a special military operation in the Donetsk direction.
With the support of aviation and artillery fire, the group's units successfully repelled attacks by enemy assault groups in the area of the village of Kleshcheevka.
Artillery inflicted fire damage on concentrations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Andreevka area.
During the counterbattery fight, 120mm mortars were destroyed in the areas of Verkhnekamensky and Kurdyumovka.
Artillery hit a dugout and a long-term firing point of units of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Maryinka, Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, the enemy lost up to 125 military personnel and two infantry fighting vehicles in this direction.
11:05 Battles near Kremennaya: attack aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces captured the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
On frames our fighters reached the enemy trench. Ukrainian militants are trying to evacuate a wounded man, while a shell comes at them resulting in one dead and one wounded.
After this, our guys continue to move forward, reach the enemy and destroy him.
10:27 Frontline summary for the morning of 12/03/2023:
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, oncoming battles continued in Krynki. There is no movement on either side.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, resumed offensive operations near Novprokopovka and northwest of Verbovoy. No success.
On the Donetsk Front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, attacked in Marinka, near Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), in the industrial zone southwest of Avdeevka, from Kamenka, in Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in Zaporozhye and Ugledarsk directions) and at Novokalinov. LBS has not changed significantly.
In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops attacked behind the “piece of iron” near Andreevka. With serious artillery support, assault operations were carried out in Kleshcheevka. Attacks from Bakhmut to Ivanovka, as well as from Berkhovka to Bogdanovka and from Dubovo-Vasilevka to Grigorovka.
10:14 Statement Head of the press center of the “West” group:
Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out combat missions of a special military operation in the Kupyansk direction.
During active operations, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, two attacks by assault groups of the 57th Mmechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the Sin'kovka area.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 25 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.
09:40 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Krynki 29 rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka two rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe two rounds;
-- n.p. Sagi six rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan five rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Kazachi Lagery, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Novaya Mayachka, n.p. Radensk, firing a total of 25 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:15 The Front Bird writes about the situation in the Zaporozhye direction:
“After two evening attacks on our positions, the enemy was suppressed by counter fire.
An enemy armored personnel carrier hit a mine. The personnel were evacuated and disappeared into the forest belt. In the morning, 82mm mortars successfully hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry.
The enemy has killed and wounded. Now our artillery is preventing the enemy from evacuating.”
08:10 Novorossiysk paratroopers with the help of artillery and the Kornet ATGM destroyed two Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles near Verbov in the Zaporozhye region.
08:05 The crews of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of a special military operation launched missile aircraftblowson military facilities and equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Donetsk direction.
08:02 Summary on the morning of December 3, 2023:
In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to increase efforts on our bank of the Dnieper. Regardless of losses, the enemy constantly replenishes personnel to replace those destroyed, uses special forces as infantry, and attacks the rear. Ukrainian Armed Forces drones are constantly in the air, hunting for any equipment. Night FPV and drone bombers are actively used. We respond with the most powerful FAB-500 and FAB-1500 with UMPC, large-caliber artillery and heavy flamethrower systems. Drones are also used extremely effectively by our troops: they are hunting for enemy boats and infantry. However, the situation at Krynok has not changed.
On the Zaporozhye front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trampling in the Rabotino-Verbovoe pocket, our troops are also counterattacking in small groups of infantry without planning a deep breakthrough. The term “maneuverable” or “active” defense, when superior enemy forces were previously lured into positions recaptured by our troops under Russian artillery fire, is gradually losing its effectiveness.
If in the summer the enemy threw up to several companies with armored vehicles into battle for these purposes, now there are two platoons of motorized infantry, no more. The periodic use of a pair of helicopters by the Ukrainian Armed Forces at extremely low altitudes near Rabotino looks daring. The accuracy of such shooting is low, but the fact of such actions indicates that some units are insufficiently equipped with portable air defense systems. Enemy reconnaissance and FPV drones remain a serious problem here.
In the Avdeevsky direction, ours occupied the industrial zone to the south. They are pushing the enemy towards the village. Northern. On the northern ledge of the front, the initiative is in the hands of the Russian Armed Forces, and a creeping offensive is underway. To the south of Avdeevka, Marinka was almost taken. But behind it, new enemy defense units have been being prepared for a long time.
A settlement was taken near Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). Khromovo is an important point for the further development of the offensive to the West. The fighting near Kleshcheevka and Andreevka in the south also does not subside, but there are no significant changes.
Near Kupyansk, our troops are actively operating at Sinkovka and Kislovka. This activity continues for several months without much progress.
In general, even the enemy General Staff is forced to admit the gravity of the situation of the Ukrainian troops. However, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are conducting an organized defense and in some places trying to attack. At the front - no change. There are local battles going on.
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[Regnum] The opening ceremony of the monument to Russian Emperor Nicholas I took place in the Alexander Garden on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Escarpment in Nizhny Novgorod, TASS reported on December 3.
“Today, great great justice is being restored. It seems to me that especially for Nizhny Novgorod residents, the name of Emperor Nicholas I was in some shadow of our other rulers, and this is absolutely undeserved,” said the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Gleb Nikitin, at the opening of the monument .
He called the monument a tribute to the head of state who influenced the development of the city. The head of the region said that Nizhny Novgorod became a beautiful city thanks to Nicholas I.
The head of the Elisabeth-Sergius Educational Society Foundation, Anna Gromova, spoke at the ceremony about the role of the emperor in charity. She said that the sovereign taught this to his children, and also introduced rules for them to travel around the country.
The height of the monument and pedestal was 4.5 m. The Emperor faces the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. He holds a compass and a map in his hands.
Nicholas I visited Nizhny Novgorod in 1834. On his instructions, the city carried out work to improve the appearance of the streets.
As Regnum reported, on November 29, in Rostov-on-Don, a bust of the White Army military leader, Baron Peter Wrangel , was dismantled, which was erected on November 7 on the territory of the cadet school “Second Don Emperor Nicholas II Cadet Corps.”
The regional authorities made this decision after numerous protests that began after the installation of the monument.
[RT] The Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has apparently revealed the true goal of his country’s enduring support for Ukraine and it has nothing to do with defending “democracy” or even battling Russia, but boils down to the modernization of the US military-industrial complex, ex-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said.
Medvedev, who currently serves as the deputy chairman of the country’s National Security Council, took to social media platform X on Sunday, commenting on a speech made by Austin at the Reagan National Defense Forum in the US.
“We’ve launched what the Army calls ‘the most ambitious modernization effort in nearly 40 years’ for our defense industrial base,” the Pentagon boss said during the event.
Some $50 billion of our supplemental budget request would flow through our defense industrial base. And that will create or support tens of thousands of good American jobs in more than 30 states. That includes making missiles in Arizona; vehicles in Wisconsin and Indiana; and artillery shells in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Texas.
The remarks by the secretary of defense, himself a retired general, effectively amount to an admission of the true goals of Washington, Medvedev said, suggesting that a “sincere” Austin might have inadvertently revealed a genuine “military secret” of the US.
A straightforward and simple-minded person, the general unhesitatingly stated the reason for the US involvement in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
The US is not driven by a desire to help stop Ukraine from “disappearing from the world map” or by an intent to fight “for democracy against tyranny,” he said. Moreover, the US is apparently not even motivated by its repeatedly proclaimed goal of “even confronting Russia to diminish its defense capacity,” the ex-president suggested.
“It turns out, it’s all about defense goods commissioning to increase military production output and create jobs. And, possibly, about the enormous profit that the companies close to the Biden administration get from it,” Medvedev wrote.
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...On the one hand, it's not a bad ultimate goal. We'd fallen pretty far being, and I'm not entirely sure it's not too late, but at least we're trying.
On the other hand...why couldn't someone have just said so? Why always anymore with the ulterior motives?
#2
Worry less about 'modernization' and far more on industrial base to produce what you need. The Ukraine has shown the gulf between expectation of ammo expenditure and the reality.
#4
I think there are many goals. Modernization might be one of them but the true purpose of such modernization would be to enrich the MIC who will in turn grease generals/politicians like Austin. Another goal would be to establish a US Naval base in Sevastopol. Yet another goal would be to install a puppet like Zelensky in Moscow who could get with the Western program.
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The invasion of Iraq enabled a major reorganization of the us army too. The creation of four brigades (up from three) out of each division, each one a mini division in itself. Reequipment…
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