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2022-12-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 24th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 21:42 The number of victims of today's shelling of the Kherson region has increased to 68 people, ten people died in Kherson , said the head of the OVA Yaroslav Yanushevich and once again called on local residents to evacuate.
20:39 The Russians have launched another carrier of Caliber cruise missiles into the Black Sea - there are now four of them in the sea, a total of 24 missiles in one salvo, Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. According to her, this can be either preparation for the next missile strike, or simply intimidation.
19:05 As of the end of December , 71% of Russians support the war in Ukraine . The number of supporters of negotiations has been declining in recent months, according to a sociological survey by the Levada Center. Only 21% of Russians do not support Russian military aggression against Ukraine.
18:51 The death toll as a result of the shelling of the center of Kherson by the Russians has increased to ten, another 55 people were injured, 18 of them are in serious condition , said the head of the Kherson Regional Military District, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
18:47 The enemy is concentrating its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky and Avdeevsky directions and is trying to improve the tactical situation in the Kupyansky direction, the General Staff said in the evening summary.
In Gornostaevka, Kherson region, the Russians imposed a round-the-clock curfew from December 25 to January 3. For almost ten days, local residents are prohibited from leaving their homes and moving around the village.
17:08 Finland in the 11th package of military assistance worth 28.8 million euros will supply Ukraine with more military equipment, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported. In addition, the Finnish Defense Forces will continue to participate in training support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the UK until the end of 2023. The total cost of all packages of military equipment sent to Ukraine is 189.2 million euros.
16:44 Lithuanian military assistance to Ukraine will increase by 40 million euros next year, Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said: "It is planned to immediately purchase new equipment similar to what is produced in Lithuania, based on what Ukrainians need." He recalled that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Lithuania has already provided Kyiv with military assistance worth 283 million euros.
16:27 French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastian Lecornu will visit Kiev on Wednesday, December 28, French media write. According to Le Figaro, with his visit, Lecornu should "demonstrate to the Ukrainian authorities the unwavering support of France since the start of the war on February 24."
15:53 After yesterday's strikes in the Urzuf area, today in Mariupol and the Mariupol region, an anomalous movement of military columns towards Berdyansk, Zaporizhia region, was recorded, said Mariupol Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko. "Given public information from Ukrainian intelligence, there is a frank strengthening of the Melitopol sector of the front," he added.
14:36 Four members of the Russian DRG who tortured people in the Kharkiv region were convicted in Ukraine. The court sentenced them to 11 years in prison each, the SBU reported. During the occupation in the Izyum region, the Russians followed the instructions of the Kremlin to identify and eliminate participants in the ATO.
13:34 As a result of today's shelling of the center of Kherson from Gradov, 58 people were injured, 18 of them in serious condition, seven people died , the President's Office reported.
12:50 In Melitopol, the invaders are going to introduce a round-the-clock curfew for almost a week, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said: "They are launching propaganda that there will be a full curfew on December 25 until January 2-3. Such announcements appeared in some cities and villages. In Melitopol they They are also planning it." According to Fedorov, this is how the Russians are trying to cut off communication between civilians and the military, fearing it.
12:28 Podolyak urged to destroy Iranian drone production and arrest suppliers: "Iran, which plans to increase the volume of weapons for Russia, defiantly humiliates the institution of" international sanctions "... It is important to abandon the concept of "non-working sanctions", "inactive UN resolutions", and switch to more destructive tools - destruction of production facilities and arrests of suppliers."
11:59 Zelensky poses a photo from Kherson:
11:55 Russians shelled the center of Kherson: at least five dead and 20 wounded are known , the President's Office reported.
11:32 As of the morning of December 24, a significant shortage of electricity remains in the energy system, Ukrenergo reported. All types of generation are working, but due to shelling and damage to equipment, one of the power plants stopped generating. Restrictions in the power transmission system also continue to apply. Consumption limits have been brought to all regions. The most difficult situation is in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as in the east and south.
11:29 After yesterday's strike, the columns of the invaders left the villages of Urzuf and Babakh-Tarama - partially went towards Mariupol, partially moved away from the line of potential destruction to the area with. Yurievka. Explosions are again heard in Urzuf today, Piotr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said.
11:26 The EU this year sent more than 19 billion euros to support Ukraine, "and that's not all," said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
11:24 Russians launched mortar strikes on the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region in the morning: one person was killed, one was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
11:19 Occupation "administration" of Svatovo left towards Luhansk due to the approach of the front, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
10:37 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said following his visit to Moscow that negotiations on the creation of a protective zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are moving forward. "The key is that the zone is solely focused on preventing a nuclear accident," Grossi added. According to him, consultations on the security of ZNPP with both parties will be continued in the near future.
09:42 Russians over the past day fired at the territory of Kherson region 74 times: five civilians were killed, another 17 people were injured. Among the victims is a six-year-old child, he is in a serious condition, said the head of the regional police department, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
09:39 British intelligence believes that the lack of ammunition is likely to remain a key deterrent to Russian offensive operations. Russia has also reduced its long-range missile strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure to about once a week, analysts said, due to a limited number of cruise missiles. The vulnerability of Russia's current operational layout lies in the fact that even the simple conduct of defensive operations along a long front line requires a significant daily expenditure of shells and missiles, intelligence indicates.
09:32 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 24th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kupyansky, Avdeevsky and Bakhmut directions.
- personnel - about 101,430 (+480) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3006 (+1),
- armored combat vehicles - 5994 (+8),
- artillery systems - 1988 (+4),
- MLRS - 418 (+4),
- air defense systems - 212 (+0),
- aircraft - 283 (+0),
- helicopters - 267 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1706 (+8),
- cruise missiles - 653 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4627 (+5),
- special equipment - 178 (+0).
09:29 Russia can launch massive or single missile strikes on important objects in Ukraine on the eve of the holidays, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, warned. According to her, the ship grouping in the Black Sea has increased to 11 ships, including three launch vehicles with a total salvo of 20 calibers. The likelihood of strikes has also increased due to the fact that the weather conditions in the Black Sea region have improved.
09:27 Russia fired 540 out of 1,700 Iranian drones in Ukraine, Budanov said in an interview with The New York Times. According to him, the production of one such drone costs about $7,000. As for ballistic missiles, Iran has so far refused to supply them to Russia.
09:24 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two civilians were killed - in Kurakhovo. Five more people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
09:08 Russia's strategy in the Donbass is dictated by prisoners from the Wagner PMC, Budanov said in an interview with The New York Times. According to him, Prigozhin undertook a "crusade" to capture Bakhmut and push into the background the rival commanders of the regular Russian army, for this reason they are trying their best to show the result. They need to prove that they can do what the Russian army could not.
He also noted that today the likelihood of a second attack on Ukraine from the territory of Belarus remains low. According to Budanov, Russian troops in Belarus are not lined up in assault formations, but are sent from mobilized training camps to fight in eastern Ukraine. Also, there is not enough armored vehicles to carry out the attack at the training grounds. At the same time, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate added that the possibility of such an offensive cannot be completely ruled out, but now there is no data confirming the likelihood of a threat.
09:06 The Russian Defense Ministry has accused the US Democratic Party of organizing "military biological projects" in Ukraine. They said that it was the leaders of the US Democratic Party "who act as the ideological inspirers of military biological research and the creators of secret schemes for money laundering in the interests of a narrow circle of representatives of the American elite."
09:03 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the intensification of cooperation with NATO "undermines the security" of Moldova, and "the reckless pumping of Western weapons brings it closer to a catastrophe." "The sad experience of Ukraine from the Moldovan land, I believe, is seen very clearly," said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.
08:54 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Lugansk region and Yampolevka, Razdolevka, Bakhmutskoye, Bakhmut, Severnoye, New York, Krasnogorovka, Vodyanoye and Maryinka in the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
08:25 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that the resumption of Putin's public appearances probably indicates that he has become more worried about his popularity and image in Russia. Analysts say Putin's recent public appearances are part of the Kremlin's efforts to portray him as a wartime leader and reassert dominance in the domestic media space as the Russian Federation enters its second year of war. In addition, Putin is trying to create favorable conditions in the information space on the eve of the next presidential election in the Russian Federation in early 2024.
03:09 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put China "in a very difficult position" because Beijing does not want to "choose between friends," Fu Cong, the new Chinese ambassador to the EU, said: "We are experiencing collateral damage from this crisis. Both Russia and Ukraine are good friends, so we don't want to choose between friends. That's the starting point of our position." He stressed that China does not provide military assistance to Russia and is ready to participate in any peace efforts.
00:26 The Wall Street Journal writes that Putin's entourage is misinforming him about the real state of affairs at the front. In particular, the Russian leader receives a written report every morning on the situation at the front, which is prepared in a way that emphasizes successes and downplays failures. In addition, the information in the reports is usually late, because it is preliminarily "processed" by the special services.
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