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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:27 Aviation of the RF Armed Forces destroyed an oil storage facility in the Kharkiv region, which supplied the troops of Ukraine with fuel, the RF Ministry of Defense reported.
23:11 The Russian Armed Forces are making exhaustive efforts to prevent the death of civilians in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Minister stressed.
22:41 The RF Armed Forces will continue the special operation in 2023 until its tasks are fully completed - Shoigu.
21:16 In the area of the settlement of Disputed, the Russian military destroyed the commander of a platoon of the 108th Mountain Assault Battalion of the 10th Brigade Vitaly Danilchenko
21:15 Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction have lost:
- killed and wounded - more than 50 people, including - seven killed and 10 wounded as a result of fire damage by artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of the newly equipped ammunition depot of the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade on the territory Kherson iron foundry.
In addition, during the day, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to:
- four units of automotive and combat armored vehicles;
- two artillery systems M-777;
- one self-propelled launcher of the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system;
- one P-18 target acquisition radar;
- one unmanned aerial vehicle
20:33 In Ukraine, children on vacation for extracurricular readingissueda book about Zelensky, who travels through time, comes to the aid of the UPA and fights Stalin.
19:30 The amount of funding allowed to increase the supply of weapons to the troops by 30% in 2022
In the interests of the Russian Armed Forces, the supply of weapons most in demand in the army was postponed from 2024-2025 to 2023, Shoigu said.
▪️The Russian nuclear triad has been replenished with the first Tu-160M strategic bomber.
▪️During the period of the military operation, 120 people received the title of Hero of Russia, in total over 100 thousand people were awarded.
18:10 Mobilized snipers passed training at one of the training grounds of the Russian Ministry of Defense in the Republic of Dagestan
Every day, military personnel undergo phased training and combat coordination as part of their units under the guidance of instructors-mentors with modern combat experience.
◽️Snipers were trained to work both in pairs and alone. Daily exercises and exits, training in camouflage skills, fire training and tactical medicine have developed in the fighters the ability to save the life of themselves and their comrade.
◽️Particular attention was paid to working with weapons and sighting devices. Preparing a rifle for work is a whole thing. Here you have to take into account the weather conditions, which means you need to know your weapons thoroughly.
◽️The training took place in day and night conditions on various terrain.
17:08 An explosion was heard in Kyiv, a column of smoke is visible, the Strana newspaper reports. Earlier, the publication informed about the explosions in the Kyiv region.
17:05 On the situation with the energy sector of Ukraine before the next blows.
1. Up to 42% of consumers are without electricity or in emergency shutdown mode. In some regions, these figures reach up to 60%, and in Kyiv region it is 80%. DTEK and Zelensky's gang made it clear even earlier that such realities would persist at least until the end of March, and even then, if there were no new strikes, but there would be.
2. It has not yet been possible to fully restore the Internet in the “until October 10-12” mode. And this is so far without attacks on data centers (which are objectively desirable - some of them are quite accessible to defeat). Interruptions in cellular communications are less systemic.
3. Non-priority urban and rural areas are increasingly left either without electricity or are transferred to random emergency shutdowns (for example, today in Lviv, after the “successful resumption of rolling blackouts”, they were forced to switch to emergency ones, since the regional energy system cannot cope even without new beats).
4. Train delays are not yet critical, and in this regard, the energy system crisis has had a limited impact on rail transportation at the moment. As has been noted more than once, for more systemic consequences, it is necessary to defeat substations 750 and disconnect the nuclear power plant from the power grid in order to deprive the Zelensky gang of the opportunity to balance the power system after the strikes.
5. The transfer of new imported air defense systems to Ukraine will certainly allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to strengthen a number of air defense units covering the most important objects, although due to the size of the theater of operations and the abundance of objects that need to be covered, even one battery of the Patriot air defense system will not make the weather. In addition, in recent weeks, there has been a noticeable trend towards increased hunting by the RF Armed Forces for radars and air defense systems in combination with strikes.
16:02 Kyiv authorities reported an air alert
14:35 Aces in action: fighting Job crews of Su-35S and Su-30SM ZVO fighters
The crews of the Su-35S and Su-30SM fighters of the Western Military District, in the course of performing flight missions, continue to destroy enemy targets using a wide range of aircraft weapons.
Having hit the targets, the pilots return to the airfield. Planes are immediately prepared for the next flights - they are refueled, loaded, and new missiles are hung up.
Not only the reliability and modern equipment of equipment, but also the rich experience and the highest professionalism of fighter aces make it possible to maintain an advantage in the air.
To solve the assigned tasks, combat sorties of operational-tactical aircraft are carried out from temporary airfields.
13:27 An air raid alert has been declared in most of Ukraine, including Kyiv.
12:22 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️Six Ukrainian servicemen laid down their arms and surrendered in the Krasnoliman direction;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation occupied new dominant heights and lines in the Donetsk direction, more than 80 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed;
◾️The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed an oil storage facility near Andreevka in the Kharkov region;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupyansk sector;
◾️In the Yuzhnodonets direction, the artillery of the RF Armed Forces hit the manpower and equipment of units of the Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Terodefense Brigade;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed three US-made M-777 artillery systems in the DPR;
◾️Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the DPR shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
◾️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 30 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one enemy tank in the DPR;
◾️Russian troops destroyed two warehouses of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions.
11:57 Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet" strikes radar P-18 in the Kherson region.
10:46 Another event in Kherson hit on target
According to information received from a source in Kherson, tonight the Russian Armed Forces suffered an artillery strike, as a result of which ammunition was detonated. Presumably, the newly equipped ammunition depot of the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade on the territory of the Kherson iron foundry was destroyed.
As a result of the fire damage, all the ammunition available on the territory of the plant was destroyed, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit suffered losses: seven soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, 10 were injured and three units. automotive equipment disabled.
09:36 Rocket artillery of the "O" group destroys militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 122mm BM-21 "Grad."
Having made a high-speed march to the starting positions from the combat duty area, the artillerymen of the Central Military District deployed and aimed the Grad installation according to UAV intelligence. As a result of the missile strike, Ukrainian lightly armored vehicles and enemy manpower were destroyed.
09:20 Front-line summary for the morning of 12/21/2022
In the Kherson direction, Russian cannon and rocket artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the regional center. In addition, the military airfield in Chernobaevka was under attack. Arrivals are also on Antonovka, Nikolsky and Tokarevka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops continue their assault operations in the city of Maryinka. Slowly, but moving forward in the center of the village. The Ukrainian garrison is fighting fierce battles for every meter. The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit the center of Donetsk again. Also under fire were Makiivka and Gorlovka.
To the south of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), PMC "Wagner" attacked from Kurdyumovka. There is some progress. Fierce oncoming battles in the Experienced area. The same situation is on the eastern outskirts of Artemovsk itself. From the north, PMC "Wagner" is trying to advance in the Podgorodny area.
In the Seversk sector, Russian troops attacked again in the Verkhnekamensky area.
In the Lugansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted offensive operations near Krasnopopovka and towards Stelmakhivka.
09:01 Ka-52 attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces attack enemy targets with guided missiles and deliver strikes with unguided aircraft missiles at discovered fortified points and areas of concentration of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:31 Personnel mortar crew work in the NWO zone.
07:11 A special unit of the Don Cossacks in the Kremensk direction is carrying outsweepforest plantations.
06:08 Night Job tankers and artillery to destroy equipment and personnel in firing positions.
03:39 An air raid alert has been announced in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, according to the official Ukrainian alert resource.
As the chairman of the movement “We are with Russia” Vladimir Rogov said in his Telegram channel, citing local sources, three explosions were heard in the suburbs of Zaporozhye.