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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: December 14, 2024
2024-12-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.

[Korrespondent] 21.31 Police and SBU officers detained a suspect in the terrorist attack near the administrative building in the central district of the city in Dnepr. He turned out to be a 37-year-old local resident.

20.41 Russia has begun using North Korean soldiers in assault operations in the Kursk region, and they have already suffered their first losses. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine

20:27 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said it would be a mistake if the weapons provided to Ukraine were used for strikes deep into Russia or if such weapons were given to Ukraine at all. In his opinion, it is necessary "at any cost" to prevent a conflict between Russia and NATO.

19.42 Russia has already used the full range of its weapons against Ukraine, but the threat of strikes remains, said Andriy Chernyak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

16:58 The Russian army has begun using soldiers from North Korea in assaults. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this in his video address.

16.31 Today in Dnepr, December 14, an explosion was heard. Probably a car was blown up. Later, local publics wrote that a car was blown up. Police and medics are working at the scene.

15.25 Explosions in Odessa were heard on Saturday, December 14. The military warned of a ballistic threat. A photo of a column of smoke rising above the horizon was also published on social media.

13:37 In the city of Krymsk in Krasnodar Krai, an enemy Su-30 fighter jet burned at an airfield. This was reported on December 14 by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The Main Intelligence Directorate added that on December 13, a devastating fire in Krasnodar also disabled three Russian railway locomotives.

13.18 In the Kiev region, as a result of falling debris from downed Russian drones, an administrative building of an enterprise, two warehouses and a car were damaged. The fire that broke out was extinguished. This was reported by the head of the Kiev regional state administration Ruslan Kravchenko.

11.57 In occupied Crimea, partisans have reconnoitered a Russian radar base. This was reported on December 14 by the ATESH partisan movement. It is noted that during reconnaissance of the western coast of Crimea, a radar base was recorded in the village of Uyutnoye near Yevpatoria. The military unit houses the 5N84A and Oborona-14 radars, which monitor the airspace and transmit data to command posts for prompt response to threats. According to ATESH, this base plays an important role in controlling the airspace over the Black Sea and coordinating the military operations of the occupiers.

11.24 Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked an oil depot in the Russian city of Orel on the night of December 14. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Ukrainian military personnel attacked the Steel Horse linear production control station (LPDS). As a result of the attack, a powerful fire started. The Steel Horse linear production control station is part of the Russian military-industrial complex, which supplies petroleum products to the Russian army.

10:51 Over the past 24 hours, 205 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Most of the fighting is taking place in four directions - Limansky, Toretsky, Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on December 14. It is noted that aviation, missile troops and artillery of the defense forces hit one area of ​​personnel concentration, two command posts, one ground control station for UAVs and another important enemy facility.

10.27 The DPRK military, fighting as part of the Russian army, will presumably begin to storm the positions of Ukrainian fighters in the Kursk region in the near future. Preparations for this are already underway. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate.

9.52 Russian troops launched 132 drones at Ukraine. Air defense shot down more than half of them, and more than 70 drones did not reach their targets. This was reported on December 14 by the Ukrainian Air Force.

9.24 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, air defense forces were operating at night and in the morning of December 14. In the Samarovsky district, three houses, a store and a power line were damaged. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Sergey Lysak.

9:03 Air defense forces in the Cherkasy region destroyed 25 Russian Shahed drones at night. This was reported by the head of the regional military administration Igor Taburets. According to him, the attack by Russian drones began on the evening of December 13 and lasted for about ten hours. The debris damaged a power line, there were no casualties.

8.41 The Defense Forces neutralized about 10 Russian drones that were threatening Kiev at night. This was reported by the Kiev City Military Administration.

7.50 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,040 Russian occupiers in one day. The total combat losses of the Russian Federation from 24.02.22 to 14.12.24 were approximately 761,160 people. This was reported by the General Staff.

05.58 Russian occupiers captured five settlements in Donetsk Oblast at once and advanced near seven more settlements, DeepState reports. The largest number of enemy captures and advances occurred in the area of ​​the so-called Uspenovsky pocket, which Ukrainian Armed Forces units entered in the Kurakhovsky direction.

03.00 Brigadier General Alexander Lutsenko was dismissed from his post as commander of the operational-tactical group Donetsk, a number of media outlets reported. The reason was the rapid advance of enemy troops in the Pokrovsk direction. His place was taken by Brigadier General Alexander Tarnavsky, who previously commanded the Tavria group.

00.15 Drones attack oil depot in Russian Orel. Social media publishes footage of the hit and massive fire.

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