#4
^ Bluster or foreshadowing.
Russia will continue to work the Ukrainian power transmission system. Any decent airstrike has an SEAD component. If there are Patriot batteries in the way, they will be targeted.
Ukraine does not operate the Patriot, so NATO will also need to send trainers, 'advisors' and maybe even operators as well as the hardware. Dead NATO soldiers could make thing complicated.
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Ukraine does not operate the Patriot, so NATO will also need to send trainers, 'advisors' and maybe even operators as well as the hardware.
NATO won't send anyone. They will be trained in Poland, Lithuania and England just like the others and operate the Patriot themselves. But any Patriot system in Ukraine is fair game for Russian strikes.
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Do you seriously believe believe Zelensky's boys are operating all those advanced weapons systems by themselves?
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NATO won't send anyone. They will be trained in Poland...
That would be the sensible thing. But I have heard tales of NATO trainers being in-country before the war and possibly operating (or supervising) some of the fancier stuff currently.
"When you say "Poland", do you mean Poland Poland or those 3 provinces next door in Ukraine?", he asked mischievously.
#9
But I have heard tales of NATO trainers being in-country before the war
They were. NATO trainers worked with and trained Ukrainian units. Trump ended the program around 2019-2020.
And when I say Poland I mean Poland-Poland. There really isn't a reason for NATO trainers to go into Ukraine when they can teach from a safe area. Hell, I could even train Abu to use a Javelin in 6 hours easy.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] There is still a threat of missile strikes by the Russian invaders on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine.
by Iryna Gamalii
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region and Bilogorivka, Bakhmutske, Pervomaiske, Nevelske and Maryinka in the Donetsk region.
This was announced on Facebook by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the morning of the 280th day of the heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion.
At the same time, the Russian occupiers launched two rocket attacks on civilian objects in the settlement of Kivsharivka in the Kharkiv region and the city of Slovyansk in the Donetsk region, carried out 47 airstrikes and 35 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops.
In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy fired mortars and artillery systems at the areas of the settlements of Manukhivka, Vorozhba, Prohody, Mykhailivske and Mayske of the Sumy region.
In the direction of Slobozhansk, areas of the settlements of Visoka Yaruga, Strelecha, Krasne, Hlyboke, Staritsa, Ohirtseve, Gatyshche, Ambarne, Petro-Ivanivka and Dvorichne of the Kharkiv region were hit by the entire range of artillery.
The enemy is defending in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions. Fired tanks and artillery of various types in the areas of Pershotravneve, Orlyanske, Kislivka and Tabaivka settlements in the Kharkiv region and Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Ploshanka, Nevske, Chervonopivka in the Luhansk region. Carried out airstrikes near Makiivka.
In the Bakhmut and Avdiiv areas, the enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations. Objects in the districts of Spirne, Bilogorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Kurakhove, Nevelske, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region were hit by fire from tanks and artillery. Airstrikes were carried out in the Avdiivka region.
The occupiers are conducting defensive operations in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya areas. Enemy tank and artillery shelling was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Velyka Novosilka, Bogoyavlenka, Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva, Neskuchne and Novopil in the Donetsk region and Olhivske, Zagirne, Orihiv, Novoandriivka and Mali Shcherbaki in Zaporizhzhia. The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the areas of Vugledar, Olhivsky and Stepovoy.
In the Kherson direction, the district of Kizomys was hit by rocket artillery fire. The enemy does not stop artillery shelling of units of our troops and settlements on the right bank of the Dnipro River, in particular the city of Kherson.
During the past week, more than 720 wounded servicemen of units of the Russian occupation forces were delivered to the medical facilities of the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk.
Also, in the temporarily occupied city of Horlivka, one of the civilian hospitals has been repurposed into a military hospital, where civilian access is completely restricted. Only medical personnel are allowed to visit patients.
During the current 24 hours, the Ukrainian aviation made 15 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and two strikes on the positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
Over the past day, our soldiers shot down three UAVs of the Orlan-10 type. Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit the artillery system and one other important object of the occupiers.
It will be recalled that the total combat losses of the enemy from February 24 to November 29 approximately amounted to 88,380 people.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Vesti] November 30 is the 280th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Zaporozhye region. The Russians fired an S-300 missile at night into the Zaporozhye region. Damaged gas station. The fire was quickly extinguished, but three streets remained without gas. People were not hurt.
Dnipropetrovsk region. In the morning, Nikopol and the Marganets community were shelled from "Grads" and heavy artillery . Approximately 30 shells arrived. There were no casualties.
The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
During the day, the Russians launched 2 missile attacks on civilian targets in Kovsharovka in the Kharkiv region and Slavyansk in the Donetsk region, carried out 47 air strikes and 35 attacks from the MLRS on the positions of our troops.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks of the Russian army in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka in the Luhansk region and Belogorovka, Bakhmutskoye, Pervomayskoye, Nevelskoye and Maryinka in the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian aviation delivered 15 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and two strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems of the Russian Federation.
The rocket and artillery units of the Defense Forces hit the artillery system and one other important object of the Russians.
07:20 . Nikolaevkskaya area. The Russians shelled the waters of the Ochakovo community.
Donetsk region. During the day, the Russians killed 5 civilians: 2 in Bakhmut, two in Drobyshevo and one in Liman. Another 15 people in the area were injured.
08:10 . Kherson region. Explosions in Kherson.
Zaporozhye region. At night, the newly arrived mobilized Russians "flew" to the village of Mirnoye, Melitopol region. After one in the morning there were several loud explosions in the local club where they settled.
09:00 . Kherson region. The Russians fired on the Art Museum. Alexey Shovkunenko. The building had broken windows and smashed walls.
10:00 a.m. The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down three UAVs of the Orlan-10 type over the past day, the General Staff reported.
12:00 . Sumy region. Belopolye was fired from self-propelled guns - 20 arrivals were recorded . A 15 year old boy died. Part of the hospital was destroyed. The shells exploded at the time when a reception was being held at the medical facility. The dental and surgical rooms were damaged. Almost all windows were smashed. The operating block is destroyed.
12:30 pm Vinnytsia region. The emergency situation in Ladyzhyn could not be stabilized, 18,000 residents are still without heating.
13:30 . Kherson region. The Russians shelled the center of Kherson in the morning. Several residential buildings and medical institutions were damaged, they got into the gas pipeline. A 70-year-old woman died. A 64-year-old Kherson resident was injured.
Meanwhile, water begins to appear in Kherson due to the voltage supply to the pumping stations.
16:00 . Donetsk region. Russian troops allegedly took control of Andreevka and continue their offensive in the direction of Vodiane, according to the RF Ministry of Defense. The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on this statement.
17:00 Ukraine can exchange UOC priests detained during searches for captured Ukrainian soldiers, - Andriy Yusov, representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
17:33 Kiev metro plans to get rid of Russian-made cars. Their share in the metropolitan metro is 80 percent , more than half of them need to be modernized or replaced. The European Investment Bank is ready to allocate funds for this.
18:00 The GUR believes that Russia is preparing and stockpiling missiles, studying new targets and conducting reconnaissance before the next massive missile strike.
18:28 During the day, the occupiers launched two rocket attacks on civilian facilities in the settlement of Kamyshevakh, Zaporozhye region. We carried out 20 airstrikes on the positions of our troops, as well as on the settlement of Belogorya, Zaporozhye region. In addition, the city of Kherson was fired from multiple rocket launchers. Operational information as of 18:00 11/30/2022
18:55 The defeat of enemy units in the Zaporozhye region during November 28-29 of this year was confirmed. Thus, in the area of the settlements of Inzhenernoye, Pology and Tokmak, the enemy's losses amounted to about 100 people wounded, five units of military equipment were destroyed.
19:19 Ukraine will receive 155mm artillery, shells and armored vehicles from NATO allies. This was stated by the foreign ministers of the countries of the Alliance during the summit in Bucharest, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said.
19:45 German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann acknowledged that Germany is responsible for Russia's aggressive war in Ukraine, since it supported the Nord Stream two gas pipeline. According to Politico, Buschmann, during a meeting with G7 colleagues in Berlin, said that Germany's duty is "to directly confront this truth" and "draw the right conclusions from it."
20:15 Searches were carried out on the 92-meter yacht of Viktor Medvedchuk Royal Romance in Croatia. They were conducted by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation by order of the District Court of the city of Split. Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List writes about this.
20:44 Aviation of the Defense Forces during the current day delivered 15 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as two strikes on the positions of enemy anti-aircraft missile systems.
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[Korrespondent] 22:56 Zelensky announced "new decisions to prevent any possibility for Russia to manipulate the internal life of Ukraine." According to him, as of the evening of November 30, about 6 million subscribers in most regions and Kyiv were disconnected from electricity. The situation remains very difficult in the capital, as well as in Kyiv, Vinnitsa, Lvov, Odessa, Khmelnytsky and Cherkasy regions.
22:43 German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht promised to submit to the German government a proposal to deploy Patriot air defense systems in Ukraine, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said.
22:41 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had held a regular meeting of the Headquarters today: "The main issues are Donetsk region, Luhansk region, Kharkiv region, Zaporizhia region, Kherson region, Crimea, front-line territories and our state border. We are analyzing the intentions of the occupiers and preparing counteraction - even more powerful opposition than now."
The President also once again emphasized the need to ensure fairness and predictability during power outages: “It is very important that people understand when and for how long their electricity will be turned off. This is the responsibility of both the energy companies themselves and local authorities. People have the right to know. And as much as possible now, the predictability of life should be ensured. People see that in neighboring houses or on the nearest streets for some reason there are other rules in the world. And there should be justice and clarity."
22:33 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will visit Ukraine from 4 to 7 December, the Office of the High Commissioner reported. In particular, he plans to visit Kharkiv and Izyum.
22:07 Russia will continue to launch missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine, and the course of hostilities on the ground, although it may slow down in winter, will not stop, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council. At the same time, he stressed that the United States, together with allies and partners, will continue to help Ukraine with the restoration of damaged critical infrastructure and strengthen its air defense.
21:10 Zelensky, during his speech at the DealBook summit, said that the risk of Putin using nuclear weapons should not be the biggest fear - Western countries should be more concerned about "Putin's expansionist military ambitions." "I don't think he will use nuclear weapons. That's my opinion," the president said.
21:04 Speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuri Ignat also said that Russia probably ran out of Iranian drones: "Probably, the first batch has already ended. There was information that the Russian Federation ordered 1740 drones in total. Most likely, now there is no way to receive them" .
20:58 The leaders of the "DNR" and "LNR" said that all restrictions on leaving the regions towards Russia have been lifted, now supposedly there is no need to be afraid of being mobilized.
20:53 Lithuania is allocating another 13 million euros to support Ukraine, Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said.
20:46 Analysts of the Conflict Intelligence Team note that Russia has most likely run out of Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. The Russian army has ceased to actively use them since November 18. According to investigators, the Russians are either waiting for new deliveries or are establishing the production of drones in the Russian Federation.
20:25 The head of the Anglican Church, Bishop of Canterbury Justin Welbivo, during a visit to Kiev, said that it would take three generations to reconcile Ukraine and Russia after the war: "We will have to help in the distant future, when restoration begins ... They say that it will be necessary spend about a trillion dollars. And we will probably need to help them for three generations, reconciling and providing support, moral support."
19:37 Kiev's partners continue to make efforts to provide our country with everything necessary to restore the destroyed infrastructure and prevent the Russian Federation from turning the winter cold into a weapon against Ukraine. About how exactly they help us - in the material From money to power ships .
19:18 Zelensky, during his speech at the DealBook summit, invited Elon Musk to visit Ukraine to see the damage done to the country by Russian troops, and said that such a visit could help him understand the situation before making statements about it: "If you want to understand what Russia has done here, come to Ukraine and you will see it with your own eyes... After that, you will tell us how to end this war, who started it and when we can end it."
18:49 In Romania on November 30, a two-day summit of foreign ministers of 30 NATO countries ended. Diplomats during the meeting agreed to increase military and humanitarian assistance to Kyiv, and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called the main condition for Ukraine's membership in the alliance. Read more - in the material Ukraine is taken to NATO?
18:30 NATO countries intend to invest in the production of ammunition for Soviet-style weapons used by the Ukrainian army, Blinken said.
18:21 In the Russian Federation, in the first quarter of 2023, early graduation of cadets from higher military educational institutions is planned in order to make up for the current losses of units of the Russian troops, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the evening summary. In addition, preparations are underway on the territory of the Russian Federation for the next wave of mobilization, scheduled for January-February 2023. In the city of Khrustalny, Lugansk region, the Russian "authorities" announced the completion of the mobilization. At the same time, the occupiers continue to patrol the city; at the exits from the settlement, a thorough check is carried out on everyone who wants to leave.
17:47 Great Britain announced the imposition of sanctions against 22 Russian officials involved in war crimes in Ukraine and the organization of pseudo-referendums in the occupied Ukrainian territories. In particular, restrictions were imposed against Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Arkady Gostev, head of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation Ella Pamfilova, ten heads of Russian regions, and others.
17:33 Kuleba confirmed that discussions are continuing on the transfer of Patriot systems to Ukraine: "I will say this: if no one spoke about this before, except for us, now the conversation is taking place. And this is a very serious and substantive conversation."
17:30 The postal item that exploded on the territory of the Ukrainian embassy in Spain was addressed to the ambassador, and more serious consequences of the explosion were avoided thanks to the reaction and professional actions of the staff of the diplomatic institution, Ambassador of Ukraine to Spain Serhiy Pohoreltsev told the UP: "There was a box in the package, so commandant's suspicions arose and he himself - so that no one was around - went out with this "mail" into the yard before opening it. And as soon as he opened it, he heard that something clicked there, immediately threw it away, and even then he heard explosion".
17:19 The State Bureau of Investigation reported suspicion to the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Alexander Babakov, who voted for the "acceptance of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into the Russian Federation" and is one of the final beneficiaries of one of the energy companies operating in Ukraine. It manages energy infrastructure facilities in Zhytomyr, Kherson, Kirovograd, Chernivtsi, Rivne regions and Kyiv.
16:51 Kherson residents began to receive centralized water supply after voltage was applied to pumping stations. At present, water is supplied with reduced pressure, Yaroslav Yanushevich, the head of the OVA, said.
16:14 Kuleba said that he had instructed to urgently strengthen the security of all Ukrainian embassies. He also appealed to the Spanish Foreign Minister with a request to conduct an investigation into today's incident with the exploded envelope as soon as possible. Spanish police are already on the scene.
16:08 NATO allies announced additional contributions to the alliance's comprehensive assistance package for Ukraine, Stoltenberg said: "NATO Foreign Ministers have made it clear that our military support to Ukraine is crucial, in particular additional air defense. The Allies also announced additional contributions to the NATO Comprehensive Assistance Package, which provides Ukraine with non-lethal assistance, in particular fuel and generators."
15:59 UOC priests detained during searches can be exchanged for captured Ukrainian military following the example of Medvedchuk, Andriy Yusov, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "Ukraine has shown that it is ready to demonstrate the most creative approaches to return its citizens home by the example of a large exchange and the fate of Viktor Medvedchuk Any opportunities that will appear for this - formal and informal, public and non-public, open and closed - we will definitely use."
15:41 In Kiev this year, a "symbolic Christmas tree of indestructibility" will be installed on Sophia Square, Klitschko said. The main Christmas tree of the country will be artificial, 12 meters high, decorated with energy-saving garlands powered by a generator. After the holidays, the business that will provide the generator and keep it running promises to donate the generator to the military.
Not far from the generator, points for recharging phones and other gadgets will be installed. Klitschko stressed that the city will not spend money on a Christmas tree - all will be provided by patrons and business. Decorate the Christmas tree with old toys.
15:37 The Turkish company Karpowership is offering power ships to partially overcome the energy crisis in Ukraine, Nikkei Asia reported. Representatives of the company are discussing with the management of Ukrenergo the placement of three power plant ships with a total capacity of 300 MW near Odessa. This will help provide electricity to up to 1 million subscribers.
15:34 Rosenergoatom is going to disconnect the Zaporozhye NPP from the energy system of Ukraine. The infrastructure is already being actively created for the flow of energy from the Zaporizhzhya NPP to Russia, said Renat Karchaa, adviser to the general director of the concern. According to him, ZNPP "will cease to depend on Kyiv" after the construction of a power line from the Crimea.
15:30 An explosion occurred at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid: according to Spanish media, an embassy employee opened an envelope containing an explosive device.
15:08 Electricity shortage in Kiev has decreased from 50% to 30-35%, Klitschko said.
14:57 The White House is asking the US Congress for $1.1 billion to support the energy sector in Ukraine and Moldova, Blinken said before meeting with Kuleba.
14:54 The European Union will provide Ukraine with another 40 generators through the civil protection mechanism, Borrell said.
14:33 Ukrainian military intelligence has not yet recorded the transfer of ballistic missiles by Iran to Russia, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate, said: "According to our information, such negotiations have been held, there are relevant draft agreements, agreements between Russia and Iran. But to date, we have not delivered such weapons fixed."
14:29 In the region of Energodar, Zaporozhye region, Ukrainian partisans destroyed almost a platoon of Russian invaders. In addition, four units of enemy equipment were eliminated, the head of the Nikopol RVA, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, said.
13:58 Ukrainian military intelligence "does not see an emergency" in the increase in the number of military aviation of the Russian army at the Engels airfield, said the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Vadim Skibitsky: "This is the return of several bombers from the Diaghilev air base, which were moved there after the appropriate measures of the Russian Federation to disperse aviation. But we control how many carriers are there, what condition they are in and their readiness to perform tasks. "
13:39 Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation Sergei Naryshkin said that Poland allegedly "forces preparations for the annexation" of Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and most of the Ternopil regions of Ukraine. According to him, Warsaw is sure that they “deserved generous compensation” from Ukraine for military assistance and shelter for refugees, and the Volyn massacre of 1943 will become the starting point in ongoing archival research.
Naryshkin also claims that the Polish leadership "aims to act proactively and persistently" out of fear that "senior partners" in NATO will allegedly try to negotiate with Moscow in the winter months, "despite the interests of not only Ukrainians, but also Poles."
13:31 Russia is still planning to inflict a new massive strike on Ukraine, reconnoitering targets and preparing missiles, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said on the air of the telethon. According to him, today the situation is quite calm, planned flights of strategic aviation of the Russian Federation are observed: “We observe as soon as there is an output of additional forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet with Caliber carriers, if there is a take-off of strategic, long-range bomber aviation, then our task is to timely warn".
13:09 The European Commission clarified the statement of Ursula von der Leyen about the alleged 100 thousand dead in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. EC Political Communications Director Dana Spinant noted that the assessment voiced by the head of the EC was taken from external sources and was supposed to relate to losses in killed and wounded, and "was intended to show the cruelty of Russia."
12:34 A part was cut out of Ursula von der Leyen's video on Twitter, where she said that the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amount to more than a hundred thousand killed. In turn, Presidential Speaker Sergei Nikiforov told Suspilny that information about losses is "sensitive", so the commander in chief, the defense minister and the president can voice it.
12:02 Oleshkovsky mayor Evgeny Ryshchuk said that the invaders shot a family in Hola Pristan: the parents died on the spot, their adult son was taken to the hospital in a serious condition.
12:00 Odessa City Council voted for the dismantling and transfer of two monuments - the Founders of Odessa (led by Empress Catherine II) and commander Alexander Suvorov.
11:56 Shoigu said that next year they plan to pay special attention to "capital construction in the interests of nuclear forces." And in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, according to him, a new interspecific training ground is being created along the lines of the Space Forces.
He also stated that more than 300,000 reservists called up for partial mobilization allegedly completed training in two months, they were trained at more than 100 training grounds in Russia and Belarus, 3,000 instructors were involved. According to the minister, more than 8,000 crews of tanks and armored vehicles, artillery crews, air defense, drones and electronic warfare have allegedly been trained in the training centers.
11:51 The Russians decided to relocate the hospital from the temporarily occupied Polog, Zaporozhye region, to Mariupol. Residents report that everything that survived is being taken out of the local hospital, and automatic and machine-gun bursts are heard near Polog, Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said.
11:43 In the Russian Perm, a fire broke out at the largest thermal power plant in the city, the reason is repair work on the roof of one of the shops, Russian media write. All services of the city were pulled to the territory of the thermal power plant, 500 people were evacuated, there is a threat of fire spreading to other buildings.
11:20 As of 11:00, electricity producers provide 73% of consumption in Ukraine. The power deficit is 27%. The generation capacity is gradually increasing, which will make it possible to somewhat reduce the deficit in the energy system, Ukrenergo reported.
10:51 Over the past day, the Russians fired at the territory of the Kherson region 18 times, four people were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said.
10:45 Ursula von der Leyen said that Ukraine's losses in the war with Russia amounted to 100 thousand soldiers: "The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought death, destruction and indescribable suffering. We all remember the horrors of Bucha. Approximately more than 20 thousand civilians and more than 100 thousand military killed as of today.Russia must pay for these heinous crimes, including the crime of aggression against a sovereign state.While we continue to support the International Criminal Court, we propose the establishment of a special court, which is supported by the UN, to investigate and bring responsible for the crime of Russian aggression".
10:43 Germany will transfer another 350 generators to Ukraine, Scholz said following a telephone conversation with Zelensky. This assistance is provided in addition to 56 million euros for the repair of energy infrastructure.
10:40 Zaluzhny said that during the nine months of a large-scale war, the radio engineering troops of the Air Force had detected and tracked more than 240,000 enemy air targets. About 80% are destroyed by fire weapons.
10:37 Yermak said that Russian prisoners, who are recruited by PMC Wagner, are being taken to positions without weapons, and then the so-called "camels" bring these weapons before the order to run forward. They receive a machine gun, without bulletproof vests and helmets, and raid Ukrainian positions. According to Yermak, this happens every day near Bakhmut: "They put hundreds of such people in the hope that they will be able to weaken our defenses."
10:35 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that the EU proposes to create a specialized court with the support of the UN to investigate and prosecute the crime of aggression against Russia.
10:23 The Russians "appointed" a new "director" of the Zaporizhzhya NPP - Yuriy Chernichuk became him, Rosenergoatom reported. Moscow recalled that the previous director of the station, Igor Murashov, was caught in "collaboration with the SBU" and expelled to Ukraine.
09:58 The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, proposed the creation of a structure for managing frozen public and private Russian assets to support Ukraine. She estimated the damage to Ukraine from the Russian invasion at 600 billion euros.
09:38 Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko said that the situation with the stability of power supply is "improving every day": "If there are no further attacks on the energy system, then in the short term we will be able to stabilize and reduce the shutdown time. These will already be planned outages. In principle, this is the main goal - to make everything planned and understandable for people."
09:20 SBU reported that it was carrying out counterintelligence activities on the territory of one of the monasteries of the Mukachevo diocese of the UOC (MP) in Transcarpathia.
09:17 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of November 30th.
personnel - about 88,880 (+500) people liquidated,
tanks - 2914 (+3),
armored combat vehicles - 5872 (+6),
artillery systems - 1902 (+1),
MLRS - 395 (+0),
air defense systems - 210 (+1),
aircraft - 280 (+0),
helicopters - 261 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1562 (+7),
cruise missiles - 531 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4429 (+6),
special equipment - 163 (+0).
09:09 At night, in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, which borders on Ukraine, there was a large-scale fire at an oil depot that covered 1,800 square meters. m of territory, the fire was extinguished only in the morning. Izvestia's source in the emergency services said that, according to preliminary data, unidentified ammunition dropped from a drone got into the tank.
09:06 In the village of Mirnoye, Melitopol district, several loud explosions thundered tonight in a local club where newly arrived mobilized from the Russian Federation settled. Explosions were heard even by residents of Melitopol, 30 km from Mirny. Information about the losses of the enemy is being specified, said the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov.
08:58 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, five civilians were killed - two in Bakhmut, two in Drobyshevo and one in Liman. Another 15 people were injured in the region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:42 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that the Russians are forced to rely on poorly trained and organized temporary formations after they actually had to abandon the concept of battalion tactical groups. Thus, since April, Russian BTGs have been degraded after unsuccessful offensive operations, and further efforts to reconstruct these BTGs to restore their combat power have failed.
After that, Russian troops threw the remnants of their forces and new personnel, including mobilized ones, into poorly trained, equipped and organized temporary formations with low morale and discipline. According to analysts, this deprived the Russians of the opportunity to return to the BTG concept.
ISW also reports that Russian troops made little progress in the Bakhmut area on November 29, but they are unlikely to have advanced at the rate Russian sources claim.
08:27 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled attacks by invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka in the Luhansk region and Belogorovka, Bakhmutskoye, Pervomayskoye, Nevelskoye and Maryinka in the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
Over the past week, more than 720 wounded Russian servicemen were delivered to medical institutions in Donetsk. Also in Gorlovka, one of the civilian hospitals has been converted into a military hospital, where civilians are not allowed to enter - only medical personnel are allowed to see the sick.
00:55 Scholz said he intends to provide Ukraine with more Gepard anti-aircraft tanks.
00:18 In the south, Russians check children if they are outside during school hours. Doctors imported from Russia during mandatory medical examinations also check whether the child is studying in a Russian school, reports the Center for National Resistance of the SSO. In addition, the phones of children and their parents are checked for the presence of the Ukrainian online school application. At the same time, the Russians promise lump-sum payments of 10,000 rubles if the family agrees to go to the schools of the occupiers.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:50 Residents of Kyiv started overlap roads and tram tracks, protesting against blackouts in homes. 20:52 Ukraine will not be able to repair all damaged energy facilities this winter, - Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Energy
20:01 The US authorities explain the refusal to supply longer-range weapons to Kyiv by the reluctance to further escalate the conflict in Ukraine. Kyiv has been begging for long-range missiles from Washington for many months, but has not received them.
19:00 Technical composition of the operational-tactical aviation of the Eastern Military Districttoldhow aircraft maintenance is carried out in the special operation zone
"Special attention is required to control the equipment of the aircraft, ammunition and the closing of all hatches. If an emergency situation arises, there is a spare aircraft that is equipped and always ready for a combat flight," said Sergey, head of the technical and operational part of the airfield.
"Without a rear, the equipment will not rise into the air," said the driver of a special car, Yevgeny, "I fill the equipment with air so that the planes are always prepared on time and can complete the combat mission."
17:50 The crews of the Su-25 "Grach" attack aircraft of the operational-tactical aviation of the Eastern Military Districtfulfilledcombat missions in the special operation zone
Su-25 attack aircraft provide direct support to ground units over the battlefield with a direct line of sight to the target, and also destroy enemy objects with given coordinates around the clock and in any weather conditions.
The Su-25 pilots, acting in pairs, launched several missile attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from low altitudes, destroying camouflaged firing points, manpower and armored vehicles of the enemy.
The crews completed the combat mission and returned to the base airfield, where ground support specialists quickly prepared the Su-25 attack aircraft for a new flight.
In the course of the offensive in the Avdievka direction, the subunits have to overcome the resistance of the enemy, who holds powerful defensive lines. The gaps in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "pierce" the 240mm 2S4 Tulip mortars. One hit of a mine of this caliber can destroy any concrete fortification.
15:24 Drones lead hunting for militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The drone discovered the enemy's shelter near the village of Pavlovka. As a result of the ammunition drop, one enemy soldier was eliminated.
14:39 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
◾️In the Donetsk direction, as a result of offensive actions of the RF Armed Forces, the settlements of Belogorovka and Pershe Travnya were completely liberated;
◾️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted fire damage on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed;
◾️The RF Armed Forces repulsed all counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donets direction, the enemy was driven back to their original positions;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed the command post and communications center of the 1st Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
◾️The RF Armed Forces hit a platoon of Ukrainian M777 artillery systems manufactured by the USA in the Kharkiv region;
◾️Russian troops killed more than 40 AFU servicemen who were trying to attack in the LPR;
◾️The RF Armed Forces destroyed a large warehouse of the Khortytsya group of troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnieper region, where Uragan, HIMARS and other shells were stored.
13:50 With mobilized servicemen continues intensive combat training at the training grounds of the Southern Military District in the Rostov region
The sounds of shooting are carried for many kilometers. Mobilized servicemen constantly hone their skills in army tactical shooting from small arms at a specially equipped area of the range with shelter walls, passages, corridors and window openings for firing from various uncomfortable positions at targets at a distance of 15 to 70 meters with a change of firing position.
Inconveniences for firing are created intentionally, so real combat conditions are simulated. Soldiers learn to handle weapons in all situations.
A feature of firing for military personnel was the development of shooting accuracy with the choice of the most dangerous target and the conduct of reconnaissance in force.
Logistics units are learning to equip areas of mass refueling with fuel for military equipment after a march to the area of tasks.
13:48 Russian loitering ammunition "Lancet-3" struck MT-LB Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
12:23 In the city of Ananiev, Odessa region of Ukraine, a monument to the classic of Russian literature Alexander Pushkin was dismantled, a local publication reports"Dumskaya".
“In Ananyevo, Odessa region, the Russian poet Pushkin is being removed,” the publication reports on the Telegram channel, posting a photo of the dismantling of the monument.
12:22 The Armed Forces of Ukraine again fired upon Belgorod and Kursk regions
▪️There are no casualties or damage in the village of Krasnoe near Belgorod, Governor Gladkov reports.
Splinters knocked out glass and damaged the roofs of three private houses.
▪️In the village of Tyotkino, Kursk region, at least 6 blows were recorded, two direct hits fell on a residential building.
11:12 An air alert was announced on Wednesday in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions, testify data online air alert maps of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine.
10:42 Personnel hunting home-made unmanned bombers for the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Pavlovka in Vugledar.
10:42 More than 10 hits of Ukrainian shells recorded in the Kursk region - UK
All shells hit the power supply facility, the UK said. According to the department, Sudzhansky and Korenevsky districts are partially de-energized in the region.
10:30 At 03:20, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 4 Haymars missiles at Nova Kakhovka, all missiles were shot down by air defense units
09:35 Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly expressing dissatisfaction with the attitude of Polish mercenaries towards them and their privileges. Andrey Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the LPR, announced this.
"In addition to the established monetary allowance, the Poles receive additional finance in the form of donations, they also receive a large amount of equipment and special equipment from Western patrons, and the Ukrainians buy everything with their own money," Marochko said.
09:25 In the Kherson direction, Russian artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the regional center and Berislav. In turn, the Ukrainian army launched rocket attacks on Skadovsk and Genichesk. That is, again attacks on the deep rear of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Fierce ground fighting on the Donetsk front. Russian troops storm the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Marinka. Most of the city is already behind them. But the Ukrainian garrison does not stop the resistance. Attack on another fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Krasnogorovka. A little to the north - the assault on Nevelskoye. Ground attack in the area of Pervomaisky and from the side of Experienced. Massive strikes of Russian artillery on Avdiivka.
Problems for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and near Bakhmut. PMC "Wagner" entered Kurdyumovka south of the city. But there is a water barrier ahead. And the main section of the rockade is behind it. Artillery is working closely on Bakhmut himself. To the east and northeast of Soledar, Wagner PMCs are attacking near Yakovlevka and Belogorovka in Donetsk.
And already in the Seversk direction, Russian troops are conducting assault operations on Verkhnekamenskoye. This is east of Seversk. They also attack near Luhansk Belogorovka and in the Serebryanka area.
09:19 Ukrainian media report explosions in Kherson.
08:41 Servicemen of the Central Military District startled from multiple launch rocket systems "Grad" to the equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special operation.
08:10 In Odessa, a court sentenced a man who posted a poster "Odessa is a Russian city" to 15 years in prison.
06:02 Calculations of the electronic warfare and RER systems "Leer-3" ZVO work out in the special operation zone
The complex "Leer-3" is installed on the UAV. "Orlan-10" and suppresses GSM communication with the help of interference. The drones are equipped with radio signal transmitters that mimic the operation of basic GSM networks.
Such equipment counteracts the use of any subscriber terminals and allows you to completely block cellular networks.VideoMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
0:58 It is reported about the strikes on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson and its environs.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:14 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for November 30, receivedadditionalinformation on civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):- on the street. Grigorovich, 17 "a", a woman born in 1962 was wounded.
As of 22:00, the total number of civilian casualties from the AFU attacks for November 30, 2022 is four people (one dead, three injured). The information continues to flow.??
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:Kyiv district:- damage was recorded to the MBDOU "Nursery-garden of a combined type No. 197 in Donetsk"; — damage to the building of the Donetsk-City shopping and entertainment center was recorded; Power lines were also damaged.
Kuibyshevsky district:- st. Grigorovicha, 17, 17 "a" - private residential buildings. Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
21:32 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation fixed consequences of the shelling of the Leninsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops
20:29 Ukrainian security forces used the American high-speed AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile during the shelling of the Leninsky district of Donetsk on Wednesday, an officer of the DPR representative office in the JCCC told RIA Novosti.
19:45 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation recorded the consequences of the shelling of the Leninsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops. Video RIA Novosti.
19:29 On a densely populated street in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked with 155mm artillery. The rounds were fragmentation, these ammunition were designed for maximum destruction of manpower. In this case, peaceful people.Videoreporter Rudenko.
19:25 American delay in the hands of Ukrainian militants.
AGM-88 HARM, an American high-speed air-to-ground anti-radar missile, landed in the courtyard of a residential building in the Leninsky district of Donetsk on November 30. Judging by the markings on the wreckage found at the site, this ammunition was manufactured back in 1991.
19:14 Ukrainian militants fired four rounds with a caliber of 152mm in the direction of the settlement. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Golmovsky and three rounds with a caliber of 155mm in the direction of N. p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region), reported the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
19:10 Ukrainian resources report that the 24th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was defeated on November 24 near Bakhmut, with a large number of dead and missing.
18:27 The Ukrainian military fired three rounds with a caliber of 122mm in the direction of the settlement. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya and three rounds with a caliber of 122mm in the direction of the settlement. Avdiivka - n.p. Chestnut, reported the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
18:17 The head of the DPR commented on the successes of the offensive near Artyomovsk.
The liberation of the settlements of Kurdyumovka and Pershe Travnya in the DPR allows blocking the supply routes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Denis Pushilin
The liberation of Dzerzhinsk and Artemovsk in the DPR will allow access to the Kramatorsk direction, he added.
17:38 Evening summary of Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR on November 30, 2022.
17:24 Yesterday, an enemy SU-25 was shot down near Kramatorsk using the Verba MANPADS. In n.p. Opytnoye street fighting. The enemy is trying unsuccessfully to counterattack in order to restore lost positions.
17:09 Ukrainian militants fired five 152mm rounds in the direction of the settlement. Friendship - n.p. Gorlovka and three rounds of 155mm caliber in the direction of the village of Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region). Also, four rounds of 122mm caliber were fired in the direction of the settlement. Avdiivka - n.p. Mineral. 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.
17:05 In the Leninsky district, a Western-made HARM aircraft rocket flew into the house. Video reporter Rudenko.
17:00 Artillerymen of the 6th Regiment of the 2nd Army Corps of the LPR inflicted fire damage on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk. Video NM LPR
16:40 Effects of shelling by Ukrainian militants of the Leninsky district of Donetsk.
16:15 240mm mortars "Tulpan" 1 AK wipe out the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka direction.
The most powerful artillery systems were involved in the destruction of the enemy’s fortified points in the Avdeevka direction - 240mm self-propelled mortars 2S4 "Tyulpan", which will allow destroying even heavily fortified targets.VideoNM DNR.
16:10 Shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. The houses of the civilian population were again damaged. Video reporter Rudenko.
15:49 Kyiv security forces fired at Lisichansk, there were no casualties, several buildings were damaged. Video: Lisichanska Administration.
15:32 According to the representative office of the DPR of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired five rounds with a caliber of 122mm in the direction of the settlement.
Avdievka
- n.p. Yasinovataya, n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired, five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired in the direction of the settlement.
Friendship
- n.p. Gorlovka (settlement sh-you Izotov), n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Leninsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired, ten rockets were fired from the BM-21 "Grad" at the settlement.
Friendship
- n.p. Gorlovka (settlement sh-you 6/7), along the settlement Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Leninsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber and six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired at the settlement. Katerynivka - n.p. Zaitsevo.
15:20 On a photo the consequences of a Ukrainian shell hitting a residential building on the street. Cherepanovykh, 14 (settlement Michurina, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).
14:29 In the Krasno-Limansky direction, three company tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reinforced with tanks, unsuccessfully tried to attack the positions of Russian troops in the direction of the settlements of Ploshchanka, Chervonopopovka and Zhitlovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
The enemy was defeated by artillery fire, army aviation strikes and decisive actions of the Russian troops. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were thrown back to their original positions. As a result of a complex fire engagement, the enemy's losses in this direction amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, four infantry fighting vehicles and one vehicle with ammunition. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported.
14:18 Ukrainian militants fired five rounds of 152mm caliber in the direction of the settlement.
Friendship
- n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district) and three rounds of 122mm caliber in the direction of the settlement.
Novomikhailovka
- n.p. Dokuchaevsk. 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.
13:35 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired three rounds with a caliber of 122mm. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Ozeryanovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
13:30 VFU shelled Amvrosievka in the DPR from HIMARS at night, the building of the railway station was damaged. The railway station, gas pipe and power line were damaged in Amvrosievka as a result of shelling last night. This was announced today by the head of the administration of the Amvrosievsky district, Igor Lyzov.
"As a result of the fall of fragments, a gas pipeline pipe was damaged, the operation of boiler house No. 7 was suspended, a 25 kV power supply was cut, and the glazing of the railway station building was damaged," Lyzov said.
According to the JCCC, at around 0200 hrs, four HIMARS MLRS rockets were fired at Amvrosievka from the occupied Konstantinovka. According to local authorities, there were no casualties among the population.
13:27 In the Ugledar direction, the artillery units of the V group, adjusting their fire from a drone,destroyenemy strongholds.
13:17 Ukrainian militants fired five rounds of 120mm caliber at the settlement.
Friendship - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty), five rounds with a caliber of 155mm in the direction of the settlement.
Netailovo
-g. Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district) and three rounds with a caliber of 152mm in the direction of the settlement.
Avdievka
- n.p. Chestnut, reported the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
12:46 The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired three rounds of 152mm caliber at the settlement. Avdievka - n.p. Chestnut, reported the representative office of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
12:22 The Ukrainian military fired five rounds of 155mm caliber at the settlement of Netaylovo - Donetsk (Kuibyshev district), the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
12:08 Video 18+ Personnelinspection of the captured positions of Ukrainian militants in the Artyomovsk direction.
12:01 Video destruction of Ukrainian militants in Vodiane by scouts of the 3rd battalion of special forces 1 AK.
Scouts of the 3rd Guards Separate Special Purpose Battalion inflict heavy losses on the enemy in the village of Vodiane using strike UAVs. The video confirmed the destruction of two Ukrainian nationalists.
11:31 AFU attacked Gorlovka, a woman was wounded.
11:09 Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin declares that the cleansing of Kurdyumovka is still ongoing.
On the map, in addition to Kurdyumovka, one can note the recently taken Zelenopolye, the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal (which is essentially a natural barrier) and quarries east of Kurdyumovka, on which the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine previously relied.
The main line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is now being built southeast of Clock Yar.
10:56 Ukrainian military fired five rounds of 122mm caliber at the settlement.
Novgorodskoye
- n.p. Pantelemonovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
10:40 According to preliminary information, a civilian was wounded as a result of shelling from the VFU in the village of Panteleymonovka. The information is being specified. This was announced by the mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko.
10:37 Ukrainian militants fired five rounds of 152mm caliber at the settlement.
Avdievka
- n.p. Chestnut in the DPR. Three rounds of 152mm caliber were also recorded in the direction of the settlement.
Avdiivka
- n.p. Yakovlevka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
10:35 Statement by the NM of the DPR on the situation as of 10:30 11/30/2022 The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure that are not military facilities.
Over the past day, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 162 units of ammunition from the Himars and 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The artillery was fired at the areas of twelve settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, three civilians were injured. Twenty-eight housing constructions and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
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: 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad", four tanks (two T-72B, T-72M1 and T-64BV), eleven armored and automotive vehicles, in the air three enemy UAVs were shot down. Losses in enemy manpower amounted to more than 50 people.
10:14 Ukrainian militants subjected shelling on the village of Panteleymonovka. Fixed a direct hit on the roof of a residential building. Additionally, damage was recorded to the building of the Department of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Nikitovsky District of Gorlovka as a result of yesterday's shelling by the VFU.
10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Major Filiponenko I.M. as of November 30, 2022
Over the past day, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
- up to 50 personnel;
- three armored personnel carriers;
- two unmanned aerial vehicles;
- 13 units of special vehicles.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Chapaevka and Svatovo with the use of attack unmanned aerial vehicles and 122mm multiple launch rocket systems, firing 11 rounds. As a result of the attacks:
-in n.p. Svatovo, a civilian born in 1965 died. and a young man born in 2003 was wounded, 11 houses were damaged;
-in n.p. Chapaevka damaged two transformers and substation glazing.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During November 29, they cleared more than seven hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Ivanovka and Toshkovka, Popasnyansky district.
09:35 Video of the destruction of Ukrainian militants by artillery of the 3rd brigade of the 1st AK.
Artillery of the 3rd Guards Brigade 1 AK, whose fire was corrected with the help of UAVs, inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.VideoNM DNR.
09:01 On a photo of the consequences of yesterday's (11/29/2022) shelling of the village of the mine named after. ON THE. Izotov (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) from the armed formations of Ukraine.
09:00 Ukrainian military fired five rounds of 155mm caliber. according to n.p. Netailovo and Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Also, five 152mm caliber rounds were fired.
Avdiivka
- n.p. Yasinovataya in the DPR, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
08:45 Informationon the shelling of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on November 30, 2022
08:21 Work mobile mortar Vasilyok on enemy positions in the Avdeevsky direction.
08:05 During the day, three people were injured on the territory of the DPR.
Over the past 24 hours, from 08:00 on November 29 to 08:00 on November 30, 3 people were injured as a result of shelling of the VFU in the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
08:01 Defenders of the Zaporozhye region repel enemy attacks.
Ukrainian fighters regularly try to move forward in the Zaporozhye region, but all these attempts remain unsuccessful.
A serviceman of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the call sign "Hector" spoke about the situation at the front, and how another breakthrough attempt was repelled, during which the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses in equipment and personnel.VideoNM DNR.
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, November 29.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, 2 shellings were recorded on the settlement. Chapaevka and Svatovo with the use of an attack UAV (2 units) and 122mm multiple rocket launchers (11 rounds).
As a result of the attacks:
-in n.p. Svatovo, a civilian born in 1965 died. and a young man born in 2003 was wounded, 11 houses were damaged;
-in n.p. Chapaevka damaged two transformers and substation glazing.
06:00 Ukrainian troops are shelling Donetsk from the maximum range in order to avenge their failures and retreat, said Jan Gagin, adviser to the acting head of the DPR. Video RIA Novosti.
05:55 Combat work 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad". Multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 "Grad" of the NM LPR daily work on targets in strategic directions in the Donbass.
Calculations of 122mm combat vehicles deploy, launch and change positions in a few minutes. Target designation and objective control of hitting targets are provided by drones.
BM-21 have successfully proven themselves in the past, but at the moment they are already largely outdated. Products must be upgraded to the level of 300mm "Tornado-G" with the installation of automated fire control.
05:35 Destruction of observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The crew of the 122mm self-propelled artillery mount 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" of the NM of the DPR destroyed the observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped on a high-rise near Toretsk. From the destroyed observation post, Ukrainian formations were adjusting fire on units of the RF Armed Forces advancing from Horlivka.
Over the past few days, Russian troops have made significant progress in the direction of Toretsk. The settlements of Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka and Zelenopolye came under the control of the RF Armed Forces.
05:05 Ukrainian militants attempted to break through in the Zaporozhye region, but lost 100 people killed and more than 10 pieces of equipment, said the commander of one of the units of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign "Hector"VideoRIA Novosti.
04:16 The Ukrainian military fired four rockets from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system at the city of Amvrosievka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported.
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[REGNUM] The authorities of Mariupol dismantled the memorial "To Victims of the Holodomor", RIA Novosti reported on October 19.
The complex was installed by the Kyiv regime 18 years ago, in 2004, not far from the drama theater building. Memorials dedicated to the "holodomor" have appeared in recent decades in many cities b. Ukrainian SSR.
Artem Bobrovsky, head of the department of Donetsk National University, Candidate of Historical Sciences, who was present during the dismantling, told reporters that it was not in the Ukrainian SSR that suffered the most from the famine of 1932-33, but in the regions of the Volga region, Kazakhstan and the North Caucasus.
More than between three million and eight million dead, or a higher percentage of the population? Please, Historic Academic Bobrovsky, explain so that the eager minds here can understand.
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[REGNUM] The use of a civilian satellite for military purposes makes it a legitimate target for the Russian Armed Forces. But the purposeful destruction of the spacecraft of a foreign state is, in essence, a declaration of war.
Indeed. Is Russian president Vladimir Putin ready to take that step?
Foreign-made civilian satellites, with the help of which Kyiv nationalists carry out combat missions to uncover the locations, routes of movement and actions of the Russian military, can become legitimate targets for the Russian army. Vladimir Yermakov, director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for non-proliferation and armaments, told RIA Novosti that these are "quasi-civilian" technologies: such low-orbit satellites control drones and also guide missiles.
According to him, such a provocative use of spacecraft at least raises questions in the context of the Outer Space Treaty, which implies its exclusively peaceful use, and requires the most serious condemnation by the world community.
"Taking into account the global coverage of the Earth’s territory by civil spacecraft, the Pentagon is testing the concept of a promising command and control system anywhere in the world, while the overwhelming number of states do not have effective countermeasures," Vladimir Yermakov emphasized, calling on " all countries interested in the proper use space technologies, to make joint efforts in the interests of the development of near-Earth space for purely peaceful purposes."
The Pentagon has other plans. One of them concerns the organization of surveillance from space over Russia and China online. This requires the direct connection of commercial satellites that provide images of the Earth's surface to future orbital networks. This will allow the military in the field to access data faster.
In the future, this may make it possible to monitor Moscow and Beijing practically online from space, determining the position of the target to strike in a fraction of a second. Separate stages of work are already underway, in particular, within the Convergence and Blackjack programs.
Many questions have arisen about the use of Starlink satellites for military purposes.
"For example, a radar satellite radiates, breaks through clouds and gives a picture in the radio range. This allows him to see in all weather conditions. For us, this is critical. The enemy will understand all our maneuvers. It will be much more difficult to transfer equipment under the cover of night and clouds," explained military expert Andrey Klintsevich.
According to him, Elon Musk announced the civilian release of the Starlink flat panel antenna. It can be mounted on mobile devices. It was these antennas that were noticed on marine drones. They have a square terminal on the back, which indicates close interaction with Starlink. The enemy has already received new promising samples.
The issue of the activities of the US space constellation of satellites in the context of direct support to the VFU at the end of October 2022 was first raised by Deputy Head of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Konstantin Vorontsov during his speech at a meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly.
"As a result of the actions of the West, the stability of peaceful space activities, as well as numerous socio-economic processes on earth, on which the well-being of people depends, primarily in developing countries, are exposed to unjustified risks," Vorontsov said.
The topic was publicly supported by the senior lecturer of the Department of Public Administration and Political Technologies of the State University of Management Artem Kirka.
"Indeed, almost any satellite is always a dual-purpose object. The presence of high-resolution optics and data transmission facilities makes it possible to successfully use a seemingly civilian meteorological or other satellite for the operational transmission of intelligence data," the expert emphasized in a conversation with a REGNUM correspondent.
Recall that video from the control points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repeatedly appeared in the information field, where unit commanders demonstrated large screens on which the operational combat situation was broadcast live - you could see almost everything, right down to the side number of the equipment.
According to Artem Kirka, the scenario in which Russia will deliberately destroy the spacecraft of a foreign country is unlikely, because in essence this is a declaration of war.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Ursula von der Leyen said that the loss of the UAF in killed since the beginning of the war is more than 100,000 people. A little later, the recording of the speech with this statement was deleted and published again, but without a fragment about the loss of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Apparently they realized that in this way von der Leyen actually accuses the Zelensky gang of brazen lies when it talks about losses of 10-15 thousand killed since the beginning of the war.
From my point of view, even 100,000+ is an underestimated figure.
According to my estimates, the irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (killed, captured, missing, non-combat) range from 130,000 to 155,000 - 160,000 (AFU, NSU, SBU, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Border Guard Service, PMCs, NATO regulars mimicking the APU or PMCs).
The wounded, as I understand it, since the beginning of the war, are at 200,000 to 250,000.
Nevertheless, the European Commission actually independently set the lower limit for the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at 100,000+ killed since the beginning of the JMD, not counting civilians.
It is worth noting that back in the first half of autumn, there were calculations about the irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine up to 190,000 people.
I believe that we will find out the real numbers up to thousands after the war.
How many lives of Ukrainian defenders did the war claim?
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced an unconfirmed figure of the losses of the Ukrainian army, which caused a stir in Ukraine and the world.
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced the loss of 100,000 troops by Ukraine. When, to put it mildly, a controversial assessment of 100,000 dead soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spread in Ukrainian and world news feeds, the press service of the European Commission corrected von der Leyen's speech. Both from the text and from the video of the speech of the European official, the proposal about the losses of Ukraine was withdrawn.
WHAT DID SHE SAY
On November 30, the video and text of a new speech by Ursula von der Leyen were published on the official pages of the European Commission. It was supposed to be an important step in support of Ukraine: the head of the European Commission proposed the creation of a special court to investigate Russian crimes. According to her, although the EU continues to support the efforts of the International Criminal Court in The Hague in this direction, the European Commission calls for the creation of a separate tribunal for Russia - a special a court supported by the UN “to investigate and prosecute” those crimes that the Russian Federation has committed in Ukraine.
Giving examples of such crimes, von der Leyen mentioned the tragedy of Bucha, and also - in the first version of the speech - outlined Ukraine's losses in the war as follows: “According to estimates, more than 20 thousand civilians and 100 thousand Ukrainian military." The head of the European Commission did not specify the source of such estimates. After the hype arose, this sentence was simply cut out of von der Leyen's speech.
Subsequently, Dana Spinant, head of political communications for the European Commission and deputy press secretary of this body, commented on such changes.
"A big thanks to those who pointed out the inaccuracy of the numbers in the previous version of this video,” she wrote of von der Leyen’s speech. - The estimate used from external sources should have been for casualties. casualitites], that is, both killed and wounded, and was intended to show the cruelty of Russia."
REACTION IN UKRAINE
President Volodymyr Zelensky will release official casualty figures "when the moment is right," his press office said, because it is sensitive information.
"We cannot confirm this figure. We emphasize that the losses of the Ukrainian army are official information and fall under the heading with a restriction on disclosure. At the same time, if the head of the European Commission makes it possible to bring the aggressor country to justice, we can only support actions that will contribute to legal punishment for those who committed the genocide of the Ukrainian people," said Bogdan Senik, head of the Public Relations Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
NOT THE FIRST TIME
The words of the head of the European Commission may be related to the recent statement by General Mark Milley, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the United States.
On November 9, Milli reported that the losses of the Russian military in Ukraine exceeded 100,000 killed and wounded and noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered about the same losses. This figure has been circulating in the American media ever since.
In particular, a new New York Times report from Bakhmut on November 27 stated: "US Department of Defense officials estimate that Russia and Ukraine each lost about 100,000 wounded and killed during the war, although these numbers cannot be verified."
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov, commenting on Mark Milli's assessment, did not confirm this figure. "From the Russian side, we confirm this 100%. From our side, this is not entirely true," he said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the losses of the Russians exceed the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by 10 times.
ALONG WITH THE WOUNDED
"If the irretrievable losses of the dead were really 100,000 military in total, then the sanitary losses - that is, the wounded, should be at least three times greater, that is, more than 400,000. This is a staff strength of approximately 100 brigades. That is, much more than Ukraine deployed in combat strength at all. Therefore, such figures do not correspond at all to the real state" notes military observer Yuri Butusov.
Meanwhile in Russia:
Day 280 of my 3 day war. Russia has destroyed 4700 Ukrainian airplanes & 35000 tanks, sunk 300 of their ships, destroyed 1200 HIMARS systems and lost just 4 soldiers killed.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] From Shoigu's statements on the State Defense Order 2022-2023:
1. In 2022, the State Defense Order was completed by 99%.
2. For 2023, the State Defense Order has been increased by 1.5 times. Talk about the fact that defense spending in 2023 will be reduced, frankly, does not correspond to reality.
3. In 2023, it is planned to provide troops with military equipment at 97%. It is worth noting that even before the war there was a lower limit of 70% of new military equipment in the troops.
4. Great emphasis is placed on the development of artillery systems and methods of their use. And also on the forces of nuclear deterrence.
5. The optimization of the arms procurement system will continue.
6. As part of the mobilized training program, 8,000 crews of armored vehicles/artillery crews and UAV and EW crews were trained.
The numbers are beautiful. It remains to see their application to the situation on the battlefield both during the winter campaign and during the spring-summer campaign of 2023. Moreover, we know perfectly well that the beautiful figures for the logistics of the troops differed significantly from reality, which affected, among other things, the operational situation on the fronts.
The head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu assessed promising weapons for the participants in the Russian special operation back in August 2022 at the Army-2022 International Military-Technical Forum. NMD is the Russian acronym for Arms Control agreement
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting of the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense on November 30, announced the need to continue the modernization and creation of advanced weapons systems with their subsequent use in the course of a special military operation in Ukraine, a REGNUM correspondent reports .
According to the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, it is important to maintain the maximum possible volume of production, to organize advanced deliveries to the troops.
"On the basis of the National Defense Control Center, control over the supply of especially demanded weapons has been organized. The measures taken will ensure the fulfillment of the state defense order at a level of at least 99 percent," Shoigu stressed.
According to him, in 2023, taking into account the additional allocated budgetary funds, the amount of funding for the state defense order will increase by almost 1.5 times. This will make it possible to provide formations and military units with constant readiness for weapons and equipment at the level of 97 percent.
At the collegium of the Russian Ministry of Defense on November 30, Sergei Shoigu also noted that the foreign rocket and artillery systems used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine are successfully hit by the Russian military during the NMD with the help of 203mm 2S7 Malka self-propelled artillery mounts and 300mm Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems.
Recall that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu got acquainted with promising models of weapons and military equipment at the end of August 2022 at the Army-2022 International Military-Technical Forum. So, the head of the military department was presented with the latest system with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies installed on UAVs to overcome enemy air defense systems.
But then it turned out that this new development with AI technologies, which allows to deceive trained enemy neural networks, air defense systems, is already familiar to the head of the Russian Defense Ministry. He only asked about the timing of the scaling up of its use in the existing units of the RF Armed Forces.
It is also known that mass production of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile has already begun in Russia. According to the developers, the control system allows it to aim at a target even when it is hit by an anti-missile defense missile.
"Sarmat" in the next 40-50 years will strengthen the combat potential of the Armed Forces, reliably ensure the security of Russia from external threats. And in today's geopolitical conditions, this is our reliable shield, the main factor of nuclear deterrence and a guarantee of maintaining peace , ”explained Vladimir Degtyar , head of the Makeev State Missile Center in mid-November 2022 .
As REGNUM reported earlier, today the Sineva ballistic missiles are on combat duty of the RF Armed Forces, mass production of Yars, Bulava and Sarmat missiles with various combat equipment is underway. The new missile systems will be deployed in five formations of the Strategic Missile Forces.
[IsraelTimes] More than 3 million died in famine blamed on Stalin, though historians have debated if it was the result of intentional starvation or incompetence.
#1
Lot's of talk about the Holodomor and Soviets. Which made me ask myself, what are they trying to distract me from. So I reached out to the US Polish Embassy to ask if the UKR was guilty of any genocides and massacres as well...
#5
The Kraut made a magical ring
And gave it to Russia.
"Oooh, bling!"
"They would've been wiser
To stick with a kaiser..."
[sees Soviets]
"Wait... that's a thing?"
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[REGNUM] In 1999, NATO destroyed Yugoslavia. Hiding behind the refusal to withdraw troops from Kosovo and Metohija, as well as the “execution of peaceful Albanians” falsified by Kosovo separatists, a number of Serbian cities were bombed - bombs fell on industrial enterprises, residential areas, military installations.
On November 30, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova refreshed the memory of Western politicians about NATO strikes on Yugoslav energy facilities, saying that in 1999 the alliance purposefully attacked the republic's infrastructure.
Dedicating a message in her telegram channel to NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg , EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell , as well as White House staff, she quoted from a briefing by NATO Press Secretary Jamie Shea, held in Brussels on May 25, 1999.
Then, answering the question why the forces of the alliance are depriving Yugoslavia of electricity and water supply on a huge scale, if, according to the statements of the bloc, NATO " strikes only on military targets," the politician said that he did not care about the problems of the Serbian people.
"If Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic really wants his citizens to have water and electricity, all he has to do is accept NATO terms. Until he does, we will continue to attack targets that supply his army with electricity," Shea said at the time at a briefing.
Recall that earlier, then Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin said that people who do not condemn NATO war crimes in Yugoslavia in 1999 have no right to talk about what is happening now in Ukraine.
In his March speech, Vulin recalled the creator of the expression "collateral damage" - the former NATO representative Jamie Shea and the "leader of the killers" - the former Supreme Commander of the Allied Armed Forces of NATO in Europe, Wesley Clark .
"When Wesley Clarke and Jamie Shea, the creator of the phrase “collateral damage” that has been used to explain the deaths of dozens of our children, begin to explain that the killing of Serbs in NATO aggression is as humane as it needs to be, then it is clear that their every appeal to international law is cynicism. and lies," said Alexander Vulin.
According to him, those who are trying to create a false state of Kosovo on the territory of Serbia have no right to talk about the territorial integrity of any other country. The one who leads the anti-Russian hysteria has no right to tell Serbia how to think ,” Vulin added.
As REGNUM reported , the NATO military operation "Allied Force" against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began on May 24, 1999. At that time, Yugoslavia, already disintegrated into several "independent" states, did not want to fully follow the path of reforms imposed by the West. The official reason was the refusal of President Milosevic to withdraw troops from Kosovo and Metohija and the "execution of peaceful Albanians" in the village of Rachak, falsified by Kosovo separatists.
The capital of Yugoslavia, Belgrade, and a number of cities in Serbia were bombed - bombs fell on industrial enterprises, residential areas, military installations. Cruise missiles "Tomahawk" hit the territory of Yugoslavia from American cruisers from the Adriatic Sea. And this is in Europe in the 20th century, in a country where the Winter Olympics of 1984 were recently held, which brought together a record number of participants.
The air forces of the USA, Germany, France, England, Italy, Holland, Turkey, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Norway and Portugal took part in the raids and bombing of Serbian cities. Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania have provided NATO with their territory and airspace.
During the hostilities, NATO aircraft made 35,219 sorties, using 23,000 bombs and missiles against the Serbs, including cluster bombs and depleted uranium bombs. 238 sea-launched cruise missiles were fired from ships and submarines.
Serbia's losses are irreparable. First of all, this is the civilian population - more than 2,000 killed, tens of thousands of wounded, hypocritically called by the West "collateral losses."
As REGNUM reported earlier, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Western countries want to resolve the Kosovo issue as soon as possible, as the Kosovo precedent is increasingly mentioned in international politics. According to him, "the West left Serbia no chance."
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.
