All main routes into #Bakhmut are now cut. Civilians / AFU are now only able to use a small number of roads for safe passage. pic.twitter.com/U8wDkOTuAe
[The Nation (Pak)] Multiple explosions have been reported in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol in southern Ukraine, in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and in annexed Crimea — including at a Russian military barracks. The explosions in Melitopol came amid reports from officials on both sides that Ukraine had launched a missile attack on the city on Saturday, while Russian state media said 20 missiles hit the Donetsk People’s Republic on Sunday morning.
Separately, reports also emerged of multiple explosions in Russian-annexed Crimea, including at a military barracks in Sovietske.
Melitopol’s Moscow-installed administrators said four missiles hit the city, killing two and injuring 10, while Melitopol’s mayor reported several explosions, including at a church occupied by Russian forces.
However, denial ain't just a river in Egypt... Ukrainian officials have not commented on the earth-shattering kabooms in Crimea or in the Donetsk People’s Republic and CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... is unable to verify the cause of the blasts or the extent of the damage. Missiles hit Melitopol, DPR Melitopol, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has been under Russian occupation since early March.
Yevgeny Balitsky, Russia’s acting governor of Zaporizhzhia, said the missile attack on Melitopol had "completely destroyed" a recreation center where "people, civilians, and [military] base personnel were having dinner on Saturday night."
The strikes were acknowledged by Ivan Fedorov, Ukraine’s former administrator of Melitopol city, who said they had targeted Russian military bases.
Federov last month said Russia had turned Melitopol into "one giant military base."
"The Russian military is settling in local houses they seized, schools and kindergartens. Military equipment is stationed in residential areas," Federov said in November.
The Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov said there had been several explosions, including at the Melitopol Christian Church, "which the occupiers seized several months ago and turned into their hideout."
Fedorov, who is not in Melitopol, said there were dead and maimed among the Russian forces there.
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[LB] There are victims.
by Iryna Gamalii
Yesterday, December 10, the Russian military shelled eight regions of Ukraine.
This is stated in the summary of the military-civilian administrations on the situation in the regions of Ukraine as of 9:00 a.m. on December 11.
In the Sumy region, during the past day, the Russians shelled two border communities: Znob-Novgorodsk and Seredino-Budsk. According to preliminary data, there are no victims.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, invaders attacked civil infrastructure in the area of Temyrivka, Novoandriivka, Biloghirya, Kamianske, Gulyaipole, Orihiv, Shcherbaki, Novodanilivka, Dorozhnyanka, Zaliznychne, Olhivske and Mali Shcherbaki settlements. As of the morning of December 11, eight reports were received about the destruction of houses (apartments) of citizens and infrastructure objects due to shelling by the Russian military. Detailed information about the consequences of the strikes is being clarified.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian troops shelled the Nikopol district at night . The invaders hit the Nikopol, Marganets and Chervonogrigoriv communities with the Grad rocket systems and heavy artillery. There were no casualties as a result of the shelling. 15 private houses, 50 solar panels, farm buildings, cars, two gas pipelines and two power lines were destroyed by enemy fire in the Chervonogrigorivska community. Three villages were left without electricity and water. Emergency crews are already working.
About ten private houses and commercial buildings, administrative and office buildings were damaged in Nikopol. In the Marganets community, the consequences of the Russian attacks are becoming clear.
In the Kharkiv region during the day, enemy attacks were recorded on the border settlements of the Kupyan, Chuguyiv and Kharkiv districts. In Kupyansk, a garage and a car burned on the territory of a private home. In the village of Pidlyman, Izyum district, a 60-year-old man was wounded by shelling, the victim was hospitalized in serious condition.
In the Luhansk region, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled Russian attacks in the districts of Novoselyvskyi, Andriyivka, Chervonpopivka, Zhytlivka, and Bilogorivka. In the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions, the invaders shelled Stelmakhivka, Novoehorivka, Makiivka, Ploshanka, Nevske, and Dibrova. The situation in the region remains difficult.
In the Donetsk region this morning, the intensity of shelling and the activity of hostilities increased in the area of settlements of Pervomaiske, Vodiane and Nevelske. Information on civilian casualties is being clarified. Late yesterday evening, Russian troops shelled an industrial facility in Kurakhivka, Kurakhivska hromada. There were no casualties. Also, yesterday evening, the enemy hit the old part of Avdiyivka from Hradiv, and at night carried out a massive artillery attack on the city. On the defense line around Avdiivka, shelling continued almost all night. Assault operations intensified in the morning in the directions of Krasnohorivka, Vodyanyi, Pervomaiskyi and Nevelskyi.
During the day, the invaders carried out intense artillery shelling of Bakhmut and the Soledar community. In particular, the vicinity of Yakovlivka, Bakhmutsky and Soledar suffered from enemy fire. A private house was damaged in Paraskoviivka, and three private houses were damaged in Rozdolivka. Georgiivka, Maksimilianivka, Krasnohorivka and Maryinka are under constant fire. In general, during the past day, Russian troops wounded two civilians in the Donetsk region.
In the Mykolaiv region yesterday evening, the invaders hit the open territory of the Kutsurub community with rocket launchers. There were no damages or injuries.
In the Kherson region, Kherson, Berislavsky and Kherson districts suffer daily from shelling by the Russian army . As a result of yesterday's attacks on Kherson, power lines were damaged by enemy fire, and part of the city was left without electricity again. Repair crews of energy workers started restoration work. Also in Kherson, the Russian military shelled a medical facility. Enemy shells hit the maternity ward. The building was damaged. Medical workers, patients and children were not injured.
In general, in the liberated territories of the Kherson region, mobile operators restored the operation of 112 base stations and three mobile stations. In Kherson, the work of boiler houses is being resumed. Road clearing works are ongoing in the region. Explosive specialists of the National Police examined 15 hectares of the territory of the region, seized 183 explosive objects, two of them were destroyed. Pyrotechnicians of the State Emergency Service examined more than 11 hectares of territory, removed and neutralized 433 explosive objects. The Pension Fund of Ukraine resumed work in the Kherson region. Humanitarian aid is constantly arriving in the region.
The night passed relatively calmly, without shelling in other regions of Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] 22:15 Zelensky announced an important week: "G7 summit, conference in France on the recovery and resilience of Ukraine in winter, events at the level of the European Union... We are preparing to participate, we expect important results."
22:12 Zelensky said that he had held a meeting of the Headquarters: "The situation at the forefront, the restoration of energy, intelligence about the plans and calculations of the occupiers, internal challenges. We are working on everything in detail."
He also said that at the moment in Odessa and other cities and districts of the region, it was possible to partially restore power supply. "Kyiv and the region, Lviv region, Vinnitsa region, Ternopil region, Chernivtsi and the region, Transcarpathia, Sumy region, Dnipropetrovsk region - the situation remains very difficult. We are constantly working with partners to alleviate it and give our people more opportunities, more electricity," the president added .
22:05 Zelensky, by his decree, put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions against seven church leaders of the UOC-MP.
21:39 The defense forces will resume active counter-offensive operations when the ground freezes, Reznikov said at a joint press conference with Swedish Defense Minister Paul Jonsson in Odessa: "I think this decrease in activity is due to weather conditions. But the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not think to stop. Therefore, taking advantage of the moment when the ground becomes tougher, I am convinced that we will continue our counterattacks, the campaign to liberate our territories."
19:54 Iranian kamikaze drones are not sensitive to cold, only heavy winds can affect their use, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command, said: “Someone suggested that it might be cold for airplanes. Cold weather does not affect in any way, only non-flying weather - heavy wind, which can affect the wing area of the "shaheda" ... At a certain humidity of the air, there can be freezing for an hour or two or three, and then they can safely fly themselves in any frosty weather ... It doesn’t matter if it’s a plus, or minus - they will use them as long as they have them in stock."
Ignat also noted that Ukrainian air defense is not capable of shooting down ballistic missiles that Russia can use: “Neither Iskanders, nor S-300 missiles, nor Iranian missiles ... Ballistics is currently not available for shooting down by air defense systems that we have in service. Therefore, the most effective method of destroying these missiles is at the start, where they are located. Various types of "bavovna" can help destroy these missiles. The top military-political leadership has an action plan. I think our partners will also help Ukraine ".
18:00 The escalation of the military conflict in Ukraine is not in the interests of the United States, so they will not push Kiev to operations inside Russia, said White House spokesman John Kirby. According to him, the goal of the United States in Ukraine is to help Kyiv defend its territory, including that lost as a result of Russian aggression.
17:21 British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley said that not only the soldiers who directly commit these crimes, but also the leadership of the Russian Federation, including Putin, should be held accountable for war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine. According to him, London is studying mechanisms for possible prosecution of Russian officials: “We support the International Criminal Court and we are aware that there may be other mechanisms. We are working with our friends, including Ukraine and other members of the international community, on what the framework can be effective international accountability".
17:09 The neo-Nazi paramilitary group Rusich, closely associated with the PMC Wagner, asked its members to provide intelligence on military activities in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The West is worried that the Russians are planning an attack on NATO countries, writes The Guardian, citing sources. According to them, such an "extraordinary" step by Rusich may indicate disappointment in the Kremlin and the course of the war in Ukraine. At the same time, sources believe that the Kremlin is not involved in this, since he himself undoubtedly possesses the information that Rusich requested.
17:06 Macron said after a conversation with Zelensky that Ukraine can count on France's support for as long as it takes to fully restore its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
17:04 The head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, reported on the explosion at the headquarters of the Wagnerites in Kadievka: "They had a 'bavovna', where the headquarters of the Wagnerites was located. And photos have already appeared on the network, and they do not even hide that there are huge losses."
17:01 There is a significant shortage of power in the energy system of Ukraine. After eight waves of missile attacks in the country, all thermal and hydroelectric power plants were damaged, 40% of high-voltage network facilities were damaged to varying degrees, Shmyhal said.
16:42 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Erdogan: "Thanked for providing shelter to Ukrainian children and for hundreds of generators for our cities. He noted Turkey's support for the Ukrainian initiative Grain from Ukraine. They also discussed further work and the possible expansion of the grain corridor."
Earlier today, the Kremlin reported that Putin had also spoken to Erdogan.
15:53 Germany has promised to supply Ukraine with more weapons and ammunition, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Oleksiy Makeev said in an interview with Welt am Sonntag. According to him, he was assured of this during direct negotiations with the German government: “What kind of weapons, we will announce in due time. I do not want to put diplomatic pressure on the federal government. I want Germany to supply what it has, faster because we don't have time to wait any longer for weapons."
15:06 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Macron: "We synchronized positions on the eve of the G7 online summit and the conference on supporting Ukraine in Paris. We discussed the implementation of our ten-step peace formula, cooperation in the field of defense and energy stability of Ukraine."
14:23 During the last two attacks on Ukraine, the Russians launched drones from the Sea of Azov, namely from the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, Air Force Speaker Yuri Ignat said. He also noted that ships in the Mediterranean, which are reported in daily reports, are unlikely to risk attacking Ukraine, since the Russians will not launch missiles over NATO countries (as they do with Moldova). Therefore, their presence does not affect the threat.
13:56 In Ukraine, they will not restore absolutely the entire energy infrastructure destroyed by shelling, Dmitriy Sakharuk, Executive Director of DTEK, told the Orestocracy project: "Probably, we will not restore all the equipment, because not all of it was new, not all of it was modernized, and, probably "We will need to build new. This is our opportunity to modernize the grid faster than we planned last year."
Sakharuk noted that the full restoration of all the destroyed facilities will take "from a year to two, and maybe even more." However, the exact dates can be determined "only after the victory, that is, after the ceasefire."
13:04 Deputies of the South African Parliament demand from their government to answer whether their country sells weapons to Russia, writes The Telegraph. The request came after information emerged that the Russian vessel Lady R was seen in the naval port of Simons Town, which was unloading and then receiving cargo. The ship itself is under US and EU sanctions due to the transportation of weapons for the Russian Federation.
11:42 British intelligence believes that the law adopted in the Russian Federation and signed by Putin on the federal budget of Russia for 2023 is overly optimistic about expected revenues and expenses. According to analysts, many items of expenditure will have to be significantly reduced to cover the costs of the war. According to the document, more than 9 trillion rubles will be allocated for defense, security and law enforcement agencies next year, which is more than 30% of the entire Russian budget.
10:58 Over the past day, the Russians fired at the territory of the Kherson region 45 times from artillery, MLRS, tanks and mortars. The enemy attacked the residential areas of Kherson: shells hit the maternity ward of the hospital, a cafe, an infrastructure facility, private and apartment buildings. Two people were killed, five more were injured, said the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich.
10:41 The authorities of the Kursk region from December 12 until the end of January prohibit the sale of fireworks in the region in order to "ensure the safety and tranquility of residents."
10:02 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of December 11th.
personnel - about 94,140 (+380) people liquidated,
tanks - 2942 (+2),
armored combat vehicles - 5920 (+3),
artillery systems - 1928 (+1),
MLRS - 397 (+0),
air defense systems - 211 (+0),
aircraft - 281 (+0),
helicopters - 264 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 1613 (+10),
cruise missiles - 592 (+0),
ships/boats - 16 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 4540 (+5),
special equipment - 167 (+0).
09:55 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were injured - in Bakhmut and Maksimilyanovka, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
09:41 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Putin risks losing the support of the former so-called leaders of pseudo-republics, the pro-war community, bloggers due to the inability of Russian troops to push the Defense Forces further west of Donetsk and "protect" Donbass, as promised.
According to ISW, the Russian authorities are increasingly sending Chechens to the occupied territories of Ukraine to form an administrative regime. Apparently, this is done in order to strengthen its administrative control, using the Chechen experience in the field of repression and security functions, analysts say. In their opinion, this indicates that the dissent and activities of Ukrainian partisans cast doubt on the ability of the occupying regimes to govern effectively.
The ISW also notes that an increase in the pace of Russian drone attacks may indicate that Russian forces have stockpiled more drones during the three-week period of non-use, or that Russia has recently received or expects to receive a new batch of drones from Iran.
08:37 Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by Russian invaders in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye, Andreevka, Krasnopopovka, Zhylovka, Serebryanskoye and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Verkhnekamennoye, Soledar, Bakhmutskoye, Podgorodnoye and Bakhmut of the Donetsk region, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the Lugansk region, over the past two weeks, Russians have been conducting searches in educational institutions in order to identify and destroy books in the Ukrainian language and materials containing the symbols of Ukraine. And in order to replenish the shortage of personnel of enemy units operating in the Severodonetsk direction, forced mobilization measures have been strengthened in the Luhansk region. In the city of Krasny Luch, the number of patrols has increased, which check the documents of men, hand over the summons and take them to the collection point for the mobilized.
06:30 The Armed Forces of Ukraine will soon receive a new drone that will be able to strike at the rear of the enemy, Oleg Boldyrev, project manager of the Ukroboronprom concern, said in an interview with Present Time: "It already exists. I would call it patient zero ". The car flies "When talking about an attack drone, it means the kamikaze option. But we Ukrainians are very greedy people. We will have kamikaze with the possibility of returning."
Boldyrev explained that the ability to "return" meant that the drones would be able to attack enemy targets multiple times. The flight range of the new UAVs is 1,000 km, and the weight of the drone warhead is 75 kg. He stressed that this model of drones partially consists of foreign-made parts, but the development of software, communications with ground stations, assembly and maintenance of drones is carried out by domestic specialists.
05:49 The partisan movement ATESH (the movement of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars) announced that it was its activists who organized the arson of the barracks with the Russian military in the village of Sovietsky in Crimea:
Good to know.
"The base of the mobilized army of the Russian Federation in the village of Sovietsky in the Ukrainian Crimea is on fire. Our agents worked like clockwork. We worked on this "project" for a long time and, of course, we succeeded. We will continue to destroy the Russian army from the inside." The guerrillas also reported that there were casualties there and promised to publish more information soon.
04:24 The work of Iranian kamikaze drones directly depends on weather conditions and can be disrupted in cold weather, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said. According to her, the pause in the use of Iranian drones is due to the fact that the Russians were trying to adapt to the weather conditions: “The tests of these drones took place in slightly different climatic conditions than those in which Iran is located. Our climatic conditions differ in a certain way, including , they were most worried about aerodynamics, the likelihood of glaciation in the event of temperature changes, which could affect flight performance.
Gumenyuk added that now the temperature in the south of Ukraine is positive, so the invaders decided to launch a batch of drones again in the Odessa region.
00:15 After evening attacks on Russian bases in Melitopol, according to preliminary estimates, about 200 invaders were killed and wounded. The wounded are taken immediately to hospitals in Crimea, since there are no more places in Melitopol, said the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov.
[NYPOST] Russia’s dronezaps have left the Ukrainian port of Odessa in the dark, officials say — as one prominent Russian blogger asserted some military officers are fuming over President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... ’s lousy war execution.
About 1.5 million people in Odessa had no electricity after Iranian-made drones hit two energy facilities, knocking out power to all non-critical infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the situation in the region was "very difficult."
"Unfortunately, the hits were critical, so it takes more than just time to restore electricity... It doesn’t take hours, but a few days, unfortunately," Zelensky said Saturday in his nightly address.
The latest power outage comes as Russia, since October, has increasingly targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with missiles and drones.
A spokesperson for Odessa’s regional administration said the lights would be back on "in the coming days," though complete restoration could take two or three months.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:55 Ugledar direction. They report a successful offensive by Russian troops near Velikaya Novoselka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine could not hold the front line and retreated to the second line of defense.
The enemy is pulling up reserves. 19:51 Footage of the work of Russian mortars to destroy the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
17:04 Rocket artillery of the 127th Division of the V group shows record results in the speed of defeating the enemy after its detection -video
15:53 AFU lost an Mi-8 military helicopter over the occupied part of the DPR -video
14:50 Aerial reconnaissance of the Russian Federation is working in the Kherson direction -video
Video footage of the operational destruction of Ukrainian militants in the Kherson direction.
13:48 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (11.12.2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, artillery fire inflicted a defeat on the accumulations of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Tabaevka and Krakhmalnoye of the Kharkov region. Up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, three artillery pieces and six vehicles were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, Russian troops continued offensive operations in separate directions, as a result of which more advantageous lines and positions were taken. The enemy, using three assault groups reinforced with armored vehicles, made unsuccessful attempts to counterattack the positions of Russian troops in the direction of the settlements of Zhitlovka, Ploschanka and Kolomyychikha of the Luhansk People's Republic.
By inflicting fire damage, all attacks were repelled, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were thrown back to their original positions. Up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and two pickup trucks were destroyed.
In addition, in the areas of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova, as well as Serebryansky forestry in the Luhansk People's Republic, three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups and three mortar crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops carried out offensive operations, repelling counterattacks by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain directions. During the day, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed in this direction.
In the South-Donetsk direction, the enemy made an attempt to attack with a reinforced platoon the positions of Russian troops in the direction of the settlement of Neskuchnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy was defeated by artillery fire. Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery defeated 86 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 177 districts.
During the counter-battery fight, two artillery batteries of the 101st Territorial Defense Brigade and the 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in the areas of the settlements of Seversk and Krasny Liman. In addition, in the area of the settlement of Krasny Liman of the Donetsk People's Republic, a platoon of Grad multiple rocket launchers was hit.
In the area of the settlement of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic, a position was opened and a launcher of the Ukrainian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed.
Air defense systems shot down five rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system in the area of the Almaznoye settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic and the city of Melitopol, as well as two rockets of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system in the area of the settlement of Novoe Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 341 aircraft, 181 helicopters, 2,647 unmanned aerial vehicles, 393 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,057 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 926 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,676 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 7,547 units of special military vehicles.
13:43 Minus one helicopter from the armed forces of the Ukrainians. According to preliminary data, the work of our air defense. The wreckage of the Mi-8 fell in the area of Konstantinovka - the territory of the DPR temporarily under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
13:32 Another destroyed Ukrainian BTR-60PB of the 35th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
12:17 Air Raid announced in three regions in the north-east of Ukraine - in Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv.
12:13 Reconnaissance and attack helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator" and Mi-28 "Night Hunter" in the zone of the NMD -video
11:01 Calculations of 152-mm self-propelled guns 2S5 "Acacia", in addition to the constant support of our infantry, hit enemy artillery -video
09:35 The result of the combat work of UAV operators of the 2nd Army Corps of the People's Militia of the LPR in the framework of a special military operation - video
09:32 Another destroyed Ukrainian BTR-60MK in the Donetsk direction - video
08:15 Russian mortar battery in the Zaporozhye direction destroyed the command post of the Ukrainian troops, the platoon commander with the call sign "Idel" told RIA Novosti - video
08:00122mm BM-21 "Grads" of the airborne troops destroy Ukrainian militants - video
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:15 Donetsk Mayak turned out to be under fire from Ukrainian militants
Today, for two hours, Ukrainian Nazis have been targeting residential areas of the Kievsky district of Donetsk. More than two dozen multi-storey residential buildings in the area of ??Shakhtyorskaya Square and the Mayak market were damaged. There are direct hits in apartments and wounded. As a result of the fall of shells of the Grad MLRS on the trading rows of the Book Market, several pavilions caught fire. In addition to Gradov, Ukrainian artillery also used 155mm guns. 19:54 I returned from the direction of Kremennaya-Svatovo and I read with surprise that our troops "regained control" over Krasnopopovka and "were thrown back" from Zhitlovka.
We visited the first one, rode the second one for half a day. I responsibly declare that there was no smell of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, both settlements are confidently under our control. The gunfire came, but at a very great distance, and so - art, art, art.
But the battle in the direction today was really very hot, attacks on a collision course, in which our fighters had an advantage.
18:08 VFU wounded another civilian during the shelling of the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
17:54 At 17:40 from the settlement Netaylovo Ukrainian punishers and foreign mercenaries opened fire on the Kyiv and Kuibyshev regions. Another eight shells of 155mm caliber were fired at civilians in Donetsk.
17:50 Kyiv district is again under enemy fire. Ukrainian fascists from Orlovka fired seven more shells with a caliber of 155mm.
17:06 Positional battles on the Zaporozhye Front: the Russian army destroys strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Mortarmen of the RF Armed Forces received information about the enemy's stronghold and the accumulation of personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. Thanks to well-coordinated work and adjustments, all the targets were hit by 120mm mortars.
16:18 AFU continues shelling the cities of the Republic
Throughout the day, the enemy conducts intensive shelling of residential areas of the settlements of the Republic. Under the fire of artillery and MLRS areas of Donetsk, Gorlovka and Yasinovataya. To date, the enemy has fired more than 170 shells of various calibers, including 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad".
15:46 The Russian army went on the offensive andbroke throughfront at Velikaya Novoselkovka, the enemy is retreating.
“In the direction of Velikaya Novoselkovka, our troops began offensive operations. The enemy was unable to hold the advanced positions - he retreated to the second line at the same time as pulling up the reserve, and showed the main resistance at this turn. So far, the situation is floating, but the imminent onset of darkness will force us to reduce activity, ”said Alexander Khodakovsky, commander of the Vostok.
14:02 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for December 11, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- in lane. Galitsky, 9 wounded woman born in 1967
- in lane. Galitsky, 11, a woman born in 1976 was wounded.
Received additional information on damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- st. Irina Levchenko, 21 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Kyiv district:
- st. Hungarian 24, 26 - private residential buildings;
- st. 50 years of Ukraine, 113 - a gas pipe fire was recorded;
- st. Krupskaya 130, 138 - private residential buildings.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- st. Astangov, 27, 29 - private residential buildings.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
13:11 At 12:15 shelling of the Kyiv region was recorded. According to the JCCC, five shells of 155mm caliber were fired from Netaylovo.
12:49 From the very morning, in the area of the Zhuravka gully (this is now the main point of the battle on the northern sector of the Kremennaya-Makeevka front),seriousthe battle.
The weather improved, it allows drones to work, and both our troops and crests began an oncoming battle.
Artillery is very active, MLRS releases package after package at fairly short intervals.
10:50 As a result of the shelling of the Voroshilovsky district, the glazing of the building of the Dongiproshakht Institute was damaged.
Eyewitnesses noticed a crater from a morning shell explosion near the Transfiguration Cathedral in the Voroshilovsky district.
10:07 Front line summary on the morning of 12/11/2022
Russian artillery is working very hard in the Zaporozhye direction. Let's go from west to east. Attacks on Kamensky, Stepnoy, Novoandreevka, Orekhovo, Novodanilovka, Zheleznodorozhny and Dorozhnyanka. (Fig. 1)
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops attacked again from Novomikhailovka. The goal is a denouement at Konstantinovka. No success. To the north, assault operations in the Pobeda area. Another attack on Nevelskoye. There is a promotion. Also the desire to take a brocade. (Fig. 2)
South of Bakhmut PMC "Wagner" is attacking from Opytnoye. Also heavy oncoming fighting on the eastern outskirts of the city. And to the north PMC "Wagner" advanced. Their units are near Podgorodny.
If they pass the forest plantation, they will go to the city. Soledar has the same thing. Attacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the area of Bakhmutsky, Yakovlevka and Donetsk Belogorovka. Russian troops are also attacking Belogorovka Luhansk. (Fig. 3)
And in the Lugansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are already conducting ground battles near Nevsky. Serious tactical advance. The R-66 highway is already far behind them. (Fig. 4)
09:56 The RF Armed Forces are constantly working on Ukronazi positions, not letting them raise their heads -video
commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] From recent statements on the topic of NWO.
1. Russia will have to live in a confrontation with the West for a long time (c) Peskov
Actually, we are returning to what we had from 1917 to 1989. There was a "wrong turn", but everything returns to its usual state.
From 1917 to 1989 Russia was ruled by Communists who endeavoured to spread their gospel throughout the world by a combination of spies and fellow travelers, and outright military conquest. Communism has visibly failed as a philosophy, having been abandoned even in its Russian heartland. What philosophy will Russia spread now by seduction and sword?
2. Russia is increasing the production of weapons, including those based on new principles (c) Medvedev
In the context of a long period of confrontation and a long war in Ukraine, this is an absolute necessity. The role and importance of the military-industrial complex will continue to grow. And not only in the context of the war in Ukraine. All this is also well known from the Soviet past. Now there is no need to explain to anyone why there were so many military factories in the country and why huge warehouses were created in case of war.
3. The West does not love Russia and is not going to love it, but Russia does not need this (c) Lavrov
True. Nations have interests, ‘tis said, not friendships.
Dreams of going to the "golden billion" and "Europe from Lisbon to Vladivostok" came to an end. Westernism in Russia has suffered another historic defeat.
Ok. But what will replace it? Contra all the wishful thinking on display here, returning to the golden past is also not possible.
#1
The Russian economy is strong. Support for Putin is near I believe 80%. Inflation is low and products are on store shelves. How are we doing here as apposed to previous years. The west has played this game badly. They need a major timeout.
#2
Westernism took hold in Russia following the defeat of Napoleon, and thereafter had influence for some fifty years. In the end the Slavophiles (characterized by Dostoevsky) defeated the Westenizers (Tergenev), while the fence-sitters (Tolstoi) found solace in Mother Russia. And once again Russia turned inward -- as it had been doing for eight hundred years. Thus, that Russia might be "returning to what we had from 1917 to 1989" is not so surprising.
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Great insights Herman. Your perspectives are most welcomed here.
#5
#2 I don't see that related to today's Russia. Putin's outreach is from Latin America, Africa, Arab world, China, Asia so hardly a turn inward. The West does not love Russia, so what. This is all due to strong leadership. The future is today. Sadly Biden and his woke EU make every mistake at every turn.
#6
Moscow has always been isolated from the far more glamorous Western European cities like Paris, Vienna, Berlin and London. Thousands of miles of steppes ensured that isolation. The distances are just too great. That isolation kept Russia in a perpetual state of cultural, economic and military backwardness. But the isolation also helped ensure their security as the logistics for would be conquerors like Napoleon and Hitler didn't work. Putin certainly wants to keep that distance by keeping NATO out of Ukraine.
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#6 "Russia in a perpetual state of cultural, economic and military backwardness", that is absurd.
Commentary by blogger Brussels Messenger:
[ColonelCassad] A few days ago, in the area of Kleshcheevka, a Su-24M "musicians" plane was shot down. Crew commander - Antonov Alexander Sergeevich, navigator - Nikishin Vladimir Nikolaevich.
Today I found out how it happened and ... It's even difficult to write calmly. The crew of the Wagners repeated the feat of Nikolai Gastello.
On December 2, while the crew was performing a combat mission in the Kleshcheevka area, the ground situation began to change dramatically. The enemy attempted an armored breakthrough, because of which there was a serious threat of losing the positions occupied by the "musicians".
After assessing the situation, the commander of one of the assault squads redirected the crew of the Su-24M to the enemy armored column. To strike, our pilots had to fly several kilometers beyond the line of contact. Initially, understanding all the risks associated with this, the crew decided to continue the combat flight and destroy the newly identified target.
When turning to a combat course, the aircraft was hit by a MANPADS. The observation post of one of the assault detachments reported to the commander that he saw an aircraft blown up in the air and its descent into the area of the enemy column.
From the burning Su-24M, the phrase "Meet, bitches, Dad ..." was heard on the radio, and after 5-7 seconds the plane crashed into a cluster of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of the heroic actions of the crew, the enemy did not succeed in an armored breakthrough, and the positions of the forward assault groups were retained.
Here is the link between generations.
In June 1941, Nikolai Gastello sent his burning plane to a mechanized enemy column on the Molodechno-Radoshkovichi road. In early December 2022, a burning Wagner PMC aircraft crashed into a cluster of enemy armored vehicles near Bakhmut.
I am deeply convinced that Antonov Alexander Sergeevich and Nikishin Vladimir Nikolaevich deserve to be awarded the title of "Hero of Russia". Posthumously.
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