[Breitbart] Poland says a Russian missile participating in this morning’s massive air strike on Ukraine spent three minutes in Polish, and hence NATO, airspace.
A missile entered NATO airspace on Friday morning at around 0700 (0000 EST), the Polish military says. While initially said to have been a missile of unknown origin and a search for a downed aircraft was launched, Poland now says it has confirmed with its own observations and data from allied militaries that the object was, in fact, a Russian missile.
Polsat reports the remarks of General Wiesław Kukuła who said Ukraine had suffered "a difficult night" of a saturation attack by Russian forces against its air defences, attempting to overwhelm them with drones before pressing on with a missile followup. Polish air defences tracked these attacks over Ukraine, he said, and "One of these rockets crossed the Polish border and then left it."
At least it left. If Russia is stuck in a trench war with Ukraine, how would it handle a second front?
#5
Let's assume it is Russian and overflew Poland...I'm not sure that is really an intentional act of war and anyone pushing for it should be considered very suspect. This is a "Hey, watch where your toys go" situation at MOST.
#8
My theory of the crime is that a missile programmed to swing wide around the air defense and sneak in the back way drifted a bit too far and strayed into Poland. Oopsie! No harm, no foul, right?
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[LB] Khmelnytskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Kyiv, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Zhytomyr, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson were attacked.
In the Khmelnytskyi region, during a night air alert, air defense forces neutralized three Shahed-type UAVs. According to preliminary information, the civilian population was not harmed, there was no damage to the infrastructure facilities, says the summary from OVA as of this morning. This information refers to night shelling and attacks behind the front, data on the attack on December 29 - here.
Two rockets were previously shot down in Ivano-Frankivsk during the morning alarm. There is no information on the victims, there is no damage either.
In Lvivska, at night, "martyrs" hit a critical infrastructure facility. Also in the morning as a result of rocket attacks, according to preliminary information, a residential building in Lviv was hit. There are victims and a dead person. A fire broke out in one of the lyceums of the city.
In the Kyiv region, the Air Defense Forces worked. The facts of falling debris are recorded. Information about the consequences is being clarified. In several districts of the capital, there are damaged objects and residential buildings as a result of falling debris and explosions. Information on the number of victims in the capital is currently being clarified.
In Luhansk yesterday, during the day, the occupiers hit Nevsky about 20 times from the sky. At least five private houses were destroyed. During the day, the enemy fired 154 rounds (569 shells) in the region.
In Kharkiv, the occupiers struck Kharkiv more than 20 times, previously with S-300 missiles. In the morning, as a result of an enemy attack, the destruction and damage of warehouse and production buildings, a transport depot, an enterprise and a medical facility were recorded. As a result of shelling of Kharkiv, according to preliminary data, one person died and eight were injured. More than 15 settlements of the Kharkiv region were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks, in particular: Udy, Vovchansk, Mala Vovcha, Budarky, Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestovka.
The enemy carried out airstrikes in the area of Petropavlivka and Hlushkivka. The Armed Forces repulsed 24 enemy attacks near Sinkivka during the day. Yesterday, as a result of shelling in Vovchansk, two women aged 63 and 70 and a man suffered shrapnel wounds (data to be established), one of the victims was hospitalized, another 50-year-old woman died. Also, the enemy attacked Hlushkivka, three civilian women aged 61 and 72 were wounded, the victims with shrapnel wounds were taken to the hospital; two residential buildings were destroyed, four more were damaged.
In Zaporizhzhia last day, rioters made 186 attacks on 25 settlements of the region. The invaders attacked Novoandriivka, Robotina, Mala Tokmachka, Novodarivka, Poltavka, Gulyaipilske, Temyrivka, Levadne, and Pyatikhatka with 48 drones, shelled Mala Tokmachka and Stepnohirsk with salvo rocket systems, and also hit Novodarivka with an aerial projectile. 135 artillery shells hit the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Zaliznychny, Shcherbaki, Lugivskyi, Malynyvka, Biloghirya, Stepovoy, Kamianskyi, Primorskyi, Bilenkoy and other towns and villages in the line of fire. An 84-year-old resident of Orikhov, as well as 47- and 62-year-old residents of Bilenko, died. Three residents of Bilenkoy, aged 62, 66 and 67, as well as a 39-year-old man from Orich, were injured as a result of enemy shelling. In addition, as a result of the attack on Orikhov, four policemen were injured. Eight reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities.
In Zhytomyrska, according to preliminary data, at night during an air alert, air defense forces shot down an enemy air target. There are no victims or injured. Information is being clarified, investigative actions are underway.
In Cherkasy at night, the forces of the mobile fire group shot down a "shahed" in the Zvenigorod district. No casualties or damage. Data on the consequences are being investigated.
In Chernihivska, there were six shellings (29 explosions) per day. The enemy fired mortars, artillery and used an FPV drone. The Koryukiv and Novgorod-Siversky districts are under fire. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified.
In Sumy this morning, Russian terrorists committed another crime against the civilian population. The enemy previously launched a rocket attack on Konotop. As a result of the shelling, three people were injured, an apartment building and a car service station were damaged. The car caught fire. All necessary services are available on site. The information is being clarified. Also in the sky, the air defense forces destroyed two enemy UAVs of the "Shaheed" type.
Yesterday, during the day, the occupiers carried out 30 shellings of the border territories and settlements of the Sumy region. 296 explosions were recorded. Khotinsk, Yunakivsk, Bilopolsk, Myropilsk, Krasnopilsk, Velikopysarivsk, Esmansk, Seredino-Budsk communities came under fire. Esman community: as a result of one of the shellings, a local resident was injured and hospitalized. Seredino-Budsk community: 76 mines were dropped by the Russians on the community's territory. As a result of one of the shellings, a private home was damaged.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday - nine kamikaze drones, six shellings of the Nikopol district per day. The villages of the Pokrovsk community were under attack. Most of the attacks are in the district center. A young man died in the city. A 70-year-old woman was injured, she was hospitalized in a moderate condition. 17 private houses and two high-rise buildings were damaged. One farm building was destroyed, five were gutted, 40 solar panels were broken, cars, gas furnaces and power lines, an administrative building. The night is quiet. Loud explosions in the Dnipro in the morning, there are dead and wounded.
In Donetsk region, 13 settlements are under fire: Kurakhove, Gostre, Ocheretine, Berdychi, Novoselivka Persha, Orlivka, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Elizavetivka, Umanske, Zoryan, New York, Selidove. 13 residential buildings (two of them multi-apartment buildings), the administrative building of the "Korotchenko" CZF, a civilian vehicle, a process pipeline, two railcars, a transmission line, and two power unit boilers were damaged. In one day in Donetsk region: one dead, two wounded.
In Mykolaivska yesterday and this night, the forces and means of air defense destroyed an enemy reconnaissance UAV of the "Merlin-VR" type and three UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type. Also at night, enemy artillery fire was recorded on Ochakov. There are no casualties. Yesterday, the enemy carried out artillery strikes on the water area of the Ochakiv community. No casualties. Also, yesterday and tonight, enemy artillery shelling was recorded in the Solonchaks of the Kutsurub community. There are no casualties.
In Odesa that night, the enemy directed another drone attack. 10 drones were launched across the region. In the Odesa district, a preserved building of one of the infrastructure objects was hit. And in Odesa, debris from a downed drone damaged a high-rise building. A fire broke out, which was quickly extinguished by the employees of the State Emergency Service. Then they hit with rockets, there are dead and wounded.
The enemy fired 121 shells (632 shells) in the Kherson region during the day, including three artillery shells (14 shells) on Kherson. The rioters targeted the districts of 37 settlements of the region, the post office in Beryslav district, and an educational institution in Kherson. Zolotia Balka of the Novoaleksandrivska community was hit more than a dozen times. The post office was damaged by enemy fire. The windows in the rooms were rattling. A 60-year-old man was wounded. The enemy also fired at Novotyaginka. As a result of the shelling of the settlement, a 38-year-old man was injured. He was diagnosed with contusion and blast injury. Doctors assess the condition of the victim as moderate. He was given medical assistance.
Yesterday, the Russian occupiers roamed the center of Kherson. They beat residential buildings. In some places, fires were raging at the places of impact. A 92-year-old woman was injured. She was diagnosed with poisoning by combustion products. The victim is provided with medical assistance. During the day in the region: three people were injured.
At night and in the morning, the enemy carried out the most massive air strike on Ukraine. The Russians launched 158 air targets , managed to shoot down 114.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:34 The Russians attacked Krasnohorivka, Avdeevka and Torets in the Donetsk region, five people were wounded, the prosecutor’s office reported.
21:22 Ukraine, with 30 UN member states, initiated the convening of an emergency meeting of the Security Council in connection with Russia’s massive shelling of Ukrainian cities, Kuleba said.
21:08 On the morning of December 29, during a massive Russian attack on Ukraine, Polish airspace in the Grubieszow area was violated by an unidentified object. He was in the country for less than three minutes and then returned to Ukraine. How did it happen that a Russian cruise missile flew 40 km over the territory of one of the NATO member countries, and did the country’s armed forces react to this correctly - in the air defense material it failed the test?
20:56 As a result of today's Russian attack, more than 100 private houses were destroyed or damaged, 45 high-rise buildings, schools, two churches, hospitals, a maternity hospital, many retail and warehouse premises. More than 600 rescuers are involved in search and rescue operations, Zelensky said in an evening video message.
20:35 After Russia’s missile attack on Ukraine, Biden again called on Congress to approve additional aid for Kiev as soon as possible. He said the Russian attacks are "a stark reminder to the world that after almost two years of this destructive war, Putin's goal remains unchanged. He seeks to destroy Ukraine and subjugate its people. He must be stopped."
19:48 As of now, 30 deaths and more than 160 wounded are known as a result of the massive Russian strike in the morning on the territory of Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
19:02 British Defense Minister Grant Shapps, after the massive Russian shelling of Ukraine, announced the sending of “hundreds of anti-aircraft missiles” to Kiev for British air defense systems.
18:57 In the West, they are making forecasts about scenarios for the development of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Since 2021, the Russian defense budget has tripled and next year will amount to 30% of government spending. The war in Ukraine has already become the longest and most destructive campaign that Europe has seen since the middle of the last century. For more details, see the material Peace or the Battle for Crimea: War Scenarios for 2024 .
18:16 In Kiev, the number of victims as a result of a missile attack has increased to eight - rescuers recovered two more bodies from under the rubble. Another 30 people were injured, the search and rescue operation continues, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
18:13 Zelensky said that he visited the positions of the 110th separate mechanized brigade in Avdievka - now this is one of the most difficult sectors of the front.
17:42 The number of victims of the morning missile attack on Zaporozhye has increased to eight people, said the head of the OBA Yuriy Malashko.
17:06 In Smela, Cherkasy region, the number of victims of a missile attack has increased to eight, including two children. According to preliminary information, 51 houses were damaged, the investigation is ongoing, said the head of the OVDA Igor Taburets.
16:55 In Kiev, six have already died as a result of a missile strike - rescuers discovered another body under the rubble. 30 people were injured, the search and rescue operation continues, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
16:17 Russia launched a missile attack on private houses in the city of Smela, Cherkasy region. According to preliminary data, six people were injured and 12 private houses were damaged, said Igor Taburets, head of the OVA.
16:01 Polish airspace was violated today by a Russian missile, Chief of the General Staff Wieslaw Kukula said: “Everything indicates that a Russian missile entered Polish airspace. We have radar, national and allied confirmation of this.”
15:58 In Zaporozhye, the number of deaths has increased to seven, and 13 injuries are also known, said the head of the OBA Yuriy Malashko.
15:46 In Kiev, the number of deaths as a result of a missile attack increased to five, 30 people were injured. The search and rescue operation continues, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
15:21 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that “three Ukrainian HARM missiles made in the USA were allegedly destroyed over the Belgorod region.”
15:05 In Zaporozhye, the number of deaths as a result of the morning missile attack increased to six, 12 people were injured, said the head of the OBA Yuriy Malashko. According to him, Russia attacked the city with missiles of the Kh-22, Kh-32, Kh-101, and Zircon types. Civil infrastructure facilities have been damaged and the search and rescue operation continues.
14:59 In Odessa, the number of victims as a result of a rocket attack increased to four, 22 people were injured, among them two children six and eight years old, said the head of the OBA Oleg Kiper. 21 residential buildings were damaged, among them two were private, the rest were multi-storey. According to preliminary estimates, about 70 apartments suffered varying degrees of destruction.
14:56 In Kiev, the number of deaths as a result of a missile attack increased to four, 30 people were injured, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
14:20 As a result of the rocket attack on the city of Dnepr, six people were killed and 28 people were injured, including a child, the prosecutor’s office reported.
14:07 As of 13:00, the number of deaths in Ukraine from the massive attack increased to 18 people, and the number of injured - to 132, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
14:01 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said that he has agreed with the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak about a meeting in January, at which it is planned to discuss the most pressing bilateral issues. Szijjártó claims that Hungary is “interested in supporting cooperation with all its neighbors.” At the same time, he added that Budapest will not change its position on the war in Ukraine and will insist on peace.
13:55 During the entire war, Ukraine was unable to shoot down a single Russian X-22 missile out of more than 300, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat: “The X-22 missile flies at a speed of 4000 km/h, it mostly hits its target along a ballistic trajectory, so special means are needed to intercept it. You need air defense systems like Patriot, so these missiles are not so easy. The enemy has used more than 300 of these missiles since the full-scale invasion. In addition to the X-22, they also have a modernized "A version of this missile is the Kh-32. Probably, such missiles were also used today."
13:47 How the morning attack of Ukraine took place on December 29, 2023
13:34 In Dnieper, as a result of a rocket attack, the number of deaths increased to six, 28 people were injured , including a one-and-a-half-year-old child, said the head of the OBA Sergei Lysak. Rescuers have completed the search operation. In addition to the shopping center and maternity hospital, one private house in the city was completely destroyed, eight administrative buildings, at least 20 high-rise buildings, and cars were damaged.
Also, as a result of the strike on Novomoskovsk, two people were injured and 13 private houses were damaged.
13:26 In Kiev, the number of deaths has increased to three - rescuers discovered the body of another person. The search and rescue operation continues, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
13:21 In the Kiev region, one person was injured during today’s missile attack, said the head of the Air Force, Ruslan Kravchenko. No hits to critical or residential infrastructure were recorded, but as a result of falling debris in three areas, 11 private houses, cars, and utility premises were damaged. In one settlement, a power line was damaged.
13:05 In total, 16 people were killed in Ukraine as a result of today’s attack and 97 wounded, including at least two children. Search work continues , said Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin.
12:58 In Kiev, the number of deaths as a result of a rocket attack has increased to two, 24 people were injured, 20 of them were hospitalized. These are official data from medical institutions, which do not take into account self-referrals from citizens, so the numbers will continue to change, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
12:36 In the morning, the Russian army used a drone to hit a local resident of Berislav, Kherson region, who was driving around the city on a scooter. The man was wounded, the OVA reported. Also today, a man came to the hospital after he came under fire yesterday in the village of Chervony Mayak. Over the previous 24 hours, three people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
12:13 An unidentified air object entered Polish airspace from Ukraine this morning, the Polish army reported. He was monitored on radar until the signal was lost.
12:09 In Mariupol, partisans delivered a small batch of poisoned alcohol to a network of so-called “nalivaki”, specializing in selling alcohol specifically to Russians. As a result, new cases of alcohol poisoning of the occupiers, including deaths, were recorded, said advisor to the mayor of the city Pyotr Andryushchenko. In this regard, the Russian leadership once again banned the sale of alcohol to the military.
11:55 In Zaporozhye, the number of deaths as a result of a missile attack has increased to four, said the head of the OBA Yuriy Malashko.
11:53 The head of the Drohobych district military administration of the Lviv region, Stepan Kulynyak, reported “missile hits on one of the infrastructure facilities” of the region. Previously - no casualties.
11:46 As a result of the massive strike, at least 12 Ukrainians were initially killed and another 75 were injured. The enemy hit high-rise buildings, schools, kindergartens, shopping centers and maternity hospitals. Read more about the consequences, with photos and videos, in the material Record attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine .
11:34 Ukrenergo warned about a fake: information about alleged power outages during the holidays is being spread on social networks. "We officially declare: the dispatch center of Ukrenergo does not plan to limit consumption on holidays. There is a surplus in the energy system due to reduced consumption. This is facilitated by above-zero air temperatures. Also, traditionally on weekends, electricity consumption is lower than on working days. Therefore, Ukrenergo has no reason to introducing schedules for power outages," the company emphasized.
11:30 In Lviv, the number of victims as a result of the night attack has increased to 15, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky. The enemy attacked the Lviv region with 14 Shahed-type drones, eight of which were destroyed. A hit was recorded at one of the enterprises in Lviv - the administrative building and production workshops were partially destroyed.
11:28 In Odessa, the number of deaths as a result of a missile attack has increased to three - rescuers recovered the body of a man from under the rubble of a three-story building. Search operations are continuing, said OBA head Oleg Kiper. Also in the city, a lyceum was damaged as a result of shelling.
11:22 According to updated information, as a result of a missile attack on Kiev, one person was killed and 21 were injured, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. There were no emergencies in the power supply system. Electricity networks, gas and water supply systems are operating normally. There is minor damage to three boiler rooms - their windows were broken. But this did not affect the heat supply.
11:06 According to preliminary data, air defense destroyed 114 of 158 air targets during today’s attack: 27 Shahed strike UAVs and 87 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles , the Air Force command reported. This was the most massive air attack. Critical infrastructure, industrial and military facilities were attacked.
First, the Russian Federation traditionally attacked with suicide bombers from the northern and southeastern directions, followed by movement in a western direction. A total of 36 Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs were recorded. At about 3:00 the enemy scrambled strategic aircraft - Tu-95MS bombers. In total, 18 aircraft reached the launch line at about 6:00 and launched at least 90 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 air-launched cruise missiles.
In addition, from the Kursk region at about 5:00 the enemy used long-range Tu-22M3 bombers, which fired eight Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles in the direction of the northern and central regions. At the same time, the Russian army attacked Kharkov with S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles. In total, the enemy fired at least 14 missiles that flew along a ballistic trajectory - S-300, S-400, Iskander-M from the occupied Crimea, Kursk and Belgorod regions.
At 6:30 a.m., the takeoff of five MiG-31K fighters was recorded, which fired five Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from the Astrakhan region. Also, four Kh-31P and one Kh-59 anti-radar missiles were used from Su-35 tactical aircraft.
10:50 After massive shelling, there are power outages in the Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, and Kharkov regions, the Ministry of Energy reports. In turn, Ukrenergo claims that during the attack, a 330 kV high-voltage overhead line in the central region was damaged; there was no loss of power to consumers.
10:41 In the Podolsk district of Kiev, where a warehouse covering an area of about 3,000 square meters caught fire. m, the search for victims continues. Preliminarily, ten people are under the rubble, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
10:38 In Zaporozhye, as a result of a missile strike, according to preliminary information, one person was killed and ten were injured , said the head of the OBA Yuriy Malashko. The enemy's targets were the territories of several enterprises in the city. One of the missiles hit an open area, another destroyed a private house. The blast wave and debris damaged high-rise buildings in one of the city's districts. People may remain under the rubble of one of the buildings.
10:32 In Kharkov, as a result of a rocket attack, one person was killed and 11 were injured , said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA. The Russian army launched more than 20 strikes on the city, initially with S-300 missiles. Destruction and damage to warehouse and industrial buildings, a transport depot, an enterprise, and a medical facility were recorded.
10:26 The Russians fired approximately 110 missiles at Ukraine, most of them were shot down, Zelensky said.
10:17 As a result of a missile attack on Kiev, according to preliminary information, two people were killed and 18 were injured , said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko. According to him, the capital was attacked by several dozen missiles of various types, which approached the city in waves and from different directions. The air defense forces hit more than 30 air targets over Kiev.
In the Podolsk region:
- a warehouse fire on an area of approximately 3000 square meters. m, the State Emergency Service is working.
In the Svyatoshinsky district:
- fire of an uninhabited multi-storey building;
- fire of three cars. Both fires have been extinguished.
In the Shevchenko district:
- a fire in an unfinished business center;
- damage to a residential building;
- fire in the garage area (liquidated);
- fire on the territory of warehouse premises;
- on the territory of non-residential buildings.
In the Darnitsky district:
- damage to a residential multi-storey building;
- one private house. No fires.
09:58 In Lviv, as a result of a missile attack on a residential building on Khotkevich Street, one person was killed and eight were injured , said the head of the OBA Maxim Kozitsky. Mayor Andrei Sadovy added that three schools and a kindergarten were damaged in the city.
09:52 After a night attack by drones, the Russians launched a missile strike on Odessa in the morning. As a result of hits in residential buildings, two people were killed, 15 were injured , among them two children six and eight years old. Two of the wounded are in serious condition, said OVA head Oleg Kiper.
During a night attack by strike drones in the Odessa region, one of the infrastructure facilities was hit in a mothballed building. And in Odessa, a multi-storey building was damaged by debris from a downed drone, and a fire broke out, which was promptly extinguished by rescuers. There were no civilian casualties.
09:47 In the Dnepropetrovsk region, as a result of a rocket attack, according to preliminary information, four people were killed and almost 15 were injured , said the head of the OBA Sergei Lysak. In Dnepr, a rocket hit a shopping center, causing a fire. A private house, a six-story building, and a maternity hospital were damaged.
09:11 During today’s attack, Russia launched “everything except Calibers,” said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat: “The occupiers used Daggers, ballistics, S-300, cruise missiles, UAVs, Kh-22 or Kh-32. About 18 strategic bombers were launched by Kh-101/Kh-505... We have never seen so many targets simultaneously on our monitor.”
09:08 In Kiev, in the Podolsk region, a warehouse covering an area of approximately 3,000 square meters is on fire. m, “many wounded,” the number is being clarified, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
09:04 In the Shevchenko district of the capital, approximately three people are under the rubble of a warehouse damaged by rocket debris. Three more people were rescued and the search and rescue operation continues, Klitschko said.
08:59 There are dead and injured in the Dnieper as a result of the attack, Mayor Boris Filatov said. Public accounts wrote about the strike on the shopping center.
08:52 In Kiev, as a result of the attack, seven people were hospitalized, five of them in the Shevchenko district, Klitschko said. According to preliminary information from the KGVA, a residential building was damaged in the Shevchenko district, and a fire also broke out in the garages. In the Svyatoshinsky district there was a fire in a residential multi-storey building, in Podolsky there was a fire in the territory of warehouses and destruction in the territory of non-residential buildings, in Darnitsky a residential building was damaged.
08:46 In Kharkov, as a result of a missile attack, one person was killed, a medical facility, warehouses, and civilian enterprises were damaged, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OBA.
08:43 In Lviv, according to preliminary information, a residential building was hit and people were injured. A fire started in one of the city’s lyceums, probably due to falling rocket debris, said the head of the OBA, Maxim Kozitsky.
08:39 In Kiev, the building of the Lukyanovskaya metro station was damaged by an explosion. The station operates as a shelter; trains do not stop there, said the mayor of the capital, Vitaliy Klitschko. A warehouse is on fire in the Podolsk region. Five victims are known: two in the Podolsk district, one in the Svyatoshinsky district and two in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
08:35 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of December 29:
personnel - about 357,520 (+850) people,
tanks - 5953 (+13),
armored combat vehicles - 11,033 (+18),
artillery systems - 8417 (+26),
MLRS - 938 (+3),
air defense systems - 620 (+3),
aircraft - 329 (+0),
helicopters - 324 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 6539 (+36),
cruise missiles - 1620 (+0),
ships/boats - 23 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,215 (+35),
special equipment - 1254 (+7).
08:24 Over the past 24 hours, 53 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 14 attacks east of Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and 12 attacks in the Pervomaisky and Nevelsky districts of the Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, six attacks were repelled in the Maryinka and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian forces repulsed another 12 enemy attacks in the Kupyansky direction (near Sinkovka, Kharkov region), three attacks in Bakhmutsky (near Bogdanovka and Andreevka, Donetsk region), four attacks in Zaporozhye (south of Novodarivka, west of Verbovoy and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region). In the Kherson direction, the enemy carried out 13 unsuccessful assault operations on the positions of the Defense Forces, which continue to expand the bridgehead.
07:37 Russia is massively attacking the entire territory of Ukraine with missiles and drones, explosions are heard in many cities, air defense is operating.
06:58 The Russians carried out about ten strikes on Kharkov, so far there were no casualties, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
06:56 The Lviv region was attacked by more than ten attack drones, said Lviv Mayor Andrey Sadovy. A fire broke out at a critical infrastructure facility in the regional center; there is no information about casualties.
06:49 The Russians launched a missile attack on Konotop, Sumy region - three people were wounded, an apartment building and a car service station were damaged, OVA reported.
00:07 In Odessa, a multi-storey building was damaged by debris from a downed drone, and a fire started in it. Data on the victims is being clarified, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.
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[Korrespondent] After the liberation of the right bank of the Kherson region, part of the region is under constant shelling by the invaders.
Russian invaders shell Kherson. The city is under heavy fire from the aggressor. The head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration (OVA) Alexander Prokudin announced this on Friday, December 29, on Telegram.
The head of the OBA advised local residents to stay in shelters and not come out until the end of the danger.
“Kherson right now... The city is under heavy fire from Russian occupation forces. Stay in safe places!” wrote the head of the OVA.
At 23.05, the local publication Most reported that different microdistricts of Kherson hear the sounds of drones and the combat work of defenders trying to shoot them down.
Let us remind you that today, December 29, the Russian army launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine. The Russian attacks targeted social and critical infrastructure in Ukraine. Air defense forces destroyed 27 suicide bombers and 87 cruise missiles.
Enemy strikes killed civilians in Kiev, Lviv, Dnieper, Odessa, Kharkov and Zaporozhye.
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[EngMilRu] In the period from 23 to 29 December 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted 50 group strikes and one mass strike with high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on the military industrial facilities,military airfield infrastructure, arsenals, storage sites for artillery ammunition, uncrewed surface vehicles, weapons and military hardware, as well as enemy POL bases.
In addition, the locations of the AFU units, nationalist formations, and foreign mercenaries were hit.
All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Kupyansk direction, units the Zapad Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line in several sectors and repelled 27 AFU attacks.
Aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 30th, 43rd, 60th, and 115th Mechanised brigades near Novoselovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Sin'kovka, Ivanovka, Petropavlovka, and Kupyansk (Khar'kov region).
The AFU losses over the week amounted to more than 265 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, 18 motor vehicles, and five field artillery guns.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery improved the situation along the front line and repelled 13 AFU attacks.
In addition, units of the AFU 24th, 63rd, 67th Mechanised brigades, 100th, 125th Territorial Defence brigades, 12th Special Operations Brigade, and 5th Ukrainian National Guard Brigade were engaged close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye, Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.
The AFU losses in this direction amounted to up to 1,205 Ukrainian troops, six tanks, 12 armoured fighting vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, and 13 field artillery guns.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery liberated Ma'inka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Assault detachments of the Southern MD's 8th Army, 150th Motorised Rifle Division and 1st Army Corps, 5th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade made the most significant contribution to liberating the city.
Over the week, in this direction Russian troops repelled 34 enemy attacks and inflicted losses on AFU units close to Kurdyumovka, Kleschcheyevka, Krasnoye, Andreyevka, and Georgievka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 1,675 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, one Czech-made RM-70 Vampire MLRS, and 49 field artillery guns.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces repelled three enemy attacks.
Aviation and artillery inflicted losses on units of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade, and 72nd Mechanised Brigade, and 128th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye, Paraskoveyevka, and Makarovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to more than 675 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, four armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, and 15 field artillery guns.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces engaged in active defence, during which repelled two AFU attacks near Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Moreover, the Russian Armed Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, 33rd, 65th, and 118th Mechanised brigades near Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Novodanilovka, and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 475 Ukrainian troops, one tank, six armoured fighting vehicles, 20 motor vehicles, and 12 field artillery guns.
In Kherson direction, the enemy's attempts to cross the Dnepr River and to land on the left bank and islands were thwarted by complex fire strikes and preventive actions of the Russian Armed Forces.
In addition, aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 35th, 36th, 38th Naval Infantry brigades, 124th, 126th Territorial Defence brigades near Berislav, Tyaginka, Tokarevka, Nikolskoye, Zmievka, and Chernobayevka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 390 Ukrainian troops, 25 motor vehicles, 17 motorboats, and 22 field artillery guns.
Over the past week, 43 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered, 22 of the in Kupyansk direction.
Operational-Tactical and Missile Troops of the Russian Groups of Forces eliminated combat vehicles of air defence systems, namely, one Norwegian-made NASAMS, one German-made IRIS-T, one French-made Crotale-NG, one S-300 air defence system radar, and three U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar stations.
Aviation and air defence units intercepted 10 enemy aircraft and two helicopters over the week, namely one MiG-29, three Su-27, three Su-24, three Su-25, as well as two Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopters. В том числе: one MiG-29,three SU-27, three SU-24 и three SU-25.
In addition, 33 HIMARS and 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS projectiles, four HARM anti-radiation missiles, one JDAM guided bombs, one Neptune anti-ship missile, and 251 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down.
In total, 564 airplanes and 263 helicopters, 10,206 unmanned aerial vehicles, 445 air defence missile systems, 14,383 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,190 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,564 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 16,833 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 December 29, 2023 to 00:00 December 30, 2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 81 incidents of firing from the AFU.
Information was received about the death of a civilian, a man, in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
Also, a man was injured in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
A total of 15 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as 5 civil infrastructure facilities.
Districts of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 31 attacks from 155mm artillery.
At Gorlivske there were 49 artillery attacks from 152mm, 122mm and 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky there was one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
A total of 290 units of various ammunition werefired.
In the previous day, 69 artillery attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.
21:50 Offensive on Avdievka: Russian army attacks moving in all directions
“North of Stepovoy, Russian troops occupied part of the forest belt west of the railway. Advancement in an area up to 850 meter wide to a depth of up to 380 meters,” Ukrainian military analysts admit.
There are heavy battles in the direction of Novobakhmutovka-Ocheretino, there is slight progress.
In Avdievka itself, our fighters were able to advance with battles in the private sector in the south of the city.
“North of Avdeevka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to press in the dacha village “Ivushka-2” in a southern direction. Advancement in an area up to 370 meters wide to a depth of up to 250 meters,” the enemy’s resources again recognize.
North-west of Opytnye, small infantry groups of the Russian Armed Forces continue attacks in the direction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fortified area.
West of Kamenka there are constant attacks in the direction of the quarry.
In the area of Nevelskoye and Pervomaiskoye, Russian troops are intensifying their assaults, there are successes, and the fighting continues.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its evening report reported that the Russian army carried out three attacks near Stepovoy and Avdeevka and another 10 attacks near Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky, trying to improve its tactical position. The Aerospace Forces carried out airstrikes in the vicinity of Alexandropol and Novobakhmutovka.
On duty air defense systems intercepted a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Bryansk region.
20:45 Summaries from the Zaporozhye Front
– The Russian Armed Forces conducted an active defense and repelled two enemy attacks in the Verbovoy area in the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front.
– Fire damage was caused to the personnel and equipment of the 128th mountain assault, 33rd, 65th and 118th Mechanized brigades in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Novodanilovka and Rabotino.
– Enemy losses amounted to 475 militants, a tank, six armored combat vehicles (AFVs), 20 vehicles and 12 field artillery guns.
20:00 Front bird broadcasts: Avdeevskoe direction. 29.12 19:50
I hasten to tell you good news from our comrades in arms.
Our assault groups smashed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' support structure into pieces and moved further to the north-west.
Separately, the guys note the support of our BTR-82.
The large-caliber, rapid-fire 2A72 cannon very effectively suppressed enemy infantry and took out 1 Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicle. 2A72 cannon is a 30mm autocannon, typically mounted aboard BMP2s and BTR-90s. 19:10 Arrivals in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Take care of yourself.
18:30 Ongoing massive artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk
17:40 Started repeated wave of missile attacks. Explosions in Poltava, Sumy and Cherkasy regions.
Presumably, Tu-22M3s operating with Kh-22 missiles.
16:50 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from December 23 to December 29, 2023) –video.
15:50 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: On December 29, at about 3 p.m., an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using HARM anti-radar missiles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.
Three US-made HARM missiles were destroyed by duty air defense systems over the territory of the Belgorod region.
15:15 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits: The Su-35 fighter covered our bombers from Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft
“I received a combat mission to cover our strike group. Completed the combat mission in full. While performing the mission, an enemy strike group was discovered. I targeted this group, approached the command post according to instructions, and set it up to attack. The enemy strike group turned away and stopped performing its mission. Having completed their work, all our aircraft returned to the departure airfield. The combat mission has been completed!”
13:40 Front bird broadcasts: Kyiv. Consequences of a missile strike. 29.12 13:35
A number of military-industrial facilities and enterprises have been reported to have been damaged.
In particular, a large warehouse and an adjacent repair shop for armored vehicles were hit.
12:45 Telegram channel “Colonelcassad": North of Avdeevka, Russian fighters advanced in the area of dachas.
12:20 Telegram channel “Colonelcassad": Summary for the morning of December 29, 2023
Night attacks on enemy rear lines today were massive. "Gerani" worked in the Chernigov, Kyiv, Nikolaev, Kirovograd and Odessa regions. Particularly strong UAV strikes occurred in the Odessa region. It was reported that a new modification of this series of attack drones was used - made from improved materials and with jet engines. In Lvov, Cherkassy and Kharkov, explosions were heard in the morning; missiles were launched from 18 TU-22M3 and TU-95ms aircraft. X-22s were used along with decoys. Ground-based missile weapons were also operational.
On our shore of the Kherson region in Krynki, almost erased by constant artillery and air strikes, fighting continues. The enemy still does not take into account losses both in the populated area itself and during the transfer of manpower across the Dnieper.
On the Zaporozhye front near Verbovoy, a small group of enemy infantry was destroyed yesterday morning. Near Rabotino, the Russian Armed Forces attacked enemy strongholds after artillery barrage. FAB and UMPC worked on the accumulation of enemy manpower in forest plantations.
Heavy fighting is taking place on the northern ledge of the front near Avdievka. The battle does not stop at Stepovoy, the enemy is pulling up reserves to the area of the settlement of Berdychi, including tanks and armored vehicles. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning to increase the use of FPV drones; the enemy still has a certain shortage of artillery rounds in the direction.
Heavy fighting is taking place in the north direction towards Chasov Yar near Bogdanovka, in which our troops are still gaining a foothold, near Khromovo and Ivanovsky (Red). In the south, near Andreevka, they reported the advance of our troops in the area of ??the railway track.
Fighting continues on the Torsky ledge and in Serebryansky forestry.
At night, an aircraft-type UAV was destroyed over the Kursk region. Yesterday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intensified attacks on front-line regions. In the Belgorod region, Dronovka of the Grayvoronsky urban district and Novaya Tavolzhanka of the Shebekinsky urban district were shelled.
In the village In Mokraya Orlovka, a civilian was injured by a kamikaze drone explosion. In the Bryansk region, the enemy fired 15 rounds at the village. Suzemka, a woman was wounded. In the Kursk region, the villages of Gordeevka and Uspenovka, Korenevsky district, as well as Tyotkino, Glushkovsky district, were shelled. The enemy fired 235 rounds at the DPR. Three civilians were wounded in Donetsk and Gorlovka.
11:45 Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
in the village of Krynki 19 rounds;
-- n.p. Podlesnoe three rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery five rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha four rounds;
-- n.p. Sag1 seven rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan six rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Proletarka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
10:50 Russian Ministry of Defense transmits Statement from the head of the Vostok group’s press center:
Units of the Vostok group of troops continue to carry out combat missions in the South Donetsk direction.
Bomber strikes and artillery fire hit temporary deployment points and areas of concentration of manpower of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novomikhailovka area.
During the counter-battery fight, the group’s artillery destroyed the Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed two foreign-made howitzers: FH-70 and M-198.
In addition, the enemy lost three pickup trucks, up to 115 troops killed and wounded.
09:50 Frontline reports: There is progress in the Avdeevsky direction.
09:20 Telegram channel «WarGonzo": frontline report for the morning of December 29, 2023
– In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces attacked west of the village of Rabotino and east of Novoprokopovka. In the last of the listed sections there is an advance in depth of two kilometers. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamenskoye, Shcherbaki, Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka and Zheleznodorozhny. Ukrainian artillery worked against the Russian Armed Forces in Kopany, Ilchenkovo, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoy and Novopokrovka.
– Russian troops have become more active in the Ugledar sector. Attacks from Priyutnoye in the direction of Novodarovka and an attempt to open Ukrainian defensive positions in Staromayorske from the west and south. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Poltavka, Levadny, Rovnopol, Makarovka, Blagodatny, Urozhainy, Prechistovka and Ugledar. RF Armed Forces - in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie, Novomayorsky and Pavlovka.
– On the Donetsk Front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, continued assault operations on the southern and southeastern outskirts of Novomikhailovka and in the Georgievka area. An attempt to advance at Nevelskoy.
Attack on Pervomaiskoye after artillery artillery attack . With the support of long-range weapons, the Russian Armed Forces continued the assault on Avdievka from the industrial zone on the southeastern outskirts and from the northeast near the coke plant. There is a slight progression in the last section.
The assault operations near Novobakhmutovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (a settlement of the same name to the east behind the Russian Armed Forces), were not successful. Under attack are Ukrainian positions in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Pobeda, Ostrom, Severny (settlement west of Avdievka), Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions), Berdychi, Ocheretin and New York. Russian ones are in Mar'inka, Donetsk, Vodyanoye and the village of Krasnogorovka.
08:40 Telegram channel «Fisherman": chronicle of a special military operation: events of December 27-28, 2023
Ukrainian formations again tried to strike Crimea with drones. However, air defense systems successfully intercepted the drones in the skies over the peninsula.
Russian troops launched a series of attacks on targets in the rear areas in the central, southern and western parts of the so-called. Ukraine. Once again, the target was the airfield in Starokonstantinov, as well as industrial buildings in Pavlograd.
In the Limansky sector there are battles in the area of ??the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forestry. The enemy has a network of long-term firing points in the area, which complicates the advance of the Russian Armed Forces.
In the Seversky sector, Russian troops were able to slightly expand the zone of control. They occupied the ruins in the south of Sporny and are making attempts to advance further.
To the west of Bakhmut, fighting is taking place near Bogdanovka, which Russian troops previously managed to get hold of. Units of the Russian Armed Forces were also able to dislodge the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from several positions near the Popovsky tract
Heavy fighting continues on the flanks of the Avdeevsky fortified area. In the north, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the direction of Ocheretino and Novokalinovo. In the south, the enemy is counterattacking in order to push Russian troops away from the Khimik microdistrict and thwart their plan to cut Avdeevka’s defenses into two parts.
In Krynki, Ukrainian formations are trying to hold a bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper at any cost, transferring reinforcements. The enemy regularly suffers losses in watercraft and manpower without any progress, but does not yet plan to withdraw troops from a small area.
08:10 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 December 28, 2023 to 00:00 December 29, 2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 69 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal Unitary Forces.
Information was received about the injury of three civilians, incl. teenage girls #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and the Central City district of Gorlovka.
18 residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Tsentralno-Gorodsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as three civil infrastructure facilities.
Areas of five settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City districts), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out 45 attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, and attack UAVs.
On Gorlovsky there were 20 artillery attacks from MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cassette warhead.
On Yasinovatsky there were four artillery attacks from MLRS and 155mm artillery.
A total of 235 units of various ammunition were fired.
In the previous day, 54 artillery attacks were recorded from the AFU.
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[REGNUM] The mayor of Russia's third largest city, Novosibirsk, Anatoly Lokot will resign early as mayor, Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Andrei Travnikov announced on December 28. The wording used by the head of the region was “ another vacation followed by dismissal.” The governor added that he supported Lokot’s decision.
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[REGNUM] In 2023, the State Duma adopted almost seven hundred laws (694 to be precise), thus breaking last year’s record - then deputies approved 653 laws. But it’s not only and not so much a matter of quantity. Among the laws adopted, every fourth (that is, 172 in total) was socially oriented, noted Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin in a pre-New Year entry on his Telegram channel.
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[Regnum] By liberating Mar'inka, Russia won a significant tactical victory, indicating the Russians' determination to ensure security in the Donbass, journalists from the British television channel Sky News said. At the same time, they expressed confidence that at present the decline in support for the Ukrainian authorities by the population is clearly visible, while the positions of Russian leader Vladimir Putin are only strengthening.
The authors of the publication do not rule out that increasing pressure will be put on Kyiv in order to push it to negotiate to end the hostilities.
“This is a significant tactical victory for Russia. “It clearly demonstrates Russia’s determination to ensure security in the Donbass, despite the winter weather, and will further strengthen Putin’s position,” the material says.
Fierce battles for the Donetsk city of Mar'inka have been going on since 2014: first between the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), and with the start of a special operation - between Russian and Ukrainian troops.
On December 25, the commander of the motorized rifle battalion of the 5th Brigade of the Donetsk 1st Army Corps, Alexander Troshin, reported to the brigade commander that Mar'inka had come under the full control of Russian forces. The Ukrainian army left Mar'inka, retreating to the outskirts of the city, and in some places even further, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny admitted at a press conference on December 26.
“For nine years, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have built a powerful fortified area there with a network of underground communications and firing points well protected from air strikes ,” noted Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, reporting to President Vladimir Putin on the liberation of Mar'inka. The Russian still have to crack the nut at Avdievka
He also pointed out that the fighters of the famous 150th motorized rifle division of the Russian Armed Forces became especially distinguished. In addition, the merits of the soldiers of the fifth brigade of the 1st Army Corps of the Donetsk People's Republic were noted.
One of the officers, Alexander Troshin, received a call from the head of state directly to the front line. According to Vladimir Putin, the hacking of the Ukrainian fortified area in Mar'inka opens up wider operational space for the Russian military.
According to the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin , with the liberation of the city, the intensity of shelling of Donetsk will decrease, and the shelling of the Kirov and Petrovsky districts of the capital of the DPR will decrease.
Russian successes during the SVO horrified Ukraine and its sponsors. American officials are fearful after Russia’s crushing success in liberating Mar'inka, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on December 28 . He believes that, in contrast to the successes of the Russian troops, Kiev is turning everything inside out: Ukrainian imaginary “victories” are being advertised.
The loss of Mar'inka in the Donbass by Ukrainian troops will affect the trust of Kiev’s Western allies, journalist Alessandra Scotto Di Santolo wrote in an article for the British edition of the Daily Express on December 28 .
“Taking control of Mar'inka means weakening Ukrainian defensive positions,” Polish RMF FM said on December 26.
As IA Regnum previously noted , the liberation of Mar'inka can be considered the first important stage of the winter campaign to defeat the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction. It opens up broad prospects for Russian troops. There is the possibility of advancing along the H-18 highway immediately to Kurakhovo, bypassing the Ukrainian fortifications in Georgievka. There is not a single significant settlement along the entire route, which makes it difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to create a fortified area.
It also opens up the possibility of an attack from Mar'inka to the southwest in the direction of the settlements of Paraskovievka - Novomikhailovka. Another option involves encircling the city of Krasnohorivka, another satellite of Donetsk, from whose territory active shelling of the DPR capital is being conducted.
It is too early to make a decision on the restoration of Mar'inka , this should be done later, the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin emphasized on December 27.
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[Regnum] The FSB added the Aidar community to the list of terrorist organizations (previously it was recognized as an extremist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation). This is stated on the department's website.
I believe that’s the Aidar Battalion of the Ukrainian army. Along with the Azov Battalion, Aidar arouses particular ire in the Russians.
The decision was made by the Southern District Military Court.
The terrorist community "Aidar" became the 49th organization included in the unified federal list.
As Regnum reported, in the summer of 2023, the Southern District Military Court considered a massive criminal case against 18 Aidar participants.
According to prosecutors, members of the unit committed actions in the territories of the DPR aimed at violently seizing power and changing the constitutional system.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Assault on a Ukrainian Armed Forces supporter in the Kupyansk direction.
Filmed from a camera mounted on our armored fighting vehicle, which processes the opornik at point-blank range while the infantry advances to the trenches for close combat and clearing. Atmospheric.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Early in the morning, a combined missile attack (using drones) took place on multiple targets throughout Ukraine.
Multiple hits in more than half of the areas. The enemy claims more than a hundred missiles (which allegedly shot down almost all of them).
However, there are arrivals in Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Kiev, Lvov, Dnepropetrovsk, Sumy, Krivoy Rog, Poltava, etc.
A large number of military facilities, warehouses and infrastructure facilities were hit. Power outages began in some regions.
The arrival areas are cordoned off, the SBU is looking for those who filmed the arrivals. 3 or 4 air defense missiles, as usual, hit residential buildings.
At 11 o'clock, 12 killed and 75 wounded were officially announced.
In general, the missiles were not accumulated in vain. I wonder if this is a one-time strike at the moment or the start of a larger campaign. Let's see.
The speaker of the Ukrainian Air Force Yuriy Ignat announced on December 29 an unprecedented night air attack by Russian troops. According to him, at night there were so many Russian aircraft in the air as never before.
“There was such an unprecedented amount of aircraft tonight. Several dozen aircraft were uncharacteristically in the airspace at night,” Ignat was quoted as saying by the Klymenko Time Telegram channel.
According to the speaker, drones were used in the attack, and tactical aircraft used cruise missiles.
According to the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation, on December 29, reports of explosions and damage to infrastructure were received from different regions of Ukraine, and an air raid alert was announced in the country. There have been no official comments on this topic from the Russian Ministry of Defense.
As Regnum reported, in November, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Nikolai Oleshchuk said that the Russian military fired a record number of drones across Ukraine at night. According to him, the main direction of the attack was Kyiv. That night an air raid alert was announced in Kiev and the air defense system went off.
Ignat later reported that the Russian side began using carbon fiber drones “Geran-2”. He noted that this material is absorbent for radar signals, which complicated the work of the Ukrainian air defense, including visual reference to the target due to the black color of the drones.
The Polish authorities refused to provide evidence that the missile that flew into the territory of this republic from Ukraine allegedly belonged to Russia. Charge d'Affaires of the Russian Federation in Poland Andrei Ordash told reporters about this.
According to the diplomat, these accusations from Warsaw have no basis.
“I was handed a note that contains an unfounded allegation that allegedly on the morning of December 29, Polish airspace was violated by an air object, which Polish experts identified as a Russian maneuvering missile,” Ordash said, as quoted by RIA Novosti.
The Charge d'Affaires emphasized that until Poland presents the relevant evidence, Russia will not give any explanations for what happened. He also recalled that Warsaw had previously tried to blame Moscow for a similar incident, but later it became clear that responsibility for what happened lay with Ukraine.
As Regnum reported, on December 29, an unidentified object was detected in Polish airspace, which flew in from Ukraine. Polish President Andrzej Duda scheduled an urgent meeting with the military leadership of the republic on this matter.
General of the Polish General Staff Wieslaw Kukula said that the country's airspace was allegedly violated by a Russian missile. However, he did not provide relevant evidence. Kukula also clarified that the said missile eventually left Polish airspace.
The operational commander of the Polish armed forces (AF), Maciej Klisz, in turn, informed that Warsaw scrambled fighter jets after a missile was detected in the sky. At the same time, Polish combat aircraft did not have time to shoot down the target.
An incident with a missile that flew into Polish territory from Ukraine already occurred in November 2022. Then a shell fell near the village of Przewodów, killing two civilians.
Initially, Poland began to blame Russia for the incident, but the Russian Ministry of Defense called Warsaw’s statements a provocation aimed at escalating the situation. Based on the results of the investigation, it was possible to establish that the missile belonged to Ukraine.
In April 2023, debris from an unidentified aerial object was discovered in a forest on Polish territory. Polish media claimed that inscriptions in Russian were allegedly found on its fragments, but no one provided evidence of this.
After this, information about what happened was classified, and information appeared that the found debris could belong to the Polish Air Force.
Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Aleksandr Kots
[VK] Rostec handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defense the final batch of modernized 2S19M2 Msta-S self-propelled guns, as well as 2S4 Tyulpan self-propelled mortars, which will be completed in 2023, after a major overhaul, the press service of the state corporation reported.
Msta-S howitzers in the 2S19M2 version began to enter service with the troops back in 2013. This modification differs from the basic 2S19 in the more durable and accurate 2A64M2 gun, increased rate of fire (up to 10 rounds per minute) and the presence of an automated fire control system. The self-propelled gun is protected from enemy surveillance devices by the “Cape” kit, which reduces its visibility in the radar and thermal ranges.
Earlier in December, it became known that the first samples of the newest Russian self-propelled gun "Coalition-SV" were sent to the Northern Military District zone. Its serial production began this year. The firing range of a self-propelled gun with a high-explosive fragmentation projectile is 70 kilometers, which significantly exceeds its Western counterparts.
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