⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 7 Dec 2022⚡️

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♦️#Belgorod Region:

▪️ In the evening, air defence forces shot down several shells over the village of #Kuleshovka in the Krasnogvardeysky district, no casualties. The shrapnel damaged power lines.

♦️#Belarus - Northukrainian Direction (MAP):

▪️ UAV calculations and control systems are being trained in the #Kiev region under mercenary supervision.

▪️ Training of Ukrainian servicemen with the participation of foreign instructors is also conducted in #Chernigov and #Poltava regions.

▪️ At night, the RF Armed Forces hit an AFU facility in the city of #Korosten in the #Zhytomyr region with Geran-2 kamikaze drones.

▪️ In #Kharkov Region, Russian forces have carried out missile strikes on AFU facilities in #Pechenegy and #Chuguev.

In turn, the 40th Artillery Brigade of the AFU shelled the #Belgorod region. Reconnaissance teams and UAV operators carried out the strikes.

♦️#Starobelsk Direction (MAP):

▪️ In the #Kupyansk - #Svatovo section, Ukrainian formations are preparing an offensive on the #Lyman 1st - #Sinkovka line.

▪️ In the #Lyman sector, the enemy does not giving up attempts to storm the Russian positions in #Ploshchanka and at a section of the #Makeyevka - #Ploshchanka road.

➖ The 25th Airmobile Brigade of the AFU tried again to counterattack west of #Chervonopopovka, but under heavy artillery fire the militants retreated to their initial positions.

♦️#Soledar Direction (MAP):

▪️ In the #Soledar area, Russian forces were able to dislodge Ukrainian formations from #Yakovlevka, east of #Soledar. A cleaning of the settlement is underway.

▪️ In the #Bakhmut sector, the AFU attempted to counterattack in #Opytnoye, but the enemy attack was repulsed.

➖ Foreign mercenaries and armoured vehicles are being transferred to the vicinity of #Bakhmut.

♦️#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ In #Gorlovka, the Stirol chemical plant was hit again by the AFU. A sulphur warehouse caught fire at the facility; there is no threat to civilians or casualties.

▪️ At the same time, at least two people were killed as a result of shelling by Ukrainian militants in #Donetsk agglomeration.

♦️#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ The RF Armed Forces shelled enemy positions in the outskirts of #Zaporozhye, #Olgovskoye, #Zaliznichnoye, #Gulyaypole and #Orekhov.

▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled #Energodar, #Berdyansk, #Dnipropetrovsk and #Pologi.

♦️#Dnipropetrovsk Region:

▪️ Overnight, Russian kamikaze drones Geran-2 carried out several strikes against Ukrainian army facilities in #Dnipropetrovsk.

▪️ The RF Armed Forces have hit enemy positions in #Nikopol, #Marganets, Dobroy Nadezhdy and #Ilyinka.

♦️#Kherson Direction on Southern Front:

▪️ Artillery duels continue in the southern section of the front. Russian forces have engaged targets in #Kherson, #Osokorovka, #Dudchany and #Berislav.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 8 Dec 2022⚡️

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♦️#Crimea:

▪️ A Black Sea Fleet patrol ship shot down an AFU drone over the sea in the morning.

▪️ Russia's FSB has detained two residents of #Sevastopol on suspicion of passing information on military facilities to the SBU.

♦️#Belgorod Region:

▪️ Ukrainian formations shelled Yakovlevsky urban district. Shell splinters damaged power lines and a fire broke out at the arrival site. Civilians were not injured.

♦️#Starobelsk Direction:

▪️ In the #Lyman area, AFU units launched an offensive in the direction of #Chervonopopovka. Intense artillery fire drove the enemy to its initial positions.

▪️ Artillery duels continue along the entire contact line: Russian artillery struck concentrations of Ukrainian formations in #Krakhmalnoye, #Berestovoye, #Stelmakhovka and #Makeyevka.

♦️#Soledar Direction:

▪️ In the #Soledar area, Wagner PMC units continue the cleansing of #Yakovlevka. The capture of the settlement will enable the advance towards #Soledar from the northeast.

▪️ In the #Bakhmut (#Artemovsk) sector, fighting continues in #Opytnoye and in the southeastern outskirts of #Bakhmut.

The Ukrainian command is redeploying additional units, including foreign mercenaries, to the area to compensate for the losses incurred.

♦️#Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️ Ukrainian militants fired HIMARS rockets at the town of #Pervomaysk. Residential buildings, two petrol stations and underground power supply lines were hit.

▪️ In the afternoon, enemy militants shelled #Rubezhnoye with gun artillery, damaging three residential buildings and commercial units.

♦️#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ Position fighting will continue in the centre of #Maryinka. Russian forces hit concentrations of armoured vehicles and AFU personnel in the western part of the city.

▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled civilian facilities in #Donetsk, #Yasynuvata, #Mineralnoye, #Gorlovka, #Seyatel and other settlements in the agglomeration with barrel and rocket artillery.

♦️#Kherson Direction on Southern Front:

▪️ Russian missile forces and artillery hit enemy personnel concentrations in #Antonovka, #Kachkarovka, #Inzhenernoye, #Berislav and Zolotaya Balka.

▪️ Enemy militants of the AFU fired mortars at residential buildings in #Tavriysk, Golaya Pristan and #Kakhovka.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Special Operation, 9 Dec 2022. Main RIA Novosti; pub. 22:57⚡️

▪️ The SMO is running its course, everything is stable with us, Putin said, explaining that when he said the process was long, he meant the length of the settlement process

▪️ Merkel's words about the Minsk agreements mean that no one, not even Europe, was going to implement any agreements, but only wanted to pump Ukraine with weapons, Putin said

▪️ RF Armed Forces continue offensive in #Krasny - #Lyman direction, more than 50 Ukrainian fighters and six pieces of equipment destroyed in 24 hours

▪️ The Russian military destroyed more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen in the #Donetsk direction and more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed by assault and army aviation strikes in the #Kupyansk direction

▪️ IAEA director general believes the creation of a safety zone around the #Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is possible before the end of the year

▪️ Lukashenko says facts will soon be made public about how the West wanted to start a war with #Russia from #Donbass in 2021-2022

▪️ Ukrainian forces fire 20 Grad rockets into central #Donetsk, there are casualties

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ War Map and the Situation on the Fronts on the Evening of 9 Dec 2022; pub. 0:05⚡️

🏴‍☠️ The Kiev regime continues its terror tactics. AFU militants have been shelling peaceful Russian #Donetsk all day long. During the day Grads flew into the city centre, the Nazis aimed at residential buildings. In the evening the AFU fired at least 20 rockets at the Krytiy Market area and near the Donbass Arena. According to newsmen, three people were killed. Residential buildings are on fire and emergency services are working at the arrivals sites. Terrorism against Russians in #Donbass continues unabated.

⚔️ The Situation on the Fronts in the outgoing 24 Hours

♦️#Svatovo - #Kremennaya Direction:

Attack and army aviation forces carried out strikes on concentrations of AFU personnel and military equipment near #Sinkovka, #Tabaevka and #Berestovoye in #Kharkov region. More than 40 militants were destroyed. A Tochka-U missile launcher was also destroyed near #Zolochev.

♦️#Ugledar Direction:

The AFU, with three platoons, attempted to attack our positions in the direction of #Vladimirovka, #Pavlovka DPR and #Novodarovka in #Zaporozhye region, but were met by Russian army units, losing up to 80 fighters.

💥 In the area of #Seversk and Krasny #Lyman LPR, one Uragan MLRS and three Grad MLRS units were destroyed. Also, a US AN/TPQ-50 radar was destroyed in the #Druzhba area of the DPR.

💡 The real "no counterpart" is the Kinzhal missile system. Russia's first "hypersonic weapon" in service. The missile is currently impossible to shoot down. Why? Explains Readovka.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 9 Dec 2022⚡️

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♦️#Belgorod Region:

Ukrainian militants shelled #Pankov farmstead in the Shebeken municipal district and damaged a residential house. No fatalities or injuries.

♦️#Starobelsk Direction:

▪️ In the #Lyman area, Russian forces moved in to attack and take control of AFU positions in the forest belt on the #Kremennaya - #Makeyevka line.

▪️ Artillery duels continue along the entire line of contact. Russian artillery has hit enemy positions in #Stelmachovka, #Sinkovka, #Novoselovskoye and #Terny.

♦️#Soledar Direction:

▪️ Wagner PMC troops are cleansing the village of #Yakovlevka. The RF Armed Forces have dislodged units of the AFU's 10th Mountain Assault Brigade from three strongholds north of #Berestovoye.

▪️ The Ukrainian command is moving reinforcements and strengthening its defences to prevent encirclement of #Soledar from the northeast.

▪️ In the #Bakhmut (#Artemovsk) sector, the AFU attempted to counterattack in #Opytnoye, the Russian forces held their positions.

▪️ Fierce fighting continues in the southeastern outskirts of #Bakhmut. The enemy is throwing newly arrived units into the attack in and trying to stabilise the front.

▪️ Hospitals and infirmaries in #Kramatorsk, #Slavyansk, #Konstantinovka and #Kiev are overcrowded due to heavy casualties across the front.

♦️#Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the town of #Svatovo with barrel artillery, damaging a residential building and a gas distribution station.

♦️#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ In preparation for a possible offensive, the AFU command is redeploying units of the AFU's 59th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade to the vicinity of #Donetsk.

▪️ In the #Toretsk (#Dzerzhinsk) sector, the enemy moved two BMPs with personnel to #Toretsk to strengthen the defence.

▪️ In the centre of #Maryinka, motorised rifle units of the RF Armed Forces continue fighting with Ukrainian formations.

▪️ In the #Ugledar sector, the AFU are moving forces into the area of #Vremyevka ledge. Enemy UAVs are operating along the entire frontline.

▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled populated areas of #Donetsk agglomeration with rocket and barrel artillery, including residential buildings and the gas pipeline of #Donetsk, at least three civilians were killed.

♦️#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ English-speaking units of the "International Legion of Defence of Ukraine" are engaged in small groups at the Bolshaya Lepetikha - #Konstantinovka line to search for and sabotage rear facilities of the RF Armed Forces.

▪️ Artillery duels continue along the line of contact. The RF Armed Forces worked on enemy positions in #Orekhov, #Dorozhnyanka, #Gulyaypole and #Novodanilovka.

♦️#Kherson Direction:

▪️ SRG boats of the "International Legion of Defence of Ukraine" reconnoitre RF Armed Forces' fire positions along the left bank of the #Dnipro River and guide Ukrainian artillery from the direction of #Ochakov.

▪️ Russian units struck enemy staging areas in #Chernobaevka, #Kazatskoye, #Antonovka and #Berislav.

▪️ Ukrainian militants fired from mortars at civilian facilities in Novaya Kakhovka and Golaya Pristan.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Starobelsk Direction until 12:00 on 10 Dec 2022⚡️

🩸The AFU is trying to break the RF Armed Forces' defence in certain areas. Russian troops continue a positional attack near #Ploshchanka.

At the same time, the AFU's local offensive involves mainly the Territorial Defence forces, the State Border Service and mobilised troops. The regular and combat-ready units of the Ukrainian army are either in reserve in the second echelon or on leave.

A similar tactic was used by the AFU during the #Izyum offensive, when units without combat experience conducted reconnaissance missions for several weeks.

♦️#Kupyansk - #Svatovo Sector:

▪️ Combined units of the 14th Mechanized Brigade and the 32nd Consolidated Battalion of the AFU Territorial Defence unsuccessfully attempted to storm the #Sinkovka - #Lyman 1st line.

▪️ In addition, fighters of the RF Armed Forces uncovered the movement of a Ukrainian SRG in the area of #Dachnoye west of #Svatovo. In the ensuing battle, the group was defeated and the remnants fled to the forest belt.

▪️ To monitor the actions of the RF Armed Forces in the area of ​​​​#Tavolzhanka, #Peschanoye and #Stelmakhovka, the engineering groups of the 103rd Brigade of the AFU Territorial Defence established additional observation posts.

♦️#Lyman Sector:

▪️ Russian forces have taken control of two strongholds near #Ploshchanka. In addition, fighting continues in the grey zone at the #Chervonopopovka - #Makeyevka line.

▪️ In order to contain the offensive towards #Ploshchanka, an ATGM squad of the 80th Air Assault Brigade, as well as a large-calibre mortar of the AFU's 66th Mechanized Brigade have been moved towards #Ploshchanka.

♦️#Lysychansk Sector:

▪️ Fighters of the RF Armed Forces have taken control of an observation post near #Belogorovka. Units of the 122nd Battalion of the AFU's 81st Separate Airmobile Brigade withdrew to #Serebryanka for replenishment.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦🎯 The Don Cossacks near #Kremennaya - Latest Footage⚡️

A Don Cossack reconnaissance special unit in the direction of #Lyman spotted an AFU vehicle and destroyed it with a precise artillery shot.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦🛤 @Rybar's Analysis: What is the State of #Ukraine's Railway System after 9 Months of the #SMO⚡️

Throughout the Special Military Operation, Rybar's team has repeatedly stressed the importance of disabling Ukraine's railway system (railway bridges in the west, lists of traction substations, substations at the border with #Poland, lists of depots and recovery trains), and bridges across the #Dnipro River.

Firing at all the above facilities is critical to cutting the connection between the left and right bank. Since the #Dnipro River has been turned into a natural dividing barrier by the decision of Sergei Surovikin, Commander-in-Chief of the Self-Defence Forces, and Russian troops are building defences on the left bank, it is highly logical to cut off all communication between the banks and cut off the supply of the enemy grouping in #Donbass and along the border with #Russia.

♦️What is the State of the Ukrainian Railway Network now?

▪️ Railway infrastructure facilities, despite intense fighting, are not subjected to not just massive but even sporadic strikes. This allows the enemy to ensure the uninterrupted transfer of armed forces and their supplies along the entire line of contact.

And isolated single strikes on troop loading/unloading points have no effect on this situation.

▪️ The volume of passenger traffic has hardly decreased. In fact, passenger traffic from the frontline towns continues: trains from #Kramatorsk are still running and passenger rail traffic to #Kherson and #Izyum has been re-established.

▪️ The volume of freight traffic has declined due to general problems with the Ukrainian economy and the shutdown of many industrial enterprises. Mostly fuel, coal and grain are transported.

The reduction in traffic has led to the emergence of a general reserve of locomotives (primarily electric locomotives), with which it is possible to reinforce the required transport direction if necessary.

♦️ What about Strikes on Energy Facilities?

Although there are no strikes on traction substations, this is more than compensated for by general strikes on the energy system. Entire lines are de-energized.

And shocks to the energy system also have a negative impact on road blocking systems, communications, maintenance, outfitting and repair facilities.

But railway workers have been able to adapt. At major stations with electrified railways, a reserve of diesel locomotives has been created. This helps minimize delays in case of breaks in the contact network. On direct current sections, diesel locomotive-electric locomotive units are used, which makes it possible to significantly reduce transport time.

♦️ What about the Condition of the Bridges?

Railway bridges over major rivers continue to function. Except for the rendering inoperable of the Antonovsky, Daryevsky and Kakhovskaya HPP bridges during retreat from #Kherson and undermining of bridges during retreat from #Kupyansk, #Izyum and #Lyman, none of the priority bridges have been struck since July.

So far the AFU has not rebuilt any bridges in #Cherkassy, near #Nikolaev at #Trikhaty village, in #Zatoka and #Voskresensk. So it is possible to put them out of action.

🩸The Picture does not look Very Good, does it?

The railways remain operational and continue to successfully manage transportation for both national economy and military purposes. There has been no systemic impact on the railway infrastructure for almost half a year now.

The only negative impacts experienced during transport are solely related to power strikes, but these are so far surmountable. With a shortage of high-precision missiles and no bomber aviation capability, the number of targets is extremely limited.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Starobelsk Direction until 19:00 on 11 Dec 2022⚡️

🩸The heaviest fighting in the #Starobelsk direction is taking place in the #Lyman area, where the AFU is trying to break through the Russian defence at #Kremennaya.

▪️ Near #Ploshchanka, Ukrainian formations are attacking to retake positions west of the settlement that were lost during the recent Russian offensive.

Artillery and rocket strikes are being exchanged throughout the area, with a marked increase in intensity compared to previous days. Aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces are also operating in the area of the clash, carrying out missile and bomb strikes on the enemy from extremely low altitudes.

▪️ In the afternoon, enemy infantry launched an attack in the area between #Nevskoye and #Ploshchanka and approached the Russian positions. Units of the RF Armed Forces engaged in a small arms battle and artillery immediately struck the frontline. The Ukrainian formations lost up to a platoon of fighters and were forced to withdraw.

🩸 Although the AFU failed to achieve any visible successes during the day, it is expected to continue their attacks the next day in order to retake the lines lost in the last few days. To this end, the Ukrainian leadership will use reserves from the best-trained units now in the second echelon.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Special Operation, 11 Dec 2022. Main; pub. 9:42⚡️

▪️ The RF Armed Forces have continued their offensive in the Krasny - #Lyman and #Donetsk directions, with Kiev's losses in those directions reaching 65 and up to 40 soldiers; up to 30 soldiers have been destroyed in the #Kupyansk direction, the Russian Defence Ministry reported

▪️ Russian Defense Ministry: Ukrainian Buk-M1 launcher destroyed near #Kramatorsk, platoon of Grad MLRS destroyed near Krasny #Lyman

▪️ Russian air defence systems shot down five HIMARS MLRS shells near #Almaznoye (DPR) and #Melitopol city, as well as two Uragan multiple rocket launchers over the past day, the Russian military said

▪️ Putin and Erdogan discussed by phone the progress of the grain deal, the Kremlin said

▪️ The US is not pushing Ukraine to conduct operations inside #Russia, the White House said

▪️ Ukrainian shelling completely destroyed recreation centre in #Melitopol, injuring 10 people, acting governor of Zaporozhye region said

▪️ Ukrainian troops fired ten rockets from Grad MLRS three times a day into the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the JCCC said

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 10-11 Dec 2022⚡️

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♦️#Crimea:

▪️ Ukrainian kamikaze drones attempted strikes against #Simferopol, but Russian air defences shot down all targets on approach.

♦️#Starobelsk Direction (MAP):

▪️ In the #Kupyansk - #Svatovo section, units of the AFU's 14th Mechanized Brigade and the 32nd Battalion of the Terrotorial Defence attempted to storm the #Sinkovka - #Lyman 1st line, but failed.

➖ The RF Armed Forces intercepted an Ukrainian SRG near #Dachnoye, most of the group was destroyed and the rest fled into the woods.

▪️ In the #Lyman sector, fighting is continues west of #Ploshchanka, where RF forces had previously managed to capture several enemy strongholds. The AFU is trying unsuccessfully to retake lost positions.

➖ Fighting continues in the grey zone at the #Chervonopopovka - #Makeyevka line.

▪️ In the #Lysychansk sector, Russian troops have occupied an observation post near #Belogorovka.

♦️#Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️ The Ukrainian militants launched rocket and barrel artillery strikes on #Svatovo and #Stakhanov, civilian infrastructure was damaged.

♦️#Donetsk Direction (MAP):

▪️ Fighting continues in the centre of #Maryinka, where Russian troops are trying to overcome enemy defences on the central Druzhba Street.

▪️ In the #Avdeyevka sector, DPR People's Militia units are fighting in the vicinity of #Pervomayskoye and #Vodyanyoye.

▪️ In the #Ugledar sector, the RF Armed Forces have begun an offensive near Bolshaya (Velikaya) Novosyolka, trying to take advantageous positions.

▪️ The enemy militants continue intense shelling of the #Donetsk agglomeration with strikes on the centre of #Donetsk and other settlements, civilians killed.

♦️#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled #Melitopol with HIMARS MLRS. The shells hit the Hunters' Rest Base and killed civilians. Despite the massive strike, not a single military facility was hit. There were no casualties among the military personnel.

▪️ Artillery duels continue along the entire line of contact. The RF Armed Forces shelled targets in #Yulyevka, #Orekhov, #Gulyaypole, #Olgovskoye and #Nikopol, while enemy militants shelled #Energodar.

♦️#Kherson Direction:

▪️ Russian forces hit AFU positions at the Kherson cotton mill in #Kherson.

▪️ In addition, targetshave been hit in #Dudchany, #Berislav, #Zimevka and #Dneprovskoye.

▪️ The RF Armed Forces destroyed an enemy SRG on Bolshoy Potemkin Island at the mouth of the #Dnipro River. At least 3 AFU fighters were killed, their bodies fell into the river.

♦️#Odessa Region:

▪️ On the night of Friday to Saturday, Russian troops have hit the Novovodesskaya power substation with a Geran-2 kamikaze drone.

In #Odessa, the attack led to a prolonged almost complete loss of electricity supply and problems with the operation of pumping stations.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Special Operation, 12 Dec 2022. Main; pub. 10:04⚡️

▪️ The RF Armed Forces have foiled a counterattack on #Peski in the DPR, destroying up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers and five pieces of equipment, the Russian Defence Ministry has reported

▪️ The Russian military also destroyed two MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR overnight and shot down two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters

▪️ According to the Russian Defence Ministry, up to 70 Ukrainian militants and eight pieces of equipment were destroyed in #Kupyansk and Krasny #Lyman areas overnight

▪️ Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vershinin said that Moscow maintains very close contacts with the IAEA on the #Zaporozhye NPP and trusts the organization's expertise and knowledge

▪️ commenting on the grain deal, Vershinin said Russia has not yet received concrete, substantial results on unimpeded access for agricultural products and fertilizers from #Russia

▪️ EU foreign ministers at a meeting in #Brussels agreed to increase by €2 billion funding for the Peace Fund, which, among other things, pays for military supplies to #Ukraine, according to a published EU Council statement

▪️ EU diplomacy chief Borrell hopes a ninth package of sanctions will be agreed this week - a new package could not be agreed today

▪️ Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó says sanctions against the Russian energy sector and nuclear power are not included in the EU's ninth sanctions package

▪️ Szijjártó added that Budapest had advocated excluding some individuals from the sanctions package to keep official channels of communication open, with 141 people and 47 entities planned to be sanctioned in total

▪️ The Financial Times, citing senior sources in Brussels, reported that the EU is preparing to appoint its former ambassador to the US, O'Sullivan, as the EU special representative for sanctions, he could start work in January

▪️ Russian presidential spokesman Peskov said Moscow's response after the introduction of an oil price ceiling by the West would be finalised and institutionalised by presidential decree in the coming days

▪️ Peskov also said it was not known that Washington was encouraging Kiev to hold any peace talks, there had been no request for a high-level conversation from them.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 12 Dec 2022⚡️

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♦️#Starobelsk Direction:

▪️ In the #Kupyansk - #Svatovo section, units of the 14th Mechanized Brigade of the AFU are conducting a positional defence. The 14th Brigade's tank battalion has one T-64B1B tank and four T-72s in a state of combat readiness.

▪️ A reconnaissance team of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the AFU is searching for Russian fire positions near #Stelmakhovka. Ukrainian artillery and tactical aviation are engaged to hit the identified targets.

▪️ In the #Lyman sector, combined assault groups of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade and 25th Airmobile Brigade continue their attempts to storm Russian positions in the direction of #Chervonopopovka. There are positional battles near the #Medvezhye tract and #Zhuravka gully.

♦️#Soledar Direction (MAP):

▪️ In the #Bakhmut (#Artemovsk) area, fighting continues in the vicinity of #Bakhmut. Wagner PMC assault units have taken control of two enemy strongholds on the #Bakhmut - #Soledar line.

▪️ In the #Toretsk (#Dzerzhinsk) sector, Russian units supported by artillery are conducting an offensive east of #Toretsk.

▪️ In the #Lysychansk sector, Ukrainian commanders are preparing to storm RF Armed Forces' positions near #Belogorovka.

♦️#Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the towns of #Svatovo and #Kremennaya with rockets and barrel artillery. Residential buildings and a gas pipeline were damaged and civilians killed.

♦️#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ Motorized riflemen of the RF Armed Forces are fighting in the centre of #Maryinka. Russian artillery strikes enemy positions on the western outskirts of the city.

▪️ In the #Ugledar sector, the RF Armed Forces are conducting a local offensive near Bolshaya (Velikaya) Novosyolka. There are no significant advances.

▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in #Donetsk, #Gorlovka, #Yakovlevka, #Yasynuvata, #Kashtanovoye and other settlements in the agglomeration. At least three civilians were killed.

♦️#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ In the village of #Konstantinovka, an enemy SRG detonated an explosive device near a bridge support on the #Melitopol - #Berdyansk highway.

▪️ Along the line of contact, artillery duels continue. The RF Armed Forces hit concentrations of AFU personnel in #Dorozhnyanka, #Gulyaypolskoye, #Orekhov and #Malinovka.

♦️#Kherson Direction on Southern Front:

▪️ In #Skadovsk, there was an assassination attempt on the deputy head of the #Kherson region. A mine was planted under his car. The driver died on the spot, the official was taken to Simferopol hospital in serious condition.

▪️ Russian artillery shelled enemy positions in #Chernovbaevka, Chervonyy Mayak and #Lvovo.

In turn, the Ukrainian militants fired mortars at residential buildings in #Aleshki and Golaya Pristan.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Starobelsk Direction until 13:00 on 13 Dec 2022⚡️

♦️#Kupyansk - #Svatovo Section:

▪️ The AFU command expects a local offensive by the RF Armed Forces. To reinforce the 114th Territorial Defence Brigade, units of the 192nd Battalion of the 124th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU were transferred to the area of ​​#Monachinovka and #Mitrofanovka, and mines were also laid.

▪️ Reinforcements are planned to be moved to the #Sinkovka - #Petropavlovka line to strengthen the positions of the 14th Mechanized Brigade and 32 Territorial defence Brigade of the AFU, and mobile air defense systems have been put on full combat readiness.

▪️ SRGs are operateing in the area of #Tavolzhanka and #Kolomiychikha settlements. They are searching for Russian fire positions and guiding the Ukrainian artillery and tactical aircraft.

♦️#Lyman Section:

The AFU are preparing for an offensive on the #Svatovo - #Kremennaya line. Personnel and equipment are being concentrated along the line of contact.

▪️ At the #Makeyevka - #Zhuravka gully line, units of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade and 25th Airmobile Brigade of the AFU, supported by attack aircraft from the #Pavlograd airfield, conducted reconnaissance battle in order to assess the state of defense of the RF Armed Forces.

▪️ The forces of the 125th Battalion, 113th Brigade and 110th Battalion of the 111th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU were deployed in the vicinity of #Terny. In addition, the rotation of the 19th Combined Defence Battalion, which have suffered heavy losses during the battles in the #Dibrova area, was carried out.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the #Highlights of #Russia's Special Military Operation in #Ukraine on 15 Dec 2022 at 23:12 Moscow time ⚡️

♦️1. #Avdeyevka Direction:

➖ Our troops continue to push the enemy out of #Vodyanoye, expanding control over the settlement.
➖ The enemy launches counterattacks and tries to regain lost positions, while reinforcing positions near #Tonenkoye.
➖ In #Pervomayskoye and near #Nevelskoye insignificant advance of our troops.
➖ The enemy continues terrorist shelling of #Donetsk.

♦️2. #Ugledar Direction:

➖ Near Bolshaya (Velikaya) Novosyolka, #Pavlovka, #Ugledar and #Novomikhailovka - no significant changes. Fighting here has taken on a positional character.
➖ In #Maryinka, our forces control most of the town, but fighting for high-rise buildings in the centre is still going on. We are gradually pushing the enemy down here.

♦️3. #Artemovsk (#Bakhmut):

➖ Our troops continue their assault on #Opytnoye. There are battles in the residential areas and industrial zone to the south-east and east of the city.
➖ To the south of the city, our forces are probing the defenses at #Klescheyevka and expanding the zone of control at #Kurdyumovka.
➖ To the northeast, our forces are advancing on the village of #Podgorodnoye. The enemy continues to suffer heavy losses here.

♦️4. #Soldar:

➖ In the town itself there are no significant changes.
➖ The enemy attacked at #Yakovlevka and also at #Belogorovka, but had no success.
➖ Our troops keep consolidating in #Yakovlevka and clear the enemy in #Belogorovka area.
➖ There is no change in #Spornoye.

♦️5. #Svatovo Direction:

➖ The enemy undertook a number of local attacks in the #Svatovo and Krasny #Lyman directions, but had no particular success.
➖ Our troops, in their turn, continued fighting for #Novoselovskoye, from which the enemy is gradually pushed out.
➖ There was no special progress in the Krasny #Lyman direction.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 16 Dec 2022⚡️

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💥 Russian forces have launched 👉 massive strikes on critical infrastructure in #Ukraine. Targets were hit in #Kiev, as well as in #Zaporozhye, #Kharkov, #Nikolaev, #Poltava, #Dnepropetrovsk, #Vinnitsa, #Zhytomyr, #Kirovograd, #Ternopil and #Odessa regions.

Ukrainian air defence systems again showed low efficiency. Most regions of the country experienced disruptions in electricity and water supply due to the strikes.

♦️#Belgorod Region:

▪️ Ukrainian militants shelled the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Shebekinsky urban district, with one of the shells hitting the basement of a school. There were no deaths or injuries.

♦️ #Kharkov Region:

▪️ Russian troops hit CHPP-5 and Zalyutino 330kV substation in #Kharkov, as well as an energy infrastructure facility in Chuguevsky district.

♦️#Starobelsk Direction:

▪️ In the #Kupyansk sector, fighting continues in #Novoselovskoye. Russian artillery is shelling heavily enemy positions on the western outskirts of the village.

▪️ In the #Lyman sector, Ukrainian units launched an offensive towards #Ploshchanka and #Kremennaya. The RF Armed Forces repulsed the enemy's attacks and forced the militants to withdraw to their initial positions with losses.

♦️#Soledar Direction (MAP):

▪️ In the #Lysychansk sector, fighting continues on the western outskirts of #Belogorovka.

▪️ In the #Soledar sector, the RF Armed Forces have completed the clearance of #Yakovlevka, creating a bridgehead for an offensive on #Soledar.

▪️ #Bakhmut (#Artyomovsk) Sector:

➖ Wagner PMC assault troops are fighting in the east of #Bakhmut.

➖ AFU Units of the 3rd Battalion of the 28th Mechanized Brigade and the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade launched an offensive against the positions of the RF Armed Forces in #Ozaryanovka. The Russian forces repulsed the attack, pushing the enemy militants back to their initial positions.

♦️#Lugansk People's Republic:

▪️ Ukrainian militants fired HIMARS rockets at #Lantratovka and #Stakhanov. Residential buildings, a school and a post office were damaged. At least 11 people were killed and 17 others wounded in the terrorist attack.

▪️ The enemy militants shelled residential buildings in #Svatovo, killing one civilian.

♦️#Donetsk Direction:

▪️ Positional fighting continues in the centre of #Maryinka and near Bolshaya (Velikaya) Novosyolka.

▪️ The AFU (terrorists) have hit civilian facilities in #Donetsk, #Gorlovka, #Makeyevka, #Staromikhailovka, #Yasynuvata and other settlements of the agglomeration. There are fatalities among civilians.

♦️#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ Russian troops struck the Dneprovskaya HPP-1 in #Zaporozhye. The strikes have hit the 330kV switchgear, reinforced concrete structures of Engine Room 1, canteen premises and a warehouse with spare parts.

♦️#Kherson Direction on Southern Front:

▪️ Artillery duels continue in the southern sector of the front. The RF Armed Forces shelled enemy concentrations in #Kherson, #Tokarevka, #Chernobaevka and #Berislav.

In turn, Ukrainian militants shelled residential buildings in #Kakhovka.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Map of Military Operations and the Situation on the Fronts in the Evening of 17 Dec 2022; pub. 0:05⚡️

💥 The Ministry of Defence said today that in massive strikes the previous day, decoys were used to expose air defence positions and use up a significant resource of Ukrainian and Western air defence systems. And it is true that the latest retaliatory strikes were different from what we have seen for several months. There were rocket launches, but no video footage. This may support the theory of decoys to delude the enemy's air defences. The question remains as to what options Russia used. And there is a strong possibility that the Gerani has a major new mission.

⚔️ Situation on the Fronts over the passing 24 Hours

♦️#Svatovo - #Kremennaya Direction:

The situation in the direction temporarily changed due to weather conditions. Mud and fog are strongly affecting the intensity of the fighting, with artillery mainly operating. Also in the areas of #Petropavlovka and #Timkovka, #Kharkov region, AFU units were hit, the enemy losses amounted to up to 30 militants killed. In addition, a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries near Krasny #Lyman in the #DPR was hit.

♦️#Ugledar Direction:

Two militant SRGs were destroyed in the areas of #Novomayorskoye and #Shevchenko. Meanwhile, Russian artillery work destroyed up to 35 Nazis and two armoured personnel carriers.

💡 Recently, the media has been actively discussing the topic of introducing two-year conscription. The day before the military commissar of Dmitrov announced that the term of service would be increased, but the Defence Ministry denied his words, however the discussion is still going on. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the decision to prolong military service? Readovka explains.

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