MOSCOW, Dec 30 Ukrainian troops suffer serious losses in the regions Artemovsk (Ukrainian name — Bakhmut) and Soledar in the DPR, said Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of Vladimir Zelensky's office.
Progress of the special operation The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on the eve of the Russian armed forces inflicted a massive strike with high-precision weapons on the military command and control system and energy facilities that ensured the operation of enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, all facilities were hit. As a result of the strike, the production and repair of military equipment and ammunition was stopped, the transfer of reserves from western Ukraine was stopped, and due to the violation of railway transportation, foreign weapons supplied to the Ukrainian army were blocked in the rear areas;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers and 11 pieces of equipment in a day in the Yuzhno-Donets direction, up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers and 7 pieces of equipment were destroyed in a day in the Donetsk direction, 100 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in a day in the Kupyansky and Krasno-Limansky directions;
Russian fighter aircraft shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft and two Mi-8 helicopters within 24 hours;
Russian missile troops and artillery destroyed two US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radars in the DPR, and a S-300 anti-aircraft missile system radar in the Sumy region;
Russian air defense systems destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours, including three Tu-141 Strizh jet drones and one Bayraktar;
Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of Vladimir Zelensky's office, said that Ukrainian troops are suffering serious losses in the areas of Artemovsk (Ukrainian name — Bakhmut) and Soledar in the DPR;
An air raid alert was announced in Kyiv. In Odessa, more than 400,000 subscribers today remain without electricity, and electric vehicles are at the depot, the authorities said;
Military Ombudsman of Ukraine Alyona Verbytska said that 15,000 people are listed as missing from the Ukrainian side, some of them civilians;
Shooting by Ukrainian militaryMinsk does not rule out that the fall of a Ukrainian missile on the territory of Belarus was a provocation from Kyiv, said the head of the Belarusian anti-aircraft missile forces;
The center of Donetsk was under shelling at night, 6 explosions were heard in the Donbass Arena area. In the afternoon, Ukrainian troops launched an artillery strike on Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson region, the city was left without electricity, the city administration reports;
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), who are present at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, reported loud explosions on Friday near the plant, according to a statement on the agency's website. The backup power line to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant was cut off the previous evening due to damage caused by shelling;
The Russian Investigative Committee reported that the total estimated damage to the DPR and LPR from Ukrainian shelling exceeded 228 billion rubles. On the fact of war crimes in Mariupol, the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian troops Valery Zaluzhny and other military leaders. According to the agency, more than 3,000 dead civilians were found in Mariupol after the liberation. The UK proposed to create a DNA database of civilians who died in Mariupol, since it is often impossible to identify a person;
The situation in the Russian regionsNew constitutions were adopted in the DPR and LPR, now these are the constitutions of the Russian regions. As follows from the text of the new constitution, the election of the head of the LPR will become indirect — he will now be elected for 5 years by the regional parliament;
A terrorist attack planned by a Ukrainian citizen on the instructions of the Ukrainian special services was prevented in the North Caucasus, he was detained and confessed, reports the FSB. In the FSB video, a Ukrainian migrant detained in the North Caucasus says that he worked for the Ukrainian special services, was against the special operation and wanted to carry out a terrorist attack;
The position of China and the United StatesU.S. President Joe Biden announced that he signed the country's budget for the 2023 fiscal year, which includes 45 billion in assistance to Ukraine;
The People's Republic of China drew attention to the fact that Russia does not refuse to resolve the Ukrainian conflict through diplomatic negotiations, Beijing highly appreciates this, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday during negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.