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Russia continues its special operation in Ukraine. Day 640. Representatives of the Democratic and Republican parties in the US Senate did not agree on a deal on Ukraine, writes NBC. The Ministry of Defense announced the neutralization of Ukrainian drones in the Sea of Azov. Russian President Vladimir Putin called for thinking about how to support women who are in a civil marriage with deceased members of the SVO.
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Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko said that in the Kupyansky direction the Security Service of Ukraine takes part in patrolling the streets. They are detaining local residents for incorrect pronunciation of Ukrainian words.
Crews of T-72B3 tanks from the West group of forces destroyed camouflaged positions and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction. The Ministry of Defense reports this.
In-depth reconnaissance of the «West» group of troops destroyed a warehouse of small arms of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) produced by NATO in the Kupyansk direction, making its way into the enemy's rear area. This was reported to TASS by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Republican member of the US House of Representatives from Kentucky Thomas Massie said that Ukraine will not be able to take control of the Crimean Peninsula.
As reported by the Telegram channel Operation Z: Military correspondents of the Russian Spring and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are unsuccessfully trying to regain lost positions in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Head of Zelensky's office: «There is a big risk of losing the conflict.»
Ukrainian media write about explosions in the Khmelnitsky and Kharkov regions, as well as in the city of Berdichev, Zhytomyr region.
Congressman Mitt Romney said, that Republicans left the briefing, which was organized at the request of the administration of US President Joe Biden, to discuss financial assistance to Ukraine and Israel.
Telegram channel Operation Z: Military correspondents of the Russian Spring published footage of a tank battle in Stepovoy near Avdeevka.
The DPR representative office in the JCCC reported that over the past 24 hours the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the territory of the republic 56 times with using 178 ammunition of various calibers.
The Russian Army is advancing on the flanks of Artyomovsk, pushing back the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kleshcheevka and Bogdanovka
Strana.ua: The Ukrainian Air Force reports the threat of an attack by strike drones of the Russian Armed Forces in Kyiv , Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions.
For the first time, officers of the Russian Armed Forces were condemned for failing to repel a surprise attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
As the Financial Times reported, citing informed sources, Ukrainian President Zelensky can hold elections before his ratings fall even lower.
Politico: Advisor to Ukrainian President Zelensky said that in the absence of support from Western countries, the funds available to Kyiv may run out by the end of December.
The DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired eight NATO 155-mm caliber shells at Donetsk and Gorlovka.
Bild expert Julian Röpke: the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ counteroffensive was the largest strategic miscalculation of the United States over the past decades.
State Department: the United States has reached the “bottom of the barrel” in its ability to finance Ukraine
“We are starting a new special initiative for all Heroes of Ukraine – there are 360 of them today… Every soldier and relatives of a soldier who has been awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine posthumously will receive an apartment from the state. Not in years, not sometime later, but now,” — Vladimir Zelensky announced in his Telegram channel.
Russia’s bet on the fatigue of the United States and the West from supporting Ukraine looks better every day, and real long-term guarantees of Kiev’s security no longer exist. CNN analyst Stephen Collinson writes about this.
The State Department said that the United States has reached the bottom of the barrel in its ability to continue providing defense assistance to Ukraine.
Vladimir Zelensky at the last moment canceled his speech before the US Senate, during which he planned to call for a vote on the allocation of aid to Kyiv. Apparently, it has become clear that the position of the Republicans will not allow the adoption of this bill, so the speech is pointless.
Ukrainian channels reported that air defenses were activated in Odessa.
The United States has extended anti-Russian and anti-Belarusian sanctions to 13 individuals and 20 companies, the US Treasury Department reported. The sanctions list was supplemented, in particular, by companies from Cyprus, Belgium, the Netherlands and Belarus.
Among them are the Belarusian Production and Trade Concern of the Forestry, Woodworking and Pulp and Paper Industries, the Minsk Mechanical Plant named after S. I. Vavilov , OJSC «Zenit Belomo», OJSC «Management Company of the Horizon Holding», Scientific and Production Holding of Precision Engineering «Planar».
In addition, among the individuals who are under sanctions, there is also the Secretary General of the Belarusian Red Cross Dmitry Shevtsov .
The Russian air defense system shot down three aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles on approach to Belgorod, the regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in his Telegram channel.
Due to fallen debris, one passenger car was damaged in the village of Repnom.
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Mike Johnson sent a letter to the White House in which he indicated that he would not support the allocation of new aid to Ukraine until the approach to security measures at the American borders is changed.
A civilian died as a result shelling of Gorlovka by Ukrainian troops, said the mayor of the city, Ivan Prikhodko.
The representative of the President of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada, Fyodor Venislavsky, said that a bill on changes in mobilization and military service is being prepared.
According to him According to them, they plan to serve subpoenas via email and registered mail.
Also, subpoenas can be served not only by representatives of the TCC, but also through local government bodies, local executive authorities
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine allocated 31.7 million hryvnia (867.7 thousand dollars) for the construction of fortifications in the part controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaporozhye region.
A civilian was injured as a result of shelling of Gorlovka by Ukrainian troops, the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko reported in his Telegram channel.
Kyiv and Sofia have agreed on a procedure for the export of Ukrainian grain, rapeseed, corn and sunflower to Bulgaria, the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food of Ukraine reported on Tuesday.
Every day, up to 25 men try to escape from Ukraine, the Ukrainian State Border Service reported.
Every day, up to 25 men try to escape from Ukraine, the Ukrainian State Border Service reported.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will hold talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday, said the Hungarian Prime Minister's press secretary Bertalan Havasi.
Earlier, Politico reported that Macron invited Orban to Paris at the end of this week, presumably to reach a compromise on Budapest's position regarding the start of negotiations for Ukraine's accession to the EU.
Explosions occurred in the Dnepropetrovsk region in Ukraine, reports edition «Mirror of the Week». The air raid alarm sounds.
Verkhovna Rada Deputy Maryana Bezuglaya called on Ukrainian volunteers, including women, to mobilize and go to the front to give those who are involved in hostilities the opportunity to rest first days.
Belgium promised to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine in 2025, the press service of the Ukrainian defense ministry reported on Tuesday on the Telegram channel.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov yesterday held talks with Belgian Defense Minister Ludivine Dedonder.
French President Emmanuel Macron invited Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to Paris at the end of this week, presumably to reach a compromise on Budapest’s position regarding the start of negotiations for Ukraine’s accession to the EU, Politico reports, citing a source.< /p>
Moscow remains ready for negotiations on Ukraine: they would prefer political and diplomatic means, Peskov told RTVI.
The Russian Ministry of Defense released a report for December 5:
— Russian troops repelled three attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kupyansk direction;
— The Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by an assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Uspenivka area in the Zaporozhye direction within 24 hours, the enemy lost up to 50 servicemen;
— Up to 245 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the South Donetsk direction within 24 hours ;
— The Russian Armed Forces repelled four attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, the total enemy losses per day amounted to 270 military personnel;
— The Russian Armed Forces hit the weapons depot of the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade of Ukraine near the city of Kherson;
— Russian air defense systems destroyed 74 Ukrainian drones and a HARM missile in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions per day;
— The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 40 military personnel in the Kherson direction per day, self-propelled gun M-109 Paladin and the M777 artillery system made in the USA;
— During the day, two MiG-29 aircraft and a helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force were shot down in the Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev and Kharkov regions;
— The Russian Armed Forces defeated the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Chervona Dibrova and Serebryansky forestry.
Rada deputy Alexey Goncharenko expressed the opinion that now the last tranche of financial assistance will be transferred from the United States to Ukraine, and from 2024 only loans will be given.
An air raid alert has been declared in the Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov regions of Ukraine, as well as in parts of the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions controlled by Kiev, according to data from the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
Dmitry Peskov commented on the appearance of Vladimir Putin in the list of candidates for the title “ Time magazine's Person of the Year.
He stressed that this nomination does not matter to the Kremlin. Other magazines make similar lists. According to the press secretary, Putin’s role in our country and in the world in any case “is difficult to overestimate.”
The State Duma reported that they had prepared a bill recognizing the Sea of Azov as an inland body of water in Russia.
A school building was damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk as a result of a direct hit by a Ukrainian shell, said the mayor of the city, Alexey Kulemzin.
Ministry of Defense received all the Pantsir-S air defense systems ahead of schedule under the state defense order.
Explosions occurred in Kiev-controlled Kherson.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance’s allies are contrary to the new policy of Slovakia, Hungary and the Netherlands and for the sake of the security of the bloc countries they will continue to help Ukraine.
Telegram channel Baza reported that drones tried to attack an oil depot located in Crimea.
The Ministry of Defense stated that 41 aircraft were destroyed over the Sea of Azov last night Ukrainian drone. This is stated in the telegram channel of the ministry.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko said that in the Krasnolimansky direction, the Ukrainian military has reduced the intensity of artillery fire from Western systems.