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«MK» conducts an online broadcast of events in Ukraine. This is the 664th day of the special operation. Putin, during a meeting of the Russian Ministry of Defense, stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering colossal losses on the battlefield, and the myth about the invulnerability of Western military equipment has been destroyed. Shoigu also announced the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: since the beginning of the counteroffensive — about 159 thousand killed and wounded, since the beginning of the Northern Military District — more than 383 thousand. On Tuesday, Russian air defense shot down five Ukrainian drones: three in the Bryansk region, and one each over the Kaluga and Moscow regions.
Zelensky said that he expects results from Zaluzhny on the battlefield.
In the city of Kherson, which is under Ukrainian control, several explosions were heard on the evening of Tuesday, December 19. Ukrainian media write about this.
Zelensky expressed confidence that the United States “will not betray” Ukraine
Russia cannot behave in the same way as temporary workers in Ukraine, who leave their wounded to the mercy of fate, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Some representatives of the European Union (EU) countries are restricted from entering Russia due to another anti-Russian package of sanctions. The Russian Foreign Ministry reported this. The Foreign Ministry clarified that the EU's actions are unfriendly and illegitimate in relation to Moscow.
The Kiev regime is beginning to intensify the secret struggle, sending agents and saboteurs to the Russian Federation, said FSB Director Bortnikov.
< p>NATO countries are studying the consequences of Ukraine’s defeat in the conflict with Russia, writes Bloomberg. Politicians are beginning to study the possible consequences due to the fact that $110 billion in military aid to Kiev is complicated by political disagreements in the United States and the European Union.
Commander of the Ukrainian Army Ground Forces, Colonel General Alexander Syrsky, called the situation in the Kharkov direction complex, emphasizing that Russian troops have an advantage.
Japan intends to provide additional assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $4.5 billion — Kyodo.
Ukraine has lost its dignity and is heading towards disaster, said former adviser to the Office of Vladimir Zelensky Alexey Arestovich (included in Russia on the list of terrorists and extremists). He made this conclusion against the backdrop of reduced Western aid and public fatigue.
A Ukrainian Armed Forces drone fell on the roof of a supermarket in the center of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The mayor of the city, Ivan Prikhodko, announced this in his Telegram channel.
16:04 Using the aggressive position of the West forced Russia to take retaliatory steps, and thus it outplayed the Russian Federation in the situation around Ukraine in 2014. President Vladimir Putin announced this on December 19, speaking at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Defense.
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The purpose of the negotiations is to discuss the resumption of the grain corridor, Anadolu Agency reports.
Soldiers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are forced to surrender, as they have a critical shortage of various types of equipment and aircraft, writes Bild.
"The only guarantor of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine was Russia", — said Vladimir Putin.
The United States was very concerned about Russia’s rapprochement with Europe, they were scared by Moscow, but Moscow was not going to fight with Europe and is not going to now, Putin said
There would have been a massacre in Crimea if Russia had not annexed the peninsula after the coup in Kiev in 2014, Vladimir Putin said during a meeting of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Russian troops eliminated more than 100 war criminals on the territory of Ukraine, the Minister of Defense said Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu.
The Russian army today is the most (https://t.me/navideovidno/69245) prepared and combat-ready in the world — Sergei Shoigu.
The West supplied Kiev with 5,220 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 28 aircraft, 87 helicopters, 23 thousand UAVs, over 1,300 artillery systems, Sergei Shoigu cited statistics during a speech at the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Shoigu named Ukrainian Armed Forces losses: as part of the counter-offensive — 159 thousand killed or wounded since the beginning of the operation — more than 383 thousand military personnel. Since February 24, the losses of the Ukrainian army have exceeded 383 thousand military personnel killed and wounded, Shoigu said.
The myth about the invulnerability of Western military equipment has collapsed — Putin.
Putin about the current situation in the combat zone: our troops have the initiative, we do what we consider necessary. The head of state stated this during his speech at the board of the Ministry of Defense.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the downing of a Ukrainian drone over the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region.
The drone attack was repelled by air defense forces in Odintsovo city district, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. According to preliminary data, there was no damage or casualties at the site where the debris fell.
Putin signed a law expanding his powers to take action against unfriendly actions by foreign states. In particular, the president is assigned the right to introduce temporary management of property located in the Russian Federation.
Ukraine and Great Britain will sign a ten-year security pact in the coming weeks — The Telegraph, citing British military sources.
Doubts are growing in the Baltic countries whether the United States will risk its forces for them, reports Bloomberg.
Russian air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the territory of the Kaluga region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Ivan Gavrilyuk proposed to compensate for the shortage of shells by producing kamikaze drones. He stated this in an interview with BBC Ukraine. In a conversation with a journalist, he admitted that there is a shortage of artillery shells and noted that it will continue in the future.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the third Ukrainian drone in a day, which managed to shoot down over the Bryansk region with air defense means.
"About 10 hours over the territory of the Bryansk region, another Ukrainian UAV was destroyed by air defense systems on duty,", the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The leaders of the EU countries will gather for a special summit in Brussels on February 1, 2024, to discuss new financial assistance to Ukraine — President of the European Council Charles Michel. The main topic of the summit — allocation of 50 billion euros to Kyiv, which Budapest is blocking.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel could become one of the main candidates for the role of mediator in negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to resolve the situation in Ukraine, writes The Hi
Today at about 9.20 an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle,” the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. They clarified that a Ukrainian drone was shot down over the Bryansk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces abandoned a number of positions on the front line of the defense line near the village of Novomikhailovka in the DPR. Adviser to the head of the DPR, Ian Gagin, told TASS about this.
If he wins the US presidential election, Trump may introduce trade duties for NATO countries that do not allocate 2% of GDP to defense, and also completely refuse assistance to Kiev , Reuters learned.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, citing his own sources, said that in the zone of the special military operation there is an increase in the number of mercenaries from Poland and Georgia on the part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.