MOSCOW, December 27 About the pace of production of Russian weapons, the progress of the special operation and mobilization in Ukraine — in the material .
Kyiv is losing , Moscow is increasing
Kyiv is rapidly losing weapons of all classes and cannot quickly make up for it. The Russian defense industry, in turn, has gained such a pace of production that it is only increasing the amount of equipment in the special operation zone, Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov said in an interview.
He clarified that for artillery shells, the production volume in comparison with 2021 increased by approximately 50 times for certain types. The production of infantry fighting vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles and armored vehicles increased more than five times, the production of tanks almost seven times.
The T-90M tank, batches of which are regularly sent to special operations by Uralvagonzavod, was called by Chemezov the best in the world, and its superiority over Western models is also recognized by experts from there.
The head of the state corporation also spoke about the latest Russian technology, which is only planned to be tested in the special operation zone. Soon, for example, a remote-controlled infantry fighting vehicle will go there, which will allow the use of vehicles without risk to the crew. In the future, the 2S25M self-propelled anti-tank gun may acquire the same remote control kit. Also, the newest Coalition howitzer should soon appear there to provide a significant advantage over NATO howitzers in range.
To protect against Ukrainian drones, according to Chemezov, small-sized radars have been created and are used that detect them several tens of kilometers away. In addition, Russian air defense (air defense) and electronic warfare (EW) systems create no-fly zones for drones launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As a result, dozens of drones are destroyed, Chemezov noted. In turn, the Chrysanthemum and Kornet anti-tank missile systems penetrate German Leopard tanks from any angle, he added.
Howitzers and armored vehicles
According to the Ministry of Defense report, Russian military personnel over the past 24 hours repelled ten enemy attacks in the Kupyansky, Krasnolimansky and Donetsk directions, and also defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk, Yuzhnodonetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson directions.
Enemy losses amounted to 670 soldiers. In addition, Ukrainian troops lost a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored personnel carriers, two armored vehicles, five Gvozdika and one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts, an Msta-B howitzer, three D-30 howitzers and a D-20 gun.
During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: two Msta-B howitzers, two Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts, two D-30 howitzers and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount. Aviation and artillery hit command and observation posts and a fuel depot.
Russian air defense shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Vodyanoye area in the DPR. In addition, it was possible to intercept seven HIMARS missiles, as well as a HARM anti-radar missile and a JDAM guided bomb. Also, 17 Ukrainian drones were destroyed in various areas of the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
On peaceful objects
As the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) said, Ukrainian troops today fired 155-millimeter shells at the Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as Gorlovka and the Yasinovatsky district. At some moments the rate reached 30 shells per hour. During the day, Kyiv fired three rockets from the MLRS.
In addition, several munitions were dropped in Donetsk from drones.
According to the mayor of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko, in the morning the school was damaged, in the afternoon — the buildings of the kindergarten, the Leisure club, the post office, the village administration, the library and the ancient Holy Protection Church of the 19th century.
Deadline for referendum
A court in Ukraine sentenced the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin in absentia to 15 years in prison, the office of the country's prosecutor general reported. He was charged with “violating the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine and collaboration activities.” The department explained that the charges were brought due to the fact that, by order of the head of the DPR, a referendum on joining Russia was held in the republic.
The head of the Zaporozhye region, Evgeniy Balitsky, expressed confidence that the special operation will end in the spring-summer of 2024, all the prerequisites for this are there. According to him, the Ukrainian front will collapse because “tectonic processes are taking place inside Ukraine that are tearing it apart from the inside.”
Not everything is going smoothly with the mobilization
The head of the Kherson regional military administration, Alexander Prokudin, appointed by Kiev, said that the energy infrastructure in Kherson was severely damaged, about 70 percent of subscribers were left without power supply. The night before, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Igor Klimenko, reported that a railway station in the city was damaged as a result of explosions.
Ukrainian Forbes, citing sources in parliament, reported that the new bill on mobilization in Ukraine will most likely be sent for revision due to “discussable provisions”, but will still be adopted in January-February. As noted, deputies do not agree with the decision to mobilize people with disabilities of the third group, the rule that in order to clarify data a person can be detained for a period of three hours to three days, with fines for failure to appear at the military registration and enlistment office or violations of military records.
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov shared his opinion about the mobilization of half a million people that the Ukrainian authorities are going to organize. According to him, it is needed to demand new help from the West under the pretext of the need to maintain a large army. According to the ex-prime minister’s calculations, only 250-300 thousand will be mobilized.
Azarov was also skeptical about the possibility of a new Ukrainian counteroffensive next year. He believes that, against the background of the failure of the previous one, the Kiev regime will adopt a strategy of maintaining the line on which they are now, or a strategy of small tactical retreats.
Leader of the Ukrainian party “Batkivshchyna” Yulia Tymoshenko called on Vladimir Zelensky to propose a plan B to get out of the current tragic situation in which Ukraine finds itself due to a decrease in military assistance from the West. In addition, according to her, it is necessary not to lower the conscription age, but to conscript 50 percent of the security forces from the police, prosecutor’s office and BEB (Bureau of Economic Security. — Ed.).