War Reports - 2023-12-05
Experience of the war in Ukraine.
American M-113 of the Israeli army with anti-drone visors attached by welding.
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Ukrainians complained to the Daily Mail about the heavy losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the fatigue of the military and difficult conditions on the front line.
Reporter Ian Birrell reported (http://t.me/rt_russian/177004) on a study showing that every person in the country has, on average, seven relatives or friends who have died or been injured. The journalist claims that everyone he spoke with in Kiev confirms these statistics.
Earlier, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that the army is running out of soldiers every day. Bloomberg (http://t.me/rt_russian/181911), in an article about the failure of mobilization, wrote that Kiev will not publish data on the effectiveness of conscription in 2023.
https://t.me/rt_russian/182201
▶️ Airborne troops from the Yuzhnaya group of troops took control of the village of Artemovskoye (Khromovo) of the DPR with the support of aviation, as well as artillery and aerial reconnaissance from drones, the Russian Ministry of Defense told us.
Video: Russian Ministry of Defense/TASS
#Source (https://t.me/tass_agency/221295)
Ukraine war: Soldier tells BBC of front-line 'hell': Outnumbered and outgunned, one front-line soldier has given a sobering account of Ukraine's struggle to cling on to its foothold on the east bank of the vast Dnipro river.
His account, sent via a messaging app, speaks of troop boats blown out of the water, inexperienced reinforcements and a feeling of abandonment by Ukraine's military commanders.
"The entire river crossing is under constant fire. I've seen boats with my comrades on board just disappear into the water after being hit, lost forever to the Dnipro river.
"We must carry everything with us - generators, fuel and food."We thought after we made it there the enemy would flee and then we could calmly transport everything we needed, but it didn't turn out that way.
"When we arrived on the [eastern] bank, the enemy were waiting. Russians we managed to capture said their forces were tipped off about our landing so when we got there, they knew exactly where to find us. They threw everything at us - artillery, mortars and flame thrower systems. I thought I'd never get out."
"Every day we sat in the forest taking incoming fire. We were trapped - the roads and paths are all riddled with mines. The Russians cannot control everything, and we use it. But their drones are constantly buzzing in the air, ready to strike as soon as they see movement.
"Supplies were the weakest link. The Russians monitored our supply lines, so it became more difficult - there was a real lack of drinking water, despite our deliveries by boat and drone.
"No-one knows the goals. Many believe that the command simply abandoned us. The guys believe that our presence had more political than military significance. But we just did our job and didn't get into strategy."
"Several brigades were supposed to be posted here, not individual companies - we just don't have enough men.
"There are a lot of young guys among us. We need people, but trained people, not the green ones we have there now. There are guys who had spent just three weeks in training, and only managed to shoot a few times.
"It's a total nightmare. A year ago, I wouldn't have said that, but now, sorry, I'm fed up.
"Everyone who wanted to volunteer for war came a long time ago - it's too hard now to tempt people with money. Now we're getting those who didn't manage to escape the draft. You'll laugh at this, but some of our marines can't even swim."
"I got out after getting concussed from a mine, but one of my colleagues didn't make it - all that was left of him was his helmet.
"I feel like I escaped from hell, but the guys who replaced us last time got into even more hell than us.
"But the next rotation is due. My time to cross the river again is soon."
#Source
(https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67565508)
@Slavyangrad (http://t.me/Slavyangrad)
Brazilian Ambassador to Russia Rodrigo de Lima Baena Soares:
We are not following the sanctions regime imposed by some countries against Russia. We follow the sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council, and this is not the case. We have normal trade relations with Russia, we are expanding bilateral trade. So the issue of sanctions is not an issue for us because we are not complying with them.
Note: Here comes the real basis of international relations.
Those sanctions imposed on Russia are not international sanctions, but unilateral restrictions. On the part of the U.S. and its six. The rest of us can tell them to go to hell .
Yes, that's the reason why cooperation between Russia and Iran has been stalled. There were sanctions from the UN Security Council. Now the time for sanctions is over. You want to impose them again? Veto power from China and Russia.
And one more thing, to understand the structure of the UN as a shitty organization. It is very convenient for the US to attract votes of small countries (Marshall Islands, for example, which are totally dependent on the US) to its side. This is the main problem with the UN as an organization. Corporatocracy loves small countries, it's easier to solve their issues. And it always squeals like the last bitch when some nation starts to unite. They squealed the same way when Italy became united, when the Germans became united, when China became united, when there were hints of a united Africa. They are squealing now, when the triune Russian people started to gather again.
@Slavyangrad
Kirghiz came to the SMO as a volunteer:
This is the point at which the end of American hegemony will begin. I came to participate in a historic event.
Note: and this is just the beginning. As soon as American feet officially set foot here (it is the former Soviet Union itself that is holding back the former Soviet Union
A lot of people see it as a sibling rivalry-- no need to get involved.), the fun will begin. And even part of the former Warsaw Block will be able to join.
@Slavyangrad
‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦At night, 5 “geraniums” hit targets in Ukraine, and the enemy attacked an oil depot in Lugansk
▪️The Air Defense Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces report that they were unable to shoot down 5 Russian kamikaze drones out of 23 where they hit - it is not reported.
▪️Meanwhile, the military commandant’s office of the LPR reports that the enemy also launched a UAV, hitting a fuel tank in Lugansk, the fire was localized. While extinguishing the fire, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to strike again, but this time against the Emergencies Ministry employees. Fortunately, casualties were avoided.
#Source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/57632)
The Israeli army blew up the Supreme Court building in Gaza, as it had previously done with the parliament building.
#Source (https://t.me/milinfolive/111951)
Ukrainian channel Rezident:
Political telegram channels have been writing about the conflict between Zelensky and Zaluzhny for a long time, and now our media has woken up. This discord could have been stopped long ago, but now passions have run high.
Zelensky is in conflict with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny and the Office of the President is considering the possibility of dismissing the Commander-in-Chief, writes the Ukrayinska Pravda publication, citing sources.
The publication writes that Zelensky communicates with some commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, bypassing Zaluzhny, which prevents the commander-in-chief from commanding the army.
“Sometimes there is an impression that Zelensky has two types of Armed Forces: the “good” ones, which are commanded by Syrsky and other favorites, and the “bad” ones, who are subordinate to Zaluzhny. This greatly demotivates the commander-in-chief and, most importantly, prevents him from commanding the entire army,” sources say.
In particular, communication bypassing Zaluzhny is with the commanders of the Ground Forces, Syrsky and the Air Force, Oleshchuk.
Because of this, Zaluzhny sometimes receives information from his formal subordinates at Headquarters, and sometimes he does not receive it at all.
Also, “instability in the command vertical” of Zaluzhny was caused by the resignations of the commander of the Special Operations Forces Khorenko and the commander of the medical forces Ostashchenko. And the criminal case against the commander of the Joint Forces Naev for the defense of the south near Zaluzhny is regarded as an attempt to get close to the commander-in-chief himself. Let us remember that he also testified in this case.
But the relationship between the president and the commander-in-chief worsened most of all after the start of the counteroffensive in the south.
Sources also talk about the conflict at Headquarters between Zaluzhny and the head of the State Bureau of Investigation, Sukhachev, when the latter reported on purges in military registration and enlistment offices due to corruption.
Zaluzhny made it clear that because of this, mobilization indicators are falling.
“I want to thank law enforcement officers, the topic of corruption is important. But I also want to announce the latest data on mobilization,” Zaluzhny said and reported a drop in the level of mobilization in all regions.
According to Ukrayinska Pravda, Zaluzhny told Pentagon head Lloyd Austin about the conflict with Bankova during his visit to Kyiv.
“Austin later told us that Zaluzhny complained about how they interfered with him, that the Office is not like this, this one is not like that, the other is not like that. Well, it is clear that the president also found out about such conversations. And they do not contribute to trust,” says the source.
It was Austin's visit, according to media reports, that became an additional catalyst for tension between the military and political leadership.
“There is an impression that after Austin’s arrival, Zelensky came closer to the decision to replace Zaluzhny. At Headquarters, on the contrary, quarrels disappeared and jokes began, but this is a very cold and caustic humor. The President asks, like, “What, we are advancing heroically - we moved 200 meters ", and Valera is angrily silent," one of the Headquarters members told the publication.
According to sources, the President's Office is considering Zaluzhny's resignation, but believes that it will contribute to his political career. Therefore, part of Zelensky’s team is categorically against this.
#Source (https://t.me/rezident_ua/20703)
Ukrainian channel Legitimny:
Bankova leaked part of the inside information to the media about the arrival of US Secretary of Defense Austin, who met with Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny.
The office general leaked the information. The insider emphasized that Zaluzhny complains to everyone about office workers and asks for millions of ammunition that is not available in the world. In this way, Zaluzhny is made into a person with a “lack of sense” and a character who introduces an imbalance into the unity of power. Allegedly, everything is Za’s fault, not Ze’s.
This is a continuation of Bankova’s policy of discrediting the commander in chief, and the leak to the UP is controlled.
We will add what the functionaries kept silent.
1. Austin warned Zelensky that Zaluzhny’s resignation would have consequences in terms of international support. Many countries may simply begin to ignore Kyiv’s requests for help, as they will consider Zee a usurper who hid behind the war, while he himself is building his own dictatorship. Ukraine will find itself even more isolated.
2. The republicans in the United States will take advantage of Zaluzhny’s resignation and will block any assistance to Kyiv.
3. Many world leaders will publicly support Zaluzhny if he calls Bankovaya to account and accuses him of many failures. The United States will secretly support the commander-in-chief, but publicly will play the role of “referee.”
By the way, the network immediately insided that Austin came to reconcile Ze and Za, but as we see, Bankovaya did not listen and continued the information attack on the commander in chief.
We are watching...
#Source (https://t.me/legitimniy/16825)
Ukrainian channel Strana:
Ukraine itself should have increased its ammunition production since 2014, said retired American General Ben Hodges.
"Let's be honest - what has Ukraine done since 2014? There should already be mountains of artillery ammunition. One can be disappointed that the West is not providing more. And what has Ukraine done since 2014 to increase its own ammunition production? Ukraine was the heart of the Soviet Union's defense industry for decades. Therefore, I believe that Ukraine should do everything possible to increase production," Hodges said.
He cited the example of Germany, which in 1944, under bombing, reached the peak of aircraft production.
"So yes, production can be increased during a war. Production capacity is a reflection of political will. Artillery ammunition is not a machine that an automaker can simply make and sell to anyone. Money must be invested in their production, an order must be placed for a certain number of thousands, for example, missiles," says the general.
According to media reports, Ukraine has requested 17 million shells from the head of the Pentagon.
#Source (https://t.me/stranaua/134095)
⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ Right now, in the area of the Kaliningrad region in the Baltic Sea, for the first time, a very unusual increased activity of NATO reconnaissance aircraft is being observed:
1. Boeing Senri 3rd NATO call sign "NATO 02"
2. USAF Rivet Joint 135 C, call sign "Jake 17".
3. Saab S 100 D Argus Swedish Air Force call sign "SF 34".
4. Bombardier Challenger 650 call sign "Cl60".
5. Unmanned aerial vehicle type Penguin C UAV near Riga Call sign "PNC 2132"
6. Censea 560 XL call sign "BOH 711"
⚡️ Be on the lookout for everyone.
It is very strange .
#Source (https://t.me/svorezevv/22261)
01,12,23 Orekhov - Rabotino
Positional combat operations in the Orekhovsky direction.
Shelling of a crew position of an ATGM installation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine south of Rabotino using an FPV drone of the Russian Armed Forces. Destruction of an ATGM installation.
Georeferencing via https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1597310634083635
47.43169, 35.84171
Source https://t.me/BOBRMORF/392
Georeferencing
#Source (https://t.me/creamy_caprice/3439?single)
🔴 The American strategic reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle Global Hawk continues to conduct reconnaissance operations in the Black Sea .
#Source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/40030)
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kherson direction:
situation as of 16.00 December 4, 2023
🔻In Krynki , the situation remains the same. Ukrainian formations continue to cling to a bridgehead in the populated area, trying to expand the zone of control deeper into the forest.
▪️This night, two assault groups of the 1st battalion of the 38th Marine Marine Corps of the Ukrainian Navy took up positions south of the greenhouses adjacent to the plantings in the south of Krynok, which indicates a slight advance of the Marines to the south.
▪️As a result of artillery fire and mortar fire from the Russian Armed Forces, the group was scattered and suffered losses. The wounded and dead were evacuated to the northern part of the village, from where they were transported to the right bank.
❗️In general, the situation in the Kherson direction has not changed. Ukrainian marines are trying to move deeper, but without significant success. However, as the weather gets colder, the Dnieper bed will freeze, which will simplify the movement of walking groups across the river.
Considering that the Katran strike group has a bridgehead (of some kind), larger attacks should be expected with the glaciation of the soil and water. Just at this moment, the transfer of units of the 37th Marine Brigade began to the left bank.
Previously, the unit did not participate in battles on the left bank, and it is fully staffed. The introduction of the 37th brigade, on the one hand, indicates losses in other brigades, and on the other, an early activation of the front.
What is curious : with the advent of 37th in the LOC, characteristic changes also appeared in the features of the use of the Bayraktar UAV. The past few days, the drone takes off from the Kulbakino airfield , which has not been observed over the past year.
#Rybar (https://t.me/rybar/54711)
UN peacekeepers and local residents watch Israeli air strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
#Source (https://t.me/new_militarycolumnist/123360?single)
Russian fighters shared their experience of using modernized Krasnopol guided missiles in the Northern Military District zone.
Krasnopol artillery shells are produced by Rostec's subsidiary holding company, High-Precision Complexes.
One of the fighters said that these munitions are actively used on the southern sector of the front. He called the Krasnopol “a very dangerous, very worthy weapon” and added that, for example, it successfully hit a roaming 120-mm mortar used by the enemy.
Another serviceman said that the projectile is aimed using an Orlan drone and hits very accurately.
In 2024, Vysokotochka plans to increase the production of modernized Krasnopols by 25 times. The projectile has an increased firing range, as well as increased accuracy in hitting small targets.
@rostecru
🇷🇺 Sofa General Staff
#Source (https://t.me/jnb_news/39478?single)
FPV drone strikes on Leopard 2A4, truck and "Loaf" of the Ukrainian army, as well as many attacks on infantry and enemy positions. Video: @sudoplatov_official
#Source (https://t.me/milinfolive/111958?single)
The massacre at Verbovoy: the landing force attacks, destroying the militants and capturing the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ support forces
▪️On the Zaporozhye front, airborne regiments continue a series of powerful counterattacks in the Verbovoy area, confidently seizing the initiative from the enemy.
▪️ “We are attacking, continuing to return the forest belts. Artillery and mortars actively helped in suppressing enemy manpower. First, one group of Ukrainian soldiers was killed, then a second group of 8 fascists arrived. They held out for half an hour and also went to Bandera,” say our comrades from the 108th Airborne Regiment .
#Source (https://t.me/ZA_FROHT/24420)
What is known about “Geraniums” with a warhead like the “Solntsepek”
On December 3, reports appeared that the first Geranium-2 loitering munition with a new warhead was shot down in Ukraine. No details are provided, but regardless of the veracity of this information, the hypothetical placement of a thermobaric warhead on kamikaze drones deserves closer study.
Why is this necessary?
The payload of the current modification of the Geran-2 UAV is about 50 kg. This means that it can carry a high-explosive warhead with an explosive mass of about 40-45 kg. It corresponds to two 152-mm projectiles or a pair of 122-mm Grad MLRS rockets.
However, the combination of the characteristics of the Geranium and the new warhead can significantly expand the combat use capabilities of the Russian drone.
How exactly?
A thermobaric projectile upon detonation creates not only a continuous volume of fire with a temperature of up to 3 thousand ° C, but also a high-pressure area that destroys all living things, which is especially effective for use in confined spaces.
In addition, the ammunition is designed to destroy fortifications, as well as concentrations of manpower, vehicles and light armored vehicles. They are also well suited for soft-targets, which are usually located in the rear: control centers, headquarters, warehouses and other rear infrastructure.
At the same time, the range of the Geran-2 UAV solves the problem of the relatively short firing distance of thermobaric projectiles.
The Smerch MLRS has a maximum flight range of the 9M55S missile with a thermobaric warhead - up to 70 km. The MLRS TOS-1A “Solntsepek” and TOS-2 “Tosochka” have a range of up to 6-7 km and over 20 km, respectively. Moreover, the charge power in this case will be quite comparable - about 40 kg for the Geranium versus 45-50 kg for the TOS-1A and 100 kg of fire mixture in the Smerch rocket.
What's the result?
If Geraniums are massively equipped with a new warhead, the focus of their use may shift towards more important targets. Replacing a traditional payload with thermobaric ammunition significantly increases the chances of blowing up an ammunition depot, destroying a cluster of equipment, or effectively destroying a command post in comparison with the Geranium with a high-explosive warhead.
If the decision to create a serial Thermogeranium is made, the Russian Armed Forces will receive an adjustable thermobaric projectile with a flight range of up to 2 thousand km.
In fact, it will be an inexpensive and effective “long arm”, the use of which does not require the involvement of aerospace forces, but at the same time it will be capable of inflicting significant damage on the enemy even in the operational rear.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/77137
#Source (https://t.me/TolkoPoDely/25859)
Boris "Colonel Cassad" Rozhin:
Despite heavy casualties in yesterday's fighting, the IDF continues its attacks to cut the southern Gaza Strip in two. The group's command faces an obvious task - to break the resistance of Hamas and Islamic Jihad units, to reach the sea, and to try to undermine as many tunnels as possible in the breached gut.
#Source (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/105502)
Ukrainian Soldiers Across the Front Are Exhausted
Ukrainian soldiers are staring at the backs of their retreating officers in Avdeevka. Their minimal Summer gains are slowly being eroded by a Russian military that show no sign of slowing down, and western support seems to be abating.
In October the Whitehouse said (https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kirby-bluntly-says-ukraine-aid-near-end-rope-wont-be-indefinit) that large scale military assistance was coming to “the end of the rope” and would not be indefinite. The White House has now shifted into a strategic “blame game”, rewording the statement to the “end of the road without funding”. This may be the stark realization that they are now throwing good money after bad.
Ukrainian officers face new challenges (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/tired-ukrainian-troops-fight-to-hold-back-russian-offensive-they-come-like-zombies/ar-AA1kghsN) in defense, “Step by step, they take our positions,” said Lt. Oleksandr Shyrshyn, deputy commander of an understrength battalion of Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade that is defending a kilometer-long stretch of the front.
The soldiers are now losing trust not just in their own commanders, but in command as a whole. “Our commanders, despite the circumstances, are given orders to take positions that are impossible to hold. That’s why we have such losses among the ordinary soldiers,” said Andrei Bednyaev, an infantryman from Russia’s 114th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade. “They treat us as waste material.” This is not new news for these soldiers.
Two Ukrainian brigades in the Avdeevka area early this month, posted videos on telegram declaring their runwillingess to fight. The second brigade referred to the first as cowards but said they could not manage the fight on their own.
The Ukrainian military is throwing some of it's most battled hardened soldiers into a meat grinder Kiev stepped into in Krinky in Kherson oblast. Some believe this landing to be a failing for Russia. A soldier recently interviewed by the BBC—reported on SLG earlier today—says (https://t.me/Slavyangrad/77224) otherwise.
No one knows the goals. Many believe that the command simply abandoned us. The guys believe that our presence had more political than military significance. This opinion has been voiced consistently by Pro-Russian sources, but that it has come to western media, has dispelled notions of the superiority of Ukraine’s military for good.
The question of whether Ukraine can achieve the promised victory is now entirely rhetorical. Foreign Affairs admitted earlier this month that a new definition of “Success in Ukraine” must be established.
Recent attempts by Zalunzhny and western media to frame this conflict as a WWI style stalemate primarily operate on two false analogues. Firstly, the world is not fighting with Ukraine, they are fighting through Ukraine. Secondly, Russia has a clear path forward, Russia has gained the initiative, and its war economy is continuing to ramp up.
The stalemate narrative serves only as a best case scenario for Ukraine.
@Slavyangrad
Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (4 December 2023)
▫️ In Kupyansk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/33176), units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery repelled one attack of assault groups of the AFU 57th Mechanised Brigades close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region).
Up to 35 servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system have been eliminated.
▫️ In Krasny Liman direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/33177), units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, helicopters, and artillery repelled five attacks of assault groups of the AFU 63rd and 67th mechanised brigades close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 280 servicemen, five Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.
▫️ In Donetsk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/33178), units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th, 93rd mechanised brigades near Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy lost up to 300 servicemen, two armoured personnel carriers, and three motor vehicles.
▫️ In South Donetsk direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/33179), units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by helicopters and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU 102nd Territorial Defence Brigade close to Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 100 servicemen, four armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
▫️ In Zaporozhye direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/33180), one attack launched by assault groups of the AFU 118th Mechanised Brigade near Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region) was repelled by the Russian Group of Forces, air strikes, and artillery fire.
The enemy lost up to 40 servicemen, two armoured personnel carriers, and three motor vehicles.
▫️ In Kherson direction (https://t.me/mod_russia/33180), units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by aviation and artillery inflicted losses on clusters of manpower and hardware of the AFU 36th, 37th marines brigades near Tyaginka (Kherson region).
Up to 50 servicemen, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M777 artillery system, as well as one Giatsint howitzer have been neutralised by fire.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 107 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down 30 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novovodyanoye, Lisichansk (Lugansk People's Republic), Peski, Spornoye, and Aleksandrovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Novaya Zburyevka, (Kherson region) and Tokmak (Zaporozhye region), as well as one HIMARS MLRS projectile.
@Slavyangrad
🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 “🅾️brave” are advancing, wedged into the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 2 km near the border of the Kharkov region and Donbass
▪️ “In the LIMAN direction, the enemy has advanced east of Ternov and Yampolovka up to 2 km deep,” admits the Deep State analytical resource working for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪️In the area of the “Shirokiy Ovrag” ravine, Russian troops advanced up to 800 m deep.
▪️Northwest of Dibrovy, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the eastern direction. Clarifications have been added to the map.
▪️ “The situation is difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Ternov and Torskoye, the Russians are again having tactical successes today,” Ukrainian analysts write in their reports today.
▪️The Russians previously set themselves the task of eliminating the Ukrainian bridgehead on the eastern bank of Zherebets and reaching Oskol and Liman.
▪️ For the last 10 days, the Russian Armed Forces have been actively carrying out attacks, taking advantage of the rotations of units and they managed to occupy a fairly large space, knocking out the Armed Forces of Ukraine from a number of positions.
▪️Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that in the Liman direction, the Russian Armed Forces launched 3 attacks in the Serebryansky forestry area in the LPR.
▪️And the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports that in the Krasnolimansky direction , 5 attacks by assault groups of the 63rd and 67th infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of the settlements Yampolovka and Chervonaya Dibrova.
▪️Enemy losses: up to 280 militants, 5 Kozak armored combat vehicles and 3 vehicles.
#Source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/57654)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Beryslav
🕰 Date: ~03.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: 46.837333, 33.423333
📝 Description: A Russian drone attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone operators in Beryslav.
🖥 id: 04122023.0721
✉️source: https://t.me/Dnepro_Rub/1617
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Avdiivka
🕰 Date: ~03.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: Tank pos: 48.12028, 37.78988
Strike direction: 48.11938, 37.78797
📝 Description: The Russian tank operates in the industrial call Avdiivka for the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
🖥 id: 04122023.0653
✉️source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/3432
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Stepove
🕰 Date: ~03.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.556000, 35.490000
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces reconnaissance station near Stepove.
🖥 id: 04122023.1109
✉️source: https://t.me/rusich_army/12043
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Avdiivka
🕰 Date: ~03.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.1868888688, 37.6946101427
📝 Description: The Ukrainians are using new tactics for FPV Drone. Ukrainians conduct reconnaissance with a drone, after which they launch a mortar strike in the Avdiivka Region.
🖥 id: 04122023.0657
✉️source: https://t.me/in_factum/19941
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Klishchiivka
🕰 Date: ~03.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.520571, 37.954759
📝 Description: Russian Grad attacks the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Klishchiivka.
🖥 id: 04122023.1455
✉️source: https://t.me/motopatriot/17281
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Stepove
🕰 Date: ~04.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: 48.194444, 37.682444
📝 Description: A Russian ATGM damaged a Ukrainian Armed Forces Bradley tank near Stepove.
🖥 id: 04122023.1526
✉️source: https://x.com/_Surovikin_/status/1731641891190407295?s=20
Map: MilitarySummaryMap (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Robotyne
🕰 Date: ~04.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.43169, 35.84171
📝 Description: A Russian drone attacked an ATGM of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Robotyne.
🖥 id: 04122023.1408
✉️source: https://t.me/creamy_caprice/3438
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🌐 Place: #Robotyne
🕰 Date: ~04.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.44305 35.80956
📝 Description: Russian drones attack positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Robotyne area.
🖥 id: 04122023.1728
✉️source: https://t.me/sudoplatov_official/860
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🌐 Place: #Urozhaine
🕰 Date: ~04.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.7418448, 36.8281185
📝 Description: A Russian ATGM destroyed an Ukrainian Armed Forces observation post in a water tower near Urozhaine.
🖥 id: 04122023.1754
✉️source: https://t.me/ChDambiev/26798
🇺🇦🚛🇺🇸Zelensky Told the World, Ukraine is 'Winning', Now he Flees?
Russian news site Pravda is reporting that the US Secret Service is preparing a comprehensive plan to "Relocate" Vladimir Zelensky and his entire family to the United States.
Zelenskys wife recently said she didn't want him to be president next term...
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Washington Post on the failures of the Ukrainian Counteroffensive of 2023:
The goal for the first 24 hours was to advance nearly nine miles, reaching the village of Robotyne — an initial thrust south toward the larger objective of reclaiming Melitopol, a city near the Sea of Azov, and severing Russian supply lines.
The Ukrainian troops had expected minefields but were blindsided by the density. The ground was carpeted with explosives, so many that some were buried in stacks. The soldiers had been trained to drive their Bradleys at a facility in Germany, on smooth terrain. But on the mushy soil of the Zaporizhzhia region, in the deafening noise of battle, they struggled to steer through the narrow lanes cleared of mines by advance units.
Troops, some experiencing the shock of combat for the first time, pulled back to regroup — only to attack and retreat, again and again on successive days, with the same bloody results.
“It was hellfire,” said Oleh Sentsov, a platoon commander in the 47th.
Rather than making a nine-mile breakthrough on their first day, the Ukrainians in the nearly six months since June have advanced about 12 miles and liberated a handful of villages. Melitopol is still far out of reach.
This second part is based on interviews with more than 30 senior Ukrainian and U.S. military officials, as well as over two dozen officers and troops on the front line. Some officials and soldiers spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe military operations.
Key findings from reporting on the campaign include:
● Seventy percent of troops in one of the brigades leading the counteroffensive, and equipped with the newest Western weapons, entered battle with no combat experience.
● Ukraine’s setbacks on the battlefield led to rifts with the United States over how best to cut through deep Russian defenses.
● The commander of U.S. forces in Europe couldn’t get in touch with Ukraine’s top commander for weeks in the early part of the campaign amid tension over the American’s second-guessing of battlefield decisions.
● Each side blamed the other for mistakes or miscalculations. U.S. military officials concluded that Ukraine had fallen short in basic military tactics, including the use of ground reconnaissance to understand the density of minefields. Ukrainian officials said the Americans didn’t seem to comprehend how attack drones and other technology had transformed the battlefield.
● In all, Ukraine has retaken only about 200 square miles of territory, at a cost of thousands of dead and wounded and billions in Western military aid in 2023 alone.
https://t.me/SLGmaps/417
WashingtonPost full article here (https://archive.ph/2023.12.04-165309/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/04/ukraine-counteroffensive-stalled-russia-war-defenses/)
@Slavyangrad
Via NGP RaZVedka:
😄 Something is constantly preventing the Ukrovoyaks from achieving victory: either fighting bushes , or frozen ground 🤷🏼♂️
Everybody dance! 😅
#Source (https://t.me/negumanitarnaya_pomosch_Z/12831)
Israeli Air Force warplanes are currently striking targets in Khan Yunis, a key city in the southern Gaza Strip.
#Source (https://t.me/new_militarycolumnist/123394)
Sweden's entry into NATO delayed again
Due to the position of Hungary and Turkey, the process “several weeks” dragged on for many months, Western media note.
The Turkish parliament again postponed the vote on Sweden's admission to NATO. The Turks did not like the proposal to ban the construction of new mosques and destroy some of the existing ones, which came from the head of the far-right Swedish Democrats, Yimmi Åkesson. In addition, Ankara is unhappy with Stockholm's support for Kurdish organizations.
The Hungarian parliament is also delaying approval of Sweden's membership. In September, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Hungary was “in no hurry” to admit Sweden to NATO because Swedish security was “not in danger.”
#Source (https://t.me/WarDonbass/131999)
The United States is now using the remnants of financial assistance to Ukraine, about 97% of these resources have been exhausted - State Department
#Source (https://t.me/genshtab24/41425)
Our guys advanced more than two kilometers near Ternov and Yampolovka in the Krasnolimansky district of the DPR
#Source (https://t.me/polk105/14383)
A captured Ukrainian serviceman was punished for rescuing an injured comrade
AFU POW said that the command sent him to slaughter after he pulled a seriously wounded comrade out of the shelling.
'We were there for two days in the rain and in the mud. There was no shelter. The order came to shift us. It was dark, there were gunshots. I saw that my comrade was wounded. I took him out, for which I was punished by the company commander – 'why did you pull him out, you had to take someone lighter'. Well, I was transferred to strike fighters,' said POW Leonid Moskvin.
After being transferred to the strike fighters, the serviceman was sent to the positions where he came under fire, was shell-shocked and taken prisoner.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Avdeevka coke plant.
Khokhols are always dissatisfied with something, and everyone always owes everything to them)))
#source (https://t.me/avdeevkaru/41518)
(https://t.me/yurist_yug/622)@Slavyangrad
🔴 The enemy reported that after Geranium’s arrivals in Borovaya there were powerful fires
#Source (https://t.me/rezervsvo/40073)
"A hellish triangle for the enemy: Rabotino — NovoProkopovka — Verbovoe"
Military commander Vlad Andris showed the current state of the roads between the first and second lines of Russian defense.
The muddy road practically immobilized wheeled vehicles. Riders have to rotate to the gray zone and then walk — in fact, to slaughter.
#source (https://t.me/vrogov/13152)
(https://t.me/yurist_yug/622)@Slavyangrad
Fighter Bomber (https://t.me/fighter_bomber) gives a demo that Russian jets can now drop:
4xUMPK FAB-500M62 in a salvo.
#Source
(https://t.me/fighter_bomber/14935)
@Slavyangrad (http://t.me/Slavyangrad)
U.S. officials are in talks with other countries to create “some sort of maritime task force” involving ships from partner countries along with U.S. ships to help ensure “safe passage for ships in the Red Sea.”
This was announced by National Security Advisor to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan.
#Source (https://t.me/stranaua/134156)
NGP RaZVedka:
🔵 Terminator in action. Avdeevskoe direction.
Exclusive from NGP.
BMPT-72, also known as Terminator-2, visited Ukrainian positions in the area of the former air defense unit, and carried out an operation to consolidate enemy forces using autocannons; every enemy on our land must receive high-explosive fragmentation gifts, in the interests of harmony and common sense.
Some called this combat vehicle Kremlin cartoons when it was first introduced to the general public.
Well, how do you like our cartoons?
#Source (https://t.me/negumanitarnaya_pomosch_Z/12832)
Kupyansk direction.
According to the latest information, the Russian Armed Forces control the northern part of the village of Sinkovka, north of the Gnilushka River. In the southern part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
🇷🇺 Sofa General Staff
#Source (https://t.me/jnb_news/39499)
⚡️Geraniums are flying to Odessa region
#Source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/179069)
❗️According to a number of reports, the Russian Armed Forces advanced in the southwest of Bakhmut, occupying a number of positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the territory of city dachas .
In this direction, it is worth noting that this is where the direct and fastest road to the village of Krasnoye lies ( an important defense point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the west of Bakhmut, a distance of less than 1.5 km).
However, what remains ahead is the “ Chernobylets ” gardening partnership and the territory of the Bakhmut aerodrome , which is not used for its intended purpose (!).
#Source (https://t.me/rabotyno/682)
💥In the area of Chuguev and Izyum, Geran-2 drones hit infrastructure facilities. Fires are reported.
#Source (https://t.me/izvestia/154218)
The Internet was completely cut off in the south of the Gaza Strip
The Al Jazeera network announced on Monday night that Israel has completely cut off the Internet and communication networks in the south of the Gaza Strip, especially in the city of Khan Yunis.
🇮🇱🇵🇸
Zin Note: Yep, that'll make it easy for the civilians to get the notice to evacuate before the carpet bombing...
#Source (https://t.me/iran_daily24/39044)
The UK’s most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, the Guardian can reveal.
The astonishing disclosure and its potential effects have been consistently covered up by senior staff at the vast nuclear waste and decommissioning site, the investigation has found.
The Guardian has discovered that the authorities do not know exactly when the IT systems were first compromised. But sources said breaches were first detected as far back as 2015, when experts realised sleeper malware – software that can lurk and be used to spy or attack systems – had been embedded in Sellafield’s computer networks.
It is still not known if the malware has been eradicated. It may mean some of Sellafield’s most sensitive activities, such as moving radioactive waste, monitoring for leaks of dangerous material and checking for fires, have been compromised.
Sources suggest it is likely foreign hackers have accessed the highest echelons of confidential material at the site, which sprawls across 6 sq km (2 sq miles) on the Cumbrian coast and is one of the most hazardous in the world.
Read the Guardian article here (https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/04/sellafield-nuclear-site-hacked-groups-russia-china)
@Slavyangrad
🤣US Air Force base in Charleston, South Carolina
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/4898)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front #Summary for 4 Dec 2023 by 19:09⚡️
🔹In #Kherson Direction, the AFU retain control over the central part of #Krynki. Our army continues the attempts to push them out. Our aviation continues to hit AFU positions on both banks of the #Dnieper with FABs. Our forces have hit a Krab howitzer.
🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction, the fights are fierce, with no changes in the frontline. Moreover, today the Ukrainian army is showing more initiative on the ground. Our forces repelled an attack west of #Rabotino. Now artillery is working on the AFU positions, North of #Verbovoye, the enemy is hitting our positions with clusters and heavy artillery. Our army is firmly holding the lines.
🔹In #SouthDonetsk Direction, without news. Most likely, mutual shelling continues there without any progress on the ground.
▪️ In #Maryinka, in the northwest, our army cleans the outskirts house by house. There is a report that the AFU is hastily pulling up reserves in this area.
🔹In #Donetsk Direction, our offensive at #Avdeyevka continues. In the north our fighters have expanded the zone of control in #Stepovoye and moved south of the village. We are advancing towards #Novokalinovo and have taken positions near the reservoir. At Coke Plant, the main efforts are aimed at fire defeat of the AFU. Preparations are underway to storm the powerful enemy fortification. On the southern flank, the AFU tried to counterattack towards the industrial zone. The attempt has been uncompromisingly repelled. Having come close to the north, our people conduct reconnaissance by combat. Attempts of disturbing attacks by the AFU near #Gorlovka continue, and the town itself remains under heavy enemy fire.
🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, our fighters expanding the zone of control near #Khromovo (#Artyomovskoye) towards #Krasnoye (#Ivanovskoye). The battles in #Kleshcheyevka and near #Andreyevka continue unabated, although the results are not so visible on the map.
🔹In #Svatovo Directions, our forces are striking at AFU facilities in #Kharkov region, #Kupyansk itself and the district. The AFU's attempts to regain lost positions in the #Serebryanskoye forest failed. Similarly at #Torskoye, all attacks have been repulsed by our military. Ours continue their offensive in #Sinkovka, south of Liman Pervoye and near #Pervomayskoye. The AFU command is moving reinforcements to #Dvurechnaya.
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/5270)🇮🇱🇵🇸⚔️ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 4 December 2023⚡️
🔹In the #Gaza Strip, the IDF's battles with Palestinian groups have been gaining momentum in recent days. In the central part of the enclave, the Israelis are consolidating their positions between Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis, splitting the region into several more parts. It is likely that in the coming days the army will make a dash to the Al-Rashid highway on the Mediterranean coast in order to realise these plans.
🔹On Gaza City's southeastern outskirts, the IDF has also become more active in the Shuja'iyya neighbourhood. Israeli soldiers are advancing with fighting deep into Baghdad Street. It is most likely that another key direction of the IDF in the near future will be precisely this direction, where, according to the Israelis, a large number of militant targets are concentrated.
🔹In the West Bank of the Jordan River, raids by Israeli security forces continue, which traditionally escalate into clashes with local residents. The most violent clashes occurred in Qalandiya, Qalqilya and Jenin.
🔹On the #Israel-#Lebanon border, exchanges of strikes continue. In one of their attacks on Shtula, Hezbollah fighters managed to wound three IDF soldiers.
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📜 RYBAR (https://t.me/rybar/54730); 4 Dec 2023, 21:54
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/5201)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the SMO #Highlights in the Territory of the Former Ukraine by 23:17 Moscow Time for 4 December 2023⚡️
🔹1. #Artyomovsk (#Bakhmut) Direction:
▪️ The RFAF continue to advance northwest and west of #Artyomovsk. The main focus is now on occupying enemy positions near #Bogdanovka, which will create prerequisites for an attack on the village itself and also provide opportunities for advancing towards #Krasnoye from the north.
▪️ To the south of #Artyomovsk, fighting continues north of #Kleshcheyevka village.
▪️ #Kleshcheyevka and #Andreyevka are in the grey zone.
▪️ #Kurdyumovka is under the RF Armed Forces.
🔹2. #Avdeyevka:
▪️ The RFAF continue to expand the zone of control in the area of the industrial zone.
▪️ To the south of the city in the area of #Severnoye, there are small advances in favour of the RFAF.
▪️ To the north, fighting continues for the settlement of #Stepovoye, most of the village is in the grey zone.
▪️ West of #Krasnogorovka, there is also fighting without significant advances. Bad weather makes it difficult to conduct combat operations.
🔹3. #Maryinka:
▪️ The town has not yet been taken.
▪️ The enemy is held in the northwestern part closer to the outskirts. Reinforcements are being transferred. The rate of advance of our troops is not high.
▪️ We should not be in a hurry to declare the complete liberation of #Maryinka.
🔹4. #Zaporozhye Direction:
▪️ The situation is stable.
▪️ The enemy has gone on the defensive in most areas.
▪️ Near #Verbovoye and #Novoprokopovka our troops are increasing pressure on the enemy positions.
🔹5. #Vremyevka Ledge, #Ugledar, #Gorlovka, #Krynki, #Svatovo-#Kupyansk - no changes.
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⚡️ (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/5271)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 4 December 2023⚡️
🔹The activity of the RF Armed Forces on all sections of the front has increased significantly. In the #Kupyansk section, Russian fighters destroyed another AFU crossing in #Kupyansk. Positional battles continue on the northern outskirts of #Sinkovka. To the south, the servicemen have occupied the Shirokaya beam on the #Torskoye ledge, advancing up to a km forward.
🔹In the #Soledar direction, the Russian Army occupied the #Bakhmut dachas on the western outskirts of #Bakhmut, forcing Ukrainian formations to retreat. There is fierce fighting in the area of tactical heights near #Kleshcheyevka.
🔹On #Avdeyevka's northern flank, Russian troops are fighting on the approaches to #Stepovoye, expanding the zone of control near the #Avdeyevka Coke Plant. The enemy is actively using armoured vehicles in this area in order to stop the advance of the RF Armed Forces.
🔹In the #Orekhov section, the RF Armed Forces went on the offensive at the #Rabotino - #Verbovoye line: the enemy redeployed its forces to other directions, which created good conditions for a counterattack.
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📜 RYBAR (https://t.me/rybar/54733); 4 Dec 2023, 23:47
t.me/sitreports /@rybar/#smo/
⚡️ (https://t.me/readovkanews/70347)🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ War Map and the Situation on the Fronts for the Evening of 4 December 2023; pub. 00:05⚡️
👍 The AFU staged (https://t.me/readovkanews/70324) a kamikaze drone attack on the Oktyabrsky market in #Donetsk. The strike was carried out precisely at the moment when civilians were gathering. Among the injured are a girl seller and a buyer.
⚔️ Situation on the Fronts over the past Day
🔹#Svatovo - #Kremennaya Direction:
▪️ In the area of #Sinkovka, the Russian army has advanced.
▪️ Our fighters repulsed all attacks of the AFU at #Torskoye.
🔹#Donetsk Direction:
▪️ In the #Avdeyevka section, our fighters advanced in the areas of #Novokalinovo and #Steponoye. The AFU tried to counterattack in the area of the industrial zone, without success. Fighting continues near #Severnoye.
▪️ In #Maryinka, the Russian army is clearing previously occupied positions. At the moment, the northwestern part of the town is under (https://t.me/boris_rozhin/105507) enemy control.
🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:
▪️ In the #Orekhov section, the Russian Army counterattacked west of #Rabotino and near #Verbovoye.
▪️ On the #Vremevka ledge no changes, positional fighting continues.
🔎 Map in Good Resolution (https://cdn.readovka.ru/c/maps/23/12/4.jpg)
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War Reports - 2023-12-06 (Breaking News)
Ukrainian telegram channel "Legitimny": Everyone realized that now Ukraine cannot win. The offensives have failed, equipment reserves have thinned out, the shortage of ammunition has worsened, public disappointment is off the charts, and no one wants to fight.
