War Reports - 2023-12-13
The Houthis have issued a statement regarding the targeting of a Norwegian oil tanker that was going to Israel:
"In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful
God Almighty said: {O you who have believed, if you support you, Allah will support you and make your feet firm.} God Almighty has spoken the truth.
A victory for the oppression of the Palestinian people, who are currently being subjected to killing, destruction and siege in the Gaza Strip, and in response to the calls of the free people of our great Yemeni people and the people of our nation.
The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a qualitative military operation against the Norwegian ship "Strinda", which was loaded with oil and headed to the Israeli entity. It was targeted with a suitable naval missile.
Over the past two days, the Yemeni armed forces succeeded in preventing the passage of several ships. They responded to the warnings of the Yemeni naval forces and did not resort to targeting the Norwegian ship loaded with oil until its crew rejected all warning calls.
The Yemeni armed forces will not hesitate to target any ship that violates what was stated in the previous statements.
The Yemeni armed forces confirm that they continue to prevent all ships of all nationalities heading to Israeli ports from navigating in the Arab and Red Seas until they bring in the food and medicine that our steadfast brothers in the Gaza Strip need. And Allah sees what i say."
Sanaa, 29 Jumada al-Awwal 1445 AH
December 12, 2023
https://t.me/TheMediterraneanMan/3745
Congressmen are waiting for a clear strategy to approve aid to Ukraine, but so far the answers are insufficient, Speaker Johnson said after a meeting with Zelensky.
t.me/rt_russian/183118
Well, I’m telling you that this is a circus. American congressmen want an answer from Zelensky to the question of how to defeat Russia! Your Pentagon doesn’t know the answer, the CIA doesn’t know the answer, the White House doesn’t know the answer, you in Congress don’t know the answer, NATO and Stoltenberg don’t know the answer - and the clown Zelensky will now teach you how to defeat Russia! This is not the first time that the US’s long-term mania to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia has brought the world to the brink of disaster. Maybe you will calm down there, in Washington? Leave Russia and the whole world alone. No one threatens the security of the United States - neither Russia nor China. It was you who provoked wars around the world. Look at yourself in the mirror. Yes you.
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The crews of the Ka-52 helicopters of the Center group of troops destroyed a network of strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Russian Ministry of Defense
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(18+) And yes, the eternal truth: Russians* harness slowly, but after that they cannot be stopped!
*Russians of all nationalities and religions - we are all Russian!
Upd: brother khokhol, if you are not a die-hard Banderaite, call VOLGA on any wave, they will help you, you will stay alive, you will return home
#Source (https://t.me/martynov2021/11337)
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Iran successfully tested the Majid missile
Iran has reinforced its air defense capabilities by adding combat drones equipped with air-to-air missiles to its arsenal, state media reported on Sunday. (https://www.thedefensepost.com/2023/12/11/iran-drone-air-to-air-missiles/)
“Dozens of Karrar drones armed with air-to-air missiles have been added for air defense in all border areas of the country,” the official IRNA news agency said.
The drones, with an operational range of up to 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), were exhibited Sunday morning during a televised ceremony organized at a military academy in Tehran.
“The enemies will now have to rethink their strategies” because the Iranian forces have “become more powerful,” IRNA quoted the commander-in-chief of Iran’s army, General Abdolrahim Mousavi, as saying.
The Karrar interceptor drone, the first version of which was unveiled in 2010, has been equipped with a “Majid” thermal missile with a range of eight kilometers (five miles) “made entirely in Iran,” added the agency.
It “succeeded in its operational tests” during military exercises held in October, Mousavi said.
#Source (https://t.me/Irna_ru/13239)
The Ukrainian Tochka-U missile was shot down at 5.00 over the Belgorod region, the Ministry of Defense reported
Air defense shot down the air target over the Belgorod village of Bessonovka, according to preliminary data, there were no casualties or destruction, Governor Gladkov said
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Bosch plans to cut at least 1,500 jobs at two of its factories in Germany by 2025 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bosch-plans-to-cut-1500-jobs-at-two-factories-in-germany/ar-AA1lhx0m) to keep headcount in line with changing demand and technologies in the automotive industry, the maker of car parts company said on Sunday.
The plans, first reported by trade publication Automobilwoche, will affect factories in Stuttgart-Feuerbach and Schwieberdingen.
They are building New Plants in China instead!
Is Scholz excited for the 3rd Car manufacturing laying off workers? Great job!
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The fire on the commercial tanker Strinda continues after an attack from Yemen
US Central Command:
The tanker STRINDA was attacked by what is believed to be an anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) fired from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen while passing through Bab al-Mandeb. STRINDA reported damage resulting in a fire on board, but there are no casualties at this time. There were no US ships nearby at the time of the attack, but USS MASON responded to M/T STRINDA's distress call and is currently providing assistance."
#Source (https://t.me/svezhesti/95101)
Israeli-Palestinian conflict chronicles: December 9-11, 2023
▪️Israeli forces continue to engage in fierce fighting with Palestinian groups in the northern Gaza Strip. In recent days, the Israelis have slowed their advance in the urban development, focusing on the destruction of defensible buildings.
▪️In the northwest, IDF forces are clearing the outskirts of Beit Lahiya to finally encircle the city and form a cauldron. At the same time, a school near the Indonesia Hospital, where civilians had previously taken shelter, was burned down.
▪️Meanwhile, along the coastal zone, Israeli units conduct sporadic attacks in the Sheikh Radwan area. Palestinian groups respond with ambushes and raids on IDF positions, but are unable to seize the initiative.
▪️In the south of the enclave, the Israelis are engaged in fierce fighting in the central areas of Khan Yunis, as well as along the Salah al-Din highway. IDF troops managed to slightly expand their zone of control, reaching the local document issuance office.
▪️Israeli troops continue to massively bomb both the north and the south of the Gaza Strip. Over the entire period of the conflict in the region, more than 18,000 civilians have been killed, and the number of wounded has already exceeded 49,000 people.
▪️In the West Bank, Israeli security forces conduct raids and clash with locals. Large-scale clashes took place in Tubas, the suburbs of Nablus, Qalandia and Hebron. While clashing Israelis and Palestinians used guns.
▪️On the northern border, Hezbollah continues to fire at various IDF military bases and border posts. The Israelis have responded with artillery and air strikes, which have resulted in casualties among locals.
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Al Mayadeen reporter Abdul Quadir has posted alternate video footage of the cruise missile strike on the Norwegian-flagged tanker.
Note: With early footage one should always exercise caution on authenticity.
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Zelensky's visit to the USA is a shameful farce
This is how Ohio Senator J.D. Vance described the Ukrainian President's trip to Washington.
This “absurdity” was conceived by Kiev and the White House in order to put pressure on the Republicans and get another carte blanche, the politician believes.
“We have to go through a very undignified process when Zelensky comes and demands that you, the American taxpayer, give him another 61 billion dollars. This is shameful,” Vance concluded on Fox News.
#Source (https://t.me/absatzmedia/67092)
"This is my road to freedom!"
A Ukrainian has escaped from the freest and most independent country in the world. Mostly, he's happy. But he is also indignant that it has come to this at all.
In the end, he advises all men in Ukraine to do the same - "leave this country, let these... They go and fight!"
Good luck to you, dear man!
#source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/179691)
From the Avdeevka direction there are reports that the Ukrainian garrison suffered major losses in the village of Pervomaiskoye, which is southwest of Avdeevka .
As a result of successful offensive actions carried out by our troops, the area of control south of Avdeevka increased.
The Russian Armed Forces, having taken up new positions, are skirting Pervomaiskoye from the south, waiting for the right moment to enter the village itself and at the same time approaching from the southeast the village of Netailovo, adjacent to the Karlovskoye Reservoir on the east.
At the same time, Russian troops are attacking Ocheretino, northwest of Avdeevka.
All these actions lead to wider coverage of Avdeevka from different directions, and the supply corridor for the Ukrainian garrison remaining in the city itself is becoming increasingly unsafe for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as it is under fire from the Russian army from both the north and the south.
#Source (https://t.me/WarDonbass/132351)
Frontline report for the morning of December 12
▪️Since the evening, Geranium UAVs have been striking the Odessa and Nikolaev regions , explosions were heard in Uman, Cherkasy region , drones were recorded over the Kirovograd region . In the morning, missile strikes were carried out on targets in the Kharkov region and in Ochakov (Nikolaev region).
▪️In the Kherson direction , the situation has not changed, fighting is going on in Krynki , both sides are also hitting each other’s targets in the rear. Information is being received about the enemy's possible preparations for landings in new areas, which may well be another radio game .
▪️On the Zaporozhye front, four enemy attacks were repelled in the Rabotino-Verbovoye sector. At Rabotino, our troops, repelling the enemy’s attack, counterattacked after artillery preparation and occupied some positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Aviation with FAB-500 is used to destroy enemy manpower and equipment in crowded areas.
▪️In the Avdeevsky direction they report that with a daring attack by an armored group of the Russian Armed Forces with the support of the Terminator BMPT on the southern flank , they broke through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of the cottage village "Vinogradniki" and entered the outskirts of Avdeevka in the area of the street. Kolosova. “The density of attacks is colossal, some positions have been lost,” enemy analysts write. On the southern ledge of the front, our troops are conducting massive artillery attacks on the village. Pervomayskoye , pressure is increasing on Severnoye and Tonenkoye . If successful, the Russian Armed Forces will tighten the neck of the “Avdeevsky Sack” even more.
▪️In the area of Artemovsk ( Bakhmut ), the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in the direction of Bogdanovka , as well as in the area of the recently captured Khromovye . The advancement is sensitive for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy writes that “the situation continues to deteriorate, it can be argued that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are starting a defensive operation in the city of Chasov Yar.”
▪️In Serebryansky forestry south of Kremennaya , the actions of our troops intensified.
▪️In the morning in the Belgorod region, an enemy Tochka-U was shot down over the village of Bessonovka , and artillery shelling of peaceful villages in the region continues. The enemy fired 31 rounds of ammunition in the DPR , and a civilian was wounded in Donetsk .
#Source Two Majors (https://t.me/dva_majors/30628)
The Pentagon will send a military specialist to Kiev to develop a new strategy, - NYT
▪️The United States will send Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto to Ukraine to develop a new military strategy, but there is no agreement between Washington and Kiev on its content yet, writes the New York Times.
▪️ “American and Ukrainian military leaders are looking for a new strategy that they can begin implementing next year to revive Kiev’s chances,” the material states.
▪️For these purposes, the Pentagon will send Lieutenant General Antonio Aguto from Germany to Kyiv. He, as the publication reports, will remain in Ukraine for a long time and thus will be able to give more detailed advice to the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪️According to NYT sources, Ukraine favors an offensive to attract the attention of the world community, but American advisers are promoting a more restrained option aimed at holding existing territories and accumulating forces throughout the year. The material says that the goal of this strategy will be to create a significant force with which Russia “will have to reckon and enter into meaningful negotiations at the end of 2024 or already in 2025.”
#Source (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/58064)
Yemeni Brigadier General Yahya Sari commented on the attack on the Norwegian tanker STRINDA and expressed confidence in stopping the work of all Israeli ports in the foreseeable future :
✔️The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces conducted an operation against the Norwegian ship STRINDA
✔️Over the past two days, the Yemeni Armed Forces have managed to prevent the passage of several ships that responded to warnings from the Yemeni Armed Forces.
✔️We did not resort to attacking a Norwegian ship loaded with oil until its crew rejected all warning signals.
✔️The Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to strike any ship that violates what has been stated in previous statements.
✔️We will continue to prevent all ships of all nationalities heading to Israeli ports from sailing in the Arab and Red Seas.
#Source (https://t.me/svezhesti/95111)
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The United States plans to commission the Aegis Ashore missile defense facility in Redzikowo, Poland on December 15
In July 2024, the facility will come under NATO control.
Aegis Ashore is ostensibly designed to protect Europe from ballistic missile attacks from Iran, but in fact can be used to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles at Russian and Belarusian targets.
-A parting gift to the new leader in Poland. It's his problem now.
#Source (https://t.me/China3army/26465)
Russian units in the Zaporozhye region have made significant progress northeast of Novopokrovka, said the head of the region, Balitsky.
The enemy suffers significant losses. We know that units of the Nazi group “Marun”, which suffered significant losses, are being withdrawn from their positions
#Source (https://t.me/c/1046446760/134136)
The EU is trying to bypass Hungary's veto on aid to Ukraine. Large countries of the union can “chip in” for the next package instead of taking money from the general budget. According to the Financial Times, major EU countries are participating in the negotiations, which will become the main sponsors of the emergency aid package. The conversations are being conducted in secret from Budapest. Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban opposed aid to Ukraine being allocated from the general budget. At the same time, he was not against individual EU countries helping Kyiv.
According to the FT, it is very important for the EU to agree on a new aid package amid uncertainty about support for Ukraine in the United States. If the union does not provide further assistance, this will affect the financial stability of Ukraine and will become an “egregious” case.
#Source (https://t.me/uranews/85507)
Western equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and weapons began to fail en masse due to precipitation in the form of freezing rain in the LPR. — Andrey Marochko
“ Due to precipitation in the form of sleet and rain, as well as a series of changes in positive and low temperatures, the armed forces of Ukraine began to experience massive breakdowns of weapons and military equipment supplied by the West ,” Marochko said.
According to him, “ wedges often occur on the guns, and the ramming mechanisms fail .” Western small arms also fail due to bad weather and require constant maintenance.
The expert called the icing of armored vehicles, which prevents the crew from quickly getting inside, an extremely serious problem for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Freezing of vehicles to the ground also does not allow timely use of equipment and requires a long time to warm it up, which is dangerous due to the unmasking of positions.
#Source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/179887)
The Russian Army enters the Avdeevka residential area in the vicinity of the Kirova (Kolosova) St., in the southern sector of the town, west-northwest of the industrial area fronting Yasinovataya.
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The US supplied Israel with artillery shells containing white phosphorus.
Investigative journalists from The Washington Post came to this conclusion.
The publication states that such ammunition was used in October in southern Lebanon. At least nine civilians were injured as a result.
International human rights groups are calling for Israel's use of white phosphorus to be investigated as a war crime.
“The manufacturing codes on the projectiles match the nomenclature used by the U.S. military to classify domestically produced ammunition and indicate that they were manufactured at ammunition depots in Louisiana and Arkansas in 1989 and 1992,” the publication said.
#Source (https://t.me/absatzmedia/67130)
In Sumy, due to the fall of the Kyivstar network, the alarm notification does not work , the local city council reported
City residents will be notified in the event of a missile threat using loudspeakers.
Well done again.
#Source (https://t.me/ukraina_ru/179913)
Ukraine has developed a new air defense system that, at the sight of a Russian missile, asks Biden for money
#Source (https://t.me/Gizru/4442)
🎖 Su-35 fighter pilot Alexey Vedyashchev: “The sensational F-16s will be nailed to the ground just like the rest of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ aviation.”
Alexey is still very young, but in addition to the Northern Military District, he has already fought in Syria. The pilot managed to deceive Ukrainian air defense systems, shoot down enemy aircraft and even destroy equipment. He was born in Kamchatka, there were no military men in his family, but he decided to follow this path and connected himself with aviation.
Alexey graduated from flight school in 2014 and three years later went to Syria, where he spent a total of a year. He also participated in the Northern Military District and received four state awards: medals of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 1st and 2nd degrees, a medal for Courage, and the Order of Courage.
◀️ When you are in the sky you are always under the enemy's gun. You have to constantly maneuver. During my service in the Northern Military District, I had to shoot down not only helicopters and aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also strike armored vehicles ▶️ , says the pilot.
Alexey notes that the advertised F-16s, which were partially transferred to Ukraine, will be shot down, like the rest of Ukrainian aviation, since there is nothing special about them. Planes are like planes. The Ukrainians will not fly them; the maximum they will be used for is to carry and launch high-precision weapons, of course, if they still have them by spring.
The pilot is confident in the victory of the Russian Armed Forces and the complete liberation of new Russian territories from the oppression of the Ukronazis, which have been waiting for this for so long and have finally received it.
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Ukrainian channel Rezident:
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Our source in the OP said that Zelensky is ready to mobilize an additional 500 thousand Ukrainians for a new counter-offensive, while the Office of the President agrees with the General Staff to lower the age limit to 20 years.
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Ivanovo paratroopers destroy the enemy with drops from a drone.
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Diary of a Paratrooper (https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/5408):
🪂 The Russian Armed Forces storm Bogdanovka in the Artemovsk direction.
For the enemy, this section of the front is becoming increasingly tense. crests suffer one failure after another.
On the northern flank, our troops are advancing at Bogdanovka, and there is also an advance east of this settlement and north of Khromovo.
Using targeted strikes from rocket artillery and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, we destroy enemy concentrations both at Bogdanovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. In recent days, our soldiers have managed to regain a number of previously lost positions.
In addition, advances are recorded in the area of the highway leading to Chasov Yar, where the largest enemy forces are concentrated; the territory is used as one of the key bases in the direction.
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❗️ In Ukraine, communication is lost and the metro is drowning
Today, one of the largest operators, Kyivstar, has stopped working in Ukraine. Since 8 am, subscribers have been reporting problems with mobile communications and the Internet.
The operator itself stated that it was subject to hacker attacks. Due to the increased load on other operators (Vodafone and Lifecell), in some cities mobile communications stopped working altogether.
At the same time, there are reports of hacker attacks on banking and other infrastructure.
Meanwhile, several more Ukrainian metro stations may close during the year. Thus, the blue line in Kharkov, where leaks at the Akademika Barabashova station have become commonplace, could be flooded.
In Kyiv, the next candidate could be the Osokorki station, where uncontrolled multi-storey development along the lakes could cause the tunnels to collapse.
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❗️❗️ Ukrainian monitoring resources report that our missiles, X-59, are heading towards Krivoy Rog .
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The VSUshnik decided to pretend to be “cargo 200,” but the drone operator from the 114th brigade did not believe him. To improve acting, F-1 was prescribed.
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🌐 Place: #Novodanylivka
🕰 Date: ~11.12.2023
📌 Coordinates: 47.520700, 35.813800
📝 Description: The Russian military destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces howitzer near Novodanylivka.
🖥 id: 12122023.0831
✉️source: https://t.me/rusich_army/12164
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