War Reports - 2024-12-16 - Main Report

Dec 15, 2024

🔥 Grad MLRS deliver powerful strikes

Grad MLRS crews of the Zapad Group of Forces wiped out AFU armoured hardware, artillery guns, and a manpower cluster.

The servicemen utilise the element of surprise. The enemy's is not aware from where rocket will be launched. It takes just a few minutes for the artillerymen from acquiring coordinates to firing.

💬 Deputy platoon leader with the call sign 'Mantr' spoke about targets, which MLRS crews engage.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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🗓 Top News Today

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18318) the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy losses amounted to more than 200 troops.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18317) three depots of unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️The Tsentr Group of Forces improved (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18316) the tactical situation. Russian units engaged manpower and materiel of two mechanised brigades, one jaeger brigade, one motorised infantry brigade, one assault brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and two national guard brigades.

▫️The Russian Defence Ministry footage of towed Giatsint-B (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18322) guns, T-80BV (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18324) tanks, Strela-10 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18312) SAM systems, combat engineer (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18313) units, FPV drone (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18323) pilots.

▫️The Novosibirsk Strategic Missile Troops Formation deploys Yars mobile missile launchers (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18314) on combat patrol routes.

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🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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📦 Delivery by UAVs

UAV operators of an airborne mobile logistics formation deliver food supplies to units on islands in the Dnepr River’s delta by quadcopters.

UAVs allow to safely deliver supplies to units deployed in the front line.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (15 December 2024)

Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18331))

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

▫️In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on armed formations of one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, and one border detachment of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine near Liptsy, Volchansk, Prilipka, and Zolochev (Kharkov region). One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault detachment was repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to more than 70 troops, two motor vehicles, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer. One ammunition depot was wiped out.

▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade near Kutkovka, Dvurechnaya, Zagryzovo, Lozovaya, Borovaya, Kovsharovka, Kupyansk, Glushkovka (Kharkov region), and Serebryansky forestry. Two counter-attacks launched by AFU units were repelled.

▫️The AFU losses amounted to more than 550 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured personnel carriers, nine motor vehicles, one Italian-made Iveco armoured fighting vehicle, two Italian-made 105-mm Melara guns, one 155-mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, one 152-mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one UK-made 105-mm L119 gun. One ammunition depot and one Anklav electronic warfare station were destroyed.

▫️As a result of decisive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Vesely Gay (Donetsk People's Republic).

Losses were inflicted on formations of two mechanised brigades, two airmobile brigades of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Seversk, Zvanovka, Dachnoye, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and one UK-made 105-mm L119 gun.

▫️As a result of active offensive operations, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Pushkino (Donetsk People's Republic).

Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade of the AFU, one marine brigade, and one assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Dzerzhinsk, Andreyevka, and Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).

Ten counter-attacks launched by the AFU armed formations were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to more than 280 troops, two tanks, three pickup trucks, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (15 December 2024)

Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18330))

▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on formations of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Temirovka (Zaporozhye region), Vremevka, and Zelenoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic). Four counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 155 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one French-made 155-mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery system, and one 80-mm Partisan MLRS launcher.

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one mountain assault brigade, one heavy mechanised brigade of the AFU, and one national guard brigade near Novoandreyevka, Malaya Tokmachka, and Novopavlovka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to more than 70 troops, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, and one 152-mm D-20 gun. One ammunition depot and one electronic warfare station were destroyed.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces eliminated one battle command vehicle, one U.S.-made AN/MPQ-65 radar station, four U.S.-made Patriot SAM launchers, as well as struck infrastructure of military airfields and engaged manpower and military hardware of the enemy in 146 areas.

▫️Air defence units shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, eight U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 116 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 650 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 37,809 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,797 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,501 MLRS combat vehicles, 19,644 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,235 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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⚡️Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (15 December 2024)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.

▫️In the course of offensive operations, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of five mechanised brigades, one tank brigade, two air assault brigades, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Guyevo, Kruglenkoye, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Pavlovka, Pogrebki, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, as well as thwarted two counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the AFU near Aleksandriya, Ivashkovsky, Kurilovka, Mirny as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Petrushovka, and Popovka in Sumy region.

Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 400 troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and 10 mortars. Five AFU servicemen surrendered.

▫️Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 40,860 troops, 241 tanks, 180 infantry fighting vehicles, 125 armoured personnel carriers, 1,256 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,138 motor vehicles, 314 artillery guns, 40 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 74 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 27 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, six armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.

The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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🗓 Top News Today

▫️As a result of successful offensive operations, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation liberated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18330) Vesely Gay and Pushkino in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18332) the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region. Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 400 troops, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, three artillery guns, and 10 mortars.

▫️Air defence units shot down (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18331) one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, eight U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 116 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️The Russian Defence Ministry published footage of UAV operators (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18338), Grad (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18336) MLRS crews, and servicemen of a marine brigade (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18334?single) in action.

▫️Servicemen of the Tsentr Group of Forces told (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18329) about liberation of Petrovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

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🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Shevchenko

🕰 Date: ~14.12.2024

📌 Coordinates: 48.220982,37.133000

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Footage of Ukrainian counterattack repelled by Russian FPV drones and mines near Shevchenko.

🖥 id: 15122024.0859

✉️source: https://t.me/urga_74/2835

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Novoolenivka

🕰 Date: ~14.12.2024

📌 Coordinates: 00:29(48.158829,37.072325)

00:40(48.172087,37.083595)

👩‍🚀 Squad: #Sudoplatov

📝 Description: Russian FPV drones destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles near Novoolenivka.

🖥 id: 15122024.0921

✉️source: https://t.me/sudoplatov_official/3643

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #VeselyiHai

🕰 Date: ~10.12.2024

📌 Coordinates: 47.896944, 37.266389

👩‍🚀 Squad: #39Brigade

📝 Description: Russian military used mines to blow up a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in Veselyi Hai.

🖥 id: 15122024.0832

✉️source: https://t.me/nm_dnr/13099

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Hannivka

🕰 Date: ~15.12.2024

📌 Coordinates: 47.907153, 37.260303

👩‍🚀 Squad: #242Regiment

📝 Description: Russian military raised a flag in Hannivka.

🖥 id: 15122024.1415

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #MalaRybytsia

🕰 Date: ~15.12.2024

📌 Coordinates: 50.964676,35.203850

👩‍🚀 Squad: #GroupNorth

📝 Description: Russian Iskander strikes Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves in Mala Rybytsia.

🖥 id: 15122024.1558

✉️source: https://t.me/warriorofnorth/4816

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Sverdlikovo

🕰 Date: ~15.12.2024

📌 Coordinates: 51.2404109,35.0964911

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian FPV drones destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicles near Sverdlikovo.

🖥 id: 15122024.1607

✉️source: https://t.me/lost_armour/3972

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Fwd from @knyaz_cherkasky

I've had a chance to take a breather and listen to this roundtable discussion on the situation in Syria.

I won't try to be too clever - the smart people there have already said pretty much everything. I'll add my own thoughts (maybe repeating some):

1. Russia's presence is experiencing a disaster. We bet on a horse, saved it from death, but the horse turned out to be a donkey, which we didn't really strive to ennoble, and as a result it unexpectedly died. We have to acknowledge it, accept it, and move on.

2. We can't have any illusions about the three-star usurpers of power. Russia is their opponent, the ally of their main enemy, who diligently steamrolled them, and they remember this.

3. We should save as many pro-Russian people as possible. They will be useful in the future.

4. The bases squeezed by the Turks from the straits and with the airspace blocked from the north, and now also as de facto hostages of the SDF, devalue our advantages and are a negative factor. We are not a counterweight to the Americans right now.

5. If Trump pulls out of Syria, he'll be like Biden with Afghanistan. Abandoned allies and the swelling self-importance of Turkey - no longer a slightly unhinged NATO member.

6. The money for the SDF will be provided or has already been agreed upon by Qatar, at least for the time being.

7. If the SDF does agree to Kurdish autonomy, it will be a blow to Turkey. The Kurds in Syria are different from those in Iraq.

8. The Syrian population is in a euphoric state, waiting for quick improvements. But without huge infusions of money, the situation will not change, but rather, most likely, will worsen.

In conclusion, we need to record the damage, minimize further losses, and let the situation drift further, watching and working on a reboot of the concept. Original msg (https://t.me/knyaz_cherkasky/2767)

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Fwd from @dva_majors

Overview Summary as of the Morning of December 15, 2024

▪️ Anticipating Zelenskyy's expected negotiations after Trump's arrival, the enemy is increasing efforts to hold positions in the Kursk Region, striking our territory with long-range weapons, and forming strike formations to create new tensions. Despite the collapse of the AFU defense in Plyokhovo and narrowing logistics, the enemy is throwing in costly tanks, sacrificing manpower in mobile defense. The ATACMS strike on Taganrog provoked a massive retaliatory raid, but did not stop the "bad heads in Kyiv", even as Trump acknowledges the dead end of using American missiles on Russian territory.

The main question is the direction of the Nazis' last strike, which will allow them to create the appearance of a "strong position" before negotiations. Crimea, Bryansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia may be distracting strikes, as there are reports of a possible AFU attempt to repeat the "Kursk adventure" in the Belgorod direction. The enemy is playing a big game to misinform our intelligence and hide its true intentions.

▪️ The transfer of the 3rd separate assault brigade, including "Azov" terrorists, to Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeisk) speaks of the enemy's reserves. In Kurakhovo, the enemy forbids its surrounded troops to withdraw, delaying our offensive.

▪️ In the Kupiansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are trying to expand the bridgehead on the Oskol River. On the Zaporizhia front, advanced units are conducting offensive operations.

▪️ The supply of equipment to the forward units remains problematic. Dashes to the enemy's positions on self-modified civilian vehicles are common. Defense Minister Belousov is taking personnel measures against military leaders.

▪️ The enemy's actions in the information field aim to mislead our military leadership. Exaggerations about damage and reports about the deplorable state of the AFU are only partially true. The West seeks to grind down our military potential against Ukraine.

Original msg (https://t.me/dva_majors/60225)

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🇺🇸🛰 The United States continues to invest in military space projects. One such initiative is the Next-Gen OPIR program launched in 2018 to create a new generation of missile warning satellite system.

The estimated cost of this initiative is $14 billion. The constellation will consist of two satellites in geostationary orbit and two in highly elliptical polar orbit, with the first satellite planned for launch by the end of 2025. The main contractor is Lockheed Martin Space.

Simultaneously, the Pentagon is developing similar systems for deployment in low and near-Earth orbit. Essentially, this is about tracking launches of any ballistic missiles anywhere in the world and transmitting real-time data on the exact location of launch sites.

📌 Such programs again demonstrate the role the US assigns to confrontation in space. By deploying space infrastructure, the Pentagon seeks to gain technological superiority (https://t.me/rybar/64691) that will neutralize the firepower capabilities of potential (and not only) adversaries.

The transformation of space into a battlefield of modern conflicts is already an almost accomplished fact, in which the lack of countermeasures or similar systems entails expected consequences in the event of hostilities against a party that possesses them.

#space #weapons #USA

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kupiansk-Svatove Direction: On the Russian Airborne Assault in the Masytivka Area

Situation as of 4:00 PM on December 15, 2024

The Kupiansk-Svatove direction is once again in the spotlight. The reason for this is again the "analysts" of the opponent. Since last night, the Ukrainian media have been massively circulating unsubstantiated statements about another Russian Armed Forces crossing of the Oskil River from the direction of Masytivka to the opposite bank.

▪️At the moment, this story resembles the recent events near Novomlyns'k, when the Ukrainian media reported on a "landing" of the Russian Armed Forces in the village, which they then "heroically managed to drive out" of the settlement. As a result of the battles, not a single trophy from the battlefield or a Russian prisoner of war was demonstrated.

No clear footage of objective control has been received from the Masytivka area so far, which could confirm not just the consolidation of Russian servicemen in this area, but at least their presence. Previously, such footage was provided by the opponent, but now even it is absent. Information from the scene also does not confirm a Russian airborne assault on the right bank of the Oskil.

🔻The terrain itself is also not conducive to a crossing to the opposite bank of the river. The elevation difference is about a hundred meters: the entire territory held by the Russian army near Masytivka and Hrianykivka is located in a lowland, and the opposite bank, in addition to the dominant heights, is also abundant with nature reserves and a large number of forests, in which infantry and equipment can be covertly accumulated to repel potential Russian attacks.

▪️In the area of Kolesnikivka and Zahrytsovo, fierce clashes continue. Ukrainian formations and the Russian Armed Forces are striking at positions and using heavy armored vehicles in fire raids.

▪️In addition, on various sources, both pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian, there are reports of the advance of Russian troops in the vicinity of Lozova and northwest of Vyshcheve.

The information is not yet confirmed by objective control footage, but it is possible that the Russian Armed Forces carried out attacks in this area in recent days, taking advantage of unfavorable weather conditions for UAV operators.

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#digest #Kupiansk #map #Russia #Ukraine

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Aleksandr-Kalinovo Direction: Breakthrough into the Khimkolonka Microdistrict and Liberation of the Zabalka Microdistrict

Situation as of 6:00 PM on December 15, 2024

On the Aleksandr-Kalinovo Direction, Russian forces have broken through the enemy's defenses in several sectors in Dzerzhynsk.

▪️Fierce battles in the city are ongoing in the area of the central market. Previously, the AFU defense in this sector relied on the Dzerzhynsky mine - reserves were concentrated there before being redeployed to the urban area. After the facility came under the control of Russian forces, the stability of the enemy's defense line was significantly disrupted.

▪️Southwest, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Khimkolonka microdistrict relying on the mine. This would have been impossible without the elimination of Ukrainian formations' positions on the spoil heaps, from where UAV adjustments and surveillance of the area were carried out.

▪️Currently, spoil heaps No. 1 and 2 are in the "gray zone", attempts by the enemy to regain control over them are being suppressed. Given the recently received geo-referencing and data from local sources, Russian assault teams are confidently advancing in this sector and eliminating AFU defense nodes. Likely, the Russian Armed Forces will soon consolidate on the heights, which will create additional difficulties for the enemy garrison.

❗️A distinctive feature of the battle for Dzerzhynsk has been the widespread use of engineer units by both sides. With their help, the enemy is blowing up multi-story buildings to prevent the Russian Armed Forces from using them as shelters.

▪️In the south of the city, Russian forces have completely pushed Ukrainian formations out of the Zabalka microdistrict. In recent weeks, the enemy has sought to prevent the transfer of its western outskirts under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, for which it has been redeploying reserves through the roads near the spoil heaps.

These routes were reconnoitered by Russian UAV crews, as a result of which many AFU armored groups were burned on the approaches to the microdistrict.

🔻The establishment of control over the spoil heaps and the success of the offensive in the Khimkolonka microdistrict will create the prerequisites for an offensive in the northern part of Dzerzhynsk with the subsequent creation of a northern "pincer" envelopment around the remaining AFU garrison in the city.

Likely, in the near future, the Russian Armed Forces will focus on suppressing the AFU positions on the spoil heaps of the Toretska mine, which are the dominant heights in the urban area.

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#Dzerzhynsk #digest #map #Russia #Ukraine

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone

Chronicle of events for December 14-15, 2024

In the north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces carried out a series of strikes on Jabalia and Gaza. In the central part of the enclave, Nuseirat came under fire, and in the south, Rafah and the vicinity of Khan Yunis.

In the West Bank, Israeli police operations continue. In Jerusalem, a major terrorist attack involving two militants was prevented. One of them was promptly detained.

On the northern border, Israeli forces periodically carry out isolated strikes on Lebanese territory. Hezbollah resources accuse them of violating the ceasefire agreement.

The Israeli Air Force once again subjected the territory of Syria to massive bombardment. The targets were barracks, research centers, and weapons depots in several provinces.

🔻A detailed analytical report on the events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone is available on our closed channel @rybar_plus_bot (https://t.me/rybar_plus_bot)

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#digest #report #map #Israel #Palestine

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🇬🇪🇪🇺 In Tbilisi, protests are taking place again this evening. However, the interest in them, judging by the number of news reports, is steadily declining.

The victory in the presidential election of Mikheil Kavelasvili, the candidate from the ruling party "Georgian Dream", means that the opposition will soon lose one of its symbolic leaders in a high position - Salome Zurabishvili, who actively called on her fellow citizens to take to the streets in protests following the "Ukrainian Maidan" scenario.

Another escalation is now expected on December 29 - after Kavelasvili's inauguration - because Zurabishvili will no longer have any rights to occupy the residences and call herself the president.

However, this protest (if it happens) will most likely quickly subside for several reasons:

➖Because the president in Georgia is still a ceremonial figure, for the sake of saving whom it is unlikely that large masses of disgruntled people can be raised;

➖The opposition is not united in its fight against the government;

➖The West, in the person of Macron, demonstrates a willingness to maintain ties and communicate with the official Tbilisi - an example of this is the recent telephone conversation between the French leader and Bidzina Ivanishvili;

➖Georgia responds in kind, saying that they do not refuse to join the EU.

🔻And, probably, such a balancing act, subject to the prompt response of the Georgian authorities to excesses and new provocations by the opposition, will allow the government to continue to contain the destructive forces in a comfortable mode for itself.

#Georgia #EU

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Chronicles of the special military operation

for December 14-15, 2024

Russian forces struck targets of the adversary in the central and eastern regions of the so-called Ukraine, and also shot down a Ukrainian aircraft in the occupied part of Kherson Region.

Ukrainian formations carried out several acts of sabotage, and also attacked with drones an oil depot in the suburbs of Oryol and one of the bases of the Rosgvardia in Grozny, Chechen Republic.

In the Kupiansk-Svatove direction, fierce battles are ongoing in the area of Kruhliakivka and Zahryziovo. According to some reports, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a landing on the right bank of the Oskil from the direction of Masiutivka.

In the Oleksandro-Kalinovo direction, assault troops entered the Khimkolonka neighborhood and cleared the western outskirts of the Zabalka neighborhood, advancing deeper into Dzerzhynsk.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces are fighting within the boundaries of Shevchenko, and also improved their tactical position in the area of Mykolaivka north of Novohrodivka.

In the Kurakhove direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated most of Kurakhove and raised the flag on the building of the local administration in the center of the city. Fighting continues on the western outskirts of Uspenovka and Konstantynopilske.

🔻Detailed analytical report on the events in the Special Military Operation zone is available on our closed channel @rybar_plus_bot

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Situation in the special military operation zone (ru (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/15/20241215212433-59487e96.jpg); en (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/15/20241215212430-b0953ffa.jpg))

Kupiansk-Svatove direction (ru (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/15/20241215155130-47540b84.jpg); en (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/15/20241215155127-00b7d859.jpg))

Oleksandro-Kalinovo direction (ru (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/15/20241215173152-03985c1e.jpg); en (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/15/20241215173150-fc79e817.jpg))

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— 🇮🇱/🇸🇾 NEW: Israel has approved a plan to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights, aiming to 'double' the population there with an $11 million incentive.

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: Al-Qassam Brigades have published footage of an injured or dead Israeli hostage, with visible tattoos

Simultaneously, Qassam Brigades spokesman Abu Obeida released a statement saying that the Israeli air force recently bombed a location where hostages were held, repeating the attack to ensure their deaths.

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🇺🇸🇸🇾The US Army continues to amass forces in the Qamishli region.

A convoy of International MaxxPro and Oshkosh M-ATV armored vehicles was spotted in Qahtaniya , east of Qamishli, and reportedly conducted a joint patrol with the SDF.

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🇷🇺🇸🇾Fresh satellite images indicate that preparations are underway to withdraw at least some of the military equipment stationed there from the Khmeimim airbase.

Thus, the S-400 SAM launchers were removed from their positions and prepared for removal from Syrian territory. The nearby 92N6E radar is still standing, but its camouflage nets have already been removed (which, however, did not even conceal it from satellites) .

Another photo shows a Ka-52 attack helicopter with its blades removed , also prepared for transportation. Also in the frame are Il-76MD transport helicopters that arrived at the airbase recently.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦In the morning, the enemy sadly records the continuing advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the central part of Kurakhovo and the continuing offensive of the Russian Armed Forces on the Vremevsky salient, where our troops continue to encircle Makarovka and are also approaching Storozhevoe.

Makarovka and Storozhevoe were captured by the enemy in the summer of 2023 during a counteroffensive. It was time to return home.

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The door is open, come right in!

Fibre optic drones are methodically burning Ukrainian equipment near the village of Sverdlikovo, Kursk region.

Geolocation: https://lostarmour.info/map?coord=51.2404109,35.0964911

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▪️More than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers, who had been "busified" and assigned to the 155th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces "Anna Kievskaya" trained by France, fled from the front line near Pokrovsk, - Butusov.