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“MK” conducts an online broadcast of events in Ukraine. It's day 642. The day before, the body of ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Ilya Kiva was discovered in the Moscow region. The murder of the politician was confirmed by the speaker of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Yusov. At the same time, Reuters claims that the operation was organized by the SBU. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on this fact. The United States announced a new aid package for Kyiv, but the Senate subsequently blocked the introduction of this bill. Biden did not rule out a clash between the United States and the Russian Federation after Moscow’s victory in the conflict.
In the photographs of the five new mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military equipment is practically not visible; they may be given outdated Soviet vehicles , said Forbes military columnist David Ax. Currently, five new mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in the process of formation: 150th, 151st, 152nd, 153rd and 154th, Ex explained.
Tank crews of the western group of the Russian Armed Forces were destroyed on Kupyansk direction group target of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Group of troops “South” During the counter-battery fight, she destroyed six artillery pieces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The head of the group's press center, Vadim Astafiev, reported this to TASS.
Russian paratroopers captured several strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces north of Artemovsk in the DPR.
An explosion occurred in Kharkov.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: Russian T-80BVM tanks destroyed the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction
IfW: the volume of assistance to Ukraine from Western countries fell by 87% from August to October compared to the same period last year and in monetary terms fell from 16 to 2 billion euros.
The White House is ready to compromise to get votes to help Ukraine
The DPR representative office in the JCCC reported that over the past 24 hours the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled populated areas of the republic 12 times using 82 ammunition of various calibers.
Telegram channel Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring published footage of the destruction by the Russian Army of objects and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kherson Front.
As reported by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency, the Bulgarian authorities approved the transfer of 150 thousand euros to Ukraine , as well as shipments of faulty MANPADS and missiles.
The British Foreign Office called for assistance to Ukraine in all available ways
Punchbowl: Democratic Senator Chris Murphy expressed concern that Congress will end 2023 without a positive solution for Ukraine.
American journalist Tucker Carlson said that Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, at a closed briefing, threatened congressmen to send their relatives to “fight Russia” if they did not support the request for new aid to Ukraine.
RV Military Correspondents: The Russian Army has taken the dominant position height in the Kleshcheevka area
The Norwegian authorities have decided that child benefits for Ukrainian refugees will be cut.
The mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko said that as a result of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strike on the village of the Kochegarka mine ; A 13-year-old boy died in the DPR.
The DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Gorlovka, firing eight missiles from the MLRS.
Ukrainian monitoring channels write about a series of explosions in the city of Pavlograd in the Dnepropetrovsk region .
The United States has several weeks left, after which resources to help Ukraine will be exhausted, the White House coordinator said Kirby.
British Foreign Minister Cameron said that “Putin will be back for more.”
The Government of Ukraine has allocated 788 million hryvnia for the purchase of equipment for mine clearance and the construction of fortifications, Prime Minister Shmygal said.
The administration of the Novokakhovsky urban district of the Kherson region announced voluntary evacuation from the region for everyone, the evacuation is planned for morning of December 13, writes Kommersant.
The end of aid from the United States would be a disaster for Ukraine next year, former adviser to Leonid Kuchma Oleg Soskin said on his YouTube channel.
Ukraine has received about $100 billion in military aid from the United States and its allies since the start of conflict with Russia in 2022. This is reported by WSJ.
Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Grafovka in the Krasnoyaruzh region. There were no injuries.
Ukraine wants to abandon Western weapons and start producing its own amid difficulties in approving a bill to help Kyiv in the Senate of Congress. The Wall Street Journal reported this.
Zelensky will come to the inauguration of the new President of Argentina, Javier Miley. This was reported by the Argentine TV channel TN. Argentina also invited Russia to the inauguration of the new president. The ministry did not specify who exactly will go.
Since January, problems with social payments may begin in Ukraine. People's Deputy Roksolana Pidlasa announced this.
Chairman of the Federal Political Committee of the Yabloko Party Grigory Yavlinsky called on the United States and its allies to seek negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine, believing that they are inevitable, reports Bloomberg.
Due to the blockade of trucks on the Polish border, Ukrainian trucks began to be taken out by train. According to the deputy director of the commercial work department of Ukrzaliznytsia, Valery Tkachev, one loaded train is already at the crossing with Hrubieszow.
The Russian Federation must drive Ukraine into a strategic dead end. Political scientist Vasily Kashin called this scenario for turning the situation around in the area of the North Military District.
The blockade of the border by the Poles led to problems with the supply of military cargo to the forward positions of Ukrainian troops, reports The New York Times.
U.S. in December they intend to transfer 14 Vampire complexes to Ukraine, the US Navy reported.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov publicly criticized Zaluzhny during his visit to the USA
Words from US President Joe Biden about a possible clash between the Russian Federation and NATO – This is the demonization of Russia, said Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov. According to him, Washington continues to use Moscow “as an instrument in its affairs.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense published another report on the situation in the special operation zone. The main thing:
– Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 in the DPR;
– The Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction repelled two attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups in the Kleshcheevka area, the enemy’s losses amounted to up to 175 military personnel;
– The Russian Armed Forces repelled two Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks in the Krasnoliman direction, the enemy lost up to 280 military personnel and 7 pieces of equipment ;
– The Russian Armed Forces repelled five attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction in one day, the enemy’s losses amounted to up to 75 military personnel;
– The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 65 people in the Kherson direction in one day;
– The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction per day amounted to up to 160 military personnel;
– The Russian Armed Forces inflicted fire on the manpower and equipment of three brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Sladkoe, Nikolsky and Urozhaynoye in the DPR;
– The Russian Armed Forces hit the command and observation posts of three Ukrainian brigades in the DPR;
– Air defense systems shot down 27 Ukrainian drones per day;
– The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 550 Ukrainian aircraft since the beginning of the special operation.
Internal contradictions in the States regarding support for Kyiv cannot but be projected onto the general mood, including Europeans, said the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.
An air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky will soon be forced to end the conflict one way or another, writes France 24. US defense policy specialist Michael Strykof believes that in order to continue the conflict, the former Soviet republic there is no money or military resources.
Zelensky fired his representative in the Verkhovna Rada Fyodor Venislavsky, who was recently remembered for his sharp condemnation of the “Servant of the People” deputy Maryana Bezugla for her criticism of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, as well as the proposal to send summons to those liable for military service via e-mail.
The military command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine controls units in the combat zone remotely and does not appear on the front line. One of the prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Artem Slabchenko spoke about this, a video of which was provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In“Ukrenergo” reported a deficit in the country's energy system due to lower air temperatures.
The United States risks setting up a “second Vietnam” in Ukraine, which every new American administration will have to deal with, says SVR head Sergei Naryshkin.
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have fired 133 shells across the Bryansk region. The governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced this in his Telegram channel. It is noted that shell drops from drones were also recorded.
By December 13, the Federation Council committees have been instructed to prepare proposals to protect political and public figures from terrorist attacks from Kyiv, Kosachev told RIA Novosti.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 92 shells from cannon artillery on the left bank of the Kherson region. A RIA Novosti source reports this. It is noted that the Ukrainian military carried out 56 attacks during the day and 36 arrivals occurred in the dark.
Speaker of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko spoke out about the murder of ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Ilya Kiva. The senator called the politician’s killers “complete lawless men,” who admit this openly and with smiles on their faces.
Russian Foreign Ministry official representative Maria Zakharova in a conversation with the Izvestia newspaper stated that the agreement between the United States and Ukraine on the joint production of weapons and the exchange of technical data is nothing more than compensation for the failure in the American Senate.
Ukraine requested from the US F-18 Hornet fighters. Reuters reports this. Kiev's new list of preferences includes drones, Apache and Blackhawk helicopters, as well as THAAD missile defense systems.
The Russian Investigative Committee reported that two bullet wounds were found on the body of ex-Verkhovna Rada deputy Ilya Kiva. It is also noted that two pistol casings and a cartridge were seized.
American journalist Tucker Carlson said on social networks that the administration of United States President Joe Biden lied when it admitted the possibility of Russia’s defeat in the conflict with Ukraine.< /p>
Employees of the regional department of the FSB for the Tyumen region detained a Russian for “targeted financing” APU. Based on this fact, a criminal case of high treason has been initiated. RIA Novosti reports this, citing the press service of the regional department of the FSB.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko, citing his own sources, said that representatives of Western media are currently working in the Kupyansk direction.< /p>
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