I was right about the illness going round my house waiting until independence day to hit me, so stuck celebrating in bed.
Ouch, hope it's a light dose @Natsku Get better soon.
ISW Key Takeaways
Key inflections in ongoing military operations on December 5:
Russian forces continued to defend their positions along the Svatove-Kreminna line against Ukrainian attacks.[16]
Russian forces continued to make incremental gains around Bakhmut but have not yet surrounded the city, and conducted offensive operations in the Avdiivka-Donetsk City area. Ukrainian sources claimed that small Russian assault groups of 15-20 personnel are attempting to penetrate Ukrainian lines.[17]
Russian occupation officials continued the forceful transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts to Russia under the guise that the children require special medical care.[18]
Russian forces shelled more than 20 settlements on the right (west) bank of the Dnipro River and continued to strike Kherson City.[19]
Russian senator Andrey Klishas of the ruling United Russia party proposed the Kremlin restrict the ability of Russians who fled the country to avoid mobilization to secure work upon returning to Russia.[20]
Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported that the Russian military, in concert with the Russian Internal Ministry, is taking steps to launch an electronic database by February 2023 to document the personal details of all servicemen and restrict their movement even when out of uniform.[21]
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Washington Post
- Russia said there are no direct negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv on the issue of a security zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, after Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said he was nearing an agreement between the two sides to safeguard the facility.
Russia’s airstrikes continued on Monday with a fresh barrage fired at targets across Ukraine hours after reports of the explosions in Russia, which occurred at the Engels-2 strategic bomber base in Saratov and at the Dyagilevo military air base in Ryazan region. [however Zelensky had been warning all week that Ru was preparing new strikes]
The Russian Defense Ministry accused the Ukrainian military of orchestrating the blasts, which killed at least three Russian soldiers and injured four others. Kyiv did not claim responsibility but a senior Ukrainian official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive operation, confirmed that they were carried out by Ukrainian forces.
- The European Union’s embargo on seaborne Russian crude and the Group of Seven’s oil price cap went into effect Monday, sending oil markets into uncharted territory as the West seeks to hit Russia’s oil revenue without causing price spikes.
- Moldova, which borders Ukraine and is connected to its grid, also reported power disruptions Monday.
- Russia appears to be capable of producing guided missiles despite heavy sanctions, weapons analysts say.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/12/04/kherson-cross-dnieper-river-ukraine/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=telegram
KHERSON, Ukraine — Dozens of people have called Dmytro Fomin in the past few weeks, he says, pleading with him to take them across the Dnieper River.
Fomin, a 54-year-old motorboat owner and unofficial ferryman, was desperate to help Ukrainians flee the Russian-occupied eastern bank. The major crossings have been destroyed.
Appeals came in from relatives that had been separated for months, elderly parents hoping to return to their families and a woman, nine months pregnant, trying to reach a hospital to deliver her baby: sundered from a city they used to be able to visit without a second’s thought, by a river that has become the front line of a grinding war.
—A ground freeze in eastern Ukraine will soon improve troop mobility, according to a regional governor. Muddy conditions had hindered large vehicles from traversing the area during much of the past week, a Washington-based think tank said.
— Meanwhile, the first shipment from the new “Grain from Ukraine” initiative arrived at an Ethiopian port on Saturday, according to the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Kyiv Independent Telegram
⚡️Foreign Ministry: 3 more parcels with animal parts sent to Ukrainian diplomats (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/foreign-ministry-3-more-parcels-with-animal-parts-sent-to-ukrainian-diplomats-in-spain) in Spain.
⚡️Power outages reported (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/power-outages-reported-in-several-ukrainian-regions-after-russian-missile-strikes) in several Ukrainian regions after Russian missile strikes.
Blackouts have been recorded in Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zhytomyr, and Sumy oblasts as well as in Kryvyy Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, according to local officials and utility services. [apparently 9 out of 10 missiles were shot down by Ukr defense]
⚡️Ukrenergo: Ukrainian energy infrastructure hit by Russian missiles (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/ukrenergo-ukrainian-energy-infrastructure-hit-by-russian-missiles).
State grid operator Ukrenergo confirmed that Russia had hit energy infrastructure facilities on Dec. 5, leading to emergency power outages in Ukraine.
⚡️Bloomberg: EU to target (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/bloomberg-eu-to-target-russias-drone-sector-in-9th-sanctions-package) Russia’s drone sector in 9th sanctions package.
The European Union plans to impose restrictions on Russia’s drone industry under its new package of sanctions, which is to be approved next week, Bloomberg reported on Dec. 5, citing people familiar with the matter.
⚡️Mayor: Odesa left without water supply after Russia's Dec. 5 strike.
The southern Ukrainian city of Odesa is left without electricity and water supply, Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov reported on Dec. 5
⚡️Environmental watchdog estimates damage to land resources from Russia's war at over $12 billion.
⚡️US Army plans ‘dramatic’ ammo production increase amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The U.S. Army is seeking a “dramatic” increase in monthly production of 155mm artillery shells over the next three years as donations to Ukraine are “straining allied munitions stockpiles,” Doug Bush, the assistant secretary of the U.S. Army for acquisition, told Defense News, a U.S. media outlet.
⚡️ Canadian company confirms (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/canadian-company-confirms-its-parts-ended-up-in-iranian-drones) its parts ended up in Iranian drones.
President of Canadian company Tallysman Wireless Gyles Panther confirmed that his company’s products were found in the Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones that Russia has been using to attack infrastructure in Ukraine, the Globe and Mail reported.
⚡️ Reuters: Latvia cancels (kyivindependent.com/news-feed/reuters-latvia-cancels-license-of-russian-independent-tv-channel-dozhd) license of Russian independent TV channel Dozhd.
The Latvian broadcasting regulator canceled Russian independent TV station Dozhd’s (Rain) license on Dec. 6, reported Reuters, citing Ivars Abolins, the Latvian broadcasting regulator’s chairman.
LIve: Ukraine
Germany has allocated 10 billion euros for the purchase of 35 F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, reflecting Chancellor Olaf Scholz's promise to increase defense spending.
This is evidenced by a government document seen by Bloomberg
Hungary refused to train Ukrainian military
"Some European countries train Ukrainian military. Hungary does not. We said "no". We want to move not to war, but to peace," said State Secretary for Bilateral Cooperation of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry Tamás Menzer. [fucking pissartists. May they develop infected boils in their back passages].
Russian troops massively shelled Kherson region, targeting high-rise buildings and infrastructure facilities
Canada to provide Ukraine with $15 million worth of demining equipment - Sky News.
24 EU countries have offered their participation in a new military mission for Ukraine, - EU diplomat Borrell.
"24 member states have put forward more than 100 proposals for training modules, which are currently being reviewed for their relevance to Ukrainian needs.
Ukraine has released 60 soldiers of the Armed Forces, National Guard and border guards from captivity. Among them are 15 officers, 45 privates and sergeants.
UNITED24 Media
The latest Turkish drone Kizilelma took to the air for the first time
The drone is equipped with a Turkish TF-6000 engine or Ukrainian Ai-322F and Ia-25TLT from Ivchenko-Progress. In the future, drones are planned to be assembled in Ukraine.
Ukrboronprom has completed a series of tests of the Ukrainian strike drone. It can hit a thousand kilometers
"Today, a number of stages of successful testing are behind us. In pursuance of the instructions of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we are moving to the stage of testing under the influence of electronic warfare," Nataliya Sad, the press secretary of the state concern, said.
“After we successfully test the drone under the influence of electronic warfare, we hope that we will be able to test it in combat use. We promised before the end of this year, we are trying to fulfill this promise,” she said.
US has modified HIMARS multiple rocket launchers transferred to Ukraine so that they cannot be used to launch long-range missiles against Russia, — The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials
Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates have begun negotiations on concluding an agreement on economic partnership, – Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
In the attacks on the Ukrainian infrastructure, Russia began to use the latest missiles, according to the publication of British weapons researchers from Conflict Armament Research
The dating of the Russian Kh-101 missiles used in the shelling of Kyiv on November 23 indicates that they were made a maximum of two months before the shelling, between July and September 2022 and from October to November this year.
Polish air defense system S-125 Newa SC spotted in service with Ukrainian Armed Forces
FSB demands from the Lefortovo court to arrest in absentia the head of the Ministry of Reintegration of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk and the first deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Emine Dzhaparov
❤️🩹 Kherson doctors saved children from deportation to Russia by inventing diseases for them
Hospital workers forged the children's medical records to give the impression that they were too sick to be taken to the Russian Federation.
“We intentionally wrote false information that the children are sick and cannot be transported,” said Olha Pilyarska, head of the intensive care unit.