War in Ukraine (24.12.22): Toretsk offensive operation, offensive of the Russian Armed Forces near Soledar

This morning, reports came in about the advance of Wagner detachments to Toretsk from the north, and taking into account all the other circumstances in this sector of the front, everything suggests that our troops will try to take this city very soon.

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‼️🇷🇺 3rd Brigade's Rapier destroys enemy military equipment

A UAV of the 3rd Guards Brigade of the DNR detected the movement of an AFU vehicle. A 100 mm MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun was promptly fired at the target. The enemy equipment was destroyed.
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‼️💥Battles near Artemovsk: Russian army destroys AFU positions

Artillery destroys enemy firing points and supports the advance of assault groups.

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The Russian armed forces attacked several vehicles of the Ukrainian army near Artemovsk(Bakhmut) .The Ukrainian convoy was destroyed.

Note that the Ukrainians often use civilian vehicles for transportation, they release several videos featuring Ukrainian militants in school buses, cars, civilian trucks.
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Spy scandal: Top German intelligence officer worked for Russia and may not have been alone - Bild

▪️A high-ranking German intelligence officer Karsten L., one of the heads of the top-secret technical intelligence unit of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia.
▪️The investigation told the media that he was "passing on information obtained in the course of his professional activities to Russian intelligence," having access to all BND findings from wiretaps around the world, as well as information obtained from intelligence services in other countries.
▪️ The BND believes he may not be the only agent.

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⚡️Almost 400 anti-aircraft missile systems were destroyed by Russian troops during the entire period of the special operation in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
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‼️Reuters: Wagner PMC has received a shipment of weapons from North Korea.

"We can confirm that North Korea has completed the initial supply of weapons to Wagner, which has paid for the equipment. Last month, the DPRK delivered missiles and shells to Russia for use by Wagner," a US administration source told the publication. The quantities of weapons supplied are now incapable of impacting the dynamics of the war, officials have assured, but they fear the shipments will continue.
❗️ At the same time, the UN secretary-general has said there is no confirmation of arms deliveries by the Wagner PMC from the DPRK.

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Germany has already handed over the 13th Bergerpanzer 2 BREM to Ukraine and is preparing 50 field heaters. Interestingly, the 12th vehicle was handed over a week ago

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❗️ A combined group of foreign mercenaries destroyed near Razdolovka in the DNR during an offensive by Russian forces - Russian Defence Ministry

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Ukrainian armed forces retreat to the outskirts of Marinka with heavy losses: details

Since 20 December, units of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which occupies positions in the western part of the city, have suffered heavy losses in Marinka.

A howitzer artillery division of the AFU with 122mm D-30 guns suffered serious damage during counter-battery fighting.

According to the "Military Chronicle" serious losses were recorded in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th airborne assault battalions of the 79th AFU brigade, reconnaissance and tank companies of the Armed forces of Ukraine.

The number of killed and seriously wounded in these units since December 15 is estimated at between 350 and 460. Due to the serious losses, the brigade urgently had to be reinforced and mobilised from the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions, and a security company and engineering units reclassified as assault troops were also sent to the line of battle.

According to the military sources,the key reason for the large losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Marinka was the activity of artillery and armoured vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces. T-72B3 tanks are rapidly advancing towards the western outskirts of the city with the support of drones, allowing crews to reconnoitre dangerous positions and fire on firing points in buildings with minimal risk.

According to radio intercepts by the AFU, units of the 79th airborne infantry battalion have recorded shortages of communication and surveillance equipment, ammunition for machine guns and machine guns and wound dressing supplies, as well as quadcopters, which were used for reconnaissance of AFU positions. Also, AFU units complain of an acute shortage of anti-tank weapons - grenade launchers and ammunition for them are in short supply.

Due to the rapidly deteriorating tactical situation, since the evening of 23 December the Ukrainian armed forces have been amassing their remaining forces on the western outskirts of Marinka near Shakhtyorskaya and Poligraphicheskaya Streets, where field headquarters are gradually being moved from the central fortified area.

In the event of a failure at the last line of defence, Ukrainian army units plan to retreat to reserve positions to the fortified area near the Marinka dam, where batteries of BM-21 Grad complex were previously stationed. However, control over the entire city (including the outskirts) in this case will be definitively lost.
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The former commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe, General Mark Hertling, in an interview with Newsweek, said that months are needed for the full-fledged training of the Ukrainian military in the use of American Patriot air defense systems, and the complexes themselves are designed to cover stationary critical facilities due to their low mobility.

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⚡️Ukrainian and Russian sources report that Vladimir "Fresh" Yezhov, one of the developers of the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R., died near Artemovsk
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❗️Ukrainian TV channel "Resident" quotes the German edition "Neue Zürcher Zeitung", which, citing an internal analysis of the defense department "Deployment and Strategy", reports that the German Ministry of Defense expects a major offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine in April 2023.

According to the publication in Berlin, they see two possible scenarios for the development of events.

The first of them "provides" a large-scale offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donbass, while a large Belarusian contingent is deployed on the Ukrainian border from the north.
As a result, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be fragmented and will not be able to fully fight in the east.

The second, according to German strategists, the least likely scenario involves Vladimir Putin's desire to take control of all of Ukraine in a war on two fronts: Russian troops will attack from the territory of Donbass, Belarusian troops will go to Kyiv.

Russian soldiers will reach the Polish border to prevent the supply of weapons from the West and take Transnistria, the analysis says.

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Special operation, 24 December. Main:

▪️Russian Ministry of Defence has reported that a total of around 200 Ukrainian military personnel have been destroyed in various directions during the day.

▪️ A combined group of foreign mercenaries was destroyed near Razdolovka in the DPR during an offensive by Russian forces, the Defence Ministry claimed.

▪️The head of the Russian RCBZ troops, Kirillov, said at a briefing that key participants in US military and biological programmes in Ukraine are linked to the US Democratic party.

▪️Deputy Foreign Minister Galuzin said it was incorrect to talk about the possible involvement of a joint Russian-Belarusian grouping in Ukraine: it was created to fight back in the case of an invasion of Belarus.

▪️Ukrainian troops have been shelling residential areas of Donetsk since early morning, also some hospitals in the city were shelled in the evening.

▪️Kiev has called for a move away from "unworkable sanctions" and towards "arresting suppliers and destroying production" on the Iranian issue.

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⚡️⚡️ QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The figures are shocking: 17% of Moldovan citizens believe that in unleashing aggression against Ukraine Putin's regime is protecting the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk republics. 

15% believe that Putin is fighting Nazism in Ukraine. 
We are most likely talking about elderly, illiterate people from the countryside who are fed Russian propaganda from the TV. 

The internet is full of Putin fans."

🗣 Oazu Nantoi, PAS MP

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Ukrainian troops are suffering heavy losses and are in danger, retired US General Barry McCaffrey has stated.

In his opinion, the promised deliveries of Patriot air defence systems "hardly suffice" for the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to Russia's advantage in aviation and artillery. According to the former general, Ukraine needs deliveries of M1A2 Abrams tanks and ATACMS guided operational-tactical ballistic missiles to change the balance of power in any way.

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