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Kiev on fire: Russia has launched a retaliatory strike on the Ukrainian capital, the building of the Security Service (SBU) has been hit.
The situation in Kurakhove has become more tense, with 70% of Ukrainian reinforcement troops deserting on their way to the city and Russia steadily advancing.
Yesterday, the Russian MOD reported that the Ukrainian military used six US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and four Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles to attack the Kamensky Combine (engaged in the production of rocket fuel) in the Rostov Region.
The Russian defense ministry immediately stated that these actions of the Kiev regime, which is supported by Western handlers, would not go unanswered.
In response to Ukraine’s use of Western weapons, a series of powerful explosions erupted in Kiev earlier this morning. Among other targets, Russian Armed Forces (RAF) have struck the building of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Luch design bureau with long-range precision weapons. Several high officials of the army and special services are rumored to have been killed.
Russia’s combined air strike on Kiev
The second target of the Russian massive strike was the Zaporizhzhia Region. The RAF carried out there 399 strikes on 12 localities over the past 24 hours.
In the Kursk direction, the Russian forces have advanced with heavy fighting in the forested areas in the north of the Sudzha district and in the Cherkasskaya Konopelka area. They have taken full control of Novoivanovka. Ukrainian units retain forces for counterattacks, although the assault groups of the defending units increasingly no longer consist of 30 men with an attached tank, but only 12-14 soldiers and an armored recovery vehicle. Nevertheless, the Ukrainian forces are putting up fierce resistance, slowing down the Russian advance. Two concentrations of Ukrainian personnel and equipment in the settlements of Gornal and Malaya Loknya were destroyed by strikes with Russian FAB-3000 high explosive aerial bombs.
Destruction of Ukrainian infantry and armored vehicles in the Kursk direction near the village of Malaya Loknya
Destruction of the Polish self-propelled howitzer “Crab”
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian troops are expanding their bridgehead on the western bank of the Oskol River and keep attacking in the southern part of Dvurechnaya towards the center. South of Kupiansk, the RAF advanced with a broad front in the direction of Zagryzovo and Lozovaya.
In the Toretsk (Dzerzhynsk) direction, there is heavy fighting. In the central part of the city, Russian troops continue their attacks north of the Tsentralnaya (Central) mine, along Svetlaya and Mirnaya streets, and north of the block of high-rise buildings towards the Avangard stadium.
In the Pokrovsk direction, The Russian Armed Forces have progressed towards Ukrainka from Pushkino and Novoolenivka, and another “pocket” between the villages is being cleared.
As a result of decisive actions by Russian units, the village of Uspenovka (pre-war population of about 500 people, located eight kilometers south of Kurakhove) was taken. This settlement was the point where the “claws” of two converging blows came together – from the north on the side of Dalnye and from the south on the side of Blagodatnoye. A group of several hundred Ukrainian fighters to the east was completely surrounded. The full elimination of this pocket is the matter of time. After Kurakhove is soon cleared, the Southern group of forces will be able to concentrate exclusively on Velyka Novosilka.
Night FPV drones targeting Ukrainian armor and vehicles, ammunition depots and personnel in the Pokrovsk direction
In the Kurakhove direction, the 39th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade hoisted the Russian flag in the settlements of Ostrovskoye (Konstantinopolskoye) and Zelenivka. In Kurakhove itself, the Ukrainian army recognizes a serious advance of Russian troops: practically all high-rise buildings have come under Russian control. The Ukrainian command describes the situation as “difficult”.
Russian troops captured the settlement of Ostrovskoye (Konstantinopolskoye)
Russian troops seized the settlement of Zelenivka
In the Vremevskoye direction, Russian troops have taken Razdolnoye, fighting is underway for Novy Komar, and the RAF have succeeded in gaining a firm foothold there.
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if putin wanted he quickly push deep into ukraine tomorrow, of course nato would like that, russian lossses due to attacks on large russian formations would increase. it’s obvious putin’s objective isn’t quickly taking large chunks of ukrainian land for now. the objective is to bear hug ukrainian forces, easily kill them & break their will to resist. the occupation & annexation later will be a cinch.
thanks, sun tzu.
if putin wants he only has to attack kiev making decision centers, tv, banks, comercial centers using a plenty of missile and drones…then maidan regime will show white flag or flee.
commercial centres in a failed satrapy owned outright by multinational “asset managers”? thanks for derping hard when you derp.
controlled by england
controlled by the nationless banker tribe.
wake up.the war hasn’t even started yet it won’t until the largest air force base in the world being built in romania is operational .you’re so naive .
and day one of the conflict, it wont be operational
how the west bent and yielded under russia’s smo: 2022: ‘ukraine has already won the war’ 2023: ‘ukraine will win on the battlefield’ 2024: ‘we (the us) will have to negotiate, but without putin as he can’t be trusted, and ukraine will have the final say’ 2024: ‘we (the us) will have to negotiate with putin’ expected next (2025): ‘we (the us) will negotiate ukraine’s surrender with putin and ukraine will have no say’
follow the bouncing ball!
moscow, december 20. /tass/. russian president vladimir putin agreed with the statement that a war has been declared on the “russian world,” echoing the remarks made by the leaders of the duma factions at a state council meeting at the kremlin.
“colleagues have spoken, asserting that a war has been declared on the ‘russian world,’ and i agree — it is indeed so,” putin said in his closing remarks…
putin also agreed with sergey mironov, head of the “a just russia – for truth” faction in the duma, who said that “the birth rate is insufficient, because the matter concerns extinction.” earlier drew attention to the fact that the birth rate of 1.6 children per family does not ensure the reproduction of the nation, as it should exceed two for this purpose. “in the soviet union, the required two children per family were largely achieved through the republics.
the soviets had a high birth rate because having children was the way to get your own apartment. if the russian federation gave people the same deal they would have the same birthrate.
he’s just saying that publicly for the sheep to hear knowing that they’re ignorant uneducated brainwashed mind controlled morons so he can’t tell them the truth .just like any honest journalist will tell you they know they can’t ever tell the truth. if you can find one who trusts you that is .
grow up the so called us under biden will never let z surrender.what are you on ? bidens mob have started all the wars happening now since 2013 .they want the whole world
overview in amerikan mulatto gay bar –saxon imho skippy59 vanya marcopolo sawyer intelligence improved by aids dementia
zs like an agent provocateur for bidens mob basically bidens certainly going tk get lots of coverage in history books for his activities in peace keeping .he will possibly get the no bell prize even.
usa is orc-hunting in moscow now…russian generals can’t even walk the streets…heheheh
nah….get ready for the turkeys and the zionazi khazar filth in occupied palestine for their long overdue spat. meanwhile don chump’s mafia continuing steal “kurd” oil. the fun is only beginning.
the destruction of natostan, the eussr and indeed the disgusting anglozionazi empire of filth is what is actually happening in the sputtering rump ukrapper dumpster fire and even don chump is starting to catch on as he threatens his poodles in eurostan. meanwhile the $lumville civil war reloaded is just one bullet from the other ear away. a house divided against itself cannot stand. karma is beautiful.
not going too well for russ atm. this week ukr launch increased attacks on kursk murmansk, now deep in russ territory with drones and no russ air defense. its not looking good with this increased activity and imagine if nato really start to support the ukes.
seems ukr in future when they join nato and eu they will be the most dominant and powerful nation in europe. not looking good for russ.
forgive my mental illness–in my amerikunt trailer park nato is a support group for recovering transgender drug addicts—zelensky has been a member for 8 months
it sounds good until you realize most of the men are either dead or ran away.
we irrelevant amerikunt nazi hillbillies are quite bitter about russian superiority—defeated in ukraine we now address our mental illnesses and depression with mandatory gender affirming therapy prozac fentanyl
killing skilled technicians, pilots, and machinists are also valid military targets. moscow needs to hits these targets in the daytime while these specials are on site. skilled people are hard to replace.
the hits on the roofs that look like something fell on them sideways are most likely the result of anti air missiles that failed to hit an incoming missile so they just ran out of fuel and fell down.
my fellow senile amerikunts that comment at sf suffer from inferiority complex–we all live in same trailer park owned by mr shekelstein–we trade our food stamps for fentanyl