Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 13. Dezember 2022

Aus den USA und aus Italien und/oder Frankreich könnten weitere, bislang nicht gelieferte Luftverteidigungssysteme für die Ukraine kommen. Zum andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg der Sammler am 13. Dezember 2022:

• Sowohl die USA als auch Italien und Frankreich sollen laut Medienberichten bereit sein, der Ukraine weitere moderne Flugabwehrsysteme zu liefern. Die USA erwögen die Lieferung von Patriot-Staffeln, berichtete CNN:

The Biden administration is finalizing plans to send the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine that could be announced as soon as this week, according to two US officials and a senior administration official.
The Pentagon’s plan still needs to be approved by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin before it is sent to President Joe Biden for his signature. The three officials told CNN that approval is expected. (…)
Once the plans are finalized, the Patriots are expected to ship quickly in the coming days and Ukrainians will be trained to use them at a US Army base in Grafenwoehr, Germany, officials said.

Auch AP berichtet von diesen Plänen:

The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot down incoming Russian missiles, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
The approval is likely to come later this week and could be announced as early as Thursday, said three officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision is not final and has not been made public. Two of the officials said the Patriot will come from Pentagon stocks and be moved from another country overseas.

Nach einem französischen Medienbericht könnte die Ukraine zudem das französisch-italienische System SAMP/T Mamba erhalten:

Die Mamba bald auf dem Weg in die Ukraine? Die letzten Schwierigkeiten, die die Lieferung des französisch-italienischen Luftverteidigungssystems SAMP/T Mamba nach Kiew verhinderten, scheinen gelöst worden zu sein. Laut der Anhörung des französischen Botschafters in der Ukraine, Etienne de Poncins, die vom 9. November datiert, aber dessen Bericht erst am 13. Dezember veröffentlicht wurde, stehen nun alle Lichter für die Entsendung dieses von MBDA und Thales entwickelten Mittelstreckensystems auf Grün im Joint Venture Eurosam.

• Die Ukraine erhöht offensichtlich ihre Anstrengungen, die russisch besetzte Stadt Melitopol im Süden des Landes anzugreifen. Aus dem Bericht der New York Times:

Ukraine is stepping up efforts to isolate and degrade Russian forces in and around Melitopol, a city in the Zaporizhzhia region that would figure prominently in any Ukrainian offensive to drive Russian forces from southern Ukraine.
Kyiv has been using long-range precision missile strikes, sabotage missions and targeted assassinations to put pressure on the city, which is known as the “gateway to Crimea” because of its location at the crossroads of two major highways and a vital rail line.
Officials in both countries have acknowledged the recent attacks on Russian command centers, ammunition depots and supply routes in Melitopol, whose prewar population was about 150,000.

• Das britische Intel Update:

On 12 December 2022, the Kremlin confirmed that President Vladimir Putin will not hold his traditional end-of-year press conference.
This will be the first time in 10 years that Putin has not held the annual event, while the usual public phone-in also did not take place this year.
The press conference has become a significant fixture in Putin’s calendar of public engagement and has frequently been used as an opportunity to demonstrate the supposed integrity of Putin.
Although questions are almost certainly usually vetted in advance, the cancellation is likely due to increasing concerns about the prevalence of anti-war feeling in Russia.
Kremlin officials are almost certainly extremely sensitive about the possibility that any event attended by Putin could be hijacked by unsanctioned discussion about the ‘special military operation’.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update regarding russian invasion as of 06.00, December 13, 2022
The two hundred ninety-third (293) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military large-scale invasion continues.
russian occupiers continue to carry out full-scale armed aggression against our country, they do not stop striking civilian infrastructure objects and civilian homes on the territory of Ukraine, violating the norms of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of warfare.
The enemy continues to focus its efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Zaporizhzhia directions. In other directions, the enemy is trying to restrain the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, shelling the positions of our troops and civilian objects along the entire line of contact, carrying out engineering equipment of defensive lines and positions.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Novoehorivka, Makiivka, Chervonpopivka, and Bilohorivka of the Luhansk oblast and Verkhnyokamianske, Soledar, Yakovlivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, Mayorsk, Avdiivka, and Maryinka of the Donetsk oblast.
During the day, the enemy launched 7 missile strikes, 5 of which hit the civilian infrastructure of the city of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk oblast, and also carried out 79 attacks from rocket salvo systems, in particular on the city of Kherson. There are civilian casualties.
There remains the threat of the enemy launching air and missile strikes on civilian infrastructure throughout Ukraine.
In the Volyn, Polissya, Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the situation remains without significant changes, no signs of the formation of offensive groups of the enemy have been detected.
Over the past day, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery shelling of the areas of settlements: Seredyna-Buda and Ryasne of the Sumy oblast, as well as Strelecha, Staritsa, Ohirtseve, Hatyshche, Volohivka, Okhrimivka, Chuhunivka, Ambarne, Dvorichna, Kamianka of the Kharkiv oblast.
In the Kupyansk direction, the areas of the settlements: Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka, Berestov of the Kharkiv region were shelled by tanks and the entire spectrum of artillery; Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Novoehorivka, Makiivka, Luhansk oblast.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy shelled the Terny, Yampolivka, Torske districts of the Donetsk oblast and Bilohorivka of the Luhansk oblast with tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy fired tanks and artillery of various types in the areas of almost twelve settlements, in particular: Verkhnyokamianske, Vyimka, Spirne, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Pidhorodne, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba of the Donetsk oblast.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy shelled the areas of almost twenty settlements with tanks, mortars, and rocket artillery, including: Zalizne, New York, Krasnohorivka, Berdychi, Vesele, Avdiivka, Opytne, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, and Maryinka of the the Donetsk oblast.
In the direction of Novopavlivjka, the enemy shelled the areas of Vuhledar, Bohoyavlenka, Novoukrayinka, Prechystivka, and Zolota Nyva settlements in the Donetsk oblast from artillery of various types.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the enemy fired tanks and the entire range of artillery at the settlements of Vremivka of the Donetsk oblast and Zelene Pole, Novopil, Novodarivka, Malynivka, Hulyaipole, Dorozhnianka, Hulyaipilske, Charivne, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Orihiv, Mali Shcherbaki, Kamianske and Plavni of the Zaporizhzhia oblast.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of the Kherson oblast bordering the contact line, Antonivka, Chornobayivka and the city of Kherson were the most affected.
In the Kherson direction, the command of the russian occupation forces rotates individual units. The occupiers who arrive in the temporarily occupied settlements settle in the abandoned and forcibly „vacated“ by the local residents homes. In addition, on December 10-11, the withdrawal of occupiers from the districts of settlements of Novomykolaivka and Mykhailivka of the Kherson oblast was noticed.
russian occupiers continue to use the infrastructure of medical and sanatorium resorts in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine to provide qualified medical care to their wounded servicemen. So, in the city of Luhansk, one of the buildings of the occupier’s maternity hospital was converted into a military hospital. And in the city of Melitopol, the premises of a children’s sanatorium are used as a military hospital. Medical personnel from the russian federation are involved in providing medical assistance.
During the past day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 5 strikes on areas where the enemy’s personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.
Over the past 24 hours, units of missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 2 control points and 6 areas of concentration of personnel of the russian occupiers and a fuel and oil depot.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (13 December 2022)
The Russian Federation Armed Forces continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, Russian artillery caused fire damage on exposed assembly areas and positions of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, as well as foreign mercenaries. More than 40 Ukrainian personnel and fighters, two armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles were destroyed.
In Krasny Liman direction, Russian artillery and heavy flamethrower systems foiled counterattacks by three assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Terny and Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic). The enemy’s casualties were more than 50 Ukrainian personnel killed or injured, two infantry fighting vehicles, an armoured vehicle, and three pickup trucks.
In Donetsk direction, while continuing the offensive, Russian troops repulsed three enemy counterattacks during the day. As a result of the fire damage, more than 30 Ukrainian personnel, four armoured combat vehicles, and three pickup trucks were annihilated.
In South Donetsk direction, an attempt to advance from the initial area for a counterattack by a mechanised infantry company of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Pavlovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) was thwarted by a complex fire attack. The enemy’s casualties were more than 50 Ukrainian personnel killed or injured, three armoured fighting vehicle, and three pickup trucks.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery engaged seven control points in the areas of Kislovka, Krakhmalnoye, Berestovoye, and Monachinovka (Kharkov region), Georgievka and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People’s Republic), and Zhyoltaya Krucha (Zaporozhye region). In addition, 86 artillery units were hit in firing positions, as well as manpower and military hardware in 172 areas.
An ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
A battery of multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Krasniy Liman (Donetsk People’s Republic) as a result of a Russian Aerospace Forces‘ strike. The anti-aircraft defence forces shot down two drones in the areas of Zhytlovka and Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic). In addition, two HIMARS MLRS rounds were intercepted near Perovomaysk (Lugansk People’s Republic) and a HARM rocket near Makarovka (Kherson region).
In total, 343 airplanes and 183 helicopters, 2,655 unmanned aerial vehicles, 396 air defence missile systems, 7,087 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 930 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,684 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 7,582 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

• Das Abendbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update regarding russian invasion as of 18.00, December 13, 2022
The two hundred ninety-third (293) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military large-scale invasion continues.
During the day, the enemy launched 2 missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv oblasts, and also carried out more than 20 MLRS attacks.
There remains the threat of the enemy launching air and missile strikes on civilian infrastructure throughout Ukraine.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy shelled the areas of Seredyna-Buda and Ryasne settlements of the Sumy oblast, as well as Strilecha, Starytsa, Ambarne, Vilkhuvatka, Dvorichna and Krasne in the Kharkiv oblast.
In the Kupyansk direction, the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka, Berestove in the Kharkiv oblast and Stelmakhivka and Myasozharivka in the Luhansk oblast were hit by tanks and the entire spectrum of artillery.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy fired tanks and artillery at the areas of settlements: Hrekivka, Ploshchanka and Nevske of the Luhansk oblast, as well as Terny, Yampolivka of the Donetsk oblast.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy fired at the positions of the Defense Forces from tanks, mortars and rocket artillery in the areas of settlements: Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Zalizne of the Donetsk oblast.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy fired tanks and artillery of various types at the areas of almost twenty settlements, in particular: Avdiivka, Nevelske, Heorhiivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk oblast.
In the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy shelled areas near the settlements of Vremivka, Vuhledar, Neskuchne, and Prechystivka in the Donetsk oblast with mortars, barrel and rocket artillery.
In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy continues to shell our positions and the civilian infrastructure of the settlements along the right bank of the Dnipro River. It carried out shelling from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of more than 25 settlements, in particular: Plavni, Hulyaipole, Dorozhnyanka, Olhivske, Zaporizhzhia oblast, as well as Chornobayivka, Antonivka, Mykilske, Tokarivka, Mylové, Kherson oblast and the city of Kherson.
In order to replenish the losses and staff the units of the first army corps of the occupying forces, measures of forced mobilization were intensified in the territory of the Donetsk oblast. Therefore, in the city of Horlivka, men are subject to conscription, in particular those with the „reservation“ mark on their military tickets.
On December 11, the enemy lost up to 60 servicemen killed and up to 100 wounded in the area of Kadiivka settlement of Luhansk oblast as a result of the destruction of the personnel deployment point of the russian occupation troops.
The hitting of the enemy by the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the previous days in the Zaporizhzhia oblast was confirmed. Thus, in addition to the destruction of the command staff of the 58th Army in the city of Melitopol, three artillery systems, up to 10 units of military equipment of various types were destroyed in the areas of Enerhodar, Tokmak and Hulyaipole settlements, and about 150 enemy servicemen were wounded.
Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 2 areas of concentration of personnel of the russian occupiers.