Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 19. Dezember 2022

Nachgetragen fürs Archiv: Zum andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine der Sammler am 19. Dezember 2022:

• Die russischen Streitkräfte feuerten am Montag erneut zahlreiche Drohnen aus iranischer Produktion auf Infrastruktur der Ukraine; aus der regelmäßigen Videoansprache des ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj:

Today’s morning in several regions and cities of our country was, unfortunately, spoiled by the characteristic sound of the Iranian Shaheds. But most of them luckily fell short of their intended targets, and that made our morning a little better today. 30 Shaheds were shot down – not bad.
I thank all our anti-aircraft fighters, pilots, and mobile fire groups for this result and for the protection of the Ukrainian sky. And I am especially grateful to the 96th Kyiv and 208th Kherson anti-aircraft missile brigades, which showed the greatest accuracy today.
These Shaheds, which were used by Russia, are from a new batch of drones. This is the terrorist international of two regimes – they help fight against people.

• Erstmals seit Beginn der russischen Invasion am 24. Februar besuchte der russische Präsident Wladimir Putin das Nachbarland Belarus. Aus der Zusammenfassung der New York Times:

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia made a rare visit to Belarus on Monday to strengthen his bond with the country’s president and his closest regional ally, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a fellow strongman who has been under growing pressure from Moscow to provide more support for the war in Ukraine.
Appearing together at a palace in Minsk after their talks, Mr. Putin and Mr. Lukashenko spoke about the need to withstand Western economic pressure. Mr. Putin said the two had also discussed the formation of a “unified defense space,” without describing what that would entail, and had agreed to continue joint military exercises.

• Das britische Intel Update:

Russian military proxy group Wagner continues to take a major role in attritional combat around the Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut. In recent months, it has developed offensive tactics to make use of the large number of poorly trained convicts it has recruited.
Individual fighters are likely issued a smart phone or tablet which shows the individual’s designated axis of advance and assault objective superimposed on commercial satellite imagery.
At platoon level and above, commanders likely remain in cover and give orders over radios, informed by video feeds from small uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Individuals and sections are ordered to proceed on the preplanned route, often with fire-support, but less often alongside armoured vehicles. Wagner operatives who deviate from their assault routes without authorisation are likely being threatened with summary execution.
These brutal tactics aim to conserve Wagner’s rare assets of experienced commanders and armoured vehicles, at the expense of the more readily available convict-recruits, which the organisation assesses as expendable.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update regarding russian invasion as of 06.00, December 19, 2022
The two hundred ninety-ninth (299) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military large-scale invasion continues.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Chervonopopivka, and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk oblast, and Verkhnyokamianske, Bakhmutske, Pidhorodne, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Krasnohorivka, Oleksandropil, Maryinka, Pobyeda, and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk oblast.
Over the past 24 hours, the russian occupiers have launched 4 missile and 7 air strikes with the usage of Shahed-136 type unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as 55 MLRS attacks. Settlements, civilian infrastructure and the civilian population were affected.
The enemy started the current day with the use of attack UAVs, detailed information will be provided after clarification.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected.
In the Siverskyi direction, the settlements of Hremyach in Chernihiv oblast and Bilokopytove in Sumy oblast were hit by mortar fire.
In the Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy shelled the areas of Chervona Zorya, Strilecha, Hlyboke, Starytsa, Vovchansk, Volohivka, Chuhunivka, Fiholivka, Dvorichna and Novomlynsk settlements of Kharkiv oblast.
In the Kupyansk direction, the areas of Yahidne, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Krokhmalne and Berestove in Kharkiv oblast and Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk oblast were affected by fire.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy shelled Makiivka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopivka, and Dibrova of the Luhansk oblast.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy fired tanks and rocket artillery at the areas of the settlements of Verkhnokamyanske, Spirne, Berestovka, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Hryhorivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Stupochky, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Kurdyumivka, Diliivka, Ozaryanivka, Northern and Opytne of Donetsk oblast.
In the Avdiivka direction, shelling was recorded near Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka, Donetsk oblast.
In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy hit the areas of Temyrivka, Chervone, Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaky, and Plavni settlements of the Zaporizhzhia oblast with rocket and barrel artillery; Chervonogryhorivka and Nikopol of Dnipropetrovsk oblast and Sadove, Kherson, Komyshany and Kizomys of Kherson oblast. There are casualties among civilians.
The occupiers continue to search the population in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblast. Special attention is paid to mobile phones and smartphones.
The number of invaders in the settlements of the Melitopol district has increased. In addition, the russian occupiers are considering the possibility of involving former police officers who have defected to the enemy to participate in hostilities.
During the past day, the Ukrainian aviation made 9 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and 3 strikes on the positions of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems.
At the same time, our defenders shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of the „Shahed-136“ type.
Units of missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit the control post, the area of concentration of manpower, 2 enemy ammunition depots, as well as the counter-battery radar station „Zoopark“.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (19 December 2022)
Russian Federation Armed Forces continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, as a result of a Russian artillery raid on a concentration of AFU troops and military equipment near of Ivanovka (Kharkov region), and Novoselovskoye (Lugansk region), more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 infantry fighting vehicle and 2 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
In Krasniy-Liman direction, artillery fire has hit AFU units concentrated near Stelmakhovka, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People’s Republic) and Serebryansky forestry.
In addition, four AFU sabotage groups have been eliminated near Rozovka (Lugansk People’s Republic). Total enemy losses in the Krasniy-Liman direction amounted to up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles and 2 pickup trucks.
In Donetsk direction, Russian troops have taken better ground as a result of the offensive. Artillery fire has thwarted attempts by the enemy to reconnaissance Russian positions towards Svornoye, Novgorodskoye, Vodyanoye, Leninskoye and Nevelskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
More than 130 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 tanks, 3 armoured fighting vehicles and 3 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
In South Donetsk direction, company tactical groups of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade and the 108th Brigade of Territorial Defence of the AFU have been eliminated by artillery fire and active actions of the Russian troops. The AFU unsuccessfully attempted to attack near Novomikhaylovka, Vladimirovka and Novosyolka (Donetsk-based People’s Republic).
2 AFU sabotage groups have been eliminated near Nikolskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Total enemy losses in this direction amounted to 80 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, 2 armoured fighting vehicles and 3 pickup trucks.
Operational and Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have hit the temporary deployment points of units of the 61st Infantry Brigade, 124th Territorial Defence Brigade and the Special Operations Centre South group of the AFU near Konstantinopl (Donetsk People’s Republic), Kherson and Veletenskoye (Kherson region).
In addition, 56 AFU artillery units have been hit in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 139 areas.
8 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have been shot down by anti-aircraft defence forces near Melovatka, Ploshchanka, Nizhnyaya Duvanka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Volnovakha, Nikolayevka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Priyutnoye (Zapororozhye region) and Kairi (Kherson region).
In addition, 6 HIMARS and Uragan multiple-launch rocket systems have been intercepted near Sladkoye, Debaltsevo (Donetsk People’s Republic), Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic) and Lubimovka (Zaporizhzhya Region).
4 U.S.-made HARM anti-radar missiles have been shot down near Belgorod region airspace.
In total, 344 airplanes and 184 helicopters, 2,684 unmanned aerial vehicles, 398 air defence missile systems, 7,159 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 931 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,691 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 7,664 units of special military hardware have been destroyed during the special military operation.

• Das Abendbriefing des ukrainischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Operational update regarding russian invasion as of 18.00, December 19, 2022
The two hundred ninety-ninth (299) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military large-scale invasion continues.
During the day, the enemy launched 1 rocket attack and about 10 MLRS attacks from rocket salvo systems. The enemy also used 28 iranian Shahed-136 attack UAVs, 23 of which were shot down by the Defense Forces of Ukraine. As a result of enemy strikes, civilian infrastructure and civilian population were affected.
There were no significant changes in the Volyn and Polissya directions, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
In the Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy shelled our positions with artillery in the areas of the settlements of Strilecha, Hlyboke, Vovchansk and Dvorichna of the Kharkiv oblast.
In the Kupyansk and Lyman directions, the enemy fired at the districts of Kotlyarivka, Krokhmalne, and Berestove in the Kharkiv oblast and Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopivka, and Dibrova in the Luhansk oblast.
In the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the enemy continues to conduct assaults, fired from tanks, mortars and rocket artillery at our positions in the areas of twenty-five settlements. Among them are Verkhnokamianske, Berestove, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Hryhorivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Kurdyumivka, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk oblast.
In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the occupiers continue to shell the areas of Temyrivka, Chervone, Mali Shcherbaki and Plavna settlements of the Zaporizhzhia oblast and the city of Kherson, where civil infrastructure and civilians were once again affected.
Due to the significant losses of the invaders, the repurposing of hospitals in the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk oblast into military hospitals continues. Thus, the Luhansk Oblast Clinical Hospital, the Luhansk City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 15 and the Railway Hospital were handed over for use by the russian occupation forces. The local population is refused service and suggested to turn to other medical institutions.
In the previous days, in the areas of Berdyansk, Tokmak and Polohy of the Zaporizhzhia oblast, an ammunition depot, about 15 units of military equipment of various types were destroyed and more than 150 servicemen of the russian occupation forces were injured.
During the day, the Ukrainian aviation made 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and armament and military equipment and 5 strikes on the positions of the invaders‘ anti-aircraft missile systems.
Air defense forces shot down two enemy helicopters today. Information about their type is currently being clarified.
Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine during the current day hit an ammunition depot, 2 control points and 2 areas of concentration of the enemy’s manpower.