Ukraine/Russland/NATO – der Sammler am 2. Dezember 2022

Ein weiteres Telefonat des Bundeskanzlers mit dem russischen Präsidenten scheint wenig erfolgreich; britische Nachrichtendienste melden zunehmende russische Logistikprobleme: Zum andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine der Sammler am 2. Dezember 2022:

• Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz hat am (heutigen) Freitag, erneut, mit dem russischen Präsidenten Wladimir Putin telefoniert. Die Darstellung des Gespräches ist, wenig überraschend, sehr unterschiedlich.

Von Regierungssprecher Steffen Hebestreit:

Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz hat heute Vormittag mit Russlands Präsidenten Wladimir Putin telefoniert. Das einstündige Gespräch war dem andauernden russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine und seinen Folgen gewidmet.
Der Bundeskanzler verurteilte insbesondere die russischen Luftangriffe gegen zivile Infrastruktur in der Ukraine und betonte die Entschlossenheit Deutschlands, die Ukraine in der Sicherstellung ihrer Verteidigungsfähigkeit gegen die russische Aggression zu unterstützen. Der Bundeskanzler drängte gegenüber dem russischen Präsidenten darauf, dass es so schnell wie möglich zu einer diplomatischen Lösung kommen müsse, zu der ein Rückzug russischer Truppen gehöre.
Der Bundeskanzler und der russische Präsident sprachen zudem über die globale Lebensmittellage, die infolge des russischen Angriffskrieges besonders angespannt ist. Der Bundeskanzler und Präsident Putin hoben die wichtige Rolle des kürzlich verlängerten Getreideabkommens unter der Ägide der Vereinten Nationen hervor.
Der Bundeskanzler und der russische Präsident vereinbarten weiterhin in Kontakt zu bleiben.

Die Darstellung des Kreml:

Auf Initiative der deutschen Seite hat Wladimir Putin ein Telefongespräch mit dem Bundeskanzler der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Olaf Scholz, geführt.
Es wurden verschiedene Aspekte der Situation in der Ukraine erörtert. Wladimir Putin erläuterte noch einmal ausführlich die prinzipielle Vorgehensweise Russlands bei der speziellen Militäroperation. Es wurde auf die zerstörerische Politik der westlichen Länder, einschließlich Deutschlands, hingewiesen, die das Regime in Kiew mit Waffen versorgen und das ukrainische Militär ausbilden. All dies sowie die umfassende politische und finanzielle Unterstützung für die Ukraine veranlasst Kiew, jegliche Verhandlungen strikt abzulehnen. Außerdem ermutigt sie radikale ukrainische Nationalisten, immer mehr blutige Verbrechen gegen die Zivilbevölkerung zu begehen.
Der russische Präsident forderte die deutsche Seite auf, ihr Vorgehen im Zusammenhang mit den Ereignissen in der Ukraine zu überdenken.
Es wurde festgestellt, dass die russischen Streitkräfte seit langem davon abgesehen haben, bestimmte Ziele in der Ukraine anzugreifen, dass solche Maßnahmen nun aber zu einer erzwungenen und unvermeidlichen Reaktion auf die provokativen Angriffe Kiews auf die russische zivile Infrastruktur, einschließlich der Krimbrücke und der Energieanlagen, geworden sind.
Dazu gehört auch der Terroranschlag auf die Nord-Stream- und Nord-Stream-2-Pipelines, dessen Umstände transparent und unter Einbeziehung der zuständigen russischen Behörden untersucht werden müssen.
Sie sprachen auch über die Umsetzung der Vereinbarungen des Istanbuler „Pakets“ vom 22. Juli über den Abtransport ukrainischen Getreides aus den Schwarzmeerhäfen und die Freigabe der Ausfuhr von Lebensmitteln und Düngemitteln aus Russland. Es wurde betont, dass das „Getreideabkommen“ in gutem Glauben umgesetzt werden muss, was die Beseitigung aller Hindernisse für russische Lieferungen bedeutet.
(Übersetzt mit deepl.com)

• Das britische Intel Update:

Russia’s withdrawal from the west bank of the Dnipro River last month has provided the Ukrainian Armed Forces with opportunities to strike additional Russian logistics nodes and lines of communication.
This threat has highly likely prompted Russian logisticians to relocate supply nodes, including rail transfer points, further south and east.
Russian logistics units will need to conduct extra labour-intensive loading and unloading from rail to road transport. Road moves will subsequently still be vulnerable to Ukrainian artillery as they move on to supply Russian forward defensive positions.
Russia’s shortage of munitions (exacerbated by these logistics challenges) is likely one of the main factors currently limiting Russia’s potential to restart effective, large scale offensive ground operations.

• Das Morgenbriefing des ukrainischen Generalstabs:

Operational update regarding russian invasion as of 06.00, December 2, 2022
The two hundred eighty-second (282) 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 of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Chervopopivka, and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk oblast and Hryhorivka, Vyimka, Bakhmut, Opytne, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, Pivnichne, Pervomaiske, Krasnohorivka, and Maryinka in the Donetsk oblast.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 5 rocket attacks on the civilian infrastructure of the Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts. Enemy carried out 30 airstrikes on the positions of our troops and more than 35 MLRS attacks on populated areas along the contact line.
There is still a threat of the enemy launching missile strikes on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine.
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. The training of individual units of the enemy continues on the training grounds of the republic of belarus.
In the Slobozhanskyi direction, the enemy continues to maintain its troops in the border areas of the Belgorod region. Areas of the settlements of Slobozhanske, Ohirtseve, Bochkove, Mala Vovcha, Budarka, Strilecha, Ternova, Chuhunivka, Dvorichne and Zapadne of the Kharkiv oblast were subjected to enemy artillery shelling.
The enemy is defending in the Kupyansk and Lyman directions. It fired tanks and artillery of various calibers in the areas of Tabaivka, Krokhmalne and Berestove settlements of the Kharkiv oblast; Stelmakhivka, Myasozharivka, Makiivka and Ploschanka in the Luhansk oblast and Novoselyvka and Torske in the Donetsk oblast.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations. Objects in the areas of Andriivka, Serebryanka, Verkhnyokamianske, Druzhba, Spirne, Rozdolivka, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Pivnichne, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Kurdyumivka, Klishchiivka, Zalizne and New York of Donetsk oblast were shelled with tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery.
The occupiers are trying to improve their tactical position in the Avdiivka direction. The areas of Avdiivka, Pervomaisky, Vesele, Krasnohorivka, and Maryinka in Donetsk oblast were hit by fire from tanks and artillery of various types.
The enemy is defending in the Novopavlivsk direction. The areas of Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Bohoyavlenka, Paraskoviivka, Zolota Nyva, Prechystivka, Vuhledar, and Pavlivka in the Donetsk region were shelled with artillery.
The enemy is conducting defensive operations in the Zaporizhzhia direction. Nikopol, Kamianske, Hulyaipole, Dorozhnyanka, Bilohirya in the Zaporizhzhia oblast and Ilyinka in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast were hit by fire.
The enemy is also on the defensive in the Kherson direction. Areas of settlements located on the right bank of the Dnipro River, in particular, Kachkarivka, Tokarivka, and Antonivka, Kherson oblast, were affected by artillery. The enemy does not stop shelling the suburbs and the city of Kherson.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson oblast, the enemy intensified filtering measures. In particular, at the entry and exit points from the city of Henichesk, the occupiers check all vehicles, documents and phones of local residents.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, employees of military commissariats are preparing for the next wave of mobilization. According to the available information, in the city of Kerch data reconciliations of conscripts are carried out at state enterprises.
During the past day, the Air Force of the Defense Forces carried out 19 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as 3 strikes on the positions of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems.
Over the past day, our soldiers shot down 1 Orlan-10 type UAV. In addition, units of missile troops and artillery hit 4 control points, the area of concentration of personnel and armament and military equipment, as well as 5 other important objects of the occupiers.

• Das Briefing des russischen Verteidigungsministeriums:

Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine (2 December 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Donetsk direction, as a result of the effective offensive of Russian troops, the settlement of Kurdyumovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) has been completely liberated. More than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 tanks, and 6 armoured fighting vehicles have been destroyed.
In Kupyansk direction, army aviation strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrower systems thwarted an attempt by two company tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack from the area of the settlement of Kotlyarovka (Kharkov region).
During the day, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, and two Kozak armoured vehicles were destroyed.
In Krasny Liman direction, army aviation strikes and artillery fire defeated three enemy company tactical groups that were advancing to attack in the direction of the settlement of Chervonopopovka (Lugansk People’s Republic).
As a result of artillery fire, AFU units were halted and pushed back to their initial positions.
During the day, the enemy lost more than a hundred Ukrainian personnel killed and injured, as well as two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two pickup trucks. Eleven servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrendered.
In South Donetsk direction, the enemy, with forces up to a company, made unsuccessful attempts to counterattack from the area of Ugledar in the direction of Nikolskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
As a result of the fire damage, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armoured personnel carriers, and two pickup trucks were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery annihilated seven hostile control points in the areas of Sinkovka and Kruglyakovka (Kharkov region), Dibrova, Vodyanoye, Prechistovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People’s Republic) and Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, 78 artillery units in firing positions, manpower, and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 184 areas, as well as a temporary deployment point of foreign mercenaries in the village of Chasov Yar (Donetsk People’s Republic) were engaged.
In the course of the counter-battery warfare operation, a strike was launched against an area where units of the 40th AFU Artillery Brigade were amassed near the settlement of Liptsy and two positions of Ukrainian Grad MLRS near the settlements of Zhovtnevoye and Mikhailovka (Kharkov region) were suppressed.
In the areas of the settlements of Zagornoye, Dimitrovo, and Volchanskoye (Zaporozhye region), three storage sites for AFU rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed.
Fighter aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 MiG-29 of Ukrainian Air Force near Ukrainka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Air defence facilities have shot down a Su-25 airplane of Ukrainian Air Force near Nikolskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In addition, seven unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed during the day in the areas of Svatovo, Krasnorechenskoye, Chervonopovka, Golikovo, and Storozhevka (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Yegorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
Thirteen Uragan and Olkha MLRS rounds were also intercepted in the air over the settlements of Svatovo (Lugansk People’s Republic), Novoandreevka, and Yegorovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In total, 336 airplanes and 177 helicopters, 2,599 unmanned aerial vehicles, 391 air defence missile systems, 6,953 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 908 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 3,648 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 7,437 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 2, 2022
The two hundred eighty-second (282) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to the russian military large-scale invasion continues.
During the current day, the russian invaders carried out 13 airstrikes on the positions of our troops along the contact line; 4 missile strikes on civilian objects in the cities of Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, the settlement of Zarichne in the Zaporizhzhia oblast, and the city of Kostyantynivka in Donetsk oblast. Also, the enemy launched more than 10 MLRS attacks on the civilian infrastructure of Kherson, Antonivka and the positions of our troops along the contact line.
There is still a threat of missile strikes by invaders on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation has not changed significantly, there are no signs of the formation of offensive groups of the enemy.
In the Siverskyi direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Hremyach and Hai in Chernihiv oblast and Novovasylivka, Khodyne, Vovkivka, Yunakivka and Zapsilya in Sumy oblast.
In the direction of Slobozhansk, areas of the settlements of Huryiv, Veterynarne, Kozacha Lopan, Vysoka Yaruga, Hlyboke, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Bochkove, Budarky and Bolohivka of the Kharkiv oblast were hit by mortars, barrel and rocket artillery.
The enemy is defending in the Kupyansk direction. The areas of the settlements of Berestove, Vyshneve, Dvorichna, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka and Tabaivka in the Kharkiv oblast and Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk oblast were shelled. The enemy also carried out airstrikes near Kislivka and Novoselivske.
In the Lyman and Bakhmut areas, the enemy continues to focus its main efforts on conducting offensive operations. Objects in the areas of Ploshanka, Makiivka and Terny settlements of Luhansk oblast and Verkhnyokamianske, Spirne, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, New York and Opytne in Donetsk oblast were shelled by the entire spectrum of artillery.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy is trying to improve the tactical position. Objects in the Avdiivka, Vodyane, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka districts of the Donetsk oblast were hit by artillery fire of various types.
The occupiers are conducting defensive operations in the Novopavlivsk direction. They fired from mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in Vuhledar, Pavlivka and Prechistivka districts of Donetsk oblast. Enemy airstrikes were also recorded near Vuhledar.
In the direction of Zaporizhzhia, the enemy is strengthening advanced positions and leading the defense. Areas of Vremivka settlements of Donetsk oblast were affected by fire; Dorozhnyanka, Zahirne, Zaliznychne, Orihiv, Novoandriivka, Mali Shcherbaki and Kamianske in Zaporizhzhia oblast and Nikopol and Sholokhove in Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
The enemy is defending in the Kherson direction. Artillery shelled settlements located on the right bank of the Dnipro River, in particular, Zolota Balka, Havrylivka, Kachkarivka, Ivanivka, Inhulets, Mykilske, Dar’ivka, Molodizhne, Zelenivka, and Dniprovske of the Kherson oblast. Also, the occupiers do not stop terrorizing the civilian population in Kherson and its suburbs with shelling.
In the settlement of Mykhailivka, located in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia oblast, the enemy, in order to accuse the Defense Forces of Ukraine of destroying civilian infrastructure, set fire to the building of the „Mykhailivske Higher Professional School“.
The enemy continues to suffer losses. Thus, on December 1 of this year, it was confirmed that the area where the enemy’s manpower was concentrated in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region, near the settlement of Kamianske, was damaged by fire. The occupiers lost up to 100 wounded. In addition, on the same day, an enemy helicopter was shot down in the Kupyan district of the Kharkiv oblast.
Between November 30 and December 1, up to 70 bodies of dead occupiers were delivered to the city of Horlivka, Donetsk oblast, as a result of hostilities in the Bakhmut direction.
During the current 24 hours, the Ukrainian aviation made 8 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 2 strikes on the positions of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as a strike on his platoon base.
The units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit 5 control points, the position of enemy air defense equipment, 2 ammunition depots, 9 areas of concentration of personnel and military armament and equipment and 4 other important enemy objects.