⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 13 December 2023; pub. 08:01⚡️

🔹In the #Kherson-#Crimea Direction, the RF Armed Forces hit Ukrainian positions on the left bank of the #Dnieper River in #Krynki. It is worth saying that the fighting in this area has the character of a "seesaw". Periodically, the opposing sides are trying to seize the initiative. But they cannot make any significant progress.
💥 The AFU is under attack in #Veletinskoye, #Kherson, #Antonovka, #Pridneprovskoye, #Tokarevka, #Novotyaginka and #Tyaginka.
💥 The RF Armed Forces in Golaya Pristan, #Alyoshki, #Poyma and Cossack Camps. (Fig. 1)

🔹In the #Zaporozhye Direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked from the direction of #Novoprokopovka to #Rabotino and from the area of #Novofyodorovka.⚠️ The AFU held their positions.
📌 But it is evident that the Ukrainian forces have gone on the defensive. The RF Armed Forces are seeking to nullify the successes of the AFU in this area, achieved during their summer and autumn counteroffensive.
💥 Ukrainian positions in #Plavni, #Pyatikhatki, Malye Shcherbaki, #Novoandreyevka, #Orekhov and #Novodanilovka are under fire.
💥 Russian positions in #Zherebyanka, #Kopani, #Novoprokopovka, #Verbovoye and #Novofyodorovka. (Fig. 2)

🔹On the #Donetsk Front, after shelling, Russian forces continued their assaults near #Novomikhaylovka and in #Maryinka.⚠️ In the latter, the AFU is losing their last positions, but are not withdrawing. The RF Armed Forces, supported by long range weapons, attacked near #Nevelskoye and #Pervomayskoye. They also tried to advance towards #Tonenkoye and #Severnoye (a settlement west of Avdeyevka). The AFU fortification itself was attacked from the industrial zone from the southeast after artillery preparation, near the Coke Plant to the northeast. The RF Armed Forces, supported by artillery and aviation, continued their assault operations near #Stepovoye (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the #Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions).
▪️ The AFU attacked waste heaps northwest of #Gorlovka, trying to force some Russian troops to be transferred to this area. (Fig. 3)

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💥🇺🇸🇺🇦Zelensky in the U.S. Congress on December 21, 2022(photo).

Triumph, applause, Ukrainian flags in the hall.

The New York Times: "It's a celebration of resilience and a spectacular commercial in support of Ukraine".


🇺🇸❌🇺🇦Zelensky in the U.S. Congress on December 12, 2023.

The House of Representatives and the Senate did not let him into the session, arranged a closed meeting.

The New York Times: "Zelensky's star went out on Capitol Hill".

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⚔️🇺🇸🐮💩 Analysis of the Situation in Ukraine by US Milbloggers of "Institute for the Study of War" (ISW):

🤥🇺🇸🇩🇪🇺🇦: The ISW boilerplate trolls are lying. There is no intelligence in US. If there was intelligence, the Axis of Evil would have refrained from the embarrassing offensive attempts.🔸By the way, Zaluzhny did not want the offensive because of the air superiority of the Russian, but was forced to do so by the Führer, his masters and the amateur strategists, which ended in embarrassing losses for the aggressors.🔸ISW probably continues to drink the blood of deported Russian children, according to a well informed source not wishing to be named.🔸ISW 👉🚽

⚠️ Warning! ISW is a troll entity linked to the US regime. The henchmen spread propaganda and disinformation instead of providing a picture of the situation on the front, which is evident from the mostly fruitless frontline information.

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🔻 December 12 Key Takeaways 👻

▪️ US intelligence reportedly assessed that Russian offensive operations in eastern Ukraine in fall 2023 and through the upcoming winter aim to weaken Western support for Ukraine instead of achieving any immediate operational objectives.

▪️ Russian forces may be conducting costly offensive operations at a time unfavorable for ground maneuver to time the potential shift in battlefield initiative with ongoing conversations in the West about continued support to Ukraine.

▪️ US intelligence also assessed that the war in Ukraine has devastated the pre-war Russian military, although Russia has partially offset these losses and continues to prepare for a long war in Ukraine.

▪️ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with various US officials, including President Joe Biden, and spoke to Congress about US military assistance to Ukraine in Washington, DC on December 12.

▪️ Russian forces conducted a series of drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine on December 12.

▪️ Ukrainian officials stated that Russian special services may have conducted the major cyberattack on Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar on December 12.

▪️ The Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported that GUR cyber units recently conducted a successful cyber operation against the Russian Federal Tax Service (FNS).

▪️ Russian news outlet RBK reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin has designated prominent Russian milbloggers as “trusted persons” in his presidential election campaign for the first time.

▪️ A St. Petersburg court sentenced three underage Uzbek migrants and their parents to deportation for extinguishing the Eternal Flame in St. Petersburg amid ongoing tension between Central Asian communities in Russia and Russian authorities.

▪️ Russian forces conducted offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line, near Bakhmut, near Avdiivka, west and southwest of Donetsk City, in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area, and in western Zaporizhia Oblast on December 12 and advanced in some areas.

▪️ The Russian State Duma adopted a series of laws on December 12 to help further bolster Rosgvardia’s and the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) force generation capacity.

▪️ Russian occupation authorities continue to use the Kremlin-funded pseudo-volunteer “Dvizheniye Pervykh” (Movement of the First) youth organization to indoctrinate Ukrainian youth in occupied Ukraine with Russian and cultural national identities.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation (13 December 2023)⚡️

The RF Armed Forces continue the special military operation.

▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Grouping repelled 8 assault group attacks of the 14th, 43rd, 60th, and 115th Mechanised Brigades near Sinkovka, Ivanovka, Yagodnoye (Kharkov reg), and Lake Liman. They inflicted fire damage on troop clusters of the 115th Mechanised and 57th Mechanised Infantry Brigades northwestern Lake Liman and north of Sinkovka (Kharkov reg).

The enemy lost 55 troops,, 1 US M113 APC, and 2 AFVs.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Grouping repulsed 1 assault group attack of the 63rd Mechanised Brigade Chervonaya Dibrova (DPR). They inflicted fire damage on AFU troops close to Serebryanskoye forestry.

The enemy lost up to 100 troops, 1 tank, and. and 2 MVs.

▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Grouping repelled 4 attacks of the 24th Mechanised and 5th Assault Brigades near Kleshcheyevka and Shumy (DPR). They launched strikes on enemy troops and hardware near Krasnoye, Kleshcheyevka, Kurdyumovka, Kirovo, and Maryinka (DPR).

The enemy lost up to 250 troops, 1 US Bradley IFV, 3 AFVs, 2 Msta-B howitzers, 1 Akatsiya SAU, 1 D-20 and 1 D-30 howitzers.

▫️In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Grouping repelled 1 enemy attack and inflicted fire damage on troops and hardware of the 79th Air Assault, 58th Mechanised Infantry, and 128th Territorial Defence Brigades near Novomikhaylovka, Novodonetskoye, and Staromayorskoye (DPR).

The enemy lost up to 130 troops, 2 pickups, 2 Akatsiya, and 1 Gvozdika SAUs.

▫️In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Grouping repelled 1 assault group attack of the 117th Mechanised Brigade north of Novoprokopovka (Zaporozhye reg), and inflicted fire damage on troops and hardware of the 128th Mountain Assault, 33rd, and 65th Mechanised Brigades close to Pyatikhatki, Rabotino, and Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye reg).

The AFU lost to up to 50 troops and 3 MVs.

▫️In Kherson direction, units of the Russian Grouping inflicted damage on the enemy.

The AFU lost up to 30 troops, 3 Gvozdika SAUs, and 1 UAV command post.

◽️The Russian Grouping's Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, UAVs, Missile Troops and Artillery engaged assembly and repair workshops for UAVs, 3 ammo depots and 1 fuel depot, 1 Ukrainian 79K6 Pelican radar station, and troops and hardware in 118 areas.

Air defences intercepted 2 HIMARS MLRS projectiles. 6 UAVs were shot down close to Kremennaya (LPR), Belogorovka, Krinichnaya, and Maryinka (DPR).

📊 In total, 550 aircraft, 257 helicopters, 9,661 UAVs, 442 air defence systems, 14,026 tanks and other AFVs, 1,188 MLRS vehicles, 7,322 guns and mortars, and 16,263 special military vehicles have been destroyed during the SMO.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Situation in the #Kherson Direction until 15:00 on 13 December 2023⚡️

🔹The hostilities in the vicinity of #Krynki have become routine in their own way. Ukrainian formations are moving more and more forces into the village, while Russian troops are striking at them.

▪️ Last night, however, our units conducted several localised sorties in the area south of the socalled "greenhouses" adjacent to the forest, as well as at the eastern outskirts of #Krynki.

▪️ As a result of the fighting, the Ukrainian marines retreated from the eastern outskirts deep into the settlement. Similarly, the AFU retreated to prepared landing positions under the cover of five mortar crews on #Frolova Island.

▪️ This night, the command of the Katran group again redeployed two assault groups of the 38th Marine Brigade, which immediately replaced the wounded in the forest belt.

📌 By and large, the situation remained virtually the same.

🗺 High Resolution: 🇬🇧🇺🇦 MAP; 🇷🇺 MAP

📜 RYBAR; 13 Dec 2023, 15:20

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