Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (14 December 2023)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces supported by artillery and heavy flamethrower systems repelled five attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 60th, 115th mechanised brigades, as well as 57th Motorised Brigade near Sinkovka (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 45 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and two armoured fighting vehicles.

In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces repelled one attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 44th Separate Rifle Battalion close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 180 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, as well as one French-made CAEZAR self-propelled artillery system during the day.

In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces supported by artillery repelled six attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 24th mechanised, 5th assault, and 112th territorial defence brigades close to Kleshcheyevka and Kirovo (Donetsk People’s Republic).

In addition, strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of the AFU 30th mechanised, 79th and 95th air assault brigades close to Kurdyumovka, Maryinka, Krasnoye, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 265 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.

In the course of the counterbattery warfare, two Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems, three Msta-B howitzers, one D-30 howitzer were eliminated.

In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces supported by artillery and heavy flamethrower systems inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Air Assault Brigade near Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 90 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, as well as two pickup trucks.

In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian Group of Forces supported by artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 33rd and 65th mechanised brigades close to Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU lost up to 45 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles during the day.

In Kherson direction, as a result of actions of the Russian Group of Forces supported by artillery and aviation, the AFU lost up to 40 Ukrainian troops and four motor vehicles.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out missile artillery ammunition depots of the AFU 37th Marines Brigade and 65th Mechanised Brigade near Daryevka (Kherson region) and Volnyansk (Zaporozhye region), as well as engaged manpower and hardware in 128 areas during the day.

Air defence units intercepted three HIMARS projectiles over the past 24 hours.

In addition, 26 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down close to Belogorovka, Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic), Gorlovka, Maryinka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Novaya Kakhovka and Tavriysk (Kherson region).

In total, 550 airplanes and 257 helicopters, 9,687 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 air defence missile systems, 14,046 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,188 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 7,329 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 16,288 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

⚡️ Russian President V.V. Putin summed up the results of the year live and answered questions from journalists and residents of the country.

📍 Moscow, December 14, 2023

🔹 The situation around Ukraine
🔹 Collective West
🔹 USA
🔹 Middle East
🔹 Russia-China
🔹 World sports
and many other topics

💬 Many European figures outwardly behave like General de Gaulle, who fought for the interests of France with arms in hand, collected everything that the French had in order to resist the invaders. But in practice they behave like Marshal Pétain, who, although he was a hero of the First World War, became a collaborator during the Second World War and submitted to the will of the occupiers.

Almost everyone behaves this way, except for a few people. Robert Fico has appeared now, after the elections [in Slovakia], Viktor Orban in Hungary. I have already said many times: they are not pro-Russian politicians, they are pro-national – they protect their interests.

💬 We believe that the USA is an important and necessary country for the world. But this absolutely imperial policy hinders them, not even us – it hinders them. Why? Because in the public consciousness they must behave like an empire, and if they agree on something somewhere or concede to someone on something, this is already perceived by the electorate as some kind of failure or gap. Therefore, the elites are forced to partly behave this way.

When some internal changes occur, when they begin to respect other people, other countries, when they seek compromises rather than try to resolve their issues through sanctions and military action, then fundamental conditions will be created for the restoration of full-fledged relations.

💬 The Secretary-General of the United Nations called today’s Gaza Strip the largest children’s cemetery in the world. This assessment says a lot. This is an objective assessment of what to say here.

We, like Turkey, proceed from the fact that the UN decisions regarding the creation of a Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem must still be implemented, and this is extremely important.

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⚡️ Президент России В.В.Путин в прямом эфире подвёл итоги года и ответил на вопросы журналистов и жителей страны.

📍 Москва, 14 декабря 2023 года

🔹 Ситуация вокруг Украины
🔹 Коллективный Запад
🔹 США
🔹 Ближний Восток
🔹 Россия-Китай
🔹 Мировой спорт
и многие другие темы

#Евросоюз

💬 Многие европейские деятели внешне ведут себя как генерал де Голль, который боролся за интересы Франции с оружием в руках, собрал всё, что было у французов, для того чтобы оказать сопротивление оккупантам. А на практике ведут себя как маршал Петен, который хоть и был героем Первой мировой войны, но во Вторую мировую стал коллаборационистом и подчинился воле оккупантов.

Почти все ведут себя так, кроме нескольких человек. Роберт Фицо появился сейчас, после выборов [в Словакии], Виктор Орбан в Венгрии. Уже много раз говорил: они не пророссийские политики, они пронациональные – они защищают свои интересы.

#США

💬  Мы считаем, что США – важная, нужная страна миру. Но эта абсолютно имперская политика мешает им самим, даже не нам – им мешает. Почему? Потому что в общественном сознании они должны себя вести как империя и, если они в чём-то где-то договариваются или в чём-то кому-то уступают, это уже воспринимается электоратом как какой-то провал или пробел. Поэтому элиты вынуждены себя так отчасти и вести.

Когда произойдут какие-то внутренние изменения, когда они начнут уважать других людей, другие страны, когда будут искать компромиссы, а не с помощью санкций и боевых действий пытаться решать свои вопросы, тогда будут созданы фундаментальные условия для восстановления полноценных отношений.

#БВУ

💬  Генеральный секретарь Организации Объединённых Наций назвал сегодняшний сектор Газа самым большим кладбищем детей в мире. Такая оценка о многом говорит. Это объективная оценка, что здесь сказать.

Мы, так же как и Турция, исходим из того, что должны быть всё-таки имплементированы решения ООН по поводу создания Палестинского государства со столицей в Восточном Иерусалиме, и это чрезвычайно важно.

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“The Western part of the Eurasian continent is sinking deeper into a political, socio-economic and ideological crisis against the backdrop of the positive trends that reflect the objective process of the formation of a genuinely polycentric, fair world order.

Under Washington’s dictate, the EU countries are losing their independence and breaking mutually beneficial ties with Russia, which helped ensure their economic prosperity for many decades.

For the sake of loyalty to the hegemon, they are depriving themselves of enormous comparative, competitive advantages that history has granted our common space.

A frontal attack on our common history has been launched to justify their pernicious Russophobic course.

As part of the hybrid war conducted against Russia, some countries in Europe, primarily Poland and the Baltic states (but they are not the only ones) are glorifying Hitler’s collaborationists and demolishing monuments to Soviet liberator soldiers in the wake of such actions by the Kiev regime.

For many years, we have been fighting the falsification of history, in part, in the UN General Assembly, to which we submit a draft resolution on countering the glorification of Nazism every year, which is supported by the overwhelming majority of the international community with the exception of the collective West.

We are particularly concerned about the fact that Germany, Italy and Japan (the former Axis states) have voted against this resolution for the second year running.

Previously, they abstained from voting on it.

This action by Berlin, Rome and Tokyo raises doubt in the sincerity of their remorse for crimes against humanity, which were committed during the World War II years.

The same applies to the agreements and understandings with which these three countries were admitted to the UN. This compels us to think of the current reckless state of the collective West.”

Excerpt of remarks and answers by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to questions during the Government Hour in the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Moscow, December 13, 2023.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

WtR

Funny how there’s never money for health system or schooling in the West but when a opportunity to wage wars appears the money appears and most countries do not even pay anything now. So what makes anyone think that they will pay their fees in the future? Much less pay more?

https://www.reuters.com/world/nato-increases-military-budget-by-12-203-billion-euros-2023-12-13/

Don’t you love how they agree to increase spending while most of them don’t meet their funding levels..

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