This Tuesday marks the 300th day since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Russian military campaign on Ukrainian territory, designed as a lightning operationdoes not achieve the desired effects before the fierce resistance of the troops kyivwhich have frustrated the Kremlin plans and have managed to recover part of the territory occupied by soldiers Moscow. Meanwhile, the Russian president, Vladimir Putinassured on Monday that the situation in four eastern areas of the neighboring country, specifically in Donetsk, luhansk, Zaporizhia Y Khersonwhich Moscow illegally annexed in September, was “extremely difficult”. The illegal annexation of the four territories by Russiawhich together represent 15% of Ukraine, marked the largest forcible seizure of territory in Europe since World War II and was condemned by kyiv and its western allies as illegal. However, Russia has suffered sharp setbacks in the areas, halting its ambitions.
Russia assures that the gas pipeline explosion will not affect supply to Europe
gas transportation company Gazprom Transngas Nizhny Novgorodoperator of the gas pipeline that exploded on Tuesday in the Russian region of Chuvashia, stated that This accident will not affect supplies to Europe, since parallel branches are used for this. “The damaged section of the gas pipeline was isolated. Gas transportation to consumers is guaranteed entirely by parallel gas pipelines,” the company said in a statement quoted by Interfax. According to the operator, the repair brigade has already arrived at the scene and is preparing to start work.
Three people were killed and one injured as a result of the explosion and subsequent fire at a Russian pipeline supplying gas to Europe located in Russia’s Chuvashia region, some 750 kilometers east of Moscow.
Ukrainian authorities call for the evacuation of Donetsk: “Don’t risk the lives of your children”
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, Irina Vereshchuk, has appealed to the population of the Donetsk region to evacuate the area in the face of constant Russian attacks. “Today I know that there are at least 200,000 (people) left in the Donetsk region. We urge them to leave, for example, from Bakhmut. You see what kind of bombing there is now“, Vereshchuk pointed out during a press conference, collects Ukrinform. kyiv’s manager for affairs related to the territories controlled by Russia has thus asked that, especially those citizens with children, withdraw to safer areas. “Don’t risk the your children’s lives,” he said.
Ukraine acknowledges that the risk of a Russian attack from Belarusian territory still “persists”
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksei Reznikov has acknowledged that there is still the danger “remains” that the Russian Armed Forces will launch an attack from Belarusian territory, just as it happened during the first stages of the war in the Chernobyl area. Reznikov has stressed that part of the territory of Belarus could become a “target for an attack” in the event that Russia forms an attack group, something that, for the moment, has not occurred, according to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. .
The Ukrainian Defense Minister considers that the Russian Armed Forces require more time to form a battalion in this area, and has pointed out that this hypothetical Russian attack from Belarus could take place between January and April.
Three killed by the explosion of a Russian gas pipeline in the Chuvashia region
Three people died and one was injured as a result of the explosion and the subsequent fire that occurred in a Russian gas pipeline that supplies gas to Europe located in the Russian region of Chuvashia, about 750 kilometers east of Moscow.
“There are three deaths, one survivor. There repairs were carried out“, the head of the local administration, Olga Smirnova, told RIA Novosti.
This Tuesday on social networks the video of the firewhich showed a flame of more than ten meters in height in the vicinity of the Yambájtino village, where the incident took place.
Russia’s lightning military operation lasts 300 days
The Russian military campaign in Ukraine, designed as a lightning operation, has fulfilled this Tuesday 300 days before the fierce resistance of the Ukrainian troopswhich have frustrated the Kremlin’s plans and have managed to recover part of the territory occupied by Moscow troops.
The only major achievement of the Russian Army in almost ten months of fighting has been the creation of a land corridor to the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, through self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and from the south of the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.
The corridor, of strategic importance, could be, according to western military expertsthe objective of a forthcoming Ukrainian counteroffensive after that of Kharkov, in the northeast of the country, and which concluded last October with the recapture of Kherson, capital of the region of the same name, in the south of the country.
80% of the kyiv region remains without electricity after the attacks on Monday
80% of consumers in the kyiv region remain without power supply after Monday’s Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, regional sources reported Tuesday. “Due to large-scale damage to energy infrastructure, ukrenergo apply emergency cuts. 80% of the region lacks electricity,” said the head of the kyiv Regional Military Administration, Oleksiy Kuleba, on his Telegram channel. He has also indicated that the work to restore the supply “as soon as possible” continues but that despite this, the situation continues to be “critical”.
Putin decorates the pro-Russian leaders of the four annexed regions in the Kremlin
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has decorated this Tuesday in the Kremlin the pro-Russian leaders of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhiaannexed by Moscow last September.
Ukraine denounces the death of five civilians at the hands of Russian forces in the attacks of the last day
The Ukrainian authorities have denounced on Tuesday the death of at least five civilians at the hands of Russian forces in the attacks carried out against the country on the last day as part of the invasion of the territory. In the last 24 hoursat least three civilians have been killed and five wounded by Russian artillery in the region of Donetsk, as pointed out by the number two of the Ukrainian Presidency, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, in his Telegram account. And in the region of Kherson, where shelling has also been reported, two people have died and three have been injured. Throughout Monday, Russia bombarded at least nine regions of the country, including kyiv, which also suffered a new drone attack.
Map of the situation in Ukraine from British Intelligence
The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is continuing.
The map below is the latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 20 December 2022
Find out more about the UK government’s response: https://t.co/7fYflYErmM
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Zelensky surprise visits the front in Bakhmut
The Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, has visited by surprise the front of the city of Bakhmut, in the east of the country, as announced by the presidential office on Tuesday and collected by Reuters. The Russian offensive to gain control of this town, key to conquering larger cities such as Kramatorsk and SlovianskIt started almost five months ago. Before the war, between 70,000 and 80,000 people lived in Bakhmut, a number that has been reduced to about 10,000 today.
Data update of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
“My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.”
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— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) December 20, 2022
Putin seeks to “demonstrate collective responsibility” for the failure of the offensive, according to the United Kingdom
The latest report from the UK Ministry of Defense, published on Tuesday, focuses on the visit that Russian President Vladimir Putin made last Friday to the Armed Forces Headquarters to special military operation. The match was broadcast on television in a likely attempt to “demonstrate collective responsibility” for the failure of the offensive, according to London. During the visit, the Russian president met with several senior military commanders, including the Chief of the General Staff, Valery Gerasimov; Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and the commander of the Russian troops deployed in Ukraine, General Sergey Surovikin. “This exhibit was probably intended deflect responsibility of Vladimir Putin due to the military failure, the high rate of fatalities and the growing discontent of public opinion for the mobilization, ”says British Intelligence.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 20 December 2022
Find out more about the UK government’s response: https://t.co/Id2wCoGJlm
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— Ministry of Defense ?? (@DefenceHQ) December 20, 2022
IMF approves surveillance program to help Ukraine “maintain stability”
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the creation of a monitoring program for Ukraine that will last four months and that seeks to “help” kyiv to “maintain stability and catalyze donor funding” before the Russian invasion, unleashed on February 24 by order of the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
