Tuesday marks the 671st day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The fighting for Avdiivka in the Donetsk region has been going on for the fourth month. This week, Russian attacks on the southeast edge of the city were successful. During them, some Ukrainian units were cut off and captured – writes journalist Julian Roepke of “Bilda”. “The situation is very reminiscent of the battles for Bachmut. The town defended itself for eight months before it finally fell,” wrote a German publicist on the X platform. Follow the live broadcast of Wirtualna Polska.
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The 128th Independent Mountain Assault Brigade repulsed a Russian offensive in Zaporozhye province.
The Russians are carrying out another special informational and psychological operation against Ukrainians, in which they send emails offering cooperation with Russian services. – The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) warned on Tuesday.
Messages offering cooperation with Russian services in exchange for pay are sent to the e-mail boxes of Ukrainians, including officials and representatives of private companies. A very large number of mailboxes previously breached by Russian hackers are used to send emails.
In this way, the Russian side wants to sow panic among Ukrainians and destabilize the situation in the country, the SBU asserts in a statement. These activities have signs of intentional information and psychological activity, Services adds.
The SBU informs that some of the addresses used in the operation have already been blocked and do not respond to such messages.
In 2023, Russia allocated 675 billion rubles ($7.6 billion) to the authorities of the occupied Ukrainian territories. By 2024, it plans to reduce these subsidies to 430 billion rubles ($4.85 billion). – Forbes magazine reported.
The figures include Crimea (occupied by Russia since 2014) and four Ukrainian regions (Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporozhye) – which, according to Kremlin officials, “joined” the Russian Federation as a result of 2022 “referendums”. , they are not recognized not only by Ukraine, but also by most of the international community, including the European Union and the United States. Crimea received 162 billion rubles ($1.82 billion), four other provinces – a total of 513 billion rubles ($5.78 billion).
Subsidies from the federal budget accounted for a large part of the income of the “new territories” (as the Russian campaign calls the annexed territories – ed.) – they were from 82 to 89 percent of all “newly annexed” territories. In 2023 Russian occupation authorities will receive funding. What percentage of subsidies were set up in Crimea was not disclosed.
In 2024, the Russian authorities plan to significantly reduce subsidies for the maintenance of occupied lands – 430 billion rubles ($ 4.85 billion). This year's subsidies are expected to range from 63 to 74 percent, depending on the region. Grants last year – reported by Forbes. The newspaper quoted a Russian official as saying, “The regions should be more financially independent.”
A Russian warplane fired on the village of Saplukivka in southern Ukraine's Kherson province on Tuesday afternoon. One died on the spot and one died on the way to the hospital – said the head of the regional military administration Oleksandr Prokhudin in one of the social networks.
“A Russian plane struck the village of Sablukivka. It crashed into a residential building. The house was completely destroyed. It is now known that two residents were killed. One person was killed at the scene of the attack. His identity is still available. Rescue workers pulled a seriously injured 47-year-old man from the rubble.” old lady “Unfortunately, his heart stopped on the way to the hospital,” Prokutin wrote on one of the social networks.
Kherson Oblast is located in the south of Ukraine. Part of this region, with the capital at Kherson, is controlled by authorities in Kiev. Areas adjacent to Crimea, located on the left bank of the Dnieper, are under Russian occupation. The protest is going on in the district.
Ukrainian drone strikes Russian field munitions depot
Death toll rises to 7 in Russian missile attack in Khartoum – Ukrainian Pravda website reported.
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin on Tuesday called on Ukraine's Defense Liaison Group countries to send more missiles to their air defense systems in response to Russian missile attacks. The group of defense ministers and chiefs of staff supporting Ukraine will hold its first online meeting of the new year on Tuesday.
– Putin hopes to demoralize Ukrainians and break the fighting spirit of the Ukrainian military by using missiles and drones. So I encourage this group to dig deep into its resources and provide Ukraine with even more life-saving ground-based air defense systems and missiles. – Austin said at the start of a virtual meeting of about 50 representatives of defense ministries.
This will be the first meeting this year and the 18th meeting of the group since taking office in April 2022 at the Ramstein base in Germany. The US defense secretary spoke from his home, where he is rehabilitating after a hospital stay for complications following prostate cancer surgery.
The head of the Pentagon noted that Ukraine continues to courageously resist Russian attacks and inflict significant losses on the Russian military. At the same time, he insisted that countries supporting Ukraine should provide decisive assistance.
– If we lose our cool, duck, and fail to fend off other aggressors, we encourage more bloodshed and mayhem. – he warned.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szyjardo received death threats ahead of his visit to Uskorod in Ukrainian Transcarpathia on Monday. Index website said. Szijjarto is due to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba there.
On Tuesday afternoon, air defenses in the Dnieper shot down a Russian Kh-59 precision missile, the Ukrainska Pravda website reported.
Lvivteploenerho municipal company said on Tuesday that residents of Shekiv district in western Ukraine's Lviv province lost heating and hot water as a result of a hacker attack. About 100,000 people live in the estate affected by the failure. People.
The company wrote in a statement that the heat distribution management system was damaged as a result of the hacker attack. Restoration of heat and hot water is underway. It was announced that heat would return to homes at 21.
The Ekonomiczna Pravda portal reports that information about the hacker attack is being verified by law enforcement agencies.
Russia has deployed S-300 air defense systems in St. Petersburg – ERR television reported on Tuesday, publishing a recording of the weapons traffic posted on social media.
A log published at the X site shows that the S-300 anti-aircraft system has been moved to St Petersburg, 150 km from the Estonian border.
The equipment was moved following a fire in the Baltic port of Ust-Luka, about 100 km from St Petersburg. Residents of the area reported that the fire was preceded by explosions; The Kremlin blamed Ukraine for the incident.
The Soviet-era S-300 system, originally used as an air defense system, is now also used to attack Ukrainian cities.
The Russians are slowly taking control of Avtivka and surrounding areas in the Donetsk region. In the past week they have made progress in several directions, including capturing the southeastern part of the city – “Build” journalist Julian Roepke reports.
“During the Russian attack, some Ukrainian units were cut off and captured. The situation was very reminiscent of the battles for Baghmut. The city defended itself for eight months before finally falling,” wrote a German advertiser on the X platform.
The battle for Avdivka has been going on for four months.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Russian shelling of Ukrainian cities was “conscious terrorism” aimed at civilian settlements in Kiev, Kharkov and Pavlohrad.
Commenting on Telegram, Zelensky called the shelling an attack by terrorists.
He thanked the services involved in the rescue operation. In Khargou, rescuers rescued 27 people from the rubble, he said.
An oil terminal in the Bryansk region was attacked by a kamikaze drone on Monday – reported the independent Russian Bassa channel on Telegram.
According to the database, the wreckage of the drone was found at the premises of the “Rosneft-Bryansk Oil Company” in the Zecha settlement of the Staroduba region. There was no casualty or fire incident in the attack. The kamikaze drone hit only one of the fuel tanks, leaving only a crater.
It is known that the oil terminal in Żecza has been completely non-functional for more than half a year. The terminal has a loading ramp and four storage tanks.
According to the Moscow Times, this is the fourth kamikaze drone attack on Russian oil and gas infrastructure in a week.
Krinki on the east bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. Russian armored vehicles destroyed by Ukrainian drones.
As a result of today's shelling of Kharkov, 6 people were killed and 46 injured – the website of Ukrainska Pravda reported.
Holders of the Polar Card in Belarus are forced to abandon this document, otherwise they will lose their jobs. This applies especially to people holding positions in offices and state-owned enterprises, Belarusian portal Nasha Niva reported on Tuesday.
The investigation into the tragedy in Presevodovo has been suspended. This is due to Ukraine's lack of cooperation in explaining the tragedy in which two people died.
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