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Zelensky announces 'successful tests' of new Ukrainian missile. President highlighted Ukraine’s progress in missile and drone development, noting that the Palianytsia, a lightweight missile-drone hybrid, has entered mass production, while the Peklo (Hell) hybrid has already been successfully deployed in combat. Zelensky confirmed on Dec. 6 that the first batch of Peklo had been delivered to Ukraine's Armed Forces.

In August, he announced Ukraine had also tested its first home-grown ballistic missile. These advancements reflect the rapid growth of Ukraine's missile program since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February 2022. While Ukraine continues to develop indigenous missile capabilities, Western partners have only recently approved the use of foreign-made missiles for strikes on Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

70% of Ukrainians support ‘West German’ model for NATO accession, survey shows.
https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-ann...sile-ruta/

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Russia "definitely be prepared to consider" a prisoner exchange, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov adding that a potential exchange could mark "a healthy step forward, especially at beginning of next (U.S.) admin."

General Staff: Russia has lost 757,340 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022, number includes 1,400 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day. Media identifies over 82,000 Russian soldiers killed as Russia has made territorial gains in Ukraine, using brutal meat wave tactics to achieve tactical victories on frontline at cost of high casualties among its soldiers.

Rostov, Bryansk. Ukrainian missile struck boiler plant in Russia's Rostov overnight Dec. 11, damaging critical infrastructure city of Taganrog, Russian officials claimed. (A industrial targets)

US is implementing harsher sanctions on Russian oil ahead of Trump's inauguration, no decisions been made on potential sanctions, sources familiar with discussions told Bloomberg, they are nos of avenues explored, including sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet.

US $266mil sales to bolster Ukraine’s F-16. State Dept approved a $266mil foreign military sales package for Ukraine on Dec. 10, enabling sustainment of services as well as repairs necessary upkeep of country's F-16. 


Hungary vows EU sanctions on Georgia over protest crackdowns 1:28 AM. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto pledged to veto proposal impose sanctions on Georgian for their crackdown on anti-govt protests. Georgia reported on Dec. 10. 

11:43. Russian drone hits IAEA vehicle near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. Dec. 10, drone struck & severely damaged a Int'l Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) service vehicle on way to Zaporizhzhia.

Number of barges Russia deployed at Kerch Strait, protect illegal Crimean Bridge against Ukrainian maritime drones has halved in month, Center of Journalistic Investigations on Dec. 10.

US said $20 bil loan to Ukraine as part of G7 initiative, U.S. Treasury Dept said on Dec. 10, it will provide $20 bil assistance marking its contribution to broader $50 bil supported by G7 Ukraine 'successful tests' new Ukrainian missile. tests of a new Ukrainian missile, dubbed Ruta (Rue), are underway, announced on Dec. 10.

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Russian troops destroyed or captured several Ukrainian positions near the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk, Kyiv’s military said on Wednesday. Moscow’s forces lay as close as 3km (1.9 miles) from the southern outskirts of the city, according to Ukraine’s DeepState, which maps the frontlines using open sources.

Nazar Voloshyn, said in televised comments: “As a result of prolonged clashes, two of our positions were destroyed, one was lost. Currently, measures are being taken to restore positions.” Ukraine’s top commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said he visited a marine unit in Pokrovsk sector noted conditions servicemen faced against “an enemy superior, primarily, in terms of manpower.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...d-pokrovsk

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One of Russia’s top objectives in Ukraine right now is to eliminate the nine-mile-deep Ukrainian-held salient between Andriivka in the west and Dalnje in the east. Anchored in the north by Kurakhove and in the south by a string of villages including Kostyantynopolske, the salient is the main impediment to an uncomplicated Russian assault on Pokrovsk, a Ukrainian fortress city 25 miles to the north. As long as the Ukrainians control the Karakhove pocket, they can threaten the flanks of the Russian 90th Guards Tank Division as it marches on Pokrovsk.

The pocket itself is in danger of being cut off across its flanks. If the Russians can attack from Kostyantynopolske or some other southern village to Dachne or some other village in the north, they could encircle elements of several Ukrainian brigades. “Russian military command assesses that Russian forces will be able to close the Ukrainian pocket,” the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, D.C. noted. But the Ukrainian marine corps is determined to prove the Russian commanders wrong. In a fierce battle on or just b4 Tuesday, a Russian assault group made a move on Kostyantynopolske. The Ukrainian 37th Marine Brigade met the attackers.

Russian riding in at least 5 armored vehicles, was under drone surveillance the entire time as rolled along a country road toward Kostyantynopolske vehicles managed to drop off their infantry b4 the Ukrainian bombardment began. Drones swooped down. Artillery burst among the vehicles. were destroyed,” Estonian WarTranslated reported. The destruction of vehicles effectively stranded the disembarked Russian infantry Kostyantynopolske. The 37th Marine Brigade sent its 505th Battalion to mop up. At least one ex-British Mastiff armored truck cornered the Russians in a clutch of homes in Kostyantynopolske. Mastiff’s gunner opened fire with a .50-caliber machine gun, shredding the Russians’ shelter, Kostyantynopolske skirmish is just latest in a series of effective small-scale, combined-arms actions by Ukrainian troops defended against Russian assaults in Donetsk as well as in Kursk Oblast in western Russia.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/20...sh-it-off/

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U.S. President Joe Biden gave Ukraine the green light to attack Russian territory with ATACMS missiles in mid-November. Within days, Kyiv reportedly also launched British Storm Shadows into Russia for the first time. Russia carried out heavy guided bomb attacks against Ukraine from Nov. 1-20, Agentstvo reported, citing daily dropped at least 100 guided aerial bombs per day period, with exception of only one day, numbers fell significantly after Nov. 20. Russia dropped 138 guided bombs on Nov. 20, marking the last time Russian Aerospace Forces targeted Ukraine with over 100 bombs in a single day. Russian aircraft have launched fewer guided bombs on Ukraine in first 12 days of December, number of bombs topped 50 on only five days. The average number of bombs per day is now 40 or fewer. 

Oliver Alexander, an open-source intelligence (OSINT), said the decrease was likely due to the threat long-range missile attacks posed to Russian airfields. Russian military may have been forced to move Su-34 farther than 600 km from front line to avoid ATACMS strikes, affecting "maintenance, sorties rate & flight hours," he said in a post on X. 

Guided aerial bombs are precision-guided munitions that have a shorter range than missiles, but are far cheaper to produce. Zelensky lobbied aggressively for long-range permissions, in order to target Russian military airfields amid intensifying aerial attacks. Trump hints he won’t ‘abandon’ Kyiv but opposes Ukraine launching US missiles inside Russia.
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-guid...lysts-say/

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Ukraine Assassinated Russian Prison Chief!. Will Hostages be Rescued?. Chief of Olenivka prison colony in Donetsk, Sergey Yevsyukov, was killed in a car explosion. Yevsyukov was accused of war crimes, including mass killing & torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war during 2022 Olenivka incident. Ukrainian intelligence suggests attack could relate to his role in these atrocities, exposing Russia’s disregard for human rights in occupied territories.
https://youtu.be/Yr0Yzli7cQg?si=w0vGEdtR8z2yL0fm

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Ukrainian forces have received the Peklo long-range missile drones, capable of targeting over 700 km with speeds of 700 km/h. Developed by Ukroboronprom, these drones rival Russian cruise missiles in effectiveness but at a lower cost. Zelensky confirmed the handover of dozens of units, which are already combat-tested. Drones are being mass-produced w/improvements in protection, precision new warhead designs to expand target options. This marks a significant boost to Ukraine's defense capabilities.

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Ukrainian forces have received the Peklo long-range missile drones, capable of targeting over 700 km with speeds of 700 km/h. Developed by Ukroboronprom, these drones rival Russian cruise missiles in effectiveness but at a lower cost. Zelensky confirmed the handover of dozens of units, which are already combat-tested. Drones are being mass-produced w/improvements in protection, precision new warhead designs to expand target options. This marks a significant boost to Ukraine's defense capabilities.

Ukraine is expanding its long-range arsenal for deep strikes inside Russia. Ukraine unveiled a new domestically-produced missile drone in early December, a significantly enhance country’s ability to conduct airstrikes against targets deep inside Russia. Dubbed the “Peklo” (“Hell”) in Ukrainian, is newer addition to Ukrainian arsenal has a range of 700 km, can reach speeds of up to 700 km per hour. In social media, it showcasing the weapon, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said first batch of Peklo missile drones had already been delivered to Ukrainian military & had proved its combat effectiveness. “Mission now is scale up production & deployment,” he commented.

Peklo is one long-range weapons currently being used to seeks to boost its ability to strike targets inside Russia. Speaking in Kyiv on December 10, Zelenskyy said serial production of long-range Palyanytsia missile drone was now underway, used of the new Ruta missile are ongoing. Meanwhile, a long-range version of Ukraine’s domestically produced Neptune cruise missile is expected to become operational in near future. The Neptune is currently best known as the weapon used to sink the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva, during initial mths of the Russian invasion in spring 2022.

In addition to these developments, Ukrainian Defense Ministry recently announced plans to deliver more than 30,000 long-range attack drones in 2025
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/uk...de-russia/

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General Staff: Russia has lost 762,440 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. number includes 1,280 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,551 tanks, 19,707 armored fighting vehicles, 31,398 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,128 artillery systems, 1,256 multiple launch rocket systems, 1025 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,356 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

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MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin on Monday (Dec 16) hailed his army's accelerating advance in Ukraine praised 2024 as a "landmark" year in the course of Moscow's military offensive on its Western-backed neighbour. Addressing top military generals in an end-of-year meeting, Kremlin leader struck a defiant optimistic tone, claiming troops had upper hand across entire front line. As both Moscow / Kyiv are seeking to improve their position on battlefield be4 US President-elect Donald Trump comes to power in January.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/

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UKRAINE has blown up a massive Russian train carrying £3.2m worth of oil in a sabotage attack with missiles and drones. A train with 40 oil tank wagons in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region was hit first by a bomb planted on the tracks.
https://youtu.be/LpibHZsG_hs?si=BugxDgKYNvo6D8t1

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General killed in Moscow a legitimate target, says Ukraine...big news...A high-ranking general in the Russian armed forces and his assistant have been killed in Moscow by Ukraine's security service, a Ukrainian source has told the BBC.

Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of Nuclear & Biological
& Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was outside a residential block early Tuesday when a device hidden in a scooter was detonated remotely. Russia's Investigating...Source in Ukraine's SBU security service claimed Kirillov was "a legitimate target" alleging carried out war crimes. On Mon, SBU charged Kirillov in absentia. Telegram was "responsible for mass use of banned chemical weapons". Ukrainian govt has not yet commented on his general's death.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2ek388yxzo

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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/worl...396220.cms

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Putin's very greedy for many more land. He used state-controlled media described himself as a selfless man with together, with his gang, as a U.N."wanted man, as member of a terrorist organization." He when on with his gang to go Ukraine to do their killing there...

I cannot understand leh!  Why Kim Jong Un sent his troops to Putin to send them to die leh?  Kim doesn't mind meh?

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I cannot understand leh!  Why Kim Jong Un sent his troops to Putin to send them to die leh?  Kim doesn't mind meh?

Ukraine military releases images of North Korean casualties in Kursk. 
https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2024/1...asulaties/

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Russians Celebrated too Soon. Tongue

https://youtu.be/RHySWsSdMfo

A bomb hidden in an electric scooter has killed a senior Russian general in Moscow. That's according to Russia's investigative committee. 
Blast on Monday morning outside of an apartment block a few kilometers from Kremlin. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and an assistant were killed. Kirilov was the chief of Russia's 'Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Forces.'
https://youtu.be/Jf7lhjLuJOs?si=2ARfv1x-l_I1d7KH

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https://youtu.be/84JyxcW0X5Y?si=tlBN_i9ZgJMhCL8G

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Several hundred’ North Korean troops killed fighting Ukraine, says US official. All ranks’ among casualties in Kursk after Pyongyang thousands of soldiers to reinforce Russia’s war effort. These are not battle-hardened troops. They haven’t been in combat before,” official said, adding was probably contributing to “why been suffering the casualties that they have at the hands of the Ukrainians”.

Official’s comments on casualties came after Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Russia has used North Korean troops at the heart of an “intensive offensive” in Kursk just over several days ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...s-official

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Several hundred’ North Korean troops killed fighting Ukraine, says US official. All ranks’ among casualties in Kursk after Pyongyang thousands of soldiers to reinforce Russia’s war effort. These are not battle-hardened troops. They haven’t been in combat before,” official said, adding was probably contributing to “why been suffering the casualties that they have at the hands of the Ukrainians”.

Official’s comments on casualties came after Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Russia has used North Korean troops at the heart of an “intensive offensive” in Kursk just over several days ago.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...s-official

Send recruits to the frontline sure die lah!

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Send recruits to the frontline sure die lah!

Putin Miscalculated, so is North Korea soldiers become live target starting been kill, is not only a self-inflicted, it also killing about 70% for those North Korea troops been fried.
https://youtu.be/-Q3oyknt6rY?si=bpVWvnnDggjwHtOk

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General Staff: Russia has lost 762,440 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022. number includes 1,280 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 9,551 tanks, 19,707 armored fighting vehicles, 31,398 vehicles and fuel tanks, 21,128 artillery systems, 1,256 multiple launch rocket systems, 1025 air defense systems, 369 airplanes, 329 helicopters, 20,356 drones, 28 ships and boats, and one submarine.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said it disrupted as the "biggest network" of Russian spies operating within the country who were allegedly collecting intelligence on ally-donated F-16 fighter jets, among other military targets. December 17 announcement underlines what Ukraine describes as Russia's constant spying efforts continues to repel Russia's ongoing invasion launched in February 2022. SBU claimed its military counterintelligence division neutralized the alleged spy network working for Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) across five Ukrainian regions. In a coordinated operation, the SBU identified 12 Russian agents and informants, including former Ukrainian soldiers who deserted their positions and were later allegedly recruited by Russian intelligence while on the run from law enforcement.

Ukraine spy boss, Putin try to kill...

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President Zelensky released a video accusing Russian soldiers of burning faces of dead North Korean troops. He claimed North Korean troops faces were burnt to hide their identities before burial in Russia’s Kursk region. Zelensky claimed after first combat with Ukrainian forces, Russian army "burnt the faces of North Korean soldiers killed in the battle.” “Even years of war, we thought Russians could not get any more cynical, see something even worse,” Zelensky said.
https://youtu.be/9308Ak-DRyk?si=44DXNiafk-nxEbR_

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President Zelensky released a video accusing Russian soldiers of burning faces of dead North Korean troops. He claimed North Korean troops faces were burnt to hide their identities before burial in Russia’s Kursk region. Zelensky claimed after first combat with Ukrainian forces, Russian army "burnt the faces of North Korean soldiers killed in the battle.” “Even years of war, we thought Russians could not get any more cynical, see something even worse,” Zelensky said.

https://youtu.be/9308Ak-DRyk?si=-Xq_CBy3FG0FEzTD

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Putin Miscalculated, so is North Korea soldiers become live target starting been kill, is not only a self-inflicted, it also killing about 70% for those North Korea troops been fried.
https://youtu.be/-Q3oyknt6rY?si=bpVWvnnDggjwHtOk

Kim friended wrong person liao lah!

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Kim friended wrong person liao lah!

All good fren of Trump lehh.

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Russian Military Plane Worth $4.5m Explodes At Airfield Near Moscow: Kyiv. An Antonov An-72 military transport aircraft exploded at the Ostafyevo airfield near Moscow, according to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

Newsweek has contacted the defense ministries for Ukraine and Russia, via email, for comment.

Why It Matters
The estimated cost of the aircraft is said to be about $4.5 million, at a time when Russia's economy is coming under increasing strain amid Vladimir Putin's war effort in Ukraine.

It comes after the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), the military intelligence service of the Ukrainian government, destroyed a "Podlyot" radar system in western Crimea, reportedly worth $5 million, last month, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-militar...iv-2004075

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Russian Military Plane Worth $4.5m Explodes At Airfield Near Moscow: Kyiv. An Antonov An-72 military transport aircraft exploded at the Ostafyevo airfield near Moscow, according to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine.

Newsweek has contacted the defense ministries for Ukraine and Russia, via email, for comment.

Why It Matters
The estimated cost of the aircraft is said to be about $4.5 million, at a time when Russia's economy is coming under increasing strain amid Vladimir Putin's war effort in Ukraine.

It comes after the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR), the military intelligence service of the Ukrainian government, destroyed a "Podlyot" radar system in western Crimea, reportedly worth $5 million, last month, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-militar...iv-2004075

https://www.newsweek.com/russian-militar...iv-2004075

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Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russia, Russia takes village near Donetsk. dential buildings in the Russian city of Kazan, more than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) from the front line, bringing the war deep into the heart of Russia.
The Russian Ministry of Defence said the city, located some 800km (500 miles) east of Moscow, was attacked by three waves of drones between 7:40am and 9:20am (04:40 and 06:20 GMT) on Saturday.

Eight drones were used in the attack, according to the press service of the Tatarstan regional government. Six hit residential buildings, one hit an industrial facility and another was shot down over a river, it said in a statement.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/2...netsk-town