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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 07 DEC 2023 23:59* PST - Russian Kh-101/Kh-55/555 Missiles Strike Ukraine
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SITREP 553 is 53 pages and is combat only!
What's Happening
What's the big story? After a 78-day break, Russia launched 14 Kh-101/Kh-55/555 cruise missiles at Ukraine.
What's the second story? No map changes - which is a good thing.
Summary
- There are no map updates
- There are no updates to the Daily Assessment
- There are rumors updates
- Russian forces continue attacks in the Kupyansk AO
- Russian S-300 antiaircraft missiles struck Kharkiv, wounding two
- In Luhansk, Russian forces continued their attempts to advance on Terny and Yampolivka from the Kreminna AO
- Ukrainian forces destroyed a TOS-1A MLRS in Soledar
- In the Bakhmut AO, Russian forces continued their attempts to set conditions for an attack on Chasiv Yar
- The deputy commander of the Azov 3rd Separate Assault Brigade provided an update on battlefield conditions
- Russian forces have been stopped “butt cold,” to quote the 1984 movie Red Dawn, at the Krasnohorivka Plateau
- Ukrainian forces are holding back Russian troops at Stepove
- A second prominent Russian milblogger used language that suggests Russian troops were pushed back in the Avdiivka industrial district
- Russian attacks continued on the south flank of Avdiivka
- Fighting continued in the Marinka and Vuhledar AOs
- Russia heavily shelled two Ukrainian thermal power plants near the LOC in Donetsk
- Russian occupiers in Donetsk admitted fuel storage tanks were destroyed on December 6, and not liquid asphalt
- In occupied Mariupol, Russian forces are conducting retribution filtration exercises of city residents after insurgents assassinated officers
- Fighting continued in the Orikhiv AO, with new reports suggesting Ukrainian troops advanced toward Kopani from Robotyne
- Insurgents destroyed a Russian truck in Berdyansk, likely using an IED
- The IAEA provided an update on the status of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
- Geolocated video from Krynky confirms our map and that Ukrainian forces are on the western edge of the settlement
- Ukraine attacked a Russian based in occupied Stara Zburivka
- Up to four Kh-101/Kh-55/555 cruise missiles struck Pavlohrad, Ternivka, and Yurivka in Dnipropetrovsk, killing one and wounding four
- Air defenses in Kyiv shot down up to 10 Kh-101/Kh-55/555 cruise missiles
- In Moscow, Russia, the Elektrozavod factory, which is Russia’s largest producer of electrical transformers, suffered a significant fire
- Russia attacked Ukraine with seven Shahed-136 one-way drones, with five shot down
- Ukraine had to purchase electricity from Slovakia, Romania, and Poland to support its infrastructure
- Japan pledged to provide $4.5 billion in financial aid to Ukraine in 2024
- The head of the budget committee of the Verkhovna Rada warned that without United States assistance, Ukraine may not be able to meet its social services requirements
- Ukrzaliznytsia officials sent the first batch of trucks over the Polish border by rail to bypass the ongoing blockade
- Australia is sending a new “batch” of Bushmaster MRAPS
- The Defense Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament authorized the transfer of expired S-300 antiaircraft missiles to Ukraine for refurbishment
- The United States Navy will complete the delivery of 14 Vampire anti-drone systems with munitions by the end of the year
- Ukraine signed a contract with two U.S. defense companies to make 155 mm shells, but the start date is “years” away
- A report by the Kiel Institute of World Economics reported that aid to Ukraine dropped 87% between August and October 2023
- Colonel General Ramzan Kadyrov claims great victory against Ukrainian troops by attacking Belgorod, Russia
- You read that right
- Nepal arrested ten handlers who were recruiting men to join the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
- The Russian commissariat is conscripting and mobilizing college students on academic deferment
- Former PMC Wagner Group mercenaries are now working for PMC Storm V, and it’s going as we predicted – meat
- Former Wagnerites are complaining that President Putin isn’t creating National Guard groups at a federal region level – as we predicted
- Igor ‘Strelkov’ Girkin will spend another six months as a guest of the Lefortovo Prison
- Russia has attempted to force conscript undocumented immigrants who failed to cross the border into Finland and are being held in detention centers
- According to a recent poll, 21% of Russians want to ask President Putin when the war ends
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Comments
Did I miss the update on US military flag officer promotions? 422 senior military officer promotions were confirmed by the Senate on 5DEC23. https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/one_item_and_teasers/noms_confn.html
