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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 29 DEC 2023 23:59* PST - Zelenskyy Goes to Avdiivka
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SITREP 569 is 64 pages long and the last full SITREP for 2023.
What's Happening
What's the big story? The intensity of Russian attacks declined theaterwide, enabling Ukraine to stabilize its defensive lines. Oh, and Zelenskyy's visit to Avdiivka was his boldest act of defiance yet.
What's the second story? The violation of Polish airspace by a Russian cruise missile is worse than initially thought, with Poland accusing Russia of an intentional act.
Summary
- There are no map updates
- The intensity of Russian attacks has decreased theaterwide
- Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
- Fighting continued in the Kreminna AO
- Northwest of Bakhmut, Ukrainian forces have stopped the Russian advance in Bohdanivka and took up territory in Khromove
- The intensity of fighting in the Klishchiivka AO has declined significantly
- President Zelenskyy met with commanders and troops in Avdiivka near the Coke Plant, 1.4 kilometers from the FLOT
- Russian forces made marginal gains north of Stepove but continued to suffer catastrophic losses east of the settlement
- Fighting continued on the northwest and southeast edges of Avdiivka
- Russian forces continued their attacks on the south flank of Avdiivka
- Fighting continued in the Marinka AO
- Ukrainian forces stabilized defense lines south and east of Novomykhailivka
- Fighting continued in the Orikhiv AO
- Russian forces continue to suffer significant losses south and west of Krynky
- The Russian 205th Brigade is being withdrawn from Pidstepne, Pishchanivka, and Poima in Kherson after suffering catastrophic losses
- The city of Kherson was hit by five Shahed-136 one-way drones, destroying the administration building
- In occupied Kherson, insurgents with ATESH claim they sabotaged Russian armored vehicles
- Russia has ten vessels of the Black Sea Fleet on patrol
- In occupied Crimea, Russia has set up anti-USV defenses in Lake Donuzlav
- In Cherkasy, a Russian Kh-22 cruise missile destroyed 51 homes, wounding nine
- Russia milblogger Romanov Light is terrible at geolocation, and we thank him for doing our work
- One person was killed and one wounded in a drone strike in Belgorod, Russia
- Russia claims that it shot down 32 drones in the Bryansk, Oryol, Kursk, and Moscow regions
- Ukraine claims it launched over 70 drones into multiple Russian regions
- Polish officials confirmed that a Russian cruise missile violated its airspace by 40 kilometers before changing course and returning to Ukraine
- Russia launched ten Shahed 136 one-way drones at Ukraine
- At the time of publication, Russia’s missile and drone attack on Ukraine killed 39 and wounded 161
- Kyiv suffered its deadliest day since February 24, 2022
- World leaders condemned Russia’s missile and drone attack on Ukraine
- Alla Martyniuk, a self-declared volunteer assistant adviser to Ukrainian General Zaluzhnyi, was in damage control after statements she made about military service
- General Zaluzhnyi said that she was not authorized to speak on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and that he no longer has assistants
- Polish truck drivers eased their protest at one border crossing, but thousands of trucks are still stuck
- The U.K. sent 200 air defense missiles to Ukraine
- There’s something peculiar about the latest batch of Storm Shadow cruise missiles Ukraine received
- The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that fall conscription had ended
- Ksenia Fadeeva, a campaign advisor to Alexi Navalny, received 10.5 years in prison for “creating an extremist community and participating in an NGO that infringes on the rights of citizens”
- Nastya Ivleeva was fined 100,000 roubles for her naked party
- Ivleeva’s boyfriend Boris Makhmudov had a denunciation written up against him by a religious group for “promoted same-sex relationships”
- Quick thinking by the medical staff at Dnipro Maternity Hospital saved patients' lives
- The Associated Press reported that Russia concealed the number of people killed by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam
- The three Ukrainian soldiers who were executed were partially identified
- The Netherlands warns that Europe needs to prepare for war
- Germany concludes the West underestimated the military capabilities of Russia
- What rouble doing
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