Today there are already preliminary data that the Russians have begun using soldiers from North Korea in the assaults — a noticeable number,
The Russians include them in consolidated units and use them in operations in the Kursk region. For now, it is only there,
Emergency services are carrying out additional work to completely eliminate the consequences, ... fortunately, there are no victims from today's attack."
It's one of the largest oil terminals in the suburbs of Oryol city" and is part of a "military industrial complex" that supplies the Russian army
As (Vladimir) Putin has said publicly, Russia intends to launch another experimental Oreshnik missile at Ukraine, and it is possible that Russia could do so in the coming days.”
I think basically they [the Russians] just took apart the RS-26 or just cannibalised it, and then put together this new missile with a couple of upgrades and a new paint job.”
Russia's strike series targeting Ukrainian energy facilities is part of a broader campaign aimed at freezing out Ukraine in Winter 2024-2025 and compelling Ukraine and the West to self-deter into making policy decisions that benefit Russia."
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) claimed that Russian forces conducted the 12-13 December strike in retribution for a Ukrainian strike against Taganrog, Rostov Oblast on 11 December using Western-provided ATACMS, although Russian forces were likely planned to conduct such a strike regardless and are conveniently using the 11 December strike to justify ongoing Russian strikes against Ukrainian critical infrastructure."
This is [Russian president Vladimir] Putin’s plan for ‘peace’ – to destroy everything. This is how he wants ‘negotiations’ – terrorising millions of people,
Today, the ground forces need changes, new energy among its soldiers, and a modern approach to the development of their capabilities,
It won’t be a meeting that has concrete decisions, but more political to discuss the coming weeks and months,
This year, this is already the twelfth mass attack on the Ukrainian energy industry and the ninth mass attack on the company's energy enterprises,
We assess that the Oreshnik is not a game-changer on the battlefield, but rather just another attempt by Russia to terrorize Ukraine, which will fail."
Anything can happen. Anything can happen. It's a very volatile situation,
The enemy continues its terror. Once again, the energy sector across Ukraine is under massive attack,
Russia aims to deprive us of energy. Instead, we must deprive it of the means of terror,
Engineers are taking all the necessary measures to minimise the consequences,
Frankly, we can think and work on Emmanuel (Macron)'s position".
Fortunately, as of this moment, there is no information about casualties. However, due to the attack, there will be changes to the schedules of power outages. More details to follow,