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Today there are already preliminary data that the Russians have begun using soldiers from North Korea in the assaults — a noticeable number,
Zelenskyy said
The Russians include them in consolidated units and use them in operations in the Kursk region. For now, it is only there,
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Emergency services are carrying out additional work to completely eliminate the consequences, ... fortunately, there are no victims from today's attack."
Klychkov said
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
the chief of staff said
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.”
An unnamed representative of the U.S. National Security Council told the Financial Times
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.”
Fabian Hoffmann, a defence expert and doctoral research fellow at the University of Oslo, told the Kyiv IndependentRussia'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."
Quote from the ISW
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."
Quote from the ISWThis is [Russian president Vladimir] Putin’s plan for ‘peace’ – to destroy everything. This is how he wants ‘negotiations’ – terrorising millions of people,
Zelenskyy said
Today, the ground forces need changes, new energy among its soldiers, and a modern approach to the development of their capabilities,
the military quoted Drapatyi as saying at a high-level security meetingIt won’t be a meeting that has concrete decisions, but more political to discuss the coming weeks and months,
a source told ReutersThis year, this is already the twelfth mass attack on the Ukrainian energy industry and the ninth mass attack on the company's energy enterprises,
the company said in a post on Telegram, noting
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."
Similarly, an official told Reuters earlier in the weekAnything can happen. Anything can happen. It's a very volatile situation,
Trump said of the war in Ukraine
The enemy continues its terror. Once again, the energy sector across Ukraine is under massive attack,
Energy Minister German Galushchenko said
Russia aims to deprive us of energy. Instead, we must deprive it of the means of terror,
Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga said on social mediaEngineers are taking all the necessary measures to minimise the consequences,
he said after explosions were reported in a few regionsFrankly, we can think and work on Emmanuel (Macron)'s position".
Asked about the proposal on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saidFortunately, 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,
Kozytskyi wrote