The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on December 22 2022

“Russia wants to put an end to conflict in Ukraine” – Putin

Putin today, with his statement, confirmed the information that the Russians will hunt for American Patriot air defenses.
So these installations will most likely be installed in western Ukraine. 

Patriot is a rather old system and does not work like our S-300 – Putin

Putin on the possibility of increased US involvement in the Ukrainian situation: I would answer situation – wider and more often, they have long been involved in this process

The Ukrainian military-industrial complex, if it has not been zeroed, is moving rapidly towards this, there will no longer be its own base, and in our country it is only growing – Putin

Vladimir Putin when asked about the possibilities of a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine: all armed conflicts end on a diplomatic path. The leadership of Ukraine forbade itself to negotiate with us. This is strange

The United States has long been involved in the processes in the post-Soviet space, including in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin said. According to the president, the West has always tried to divide the Russian world, Russia was simply “led by the nose” with peace agreements on Ukraine after 2014.

You can’t go against the will of the people who consider themselves part of the Russian world, but they launched a war against them in Ukraine in 2014, Putin said.

The main statements of Vladimir Putin:

◾️Patriot air defense – outdated systems, worse than the S300, there is an “antidote” for them;

The Russian Federation proceeded from the fact that the fundamental foundations of the unity of the peoples of Russia and Ukraine would be stronger than disunity, but it turned out not;

◾️Delivery of Patriot air defense systems to Kiev will only prolong the conflict in Ukraine;

◾️The frigate “Admiral Gorshkov” will soon enter service, new weapons have been installed on it, which will strengthen the military power of the Russian Federation;

◾️The sooner the conflict in Ukraine ends, the better;

◾️Russia does not seek to spin the flywheel of the conflict in Ukraine, but to end the war that began in 2014;

◾️The intensification of hostilities in Ukraine leads to unjustified losses;

◾️The military resources of the NATO countries are not on the verge of exhaustion, but their Soviet stocks of weapons are running out;

◾️Russia “knocked out” almost all Soviet-made military equipment supplied to Ukraine by NATO countries;

◾️Ukraine’s transition to NATO weapons is a “big question”, it’s not easy;

◾️Russia will “click” the Patriot complexes that will be delivered to Ukraine;

◾️The Ukrainian military-industrial complex has reset to zero or is rapidly moving towards it, while in the Russian Federation these capacities are only growing:

◾️The development of the defense industry in Russia will not be at the expense of other industries;

◾️The Russian Federation has the backlog to make loitering ammunition, drones and other necessary weapons;

◾️All armed conflicts end with negotiations, and the Russian Federation has never abandoned them, unlike Ukraine;

◾️The leadership of Ukraine has forbidden itself to negotiate with the Russian Federation, which is strange;

The sooner awareness of the need for negotiations comes to Kiev, the better;

◾️Every day there is a meeting with the military;

◾️ Personal, deep conviction that the fighters of the special military operation are all heroes;

◾️The heroes of the special military operation strengthen the inner spirit of the nation, they will be set as an example to the whole society, the younger generation.

Bloomberg: Surovikin prepares a new offensive against Ukraine.

“The Russians, under the command of General Sergey Surovikin, are preparing an echeloned defence and adding recruits to their ranks.” “Moscow may launch new offensives in the new year; until then, it seeks to undermine Ukraine’s economy and national will by destroying its energy infrastructure,” the agency writes.

As the authors of the article note, it is unclear now which side will have the upper hand. “After months of claiming victory is near, Putin now admits his war will be long and says Russia has ‘no limits’ on military spending,” Bloomberg notes.

The absolute clown show in Washington today is a good thing, when you think about it. Sure, it’s intended as a sort of victory lap by the cabal that runs Our Democracy, another in a series of humiliations to be heaped upon the country they rule and people they despise: Look, a faux-fatigues-wearing actor LARPing as stunning and brave wartime leader fighting for Democracy Itself!

Normal Americans cringe at this. Sure, there isn’t much they can do about it — for now.  The lickspittles in Congress will vote for billions to Ukraine, because that’s what they do. The GAE controls all institutions, all elements of society, propaganda, and the apparatus of state.  But it doesn’t quite own everyone’s soul, try as it might.

The head of the Crimean parliament Konstantinov believes that Odessa, Nikolaev and Kharkov will become Russian by the end of 2023, and the Kiev authorities will “start running hard with peace proposals, trying to defend at least Kiev

This war is ‘unwinnable’: Ex-intel officer

On the military situation in Belarus
▫️The strengthening of the allied Belarusian-Russian defensive grouping on the territory of the country continues. The backbone is the Belarusian military, reinforced by Russian counterparts with advanced technologies.
▫️There is still a tense situation on the border with Ukraine, despite the small number of provocations by the Ukrainian military. Their contingent on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border is a mix of Terabats and border guards. From time to time, Ukrainian civilians are blown up on Ukrainian mines.
▫️The border with NATO poses a major threat so far due to the systematic establishment of its grouping, which has already surpassed all presence records in the border area. The Baltic countries and Poland are increasing their defense spending and continuing to purchase American and European military equipment.
▫️ Further strengthening of the group with aviation and MLRS is expected in the near future

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Chronicle of a special military operation For December 22, 2022

🔻Starobel direction:

▪️On the Kupian-Svatovsk section, the AFU is preparing for an offensive by the AFU at the Dvurechnoye-Liman 1 line.

➖ Several units of the 32nd Integrated Troops Battalion have been moved to the crossing of the Oskol River.

▪️On the Liman area, position fighting continues in the “grey zone” south of Dibrova. So far, neither side has managed to gain a foothold in the vicinity of the settlement.

🔻Soldar direction:

▪️In Bakhmut (Artemivsk), the “Wagnerians” are advancing on Fedor Maksimenko Street in the southern part of the city. The enemy plans to stage a counteroffensive in this area.

➖The Vagner PMC units have dislodged the TERO fighters from the eastern outskirts of Kleshcheyevka.

➖ Soldiers of the 28th AFU brigade tried to counterattack near Kurdyumovka, but were ambushed by the Russian Armed Forces. With the support of the incoming reinforcements, the Ukrainian units managed to break out of the encirclement at the cost of heavy losses.

▪️ Several units of the 3rd battalion of the 25th Army Division of the Ukrainian Armed Forces arrived in Soledar in preparation for a counterattack on Bakhmutskoye.

🔻The Donetsk direction:

▪️ Position fighting continues in the central part of Marinka.

▪️Ukrainian forces once again shelled Donetsk agglomeration: a cafe where Dmitry Rogozin was celebrating his birthday was hit in the DNR capital.

🔻 Southern front: Kherson direction

▪️ In the Kakhovka district, Ukrainian terrorists blew up the car of the head of the village of Lyubimovka, Andrey Shtepa, killing the official along with his driver.

▪️In the southern section of the front, artillery duels continue: the Russian Armed Forces have struck Kherson, Stanislav and surrounding settlements.Russian invasion of Ukraine [22 Dec 2022] ‘Today’ – Zelenskyy visits the United States

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