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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 08 DEC 2023 23:59* PST - Russian Counteroffensive at Krynky Ends Badly

Added 2023-12-09 08:22:38 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 554 is 43 pages and is combat only.

What's Happening

What's the big story? The Russian 328th VDV went all in to try and push the Ukrainian forces of Krynky with armor support, and it did not go well. It is increasingly unlikely that Russia can collapse the bridgeheads without dedicating major resources to Kherson.

What's the second story? Did you know Japan has almost 200 MIM-104 Patriot air defense launchers and 30 full batteries? Neither did we, and Japan and Ukraine are...talking.

Summary

There are map updates
There are rumor updates
The weather impacted tractability in occupied Donetsk and Kherson
Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
Russian forces attacked Spirne with up to six companies of light infantry
Fighting continued on the northern and southern flanks of Bakhmut
Russian forces made tactically significant gains northwest of Klishchiivka
Russian forces continued attacks on the north flank of Avdiivka, advancing in the direction of the sewage treatment plant
Twelve Ukrainian civilians sheltering at the Avdiivka Coke Plant agreed to be evacuated
It is very likely that Russian forces are on the eastern edge of the Avdiivka industrial district and were pushed back by Ukrainian forces
The Ukrainian 47th Brigade loves the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
Russian forces attacked Krasnohorivka, Marinka, and Pobieda in the Marinka AO
Ukraine attacked the Starobesheve Thermal Power Plant in occupied Donetsk, causing outages and brownouts
Fighting continued southeast of Verbove and west of Robotyne
The Russian 328th VDV attacked Ukrainian troops in Krynky, Kherson, with armor support and suffered heavy losses
The number of people injured in the missile attack on Pavlohrad increased to eight
The number of Kh-101/Kh-55/Kh-555 cruise missiles used by Russia on December 7 – 8 increased to 20
It is believed that Russia was only testing Ukrainian air defense to plan future attacks
At the time of publication, there were no Shahed-136 one-way drone attacks, and only a single Iskander-M SRBM was fired at Ukraine
Thousands of online surveillance cameras used in Ukraine, including in sensitive areas, were connected to Russian servers for up to 20 years
Germany provided Ukraine with another military aid package
The Parliament of Bulgaria overrode the Presidential veto, which blocked the transfer of 100 APCs to Ukraine
Ukraine and Japan are in talks to transfer MIM-104 Patriot batteries to Ukraine

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