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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 07 DEC 2023 23:59* PST - Russian Kh-101/Kh-55/555 Missiles Strike Ukraine

Added 2023-12-08 10:32:01 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 553 is 53 pages and is combat only!

What's Happening

What's the big story? After a 78-day break, Russia launched 14 Kh-101/Kh-55/555 cruise missiles at Ukraine.

What's the second story? No map changes - which is a good thing.

Summary

There are no map updates
There are no updates to the Daily Assessment
There are rumors updates
Russian forces continue attacks in the Kupyansk AO
Russian S-300 antiaircraft missiles struck Kharkiv, wounding two
In Luhansk, Russian forces continued their attempts to advance on Terny and Yampolivka from the Kreminna AO
Ukrainian forces destroyed a TOS-1A MLRS in Soledar
In the Bakhmut AO, Russian forces continued their attempts to set conditions for an attack on Chasiv Yar
The deputy commander of the Azov 3rd Separate Assault Brigade provided an update on battlefield conditions
Russian forces have been stopped “butt cold,” to quote the 1984 movie Red Dawn, at the Krasnohorivka Plateau
Ukrainian forces are holding back Russian troops at Stepove
A second prominent Russian milblogger used language that suggests Russian troops were pushed back in the Avdiivka industrial district
Russian attacks continued on the south flank of Avdiivka
Fighting continued in the Marinka and Vuhledar AOs
Russia heavily shelled two Ukrainian thermal power plants near the LOC in Donetsk
Russian occupiers in Donetsk admitted fuel storage tanks were destroyed on December 6, and not liquid asphalt
In occupied Mariupol, Russian forces are conducting retribution filtration exercises of city residents after insurgents assassinated officers
Fighting continued in the Orikhiv AO, with new reports suggesting Ukrainian troops advanced toward Kopani from Robotyne
Insurgents destroyed a Russian truck in Berdyansk, likely using an IED
The IAEA provided an update on the status of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant
Geolocated video from Krynky confirms our map and that Ukrainian forces are on the western edge of the settlement
Ukraine attacked a Russian based in occupied Stara Zburivka
Up to four Kh-101/Kh-55/555 cruise missiles struck Pavlohrad, Ternivka, and Yurivka in Dnipropetrovsk, killing one and wounding four
Air defenses in Kyiv shot down up to 10 Kh-101/Kh-55/555 cruise missiles
In Moscow, Russia, the Elektrozavod factory, which is Russia’s largest producer of electrical transformers, suffered a significant fire
Russia attacked Ukraine with seven Shahed-136 one-way drones, with five shot down
Ukraine had to purchase electricity from Slovakia, Romania, and Poland to support its infrastructure
Japan pledged to provide $4.5 billion in financial aid to Ukraine in 2024
The head of the budget committee of the Verkhovna Rada warned that without United States assistance, Ukraine may not be able to meet its social services requirements
Ukrzaliznytsia officials sent the first batch of trucks over the Polish border by rail to bypass the ongoing blockade
Australia is sending a new “batch” of Bushmaster MRAPS
The Defense Committee of the Bulgarian Parliament authorized the transfer of expired S-300 antiaircraft missiles to Ukraine for refurbishment
The United States Navy will complete the delivery of 14 Vampire anti-drone systems with munitions by the end of the year
Ukraine signed a contract with two U.S. defense companies to make 155 mm shells, but the start date is “years” away
A report by the Kiel Institute of World Economics reported that aid to Ukraine dropped 87% between August and October 2023
Colonel General Ramzan Kadyrov claims great victory against Ukrainian troops by attacking Belgorod, Russia
You read that right
Nepal arrested ten handlers who were recruiting men to join the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
The Russian commissariat is conscripting and mobilizing college students on academic deferment
Former PMC Wagner Group mercenaries are now working for PMC Storm V, and it’s going as we predicted – meat
Former Wagnerites are complaining that President Putin isn’t creating National Guard groups at a federal region level – as we predicted
Igor ‘Strelkov’ Girkin will spend another six months as a guest of the Lefortovo Prison
Russia has attempted to force conscript undocumented immigrants who failed to cross the border into Finland and are being held in detention centers
According to a recent poll, 21% of Russians want to ask President Putin when the war ends

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