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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 03 DEC 2023 23:59* PST - Hard Times Are Coming

Added 2023-12-04 10:16:19 +0000 UTC

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Editor's Note: Today's report includes graphic details of human rights abuses, torture, and probable grave violations of the Geneva Conventions. If you find this type of content disturbing, we recommend you skip the War Crimes and Human Rights section.

What's Happening

What's the big story? Ukrainian forces are facing growing ammunition shortages, which are becoming critical, and the NATO Secretary General warned that the world needs to prepare for bad news.

What's the second story? The situation at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant can still be called stable, but it continues to deteriorate, and no one is talking about it.

What's the bonus story? Ukrainian forces have opened up a battle on a second front - cats versus rodents.

Summary

The weather section, including soil saturation, snow depth, and the weather forecast, has returned to the SITREP
There are map changes
There are operational objectives updates
Fighting continued in Kharkiv near Kupyansk
Russian forces are increasing DRG activity on the border of Kharkiv while decreasing it in Sumy
In the Kreminna AO, Russian forces advanced near Terny, while Ukrainian forces made marginal gains near Dibrova
In the Bakhmut AO, Russian forces continue to set conditions to attempt an offensive in the direction of Chasiv Yar
Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
Russian forces continued attempts to advance from the Krasnohorivka Plateau in all directions
A Russian advance southeast of Stepove was repulsed after Russian troops were recorded executing Ukrainian POWs
Russian forces continued their attempts to advance into Avdiivka northeast of the Avdiivka Coke Plant, north of the sewage treatment plant, and the industrial district
Russian forces captured a Bradley Fighting Vehicle
Battlefield conditions in the Avdiivka AO are poor
Fighting continued in the no man’s land between Vodyane and Sieverne
Russian forces attempted to advance into Pervomaiske
Ukrainian forces continue to hold the western and northwestern edges of Marinka
Fighting continued near Novobakhmutivka
Russian forces attempted to advance on the Vuhledar Coal Mine complex
Fighting continues west of Staromaiorske
Ukrainian forces attempted to advance on Novopakrovka and Verbove
Russian forces reached the southern edge of Robotyne but were beaten back during intense fighting
Insurgents in occupied Melitopol ambushed a group of Russian troops at a refueling node
Russian forces conducted reprisals on the civilians in occupied Melitipol
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost all external power on December 1 – 2 for almost 12 hours
Fighting continues in and south of Krynyk
Near Krynyk, Ukrainian drones destroyed two Chinese-sourced Desertcross 1000-3 ATVs
The illegitimate head of civil defense of occupied Nova Kakhovka survived an assassination attempt
The November 26 – 27 megastorm destroyed Russian earthworks that connected occupied Lazurne in Kherson to Dzharylhach Island
In occupied Crimea, Russian forces rebuilt the anti-USV defense in Sevastopol
A warehouse in Moscow for a company that makes trailers, ambulances, and fire trucks burned down
Russian sources report the Severomuysky Railroad Tunnel in the Buryatia region has been reopened
Over the past 36 hours, Russia attacked Ukraine with 35 Shahed-136 drones, with 28 shot down
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy called for unity as political fighting and disagreements within the Ministry of Defense spilled out into the public domain
Ukraine is deploying trench cats in an attempt to control the worsening rodent and snake problem
NATO Alliance Secretary General Stoltenberg warned that the situation has become critical for the Ukrainian military, and people need to prepare for “bad news”
Poland has completed the transfer of 18 Krab 155 mm SPGs and has another 56 in production
Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Colonel Ignat warned that Russian antiaircraft missiles have become a real problem and F-16s are urgently needed
The United States Senate might vote on a unified military aid package that includes Ukraine by December 15
The State Duma of the Russian Federation is considering extending the length of conscription to two years
A video recorded by a drone apparently showed Russian troops executing Ukrainian POWs
In free Kherson, Russian forces shelled an apartment building and two previously damaged hospitals, killing two and wounding six
The International Committee of the Red Cross has suspended the Belarus Red Cross due to its leader’s participation in war crimes
Two children and their parents were able to escape from the occupied territories to escape forced mobilization and passportization
Russian forces targeted a Kherson suburb in an attempt to attack a funeral, killing three and wounding five
Russian forces heavily damaged the children’s library in Kherson
The presidents of Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland refused to take a group photo with the illegitimate president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko
Members of the Polish Konfederacja continue to blockage trucks on the Ukrainian border due to an ongoing regulatory dispute
Finland sealed its border with Russia through December 13

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