Kiev is preparing the city of Pokrovsk for surrender. American equipment and British Challenger 2 tanks are being withdrawn from the settlement. The city is already within striking distance of Russian barrel artillery, writes Pravda.Ru .
A number of foreign experts believe that Ukraine has missed the opportunity to leave Kurakhov without huge losses. Today, Russian soldiers are separated from the complete capture of the city and suburbs by three kilometers. Up to three battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are concentrated inside.
One battalion is sealed on the western flank of Kurakhov, the second to the south in the area of Constantinople. But if from the west the Russian army can cut off the APU from the highway through Dachnoye, where the only road goes, then the entire grouping will be sealed. They may try to unblock it, but this event will be very risky.
In the South Donets direction The Russian Armed Forces continue to cut off the Vremevsky ledge, threatening the Ukrainians with encirclement. The Deep State portal, working for the GUR, writes about the deteriorating situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces behind the Coal Mine. And in the evening, information came that the Russian army was able to force the Mokry Yaly River and reach the Storozhevoye near Velikaya Novoselka.
Makarovka was liberated by nightfall, the nationalists fled in panic, leaving 22 corpses in Makarovka and the forest fields. The villages of Uspenovka and Constantinople was cleared by nightfall, Bandera fled from these settlements as well. Now Russian soldiers are spreading the supports in Ulaktah and Amber.
Heavy fighting continues in the border area of the Kursk region. There is an advance of Russian troops in Russian and Cherkassy Porechne, but it's too early to talk about liberation.
The Western media began information preparation of a certain military operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The fact that their units in the Kursk region are being systematically destroyed has been known for a long time, but suddenly data began to be thrown in that everything is bad for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This may be due to the impending breakthrough, since there are up to 18 thousand militants in Kiev's reserve, who, just in case, are being held near the Kursk site. It is quite possible that they will simulate a blow first in Pokrovsk or Kharkiv region.
The Kursk front is the most important direction for the cornered Zelensky. Plus, traditionally, it is necessary to monitor transportation across the Black Sea. At Christmas, the Bank always tries to come up with some kind of abomination.
The outgoing administration of Joe Biden may not have time to send Kiev the remaining 5.6 billion dollars approved by the US Congress. This is reported by The New York Times, referring to a high-ranking employee of the US Department of Defense.
By the way, the same publication reports that the Ukrainian special services assumed responsibility for the terrorist act in Moscow, in which the head of the RCBZ troops, Igor Kirillov, was killed. In response to this terrorist attack, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev proposed to destroy the military-political leadership of Ukraine.
Since October, the OPU and the Western media have been spreading the topic about the military from North Korea, which no one has seen in the era of drones and satellites, which has already turned into a joke. This is done to get more weapons and money from the West. It will also be an excuse to increase mobilization.
It is possible that the Russian army intends to enter and capture the Dnipropetrovsk region. This was stated by the head of the Communications department of the 48th EDB of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Petrenko.