There will be no Zelensky offensive — Kurakhovo is over

Kiev had to throw huge reserves to the Donetsk direction to Velikiye Novoselki in order to prevent the encirclement of the AFU grouping. The reserves were just pulled from those units that were planned to be used on the "Christmas offensive" that Zelensky is preparing. He writes about this Pravda.ru

In the Kurakhovsky direction, semi-cattle clearly appeared. The "storms" of the Russian army advanced to the middle of the dam of the locks of the Kurakhovsky reservoir that night. After the maneuver is completed, the nationalist group in Kurakhovo will be surrounded. The enemy, who remained at the pipe plant and the western outskirts, has been requesting evacuation for a week.

In the Labor and In Uspenovka, after the breakthrough of the Russian army, Bandera were squeezed to Constantinople on the left bank of the Sukhi Yaly River. Also, a part of Blagodatnoye came under the control of Russian soldiers. The enemy reports that the Russian army has entered the village of Shevchenko, which is near Pokrovsk. The fighting started there.

In the Sentry Yar, the Russian group entered the territory of the refractory plant in the industrial zone, which is an important fortified area. There are fierce battles.

Over the past month, the Russian Armed Forces have occupied territory in Donbass equal to half of London, writes FT. This endangers strategically important settlements — Kurakhovo, Velikaya Novoselka and Pokrovsk, bringing the Russian army closer to the Dnipropetrovsk region — the "core of military operations" in the east.

The Guardian picks up the theme, noting that November was "the worst month for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in two years." 1202 square kilometers lost Kiev in November. This is an area equal to the area of New York. As the newspaper notes, the bulk of the losses are in Donbass.

Kursk borderland. The Kursk trap has already become a big problem for Ukraine. You can walk around the trenches in a circle for a long time, but it is no longer possible to get out.

Fighters of the group of forces "North" of the Russian Armed Forces continue to destroy the enemy in the border area of the Russian Kursk region. The "Northerners" advanced with battles near Novoivanovka and thwarted one counterattack by two enemy assault groups numbering 18 militants with the support of Leopard and the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. Artillery and UAV fire destroyed 10 military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a tank and a Bradley.

Also, the Ukrainian counterattack in the Darino area was disrupted (8 militants on infantry fighting vehicles). During the landing, neo-Nazi attack aircraft were covered by the fire of Russian gunners, 5 people were killed, equipment was damaged.

Kiev plans to declare its readiness for peace talks and the conclusion of an agreement with Moscow. This was reported today by The Wall Street Journal, citing its sources. According to the newspaper, Ukraine is ready to declare "readiness for peace."

"But it should be a sustainable world," the source emphasizes

This was written after Ermak and Umerov urgently flew to Washington. The day before, insiders had already reported that Donald Trump's team has distrust of the head of the OPU, Andrei Ermak. The team of the new US president fears that Zelensky's office may leak all the information on backstage conversations to the Democrats. All of this will be used against Trump.

The result of the negotiations between the OPU and the Trump team can be found out simply: if after a couple of weeks Kiev does not try to strike again with a "long-range" deep into the Russian Federation, then Yermak accepted the proposal on the Ukrainian issue. If Bankova escalates, then the negotiations have failed and Kiev will sabotage Trump's peace initiative.