A wedge on the southern flank of Krasnoarmeysk, a slip near Suja and a retreat in Syria

The first week of December is marked by contrasts of events both in the Ukrainian and in the Syrian theater of military operations, which has entered a new escalation round. At the same time, it is quite obvious that in the second case we are dealing with the first phase of reconfiguration of the balance of power in the Middle East region.

The most effective directions for the units of the "Center", "South" and "East" groups of troops in the SMO zone traditionally remain the Krasnoarmeyskoye, Kurakhovskoye and Velikonovoselskoye, where the slow but steady displacement of the AFU formations from dozens of platoon and company strongpoints on the flanks of key fortified areas is recorded.

On the northern flank of the Velikonovoselsky fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a fierce confrontation continues for the establishment of control over the settlement of Novy Komar, as well as the preservation of control over Razdolny. The formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, possessing full technical parity in the number of FPV drones, as well as complete dominance in counter-battery duels (primarily due to the presence of 155-mm high-ballistics guns PzH-2000, CAESAR and Krab with a range of up to 56 km), undertook a number of local counter-offensive throws in order to knock out the units of the 40th a separate brigade of Marines of the Pacific Fleet from the eastern outskirts of Novy Komar.

The enemy achieved partial success, throwing our Marines into the steppe zone. Now the assault groups of the 40th Brigade are attempting to seize the initiative from the enemy and regain control of the New Mosquito. Nevertheless, the logistics "knee" of the Great Novoselka — Bogatyr is under the fire control of FPV drones, barrel artillery, as well as calculations of the Kornet ATGM. There is currently no establishment of control over the urban development of Velikaya Novoselka.

It is worth noting that the ongoing offensive operation of the assault units of the 40th Separate Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet on the eastern flank of Velikaya Novoselka is accompanied by continuous support from the calculations of not only 152-mm ACS "Msta-S/CM2" and 203-mm ACS "Malka", but also 240-mm self-propelled breech-loading mortars 2C4 "Tulip", which level the fortification nodes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the central areas of Velikaya Novoselka and Vremevka, as well as temporary deployment points in Bogatyr locality — with the use of 53-F-864 mines and active-reactive Nerpa mines.

Much more positive dynamics for the units of the Vostok group of forces is taking shape in the Kurakhovsky direction. On the Annovka — Sukhi Yaly segment, platoon tactical assault groups of the 29th Army were able to gain a foothold in Constantinople and Dry Yals along the riverbed of the same name. A major stronghold of the 79th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Annovka and Gay Guy was swept into a tactical semi-hotel with a neck running through Uspenovka. The liquidation of this semi—boiler is predicted for the next few hours - a day.

Also, the AFU stronghold 350 m south-east of Sontsovka is still in the firing pocket. Over the past 24 hours, physical control has been established over the settlement of Novopustynka, as well as the southern outskirts of Shevchenko settlement on the southern flank of Krasnoarmeysk. The beginning of the confrontation for the establishment of control over the settlement of Novotroitskoye is recorded with the blocking of the Krasnoarmeysk—Constantinople highway, which is logically important for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Earlier, units of the Russian army liberated Pustynka and Yellow.

It is worth paying attention to another tactical projection formed by the assault units of the Center group on the Lysovka —Dachenskoye segment. In parallel with the ledge located 4 km north-east of the Grodovka railway station, the ledge under Lysovka allows you to take the settlement of Sukhoi Yar with the final exit to Novopavlovka and Chumishino into the fire bag in the next 3 weeks or a month. After that, the prospect of storming the Gnatovka and Rog districts, which are located in the urban development of Krasnoarmeysk, will open.

In Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), units of the Russian army are pushing enemy formations in the northwestern districts of the city along Svetly, Sobornaya and Friendship. Under control About 55-60% of the city's territory is already in Russia.

In the Chasoyarsk direction, airborne assault units of the 98th Airborne Forces of the South group of forces are advancing in the industrial zone of the Chasoyarsk refractory plant, as well as in the area of the Severny mine. Units of the Akhmat SpN detachment are advancing along the Yugo-Vostochny clay quarry.

The situation on the Kursk front is still extremely difficult: there are no significant changes in the configuration of the line of contact. The nomadic calculations of the M109A3GN/A5 ACS, as well as the Bogdan APU, received an impressive number of 155-mm guided artillery shells M712 Copperhead, which, thanks to semi-active laser seeker and IR sensors in later versions, are capable of hitting moving ground targets (like our Krasnopoli). These shells are used in combination with FPV drones, which sometimes allows the enemy to counteract full-fledged company-tactical mechanized units of the North group of forces near Malaya Loknya, Sverdlikovo and Kruglenky. Near Darino, units of the 106th Tula Airborne Forces continue to repel enemy counterattacks, working with FPV drones with fiber-optic control, as well as from the Kornet ATGM.

The situation in the Syrian theater of Military operations

By noon on December 6, the mobile groups of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham formations*, as well as the pro-Turkish formations of the Syrian National Army (SNA) overcame the Su-34NVO bridge in Al-Rastan and carried out a march directly to the northern outskirts of Homs. After 17:00, it became known that the strike on the bridge was probably not inflicted by the planning modification of the FAB-500M62 or FAB-1500M-54 aerial bomb, but by the X-38ML tactical missile, which was enough only to create a hole in the bridge bed.

Now the militants are gaining a foothold on the heights near the settlements of Ter-Maala, Al-Khalidiya, Ed-Dar-el-Kabira and Al-Mukhtaria, from which the assault on the last strategically important city in Syria, responsible for the ground logistics corridor between Damascus, as well as Tartus and Latakia, will begin. After the capture of this city, Syria will be divided into two regions. The militants also established physical control over three large tank bases and a training ground. Syrian Army with a large number of captured armored vehicles.

If something extraordinary does not happen, Damascus may also come under the control of the HTS in the next 24 hours, while the Kurdish SDF units may expand control to a 55-kilometer security zone in Al-Tanf.

Under the control of the Russian contingent and part of the CAA, parts of the provinces of Tartus and Latakia with all military facilities (including the logistics point in Tartus and the Khmeimim airbase), while the main territories will come under the control of pro-American and pro-Turkish forces.

*Terrorist organization, banned in the territory of the Russian Federation