Volodymyr Zelensky visits frontline city of Bakhmut (or [video on Twitter])
He met troops and handed out awards to soldiers, despite the danger, the Russian fascist invaders are about 5 km away from the centre of Bakhmut.
The orcs have been trying to capture Bakhmut for months. Mr Zelensky said "Since May, the occupiers have been trying to break our Bakhmut, but time goes by and Bakhmut is breaking not only the Russian army, but also the Russian mercenaries who come to replace the wasted army of the occupiers."
Wagner's convicts are not infinite, Bakhmut is another failure for rashists.

This is how Russia protects the people of Donetsk - [Reddit] - In the russian controlled "Donetsk People's Republic" they are handing out military drafts to women now.

First the mobilization of the men, then the mobilization of the women, and if it hasn't already been done, deport the kids to Russia to be re-educated there. Every pound of Donetsk meat is used, this is love from ruzzia.

The Russians are poor, Russian propaganda knows it very well.

• [Video on Twitter] - A new ad for Russian army - it simply offers to exchange a grandson for an already existing Lada.
• [Video on Twitter] - Russian ad for enlisting in the army: signing up will help get rid of debts and your wife nagging.
• [Video on Twitter] - Russian ad for enlisting in the army: if you have no skills and can't apply yourself, go become a soldier.
• [Video on Twitter] - This is how the most shitty Russian propaganda works - in this video father is going to kill Ukrainians for money just because he can't buy new iPhone for his daughter. Imagine level of intelligence! It's not a parody, it's real! https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/12/20/i-hope-this-propaganda-won-t-influence-viewers

[Video on Twitter] - A powerful explosion at a gas pipeline in Chuvashiya, Russia.
[Video on Twitter] - Russians again are irresponsibly throwing cigarette butts in the Shebekino, Belgorod region

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[Map on Reddit] - Today's Update: After Zelensky's visit, Ukrainian troops push russia back to positions they were at three weeks ago - out of residential areas in the east of the Bakhmut.

Well aimed strike !!! - [Video on Twitter] - Video of a Ukrainian ATGM strike on Russian/Wagner fighters in the Bakhmut direction.

8 Russian/Wagner soldiers are hit by the missile.

[Photo on Twitter] - This boy for the first time in his life received gifts on St. Nicholas Day (it's like Christmas for kids in Ukraine). He is an orphan, lives in a basement with his grandparents, hiding from russian shelling.
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Russia-Ukraine war: ‘It would be naive to wait for peace from Russia’ says Zelenskiy – as it happened | Ukraine | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/dec/22/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskiy-congress-address-washington-news-live-updates

USA TODAY on Twitter: "Volodymyr Zelenskyy presses for more aid in a powerful speech to Congress. " / Twitter
https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1605763808558972929

May things go in the right direction.

Are the russians still having gay sex with one another in the field?

LOL, what a joke of an army.

Russia has lost 100,000 soldiers since February, according to Ukrainian estimates.
[Reddit] - Losses of the russian army as of 22.12.2022

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The New York Times - Unmasking the Russian Military Unit That Killed Dozens in Bucha

Warning, graphic violence.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/video/russia-ukraine-bucha-massacre-takeaways.html

[Twitter] - In Donetsk, there reportedly was a strike on restaurant where Dmitry Rogozin, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Defense and Space Industry celebrated his birthday. He was hospitalized. Also, chairman of DPR government Vitaly Khotsenko was injured, his bodyguard died. /1
[Twitter] - Rogozin's condition is deteriorating, wound turned out to be severe. Doctors in Donetsk and Rostov did not dare to perform an operation, because of its complexity. He will be transported to Moscow, where a council of doctors will decide what to do. - Russian media. /5

You can rely on Ukraine to denazify Russia. (Permalink)

[Twitter] - A fire broke out on the only Russian aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov". Since 2018 Kuznitsov has been under repair in Murmansk which should continue until 2024. This is not the first fire incident, in 2019, a fire broke out during which 2 people died and 14 were injured.

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[Twitter] - HUGE: The US Senate just voted UNANIMOUSLY to send recovered oligarch assets to Ukraine! Russia will pay for the war!

Amendment to transfer seized assets of Russian oligarchs to the people of Ukraine approved in US Congress

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Germany arrests intelligence service employee suspected of spying for Russia | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-arrests-foreign-intelligence-employee-suspected-spying-russia-2022-12-22/
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German authorities have warned of likely heightened Russian spying given the Kremlin's stand-off with the West over its invasion of Ukraine. The German government expelled 40 Russian "spies" in April, according to the domestic intelligence agency.

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It seems that Germany has been conducting various internal investigations since the coup.
This is a bit of a long story, so if you are interested, please check the source.

For first known time in public, Putin calls fighting in Ukraine a ‘war’

Nikita Yuferev, a municipal lawmaker from St. Petersburg who fled Russia due to his antiwar stance, on Thursday said he had asked Russian authorities to prosecute Putin for “spreading fake information about the army.”
“There was no decree to end the special military operation, no war was declared,” Yuferev wrote on Twitter. “Several thousand people have already been condemned for such words about the war.”

Putin is safe, there is no justice in Russia.

North Korea sold arms to Russia's Wagner group, US says

"The fact that President (Vladimir) Putin is turning to North Korea for help is a sign of Russia's desperation and isolation," Mr Cleverly said in a statement.
But Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin denied the assertion, calling it "gossip and speculation", while North Korea's foreign ministry called the reports "groundless".

Russians buy boots and body armor for the troops, as the Kremlin tries to fix the campaign’s problems

In the Chuvashia region, where some of the mobilized staged protests in the fall, Telegram channels said that families had gone into debt buying equipment. “From officials there all they got was parting words and three sacks of potatoes,” one said.

🤡🤡🤡 - [Video on Twitter] - "Ukraine was threatening the world with nuclear terrorism and only Russia was able to save everything,"- Valery Gerasimov, Russian Army Chief of the General Staff and deputy MoD. His audience is clearly puzzled by this version of events.

Mariupol theatre demolished 'to hide Russian crimes' - (Video of the demolition)

Two months earlier, at around 10:00 on 16 March, Russian warplanes dropped two 500kg bombs on the city's theatre which detonated simultaneously, according to a report by Amnesty International, which condemned the attack as a clear war crime.
Civilians had been using the building as a refuge from the siege and a large sign spelling "children" had been daubed in Russian in front of the theatre.
Some 1,200 people were inside the building when the bombs struck. Ukrainian authorities believe 300 people were killed but an AP investigation said the number was closer to 600. Many of the bodies were found in the basement.

Also in the article, earlier this month journalists from the Associated Press used satellite imagery to estimate that 10,300 new graves had been dug at a Mariupol cemetery.
So many war crimes to investigate in Mariupol! 😡

[Video on Twitter] - A Russian military from Sakhalin went to war in Ukraine, was wounded, returned home and now calls on Russian television and complains that he cannot receive any medical assistance

The Kremlin's promises are worthless. Russian veterans are fucked.

Kremlin bans pro-kremlin media from talking about mobilization and mobilization plans.

Russian propaganda wishes Europeans a Merry 'Anti-Russian' Christmas!
[Video on Twitter] - Oh dear... 🤦‍♂️ Russian state broadcaster RT has a Christmas message for Europeans

Even so, it's better than being enslaved by the Kremlin.

Again the Russians shelled Kherson. Russian terrorists don't care about the Christmas holidays. Those damn Rashists dare to claim they are protecting Christianity, fucking lie!
CNN - At least 10 people were killed and 55 were injured in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson after Russian shelling hit the area on Saturday.
A video from the center of Kherson shows the aftermath of today's shelling: https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1606621841975803905
The Russians also use incendiary ammunition - https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1606663205346050053 (scroll down to view the multiple video evidence)

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on the first day of xmas my mommy sent to me, a toy helmet as seen on tv.
on the second day of xmas my mommy sent to me, 2 socks for my frozen feet's
on the third day of xmas my mommy sent to me, 3 boxes of tampons.
on the forth day of xmas my mommy sent to me, 4 cans of wd-40

dear peoples of Ukraine, im not a bible thumper or a holiday lover or even a nice person, but i am a good person and your people are in my thoughts on this, the most consumerist night of the year. i will continue to push my government to give your people more weapons and humanitarian aid even though my voice is barking at the wind despite what "my" politicians might tell people.

i saw the news that ukrainian game designer and developer "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." died in the battles for Bakhmut. well...

🤡 [Video on Twitter] - Putin: 99,9% of our people are ready to sacrifice all they have in the insterests of the motherland.

Blatant lie. If Putin really trusted the Russians, he would have allowed the protests against the war.

🤦‍♂️ [Video on Twitter] - Russian propaganda made a video of Putin as Santa Claus.

Putin orphans thousands of children in Russia and Ukraine, and these sick perverts make a Putin Santa... 😡

[Video on Twitter] - “Today, when Ukraine and the whole world celebrate Christmas, the Ukrainian 108th brigade carried out assaults on Russian positions, as a result many invaders were destroyed and 10 Russians were captured”
Ukrainians busy delivering gifts to orc holes, those orcs will no longer lack of ammo.

[Twitter] - Russians are gradually losing ground in Bakhmut. After their defeat in the industrial sector in the east, Ukrainian troops push north-east and south. Optytne has been liberated by 80%. If Russians don't deploy reserves, then it's game over for them in Bakhmut.

Drone attack on Russian bomber base leaves three dead
The Kremlin says its air defense worked, but 3 airbase technicians were killed. Also, a photo shows something badly burned at Engels Air Base. https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1607208688506257408
The rashists left a suicide note at the airbase, they wrote "Death to the Nazis" https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1607171355153399813 👍🤣

🤡🤡🤡 [Video on Twitter] - Russian propagandists claim that Native Americans were Russian.

[Video on Reddit] - An 18 year-old defector to the Freedom of Russia Legion of Russians fighting for Ukraine calls other anti-Putin Russians to act instead of hiding. “I am ready to fight for my future and the future of my loved ones, but are you ready?”

At least some Russians have the courage to fight for their freedom.

Putin says he is ready to "negotiate with everyone involved" regarding Ukraine

This little bitch never tires of begging for negotiations!

[Video on Twitter] - Russian mercenaries from Wagner insult the Chief of Russian General Staff with obscene words and complain that they have no ammunition

These rashists complain about their situation in Bakhmut.

[Twitter] - Chervonopopivka is under the control of the AFU. Now also confirmed by multiple Russian sources (WarGonzo/Romanov and some smaller channels). Dibrova was already liberated earlier based on our own information. Russians have most likely retreated behind the Krasna River.

Also, if you scroll down, there is hope for Kreminna. The orcs are doing their traditional pre-retreat looting, and there's a forced evacuation since yesterday.

[Video on Twitter] - Ukrainian kamikaze drone chasing a Russian BMP.

A well aimed strike! Fun fact, on the screen of the drone appeared the message "LOW BATTERY. LAND NOW".

Previously https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/odtWELS
The last attack against the air base of Engels (Russia) left 3 dead, according to the Kremlin. It could be much more, says a journalist: https://twitter.com/mhmck/status/1607822088345387009

• 5 Tu-95MS strategic bombers damaged
• 17 service members killed
• 26 wounded (3 in serious condition)
• control tower destroyed. Satellite imagery would be a great help to see the real state of the control tower

Russian propaganda - [Video on Twitter] - "War depletes the Russian state in every way but if we stop it will make the special military operation meaningless".

Russian propaganda prefers meaningless deaths.

[Twitter] - Russians shelled a maternity ward in Kherson hospital. Luckily, mothers, babies and doctors were in a shelter and were left unharmed.

[Twitter] - Wagner mercenaries in Makiivka have executed an entire family of eight, including 3 children, ages 1, 7 and 9 years old. All victims were killed by shots to the head.

Children are not spared from Russian war crimes.

Russia Has Caused 17,831 Civilian Casualties in Ukraine: U.N.

Civilian casualties in the Russia-Ukraine war are approaching 18,000, according to recently released figures from the United Nations (U.N.).
The U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Tuesday that at least 6,884 civilians had been killed and 10,947 injured in Ukraine from the start of the Russian invasion on February 24 up to December 26. The casualties include 165 deaths and 516 injuries recorded in December, most of which were caused by "the use of explosive weapons with wide area effects."
"OHCHR believes that the actual figures are considerably higher, as the receipt of information from some locations where intense hostilities have been going on has been delayed and many reports are still pending corroboration," OHCHR said in a news release. "This concerns, for example, Mariupol (Donetsk region), Izium (Kharkiv region), Lysychansk, Popasna, and Sievierodonetsk (Luhansk region), where there are allegations of numerous civilian casualties."

Meanwhile, the Russians continue to target civilians in the Kherson region (CNN). But the Russians lack artillery ammunition on the Bakhmut front: Kyiv Claims Kremlin’s Bakhmut Assault Halted, Artillery Shell Shortage Reported
Russian terrorists prioritize strikes against civilians over strikes against the military.

[Video on Twitter] - As reported in Russia, a new barracks on a military base belonging to the 150th division burned to the ground. Novocherkassk, Rostov region. Damn smokers

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[Video on Twitter] - Back in 2014, John McCain fully predicted Putin's next moves.
"Not to provoke Putin is to show weakness, which will 100% provoke Putin"
"A developing and democratic Ukraine is a threat to Putin's power"
"He will try to cut more Ukraine and then Baltics"

John McCain is gone, he was a Republican worthy of respect.

This is the real face of Ukrainians who support Russia on the Internet, most of them never existed, they are just piles of SIM cards in a bot farm.
[Twitter] - Ukraine Police have shut down bot farm. Officers detected more than 1.5 million accounts across various social media, email and instant messaging services. Which served to advance Russian propaganda.
The materials released online contained, among other things, justifications for Russia's occupation of Ukraine. more than 100,000 SIM cards were used to register the said accounts. They were seized by police officers.
31 people involved in the activity were identified. In addition to SIM cards, more than 100 pieces of computer equipment, 150 cell phones and about 300 GSM gateways were confiscated.
This is part of a police operation called "Botoferma" you can verify this information, for example, on the official youtube of the Ukrainian police, which provides the full video and more details https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpqHCrn-f-8
Russians are building GSM gateways in Europe where they use local phone cards to register accounts on twiter, youtube or facebook - these accounts are then forwarded to headquarters in Moscow. where propagandists are busy manipulating comments on social media.

Russians Face Freezing to Death As They Run Out of Fuel To Heat Homes
An excerpt from Russian TV - [Video on Twitter] - While Russian propagandists jeer about "freezing Europe", Russians actually are at the brink of freezing - the town Kamen-na-Obi, Altai region, has only several days worth of coal left in stock. It is currently about -11 degrees Celsius there.

In Europe we are doing well, the weather is quite warm for the season.

[Twitter] - In temporarily-occupied Zaporizhzhya region, militants of the Russian occupation force are deserting en masse. Separate divisions of the Rosgvardiya were sent to Prymors'k to search for more than 200 militants who deserted.

Ukraine says forces closer to recapturing key eastern city of Kreminna

Recapturing Kreminna and nearby Svatove could open the way for Kyiv to launch an offensive on Sievierodonetsk and Lysychansk, two cities Ukraine lost in the summer.

Soon, a huge blow against the Russian defenses.

Another mystery death in Russia as tank boss dies ‘suddenly’ a day after Putin abruptly cancels meeting with him | The US Sun
https://www.the-sun.com/news/7003433/mystery-death-russian-general-putin/

How many such 'unnatural deaths' have there been since February?
I believe it has been a topic of discussion in this debate.
They will chip away from the Russian government towards a successful coup before Russia becomes Putin's complete private property.
🤔…I don't know if this is something the Russian people are doing or a gentle Putin suicide.
In any case, it will be hell for the Russian military, which does not have a large number of commanders.
(The fact that Russian military frontline command posts in Ukraine have been attacked several times in the past has also had a major impact.)

The day may come when Russian troops on the front line will be on their way to Moscow.

Russia fires 120 missiles from air and sea
Once again Russia targeting civilian infrastructure.
The previous major Russian missile attack was at least 76 missiles and happened almost 2 weeks ago (Permalink). The Russians must space out their missile attacks because their stock is running out.

What a day! 💪 - Ukraine’s Army eliminates another 790 Russian soldiers over past day

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🤡💪🤦‍♂️ [Video on Twitter] - Meanwhile in Russia: Ramzan Kadyrov decided to impress everyone by attempting to do some push-ups.

To do real push-ups, you need full arm extension. Kadyrov must be on drugs to put on such a display of lazy push-ups on the air.

🤡 [Video on Twitter] - An unexpected meeting between a Russian intelligence officer and a Ukrainian serviceman

🤡 [Video on Twitter] - "Russia never fought wars of conquest, we didn't invade anywhere".

This propagandist doesn't know shit about Russian history.
List of wars involving Russia
The Russians fought with each of their neighbors. The Russians and their USSR have invaded half of Europe. They fought in countless countries, in Africa, in the Middle East (especially in Afghanistan), in Asia.

I read somewhere that there is a common saying in the Ukrainian army: "You must never underestimate your enemy, but the Russians make this very difficult."
Social media (unconfirmed) - [Reddit] - According to Russian media, this morning near the Engels airbase in the Saratov region, the Russian air defense shot down its own Su-27 since it was mistook for a Ukrainian drone

Ukrainian army advances more than 2 km to Kreminna in a week – General Staff report