Day 671 of WW3: 1 killed 2 injured; landing ship Novocherkassk damaged in Ukrainian attack on Crimean port of Feodosia, Orc officials said. Based on video that subby saw, this is somewhat of an understatement. It’s your Tuesday Ukraine war thread [News]

Merry Christmas and thanks to the anonymous Farker who got me TF. I love you all, you beautiful bastards.

Slava Ukraini!

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“Damaged”

thecactusman17: Harlee: [iFrame https://www.youtube.com/embed/vWjY0gYLetM?autoplay=1&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&start=0&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&widgetid=1]

There’s obviously some of the hull left above the waterline to support the continuing fire and explosions, but I wonder if we will ever see photos?

Lots of info here.

https://archive.is/1WSVN

Soldiers cook up Christmas tradition on the front line in Ukraine

Unfortunately, it looks like ghostarchive is acting up again this morning.  Since Fark doesn’t like archive.is or .ph or other relatives, you’ll have to copy+paste the URL.  Or, here, you can fight with WaPo’s paywall directly.

About drones….

Enjoy the Christmas show… then switch gears and imagine these drones outfitted with various ordnance, controlled by an AI to assume tactical formations, and sent against a target.

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That’ll buff right out.

Alona Sobolevska’s sculptural nail art is made to provoke

In Sobolevska’s world, nails are not just for polish but sites for performance art, poking fun at trends and playful experimentation

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While living in the east of Ukraine, Sobolevska read, drew, sculpted as she waited for the moment she could challenge the life she was faced with under the occupation of her city and take fate into her own hands. She became active on Instagram after moving to Odesa, then six months later, she moved to Paris where she continues to turn nail design into performance art.

I don’t know what they provoke in me, but uh, something.  I guess that makes it art of some kind.  Here’s one most appropriate for Fark (just because the vibrator one will probably get deleted):

The carcass of the ex-ship

It’s there, the black thing next to the pier.  Really.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia confirmed the defeat of the Novocherkassk VDK

They say that the ship was only damaged.

According to the Crimean mass media, the fire in Feodosia is still ongoing.

To embellish the loss of the ship, the Russian military again “shot down” all Ukrainian planes – 2 Su-24 fighters.

Today, surprisingly, no F-16

.  – LOL

Snarfangel: Stop making fun of Russia.  They have one of the top three navies on the Black Sea, and that’s not bad.

I thought most of it was at the bottom now?

The spokesman of the Air Force did not confirm the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the destruction of 2 Ukrainian Su-24

To hit such a ship, more than one missile is launched. It is about the winged Storm Shadow and SCALP, Yuriy Ignat said on Radio Svoboda.

This night, as a result of the attack of the Russian army on the Kharkiv region, there is a dead person

Russian troops attacked the village. Podol about 02:30 at night.

The impact of an enemy projectile led to a fire in a private house.

During the extinguishing, the body of a dead man – a resident of the house – was discovered, the State Emergency Service reports.

Ukraine under fire – the situation in the regions for the day

the enemy fired 74 shots – 1 person was wounded; there is a hit in residential quarters and an object of critical infrastructure in the Kherson district.

📍 Daughter

the Russians wounded 2 residents of Avdiivka.

📍 Kharkiv region

1 person died as a result of Russian shelling in the village. Hem 15 settlements were under artillery and mortar shelling of the enemy – private households and farm buildings were damaged in the city of Vovchansk, without casualties; in the village Pishchane A 63-year-old man was injured; in the village A private house in Kozacha Lopan was mutilated.

📍 Dnipropetrovsk region

In the evening, Russian troops covered Nikopolshchyna with artillery fire – people were unharmed.

📍 Zaporizhzhia

The Soviet Union carried out 84 strikes on 19 settlements – there are 3 reports of the destruction of residential buildings of citizens.

📍 Mykolaiv region

At night, 4 UAVs were destroyed over the region. In Mykolaiv, damage to warehouse buildings was recorded as a result of being hit by an enemy drone.

📍 Sumshchyna

At night, the Russians shelled the Krasnopil community. 5 explosions were recorded.

📍 Odesa

Air defense forces shot down 17 attack drones and an X-31P missile overnight. The wreckage of the downed UAV damaged the technical premises of the port infrastructure of Odessa. In the Rozdilnian district, the defunct administration building and the warehouse of the preserved facility were also damaged by debris during the demolition.

More than 3,000 trucks are standing in queues at the Polish-Ukrainian border

Despite the fact that on December 24 traffic in the direction of the Sheghini checkpoint was unblocked, queues still remain – 700 trucks. There are 900 trucks left at the Rava-Rusk checkpoint, 640 in Krakow, and 1,500 in Yagodin, clarifies DPSU spokesman Andriy Demchenko.

47th Mech near Avdiivka bonk a T-90M with an FPV, which the crew abandons.  Must have trashed the optics, so they couldn’t see.

In Ukraine, in the near future, they intend to strengthen responsibility for evasion of mobilization and other military offenses.

This is evidenced by draft law No. 10379 published on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.

In particular, the Cabinet of Ministers proposes to increase fines for military offenses:

▪ for violation of military accounting rules by conscripts, conscripts and reservists – fine from UAH 8,500 to UAH 17,000;

▪ for violation of the legislation on defense, military duty and military service, mobilization training and mobilization – a fine from 25,500 to 34,000 UAH for citizens and from 34,000 to 85,000 UAH for officials;

▪ for violating this legislation during martial law, the fine will be from 34,000 to 51,000 UAH for citizens and from 153,000 to 204,000 UAH for officials.

South Korea has significantly expanded export sanctions against Russia and Belarus

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of South Korea added 682 more items to the list of sanctioned goods, the supply of which is prohibited to Russia and Belarus. In particular, heavy construction equipment, batteries, machine tools and aviation components were included there, reports the South Korean news agency Yonhap news.

For the first time in 20 years, “Ukrposhta” accepted international parcels by rail against the background of the border blockade

Now, truck blockades at the borders with Poland and Slovakia will not affect the delivery of international orders, the press service of the post office reports.

Unlike roadways, parcels cross the border by rail in one day.

In the first test delivery, 3 wagons with almost 80,000 customer parcels from global marketplaces arrived in Ukraine by rail.

14th Mech near Kupiansk hit a couple of tanks; the first one gets vaporized, the second, a small burn.

Big badaboom

Good grief:

A “non-holiday Christmas tree” was installed at the Embassy of Ukraine in Portugal

Together with UAnimals, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine installed an installation with a burnt Christmas tree in the Embassy. It symbolizes the Ukrainian Christmas during the war and reminds of the environmental crimes that Russia still commits against people, animals and entire ecosystems of Ukraine.

During the full-scale invasion, Russia committed more than 2,900 environmental crimes. 30,000 square kilometers of forests are subject to shelling, chemical pollution and fires.

Today’s news feeds from Kyiv:

KYIV POST

https://www.kyivpost.com/topic/war-in-ukraine

OPINION: Business with Russia: A Dangerous Game?

From reallocation of assets to arrests of employees, a growing number of case studies reveal just how far Russia will go to punish companies wanting to leave its once lucrative market.

Define ‘lucrative’ in this context.

Despite Martial Law Freedom of Speech Situation in Ukraine Has Improved

Lawmaker, not from majority party , acknowledges that freedom of expression is not threatened in Ukraine despite wartime restrictions.

ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 26, 2023

Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.

OPINION: Europe in Flames – a Prognosis for 2024, Part 1

The Russo-Ukrainian war is not a local conflict. The future of Europe is at stake. An in-depth 5-part analysis examines the options facing the West.

This guy gets it.

Russia Claims Capture of Maryinka, Putin Hails ‘Success’

Piles of rubbles and gutted apartment buildings over a wide area could be seen in drone images shown on Russian television that were said to be of Maryinka.

Your Humble Correspondent now doubts the existence of . . . scratch that. Maryinka really doesn’t exist anymore, but any orc claims of ‘victory’ are usually based on fully-extracted-from-rectum information.

Ukrainian Partisans Infiltrate Russian Command Post in Crimea

ATESH partisans play a crucial role in gathering intelligence on the location and movements of Russian forces in occupied Crimea, as well as conducting daring operations.

Unpossible. We have been assured there are no partisans in orcupied territory. All those poisonings and car bombings and stabbings are merely Western propaganda.

Russian Troops Surrendering in ‘Whole Groups’ Because of ‘Inhumane Commanders’

There’s plenty of video evidence to support the claim including one which emerged yesterday showing Russian soldiers rallying against their “lying commanders.”

KYIV INDEPENDENT

https://kyivindependent.com/tag/russias-war/

Lukashenko claims transfer of Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus completed months ago.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin signed an agreement in May 2023 to transfer tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, a process that Russian leader Vladimir Putin said had begun in June.

Lickspittle Luka probably doesn’t understand it, but- assuming those weapons are actually present- no one involved in the storage, maintenance, or deployment of those weapons will ever be Belarusian.

General Staff: Russia has lost 354,960 troops in Ukraine since start of full-scale invasion.

This number includes 1,010 casualties Russian forces reportedly suffered over the past day.

Russia launches drone attack against southern Ukraine on Christmas.

Air defenses shot down 13 of the 19 drones launched.

Russia confirms its landing ship hit by Ukrainian missile strike in occupied Crimea (UPDATED).

Russia’s Defense Ministry confirmed that the Novocherkassk landing ship had been damaged by Ukrainian missile strikes early on Dec. 26

Nice shooting by UAF. Seriously. A long-range, precision-strike cruise missile got through ALL the orc air defenses and hit the target.

Ukraine’s effort to isolate Russia’s economy through ‘International Sponsors of War’ list

Government submits draft law on mobilization to Verkhovna Rada.

Earlier on Dec. 25, David Arakhamia, head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People faction in parliament, said that the Cabinet was expected to submit the draft law regardless of the holiday. “The working algorithm has not changed. The military command has submitted a request to mobilize 500,000 military personnel. The government is developing rules,” Arakhamia wrote.

Zelensky to Russian pilots: ‘Our air defense will only get stronger.’

After five Russian aircraft were downed by Ukraine in the week leading up to Christmas, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 25 that every Russian pilot must “make a clear choice” whether to continue fighting in the war because Ukraine’s air defense would “only get stronger.”

Despite having overwhelming superiority in the air, russian warplanes have been staying well clear of UAF-controlled airspace for months. Just like with the orc airbases, the safe zone for orc aircraft will now have to be positioned much further from the line of contact, because Ukraine has demonstrated (again) the ability to destroy orc warbirds in the former ‘well clear’ zone.

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Latvia sends cars confiscated from its drunk drivers to Ukraine.

As of mid-December, Latvia has sent 271 cars to Ukraine that were confiscated from drunk drivers and is preparing to send 34 more, Delfi reported on Dec. 24.

Military: Battle for Marinka continues.

Reports that Russian forces have captured the city of Marinka in Donetsk Oblast would be “incorrect,” Oleksandr Shtupun, the spokesman for the Tavria group of forces, said on national television on Dec. 25. Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had declared the complete capture of Marinka in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian Central Bank head says country should prepare for increased sanction pressure.

The head of Russia’s Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina said Russia should prepare for the increasing pressure from sanctions in an interview with the Russian media outlet RBC.

Military: Russian cruise missile shot down over Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

Ukraine’s Dnipro-based Operational Command East said it had shot down Russian Kh-59 cruise missile over Kryvyi Rih district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in a statement on Dec. 25.

Official: Russia hits third humanitarian aid base in Kherson in 5 days.

Russian forces hiat three humanitarian bases in Kherson, said the head of the emergency response unit for the Ukrainian Red Cross in Kherson Oblast Mykola Taranenko, in a comment to Hromadske radio on Dec. 25.

Note the difference. Ukraine shoots a military ship several hundred kilometers behind enemy lines. Mordor repeatedly shells international aid organizations a couple of kilometers behind the line of contact.

Media: Former RT director hospitalized after alleged poisoning.

Former RT host Anton Krasovsky has been hospitalized after falling sick, he wrote on Telegram on Dec. 24. Ukrainian media outlet Hromadske later said he had been poisoned, citing anonymous sources in Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) on Dec. 25.

Spokesperson: Navalny found, meets with lawyers.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is “doing well” and has been located in IK-3 in the settlement of Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh wrote on X on Dec. 25.

Media: Ukrainian refugees fall victim to ‘sophisticated’ UK visa scams.

Ukrainian refugees fall victim to targeted scams involving fake visas and false sponsor family promises, according to the charities cited by the British media outlet The Independent.

fasahd: Good grief:

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WTF PayPal?

Also:

/Why do I suddenly want to watch Hackers again?

Yesterdays Denys

Yesterdays Reporting from Ukraine

Snarfangel: Stop making fun of Russia.  They have one of the top three navies on the Black Sea, and that’s not bad.

Let me fix for you.

They have one of the top three TEN navies on the Black Sea, and that’s not bad

For those of you new to the Ukrainian War threads or who are only able to check them occasionally, here’s my post summarizing the WW3 threads for December 16 through December 22 (Days 661 to 667) (part 2) and the welfare check ins (part 2). Had to split them due to the number of tagged Farkers in the update.

Oneiros should be around to post the most up-to-date list of aid links, but here’s the most recent list (part 2, part 3) which should be mostly fresh until he is. Older summaries along with an archive of threads can be found here in a spreadsheet being maintained by notmyjab and turboke if you need to catch up on that. Specific posts are under the “articles” tab. And if you need a good laugh, check out danceswithcrows‘s meme emporium (and now the corvids are collating and cataloguing Bob Able‘s colorings!) or toraque‘s improved Russian press releases. If you’re looking for a frontline account, check Medic Zero‘s substack.

As always, let me know if there’s anything more to include that I missed and help me keep an eye out over the upcoming week for key events.

RobSeace: 2023: The Year’s Best From RFE/RL’s Photographers

WTF? First it was South Korea this AM, now Taiwan. Why in the hell haven’t these sanction already been in place for a year or more?

Taiwan strengthened sanctions against Russia

Taiwan’s Ministry of Economy has expanded the list of prohibited goods for Russia and its ally Belarus in response to the invasion of Ukraine to prevent the use of Taiwanese high-tech goods for military purposes, Reuters reports.

The list includes semiconductor equipment, in which Taiwan is a world leader, as well as some chemicals and drugs, complementing previous measures that targeted the chip industry.

Ukraine war: The frontline city Russia could seize again

BBC link.

Hey, dream big. Why not? Reach for the stairs!

Oh, sure, You’ve got to hit up the MAGA crowd:

To celebrate Putin is going to check out the newest addition to the Black sea submersible fleet

RobSeace: /Why do I suddenly want to watch Hackers again?