The war in Ukraine has entered one of its most violent phases, and the fronts of the conflict are expanding, with Russia unleashing a missile seismic shock in Southern Ukraine.
At the moment when Russia is launching the most historic attack with drones and missiles against the energy infrastructure of southern Ukraine, plunging Odessa and Mykolaiv into darkness, the Ukrainian side is throwing thousands of prisoners and foreign mercenaries into the battle of Kupyansk, with incalculable losses.
At the same time, political reactions are escalating, with Moscow promising a “hard” response to Ukraine’s attacks on Russian cities such as Saratov, confirming that the strategy of “terrorist war” continues on both sides.
Excellent. What follows is the translation of the text with the necessary sharp tone and strict observance of all your rules.
Shock revelation - Shaheds, Kalibr, Daggers (Kinzhal) and Onyx leveled the Ukrainian south
Last night, Russia launched its most powerful strike against Odessa and Mykolaiv, using the ultra modern missiles Kalibr, Dagger and Onyx.
The railway network and energy were turned to dust.
Russia delivered a fierce blow to the southern group of the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) from sea, air and possibly from land, using almost its entire arsenal, Kalibr cruise missiles, Onyx hypersonic missiles, ballistic and hypersonic Dagger (Kinzhal) missiles, as well as Geran (Shahed) attack drones, plunging entire regions of Ukraine into cold and darkness.
The main strike was in the Odessa region, where key military and energy infrastructure is located.
The result was crushing
Among the targets were the largest substations in Usatovo and Nerubaysky, as well as substations in the area of the Zastava-1 railway station.
All these targets do not supply only the city, Russia is not at war with civilians, but also military facilities.
Odessa was left almost completely without light, water, heating and communications.
The same situation prevails in parts of the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions.
The energy system of southern Ukraine was taken out of operation, and the military group is facing colossal supply problems.
Ukrainian military expert Oleksandr Kovalenko stated that the night attack of 13 December was the most massive naval bombardment of Odessa and its region since the beginning of Russia’s invasion.
In his view, the “enemy set the goal of cutting off energy across the entire region”.
He also emphasized the “complex problem” of Ukrainian air defense in the south, mainly its vulnerability from the Black Sea.
Marat Bashirov (Professor) - In addition to the “energy war” with Ukraine, the “war of tankers and ports” has also begun.
“Day and night, we are bombing everything, even with ballistics, the ports in Odessa, Mykolaiv and the ships located there.
It is clear that this is a response to Ukrainian attacks against tankers in the Black Sea,” the expert wrote on the Telegram channel Politjoustik.
Bashirov noted that the new front is extremely worrying for Black Sea countries, while so far only Erdogan has called Moscow, Bulgaria and Romania are also taking enormous risks for their transport.
The expert noted that “we stopped babysitting and are responding forcefully to threats”, and that this is good.
Bashirov also explained the importance of the energy system at the port of Odessa, all port facilities operate on electricity. Cranes, rail transport, warehouses, everything runs on power.
If this is cut off, then the port is paralyzed.
“No energy means no loading, no unloading, no storage and transport conditions, no ability to pump fuel and water, no navigation systems. Of course, both ports and residential areas are supplied from the same sources and through common networks.
As a result, Zelensky attacked many tankers in the Black Sea, and put all residents of Odessa at risk,” Bashirov concluded.
Ukraine sends 4,000 prisoners into the war meat grinder
Battalions of thousands of former prisoners and brigades of foreign mercenaries were thrown into the attack at Kupyansk.
According to the Telegram channel Mash, the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) deployed up to 4,000 former prisoners equipped with heavy equipment, in an attempt to break through the defense line of the Russian Armed Forces from the western outskirts of the city.
Units of the 3rd Mechanized Brigade and forces of the 19th Special Operations Center (SSO) are participating in the attack, suffering enormous losses while advancing approximately 400 meters.
Among the foreign mercenaries, who constitute the largest number of mercenaries in the Kupyansk direction, fighters from Colombia and Brazil have been identified, as well as the Belarusian battalion Terror.
Zelensky at the front: He went to Kupyansk and filmed himself with the new iPhone 17 Pro.
Russia pledged a “hard” response to the AFU attack on Saratov.
State Duma deputy Andrey Kolesnik stated that the response of the Russian Armed Forces will be harsh, “perhaps even harsher”, because no one will tolerate an attack against the civilian population.
The Governor of the Saratov region, Roman Busargin, announced an increase in the number of deaths from the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Saratov, expressing his condolences.
Kolesnik commented that Ukraine “compensates for its own inconsistency on the battlefield with strikes against the civilian population” and that they have chosen “terrorist tactics”.
The deputy believes that in this way Ukraine is trying to disrupt the peace talks between Russia and the United States that are currently underway, and to improve its position.
www.bankingnews.gr
Σχόλια αναγνωστών