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Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 27 DEC 2023 23:59* PST - Ukrainian POWs Executed

Added 2023-12-28 13:23:41 +0000 UTC

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SITREP 567 is 72 pages long.

Today's SITREP contains a detailed account of war crimes committed by Russian troops. If you find this content disturbing, we recommend you don't read the War Crimes and Human Rights section.

What's Happening

What's the big story? Ukraine faces a very uncertain 2024, but we have a special assessment of what Ukraine needs to retake the initiative.

What's the second story? Russian forces are within 4 kilometers of Chasiv Yar as the situation northwest of Bakhmut deteriorates.

Summary

There are map updates
There are assessment updates
There are rumor updates
Fighting continued in the Kupyansk AO
Intense fighting continued in the Kreminna AO near Dibrova
In the Siversk AO, Russian forces advanced north of Spirne
In the Bakhmut AO, Russian forces have started their advance on Chasiv Yar and control part of Bohdanivka
Fighting continued in the Klishchiivka AO
Ukrainian General Tarnavskyi said Russia has started a fourth wave of major attacks in the Avdiivka AO
Ukrainian forces destroyed a company of Russian mechanized infantry east of Stepove
Ukrainian forces likely made marginal gains south of the Avdiivka terrikon and near the sewage treatment plant
Fighting in the western part of the Avdiivka industrial district continued
Subordinate attacks on the south flank of Avdiivka continued
Pedantically, Ukrainian forces likely continue to cling to the northwestern corner of Marinka
Russian forces attempted to advance on Heorhiivka and Pobieda
In the Vuhledar AO, Russian forces are suffering catastrophic losses south and east of Novomykhailivka
In the Orikhiv AO, Russian forces made tactically significant advances southwest of Verbove
Fighting continued west and south of Robotyne
An explosion hit a Russian base in occupied Berdyansk
In the Kherson AO, fighting continued in and south of Krynky
The Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade suffered catastrophic losses
A Ukrainian medic described the situation at the Krynky bridgehead
The VKS has started using UMPK glide bombs again
multiple Shahed-136 one-way drones hit the center of Kherson, crippling civilian infrastructure
Russian artillery shelling of the Kherson railroad station caused major damage
NASA FIRMS indicated that the police station in occupied Oleshky was on fire
Dozens of Russian sailors are wounded and missing after missiles destroyed the LLS Novocherkassk
Medium-resolution satellite images from Maxar show significant damage to the port of Feodosia
Battle Damage Assessment - Port of Feodosia
The Russian seagoing tugboat MB-304 was not damaged during the December 26 missile strike
Russian occupiers are conducting raids and reprisals on the civilian population in Feodosia
Russian air defense shot down Ukrainian drones in Sevastopol
In Odesa, a Shahed-136 one-way drone struck dachas, killing two and wounding three
Russia attacked Ukraine with a record number of Shahed UAVs in December with three days to go
Russia has not used a Kalibr cruise missile in 90 days
Verkhovna Rada deputy Maryana Bezuglaya said a Ukrainian citizen is killed or wounded every 5 minutes
Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets says the draft mobilization law is unconstitutional
Secretary of the National Security Council Oleksiy Danilov rejected suggestions to swap territory for peace and NATO membership
The Ternopil Oblast OVA, Volodymyr Trush, was dismissed
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has certified body armor for women to enter production
Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yuri Ignat denied F-16s were in Ukraine and blasted Western media
Ukraine showed some of the “Franken-air defense” systems they have developed by combining Soviet and NATO technology
The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine reported there are inadequate funds to execute the Verkhovna Rada mobilization plan
The Minister of Economy of Ukraine said Kyiv has inadequate funds to pay civil servants, teachers, and pensioners
Austria suggested it would take Ukraine 6 to 11 years to join the European Union
A report stated that Ukraine is facing a significant ammunition crisis, conducting the smallest number of daily fire missions since February 2022
Special Assessment: What Ukraine needs to retake the initiative in achieve total victory
The Polish government believes they are close to ending the border blockade
Moscow threatened Tokyo due to reports that Japan would provide Patriot interceptors to the United States
The U.S. announced a $250 million military aid package for Ukraine using 2023 PDA funds
North Korea is increasing ammunition exports to Russia
Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu reset the 2023 military objective goalposts – mission accomplished
The government of Nepal reported that 100 of their citizens are missing, and another 100 are contract soldiers in the Russian military
2020 Olympic medalists Sergei and Violetta Bida have been charged with desertion after leaving Russia in the summer of 2023
Putin's Purge
The Central Election Committee of Russia rejected the presidential candidacy of Igor “Girkin” Strelkov and Ekaterina Duntsova
A member of the Putin United Russia Party was found dead after “falling out of a window” in Tobolsk, Russia
Maria Smetannikova has been charged with organizing an unauthorized protest after appealing to President Putin to build a new school
The saga of the Nastya Ivleeva naked party keeps going and keeps getting weirder
Kremlin spokesperson Dmytry Peskov begged for mercy
Russian blogger Hilmi Forks was sentenced to 3 years in prison for the production and trafficking of pornography
Artem Kamardin and Yegor Shtovbe are facing years in prison for reading the poetry of Artem Kamardin at the Mayakovsky Monument in Moscow
All theater performances based on the works of Boris Akunin have been canceled after the author was placed on the list of terrorists and extremists
The general director of Serkons Group, Andrei Grigoriev, has been charged with hooliganism and obstructing the activities of journalists
Russian troops executed three Ukrainian POWs, the second documented incident in December
Russia used banned chemical weapons 81 times so far in December, including artillery shells and RG-VO gas grenades
Russian forces shelled the hospital in Beryslav
State Duma Deputy, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, and close Putin ally Gennady Zyuganov admitted to being involved in war crimes against Ukrainian children
The battle for control over public broadcasting in Poland continued
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov lamented the deteriorating relations with Armenia
Almost 90% of Russian oil exports are now dependent on two countries

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