Thursday, December 21, 2023

Ukraine reports 99 clashes with Russian invasion forces, 17 air strikes on enemy positions

"Ninety-nine combat engagements took place across the front lines in Ukraine on Wednesday,
while
Ukraine’s Air Force 17 times hit enemy weapons clusters, including an air defense system. Russia’s airstrikes hit the following areas: Synkivka, Kharkiv region; Serebrianske forestry, Luhansk region; Ivanivske, Toretsk, Ocheretyne, Orlivka, Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, Novomykhailivka, and Novoukrayinka of Donetsk region; Orykhiv, Zaporizhzhia region; Krynyk and Olhivka, Kherson region.
About 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under enemy artillery fire.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remained without significant changes.
In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna directions, the enemy maintains its military presence in the areas close to the border, engaging in subversive missions in order to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian troops to more threatening sectors of the war zone.
On the Kupiansk axis, Ukrainian defenders repelled 16 enemy attacks in the areas of Synkivka, east of Petropavlivka and Ivanivka, where the enemy tried to break through." UKRIN

Russians shell medical facility in Kherson at night

"Russian military shelled a medical institution in Kherson, one of the departments was seriously damaged, and a residential building was hit.....Kherson, as a result of nighttime enemy shelling, the contact network was damaged, so trolleybuses did not run." Ukrin

‘Mouse fever’ breaks out among Russian military in Kupyansk sector

"An outbreak of so-called "mouse or rat-bite fever" has been spreading among many Russian units in the Kupyansk sector of the front....also known as Hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, is a zoonotic disease transmitted to humans by rodents either through direct contact, inhalation, urine, feces, or mucous secretions. Symptoms include severe headache, high fever, rash, low blood pressure, bleeding eyes, nausea, vomiting, and severe lower back pain. In its early stages, the disease resembles the common flu. The disease affects the kidneys, causing the infected person to experience severe pain in the lower back and difficulty urinating." UV

Ukrainian hackers destroy IT infrastructure of Russian water company

"Ukrainian hackers from the Blackjack group, likely with the support of cyber specialists of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), conducted a cyber-attack on the IT infrastructure of Rosvodokanal (a Russian company that deals with water utilities and water management – ed.), and now its work is blocked." Pravada