On December 12, on the 292nd day of the war in Ukraine, heavy fighting continues in the Bakhmut area of the Donetsk region. According to the propaganda project "Come and See", Wagner PMCs are developing an offensive in the Bakhmut direction , but the city remains under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the north of Bakhmut, the railway bridge passing over the M-03 highway was destroyed .
Analysts note that Russia is trying to surround the city from three sides.
In the village of Kamenka, Yasinovatsky district, the Russian Armed Forces attacked the “defensive line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” using the TOS-1A “Solntsepek”. The video was published by the pro-Russian Telegram channel Gray Zone.
Artillery shelling of Avdiivka intensified in the Donetsk direction . A video of a Ukrainian soldier from the destroyed city is being published on social networks. According to WarGonzo , Russian artillery is hitting Marinka, Kurakhov, Avdeevka and Veseloy in this direction.
Donetsk itself is now under fire from GRADs, propagandists publish videos online, claiming that the shelling was carried out by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Lugansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to cut off supplies from the north to Svatovo, a DefMon analyst notes . Russian propagandists, in turn, claim that on the Lugansk front, Russian troops are attacking in the Belogorovka area and retreated from Nevsky. Now there are oncoming battles in the area of Krasnopopovka and Zhitlovka.
In the Svatovsky direction, Russian forces continue to try to keep the areas of Kupyansk under fire control, and the Russian Federation also holds a line around the village of Olshany northeast of Kupyansk, preventing the Armed Forces of Ukraine from creating a buffer around their bridgehead. The bridgehead of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is within the reach of Russian artillery, DefMon emphasizes. According to him, this may hinder the advancement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction.
In the Zaporizhia direction , according to the propaganda WarGonzo, Russian artillery attacked the settlements of Novoandreevka, Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Zheleznodorozhnoye, Gulyaipole and Dorozhnyanka.
The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces on Bolshaya Novoselka is observed in the Ugledar direction . The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack from the Neskuchnoye region to Storozhevoe, Russia attacked Prechistovka and Ugledar itself.
Russia can produce 40 high-precision missiles per month
Since the beginning of the war, Russia has produced 240 X-101 cruise missiles and about 120 sea-based Kalibr missiles, which means that the Russian Federation can produce about 40 missiles per month. This was announced by Deputy Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadym Skibitsky in an interview with The New York Times.
According to him, now the Russian Federation has missiles left for three to five waves of strikes, if there are 80-90 missiles in each wave.
On December 4, NBC News, citing Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes, reported that the Russian military was using ammunition faster than the country's defense industry was producing new ones. She noted that such a situation forces Russia to seek help from other countries, such as North Korea. In September, the British Ministry of Defense, citing intelligence, reported that the Russian Federation was running out of Iranian-made UAVs.
After massive Russian rocket attacks on Kiev and other cities, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov gave an estimate of Russia's reserves, according to which Russia used up 87% of the missiles for the Iskander OTRK.
Another attack on a pro-Russian official
The car of the Russian-appointed "vice-governor" of the Kherson region Vitaliy Bulyuk blew up on a mine. Reports appeared in Russian state agencies, including Interfax, citing the local "Minister of Health" Vadim Ilmiyev. According to the "minister", Bulyuk was wounded and is in a state of moderate severity. The driver carrying Bulyuk died on the spot. WarGonzo writes that the car was blown up near Skadovsk.
Prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Bulyuk worked in the Kherson Regional Council as a deputy head. He received a “promotion” in May 2022 – the Russian authorities who occupied the territory appointed Vladimir Saldo as his deputy, who headed the Kherson region.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine finally knocked out Russia from the right-bank part of the Kherson region on November 11. Two days before that, on November 9, another “vice-governor” of the region, Kirill Stremousov, died in an accident. This happened on the same day that the Russian Defense Ministry announced the withdrawal of Russian troops from the region.
Arms supplies to Ukraine
Slovakia is ready to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, Foreign Minister Rastislav Kacher told Interfax-Ukraine, the deal is being discussed with NATO. According to him, this was discussed at the last meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“I think that a Ukrainian delegation will arrive in Slovakia in the coming weeks and together with our American friends we will work to make this a reality … I am very optimistic about this, I think the planes will be in Ukraine.”
War footage
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated the soldiers on the Day of the Ground Forces of Ukraine and published a selection of photos with the Ukrainian military. He thanked them for their courage and perseverance.
“Step by step, you are tearing out every meter, every line, every one of our cities and villages. You are very effective in destroying enemy equipment and the invaders themselves. Thank you for your courage and perseverance! Congratulations on the Day of the Ground Forces of Ukraine.
Read also The Insider’s report of December 12: “Confirmed Russian losses exceeded 10 thousand, the“ new Russian city ”in the Kherson region, Rogozin under fire. What's going on at the front .