Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and hoping you had a nice Christmas Eve! I’m still full from all the Christmas food! Today, Christmas is celebrated in Ukraine and even though it’s unlikely, let’s keep our fingers crossed that Russia holds back on its terrorist attacks.
Fuel depots in the port of Temryuk are on fire
The local authorities in Krasnodar krai, Russia, report that Ukraine has carried out another attack on the port in Temryuk. Two fuel tanks (unclear what type, oil, gasoline, diesel, or something else) are on fire and firefighting efforts have begun. According to reports, the fire covers approximately 2000 square meters. The fire has also been located via FIRM.
Explosions at Khanskaya airport
There are also reports of explosions heard from the airport at Khanskaya in Russia, but so far, there is very little information. Whether it’s a successful Ukrainian attack, someone being careless while smoking, or just rumors will probably become clear during the day.
Russian losses
Slightly lower losses when it comes to KWIA than we have become accustomed to lately, otherwise normal levels except for UAVs, which are among the higher ones. Let’s hope the ratio was good so most of those 600 were taken down.
- 860 KWIA
- 7 Tanks
- 5 AFVs
- 59 Artillery systems
- 600 UAVs
- 149 Vehicles & fuel tanks
Russian activities in the war in Ukraine
Russia carried out and used the following during the past day:
- 151 Clashes/engagements
- 80 Airstrikes
- 193 KAB
- 4,015 Grenades (including 88 from MLRS)
- 6,393 Suicide drones
The number of suicide drones is among the higher ones, but otherwise fairly normal figures.
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“❗️During the night, 🇺🇦Ukrainian military shot down 106 out of 131 🇷🇺Russian UAVs”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mas6wctnc22e
The Russians are trying to intimidate a bit. Perhaps the best thing would actually be not to even report on such events.
“Russian long-range strategic bombers of the Tu-95ms model have carried out a planned flight over the ice cap north of Norway. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement, Reuters writes.
The aircraft were over neutral waters and crossed the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea, according to Russia.
“At certain stages of the flight, the bombers were accompanied by fighter jets from other countries,” the statement continues.”
https://omni.se/ryska-bombflygplan-flog-over-norska-havet/a/OkpWb3
Happy New Year MXT. You put a lot of effort into your blog and you do it very well. Thank you!
It’s chaotic now with the war. It seems like Europe is starting to split – a northern part and a southern one. Hopefully the northern one is the strongest for Ukraine’s sake. The USA is, if possible, even more chaotic and it’s probably just as well to count them out. They dare to threaten Denmark but not Russia!
I don’t understand why the Greenlanders don’t put their foot down here. For example, by asking the USA if they intend to treat the Greenlanders in the same brutal way as their relatives in North America. It would be interesting to hear the answer to that question.
Otherwise, I have the answer here: In 2015, Obama decided to rename Mount McKinley to Denali to honor the indigenous people of Alaska. Denali means “the high one” in Athabascan. On Trump’s first day as president, he issued an executive order to restore the mountain’s name to Mount McKinley. This says it all about the White House’s attitude towards indigenous peoples. Greenland, be afraid.
The division is probably good, those who want to support, do they support?
But wouldn’t it be best if as many as possible continued with the support?
Free ice cream for everyone would also be good, if those who do not want to support fall out, they can no longer brake was my thought?
We are forming ourselves in a violent alliance that initiates the war to take over the world and enslave everyone 💥💥💥💥
Thank you!
I wish that Europe could stand united, we would be stronger together and without the USA there is a risk that we won’t be able to manage. Unfortunately, it seems that the cracks are increasing instead of decreasing. This not only risks negatively affecting the support for Ukraine but also makes it much harder for us to assert ourselves globally against both the USA and Asia.
As I have written before, I hoped that Trump’s rhetoric was mostly about appeasing MAGA and the even more extreme, but it is becoming increasingly clear that unfortunately it was not just campaign rhetoric.
We really hope that he does not go all the way when it comes to Greenland but keeps it at a political level.
Do not despair, at the Christmas morning service they said that we will win 🙏
Went through yesterday and many kind words to MXT and me – fun to read and thank you.
Agreed!
“Ukraine election poll shows tight first round, decisive Zaluzhnyi runoff win over Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.K., former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi, would advance to a second round if presidential elections were held in the near future, according to a SOCIS poll published on Dec. 24.
The poll comes as Ukrainian lawmakers begin preparing legislation for the possibility of holding elections under martial law, following Zelensky’s instruction to draft the necessary legal framework.
According to the survey, Zelensky would receive 22% of the vote in the first round, narrowly ahead of Zaluzhnyi’s 21%. A significant share of respondents — 24.1% — said they were undecided, an increase from 21.1% recorded in October. …”
When I sit and weigh everything together, we hit most of it in the second half of the year and the outcome was the best possible.
Europe can always strike back, but I don’t think the countries that matter in Europe do it anymore.
Trump has burned his bridges and now the Epstein scandal will haunt him until he is impeached. You know just like I do that there are incriminating pictures that will be released at some point, the kind of pictures he can’t talk his way out of.
Ukraine has completely liberated Kupiansk and they are in CONTROL – this is VERY IMPORTANT.
Then a final puzzle piece that came today – RU numbers in Ukraine have started to DECREASE for the first time, they are not replenishing enough.
As mentioned, the most crucial months of the war and the war is won but now it must also be secured, and Europe must balance on a very fine line so we don’t do too little and not too much.
For the first time in the war, it feels right 👍👍💥
Oops, such a positive Johan can only mean… something… 😳
Could it be the beginning of Russia’s collapse?
“💪🏻 As part of work in the Zaporizhzhia Front sector, Budanov arrived at the front lines to the soldiers of “Timura Special Unit”. He talked with the soldiers and officers of the GUR, who directly detect and destroy Russian occupiers and enemy equipment.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3masgo2ljyc2
“Neo-Nazi sadist wanted for war crimes in Ukraine invited to give ‘lesson on courage’ to Russian children”
We have two minutes to the church located in the center of the community so we went there both on the 24th, which is a service for those who are alone, and then the early morning Christmas service – it always strikes me how valuable it is not only to carry on the tradition but how many value it enough to get up early on the 25th and make their way there.
This doesn’t happen by magic (even though God knows everything and Jesus turned water into wine for a great party 🙏) but through voluntary efforts – with the choir, there are probably 15 people involved and then maintenance for the church, budget, etc.
I think it’s very important and something that needs to be safeguarded, it’s starting to become a bit “every other week” with the services and quite empty when it’s not holidays, but it’s a vital part of our traditions and heritage.
The community also has a lot of activities throughout the year and the local area usually comes together reasonably well – there is an understanding that a lively community comes from enough people keeping it alive.
Surely wise in that.
🔥 The area of the fire in the port of Temryuk has increased to 4 thousand sq. m after the UAV attack, according to Russians. Temryuk is the main export port of southern Russia for liquefied hydrocarbon gas, and is also used to send oil cargoes.
“At least four people have been killed and 35 others injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over the past day, local authorities reported on Dec. 25.
Russia launched 131 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 106 drones. At least 22 drones made it through, striking 15 locations.
Overnight Russian attacks left several residents in Chernihiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Odesa oblasts without power. In Odesa Oblast, the outages were compounded by damage from previous Russian strikes, the Energy Ministry said.
In Kharkiv Oblast, a Russian strike on the regional center of Kharkiv killed a 51-year-old man and wounded 15 others — 14 men and one woman. Separate attacks injured a 64-year-old man in the village of Mytrofanivka and a 56-year-old man in Podoly, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.”
Off-Topic, Trump..
“US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump are celebrating Christmas in Florida, where they received calls from children at the American command center Norad on Wednesday. The command center tracks Santa’s journey every year and allows children to call in for updates.
One child asked Trump why Norad tracks Santa.
– We want to make sure he is not infiltrated, so that we do not let in an evil Santa into our country, Trump replied, according to Sky News.
Another child pleaded with Trump to not receive coal in their Christmas stocking, The Hill writes.
– Not coal, no you don’t want coal – you mean clean, beautiful coal.
The response is a reference to Trump’s many statements about wanting to increase the use of coal, which he often describes as “clean” and “beautiful.””
https://omni.se/trump-till-barnen-vill-inte-slappa-in-en-ond-tomte/a/GxGwaq
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G9AcyzKWEAAhOyD?format=jpg&name=large
Do not paste link to image (Safari iPhone) the box jumps around every time I move the cursor to the fields for the link to the image and “right-click” to paste.. Has worked fine up until early December.
N Slobozhansky-Kursk 2
S Slobozhansky 10💥↗️
Kupyansk 5
Lyman 7
Slovyansk 6↗️
Kramatorsk 0
Kostjantynivka 16💥
Pokrovsk 36💥💥
Oleksandrivskij 13💥↗️
Huliaypillia 21💥↗️
Orikhivsk 1
Prydniprovskij/Dnipro 3
Sum sectors 120↗️🇷🇺
Unlocalized 31🇺🇦
Total 151↗️
On the positive side, we can also add that we are seeing more and more reports showing that the Russian economy is seriously starting to fare really badly.
Additionally, although on a small scale, there have been some minor protests in Russia. Of course, these protests are not against the war itself, but rather the direct effects of it, primarily related to the internet where Russians are becoming increasingly restricted, as well as the shutdown of mobile networks, etc. Then we also had the youths who dared to sing songs against Putin and were imprisoned. If discontent begins to grow, these small drops could eventually grow into a river.
Another small positive sign is that we see more pro-Russians complaining about various issues, but perhaps mainly about how badly the war is going and how easily Ukraine can carry out its attacks.
Dissatisfied Russian soldiers have also started posting individual videos again. It almost disappeared for a while, mobile phones were banned, and I guess the punishments for those who complained/criticized or released videos showing how badly things were going have probably become much more brutal. Yet it continues.
It is clearly starting to look brighter in many ways.
Oh, would be a response to Johan No.1’s post above but can stand on its own as well.
Otherwise you can find his here:
https://johanno1.se/sv/ukraina-har-aterigen-genomfort-lyckade-attacker-i-ryssland/#comment-62800