To those in the comments asking if they’re hollow: They’re not. They’re filled with liquid Copium.

https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1601149071573614592

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Russian invasion forces are still advancing south of Bakhmut, try to bypass Opytne, and are now 2 km south of the city perimeters.

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Ukrainian recon unit "Skala" posted a video yesterday, that - if recent(!!) - would mean the situation in Bakhmut is much worse than thought.
It indicated, Russian invasion forces again captured most the industrial part of the city.
Needs further confirmation to verify.

https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1601165973385510912

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Visual confirmation, Russian invasion forces also advanced in SW Bakhmut and reached the city once again, occupying the first buildings.
Take note of the massive Ukrainian-dug trenches they control now.

@davidhelms570 Provided me with this. It looks like we will get cold weather for christmas.

https://twitter.com/jseldin/status/1601290072107933696

JUST IN: US sanctions 3 #Russia|n entities involved in getting/deploying #Iran-made drones for attacks vs #Ukraine civilian targets

Sanctions target:
- Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS)
- 924th State Center for Unmanned Aviation
- Command of the Military Transport Aviation (VTA)

https://twitter.com/J_JHelin/status/1601608737613000705

Evidence points that Russia is putting a lot of resources in to encircling the city, using these frontal attacks to fix defenders.

In general a lot of the narratives coming out of Bakhmut are weird. For example the "WW1 style human wave attacks".

So, Bakhmut, a thread. 1/ https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1601358013427642368

🔫В Севастополе военнослужащий расстрелял сослуживца из автомата

В Севастополе военнослужащий одной из частей Черноморского флота выстрелил из автомата в сослуживца.

Мужчина решил проверить исправность выданного ему АК74. Он вставил в автомат магазин, снаряженный боевыми патронами, дважды дослал патрон в патронник и нажал на спусковой крючок. В итоге пули попали в находившегося поблизости сослуживца, причинив тяжкий вред его здоровью.

Выстреливший свою вину признал. Севастопольский гарнизонный военный суд осудил его по статье о нарушении правил обращения с оружием и предметами, представляющими повышенную опасность для окружающих, и назначил в качестве наказания штраф в размере 50 тыс рублей.

Приговор вступил в законную силу. Из ВС РФ «стрелка» уволили.

ЧП / Севастополь

https://twitter.com/DanLamothe/status/1603165188525809666

SCOOP: U.S. officials have devised plans to send Ukraine JDAM kits, equipment that converts unguided munitions into “smart bombs” that can target Russian military positions with a high degree of accuracy, U.S. officials familiar with the matter say.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/14/ukraine-smart-bomb-jdams/

Anyone familiar with the U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond knows that JDAMs are a significant battlefield capability. U.S. troops relied upon them to launch airstrikes on insurgents attacking them in relatively close proximity.

U.S. forces put JDAM kits on bombs of many sizes, from reasonably small to 2,000-pounders. They're bolted on and rely in part on GPS.

Whether the JDAM kits are in the next package of weapons going to Ukraine is unclear. Heard conflicting versions of that today. But they are certainly being discussed, I am told.

Британія не виключає можливість передачі Україні авіаційних крилатих ракет Storm Shadow, операційна дальність яких 560 км – міністр оборони Британії Бен Воллес

«рф хотіла б знати, які види зброї ми можемо передати Україні, щоб підтримати її. Ми обговорюватимемо це з українцями на основі їхніх потреб та технічних можливостей».

🇺🇦Реальная Война

Not so long ago we documented a new type of mortar ammunition with the Ukrainian army - a M971 120mm cargo bomb, which houses 24 M87 dual-purpose AT/AP submunitions in the standard version.

The M971 was originally developed and manufactured in Israel 🇮🇱.

Who supplied them to Ukraine? That's not clear. A very limited number of countries reported possession of such mortar bombs and we tend to believe what we see was exported from a country which previously purchased these bombs from Israel.

https://twitter.com/PararamTadam/status/1604037739745353728

Putin visited the headquarters of the special military operation on 12/16/2022. There is no official information about the location of the headquarters, but it will not be difficult to determine how much Putin risked his life.

Second photo was taken on 8/11/2022 during Shoigu's visit to the headquarters of the special military operation. The location of the headquarters was also not reported at that time, however, Shoigu had already visited this room earlier.