The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on December 24 2024

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Endgame Of Toretsk l Much Awaited Russian Breakthrough Arrive

While the President’s Office publicly criticizes Trump’s peace initiatives, the Kremlin is taking a different path and preparing for negotiations with the elected US President. Bankova is once again demonstrating an inadequate policy on the international track, which could cause the failure of the diplomatic case. It may happen that the future of Ukraine will be agreed upon without Ukraine itself, and then we will simply have to fulfill the will of geopolitical players.

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Our source in the OP said that the technologists of the Presidential Office are preparing a new communications strategy to continue the protracted war and disrupt the negotiating track with Trump. Bankova wants to involve all political parties in the process so that the decision is made at the parliamentary level; in this way, Yermak wants to avoid turbulence in the power system.

Our source reports that Zelensky is currently under a lot of pressure to agree to Trump’s peace deal.

Zelensky is trying to get out from under this in every possible way. It is very important for him to conduct a positive offensive operation that will increase his chances of continuing the war.

We are observing.

Ukraine and EU gradually ‘accept’ Trump’s desire to end the war – Michael Waltz

The future adviser to the US President-elect stated:

“The president has now made it clear that the war has to end. It’s been interesting to see all the changes: both among European leaders and among Ukrainians, everyone now accepts this framework. So part of my job and the job of our team that he has put together is to figure out who is at the table, how do we get people to that table, and what is the best structure for our interests?”

He questioned whether it was in the interests of the United States to liberate all of Ukraine:

“I am certainly being asked by my constituents, ‘Is it in America’s national interest to expect every Russian to leave every inch of Ukraine, including Crimea? How long will that take? How much money will that cost? How many lives will that cost? Is that even a realistic goal at this point?’ That’s an important question, and we are certainly discussing it.”

According to him, the outgoing Biden administration could not clearly explain what goals the United States was pursuing in Ukraine and whether they were achievable.

The world is further away than it was in 23. Our infantry has been erased, – former Verkhovna Rada deputy mobilized into the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Ukraine has practically run out of motivated infantry: those who came at the beginning of the conflict either died or were written off, and the quality of those mobilized leaves much to be desired.

Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Yegor Firsov, who was mobilized into the Ukrainian army, stated this on the air of the video blog “There is a question.”

According to Firsov, it is unlikely that peace will come soon.

“We are not as cool as we were, for example, in 2022. This is primarily due to the crisis in the infantry, because the infantry used to have super seasoned guys, just like that, motivated, from whom you could get inspiration in the trenches. Now, it has happened that many guys are no longer there; many have been written off due to injury, many have gone up to headquarters, and so on; many have gone into drones – they strengthened the drones but weakened the infantry.

The infantry was “reinforced” by much weaker people than those who were there. And this is the first story.

The second story is that we are now much further from the world than we were, for example, in 23 and early 24. For some reason, people, I came to Kiev, and it seems that we live in different countries.

There is a NATO standard called the synchronization matrix so that all units are synchronized, understand what is happening, and digitalization of everything. So, I understand that we need this synchronization matrix in our country.

Our agenda is as follows: first, when will the war end, in February or March? Will they accept us into NATO, will there be a peacekeeping contingent? We choose something in between ourselves, but in reality, the situation is completely different, and I will say that the war will definitely not end for another six months,” the Ukrainian worried.

He motivated his conclusions by the fact that the Russian army is currently actively advancing and is unlikely to agree to stop voluntarily.

What is happening to Pokrovsk may soon happen to Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov and Kiev if we do not stop falling for the mantra that the war is about to end and elections are about to begin – chief sergeant of the AFU’s strike UAV company.

Firsov said that the Russian army could march on Kiev tomorrow so that we take troops from Donbass and send them to defend the capital.

After a long pause and lull in the case of sabotage/terrorist attacks that the GUR/SBU are carrying out on the territory of the Russian Federation and Ukrainian territories controlled by Russia, activity has begun to pick up.

Today, the car of the Russian Federation-appointed “head of the council” Vasily Nechet was blown up in Berdyansk. He was wounded.

As our sources say, this means that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will soon attack, and such cases are implemented according to the “1000 cuts” strategy in order to destabilize, cause panic, distract, sow disappointment, direct the population’s negativity towards their government, etc.

Everything indicates that the offensive must happen soon.

Judging by the advance of the Russian army, Pokrovsk will soon become subsidized and strategically unimportant will soon turn into a full-fledged combat zone. The Russian Armed Forces are gradually pushing up the city from the southwest, approximately in the area where an FPV drone hit a locomotive (https://t.me/Slavyangrad/114867) carrying supplies to the AFU by rail some time ago. Most of the roads in this area are gradually coming under fire control, which means that the scheme with cutting logistics and subsequent pressure has been working since Avdeevka and there’s no point in changing it (on the principle -  if it works – don’t touch it). 

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A mini-cauldron slammed shut in Makarovka near V. Novoselka.

At the same time, the Deep State resource caved in to Bankova and wrote that “miraculously” the Ukrainian Armed Forces “broke out” of Makarovka, which had been surrounded the day before.

The Russian Armed Forces also captured the neighboring Storozhevoe and advanced further west in the Novodarovka area.

That’s how the boiler was, but with one “call”, the boiler was gone. Bankovaya is once again trying to silence its pro@tests, and “corrupt” journalists and media are helping them in this.

Vremivka Direction: Battles Southwest of Velyka Novosilka

In the Vremivka direction, Russian forces continue the operation to encircle Velyka Novosilka from the flanks. Videos have appeared online with episodes of a recent attack by a Russian armored vehicle column both in Storozheve and in the fields to the west.

At the moment, the village is under the firm control of the Russian Armed Forces, as evidenced by footage (https://t.me/voin_dv/12444) from the village. At the same time, most of the fields to the west of the settlement are also held by Russian troops. In the area of the height of “Babya Gora”, clashes are still ongoing.

Vremivka Direction: Liberation of Storozheve, Razdolne, and Battles on the Outskirts of Velyka Novosilka

Situation as of the end of December 24, 2024

In the Vremivka direction, Russian forces have continued the operation to encircle Velyka Novosilka from the flanks over the past week. South of the latter, the forces of the 60th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the “East” grouping and other units have completely liberated Storozheve, as evidenced by the videos of battles in this sector of the front published by the enemy.

▪️Another armored group attacked in the area of the fields west of the settlement: at the moment, this area is also held by Russian troops. In the area of the “Babya Gora” height, clashes are still ongoing. Makarovka remains under the firm control of the Russian Armed Forces, despite the statements of some Ukrainian spokespersons. This is evidenced by the footage with Russian flags (https://t.me/voin_dv/12446) in various parts of the village. The majority of the neighboring Blahodatne has also been liberated.

▪️Northeast of Velyka Novosilka, it was possible to finally drive the enemy out of Razdolne, and all attempts by the AFU to counterattack have been thwarted. Regular air strikes on the bridges have also reduced the enemy’s ability to redeploy reinforcements. In Novyi Komarov, in the southern part of the settlement, there are still ongoing battles: there is a focal presence of scattered groups of Ukrainian formations in the settlement.

Artemovsk (Bakhmut) 2.0: what the Ukrainian Armed Forces will do if Russian troops storm Velyka Novosyolka

There are no military actions directly in the village yet (all activity is still on the approach), but both the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russian army are expecting the battle to begin soon. At the same time, having approached Novosyolka, the units of the “East” group of the Russian Armed Forces occupy SIGNIFICANTLY more advantageous positions than the Ukrainian army, even though they are on the attack.

What’s happening in the Velikaya Novosyolka area?

After the extremely difficult assault on Novy Komar, the potential cauldron walls are beginning to close in on the north. It is too early to talk about its final formation, but we can already talk about fire control over all adjacent roads. As soon as physical control is achieved, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will have only one escape route, and it will be similar to what the Wagner PMC and the Russian Armed Forces managed to form earlier during the assault on Artemovsk (Bakhmut): a small corridor will be left to the west, which is under fire from both sides. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are already trying to break out along the highway through Vremevka to the west, but if the garrison does not retreat to the left before the neighbouring Novopol and Zelenoye Pole are captured, the main part of Velyka Novosyolka will be sealed.

What are the consequences of this?

If the Russian army takes the key heights to the left of Velyka Novosyolka, then the Ukrainian army will have shells thrown at it from behind as it retreats since the village itself is located in a lowland, and it will have to retreat from the bottom up, as from Artemovsk (Bakhmut). The Ukrainian Armed Forces are currently, as they say in Ukraine, in active defence. The garrison regularly receives reinforcements and fights back, conducting artillery strikes, but the chances that this will last long are low. With mounting losses and increased activity of the Russian Armed Forces aviation, a non-trivial task remains at least a safe retreat, not to mention maintaining control over the place from which the large Ukrainian counteroffensive began in 2023.

Kursk Direction: Successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Sudzha District

In the Kursk Region, units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to liberate Russian territory from the presence of Ukrainian formations.

Thanks to footage from objective control, it was possible to establish that Russian armored groups have significantly advanced along the road from Novoivanovka towards Viktorovka and Malaya Loknya, taking control of another area of land near the forest massif at Kruglenoye.

On the opposite flank, Russian troops broke through the enemy’s defenses and entered Cherkaskaya Konopelka, making a dash of about three kilometers. The situation in Fanaseevka, located to the southeast, is still unknown, but being under the threat of encirclement, Ukrainian formations are unlikely to linger there either.

Kursk region.

The situation here is tense, but under control; we are systematically pushing out enemy forces along the entire line of combat operations in the region.

The enemy is pulling together reserves, and the enemy is also transferring additional trained groups of troops to hold the lines in the Sudzhansky region, which remains key for the enemy.

In the Sudzhansky region, our troops advanced another 1 km along forest belts, clearing fortifications and demining approaches that the enemy had managed to make.

The enemy is resisting, trying to counterattack with the support of armoured vehicles, in turn, our UAV operators, mortar crews and artillery destroyed the enemy’s equipment and manpower, the enemy’s losses in a day in the Sudzhansky district alone amounted to about 40 people of manpower, a Bradley IFV and an M-1113 armoured personnel carrier. About 30 people of the enemy troops left their positions and deserted.

Three enemy mortars, three drone control points and a field ammunition depot were also destroyed.

The Russian Aerospace Forces also worked on the area with Su-34s against enemy manpower and weapons using FABs with UMPK.

Chronicles of the special military operation

for December 24, 2024

Ukrainian formations attacked the military airfield in Millerovo and attempted to assassinate one of the officials in Berdyansk. Russian troops attacked AFU facilities in the central regions of the so-called Ukraine with drones.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops are fighting on the approaches to Ukrainka and Novoolenovka, advancing south of Novotroitske.

In the Vremivka direction, assault troops dislodged the enemy from positions west of Storozheve and are fighting on the approaches to Neskuchne.

Daily Summary as of December 24, 2024

▪️ In the Rostov Region, since the evening, at least 12 enemy UAVs have been destroyed and suppressed in the Millerovo and Tarasovsky districts. The AFU attempted to attack the Millerovo military airfield. In the morning, a Ukrainian drone was also destroyed in the suburbs of Voronezh. During the day, three Ukrainian drones were shot down over Crimea.

▪️ In the Kursk Region, heavy fighting continues. The Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the forest belts of the Sudzha district and up to 1,200 meters in the vicinity of Nikolayevo-Daryino, Leonidovo, Russkaya Porechna and Kurilovka. The enemy is conducting counterattacks: in the Sudzha district, the AFU carried out five unsuccessful counterattacks, using Bradley IFVs and M-113 APCs.

▪️ In the Kupiansk direction, our troops, supported by armored vehicles, are fighting near Zahryizovo. In the northern part of the settlement, Russian infantry has taken up positions in the forest belt and in several structures.

▪️ In Toretsk (Dzerzhynsk), in the central part of the city, the Russian Armed Forces continue attacks along Fabrychna, Rynochna, Svitla, Lesi Ukrainky streets and towards the Toretska mine.

▪️ In the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk) direction, the Russian Armed Forces are developing success from the southwest, attacking from the direction of Dachenske. Fighting also continues near Novotroitske and to the south: the Russian Armed Forces are advancing southwest of Pokrovsk on a wide front.

▪️ In Kurakhovo, clashes continue, and southwest of it, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing on Konstantynopil: southwest, the area of control is expanding near the settlement of Zelenovka. From the liberated villages, our soldiers are evacuating the civilian population. In the central part of the city, clashes continue for the remaining high-rise buildings.

▪️ In the north of the Vremivka direction, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed a bridge over the Mokri Yaly River in the settlement of Velyka (Bolshaya) Novoselka. Against the backdrop of the capture of the settlement of Storozheve (south of Vremivka) and the consolidation of our forces in the settlement of Novyi Komar in the north, the disruption of the enemy’s logistics is aimed at depriving the enemy of the ability to supply along the only remaining “main” road leading from the west.

▪️ In the DPR, as a result of a strike by NATO artillery shells on City Hospital No. 2 in Horlivka, a civilian was wounded.

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Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on_24.html