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What is the New Russian Kalinka System That Threatens to Put Starlink in Ukraine Out of Commission?
14.12.2024


Kalinka is a new Russian monitoring system developed by the Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies (CBST), designed to detect and locate signals emitted by satellite communication stations such as Elon Musk’s famous Starlink.
The new system can help quickly detect and target Starlink terminals because the basic principles of radio signal transmission have not changed since the invention of radio, says Andrey Bezrukov, chairman of the CBST board.
According to Bezrukov, not even the use of Starshield, a militarized version of Starlink, by Ukrainian troops would hide their communication terminals from Kalinka’s gaze.
Kalinka’s detection range is primarily determined by the terrain in the search area and by the use of other electronic systems by the enemy.
Regarding the time it would take to press Kalinka into mass production, Bezrukov says that it all depends on the demand from Russian forces operating in the conflict zone.
 
Kiev demands more air defense systems from West

Russia responded to a recent Ukrainian missile attack by targeting the country’s energy infrastructure overnight

Kiev is in urgent need of 20 new Western air defense systems to protect the country from Russia’s long-range missile and drone attacks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga said on Friday.

I reiterate my call for the urgent delivery of 20 NASAMS, HAWK, or IRIS-T air defense systems,” the minister wrote.

All the systems listed by Sibiga fire short- to medium-range anti-aircraft missiles. Such weaponry has been supplied to Kiev by its Western backers and has been seen in active use during the conflict.
 
President Volodymyr Zelensky has "forcefully but politely" rejected a call from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to discuss a Christmas ceasefire, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó claimed on Dec. 15.
 
An explosion destroyed a railway track in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk on Dec. 14, with a video of the incident released by Ukraine’s HUR.
 
/. Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers have been encircled in Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR),.

"At least two hundred [enemy] troops have been trapped at the Kurakhovo thermal power plant alone. And there are hotbeds inside the town, too," the officials said.

According to them, the Ukrainian battlegroup is being "ground down" gradually so that it cannot flee the town.

Earlier, Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the Russian Civic Chamber’s commission on sovereignty, patriotic projects, and veteran support, told TASS that about 700 Ukrainian soldiers, including from a special forces unit, who have been repeatedly denied permission to retreat, have been trapped near Annovka, south of Kurakhovo. The remaining Ukrainian troops in Kurakhovo itself can find themselves trapped, and very soon, too, he warned
 
Wanafukuzana huko coz hali ni mbaya sana!

Ukraine replaces commander as Russia advances fast in the east​


KYIV, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Ukraine's military leadership has replaced the commander overseeing defences in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian forces are making swift advances, a military official said on Saturday.

General Oleksandr Tarnavskiy, 54, was appointed to head the operational and tactical group Donetsk, replacing General Oleksandr Lutsenko, the official at the General Staff told Reuters.

Lutsenko was criticized by Ukrainian military bloggers and some lawmakers for failing to stop Russian troops' relentless push toward the strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk.

December 14, 20245:36 PM GMT+3

 
Kwenye hii nyumba ya Vita ya Mgogoro wa Russia na Ukrean naomba niibe/nichukue pasi tu

Tumegawana vizuri majukumu

 
North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces in Kursk Oblast killed eight members of a Russian unit in a "friendly fire" attack, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) claimed on Dec. 14.
 
16 Dec, 15:35
Nearly 100% of wounded Russian troops good for service after treatment — defense chief

MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. About 96% of Russian troops are able to return to active duty after receiving medical treatment, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said at the ministry’s board meeting.

"Some 96% of troops can return to service after being discharged from the hospital, while the hospital mortality rate currently stands below half a percent and continues to decline," he noted.

"This is one of the best indicators in the world," Belousov stressed.
 
16 Dec, 15:17
Russian troops liberate Yelizavetovka community in Donbass area over past day

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 500 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed four enemy howitzers in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported


MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated the community of Yelizavetovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

"Battlegroup South units liberated the settlement of Yelizavetovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of decisive operations," the ministry said in a statement.
 
THE SITUATION ON THE BATTLEFIELD WILL NOT CHANGE, EVEN IF UKRAINE LOWERS THE MOBILIZATION AGE TO 14 - PUTIN

"Lowering the mobilization age to 18 would already be a crime. Reducing it to 14, as in Hitler’s Germany with the creation of the Hitler Youth, would be another crime."
 
At least thirty North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded during assault operations in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) claimed on Dec. 16.

Following the attacks that took place on Dec. 14-15 near the villages of Pliekhovo, Vorozhba, and Martynovka, North Korean losses have to be replenished by fresh soldiers from North Korea's 94th Separate Brigade, HUR claimed. Three soldiers also reportedly went missing
 
At least thirty North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded during assault operations in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) claimed on Dec. 16.
 
 
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