The information processed here comes from international media and news agencies, but also from the warring parties and their allies. In particular, information on losses suffered by the armies participating in the Ukrainian war cannot be independently verified.
Updated from December 3, 1:11 p.m.: At least six civilians were said to have been injured in a Ukrainian attack on a beauty salon in Donzic. This was stated today by a correspondent from the Russian State Agency RIA Novosti. It was not initially possible to independently verify the information.
Ukraine News: Klitschko accuses Zelensky of making mistakes
Updated from December 3, 12:41 p.m: Unusually clear criticism of the Ukrainian president – from the mayor of Kiev. “People ask why we were not better prepared for this war. Why did Zelensky deny until the end that this was happening?” Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko told the Swiss news portal. 20 minutes.
“There was a lot of information that did not correspond to reality,” says Klitschko, who called for more honesty regarding the “true situation” in Ukraine. He also clearly stood by the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zalochny. Much to Volodymyr Zelensky’s annoyance, he recently spoke of the stalemate in the Ukraine war.
Klitschko secured Zelenskiy in yesterday’s news 20 minutes-Interview at the same time in support – until the end of the war. “But at the end of this war, every politician will pay the price for his successes or failures.”
Ukraine News: Winter weather changes battles with Russia
Updated from December 3, 11:05 a.m: Bad weather conditions slow down fighting in Ukraine – along the entire front line. Ukrainian army spokesman Volodymyr Vitgo said that Russian fire on the front in Bakhmut continues unabated. This is what the American Institute for the Study of War reported in its latest report analysis.
According to the analyst, Russian military bloggers previously claimed that strong winds near Bakhmut prevented Vladimir Putin’s forces from using drones and artillery there. It was not possible to verify the information provided by both sides.
Ukraine News: General Staff with figures on Russia’s losses
Updated from December 3, 9:55 a.m: The Ukrainian General Staff released new figures on Russia’s losses in the Ukraine war. According to this, 930 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in the fighting within one day. The information could not be independently verified.
Soldiers: 332,040 (+930 the previous day)
tank: 5575 (+4)
Armored vehicles: 10,396 (+11)
Artillery systems: 7949 (+8)
Multiple rocket launchers: 913
Anti-aircraft guns: 602
Planes: 323
helicopter: 324
Drones: 5995 (+1)
Missiles/cruise missiles: 1569 (+1)
Ships: 22
Submarines: 1
Tank trucks and other vehicles: 10,432 (+22)
Special vehicles and other equipment: 1140 (+2)
Source: Ukrainian General Staff as of December 3, 2023. Information about Russia’s losses comes from the Ukrainian army. It cannot be independently verified. Russia itself does not provide any information about its losses in the Ukraine war
Updated from December 3, 8:27 a.m: New details about the situation in Front near Avdiivka: Russia reduced its attacks on the city by half in the past 24 hours. The reason is the large losses, according to what the Ukrainian News Agency reported, citing Ukrainian army spokesman Oleksandr Stubon. Reuters On state television.
Outside the city centre, in the so-called industrial zone, fighting continued. Russian war bloggers reported that the area was now under Russian control. It was not initially possible to independently verify the information.
News about the Ukraine war: The front near Avdiivka is currently the focal point
Updated from December 3, 7:24 a.mThe fiercest fighters are currently in eastern Ukraine, according to reports of the Ukrainian General Staff. In the Front near Avdiivka Yesterday alone, 20 Russian attacks were repelled. According to the front report, the Russians are said to have attacked the vicinity of Bakhmut 15 times. It was not initially possible to independently verify this information.
Updated from December 2, 10:26 p.m.: The Ukrainian Air Force warns of a wave of attacks by Russian drones through its Telegram channel. This was reported by the Ukrainian News Agency ocrinform. The report stated that there was a movement of a witness drone from the Kherson region towards the Mykolaiv region.
The fight for Bakhmut in the Ukraine war continues
Updated from December 2, 3:43 p.m.: Russian and Ukrainian forces appear to continue fierce fighting in Bakhmut. “Ukrainian defenders repelled 21 enemy attacks near such settlements as Bohdanivka, Ivanivsk, Klyshchevka and Andreevka,” Volodymyr Vityu said loudly. ocrinform During a national call. Vitio is the head of the Public Relations Service of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also noted that the Russian attackers are trying to regain their lost positions, but have not succeeded so far.
War in Ukraine: Power outages in Zaporizhya
Updated from December 2 at 11:30 a.m.: According to Ukrainian information, another temporary power outage occurred at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. The Ukrainian Ministry of Energy announced via the Telegram application that the last working power line was cut on Saturday evening.
Until the line was repaired about five hours later, the nuclear power plant was supplied with emergency power generators. This was the eighth power outage of its kind. “This could have led to a nuclear disaster,” the ministry said. The plant, which has been occupied by Russia since March 2022, no longer produces electricity, but itself requires electricity to cool the reactor.
Ukraine News: The situation in the east is still unclear
Updated from December 2, 6:15 a.m.: Control of the city of Marinka in eastern Ukraine remains unclear. Unofficial reports indicate that Russian forces are making some gains. The city, which once had a population of 10,000, was almost completely destroyed in fighting that lasted more than a year. Civilians are no longer present in the city.
The Ukrainian General Staff said in its evening report on Friday (December 1) that Russian forces tried unsuccessfully to advance towards the villages near Marinka. Ukrainian military spokesman Volodymyr Vityu stated in a speech broadcast on Ukrainian television that Russian forces are launching attacks in many areas of the 1,000-kilometre-long front line.
Russia attacks Odessa with drones
Update from December 1, 10:47 p.m.: Russia launched a drone attack on Odessa during the Ukrainian war. This was reported by the Ukrainian authorities in the city. Several groups of combat drones moved across the Black Sea towards the port city, but were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense.
Update from December 1, 9:51 p.m.: Ukraine celebrates partial success in the war against Russia. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, its forces were able to destroy a total of five ammunition depots belonging to the Russian army. In addition, three other Russian positions in the Marinka settlement near Donetsk were damaged. The information provided by the Ukrainian military cannot be independently verified.
Updated from December 1, 8:44 p.m.: Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russia will expand its army again. According to news agency information, this is possible dpa From the Kremlin decree. The number of soldiers should be increased to about 1.32 million. This means recruiting 170,000 new soldiers.
Vladimir Putin announced the expansion of the Russian army only in the summer of 2022. However, the Russian president continues to refuse mobilization.
Russia is attacking Ukraine with drones and artillery
Updated from December 1, 8:02 p.m.: Three people were killed in Russian artillery and drone strikes on Friday. This is what the news agency reported Reuters. In addition, an unspecified infrastructure facility, power lines and gas pipeline were damaged in the Ukrainian regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson.
Update from December 1, 6:18 p.m.: Russia attacks again the city of Kherson in the Ukrainian war. Local authorities reported this on Friday evening. Residents of the southern city were asked to go to shelters or not leave their homes. Individual buildings were bombed by Russian missiles. The attacks are said to have come from Crimea, about 200 kilometers away, which Russia annexed in 2014.
Russia continues its offensive around Avdiivka
First report from December 1, 2023: KIEV – The Battle of Avdiivka rages on in the Ukrainian war. Russia is said to have deployed additional military forces to the region in the past 24 hours. Russian units are said to have already advanced out of the city north of Donetsk. This was announced by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in its report. Accordingly, Russia is said to have also launched an offensive in southwest Donetsk.
According to the Russian army, the fighting is currently concentrated in an industrial area on the outskirts of Avdiivka. Ukrainian units are said to have holed up behind massive defenses at a coal plant there. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also reported numerous attacks launched by Russia around the besieged city. According to Ukrainian media, the arrival of winter and muddy roads makes it more difficult for armored vehicles to advance in the south of the country.
Russia’s losses in the Ukrainian war
Source: Ukrainian General Staff as of December 1, 2023. Information about Russia’s losses comes from the Ukrainian army. It cannot be independently verified. Russia itself does not provide any information about its losses in the Ukraine war.
Putin redeploys his forces to the war in Ukraine
Due to the heavy losses, the military leadership under President Vladimir Putin is said to have begun the process of redeploying forces in the Ukraine war. As reported by the news portal Ukrainian Pravda. Accordingly, Russian attacks around the northern city of Kubyansk are said to have decreased significantly.
But Ukraine has recently been unable to report any successes on the front in the Ukrainian war. Volodymyr Zelensky recently admitted this. The counterattack in the summer and autumn did not „achieve the desired results.” The President also announced that construction of defense structures along the front with Russia will now begin. (talk to agencies)
Several people have once again been arrested as part of pro-Palestinian student protests in the USA. In Boston it was cleared police Protest camp on Northeastern University grounds. About 100 people were arrested. According to the university, the evacuation took place after protesters crossed a red line that night with “vicious anti-Semitic remarks, including ‘Kill the Jews.’” The statement continued that the student protests “were infiltrated by professional organizers” who had no connection to Northeastern University. .
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Anyone who can provide a valid university ID has been released and faces disciplinary action, but not legal action. She added: “Those who did not want to prove their affiliation were arrested.”
The student organization Huskies for Free Palestine rejected these allegations, among others the The New York Times And CNN channel
mentioned. Accordingly, there are video recordings that appear to show that the cry of “kill the Jews” is coming from counter-demonstrators who criticized the pro-Palestinian protests. The university then said that “disgusting anti-Semitic comments” had no place on campus, regardless of the context.
According to American media, other arrests took place in the American states of Indiana and Arizona. According to police, at least 23 people were arrested at Indiana University Bloomington. Arizona State University reported 69 people were arrested after setting up a protest camp without a permit. At the University of Pennsylvania, dozens of students continued their protest despite the university president’s order to disperse the camp.
The administration of Columbia University, where the protests began last week, does not want to allow the protest camp there to be evacuated. Instead, a protest leader was banned from the campus in northern Manhattan because of a video containing anti-Semitic statements that was released in January.
Thousands of students protest in United States of America Against the Gaza war and American support for Israel. Hundreds of demonstrators have already been arrested. This was likely the largest student revolt since the massive American protests against the Vietnam War in the late 1960s. There are also frequent reports of anti-Semitism and intimidation of Jewish students.
Several people have once again been arrested as part of pro-Palestinian student protests in the USA. In Boston it was cleared police Protest camp on Northeastern University grounds. About 100 people were arrested. According to the university, the evacuation took place after protesters crossed a red line that night with “vicious anti-Semitic statements, including ‘Kill the Jews.’” The statement continued that the student protests “were infiltrated by professional organizers” who had no connection to Northeastern University. .
Italy declares war on mass tourism. In order to regulate the rush of vacationers, Cinque Terre has come up with a new rule.
Monterosso – Millions of vacationers are drawn to the Italian coast every year. This is why Italy has taken measures against mass tourism for years. A day trip to Venice now costs five euros. Tourists don't stop at Cinque Terre either. Accordingly, the region issues a new rule for travelers.
Italy is once again taking action against mass tourism
The Cinque Terre region consists of five picturesque villages located on the Ligurian Riviera. Monterosso is the largest town with lemon trees and the only sandy beach. But due to the annual influx of travellers, the quality of life of the approximately 9,000 residents of the Cinque Terre is affected. how South Tyrol News It was reported that about 2.5 million people invaded small villages last year.
The region resists mass tourism and therefore takes certain measures to counter the rush of holidaymakers. This means, among other things, that train tickets are more expensive in high season. In summer, travelers pay twice as much for train trips between villages as before. On the other hand, residents should benefit from the cuts.
New restrictions on travelers to Italy in Cinque Terre
Entrance fees are also required for hiking trails. The national park is also taking countermeasures. A one-way system has now been introduced for a section of the most popular hiking trails. This applies to the “Sentiero Verde Azzurro”, also known as the Green and Blue Route, from April 25 to May 1 between 9am and 2pm. It was reported that the regulation was issued for safety reasons and to improve the use of the route Standard.
What does this mean for holidays in Italy? This restriction affects the second of the four stages of the route, which leads from Monterosso to Vernazza. high Bergwelten.com This stage, covering a distance of 3.7 km, can be completed in just under two hours.
Rule for travelers to „Cinque Terre”: You must check the entrance to the hiking trail
Access to the hiking trail at the entrance to Monterosso must be controlled. Among other things, it is checked whether visitors are wearing appropriate shoes. For the following reasons: Some parts of the road are narrow and steep. In order to avoid overloading the „Sentiero Verde Azzurro”, hikers should also be redirected to alternative routes.
Cheap air travel and large concentrations of hotel complexes are one of the reasons for mass tourism. That is why the residents of the Canary Islands are tired of the influx of tourists. while Amsterdam bans new hotels It wants to take action against tape crawls. (mg/cas)
Massive missile attacks on Ukraine – hitting several thermal power plants
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“Russia’s goal is to intercept weapons before they reach the front.”
According to Ukraine, Russia has once again attacked the country's energy infrastructure. “Now that weapons are expected to be delivered from the West, the attacks will be more intense,” said Christoph Wanner, a WELT correspondent from Moscow.
The Russian army attacked Ukraine again with missiles. The Ukrainian side announced that 21 out of 34 missiles and cruise missiles had been shot down. Meanwhile, four thermal power plants were damaged and an engineer was injured.
RRussia struck Ukraine with new large-scale missile attacks. The Kiev Air Force reported on Saturday morning that 21 out of 34 missiles and cruise missiles of various types had been shot down. She added that the attacks came from the air, the Black Sea and land. Energy facilities were attacked in the Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv regions, Energy Minister Herman Haloshenko said on Telegram. An engineer was injured.
Energy company DTEK said a total of four thermal power plants suffered severe damage. People were injured. “You will receive the help you need,” the company said. Workers are currently trying to repair the damage.
Weather alert throughout the country
There was previously a weather alert across the country. According to the Ministry of Energy in Kiev, the air strikes primarily targeted energy facilities. Attacks were reported in the regions of Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv (formerly Limburg), and Ivano-Frankivsk. According to the authorities, two energy facilities in the Dnipropetrovsk region were bombed.
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The authorities also reported that several explosions occurred again in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, which was subjected to repeated bombing and is not far from the Russian border. It was said that the grounds of a hospital were also subjected to Russian bombing. Buildings were damaged by the pressure wave, and some windows were shattered. A patient was injured in her bed. Authorities also released photos of the damage.
The current situation in Ukraine
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Russia, which has brought death and destruction to the neighboring country with its aggressive war on Ukraine for more than two years, has also been the target of attacks again. Russian air defenses said that the Ukrainian side intercepted and destroyed 66 drones in the Krasnodar region. Local authorities said that a fire also damaged facilities at an oil processing company in the area. No one is hurt. The Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, once again reported shooting down two drones. The information cannot be verified initially.
The governor of Russia's Belgorod border region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said five people were injured in a drone attack on a village on the border.
