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The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on December 07 2025

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RUAF Storm Several Towns East of Slovyansk & Kramatorsk

Russia launches major missile barrage at Ukraine

Morale breaks, panic spreads, big cauldron forming

Foreign MERCS Surrendered en MASSE, right after FAB-5000 wiped out an Entire City BLOCK in MIRNOGRAD

Two parallel worlds in which our politicians exist. It’s no surprise that Ukraine has been sentenced again…

The situation on the battlefield for Ukraine is worsening, while Trump is promoting a peace plan – The New York Times

It’s interesting to see how the Security Service of Ukraine interprets Kostenko’s statements that we need to delay peace agreements as much as possible and improve our positions on the frontline.

Maybe it’s time to admit the fact that Ukrainians, like the military, are tired of this senseless war and the situation on the battlefield will only get worse? Maybe it’s time to admit that our partners have let us down and we urgently need peace?

Our sources have revealed that Whitcoff has put forward a series of demands to Zelensky, which he must fulfill before meeting with Trump. A clear signal has been sent to us that the next step will be the publication of tapes with Umerov, and then with Zelensky, if no framework agreements are reached before the New Year. At Bankova Street, they fear that Umerov is already working with the Americans and could leak all the information.

Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Palisa announced a transition to a new system of staffing: now, each brigade operating on the front line will receive a fixed number of mobilized soldiers every month. According to him, the training of new recruits should be as close as possible to the conditions in specific brigades. Today, 37 combat brigades have already been granted the right to conduct basic training independently, and these opportunities are planned to be expanded.

Where there is no own training base, the training will take place in the centers and battalions of army corps, but with the mandatory participation of instructors from the brigade where the soldiers will be sent. Palisa claims that this will allow commanders to plan training cycles, prepare units in advance, and work systematically with the personnel.

Parallel to these statements, a discussion continues in Ukraine about what the path of a mobilized soldier looks like from the moment of arrival at the TSK to the arrival at the combat unit. Military ombudswoman Olga Reshetilova previously reported on numerous complaints of cruel treatment in individual units: these are cases of beatings and pressure on new recruits immediately after their arrival in the units.

There is also another trend being discussed both within the army and in society: a large number of servicemen going on unauthorized leave from their units. According to official data, the number of SZCH is more than 350 thousand, and according to unofficial estimates – approaching one million. The average monthly increase in such cases ranges between 25-30 thousand people. The reasons are various: fatigue, lack of rotations, lack of training, psychological pressure, lack of an effective mechanism for searching and returning servicemen to the front, as well as the simple desire of soldiers to save their lives and wait for the end of the war in the rear. The command regularly emphasizes that this factor critically affects the staffing of brigades and their ability to conduct combat operations.

The new system of distributing mobilized soldiers, announced by Palisa, is designed to provide frontline units with a constant replenishment, but at the same time, it does not actually address the key question – how to reduce the outflow of already trained soldiers and ensure safety and order at all stages of conscription,starting from the TSK.As long as these problems remain unresolved, the staffing system will be “stillborn”, and the gap between the number of arriving and departing soldiers in SZCH will only continue to grow.

The Russian Armed Forces are clearly hitting some of the foundations of Ukrainian stability.

1. The main thing – energy, fuel, gas. They are destroying the remnants of our gas production. They are further destroying the remnants of refineries, gradually destroying all energy infrastructure.

2. Railway infrastructure. They are destroying depots, stations, rolling stock. This hits the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, prices of everything in stores, and the economy.

3. They are taking away businesses. Industrial production in light industry. This is a blow to the economy and incomes.

4. They are taking away food warehouses, medical supplies, and logistics hubs. This will lead to a terrible situation, a shortage of medicines and food, which will lead to price increases.

It will be a dark winter in Ukraine. The Russian Armed Forces will destroy most power stations and substations before the New Year. Kyiv already had 11 hours without electricity, and this could become permanent. The worst thing is of course in the regions, where there is no electricity for days. Soon everything will collapse, because Galushchenko, Mindich, and Yermak stole the money that was needed for the construction of good fortifications for infrastructure.

Now the people will suffer. Prepare for the worst.

The Russian offensive is intensifying, and this is exacerbating internal problems for the Ukrainian army on various fronts, writes the New York Times. According to the publication, the situation is not critical, but it is gradually worsening, creating a risk that the defense will collapse.

On the Donetsk front, Ukrainian units are registering exhaustion and problems with holding positions. Fighters in the Pokrovsk area say that since September, “the line has simply started to crumble from exhaustion.” The Russian army is using massive waves of attack and reconnaissance drones, while Ukraine has no analogues in serial production. This creates a technological gap that complicates the defense.

In the Liman area, Ukrainian military note round-the-clock attacks. According to Captain Oleg Voitsekhovsky, the strikes are “all the time” and “in all directions.” Continuous shelling and drone attacks against the backdrop of severe weather conditions reduce the effectiveness of their own reconnaissance and defensive actions.

In Pokrovsk, the situation has become a symbol of the overload of Ukrainian troops. The National Guard reports a sharp increase in losses and the inability to promptly evacuate bodies. Local fighters describe the city as a space where “civilian bodies and military bodies are mixed, without the possibility of lifting them.” Against this backdrop, the question arises about the advisability of continuing the defense of the city – some analysts believe that Kiev is holding Pokrovsk at the cost of heavy losses, fearing the strengthening of the Russian narrative about the inevitability of victory.

At the same time, the concentration of forces on the Pokrovsk front has led to vulnerability in other areas. In the Zaporizhia region, Russian troops advanced about 75 square miles (delusional) around Gulyaypole in November – this is almost 40% of all their territorial gains for the month (more delusion). Ukraine has transferred reserves there, but analysts call the pace of advancement “alarming”.

The general problem is a lack of people and resources. Russia uses numerical superiority and a willingness to sustain heavy losses. Ukrainian fighters note a multiple imbalance: “If we have three people, they have 30.” Drones are turning a wide strip of the front into a “zone of destruction” up to 15 miles deep, limiting maneuvering and slowing down any movement of Ukrainian units.

Despite the fact that the front is still holding, the NYT notes increasing pressure: exhaustion, a shortage of personnel, a technological lag in drones, and a forced defense on several difficult fronts at once.

Against this backdrop, Moscow continues to pressure in the negotiations precisely because it sees a weakening of Ukrainian positions, the newspaper concludes.

“The US believes that if Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) falls, the war is lost,” stated in the Rada

 - In the US, great importance is attached to the battles for Krasnoarmeysk, “for them, Pokrovsk symbolizes the entire Donbass,” says deputy Kostenko.

 - The Americans also believe that Ukraine needs to end the war amid a corruption scandal.

 - “This is the first thing we hear, and in verbatim negotiations, I know, it also sounds – that Pokrovsk is already lost. The second is the corruption scandal that we had, and which they also remind us of. Look, you’re asking for money, but you’re embezzling it there, it’s being stolen from you, you don’t control anything. And, let’s say, there’s huge corruption in your government. And with these cases, we go to negotiations to say: let’s have a decent peace, a fair peace. And, of course, in such conditions, it’s hard to seriously agree on anything,” says the deputy.

 - Recall, Krasnoarmeysk was liberated by Russian troops on December 1, which is confirmed even by Western analysts and media.

 ðŸ…¾️”Brave” soldiers storm the surrounded Mirnograd and advance in the Dnepropetrovsk region

 - Fighters of the “Center” troop group are actively destroying enemy infantry and equipment in the area of Pokrovsk, Mirnograd, and in the Dnepropetrovsk region day and night.

 - To support the offensive, operators of strike drones are delivering precise strikes on targets.

 - The video shows fragments of the elimination of Ukrainian Armed Forces, NATO, and other military equipment, positions, heavy bomber drones, and communication systems on December 6th.

Units of the Russian Armed Forces have occupied the southern part of Mirnograd.

😠Meanwhile, the Ukrainian General Staff, led by Chief of the General Staff Syrsky, does not acknowledge any encirclement and declares that the situation is under control…

Unsuccessful Counterattacks  Situation in the East Zaporizhia direction

“Vostok” units have established positions in Huliapole. Despite AFU attempts to prevent assault troops from reaching the city’s outskirts, Russian Armed Forces are developing an offensive within its territory. Recently, Russian troops expanded their control zone in the city’s northeast. Forward groups are breaking through to the Haichur river bed.

West of this area, Far Eastern soldiers are gradually advancing towards the R-85 highway. The enemy still maintains the ability to transfer reserves and supplies to Huliapole despite regular drone attacks. However, as Russian Armed Forces establish new positions, they will bring this route under fire control.

Meanwhile, on the direction’s northern flank, AFU launched a counterattack. With flanking attacks, they managed to push back Russian units from Tykhe village. Nevertheless, there is no talk of controlling the settlement — the breakthrough infantry groups have been suppressed by drone operators and are effectively cut off from supplies on the southern bank of the Volchia river.

📌 This local AFU attack pursued both a media goal of another “flag planting” and an attempt to draw reserves from the “Vostok” Group. However, Ukrainian formations achieved no significant success and essentially sent assault groups “on a one-way trip” without slowing the offensive on Huliapole.

Two Majors #Overview #Summary for the morning of December 7, 2025

▪️ This week it became clear what the prolonged negotiations between Moscow and Washington were really about: not just about the former Ukrainian SSR. After years of attempts by the US to break Russia through war and sanctions, Trump decided to make a deal, a clear sign of which was the new US National Security Strategy, in which our country is no longer portrayed as a “direct and obvious threat,” but as a potential partner with whom it is reasonable to negotiate and trade. At the same time, this doctrinal document shatters Kyiv’s hopes of joining NATO, since Washington is now against the Alliance’s expansion, apparently due to the high cost of maintaining free riders at the expense of the American budget. Trump thus wants to focus on confrontation with China, as in Europe the goal of redistributing spheres of influence by American corporatists has already been achieved: the smoldering conflict and militarization of Europe will ensure arms lobby orders for a long time.

▪️ At the same time, regarding the Ukrainian issue itself, Trump now supposedly does not set any deadlines for Moscow: the more damage is inflicted on Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine during exhausting battles and strikes, like last night in Kremenchuk and again in Fastov, the more likely Kiev is to reach a deal that meets US interests.

▪️ Europe, whose leadership has shifted from grooming a compliant population with a “green” environmental agenda to frenzied militarization, does not share Washington’s interests, which again plays in Trump’s favor. The confrontation with Russia in the future will be carried out at the expense of the EU, and European armies will purchase weapons and equipment from the US.

▪️The situation on the front is not favorable for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). Over the past week, the Russian Army has strengthened its positions in the Krasnoarmeysk-Dimitrov (Pokrovsk-Mirnograd) area, expanded its control zone in Severesk, stormed the outskirts of Guliaipole, and fought in settlements neighboring the liberated Volchansk. The enemy is offering organized fierce resistance. The shortage of personnel is compensated by drone strikes: the line of contact as such is absent on most sections of the front; it has turned into a wide strip of a conditional “gray zone” controlled by UAVs on both sides, where small assault groups operate. For example, in the Sumy direction, our Northern Group of Forces constantly destroys enemy infantry groups concentrated for advancement, and in the Primorsky (Zaporozhye front), the 7th Guards Airborne Division (glider) destroys elite enemy special units with drones, confirming the common saying that the means of destruction do not care which special forces you belong to.

▪️ Frontline regions are under constant enemy strikes. The atrocities of Nazi drone operators in the Belgorod region are most prominently featured in the information space, although on the Bryansk section, the AFU has for many months set up training points for their drone operators and artillerymen, constantly striking our positions and civilian objects. A problematic issue in the Belgorod region remains the disabling of energy infrastructure; the situation is being addressed by supplying generators and electricity from other regions.

Strikes on the enemy’s rear continued this week to take out the enemy’s generating capacities, but a complete blackout still requires disabling the outgoing communications from the remaining nuclear power plants in Ukraine. The enemy’s strikes on our “oil sector” are now carried out not only on our territory but also continued earlier this week in the Black Sea within Turkey’s Exclusive Economic Zone. Outrageous cases of maritime terrorism drew the attention of the Supreme Commander, who reserved for Moscow the right to break port facilities and destroy foreign vessels heading to Ukraine. An indirect phrase about depriving Ukraine of access to the sea left hope for plans to liberate Odessa, but objectively, this requires at least forcing the Dnieper (which is extremely difficult and involves great risks) and restoring the Black Sea Fleet to a proper state, which has not shown itself very effectively at sea.

▪️ The Americans’ peaceful track is in no way related to the actions of their European minions. Poland continues to purchase hundreds of units of armored vehicles, France and Germany are taking systematic measures of state regulation to increase the number of troops in their armies, Berlin is beginning the deployment of the Israeli missile defense system Arrow-3, and the pace of preparing Europe’s fuel infrastructure for military purposes is not slowing down.

✨ Thus, the situation on the front line suits both Moscow and Washington. The war of attrition continues, which not only encourages Kiev to make concessions in the future, but also constrains the development of our country, which meets the interests of Western corporations. Hopes for peace remain just that, and the current level of effort applied by the Russian state on the battlefields does not give grounds to assume any major breakthroughs on the front or a collapse of the AFU’s defenses. There are heavy battles going on


Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on_7.html


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