White House says US 'closely monitoring' Russian troops in Belarus. The United States is closely monitoring the Russian military presence in Belarus and will continue to do so, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during a briefing on Dec. 19.
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Strengthening accountability for military offenses
Сьогодні я змушений підняти досить складну тему – посилення відповідальності за самовільне залишення військової частини чи місця служби, дезертирство, самовільне залишення поля бою або відмову діяти зброєю, непокору і невиконання бойових наказів. pic.twitter.com/8Q5n3dPTDm
— Генеральний штаб ЗСУ (@GeneralStaffUA) 20 décembre 2022Today, I am compelled to address a rather complex issue—the strengthening of accountability for unauthorized absence from a military unit or duty station, desertion, unauthorized abandonment of the battlefield, refusal to use weapons, insubordination, and failure to execute combat orders.
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100 Schools in Kyiv Region Teach Children Mine Safety Rules
Students from 100 educational institutions in the Kyiv region have been taught mine safety rules. The dissemination of information on basic mine safety rules to primary and middle school students in the region began on September 1, 2022.
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Two destroyed Russian LMV vehicles near Bakhmut
Two destroyed Russian IVECO LMV vehicles on the outskirts of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast
— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) 20 décembre 2022
📹https://t.co/2svZlswNKw pic.twitter.com/mZsfULjOfETwo destroyed Russian IVECO LMV vehicles on the outskirts of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast https://
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Russian medics refuse care to HIV, hepatitis soldiers
Read the report from Ukrainian Defence Intelligence that I linked above: "It is known that Russian medics routinely refuse to provide care to the wounded soldiers with hepatitis or HIV." Zero medical care will skew the ratio in a big way. https://gur.gov.ua/en/content/vahnerivtsi-masovo-rekrutuiut-viazniv-khvorykh-na-vil-ta-hepatyt.html
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Zelensky: Bakhmut Remains Hottest Point on Front Line
Zelensky: 'Bakhmut remains hottest point on entire front line.' President Volodymyr Zelensky said Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast remains the "hottest point" out of the entire 1,300-kilometer front line as Russian forces relentlessly try to break Ukraine's defenses in the city.
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Ukraine’s 30th Brigade Captures Russian T-90M Tank, Boosting Ukrainian Arsenal

Captured Russian T-90M tank in the service of Ukraine's 30th brigade "At the moment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine is becoming one of the major users of the T-90 having more of them than, for example, Turkmenistan" https://
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Russian forces fire 83 times at Sumy Oblast damaging homes power line
Russian forces fire 83 times at Sumy Oblast on Dec. 19. As a result of the attacks, three homes and a power line were damaged, Sumy Oblast Governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said on Telegram. No casualties were reported.
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Wagner dead mostly elderly prisoners with HIV and hepatitis
6/ The majority of the dead were Wagner fighters "of retirement age", Saychuk says. He saw white and red bracelets on their wrists, meaning that they had HIV and/or hepatitis. (This corroborates Ukrainian accounts of infected prisoners being recruited.) https://
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Grim discovery of 55 bodies in 10 days
According to Saychuk, in 10 days of work he uncovered the remains of 55 people in a battlefield area just 30 m (98 ft) wide. Many were collected 'in pieces' and taken to the occupied town of Popasna, which Russia seized in May.
