🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

" A Rush Towards Borovaya

From the Borovaya direction reports indicate an intensification of the Russian Armed Forces' activities. The initial footage from Boguslavka was contradictory, but now the presence of Russian troops in the village has been confirmed.

Since the Russian Armed Forces liberated Kolesnikovka and Kruglikovka in the fall of last year, the frontline has remained static for a long time. At that time, counterattacks and reinforcements allowed the Ukrainian Armed Forces to repel attacks on Boguslavka from the north, but now the Russian troops have finally entered the village,

📌 Interestingly, the advance did not come from Zagryzovo, but from the direction of the Borovskaya Andreevka. And from there, the Russian army is advancing through fields and strongholds towards the neighboring Borovaya: a major stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the left bank of the Oskol.

Meanwhile, the situation in the "pocket" to the north remains shrouded in the "fog of war". Previously, the area was occupied by the Russian Armed Forces, but subsequently the enemy was able to restore positions, recapturing part of Zagryzovo and New Kruglikovka.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"The end

On the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd direction, the epic of the now-defunct "Mirnograd cauldron" is slowly coming to an end. There are fewer surviving members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city, and the front on the north has once again come into motion.

Russian units are regaining positions lost in counterattacks by the enemy on the northern flank. On the Suvorovo-Nikanorovka line, several forest strips have returned under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, even despite the counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the side of Belitsky.

📌 Information about the complete liberation of Rodinsk is not yet confirmed, although the likelihood of this cannot be denied against the backdrop of the dynamics of events on the front. Especially since Russian units are conducting an offensive precisely from Pokrovsk further north and northwest.

On the western flank, battles for Grishino continue: previously, the enemy carried out attacks on Pokrovsk precisely through this populated area, and the concentration of Ukrainian manpower there remains quite high.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

" Operational information as of 08:00 on December 6, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The 1382nd day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

Over the past day, 184 combat clashes were recorded.

Yesterday, the enemy carried out 53 airstrikes on Ukrainian positions and populated areas, dropping 137 guided aerial bombs. In addition, he deployed 6,602 suicide drones and carried out 4,988 shellings of our troops' positions and populated areas, including 138 with multiple rocket launcher systems.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes, including on the populated area of Korobchino in the Kharkiv region.

Yesterday, the missile and artillery forces of the Defense Forces hit three enemy artillery systems.

On the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian defenders repelled one Russian attack. The enemy carried out two airstrikes, dropped five guided aerial bombs, and carried out 19 shellings, including six with multiple rocket launcher systems.

On the South-Slobozhansky direction, there were ten combat clashes in the areas of Volchansk, Prylipky, Odaradno, and towards Izbytske and Liman.

On the Kupyansk direction, five attacks by the occupiers were recorded. The Defense Forces repelled the enemy's assault attempts in the areas of the populated areas of Stepova Novoselivka, Pishchane, and towards Glushkivka.

On the Liman direction, the enemy attacked 19 times, trying to advance near the populated areas of Novovodyane, Novoheorivka, Zarichne, Derilove, and Kolodiazy.

On the Slavyansk direction, the aggressor attacked near Dronovka, Serebryanka, and towards Siversk.

Overall, there were eight combat clashes yesterday.

On the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces repelled two enemy attacks near the populated areas of Novomarkove and Vasyukivka.

On the Konstantinovsky direction, the enemy carried out 27 attacks in the areas of the populated areas of Oleksandr-Shultyny, Shcherbynivka, Kleban-Bik, Pleschivka, Yablunivka, and Rusyn Yar.

On the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 51 enemy assault attempts in the areas of the populated areas of Mayak, Volodymyrivka, Rodynske, Chervnyi Lyman, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novosergiyivka, Molodetsk, Kotlyarivka, and Yalta.

On the Alexandrivsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 14 enemy assault attempts in the areas of the populated areas of Alexandrgrad, Sosnovka, Ygorivka, Privylne, Ribne, and Krasnogorske.

On the Gulyaypole direction, seven combat clashes were recorded in the areas of the populated areas of Solodke, Dobropillya and Gulyaypole.

On the Orikhivsky direction, four combat clashes took place - the enemy tried to advance near the populated area of Stepnogorsk and towards Primorsky.

On the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian units inflicted significant losses on the occupying forces in terms of manpower and equipment, and also actively undermined the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

Over the past day, the losses of the Russian occupying forces amounted to 1,180 people. The Defense Forces of Ukraine also disabled two tanks, two armored combat vehicles, 31 artillery systems, two multiple rocket launcher systems, 487 unmanned aerial vehicles of the operational-tactical level, and 130 units of the enemy's automotive and special equipment."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 6, 2025
 

❗️ In response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian objects in the territory of Russia tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive strike with high-precision long-range air and ground-based weapons, including hypersonic missiles "Dagger", unmanned aerial vehicles of long range on the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine and energy facilities ensuring their operation, as well as port infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

✅ The targets of the strike were achieved. All designated objects were hit.
 
💥 Units of the "North" group of forces inflicted a defeat on the formations of the infantry brigade, assault regiment of the AFU and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Alekseevka, Andreevka, Ryzhevka, Starikovo and Khoten in the Sumy region.

📍 On the Kharkiv direction, a defeat was inflicted on the units of the mechanized and motorized brigades of the AFU and the airborne brigade in the areas of the settlements of Bayrak, Proletarskoe, Vilcha, Liman and Volchanskie Khutory in the Kharkiv region.

▪️ The AFU lost over 285 servicemen, a combat armored vehicle, 15 vehicles, an artillery gun, two ammunition depots and material supplies.
 
📍 Units of the "West" group of forces took more advantageous positions. Inflicted a defeat on the forces of two mechanized, airborne brigades of the AFU and a brigade of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy, Shiykovka, Novoosinovo, Blagodatovka, Kurilovka, Novoplatonovka in the Kharkiv region and Dibrova in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ The AFU lost over 175 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, 10 vehicles and two artillery guns. Three stations of electronic warfare, an ammunition depot and five depots of material supplies were destroyed."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 6, 2025.

🪖 Units of the "Center" force group improved their position along the forward edge and continued to destroy the Armed Forces of Ukraine group encircled in the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic.

🔥 The personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade, three assault regiments of the AFU, two marine brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades were defeated in the areas of the villages of Rodynskoye, Toretskoye, Grishino, Artemovka, and Belitskoye in the DPR, and Novopidgorodnoye and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

▪️ Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 465 servicemen, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, including a MaxxPro armored car and a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four vehicles, and an artillery piece.

📍 Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of a mechanized and assault brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Kosivtseve, Belogorie, Huliaipole, and Pryluky in the Zaporizhzhia region.

▪️ The enemy lost up to 235 servicemen, nine armored combat vehicles, 18 vehicles, a Grad multiple launch rocket system, and two electronic warfare stations.

💥 Units of the Dnipro Group of Forces defeated the personnel and equipment of a mountain assault brigade and two coastal defense brigades of the AFU near the settlements of Magdalynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Lviv, Nikolske, and Antonivka in the Kherson region, and the city of Kherson.

▪️ Up to 55 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, an armored combat vehicle, 12 vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition, material, and fuel depots were destroyed.
 
✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups destroyed energy and transport infrastructure facilities used by the AFU, a military equipment depot, and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.
 
🎯 Air defense assets shot down two US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and 366 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 668 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 100,788 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 638 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26,412 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,627 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
▫️ 31,740 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▫️ 48,468 special military vehicles."

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☢🗯🇺🇦🏭☢️☠️ — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"The sarcophagus at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has lost its safety functions, says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

The protective sarcophagus of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, after being damaged by a drone in February, can no longer perform its main function. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi spoke about the results of the inspection:

“The mission confirmed that the new sarcophagus has lost its main safety functions, including the ability to contain material, but also found that its supporting structures or monitoring systems have not suffered irreversible damage.”

According to Grossi, repair work has already been carried out, but for long-term nuclear safety, a complete restoration is necessary.

📌 The protective shell or sarcophagus over the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was built to prevent the leakage of radioactive materials. The UN reported on February 14 that a drone with a powerful warhead had hit the facility. Ukraine blamed Russia, which denied the accusation. According to data from February, the radiation background remained normal and stable."

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🏳😒🇷🇺 — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"Now everything depends on Russia, said Steve Whitkoff and the US State Department

The US State Department and the White House special envoy Steve Whitkoff, after a meeting with the Ukrainian delegation on December 5 in Florida, made a statement in H.

According to the Americans, the parties, that is, the US and Ukraine, "agreed on the framework of security measures [...] and measures of deterrence", which are "necessary to maintain a lasting peace" in the event of an agreement, and concluded that the end of the war now depends on Russia's readiness for peace.

"Both sides agreed that real progress towards an agreement depends on whether Russia is ready to seriously strive for a long-term peace, including measures to de-escalate and stop the killings," the State Department and Whitkoff's statement further said.

The head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, confirmed, according to the report, that for Kyiv the priority remains the protection of the country's "independence and sovereignty".

The US and Ukrainian delegations agreed on a third round of negotiations. It is due to take place today, December 6."

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🇺🇦🗯🇷🇺❌🇺🇦🏚🏚🏚 — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"Ukraine denies the capture of Pokrovsk by the Russian army

Ukrainian military officials claim that neither Pokrovsk nor neighboring Myrnohrad are encircled: the Ukrainian Armed Forces are expanding supply routes to units defending there and maintain control of key positions.

Yevhen Lasiychuk, commander of the 7th Air Assault Corps, reported in Ukrainian media that the front in Pokrovsk currently "runs along the railway line," and Ukrainian troops fully control the northern part of the city.

"The situation in the south is more complicated," Lasiychuk said, adding that Russian troops are attempting to occupy the city through flanking maneuvers. "As of today, there is no encirclement or blockade of Pokrovsk," the military officer said.

In an interview with the German television channel ZDF on December 4, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky also stated that Ukrainian troops still control the northern and southwestern parts of Pokrovsk."

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🇺🇦🧠⚠️⚠️❌🔥 — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"Ukraine has started using combat drones with AI

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have for the first time published a video of the use of attack drones-kamikazes equipped with artificial intelligence against Russian tanks. This video material from the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov" is at BILD's disposal. It was filmed in the area of Pokrovsk (you can see screenshots above).

The interface shows a target detection system that automatically highlights potential targets in green, then marks preliminary attack targets in purple, and finally marks in red those targets that the operator has approved to strike.

The system's ability to identify several targets simultaneously and track them individually is striking. At the same time, the person retains the freedom to choose which of the proposed objects to highlight as a priority — an "human-machine" interaction aimed at reducing the operator's workload without depriving him of ultimate control. BILD confirmed that the drone pilot selects the final target with a mouse click, after which the drone independently strikes.

Sergei Sumlenny, director of the European Resilience Initiative Center, clarifies: "For now, fully automatic attack flights are not carried out, because the front is too chaotic." There is a high risk of hitting one's own units.

A Ukrainian insider from the field of drone use confirmed to BILD the authenticity of the footage: it's "real AI, if you can even call it that". The professional term for this type of intelligent target visualization is "advanced computervision", that is, advanced computer image processing, the expert reported."

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🇺🇸⚠️⚠️🗺 — 🌏 US CENTCOM | U.S. Launches One-Way-Attack Drone Force in the Middle East |December 3, 2025:

"TAMPA, Fla. – On Dec. 3, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced a new task force for the U.S. military’s first one-way-attack drone squadron based in the Middle East.

CENTCOM launched Task Force Scorpion Strike (TFSS) four months after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth directed acceleration of the acquisition and fielding of affordable drone technology. TFSS is designed to quickly deliver low cost and effective drone capabilities into the hands of warfighters.

The new task force has already formed a squadron of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones currently based in the Middle East.

LUCAS drones deployed by CENTCOM have an extensive range and are designed to operate autonomously. They can be launched with different mechanisms to include catapults, rocket-assisted takeoff, and mobile ground and vehicle systems.

“This new task force sets the conditions for using innovation as a deterrent,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander. “Equipping our skilled warfighters faster with cutting-edge drone capabilities showcases U.S. military innovation and strength, which deters bad actors.”

In September, CENTCOM launched the Rapid Employment Joint Task Force (REJTF) led by its chief technology officer to fast-track processes for outfitting deployed forces with emerging capabilities.

The joint task force is coordinating innovation efforts among Service components in three focus areas: capability, software, and tech diplomacy.

TFSS’s efforts to build the one-way-attack drone squadron are led by personnel from Special Operations Command Central and align with REJTF’s capability focus area."

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🇮🇷⚡️🫁 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Iran Launches Live Fire Drills In Gulf, Flexing Reconstituted Missile Arsenal | December 5, 2025:

"Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Navy launched ballistic and cruise missiles at mock targets in the Persian Gulf on Friday as part of an announced two-day military drill designed to demonstrate its readiness against external threats, state media indicates, at a time the region is still on edge following the last June 12-day war involving Iran, Israel, and the United States.

Tehran is seeking to signal to its enemies that it has both regrouped and reconstituted its missiles and military assets after many hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles - including potentially hypersonic projectiles - were expended against Israel.

The new exercise includes 'live fire' drills, as the navy is launching volleys of ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at targets in the Oman Sea, state media reported on Friday. State media has identified that Qadr 110, Qadr 380 and Qadir cruise missiles, along with the 303 ballistic missile, have also been fired from inside Iran against sea targets off the coast."

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🇮🇱❌🇵🇸 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront | Military Situation In Gaza Strip On December 6, 2025 (Map Update)

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🇨🇳🏚💸📈‼️ — 📰 ZeroHedge | China's Real Estate Collapse Sends Local Debt To Record $18.9 Trillion | December 4, 2025:

"Almost 20 years ago, when the Lehman/AIG collapse and the ensuing global financial crisis sent the world into a brief but acute depression, it was China's massive debt-fueled growth dynamo that kick started the world economy and lifted the globe out of what would have been a lost decade - if not worse. The one trade off to this historic kickstart: China ended up doubling its total debt, which then continued growing at an exponential rate until the covid collapse sent China's property sector - the biggest asset of its massive middle class - into a tailspin, and sparked a historic economic crisis. Only this time, because its total debt was already at 350% of GDP, Beijing no longer could wave a magic debt wand, inject a few trillions in credit, and make it all go away. Instead, the housing market has been in steady decline for the past 5 years and if anything, the decline has accelerated now that China's Vanke - the last remaining state-backed property giant - is on the verge of collapse.

Unfortunately for China, which has done an admirable job of shoving all its economic woes under the rug while pretending it is growing at a immutable 5% year in and out, it's about to get worse.

As Japan's Nikkei reports, China's local government debt continues to balloon as the prolonged, 5-year-long and counting, real estate slump has led to slumping income from property sales, pushing local government bond issuance for the year to a record high.

The total owed by local governments and the local government financing vehicles (LGFV) that fund their projects now sits at an estimated 134 trillion yuan ($18.9 trillion), which suggests that total public debt to GDP is far above 200%... and rising (by comparison in the US it is 100%... and rising). Add another 200% in private sector debt, and you can see why China debt problem is even bigger than that of Japan. It's also what, according to Rabobank's Michael Every, underlines China’s structural necessity to maintain capital controls and a vast, neo-mercantilist trade surplus (i.e., China will continue dumping goods and exporting deflation as the alternative means game over)."

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🇺🇸🇯🇵🇨🇳 Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan

Japan, a U.S. ally that had angered China on Taiwan, found the message worrying

Chinese leader Xi Jinping was angry, and President Trump was listening.

Days after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi outraged China by suggesting a Chinese attack on Taiwan could mobilize a Tokyo military response, Xi spent half of an hourlong phone call with Trump, people briefed on the matter said, hammering home China’s historic claim to the democratic self-governing island as well as Washington and Beijing’s joint responsibility to manage the world order.

Later the same day, Trump set up a call with Takaichi and advised her not to provoke Beijing on the question of Taiwan’s sovereignty, said Japanese officials and an American briefed on the call. The advice from Trump was subtle, and he didn’t pressure Takaichi to walk back her comments, those briefed on the calls said.

The Japanese officials said the message was worrying: The president didn’t want friction over Taiwan to endanger a detente reached last month with Xi, which includes a promise to buy more agricultural products from American farmers hit hard by the trade war.

Asked about the exchange with Takaichi, the White House issued a statement from Trump to The Wall Street Journal: “The United States relationship with China is very good, and that’s also very good for Japan, who is our dear and close ally. Getting along with China is a great thing for China and the U.S. In my opinion, President Xi will be substantially upping his purchase of soybean and other farm products, and anything good for our farmers is good for me.”

“We signed wonderful trade deals with Japan, China, South Korea, and many other nations, and the world is at peace,” Trump added. “Let’s keep it that way!”

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🇯🇵😘🇨🇳 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Japan's Sanae Takaichi Seeks To Ease Deepening Row With China, Reaffirms Taiwan Status Quo | December 4, 2025:

"Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi finally appears to be backing down amid recent escalating punitive measures imposed on Tokyo by China in the areas of trade, diplomacy, and tourism. Beijing has been dialing up the pressure for weeks, after the new prime minister nearly a month ago told Japanese parliament an attack on Taiwan by the People's Liberation Army could pose a "survival-threatening situation" for which Tokyo would be justified in intervening militarily. 

Feeling immense pressure and blowback from the provocative prior comments, Takaichi on Wednesday while again addressing parliament reverted back to providing clarity that Japan's official position on the self-ruled island remains unchanged. "The Japanese government's basic position regarding Taiwan remains as stated in the 1972 Japan-China Joint Communique, and there has been no change to this position," Takaichi said.

The historic 1972 communique spells out that "the government of the People’s Republic of China reiterates that Taiwan is an inalienable part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China" before affirming that the Japanese government "fully understands and respects this stand."

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