🏅 #OTD we commemorate the birth of legendary Soviet marshal, four-time Hero of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov, born in 1896. He is one the best if not the best military commanders of #WWII. His genius played a pivotal role in thwarting Japanese aggression and securing Victory over the Nazis.

👉 This famous military commander won his first major victory as early as 1939 by defeating Japan during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol and forcing the adversary to abandon the idea of launching a full-scale invasion of the USSR. With Zhukov serving as Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Great Patriotic War showcased his talents as a military commander.

It was Zhukov’s resolve that enabled the USSR to withstand the first months of the war with their immense challenges. He headed the front at a critical moment when there were almost no troops left between the advancing Nazi forces and Moscow and the command had to urgently find reserves and create new units. It was Zhukov who led the troops in August 1941 when they liberated Yelnya, marking the USSR’s first triumph in the fight against Nazism.

☝️A strategic genius, Zhukov had the ability to turn the tide in the most challenging sections along the Soviet-German front. Not only did he prevent the Nazis from seizing Leningrad, but he also made a decisive contribution to the defence of Moscow, and coordinated four fronts during the Battle of Kursk. It is symbolic that he headed the 1st Byelorussian Front during the Berlin Offensive and accepted Germany’s surrender, as well as presided over the first ever Victory Parade.

After the war, Zhukov served as First Deputy Minister and later Minister of Defence of the USSR, carrying out major reforms within the Soviet army. After retiring from the military, he focused on writing, as well as engaging in historical and educational activities.

✍️ From Zhukov’s memoirs: Serving the Motherland and my people was what mattered most to me. <...> I did everything to fulfil this duty.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Battle for #Avdeyevka - Situation until the End of 1 Dec 2023⚡️

🔸 Russian Forces are slowly but surely continuing to push through the defence of the AFU around the #Avdeyevka fortified area.

🔹 On the northern flank, the main battles are taking place in the area of the railway line near #Stepovoye (⚠️on map they named it #Petrovskoye), where the Ukrainian forces recently counterattacked and forced the Russians out of the village's outskirts. However, after several strikes, they withdrew to their initial positions.

▪️ Fighting is also continuing near the #Avdeyevka Coke Plant, where so far the main efforts of the Russian Army is focused on the fire defeat of the powerful stronghold to avoid casualties among the personnel.

▪️ Also, fighters of the Russian Army have successfully advanced south of #Novokalinovo, occupying strongholds along the water body. Having advanced across the railway line, the position of the RF Armed Forces has significantly improved in the context of the #Novokalinovo offensive.

🔹 West of #Avdeyevka, the RF Armed Forces assault squads, supported by artillery and aviation, took important positions on the hills east of #Severnoye. Similarly, they managed to seize strongholds to the west, worsening the enemy's position not only in #Severnoye, but also to the south in #Pervomayskoye.

▪️ There, as a result of a successful breakthrough, the RF Armed Forces advanced along the reservoir. At the same time, the AFU in this area provide less resistance than before. Losses in militants and successes of the RF Armed Forces affect the morale of the AFU, which simplifies the assault on the lines. At the moment, the main problem is caused by the mines that litter the fields around the settlements.

🗺 High Resolution: 🇬🇧🇺🇦 MAP; 🇷🇺 MAP

📜 RYBAR; 1 Dec 2023, 22:12

⚠️ The Coon reported on the takeover of #Maryinka (despite contrary info over the day). This is further south, also close to #Donetsk.

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⚡️🇺🇦 Zelensky's wife, Elena Zelenskaya stated that she does not want her husband to be elected for a new term.

I don’t want him to become president for the next term or the next two terms, that’s impossible. We will probably have to come up with something new

Elena Zelenskaya stated for The Economist podcast

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Front #Summary for 1 Dec 2023 by 18:42⚡️

🔹In #Kherson Direction, #Krynki remains the hottest point. The AFU do not abandon their attempts to advance south of the village centre towards the forest belt. Ours are fighting back and even improving their positions. There is calm near the railway bridge, the enemy is not making any attempts to reach the road to #Alyoshki. At the same time, some presence of the AFU remains.

🔹In #Zaporozhye Direction, north of #Verbovoye, the AFU are heavily shelling our positions. Apparently, they are preparing new attacks. Near #Rabotino, our forces are slowly regaining the positions they left at the peak of the AFU counteroffensive.

🔹In #South Donetsk Direction, active actions on the ground have frozen, a sea of mud. Our army had the initiative, and now the military is waiting for persistent frosts to continue attacks. In the meantime, artillery duels are raging along the entire line of contact. Our aviation strikes positions of the AFU. Our army is also advancing south of #Novomikhaylovka.
▪️ In #Maryinka, the reports of the liberation are a little premature. The Russian flag is flying over one of the last houses on the southwestern outskirts, which means that the Russian army controls a part of #Maryinka south of the #Osipovka River. But the AFU still holds positions in the northwestern part of the city. The enemy is retreating, the supply route is under the fire control of our forces. The frontline is slowly but surely moving away from #Donetsk.

🔹In #Donetsk direction, in the #Avdeyevka sector, fierce fighting continues unabated. On the northern flank, our forces have advanced near #Stepovoye. Fighting is ongoing at the outskirts of Coke Plant. On the southern flank, our army is attacking at #Severnoye.

🔹In #Bakhmut Direction, our units repelled an AFU counterattack near the #Berkhovskoye Reservoir. And they also advanced a little further towards #Bogdanovka. On the southern flank without changes.

🔹In #Svatovo Direction, our military took positions in the #Timkovka tract. This is to the west of #Orlyanskoye, a village to the south of #Yagodnoye. Thus the frontline is approaching #Ivanovka from the north. Our army has resumed active fighting near the #Zherebets River. Ours are pushing the AFU from the left bank.

📌 Personally, I am very pleased and inspired by the successes of our army in #Avdeyevka. I have been to those parts many times. Once #Avdeyevka was a peaceful suburb of #Donetsk with forests and fields and a large factory. After that it turned into a stronghold of terrorism. A lot of #Donetsk citizens were killed from there. Women, children. This stronghold is so powerful that from the very beginning of the SMO our troops didn't know from which side to take this fortress. The shooting from there at the capital of the #DPR has become even more frequent and meaner. Looking at the map, it is clear how much combat work remains ahead. In the case of #Avdeyevka, we know exactly what we are fighting for. First of all, for a peaceful sky over #Donetsk. And for everyone who was killed in #Donetsk from #Avdeevka over the years.

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