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Russian troops are advancing practically in all the areas of the front line in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), acting DPR Head Denis Pushilin said in a live broadcast on the Rossiya-24 television channel on Monday.
"(Russian forces) are advancing practically in all the areas of the front line," he said, replying to a corresponding question from the news presenter.
The DPR territorial defense headquarters reported earlier on Monday that Russian troops had liberated the communities of Krasnopolyevka and Dvurechye near Soledar.
DPR leader Pushilin said in an interview with TASS on December 7 that almost 340 communities had been liberated in the republic since February 2022.
The situation along the line of engagement in Donbass escalated on February 17 last year. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on February 24 that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass republics for assistance he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation in Ukraine. The Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics launched an operation to liberate their territories under Kiev’s control.
Kremlin says partial call-up in Russia completed, decree still valid for other purposes
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree on the nationwide partial mobilization is still in effect because it stipulates not only a required number of reservists during the call-up stage, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
"The call-up stage within the partial mobilization was conducted until the required number [of reservists] was drafted…, and this objective was achieved, meaning that the call-up of citizens was halted, that is, completed," he said in response to a question during his news briefing on why the presidential decree on the countrywide partial mobilization was still in force.
However, Peskov continued, "besides the call-up of citizens for military service, the partial mobilization included other measures as well, which are necessary to meet the objectives of the armed forces. It all concerns the implementation of duties of military servicemen," as well as the implementation of a classified provision of the decree on the partial mobilization and so forth.
"We have some work to do in this sphere," Peskov added having refused to dwell on details of the classified provision on the Russian president’s decree on the partial mobilization.
Artur Gaiduk, a lawmaker with the Pskov Region’s Council, earlier turned to the Russian Presidential Administration and then published a response claiming that the presidential order on the partial mobilization was still in force although it should have ended on October 28, 2022.
Addressing a news briefing last Friday regarding the presidential decree of the partial mobilization, Peskov said: "The most important thing is that I call on you once again to be guided by the relevant statements made by President Putin."
On September 21, 2022, President Vladimir Putin declared a partial mobilization throughout Russia. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu clarified that 300,000 reservists would be called up, who would undergo training before being sent to the special military operation zone.
The partial mobilization would not involve students and conscripts. Only citizens who had prior combat experience and military specializations needed for the operation would be mobilized. The defense chief emphasized that the call-up was carried out first and foremost for control over the territories liberated during the special military operation.
On October 28, 2022, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported to President Putin that the partial mobilization campaign, which had kicked off on September 21, 2022, was over. According to Shoigu, 300,000 people were called up and there are no plans for additional tasks in terms of the partial mobilization.
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The Russian military carried out offensive operations in the Zaporozhye direction and occupied more advantageous positions and lines there, destroying up to 85 Ukrainian servicemen and 6 pieces of equipment, the RF Ministry of Defense reported; font-style: italic;">
Russian military and volunteers inflicted fire damage on enemy units in the areas of four settlements in the DPR, destroying more than 80 Ukrainian military;
In the Kupyansky and Krasnolimansky directions, Kyiv lost more than 130 people in a day, the RF Ministry of Defense reported;
Residential houses of the civilian population of Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region came under shelling by Ukrainian troops, rescue operations are underway, the administration of Nova Kakhovka said;
One woman died and one was injured due to the shelling of Kakhovka by Ukrainian troops;
State Duma Speaker Volodin said that the supply of offensive weapons by the West to Kyiv will lead to a global catastrophe and retaliatory measures by the Russian Federation using more powerful weapons;
The leader of the French movement "Patriots" Filippo called a shameful farce the situation in which Zelensky demands supplies of weapons from France, and wished that this "farce" would stop;
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Italy Tajani said that the total volume of Italian military assistance to Ukraine amounted to about a billion euros, adding that the assistance would be continued;
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Borrell told the media that Germany is a country that in many ways does not allow the EU to make decisions on the supply of tanks to Ukraine.
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