⚡️It is Putin's war that is the reason for the expansion of NATO, not the other way around, — said the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin.
"Russia was not provoked, Russia was not threatened, Russia was not attacked. Instead, one man chose war. Putin's war is not a consequence of NATO expansion - it is a cause of NATO expansion," — Austin said.
⚡️Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled attacks by Russians in the areas of Ploshanka and Bilohorivka settlements in the Luhansk region and Berestove, Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka,
Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Mariinka, and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region.
Over the past 24 hours, they have launched 7 missile and 32 air strikes, as well as more than 50 rounds of anti-aircraft fire at the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements along the contact line.
⚡️ Tragic night. One person was killed and three were injured, – the head of Dniproetrovsk Regional Military Administration Valentyn Reznichenko reports.
After midnight, the Russians fired three rockets at Kryvyi Rih. They aimed at an industrial enterprise.
An employee was killed. Rescuers retrieved his body from the rubble of the destroyed factory.
⚡️Valentyn Reznichenko: Three more people were injured. They were taken to a local hospital. Doctors assess the condition of the hospitalized patients as moderate.
⚡️Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 (GMT+2) on December 4:
"During the day, the occupiers launched 2 rocket strikes, and also launched more than 10 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and settlements along the contact line.
In particular, civil infrastructure objects in the cities of Nikopol and Kherson were hit again.
There remains a threat of enemy missile strikes on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine."
⚡️At night, the Russians continued to shell along the front line from Kurakhivska to Lymansk local community, — reported the head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko.
At the Donetsk direction, 1 person was injured in Kurakhovo. Mariinka and Heorgiivka were also under fire but without casualties.
⚡️Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06:00 (GMT +2) on December 4:
“During the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 10 missile and 16 air strikes, as well as more than 30 attacks from MLRS on the positions of our troops and populated areas along the contact line.”
Objects of civilian infrastructure in Shevchenkove settlements of Kharkiv region and Kramatorsk in Donetsk region were hit by rockets.
⚡️ Volodymyr Zelenskyi: "I held another meeting of the Hedquaters. The commanders reported on the situation in specific directions - in the most important directions.
In Donetsk region - Bakhmut, Soledar - now, as before, the hottest, most painful.
We do everything to help our boys in this direction. Everyone there deserves the highest gratitude!”
⚡️ Volodymyr Zelenskyi: "The Luhansk region and the Kharkiv region - we are strengthening our forces. South - we continue to "minus" the capabilities of the occupiers. Border - we strengthen the entire perimeter.