Synkivka, Russian forces attempted a new (unsuccessful) assault towards the town, down the same route used by another failed push earlier this month.

Ukrainian forces from the 14th and 30th Mechanized hit them with accurate ATGM, artillery, and DPICM cluster munition fire. pic.twitter.com/blwcD4Thq0

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) December 28, 2023

Total misinterpretation of situation in UA by @politico.
UA mil leadership is arguing for mobilisation. Pol leadership is weighing pros&cons. The only criticism directed at UA pol leadership is about need of better strategy to confront RU. No one in UA argues for negotiations. pic.twitter.com/pi2LpgYc3z

— Mykola Bielieskov (@MBielieskov) December 28, 2023

British soldiers salute Ukrainian soldiers as they leave for Ukraine after completing their training.

Thank you, @DefenceHQ and everyone who helps our Defenders fight for freedom!

📹: alexgudz257 pic.twitter.com/SckXp8sJ7m

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 28, 2023

Unnamed Russian officials to NYT: Putin is ready to settle the war in Ukraine, please pressure Zelensky to have peace talks.
Medvedev: Kyiv is a temporarily occupied Russian city that will be liberated. https://t.co/YzMzitInOi

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) December 28, 2023

Excellent that there is now some movement on this issue, I don’t think it should be seen as the solution to the present 🇺🇸🇪🇺 difficulties with 🇺🇦 funding decisions, but rather as the core component of the coming 🇺🇦 reconstruction. But be prepared for aggressive 🇷🇺 attempts to… https://t.co/SR6Dq7h25Y

— Carl Bildt (@carlbildt) December 28, 2023

Dnipro right now! Russian missile hit a shopping mall pic.twitter.com/K5JVIOJwjs

— Ukraine Front Lines (@EuromaidanPR) December 29, 2023

A shopping mall (before and after) and a maternity hospital in Dnipro, among the many targets of the Russian missile barrage that has caused dozens of casualties across Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/KcLgWfAA1n

— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) December 29, 2023

Negotiate with a rocket

— Anton Barbashin (@ABarbashin) December 29, 2023

*Kinzhal 5
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Total 158

— Angry Ukrainian 🇺🇦 (@SmartUACat) December 29, 2023

Russian state TV is excitedly cheering on this morning's massive missile attack on Ukraine

Despite extensive evidence to the contrary, viewers are of course being told that only military locations were targeted pic.twitter.com/XHJsJCzU5k

— Francis Scarr (@francis_scarr) December 29, 2023

Russia launched the largest attack yet against Ukraine, targeting civilians. A war crime on a massive scale.

A reminder for the New Year that Russia’s aims haven’t changed - it wants to destroy Ukraine. Not letting aggression pay off is crucial for European and global security.

— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) December 29, 2023

aha, we can hear it

sounds like explosions, though pic.twitter.com/vZIc1isl6X

— Ukraine / Україна (@Ukraine) December 29, 2023

How is Schmemann allowed to show his face anywhere after his Putin-apologist screeds have been proved wrong over and over? This is a huge problem with Western media, the "experts" always failing upward. Same with govt officials, keeping their jobs after being wrong about… https://t.co/UT4ep1UBMg

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) December 28, 2023

Now we’re supposed to listen to these clowns again as they tell Ukraine to sacrifice its land, its sovereignty, and its precious people to Russia's genocidal invasion. To surrender the war they said would never happen. To trust Putin, who they said would never invade. No.

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) December 28, 2023

Ru business still cannot find replacements for manufacturing equipment they used to procure from the west as there don't seem to be alternatives. Large complex multi-ton machines with closed off software are not easy to buy in ways that evade sanctions.https://t.co/z6SHAzd8uP

— Stanimir Dobrev (@delfoo) December 28, 2023

The naked celeb party & subsequent apologies are fairly revolting. But what tells me more about Kremlin losing its mind are 6 and 7 year prison sentences handed to anti-war poets. And 3 yr sentence handed to an LGBT blogger for social media “pornography”. Both in last 2 days. https://t.co/llv5bPStPt

— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) December 28, 2023

Today’s largest attack on Ukraine with many killed and injured was also effectively prepared by those western idiots or assets who were calling for “deescalation”, “security architecture with Russia”, or “Putin signalizing his wish to negotiate”. pic.twitter.com/H5OwPTBLSL

— Sergej Sumlenny, LL.M (@sumlenny) December 29, 2023

Once again, Putin escalates when he knows Ukraine can’t strike back. The anti-escalation crowd in Washington and Berlin are living in world where reality is upside down.

— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) December 29, 2023

A maternity hospital, a shopping mall, a school, a metro station, a whole bunch of apartment buildings…

Fucking Russia. Fucking useful idiots in the West. #StandWithUkraine #FuckRussia pic.twitter.com/KysNugV4aX

— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) December 29, 2023

School
Maternity ward
Apartment building
Kindergarten
Metro station
Shopping mall

“Military targets” in Ukraine that were hit by Russia this morning. pic.twitter.com/26jzKKRpS2

— Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh) December 29, 2023

This destruction, Russia's wonton use of missiles and bombs against Ukrainian civilians, is enabled by all the Western leaders who wake up every day and refuse to stop it. They cannot feign helplessness; they are making a choice. Every single day. Shame. https://t.co/4ZeIQdMHIS

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) December 29, 2023

It is time for Ukraine’s partners to part with their halfhearted strategy of support—and pivot to an offensive approach that provides Kyiv with the weapons necessary to gain the upper hand on the battlefield, argues @n_roettgen. https://t.co/1BmUL3hkg3

— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) December 29, 2023

It's simple.

1. Russia will wage war on Ukraine and anyone they can forever, it's what Russians do. Anyone not sufficiently armed must be prepared for massacres and losing land.

2 Russia's gift of nuclear weapons to Belarus was just the first. Putin will now proliferate nuclear…

— Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) December 28, 2023

Anyone who resists giving Ukraine everything it needs to effectively defend its people and to defeat Russia has forfeited the privilege of every saying "never again". https://t.co/9VIqT9YB3W

— Ben Hodges (@general_ben) December 29, 2023

I agree with @n_roettgen Russia's only advantage is mass. The surest way to undermine Russian mass is to destroy Russian hq's, logistics, and artillery. Long-range precision strike capability that can reach every corner of Russian-occupied Ukraine will make that possible. https://t.co/gn30vL1DVG

— Ben Hodges (@general_ben) December 28, 2023

Avdiivka. I visited the positions of the 110th «Marko Bezruchko» Mechanized Brigade. One of the toughest spots of the frontline.
 
I personally thanked the warriors. We reviewed the defense situation and our troops’ key needs with the commander. I honored the best servicemen with… pic.twitter.com/NRQdoB6tOy

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 29, 2023

This was the Russian scum’s largest attack. Almost 160 missiles and drones. Our warriors shot down most of them.
 
Usual Russian targets: over 100 destroyed or damaged private houses, 45 multi-story residential buildings, schools, two churches, hospitals, a maternity ward, and… pic.twitter.com/RDQTbXRzkI

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) December 29, 2023

Kill count pic.twitter.com/rfsTUSs9Pe

— casualdiot (@casualdiot) December 29, 2023

The glaring objection none of these peace-trollers—literally none—ever deal with is that any armistice will lead not to peace but to endless atrocities against Ukrainians trapped under Russian rule. That’s because to even acknowledge it would obliterate their entire argument.🧵 pic.twitter.com/4i31hNk3dp

— Neil Abrams (@neil_abrams) December 29, 2023

Russia is threatening to expropriate more Western companies if Russian reserves are used to compensate Ukraine. But Western governments should ignore this warning. Everyone who invested in Russia knew about the risks before, and accepted those risks in order to reap the rewards. pic.twitter.com/pA6asazjMT

— Janis Kluge (@jakluge) December 29, 2023

These are the countries (and breakaways regions) that are close allies or that did not align with the West to support Ukraine. The foreign leaders congratulated by Putin are the following: Hungary, Serbia & Turkey (the EU & candidate state); ⤵️

— Dionis Cenusa (@DionisCenusa) December 30, 2023

Cuba, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Laos, Syria, Vietnam & Venezuela (Global South). In total, Putin congratulated more than 30 current & ex- international leaders, of which only Orban, Serbia & Erdogan, whose countries belong in one way or another to the West.

— Dionis Cenusa (@DionisCenusa) December 30, 2023

The Mediazona/BBC verified count of the Russian military's KIA losses in Ukraine now exceeds 40,000 men. The actual number is higher, of course, but these are the soldiers whose deaths can be corroborated individually. https://t.co/q0J6ConvBB pic.twitter.com/rpexrOnXzT

— Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) December 29, 2023

BREAKING: Russia asks the Czech Permanent Representative to attend an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Belgorod, as it says Czech ammunition was used in Ukraine's attack

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) December 30, 2023

The Czech Republic rejects Russia’s entreaty for UNSC participation https://t.co/ZkNFiUGBGV

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) December 30, 2023