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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:27 Artemovsk - Pokrovskoye, the enemy went on the offensive with two infantry fighting vehicles and two tanks. It was destroyed by units of the Airborne Forces. The UAV lifted into the air was shot down.
"PMC Wagner" began to closely develop the attack on Soledar from the south.
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20:13 There is a powerful explosion in Kharkiv. This is reported by the Ukrainian authorities
20:03 "Dismantling" the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: the combat work of the crews of the towed howitzers 152mm 2S5 Hyacinth in the NVO zone -video
In the course of counterbattery combat, the crews of the towed 152mm 2S5 Giacint-B howitzers strike at the identified firing positions of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Soldiers destroy ammunition depots, fortified strongholds and long-term firing points of the enemy.
19:54 Collection and destruction of Ukrainian anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" by sappers in the Kherson region, in just one day several hundred such mines were collected and destroyed. Kherson region, end of December 2022. Photo and video from the subscriber —video
19:53 Assault on fortifications near Donetsk: tanks support infantry in the attack on Maryinka -video
Tankers of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division destroy enemy firing points in Maryinka.
19:42 Combat footage: the 9th Regiment stormed the enemy's stronghold -video
Artillery of the 9th Regiment with well-aimed fire destroyed the long-term firing points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, covering the approaches to the Ukrainian stronghold. This allowed the armored group to break through directly to the enemy fortifications.
Firing from standard weapons, infantry fighting vehicles of the 9th Regiment landed troops, which captured the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:35 Russian gunners are "ironing" the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine all in the same Artyomovsk direction -video
18:18 Battles for Artyomovsk: the Russian army destroyed enemy positions -video
16:20 Anti-aircraft "dome": how the crews of the S-300V anti-aircraft missile systems of the Western Military District work in the special operation zone —video
15:15 The drone of the "musicians" burned down the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in positions near Artyomovsk. Those of our "bird" did not notice, continued poking around in the trenches. As a result, the first artillery shot hit the ammunition - it detonated, and another APU went home in a black bag -video
15:13 Another destroyed Ukrainian tank T-64BV is somewhere in the zone of the NMD -video
13:56 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progressholdingspecial military operation on the territory of Ukraine (December 26, 2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of a concentrated fire attack on the accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Kislovka, Kharkiv region, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle and two vehicles were destroyed.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, Russian artillery fire inflicted a defeat on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Makeevka and Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Terny and Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhivka and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group and a mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed. The losses of the enemy in this direction amounted to more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops continued successful offensive operations, during which advantageous lines and positions were taken. As a result of a strike on the command post of the 80th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Kramatorsk, the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, including five senior officers, were killed. The total losses of the enemy per day in this direction amounted to up to 100 military personnel, four infantry fighting vehicles and eight vehicles.
In the South-Donetsk direction, artillery fire and active actions of the Russian troops defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Vladimirovka, Vugledar, Novodonetskoye and Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic. More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed.
Rocket troops and artillery hit 63 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 79 districts. In the areas of the settlements of Elizavetovka and Slavyansk of the Donetsk People's Republic, the points of temporary deployment of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as foreign mercenaries, were hit.
During the counter-battery fight in the areas of the settlements of Pervomaiskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Kamyshevakh of the Zaporozhye region, two Ukrainian combat vehicles of the Grad multiple launch rocket system were destroyed.
Three Ukrainian 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Vodyanoye and Maryinka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the area of ​​the settlement of Georgievka in the Donetsk People's Republic, a position was opened and an M777 artillery system manufactured by the United States was destroyed, from which residential areas of the city of Donetsk were shelled.
Near the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk People's Republic, a point for the repair and restoration of weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, on which there were two combat vehicles of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, two Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers, five D-30 howitzers, as well as three units of special vehicles .
During the day, air defense systems destroyed seven Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya in the Lugansk People's Republic, Chervonoe, Kuteynikovo, Kropivnitskoe in the Donetsk People's Republic and Zmievka in the Kherson region.
In addition, two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted in the areas of the settlements of Rubizhne and Krasnorechenskoye of the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as two anti-radar missiles "HARM" in the area of ​​the settlement of Bayrak of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 352 aircraft, 192 helicopters, 2,731 unmanned aerial vehicles, 399 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,249 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 944 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,719 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 7,765 units of special military vehicles.
13:40 Artemovsk per day:
1) In the South-Western environs of Artemovsk, they opened and struck at the area where there is a large concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
2) The fighters of the PMC "Wagner" at night stopped the attempts of the actions of the enemy's DRG.
3) In the morning, the enemy up to 50 people attempted a counterattack, approaching Zaitsevo was destroyed, the survivors fled.
13:37 The combat work of the Russian units to destroy the Ukronazis in the Belogorovka area -video
13:36 On the Bakhmut (Artyomovsky) site, Russian units, with the support of artillerymen, continue to successfully knock out ukrofascists from urban development -video
13:33 Practice of Russian artillery on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
13:32 When leaving their positions, the Ukrainian demonstrates a Turkish Kirpi armored personnel carrier, knocked out by Russian artillery, in one of the directions -video
12:06 Air Raid announced in the Kharkiv and Poltava regions of Ukraine, as well as in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region.
11:10 Artillery of the 9th Regiment destroyed positions and minefields near Krasnohorivka -video
10:38 The Buk air defense missile system is one of the main watchmen of the Zaporozhye sky -video
08:30 White curtain: this machine does not fire, does not launch rockets, but even without it it can literally cover its own —video