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| Almost 600 combat clashes took place during the week, said the spokesman of the General Staff |
| 2023-12-26 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [LB] Heavy fighting continues in six directions. by Iryna Lysohor The probability of air and missile strikes throughout the territory of Ukraine remains high. During the week, the enemy carried out 20 missile and 264 air strikes, carried out 453 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the Defense Forces and civilian infrastructure. In total, there were almost 600 combat encounters. This was announced by the spokesman of the General Staff, Dmytro Lykhovii, on the air of the telethon. "The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on the Kupyansk, Lymansk, Bakhmutsk, Avdiivsk, Marinsk, and Zaporizhia directions, where heavy battles are ongoing," he said. Despite the loss, the occupiers are trying to dislodge our troops. The situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions has not changed significantly. In Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi , the enemy maintains a presence in the border areas, maintains a group of troops to restrain the Defense Forces and prevent them from overturning, continues shelling from the territory of Russia and sabotage-reconnaissance activities in violation of the state border of Ukraine, uses drones. "In the Kupyan direction, the enemy continues offensive actions in the areas of Sinkivka settlements, to the east of Petropavlivka, Ivanivka of the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk region," the spokesman added. In these areas, our soldiers repelled 86 enemy attacks in a week. On Lymanskyi, the enemy carried out assaults in the areas of Makiivka, Serebryansk Forestry, Belogorivka of Luhansk Oblast, and Terny and Spirnyi of Donetsk Oblast. On Bakhmutsky, the Russians carried out assaults in the areas of Bohdagnivka, Ivanivka, and Klishchiivka, where the defenders repelled about 60 attacks. In the Avdiivka direction , the Russians continue offensive actions in the Avdiivka areas, where more than 230 attacks took place east of Novokalynovy, Novobakhmutivka, Stepovy, Avdiivka, Severnoy, south of Tonenkoy, Pervomaisky, and Nevelsky of the Donetsk region. Our soldiers inflicted considerable losses on the enemy, particularly in heavy weapons. In the Mariinsky direction, the enemy continues offensive actions in the area of ​​Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Pobieda, Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region. Defense forces repelled a total of more than 60 attacks. On the Shakhtarsky direction, the Russians conducted one unsuccessful attack in the Staromayorsky area. In Zaporizhzhia, the occupiers conducted 49 unsuccessful assaults west of Novoprokopivka, Verbovoy, Robotyny, and south of Gulyaipol. In Kherson , the occupiers concentrated their main efforts on conducting defense, improving mine and explosive barriers and ways of logistical support. Airstrikes and shelling of military positions and settlements in the Kherson and Mykolaiv regions continue. At the same time, the occupiers are trying to dislodge the units from the occupied bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River. There, the occupiers carried out almost 100 unsuccessful assaults. The defenders are conducting a counter-battery fight, inflicting damage on the enemy's rear. We will remind that during the past week, defenders shot down five Russian planes : one Su-30, the rest – Su-34. Yesterday evening, they shot down two: one in the Mariupol, one in the Odesa directions. Before that, in the Southern direction, the Ukrainian military shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers at once. More from lb.ua 11 regions of Ukraine were attacked by the enemy during the day, - OVA Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Kherson regions were attacked. In the Khmelnytskyi region at night during an air alert signal, air defense forces neutralized a UAV of the Shahed type. There was no information about the dead, injured or destruction. The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning. There were five shellings (68 explosions) in Chernihivska during the day. The enemy fired mortars at the Novgorod-Siverskyi and Koryukivskyi districts. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified. In Sumy at night, the Russians launched a mortar shelling of the Krasnopil community. Five explosions were recorded. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 12 shellings of border territories and settlements. 68 explosions were recorded. Khotinsk, Yunakivsk, Myropilsk, Bilopolsk, Putivlsk, Esmansk, Seredino-Budsk communities came under fire. Seredyno-Budsk community: a private house was damaged as a result of mortar shelling. In Mykolayivska yesterday, the forces and means of air defense destroyed the enemy BpLA Shahed-131/136. Yesterday morning, the enemy fired artillery at Ochakov, as a result of which residential buildings and a high-voltage power line were damaged. There are no casualties. The water area of ​​the Ochakiv community was also shelled. There are no casualties. Artillery strikes were recorded in the water area of ​​the Kutsurub community. There were no casualties. In Luhansk, the occupiers heavily shelled Nevske, 15 explosions took place on the territory of the village yesterday. According to preliminary information, there were no victims. Near Stelmakhivka, the enemy tried to break through our defenses, but was forced to retreat to previously occupied positions. From aviation, the Russians hit Novoyehorivka and Serebryansk Forest. During the day, the enemy fired 140 rounds (528 shells). In Kharkiv, more than 20 settlements were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks, in particular: Veterinarne, Gatishche, Budarki, Gur'iv Kozachok, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestov, Topoli. Synkivka, Petropavlivka and Kislivka were hit by airstrikes. No injuries were reported during the day. In Zaporizhzhia, 18 settlements were under enemy fire, the enemy struck 176 strikes in the region. The occupiers fired six salvo missile strikes at Gulyaipol and Robotyny, as well as 28 UAV attacks at Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Novodarivka, Novoandriyivka, Malynyvka, Robotyny, Charivny, Malaya Tokmachka, and Kamiansky. 142 artillerymen arrived on the territory of Orikhov, Levadny, Biloghirya, Novodanilivka, Lugivskyi, Preobrazhenka, Gulyaipol, Pyatikhatok, Kamianskyi and other front-line towns and villages. Three reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. Civilians were not injured. In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday afternoon, the Russian invaders did not give peace to the Nikopol district. A kamikaze drone was directed at the district center. A dozen artillery shells were fired at Chervonogrigorivska and Pokrovska rural communities. Five enemy UAVs over the region were destroyed by our defenders from PvK "Shid" late yesterday evening. Two "shahedis" were shot down each in Synelnykivskyi and Dniprovskyi districts, and one more in Pavlogradskyi. In the latter, debris damaged the utility room and a grain loader. In the Dnipro district, the remnants of enemy artillery fell on the territory of a non-working enterprise. A one-story building was occupied. Firefighters put out the fire. No casualties. In Donetsk, five settlements were under fire: Kurakhove, Zhelanne, Ocheretine, New York, Novoselivka Persha. 18 residential buildings were damaged (three of them - multi-apartment buildings, power lines, kindergartens. In one day, three people were injured in Donetsk region. At night in Odesa, the enemy first used tactical aircraft - the Kh-31P missile in the direction of Chornomorsk. Air defense units destroyed the missile. After that, the enemy began to attack with attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type. 17 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the region. The wreckage of the downed UAV caused damage to technical premises in the port infrastructure of Odesa, and in the Rozdilnian district, the wreckage also damaged the non-working administration building and the warehouse of the preserved facility, the fire was promptly extinguished. People were not injured. The occupiers fired 71 shots (288 shells) in Khersonska during the day, including four artillery shots (16 shells) on Kherson. The raiders targeted the districts of 27 settlements of the region, the territory of the plant in Kherson. In the village of Bobrovy Kut, a 33-year-old fisherman came across an anti-personnel mine. As a result of the explosion, his right lower limb was traumatically amputated. The injured was hospitalized. The enemy struck at Belozerka. A 36-year-old local woman was injured. She has aquabarotrauma. She was treated on the spot. The enemy covered Chornobayivka with heavy fire. A 37-year-old woman died as a result of the shelling. She was found in a destroyed building. The medics who arrived at the scene only declared death. Yesterday evening, the enemy carried out an attack by pre-strike UAVs of the Shahed type in the area of ​​Rakivka settlement. There was no information about casualties or damage. In one day in the region: one person died, two more were injured. Yesterday, the Russian invaders once again attacked Ukraine , using 31 unmanned aerial vehicles of the "Shahed-136/131" type. Also, the Russians fired two rockets and fired with an anti-aircraft missile system. |
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