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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of December 8 (updated)
2025-12-09
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:55 Slavyansk-Kramatorsk direction. Fighters of the Fakel detachment Volunteer Corpsare moving forward in Orekhovo-Vasilevka,MAP.

21:18 UAV crews of the unmanned systems units of the Dnepr group are working at priority targets on the right bank of the Dnieper: temporary deployment sites of enemy forces, command and control points and launch sites for enemy drones.

21:42 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in Vilcha and the village of Liman south of Volchansk,MAP.

20:13 Correction of the LBS in the village of Novator on the northern outskirts of Dimitrov, –MAP.

19:14 The Russian army is advancing towards the center of Mirnohrad, MAP.

19:01 The crew of the 152mm Msta-B gun of the Dnepr group of forces operates around the clock and inflictss trikes against identified enemy targets on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

17:55 The liberation of Dimitrov by the forces of the 51st Army continues, MAP.

17:39 Russian drone pilots calculated and hit another Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV launcher in the Kupyansk direction.

17:25 In the period from 12:00 Moscow time to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type:

Seven UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Four UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Bryansk region, and
One UAV over the waters of the Caspian Sea.

15:39 Destruction of two large anti-tank missile systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by FAB-500 strikes in the area of the village of Vilcha, –video.

15:08 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia direction, –MAP.

14:05 UAV crews as part of the Volki volunteer brigade of the Southern military group destroyed self-propelled artillery unit "Crab" in the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk direction.

UAV operators from the Southern Military District disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel near the village of Kostyantynivka. The attack destroyed an enemy Kozak armored vehicle.

FPV drone crews of the West Force Group destroyed two enemy pickup trucks in the Kupyansk direction.

UAV operators from the Sever group struck strongholds, personnel, and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.

Attack drone crews from the Vostok group burned an enemy HMMWV armored vehicle and pickup trucks in the Zaporizhzhia region.

UAV operators of the 51st Guards Combined Arms Army of the Center Forces Group are carrying out the task of systematically destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and scattered formations in the area of the city of Dimitrov in the DPR.

Drone operators from the Sever group ensured the delivery of provisions and ammunition to attack aircraft at forward positions in the Khar'kov region.

Crews of KVN-23 FPV drones from the 106th Airborne Division destroyed an armored personnel carrier, an electronic warfare station, a communications antenna, and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the SVO zone.

13:17 Orekhov direction. Units of the Dnepr Guards Forces are advancing in Novodanilovka south of Orekhov. MAP.

12:42 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of December 8, 2025

Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the villages of Varachino, Yunakovka, Kondratovka, and Oleksiivka in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Stary Saltov, Starytsia, Vilcha and Liman in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 205 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, an anti-aircraft missile system, a 155mm TRF1 artillery gun made in France, 19 vehicles, two counter-battery radar stations, and three ammunition and materiel depots.

Units of the "West" group of forces improved their position along the front line and continued to eliminate Ukrainian Armed Forces formations surrounded on the left bank of the Oskol River.

The manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Podoli in the Khar'kov region, Brusovka, Aleksandrovka, Yarovaya, and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 210 troops, a tank, and three armored fighting vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV. Thirteen vehicles, three field artillery pieces, including a US-made M-777 155mm howitzer, an electronic warfare station, and nine ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the village of Chervone in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Formations of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Stepanovka, Seversk, Platonovka, Berestok, Zvanovka, Petrovskoye and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 145 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, including two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles, 12 pickup trucks, two artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, and five ammunition and materiel depots.

Units of the Center Group of Forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. In the village of Dimitrov in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 51st Army continued to destroy the encircled enemy in the Vostochny and Zapadny microdistricts.

The manpower and equipment of three mechanized, a Jaeger, and an airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two National Guard brigades, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the populated areas of Sergeyevka, Volnoye, Grishino, Rodynskoye, Udachnoye, Toretskoye, and Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 425 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five cars, an artillery piece, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Andriyivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Huliaipole, Rizdvyanka, Dobropillya, Ternovate, and Pryluky in Zaporizhia Oblast.

The enemy lost over 250 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, eight cars and a warehouse of supplies.

Units of the Dnepr military group have liberated the village of Novodanilovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade and a coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Orekhov, Lukyanivske, Razumovka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Nikolske in the Kherson region.

Up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, an artillery piece, and a fuel depot were destroyed.

12:16 In the period from 9:00 Moscow time to 12:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Five UAVs – over the territory of the Rostov region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Volgograd region,
One UAV – over the Black Sea.

11:02 On frames: Arrival of a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV crew in the area of the village of Kaliyevka in the Sumy region.

10:27 According to operational data from the field, our troops released the central part of the city of Seversk.

Of the key strongholds, the train station building and School No. 1 came under our control. Our flag was planted on the latter, but the Ukrainians shot it down with an FPV drone.

10:16 Servicemen of the 1435th Motorized Rifle (Assault) Regiment of the Center Group of Forces released the settlement of Rovne in the DPR.

The village of Rovnoye is located between liberated Krasnoarmeysk and encircled Dimitrov.

08:59 The crew of the T-72B3M tank of the 1435th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 27th Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Center Group of Forces supports assault groups in the Krasnoarmeysk direction with fire.

07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in Petropavlovka
Rivne was liberated
Russian Armed Forces entered Gulyaipole from the east
Advance in Svyato-Pokrovsky
Advance in Konstantinovka
Expansion of the control zone in Mirnohrad and in the area north of Krasnoarmeysk
Advance in the direction of the village of Cherneshchyna

07:33 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed 67 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:

24 UAVs over the Bryansk region,
12 UAVs over the Saratov region,
11 UAVs over the Rostov region,
Niner UAVs over the Volgograd region,
Two UAVs over the Kursk region,
Two UAVs over the Leningrad region,
Two UAVs over the Tula region,
Two UAVs over the Moscow region,
One UAV over the Kaluga region,
One UAV over the Oryol region,
One UAV over the Smolensk region.

05:01 Crew of the 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the West Group of Forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction.

Posted by:badanov

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