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| Ukrainian General Staff spoke about the fighting in 10 directions |
| 2025-12-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] The greatest activity of the Russian occupiers is recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. There are currently six ongoing clashes there. Since the beginning of the current day, 71 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 10 directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary on Monday, December 15. ![]() Thus, in the South Slobozhansk direction, our military repelled three enemy assaults in the Prylipka area and in the direction of Obukhivka. In the Kupyansk direction, one battle is ongoing near Pishchane. In the Lyman direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled five attacks in the Novoselivka area and towards the settlements of Drobysheve and Lyman. Two clashes are ongoing. In the Slavyansk direction, four attacks have been stopped in the areas of Serebryanka, Dronivka, and Siversk, and another battle is ongoing. In the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy tried to storm 11 times near the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk and towards Kostyantynivka, Novopavlivka, Ivano-Pol, and Sofiivka. Two clashes are still ongoing. In the Pokrovsk direction, the invaders have carried out 25 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiya, and in the directions of Hryshynye and Novopavlivka. Our defenders have already repelled 19 attacks. In the Oleksandrivka direction, the invaders tried to advance nine times near the settlements of Yalta, Sichneve, Sosnivka, Verbove, Zlagoda, Pryvilne, Rybne, and in the direction of Oleksiivka. In the Hulyaipol direction, the enemy carried out eight assaults in the directions of Hulyaipol and Varvarivka. One clash is ongoing. In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy advanced three times towards Novoandreyevka, Pavlivka, and in the Shcherbaky area. In the Dnieper direction, one unsuccessful enemy attempt to approach the positions of Ukrainian units in the Antonivka area was recorded. The enemy has not yet carried out offensive operations in the Kramatorsk, North-Slobozhansk, and Kursk directions. As a reminder, Russia lost almost 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of December 14. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.2 million people. The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the pipe through which the enemy penetrated Kupyansk |
| Posted by:badanov |