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[NewsFront] 21:37 Russian Armed Forces advanced in a forest area northwest of Filiya in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

21:18 Rubicon crews destroyed more targets, video.
20:49 In the period from 13:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 132 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were
46 UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
42 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
15 UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region,
12 UAVs were flying over the Moscow region,
Seven UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
Four UAVs were flying over the Lipetsk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Ryazan region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Oryol region,
One UAV was flying over the Tula region, and
One UAV was flying over the Republic of Crimea.
20:14 Clarified the situation in Rodinskoye in the Dobropolsky direction.
20:13 Tank soldiers of the Center group of forces conducted New Year's party for the children of the sponsored social rehabilitation center in the Donetsk People's Republic.
19:10 The positions of enemy mortar crews are identified and destroyed in destroyed buildings and forest belts by crews of Severyan FPV drones, video.
18:27 Ukrainian news channels report about powerful explosions in Cherkassy.
17:31 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces continue advance in the central part of Gulyaipole.
16:42 Footage of precision strikes by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) units of the Russian Armed Forces has been published, video.
15:42 Rare Ukrainian armored combat vehicle "Tisa" destroyed in the Khar'kov region.
14:56 Mortar crew of the Guards coastal defense unit of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed a high-speed boat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnieper delta in the Kherson region.
14:32 Posted a video compilation of the destruction of enemy drones by Northern fighters.
13:46 In the period from 10:00 Moscow time to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 31 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
18 UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
Seven UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Black Sea,
Two UAVs were flying over the Kaluga region, and
One UAV was flying over the Ryazan region.
12:39 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 24, 2025:
Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have defeated formations of a heavy mechanized brigade, two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, a National Guard brigade, and two border detachments of the Ukrainian Border Service near the settlements of Pavlivka, Staraya Huta, Kondratovka, Novovasylivka, Pisarevka, Novaya Sich, and Myropillya in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of three mechanized and a motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rybalkino, Staritsa and Izbitskoye in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 175 service members, three armored combat vehicles, and nine cars. Two supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of seven mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Monachinovka, Glushkovka, Pristen, Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Novosergiyevka, Boguslavka, and Blagodatovka in the Khar'kov region, and Drobyshevo and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Ukrainian armed forces suffered losses of up to 210 servicemen, 10 armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, and a field artillery piece. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Reznikovka, Dolgaya Balka, Konstantinovka, Kramatorsk, and Kurtovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 220 servicemen, an Italian-made Puma armored personnel carrier and a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier, two armored vehicles, 14 vehicles, two artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit, and a supply depot.
Units of the Center group of forces continue to destroy the encircled enemy in the city of Dimitrov and clear the village of Rodinskoye, Donetsk People's Republic, of scattered Ukrainian Armed Forces formations.
The manpower and equipment of four mechanized, Jaeger, airborne assault, airborne, airmobile, and assault brigades, two unmanned systems regiments, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, two territorial defense brigades, the Azov special forces brigade, and four National Guard brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Maryevka, Sergeyevka, Gruzskoye, Lenina, Ivanovka, Shevchenko, Volnoye, Belitskoye, and Grishino in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost more than 500 troops, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, eight armored fighting vehicles, seven cars, and three field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Zarechnoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of six mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Ternovatoye, Vozdvizhevka, Pridorozhnoye, Lyubitske and Gulyai-Pole in the Zaporizhzhia region, Gavrilovka, Aleksandrovka and Pokrovskoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 245 service members, 17 vehicles, and two field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit. A fuel depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stepnogorsk, Grigorovka, Novoyakovlevka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Tokarevka in the Kherson region.
More than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 16 vehicles, two artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, an Israeli-made RADA radar station and a P-18 airborne target detection radar station, as well as six ammunition depots and three supply depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupings have damaged military industry enterprises, fuel and energy complex facilities and transport infrastructure of Ukraine used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 147 districts.
Air defense systems shot down nine guided aerial bombs, two US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, and 335 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
11:16 Units of the Eastern Group of Forces taken under the control of the village of Zarechnoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
10:24 Attack aircraft in the South Dnepropetrovsk area crossed over the Gaichur River near Radostny and occupied the fourth bridgehead on the western bank of the river.
Assault units continue to advance towards Ternovatoye and Kosovtsevo.
10:17 From 07:00 Moscow time to 10:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed 23 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Nine over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Six over the territory of the Orenburg region,
Three over the territory of the Kaluga region,
Two over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One over the territory of the Moscow region,
One over the territory of the Republic of Bashkortostan, and
One over the territory of the Belgorod region.
09:05 Crew of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Vostok group of force inflicted rocket attack on enemy strongholds in Gulyaipole.
07:42 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Prilipka settlement was liberated
Andreevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region was liberated
Advance south of Gulyaipole
Russian Armed Forces entered Verolyubovka.
Advance south of Svyato-Pokrovsky
Expansion of the control zone in the area of the Zakotnoye-Krasny Liman road
Advancing to the eastern outskirts of Konstantinovka along the forest belt
Expansion of the control zone in Konstantinovka and on the eastern outskirts of the city
07:25 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed 172 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles:
110 over the Bryansk region,
20 over the Belgorod region,
14 over the Kaluga region,
12 over the Tula region,
Six over the Oryol region,
Four over the Moscow region,
Three over the Lipetsk region
Two flying to Moscow,
One over the Volgograd region,
One over the Kursk region,
One over the Smolensk region.
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