Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 18.49 Russian troops attacked Zaporizhia on the evening of December 6. Enemy shelling resulted in the death of three people, reported the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov.
18.11 As a result of the Russian missile strike on Krivoy Rog on December 6, the death toll has risen to two people. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
17.45 A man was killed as a result of a missile strike on Krivoy Rog. There are casualties. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak. According to him, a 6-year-old child is among the casualties. The boy is in hospital in a moderate condition. According to the head of the Krivoy Rog Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, the Russians entered a civilian administrative building. An emergency rescue operation is underway.
16.26 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said that Russia and Belarus could sign a security agreement on December 6, allegedly providing for the use of nuclear weapons. Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko asked Putin to deploy the Russian so-called Oreshnik system on the country's territory . Putin responded that he considered it possible to deploy Oreshnik on the territory of Belarus in the second half of 2025. According to the head of the Kremlin, the military-political leadership of Minsk will determine the targets of the Oreshnik strike from the territory of Belarus on the "potential enemy".
15:59 Sweden and Denmark announced on December 6 that they had placed a large order for the purchase of IFVs, 40 of which are intended for Ukraine. The vehicles in question are Swedish CV 90 MKIIIC IFVs from the manufacturer Hägglunds, worth a total of 25 billion Swedish kronor - more than 2.1 billion euros. Denmark is ordering 115 units, Sweden a smaller number, in addition to the contract concluded in the spring, which provides for the delivery of a total of 50 vehicles. They are to replace 50 older IFVs that Sweden transferred to Ukraine. Also ordered are 40 vehicles for Ukraine, which were planned jointly by Denmark and Sweden.
15.40 In Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, rescuers came under repeated Russian shelling, a fire truck was damaged. This was reported by the State Emergency Service. It is noted that today Russian troops shelled the city again, as a result of which a residential building caught fire. During the extinguishing of the fire, the enemy treacherously attacked the rescuers. The fire and rescue truck was damaged. The rescuers managed to hide in shelter, there were no casualties.
14.44 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky outlined the main tasks for Ukrainian troops in the Kursk direction.
"Our main task now is to strengthen the stability of the defense, inflict maximum losses on the enemy, prepare reserves, and ensure an uninterrupted supply of ammunition and other material and technical resources to units and subdivisions," he said.
13:25 Residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea congratulated the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the holiday. This was reported by the Yellow Ribbon resistance movement. Activists published photos with greeting cards from Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yevpatoria, Yalta, Kerch and Dzhankoy.
12:43 Russian troops attacked an ambulance in Antonovka with a drone, two medics were injured. An investigation has been launched into the facts of the commission of a war crime. This was reported by the press service of the regional prosecutor's office on Friday, December 6.
11:15 President Volodymyr Zelensky took part in celebrations on the occasion of the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The events took place at the Batkivshchyna-Mati stele in Kyiv.
"Today we clearly understand that the real, first, reliable guarantor of our security is the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thank you for this and let death pass by the brave, let everything be 4.5.0. Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Glory to Ukraine," the president said.
9:40 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky and Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov congratulated the military on the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Only those who fight and do not lay down their arms win. We have stood firm, we are holding on, we will defeat the enemy," the commander-in-chief emphasized.
The Minister of Defense thanked the military for their sacrifices and efforts aimed at maintaining peace and security.
9:15 During a night drone attack, as a result of falling debris from downed enemy targets in two districts of the Kyiv region, eight private houses, a garage and a utility building were damaged.
At the same time, no critical or residential infrastructure was hit. There were no casualties.
8:30 During the day, 188 combat clashes occurred on the front, the hottest situation was observed in the Pokrovsky, Kurakhovsky and Vremovsky directions, which the Russian invaders attacked 127 times in total.
8:10 At night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with 53 Shahed strike UAVs and other types of drones. 32 drones were destroyed in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Chernihiv, Kyiv and Zhitomir regions.
7:57 As of December 6, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine were approximately 750,610 people (1,660 per day).
7:25 Russians tried to attack Kiev with drones at night. The alarm was declared in the capital twice and lasted for four hours in total. The forces and means of the Defense Forces detected and destroyed more than a dozen UAVs that threatened the capital.
According to preliminary data, a fall was recorded in the city, but without serious damage or casualties.
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[Korrespondent] There have already been 119 clashes on the front.
The most difficult situation is now in the Kurakhovsky and Pokrovsky directions. There the enemy has carried out more than 60 assaults since the beginning of the day.
The situation at the front remains tense. Currently, the number of combat clashes is 119. The enemy is most active in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions. This is noted in the General Staff report on Friday, December 6.
In the Kharkov direction, Russian terrorists stormed the positions of our units in the areas of Volchansk, Tikhoye and in the direction of Vysokaya Yaruga and Kazachya Lopan; two clashes are currently ongoing.
The enemy attacked our positions in the Kupyansk direction five times in the areas of the settlements of Kolesnikovka, Lozovaya, Zagryzovo and Zapadnoye, four combat clashes are ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the enemy is trying to advance near Cherneshchyna, Grekovka, Kopanki, Nadezhda, Makeyevka, Torskoye and Terny. In total, there have been 11 clashes in this direction since the beginning of the day, two are still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders carried out five assault actions near Belaya Gora and Stupochki; fighting continues in two locations.
In the Toretsk direction, the number of enemy attacks has increased to four. The enemy is trying to attack near the settlements of Toretsk, Dilievka and Shcherbinovka, where our defenders have repelled two attacks, and two more clashes are ongoing.
The enemy is attacking Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsk direction. Here, during the day, the aggressor carried out 32 attacks in the areas of Mirolyubovka, Promin, Lysovka, Zhelty and Chumatskoye. The defense forces are holding back the pressure and have repelled 21 enemy attacks, 11 combat clashes are ongoing.
The situation is tense in the Kurakhovsky direction, where the enemy has attacked our units 30 times since the beginning of the day. He tried to advance near Starye Terny, Zarya, Solntsevka, Kurakhovo, Dachnoye and Dalniy, and fighting is currently ongoing in 11 locations.
In the Vremevsky direction, our troops repelled seven attacks in the areas of Uspenovka, Konstantinopolskoye, Razdolnoye, Novodarovka and Novosyolka. Five clashes are still ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled an enemy assault in the direction of Novodanilovka.
In the Dnieper direction, one attack by the invaders was unsuccessful.
In Kursk region, since the beginning of the day, the invaders have gone on the offensive 13 times, the fighting continues.
At the same time, no significant changes occurred in other areas of the front.
Let us recall that earlier the military demonstrated the process of firing from the Shturm-S self-propelled anti-tank complex based on the MT-LB, modernized in Ukraine.
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[EngMilRu] From 30 November to 6 December 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered six group strikes by precision weaponry and attack unmanned aerial vehicles at power facilities that support the work of the Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, infrastructure of military airfields, UAV workshops and depots, an electronic reconnaissance centre, as well as arsenals, ammunition depots, deployment sites of the AFU formations, special operations units, foreign instructors and mercenaries.
All the assigned targets of precision strikes have been engaged.
Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces continued to eliminate AFU formations on the territory of Kursk region.
Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two tank brigades, five mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one marine brigade, and four territorial defence brigades.
In Kharkov direction, losses were inflicted on units of two air assault brigades of the AFU, one territorial defence brigade, one national guard brigade, and two border detachments of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
Over the past week, in the Sever Group of Forces area of responsibility, the AFU losses amounted to up to 2,210 troops, nine tanks, including one German-made Leopard tank, 42 armoured fighting vehicles, including three U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 52 motor vehicles, and 16 field artillery guns.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, seven mechanised brigades, one airborne brigade, one jaeger brigade of the AFU, four territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades. Sixty-four counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 3,565 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, nine armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, 36 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery guns, including seven NATO-made 155mm howitzers.
Eight electronic warfare stations and counter-battery radars as well as 17 field ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of active operations, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Ilyinka and Romanovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on formations of seven mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, two airmobile brigades, one air assault brigade of the AFU, and one marine brigade. Six counter-attacks launched by AFU units were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 2,400 troops, eight armoured fighting vehicles, 25 motor vehicles, six field artillery guns, including four Western-made ones.
Three electronic warfare stations and six field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and liberated Petrovka and Pustynka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade of the AFU, two marine brigades, one special operations brigade, five territorial defence brigades, and two national guard brigades. Seventy-two counter-attacks of the enemy were repelled.
Over a week, in this direction, the AFU losses amounted to more than 3,600 troops, 31 armoured fighting vehicles, including one Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, six U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, one U.S.-made M-1117 armoured personnel carrier, 16 armoured fighting vehicles, including two Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicles, one U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured fighting vehicle, one UK-made Mastiff armoured fighting vehicle, 12 Kozak armoured fighting vehicles, 21 motor vehicles, and 31 field artillery guns.
As a result of active operations, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region) and Sukhiye Yaly (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on formations of four mechanised brigades of the AFU and seven territorial defence brigades.
Fifteen counterattacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 950 troops, five tanks, including three German-made Leopard tanks, 15 armoured fighting vehicles, including U.S.-made four MaxxPro and four HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, and 14 field artillery guns, including five 155mm self-propelled artillery guns.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade of the AFU, and three territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 435 troops, 30 motor vehicles, four electronic warfare stations, and six ammunition depots.
Air defence units shot down one Neptune long-range guided missile, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 441 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
Naval Aviation of the Black Sea Fleet wiped out eight AFU uncrewed surface vehicles.
Over the past week, 61 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 649 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 37,354 unmanned aerial vehicles, 586 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,685 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,497 MLRS combat vehicles, 19,085 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,061 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 06.12.2024 to 00:00 07.12.2024
Four cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings or civil infrastructure facilities was recorded.
Four artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 13 units of different ammunition were fired.
21:03 Captured officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces told, as his unit found itself completely surrounded.
A serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who surrendered in the Kursk region was a platoon commander, Junior Lieutenant Yevgeny Goch.
The prisoner of war said that he left Energodar in September 2022, six months after the city was liberated by Russian troops from nationalist units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. And a couple of months later, he was forcibly mobilized in Ukraine. After completing general military training, he was sent to Poland for two and a half months to train junior officers.
During the fighting in the Olgovskiy forest in the Korenevsky district of the Kursk region, he and his subordinates were partially and then completely surrounded. He tried to escape during a mortar attack on the position where he was with ordinary soldiers, was wounded in the arm and stomach, and surrendered to Russian servicemen.
19:54 The Russian Armed Forces began advancing in Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk) and the surrounding area in several directions at once –map.
19:36 Snipers of the "South" group support the work of assault aircraft in the Kurakhovsky direction -video.
19:15 Russian Aerospace Forces launched new strikes on targets in temporarily occupied Zaporozhye.
18:54 UAV operators of the North group of forces destroyed an armored combat vehicle with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Khar'kov region.
17:56 The Russian Armed Forces block the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk Region. "Whisper of the Front" reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are practically blocked in the settlement of Plekhovo. The Russian Army has reached the border area as far as the Psel River.
17:45 War correspondent Timofey Ermakov reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, consisting of one battalion of the 46th Brigade, are withdrawing their units from the territory of the Kurakhovskaya TPP. As soon as Russian fighters cross the reservoir dam, fighting will begin for this place.
17:24 Explosions in Krivoy Rog. Before this, there were reports of rockets in the direction of the city.
17:16 Most of the fireproof plant has been cleared in Chasov Yar. Russian attack aircraft have entered the northern part of the city and have established a foothold there.
17:00 Calculation of the 152mm Msta-B gun of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed control point for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Kakhovka direction.
16:59 The Russian Armed Forces have completed the clearing of Novopustynka near Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) and have advanced into Novotroitsk. Yesterday, the first Russian assault groups entered Shevchenko.
16:10 Calculation of the FPV drone of the North group of forces destroyed a self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces hidden in a forest belt in the border area of the Kursk region.
15:57 The crews of the FPV strike drones of the Vostok group continue to “burn” enemy equipment and destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel –video.
15:22 Russian troops advanced in the southern part of the village of Shevchenko in the Pokrovsky direction, taking control of three streets, and also expanded the control zone in the area of the village.
15:05 The situation in the Kurakhovsky direction was reported by “Whisper of the Front”:
After the fall of the Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in the settlement of Stari Terny, the Ukrainian units are being “squeezed out” to the settlement of Shevchenko, and along with this, the “cutting off” of Kurakhovo.
14:50 Russian troops advanced 500 m south from the village of Starye Terny to the Kurakhovo-Zaporozhye highway and the western exit from the city of Kurakhovo.
14:27 Attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to counterattack Russian troops in the settlements of Novy Komar and Razdolnoye north of Velikaya Novosyolka in the DPR were unsuccessful, Rogov reported.
13:48 The situation in the Velikaya Novosyolka area remains tense. Russian attack aircraft have entered the eastern and southeastern outskirts and have consolidated their positions. Systematic processing of enemy strongholds in the center is underway by aviation, UAVs, and artillery.
Fierce battles are taking place for Novy Komar. The enemy is throwing reserves here, not counting the losses. Countermeasures are being taken by the RF Armed Forces. Aviation is also striking Novoocheretovaty.
Assault operations continue in Constantinople.
West of Velikaya Novosyolka, Russian units improved their tactical position along the forward edge.
13:11 Russian military drones destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV control point near Novoocherevatoye.
12:59 Situation in the Krasnolimansk direction:
Fighting has resumed in Starye Terny, the enemy is counterattacking, the Russian Armed Forces are repelling the attacks;
In Torskoye, enemy attempts to attack have also been recorded; Russian fighters are destroying the Ukrainian Armed Forces with artillery and drones;
In Krasny Liman, the Russian Aerospace Forces struck an enemy ammunition depot, destroying significant supplies for mortars, Stinger MANPADS and grenade launchers, reports Dnevnik Desantnika.
12:30 The Russian army has liberated the settlements of Pustynka and Sukhie Yaly in Donbass, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
12:20 Russian Armed Forces advanced into the city of Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
12:07 Due to the onslaught of the Russian army, Ukrainian troops are hastily pulling reserves to the Kurakhovsky direction in the western part of the DPR, Rogov reported.
11:56 Russian Armed Forces advance in Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk). According to "Come and See", Russian troops were able to advance in the center of Toretsk.
“Russian attack aircraft were able to advance into the center of Toretsk,” said a Russian Armed Forces soldier.
According to him, the Russian army is also developing an offensive to the south of the city. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are pulling in reserves. Fierce fighting is underway.
11:42 Calculation of the Fagot ATGM of the Airborne Forces artillery unit destroyed a repeater for the control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAV on Pervomaysky Island in the Dnieper Estuary.
11:21 Russian troops continue to encircle the Ukrainian Armed Forces-occupied Kurakhovo in the DPR from the western and southern parts; today the city is already surrounded from several sides, Vladimir Rogov reported.
10:55 Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed temporary deployment point for a unit of the National Guard of Ukraine.
The footage shows an air strike with three FAB-250 aerial bombs on a temporary deployment point of a Ukrainian National Guard unit in the village of Pravdovka in the DPR.
10:51 In the morning, the northern shore of the Kurakhovsky reservoir was completely cleared of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:45 In the southern part of the settlement Terny in 24 hours destroyed eight enemy strongholds. There are cases of the Ukrainian Armed Forces marking occupied private houses with signs indicating that civilians live in them.
09:57 Three FAB-250 aerial bombs of the Russian Armed Forces hit at the temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian National Guard unit in the settlement of Pravdovka in the DPR
09:00 Calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the group of forces "North" struck areas where manpower and equipment are concentrated, strongholds and observation posts, as well as on the routes of movement of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
08:39 The Russian Armed Forces have driven out Ukrainian Armed Forces units from a number of positions in Chasovy Yar. The Russian Armed Forces now control about 40% of the city, military expert Marochko reported.
08:12 The Russian Armed Forces are completing the assault on the fireproof plant in the center of Chasov Yar, where small arms battles are taking place. This was reported by the chief of the operational headquarters of the Melodiya intelligence center of the Espanyola volunteer brigade.
08:07 122mm D-30 howitzer crews of the Zapad group of forces destroy manpower, armored vehicles, artillery and mortar crews, as well as fortified positions of Ukrainian militants every day –video.
08:04 The Russian Armed Forces have come close to the village of Shevchenko. According to the security forces, the village is a key logistics hub for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
08:02 Enemy reports: “The Russian Armed Forces have taken control of Novopustynka, Starye Terny, Ilyinka, Novodmitrovka, and have also advanced into Kurakhovo, Romanovka, and near Uspenovka.”
08:00 Su-34 crew struck a concentration of personnel, armored vehicles and automobile equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
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