• The body of Alexander Rybin, 39, was discovered by a roadside near Shakhty


• He had recently visited Mariupol, a city in Ukraine invaded by Russia in 2022

• eight attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area;


• seven S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod region;


• four Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles from four MiG-31K aircraft (launch area - Ryazan, Tambov);


• 24 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles from 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area - Engels);


• eight Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers from the Belgorod region;


• six Iskander-M ballistic missiles from the Dzhankoy and Chauda areas (Crimea);


• two X-31P guided aircraft missiles from tactical aircraft (launch area - Belgorod region).

• personnel - about 365,170 (+440) people,


• tanks - 6031 (+9),


• armored combat vehicles - 11,194 (+14),


• artillery systems - 8666 (+13),


• MLRS - 953 (+2),


• air defense systems - 638 (+1),


• aircraft - 329 (+0),


• helicopters - 324 (+0),


• UAV of operational-tactical level - 6822 (+11),


• cruise missiles - 1787 (+1),


• ships/boats - 23 (+0),


• submarines - 1 (+0),


• automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,542 (+19),


• special equipment - 1328 (+1).

In the Kupyansk direction, 9 attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the areas of Sinkovka, Ivanovka and Tern, enemy losses amounted to over 110 military personnel, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored personnel carriers;

In the Krasnolimansky direction, the forces and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of Torskoye, Yampolovka and Chervona Dibrova, enemy losses - up to 230 military killed and wounded, in the Donetsk direction - more than 250 killed and wounded;

In the South Donetsk direction, three attacks north of Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region) were repelled; forces and equipment were damaged in the Novomikhailovka area. Enemy losses amounted to up to 130 killed and wounded;

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rabotino and Novoprokopovka areas, Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 40 military personnel;

In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper, the enemy lost more than 60 servicemen killed and wounded, and the UAV control center and the Ukrainian Armed Forces field ammunition depot were also hit.

In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, with the support of aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, defeated concentrations of enemy manpower in the areas of Bogdanovka, Artyomovsk, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka.

The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and military equipment; two pickup trucks, a satellite communications antenna, two strong points and six dugouts were destroyed.

During the counter-battery fight, four 120mm mortars were destroyed. Air defense and electronic warfare systems shot down eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenka, Novomikhailovka, Georgievka, Kurdyumovka, Spornoe of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Units of the West group of forces continue to carry out operational missions in the Kupyansk direction.

In the defense zone of the combined arms army, motorized rifle formations, supported by artillery fire, repelled two counterattacks by assault groups 32 and 115 Mechanized brigades in the area of Lake Liman. The enemy was forced to retreat in a southwestern direction.

In addition, motorized infantry of the combined arms army, with the support of army aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks by assault groups reinforced by armored vehicles of the 95th Air Assault Brigade in the direction of Terny, Zhitlovka. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction amounted to over 50 military personnel, two Swedish-made CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles and an American-made M113 armored personnel carrier.

Crews of the Tor anti-aircraft missile system destroyed two Furiya reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Makeyevka and Kolomychikha.

West of Rabotino, Russian fighters continue to regularly attack positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Artillery methodically destroys enemy strongholds, then the Russian Armed Forces carry out an assault.

At Verbovoy, the enemy is trying to attack. Attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, discovered by our reconnaissance, come under artillery strikes and are destroyed in a shooting battle.

It's getting colder in the Zaporozhye region and it's snowing. Bad weather interferes with the work of UAV operators on both sides. Artillery is actively working, striking previously discovered targets.

In the Kherson direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to maintain a bridgehead in the Krynok area. True, the logic of the Kyiv command is still not clear. Every day, when trying to cross the Dnieper, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lose personnel, and such an enemy fight for Krynki can only be described as PR for the Zelensky regime.

In the Zaporozhye direction, fighting intensified in the area of the Pyatikhatki-Kamenskoye line. Here mutual fierce artillery duels began. The fighting in the Rabotino area also continues unabated, but no significant advances have been recorded over the past 24 hours.

In the Donetsk direction, the Russian army is advancing west of Marinka, and on Christmas Eve our soldiers managed to take control of the territory of the temple in neighboring Georgievka. The main battles in this area are now taking place over the dominant heights between Georgievka and Krasnogorovka.

Information is coming from the Avdeevsky direction that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing serious problems with personnel (there is practically no rotation of soldiers) and support. However, the enemy continues to resist. The main battles over the past 24 hours took place in the vicinity of the coke plant, where the Russian army managed to expand the bridgehead and take control of several enemy positions.

In the Artemovsk direction they are developing an offensive in the Bogdanovka area. Here our fighters gained a foothold in the northern part of the village, trying to take the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in a pincer movement. Fierce fighting also continues on the Khromovo side. Over the past 24 hours, there have been reports of slight advances by the Russian Armed Forces in the Kleshcheevka area.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Armed Forces, with artillery support, attacked west of the village of Rabotino. Ukrainian units are under fire in Pyatikhatki, Novoandreevka, Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovny and Gulyaypole. Russian ones - in Zherebyanki, Kopany, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoy, Novofedorovka and Dorozhnyanka.

In the Ugledarsky sector, Russian troops, after artillery shelling, attacked from Priyutnoye to Novodarovka. Under attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Poltavka, Rovnopol, Staromayorsky, Urozhainy and Ugledar. RF Armed Forces - in Priyutny, Zavetny Zhelanie and Pavlovka.

On the Donetsk front, with the support of long-range weapons, Russian troops attacked from the south and north Novomikhailovka, at Georgievka and on the opposite bank of the Osikova River from Marinka. New positions have been occupied in the last section. The attempt of the RF Armed Forces to advance at Nevelskoy did not bring success.

Russian troops, with the support of long-range weapons, carried out assault operations near Pervomaisky, on the southeastern approaches of Avdievka from the industrial zone, from the northeast to the coke plant and in the Stepnoy area (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions). There was also an attack on Novobakhmutovka, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (a settlement of the same name to the east behind the Russian Armed Forces).

The LBS did not change significantly at any of these sites. Under fire, Ukrainian positions in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), the city of Krasnohorivka, Lastochkino, Berdychi, Alexandropol (a settlement west of Gorlovka) and New York. Russian ones - in Mar'inka, Staromikhailovka, Donetsk, Vodyanoy, the village of Krasnogorovka and Gorlovka.

The crews of the army and attack aviation of the "Center" group of troops launched a series of attacks on areas where Ukrainian troops were concentrated and firepower in the Krasnolimansk direction of the special military operation. The positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit in the areas of Serebryanka, Seversk, Yampolovka, and Torskoye.

During the counterbattery fight, about 30 fire weapons were discovered in the area of Chervonaya Dibrova and Serebryansky forestry.

Combat crews of the Tor-M1 and Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile systems destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles of the Leleka-100 and Valkyrie type in the area of the village of Kremennaya.

Since the evening, Geranium UAVs have been striking the Odessa region. Explosions were recorded in Odessa and Ilyichevsk, and secondary detonation of objects was reported. The Russian Armed Forces used missile weapons to hit targets in the Kharkov region: explosions were noted in the area of the Proton radio plant in Kharkov and in the city of Kupyansk. In the morning, 11 strategic bombers of the Russian Army set out on a combat course.In the Kherson direction there are battles near Krynoki. A serious factor remains the enemy’s use of drones of all types to target artillery and direct attacks on our positions and equipment. Roads are mined using UAVs. Our troops respond with artillery fire and the destruction of boats carrying enemy landing forces. Over the previous day, 6 small watercraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and up to 40 personnel were destroyed.

On the Zaporozhye Front, an enemy infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed near Verbovoy, and a counterattack of enemy infantry was repelled in a shooting battle. Near Rabotino, the Russian Armed Forces, after artillery preparation, carried out an attack and captured several enemy strongholds.

West of Mar'inka (Kurakhovskoe direction), the Russian Armed Forces occupied the territory of two churches in Georgievka, moving 300 meters forward. Fighting continues near the village. Pobeda and Novomikhailovka.

In the Avdeevsky direction, our troops are attacking two kilometers east of the coke plant in a southern direction in the area of garden partnerships. The fighting at Stepovoy on the northern ledge of the front does not stop.

West of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), our troops entrenched themselves in the northern part of the village. Bogdanovka. There are heavy battles near the village. Khromovo and Kleshcheevki.

There are battles in the Serebryansky forest and near the Torsky ledge; no new advances by the Russian Armed Forces have been reported yet. Previously, our troops pushed through the enemy’s defenses several kilometers during weeks of battles.

Yesterday, the village of Kozino, Rylsky district, Kursk region, came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the Bryansk region, two enemy UAVs were shot down over the Pogar and Sevsky districts. The most intense artillery attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is carried out in the Belgorod region: over the previous day, 17 settlements were under fire, the enemy fired over a hundred rounds of ammunition. In the DPR, two civilians in Donetsk were wounded from artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.