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2023-12-09 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line: December 8 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/08/2023 to 00:00 12/09/2023

Over the past 24 hours, the Representation has recorded 10 incidents of firing by the Ukrainian Federal University.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.

No damage to residential buildings and civil infrastructure was recorded.

The areas of two settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), the capital city of Donetsk (Petrovsky, Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy carried out four attacks from 155mm artillery.

At Gorlivske there were six artillery attacks from 15mm5 and 152mm artillery.

A total of 35 units of various ammunition were fired.

In the previous day, 19 attacks were recorded from the Ukrainian forces.

21:07 Ukrainian troops fired six NATO 155mm caliber rounds at a number of areas of Donetsk, reported DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

19:47 Commander of the airborne assault group with the call sign “Babakha” told, as the fighters of the “winged infantry” took another enemy stronghold.

18:47 Personnel combat work of the Storm detachment 291 Motorized Rifle Regiment, storming a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction.

18:20 News from the Avdeevsky direction from the Front Bird:

It is reported about the successful operation of our Mi-28N Night Hunter attack helicopters with Izdeliye 305 guided missiles against a three-story building where enemy personnel were holed up. The enemy has casualties and wounded.

17:37 Empty trenches, garbage and an abandoned colleague - so looks the former position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces behind Verbov in the Zaporozhye region. It was recaptured by paratroopers from the 76th Airborne Division.

In this area, the Russian military occupy advantageous commanding heights from which the advances of enemy assault groups can be seen, thus preventing the enemy from even approaching their former positions.

16:32 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from December 3 to December 8, 2023):

Within a week, the Russian Armed Forces captured 12 Ukrainian servicemen;

Over the course of a week, the Russian Armed Forces improved the position along the front line in certain areas and repelled 19 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

From December 3 to December 8, the Russian Armed Forces carried out 30 group strikes on the airfield infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, hitting the accommodation points of foreign mercenaries;

Russian troops conducted an active defense in the Zaporozhye direction for a week, repelling five attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces assault groups;

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction in a week amounted to 350 military personnel;

Over the past week, the Russian Armed Forces repelled 10 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction, the enemy lost more than 1,445 soldiers and 33 pieces of equipment;

In a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 845 military personnel and 3 tanks in the South Donetsk direction;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 260 people and 6 armored vehicles in the Zaporozhye direction in a week;

The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the week amounted to over 480 military personnel and 3 tanks in the Kupyansk direction;

Over the past week, the RF Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansky direction have improved the situation along the front line in the Yampolovka area;

The Russian Armed Forces thwarted attempts by UAF sabotage groups to cross to the left bank of the Dnieper and the island;

Within a week, the RF Armed Forces inflicted fire damage on the personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at Marinka, Kurdyumovka, Bogdanovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka;

Russian air defense shot down five Ukrainian aircraft in a week;

In the Donetsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 1,560 servicemen in a week;

A total of 224 Ukrainian UAVs were shot down in a week;

Over the course of a week, Russian air defense intercepted 11 HIMARS rounds, 2 S-200 missiles, and a JDAM bomb.

16:10 They arrivemessages, that the RF Armed Forces entered the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ support tower “Ostrov” in the Kleshcheevka area (Southern flank of Artyomovsk).

Yesterday evening and at night the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to regain their positions, but it didn’t work out. The opornik is still in the gray zone, the fighting around him also does not stop.

The “island” is located at a dominant height a kilometer west of Kleshcheevka. The main road to the village passes through it.

At the same time, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to remain in Kleshcheevka itself, which further complicates operations in this area for Ukrainian troops.

15:30 Krynki: The Armed Forces of Ukraine began to wander less, they are afraid of our operators. At night, the enemy consistently loses KIAs or wounded people from our drones.

15:20 Liman direction situation as of 15.00 December 8, 2023

In the Liman direction, there has been a noticeable activation of the front in the last week.

The immediate task of the Russian troops is to eliminate the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Zherebets River. Advancement from the northern flank from the Zhuravka gully is complicated by the nature of the terrain, so the offensive develops from Dibrova towards Terny and Yampolovka. The cleanup of the western part of the Broad Ravine continues, fighting is taking place on the outskirts of Yara Laptev.

Ukrainian formations are trying to seize the initiative, using motorized infantry groups from the 67th Mechanized Brigade and 12th Special Forces Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: the battles are taking place from the southern flank of the Serebryansky forest. The front line has changed since the fall: individual DRGs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reached the outskirts of Dibrova, so the Russian Armed Forces are recapturing lost positions in counterattacks.

Despite the activation of the Russian Armed Forces in this sector of the front, the large-scale offensive is complicated by concrete fortifications equipped by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Torskoye - Serebryanskoye forest - Yampol section.

If the possibility of eliminating the Ukrainian Armed Forces' bridgehead along the right bank of the Zherebets River is quite realistic, then an attack on the Liman will require crossing the river and clearing all territories up to the Oskol reservoir (and this, given the current configuration of the front, will require serious resources and efforts).


14:20 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:

In the Kupyansk direction, professional actions of units of the “Western” group of forces, army aviation strikes, and artillery fire repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade and 41st Mechanized Brigade in the areas of Sin'kovka and Lake Liman.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 75 military personnel, two tanks, four armored personnel carriers, and two pickup trucks.

During the counterbattery fight, the group's military personnel destroyed a German-made 155mm PzH self-propelled artillery mount, an American-made M198 155mm towed artillery gun, and a 122mm D-30 towed howitzer.


13:24 Brief information summary on the situation on the Left Bank of the Dnieper from Dnepro_Rub:

Over the past 24 hours, while trying to cross the river, 15 enemy boats were destroyed. The enemy did not take any active actions, conducted reconnaissance from drones and was engaged in mining the area, which does not fit well with plans to expand the “bridgehead.”

The enemy abandoned attempts to reach the northern edge of the forest near Krynoki, going into full-throated defense. Artillery and aerospace forces are working on enemy positions, and our FPVs are constantly working on landing sites.

Enemy losses: 103 people, four vehicles (2 pickup types), 19 drones, three observation points.


13:05 Crews of 152mm Giatsint-B cannons of the Dnepr group of troopsdestroyarmored vehicles and fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction.

Artillerymen have to work every day in the most difficult conditions, but trained crews spend only a few minutes from receiving the target coordinates to firing.

12:35 Statement of Head of the press center of the Vostok group:

During the active defense, motorized rifle units, in cooperation with assault, army aviation and artillery, inflicted fire on the personnel and equipment of 23 Mechanized, 58 Motorized Infantry Brigades and 128 Territorial Defense Brigades in the Sladkoye, Nikolskoye and Urozhaynoye areas.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 160 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, three cars, and a 155mm M777 gun were damaged.


12:24 Consequences of the artillery attack of Gorlovka by Ukrainian militants -photo.

11:24 Statement of Head of the press center of the "South" group:

Units of the "South" group of troops, with the support of aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, successfully repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the positions of our troops in the area of the village of Kleshcheevka. Enemy losses amounted to up to 175 military personnel killed and wounded.

During the counter-battery fight, the enemy lost a 155mm M-109 “Paladin” self-propelled artillery mount, two 152mm “Akatsiya” self-propelled artillery mounts, a 122mm 2S1 “Gvozdika” self-propelled artillery mount, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, 105mm gun M-119. Three armored combat vehicles and two cars were also hit by artillery and loitering ammunition.

Air defense systems shot down 14 unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of Verkhnekamenka and Soledar settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic.


11:00 News from the Artemovsk direction:

On the northern flank of Artyomovsk, Russian troops are advancing on the enemy on a broad front, knocking out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from a dozen strong points.

After this attack, Russian military personnel managed to enter the territory of Bogdanovka

10:47 Situation on the Rabotino-Verbovoye section at 10:30

Throughout the night, active counterbattery warfare continued throughout the Rabotino-Verbovoye sector. Artillery crews of the Russian Armed Forces struck at identified concentrations of manpower and positions of enemy field guns. In response, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also carried out attacks with cluster and high-explosive fragmentation munitions.

In the morning, due to worsening weather conditions, strong wind and rain, the UAV operator’s work on reconnaissance of the area on both sides was difficult.

Taking advantage of the bad weather, the enemy in the Verbovoye area attempted to secretly get to the positions of our fighters through forest plantations, but was discovered. The advancing forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were attacked with heavy mortars and anti-aircraft guns.


10:39 It is reported that the Russian Armed Forces have finally regained the dominant heights in Kleshcheevka in the Artemovsk direction. There were fierce battles for this height.

10:22 Zaporozhye Front, Verbovoye, Front Bird reports.

And again the weather makes its own adjustments. On our side, aerial reconnaissance and artillery continue to work actively.

At night there were artillery duels and attacks from both sides.

In the morning we worked with heavy mortars and AGS in forest belts.

10:04 Kyiv time at 10 am:

Arrival in Irpen and, presumably, near Vyshgorod and the village of Moshchun. There are no explosions in the center.

Drones were used at night in neighboring regions. Apparently, probing of air defense troops duty areas in these areas is gradually beginning.

10:00 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from cannon artillery:

-- n.p. Novye Lageri seven rounds;

-- n.p. Dnepryan two rounds;

-- n.p. Krynki 28 rounds;

-- n.p. Aleshki 19 rounds;

-- n.p. Staraya Zburevka two rounds;

-- n.p. Sagi four rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Proletarka, n.p. Peschanivka, n.p. Korsunka, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Dnepryany, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 31 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.

09:15 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:

Units of the "Center" group of troops in the Krasnolimansky direction, in cooperation with artillery, repelled two attacks by the 24th Mechanized Brigade and the 44th Separate Rifle Battalion in the areas of Dzerzhinsk and Yampolovka.

Enemy losses amounted to up to 280 military personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, three vehicles, and two 155mm self-propelled artillery units M-109 “Paladin” made in the USA.


08:20 Personnel capture of an enemy stronghold by airborne attack aircraft.

Soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion of the Ivanovo formation of the Airborne Forces in small groups are approaching from various directions to positions where, according to intelligence data, Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel were located. During the battle, the paratroopers were able to gain a foothold in enemy positions, destroying everyone who resisted and did not want to surrender.

08:15 Soledar direction situation as of 08.00 December 8, 2023:

On the northern flank of the Russian Armed Forces, they managed to reach the eastern outskirts of Bogdanovka, the advanced units are located 100 meters from the first houses.

In parallel, from the southwestern outskirts of Dubovo-Vasilevka, an offensive is developing in the direction of Grigorovka and to the northwest towards Orekhovo-Vasilevka: the Russian Armed Forces are fighting for the Kudlin gully, which separates Russian troops from a nearby settlement.

To the south, Russian assault units from the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces finished clearing the Valyanovsky nursery, where a powerful fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was equipped. At the same time, progress was also recorded from Khromovo: Russian troops cleared the fortified area of ??the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Bakhmutsky Way autodrome.

The cleanup of the dachas and SNT located southwest of Bakhmut continues: units of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces are leveling the front line both towards Krasnoye and Kleshcheevka, where, after the capture of height 215.7 the day before yesterday, units of the 346th Special Forces Brigade began attacks on the advance routes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and preparations for expansion of the control zone to the north of the village.

But to liberate the southwestern flank, it is necessary to occupy the heights located to the southwest and the so-called “Kleshcheevsky Ridge”. In case of successful advance and occupation of the ridge, the restoration of positions near Andreevka will be facilitated.

As for the attack on Chasov Yar, there is a lot of work to be done: exit is possible from Bogdanovka and Grigorovka, for which battles are yet to begin. And then, on the northern outskirts of Chasov Yar, several tracts, a mine and a quarry will cause problems. It is more difficult to develop an offensive from the Red side - you will have to go through the lowland.


08:03 Summary on the morning of December 8, 2023:

Explosions behind enemy lines were heard at night in the area of ??Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region, where the production of explosives and solid fuel for missile weapons of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is located. This is not the first blow; apparently, the enemy has restored some of its production. There were also reports of arrivals in Ochakov, Nikolaev region; there were at least five explosions in Kharkov.In the Kherson direction, the enemy is increasing its efforts near Krynoki: replenishing personnel and trying to expand the zone of control. Yesterday there was information about the enemy's intentions to organize a landing of a new landing force from another sector of the front from the Dnieper estuary to the Kinburn Peninsula. The attention of our observation posts was focused on identifying enemy boats. Aviation of the Russian Armed Forces is increasing the use of FAB with UMPC against enemy targets and concentrations of personnel.

On the Zaporozhye front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces made another attempt in the morning to break through to the west of Rabotino, but artillerymen and FPV drone operators promptly struck enemy infantry. During the day, the enemy carried out artillery bombardment on our positions at Verbovoy and tried to occupy them. With small fire, units of the Russian Armed Forces scattered the enemy infantry and launched a counterattack, occupying several enemy strongholds.

On the Vrem'evsky ledge there are battles near Staromayorsky and Urozhayny, our troops are methodically pushing through the enemy’s defenses.

In the Avdeevsky direction there are battles near the coke plant and in the area of the village Steppe. Artillery and aviation of the Russian Army are constantly striking at the enemy who has taken refuge on the territory of the plant.

In the Artemovsky (Bakhmust) direction, the Russian Armed Forces advanced south of the Berkhovsky reservoir, they reported the capture of enemy strongholds in the Valyanovsky Nursery garden center, the Russian Army approached the outskirts of the village. Bogdanovka. The control zone south of Khromovo has been expanded. Even further south, near Kleshcheevka, significant heights have been taken and the area is being cleared.

Artillery attack of the Belgorod region continues, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are hitting peaceful villages. The enemy fired 82 rounds of ammunition at the civilian population of the DPR. A boy born in 2010 was wounded in Gorlovka, and two civilians were wounded in Donetsk.

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