[Vesti] December 15 is the 295th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
Russia launched 31 air and eight missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of the Donetsk region, and also carried out 61 shelling from the MLRS.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks of the Russian army in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenskoye, Yakovlevka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Vesele and Marinka in the Donetsk region.
During the day, Ukrainian aviation inflicted 13 strikes on areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and five strikes on the positions of Russian air defense systems.
Missile and artillery units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit 2 command posts, eight enemy personnel concentration areas, and fuel and lubricants.
Donetsk region. Donetsk has been subjected to the heaviest shelling since 2014, the so-called. Deputy head of the "DPR" Natalya Shutkina. According to her, 40 rockets from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS were fired at the city. Three squares of the central part of the city were damaged.
On December 14, it became known about two civilians of the region killed by the Russians: in Bakhmut and Rozdolovka.
08:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. At night and in the morning, the Russians attacked the Nikopol region from 122mm BM-21 "Gradov" and heavy artillery . Initially, there were no casualties.
Nikolaevkskaya area. Russia launched massive artillery strikes on the Ochakovo bulk . Destroyed and damaged infrastructure facilities. There are no previous casualties. In the morning, the Black Sea community was under shelling - an infrastructure facility was damaged, there were no casualties.
Kharkov region. Kupyansk was fired from the S-300 air defense system - a critical infrastructure facility was damaged. In the Kupyansky district, a two-story administrative building was on fire due to shelling. There are no victims or injured.
09:00 . Zaporozhye region. The Russians are trying to connect the ZNPP to the energy system of the Russian Federation. According to the General Staff, the "authorities" are working on switching.
Lugansk region. At night, there was an arrival at the barracks with the personnel of the Russians in uncontrolled Kadievka.
Kherson region. The Russians shelled the territory of the Kherson region 86 times from artillery, MLRS, tanks, mortars and UAVs . There are hits in a shipyard, an educational institution, warehouses, newspaper premises, a school, a shop, the building of the Kherson Regional State Administration, private and apartment buildings. three people died , including an 8-year-old boy. Another 13 residents were injured of varying severity.
10:00 a.m. Donetsk region. Nine people died as a result of the morning shelling of Donetsk, according to the so-called. "authorities" in the "DNR".
11:00 am . Kherson region. The Russians hit the center of Kherson, 100 meters from the OVA building. Two people died.
Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result of the morning shelling of the Nikopol region from 122mm BM-21 "Gradov" and heavy artillery in the Krasnogrigoryevsk, Nikopol and Marganets communities, houses and power lines were damaged. Two local residents aged 66 and 67 were wounded.
11:50 am . Kherson region. Explosions in Kherson. The light went out in the city. The Russian projectile hit the place where the point of medical assistance and humanitarian extradition is located. A 31-year-old paramedic and a 70-year-old man died. A 44-year-old woman and a 38-year-old man were injured.
12:30 pm The Armed Forces of Ukraine have advanced in eastern Ukraine, Brigadier General Oleksiy Gromov, a representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. In the course of conducting offensive operations, the defense forces advanced up to 1.5 km in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Dibrova.
13:00 . Kharkov region. Shelling from the S-300 from the territory of the Belgorod region.
14:00 . Kherson region. The Russians mined summer cottages and the banks of the Konka and Chaika riverswithin the Oleshkovsky urban territorial community, the General Staff said.
14:30 . Kharkov region. Explosions are reported in Kharkov - the Russians are shelling infrastructure facilities.
Zaporozhye region. As a result of hitting two rockets in Orekhov, two employees of the local KP "Vodokanal" were injured , one in serious condition.
15:15 . Kharkov region. Rocket hit in Kholodnogorsk district of Kharkov.
16:30 . Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russians shelled the Nikopol region with heavy artillery from the territory of the temporarily uncontrolled Energodar. A 65-year-old man died in Marganets. At least three people were injured: a 16-year-old girl, a 38-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man. They are in the hospital. Houses, shops, a school and a college were damaged in the city.
18:00 Video surveillance equipment, which is not yet available in Ukraine, has been installed in the Chernobyl zone, and special cameras and sound sensors will protect power plants.
18:30 On Thursday, December 15, the State Border Service of Ukraine does not record a possible invasion from Belarus. Andrey Demchenko, a representative of the State Border Service, commented on this.
18:55 During the day, Russian troops launched two missile strikes, and also made more than five attacks from the MLRS. Operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the evening of December 15
19:19 Ukrainian aviation inflicted 11 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and two strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems.
19:55 Russia is preparing a new wave of mobilized reservists and will resort to an escalation of the war in the winter. The next wave of the offensive will most likely be launched in February, just like last year. This is their plan. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.