[NewsFront] 23:55 According to the operational lines of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC for December 24, as of 23:30, additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic: n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four people were injured on the territory of the Galaktika shopping center: two employees of the shopping center - a woman born in 1999. and a man born in 1989, as well as men born in 1999 and 1995.
Additional information has been received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU in the cities of the Republic: n. Gorlovka: Nikitovsky district:
artillery attack at 15:05: Four boiler houses in the village of Nikitovka station are de-energized.
artillery attack at 20:50: – direct hit on the Galaktika shopping center; – st. Zhukova, 24 – direct hit in an apartment building.
artillery attack at 22:00: the Stroitel residential area is partially cut off.
Kalininsky district: – administrative building of “Gifts of Nature” LLC. Information about the consequences of the artillery attack continues to arrive.
21:03 Ukrainian terrorists launched three strikes from 155mm caliber artillery at the Galaxy shopping center in Gorlovka.
During the evacuation of the wounded, a fourth blow was struck.
20:59 Mortar crews of Stavropol paratroopers suppressed firing positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a strong point in the Verbovoy area and destroyed enemy infantry
19:47 Over the past 24 hours, 15 civilians have been injured as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR. Onvideo— consequences of the artillery attack of Gorlovka.
19:42 Explosions are reported in the Mykolaiv region.
19:10 In the Avdeevka direction, the Russian army is conducting a powerful artillery barrage; MLRS and cannon artillery are working on targets in Avdievka and near it. In addition, airstrikes are carried out. This was reported by Ukraina.ru sources in departments involved in this area.
18:40 Consequences of the artillery attack of Gorlovka by Ukrainian militants -photo.
18:05 Donetsk direction. Ugledar:
The front-line bird reports that in the area of ??the village of Ugledar (Donetsk People's Republic), our fighters from the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade knocked out a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck and destroyed a support post.
17:40 Explosions occurred in the Kyiv-controlled city of Kherson - authorities
17:05 Captured weapons: in the Northern Military District zone, the Russian military works not only with domestic weapons, but also with rifles and machine guns that they obtained in battle -video.
16:40 Dnipropetrovsk region. The front-line bird reports that as a result of a night missile strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities, a military workshop for assembling equipment for Armed Forces armored vehicles and a warehouse with parts were hit.
15:46 Communications units of the Tula paratroopers ensured stable control of assault groups during the clearing of Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds in the Artemovsk direction -video.
15:35 Donetsk stringer reports the situation in the Artemovsk direction:
There was no fierce counterattack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There were several enemy DRG groups that tried to penetrate the front in several places.
At the same time, we are pushing back the enemy in Bogdanovka. The village is now 50/50.
On the northern flank, another 1.5 km was covered by a large front.
In the south (Kleshcheevka) the Ukrainian Armed Forces have suffered heavy losses. Their support has been partially cut off there.
15:00 In settlements on the left bank of Oskol (Kupyansk direction), the Ukrainian Armed Forces are mining the residential sector, reports Directive for Ukraine. In the village Kovsharovka planted mines in the basements of apartment buildings.
14:40 Ukrainian troops fired 11 rounds with a caliber of 155mm at Donetsk and Makeyevka - DPR representation in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
13:29 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of December 24, 2023)
In the Kupyansk direction, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to over 40 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle and three vehicles. Also, an ammunition depot of the 113th Terrestrial Defense Brigade near the village of Liptsy, Kharkov region, was destroyed.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the area of the Serebryanka settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic and in the Serebryansky forest. Enemy losses amounted to up to 100 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, two vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In the Donetsk direction, the total enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 350 military personnel killed and wounded, three infantry fighting vehicles, an armored personnel carrier and five vehicles. Also hit during the counter-battery battle were: the US-made M777 artillery system, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mounts, three 122mm D-30 howitzers and the 2S1 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.
In the South Donetsk direction, during the counter-battery fight, self-propelled artillery units were hit: M109 “Paladin” made in the USA, 2S3 152mm “Acacia” and122mm 2S1 “Gvozdika”. Enemy losses amounted to up to 110 troops and two pickup trucks.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of troops, with the support of artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, inflicted defeats on manpower and equipment of the 33rd, 117th, 118th Mechanized, 128th Mountain Assault and 71st Ranger brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino, Verbovoe, Zherebyanki and Mirnoye, Zaporozhye region.
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 70 servicemen killed and wounded in this direction, an armored combat vehicle, three vehicles, as well as a 2S1 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of the actions of Russian troops and artillery fire, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to up to 80 military personnel and three vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, the following were hit: the US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer, the 2S1 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and the 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at the Starokonstantinov airfield in the Khmelnytsky region hit launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems "NASAMS" made in Norway and "Crotale-NG" made in France, as well as aviation equipment, flight navigation aids and aviation ammunition at the airfields of Kanatovo, Kirovograd region and Dnepr, manpower and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 127 districts.
Air defense systems shot down four Ukrainian aircraft: three Su-27 and one Su-24 of the Ukrainian Air Force in the areas of Shirokoe, Odarovka in the Zaporozhye region and Grigorovka in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Three HARM anti-radar missiles, three HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and a Neptune anti-ship missile were intercepted.
In addition, 49 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Staromikhailovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Zolotarevka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Vasilevka, Golaya Pristan of the Kherson region, Berdyansk, Novohorivka and Mirnoye of the Zaporozhye region.
12:27 Statement of Head of the press center of the “West” group:
In the Kupyansk direction, coordinated actions of units of the “Western” group of forces, army aviation strikes and artillery fire defeated accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Sin'kovka, Petropavlovka, Kupyansk, Terny.
The crew of the Tor-M2U anti-aircraft missile system under the command of Senior Lieutenant Vladimir Ipatov in the Kotlyarka region destroyed three unmanned aerial vehicles, including two Furies and one Leleka-100.
The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 15 military personnel, two vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
11:25 Zaporozhye Front, reports V. Rogov:
“The Nazis are hitting Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region with MLRS. There have been at least three strikes so far. Russian air defense systems are working"
11:05 Personnel combat work of specialists of the search and rescue group of the Aerospace Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction. Military personnel provide daily support to attack and army aviation crews.
10:45 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Krynki 27 rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka five rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan five rounds;
-- village of Novaya Mayachka three rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka two rounds;
in Proletarka settlement six rounds;
-- n.p. Kalanchak four rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha four rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement. Kalanchak, one civilian was moderately injured
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Krynki, n.p. Sagi, n.p. Staraya Zburevka, settlement Aleshki, n.p. Podstepnoye, n.p. Golaya Pristan, firing a total of 35 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
10:20 Statement of Head of the press center of the Center group:
Units of the Center group of troops in the Krasnolimansky direction repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanized brigade and the 12th Special Forces brigade in the areas of Torskoye and Chervonaya Dibrova.
Air strikes and artillery fire defeated the personnel and equipment of the 67th Mechanized Brigade in the Serebryansky forestry area.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 150 military personnel, a tank, and two armored personnel carriers. During the counterbattery fight, the 122mm D-30 howitzer was destroyed.
10:05 Kharkov region (border region). An “arrival” was reported at a military facility of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As Frontline Bird writes, the air raid alarm did not sound. Our tactical aviation, the front-line bombers Su-24 and Su-34, performed preliminary training.
09:15 Frontline report as of the morning of December 24:
In the Kherson direction the situation remains the same and this, surprisingly, plays into the hands of the Russian army. The Kiev command sends “new suicide bombers” to slaughter across the Dnieper. These movements are calculated by our reconnaissance, after which strikes are launched against the enemy, and as a result, the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffer colossal losses. For example, over the past 24 hours the enemy has lost two boats, each of which had about 20 personnel.
In the Zaporozhye direction, local battles are taking place in the Verbovoye – Rabotino section. Here the initiative is on our side, but there has been no significant progress yet. The Ukrainian Armed Forces took up a defensive position and began constructing protective structures.
In the Avdeevsky direction, our fighters are consolidating in new positions occupied in the Stepovoy area on the northern flank. On the southern flank, the Russian Armed Forces attack at Pervomaiskoye, Nevelskoye, and advance slightly from Vodyanoye and Opytny to the edge of Avdeevka.
The Russian army has made significant progress in the Artemovsk direction. advanced another 1.5 kilometers in the Bogdanovka area. The 200th Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces and the Volunteer Corps are participating in the operation. There is also an advance southeast of Bogdanovka along the railway. In addition, during the assault operations, the territories of the Bakhmutsky Shlyakh autodrome and the dairy farm west of Khromovo came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
Good news is also coming from the Kremen direction. The enemy confirms the active advance of the Russian army in the direction of Ternov. The advance was almost 4.5 kilometers. In addition, in this area, our fighters managed to disable two German Leopards.
In the Kupyansky direction, the Russian army is advancing in the Sinkovka area, knocking out the enemy from the forest plantations. And in the Donetsk direction, having taken Mar'inka, the Russian Army is advancing further, capturing the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strongholds in the direction of the villages of Pobeda and Georgievka.
08:10 In the “BARS-8” squad showed how drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are destroyed from firearms
In addition to the air defense system and electronic warfare systems, fighters actively use layered defense and work at air surveillance posts. After detecting suspicious targets in the air, observers destroy them using anti-drone guns or small arms.