[NewsFront] 15:50 Specialists of search and rescue teams of the Russian Aerospace Forcescontinuecarry out combat missions in the Krasnolimansk direction
During a special military operation, groups on Mi-8PSG helicopters provide daily support to the crews of attack and army aviation. Their tasks include continuous monitoring of the situation, evacuation of pilots, as well as their transportation to military medical facilities.
14:30 Artemovsk direction, northern flank. The enemy reports that our army has broken through the enemy’s defenses in Bogdanovka. The enemy hastily retreats, most of the village behind our army. The southern part of the village is being cleaned up. By evening, it is expected that the village will completely come under the control of the Russian army.
13:45 The liberation of populated areas is the most striking event for residents of Donbass -results of the yearfrom the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
12:57 Attack on Avdievka. The Russian army is storming enemy positions, moving forward, reports the channel Operation Z: Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring
Approximately a third of Stepovoy is under the control of the RF Armed Forces. In the area of the village, our troops continue active assault operations, moving mainly towards Novobakhmutovka and Berdychi. “The Russians are making progress,” Ukrainian military analysts admit.
In Avdeevka itself, from the industrial hub (Yasinovatsky Lane) towards the private sector, attacks by the Russian Armed Forces almost do not subside; there is progress. In the private sector north of the industrial hub, there are battles for every house.
North of Vodyanoy, the Russian Armed Forces are increasing their efforts for decisive assaults towards the 9th quarter of Avdeevka, as well as Pervomaisky.
From the 9th quarter itself there will soon be only one name left. Aviation constantly bombs the microdistrict where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are located.
“The situation at Avdeevsky Koksohim is consistently difficult. The Russians are constantly sending small assault groups.” Soon the enemy expects a breakthrough in his defense, because... on the eastern side, AKHZ is already ruins.
The Russian army is trying to advance from Kamenka to the west towards the quarry.
At Nevelskoye, our infantry consolidated in the recently returned positions.
In the evening, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 19 attacks by the Russian Armed Forces with the support of aviation: four in the areas of Stepovoy, Avdeevka and another 13 near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye.
12:20 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants
11:35 Front-line report as of the morning of December 31, prepared by military correspondent Yevgeny Lisitsyn
In the Kherson direction, the Russian army, with the help of aviation, continues to strike FABs against the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on both banks of the Dnieper. For this reason, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are in an extremely difficult situation, but continue to hold on to the bridgehead at Krynoki.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy again unsuccessfully tried to attack at Verbovoy. The Russian army not only repulsed the attack, but also launched a counterattack, thanks to which it was possible to occupy several strong points near Rabotino.
Fierce fighting is taking place along the entire Avdeevsky front. The Russian military continues to advance on a broad front towards Ocheretino and Novokalinovo. Positional battles continue at Stepovoy. On the southern flank, our military is advancing at Nevelskoye, as well as towards Pervomaiskoye.
In the Artyomovsk direction, the front of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is also crumbling. The Russian army is advancing in the area of Bogdanovka and Ivanovsky. The day before, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a series of counterattacks, but suffered serious losses without achieving much results.
11:05 To the settlement area Turns transfer from Slavyansk rifle battalion of the 18th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.
The strengthening of the group is due to the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in this area - up to 3.5 kilometers over the past three weeks.
10:39 From the Verbovoye area in the Zaporozhye direction, the Front Bird reports:
“We hit the enemy with MLRS and guns. Our assault groups are beginning another operation to eliminate the enemy from their positions.
The further we move, the more we find the remains of destroyed NATO equipment in the middle of the fields.
Several units of armored vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles were abandoned immediately after the first hit of a shell of any caliber.”
10:05 Frontline summary on the morning of December 31, 2023:
In the Kherson-Crimean direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to break through to the Poima after artillery shelling. No success. The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian positions in Krynki. With the same result. Under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kherson, Antonovka and Tyaginka. RF Armed Forces - in Alyoshki and Peschanovka.
On the Donetsk front, the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with the support of long-range weapons, were attacked on the southern outskirts of Novomikhailovka, near Pervomaisky, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelsky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), near the coke plant northeast of the fortified area and near Stepnoy (not confused with settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions)
In the Bakhmut direction - with the support of artillery, the assault on Andreevka and the heights north-west of Kleshcheevka. Similar actions at Bogdanovka led to tactical success. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Kalinovka, Razdolovka and Sporny. RF Armed Forces - in Bakhmut and Yagodnoye.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops resumed attacks near Makeevka. The goal is to cut off the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ bridgehead on the left bank of the Zherebets River. The Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattacked near Orlyanka. They were partially successful. The offensive of the Russian Armed Forces at Sinkovka. LBS has not changed. Under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Serebryanka, Torskoye, Nevsky, Stelmakhovka, Berestovoy, Peschanoye, Stepnaya Novoselka and Petropavlovka.
09:42 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. Krynki 29 rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka five rounds;
-- n.p. Alyosha seven rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Kagery four rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryan four rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanivka five rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe three rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the village. Krynki, n.p. Staraya Zburevka, settlement Sagi, n.p. Aleshki, n.p. Solontsy, n.p. Gornostaevka, firing a total of 31 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
08:11 122mm BM-21 Grad crews with the support of reconnaissance UAV operators of the Southern group of forces destroyed positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Soledar direction.
The reconnaissance unit moved to the area of ??the line of combat contact, from where a small-sized unmanned aerial vehicle was launched into the sky to determine the location of enemy positions. After the discovery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold, its coordinates were transferred to the rocket artillery unit.
The Grad MLRS crews, having secretly arrived at the firing position, fired a salvo of 122mm high-explosive fragmentation rockets. Target destroyed.
08:00 Enemy confirms withdrawal of their troops in the southeastern part of the Rabotinsky ledge. The front continues to be pushed away from Verbovoy, where the enemy wanted so badly, but did not get there.