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Frontline situation update: December 5 (updated)
2024-12-06
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:03 Loitering Munition Operators destroyed the enemy's Fury UAV in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

The operator of the reconnaissance drone "Zala" identified a priority target for destruction - a crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV "Furia", returning to shelter after conducting aerial reconnaissance of our forward positions. The enemy placed the UAV launcher between the houses.

Professionally controlling the Lancet loitering munition, the operator hit the installation and the crew with pinpoint accuracy.

19:56 RF Armed Forces entered to the north-eastern part of the settlement of Uspenovka and took the road to Annovka under fire control. This maneuver allowed them to bypass the main fortified area of ​​the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

19:40 In the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region, sappers of a separate sapper unit of the Dnepr group of troops used drones for making passages in minefields, clearing the path for Russian units.

18:50 Servicemen of the 242nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division have finally cleared and taken full control of the settlement of Romanovka in the Kurakhovsky direction –video.

17:51 Russian military destroyed a truck with a towed artillery piece of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.

17:42 A missile strike was carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Voznesensk area of ​​Mykolaiv Oblast. Local media reported explosions. There is a military airfield to the south of the city.

17:40 Su-35S fighters completed air cover for aircraft and helicopters in the border areas of the Kursk region.

17:05 The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in the Pokrovsk direction, the Novosti SVO and Mira channel reported. After the liberation of Novopustynka, our troops advanced and entered Novotroitskoye.

16:45 Fire damage to Ukrainian army personnel and equipment in the Kherson direction –video.

16:20 Calculation of the FPV drone of the North group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

15:49 Pokrovsky section: Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the highway in the direction of the village of Ukrainka –map.

15:27 Krasnoarmeyskoye direction: the enemy has been driven out of Pushkino, part of the settlement is in the "gray zone". Also, the RF Armed Forces are moving forward south of Shevchenko.

14:57 Russian reconnaissance drones are working with VT-40 drones on a basement and two strongholds with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Kherson direction –video.

13:50 Russian attack aircraft attacked at night along the locks of the Kurakhovskoye Reservoir, “pushed” the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the middle of the dam.

13:38 The situation in Chasov Yar: Russian troops have entered and are fighting in the Severny microdistrict, and have also advanced further north on the heights.

13:24 Results of night strikes on enemy targets.

On the night of December 4-5, 2024, Russian armed forces attacked the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions. Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems and attack drones were used.

Mironovka, Dnipropetrovsk region: strikes from the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system hit the territory of the Bereginya agricultural enterprise, which was used as a hidden deployment point for enemy air defense units.

Uman, Cherkasy region: the territory of the Uman military airfield was hit by a strike drone attack. Part of the flight equipment and ammunition belonging to the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade were destroyed at the facility;

Ozernoye, Zhytomyr region: a drone strike hit the territory of the 20th Support Center.

Krasnoe, Chernihiv region: strikes were carried out on the territory of an airfield near the village of Krasnoe, where a launch site for enemy long-range drones was located. The results of the defeat are being clarified, Donbassky Partisan reported.

13:05 RF Armed Forces released n.p. Novopustynka.

12:57 A crew of a 240mm 2S4 mortar "Tulip" destroyed a strong point and fortified positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Chasov Yar –video.

12:39 The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

– The Russian Armed Forces destroyed military airfields of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a workshop for the production of aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles;

– the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the “Center” grouping zone in one day amounted to 515 soldiers, a tank and a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle;

– the “West” group repelled six Ukrainian counterattacks in one day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 560 servicemen and a Leopard tank;

– losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​responsibility of the “South” group amounted to 330 soldiers;

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 110 fighters in one day due to the actions of the Dnepr and Sever groups;

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 soldiers and 2 Leopard tanks in the area of ​​responsibility of the Vostok group;

– Russian air defense systems shot down 101 Ukrainian drones in one day.

12:22 122mm BM-21 Grad struck a the concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

The artillerymen struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower and equipment, supporting the advance of the attack aircraft of the Center group of forces.

11:58 The battle for the village of Novopustynka in the Krasnoarmeysk direction has begun.

10:53 In the Rubtsovsk direction by aviation destroyed UAV control point and platoon stronghold of the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy lost up to 20 personnel.

09:54 Enemy reports: “The Russian Armed Forces took control of Blagovatnoye and also advanced in Konstantinopolskoye, Sukhi Yal, Starye Terny, Chasovoy Yar, Novopustinka, Yelizavetovka, near Pushkino, Zarya and Shevchenko.”

09:22 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been driven out of several positions that were set up on the territory of the Central mine in Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk). As specified by the security forces, this fortified area is one of the most important and fortified by the enemy in the city.

08:45 The Russian Armed Forces are striking enemy targets in the Chernigov region.

Earlier, Ukrainian monitoring channels reported the departure of two Tu-95 strategic bombers from the Olenya airfield. It is noted that the missiles are heading towards the Kyiv region.

08:09 Russian troops have taken control of the northern shore of the Kurakhovskoye Reservoir, Vladimir Rogov reported.

08:06 Crews of the Molniya-2 UAV of the North group of forces struck military facilities, armored and automotive equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

08:00 In the area of ​​the settlement of Grekovka in the Rubtsovsk direction there was revealed artillery position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 82mm mortar crew. The camouflaged mortar position was destroyed by a precise drop of ammunition from a Russian attack drone.

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