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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 12 (updated)
2024-12-13
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12.12.2024 to 00:00 13.12.2024.

Seven armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.

There were no reports of civilian casualties.

DAMAGED:
Two civilian infrastructure facilities.

Seven artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 21 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:21 Telegram channel "Colonelcassad"

Kupyansk direction. Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near the village of Kruglyakovka.

20:05 Armed Forces of Ukraine fell into the operational encirclement in the Annovka area, south of Kurakhovo

19:00 Telegram channel "Rybar"

The situation in the Pokrovsky direction as of 19:00 on December 12, 2024:

-Russian troops continue fierce fighting taking place several kilometers south of Pokrovsk, gradually moving closer to the agglomeration.

- Fighting continues in Shevchenko. Fighting continues on Sosnovaya and Gagarina streets at the moment.

- The situation in Novotroitskoye remains quite dynamic. Over the past three days, at least two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been recorded in the village. In addition, the enemy also blew up one of the bridges leading to Pokrovsk. Later, footage appeared of fighting in the center of the village, where Ukrainian and Russian infantry units are trying to attack each other's positions.

18:40 Russian Ministry of Defense:

Sappers are clearing explosive objects from Pavlovka settlement near Donetsk.

Local residents are turning to sappers for help, asking them to check their homes and plots for explosive devices.

17:05 24-hour detection, tracking and destruction of air targets –video

The Buk-M2 air defense missile system crew provided air cover for units of the Center group of forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

16:09 Russian Ministry of Defense:

Su-34 crew struck personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.

15:55 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a school in the village of Giryi with three missiles –video

In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to terrorize civilians.

According to eyewitnesses, the strike was carried out by three missiles. Emotions of a local resident behind the scenes.

14:40 Russian Ministry of Defense:

Around 13:10 Moscow Time an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped.

A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region by air defense systems on duty.

13:27 Tula Airborne Forces unit continues to push the enemy out of the Kursk border area

As a result of coordinated actions, the Tula paratroopers of the Sever group released the settlement of Dar'ino in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.

11:56 Russian naval infantry are pushing aside Ukrainian occupiers from the Kursk border region.

-Naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet drove Ukrainian Armed Forces militants out of the administrative building of one of the settlements in the Kursk region.

-As a result of the assault actions, our soldiers destroyed the enemy's combat equipment and cleared their fortified positions. The enemy retreated, abandoning their dead soldiers and weapons.

10:35 In the Khar'kov region, an FPV drone strike destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces armored vehicle, –video

The enemy armored vehicle was identified and destroyed by the FPV crew of the North group.

10:25 Starlink and Ukrainian Armed Forces generators destroyed in Zaporizhia direction, –video.

10:18 122mm BMN-21 "Grad" of the Northern Fleet naval infantry destroyed several enemy strongholds on the right bank of the Dnieper.

9:50 Russian naval infantry recaptured long-term fortifications of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area – video.

As a result of the assault actions, Russian naval infantry destroyed the equipment of the Ukrainian militants and cleared their fortified positions. The enemy retreated, abandoning their dead fighters and weapons.

9:10 Teleram channel "WarGonzo":

Frontline summary as of the morning of 12/12/2024:

Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes. Positional battles with the use of long-range weapons continue.

Donetsk Front. In the Velikonovoselovskoye direction, fighting continues in the area of Novy Komar, north of Velikaya Novosyolka, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are also attempting to counterattack on the southern flank without result. There are tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces north of Kurakhovo, where our troops have advanced in the area of the settlements of Vesyoliy Gai and Konstantinopolskoye.

There are also reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are pulling back from the formed "pocket" on the northern flank. In Kurakhovo itself, assault operations continue. There are tactical successes in the Pokrovsk direction, where Russian troops have improved their positions south of the city. Fierce urban fighting continues in Dzerzhinsk.

Chasovoyarsk direction. Russian troops are fighting on the territory of a refractory plant. It is too early to talk about the complete capture of this important point of defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but our troops have firmly entrenched themselves at this facility and continue to drive the Ukrainian Armed Forces from its territory.

In Kursk Oblast, the Russian Armed Forces are putting pressure on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in several areas. There are tactical successes. The enemy is holding the defense well, but is not able to fully supervise the advance of our troops
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8:15 Our “birds” take apart any enemy shelters – video

A strike UAV crew from the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kurakhovsky direction.

8:01 Russian Ministry of Defense:

During the past night, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty were destroyed and 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs were intercepted.

Four UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region, one over the territory of the Chechen Republic, three over the territory of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, and eight over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

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