[Korrespondent] There have already been 152 clashes on the front.
Communities in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions, including Bleshnya, Porozok and Slavgorod, suffered from enemy artillery and mortar fire.
The situation on the combat line remains difficult. Since the beginning of the day, 152 combat clashes have already occurred. Most of the fighting has been recorded in the Seversky, Kurakhovsky, Pokrovsky and Vremovsky directions. This was stated in the General Staff report on Sunday, December 15.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy is trying to put pressure on our units in the direction of Vysokaya Yaruga, in Vovchansk and in the area of ​​Tykhoye, in total, the enemy has stormed the positions of our units nine times, one battle is ongoing. Baranovka and Shopine were subjected to air strikes by UABs.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units in the areas of Zagryzovoe and Lozovaya four times. Three combat clashes are still ongoing. Ukrainian soldiers continue to steadfastly hold the defense.
In the Liman direction, the invading army carried out seven attacks on Ukrainian positions near Novoegorovka, Grekovka, Terny, Tverdokhlebove and Nadezhda. One combat clash continues.
In the Seversk direction, the units of the Defense Forces repelled ten attacks by Russian invaders, 14 combat clashes are currently ongoing. The enemy is attacking near Belogorovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Ivano-Daryevka and Vyemka. Seversk came under enemy air strikes.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked three times in the areas of Chasovoy Yar and Stupochki.
In the Toretsk direction, there were seven enemy attacks in the area of ​​Toretsk and Shcherbinovka. Ukrainian soldiers have already repelled two of them, the fighting continues, the enemy is also actively using bomber aircraft, the settlement of Krymskoye came under attack.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 20 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisevka, Dachensky, Zeleny, Peschany and Novoolenovka. The defense forces are holding back the pressure and have repelled 13 enemy attacks, seven combat clashes are still ongoing. The enemy fired unguided air missiles at Alexandropol and dropped aerial bombs on Nikolaevka.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the invaders attacked 23 times near Starye Terny, Solntsevka, Zarya, Kurakhovo and Uspenovka. 15 attacks of the occupiers have already been repelled. The fighting continues. The enemy bombed Bogatyr, Andreyevka and Alekseyevka with UABs.
In the Vremovsky direction, 13 combat clashes are taking place near Konstantinopolskoye, Sukhi Yal, Razliv, Zelenovka, Trudovoy, Novy Komar, Novosyolka and Makarovka. Ukrainian soldiers have already repelled 12 enemy assaults.
In the Orekhov area, occupation forces are shelling the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government, targeting civilian infrastructure and populated areas.
The enemy tried twice to storm our defenders in the Dnieper direction, without success.
The operation in the Kursk region continues. The enemy's aviation and artillery continue to strike their territory. Ukrainian soldiers have repelled 11 attacks by the invading forces today, and clashes are currently ongoing at 17 locations.
Let us recall that Russian media confirmed the names of 80,973 Russian military personnel who died in the war in Ukraine. The largest number of those killed were from Bashkortostan, Tatarstan and the Sverdlovsk region.
While over the past 24 hours the Russian occupation army lost 1,280 servicemen.