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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 22 (updated)
2024-12-23
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/22/2024 to 00:00 12/23/2024.

Six cases of 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 injuries.

DAMAGED:
One residential building,
One car.

Six artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 20 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:25 Russian fighters have completed the cleanup of Annovka in the DPR, which was liberated on December 17, Pushilin said.

20:43 Russian troops are advancing with heavy fighting near Toretsk (former Dzerzhinsk) of the DPR; the main fighting began near the city, Pushilin reported.

19:07 Air defense forces destroyed an aircraft-type UAV over the territory of the Bryansk region, reported the region's governor, Alexander Bogomaz.

18:45 Explosions in the city of Nizhyn (Chernihiv region).

18:10 In Odessa, TCC employees with spikes stopped a car, but it turned out that the driver was a girl –video.

17:51 Enemy reports: "In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian army advanced in the area of ​​Zaghryzovo, Lozovaya, and also Zelenyi Gai in the Khar'kov region. The Russian Armed Forces also advanced towards Borovaya. Russian units took control of the settlement of Lozovoye, continuing attacks with the aim of capturing the left bank of the Oskol River"

17:40 A 155mm M109L self-propelled gun of Ukrainian forces, destroyed in the Seversk area by a strike from an X-51 Lancet loitering munition,photo.

17:25 FPV drones of the North group of forces receive a direct hit destroyed combat positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, camouflaged in the Kharkiv region.

17:17 There was shooting in the Odessa Shopping Center.

Ukrainian Telegram channels reported that the military commissar attacked[ the father of a mobilized man. It all ended with the man simply being shot on the landing.

17:05 FPV drone operators of the 40th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet shot down Ukrainian quadcopter Matrice 300 with a repeater for fpv drones in the South Donetsk direction.

16:25 Explosions in the Kyiv region.

16:15 Ka-52M helicopters disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of ​​the Kursk region –video.

15:58 FPV drone calculations of the North group of forces destroyed an armored combat vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

15:42 The liberation of Lozovaya in the Khar'kov region means the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the Oskol River from the south of Kupyansk, the occupation of advantageous lines and the alignment of the bridgehead in the direction of Borovaya, said the head of the military-civil administration of the Kharkiv region, Vitaly Ganchev.

15:07 FPV drones calculations of the "North" group of force destroyed a combat armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The group's servicemen identified an armored vehicle with Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the area of ​​one of the settlements in the border region of the Kursk region. The detected target was promptly destroyed by FPV drone crews of the "North" military group. Objective control means recorded direct hits on the militants' armored vehicles.

15:00 Russian Armed Forces are approaching Krasnoarmeysk. War correspondent Timofey Ermakov reported that Russian troops were able to enter the village of Solenoye near Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk).

14:49 Enemy reports: “in the Kursk direction, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the direction of Sudzha.

On the right flank of the Kursk salient, they have advanced normally in the last few days in the direction of Sudzha, in a section up to two kilometers wide and the same in depth. Russian troops attacked south of Sudzha in the direction of Makhnovka, and also advanced north in the area of ​​Russkoye Porechny."

14:28 Destruction of Ukrainian equipment in the Donetsk direction –video.

14:10 Explosions in Kyiv region.

13:34 Enemy reports: "The Kurakhovskoye direction, the settlement of Gigant, was captured by the Russian Armed Forces. Also, the day before yesterday, the Russian Armed Forces occupied Konstantinopolskoye. The balki in the village was the last point of defense.

It remains to be stated that our defense on the western bank of the Sukhie Yali River, right up to the Zelenovka region (the village itself has been captured), has been completely collapsed.

Now the Russian Armed Forces are concentrating on securing the flanks of Zelenovka and they will do it. Because the initial breakthrough and events are too reminiscent of what happened in Dalnee.

From Uspenovka the Russian army breaks through to Yantarnoye to prevent our forces from leaving the Konstantinopolskoye industrial zone. The situation worsens further along the entire direction."

13:11 Destruction of UAV Baba Yaga of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by a soldier from the 18th Army unit in the Kherson direction.

12:32 Soldiers of the 18th Army are destroying Ukrainian militants on the right bank of Kherson –video.

12:20 Air defense systems shot down 100 drones in one day, according to the daily report of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special operation.

12:10 The "West" military group has completely liberated the settlement of Lozovaya in the Kharkiv region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

12:08 In the Boguslav direction, the Russian Armed Forces cleared two forest belts east of the settlement of Zagryzovo and repelled one enemy counterattack in the settlement.

Due to significant losses, the personnel of the 125th Troops Brigade was partially withdrawn to the right bank of the Oskol for replenishment.

12:07 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the liberation of Krasny in the DPR.

11:20 UAV operators of the 36th Army of the Vostok group carry out airdrops on enemy positions,destroyingpersonnel in shelters in the area of ​​Velikaya Novoselka and the surrounding area.

10:47 Over the course of 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked 12 settlements in the Belgorod Region using ammunition and UAVs. Two private houses in the Grayvoronsky Municipal District were damaged, Gladkov reported.

10:27 Airborne artillerymen of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kakhovka direction in the Kherson region.

10:05 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine called the situation along the entire line of combat contact difficult for the Ukrainian army. They also acknowledged the superiority of Russian forces in terms of technical equipment and the number of personnel.

09:31 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from barrel artillery:

- according to n.p. Kakhovka five rounds;

- Three rounds to the village of Chernomorskoye;

– Two rounds to the settlement of Zhelezny Port;

– Three rounds to the settlement of Velikiye Kopani.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Aleshky, Podstepnoye, Kardashinka, and Kakhovka, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.

09:14 Russian military crossed the Sudzha River and took part of Kurilovka in the Kursk region.

08:59 There are no casualties or significant damage as a result of the UAV attack in the Oryol region; the fire at the fuel infrastructure facility has been completely extinguished, the governor reported.

08:27 Air defense systems shot down 42 Ukrainian drones at night, 20 of which were destroyed over the Oryol region. The rest were destroyed over the Rostov, Bryansk, Kursk regions and Krasnodar Krai, the Defense Ministry reported.

08:09 Su-34 struck an infantry concentration and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

08:07 Polish mercenaries destroyed during the mop up of Kurakhovo in the DPR from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the deputy company commander of the 110th Motorized RifleB rigade of the 51st army of the Russian Armed Forces, call sign "Dome".

08:05 Scouts of the Russian group of troops "South" came into the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and took prisoners near Seversk, for which fierce fighting is taking place in Donbass.

08:00 In Kursk region destroyed Georgian mercenary Jaba Kvaratskhelia.

In September 2023, he was awarded the Golden Cross badge by the then Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny for the impeccable performance of combat missions in the direction of Bakhmut, which led to the fall of the city.

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