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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 24 (updated)
2024-12-25
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:21 Crew of the 152mm gun "Giatsint-B" of the Ussuri airborne artillerymen destroyed a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry and an ammunition depot in the border area of ​​the Kursk region.

20:22 Four villages were left without power as a result of shelling of Gorlovka in the DPR by Ukrainian troops, the city's mayor reported Ivan Prikhodko.

19:40 Russian troops have taken fire control of the Gulyaipole-Velyka Novosilka highway, along which supplies were being supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the eastern part of the Zaporizhia region, said Vladimir Rogov, Chairman of the RF Public Chamber Commission on Sovereignty Issues and Co-Chairman of the Coordination Council for the Integration of New Regions.

18:42 Far Eastern warriors publish footage of the raising of the Russian flag on the northern outskirts of Storozhevy by fighters from the 60th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 5th Army of the Vostok group.

18:35 Ministry of Defense: Minus another Stryker

An FPV drone crew from the North group of forces destroyed a Stryker armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region.

Objective control footage confirms the destruction of an armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

18:20 RF Armed Forces attack in a new direction north of Khar'kov

According to the Ukrainian General Staff, our soldiers have already attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Vysoka Yaruga area four times.

This village is located between Goptovka and the Travyanskoye Reservoir, on the other bank of which is Glubokoe (Liptsevskoye direction), which is already occupied by the Russian Armed Forces.

18:03 A captured Ukrainian serviceman told how he was deceived into being taken to the Kursk border region –Ministry of Defense.

Prisoner of war Bohdan Timoshov told how the Ukrainian Armed Forces command sent its soldiers to the Kursk border region instead of the promised Sumy region.

During interrogation, Timoshov said that he was mobilized into a brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces being created in the Nikolaev region, where the average age of recruits exceeded 47 years. According to Timoshov, he underwent training in Romania, and subsequently the Ukrainian Armed Forces command deceitfully sent his unit to the Kursk border region instead of the promised Sumy region.

By disobeying the commander's order and voluntarily surrendering, he saved his life.

18:02 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Novotroitskoye, Novoelizavetovka, Ukrainka –MAP.

17:46 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Dachenske, Mirnohrad, Novotroitske and Peschane –MAP

17:05 A ballistic missile of the Iskander OTRK was used to strike a Ukrainian Armed Forces facility in Krivoy Rog. This was reportedthey reportlocal publics, adding that “there is bad news.”

16:29 Group "Vostok" -reportage from Makarova (December 24, 2024).

16:23 A little advance of Group of Forces "East" west of the settlement of Dalnee.

16:05 Artillerymen worked on the next stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

A crew of a 152mm howitzer "Msta-B" of the "Vostok" group of forces destroyed a stronghold of Ukrainian militants and also hit a camouflaged ammunition storage area with fire.

The Orlan-30 UAV crew carried out fire adjustment and target engagement control.

15:59 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Novotroitskoye and Vozdvizhenka –MAP

14:59 The situation in the Konstantinovsky direction is MAP.

14:52 Minus the Ukrainian Armed Forces' air defense in Donetsk region –SOURCE.

The OK footage shows an attack using a FAB-1500 aerial bomb on the deployment point of the 77th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ​​the settlement of Constantinople.

According to the source, the strike resulted in losses of up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen.

14:38 There are about three km left to the TO 406 highway in a straight line –SOURCE.

This route is one of the main roads through which it is possible to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces both in Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) itself and in Chasov Yar.

14:28 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk), Krymsk and Shcherbinovka –MAP

14:26 Front along the line Shevchenko, Novotroitskoye, Pushkino, Zarya continues to bend under our pressure.

13:11 Zarya. Our troops have advanced in the area of ​​the village. Five km² have been liberated –SOURCE.

13:06 Pokrovskoe direction. Novoolenovka is liberated –SOURCE.

Novoelizavetovka. Our troops entered the eastern part of the village, fighting is underway.

The Ukrainian woman has been released.

14.5 km² liberated.

12:59 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Chasy Yara and Stupochki –MAP

12:54 Russian electronic warfare defeats NATO missiles. This was discussed during a lecture stated Reisner Markus, an employee of the Austrian Institute for Officer Training at the Theresian Military Academy.

"I would like to dwell on electronic warfare, which was a surprise to all of us. Everyone thought that there was no need for electronic warfare anymore. Many of you served in Afghanistan and Iraq. The anti-Iraqi forces never used electronic warfare, but the Russians do. And not only on the front lines, but also in other areas that interest them. For example, in the Baltic countries," the officer said.

12:10 An enemy UAV was destroyed over the Bryansk region; there were no casualties or damage, Governor Bogomaz reported.

12:02 Rapid strikes by our attack aircraft forced the enemy to retreat

Servicemen of the "Center" group of troops who took part in liberation of Novopustynki DPR,told about the progress of the assault.

11:59 Advance of units of the Russian Armed Forces within the administrative boundaries of Grigorovka and Orekhovo-Vasilevka –MAP

10:20 Russian military installed tricolor on the radio tower in the village of Staritsa in the Volchansk direction (Kharkiv region)

10:00 Telegram channel «Vladimir Rogov":

The total number of attacks on Melitopol in the Zaporizhia region this night reached six.

Jet-type UAVs of the aircraft type were used to attack the city.

There were a total of six attacks using eight drones.

The overwhelming majority of drones were shot down on approach to Melitopol.

They were destroyed at a considerable distance from the residential sector.

The roof of the Central Market building was damaged by shrapnel from one of the UAVs.

9:10 In the Kursk region, units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to liberate Russian territory from the presence of Ukrainian formations.

Russian armored groups are significantly advanced along the road from Novoivanovka in the direction of Viktorovka and Malaya Loknya, taking control of another section of terrain near the forest area near Kruglenky.

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