[Korrespondent] The Russians launched a missile strike on Ukrainian territory, 12 airstrikes, dropping 29 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used more than 640 kamikaze drones for destruction and carried out about four thousand attacks.
In total, 248 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of this day. Ukrainian defenders continue to resolutely repel the enemy's attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting fire damage on them. This was noted in the General Staff's report on Tuesday, December 24.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy has unsuccessfully stormed the positions of our units in the area of ​​Vovchansk and Vysokaya Yaruga five times. Today, Ukrainian units have destroyed 45 occupiers in this direction and wounded another 46, and also neutralized 11 UAVs, three vehicles and three units of special means of the occupier.
In the Kupyansk direction, the aggressor carried out offensive actions near Petrovpavlovka, Kolesnikovka, Zagryzovoye and Lozovaya. Ukrainian defenders stopped 15 enemy attacks, eight more are still ongoing.
In the Liman direction, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces 25 times near Druzhelyubovka, Zeleny Gai, Novoegorovka, Makeyevka, Terny, Torskoye and in the direction of Grigorovka. Four clashes are still ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, our defenders repelled one assault by occupation forces near Belogorovka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked our positions at Chasovy Yar and in the direction of Stupochki. The defense forces stopped seven attacks by the invaders, two clashes are ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the aggressor made 15 attempts to advance towards the positions of Ukrainian units near Toretsk, Druzhba and Dachnoye; a battle is currently underway.
In the Pokrovsk direction , since the beginning of this day, the enemy has attacked 54 times in the areas of Vozdvizhenka, Mirolyubovka, Promenya, Lisovka, Novy Trud, Dachenskoye, Shevchenko, Volkovoye and Novovasilovka. Our defenders have repelled 47 enemy assaults, and seven more clashes are ongoing. Today, according to preliminary data, 261 occupiers have been neutralized in this direction, 133 of them irretrievably. A vehicle and a communications antenna have also been destroyed.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy made 34 attempts to break through our defenses near the settlements of Petrovpavlovka, Shevchenko and in the Kurakhovo area. Twenty-four combat clashes have been completed, and ten more are still ongoing.
In the Vremivsky direction, the enemy attacked our units 33 times near Uspenovka, Yantarny, Konstantinopolsky, Konstantinopol, Razliv, Razdolny, Novy Komar, Novosyolka, Velyka Novosyolka and Storozhevy. Ukrainian soldiers repelled 22 assault actions of the enemy, the battles continue.
In the Dnieper direction, the invaders' troops twice unsuccessfully attempted to displace the Defense Forces units from their positions. They suffered losses and retreated.
The operation in Kursk region continues . At present, the Defense Forces have repelled 28 attacks by the invaders, the fighting continues.
While in other areas there are no significant changes.
Earlier on Tuesday, the monitoring project DeepState reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had escaped the cordon in the village of Makarovka in Donetsk Oblast. However, they had to leave the settlement. This information has not yet been officially confirmed.
It also became known today that the Russians have penetrated the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defenses in the Vremivsk direction.