Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.37 In Toretsk, the situation in the area of ​​responsibility of the OTU Lugansk is the most difficult - since the beginning of this day, the Russian Federation has carried out 11 assaults, some of which are still ongoing. This was reported by the speaker of the OTU Lugansk Anastasia Bobovnikova, answering the question about the current operational situation in Toretsk, Ukrinform reported on Tuesday, December 24.
20.26 Ukrainian drones attacked the Novoshakhtinsk Oil Refinery in the Rostov Region of the Russian Federation on December 19. As a result of the attack, at least one fuel tank burned down. This is evidenced by the corresponding satellite images.
19:58 The media reported that the Ukrainian Defense Ministry is asking the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence to postpone the preparation of the bill on the demobilization of military personnel until March 18, 2025.
19.03 Nikopol region also suffered from Russian terror on December 24. Russian troops attacked the region 35 times, using artillery and drones. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak on Tuesday, December 24.
17.32 Since the beginning of the current day, 179 combat clashes have occurred on the front. Russian aggressors are most actively attacking in the Pokrovsky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00.
16.57 As a result of a Russian missile strike on a residential building in Krivoy Rog, at least six people were injured. Three people were hospitalized in moderate condition - women aged 69 and 72 and a 78-year-old man.
16.49 A man died in Kherson due to a Russian drone attack. This was reported by the head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin on Tuesday, December 24.
16.17 Russian troops have launched a ballistic missile attack on Krivoy Rog. A 4-story residential building with 32 apartments has been destroyed. All relevant services are already being dispatched to the site.
15.59 The Ukrainian Legion in Poland has received over a thousand applications for membership, and recruitment for the second unit promises to be larger than the first. This was stated by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar.
15.30 Russian occupiers have made an unsuccessful attempt to expand their bridgehead on the left bank of the Oskol River in the Kharkiv region in the Kupyansk direction. This was reported by the operational-strategic group of troops Khortitsa.
15.05 Newly elected US President Donald Trump wants to achieve a fair, sustainable and secure peace in Ukraine. This was stated yesterday on Fox Business by Keith Kellogg, candidate for the post of US Special Representative for Ukraine and Russia.
14:50 Information about the reduction of the mobilization age in Ukraine has spread online. Serhiy Lunich, named as the representative of the 17th Poltava Brigade of the National Guard, stated that "the draft law on reducing the conscription age to 18 is already on the table in the Verkhovna Rada and awaits its approval."
The Verkhovna Rada, the National Guard and the Center for Countering Disinformation about the National Security and Defense Council denied this information.
"There have been and are no bills to reduce the mobilization age from 25 to 18 years, either in the Verkhovna Rada or in the relevant Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence in particular. The information disseminated in the media today is untrue," said MP Oleksandr Zavitnevych.
13.36 Ukrainian military have escaped cordon in the village of Makarovka in Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by the monitoring project DeepState . In turn, the Southern Defense Forces announced stabilization measures in the Makarovka area.
12:37 Russian military attempted to storm Ukrainian positions in the Vremovsky direction north of Velyka Novosilka. The defenders destroyed a column of enemy armored vehicles. FPV drones were used to intercept the enemy armored vehicles. Thanks to the precision of the drone operators, both enemy equipment and personnel were destroyed.
12:15 Soldiers of the 77th separate airmobile Dnieper Brigade of the Airborne Assault Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, together with related units, captured 11 servicemen of the Russian army, one of whom was a citizen of Belarus.
11:00 In the temporarily occupied Berdyansk of the Zaporizhia region, a car was blown up that could have belonged to the "chairman of the council" of the city, Vasyl Nechet. This was reported by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko.
The explosion occurred in the courtyard of a house on Evropeiskaya Street. A car exploded and burned to the ground. The person injured in the explosion was hospitalized.
"Previously, the chairman of the occupation council, Vasily Nechet, was traveling by car," Andryushchenko noted.
10:50 Over the past 24 hours, Russian aggressors attacked about six settlements in the Vremovsky direction. They managed to penetrate the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the OSGV Khortytsia reported .
10:31 Yesterday afternoon and night on Tuesday, the aggressor country Russia attacked Ukraine with 60 drones. Almost all of them were shot down and location was lost, the Ukrainian Air Force reported .
10:17 The Security Service prevented attempts to illegally sell weapons and ammunition in different regions of Ukraine. In Zhitomir, Cherkasy and Kirovohrad regions, five people who wanted to organize underground sales of weapons were detained "red-handed".
8:55 At night and in the morning, Russian troops attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, fired artillery and Grad MLRS, as a result of which residential buildings, power lines and cars were damaged.
8:35 Over the past 24 hours, 252 combat clashes have been recorded at the front. The Russian invaders are making their main efforts in the Kurakhovsky, Pokrovsky and Vremovsky directions. The occupiers used aviation to try to advance near Kurakhovo.
7:56 Explosions were heard twice in the Khmelnytskyi region on the morning of December 24, before which the Air Force reported drones moving in the direction of Starokostiantyniv. The explosions occurred at about 6:45 a.m., and then at 7 a.m.
7:40 As of December 24, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine were approximately 777,720 people (+1,630 per day).
7:30 The authorities of several countries have informed Russia of their readiness to become a platform for a meeting between the ruler Vladimir Putin and the elected US President Donald Trump. This was reported by the Russian dictator's assistant Yuri Ushakov.