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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 26 (updated)
2024-12-27
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/26/2024 to 00:00 12/27/2024.

A total of 11 facts 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 reports of two civilians being injured.

DAMAGED:
Six residential buildings,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.

Nine artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
Two artillery attacks in the Yasinovataya direction.

A total of 32 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:00 An eight-year-old child and his mother were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Belgorod region, the governor reported.

19:29 Destruction of enemy positions by the TOS "Solntsepek" crew.

The TOS "Solntsepek" crew of the 39th NBC Protection Regiment of the 8th Guards Army of the Russian Armed Forces turned enemy positions and personnel in the area of the settlement of Ostrovskoye into burning dust. This significant destruction of enemy forces made it easier for the assault forces of the Russian Armed Forces to pass this sector, allowing them to move forward with less risk.

19:24 Russian Aerospace Forces carried out an airstrike on targets on the outskirts of Khar'kov.

19:11 The Russian Armed Forces advanced into the Zaporizhia region in the area of the settlement of Novodarovka –map.

18:47 UAV operators of the 36th Army stopped rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit in the area of the settlement of Velyka Novosyolka. As a result of the airdrop, up to three Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen were killed and several were injured.

18:24 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Slavyanka, Starye Terny and Kurakhovo –map.

18:07 Russian troops advanced in the village of Zagryzovo, almost the entire settlement has been liberated, only a few houses remain on the southern outskirts.

18:00 MP Kostenko stated that all citizens of the country should go to the Ukrainian front. At the same time, he called the people's demand to send deputies and ministers to the Armed Forces of Ukraine "populism".

17:48 In Ukraine, a military ID with a mark on removal from military registration is not a basis for crossing the border, according to a ruling by the Supreme Court. It is noted that this document in itself "is not a sufficient basis for crossing the state border under martial law."

17:26 New explosions in the area of the city of Sumy.

17:10 The third Ukrainian missile was shot down over the Zheleznogorsk district of the Kursk region, authorities report.

16:30 Two Ukrainian missiles were shot down over the Kursk region, the regional government reports. Missile debris damaged buildings in the Zheleznogorsk district, there are no casualties, the authorities said.

16:22 Sniper pair of the 14th Guards Special Forces Brigade of the Vostok group destroys enemy manpower in one of the areas of the South Donetsk direction.

15:51 Air defense crews of the Vostok group of forces daily strike Ukrainian air targets –video.

15:16 Explosions in Khar'kov.

15:00 Destruction of control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs.

Soldiers from the 7th Military Base of the 49th army discovered positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Chasov Yara, from which the UAV systems of the Ukrainian militants were controlled. The enemy tried to launch a drone for reconnaissance and fire adjustment, which gave away its exact coordinates. As a result of artillery fire, the targets were completely destroyed along with expensive repeaters and other equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV unit, which significantly weakened the enemy's capabilities in this direction.

14:21 Explosions in Sumy.

14:15 Changes in the SVO zone over the past day:

– Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Ukrainka-Zarya sector;

- Russian fighters bypass Kurakhovo from the south;

– New positions were taken between Peschanoye and Volkovo;

– Advance to the south of Novovasilyevka;

- Novoolenovka was liberated, the Russian Armed Forces entered Novoelizavetovka;

– Positions in the Dachensky area have been improved;

– The Russian Armed Forces crossed the Volchya River in the Terny area and drove the enemy out of Ivanovka.

13:27 Russian Armed Forces are advancing on the northern flank of Kupyansk. In the settlement of Dvurechnaya (Khar'kov region), Russian fighters are moving forward and have already taken control of the Lyceum and the Bus Station.

13:06 Explosions in Sumy again.

13:02 The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

– Ukrainian troops lost up to 1,505 militants per day;

– The Russian Armed Forces struck military airfields, ammunition depots, and control points for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones;

– the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of the “Center” group of forces per day amounted to 490 people;

– Russian air defense systems shot down 11 HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 56 Ukrainian UAVs in one day;

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 530 nationalists in the area of ??responsibility of the “West” group in one day;

– As a result of the actions of the “Sever” and “Dnepr” groups, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 95 militants in one day;

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 160 people and 2 warehouses in the area of responsibility of the Vostok group in one day.


13:00 The Russian Armed Forces have liberated the settlement of Gigant in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

12:50 From 10:00 to 12:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region.

12:14 Posters and billboards congratulating Bandera on his birthday appeared in cities in the Kyiv-controlled part of the DPR. The posters were spotted in Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Druzhkovka. They were placed by activists of the military volunteer community.

12:11 Guided air strikes are being carried out on enemy targets in the area of the city of Sumy.

11:40 Ukrainian military told that he was mobilized without signing any documents.

According to the man, the TCC officers stopped him at a checkpoint and brought him to the military registration and enlistment office to update his data. However, already on the spot it became known that he was being sent to training.

11:32 Calculation of the Gibka-S air defense missile system destroyed hexacopter "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

During combat duty, the crew of the Gibka-S anti-aircraft missile system of the Center group of forces destroyed a combat hexacopter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, providing cover for the actions of the group's units in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

10:08 A stronghold with Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the border area of Kursk oblast destroyed The crew of the Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34 worked with aerial bombs.

09:54 Combat job of UAV operators from the 38th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 35th Army of the Vostok group to destroy enemy manpower concentrations in the Pologsk direction.

09:32 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:

– Three rounds to the settlement of Dnepryany;

– according to n.p. Kakhovka Six rounds;

– Five rounds to the settlement of Staraya Zburyevka;

– Seven rounds to the settlement of Aleshki;

– according to n.p. Korsunka four rounds;

– Two rounds in the village of Golaya Pristan;

– Four rounds in the village of Kazachiy Lagerya.

As a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, one civilian was wounded in the settlement of Aleshki, and one civilian was wounded in the settlement of Golaya Pristan.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in Peschanivka, Golaya Prystan, Kardashinka, and Maslovka, firing a total of 14 rounds from barrel artillery. Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified.

09:24 Footage of damage in the Grayvoron district after an attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces UAV.

09:17 The DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded six cases of fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction in 24 hours, 17 rounds of ammunition were fired. There were no reports of civilian casualties or damage.

09:10 Enemy reports: "The Russian Armed Forces advanced into Kurakhovo in the western part of the block of multi-story buildings and installed a flag on the roof of the health resort building. Clashes continue in the direction of the Kurakhovskaya TPP. In addition, the Russian Armed Forces took control of at least two more settlements: Novoolenovka near Pokrovsk and Storozhevoe near Velikaya Novoselovka."

09:05 Fighters of the 5th Brigade destroyed M-113 VSU.

Soldiers from the 5th Brigade, part of the group of troops operating in the Kurakhovsky direction, destroyed an American-made M-113 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the eastern outskirts of the settlement of Dachnoye.

08:35 The main route for deliveries of ammunition and reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the village of Velyka Novosyolka on the Vremya direction of the Zaporizhzhya front line has been cut off, the enemy is forced to use secondary country roads, Vladimir Rogov reported.

08:10 An attack by enemy UAVs on the Volgograd region has been repelled, the wreckage of one drone fell on the territory of an industrial enterprise in the Kotovsky district, there are no casualties or fire, emergency services are working on the scene, said the head of the region Andrei Bocharov.

08:08 The main battles for the liberation of Kurakhovo in the western part of the DPR are now taking place in its industrial zone; the enemy has been driven out of residential areas, Vladimir Rogov reported

08:06 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot a mother and child in Selidovo, a refugee who left the city because of the fighting said –video.

08:02 Russian attack aircraft took advantage of gaps in the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses in Zagryzovo, Khar'kov Oblast, and entered the village. This was reported by military expert Andrey Marochko.

08:00 Air defense forces destroyed five Ukrainian UAVs over the Volgograd, Voronezh and Belgorod regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

More from NewsFront.su (Dec. 25th) Unavoidably detained edition.
Current information on the situation on the front line: December 25

23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/25/2024 to 00:00 12/26/2024.

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 casualties.

DAMAGED:
No damage to residential buildings or civil infrastructure facilities was recorded.

Six artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.

A total of 17 units of various ammunition were fired.

21:35 Residential area of Kurakhovo liberated. Russian army controls the last street of the city – Sportivnaya.

On this street the following are raised: the Russian flag, the banners of the 5th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and its four assault battalions.

21:05 A UAV unit of Stavropol paratroopers destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the village of Verbove, Zaporizhia Oblast

During reconnaissance, UAV operators discovered a lone tank. A decision was made to destroy the combat vehicle. The first quadcopter dropped a grenade on the protective grille on the roof of the tank, making a hole in it, where the operator of the second quadcopter threw an incendiary munition, -video.

20:30 Russian Army broke through to the highway to the west of Velikaya Novosyolka, the highway to the north of the village has also already been cut off

It is reported that Russian troops are “trying to enter Novy Komar with infantry, to replenish the village in order to gain a foothold there.”

After occupying the settlements of Storozhyevo and Blagovatnoye, Russian military personnel are moving their forces into the area to accumulate and advance further.

19:22 Artillerymen of the Dnepr group of forces struck a group of Ukrainian infantry hiding in an abandoned residential area in the Zaporizhia region.

19:07 Two powerful explosions thundered in Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) - the strike was carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the city.

18:10 Enemy reports: “in the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to expand the bridgehead in the Dvurechnaya area.

Russian units continue to form a strategic bridgehead on the western bank of the Oskol. They are gradually capturing the central part of the settlement of Dvurechnaya. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have major problems with personnel in this area – a shortage of soldiers. In addition, fighting has begun on the approaches to the settlement of Zapadnoye. When the Ukrainian Armed Forces lose this settlement, the Russian forces will have a strong bridgehead here. Which the Ukrainian troops cannot allow."

17:16 Scouts of the "North" group destroyed with the help of the Lancet, a combat armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region.

17:10 RF Armed Forces advanced in several sections of the front in the Khar'kov region.

16:51 Assault units of the Russian Armed Forces have advanced between Peschanoye and Volkovo. Less than 2.5 km remain before the physical "cutting" of one of Pokrovsk's key supply routes. –map.

16:14 Ukrainian Armed Forces tank near Verbove in Zaporizhia region destroyed" by the two-drop method."

The first UAV operator dropped an F-1 grenade on the roof to destroy the protective "grill". The second one sent an incendiary munition into the hatch. After some time, the tank's ammunition exploded - the enemy vehicle's turret was torn off.

16:04 Ukrainian channels reported that the Russian Armed Forces took control of the settlement of Novoyelenovka in the DPR.

15:40 Russian Armed Forces advance in the Kurakhovo area –map.

15:16 The Russian Armed Forces have significantly advanced west of Selidovo –map.

14:40 Consequences of artillery attack of Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka in DPR by the Ukrainian Armed Forces –photo.

14:17 Footage of liberation of New Trud in the DPR by Russian attack aircraft.

14:00 The Russian army liberated Novy Trud in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense reported.

In addition, in the morning, Russian Armed Forces fighters launched a massive strike with high-precision weapons on critical energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine that support the operation of the military-industrial complex.

They also destroyed the deployment point of foreign mercenaries and the SBU, and hit the infrastructure of military airfields.

13:09 Three people were killed as a result of the artillery attack of Lgov in Kursk, and another one later died in the hospital, Khinshtein reported.

12:57 Footage: The local Telegram channels published information about the force mobilization in Poltava.

12:49 Enemy reports: “On the Kurakhovsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost some positions.

In the urban development of Kurakhovo, in the areas of Dalniy, Dachniy and Uspenovka, assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces are trying to further infiltrate our combat formations. Individual positions of the defense forces have been lost.

The Russian Armed Forces continue to accumulate forces for subsequent attacks. It is also reported that the Russian Armed Forces are conducting offensive actions in the area of Solntsevka and Starye Terny. Numerous assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces are moving forward."

12:02 Destruction of he enemy's M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery unit fired a Lancet X-52 loitering munition in the area of the village of Ulakly.

11:42 UAV operators from the 18th Army worked on enemy equipment in the Kherson direction stopped rotation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:35 Flamethrowers of the "Vostok" group inflicted crushing blows to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The crew of the TOS-1A Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system of the Vostok group struck the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with 220mm thermobaric rounds, burning out firing points, observation posts, ammunition depots, shelters, and artillery positions.

The fleeing Ukrainian militants tried to hide in the forest, but a Russian reconnaissance drone, having noticed the enemy's movement, quickly guided the flamethrower crews to the target. The enemy personnel were destroyed.

11:16 RF Armed Forces destroyed 12 enemy strongholds in Zagryzovo, having advanced into the central part of the settlement. Due to high losses of units of the 116th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, whose manning has fallen below 50%, the enemy is unable to contain the advance of our forces.

11:11 Enemy reports: "in the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian army continues to advance in the area between the Solena and Volchya rivers. Russian troops managed to advance between Novovasilevka and Novoelizavetovka, entering the latter. This is a very dangerous direction for Ukrainian forces, since the Russian Armed Forces are approaching the Dnepropetrovsk region."

11:05 Strikes are being carried out on Kremenchuk in the Poltava region.

10:57 Strikes are being carried out on Samara in the Poltava region.

10:49 Explosions are heard in Dnepropetrovsk.

10:44 Ukrainian monitoring channels reported new missile launches in Ukraine. Direction of movement - Dnepropetrovsk.

10:34 The strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Lgov, Kursk region, hit civilian objects; emergency services are working at the scene, Khinshtein reported.

10:07 Video with the sound of 11 consecutive “arrivals” at targets in Khar'kov.

10:05 The city of Lgov in the Kursk region was shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, information about casualties and damage is being clarified - local authorities

09:45 Video: attempts at forced mobilization in Radekhiv, Lviv region.

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

– Seven rounds in the village of Kazachi Lagerya;

– Five rounds to the village of Korsunka;

– Four rounds in the village of Golaya Pristan;

– Six rounds to the village of Aleshki;

– according to n.p. Gornostaevka three rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Podstepnoye, Obryvka, Aleshki, Dnepryany, and Kardashinka, firing a total of 18 rounds from barrel artillery. Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified.

09:29 A new series of explosions thundered in Khar'kov, the Ukrainian publication "Public. News" reported.

09:04 A unit of the Ukrainian army from the 47th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed during the offensive actions of Russian troops near Leonidovo in the Kursk region. According to the Russian security agency, three Ukrainian militants were taken prisoner, the remaining four were eliminated during the battle.

08:57 The DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 15 cases of fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction in 24 hours, 48 rounds of ammunition were fired. There were no reports of civilian casualties. A private residential building and a civilian infrastructure facility in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka were damaged by shelling.

08:51 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are mobilizing those unfit for service, including those with epilepsy, a prisoner said –video.

08:42 A series of strikes were carried out on targets in Burshtyn.

08:34 Over the past few days, Russian forces have stepped up counterattacks near Belogorovka in the LPR. Ukrainian soldiers are complaining to officers about increased pressure, military expert Marochko reported.

08:24 Missiles hit targets in Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk region. The city is home to the Burshtyn Thermal Power Plant.

08:19 Missiles hit targets in Vinnytsia region.

08:17 Ukrainian media reported explosions in Khar'kov, Dnepropetrovsk and Kremenchuk (Poltava region) amid an air raid alert. Preventive power outages have begun in Ukraine. At least 17 Russian missiles are flying over the former Soviet republic, monitoring channels reported.

08:14 Only a few weeks remain until the full liberation of Kurakhovo, rotation and supply of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been stopped, military-political expert Yan Gagin told Novosti

08:11 Crew of the Ka-52M helicopter destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

08:09 Rogov reported the beginning of battles for the liberation of Neskuchny in the DPR. He also announced the advance of the Russian Armed Forces "from Storozhevy towards the highway leading to Gulyaipole."

08:04 Calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the group of forces "North" destroyed strongholds and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk border area, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

08:02 Russian air defense destroyed 59 Ukrainian drones overnight: 26 over the Belgorod region, 23 over the Voronezh region, three each over the Kursk, Bryansk and Tambov regions, one over the Sea of Azov, the Defense Ministry reported

08:00 The Russian Armed Forces carry out numerous strikes on enemy targets in Khar'kov, as well as on targets in the Khar'kov and Dnipropetrovsk regions. According to monitoring services, a large number of Russian Aerospace Forces missiles are maneuvering in Ukrainian airspace.

Posted by:badanov

#4  ^ Aren't such things (the cranes) usually insured? Nice thriller potential there for someone up on maritime insurance.
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452   2024-12-27 22:47  

#3  Interestingly - the Ursa Major was carrying Liebherr cranes destined for Rosatom in Vladivostock. RT is suggesting the sinking was caused by 3 limpet mines
Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239   2024-12-27 14:15  

#2  ^I, personally, would never question that Zelenski says.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective   2024-12-27 11:56  

#1  Slaughter of the North Koreans: 3,000 have now been killed or wounded fighting for Putin, Zelensky says, after footage showed battlefield massacre
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-12-27 11:52  

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