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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12/20/2024 to 00:00 12/21/2024.

A total of 17 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 reports of five civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
Administrative buildings,
Five residential buildings,
One bus and an ambulance,
one civil infrastructure facility.
15 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
one artillery attack in the Donetsk direction,
One artillery attack in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
A total of 52 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:20 The right bank of the Kherson region is not controlled by the Russian Federation, under powerful fire processing of enemy positions! The destruction of equipment and personnel of militants is underway.
20:14 Scorpios-328 are working FPV drones and airdrops on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Kherson direction.
19:48 Ixovody GV "North" continue to destroy enemy armored vehicles with Lancet loitering munitions. This time, reconnaissance UAVs discovered two T-64s in the area of the settlements of Nikolaevka and Pogrebki in the Kursk region. Both tanks were destroyed along with the crew.
19:28 Enemy tank stopped –video
Attack drone crews of the West group of forces destroyed a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
18:44 According to preliminary data, six people died in Rylsk, including one child.
18:27 The VOSTOK group has completed clearing the village of Novy Komar –DIVGEN.
Video footage from the village of Novy Komar, where the Vostok group, joint actions of the 40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade's riflemen, motorized riflemen and tank crews of the 36th Army on December 19 completely completed clearing the streets of the village of the enemy.
In addition, with each passing day, as a result of the penetration of the troops of the "Vostok" group into the depths of the enemy's defense, the settlement of Velikaya Novosyolka and its garrison are increasingly surrounded. The main crossings have been destroyed by aviation, artillery and UAVs are taking control of the roads.
17:55 A criminal case has been opened on the fact of a terrorist attack committed by Ukrainian military personnel in the Kursk region, reported Investigator.
Today, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, using remote means of fire destruction, launched a missile strike on the city of Rylsk in the Kursk region, where civilians were located. The militants chose civilian objects as targets. According to preliminary data, there are dead and injured, the exact number is being established.
17:47 Missile threat declared in Kalanchak MO
Emergency services have been put on high alert, the governor of the Kherson region reported.
17:11 Russian flag in Novopustynka –video.
16:40 The exchange of bodies of dead servicemen took place between Russia and Ukraine.
The exchange took place on the border with Ukraine in the Gomel region, in Belarus, reports war correspondent Alexander Kots.
Russia gave 503 bodies to Ukraine and returned the bodies of forty-two of our heroes to their homeland.
16:16 Armed Forces of Ukraine fired upon Rylsk, Kursk region, preliminary, by six ATACMS missiles, there are wounded.
15:42 Two civilians were wounded as a result of an attack by Ukrainian UAVs in the Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported.
14:24 Operational situation in the area of Velikaya (Bolshaya) Novosyolka reports war correspondent Yuri Kotenok:
In the Velikonovoselkovsky direction, units of the 5th Army continue to advance southwest of Velikaya Novosyolka in the direction of the Gulyaipole-Velikaya Novosyolka road, attacking the fortified area north of Novodarovka and in the direction of Novosyolka, as well as in the direction of Neskuchnoye and Vremyevka, forming a pocket to the south, in the area of Storozhyevoye.
Velikaya Novosyolka is under constant fire control. Units of the Russian Armed Forces are identifying and destroying the enemy in the village (urban settlement).
To the north of it, our assault forces have taken full control of Novy Komar and are expanding the zone of control of the territory to the north in the direction of Novoocheretovatoye, from where the enemy is trying to counterattack, and to the west to the Mokrye Yaly River.
Our units are also attacking in the direction of Razdolnoye - Bogatyr. The Ukrainian Armed Forces, having brought up reserves, are putting up fierce resistance here, trying to prevent our advance to the north.
14:12 At 13:40 Moscow time, a Ukrainian fixed-wing UAV was destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region, the Ministry of Defense reported.
13:57 According to preliminary data, high-ranking officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Ukrainian special services were killed in the attack on the SBU headquarters in Kyiv, stated RIA Novosti in the pro-Russian underground.
13:18 Air raid siren has been declared throughout Ukraine.
13:13 There is an air raid alarm again in Kyiv.
13:05 RIA Novosti: The Ministry of Defense showed a video from Novopustynka in the DPR, over which the Russian tricolor was raised after liberation.
13:03 Russia responds to attacks on its territory, as Putin said, stated Dmitry Peskov.
12:27 Other important statements from the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the SVO:
— Russian air defense shot down a MiG-29 aircraft and 519 Ukrainian drones in a week;
— 59 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the contact line;
— The Russian Armed Forces liberated 10 settlements in the DPR;
— Russian troops carried out 24 group strikes with high-precision weapons and drones, destroying energy facilities that supplied the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
— The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 3,610 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the “West” group in a week;
— The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 440 fighters and six field ammunition depots in a week due to the actions of the Dnepr group;
— Up to 1,250 people and one Leopard were lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a week in the area of responsibility of the Eastern Group;
— The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 2,365 people in a week as a result of the actions of the “South” group;
— The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of the “Center” group of forces over the week amounted to more than 2,945 soldiers, two tanks and 15 combat armored vehicles were destroyed.
12:17 Official: Russian Armed Forces liberated Novopustynovka and Uspenovka in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense reported.
12:01 Consequences of the Russian Armed Forces strike on the SBU command post at 75 Antonovycha (former Gorky Street) in Kyiv –photo.
11:58 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the Kursk region near the village of Kruglen'koye, as confirmed by the enemy map Deep State.
The Ukrainian monitoring resource also writes about the advancement towards Malaya Loknya in the north of the Ukrainian Armed Forces bridgehead.
11:55 War correspondent Kitty:
Red Army direction.
Our units are conducting offensive operations on Mirolyubovka, Sukhaya Balka, in Dachenskoye, Lysovka, in the direction of Zeleny from Novy Trud, along the railway to Chunishino, from Shevchenko in the direction of Zverevo, in Peschanoye, in the direction of Volkovo, reached Solyonoye, advanced in Novovasilyevka.
On the entire section of the LBS south of Dmitrov and Krasnoarmeysk, there is strong pressure from our troops with the goal of finally capturing the outer line of defense of the agglomeration and reaching directly to the outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) and Dmitrov (Mirnograd).
In addition, there is a systematic envelopment of Krasnoarmeysk from the southwest. The countermeasures taken by the enemy are not able to stop the advance of the RF Armed Forces. The enemy's defense is "cracking at the seams."
South of Novotroitskoye, our assaults entered Novoyelenovka from the north and east, and are also fighting on the outskirts of Ukrainka.
North of Kurakhovo, the enemy reports strong pressure in the direction of Slavyanka, Petrovpavlovka, Andreyevka from the side of Krasnoye (Sontsovka) and Starye Terny.
In addition, our units are conducting assault operations in Shevchenko, advancing in the direction of Dachnoye from the direction of Starye Terny.
West of Kurakhovo our assaults reached the southwestern outskirts of Ulakly and took the Gulyaipole-Kurakhovo road under fire control. South of Zelenovka the plantings in the fields came under our control.
In Kurakhovo, the fighting moved to the western part of the city (the industrial zone area, thermal power plant).
South of Dachnoye and Kurakhovo, fighting continues for the defensive positions of the Ukrops in the fields and on the right bank of the Sukhie Yaly River (Yantarnoye and to the east).
11:31 Frames show yesterday's attack on the industrial zone of Kramatorsk, from where the enemy launched HIMARS missiles at the Rostov region.
11:26 In Khar'kov, the Russian Armed Forces liquidated enemy temporary deployment point
In the north-eastern part of Khar'kov, a temporary deployment point for one of the enemy’s armed units was destroyed.
The number of militants eliminated was more than 15 people. The number of wounded has not been established.
The site of the impact was immediately cordoned off by security forces, and three fire trucks and eight ambulances arrived.
11:10 Ministry of Defense Russia:
On December 18, 2024, a missile strike was launched from the territory of Ukraine against the Kamensky Combine enterprise in the Rostov region using six American-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and four Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles.
In response to the actions of the Kyiv regime, supported by Western curators, this morning a group strike with long-range precision weapons was carried out on the SBU command post, the Kyiv design bureau "Luch", which designs and manufactures the "Neptune" missile systems, ground-based cruise missiles MLRS "Vilkha", as well as the position of the "Patriot" anti-aircraft missile system.
The strike targets have been achieved. All objects have been hit.
10:47 In Donetsk worked air defense system
Falling fragments were heard in the Kalininsky district of the city. According to preliminary information, there were no civilian casualties.
In the epicenter, the glazing of several apartment buildings was damaged, local TG channels report.
10:22 Residential development in Kurakhovo is under the control of Russian forces, the final countdown has begun for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is stated by Vladimir Rogov.
10:18 On the night of December 20, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive air strike at military targets on the territory of Ukraine.
At least four powerful explosions thundered in Kyiv, there is a “very bright glow” in the city, eyewitnesses write on local Telegram channels
Following the explosions in Kyiv, a fire has been observed in the area of the military plant "Artem", local TG channels report.
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