Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes in 12 areas where the Russians were concentrated. Rocket force units hit two enemy artillery pieces and a command post.
In the last 24 hours, 66 military clashes took place on the front. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported this on December 25.
It is known that the aviation of the Defense Forces attacked 12 places where personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, an ammunition depot and an enemy anti-aircraft missile system. Also, two Su-34 and Su-30 fighter-bombers were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces and means.
Rocket force units hit two Russian artillery weapons and a command post.
In total, the enemy carried out two missiles and 61 air strikes, and carried out 45 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and populated areas. There have been civilian deaths and injuries as a result of terrorist attacks in Russia. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
In the last 24 hours, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine again, using 31 Shahed-136/131 UAVs. Ukrainian air defense forces and means destroyed 29 attack UAVs.
Air strikes were received by: Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Kislovka, Kharkov region; Novoegorovka, Serebryanskoe forestry, Lugansk region; Yampolevka, Torskoye, New York, Ocheretino, Tonenkoye, Avdeevka, Maksimilianovka, Marinka, Novomikhailovka, Vodyanoye, Zolotaya Niva, Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region.
About 100 settlements of Chernigov, Sumy, Kharkov, Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye Kherson and Nikolaev regions came under artillery fire.
According to the General Staff, in the area of responsibility of OSGV North in the directions of Volyn and Polesie, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
At the direction of Seversky and Slobozhansky, the Russian Federation maintains a military presence in border areas, conducts active sabotage activities to prevent the movement of our troops in threatening directions, and increases the density of mine and explosive barrier on the state border in the Belgorod region.
In the area of responsibility of OSGV Khortytsia in the direction of Kupyansk, Ukrainian defenders repelled 21 Russian attacks near Sinkovka, Kharkov region and Stelmakhovka, Luhansk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to destroy the defenses of our troops.
The Russian Federation did not conduct offensive (assault) operations in the direction of Liman.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 5 enemy attacks near the settlements of Bogdanovka, Klishchievka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region.
In the area of responsibility of OSGV Tavria in the direction of Avdeevka, the Ukrainian defenders continued to hold back the enemy, not abandoning attempts to surround Avdeevka. Our soldiers firmly held the defense, causing heavy losses to the invaders. Defense forces repelled 14 enemy attacks east of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka, as well as 17 attacks near Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continued to hold back the Russians in the areas of Marinka and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region, where our defenders repelled 5 attacks.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled a Russian attack southwest of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region.
In the direction of Zaporozhye, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks near Rabotino and south of Gulyai-Polye, Zaporozhye region.
In the area of responsibility of the OSGV Odessa in the direction of Kherson, Ukrainian soldiers are continuing measures to widen the bridge. Despite heavy losses, the enemy does not abandon attempts to expel Ukrainian units from their positions. So, in the past 24 hours, the enemy has conducted 23 unsuccessful attack operations, received a well-deserved rebuff and retreated.
It was previously reported that the Russians had stepped up their attack on the bridgeheads.
We remind you that an attack company of unmanned aerial systems Achilles hit 11 enemy targets in the direction of Bakhmut.
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Source: korrespondent
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