The Russian Federation actively uses operational-tactical aviation and FPV-type quadcopters, and conducts attack operations in support of armored vehicles.
During the day, 42 military clashes took place on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on December 28.
The Russian Federation actively uses operational-tactical aviation and FPV-type quadcopters, and conducts attack operations in support of armored vehicles. During the day, the enemy carried out 2 missile and 40 air strikes, carried out 33 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. There have been civilian deaths and injuries as a result of terrorist attacks in Russia. Private residential buildings, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
According to the General Staff, the operational situation in the directions of Volyn and Polesie has not changed significantly. There are no signs of the formation of offensive groups. Some units of the Belarusian armed forces are conducting operations in the border areas of Ukraine.
In the directions of Seversky and Slobozhansky, the enemy maintains a military presence in border areas, conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shells populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, and increases mine density and explosive barriers on the Ukrainian state border. More than 20 settlements came under enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Klyusy, Leonovka, Buchki in the Chernihiv region; Seredina-Buda, Studenok, Volfin, Myropolye, Ugroids, Ryasnoe, Popovka, Sumy region; Udy, Volchansk, Malaya Volchya, Budarki, Kamenka, Kharkov region.
In the direction of Kupyansk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 12 enemy attacks in the Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region. The enemy also carried out air strikes near Petropavlovka and Glushkovka, Kharkov region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Dveletnaya, Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Ivanovka, Berestovo in the Kharkov region.
In the direction of Liman, the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations. Air strikes were carried out in the areas of settlements of Nevskoye, Novolyubovka, Serebryanskoye forestry in the Luhansk region and Terny, Kolodtsy, Yampolevka, Seversk, Spornoye, Perezdnoye in the Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements were damaged by enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Nevskoye, Belogorovka in Lugansk region and Torskoye, Serebryanka, Verkhnekamennoye, Spornoye, Razdolevka in Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 3 enemy attacks near Bogdanovka and Andreevka, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried unsuccessfully to break the defenses of our troops. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Vasyukovka, Orekhovo-Vasilovka, Kalinovka, Ivanovskoye, Stupochki, New York, Donetsk region.
In the Avdeevsky direction, 11 enemy attacks were repelled east of Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and another 10 attacks in the Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with aviation support, unsuccessfully tried to breach the defenses of our troops. . About 10 settlements came under enemy artillery and mortar shelling, including Ocheretino, Berdich, Stepnoye, Avdeevka, Severnoye, Pervomaiskoye in the Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold the Russians in the areas of Marinka and Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk region. Here the enemy made two unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our defenders. Ostroye, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Konstantinovka came under artillery and mortar fire from the invaders.
In the Shakhtarsky direction the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations. An air strike was carried out in the area of the village of Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region. About 10 settlements were subjected to artillery and mortar shelling, in particular, Ugledar, Prechistovka, Blagodatnoye, Urozhaynoye, Makarovka, Rovnopol in the Donetsk region.
In the direction of Zaporozhye, the Defense Forces repelled 2 attacks in the areas of Robotino and south of Novodarovka, Zaporozhye region. Here, the enemy, with aviation support, unsuccessfully tried to dislodge our units from their positions. More than 20 settlements came under artillery and mortar shelling, including Levadnoye, Poltavka, Zheleznodorozhnoe, Malaya Tokmachka, Shcherbaki, Kamenskoye in the Zaporozhye region.
In the zone of responsibility of OSUS Odessa in the direction of Kherson, Zolotaya Balka, Tyaginka, Ivanovka, Novotyaginka, Kherson, Sofievka and Stanislav of the Kherson region came under enemy artillery.
Russia has not abandoned its intention to expel the Ukrainian Armed Forces from its bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, during the day, the enemy conducted 13 unsuccessful attack operations on the positions of our troops, received a well-deserved rebuff and suffered heavy losses. Ukrainian soldiers firmly held the defense, then held their positions and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.
During the day, the Defense Forces aviation carried out strikes on 17 areas where personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated and on 2 anti-aircraft missile systems of the enemy.
Missile force units hit 2 areas where personnel, weapons and military equipment are concentrated, 4 artillery and 2 Russian ammunition depots.
We remind you that the invaders tried on Thursday morning, December 28, to attack the Ukrainian positions in Sinkovka in the direction of Kupyansky, but they were defeated.
The aggressor country Russia is using the escalation of the situation in the Black Sea. The enemy brought three water launch vehicles for combat duty.
Source: korrespondent

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