ARTICLE SIT REP
Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding Russian invasion as of 6 p.m., December 25, 2023
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
25 December 2023 19:24https://www.kmu.gov.ua/en/news/operatyvna-informatsiia-heneralnoho-shtabu-zbroinykh-syl-ukrainy-stanom-na-1800-25-hrudnia-2023-roku-shchodo-rosiiskoho-vtorhnennia
Day 670 of the Russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine continues.
During the day of December 25, there were 76 combat engagements. The enemy launched 1 missile and 19 air strikes, carried out 30 MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and various settlements. Unfortunately, the Russian terrorist attacks have wounded civilians. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
VOLYN and POLISSYA AXIS: no significant changes. No signs of formation of an offensive group. Certain units of the armed forces of Belarus continue their missions in the areas bordering Ukraine.
SIVERSHCHYNA and SLOBOZHANSHCHYNA AXIS: the adversary maintains its military presence in the areas of russia bordering Ukraine. The enemy continues its sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shelling Ukrainian settlements from the territory of Russia and increases the density of minefields along the state border of Ukraine. More than 20 settlements came under enemy artillery and mortar fire, including Volfyne, Ryasne, Sadky (Sumy oblast), Ivashky, Udy, Vovchansk, Budarky, Ambarne (Kharkiv oblast).
KUPYANSK AXIS: the Ukrainian defenders repelled 6 attacks in the vicinity of Synkivka (Kharkiv oblast). In that area, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to break through the defenses of Ukrainian troops. The invaders fired artillery and mortars at around 10 settlements, including Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, Berestove (Kharkiv oblast).
LYMAN AXIS: the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 24 attacks in the area of Serebryans’ke forestry, Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast) and Vesele (Donetsk oblast). In the area, the occupiers, with air support, made attempts to breach Ukrainian defense. The invaders launched air strikes near the settlements of Terny, Dibrova, Siversk, Vyimka, Spirne, Vesele (Donetsk oblast). The enemy fired artillery and mortars at more than 10 settlements, including Nevske, Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast), Torske, Serebryanka, Verkhniokamyanske, Spirne, Rozdolivka (Donetsk oblast).
BAKHMUT AXIS: the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 4 attacks of the adversary near Bohdanivka (Donetsk oblast). Around 10x settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Vasyukivka, Kalynivka, Ivanivske, Stupochky, Andriyivka, New York (Donetsk oblast).
AVDIYIVKA AXIS: the Ukrainian defenders repelled 20 enemy attacks east of Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Avdiyivka, and 12 more attacks in the vicinities of Pervomaiske and Nevelske (Donetsk oblast), where the enemy made failed attempts to breach Ukrainian defense. Also, the occupiers launched an air strike near Novobakhmutivka (Donetsk oblast). The invaders fired artillery and mortars at around 10 settlements, including Ocheretyne, Berdychi, Stepove, Avdiyivka, Sjeverne, Pervomaiske (Donetsk oblast).
MARYINKA AXIS: the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the vicinity of Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast). In that area, the adversary, with air support, launched 3 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of Ukrainian defenders. The settlements of Heorhiyivka, Maryyinka, Pobjeda, Novomykhailivka, Kostyantynivka were under artillery and mortar fire of the occupiers.
SHAKHTARSKE AXIS: Ukrainian defenders repelled 3 attacks in the vicinity of Staromaiorske (Donetsk oblast). The adversary fired artillery and mortars at around 10 settlements, including Vodyane, Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Urozhaine, Staromaiorske (Donetsk oblast).
ZAPORIZHZHIA AXIS: the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 2 adversary attacks near Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia oblast). In that area, the adversary made failed attempts to dislodge Ukrainian troops from their positions. Around 20 settlements, including Levadne, Malynivka, Hulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Orikhiv, Pyatykhatky (Zaporizhzhia oblast), came under enemy artillery and mortar fire.
ODESA operational-strategic group, KHERSON AXIS: the adversary fired artillery at the city of Kherson, the settlements of Tyahynka, Antonivka (Kherson oblast) and Solonchaky, Kutsurub (Mykolaiv oblast).
The enemy does not abandon his intention to drive Ukrainian units out of their footholds on the left bank of the Dnipro. Thus, during the day, the enemy made 12 unsuccessful assaults and suffered significant losses. The Ukrainian troops are holding the line, continuing to retain their positions and firing for effect on the enemy.
During the day of December 25, the Ukrainian Air Force launched air strikes on 4 concentrations of troops, weapons, and military equipment of the adversary.
The Ukrainian missile troops hit 4 concentrations of troops, weapons, and military equipment, 2 ammunition depots and 3 air defense systems of the Russian invaders.
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Ukraine claims fighter jets have destroyed a large Russian warship in Crimea | DW News
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12-26- 2023 8:30 a.m. EST
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Footage from the port of Feodosia in occupied Crimea shows a huge explosion overnight. Russia confirms the ship was damaged and says one person was killed. Moscow also says air defense systems destroyed the Ukrainian fighter jets that targeted the ship. Several buildings in the area suffered damage, believed to have been caused by a blast wave from the explosion. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the country’s air force on the Telegram social media site on Tuesday for the overnight attack on Feodosia in occupied Crimea that Ukrainian officials believe destroyed a Russian landing craft.
“I am grateful to our Air Force for the impressive replenishment of the Russian underwater Black Sea fleet with another vessel. The occupiers will not have a single peaceful place in Ukraine,” he wrote, implying the ship had been sunk. So far, Russian officials have only acknowledged the vessel taking damage. But unverified images purporting to show the overnight airstrike showed a large explosion at the scene which Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday they believed to be a munitions explosion on board.
“We can see how powerful the explosion was, what the detonation was like. After that, it’s very hard for a ship to survive, because this was not a rocket, this is the detonation of munitions,” Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told Radio Free Europe.