General Staff: Defense forces stopped 17 assaults of the Russian Federation in the Vremivsk direction

Since the beginning of the day, 128 combat clashes have taken place at the front, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a summary as of 4 p.m. on December 25.

In particular, one clash took place near Vovchansk in Kharkiv region, five assaults took place near Dvorichny, Pischany, Kolisnikivka and Lozova in the Kupyansk direction, three of them are still ongoing.

Three of the 19 skirmishes are also ongoing in the Lymansky direction, where the Russian army is attacking near Novoyehorivka, Kopanok, Zeleny Gayu, Makiivka, Terniv, Yampolivka, Serebryansky Forest and in the direction of Druzhelyubivka.

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The defense forces repelled a Russian attack near Bilogorivka (Siversky direction) and another four out of five – in the Kramatorsk direction.

Russian invaders also attacked Ukrainian positions near Toretsk and Shcherbinivka six times, and three clashes are ongoing.

The Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions remain the most active: on Pokrovsky, the Russian army attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 35 times near Zeleny Pol, Vozdvizheneka, Myrolyubivka, Prominy, Lysivka, Dachensky, Pokrovsk, Novy Trud, Zeleny, and Novotroitsky, seven clashes continue. In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces repelled seven of the 14 assaults near Petropavlivka, Slovianka, Yasenovo, Kurakhovo, and Dachnoi.

“In the Vremivsk direction, 17 enemy assaults were stopped near Konstantinopolsky, Yantarny, Konstantinopol, Rozlyv, Veleka Novosilka, Novosilka, Blagodatny, and Vremivka, eight more assaults are continuing until now. In the direction of Orihiv, our defenders successfully repelled two attempts by the enemy to advance in the direction of Novodanilivka,” the summary reads.

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The General Staff also reports on 16 combat clashes in the Kursk direction, eight combat clashes are still ongoing.

Near Toretsk, the Russian army began to use the equipment for the first time, the press officer of the Luhansk Technical University Anastasia Bobovnikova reported on the evening of December 24. According to her, in the group’s area of ​​responsibility, the situation in this city is the most difficult. A similar situation is also in Chasovoy Yar. Here, the enemy also began to actively use the technique, despite the fact that it is not so effective in urban areas, and it is difficult to maneuver it.

The situation remains difficult in other areas as well. The aggressor managed to occupy Storozhove to the south of Velika Novosilka and Novoolenivka to the west of Selidovo. This was reported by the DeepState project on the afternoon of December 25.