“Please note information regarding the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine as of December 21, 2024.”, — write: football.ua
🔸Russian troops hit Kyiv with ballistic missiles. One person died, another 13 were injured
🔸The largest external cyber attack was carried out on the state registers of Ukraine. Because of this, almost 30 services in “Diya” do not work
🔸Zelensky approved more than 30 new appointments to the positions of Ukrainian ambassadors. In particular, Nariman Dzhelal will now be the ambassador to Turkey, Andriy Melnyk will be the representative of Ukraine at the UN
🔸Oleg Poberezhnyuk, the commander of the 211th brigade, where the military was mocked, was released from custody on bail of 908,400 hryvnias
🔸Ambassador of Ukraine to Great Britain and ex-commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhnyi published his book “My War”. It is the first of the trilogy
🔸 At the weigh-in ceremony with Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk unfurled a flag in support of the defenders of Mariupol, who are still in Russian captivity.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 191 combat clashes, the enemy has launched three missile and 32 air strikes using nine missiles and 59 anti-aircraft missiles, more than 730 kamikaze drone strikes, and more than 4,000 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas using various types weapons
In the Kharkiv direction, there was one combat clash with the Russian invaders in the Vovchansk district.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried 11 times to dislodge our units from their occupied positions near Kucherivka, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Zagryzovy, and Lozova. One battle is ongoing.
Fourteen times the enemy attacked in the Lymansky direction, trying to advance in the directions of Yampolivka, Terniv, Novosergiivka, Zeleny Gayu, Ivanovka, Torsky, Hryhorivka, and in the Serebryansk Forest. Two clashes continue until now.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces repelled six enemy attempts to advance near the settlement of Chasiv Yar.
The enemy tried 11 times to penetrate our defenses in the Toretsk direction. Since the beginning of the day, the occupiers in the areas of Toretsk and Leonidovka settlements have been repulsed ten times by our defenders. One attack is still ongoing.
The enemy is intensively attacking the Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. Here, during the day, the aggressor carried out 41 assault and offensive operations. The Russian occupiers are most active in the areas of Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, Novy Trud, Dachenske, Vovkovo, Pischane, Novovasylivka, Novoelizavetivka, Novooleksiivka, and Ukrainka. Ukrainian defenders have already repelled thirty-five attacks in the direction, six more clashes are ongoing.
At the same time, the enemy carried out airstrikes on the settlements of Oleksandropol, Sukhyi Yar and Pokrovsk, dropping a total of three guided bombs.
Our soldiers are making efforts to prevent the enemy from advancing deep into Ukrainian territory. According to the currently available information, the aggressor lost 370 people in this direction, 171 of them irretrievably. One BMP and nine cars were destroyed. In addition, a mortar and a unit of automobile equipment were damaged.
In the Kurakhiv direction, at this time of the day, there are 20 combat clashes. The invaders remain highly active, trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Sontsivka, Stari Terny, Andriivka, Kurakhove, Dachne, Dalnye, Kostiantynopolske and Kostiantynopol. Units of the Defense Forces repelled 17 enemy attacks, three attacks are still ongoing. The settlements of Kostiantynopol and Andriivka were hit by guided bombs. At the same time, in this direction, the Defense Forces neutralized 86 occupiers, 34 of them irreversibly. In addition, a unit of automotive equipment was destroyed.
There were 25 skirmishes in the Vremivsk direction. Twenty-two enemy assaults have already been stopped by our defenders in the districts of Uspenivka, Dalny, Yantarny, Rozlyv, Bogatyr, Velika Novosilka, Makarivka, Novosilka, Novopol and Novodarivka. Fierce fighting continues to this day. The enemy also used aviation in the area of Velika Novosilka, dropping four guided aerial bombs.
In the Orihiv direction, our soldiers successfully repelled the enemy’s attempt to advance in the area of Malaya Tokmachka.
Our defenders repelled the attacks of the Russian invaders in the Dnieper direction four times. The enemy used attack aircraft in the area of the settlement of Ivanivka, striking with 8 unguided missiles.
Fifty combat clashes took place today in the Kursk direction, in addition, the enemy launched one rocket attack and carried out 377 artillery barrages.
Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has not carried out active operations in the Siverskyi and Gulyaipilskyi directions.
Today, the soldiers of the 425th separate assault battalion, the 68th separate hunting brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush, the 38th separate brigade of marines, the 25th separate Sicheslav Airborne Brigade, the 414th separate brigade of unmanned attack aircraft systems, the 128th separate mountain-assault Transcarpathian brigade and the 124th separate brigade of territorial defense, which in extremely difficult conditions restrain the attacks of the enemy’s superior forces, causing him significant losses.