“In the Pokrovsky direction, the Ukrainian military stopped 54 assault actions of the aggressor, in Gulyaipilsky – 65, say the command of the Armed Forces”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 54 assaults of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, and in the direction of Novopavlivka… In the Gulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces repelled 65 attacks by Russians in the areas of Zeleni, Gulyaipol, Varvarivka, Dorozhnanka, and in the direction of Sviatopetrivka,” the statement reads. messages
In addition, according to the report, there were 24 Russian attacks in the Oleksandrivskyi direction, and 18 attacks in the Kostiantynivskyi direction.
Fighting also continued in Yuzhno-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Orihiv directions.
According to the American Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces increased their average rate of advance in 2025 thanks to the new operational pattern, but did not achieve their priority objectives in the specified time frames.
On December 17, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that the enemy had increased the group to the number of about 710,000 soldiers in order to conduct a strategic offensive operation.
According to him, the Russian troops have been trying to capture Pokrovsk in Donetsk region for more than 17 months, but Ukrainian units are holding the defense and intercepting the initiative.