“The command specified that in the direction of Kupyansk, Russian troops carried out ten offensive actions in the area of Synkivka and Nova Kruglyakivka, in the direction of Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka and Kurylivka”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
The military says that in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, the Russian forces fired 42 shots, including one from a rocket salvo system.
At the same time, in the South-Slobozhansk direction, the Russian Federation attacked the fortifications of the Defense Forces in the area of Vovchansk, Staritsa and Prylipka, in the direction of Izbytsk, 13 times. Four clashes are ongoing.
The command clarified that in the direction of Kupyansk, Russian troops carried out ten offensive actions in the area of Synkivka and Nova Kruglyakivka, in the direction of Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka and Kurylivka.
It is also known that in the direction of Kostyantynivka, Russian forces attacked 16 times in the areas of Oleksandr-Shultyny, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Shcherbynivka, Rusyny Yar, and Sofiivka, in the direction of Ivanopil, Berestk, and Stepanivka.
Also, in the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian army attacked Ukrainian positions 16 times in the districts of Rodinsky, Mirnograd, Kotlyny, Udachny, and Filia, in the direction of Bilytsky. One battle is ongoing.
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.