“Most of the Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction, where today the enemy attacked the positions of the Ukrainian defenders 14 times”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
In the Kostiantynivka and Gulyaipil directions, Russian forces attacked nine times in the areas of Kostyantynivka, Oleksandr-Shultyny, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Biak, Mykolaypill, Sofiivka, Gulyaipol and in the direction of Dobropill and Zeleny. Part of the fighting continues.
Fighting also continues in the South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivsk, Orihiv and Prydniprovsk directions.
Today, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Lyman direction.
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.