“The largest number of Russian attacks were in two directions: Pokrovsky and Gulyaipilsky, according to the data of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Most of the Russian attacks were in two directions: Pokrovsky and Gulyaipilsky, the given data show.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 77 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Nikanorivka, Fedorivka, Dorozhne, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Molodetske and in the direction of Novopavlivka and Filia… In the Gulyaipilsk direction, the Defense Forces repelled 40 attacks by Russians in the areas of the settlements of Dobropillia, Sweetke, Varvarivka, Zelene, Gulyaipole and Biloghirya,” the message reads.
According to the General Staff, hostilities also continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynovsky, Oleksandrivsk, Orihiv, Prydniprovsk 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.
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