“The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that the enemy has significantly increased the pressure on the Kramatorsk, Toretsk and Vremivsk directions, and is also conducting intensive offensive operations on the territory of Kurshchyna for the third day.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: the general during an online speech at a meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, the Facebook page of the head of state quotes
Direct speech: “As of December 17, the Defense Forces are conducting active combat operations on a section of the front with a total length of more than 1,170 kilometers. The most difficult situation is now in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhiv directions.
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Also, the Russian occupiers significantly increased the pressure on the Kramatorsk, Toretsk and Vremivsk directions. For the third day, the enemy is carrying out intensive offensive actions on the territory of the Kursk region with the aim of displacing units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine from the territory of the Russian Federation.
Details: The commander-in-chief confirmed that the enemy is actively using units of the North Korean army. North Korean mercenaries have already suffered heavy losses.
According to Sirskyi, the Ukrainian defenders firmly hold the defined lines, destroy the personnel and equipment of the enemy.
What preceded: The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense noted that after serious losses, North Korean units began to set up additional observation posts to detect drones of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine.