“Since the beginning of the day, there have been 139 combat clashes at the front, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The largest number of Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction, where since the beginning of the day the enemy attacked 32 times in the areas of the settlements of Zatyshok, Rodynske, Chervyn Liman, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Nikanorivka and in the direction of Novopavlivka, Novooleksandrivka, Bilytskyi and Filia. Fighting is still going on in two locations. Also, intense fighting continues in the direction of Gulyaipil – 19 clashes took place in the areas of Gulyaipole, Varvarivka, Zelene, Dorozhnyanka and in the direction of Dobropill, Olenokostiantynivka, Svyatpetrivka. Read also: What awaits Zaporizhzhia in 2026: military forecast According to the headquarters, today there were 11 skirmishes in the Kostiantynivskyi direction, and in the Oleksandrivskyi direction Ukrainian defenders repelled six Russian attacks, four more battles are still ongoing. Fighting continues in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk and Dnieper directions. The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kramatorsk and 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.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
The largest number of Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction, where since the beginning of the day the enemy attacked 32 times in the areas of the settlements of Zatyshok, Rodynske, Chervyn Liman, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Nikanorivka and in the direction of Novopavlivka, Novooleksandrivka, Bilytskyi and Filia. Fighting is still going on in two locations.
Also, intense fighting continues in the direction of Gulyaipil – 19 clashes took place in the areas of Gulyaipole, Varvarivka, Zelene, Dorozhnyanka and in the direction of Dobropill, Olenokostiantynivka, Svyatpetrivka.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kramatorsk and 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.