“144 combat clashes were recorded at the front during the past 24 hours, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning summary. According to the headquarters, yesterday the enemy carried out 112 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, dropping 316 guided air bombs. In addition, 8,156 kamikaze drones were involved in the destruction and 3,875 attacks were carried out on the positions of our troops and populated areas, of which 70 were from rocket salvo fire systems. The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular on a number of settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. The General Staff reports that most of the Russian attacks of the past day were in the Pokrovsky direction – here the Ukrainian defenders stopped 50 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Zatyshok, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Chervyn Liman, Kotline, Udachne, Molodetske and in the direction of Sergiivka, Filia, Kucheriv Yar, Novopavlivka. Also, intense fighting continues in the direction of Gulyaipol, where the Defense Forces repelled 21 Russian attacks in the areas of Gulyaipol, Zeleny and in the direction of Sviatpetrivka, Varvarivka and Dobropill. In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the enemy carried out 17 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultine, Shcherbynivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, Kleban-Byk and in the direction of Berestk, Stepanivka, Sofiivka, Torskyi. Battles continue in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Oleksandrivsk, and Orihiv directions. The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kramatorsk and Prydniprovsk directions.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, yesterday the enemy carried out 112 airstrikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, dropping 316 guided air bombs. In addition, 8,156 kamikaze drones were involved in the destruction and 3,875 attacks were carried out on the positions of our troops and populated areas, of which 70 were from rocket salvo fire systems.
The General Staff reports that most of the Russian attacks of the past day were in the Pokrovsky direction – here the Ukrainian defenders stopped 50 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Zatyshok, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Chervyn Liman, Kotline, Udachne, Molodetske and in the direction of Sergiivka, Filia, Kucheriv Yar, Novopavlivka.
Also, intense fighting continues in the direction of Gulyaipol, where the Defense Forces repelled 21 Russian attacks in the areas of Gulyaipol, Zeleny and in the direction of Sviatpetrivka, Varvarivka and Dobropill.
In the direction of Kostyantynivka, the enemy carried out 17 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultine, Shcherbynivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, Kleban-Byk and in the direction of Berestk, Stepanivka, Sofiivka, Torskyi.
Battles continue in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Oleksandrivsk, and Orihiv directions.
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the Kramatorsk and 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.
Fighting in Pokrovsk has been going on since October 2025, when the Russian army managed to break through to the city after several months of fighting on its slopes. Almost immediately, Russian soldiers began to be recorded in Pokrovsk’s satellite city of Mirnograd. On the map of the DeepState project, most of both are now under the control of the aggressor, the rest is in the “gray zone”. The Pokrovsky direction, according to the reports of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, constantly leads in terms of the number of Russian assaults.