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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 13 (updated)
2024-12-14
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:16 Drone operators of the "North" groupdestroyeda camouflaged position of the crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 122mm D-30 howitzer in the Khar'kov region.

20:47 A Ukrainian Armed Forces missile was shot down over the center of Donetsk, operational services reported.

19:11 Assault troops of the Russian Armed Forces entered the village of Shevchenko in the Kurakhovo region.

18:54 Calculation of the FPV drone of the "North" military group in the Khar'kov regiondestroyedcamouflaged position of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

18:42 Two Ukrainian drones hit on a minibus carrying people in the Golaya Prystan area of the Kherson region. One passenger was killed and two others, including a high school teacher, were injured, Governor Volodymyr Saldo said.

18:22 The Uspenovsky cauldron has been completely liquidated. The settlements of Trudovoe, Annovka and Uspenovka have been completelycrossed overunder the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

18:15 The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at a bus in the Kherson region, one person was killed and two were wounded, the governor’s press secretary Volodymyr Vasylenko reported.

18:05 The Russian Armed Forces advanced on a broad front in the Borovsk direction in the Khar'kov region –map.

17:55 Russian military using FPV drone destroyed in the border area of the Kursk region, an underground shelter with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

17:44 Enemy reports: "on the Vrem'evsky direction, southeast of Velikaya Novosyolka, the Russian Armed Forces have taken control of a 4 by 1.6 km area. West of Velikaya Novosyolka, the advance of Russian troops is being recorded in the direction of the settlements of Storozhyevoye and Neskuchny."

17:17 Russian Armed Forces kamikaze drone operators shot down two British Challenger tanks in the Kursk region.

16:54 Footage of the entry of assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces into the settlement of Annovka and the beginning of the clearing of the village.

16:35 Russian Armed Forces entered Annovka –map.

16:14 UAV crews are constantly attacking Ukrainian positions in the Orekhov direction, said a reconnaissance officer of the Dnepr group with the call sign "White" -video.

15:55 Russian military carried out 15 group strikes on Ukrainian targets over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The targets were energy facilities that supported the operation of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, the infrastructure of military airfields, UAV assembly and storage sites, as well as arsenals, ammunition depots, and deployment sites of Ukrainian Armed Forces units and foreign mercenaries.

Russian fighters also liberated seven settlements in a week: three in the Kursk region and four in the DPR.

15:34 Video the local Telegram channels published information about the “paired” force mobilization in Krivoy Rog.

15:40 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the shooting down of a Ukrainian drone over Crimea.

15:17 The village of Vesely Gai was fully released by fighters of the 39th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces

There were 11 civilians left in the village, mostly pensioners, who were used as “human shields” by Ukrainian militants.

14:55 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the Kursk region towards the settlement of Kurilovka. The liberation of most of the village of Cherkasskaya Konopelka has also been confirmed.

14:07 Crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Tula paratroopers destroyed accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the border area of Kursk Oblast.

14:00 UAV calculations of the "West" are destroying military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.

13:45 The settlement of Pushkino west of Selidovo came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

13:34 Russian units have made significant progress in the urban development of Volchansk –map.

13:11 Map with the flight trajectories of Russian missiles and Geraniums at targets in Ukraine.

12:45 In response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack with American ATACMS missiles on Taganrog, the Russian military launched a massive strike with high-precision weapons and attack drones on critically important fuel and energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine that ensure the operation of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, the Defense Ministry reported.

12:22 Calculations of the ATGM "Metis" of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region.

12:21 Russian forces launched a missile strike on airport facilities in Kyiv where F-16 pilots were training. This was reported by Vladimir Rogov on air at the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station.

12:16 A fire broke out in the Drohobych district of the Lviv region after an “arrival”.

12:05 Destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower and equipment by VT-40 FPV drones in the Kherson direction –video.

12:00 Enemy reports: “In the Kurakhovsky direction, the situation for the Ukrainian army is close to critical.

The situation in the "Kurakhovo pocket" (a salient south of Kurakhovo, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been operationally encircled) is close to critical. The Russian Armed Forces have consolidated their positions in Uspenovka, and the communication routes with the villages to the southeast are limited by drone fire control and artillery from Russian troops."

11:54 Head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Military Administration Svitlana Onyshchuk stated that a number of critical infrastructure facilities were damaged during the most massive attack in the region during the entire conflict.

"This morning, Prykarpattia was subjected to the most massive attack during the full-scale war. Critical infrastructure facilities are in the crosshairs. There are hits," Onyshchuk wrote on her Telegram channel.

11:42 In the Boguslavsky direction of the Russian Armed Forces launched a counterattack and took more advantageous positions east of Lozovaya. A mortar crew and an assault group of nine Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were destroyed.

Significant losses have been noted in the 77th Separate Airborne Brigade, where three battalions of the brigade have lost their combat capability in a month of active combat operations, two of which have already been withdrawn for restoration.

11:06 TCC employees tried to mobilize a Kiev resident during an air raid. An air raid alarm was declared in Kyiv today, and the city residents went into shelters. It was dangerous to be outside, but that didn't stop the TCC: they detained a man and tried to mobilize him.

11:14 UAV operators of the 64th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 35th Army in the Pologsk direction are destroying enemy manpower –video.

11:08 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked eight districts of the Belgorod Region with 52 munitions and 41 drones over the past 24 hours. One person was killed and one was seriously injured, Gladkov said.

11:02 Airborne artillerymen of the Dnepr group destroyed observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kakhovka direction.

During aerial reconnaissance over the right bank of the Dnieper, the UAV operator identified an observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. After additional reconnaissance and confirmation of the target, the coordinates were immediately transmitted to the crew. The 122mm D-30 artillery crew deployed the gun in a matter of minutes and inflicted fire damage on the enemy.

10:55 Russian fighters told details of the liberation of the village of Zheltoe in the DPR –video.

10:36 Explosions in Vinnytsia region.

10:30 Massive missile strikes are being carried out on energy facilities in Ukraine, the country's authorities have stated.

10:28 The Gauleiter of Khar'kov reported that the Russian Armed Forces attacked an enterprise in the village of Mirnoye.

10:25 “Arrivals” in the area of Bila Tserkva (Kyiv region).

10:23 According to preliminary information from monitoring services, missile strikes were carried out on a military unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and an airfield in Voznesensk, Nikolaev region.

10:22 Explosions in the Kyiv region.

10:17 “Arrivals” in Voznesensk (Nikolaev region).

10:11 More than 10 explosions were heard in the area of the city of Burshtyn in the Ivano-Frankivsk region in western Ukraine, the publication Strana reported.

10:09 The Russian army liberated Vesyoliy Gai in the DPR.

09:47 In Odessa, electricity and water were partially lost.

09:46 Enemy resources reported the launch of Kinzhal missiles in the area of Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk.

09:44 The Ukrainian group was blocked in the area of the village of Uspenovka to the south of Kurakhovo in the DPR, reportedin Russian security forces.

"At the line from the villages of Vesely Gai to Uspenovka south of Kurakhovo, our forces have blocked the enemy. The group will obviously not be able to escape the fire pocket unharmed," the security forces noted.

They specified that they were talking about a “fire pocket” more than 4 km long.

09:40 Destruction of the Bogdan self-propelled howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the Lancet in the Sumy region –video.

09:37 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired from barrel artillery:

– Five rounds to the settlement of Dnepryany;

- according to n.p. Novaya Kakhovka for rounds;

– Five rounds to the village of Aleshki;

– Four rounds in Solontsy settlement;

– Three rounds to the settlement of Tavriysk;

– Three rounds to the village of Lyubimovka.

As a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, civilian infrastructure was damaged in the village of Novaya Kakhovka.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka, Knyaze-Grigorovka, Babine, and Golaya Prystan, firing a total of 18 rounds from barrel artillery. Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified.

09:34 Explosions in Ivano-Frankivsk, Odessa, and in the Khar'kov region.

09:32 “Arrivals” in the city of Burshtyn (Ivano-Frankivsk region).

09:31 Explosions in the city of Stryi (Lviv region).

09:26 Missiles are entering Lviv airspace, Ukrainian monitoring channels reported.

09:21 Explosions in Vinnytsia region.

09:17 “Arrival” at the military airfield in Starokostiantyniv (Khmelnytsky region).

08:59 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee recorded another round of artillery attack of the territory of the DPR, carried out by armed formations of Ukraine.

Residential areas of the Nikitovsky and Central-City districts of Gorlovka were subjected to artillery shelling, at which the enemy used 155mm caliber barrel artillery, including those with cluster warheads.

In total, two civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged by artillery attack on the territory of the DPR.

08:51 A series of powerful explosions thundered in Odessa, local monitoring services reported.

08:44 The Russian Armed Forces are repelling counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Over the course of several days, the enemy has attempted to counterattack almost 20 times in the Svatovsko-Kremnya direction and has suffered significant losses due to poor preparation, military expert Andrey Marochko reported.

08:28 Between 5:05 and 5:40 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to commit a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted. Four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Vladimir region by air defense systems on duty.

08:11 Ukrainian monitoring channels reported the launch of Kalibr cruise missiles at targets on Ukrainian territory.

08:10 Objects in different parts of Ukraine were attacked on the night of December 13 by Russian UAVs. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Khar'kov, Sumy, Poltava, Cherkasy, Khmelnytsky, Kyiv and Sumy regions.

08:08 Over the night, 13 Ukrainian drones were destroyed: five over the Kursk region, four over the Belgorod region, three over the Rostov region, and one over the Lipetsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

08:07 Ukrainian militants abandoned bodies of fallen comrades-in-arms at positions in the Rabotino area of the Zaporizhia region. This was reported by a scout of the Dnepr group of troops with the call sign "White".

08:05 The Russian Armed Forces "knocked out" the enemy from the village of Cherkasskaya Konopelka in the Kursk region, a cleanup operation is currently underway there, the Novosti SVO i Mira channel reported.

08:04 A self-defense fighter was killed in a nighttime drone attack on the Terebrenskoye rural settlement in the Belgorod Region. This was reported by the region's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

08:02 In the Kurakhovsky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces found themselves in operational encirclement, reported the Ukrainian resource Deep State.

08:00 A civilian resident of the Belgorod district was wounded as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV, Governor Gladkov said. According to him, the man was taken to hospital in serious condition with multiple shrapnel wounds to the head and arms.

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