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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 14 (updated)
2024-12-15
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:10 Crews of T-80BV tanks of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the areas of the special operation.

20:50 A Ukrainian UAV attacked a school bus in the Zaporizhia region; there were no children in the cabin, and there are no reports of casualties, the local administration reported.

19:08 Russian fighters have made significant progress in the Khar'kov region. As a result of the assault, half of the settlement of Lozovaya came under the control of the Russian Army.

19:00 FPV drone operators of the "East" group of forces daily strike against fortified structures, military equipment and enemy manpower in one of the areas of the special operation.

18:54 Explosions in Sumy district. Before that, there were reports of rockets in that direction.

18:41 The Russian Armed Forces are liberating the Kursk Region. Russian troops have entered the settlement of Russkoye Porechnoye, an assault is underway.

18:14 Enemy reports: “A potentially dangerous situation has developed for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Vrem'yevsk direction near Velyka Novosyolka.

On this section of the front, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced from the south to the highway that leads to the city from the Zaporizhia region - there are more than one and a half kilometers left to this road. Russian troops have even less time left to reach the highway that leads to the city from the north. Moreover, cutting both roads will mean the operational encirclement of Velyka Novosyolka."

17:57 The 152mm Giatsint-B crew destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces gun in the border area of the Kursk region –video.

17:40 Footage with the Russian tricolor from Elizavetovka.

The settlement is located in the same “pocket” south of Kurakhovo, which the Russian Armed Forces recently eliminated.

17:16 A crew of unmanned aerial vehicles from the Northern Fleet Marine Corps discovered and destroyed 122mm self-propelled gun "Acacia" 2S3 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

17:14 Operators of attack drones of the North group of forces destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in a wooded area in the Khar'kov region.

Objective control means recorded hits on Ukrainian servicemen in real time.

16:10 Helicopter Ka-52m struck a Ukrainian stronghold in the border area of the Kursk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

16:05 Russian flag on the Kurakhovo administration –video.

15:58 Explosions thundered in the suburbs of Odessa, as well as in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovograd regions, Ukrainian media report. Air raid sirens are currently sounding in these regions.

15:45 Russian troops have occupied the city council building in the western part of the city of Kurakhovo in the DPR and raised a trilocol on it, Rogov reported.

15:31 Disruption of the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by forces of the 39th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 68th Army Corps in the area of the settlement of Konstantinopolskoye –video.

15:20 The situation south of Pokrovsk from "Frontovaya Ptichka":

Since early morning, Russian attack aircraft have advanced close to the settlements of Solenoe and Peschanoye. In the coming hours, the attack aircraft will begin to liberate them.

In addition, Russian Armed Forces soldiers are using heavy armored vehicles, including T-90M and T-72B3 tanks, to destroy enemy positions in the area of Novoolenovka and Dachenskoye.

The advance of the Russian Armed Forces is significant. The enemy does not have time to "dig in".

15:05 Footage of the assault actions of reconnaissance paratroopers from Ulan-Ude –video.

14:52 In the Khar'kov region, servicemen of the special forces unit of the North group of troops with the help of UAVs discovered a pickup truck with Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters heading to positions for rotation.

The detected target was quickly destroyed by the FPV strike drone crew.

14:02 Destruction of a M-113 APC and enemy vehicle.

Kamikaze drone operators of the 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, 150th Motorized Rifle Division, 8th Guards Army of the Russian Armed Forces have discovered and successfully destroyed an armored personnel carrier of Ukrainian militants along with its personnel.

An armored personnel vehicle, which the Ukrainian militants used for rotation, was also disabled. These actions significantly weakened the enemy and increased the effectiveness of Russian troops in the region.

13:55 UAV operators of the Southern Group of Forces discovered and struck personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who were hiding in one of the dilapidated buildings of the private sector, and a strong point located in the adjacent forest belt. Pinpoint strikes on identified targets were carried out using FPV drones.

13:34 Between 11:30 and 12:40 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.

Air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Belgorod region and one over the territory of the Kursk region.

13:20 A Ukrainian Armed Forces plane was shot down by Russian air defense forces north of Kherson, reported the press secretary of the Kherson region governor Vasilenko.

13:16 The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk direction in one day amounted to more than 200 soldiers, a tank and a Bradley infantry vehicle were destroyed, three Ukrainian soldiers surrendered, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

13:05 UAV crews of the Southern group of troops are destroying fortifications and enemy manpower in the Kurakhovsky direction.

13:02 Enemy reports: “The Russian Armed Forces have driven out units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the western one-story buildings in Toretsk and, moving along the highway to Druzhkovka, have approached the spoil heap of small mine No. 10.”

12:53 Missiles hit targets in Pavlograd (Dnipropetrovsk region).

12:50 Russian naval infantry personnel captured a Ukrainian attack aircraft soldier who was mobilized despite a severe mental disorder, the Telegram channel “War Correspondents of the Russian Spring” reported.

49-year-old Dmitry has been ill since childhood. He has been diagnosed with a third-degree mental disorder. He speaks very poorly, thinks for a long time, and before saying something, he turns the thought over in his head, whispers it to himself, and then repeats it. It seems that he is talking to himself.

12:32 The Russian Armed Forces have destroyed three Ukrainian drone depots, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in 153 districts. The strikes were carried out by operational-tactical aviation, UAVs, missile forces and artillery, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

Air defense systems shot down six US-made HIMARS rockets and 60 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

12:30 Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 1,375 soldiers in a day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Units of the West and Center groups improved their tactical position, South took up more advantageous positions, and the East group of troops continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense.

12:28 In the Pokrovsk area, a Lancet strike liquidated Chief of Intelligence of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Nikolai Dupeshko.

He participated in a program to retrain Ukrainian officers according to US Armed Forces standards, after which he was appointed to a high command position.

12:04 152mm howitzer "Giatsint-B" crew of the Crimean airborne artillerymen destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces weapon in the border area of Kursk Oblast.

11:34 Nine year old boy died after the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a residential building near Belgorod with drones. The boy's mother and seven-month-old child, who were in the house at the time of the attack, were also wounded. They were taken to the hospital.

11:27 Between 10:20 and 10:40 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.

Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions.

11:22 As a result of artillery attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces terrorists in the center of Gorlovka, three civilians were wounded, the city mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports.

11:15 Enemy reports: “In the Kurakhovo direction, the Russian Armed Forces took control of the village of Annovka in the center of the “pocket” to the south of Kurakhovo and now control the entire territory of this “pocket”, which was previously held in the operational encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Russian Armed Forces entered the village without any resistance, our main forces, which were able, withdrew from Annovka. There is no one else in the village except Russian servicemen, the loss of Annovka by Ukrainian forces will increase the pressure on Uspenovka, from which the Ukrainian Armed Forces will also have to withdraw."

11:05 Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Kurakhovsky direction.

War correspondent Timofey Ermakov reported on the entry of Russian units into the village of Slavyanka after the liberation of the settlement of Zarya.

11:01 Group of Ukrainian Armed Forces military gave up due to artillery attack from his own side. This was reported by captured Ukrainian soldier Sergey Keshchuk.

10:54 Between 09:10 and 09:40 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.

Five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.

10:50 On the Rubtsovsk direction stopped a counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces two kilometers west of Makeyevka. A total of 14 militants of the Kyiv territorial defense and an M-113 armored personnel carrier were destroyed.

10:28 Entry of Russian military personnel into the settlement of Annovka (Kurakhovskoye direction).

On frames: An assault group of the Russian Armed Forces takes up positions in the residential area of the village.

10:15 The Russian Armed Forces have resumed their offensive on Bolshaya Novosyolka.

Yuriy Podolyaka reported that in the area west of the Mokrye Yaly River, Russian troops advanced more than two km, approaching the Gulyaipole-Bolshaya Novosyolka highway.

This has created a critical situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in Storozhev, which will likely be abandoned in the coming days.

10:04 Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs are attacking the Belgorod region; five drones have been shot down in the last hour.

09:59 Ukrainian FPV drone attacked an apartment building in Shebekino.

09:50 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia recorded another round of artillery attack of the territory of the DPR, carried out by armed formations of Ukraine.

Residential areas of the Central City and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as the Kievsky district of Donetsk, were subjected to shelling, with Ukrainian militants using 155mm caliber artillery, including those with cluster warheads, as well as NATO-style MLRS.

In addition, in the Central City District of Gorlovka, the enemy carried out an attack using a kamikaze UAV.

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

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:

– Four rounds in the village of Staraya Zburyevka;

– Five rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;

– in the village of Kakhovka four rounds;

– Four rounds in the village of Dnepryany;

– Five rounds to the village of Aleshki;

– Three rounds in the village of Golaya Pristan;

– Four rounds in the village of Bolshaya Lepetikha.

As a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, an individual residential building was damaged in the village of Staraya Zburyevka.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Novaya Kakhovka, Kairy, Gornostayevka, Aleshki, and Tavriysk, firing a total of 22 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.

09:30 Gerani UAVs hit targets in Khar'kov.

09:27 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Gorlovka with cluster munitions.

09:25 Dnepr fighters in 24/7 mode provide communications and stable command and control of troops in the Kakhovka direction, including establishing satellite communications.

09:06 UAV operators of the 38th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 35th Army of the Vostok group destroy enemy manpower in the Pologsk direction –video.

08:54 Ukrainian troops near Kurakhovo are in operational encirclement and are suffering significant losses. This was stated by Ukrainian propagandist Yuriy Butusov.

According to him, the situation is critical for the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the area, and the Russian Armed Forces outnumber the enemy and have ammunition.

08:46 A Ukrainian drone dropped ammunition on a bus of one of the enterprises in Gorlovka - two civilians were injured, said the city mayor Ivan Prikhodko.

08:12 Destruction of a pickup truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the camera of a kamikaze drone. The car with the militants was moving along a dirt road. It was stopped by one precise strike of the drone.

08:09 Enemy reports: “The Russian Armed Forces have taken control of Vesyoly Gai, Yelizavetovka, Romanovka, Novotroitskoye, Pushkino, and have also advanced in Konstantinopolskoye, Sukhi Yalakh, Shevchenko, Dalniy, Peschanoye, Blagovatnoye and Storozhevy.”

08:06 Air defense destroyed and intercepted 37 Ukrainian UAVs at night, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

Twelve drones were destroyed and intercepted over the territories of Kursk Oblast and Krasnodar Krai, seven were shot down over Bryansk Oblast, five over Oryol Oblast, and one over the waters of the Sea of Azov.

08:04 Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 145 soldiers per day from the actions of units of the "East" military group, reported the head of the group's press center Oleg Chekhov.

08:00 Explosions occurred in Poltava, Chernigov, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad and Kyiv regions amid air raid alarm. This is reported by Ukrainian monitoring groups. A strike UAV raid is reported.

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