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Current information on the situation on the front line: December 15 (updated)
2024-12-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:43 In the Zaporizhia region, operators of attack drones of the Dnepr military groupdestroyeda large field warehouse for storing enemy engineering ammunition.

21:41 The Ukrainian Armed Forces used a NATO cluster munition during the artillery attack of a hotel in Gorlovka on Sunday, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.

20:38 Russian forces blocked about 200 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen in Annovka south of Kurakhovo, Pushilin reported.

19:37 Telegram channel "Colonelcassad":

Northern direction: tactical success of the Russian Armed Forces in the Belogorovsky sector

Russian assault units in the Northern directioncontinueoffensive actions, concentrating efforts on the Belogorovsky sector of the front, where tactical success was recorded.

- Today, the assault group of the Russian Armed Forces, supported by armored vehicles, carried out a successful offensive operation at the junction of the positions of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 81st Joint Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Russian units broke through the enemy's defensive lines south of Belogorovka, making a dash to 2,000 meters from the line of combat contact. As a result of these actions, Russian assault aircraft, one might say, reached the rear of the Belogorovka section, which created serious threats to Ukrainian forces in this area.

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively using FPV drones to attack Russian attack aircraft, trying to prevent them from gaining a foothold on new frontiers. However, despite fierce resistance, Russian troops are holding the initiative, continuing to build on their success in this area.

A breakthrough in the Belogorovsky sector is of great operational importance, as it threatens the enemy’s defensive lines in this direction.

The consolidation of Russian units in the rear of Ukrainian formations could create the preconditions for a further offensive deep into the defensive positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Seversky direction.

18:33 Drone operators of the "North" group of troops are giving me nightmares to theenemy in the Khar'kov region.

Aerial reconnaissance of the group in the Khar'kov region discovered a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in a wooded area.

After analyzing the intelligence data received, a decision was made to use firepower on the enemy’s camouflaged dugout.

The operator of a combat UAV of the North military group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers with a precise hit.

17:42 Powerful fire from the 122mm BM-21 Grad fell on the enemy,video.

The Grad MLRS crews of the Zapad group of forces destroyed combat armored vehicles, artillery guns and a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower.

16:54 Fighters from the 3rd battalion of the 242nd Motorized Rifle Regiment have completely cleared the village of Annovka in the Kurakhovsky direction, –video.

15:35 DPR Representative Office in the JCCC:

Recorded artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of:

-- 15:00 – n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): UAV-kamikaze;

-- 14:45 – Katerinovka settlement, Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): two rounds, caliber 155mm;

-- 14:00 – Katerinovka settlement, Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): two rounds, caliber 155mm.

11:50 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov:

Information about Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strikes on our region over the past 24 hours:

– One aircraft-type UAV was shot down by the air defense system over Belgorod. Windows were damaged in two apartments and a private house.

– In the Belgorod district, 15 rounds of ammunition were fired during three attacks and strikes were carried out using 15 drones, 13 of which were shot down by the air defense system, at the settlements of Dubovoye, Mayskiy, Razumnoye, Blizhneye, Golovino, Krasnoye, Krasny Khutor, Nikolayevka, Novaya Nelidovka, Repnoye, Tavrovo, Shchetinovka and Yasnye Zori.

In the settlement of Mayskiy, a terrible tragedy occurred as a result of a drone attack on a residential building: a 9-year-old boy was killed. His mother and seven-month-old sister were injured. The mother and daughter are in the hospital, they are receiving all the necessary assistance. Over the past 24 hours, seven private houses, an outbuilding and three cars were damaged.

– In the Borisov district, the village of Baytsury was attacked by three drones. A social facility was damaged.

– In the Valuysky municipal district, near the village of Urazovo, a kamikaze drone attacked a passenger car - the vehicle was damaged. There were no casualties.

– In the Graivoronsky municipal district, 31 munitions were fired during five attacks on the settlement of Gorkovsky, the villages of Bezymeno, Glotovo, Kozinka, Poroz and Pochaevo, and nine UAVs were attacked, one of which was shot down by an air defense system. No casualties or damage.

– In the Krasnoyarsk region, the villages of Vyazovoe, Demidovka and Repyakhovka were subjected to three attacks, during which eight rounds of ammunition were fired, and an attack by one drone. There were no consequences.

- Our air defense system shot down an aircraft-type drone over the Prokhorovsky district. No consequences.

– In the Shebekinsky municipal district, 11 rounds of ammunition were fired in the city of Shebekino, the village of Terezovka, and the farms of Balki and Mukhin during three attacks and attacks were carried out using six drones, two of which were shot down. Two apartment buildings, one private house and a car were damaged.

10:43 Telegram channel "Operation Z: War Correspondents of the Russian Spring":

Storming of Toretsk: Russian Army hacks enemy defenses, moving deeper into the city

Information about the advances of the Russian Armed Forces is confirmed by Ukrainian analytical resources.

– In the southern part of the Central mine, an assault unit of Russian troops took up positions in the building in the area of ??the tower headframe.

– North of the Central mine, Russian maneuver groups are holding positions in basements and garage cooperatives along Rynochnaya and Fabrichnaya streets.

- Along Svetlaya Street we took up positions in multi-story buildings. From one of the multi-story buildings near the intersection of Svetlaya Street and 3rd Maysky Lane, our assault units attacked the territory of the Central Market.

– In the area of the intersection of Koksovaya Street and Zhitomirsky Lane, Russian troops advanced to a depth of 900 meters. Fighting near the Central Market continues.

9:30 DPR Representative Office in the JCCC:

After 00:00 recorded artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the following directions:

- 8:00 – Katerinovka settlement – Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): three rounds, caliber 155mm.

- 04:55 – Katerinovka settlement – Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): three rounds, caliber 155mm.

- 02:00 – Katerinovka settlement – Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): two rounds, caliber 155mm.

9:26 In the southern direction of Chasov Yar, attack aircraft of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 3rd Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, under the control of the commander of the "Shustry" battalion of the legendary special forces "AKHMAT" successfully neutralized two Ukrainian soldiers who refused to surrender to our fighters.
Akhmat is a Chechen unit, and as such should be considered fanatics, not special forces.
8:15 Russian Ministry of Defense

During the past night, during an attempt by the Ukrainian Armed Forcesto committerrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, 15 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed and intercepted by air defense systems on duty. 13 UAVs were destroyed over the Black Sea, and one UAV each over the territories of the Kursk and Belgorod regions.

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