The enemy's offensive continues at the Kupyansk, Lyman and Bakhmut directions. At the Bakhmut direction , the Russian army is using its most combat-ready units to reach the borders of Donetsk region. However, in all three directions, the Ukrainian military are holding the defense and destroying the enemy, said the commander of the Land Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrsky, according to UNN .
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The Bakhmut direction remains extremely important for the Russian invaders. They are focusing their main efforts on it and are using the most combat-ready airborne troops, marines and the "Storm Z" and "Storm V" units formed from former criminals to conduct assault operations
According to him, the enemy's goal in the Bakhmut sector is to attack Chasiv Yar, then Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk with further advance to the borders of Donetsk region.
In the Liman sector, Russian occupation forces reportedly started constant attacks on Ukrainian troops' positions in the areas of Makiivka and Terny. Combat actions are underway in the Siverskyi sector. The occupants are actively using equipment during the assaults, which is constantly destroyed by Ukrainian defenders.
Daily assault operations by Russian troops in the area of Sinkivka continue. According to Syrsky, the occupiers want to capture it to create a foothold for a further offensive on Kupyansk.
The situation is complicated. We have to fight in conditions of the enemy's superiority in both weapons and personnel. However, commanders and staffs monitor changes in the situation 24/7, analyze the actions of the enemy and their troops, and make effective management decisions to strengthen defense and destroy the enemy
He emphasized that our troops are holding the line and destroying the enemy in all three directions. The enemy suffers heavy losses, which are replenished by the reserves of assault battalions formed from former prisoners.
In the first half of December, the enemy lost about eight thousand servicemen in the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Joint Forces Operation Center. In addition, more than five hundred pieces of enemy military equipment were destroyed or damaged. Among them: 67 tanks, over a hundred armored combat vehicles, 77 cannons and mortars of various calibers.
Unlike the aggressor, the Ukrainian defense forces are trying to achieve success through thoughtful planning of combat operations and effective use of artillery, mortars, attack drones and small arms. And the lives of our soldiers are our greatest value. Minimizing losses is always a priority when planning operations
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The losses of the Russian occupiers since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine have already reached about 348,300 people, 5,798 tanks and thousands of pieces of other military equipment.