234 combat engagements over the last day: the most intense in the Vremivsky sector, fighting in urban areas in Kurakhove
Kyiv • UNN
The frontline witnessed 234 combat engagements, most of them in the Vremivsky sector. Fighting continues in Kurakhove in the urban area, the enemy carried out 15 air strikes and over 4,200 attacks.
234 combat engagements took place on the frontline yesterday, most of them in the Vremivsky sector, and fighting continues in urban areas in Kurakhove, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 8 a.m. on December 23, UNN reports.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to destroy the enemy's superior forces in order to stop its offensive. In total, 234 combat engagements were registered over the past day
According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile attack on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using one missile, as well as 15 air strikes, dropping 29 KABs. In addition, it conducted more than 4,200 attacks, 151 of them from multiple launch rocket systems and used 2,053 kamikaze drones to attack.
Over the past day, the missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit two areas of personnel concentration, one electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot, and a UAV depot, in addition to four other important invaders' targets.
The situation in these areas is as follows:
In the Kharkiv sector, the enemy stormed the positions of our troops seven times in the areas of Hoptivka, Hlyboke, Vysoka Yaruga, Bugrivatka, and Starytsia.
Seven occupants' attacks took place in the Kupyansk sector over the last day. Defense forces repelled enemy assaults near Kucherivka, Stepova Novoselivka, Bohuslavka, Zahryzove and Nova Krystynivka.
The enemy attacked in the Lyman direction 36 times. They tried to break into our defense near the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Novosergiivka, Novoyehorivka, Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nadiia, Ivanivka, Terny, Toretsk, Hryhorivka and in the direction of Druzhelyubivka, Dibrova, Serebryanka.
In the Siversky sector, 12 combat engagements took place near Bilohorivka, Verkhnekamianske, Ivan-Daryivka and Vyymka. The enemy used armored vehicles, buggies and motorcycles to conduct assault operations in the direction of Verkhnekamianske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the occupants attacked seven times in the area of Vasyukivka, Chasovyi Yar and Stupochky.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out seven attacks in the areas of Toretsk and Druzhby.
In the Pokrovsk sector, our defenders stopped 37 aggressor's assault and offensive actions near such localities as Lysivka, Sukha Balka, Promin, Zelene, Ukrainka, Dachenske, Shevchenko, Novoukrainka, Pokrovsk, Novovasylivka, Novoyelizavetivka and Novooleynivka.
The enemy used armored vehicles to try to break through our defense near Zelene, Dachenske, Shevchenko, Novoyelizavetivka and Novooleynivka. The enemy was unsuccessful and continues to amass forces.
In the Kurakhove sector, the Defense Forces repelled 30 attacks. The occupants tried to advance in the areas of Sontsivka, Stari Terny, Kurakhove, Yasenove, Dachne and in the direction of Andriivka.
"Fighting continues in Kurakhove in the urban area," the report said.
On the Vremivsky direction, the enemy launched 44 attacks on our positions in the areas of Velyka Novosilka, Kostiantynopilske, Yantarne, Uspenivka, Rozlyv, Rozdolne, Novosilka, Blahodatne, Vremivka and in the direction of the village of Bahatyr. In repelling the attacks, our soldiers destroyed 1 tank and 2 enemy armored personnel carriers, and damaged 3 more tanks and 1 armored personnel carrier.
In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy attacked once in the area of Novoandriivka.
On the Prydniprovsky direction, Russian invaders tried to force our units out of their positions four times. We received a tough rebuff and suffered losses.
In the Volyn and Polissky directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were found.
On the border with Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy is actively using artillery and attack UAVs in the vicinity of Ukrainian settlements from the territory of the Russian Federation.
"The operation in the Kursk region continues. Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders repelled 27 enemy attacks in the area. The enemy made 440 attacks," the report says.
Our soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.
