Night air attack, 228 combat clashes, battles in the Kurakhovsky and Pokrovsky directions, losses of the occupiers, enemy shelling.
Consequences of the shelling of Dnipropetrovsk region
On the night of December 16, 2024, Russia attacked Ukraine 49 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones from the Bryansk and Orel regions in the Russian Federation.
As of 08.30, the destruction of 27 Shahed-type attack UAVs and other types of drones in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions has been confirmed. They did not reach their targets (location was lost).
No hits were recorded, no information about damage or casualties was received.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that 228 combat clashes were recorded at the front over the past 24 hours.
On PokrovskIn this direction, our defenders stopped 32 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor near the settlements of Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisovka, Dachenskoye, Zelenoe, Peschanoye and Novoolenovka. The Defense Forces repelled 32 attacks in the Kurakhiv direction. The occupiers tried to advance in the areas of Starye Terny, Solntsevka, Zarya, Kurakhovoye and Uspenovka.
On VremevskyIn this direction, the enemy carried out 35 assaults on our positions in the areas of Sukhi Yal, Razliv, Zelenovka, Konstantinopolskoye, Trudovoy, Novy Komar, Novosyolka and Makarovka. He actively used attack and bomber aircraft to strike in this direction.
The operation in the Kursk region continues. Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian defenders repelled 38 enemy attacks in this direction. Enemy aircraft continue to strike their own territory with guided aerial bombs.
For more information on the operational situation, see the news.
The General Staff also reports that over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces have eliminated another 1,070 invaders, 12 enemy tanks, 29 armored combat vehicles, 23 artillery systems, and 82 vehicles and tankers. Since the beginning of the invasion, the Russian army has lost about 763,510 soldiers.
Other enemy losses are in the news.
Recently UAVs of the Security Service of Ukraine destroyed a warehouse of enemy ammunition and a train of fuel and lubricants near the village of Markino in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region.
This was reported to LB.ua by sources in the special service.
“Details of a special operation that the SBU carried out the other day have emerged. Drones of the Security Service made a hellish “bang” on artillery and mortar warehouses near the village of Markino,” the press release says.
There, the enemy placed thousands of ammunition for infantry fighting vehicles, tanks, anti-tank guided missiles, mines, grenades and millions of rounds of various calibers.
According to sources, as a result of the special operation of the Security Service, explosions were heard all night at the enemy facility. fuel and lubricants, located nearby,” the service added.
Today, the European Union is to adopt a new, 15th package of sanctions against Russia.< /p>
This was stated by the EU High Representative for External Relations and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas in Brussels before the start of the meeting of the EU Council of Ministers on Foreign Affairs, Ukrinform writes.
“On Ukraine, the foreign ministers will adopt the 15th package of sanctions today, which includes (measures against – ed.) the shadow fleet, sanctions against North Korean officials, as well as against Chinese companies that enable this war. This sends a clear message – whoever fuels the continuation of this war, there is a price that they must pay,” Kallas said.
< In addition to sanctions, the situation in Ukraine, Syria and Georgia will also be discussed.
However, the issue of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine will not be discussed, because peace must be achieved before such decisions can be considered, but so far there are no signs of the Kremlin's desire to seek peaceful solutions.
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