The 290th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 10.12.2022.
During the day, the Russian army carried out 15 airstrikes, and also carried out more than 15 MLRS attacks.
At night, Russian troops attacked the energy infrastructure facilities in the Odesa and Mykolaiv regions with allegedly Iranian attack UAV “Shakhed-136”. 10 out of 15 UAVs were intercepted.
The threat of Russia’s launching missile strikes on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine remains in the future.
The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, provides infrastructure for the training of Russian units.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups have been detected.
- In the Slobozhanskyi direction, Russian military fired mortars and barrel artillery at the areas of Zelene, Starytsa, Ohirtseve, Varvarivka, Chuhunivka, Dvorichna and Ridkodub settlements of the Kharkiv oblast.
- In the Kupyansk and Lyman directions, the areas of Kislivka, Tabaivka, Pishchane, Krokhmalne, Berestove, Kharkiv oblast were hit by fire; Terny in Donetsk oblast and Ploshchanka, Dibrova, Makiivka, Nevske and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk oblast.
- In the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the Russian army continues to make attempts to break through the defense of Ukrainian troops. It fired at the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of more than twenty settlements. Among them are Verkhnyokamianske, Spirne, Vesele, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Bila Hora, Kurdyumivka, Zalizne and Avdiivka of the Donetsk oblast.
- In the direction of Novopavlivsk, the Russian army is defending and shelling positions of Ukrainian troops with tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery near the settlements of Velika Novosilka, Neskuchne, Prechystivka and Vuhledar in Donetsk oblast.
- In the direction of Zaporizhzhia, Russian soldiers shelled more than 15 settlements. In particular, Zelene Pole and Vremivka in the Donetsk oblast and Hulyaipole, Dorozhnyanka, Zaliznychne and Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia.
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- In the Kherson direction, Russian troops carried out artillery shelling of a number of settlements in the Kherson region, which are near the contact line. The city of Kherson and its surroundings suffered yet another fire damage.
In order to counteract numerous cases of desertion in units of Russian forces in the territories of Luhansk region, SMS messages are being sent to subscribers of the Lugacom mobile network with a warning about criminal liability for leaving the places of service and permanent deployment points of military units.
The defeat of the concentration area of Russian troops in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia region has been confirmed. Thus, up to 150 Russian servicemen were injured, 50 of them were taken to the hospital in the city of Melitopol. Information about liquidated ones is being clarified.
At the checkpoints around the city of Berdyansk, counter-subversive measures have been strengthened, the number of servicemen of Russian forces has increased, and checks of civilians have begun to be carried out more thoroughly. People without local registration are not allowed into the city.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region, in the city of Horlivka, since December 8 of this year, Russian administration offers representatives of small and medium-sized businesses to switch to remote work mode, due to the increased risk of shelling allegedly from the Defense Forces of Ukraine.To intimidate local residents, Russian troops fired four 152-mm artillery rounds into the city center.
During the current day, units of the missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 7 control points, 6 personnel concentration areas, an artillery concentration area, and Russian ammunition depot.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: Russia has killed at least 415 civilians in the Luhansk region
