The 293rd day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 13.12.2022.
During the day, the Russian army launched 2 missile strikes on the civilian infrastructure of Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv oblasts, and also carried out more than 20 MLRS attacks.
There remains the threat of Russia’s launching air and missile strikes on civilian infrastructure throughout Ukraine.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes, no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups have been detected.
- On the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, Russian military shelled the areas of Seredyna-Buda and Ryasne settlements of the Sumy oblast, as well as Strilecha, Starytsa, Ambarne, Vilkhuvatka, Dvorichna and Krasne in the Kharkiv oblast.
- In the Kupyansk direction, the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka, Berestove in the Kharkiv oblast and Stelmakhivka and Myasozharivka in the Luhansk oblast were hit by tanks and the entire spectrum of artillery.
- In the Lyman direction, Russian troops fired tanks and artillery at the areas of populated areas: Hrekivka, Ploshchanka and Nevske of the Luhansk oblast, as well as Terny, Yampolivka of the Donetsk oblast.
- In the direction of Bakhmut, Russian soldiers fired at the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine from tanks, mortars and rocket artillery in the areas of settlements: Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Zalizne of the Donetsk oblast.
- In the Avdiivka direction, Russian military fired tanks and artillery of various types of districts of almost twenty settlements, in particular: Avdiivka, Nevelske, Heorhiivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk oblast.
All maps provided by War Mapper
- On the Novopavlivka direction, the Russian army shelled areas near the settlements of Vremivka, Vuhledar, Neskuchne, and Prechystivka in the Donetsk oblast with mortars, barrel and rocket artillery.
- In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the Russian army continues to shell Ukrainian positions and the civilian infrastructure of the settlements along the right bank of the Dnipro River. It carried out shelling from tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of more than 25 settlements, in particular: Plavni, Hulyaipole, Dorozhnyanka, Olhivske, Zaporizhzhia oblast, as well as Chornobayivka, Antonivka, Mykilske, Tokarivka, Mylové, Kherson oblast and the city of Kherson.
For the purpose of replenishing the losses and replenishing the units of the first army corps of Russian forces, measures of forced mobilization were intensified in the territory of the Donetsk oblast. Therefore, in the city of Horlivka, men are subject to conscription, in particular those with the “armor” mark on their military tickets.
On December 11, the Russian army lost up to 60 servicemen killed and up to 100 wounded in the area of Kadiivka settlement of Luhansk oblast as a result of the destruction of the personnel deployment point of the Russian troops.
The defeat of the Russian army by the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the previous days in the Zaporizhzhia oblast was confirmed. Thus, in addition to the destruction of the command staff of the 58th Army in the city of Melitopol, three artillery systems, up to 10 units of military equipment of various types were destroyed in the areas of Enerhodar, Tokmak and Hulyaipole settlements, and about 150 enemy servicemen were wounded.
Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 2 areas of concentration of personnel of Russian troops.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: 154 facts of sexual violence committed by Russian military in Ukraine have been established
