The 298th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 18.12.2022.
The Russian army is trying to restore the lost position in the Lyman direction; on Zaporizhzhia direction – restores railway infrastructure to improve logistics support. Concentrates efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions. In other directions, the Russian army is conducting defense, concentrating its efforts on restraining the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
During the day, Russian troops launched 4 missile strikes, and also fired about 20 MLRS strikes. Civilian infrastructure and civilians were affected.
The threat of Russian air and missile strikes remains on the entire territory of Ukraine.
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 Siverskyi direction, the settlement of Bilokopytove of the Sumy oblast was hit by mortar fire.
- In the Slobozhanskyi direction, Russian soldiers are holding a group of troops in the border areas of the Belgorod region, have carried out tank, mortar and artillery attacks on the areas of Chervona Zorya, Strilecha, Hlyboke, Vovchansk, Fiholivka, Dvorichna and Novomlynsk settlements of the Kharkiv oblast.
- In the Kupiansk direction, the areas of Yagidne, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Krokhmalne and Berestove in Kharkiv oblast, and Novoselivka and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk oblast were shelled.
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- On the Lyman direction, Makiyivka, Ploschanka, Chervonopopivka and Dibrova in the Luhansk oblast were hit by fire.
- In the direction of Bakhmut, Russian troops fired from tanks and the entire range of artillery in the areas of Verkhnokamyanske, Berestove, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Hryhorivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Kurdyumivka, Diliivka, Ozaryanivka, Pivnichne and Opytne settlements of the Donetsk oblast.
- In the Avdiivka direction, Russian military inflicted a fire attack near Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka, Donetsk oblast.
- On the Zaporizhia and Kherson directions, the Temyrivka, Chervone, Mali Shcherbaky, and Plavni settlements of the Zaporizhzhia oblast and the city of Kherson were affected by Russian fire. There are casualties among civilians.
The Russian army continues to use educational institutions in the temporarily occupied territory to cover it units. Thus, in some settlements of the Vasyliv district of the Zaporizhzhia region,Russian troops placed personnel in school buildings. At the same time, the educational process continues – children attend educational institutions.
Mobilization measures are ongoing in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk oblast. Since December 5 of the current year, military commissariats have sent registration cards to all enterprises in the region.
A similar situation is observed in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk oblast. In the city of Horlivka, employees of communal enterprises are subject to mobilization.
During the day, the Ukrainian aviation made 6 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and 3 strikes on the positions of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 2 ammunition warehouses in a day.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: Russian troops shelled 6 settlements in the Donetsk region killing 1 civilian
