The 299th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 19.12.2022.
During the day, the Russian army launched 1 rocket attack, and also launched about 10 attacks from multiple rocket systems. Russian troops also used 28 Iranian Shahed-136 attack UAVs, 23 of which were shot down by the Defense Forces of Ukraine. As a result of Russian strikes, civilian infrastructure and the civilian population were damaged.
There were no significant changes in the Volyn and Polissya directions, and no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups were detected.
- In the Slobozhanskyi direction, Russian military shelled Ukrainian positions with artillery in the areas of the settlements of Strilecha, Hlyboke, Vovchansk and Dvorichna of the Kharkiv oblast.
- On the Kupyansk and Lyman directions, the Russian army fired at the districts of Kotlyarivka, Krokhmalne, and Berestove in the Kharkiv oblast and Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopivka, and Dibrova in the Luhansk oblast.
- In the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the Russian army continues to conduct assaults, fired from tanks, mortars and rocket artillery at Ukraine’s positions in the areas of twenty-five settlements. Among them are Verkhnokamianske, Berestove, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Hryhorivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Kurdyumivka, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk oblast.
- On the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, Russian soldiers continue to shell the areas of Temyrivka, Chervone, Mali Shcherbaki and Plavna settlements of the Zaporizhzhia oblast and the city of Kherson, where civil infrastructure and civilians were once again affected.
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Due to the significant losses of Russian troops, the repurposing of hospitals in the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk oblast into military hospitals continues. Thus, the Luhansk Oblast Clinical Hospital, the Luhansk City Multidisciplinary Hospital No. 15 and the Railway Hospital were handed over for use by Russian forces. The local population is refused service and suggested to turn to other medical institutions.
In the previous days, in the districts of Berdyansk, Tokmak and Polohy of the Zaporizhzhia oblast, an ammunition depot, about 15 units of military equipment of various types were destroyed and more than 150 servicemen of Russian forces were injured.
During the day, the Ukrainian aviation made 12 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and armament and military technics and 5 strikes on the positions of Russia’s anti-aircraft missile systems.
Air defense forces shot down two Russian helicopters today. Information about their type is currently being clarified.
Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine during the current day hit an ammunition depot, 2 control points and 2 areas of concentration of the Russian manpower.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: Russian military shelled the Donetsk region, 3 civilians were killed and 3 more injured
