The 303rd day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 23.12.2022.
During the day, the Russian army launched 1 missile, 4 air strikes, and also carried out 16 MLRS attacks.
The Russian army has increased the volume of railway transport of personnel, military equipment and ammunition to the areas of hostilities.
Russian troops continue to focus their efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Lyman, Bakhmut, and Avdiivka areas. On Kupiansk – trying to improve the tactical position. On Novopavlivsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – it is being defended.
There is still a threat of air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure facilities throughout Ukraine.
In the Volyn, Polissya, Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of offensive groups of the Russian army have been detected. Russian soldiers plan to deploy a field hospital on the territory of Belarus.
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- Areas of fifteen settlements were hit by tank, mortar and artillery shelling in the Slobozhanskyi direction. Among them are Hoptivka, Kudiivka, Krasne, Zelene, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Varvarivka, Zybyne, Dvorichna and Zemlyanka of the Kharkiv oblast.
- In the Kupyansk direction, Russian military shelled the areas of fourteen settlements. In particular, these are Vyshneve, Ivanivka, Zapadne, Kupyansk and Synkivka in the Kharkiv oblast and Kislivka, Yahidne, Kotlyarivka, Kuzemivka and Kolomiychykha in the Luhansk oblast.
- In the Lyman direction, Russian troops again inflicted fire damage on the areas of Makiivka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopivka, and Dibrova in the Luhansk oblast.
- In the direction of Bakhmut, the Russian army shelled the districts of twenty-two settlements. Among them are Bilohorivka, Yakovlivka, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Bila Hora, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba, Zalizne and Vesele of the Donetsk oblast. In addition, airstrikes were recorded near Spirne and Bilohorivka.
- Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske and Maryinka in Donetsk oblast were affected by Russian fire in the Avdiivka district.
- In the direction of Novopavlivsk, Russian soldiers fired tanks and artillery at the districts of Paraskoviivka, Vuhledar, Zolota Nyva, and Velyka Novosilka of the Donetsk oblast.
- In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, Russian troops continue to terrorize civilians living along the right bank of the Dnipro River. More than forty settlements were shelled by rocket and barrel artillery. In particular, these are Zaliznychne, Charivne, Orihiv, Mahdalynivka, and Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia oblast, and Kherson, Respublikanets, Dniprovske, Yantarne, Bilozerka, and Stanislav in the Kherson oblast. The Russian army also carried out an airstrike near Kamianske.
In order to strengthen administrative and police measures in the temporarily occupied territory of the Zaporizhzhia oblast, about 500 servicemen from the Russian guard arrived in the city of Berdyansk.
During the day, the Ukrainian aviation carried out 7 strikes on areas where Russian personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. And Ukrainian units of missile troops and artillery hit 2 control points, 2 ammunition warehouses and 11 areas of concentration of manpower of the Russian army. Information on Russian losses is being clarified.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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