The 286th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 06.12.2022.
Russian troops continue to carry out full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine, and do not stop striking civilian infrastructure. In the Lyman, Bakhmut, and Avdiivka areas, the Russian army is concentrating its efforts on the offensive. In other directions, it tries to hold the temporarily captured territories, concentrates its efforts on restraining the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, carries out engineering equipment of defensive lines and positions, conducts reconnaissance.
Russia does not stop striking and shelling settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops along the contact line. During the day, it made 4 missile strikes, carried out up to 10 MLRS attacks.
It continues to strike critical infrastructure and civilian homes in violation of International Humanitarian Law, the laws and customs of war.
During the day, Russian rocket attacks damaged the civil infrastructure of the settlement of Stepne, Zaporizhzhia oblast.
The threat of missile strikes on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine remains in the future.
In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation remains without significant changes, no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups have been detected. Training of Russian units continues on the training grounds of the Republic of Belarus.
The Republic of Belarus continues to support the Russian Federation’s armed aggression against Ukraine, providing territory and airspace for launching missile and air strikes.
- In the Siversky direction, Russian military carried out mortar attacks on the settlements of Zapsilya and Myropillya of the Sumy oblast.
- In the Slobozhanskyi direction, Russian troops continue to keep their troops in the border areas of the Belgorod region. Areas of settlements of Strilecha, Ternova, Starytsa, Vovchanski Khutory, Chuhunivka of the Kharkiv oblast were shelled by tanks, mortars, and barrel artillery.
- In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian army is conducting defensive operations on captured lines. It carried out shelling from tanks and the entire range of artillery in the areas of Dvorichna, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka, Pishchane, Berestove settlements of the Kharkiv oblast; as well as Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka, Luhansk oblast.
- In the Lyman direction, Russian soldiers used tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Makiivka, Ploshchanka and Nevske of the Luhansk oblast; Terny and Lyman of Donetsk oblast.
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- In the Bakhmut and Avdiivka areas, the Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on conducting offensive operations. More than 20 settlements were shelled by tanks and artillery of various types, including Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Bila Gora, Druzhba, Zalizne, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka Donetsk oblast.
- Russian soldiers are defending in the Novopavlovsk direction. They carried out artillery and mortar attacks on the areas of Vuhledar, Bohoyavlenka, Prechystivka and Zolota Nyva settlements of the Donetsk oblast.
- In the Zaporozhzhia direction, the Russian army is trying to improve the tactical position. Fired tanks, mortars and artillery in more than 10 settlements, including Vremivka, Novopil of the Donetsk oblast; Dorozhnyanka, Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Stepove and Plavni of the Zaporizhzhia oblast;
- In the Kherson direction, Russian troops are conducting defensive operations, strengthening the grouping of troops. It carried out artillery shelling of areas of settlements bordering the contact line, in particular Osokorivka, Zolota Balka, Dudchany, Bilohrudove of the Kherson oblast and the city of Kherson.
Russian military suffered losses, so on December 4 in the Zaporizhzhia region, as a result of fire, up to 20 units of Russian military equipment of various types were destroyed, and about 70 Russian soldiers were injured.
On November 30, in the Verkhnetoretsky district of the Donetsk oblast, the fact of the desertion of servicemen of Russian forces with weapons from their combat positions was discovered. Among them, 13 out of 21 are persons recruited from prisons. The command of Russian forces ordered the arrest and liquidation of violators. As of December 5, all deserters have been eleminated.
During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out 14 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as 2 strikes on the positions of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
Units of the missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit the control post, 2 personnel concentration areas and the Russian ammunition depot within a day.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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