The 287th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 07.12.2022.
During the day, residential buildings and other civilian objects in the city of Korosten, Zhytomyr oblast, and a number of settlements in Zaporizhzhia oblast were damaged by Russian rocket attacks and unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition, residential quarters of the city of Kurakhove, Donetsk oblast, were shelled by MLRS.
In the future, the threat of Russian missile attacks on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine remains.
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. Training of Russian units continues on the training grounds of the Republic of Belarus.
- In the Slobozhanskyi direction, the Russian army continues to hold its troops in the border areas of the Belgorod region. Shelling from tanks, mortars, and barrel artillery was recorded in the vicinity of Strilecha, Ternova, Starytsa, Vovchanski Khutory and Chuhunivka of the Kharkiv oblast.
- The Russian army is defending in the Kupyansk direction. It carried out artillery shelling of the areas of Dvorichna, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka and Berestove settlements in the Kharkiv oblast and Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk oblast.
- In the Lyman direction, Russian military fired tanks and artillery of various types in the areas of Makiivka, Ploshanka and Nevske settlements of the Luhansk oblast and Terny and Lyman of the Donetsk oblast.
- In the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, Russian troops are concentrating their main efforts on conducting offensive actions. Areas of settlements of Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Zalizne, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk oblast were shelled by tanks, mortars and rocket artillery.
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- The Russian army is defending in the Novopavlivka direction. It carried out artillery and mortar attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops near the settlements of Vuhledar, Bohoyavlenka, Prechystivka and Zolota Nyva in the Donetsk oblast.
- In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russian soldiers inflicted fire damage near Vremivka and Novopil in the Donetsk oblast and Dorozhnyanka, Hulyaipole and Zaliznychne in Zaporizhzhia oblast.
- Russian troops are defending in the Kherson direction. More than 10 settlements came under artillery fire, in particular, Osokorivka, Zolota Balka, Dudchany of the Kherson region and the outskirts of the city of Kherson.
During the current 24 hours, the Ukrainian aviation has carried out 11 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as a strike on the positions of Russia’s anti-aircraft missile systems.
During the day, Ukrainian soldiers shot down an attack UAV of the “Shahed-136” type.
During the current day, units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 3 control points, 2 personnel concentration areas, an artillery concentration area, and 2 munitions warehouses of Russian soldiers.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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