The 289th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 09.12.2022.
The Russian army continues to focus its efforts on conducting an offensive in the Bakhmut direction. It is trying to improve its tactical position in the Lyman and Avdiivka directions. In other directions, Russian troops are concentrating their efforts on restraining the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects. They equips defensive lines and positions.
During the day, Russian military launched 4 missile and 9 air strikes and 25 MLRS attacks were also recorded.
The peaceful settlements of Komyshuvakha, Hryhorivske and Yulyivka of the Zaporizhzhia oblast were hit by rockets.
The threat of Russia’s launching 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 has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups have been detected. In the cities of Mozyr, Gomel and Mogilev, an increase in the number of Russian mobilized servicemen was noted. Measures to check the credentials of conscripts are ongoing in the military headquarters of the Gomel region.
- In the Siversky direction, separate units of the Russian army are located in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions. The village of Khodyne, Sumy oblast, was hit by mortar fire.
- In the Slobozhanskyi direction, Russian soldiers fired mortars and barrel artillery at the areas of the settlements of Strilecha, Zelene, Ternova, Starytsa, Chuhunivka, and Kamianka of the Kharkiv oblast.
- In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian army fired tanks and artillery of various types in the areas of Dvorichna, Kupyansk, Krokhmalne, and Pershotravneve settlements of the Kharkiv oblast; Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka, Luhansk oblast.
- In the Lyman direction, Russian troops inflicted fire damage on the areas of the settlements of Hrekivka, Nevske and Chervonpopivka in the Luhansk oblast and Torske and Hryhorivka in the Donetsk oblast.
- In the direction of Bakhmut, more than twenty settlements were hit by tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery. Among them are Verkhnyokamianske, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Opytne, Andriivka, Bila Hora, Kurdyumivka, Ozaryanivka, Diliivka and Zalizne of the Donetsk oblast.
- In the Avdiivka direction, Russian servicemen shelled the Avdiivka, Berdychiv, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka districts in Donetsk oblast.
- In the Novopavlivka direction, artillery and mortar shelling of the areas of Vuhledar, Novoukrayinka, Zolota Nyva, Velyka Novosilka and Novopil settlements of the Donetsk oblast were recorded.
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- In the Zaporizhzhia region, Russian troops fired at the settlements of Chervone, Dorozhnyanka, Zaliznychne, Orihiv, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Stepove, Chervonodniprovka in the Zaporizhia oblast and Vyshchetarasivka in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
- In the Kherson direction, the Russian army carried out artillery shelling of the settlements of the Kherson oblast, which are close to the contact line. The city of Kherson and its surroundings were again subjected to artillery shelling, and civilians were injured.
The Russian army continues to lose manpower. Over the past day, up to 50 wounded mercenaries from a private military campaign were brought to the central city hospital of Kadiivka, Luhansk oblast.
At the same time, mobilization measures are ongoing in some regions of the Russian Federation. So, in particular, summonses continue to be served to conscripts in the Samara region.
Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine during the current day hit 2 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the Russian army.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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