Operational information as of 10.00 on December 26, 2023 regarding the Russian invasion

Spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmytro Lykhova The six hundred and seventy-first day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun. During the last Christmas day, 98 military clashes took place. The Russian invaders launched 1 missile and 42 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, fired 56 rounds of rocket launchers at the positions of our troops and at populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged. Last day, the Russian invaders again attacked Ukraine using 19 unmanned aerial vehicles of the “Shahed-136/131” type. Air defense forces and assets destroyed 13 of these attack drones. The following were hit by enemy airstrikes: Serebryan Forestry of Luhansk Oblast; Terny, Dibrova, Siversk, Vyimka, Spirne, Vesele, Novobakhmutivka, Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region. About 100 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions came under the artillery fire of the Russian aggressors. In the area of ​​responsibility of the “Pivnich” OSUV in the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation remains without significant changes. In the Siverskyi and Slobozhansk directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, carries out active diversionary activities in order to prevent our troops from moving to dangerous directions, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region. In the zone of responsibility of the “Khortytsia” anti-aircraft missile defense system in the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 6 Russian attacks near the village of Sinkivka in the Kharkiv region, where the invaders unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops. In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces repelled 29 enemy attacks in the Serebryansk forestry area of ​​Luhansk region and Vesely in Donetsk region. In the direction of Bakhmut, our soldiers repelled 4 enemy attacks near the settlement of Bohdanivka in Donetsk region. In the zone of responsibility of the “Tavriya” anti-aircraft missile defense system in the Avdiivka direction, Ukrainian defenders continue to restrain the Russians, who do not stop trying to surround the city of Avdiivka. Our soldiers firmly hold the defense, inflicting significant losses on the invaders. Thus, during the past day, 27 attacks by the occupiers east of Novobakhmutivka, Stepovoy, Avdiyivka and another 13 were repelled near Pervomaiskyi and Nevelskyi in the Donetsk region. In the Mariinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the Russians in the Novomykhailivka district of the Donetsk region, where our defenders stopped 6 attacks. In the Shakhtarsky direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 3 assaults by Muscovites in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region. In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Defense Forces stood in the way of 7 attacks by the occupiers near Robotynoye and west of Verbovoy in the Zaporizhia region. Source: Official channel of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – _______________________ More information on our website: Subscribe to the channel and our pages in social networks: YouTube: Facebook: Telegram: Instagram: Twitter: #Ukrinform #vійна #stoprussia #генштаб #зсу _______________________ If in If you have questions about the published content or if you have any questions or suggestions – write to us at the email address: [email protected]

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