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Operational information on 18.12.2022

Operational information on 18.12.2022
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The two hundred ninety-eighths (298) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a Russian military large-scale invasion continues.

The enemy is trying to restore the lost ubiety in the Lyman direction; in the Zaporizhzhia direction - it restores railway infrastructure to improve logistics support. Concentrates efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions. In other directions, the enemy is conducting defense, concentrating its efforts on restraining the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

During the day, the Russian occupiers launched 4 missile strikes and also fired about 20 MLRS strikes. Civilian infrastructure and civilians were affected.

The threat of enemy air and missile strikes remains on the entire territory of Ukraine.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the situation has not changed significantly, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups have been detected.

In the Siversk direction, the settlement of Bilokopytove of the Sumy region was hit by mortar fire.

In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy is holding a group of troops in the border areas of the Belgorod region and has carried out the tank, mortar, and artillery attacks on the areas of Chervona Zorya, Strilecha, Hlyboke, Vovchansk, Fiholivka, Dvorichna and Novomlynsk settlements of the Kharkiv region.

In the Kupian direction, the areas of Yagidne, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Krokhmalne, and Berestove in the Kharkiv region, and Novoselivka and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region were shelled.

In the Lyman direction, Makiyivka, Ploschanka, Chervonopopivka, and Dibrova in the Luhansk region were hit by fire.

In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy fired from tanks and the entire range of artillery in the areas of Verkhnokamyanske, Berestove, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Hryhorivka, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Kurdyumivka, Diliivka, Ozaryanivka, Pivnichne and Opytne settlements of the Donetsk region.

In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy inflicted a fire attack near Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka, Donetsk region.

In the Zaporizhzjia and Kherson directions, the Temyrivka, Chervone, Mali Shcherbaky, and Plavni settlements of the Zaporizhzhia region and the city of Kherson were affected by enemy fire. There are casualties among civilians.

The enemy continues to use educational institutions in the temporarily occupied territory to cover its units. Thus, in some settlements of the Vasyliv district of the Zaporizhzhia region, the occupiers placed personnel in school buildings. At the same time, the educational process continues - children attend educational institutions.

Mobilization measures are ongoing in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region. Since December 5 of the current year, military commissariats have sent registration cards to all regional enterprises.

A similar situation is observed in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region. In the city of Horlivka, employees of communal enterprises are subject to mobilization.

During the day, Ukrainian aviation made 6 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment and 3 strikes on the positions of the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.

Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 2 ammunition warehouses in a day.

Glory to Ukraine!


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