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  • Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6 a.m., December 7, 2023
    Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, posted 07 December 2023 07:50

    Day 652 of the russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine has begun.

    During the day of December 6, there were 91x combat engagements.

    The enemy launched 2x missile and 80x air strikes, 85x MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and various settlements. Unfortunately, the russian terrorist attacks have killed and wounded civilians. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed or damaged.

    During the day of December 6, the Ukrainian air defense forces and means destroyed 1x Kh-59 guided missile.

    Also, as the day of December 7 began, the russian occupants attacked Ukraine again, using 18x Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs. The Ukrainian air defense forces and means destroyed 15x strike UAVs.

    Air strikes hit Krasnyi Khutir (Chernihiv oblast), Synkivka, Ivanivka, Pishchane (Kharkiv oblast), Bilohorivka, Serebryanske forestry (Luhansk oblast), Terny, Spirne, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Stupochky, Avdiivka, Oleksandropil, Novomykhailivka, Urozhaine, Rivnopil (Donetsk oblast), Novodarivka (Zaporizhzhia oblast), Tyahynka, Krynky, and Lvove (Kherson oblast).

    More than 160x settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts came under artillery fire.

    Pivnich operational-strategic group, Volyn and Polissya axes: no significant changes.

    Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the adversary maintains its military presence in the areas of russia bordering Ukraine. The enemy troops conduct active subversive activities in order to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to threatened axes. The adversary increases the density of minefields along the state border in Belgorod oblast (russia).

    Khortytsia operational-strategic group, Kupyansk axis: Ukrainian defenders repelled 7x enemy attacks in the vicinities of Synkivka (Kharkiv oblast).

    Lyman axis: the Ukrainian defense forces repelled 6x enemy attacks in the vicinities of Terny, Vesele, and Rozdolivka (Donetsk oblast).

    Bakhmut axis: the Ukrainian soldiers repelled 12x attacks of the enemy in the vicinities of Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue assault operations south of Bakhmut (Donetsk oblast), inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the enemy, and consolidate their new positions.

    Tavria operational-strategic group, Avdiivka axis: the Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back the enemy who keeps trying to encircle Avdiivka. The Ukrainian soldiers are standing their ground as they inflict major losses on the enemy. The Ukrainian Defense Forces sucessfully repelled 34x attacks of the adversary in the areas east of Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Avdiivka, Sjeverne, Tonenke, and Pervomaiske (Donetsk oblast).

    Maryinka axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the vicinities of Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian defenders repelled 17x attacks in that area.

    Shakhtarske axis: the Ukrainian defenders repelled 1x enemy attacks in the area north of Novodonetske (Donetsk oblast).

    Zaporizhzhia axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 6x adversary attacks in the areas west of Verbove, Novoprokopivka, and Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia oblast).

    At the same time, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their active operations on Melitopol axis to inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and exhaust the enemy all along the front line.

    Odesa operational-strategic group, Kherson axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces maintain their positions held on the left bank of the Dnipro River, continue to conduct counter-battery fire, as they strike behind the enemy lines.

    During the day of December 6, Ukrainian Air Force launched 11x air strikes on the concentrations of troops, weapons, and military equipment, 1x air strike on a command post, and 3x air strikes on the anti-aircraft missile systems of the adversary.

    The Ukrainian missile troops hit 1x helicopter, 1x anti-aircraft missile system, 3x concentrations of troops, weapons, and military equipment, 1x ammunition depot, and 2x artillery systems of the russian invaders.

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    Glory to Ukraine!