Operational update regarding the russian invasion as of 06.00, on December 28, 2022

The three hundred eighth (308) day of the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people to a russian military large-scale invasion continues.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched a missile attack and fired 33 rockets from multiple rocket launchers, in particular, at civilian objects in the city of Kherson.

In the future, there remains the danger of the enemy launching air and missile strikes on the country’s critical infrastructure.

The enemy continues offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions and tries to improve the tactical position in the Lyman direction.

Our soldiers repelled the attacks of the occupiers in the areas of Ploshchanka and Chervonopopivka settlements of Luhansk oblast and Spirne, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Pidhorodne, Bakhmut, Andriivka, Klishchiivka, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Maryinka, Pobieda and Zolota Nyva in Donetsk oblast.

The situation remains stable in the Volyn, Polissya, Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, no signs of the formation of offensive groups have been detected.

In other directions, the enemy is defending previously occupied lines, concentrating its efforts on restraining the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the areas of the settlements of Mefedivka, Tovstodubove and Vovkivka in the Sumy oblast, as well as Hlyboke, Starytsa, Ohirtseve and Vovchansk in the Kharkiv oblast, were shelled.

In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Novomlynsk, Tavilzhanka, Dvorichne, Kupyansk, Tabaivka, Krokhmalne, Berestove and Pershotravneve in the Kharkiv oblast and Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka and Kolomiychykha in the Luhansk oblast.

In the Lyman direction, Ploshchanka and Dibrova in Luhansk oblast, as well as Yampolivka, Torske and Hryhorivka in Donetsk oblast, were affected by fire.

In the Bakhmut direction, the areas of the settlements of Spirne, Berestove, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Pidhorodne, Bakhmut, Chasiv Yar, Opytne, Stupochky, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Bila Hora, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Kurdyumivka, Ozaryanivka, Mayorsk and New York of the Donetsk oblast were shelled.

In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy fired at Vodyane, Pervomaiske, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka districts in Donetsk oblast.

Vuhledar, Novoukrayinka, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva, Vremivka and Velyka Novosilka of the Donetsk oblast were hit by fire in the Novopavlivskyi direction.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, shelling from tanks and rocket artillery was recorded in the areas of Temyrivka, Olhivske, Poltavka, Malynivka, Dorozhnianka, Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Shcherbaki, Kamianske and Plavni settlements of the Zaporizhzhia oblast.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy continues mortar and artillery shelling of populated areas along the right bank of the Dnipro River. In particular, Chervonohryhorivka of Dnipropetrovsk oblast was affected; Antonivka-Khersonska and the city of Kherson. There are victims among the civilian population.

On December 26, as a result of our fire on enemy positions in the Chaplynka area of the Kherson oblast, the occupiers lost about 50 servicemen killed.

In the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, the invaders intensified their agitation for military service under a contract in the armed forces of the russian federation.

Over the past day, Ukrainian rocket launchers and gunners hit the control post, 7 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, 2 ammunition depots, as well as an important military object of the occupiers.

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