The enemy continues to focus its efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions. In the Lyman direction, enemy is trying to regain his lost position. In other areas, the enemy is concentrating its efforts on restraining the actions of units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

During the current day, the enemy launched 5 missile strikes. In particular, the civil infrastructure of the cities of Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk oblast came under fire. Two Onyx-type missiles launched from the temporarily occupied Crimea in the Odesa region were successfully destroyed by air defense forces. In addition, the occupiers fired more than 10 rounds of anti-aircraft fire at the positions of our troops in various directions and at the civilian infrastructure of Kherson.

There is still a threat of enemy air and missile strikes 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 Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the positions of our troops in the areas of the settlements of Hai, Zernove, Yastrubyne, and Kindrativka in the Sumy oblast, and Strilecha, Krasne, Starytsa, Zakharivka, Mylove, Figolivka, Novomlynsk, and Zapadne in the Kharkiv oblast.

In the Kupyansk direction, the districts of Kislivka, Kotlyarivka and Tabaivka of the Kharkiv oblast and Stelmakhivka and Nevske in the Luhansk oblast were shelled by tanks and the entire spectrum of artillery.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy fired at the positions of our troops with tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Makiivka, Ploshchanka, Chervonopopivka, and Dibrova of the Luhansk oblast.

In the Bakhmut and Avdiivka directions, the enemy unsuccessfully continues his attempts to break through the defenses of our troops. The areas of more than twenty settlements were shelled. Among them are Andriivka, Berestove, Blahodatne, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Chasiv Yar, Avdiivka, Vodyane, Karlivka, Maryinka and Pervomaiske of the Donetsk oblast.

In the direction of Novopavlivka, the enemy tried to attack the positions of our troops near Prechystivka, Vuhledar, and Shakhtarske, Donetsk oblast.

In the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the enemy continues to shell our positions and the civilian infrastructure of the settlements along the right bank of the Dnipro River. 32 settlements were affected by fire. In particular, Vremivka and Novopil of the Donetsk oblast; Bilohirya, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka and Kamianske in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, Respublikanets, Novokayry, Charivne and Olhivka in the Kherson oblast.

On December 15, the enemy lost more than 100 people wounded and a warehouse of ammunition in the areas of Tokmak and Polohy settlements. Information on eliminated occupiers is being clarified.

During the current day, units of missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit five areas of concentration of personnel, a control post and three ammunition depots of the invaders.