During the day, there were 49 combat clashes between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and units of the Russian army. During the day, our aircraft struck 10 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the enemy.
What is happening in different parts of the front
The General Staff of the Armed Forces provided operational information regarding the Russian invasion as of 18.00 on 12/27/2023.
During the day, 49 combat clashes took place.
The enemy carried out 67 airstrikes and fired 12 MLRS rockets at the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Private residential buildings, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
On Volyn and Polisia's directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups. Certain units of the Armed Forces of Belarus perform tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine.
In the Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and intelligence activities, carries out shelling of populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation, increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. Over 20 settlements, including Volodymyrivka, Novovasylivka, and Popivka of the Sumy region, were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks; Losivka, Bochkove, Krasne Pershe in the Kharkiv region.
In the Kupiansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled eight enemy attacks in the areas of Synkivka and east of Ivanivka in the Kharkiv region. The enemy also carried out an airstrike in the Ivanovka area. About ten settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, particularly Dvorichna, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka, and Berestove of the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman direction, the Defense Forces repelled three enemy attacks in the Serebryansk Forestry area of the Luhansk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops. The occupiers also carried out an airstrike near Spirne in the Donetsk region. More than ten settlements were affected by artillery and mortar shelling, among them Nevske of Luhansk Oblast and Torske, Serebryanka, Spirne, and Rozdolivka of the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, Ukraine's defense forces repelled two enemy attacks near Bohdanivka, Donetsk region. About ten settlements came under the artillery and mortar fire of the invaders, in particular, Bohdanivka, Ivanivske, Kalinivka, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, and Stupochky of the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka direction, our defenders repelled 12 enemy attacks east of Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka, and another 15 attacks near Sieverne, Pervomaiske and Nevelske in the Donetsk region. About ten settlements, including Keramik, Stepove, Avdiivka, Tonenke, Pervomaiske, and Nevelske of the Donetsk region, were hit by enemy artillery and mortar fire.
In the Mariinka direction, the Defense Forces continued to hold back the enemy in the Mariinka and Novomykhailivka districts of the Donetsk region, where the enemy made three unsuccessful attacks with aviation support. Krasnohorivka, Mariinka, Kurakhove, Pobieda, Yelyzavetivka, and Katerynivka came under artillery and mortar fire from the occupiers.
The enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) actions in Shakhtarsk's direction. He carried out an airstrike in the area of Zolota Nyva settlement of the Donetsk region. About ten settlements, in particular, Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Nyva, and Urozhaine of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Defense Forces repulsed two attacks west of Verbove and Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to dislodge our units from their positions. The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the Orikhiv and Preobrazhenka of the Zaporizhzhia region. More than 25 settlements, including Poltavka, Lugivske, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Shcherbaky, Kamianske, and Plavni of the Zaporizhzhya region, were hit by artillery and mortar attacks.
Beryslav, Kherson and Stanislav of the Kherson region were subjected to enemy artillery fire in the OSTG "Odesa" area in the Kherson direction. The enemy also carried out airstrikes in the Kherson region's Chervonyi Maiak, Zmiivka, and Novoberyslav.
New AFU's successes in the war against the Russian army
The occupiers do not give up their intention to knock out our units from the footholds on the left bank of the Dnipro. Thus, during the day, the enemy carried out ten unsuccessful assaults on the positions of our troops, received a decent repulse and suffered significant losses. Our units are firmly on the defensive, will continue to hold their positions and inflict fire damage on the enemy.
During the day, Ukrainian aviation struck ten areas of personnel, weapons and military equipment concentration of the enemy.
Missile forces units hit five areas of personnel, weapons and military equipment concentration, two control points and four enemy ammunition depots.
