Ukrainian soldiers in the trenches, Donetsk region, Photo: Madeleine Kelly / Zuma Press
Over the last day, 252 combat engagements were registered at the frontline. Russian troops intensified their attempts to break through in the Kurakhove and Vremivsk directions, using aviation to support the attacks. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a morning update on Tuesday, 24 December.
Hot spots on the frontline:
- Kharkiv sector: four combat engagements in the area of Vovchansk.
- Kupyansk sector: 19 attacks were repelled near Kindrashivka, Petropavlivka, Kolisnykivka, Lozova and other localities.
- Liman direction: 27 attacks in the areas of Hrekivka, Novoyehorivka, Zelenyi Hai and Tverdokhlibove.
- Northern sector: 13 attacks, mainly in the area of Bilohorivka.
- Kramatorsk sector: nine attacks in the areas of Stupochky, Predtechyne and Chasovyi Yar.
- Toretsk sector: 18 attacks, including in the areas of Diliyivka and Toretsk.
- Pokrovske direction: 30 assaults in the areas of Myrolyubivka, Novoyelizavetivka and Uspenivka.
- Kurakhove sector: 32 attacks with the use of aircraft near Kurakhove, Sontsivka, Andriivka and other localities.
- Vremivsk area: 35 attacks in the areas of Velyka Novosilka, Rozdolne and Novosilka.
In other areas, Ukrainian defenders also stopped numerous attacks, including in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions:
- Gulyaypillia direction: two attacks in the area of Bilohirya.
- Orikhivske direction: four attempts to break through near Novodanylivka and Lobkove.
- Prydniprovsky direction: three unsuccessful attacks.
Successful actions of Ukrainian artillery
Over the past 24 hours, the missile forces and artillery of the Ukrainian Defence Forces have been attacked:
- area of concentration of enemy personnel and equipment,
- control point,
- field ammunition depot.
Defence forces continue to hold their positions and inflict significant losses on the enemy.
