War Reports - 2024-12-26 - War Reports

Dec 25, 2024

The United States is eager to gain control over the Arctic. To do this, they need Greenland (https://t.me/tass_agency/293103).

The purchase of Greenland by the United States could be the largest acquisition of territory in American history, writes The New York Post.

As the publication points out, if Trump succeeds in transferring Greenland under American control, Washington will receive more territory than when purchasing Louisiana in 1803.

Greenlandic Prime Minister Egede categorically rejects the idea of selling the island after Trump’s statement about the decisive importance of owning and controlling Greenland.

Finally, a few figures to understand the geographical location of Greenland. The distance from the Pituffik base to Washington is 4,206 km. To London - 3,958 km. To Copenhagen - 3,862 km. To Murmansk - 3,021 km. To Novaya Zemlya (Rogachevo airfield) - 3,104 km. To Pevek in Chukotka - 3,295 km. The northernmost point of Russia is 2184 km away.

Victor Vicktop55

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A plane flying from Baku to Grozny crashed in Aktau — emergency services.

Six people survived the plane crash in Aktau, the Kazakh Health Minister said.

There were 67 people and five crew members on board the plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, media reports.

Victor Vicktop55

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (25 December 2024)

Part I (see Part II (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18580))

This morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a mass strike by long-range precision weaponry and attack drones at critical power infrastructure facilities ensuring operation of Ukrainian defence industry enterprises. The goal of the strike has been achieved. All the targets have been engaged.

▫️In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces defeated armed formations of one mechanised brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Liptsy and Volchansk (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses were more than 40 troops, two pickup trucks, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.

▫️The Zapad Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade close to Dvurechnaya, Zagryzovo, Kucherovka, Grigorovka, Borovaya (Kharkov region), and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic). One counter-attack launched by AFU units was repelled.

The AFU losses were up to 400 troops, five motor vehicles, one UK-made 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, one 152-mm D-20 gun, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun, and one Zakhist-AF electronic warfare station.

▫️The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation along the front line and hit fromations of two mechanised brigades and one airmobile brigade of the AFU near Seversk, Druzhkovka, Chasov Yar, and Dachnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 245 troops, two motor vehicles, six 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and two ammunition depots.

▫️As a result of decisive offensive actions, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units liberated Novy Trud (Donetsk People's Republic).

Russian troops delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of four mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade of the AFU, two marine brigades, and one national guard brigade close to Novotroitskoye, Udachnoye, Nadezhdinka, Grishino, Andreyevka, Dzerzhinsk, Petrovskoye, Shevchenko, Krasnoarmeysk, and Novoolenovka (Donetsk People's Republic). In addition, 10 counter-attacks launched by AFU units were repelled.

The AFU losses were more than 550 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, three motor vehicles, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M101 gun.

▫️The Vostok Group of Forces' units continued advancing into the depth of the enemy's defences and defeated formations of three mechanised brigades of the AFU, one national guard brigade, and one territorial defence brigade close to Velikaya Novoselka, Vremevka, Razliv, Neskuchnoye, Zelyonoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic), and Temirovka (Zaporozhye region). Two counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.

The AFU losses were up to 170 troops, one 152-mm D-20 gun, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, and one electronic warfare station.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on the progress of the special military operation (25 December 2024)

Part II (see Part I (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/18579))

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and defeated manpower and hardware of one mountain assault brigade, one infantry brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades near Novoandreyevka, Zherebyanki (Zaporozhye region), Pridneprovskoye, and Nikolskoye (Kherson region).

The AFU losses were more than 90 troops, nine motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, three 152-mm D-20 guns, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system as well as one electronic warfare station.

Two ammunition depots and one materiel depot were destroyed.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck one deployment area of foreign mercenaries and units of the Security Service of Ukraine, infrastructure of military airfields, as well as engaged clusters of the enemy's manpower and hardware in 140 areas.

▫️Air defence units shot down five U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 119 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

▫️In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 650 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 38,539 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 19,969 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,504 MLRS combat vehicles, 19,991 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,490 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (25 December 2024)

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.

▫️In the course of offensive operations, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, five mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, one marine brigade, and four territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Aleksandriya, Viktorovka, Lebedevka, Leonidovo, Martynovka, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Novaya Sorochina, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, and Cherkasskaya Konopelka. Seven counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the enemy near Kositsa, Kruglenkoye, Kurilovka, Loknya, Makhnovka, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye as well as Basovka, Belovody, Vladimirovka, Vodolagi, and Zhuravka in Sumy region.

▫️Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses amounted to more than 230 troops, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles.

▫️Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 43,740 troops, 255 tanks, 194 infantry fighting vehicles, 136 armoured personnel carriers, 1,318 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,182 motor vehicles, 324 artillery guns, 42 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 13 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 80 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 28 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, seven armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.

The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry (https://t.me/mod_russia_en)

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kurakhovske direction: fighting in Kurakhovo and successes near Sukhyi Yaly

situation as of 9:00 am on December 25, 2024

The advance of Russian troops is continuing simultaneously in several sectors. The offensive is going both north of Kurakhovo in the direction of the T-05-15 highway, and in the south along both banks of the Sukhyi Yaly River.

▪️From the northern flank, there is an official confirmation of the liberation of Krasne (Sontsovka), from the territory of which the enemy was driven out some time ago.

▪️In the center of Kurakhovo, Russian troops, as a result of the assault, cleared the AFU stronghold, advancing along Mayakovsky Street. At the same time, over one of the houses in the Yuzhny microdistrict, the state flag of the Russian Federation was raised by fighters of the 110th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, symbolizing full control over the area.

Likely, in the near future, the advance of the Russian Army units will continue in the direction of the industrial zone in the west, both from the central streets and from the northern bank of the Kurakhovo reservoir, where the village of Stari Terniv was recently liberated.

▪️Southwest of the city, the assault troops not only drove the AFU out of Sukhyi Yaly, but also straightened out the front line along the line of Yantarne - Konstantynopolske, where until recently there was a presence of enemy forces in Hihant.

In addition, the control zone was expanded further west in the area of Zelenovka. In the near future, the elimination of the "pocket" on both sides of the Yasna Poliana - Rozliv road and the advance of the Russian Armed Forces towards Konstantynopol and Ulakl can be expected, with the aim of completing the formation of the southern semi-encirclement of the Kurakhovo agglomeration.

If you have any additions to the situation, or you would like us to highlight the successes of your unit, you can always write to us in the feedback bot @rybar_feedback_bot (https://t.me/rybar_feedback_bot)

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#digest #map #Kurakhovo #Russia #Ukraine

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Fwd from @dva_majors

Morning Summary on December 25, 2024

▪️ The "North" group of forces reports that in the Kursk Region, the enemy made seven unsuccessful counterattacks in different sectors in the Sudzha District. Battles are ongoing in the areas of Leonidovo, Kurilovka, Huyevo, as well as in the forest areas of the Sudzha District.

▪️ In Toretsk (Dzerzhynsk), the enemy channels report that heavy fighting continues in the area of the Central Market.

▪️ On the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk) direction, there are reports of battles in the area of the village of Shevchenko south of the city, west and northwest of the settlement of Zarya, in the area of Novoolenevka and Ukrainka. The Russian Armed Forces are closing the "pockets" between the liberated villages and straightening out the front line.

▪️ South of Kurakhove, where fighting continues, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing west of the settlement of Dalnie.

▪️ On the Zaporizhia Front, in the Kamianka direction, the AFU launched a counterattack, which the Russian forces were expecting. Frontline troops explain the AFU's futile counterattacks as an attempt to divert our forces from the Orikhiv direction, where the enemy's defense is gradually being pushed back as a result of our offensive actions.

▪️ On the Kherson direction, the AFU are expecting the Russian Army to cross the Dnipro, seriously assessing this possibility, and are trying to strengthen their defense by redeploying scarce units from other parts of the front.

▪️ In the Belgorod Region yesterday, in the Valuyki district, in the village of Borki, FPV drones attacked two vehicles, injuring the driver. In the village of Dolgoye of the Valuyki district, attacks of 4 FPV drones were recorded. Another drone struck the village of Borisovka in the Volokonovsky district. A gas pipeline was damaged. In the hamlet of Shakhovka, a drone detonated near a social facility. The village of Gruzskoe in the Borisovsky district was attacked by drones twice.

▪️ Over the Bryansk Region, air defense shot down two Ukrainian UAVs of the aircraft type.

▪️ At the time of preparing this summary, Russian ground-launched and air-launched missiles entered the airspace of the adversary.

Summary compiled by: Two Majors (https://t.me/dva_majors/) Original msg (https://t.me/dva_majors/61054)

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Fwd from @inners_of_the_politics

🇲🇩🇫🇷 In the last two days, the words spoken by Maia Sandu about preparing for a forceful takeover of Transnistria have been widely discussed. Here, I would like to add that French units are indeed based (https://t.me/rybar/66605) in Chisinau.

♦️To be more precise, since March 2023, there have been detachments of special operations forces from the DGRIS - Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy. This is essentially intelligence operating in Moldova.

In addition, there are also servicemen from the 13th Dragoon Parachute Regiment there. They are structurally part of the French foreign intelligence service.

Their specifics are work in the rear, insertion of reconnaissance groups of 2-4 people, and organization of sabotage. For example, it is reliably known that in early 2023, two of these "frog-men" were captured by our units.

♦️They were subsequently released through diplomatic channels, but then the missile troops successfully attacked the location of the French mercenaries in Kharkiv. This is largely why Macron began talking about sending his troops to Ukraine.

Also, in September 2023, a strategic partnership agreement was signed between France and Moldova based on previous arrangements. Then France officially sent instructors, and Moldova bought the GroundMaster200 radar, which never became operational.

❗️In general, the French are present in Moldova. And they periodically come to the border with Transnistria. Why? We won't speculate, but given the specifics, they are unlikely to just admire the beauty of Transnistria.

And in recent months, the trend of turning Moldova into a NATO outpost against Russia is becoming increasingly clear. The respected Dva Majora (https://t.me/dva_majors/58434) have been writing about this for over a year, and it would be a mistake not to take this into account.

#Moldova #Russia #France

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🇷🇺🇺🇦💡 This morning, Russian forces carried out another massive strike on Ukrainian energy facilities using cruise missiles and kamikaze drones.

According to preliminary information, explosions were reported in Kharkiv, Dnipro and Kryvyi Rih, as well as Burshtyn in Ivano-Frankivsk Region and other settlements where thermal power plants are located.

Representatives of the Kyiv regime reported hits on some structures. This is indirectly evidenced by power outages and disruptions in several areas.

Lately, the Russian Armed Forces have been systematically delivering such strikes, although there are no large-scale permanent problems in the Ukrainian energy sector. So the effectiveness of this raid can be assessed after the release of objective control footage.

#Dnipro #Russia #Ukraine #Kharkiv #electricity

@rybar

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Fwd from @lady_north

🇩🇪🇵🇱🇷🇺 Germany and Poland have joined the coalition of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) countries, led by the United Kingdom, to combat the "Russian shadow fleet" in the North Atlantic.

▪️ A total of twelve countries - Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom - have published a statement (https://valitsus.ee/sites/default/files/documents/2024-12/Joint%20Statement%20_ENG.pdf) in which they intend to coordinate their actions to deter Russian tankers operating under foreign flags to circumvent European sanctions in the North and Baltic Seas.

▪️ European authorities are confident that most "shadow" vessels have issues with insurance coverage and intend to use this as a pretext to apply restrictive measures during the passage of vessels through key straits, such as the English Channel and the Great Belt, as well as the Gulf of Finland. Possible measures include fines, inspections, sanctions against shipowners, and other coercive actions in case vessels refuse to provide data on insurance or its absence.

#JEF #Germany #Poland #Russia

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ukrainian formations struck the civilian infrastructure of Lgov in the Kursk Region: as a result of the impact, residential buildings, a gas pipeline, a local CHP plant, and a sugar factory were damaged.

According to preliminary information, four civilians were killed in the AFU attack. Another five were injured to varying degrees and taken to medical facilities.

Last week, the enemy also shelled (https://t.me/rybar/66514) Rylsk with HIMARS MLRS - then five people were killed, and another 14 were injured.

#Kursk #Russia #Ukraine

@rybar

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🇪🇺🇺🇦 Are there plans to deport Ukrainians from Europe?

Yesterday, Spanish media reported (https://elpais.com/internacional/2024-12-24/ucrania-busca-el-retorno-de-hasta-10-millones-de-refugiados-y-emigrantes-huidos-por-la-guerra-de-rusia.html) that the authorities of the so-called Ukraine are calling on European countries to stop providing consular services and material assistance to Ukrainians of conscription age who have fled to the EU, in order to force them to return home.

Later, representatives of the Kyiv regime stated that some of their sponsors are indeed unhappy with the situation where a large number of citizens subject to mobilization are abroad, while the AFU is facing manpower problems.

📌 In this case, we will repeat what was said earlier: (https://t.me/rybar/63689) expelling Ukrainians from Europe can only be done by forcible deportation. However, the EU bureaucrats are unlikely to be able to handle the simultaneous expulsion of several hundred thousand people, even technically, which is why such an outcome is unlikely.

Refusing benefits or consular services also does not look effective - a Ukrainian living in Germany or Poland would prefer to lose payments and completely go into the gray sector, (https://t.me/rybar/59735) rather than the prospect of being "bussed".

❗️Moreover, some countries see Ukrainians as a cheap labor force and do not plan to lose it. Therefore, for now, statements about the expulsion of citizens of the so-called Ukraine from the EU look like air vibrations, and the Kyiv regime is more likely to have to (https://t.me/rybar/66599) replenish the ranks of the AFU by conscripting 18-year-olds.

#EU #Ukraine

@rybar

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kurakhove Direction: Advance of the Russian Armed Forces on the Northern Flank

Almost daily, on one or more fronts in the Donetsk People's Republic, Russian troops are expanding their zone of control - today, assault groups were able to occupy a significant area of land west of the village of Zari.

At the moment, the Russian Armed Forces personnel are holding positions in most of the landscape reserve "Urochishche Zarya", while the main battles have shifted to the area located west of the Khartsiiska Gully.

In case of successful consolidation, the Russian troops will open a path both to Slavyanka from the north and to the Ukrainian formations' strongholds near Ukrainka from the south.

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#Kurakhove #Russia #Ukraine

@rybar

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🇦🇿🇰🇿🇷🇺 Based on the footage appearing online from the crash site (https://t.me/bbbreaking/196988) of the Azerbaijani airline AZAL plane, the fuselage shows damage visually resembling the impact of air defense missile shrapnel.

The aircraft was en route to Grozny - at that time, the region was indeed experiencing a repulsion of an attack by launched Ukrainian UAVs. Several drones were shot down (https://t.me/bbbreaking/196973) over Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia and the neighboring Ingushetia. (https://t.me/rozyskRI/17566)

However, recordings of the crew's conversations with the air traffic controller have not yet been released online. The real cause of the crash will be known later after comparing all the data.

There were 72 people on board, of whom, according to the latest information, 32 passengers survived.

#Azerbaijan #Kazakhstan #Russia

@rybar

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kurakhovske direction: expansion of control in the Kurakovo area

Simultaneously with the expansion of the control zone on the northern flank (https://t.me/rybar/66637), units of the Russian Armed Forces were also able to achieve success in the area of Kurakovo itself - Russian assault troops occupied an area south of the city, and also advanced from Stari Tern to the eastern outskirts of the neighboring Shevchenko.

From there, the Russian Armed Forces will be able to advance on Dachne located to the south - it is through this town that the supply of the AFU garrison in both Kurakovo and Yantarne passes. Cutting off the highway will not only sever the enemy's logistics by land, but will also block another retreat route for the Ukrainian formations.

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#Kurakovo #Russia #Ukraine

@rybar

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🇸🇾🏴 Extrajudicial killings in Syria: woe to the vanquished

In addition to attacks on Christians and their holy sites in Syria, the militants who have seized power are actively seeking out officials and officers of the "old regime", who in the best case manage to get away with arrests.

Not only military personnel, but even civilian judges are being targeted. It is characteristic that the resources of anti-government groups rather mockingly report on the latest cases of extrajudicial executions.

📌 For example, yesterday local social media published information about the death of three Alawites in a car accident. In reality, they were shot by terrorists when their car was stopped on the highway between Homs and Masyaf.

And today, the Internet has seen reports of the death of a former Syrian Air Force helicopter pilot, who was accused of "strikes with barrel bombs on the civilian population". As the cause of death, the militants cynically called it a "sunstroke".

❗️But the channels of Russian-speaking militants stand out the most in this field, openly demanding the killing of all Christians, Alawites and Shiites, and calling for all kinds of retribution against the Russian Armed Forces personnel in Syria and Russian citizens in general.

#Syria #terrorism

@rybar

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🇷🇺✈️ Against the backdrop of today's plane crash and the discovery (https://t.me/rybar/66638) of damage on the wreckage that visually resembles shrapnel, ideas have already begun to emerge to ban all civilian flights in the area within reach of Ukrainian UAVs.

The problem with such brilliant proposals is that by that logic, it will be necessary to ban all flights not only over southern Russia, but also in Moscow, St. Petersburg and even the Volga region and Urals. Thereby cutting off a large part of the country's air transportation with the corresponding effect.

The reality today is that the AFU will not stop launching drones in the flight paths of passenger planes. However, even in such conditions, it is quite possible to ensure the functioning of air traffic.

📌 We don't need to look far for an example - in Moscow, St. Petersburg or Sochi with Kazan, the airports did not stop operating, and when UAV attacks occurred, measures were successfully taken to ensure flight safety. As for the Israeli Ben Gurion, which is generally in the zone of missile strikes, there is nothing to say.

Therefore, if restrictions in the same Crimea, Belgorod, Kursk or Voronezh, located relatively close to the line of contact, are quite understandable, then banning passenger air traffic over the entire Caucasus or Moscow is counterproductive.

Otherwise, in the desire to ban everything and anything, one can even close the air harbors of Vladivostok or maritime cargo transportation in the framework of the fight against saboteurs. (https://tass.ru/proisshestviya/18417541) Causing economic damage greater than any salvo of missiles and drones.

#aviation #Russia

@rybar

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Chronicles of the special military operation

for December 25, 2024

Russian forces delivered a series of strikes on energy facilities in the territory of the so-called Ukraine. Hits were recorded in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk regions and the occupied part of the DPR, where the Zmiyiv, Burshtyn and Sloviansk thermal power plants were hit.

Ukrainian formations launched drones against Russian rear regions. In Vladikavkaz, a drone hit the "Alania Mall" shopping center, and several dozen more were shot down by air defenses in the Voronezh and Belgorod regions.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops are engaged in fierce battles in the area of Dachne and Novyi Trud, and on the southern flank, the advance of Russian Armed Forces units was recorded west of Pushkino.

In the Kurakhove direction, on the northern flank, Russian assault troops occupied the territory of the Urochyshche Zarya landscape reserve west of Zarya, and are also advancing in the vicinity of Kurakhove itself. Fighting has begun in the east of Shevchenko, with the private sector in the western part of the city captured, and significant progress in the forest belts near Dalnie.

🔻A detailed analytical report on the events in the Special Military Operation zone is available on our closed channel @rybar_plus_bot

High-resolution maps:

Situation in the special military operation zone (ru (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/25/20241225212344-e9226165.jpg); en (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/25/20241225212343-5fc7a116.jpg))

Kurakhove direction (ru (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/25/20241225220405-274556a3.jpg); en (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/12/25/20241225220130-b1caea0b.jpg))

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#digest #Dnipropetrovsk #report #IvanoFrankivsk #map #Kurakhove #Pokrovsk #Poltava #Russia #Sloviansk #Ukraine

@rybar

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