Aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during a special operation hit the manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 125 districts. This was stated in the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Near the city of Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia region, the aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter.

Russian air defense and electronic warfare systems repelled an attempt by the Kyiv regime to launch a massive drone strike on targets on the territory of the Crimean peninsula. All unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed, the defense department added.

In total, 49 drones of the Kyiv regime were shot down during the day, including in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamianka (LPR), Tokmak in the Zaporizhzhia region, Nova Kakhovka, Kaira and Alyoshki in the Kherson region, as well as ten rockets of HIMARS, Uragan and Vilkha multiple launch rocket systems.

On the night of December 15, the Ministry of Defense reported that Russian funds destroyed 32 drones of the Kyiv regime over the territory of Crimea.

The situation in the directions of the NWO

In the Kupiansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 14th, 115th mechanized and 25th airborne brigades of the enemy in the area of the settlements of Olshany and Sinkovka in the Kharkiv region, as well as Novoselovskoye in the Lugansk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 35 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer in this direction.

In the Krasnolimansky direction, two attacks of assault groups of the 12th Special Forces Brigade were repelled in the area of the village of Kuzmino of the LPR. In the area of Grigorovka (DPR), the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated.

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The enemy lost up to 100 soldiers, five armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, as well as a D-20 gun in this direction.

In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces repelled four attacks by assault groups of the 81st Airmobile, 79th and 95th Air Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Belogorovka (LPR) and the village of Pobeda (DPR).

In the areas of the settlements of Krasnoye, Klishcheevka, Kirovo and Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the manpower and equipment of the 5th Assault, 24th, 30th and 93rd Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 290 servicemen, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles. During the counter-battery fight, two Msta-B howitzers, a D-30 gun, as well as two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts were hit.

In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces, in cooperation with army aviation and artillery, repelled three attacks of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novomikhailovka area (DPR).

The enemy lost more than 90 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, as well as a D-20 gun.

  • RIA Novosti

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, units of the Russian group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire repelled two attacks of the 118th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Rabotino, Zaporizhzhia region.

The Russian military also inflicted fire damage on the manpower of the 33rd mechanized and 128th mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia region. Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: up to 50 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, a car, an Msta-B howitzer and a D-30 gun.

In the Kherson direction, as a result of artillery fire and air strikes on units of the 36th and 37th Marine Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Tyahinka and Bilozerka in the Kherson region, enemy losses amounted to 65 servicemen and seven vehicles. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

In the course of counter-battery fighting, an Msta-B howitzer, two D-20 guns, a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit and a D-30 howitzer were hit.