Russians build up their forces on two fronts – General Staff

Russians are on the offensive on the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts, trying to improve their tactical position on the Lyman front, and building up their numbers on the Kupiansk and Zaporizhzhia fronts. 

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 15 December.

Quote: "The enemy continues its efforts to conduct offensive operations on the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts. They are trying to improve their tactical position on Lyman front, while building up their forces on the Kupiansk and Zaporizhzhia fronts. 

On other fronts the enemy is on the offensive, trying to deter the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by shelling our positions and civilian infrastructure along the line of contact."

Details: In the course of the last 24 hours, the occupiers have carried out two missile strikes, as well as two attacks from multiple-launch rocket systems. Civilian infrastructure suffered in Nikopol and Kherson, and civilians were killed. 

There is still a remaining threat of missile and aircraft attacks on critical infrastructure targets throughout Ukraine. 

There were no significant changes on the Volyn, Polissia and Sivershchyna fronts. There is no evidence that Russia is forming additional units to launch a new offensive. The formation of aircraft groups and units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus persists.

On the Slobozhanshchyna fronts, Russian forces striked the settlements of Vysoka Yaruha, Morokhovets, Starytsia, Dvorichna and Novomlynsk in Kharkiv Oblast from tanks and artillery. 

On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces fired at the settlements of Vilshana, Kyslivka, Kotliarivka, Berestove, Pershotravneve in Kharkiv Oblast, as well as Stelmakhivka and Miasozharivka in Luhansk Oblast.

On the Lyman front, the Russian army targeted the areas of Makiivka and Chervonopopivka in Luhansk Oblast, and Torske and Vedmezhy in Donetsk Oblast from tanks, mortars, tubed and rocket artillery. 

On the Bakhmut front, the Russians specifically attacked the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Spirne, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Andriivka, Kurdiumivka, Ozarianivka, Pivnichne and Opytne in Donetsk Oblast. 

On the Avdiivka front, the Russians tried to target the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Nevelske, Heorhiivka, Marinka and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. 

On the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts, Russian troops continue attacking the positions of Ukrainian forces and civilian infrastructure along the right bank of the Dnipro River. In particular, they have targeted Vremivka, Novopil in Donetsk Oblast, Huliaipole, Dorozhnianka, Huliaipilske, Orikhiv and Stepove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Novotiahynka, Ivanivka, Tokarivka, Kherson, Inhulets and Bilozerka in Kherson Oblast. 

Over the course of the past 24 hours, Ukrainian aircraft have conducted eleven strikes on clusters of Russian military personnel and equipment, as well as two strikes on the positions of Russian air defence systems. 

Ukrainian Rocket Forces and Artillery units also hit two command posts, four clusters of Russian military personnel and a warehouse containing fuel and lubricants.

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