🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Advance in Severodonetsk

Russian Armed Forces units are operating deeper into the built-up area of Severodonetsk: Evidence of advance groups reaching the bridge across the Bakhmutka and their presence in the building of School N° 1 in the center of the settlement have appeared online.

Based on these videos, some resources hastily announced that Russian troops had taken control of the entire eastern half of the city and marked it in "red". However, this is just another attempt to "get ahead of the curve".

🖍On the one hand, the presence of an assault pair in the center of Severodonetsk does not necessarily mean that we control the entire district. There are unfortunately quite a few examples of a couple of fighters breaking ahead and finding themselves cut off from logistics with the corresponding outcome.

🚩Moreover, even in the event of a full-fledged breakthrough into the center in the eastern part of the city, the enemy still occupies a block of multi-story buildings on the very outskirts. It is this area that is currently the main defense node of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is being "softened up" by artillery.

❗️The battle for Severodonetsk is in full swing, and even taking into account the Armed Forces of Ukraine's problems with supplies due to the successes of the Russian Armed Forces on the flanks, it is not an easy task. And premature "victory announcements" do not help the assault troops pushing the front westward.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Burning bridges

After the final liberation of Volchansk from Ukrainian formations, units of the "North" group of troops continue their attacks, and clashes are taking place at several populated areas at once.

Successes in the Tatar Forest have allowed to start battles for Prilipka, liberate almost all of Liman and increase attacks on the enemy's logistics from the southern approaches. Attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to counter-attack with the forces of the 225th separate motorized rifle brigade did not lead to anything, and the "fire brigade" continues to be chased between sections.

Most of Vilchi is already under the full control of the Armed Forces of Russia: the enemy is losing one building after another, losing the opportunity to transfer reinforcements from Simonovka. The escape routes are under the control of Russian UAV operators.

❗️The situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is largely worsening due to strikes on pontoons across the Seversky Donets. There are fewer crossings, and the supply shoulder has increased, making it even more difficult to transfer reinforcements, which are already being hit by drones.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront | Military Situation In Ukraine On December 8, 2025 (Map Update)

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08:00 on December 9, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The 1385th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

Over the past day, 139 combat clashes were recorded.

Yesterday, the enemy carried out one missile and 80 air strikes against Ukrainian positions and populated areas, used one missile and dropped 208 guided bombs. In addition, 6,254 suicide drones were deployed and 4,128 attacks on our troops' positions and populated areas were carried out, of which 88 were from multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).

The aggressor carried out air strikes, including on the populated areas of Kurilivka in Kharkiv region; Rai-Oleksandrivka, Kramatorsk, and Konstantynivka in Donetsk region; Ternuvate, Kosivtsi, Rizdvyanka, Zaliznychne, and Zaporizhia in Zaporizhia region.

Yesterday, the Defense Forces hit three artillery systems, two UAV control centers, and four enemy troop concentration areas in the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions.

In the South-Slobozhansky direction, eight combat clashes took place in the areas of Volchansk, Sinelekhove, Odaradne, and Dovhenke.

In the Kupyansk direction, four attacks by the occupiers were recorded over the past day. The Defense Forces repelled the enemy's assault attempts towards Petropavlivka and Pishchane.

In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked ten times, trying to advance in the areas of Novovodyane, Shandrigove, Kolodiazi, Drobysheve, Zarichne, and towards Liman.

In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy attacked our positions seven times in the areas of Yampol, Serebryanka, Dronivka, and Fedorivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy did not carry out any offensive actions over the past day.

In the Konstantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 16 attacks near Oleksandr-Shultyno, Pleschivka, Shcherbinivka, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar, and towards Sofiyivka.

In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 43 enemy attacks in the areas of Shakhove, Fedorivka, Rodynske, Chervnyi Lyman, Nikanorivka, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetskoe, Dachne, and towards Novopavlivka.

In the Oleksandrivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 17 enemy assaults in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Sichneve, Verbove, Ribne, Krasnogorske, and Vishneve.

In the Gulyaypole direction, 15 combat clashes took place in the areas of Solodke, Privilne, Gulyaypole, and towards the populated area of Priluki.

In the Orikhiv direction, one combat clash took place yesterday - the occupiers tried to advance in the area of Stepovoe.

No offensive actions were recorded in the Dnieper direction over the past day.

No signs of the enemy forming offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.

Our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupying forces in terms of manpower and equipment, actively undermining the aggressor's offensive potential in the rear.

Over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 930 people. Also, Ukrainian soldiers disabled two combat armored vehicles, 27 artillery systems, a multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), 432 operational-tactical level unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and 61 units of the occupiers' automotive and special equipment.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 9, 2025
 

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue their special military operation.
 
💥 Units of the "North" group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, ranger, airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three territorial defense brigades, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service near the settlements of Ryzhevka, Andreevka, Varachino, Iskriskovshchina, and Ivolzhanskoye in Sumy Oblast.

💥 In the Kharkiv direction, units of three mechanized, a motorized infantry brigades of the AFU, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Veterinarnoye, Staritsa, and Vilcha in Kharkiv Oblast.

▪️ Enemy losses amounted to 235 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, six field artillery pieces, and five ammunition and supply depots.
 
➡️ ​​Units of the "West" group of forces continued to destroy the enemy group encircled on the left bank of the Oskol River.

💥 The personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Glushkovka, Kovsharovka, and Podoli in the Kharkiv region and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 220 servicemen, a tank, seven armored combat vehicles, including a British-made Spartan armored personnel carrier, 20 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and four ammunition depots.
 
📍 Units of the "Southern" group of forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, two assault brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the AFU, a marine brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Seversk, Platonovka, Stepanovka, Minkovka, and Kostyantynivka in the DPR.

▪️ Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 135 service members and six armored combat vehicles, including a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier and a Canadian-made Senator armored car. Twelve vehicles, two artillery pieces, an electronic warfare station, and four ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
 
📍 Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the forward edge. The personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, two airborne assault brigades, three assault regiments of the AFU, three marine brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and four National Guard brigades were destroyed near the settlements of Volne, Vodyanskoye, Belitskoye, Rodynskoye, Torskoye, Grishino, Sergeyevka, and Novokryvorozhzhia in the DPR and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

➡️ In the settlement of Dimitrov in the DPR, assault units of the 51st Army continued to destroy encircled AFU formations in the Vostochny and Zapadny microdistricts.

▪️ The enemy lost over 445 service members, two armored combat vehicles, five vehicles, and an artillery piece."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 9, 2025

🚩 Units of the "East" force group liberated the village of Ostapivske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

💥 The manpower and equipment of the mechanized forces, two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of Varvarovka, Kosivtsevo, and Hulyaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Andriyivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

▪️ The AFU lost over 210 service members, an armored combat vehicle, six vehicles, and a supply depot.
 
💥 Units of the Dnipro Group of Forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade and a coastal defense brigade of the AFU near the settlements of Novoandriivka and Lukyanivske in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Nikolske in the Kherson region.

▪️ Up to 40 servicemen, 13 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and two supply depots were destroyed.

✈️ Tactical aviation, strike drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groupings destroyed a Ukrainian military industry enterprise, energy infrastructure facilities used by the AFU, an assembly plant and storage facilities for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment sites for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 157 districts.
 
➡️ The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-27 aircraft belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force.
 
🎯 Air defense systems shot down a guided bomb, 13 rockets from a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, and 280 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
📊 Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 669 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 101,411 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 639 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26,467 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,627 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
▫️ 31,815 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▫️ 48,692 special military vehicles."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

" Liberation of Ostapovskoe

While all attention is focused on the battle for Gulyaypole, the "Vostok" group of troops continued the liberation of the south of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Units of the 36th Guards Motor Rifle Division established control over Ostapovskoe, from where the enemy had previously counterattacked to Danilovka and Nechaevka. Having exhausted their forces in the counterattacks, the AFU was unable to hold Ostapovskoe. Thus, the Russian units expanded their foothold in the area north of Yanchur.

➡️Moreover, further advance along the R-85 route to the north is becoming even more likely - especially since the enemy is actively thinning out his own defensive positions. And now, "Vostok" has the option of a new battle in the inter-river area - now Yanchur and Volchya.

➡️At the same time, the southern flank remains a place of heavy battles - the TOs of the 35th Army of "Vostok" are burning the enemy in the center of Gulyaypole. Interestingly, some time ago, rumors appeared on the Internet about the alleged loss of control over the city center by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, although it is still being processed by artillery.

📌And according to our data, this is due to the virtual successes that some formally pro-Russian resources attribute to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the sake of hype. In fact, this only harms, giving the enemy's propaganda the opportunity to declare the repulsion of attacks.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"The "kettle" is shrinking

The situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is worsening daily. Constant strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces and the blocking of ground supply routes are forcing the Armed Forces of Ukraine to lose house after house. In Mirnograd, the Russian Armed Forces have occupied another part of the city, and the enemy retains a presence only in the northwestern outskirts and in the area of Svetloe. There is no full control anymore: small groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving through the remaining "grey" part of the city and trying to break out of the "kettle".

➡️There's no talk of organized resistance - the buildings where the enemy is trying to organize defense are being demolished by airstrikes. The relatively high density of the civilian population is adding to the difficulties, as there are many local residents in the city who have been waiting for liberation.

📌On the front outside the agglomeration, units of the Russian Armed Forces are gradually strengthening the previously weak positions on the northern flank, thus preparing for a possible breakthrough to Dobropillia. There are reports of the restoration of control over Suhetse, but this, like the next liberation of Rodinsk, is not yet confirmed, although it is highly likely.

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