🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront | Military Situation In Ukraine On December 15, 2025 (Map Update)

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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 16, 2025.

🪖 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation.

💥 Units of the "North" group of forces inflicted a defeat on the formations of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two brigades of territorial defense in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Sich, Kondratovka, and Miropolie in the Sumy region.

🔥 On the Kharkiv direction, a defeat was inflicted on the units of three mechanized brigades of the AFU, a brigade of territorial defense, and a brigade of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Pervomayskoe, Baranovka, Nesternoe, Volchanskye Khutora, and Primorskoe in the Kharkiv region.

▪️ The enemy lost over 250 servicemen, a multiple rocket launcher system "Grad", an artillery gun, 23 vehicles, a radar station "RADA" produced in Israel, a radio electronic warfare station, and three warehouses of material resources.

🚩Units of the "West" group of forces, as a result of active actions, liberated the settlement of Novoplatonovka in the Kharkiv region.

💥 A defeat was inflicted on the live forces and equipment of three mechanized, assault brigades of the AFU, a brigade of territorial defense, and a brigade of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Blagodatovka, Podoly, Shiykovka, Glushkovka, Kupyansk-Uzlovoye in the Kharkiv region, and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ The losses of the Ukrainian armed formations amounted to over 220 servicemen and four armored combat vehicles. Eighteen vehicles, three artillery guns, a radio electronic warfare station, and three warehouses of ammunition were destroyed.

📍 Units of the "South" group of forces took more advantageous positions and positions. A defeat was inflicted on the formations of two mechanized, motorized infantry, airborne, and mountain-assault brigades of the AFU, a marine brigade, and a brigade of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Mayaki, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, Stepankovo, Slavyansk, Petrovskoe, Konstantinovka, and Kramatorsk in the DPR.

▪️ The enemy lost up to 200 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, three artillery guns, and five warehouses of ammunition.

🪖Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to destroy the surrounded enemy in the microdistricts of the Eastern and Western parts of the city of Dimitsovo in the DPR and liberated 120 buildings.

🎯 The clearing of the settlements of Svetloe and Grishino in the DPR from scattered formations of the AFU is continuing."

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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 16, 2025

💥 A defeat has been inflicted on the live forces and equipment of the mechanized brigade, two infantry brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and two national guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Svetloe, Toretskoe, Belitskoe, and Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

▪️ The enemy's losses amounted to over 505 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, including a U.S.-made M113 armored personnel carrier, a Grad multiple rocket launcher system, nine vehicles, and ten artillery pieces, including six of Western origin.

↗️Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depth of the enemy's defenses. A defeat has been inflicted on the live forces and equipment of the mechanized brigade, assault brigades, three assault regiments of the AFU, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Andreevka, Velikomikhailovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Gulyai-Pole and Kosovtsvo in the Zaporizhia region.

▪️ The AFU lost over 295 servicemen, 19 vehicles, six artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, and three materiel depots.

💥Units of the "Dnieper" group of forces inflicted a defeat on the formations of the AFU mechanized brigade, territorial defense brigade, and national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Novoandreevka in the Zaporizhia region, and Otradokamenka in the Kherson region.

▪️ Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, 19 vehicles, six artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, and three materiel depots were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and missile and artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a defeat on transport infrastructure objects used by the AFU, an assembly and storage workshop for unmanned aerial vehicles, and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 154 districts.

🎯 A total of 669 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 103 362 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 639 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26 562 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1 633 multiple rocket launcher systems,
▫️ 31 948 field artillery and mortar pieces,
▫️ 49 167 units of special military automotive equipment were destroyed."

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

"Operational information as of 16:00 on December 16, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The Ukrainian defense forces are repelling the offensive of the Russian occupiers.

At this time, the total number of combat clashes is 167.

Today, the communities of the settlements of Mykolaivka in the Chernihiv region; Privylia and Rogizne in the Sumy region were affected by enemy artillery and mortar fire.

On the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, ten combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day. The enemy carried out 71 shellings, including seven from multiple rocket launcher systems.

On the South-Slobozhansky direction, the defense forces repelled seven enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Prylipka, Sinelekhove, and in the direction of Izbytske, Obukhivka, Kolodiane.

On the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attempted 22 times to dislodge our units from their positions in the direction of Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka, Pishchane, Novoplatonivka, Golubivka, and ten combat clashes are currently ongoing.

On the Liman direction, the invading army carried out 22 attacks on Ukrainian positions in the area of Torske and in the direction of the settlements of Stepove, Korovin Yar, Zarichne, Drobysheve, Novoselivka, and 13 combat clashes are currently ongoing.

On the Slaviansk direction, the Russians attempted four times to advance on our troops' positions in the areas of Siversk, Serebryanka, and in the direction of Pazeno, and two combat clashes are ongoing.

On the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy once attempted to advance in the direction of Bondarne.

On the Konstantinovka direction, the enemy attempted nine times to break through our defenses near Pleschivka, Ivanopil, Rusyn Yar, and in the direction of Sofiyivka. Five combat clashes are ongoing.

On the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the Russian occupiers have carried out 52 attempts to dislodge our soldiers from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Kotlyne, Udachne, and in the direction of Rivne, Mirnograd, Rodynske, Grishino, Zvirove, Sergeyivka, Novopavlivka, Filia. The defense forces are repelling the offensive and have already repelled 41 attack.

On the Alexandrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 19 assaults by enemy troops. The enemy is attempting to advance in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Hay, Sichneve, Krasnogorske, Zlagoda, and in the direction of Ivanivka, Iskra, Alexandrograd, Verbove, Privylia, and one combat clash is ongoing.

On the Gulyaypole direction, 25 combat clashes occurred, in the area of the settlement of Solodke and in the direction of Varvarivka, Gulyaypole. Three combat clashes are currently ongoing.

On the Orikhiv direction, the enemy seven times unsuccessfully attempted to break through our defense in the areas of the settlements of Shcherbak, Stepove, and in the direction of Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, and Primorske. He carried out an airstrike on the area of the settlement of Novoyakovlivka."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Successes near Severesk

After the battle for Severesk ended, Russian units concentrated their efforts on clearing the northern flank. Mine № 6, which had been contested for the past several months, came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

A group of Ukrainian infantry holding one of the buildings was initially attacked by drones, and later stormtroopers from the 70th OMSBR entered the site. Opponents who faltered were eliminated by UAV operators.

➡️Before the Russian Armed Forces launch a further offensive on Slavyansk, they still need to clear the surroundings of Severesk, organize logistics in the recently liberated city, and evacuate civilians.

📌Later, the fighters will have to secure the heights near Svyato-Pokrovsky, which will allow UAV operators to set up convenient positions for strikes on Ukrainian logistics already in the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration.

In addition, it will be necessary to advance in the neighboring Lyman direction, where past successes laid the "foundation" for the liberation of Severesk.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🕶 ✙DeepState✙🇺🇦:

"🗺 Over the past 3 years and 8 months (44 months or 1350 days), the enemy has captured 23% of the Donetsk region, while 22.6% remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces

🏹 Although the dynamics of the occupation of Donetsk remains quite active in daily updates, it is very slow in the context of control over the entire region.

📊 Before the full-scale invasion, the militants of the pro-Russian terrorist groups controlled approximately 32% of the region. During the first 40 days of the invasion, due to the failure of the defense in southern Ukraine and the encirclement of Mariupol, the Russians managed to capture an additional 22.4% of Donetsk. After this, the pace of advancement slowed down, as the Defense Forces established positions from Velika Novosilka to Vugledar, and the Russians focused on storming the Donetsk Fortified Region (DonUru).

📋 It's a historical fact that the German Wehrmacht managed to reach Moscow and Stalingrad from the Western Bug in less than 47 months, and also return to Berlin. In contrast, the "second army of the world" managed to reach from Donetsk to Pokrovsk in a nearly similar period.

♣️ It's hard to understand how American partners consider such a "turtle offensive" an advantage. However, of course, we are not able to liberate all internationally recognized territories with the current configuration of forces.

🤷🏻‍♂️ In general, if there are no major changes, it will take at least 3 years for the Russians to occupy all of Donetsk."

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😎❌🤔⛴ — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"Ukrainian underwater drone for the first time hit a Russian submarine, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced

The Security Service of Ukraine reported on Telegram that during a special operation conducted together with the Navy against the Russian Black Sea Fleet, it damaged and "practically disabled" a Russian submarine of the "Varshavyanka" type. This was done with the help of an underwater drone of the Sub Sea Baby type. The SBU published a video of the drone's explosion.

"On board the submarine were four launchers of the Kalibr cruise missiles, which the enemy uses to strike at the territory of Ukraine"

— the SBU justified the use of the drone.

Earlier, according to Ukrainian data, the boat was stationed in Crimea. Due to attacks by marine drones in the Bay of Sevastopol, it was relocated to Novorossiysk. The press service of the Black Sea Fleet denies the fact of damage to the submarine."

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🇺🇦🇩🇪👏🇺🇸📝 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Zelensky, Merz Hail NATO-Style US Security Guarantees As 'Real Progress' In Peace Deal | December 16, 2025:

"We've heard this all before, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and American officials are hailing progress after deep discussions on a peace deal to end the nearly four-year war with Russia. During the couple days of meetings in Berlin, US officials have said there's consensus from Ukraine and Europe on about 90% of the Trump-proposedd peace plan.

(...) "The United States, Ukraine and Europe have agreed on a NATO-like guarantee for the future security of Ukraine, two U.S. officials said on Monday, as they tried to come up with a revised peace proposal that would deter future aggression and still satisfy Russia."

(...) "The basis of that agreement is basically to have really, really strong guarantees, Article 5-like." This has sparked optimism in Berlin (though again, we've seen this all before):

"We now have the chance for a real peace process," Merz said.

Zelensky concurred: "We have progress there. I have seen the details from the military that they have been working on, and they look very good, even though it is only the first draft."

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🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦🤝🇪🇺 — 📰 The New York Times | Ukraine and Allies Agree on Security Guarantee for Peace Proposal | Crucial details on the future security of Ukraine remain unsettled as negotiators seek a deal that Russia will approve | December 15, 2025:

"The United States, Ukraine and Europe have agreed on a NATO-like guarantee for the future security of Ukraine, two U.S. officials said on Monday, as they tried to come up with a revised peace proposal that would deter future aggression and still satisfy Russia.

After two days of talks in Berlin, the American officials told reporters they had resolved or significantly closed gaps on 90 percent of their differences on a 20-point draft agreement to end the war. But they acknowledged that the question of where to draw a new Ukraine-Russia border in the Donbas, where much of the fighting continues, was unresolved.

“For now we have different positions, to be honest,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said at a brief news conference on Monday. “But I think my colleagues have heard my personal position.”

Mr. Zelensky has said it would be impossible for Ukraine to give up territory, mostly in Donetsk, that Russia has not taken on the battlefield. President Trump has told him, officials say, that he should surrender that territory, because he will most likely lose it in coming months if the fighting continues.

Ultimately, the two American officials said, that negotiation would be left to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Mr. Zelensky — and privately American and European officials say that is one of several issues that could derail what have been the most extensive negotiations on ending the fighting since Russia invaded Ukraine just shy of four years ago. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity under rules set by the Trump administration for the negotiations."

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

"Operational information as of 08:00 on December 17, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion

The 1,393rd day of the large-scale armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine has begun. Ukrainian defenders are steadily repelling the occupiers' attacks, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

Over the past day, 278 combat clashes were recorded.

Yesterday, the enemy carried out 74 airstrikes and dropped 179 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they conducted 3,729 shellings, including 75 from multiple rocket launcher systems, and deployed 3,523 suicide drones.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes, including on the areas of the populated settlements of Ivanivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region; Vozdvizhivka, Zalishchne, Ternuvate, Zorivka, Novoe Pole, and Gulyaypole in the Zaporizhia region.

On the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, Ukrainian defenders repelled 15 Russian attacks. The enemy carried out three airstrikes and dropped eight guided aerial bombs, as well as conducted 138 shellings, including eight from multiple rocket launcher systems.

On the South-Slobozhansky direction, our troops repelled nine enemy attacks in the areas of Prilipka, Sinelekhove, and towards Izbytske, Obukhivka, Kolodiany.

On the Kupyansk direction, 24 enemy attacks took place yesterday. Our defenders repelled the enemy's assaults towards Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, Kucherivka, Pishchane, Novoplatonivka, Golubivka, and Novokruglivka.

On the Liman direction, the enemy attacked 27 times, attempting to break through our defenses in the area of Torske and towards the populated settlements of Liman, Stepove, Koroviy Yar, Zarichne, Drobysheve, Novoselivka, Stavky, and Glushchenko.

On the Slavyansk direction, our defenders repelled six enemy attacks in the areas of Siversk, Serebryanka, and towards Pazeno.

On the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy once attacked our positions towards Bondarne.

On the Konstantinovka direction, the enemy carried out 24 attacks near Pleschivka, Ivanopil, Rusino Yar, Yablunivka, and towards Sofiyivka, Konstantinovka.

On the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 82 enemy assaults in the areas of Kotlyne, Udachne, Pokrovsk, and towards Rivne, Mirnograd, Rodynske, Grishino, Zvir, Sergeyevka, Novopavlivka, Filia, Novy Shakhov, Dorozhny, Sukhetske, Vilyne, and Ivanivka.

On the Alexandrovsky direction, the enemy yesterday carried out 20 attacks in the areas of Zeleny Hai, Sichneve, Krasnogorske, Zlagoda, and Rybne, and towards Ivanivka, Iskra, Alexandrograd, Verbove, Privolnoe, and Novopavlivka.

On the Gulyaypole direction, our defense forces repelled 28 Russian attacks in the area of Soloedke and towards Varvarivka, Gulyaypole.

On the Orikhivsky direction, the enemy unsuccessfully attempted to break through our defenses eight times in the areas of Scherbaki, Stepove, and towards Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, and Primorsky.

No clashes were recorded on the Dnieper direction.

On the Volyn and Polissky directions, no signs of the enemy forming offensive groups were detected.

Over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,730 people. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers disabled six tanks, 21 armored combat vehicles, 33 artillery systems, a multiple rocket launcher system, an air defense system, 167 operational-tactical-level unmanned aerial vehicles, and 179 units of the occupiers' automotive and special equipment."

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