🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of December 28, 2025.
 

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation.
 
📍 Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position and defeated formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine assault regiment near the village of Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast.

💥 In the Kharkiv direction, units of two heavy mechanized brigades, two mechanized brigades of the AFU, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the villages of Veseloe, Izbitskoe, Staritsa, and Stognii in Kharkiv Oblast.

▪️ The AFU lost up to 140 service members and 12 vehicles.
 
🔥 Units of the "West" group of forces defeated the personnel and equipment of five mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, two National Guard brigades, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Kurilovka, Boldyrevka, Blagodatovka, Pristen, and Korovy Yar in the Kharkiv region.

📍 In the Kupyansk direction, within 24 hours, units of the 6th Army repelled two attacks by units of the 92nd Assault and 14th Mechanized Brigades of the AFU near the settlements of Podoli and Nechvolodovka in the Kharkiv region, aiming to break through to the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region.

▪️ Up to 15 militants and a T-64 tank were destroyed.

▪️ In total, in the area of ​​responsibility of the "West" group of forces, enemy losses amounted to over 200 servicemen, a tank, two US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, three armored combat vehicles, and 10 pickup trucks. Five ammunition depots were destroyed.
 
📍 Units of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of seven mechanized and an airmobile brigades of the AFU were defeated near the settlements of Nikiforovka, Konstantinovka, Donetskoye, Reznikovka, Slavyansk, Krivaya Luka, Illichivka, and Rai-Aleksandrivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ The enemy lost up to 155 servicemen, three US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, two armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, and an ammunition depot."

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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 28, 2025.

🚩 Units of the Center Group of Forces, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the settlements of Dimitrov, Rodinske, Artemovka, and Volnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

💥 The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, one infantry brigade, two airborne assault brigades, one airmobile brigade, three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, the Azov special forces brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and three National Guard brigades were damaged near the settlements of Lenino, Ivanovka, Toretskoye, Kutuzovka, Grishino, Shevchenko, Belitskoye, Dobropolye, Vasilevka, Novy Donbas in the DPR, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

▪️ The enemy lost over 500 service members, three armored combat vehicles, a pickup truck, and a radio-electronic reconnaissance station.
 
🚩 Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses and completed the liberation of Hulyai-Pole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

🔥 The personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two assault brigades, two assault regiments of the AFU, and two territorial defense brigades were damaged near the settlements of Dobropasovo, Gai, Gavrilovka, and Pokrovskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Pryluky, Vozdvizhevka, Ternovatoye, Charivne, Zaliznychne, and Barvinovka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

▪️ The AFU lost up to 185 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, and a US-made 155mm M198 howitzer.
 
🚩 Units of the Dnipro Forces Group actively liberated the settlement of Stepnogorsk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

💥 Formations of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the AFU and the territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, and Chervona Krynytsia in the Zaporizhzhia region and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

▪️ More than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, seven vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and two supply depots were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces damaged energy facilities used by Ukraine's military-industrial complex, rocket engine component production facilities, long-range attack drone assembly and launch preparation facilities, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 148 districts.
 
🎯 Air defense systems shot down a guided bomb and 370 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
📊 Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 669 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 105,665 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 641 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26,764 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,634 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
▫️ 32,218 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▫️ 50,197 special military vehicles."

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

"Operational information as of 16:00 on December 28, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion
The invaders continue to storm the positions of Ukrainian defenders. Since the beginning of the day, 103 combat clashes have been recorded.

The enemy from the territory of the Russian Federation carried out artillery strikes on the areas of populated settlements in Bleshnya of the Chernihiv region; Ulanov, Rizhivka, Bila Bereza, Iskryskivshchina, Bruski, Volfine, Rogizne, Kucherivka, Volkovka, Bachivsk, Progress of the Sumy region.

On the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, the enemy carried out 15 attacks.

On the South-Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders near the populated settlements of Staritsa, Prylipka and towards Hryhorivka, Izbytske seven times. Two combat clashes are ongoing.

On the Kupyansk direction, our defenders repelled one enemy attack towards Mala Shapkivka.

On the Liman direction, the invading army attacked 13 times near the populated settlements of Novoselivka, Zarichne, Mirne and towards the populated settlements of Liman, Zakitne, Druzhylivka, Ozerne and Drobysheve. The defense forces have already stopped eight attempts to advance the enemy, and combat clashes are ongoing in five locations.

On the Slavyansk direction, the enemy attacked three times in the area of Serebryanka.

On the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders in the area of Minkivka.

On the Konstantinovka direction, the invader attacked 18 times in the areas of the populated settlements of Konstantinovka, Oleksandr-Shultyn, Pleschiivka, Shcherbynivka, Rusin Yar, Yablunivka, Klean-Bik and towards the populated settlements of Sofiivka, Stepanivka, Berestka. Five combat clashes are ongoing so far.

On the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers carried out 34 attempts to push Ukrainian defenders from their positions in the areas of the populated settlements of Chervonyi Lyman, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetskoe, Filia and towards the populated settlements of Novopavlivka, Novoe Shakove, Rodinskoe, Sergeivka. Nine combat clashes are ongoing.

Today on the Alexandrivsk direction, the enemy attacked 11 times near the populated settlements of Yalta, Vyshneve, Ribne and towards the populated settlements of Khore, Novo Zaporizhia, Ivanivka, two combat clashes are currently ongoing.

On the Gulyaypole direction, our defenders have already stopped eight attempts of the enemy to advance forward in the areas of Gulyaypole, Solodke, Dorozhnyanka and towards Novoandriivka.

On the Orikhiv direction, the defense forces repelled five enemy attacks in the area of Shcherbakiv, Mala Tokmachka, Stepove and towards Novoandriivka.

On the Dnieper direction, no combat clashes have been recorded at the moment.

On other front directions, no significant changes in the situation have been recorded."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront | Military Situation In Ukraine On December 28, 2025 (Map Update)

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront's high resolution map regarding Pokrovsk front.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront's high resolution map regarding Kamyanske.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront's high resolution map regarding Gulyaypole front.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇷🇺 SouthFront's high resolution map regarding Dobropolye front.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Battle for Heights: situation in the Slavyansk Front

The outskirts of Seversk remain the scene of heavy fighting even after its liberation. Some time ago, Russian attack aircraft were spotted on a street in Zakotnoye on the northern flank of the Slavyansk front.

According to available reports, fighters entered the village along the Seversky Donets River from the direction of Platonovka. Concurrently, clashes continue in the vicinity of Yampol, where the enemy holds several positions in forest belts.

📌 Russian Armed Forces' attacks in this sector are primarily aimed at capturing a large stronghold near Height 170, also known as Shchurova Gora. From this position, the Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain surveillance on the outskirts of Yampol and the routes near Platonovka.

➡️Unconfirmed reports are coming in from the central sector of the front regarding the entry of Group of Forces "South" attack aircraft into a chalk quarry. There is no visual evidence of this, nor any reason for the Russian Armed Forces to storm the facility—it is located in a lowland and poses no threat to the attackers.

➡️Also, some sources report an advance of Russian units into the Melovaya Vestitelnost (Chalk Vegetation) nature reserve near Reznikovka. By pushing the Ukrainian formations out of the area, the Russian Armed Forces will be able to establish fire control over the western entrance to the village.

❗️Nevertheless, there is no need to "get ahead of the locomotive." The enemy is saturating a new defensive line on the heights between Zakotnoye and Reznikovka with personnel and UAV units, and is also reshuffling the command of the local group.

Heavy fighting continues in this area, with the front line constantly shifting.

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🇺🇦🤝🕊🇺🇸🇷🇺 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Ukraine "Is Ready For Peace"; Zelensky Thanks Trump After "Great Meeting" | December 28, 2025:

"Update (1730ET): Following a call with Russian president Putin and meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at his Mar-a-Lago estate, President Trump said early Sunday that he made “a lot of progress” in talks with Ukraine and Russia, and that they were getting "closer" to settling the status of the disputed Donbas territory, but that it remained challenging.

"It's unresolved, but it's getting a lot closer. That's a very tough issue, but one that I think will get resolved," Trump told reporters in response to a question about the Donbas..

Asked if Putin was committed to peace despite the attacks, Trump said:

"He's very serious."

"I can say that I believe Ukraine has made some very strong attacks also, and I don't say that negatively. I think you probably have to," Trump said outside his estate.

Speaking next to Zelensky, who stood a step below him at the entrance in front of waiting cameras, Trump said that an emerging agreement would also be good for Ukraine.

"There will be a security agreement. It'll be a strong agreement," Trump said.

"And the European nations are very much involved in that. They'll be very much involved in protection, et cetera," he said.

Zelenskiy said the peace framework is “90% agreed” and that “US-Ukraine security guarantees” are “100% agreed”, with the military dimension also “100% agreed”.

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🇺🇦🤝🕊🇺🇸🇷🇺 — 🇺🇦 Zelensky's reaction when he heard Trump saying that Russia wants Ukraine to succeed.

🇺🇦🇺🇦🤝🇺🇸🇺🇸🕊 — 🇺🇦 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky:

"Thank you, President Trump, for a wonderful meeting. We had a meaningful discussion on all issues and highly appreciate the progress made by the Ukrainian and American teams over the past few weeks. Special thanks to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for their involvement and full dedication to the cause, as well as to our team, especially Rustem Umerov and Andriy Gnatov.

We discussed all aspects of the peace framework and achieved significant results. We also discussed the sequence of further actions. We agree that security guarantees are key to achieving lasting peace, and our teams will continue to work on all aspects. We agreed that our teams will meet next week to finalize all discussed issues. And we also agreed with President Trump that he will host Ukrainian and European leaders in Washington in January.

Ukraine is ready for peace."

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

"Operational information as of 08:00 on December 29, 2025 regarding the Russian invasion

Glory to the Outskirts!

The 1405th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

Over the past day, 209 combat clashes were recorded.

Yesterday, the enemy carried out 50 airstrikes, dropping 128 guided aerial bombs. In addition, he carried out 3,436 shellings, including 89 from multiple rocket launchers, and deployed 4,412 suicide drones.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes, including on the populated areas of Pidgavlivka, Pokrovskoe, and Havlivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region; Varvarivka, Verkhna Tersa, Rizdvyanka, Vozdvizhinka, and Zaliznychnoe in the Zaporizhia region.

Over the past day, the Defense Forces carried out two strikes on personnel and weapons concentrations.

On the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, five enemy attacks took place yesterday. The enemy carried out two airstrikes, dropping four guided aerial bombs, and carried out 103 shellings, including one from a multiple rocket launcher.

On the South Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders seven times near the populated areas of Staritsa, Prylipka, and in the direction of Grigorivka and Izbytske.

On the Kupyansk direction, three clashes took place yesterday. Our defenders stopped the enemy's offensive towards Kupyansk, Pishchane, and Mala Shapkivka.

On the Liman direction, the enemy attacked 14 times, trying to break into our defenses near the populated areas of Novoselivka, Zarichne, Mirne, and in the direction of Liman, Zakitne, Druzhylivka, Dibrova, Ozernoe, and Drobysheve.

On the Slavyansk direction, the Defense Forces stopped four offensive actions of the invaders in the area of Serebryanka.

On the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled an enemy attack in the area of Minkivka.

On the Konstantinovka direction, the enemy carried out 26 attacks in the areas of Konstantinovka, Oleksandr-Shultyn, Pleschivka, Shcherbynivka, Rusin Yar, Yablunivka, Kleban-Bik, and in the direction of Sofiyivka, Stepanivka, and Berehyste.

On the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 52 enemy assaults in the areas of Chervonyi Lyman, Mirnograd, Novoeconomichne, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetskoe, Filia, and in the direction of Novopavlivka, Novoe Shakhove, Rodynske, Serhiivka, and Vilne.

On the Alexandrivka direction, the enemy carried out 22 attacks near the populated areas of Yalta, Vishneve, Ribne, Oleksandrgrad, and in the direction of Iskra, Khorosh, Novo Zaporizhia, Ivanivka, and Sosnivka.

On the Gulyaypole direction, our defenders stopped 19 enemy attempts to advance in the areas of Gulyaypole, Solodke, Dorozhnyanka, Bilohiria, and in the direction of Varvarivka.

On the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian units stopped nine enemy attacks on our troops' positions.

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

The losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,180 people. Also, Ukrainian soldiers disabled three tanks, 6 armored combat vehicles, 13 artillery systems, 305 unmanned aerial vehicles, 113 units of automotive equipment, and one special vehicle of the occupiers."

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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 29, 2025.

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

📍 Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position, defeating formations of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, and an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Ryzhevka, Andreevka, Alekseevka, and Varachino in Sumy Oblast.

💥 In the Kharkiv direction, units of a mechanized and motorized infantry brigade of the AFU were defeated near the settlements of Grafskoe, Rubizhne, and Staritsa in Kharkiv Oblast.

▪️ The AFU lost up to 205 service members, nine vehicles, a self-propelled artillery unit, and an electronic warfare station.

🚩 Units of the "West" group of forces have completed the liberation of the village of Dibrova in the Donetsk People's Republic through active operations.

💥 The personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the AFU, a National Guard brigade, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the villages of Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Podoli, and Glushkovka in the Kharkiv region, and Drobyshevo, Krasny Liman, and Illichivka in the DPR.

🪖 In the Kupyansk direction, within 24 hours, units of the 6th Army repelled two attacks by units of the 144th Mechanized and 92nd Assault Brigades of the AFU, including foreign mercenaries, near the villages of Palamarevka and Blagodatovka, aiming to break through to the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region. Twenty-six militants and 17 pieces of military equipment were destroyed.

▪️ In total, in the area of ​​responsibility of the "West" group of forces, enemy casualties amounted to more than 210 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, including an M113 armored personnel carrier and two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles, as well as an Italian-made Iveco armored vehicle and a Canadian-made Senator armored personnel carrier. Twenty-one pickup trucks and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

📍 Units of the "Southern" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an airmobile brigade of the AFU, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Cherevkovka, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, Dolgaya Balka, Reznikovka, and Slavyansk in the DPR.

▪️ The enemy lost up to 205 troops, five armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier and a US-made Hummer, eight vehicles, and four field artillery pieces, including three from NATO countries.

▪️ Two electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery station, and two supply depots were destroyed."

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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 29, 2025

📍 Units of the "Center" force group improved their position along the forward edge. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an airmobile brigade, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Gavrilovka, Krutoyarovka, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Toretskoye, Svetloye, Grishino, Shevchenko, Shilovka, Belitskoye, Vodyanskoye, Dobropolye, and Novy Donbas in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ Enemy casualties amounted to over 495 service members.

↗️ Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the AFU, and two territorial defense brigades near the settlements of Bratskoye and Velykomykhailivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Boykove, Ternovatoye, and Zaliznychne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

▪️ The AFU lost up to 190 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, and 16 vehicles.

📍 Units of the "Dnipro" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of a mountain assault brigade of the AFU and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Orekhov, Novoandriivka, and Lukyanivske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Sadovoe in Kherson Oblast.

▪️ More than 55 Ukrainian service members, nine vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, and a supply depot were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces struck temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 153 districts.

🎯 Air defense systems shot down two Grom operational-tactical missiles and 140 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 669 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 105,805 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 641 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26,775 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,634 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
▫️ 32,240 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▫️ 50,291 special military vehicles."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Liberation of Dibrova

While units of the West Guard Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in Kupyansk, further south, its units are advancing in several sectors of the Liman sector.

🔻Where are there successes?

▪️The enemy was dislodged from several strongholds near Grekovka, where a small forest came under Russian control. Russian attack aircraft also managed to take several positions in forest belts on the approaches to Korovy Yar.

▪️Along the Aleksandrovka-Sosnovaya-Yarovaya line, fighting continues in the forests—the situation there remains largely obscured by the "fog of war." The Ukrainian Armed Forces are counterattacking in Drobyshevo and Stavki, seeking to slow the advance of the Russian Armed Forces.

▪️In the eastern part of Liman, where Russian units are gradually accumulating, small groups are fighting, supported by a large number of UAVs.

Local successes were also noted in the Svyati Gory Park. The Russian Ministry of Defense officially announced the liberation of Dibrova. Half of the village had been under the control of Russian troops for some time, and it appears that a video of the raising of flags can be expected from there soon.

❗️As Boris Rozhin noted, the liberation of Dibrova will cut off the eastern entrance to Liman. After clearing Drobyshevo to the west of the city, its garrison will remain dependent on the only route along the T-05-14 highway from the direction of Stary Karavan, which will be actively used by Russian drones.

📌 In fact, the groundwork for the northern outflanking of the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration is currently being laid in the Liman sector. After the liberation of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, it is the last major fortified area of ​​the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbas.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"AFU Counterattacks

Fighting on the heights west of Seversk is intensifying: the enemy, seeking to prevent Russian forces from consolidating their positions, is launching mechanized counterattacks, including in the Svyato-Pokrovskoe area.

🔻How the situation is developing

▪️There are reports of an advance along the Platonovka-Seversk line, although information from there is conflicting.

▪️Near Svyato-Pokrovskoe, Ukrainian forces launched a counterattack, taking advantage of bad weather. An infantry fighting vehicle carrying troops managed to slip through to the eastern outskirts of Svyato-Pokrovskoe from the fields west of Zvanovka, but was burned by drones. The troops managed to disperse into adjacent buildings but were later destroyed.

▪️The fighting for Reznikovka continues, with Russian units already reaching the eastern outskirts of the town.

▪️Conflicting reports are coming from the southern flank. Although Petrovskoye (Pazeno) and Vasyukovka have already been declared liberated, no objective surveillance footage has emerged from there.

📌 Curiously, the Armed Forces of Ukraine intensified their counterattacks after the Ukrainian General Staff acknowledged the loss of Seversk, accelerated preparations for a new line of defense, and changed the command of the troop group.

And if the enemy command combats the false reports, which partly led to such a rapid, by today's standards, loss of control over Seversk, the path to Slovyansk could become significantly more difficult. Especially since the city is significant in every respect.

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