Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (for the period from December 16 to December 22, 2023)
During the period from December 16 to December 22, 2023, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 39 group strikes with precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on military airfield infrastructure, flight navigation facilities, fuel bases, storage areas for artillery ammunition, weapons and military equipment of the enemy.
In addition, centers for the training and use of unmanned aerial vehicles, control centers and deployment of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, foreign mercenaries and nationalist formations were hit. All designated targets are hit.
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the “Western” group of forces repelled 53 enemy attacks. Air strikes and artillery fire defeated the personnel and equipment of the 14th, 43rd, 60th, 115th mechanized and 95th air assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka and Olshana, Kharkov region.
Enemy losses for the week amounted to over 355 military personnel, four tanks, including two Leopards, 19 armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles and 12 field artillery guns.
In the Krasnolimansk direction, units of the Center group of forces, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, repelled 13 attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In addition, concentrations of manpower of the 24th, 63rd, 116th mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the 12th special forces brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova, Petrovskoye, Kuzmino of the Lugansk People's Republic and Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic were defeated .
Over the course of a week, the enemy lost up to 1,155 military personnel killed and wounded, a tank, 19 armored combat vehicles, 21 vehicles and seven field artillery guns.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the “Southern” group of forces, with the support of aviation and artillery fire, improved the situation along the front line in certain areas. They repelled 43 attacks by assault groups of the 24th mechanized, 79th airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Shumy, Belogorovka and Maryinka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Also, units of the 28th, 30th, 42nd, 93rd mechanized and 57th motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit by fire in the areas of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Krasnoe and Andreevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses in this direction over the past period amounted to more than 1,610 military personnel killed and wounded, three tanks, 17 armored combat vehicles, a HIMARS launcher, 24 vehicles and 44 field artillery guns.
In the South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops repelled ten enemy attacks. Aviation strikes and artillery fire inflicted fire on units of the 58th motorized infantry, 72nd mechanized, 79th air assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the 127th and 128th air defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Urozhaynoye, Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic Republic and Priyutnoe Zaporozhye region.
The total losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction amounted to over 670 military personnel, two tanks, six armored combat vehicles, 19 vehicles and 12 field artillery guns.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of Russian troops continued to conduct active defense, during which six enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Verbovoye, Zaporozhye region. Fire damage was caused to manpower and equipment of the 33rd, 65th, 116th, 117th, 118th mechanized, 128th mountain assault and 82nd air assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the 14th brigade National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Nesteryanka and Novoprokopovka, Zaporozhye region.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 390 military personnel killed and wounded, a tank, five armored combat vehicles, 19 vehicles and ten field artillery pieces.
In the Kherson direction, all attempts to land enemy sabotage groups on the islands and the left bank of the Dnieper were stopped. Air strikes and artillery fire defeated units of the 36th and 37th Marine Brigades in the areas of the settlements of Tyaginka and Belozerka, Kherson region.
As a result of the actions of Russian troops in this direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 510 military personnel killed and wounded, a tank, 37 vehicles, 24 boats and 20 field artillery pieces.
During the week, air defense systems shot down four enemy aircraft: one Su-27, two MiG-29 and one Su-25, as well as three helicopters: two Mi-24 and one Mi-8 of the Ukrainian Air Force. In addition, the following were intercepted: an ATACMS operational-tactical missile, 30 rockets from the HIMARS, Hurricane and Alder multiple launch rocket systems, three JDAM guided bombs, as well as 259 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 554 aircraft, 261 helicopters, 9,955 unmanned aerial vehicles, 442 anti-aircraft missile systems, 14,251 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,189 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 7,447 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 16,572 units of special military vehicles.
