Operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Russia
Russian troops recently advanced into the area of the main “Ukrainian bridgehead” in the Kursk region. Geolocation footage from 21 December shows that the Russians have advanced east from Kruglenkoe (southeast of Korenevo).
Russian “military correspondents” claimed that Putin’s troops entered and captured Kruglenkoye and advanced 900 meters into central Kurilovka (south of Sudzha), but ISW found no confirmation.
Russian troops continued offensive operations in the area of Novoivanovka, Kruglenkoe, Malaya Loknya, Cherkasy Porechye and Pogrebki, as well as near Martynovka.
The commander of a Ukrainian battalion operating in the Kursk region said the enemy had recently started using armored vehicles for attacks in the Kursk region after the enemy had only used infantry in attacks in previous weeks.
east of Ukraine. Russian Federation Operation No. 1 – Kharkov Region
On December 22, the Russian occupiers continued their attacks in the Kharkov direction, but made no progress.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that on December 21 and 22, the invaders conducted offensive operations in the Cossack Lopan, Goptovka, Glubokoye and Vysokaya Yaruga areas, as well as in the Staritsa and Volchansk areas.
Russian operation No. 2 – Lugansk region
Russian troops have recently made little progress in the Kupyansk direction. Geolocation images from December 22 indicate the advance of the invaders in the southeastern part of Dvurechnaya (northeast of Kupyansk).
Additional geolocated images released on December 22 show Ukrainian armed forces repelling a platoon-sized Russian mechanized attack near Sinkovka (northeast of Kupyansk).
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the capture of Lozovaya (southeast of Kupyansk). A Russian blogger claimed that Russian troops were advancing east from Zagryzovo and near Kruglyakovka. But ISW found no evidence to support these claims.
The Russian invaders continued to attack in the area of Petropavlovka, Kucherovka, near Zagryzovo, Kruglyakovka, Stepnoy Novoselovka, Boguslavka, Grekovka, Novoegorovka, Novosergievka, Zelenyi Gai, Nadya, Ivanovka, Ternov, Druzhelyubovka and Dibrova on December 2. 22.
Russian Federation Operation No. 3 – Donetsk Region
On December 21 and 22, the Russian occupiers conducted offensive operations in the Seversky direction in the area of Serebryanka, Belogorovka, Verkhnekamensky and Vyemka, but did not advance.
On December 22, Russian troops continued offensive operations in the Chasovoy Yar area, but also without success.
On December 21 and 22, the Russian invaders advanced near Chasovoy Yar itself, as well as near Stupochek.
Russian “military correspondents” claimed that Putin’s troops were advancing in the northern microdistrict (northern part of Chasovoy Yar), but ISW found no confirmation.
Russian troops have recently advanced in the Toretsk direction. Geolocation footage published on December 22 indicates that the occupiers have advanced into the northern part of the city.
On December 21 and 22, the Russian invaders carried out offensive operations near Toretsk itself, in the area of Druzhba and Sukhaya Balka.
Russian occupiers have recently advanced in the Pokrovsky direction. Geolocation footage from December 22 indicates that the Russians have advanced in the western part of the village. Dachenskoye (south of Pokrovsk) and occupied the village.
Russian troops conducted offensive operations near Pokrovsk, near Luch, Mirolyubovka, Lisovka, Zeleny, Dachensky, Novy Trud, Novoukrainka, in the area of Novovasilyevka, Novoelizavetovka and Novoolenyovka on December 21 and 22.
On December 22, the Russian invaders advanced in the direction of Kurakhovsky, but did not advance.
Russian troops conducted offensive operations near Kurakhovo, near Sontsevka, Shevchenko, Stary Ternov and Dachnoye on December 21 and 22.
On December 22, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Sontsevka would be captured, but ISW found no confirmation of this statement.
Some Russian “military correspondents” claimed that Putin’s troops had almost completely captured Kurakhovo after driving most of the Ukrainian defense forces out of the residential area of the city, but another Russian blogger said it was too early to talk about a capture solution.
A Russian source claims that Russian troops are approaching a thermal power plant west of Kurakhovo.
On December 22, Russian troops continued offensive operations in the Ugledar direction, but made no progress.
On December 21 and 22, the Russian occupiers advanced in the Uspenivka area, in the direction of Constantinople and near Constantinople, Yantarny and Razliv.
On 22 December, the Russian invaders continued to advance in the Bolshaya Novoselka area, but failed.
On December 21 and 22, Russian troops conducted offensive operations in the Razdolnoye area and in the direction of Odradnoye, near Makarovka, Blagodatnoye, Neskuchnoye, Storozhevoy, Vremevka and towards Novoselka.
A Russian source claimed that Putin’s troops were allegedly conducting operations to clear out Ukrainian armed forces southwest of Storozhevoy.
A Russian blogger claimed that Ukrainian armed forces counterattacked near Razdolnoye and that rainy weather prevented Russian troops from using drones.
“Southern Axis”
Ukrainian and Russian ISW sources did not report any fighting in the Gulyai-Polye direction (eastern Zaporozhye region) on 22 December.
Ukrainian Defense Forces recently retook previously lost positions in the western Zaporozhye region following reports of local offensive operations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area.
Geolocation footage published on December 22 shows that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have retaken lost positions in the center of Kamenskoye (northwest of Rabotino), and a Russian “military correspondent” claimed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have likely pushed back Russian troops from the northern part of Kamenskoye to the eastern bank of the Kakhovsky reservoir.
A Russian blogger stated that Russian troops allegedly succeeded in halting the offensive of the Ukrainian armed forces and cutting off the attacking unit from supplies and reinforcements.
Russian “military correspondents” reported local Ukrainian assaults in the Kamensky area on December 20 and 21.
Russian troops also carried out ground attacks near Pyatikhatki (southeast of Kamenskoye) and Novoandreevka (northwest of Rabotino) on 21 and 22 December.
The Russian “military correspondent” said that Russian troops allegedly took several positions of the Ukrainian armed forces in an unspecified area in the Orekhovsky direction, but the ISW did not find any confirmation.
A Ukrainian official confirmed that Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups recently made a limited attempt to cross the Dnieper River in the Kherson region.
On December 21, the spokesman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Vladislav Voloshin, said that on December 20, the invaders launched powerful artillery and missile attacks on the western part (right bank) of the Kherson region, during which the Russian DRG unsuccessfully tried to cross the Dnieper in the area around the Antonovsky Bridge (east of Kherson).
Voloshin said that Russian troops did not manage to cross half the river before the Ukrainian armed forces destroyed the enemy DRG, noting that the occupiers used weather conditions and smoke screens to hide the attempt to advance.
Voloshin also said that Russian troops are trying to land the DRG in other areas of the Dnieper, and the Russians are concentrated on Kozatsky Island (east of Kherson) and Bolshoi Potemkin Island (south of Kherson).
On December 22, Russian troops also continued offensive operations in the Dnieper direction.
On December 22, the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the Russian Starlink terminal at an unspecified location in the south of the country.
Position at the front
Let us remind you that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report on December 22 informed that from the beginning of the day 207 military clashes have already occurred at the front.
The military command also said that the largest number of enemy attacks were registered in the Vremevsky, Pokrovsky and Kursk directions.
