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Ukraine Invasion Day 666: droning on the solstice [1]

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Date: 2023-12-20

Positional battles and destruction of attacking equipment Kherson: chronology of the 666th day of the war

Russian forces conducted another series of drone and missile strikes against Ukraine on the night of December 19 to 20. Ukrainian military sources reported that Russian forces launched 19 Shahed-131/136 drones at Ukraine from Chauda and Balaklava, occupied Crimea, and that Ukrainian forces shot down 18 of the drones over Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Kirovohrad oblasts. [10] The Ukrainian Air Force also reported that Russian forces launched two S-300 missiles at Kharkiv Oblast from Belgorod Oblast. [11] The Kyiv City Military Administration noted that this is the fifth Russian air attack against Kyiv Oblast in the month of December. [12]

‼️🇷🇺Landing forces destroy equipment and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the Dnieper in the Kherson region ▪️Airborne forces destroyed 2 camouflaged radars of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with “Lancets” on the right bank of the Dnieper. pic.twitter.com/Ry3tK8SUCS

⚡️ WAR IN #UKRAINE - DEC 20, 2023 ■ More strikes on both sides, fewer combat engagements & settlements under artillery fire ■ Record 7-day casualties in spite of daily losses currently below the 7-day average ■ 7-day average of landbased equipment losses also rises while… pic.twitter.com/47MbK3EWgT

Russian Subordinate Main Effort #1 – Luhansk Oblast (Russian objective: Capture the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and push westward into eastern Kharkiv Oblast and northern Donetsk Oblast)

Russian forces reportedly continued ground attacks northeast of Kupyansk near Synkivka, east of Petropavlivka, and near Ivanivka; and Ukrainian forces reportedly counterattacked near Synkivka. [36]

Russian Subordinate Main Effort #2 – Donetsk Oblast (Russian objective: Capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, the claimed territory of Russia’s proxies in Donbas)

Russian forces recently made a marginal confirmed advance north of Bakhmut. Geolocated footage published on December 19 indicates that Russian forces marginally advanced southwest of Spirne (25km northeast of Bakhmut). [40] The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed that Ukrainian forces unsuccessfully attacked near Pazeno, 15km north of Bakhmut. [41]

Russian forces reportedly advanced west of Bakhmut on December 20, but ISW is unable to confirm changes to the frontline in this area. A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces advanced along a front 530 meters wide and 170 meters deep west of Khromove and along a front three kilometers wide near Ivanivske, although ISW has not observed visual confirmation of these claims. [42] ... Russian and Ukrainian sources reported that fighting is ongoing on Bakhmut’s northwestern and southwestern flanks. [44] ...Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) Advisor Yan Gagin claimed that Ukrainian forces counterattacked west of Bakhmut. [46] Elements of the Chechen “Sever-Akhmat” 78th Motorized Rifle Regiment (42nd Motorized Rifle Division, 58th Combined Arms Army, Southern Military District) with elements of the Russian 88th Motorized Rifle Brigade (2nd Luhansk People’s Republic Army Corps) are reportedly operating near Klishchiivka, and elements of the Russian 105th Motorized Rifle Regiment (1st Donetsk People’s Republic Army Corps) are reportedly operating west of Bakhmut. [47] Elements of the Russian 98th Airborne (VDV) Division reportedly continue to operate near Bakhmut. [48]

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