The Russian Defense Ministry said that as a result of offensive operations, the settlement of Yakovlevka in the Donetsk direction was taken under control.
“Currently, its cleansing from the remnants of Ukrainian troops is being completed,” Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said during a briefing on December 18.
According to him, the enemy also made unsuccessful attempts to counterattack in the area of several settlements of the DPR, but the actions of Russian artillery and assault groups prevented these intentions - the enemy was thrown back to their original positions.
As specified in the Russian defense department, more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles and three cars were destroyed.
In addition, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier and two cars were destroyed in the Kupyansky direction near one of the settlements in the Kharkiv region.
As a result of a fire raid by Russian artillery, enemy reserves in the Krasnolimansky direction were defeated.
Along with this preemptive fire on assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, attempts by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance in force in the direction of the settlements of the Luhansk People's Republic were thwarted.
As specified in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction per day amounted to 60 servicemen killed and wounded, one tank and two pickup trucks.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - about the course of the special operation in Ukraine
In turn, in the South-Donetsk direction, the Russian military defeated accumulations of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the territory of the DPR, an enemy repair and evacuation group was destroyed by artillery fire and active actions of Russian troops.
In addition, three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of the DPR and the Zaporozhye region.
The enemy lost up to 50 servicemen killed and wounded in a day in this direction, as well as an armored combat vehicle, a tank tractor and two pickup trucks.
Aviation, rocket troops and artillery hit the command post of the 113th Territorial Defense Brigade in the DPR, as well as 109 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 144 districts.
On the territory of the DPR, a position was also opened and a US-made counter-battery radar AN / TPQ-36 was destroyed.
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In addition, air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone in the Yelenovka region (DPR), and also intercepted nine HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) shells in the Kherson region, the DPR and the LPR.
In total, since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, 344 aircraft, 184 helicopters, more than 2.6 thousand drones, 398 anti-aircraft missile systems, over 7.1 thousand tanks and other armored combat vehicles, as well as 931 MLRS combat vehicles, over 3 6 thousand field artillery pieces and mortars and more than 7.6 thousand units of special military vehicles.
Reports of the People's Militia
The people's militia of the DPR in the morning report reported the destruction of two Ukrainian T-64BV tanks, ten units of armored and automotive vehicles.
The enemy also lost 15 personnel.
In turn, the People's Militia of the LPR said that up to 50 enemy soldiers, two tanks, three armored personnel carriers, one drone and 14 units of special vehicles were destroyed in a day.
Humanitarian supplies from the National Guard in the LPR
The press service of the Russian Guard stated that the servicemen of the department, together with the volunteer movement of the Belgorod region and the veteran organization, collected and handed over humanitarian aid to the pupils of the orphanage in the LPR.
The cargo included clothes, bed linen and sweet gifts.
Along with this, the National Guard ensured the issuance of more than 80 tons of humanitarian aid in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.
According to the agency, more than 13 thousand citizens from 18 settlements received food and essentials, including Vasilievka, Mikhailovka, Melitopol, Skadovsk and others.