The offensive tactics of Russia and Ukraine are very similar, in the summer the Ukrainian army stabbed knives everywhere along the entire front, testing the weak points of the Russian defense line, and then finding a place to attack in depth.
This time, the Russian army is similar, trying to stab knives everywhere on a thousand-kilometer front, check the weak points of the Ukrainian army, and then encroach step by step.
In Maryinka, the Russian army basically captured the town and finally began to turn into Novomyhailovka in the direction of Yuzhnodonetsk and formed a semi-encirclement of the village.
Situation as of December 16, 2023.
Russian troops continue their offensive in the Pobeda triangle - Zverinets fortress area - Novomyhaylovka.
The completion of the clean-up in western Marinka allowed the Russian army to free up some of its forces and artillery resources to move south.
Units of the Russian 20th Motorized Rifle Division are achieving a breakthrough on the battlefield between Pobeda and Novomihaylovka after a massive bombardment of the concentration of Ukrainian troops.
Within three days, the Russian army managed to approach the outskirts of the village of Pobeda and partially bypassed the "Zverinets" defensive zone (former fur farm).
During the past five days of fighting near Novomikhailovka, the Russian 68th Air Assault Force has managed to gain a foothold on the southeastern outskirts of the settlement, occupying the area of the cemetery, but it has not yet been able to enter the village, which has built a large number of fortifications and densely laid mines.
Other fronts
The front line in the Staraya Belsky direction did not undergo significant changes. The parties engaged in positional battles in the village of Sinkovka, Kupyansk region; In the south, the Ukrainian army launched several attacks in the area of the Torsky ledge and the Serebryansky forest, but they were all repulsed.
In the Soledar direction, Russian assault forces continued to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian army in the area of Kreseyevka and captured a number of strongholds. To the west of **mutt, the front has stabilized after the recent advance of Russian forces into the Bogdanovka and Khromovo regions.
On the northern side of the Avdeyevka district, fighting took place along the road and railway to Novokalnovo. On the southern side, Russian troops are massing in the area of Yasinovatsky Lane; In the Nevelskoye region, Russian troops took control of several strongholds.
In the Orekhov region, Russian troops continue to actively defend in the south and west of Rabotino, gradually occupying positions previously lost during the summer offensive of the Ukrainian army. The Ukrainian army routinely tried to launch an offensive north of Verbovoy, but without success.
In the Klinki area in the Kherson direction, the situation remains tense, artillery on both sides is very active. The Ukrainian army tried to expand the area of control to plantations, but suffered heavy losses. In addition, under the strikes of Russian drones, the Ukrainian army also encountered difficulties in evacuating the wounded and supplies.
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