2023 is coming to an end, and the Russian army has not achieved boastful results on the front line to help Putin in the election, which makes Putin very dissatisfied. Under tremendous pressure, the Russian commander forced the soldiers to launch a frantic assault in a vain attempt to break through the stalemate and ask for merit and reward. During the day on December 28, there were 42 battles on the front line, the Ukrainian General Staff said in the evening briefing. 
The Russians attacked the positions of the Ukrainian defenders on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region 13 times. "The enemy did not abandon his intentions to drive our troops away from the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper. Yesterday, the enemy launched 13 attacks on the positions of our troops, all of which were repulsed, and the Russian army suffered heavy losses". said the General Staff. At Kupyansk direction Ukrainian defenders repelled 12 attacks in the Sinkiivka region of the Kharkiv region. In the **Mutter direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 3 attacks of invaders near Bohdanyivka and Andriivka in the Donetsk region, who tried unsuccessfully to break through the Ukrainian defenses. 
At Avdiivka direction, Russian troops launched 11 attacks east of Novo** Mutivka, Avdiivka and 10 more in the Pervomaisk and Nevelsk regions of Donetsk region, where the Russians, with the support of aviation, tried unsuccessfully to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian army. In the direction of Maryinka, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to block Russian troops in the areas of Maryinka and Novomikhailivka in the Donetsk region - Maryinka did not fall as claimed by the Russian army, and the Ukrainian army simply withdrew from the city. Here, the Russian army carried out two unsuccessful attacks. In the Lyman and Shakhtarsk directions, the Russian army is holding its ground. At Zaporizhzhia direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled two attacks in the Robotyne area of the Zaporizhzhia region and south of Novodarivka. Here, the Russians, with the support of aviation, tried unsuccessfully to drive the Ukrainian troops out of their positions. 
In total, today, the forces of the Russian Federation carried out two missile bombardments and 40 air strikes, and carried out 33 MLRS attacks on positions and cities of the Ukrainian army. Civilians in Ukraine have been killed and wounded, and private residential buildings, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure have been damaged and destroyed.