They come in small groups: the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced in Marinka, in the area of ​​Avdiivka and Bakhmut, - ISW

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on December 15 took offensive actions near Kupyansk and in the northern part of Sinkivka and occupied new positions near Sinkivka near the village. The Ukrainian military observer Konstantin Mashovets stated that the invaders had displaced Ukrainian troops from a position north of Sinkivka and unsuccessfully advanced to the east of the settlement. Journalist Yuri Butusov stated that Russian troops had a failed mechanized storm near Sinkivka.

On December 15, Russian Russian invaders conducted ground attacks northeast of Bakhmut, but did not achieve any confirmed success. Russian military bloggers claimed that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had taken the initiative north of Sledar and displaced Ukrainian forces from indefinite positions near Rozdolivka.

The invaders also continued localized offensive operations near Bakhmut and achieved confirmed successes, in particular, they stated that they had advanced northwest of the Kite and in the direction of Orikhovo-Vasylivka and Grigorivka and became entrenched in the Bogdanivka area. ISW analysts noted that they did not see the visual confirmation of these statements.

Russian bloggers argued that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation also advanced northwest of the Kingivka, seized tactical heights in the direction of Ivanovsky and displaced Ukrainian forces from the standpoint in Andreevka. Russian sources have stated that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation intends to surround the time of Yar.

However, Russian bloggers are convinced that it will be difficult to surround the ravine because of the large Ukrainian fortifications and the location of the settlement at a tactical height. ISW estimates that the Russian forces are at least nine kilometers from the time ravine. On December 15, Russian troops also continued the offensive in the Avdiivka area and recently advanced near the Steppe and Pervomaisky.

Russian troops claim that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced near the railway north of the steppe and recently captured positions in the forest area north of the Steppe, in the village and to the southwest of the village and also moved by the Wide Front near Novokalin and advanced to two kilomets into the depth north of Avdiivka. In addition, Russia stated that on December 14, Russian troops advanced near the reed and industrial zone of Avdiivka.

On December 15, the General Staff of Ukraine reported that the Ukrainian forces repelled at least 45 attacks of Russian troops east of Novobakhmutivka, Stepov and Avdiivka, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky. The commander of the Tavriya group of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Brigade, General Alexander Tarnavsky stated that in the Tavriysk direction Russian troops were stepping up by strike groups of up to 20 servicemen with the support of armored vehicles.

On December 15, Russian troops continued offensive operations to the west and southwest of the city of Donetsk and achieved confirmed successes. Geolocation, published on December 13, show that Russian troops advanced in Western Marinka. The Russian troops argued that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation almost completely captured Marinka, and the Ukrainian forces control less than two percent of the settlement.

The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Ukrainian forces have repelled at least 17 Russian attacks near Krasnogorivka, Marinka and Novomikhailivka. The Ministry of Defense of Russia stated that Russian troops had repelled two Ukrainian attacks in the border of the Donetsk-Zaporizhia region last week.

The General Staff of Ukraine reported that Russian troops were unsuccessfully attacked in the area of ​​the border of the Donetsk-Zaporizhia region to the north of Priyutny and near Staromayorsky. Ukrainian and Russian sources stated that Ukrainian troops struck on the occupied Mariupol of Donetsk region on December 14 at the Port City shopping center, where Russian troops kept military equipment, in particular, components of the air defense system.

The Kremlin -related military blogger argued that the cause of the explosion at the shopping center was a detonation of an unidentified patron on the parking lot and that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were stored in the shopping center defective ammunition. Russian troops conducted offensive operations in the Western Zaporizhzhia region, but on December 15 did not reach any declared or confirmed success.

The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian troops were unsuccessfully attacked south of the robot, northwest of Verbov and west of Novoborovka. The Russian source claimed that Russian troops were fighting the lack of transport in the Zaporozhye direction and that Russian troops do not have repair bases for equipment in the rear districts. Defense forces continue to hold positions on the left bank of the Kherson region.

The Russian militarycolor argued that the Russian troops made a series east of the Krynoks, and later the Armed Forces retreated deep into the crusades on December 13-14. On December 15, Russian troops resumed air strikes in the Kherson region. The Southern Operational Command of Ukraine stated that Russian troops had inflicted five air strikes in the Kherson region with 25 planning bombs and an indefinite number of X-31P missiles.