Russia ups air strikes on southern front, Ukraine fends off ground assaults
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Russia reduced the number of assaults on the Tavria front and instead has started using air strikes again, Tavria operational group commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi reported on Telegram on Dec. 10.
There were six air strikes, 33 combat engagements, and 512 artillery shells in the past day.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces also destroyed three Russian BMD-4 AFVs and two fuel depots.
Ukrainian continues to hold back Russian attempts to encircle Avdiivka, successfully repelling 19 Russian attacks east of Novobakhmutivka and in the areas of Avdiivka, Tonenke and Pervomayske.
Ukraine also repelled eight Russian attacks in the areas of Maryinka, Pobeda and Novomykhailivka.
In the Shakhtarsk sector, Ukrainian troops repelled two enemy attacks near Staromayorske, Donetsk Oblast. In the Zaporizhzhya sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled three Russian attacks in the areas of Novopokrovka and west of Robotyne.
Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to inflict losses in manpower and equipment on Russian forces in the Melitopol sector.
The total losses of the Russian army in the Tavria operational area amounted to 337 troops. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also destroyed nine pieces of military equipment. In particular, five armored personnel carriers and an artillery system.
The Defense Forces also destroyed an ammunition depot and two warehouses with Russian fuel and lubricants. Another five units of Russian equipment were damaged.
Russia has resumed the use of Su-25 attack aircraft and Ka-52 helicopters on the Tavria axis.
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