Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of December 2
Illustrative photo: General Staff updated frontline data over the past 24 hours (facebook com easternforce)
In total, 226 combat clashes were recorded along the entire front line over the past day, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to Ukraine's General Staff, yesterday, Russia launched one missile and 66 air strikes, used one missile, and dropped 192 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out 3,547 shellings, including 112 from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3,228 kamikaze drones.
The village of Zazirky in the Sumy region was hit by a Russian air strike.
Situation on front lines
Three combat clashes took place in the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions over the past day. Russia carried out four air strikes, dropped 18 guided bombs, and carried out 116 shellings, including three from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South-Slobozhanskyi direction, Russia attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 14 times in the areas of Vovchansk, Izbytske, Synelnykove, Obukhivka, and Novovasylivka.
Nine combat clashes took place yesterday in the Kupiansk direction. Ukrainian defenders stopped Russia's assault operations near Pishchane, Petropavlivka, Hlushivka, Shyikivka, and Novoplatonivka.
In the Lyman direction, Russia attacked 21 times, trying to break through Ukraine's defenses in the areas of Druzhleubivka, Tverdokhlibove, Karpivka, Serednie, Shandryholove, Novoselivka, Drobysheve, Stavky, and Zarichne.
In the Sloviansk direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces stopped 8 Russian offensive actions in the areas of Yampil, Platonivka, Dibrova, Fedorivka, and Serebrianka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Russia attacked the positions of Ukraine's defenders 4 times in the areas of Pazene, Mykolaivka, and Stupochky.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, Russia carried out 22 attacks in the areas of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Rusyne Yar, Sofiivka, Shcherbynivka, Ivanivka, and towards the settlements of Mykolaipillia, Kostiantynivka, and Berestok.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 72 Russian assaults in the areas of Nove Shakhove, Dorozhnie, Nikanorivka, Bilitsk, Shakhove, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Novoekonomichne, Rivne, Pokrovsk, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novopidhorodnie, Filiia, and towards the settlement of Hryshyne.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, Russia carried out 22 attacks yesterday in the areas of Oleksandrivka, Sosnivka, Verbove, Vyshneve, Yehorivka, Pryvilne, Zelenyi Hai, Yalta, Krasnohirsk, Pavlivka, and Rybne.
In the Huliaipole direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 18 Russian attempts to advance in the areas of Zatyshshia, Novyi Zaporizhzhia, Zelenyi Hai, Varvarivka, Pryvilne, and Huliaipole.
In the Orikhiv direction, Russia did not conduct offensive operations over the past day.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, Ukrainian units repelled 2 Russian attacks in the direction of Antonivka.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups were detected.
Russian losses
Over the past day, the missile forces and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck one area where Russian personnel were concentrated.
Ukrainian soldiers are inflicting significant losses on Russian forces in terms of manpower and equipment and are actively undermining Russia's offensive potential in the rear.
The losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 1,110 people. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed a Russian armored combat vehicle, 14 artillery systems, 51 unmanned aerial vehicles, 58 vehicles, and one piece of special equipment.
