In Kurakhove, Donetsk region, the Russian forces are actively conducting assault operations on the southeastern outskirts of the town and attempting to infiltrate sabotage and reconnaissance groups (SRG) under the guise of civilians. The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are conducting counter-sabotage measures.
The international environmental organization Greenpeace has warned of an environmental disaster in the Black Sea following the accident involving two Russian tankers, Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239, in the Kerch Strait.
On Monday, December 16, electricity outage schedules for households will operate from 07:00 to 20:00, while for industry and businesses, restrictions will apply from 07:00 to 21:00.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 152 combat clashes on the front, with the Russian forces concentrating their attacks in the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove sectors.
On Sunday, a Polish tourist bus carrying residents of Krosno, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, was involved in an accident between the settlements of Ustrzykach Dolnych and Wolosate near the border with Ukraine.
On December 15, during the action “Don't be silent. Captivity Kills”, a Christmas tree decorated with balls with call signs of captured and missing defenders was set up.
The Ukrainian Navy has commented on the crash of two Russian tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 with oil products in the Kerch Strait on December 15.
On December 14, an explosion in the Russian city of Ulianovsk destroyed a railroad track, and the logistics of the Russian army suffered another complication.
Minister of Education and Science Oksen Lisovyi, during a working visit to the Kherson region, checked on the construction of underground schools in Mala Oleksandrivka, Bila Krynytsia and Vysokopillia.
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Poland has transferred 1,300 pieces of military equipment to Ukraine, including tanks, self-propelled artillery systems, airplanes, and helicopters.
Soldiers from the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade “Edelweiss” repelled a massive assault by Russian invaders in the Siversk sector and destroyed four enemy infantry fighting vehicles, 13 motorcycles and one MT-LB multi-purpose light armored tractor.
Over the past day, Russian troops fired ten times on settlements in the Donetsk region, damaging dozens of residential buildings. No casualties were reported.
The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, in collaboration with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and other components of the Defense Forces, destroyed a train carrying 40 tanks of fuel and incurred damage to a railway line from temporarily occupied Crimea to Zaporizhzhia.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine have intercepted and neutralized 56 drones used by the Russian military in attacks against Ukraine since the evening of December 15.