The situation on the eastern front has somewhat worsened in recent days as the Russian invasion forces are attempting to capture the village of Ivanivske and the outskirts of Bohdanivka, to break through toward the town of Chasiv Yar.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited a command post of the 41st Mechanized Brigade defending the town of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
Russian troops are accumulating their forces in the east of Ukraine, now executing one of the "powerful thrusts" toward the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region.
Today, December 22, the enemy struck Kurakhove, Kramatorsk, and Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region. One civilian was killed, two people were injured, another school was damaged.