During the past day  , the

Armed Forces

of Ukraine repelled attacks by Russian invaders in the districts of Bilogorivka in Luhansk region, as well as Klishchiivka and Maryinka in Donetsk region.

Russian troops are trying to advance in the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions.

More details about the situation at the front - in the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on December 9.

It is noted that over the past day, the enemy launched five missile and three air strikes, as well as carried out 54 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

There is also a threat of missile strikes on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine.

The situation in the directions:

In

the Siversky direction, the

enemy shelled the settlements of Khodine, Sosnivka, Kindrativka, and Zapsillia of the Sumy region with mortars.

In

the Slobozhansk direction

, the areas of the settlements of Strelecha, Ternov, Staritsa, Ohirtseve and Kupyansk of the Kharkiv region were hit by fire from mortars and barrel artillery.

The enemy is defending in

the Kupian direction

.

Shelling from tanks and various types of artillery was recorded in the areas of Sinkivka, Pishchane and Pershotravneve settlements in the Kharkiv region and Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region.

In

the Lymansky direction

, the enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of Grekivka, Makiivka, Ploshanka, Nevsky and Chervopopivka in the Luhansk region, and Torsky and Hryhorivka in the Donetsk region.

In the

Bakhmut and Avdiyiv directions, the

enemy does not stop trying offensive actions.

Areas of twenty-five settlements were shelled by tanks, mortars and rocket artillery.

Among them are Berdychi, Andriyivka, Verkhnokamianske, Berestov, Bilogorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Bakhmut, Opytne, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk region.

The

enemy is defending in the

Novopavlovsk direction .

Vugledar, Prechistivka, Zolota Niva and Velika Novosilka in Donetsk region were shelled.

In

the Zaporizhzhia direction

, the enemy fired tanks and artillery at the areas of fourteen settlements.

In particular, Vremivka, Veliky Novosilka and Novopoly in the Donetsk region and Dorozhnyanka, Gulyaipol, Novodanilivka and Stepovoy in the Zaporizhia region.

The

enemy is conducting defensive operations in

the Kherson direction .

Tank and artillery shelling was recorded in the areas of Beryslav, Kozatske, Antonivka, Komysany, Dniprovske and Veletenske settlements of the Kherson region and the outskirts of the city of Kherson.

The enemy continues to suffer losses.

On December 7 of this year, as a result of fire damage to areas where the occupiers were concentrated in the districts of the cities of Berdyansk, Tokmak, Melitopol, Energodar, Dniprorudne, Pology and Vasylivka of Zaporizhzhya region, the enemy lost about 240 people wounded.

3 ammunition warehouses and about 20 units of military equipment of various types were destroyed.

The hospital developed on the basis of the "Tokmak Anti-tuberculosis Dispensary" is completely filled with wounded servicemen of the Russian occupation forces.

The units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit 8 control points, 11 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, and 2 ammunition warehouses of the invaders.

We will remind, the adviser to the head of the President's Office, Mykhailo Podolyak, emphasized that only the

complete defeat of Russia will mean the end of the war in Ukraine.

However, according to him, it is too early to talk about the timing of its completion.

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