The Russian army will continue to try to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops in the east, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine will counterattack the occupiers. 

This is evidenced by the data of the new map of combat operations in Ukraine as of December 22 from the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain.

As specified by British intelligence, the invaders are trying to break through in three areas in Luhansk region and Donetsk region.

We are talking about the districts of

Svatovo, Kreminnaya and Bakhmut

.

However, the enemy troops have no success there.  

At the same time, the Defense Forces of Ukraine are pushing back the Russian army in the Luhansk direction and counterattacking in Donetsk region, where fierce fighting continues on the outskirts of Bakhmut.

At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia directions continue to deliver precise strikes on Russian transport hubs and accumulations of enemy troops.

The illegal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine is continuing.



The map below is the latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 22 December 2022.



Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/RLP8BVQOYa



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— Ministry of Defense (@DefenceHQ) December 22, 2022

We will remind you that Bakhmut has been the hottest area on the front line for more than a week now, where the Russians are trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses.

However, analysts of the American Institute for the Study of War estimate that the rate of advance of the occupiers in the Bakhmut area has not increased over the previous weeks.  

Russian troops in Bakhmut are trying to use the "valley of fire" tactic, burning the territory with artillery and destroying entire neighborhoods.

This was told by the captain of the ZSU Oleksiy Semenov. 

It should be noted, as the head of the Luhansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, said, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for active offensive actions in the east, and the weather contributes to this.

Gaidai also informed on December 20 that the Ukrainian troops had a few kilometers left to Kreminnaya.

However, progress is slow due to the densely mined territory.

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