Military operation in Ukraine - TASS

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Three Ukrainian drones downed in Russian regions

Battlegroup East destroyed five drone control centers over night

Battlegroup South destroy five Ukrainian land robots over day

At least 27 drones taken down over various Russian regions overnight

Kiev troops shell DPR four times in past day

The attacks targeted the city of Gorlovka and the town of Starobeshevo

36 Ukrainian drones taken down over Russian regions in three hours

22 of them were destroyed over the Belgorod Region

Russia’s offensive in Zaporozhye forces Kiev to expand evacuation zone

The reason behind this decision is an increase in the operational range of Russian drones, the source said

Kiev counterattacks near Krasnoarmeysk, trying to slow Russian advance — expert

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the liberation of Krasnoarmeysk on December 1

Possible pause in Russian airstrikes thwarts Kiev's plans to avoid elections — senator

Konstantin Kosachev said that Russia is prepared to act for peace, and this is one of the main messages today

Russian army has full strategic initiative in special military operation zone — Putin

The president said that the Russian forces are advancing along the entire line of engagement

Russia ready to consider halting strikes deep inside Ukraine on election day — Putin

The Russian president still noted that if Kiev wants to use the elections solely to stop the offensive momentum of Russian troops, then this is the wrong choice

Putin points to new report on special military operation by General Staff chief

The supreme commander-in-chief emphasized that the Russian army had the full strategic initiative, advancing in all directions

Hundreds of thousands of Russian troops fighting in special military operation — Putin

The Russian leader noted that not all of them planned to build civilian careers after the special military operation

Russian forces acting in response to Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure — Putin

Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on December 19 that Russian troops had delivered one massive and six combined strikes by precision weapons on Ukrainian military targets over the week of December 13-19