UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Dec 9 – In the Kupiansk direction, the Russian army conducted eight assaults near Pishchane, Kolisnykivka, Lozova, and Zahryzove, reported the General Staff.

One of the main goals of the Russian full-scale war is to capture the remainder of occupied Luhansk and Donetsk Oblast; their operations on the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line are dedicated to that. From this section of the frontline, they also aim to push into Kharkiv Oblast and re-occupy Kupiansk and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, important logistics hubs for the region.  

In the Kharkiv direction, Russians unsuccessfully attacked the Ukrainian military’s defensive lines near Vovchansk, Lyptsi, and Vysoka Yaruha five times.

Russia launched one missile strike and 14 airstrikes, dropping 25 glide bombs (KABs) on positions of Ukrainian troops and on cities and villages in the Kharkiv region over the past day. Russians fired over 3,000 times at Ukrainian forces, including 92 times with multiple launch rocket systems.

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  •  Ukrainian military pushed the Russians out of several areas on the Kharkiv axis, regaining their lost position near Hlyboke, reports the Insitute for the Study of War, based on the satellite imagery, in the assessment released on December 5.