UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Dec 13 – The Russian army conducted eight attacks in the Kupiansk direction over the day. Defense forces repelled Russian assaults near Synkivka, Zahryzove, Dvorichna, and Lozova, 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, Russian troops stormed Ukrainian positions eight times near Vovchansk, Hlyboke, and Starytsia.

Russia launched 35 airstrikes, dropping 69 glide bombs (KABs) on positions of Ukrainian troops and on cities and villages in the Kharkiv region over the past day. Russians fired over 4,170 times at Ukrainian forces, including 103 times with multiple launch rocket systems.

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