Russia shelled more than 130 settlements in Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on December 1.

According to the report, Russian army attacked in the Kupyansk direction, and with support from the air conducted assault operations near Synkivka, northeast of Petropavlivka in Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk region.

Kupyansk, Synkivka and Petropavlivka in Kharkiv Oblast / Map: deepstatemap.live

Russians continue to maintain a military presence in the northern Kharkiv region, conducting active sabotage activities to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to threatened areas and increasing the density of minefields along the state border in the Belgorod region.

The following areas were subjected to air strikes by the Russian occupiers: Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Ivanivka in Kharkiv region; Toretsk, Novomykhailivka, Avdiivka in Donetsk region; Tyahyntsi, Krynky in Kherson region.

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