The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

“In the past 24 hours, units of the Defense Forces repelled the occupiers’ attacks outside the settlements of Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Chervonopopivka, and Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region and Verkhniokamianske, Bakhmutske, Pidhorodne, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Krasnohorivka, Oleksandropil, Marinka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region,” the report reads.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupiers have launched four missile strikes and seven air strikes using Shahed-136 UAVs, as well as 55 attacks using multiple launch rocket systems. Settlements, civilian infrastructure and civilians were affected.

The enemy began the current day with the use of attack UAVs, the General Staff said.

According to the report, the invaders continue to search the population in the temporarily captured territories of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Special attention is paid to mobile phones and smartphones.

The number of invaders in the settlements of the Melitopol district has increased. In addition, the Russian occupiers are considering involving former police officers who have defected to the enemy to participate in hostilities.

On December 18, Ukrainian aircraft launched nine strikes on military personnel and equipment concentration areas and three strikes on the positions of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile systems.

In addition, Ukrainian defenders shot down seven Shahed-136 UAVs.

As reported, the Defense Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 98,280 Russian soldiers from February 24 to December 18.

Source:ukrinform.net/