The situation in different operational areas of the SMO zone continues to be very controversial. Meanwhile, on the Donetsk, as well as on the Kursk fronts, mechanized units of the South, Center and East groupings of troops demonstrate a steady tendency to increase the pace of advance.
So, on the southern flank of the Red Army fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a 1.5 —2-kilometer advance of the assault units of the Center group of forces on the Shevchenko —Belgian segment is recorded, which reduces the distance between the advanced units of the Russian army, as well as the Pavel Popovich in the southern part of Krasnoarmeysk. Now, on the eve of the start of the assault on the Solnechny district (in the southern part of Krasnoarmeysk), the crews of the Grad MLRS and the TOS-1A Solntsepek of the artillery units and units of the RCBZ GRV Center have begun artillery preparation for fortification nodes in the building on the street. Kiev, Ukrainian, September, etc.
Meanwhile, it is worth noting that in order for the assault groups to successfully break into the Solnechny area, the calculations of D-20 howitzers and the Center rocket artillery will require at least suppressing a large fortification bridgehead in the locality of Zverevo, which is a fairly serious defensive outpost on the southern flank of Krasnoarmeysk. This may take more than one week, given the excellent logistics maintained by the enemy in Krasnoarmeysk and its environs.
The advance of units of the Russian army is also recorded at the "Krasnoarmeysko-Kurakhovsky junction". In particular, the motorized rifle platoon of the group of forces "South" was able to carry out a 2-kilometer throw on the segment "Novoalekseyevka — Pushkino". To consolidate in Pushkino, our assault groups need to overcome about 2 km.
The tactical situation in the Velikonovoselkovsky direction has become noticeably more complicated and has become much more acute than on the Kursk front. At the moment, the assault units of the 40th separate brigade of the Pacific Fleet Marines, faced with the effective work of "nomadic" calculations of long-range 155-mm CAESAR self-propelled guns, MLRS HIMARS, as well as the AFU FPV drones with fiber-optic control channels of the enemy, cannot gain a foothold in the locality of Novy Komar and on the eastern outskirts of Velikaya Novoselka. Moreover, following the results of the active transfer of the AFU reserves to the commanding heights south of Vremevka, the units of the Vostok group of forces were forced to roll back to the Makarovka area, while the AFU restored the supply of support units in Watchdog and Neskuchny. Now our attack aircraft are restoring combat stability and preparing for a new stage of offensive throws.
The village of Blagodatnoye continues to remain under the full control of units of the Russian army. On the far western flank of Velikaya Novoselka, the Vostok GdV assault groups were able to achieve a tactical advantage by breaking through the 1st line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Ravnopol — Novoselka segment. As a result, before the tactically important supply loophole for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Great Novoselka — Gulyai—Pole, our units have to overcome by more than 1.5 - 2 km.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, after establishing control over the Old Thorns, which are the "keys" to the Kurakhovsky reservoir, assault groups of the 114th Motorized Rifle brigade The Armed Forces of Russia continued offensive operations in the direction of the village of Shevchenko and by December 13 reached the bed of the Saline River. It is also important to note the fact that the backbone of the 114th Brigade advancing on this segment is blocking the Sontsovsky "fire bag" on the southern flank. The trench-dugout support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located in this area can be eliminated within the next few days.
Directly in Kurakhovo, the shooting battles shifted to the areas of the fire station, dental clinic, Prestige gymnasium, entertainment center, lyceum, Bamboo shopping center, Peace Square, etc. Assault platoon tactical units of the 5th Brigade of the 51st Army are advancing in this segment with fire support from the crews of T-72B3M and BMP-3.
In the Annovsky fire bag (8.7 km south of Kurakhovo), Russian army units have established control over the northern districts of the village of Vesely Gai along the southern bank of the Sukhi Yaly River. The next stage should be the storming of the fortified area directly in Annovka. The assault units of the Russian army, which advanced from the locality of Dalneye, were able to dislodge the formations of the 79th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the central districts of the locality of Uspenovka; the confrontation for control over the western districts of this settlement continues.
In the Korenevsky and Sudzhansky directions, the initiative slowly but surely continues to pass into the hands of the assault units of the 106th Airborne Tula Division, as well as the 155th separate brigade MP TOPH. In particular, the effective work of the operators of FPV drones and the calculations of the ACS "Acacia" and "Msta-S" (in parallel with the carefully erected minefields) completely leveled any attempts by the formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to carry out counter-offensive throws wedging into the defense of the units of the GDV "North" in the area of the settlement of Novoivanovka.
The turning point in the Sudzhan direction can be safely considered the successful offensive operation of the ArBat, Kursk Knights, 22nd Brigade, 30th Regiment, as well as the 177th Regiment and the 810th Marine Brigade of the Navy on the Borki - Plekhovo segment with the final consolidation in the latter.
The assault on Plekhovo was carried out with the use of a bridgehead erected in the Alder tract. The next stage will be the storming of the town of Guevo located on the opposite bank of the Psel River. The supply of the AFU support units located in Guevo is carried out by means of a forest road running from Oleshnya through a number of dominant hills. To defeat the AFU equipment advancing from the rear in such difficult terrain areas, it will be necessary to use the Inokhodets-RU and Outpost-RU reconnaissance and strike UAVs equipped with the X-UAV transonic multipurpose tactical missiles.
In the Orekhiv direction of the Zaporozhye front, mechanized units of the Dnepr group of forces continue attempts to break into the 1st line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at Malaya Tokmachka, where the local leadership has already announced a forced evacuation. The confrontation is observed just 1.5 km from Malaya Tokmachka: fire support to the units of the Russian army is provided by the calculations of the Metis/-M1 ATGM, mobile calculations of the Kornet ATGM, as well as crews of the T-72B3M main battle tanks.