[UPDATE – Dec 31st, 2023] Ukraine – Russia WAR: Situation on the Ground – December 2023, 3/3

Dec 26th – Dec 29th 💥D674-Dec. 29th 00:00Z:  The Russian Armed Forces are maintaining the initiative on the battlefield. In the Starobelsky direction, there are positional battles taking place with the use of tanks and artillery on both sides. To the south of Sporny in the Seversky sector, the Russian Armed Forces have been able to gain a foothold in the hedgerows and on the outskirts of the village. In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to surround the Avdeevsky fortified area on both sides, systematically moving forward. The AFU, in an attempt to slow down the Russian offensive,…