[UPDATE – Dec 15th, 2025] Ukraine – Russia WAR: Situation on the Ground – December 2025, 1/2

💥D1380-Dec 5th 00:00Z: The Russian army is approaching the encirclement of Severesk Units of the Russian Armed Forces have driven the AFU out of Svyato-Pokrovskoye and reached the chalk hills, which are the last natural line of Ukrainian defense on the southern edge of the narrow passage through which units of the 54th brigade can still retreat from Severesk. The loss of these heights makes the corridor practically undefended and brings Ukrainians to the threat of encirclement. Meanwhile, our assault groups are advancing in the Vasukovka area, and a possible entry of the Russian Armed Forces into Malinovka will create…