Meanwhile, Ukrainian soldiers in Donbas repelled enemy attacks in the areas of 13 settlements.

During the day, the enemy launched 7 missile and 32 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine.

“Over the past day, the enemy launched 7 missile and 32 air strikes, as well as carried out more than 50 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas along the contact line,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement as of this morning. December

Meanwhile, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the Russian occupiers in the areas of the settlements of Maidanchik and Bilogorivka in Luhansk region and Berestovo, Bilogorivka, Yakivlivka, Soledar, Bakhmutske, Bakhmut, Dosvidne, Klishchiivka, Andriivka, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region.

The General Staff also notes that there is still a threat of missile strikes on the objects of the energy system and critical infrastructure throughout the territory of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the situation in the Volyn and Poliske directions remained unchanged, and no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.

“The Republic of Belarus continues to support the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, providing territory and airspace for launching missile and air strikes. It has been determined that units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus continue to carry out tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine,” the General Staff emphasized.

Meanwhile, in the Siversk direction, the enemy launched a mortar shelling of three settlements in the Sumy region.

In the direction of Slobozhansk, areas of 11 settlements of the Kharkiv region were shelled by artillery of various calibers from the enemy.

The enemy is defending in the Kupyansk and Lymansk directions. Fired tanks and artillery in areas of 6 settlements in Kharkiv region, as well as areas of 6 settlements in Donbas.

In the Bakhmut and Avdiiv directions, the occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on conducting offensive actions and trying to improve the tactical situation. Areas of 16 settlements in the Donetsk region were shelled by tanks, mortars, barrel and rocket artillery.

The enemy is defending in the Novopavlovsk and Zaporizhzhya directions. Areas of 4 settlements in Donetsk and 6 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region suffered fire damage.

In the Kherson direction, the enemy shelled the areas of twenty settlements along the right bank of the Dnipro River with artillery.

The latest shelling of Ukrainian cities by the Russians

On the night of December 5, the Russian occupiers attacked Zaporizhzhia and Kryvyi Rih.

The occupiers fired three rockets at Kryvyi Rih, as a result of which one person died and three were injured.

In Zaporizhzhia, the occupiers hit the objects of the industrial and energy infrastructure of the city with rockets. It is known that one of the private enterprises was damaged.