139 combat engagements on front line during day, one-third in Pokrovsk direction
On the front line over the past day, December 8, 139 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.
The enemy launched one missile and 80 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas, using one missile and 208 guided bombs.
In addition, the Russians used 6,254 kamikaze drones and carried out 4,128 shellings, 88 of which were from multiple launch rocket systems.
The Russian army carried out air strikes on the areas of Kurylivka in the Kharkiv region; Rai-Oleksandrivka, Kramatorsk, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region; Ternuvate, Kosivtseve, Rizdvyanka, Zaliznychne, Zaporizhzhia, and Vilniansk in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces hit three artillery systems, two UAV control points, and four areas where Russian personnel were concentrated.
One combat engagement was recorded in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions. Russian troops dropped three guided aerial bombs and carried out 151 shellings, including three from MLRS.
In the South Slobozhansky direction, there were eight combat engagements in the areas of Vovchansk, Synelnykove, Odradne, and Dovhenke.
Four enemy attacks were recorded in the Kupiansk direction. Defense forces repelled Russian assaults in the direction of Petropavlivka and Pishchane.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 10 times, trying to advance in the areas of Novovodyane, Shandryholove, Kolodyaziv, Drobysheve, Zarichne, and towards Lyman.
In the Sloviansk direction, the invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces seven times in the areas of Yampil, Serebrianka, Dronivka, and Fedorivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy did not conduct any offensive actions.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, the Russian army carried out 16 attacks near Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbinivka, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar, and in the direction of Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 43 Russian attacks in the areas of Shakhove, Fedorivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Nikanorivka, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetsk, Dachne, and in the direction of Novopavlivka.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled 17 enemy assaults in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Sichneve, Verbove, Rybne, Krasnohirsk, and Vyshneve.
In the Huliaypole direction, there were 15 clashes in the areas of Solodke, Pryvylne, Huliaypole, and towards Pryluky.
One combat engagement took place in the Orikhiv direction, with the Russians attempting to advance in the Stepove area.
No combat engagements were recorded in the Dnipro River direction over the past day.
No signs of Russian offensive groupings were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.
As reported by Ukrinform, the total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to December 9, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to about 1,182,610 people, including 930 people over the past day.
Photo: AFU General Staff