Didn't have the attention span to cover news that well. But I did collect some battlefield reports.
These are mostly from Ukrainian soldiers.


December 14

Kursk Oblast

• Kurilovka: In Kursk Oblast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled an attack by a Russian assault group on the eastern outskirts of Kurilovka, to which the enemy advanced by fording the Psel River. An enemy control zone in a forest plantation was added to the east. The enemy also attempted to advance along the Psel River in the southern direction, where it came under attack from Ukrainian artillery and retreated in the northeastern direction.
  The situation in the Plekhovo area has not changed significantly. - Petrenko

Pokrovsk Direction

• In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy has advanced in the western part of Novotroitskoye and continues attacks along forest belts in the western direction. - Petrenko

• In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy advanced in the southern part of Sontsovka to a depth of up to 500 meters and captured the settlement of Zarya, occupying neighboring forest belts in a section up to 3.25 km wide...Russian troops advanced west of Novotroitskoye along a forest belt in a section up to 2 km wide, from which they continue to roll forward in the western direction. - Petrenko

• The enemy still has 1.5 km to go to the city itself. Now the Rusnya is developing its success south of Pokrovsky and is pressing very hard. Enemy artillery has been working since the very morning and there are chaotic enemy advances, groups of up to 4 boars are running back and forth. They are also pressing hard in the direction of Peschane. It is not very possible to stop their assaults, despite the reinforcements. There is no communication between the units, they immediately launched the Cossacks into battle without having time to establish communication, what kind of shit is this? Because of all these moments, the enemy can take advantage of the opportunity and rush to the city as it was in Novogrodivka. Another enemy task is still to bypass the city from the southwest and advance further to the west, either they will bypass the city, or they will rush head-on with an assault and this is realistic to do against the background of recent DRG [infiltration and sabotage group] sorties. - Muchnoy Jugend

• The Pidars are in no hurry to storm Pokrovsk head-on, which is quite expected, the maximum is DRG. The LBZ to the north of the Shevchenko half passes along the edge of the siryak, so there is no offensive there as such yet.
  Instead, they are trying to expand the bridgehead, from the south of Novotroitsky I am moving west into the fields, approaching Novoolenivka from the north (Novotroitsky district) and from the east (Pushkino district).
  The nature of the assaults is an exceptionally large number of infantry with the use of a small number of automotive equipment. - Officer Alex

• Yesterday, several DRGs [sabotage/infiltration teams] were liquidated in the city of Pokrovsk. - Officer Alex

Kurakhiv Direction

• On the southern flank of the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy advanced in Uspenovka along Centralnaya Street, where they filmed a flag demonstration. The situation in this area remains difficult. - Petrenko

• In the central part of Kurakhovo, the enemy advanced along the streets Nagornaya 1-ya and Nagornaya 2-ya. Clashes continue along Prokofyeva Street, Zaporozhsky Avenue and the streets mentioned earlier.
  On the southern flank, according to DS, the enemy has consolidated its position in Uspenovka south of the farm and advanced to the southern outskirts of Vesyoliy Gai. Further advancement of Russian troops will be closed by the "Kurakhovskiy pocket", the situation in which, according to the fighter Govoryat Sniper, is approaching critical. - Petrenko

• After the enemy occupied Stary Terny, they began to actively move into the Shevchenko district and were able to gain a foothold in the outskirts of the village. Also, after the capture of Zora, attacks on Slovianka and Petropavlivka began to develop rapidly. This creates a threat that the Rusaks will reach Andriivka. This will turn the Kurakhiv front into one continuous intestine, which will be shot through from all sides, and the exit from which will also not be easy. Are there few losses? There will be even more until we withdraw our troops from the city. Also, further south, the enemy blocked our paratroopers in Hannivka and was able to establish a rag [raise a flag] in the eastern part of Uspenivka, until the village is completely lost! The enemy also took control of Veselyi Gai. Here too, today the boars showed their presence and dirty, dirty rag! - Muchnoy Jugend

• The situation in the “Kurakhove Bag” [salient or semi-encirclement] is such that the guys will obviously have to be taken out by the gray area, if only not by the red zone…
  It’s very simple, all this crap is due to stupid orders, to lies in reports, to the desire of some degenerates to please themselves, to the fact that there is no mechanism for controlling/appealing the commander’s decision, to the fact that there is no mechanism for punishing such crimes.
  I have a feeling that the Criminal Code at the end of the third year of the war lacks a bunch of articles for punishment for unjustified losses of personnel, for stupid orders that led to serious consequences, but the commanders have a whole range of things to fuck around with.
  It's just that some commanders still have stupidity, they give the most stupid instructions that people refuse to follow, they get mad that someone gets into a pose and starts setting another stupid task, but it's more legal and theoretically possible to do, but it doesn't make it any less stupid, but it has to be done, because in the army, orders are first carried out and then appealed.
  That's enough. - Officer Alex

• The enemy entered the village without any resistance, the main forces of ours that were able to, withdrew from Hannivka. There is no one there anymore, except for the partisans who are climbing over the broken houses and conducting a sweep, tomorrow morning the village will be under their control and the pressure on Uspenivka will increase, from which we will also have to withdraw! - Muchnoy Jugend

• In the Pokrovsk direction, the weather is favorable to the enemy, but he is not making any significant advances at the moment. The enemy's main idea is to break through with small groups of DRG to the outskirts of Pokrovske for further development of assault operations, several groups have already been destroyed. - Stanislav Osman

• Foggy weather is quite a double-edged thing and makes its own adjustments. On one hand, there is zero visibility, and it is impossible to operate aircraft normally, any aircraft. On the other hand, natural camouflage helps with rotations, delivering provisions and ammunition. Plus, the enemies are less likely to take risks in such weather. - Officer Alex

Toretsk Direction

• Our defense is gradually weakening here, sometimes we manage to counterattack, but the enemy has already occupied the central part of the city, it is under their control! The enemy has pushed us back to the western, northern and northwestern one-story buildings, we are holding on to the tailings of some old mines, in general, this is the Toretska mine, which is in the northern part of the city. We are also holding positions in Shcherbinivka and we are succeeding. We have quite strong fighters here, you can just knock them out! The overall situation is difficult, but not as catastrophic as in the Pokrovsky direction. - Muchnoy Jugend

Chasiv Yar

• We are trying to counterattack the boars' positions in the refractory plant and knock them out of the territory. There is currently a strong assault there from both sides, the podars are trying to hold this important stronghold, if they manage to knock us out, the city's defense will fail, so it is important for us to hold it! - Muchnoy Jugend

• The enemy storms our positions in the area of the refractory plant every day, there are intensive assaults by the podars, they are involving 8-10 pig dogs for the assault, today in the morning there were 2 groups of 10 people, thanks to the strike drones they held back the assault, the situation is very difficult, if the higher command does not make a decision to provide reinforcements, we may lose Chasiv Yar - Bakmutskyy

Bakhmut Direction

• In the Bakhmut direction, all attacks by the scoundrels were repelled - unfortunately, we have 200 [dead] brothers. Eternal Memory to All Brothers. - Bakmutskyy

• In the Orikhov direction, the Russians continue to hit with KABs towards Orikhov and the surrounding area, towards Hulyaipol, Vasylivka and Zaporizhia itself. Our guys have repelled up to ten foot assaults of the ******* in recent days. The Podars are conducting reconnaissance, accumulating forces, but they manage to grab a kick even in the rear on 2-3 lines of defense. Every day we destroy personnel, equipment, mortars, trenches. Every day we try our best to repel the enemy, but we stand on your peace. - Bakmutskyy

• They couldn’t get into Shevchenko itself, they drove the bastards out from two positions they were advancing from to Pishchane. The assault was carried out by the ***** brigade. Unfortunately, these two positions came at a high cost, many of our guys were killed 😔. - Bakmutskyy

Crimea

• In the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the enemy is withdrawing mechanized units from Crimea, continues to accumulate reserves, there are attempts to storm in small groups. They are probing the direction to identify the most vulnerable areas, it is likely that an assault will be carried out in certain areas with the support of equipment and other types of weapons. - Stanislav Osman

Other

• About the front. This is how the Russians are operating near Pokrovsk, Kramatorsk, and even near Kupiansk. They send at least two people, sometimes more, but lately, it's usually two. They try to break through to built-up areas using buggies or motorcycles, or they dismount and infiltrate a house, cellar, or something else. If they succeed, they signal for reinforcements, and those reinforcements follow their route. Near Pokrovsk, there have already been cases where two Russians get in, but they are killed before reinforcements arrive. But this is their tactic now. - frontukrua
  
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