The Kyiv Independent quoted a source saying that Ukrainian intelligence agencies destroyed a Russian train carrying 40 fuel tanks in Zaporizhzhia province.
The Ukrainian Air Force accused Russia of launching a total of 108 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into Ukraine on the night of December 14 and early morning of December 15, according to The Kyiv Independent news site.
The Ukrainian Air Force claims to have successfully shot down 56 UAVs, 49 have disappeared from radar and their exact flight paths remain unknown, while three have malfunctioned and returned to Russian territory.
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Russia's new attack targets 10 provinces in Ukraine, including Chernihiv, Sumy, Kyiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk, according to The Kyiv Independent.
Among them, Governor Vitalii Kim of Mykolaiv province in southern Ukraine announced that two people were injured and an infrastructure in Mykolaiv city was damaged.
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According to Mr. Kim, in the early morning of December 15, the Ukrainian air defense forces shot down four UAVs in Mykolaiv province. Then, a UAV attacked the city of Mykolaiv at 6:57 a.m. on December 15 (local time), damaging an infrastructure facility and injuring two workers.
As of the evening of December 15, there was no information about Russia's reaction to the above accusations and statements from Ukraine.
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The Russian Defense Ministry announced on December 15 that Russian forces had gained control over the Vesyoly Gai and Pushkino areas in Donetsk, according to TASS news agency.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the combat groups caused a total of 1,300 casualties to the Ukrainian army in 24 hours.
The Russian Defense Ministry also claimed that the combat groups caused the Ukrainian forces to lose two US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, two US-supplied howitzers, two US-supplied M777 guns and four US-made Patriot missile launchers.
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Russian forces also "attacked the infrastructure of military airfields, where enemy troops and weapons were concentrated in 146 areas," according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
As of the evening of December 15, there was no information about the reaction of Ukraine or the US to the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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Situation in Kursk
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on the afternoon of December 15 that Ukrainian casualties in Russia's Kursk province in the previous 24 hours had reached more than 400 people, according to TASS news agency.
The Russian Defense Ministry also confirmed that Ukrainian forces in Kursk lost 1 more tank, 2 infantry fighting vehicles and 3 armored fighting vehicles, 7 motor vehicles and 10 mortars.
Since fighting in Kursk began on August 6, Ukrainian forces have lost more than 40,860 troops, 241 tanks, 180 infantry fighting vehicles, 125 armored personnel carriers, 1,256 armored fighting vehicles, 1,138 vehicles, 314 artillery pieces and 40 multiple rocket launchers, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
As of the evening of December 15, there was no information about Ukraine's reaction to the new statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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Ukraine attacks Russian trains with HIMARS?
The Kyiv Independent news site on December 15 quoted an intelligence source saying that Ukrainian intelligence agencies destroyed a Russian train carrying 40 fuel tanks in the Russian-controlled area of Zaporizhzhia province in southern Ukraine on December 14.
The source also confirmed that the purpose of the operation was to disrupt the supply route used by Russia to transport fuel from the Crimean peninsula to the Zaporizhzhia region. The operation was jointly carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the Tavria Group of the Ukrainian army, the Military Intelligence Service (HUR) and the Special Operations Forces (SSO).
According to the source, the operation to destroy Russian trains began with the SBU organizing a mission to sabotage the railway tracks near the village of Oleksiivka in the Bilmak district.
As the Russian train carrying 40 fuel tanks was moving along the tracks, an explosion caused the train to derail and some of the fuel tanks to catch fire, according to the source.
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The source also confirmed that Ukrainian forces fired US-supplied high-mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS) at the locomotive and the outermost train cars, preventing Russian forces from protecting any fuel tanks.
The operation completely destroyed the locomotive and 40 fuel tanks, paralyzing a key supply route for Russian forces in the area and rendering the targeted railway line inoperable, according to the source.
As of the evening of December 15, there was no information about Russia's reaction.
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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/chien-su-ukraine-ngay-1026-tinh-bao-ukraine-dung-himars-tan-cong-tau-lua-nga-185241215181308519.htm
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