Overview
- By 16:00 on December 9, the General Staff recorded 62 engagements, with the heaviest clashes on the Pokrovsk and Oleksandrivske sectors in Donetsk region.
- Ukrainian forces say they are blocking Russian attempts to infiltrate the northern part of Pokrovsk, while Mirnograd faces intense guided bomb strikes and ongoing assault efforts.
- The 7th Army Corps confirmed an earlier withdrawal from Lysivka and Sukhy Yar south of Mirnograd as a planned maneuver to more defensible lines.
- Ukraine reported overnight strikes on Russian assets in occupied areas, including ammunition and fuel depots, a drone storage site, a mobile fire group, and a Pantsir-S1 system, and cited confirmed damage from a prior drone attack on Russia’s Temryuk port.
- Regional officials reported new civilian casualties and infrastructure damage across several oblasts, including power outages for about 5,200 customers in Zaporizhzhia, as a UN report documented a sharp rise in civilian harm and repeated attacks on energy infrastructure since June.