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Ukraine Logs 237 Clashes as Huliaipole Street Fighting Intensifies and Russia Claims Kosivtseve

Ukrainian officials describe a high-tempo, multi-domain assault with control of several localities in dispute.

The apartment damaged by a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in this handout picture released December 24, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia/Handout via REUTERS
Firefighters work at the site of a Russian air strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in this handout picture released December 24, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia/Handout via REUTERS

Overview

  • Ukrainian military recorded 237 combat clashes today, with more than 80 in the Lyman and Pokrovsk sectors.
  • The General Staff reported one missile strike, 56 airstrikes, 147 glide bombs, 2,275 kamikaze drones and 2,382 artillery attacks in a single day.
  • Officials described two to three dozen daily engagements inside Huliaipole and said Russian forces are shelling settlements along the supply route from the Pokrovske area of Dnipropetrovsk region.
  • Russia said its troops captured Kosivtseve north of Huliaipole and secured roughly 23 square kilometers, a claim not independently verified by Reuters.
  • A Ukrainian commander acknowledged a command post in Huliaipole was abandoned after deception by three infiltrators, while another unit said it had entered the town and was clearing positions as Ukrainian channels reported reinforcements to nearby Myrnohrad and Moscow claimed its forces were clearing that town.