Overview
- According to the General Staff’s 08:00 update on December 30, 151 combat engagements were recorded along the front during the previous day.
- Russian forces carried out 47 air strikes and dropped 129 guided aerial bombs, conducted 3,651 attacks including 62 MLRS salvos, and launched 5,287 kamikaze drones.
- In the Pokrovsk sector, defenders repelled 43 assaults, and a preliminary estimate reports 130 Russian personnel neutralized there, including 70 killed.
- Ukrainian forces also reported repelling 25 attacks in the Huliaipole sector and 17 near Kostiantynivka, with no offensive actions recorded on the Kramatorsk front.
- A later 16:00 snapshot noted 63 engagements since the start of the day with fighting active in seven sectors and Pokrovsk still the most contested area.