Russian forces continued offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line on December 1, with heavy fighting reported near Synkivka and attacks near Lyman Pershyi and the Serebryanske forest area, while Ukrainian forces repelled assaults near Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Stelmakhivka, Torske, and the Serebryanske forest.

Russian forces continued offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove-Kreminna line

Ukrainian forces repelled assaults at multiple locations

Russian forces reduced intensity of attacks and are regrouping in the Lyman direction

Russia pushing for control of Kupiansk

The Russian occupiers have become more active on the entire line in the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group of Forces. They are attacking both on the Lyman-Kupiansk front and the Bakhmut front. They were repelled on the Kupiansk front, where the number of attacks decreased slightly compared to the previous period.

The most powerful defenses have been constructed in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv Oblast