Russian troops likely advanced in the western part of Verbove, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, recapturing positions that Ukrainian forces had seized during their summer 2023 counteroffensive. This occurred after Ukrainian forces withdrew to more defensible positions near Robotyne for winter.
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Russian troops have likely advanced in the western part of Verbove, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and recaptured positions that Ukrainian troops had seized during a counteroffensive in the summer of 2023
Geolocation footage released on 14 and 27 December shows that Russian troops have advanced to the west of Verbove (9 km east of Robotyne)
A Russian artillery attack on the village of Bilenke in Zaporizhzhia Oblast killed two civilians and injured five others
The two people who died were both fishermen, while two of the five injured were emergency gas line repair workers
Russian armed forces carried out artillery shelling of the village of Bilenke of Zaporizhzhia region, killing two fishermen
An explosion occurred in the still-occupied Melitopol.
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