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Russian forces marginally advanced during a roughly company-sized mechanized assault north of Vesele (south of Siversk).

Vesele, Donetsk Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Russian forces (military_unit) Russian 98th Airborne (VDV) Division (military_unit) Russian Southern Group of Forces (military_unit) Russian 40th Naval Infantry Brigade (Pacific Fleet, EMD) (military_unit) Russian military (military_unit) Russia (organization) Shevchenko (location) Velyka Novsilka (location) Ukraine (organization) DeepState (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Paolo Likichuk (person) Zelenivka (location) Maksymivka (location) Ledovyi (person) Tarnavskyi (person) OTG "Donetsk" (military_unit) 32nd Mechanised Brigade (military_unit) 425th 'Skala' Assault Battalion (military_unit) Pokrovsk (location)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Geolocated footage shows Russian forces marginally advanced during a company-sized mechanized assault north of Vesele

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

DeepState reported that, as of Dec. 15, Russian forces had captured the city council in Kurakhiv and raised their flag over it.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russian forces are focusing on capturing Kurakhove, a frontline town in the Donetsk region, and the nearby Kurakhove Reservoir to establish a bridgehead for an assault on Pokrovsk

UNIAN → Source tone: uncertain

The occupiers captured the city council of Kurakhove and raised a tricolor there. They noted that the enemy continues to advance deeper into the city

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

An enemy column of three APCs moved from Maksymivka to Zelenivka on 15 December, landing about 30 infantrymen.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.851Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-15-2024