Russian sources claimed Russian forces marginally advanced in southern Chasiv Yar and advanced south of Chasiv Yar, with some claiming seizure of the entirety of the Refractory Plant in central Chasiv Yar.
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Some Russian milbloggers claimed on December 15 that Russian forces seized the entirety of the Refractory Plant in central Chasiv Yar.
Russian sources claimed on December 15 that Russian forces marginally advanced in southern Chasiv Yar and advanced south of Chasiv Yar.
The Foreign Ministry on Dec. 16 condemned the visit of the Pan-African Parliament's delegation to Ukraine's Russian-occupied territories.
Representatives from a dozen African countries arrived in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast earlier in December 'to find out the truth of the Russian people.'
Their statements during this visit about opposing colonialism, made on Ukrainian land illegally seized by Russia in the course of its neocolonial war of aggression against Ukraine, are completely absurd.
The Rarog UAV battalion of the 24th Brigade destroyed Russian occupiers in the canal pipes in Chasiv Yar.
Russian troops are using small assault groups and hiding in infrastructure like canal pipes to infiltrate Ukrainian positions.
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