💥 Attack

Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Siversk direction on December 29 without confirmed advances.

December 29, 2024 Siversk, Donetsk Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Siversk direction but did not make any confirmed advances

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

21 clashes occurred in the Lyman sector with Russian efforts focused on multiple villages including Hrekivka and Novoyehorivka.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian forces attacked the region six times, resulting in one death in Kotlyne

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

On December 29, the Main Intelligence Directorate reported that four facilities with telecommunications equipment of the illegal operator Phoenix used by Russian occupiers were destroyed in occupied Donetsk Oblast.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Four facilities with telecommunications equipment of the illegal telecommunications operator Phoenix were destroyed in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.880Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-29-2024