Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 8, 2025 Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to portray the Russian economy as able to support a protracted war in Ukraine.

#Russian #Air,Missile,andDrone #Campaign
#RussianObjective: Target Ukrainian military and civilian infrastructure in the rear and on the front line
Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of December 7 to 8.

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Russian #SupportingEffort: #SouthernAxis

#Russianobjective: Maintain frontline positions, secure rear areas against Ukrainian strikes, and advance within tube artillery range of #ZaporizhzhiaCity

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Russian #SubordinateMainEffort#3
#Russianobjective: Capture the entirety of #DonetskOblast, the claimed territory of #Russia’sproxies in #Donbas, and #advance into #DnipropetrovskOblast

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Russian #SubordinateMainEffort#2

#Russianobjective: Capture the remainder of #LuhanskOblast and push westward into eastern #Kharkiv Oblast and #encircle #northernDonetskOblast

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#Russian #MainEffort: #EasternUkraine

Russian #SubordinateMainEffort#1

#Russianobjective: Push Ukrainian forces back from the international border with #BelgorodOblast and approach to within #tube #artilleryrange of #Kharkiv City.

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