Russian #SupportingEffort: #SouthernAxis

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

16/18

#Russian #SupportingEffort: #NorthernAxis

Russian #objective:

Create defensible buffer zones in northern Ukraine along the international border

Russian forces continued offensive operations in #northernSumyOblast on December 8 but did not advance. #Sumy

5/18

Russian #SupportingEffort: #SouthernAxis

Russian objective: Maintain frontline positions, secure rear areas against Ukrainian strikes, and advance within tube artillery range of #Zaporizhzhia City

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western #ZaporizhiaOblast

16/18

Russian #SupportingEffort: #NorthernAxis

Russian objective: Create defensible buffer zones in northern Ukraine along the international border

#Sumy

10/18