In the Zaporozhye direction, the occupiers are actively rotating personnel and preparing assault units for future attacks. As the Operational Command "South" reports, the enemy is concentrating its efforts on the Gulyaipil and Orihiv directions, strengthening the training of military personnel and equipment for offensive operations.
"On the Gulyaipil and Orihiv directions, the enemy is conducting personnel rotation measures. In addition, the aggressor does not stop training its stormtroopers and prepares them for future attacks in some areas of the combat clash. Also, the enemy is actively carrying out aerial and engineering reconnaissance," the report says.
It is reported that in the Dnieper direction, the enemy does not abandon its goal of occupying positions in the island zone of the mouth of the Dnieper. Over the past day, he attempted assaults 7 times. The enemy, having suffered losses of manpower, retreated to their original positions.
The defense forces of the South of Ukraine will continue to inflict fire damage on enemy locations and firing positions.
Over the past day, enemy losses amounted to:
• 68 occupants
• 1 mortar
• 8 units of automotive equipment
• 3 units of "Shahed-136" unmanned aerial vehicle
• 1 buggy
• 2 boats
• 3 generators
• EW trench and video surveillance camera.
Affected by:
• 3 dugouts and personnel shelters
• 2 UAV take-off locations and ammunition storage location.
The General Staff reported on the morning of December 9 that in the Orihiv direction, the occupation troops, with the support of aviation, once stormed the positions of the Defense Forces in the area of Nesteryanka.