Russians secured new positions across Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kursk, and Belgorod oblasts. Ukrainian military pushed back Russian troops near Shevchenko settlement south of Pokrovsk.
Meanwhile, in Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Toretsk and Pokrovsk, and the Russians near Siversk, Toretsk, Pokrovsk, and Velyka Novosilka.
Suffering significant losses, the grouping conducts assaults every "10-15 minutes" using combined arms tactics to reclaim territory from Ukrainian forces before Trump's inauguration in January.
Russians advanced near Selydove, potentially forcing a Ukrainian withdrawal, but this gain jeopardizes their main push toward the strategic city of Pokrovsk, per ISW.