Relentless Russian assaults on the Tavria front have made December the most difficult month of the year, said Tavria Defense Forces spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun during a press briefing on Dec. 28.
Russia daily airstrikes on the Tavria front have dramatically plummeted following the destruction of four Russian Su-34 fighter jets by the Ukrainian Armed Forces last week, Tavria Defense Forces spokesperson, Oleksandr Shtupun, told Radio Liberty on Dec. 27.
Ukrainian forces in the Tavria sector destroyed four Russian tanks, a self-propelled 2S5 Hyacinth-S gun, and 13 armored personnel carriers, including a BTR-82, Tavria operational group commander Brig. Gen. Oleksandr Tarnavskyi said on Telegram on Dec. 20.
Russian forces are not reducing the number of combat clashes in the operational zone of the Tavria operational-strategic group, its commander, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, said on Dec. 15 on Telegram.
Russia reduced the number of assaults on the Tavria front and instead has started using air strikes again, Tavria operational group commander Oleksandr Tarnavskyi reported on Telegram on Dec. 10.