At the end of the week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to eliminate over 1,400 Russian soldiers for two consecutive days. At the same time, the Unmanned Systems Forces set two personal records – 470 and 579 Russian servicemen neutralized. It should be noted that during the summer in good weather, Ukrainian drone forces eliminated mostly 180-200 enemies per day, and now have reached 400, despite rain and fog.Myrnohrad dilemma: defense or withdrawalIn Pokrovsk, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to hold the northern part of the city. They recently repelled a powerful attack on Hryshyne, and also conducted assault sorties into the central quarters of the city. The Defense Forces finally conducted a successful operation to evacuate Ukrainian fighters from positions in the south between Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk. Consequently, Russian forces completely captured Lysivka, Sukhyi Yar, Novopavlivka, Rih, and Hnativka, and their assault troops broke into Rivne and expanded the gray zone to the north of it.In Myrnohrad itself, fierce street fighting continues, as a result of which the Russians captured the entire southern part of the city. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces hold the northern and central districts, where they are forced to maintain an all-around defense. From the east, Russian forces occupied 80% of Novoekonomichne and are pushing their way into the eastern quarters of Myrnohrad, and from the north the expansion of the gray zone is occurring from Chervonyi Lyman.Thus, Myrnohrad has found itself in a ring of fire from which it is only possible to break out through combat. The situation could be corrected if Ukrainian troops could push Russian forces back from Chervonyi Lyman toward Razine, and even better to the other side of Kazennyi Torets. However, the expansion of the control zone in Novoekonomichne, as well as in the Dobropillia direction, makes this scenario increasingly unlikely.Dobropillia – new Russian offensive The Dobropillia counteroffensive operation has been declared complete, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not managed to fully clear out the remnants of Russian forces west of Shakhove. We have again transitioned to defense mode in this direction. Meanwhile, Russian forces not only preserved their salient between Novotoretske and Maiak, but also began a new offensive on Ukrainian positions. Over the month, Russian forces completely captured Volodymyrivka and Pankivka and broke through a corridor to the Russians previously encircled in the forest plantation. Now Ukrainian defenders in Shakhove find themselves in a difficult situation, as Russian forces are advancing from both the east and the south, where they forced the Kazennyi Torets River and have the opportunity to flank the defense forces from the west. Simultaneously, Russian forces are storming Sofiivka and over the week increased their control zone here by several hundred meters.Kostiantynivka withstands the blowThe number of combat engagements on the Kostiantynivka front has long been among the top three directions weekly. However, territorial changes here occur quite rarely – the Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain an all-around defense of the city. From the west, the front has held for months at the approaches to Rusynyi Yar. The situation is similar on the outskirts of the already captured Yablunivka. The failed offensive on Dobropillia also slowed the penetration into the right flank of Kostiantynivka. In recent days, Russian forces advanced their positions to the shores of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir, which have long been in the gray zone anyway, so there were no Ukrainian positions there. In Kleban-Byk itself, the Ukrainian Armed Forces still hold the defense, as well as in the pocket that stretches south, all the way to the outskirts of Toretsk. Although of course, sooner or later we will have to withdraw from here. Daily attacks by Putin's forces on Pleshchiivka and Ivanopillia are failing.Although individual assault groups regularly reach the southern outskirts of Kostiantynivka, they fail to either establish themselves or accumulate forces there. They are mostly destroyed. The Russians have intensified their offensive on Stupochky, with the aim of breaking through beyond the Bakhmut - Kostiantynivka highway in the direction of Chervone or Novodmytrivka, to roll up Ukrainian defenses in Chasiv Yar. But for now, this plan is also failing.Siversk has almost fallen – offensive on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk has begunSince 2022, the Ukrainian Armed Forces has held the front unshakably 10 km from Siversk. This was due to natural obstacles in Bilohorivka, the Serebryansky Forest, and the Siverskyi Donets, which the Defense Forces managed to turn into a powerful fortification line. However, due to a lack of personnel, these positions began to weaken from May. Russian forces captured Bilohorivka and the Serebryansky Forest and advanced along both banks of the Siverskyi Donets, all the way to Dronivka, where they essentially reached the flank of Siversk's defenders. The advance near Yampil blocked one of the two roads to the city, and the breakthrough from Vyimka to Sviato-Pokrovske stopped logistics along the other. The siege of Siversk lasted less than 1.5 months. Initially, the Ukrainian Armed Forces held high-rise buildings in the northeast of the city, then the front line moved to the railway. Finally, this week Russian forces forced Ukrainian defenders to retreat from the central quarters of Siversk behind the Bakhmutka River. The north and south of the city are occupied, and fierce fighting is taking place in the western part. The Ukrainian Defense Forces are trying to stabilize the front along the river, although from the southern flank the Russians have already forced it north of Sviato-Pokrovske. Therefore, holding at least part of the city, especially the area with single-story buildings, will be an extremely difficult task.Therefore, the trends suggest that Ukrainian military personnel will soon have to gradually withdraw from Siversk to the west through combat. But there will be no deep breakthrough to Sloviansk after the complete occupation of Siversk, as preparations for such a scenario have long been underway and hypertrophied defenses have been built.Behind Siversk there are heights to which the Ukrainian army will withdraw, and the Russians who enter the city will find it very difficult to hold positions here, as being in the lowland of the Bakhmutka, in a completely destroyed city, they will be as if on display. As a fortress, Siversk has not just fulfilled, but overfulfilled its mission.Meanwhile, on the neighboring Kramatorsk front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces blew up a dam in the village of Pryvilia to prevent a breakthrough by Russian forces along the Bakhmut - Sloviansk highway. The main goal of the invading army in this area is the outskirts of the village of Malynivka, which is located on commanding heights between Kramatorsk and Bakhmut, which stretch from Chasiv Yar all the way to the Siverskyi Donets beyond Siversk. Another place where the adversary is trying to climb these heights is the outskirts of Vasiukivka and Fedorivka. Here they are storming the village of Pazeno and want to flank the defense forces holding Pryvilia.Reaching these heights anywhere will allow Russian forces to then move along them much more easily. From this moment, they will not only be able to launch a large-scale campaign of terrorizing the civilian population in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk with drones, but will also give them a significant advantage over the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This will mark the actual beginning of the battle for the Kramatorsk-Sloviansk agglomeration.Front is moving toward Lyman from the northWhile the Ukrainian troops are holding back Russian forces south of Lyman, in the area of Yampil and Dibrova, and also preventing them from breaking through from the east from Zarichne, unfortunately the front has shifted in the north. Here Russian forces finally completely captured Kolodyazi and expanded the control zone 2 km south toward Stavky. On the other flank of the northern front, the Russians occupied Shandryholove and Serednie. They forced the Netryus River and began fighting for Novoselivka. Thus, Russian forces intend to infiltrate through the forests along the Yarova – Drobysheve line and get behind the defenders of Lyman. To implement such a scenario, Russian forces have directed new reinforcements here, as previous armies have mostly lost their offensive potential.Kupiansk shattered Putin's plansAs we reported earlier, the successful operation to clear the city continues in Kupiansk. The Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to completely liberate Kindrashivka and Radkivka and establish fire control over Holubivka. Russian forces have completely lost the ability to penetrate the city. The Defense Forces completely cleared the western, southern, and northern quarters, but in the central part there are still several Russian enclaves. Ukraine Russia war live map, December 6 - 13, photo: EspresoTwo hundred Russian soldiers are trapped in encirclement and their fate will be decided in the near future. General Drapatyi, who led the operation, once again proved that with proper organization of the process, Ukrainian military personnel are capable of defeating even superior Russian forces. The de-occupation of Kupiansk will now not only significantly reduce the threat that was looming from the bridgeheads across the border and Oskil, but will significantly damage Putin's reputation, who announced the capture of Kupiansk several times and even summoned the press here.Instead, President Zelenskyy came to Kupiansk, fearlessly filming a video a kilometer from Russian positions. This is a demonstration to the whole world that Ukraine is not going to surrender, and Putin will not win this war, no matter how much he says otherwise.The maps were created based on information received from the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ General Staff, as well as from other open and verified sources. At the same time, the maps are not maximally accurate and only conditionally reflect trends in the combat zone.