A corresponding video was published on the Facebook page of the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade."In the hottest direction of the Donetsk region, our drones are methodically destroying the invading Russian forces. Step by step, we are regaining control over territories where the Russian army considered itself 'entrenched.' For the UAV operators of the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade, there are no secure enemy hideouts. There is only precision, cold calculation, and results," reads the caption accompanying the video.Additionally, over the past day on December 16, 278 combat clashes were recorded on the Russian-Ukrainian front. In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukraine's Defense Forces repelled 82 assault actions.What is known about the 82nd Separate Air Assault BrigadeSeptember 2 is the founding day of the 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade. Since 2023, the brigade's units have been destroying enemy forces in the Zaporizhzhia direction. In 2024, near Vovchansk, they became a reinforced concrete wall against which the enemy's offensive was completely shattered."We are one of those brigades that thrust like a righteous dagger into the aggressor state. Thanks to powerful assault operations in the Kursk region, we captured a multi-kilometer zone in a short time and, for the first time since World War II, managed to break through into the territory of the Russian Federation," the statement reads.Fighters with the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade captured a Russian soldier near Lyman, who described the brutal conditions in their army.