Original Title: Russia Claims to Control Settlements on Eastern Front and Ukraine Claims to Repel Russian Attacks
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on December 2 that the Russian military completely controlled the town of Kurdyumovka in the Donetsk direction. The Ukrainian side said that the Ukrainian army has repulsed Russian attacks at many points on the Eastern Front in recent days.
On the 2nd, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian army completely controlled the town of Kurdyumovka near Bakhmut in the direction of Donetsk. At the same time, the Russian army also repulsed the Ukrainian attack in the direction of Kupyansk, Hongliman and Nandonetsk and destroyed military targets such as Ukrainian tanks. In addition, the Russian Air Defense Forces shot down 1 Ukrainian Su-25 fighter, 7 drones and intercepted 13 rockets.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released the situation of the battle on the 2nd, stating that the Ukrainian Army had withdrawn from the Russian Army’s attack on 14 locations on the Eastern Front over the past day, including Bilogorivka and Marinka. The Ukrainian side stated that the Ukrainian Air Force carried out 19 strikes on Russian personnel, weapons and equipment assembly areas, three airstrikes on Russian air defense missile emplacements, and Ukrainian artillery and missile units carried out long-range fire attacks beam over four Russian military command posts.
In addition, the National Press Agency of Ukraine reported on the 2nd that the director general of international atomic energy Grossi expressed the hope that all parties will reach an agreement on the creation of a safe zone near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by the end of this year. Russian news agency TASS reported that Grossi revealed that all sides have reached agreement on basic principles related to the safety of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and that attacks on the nuclear power plant could be reduced.
