There have been 105 clashes between Russia and Ukraine over the past day, Ukraine says
A Ukrainian 122-mm self-propelled howitzer 2S1 Gvozdika fires onto Russian positions near the occupied Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Dec. 18, 2023 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.
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A total of 105 combat engagements took place between Ukrainian and Russian forces over the past day, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a Facebook update.
The clashes included one rocket and six aerial strikes, as well as 62 instances of shelling, all carried out by Russia, the update said.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that civilians were killed and injured as part of the violence without supplying tallies, while adding that private residential infrastructure also sustained damage.
More than 140 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts came under artillery fire, the update added.
CNBC could not independently verify developments on the ground.
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