Armed Forces of Ukraine continue counter-offensive actions in the direction of Svatovoe and Kremennaya in Donbass. However, near Avdiivka and Bakhmut, Ukrainian fighters have to fight off constant enemy attacks.. The Institute for the Study of War published a fresh map of combat in the Donbass.

Both Ukrainian and Russian sources claimed that on December 10, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued counter-offensive actions in the direction of Svatovoe. The head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that Ukrainian forces are approaching Svatovoe. A Russian military blogger said that Ukrainian forces periodically attack in the area of \u200b\u200bthe R-66 highway near Svatovoe, where they had little tactical success..

Russian " Sources in social networks (including Russian ones) claimed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Svatovoe and the Russian rear in Novopskov (68 km northeast of Svatovoe) with HIMARS missiles and heavy artillery.

In Kremennaya on December 10, the Kremlin troops continued counterattacks. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled counterattacks of infidels north of Kremennaya in the area of \u200b\u200bPloshchadka (16 km northwest of Kremennaya) and Nevsky (18 km northwest of Kremennaya) and 12 km south of Kremennaya in the area of \u200b\u200bBelogorovka.

Earlier, ISW suggested that the Kremlin intends to increase the pace of offensive in the western part of the Luhansk and eastern parts of the Kharkiv regions in order to prevent the strengthening of Ukrainian counter-operations in the winter.

Difficult situation near Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

At the same time, on December 10, Russian troops continued offensive operations around Bakhmut. The General Staff reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assault near Bakhmut; 18 km northeast of Bakhmut near Yakovlevka, Podgorodny and Bakhmutsky; and within 21 km south of Bakhmut near Poprosnoy, Druzhba and Kurdyumovka.

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Recently, one of the participants in the operation near Bakhmut shared what is happening there now..

Meanwhile, as noted by ISW, Russian military observers say that Russian forces will not conduct a full-fledged assault on Bakhmut in the near future due to the likely heavy losses associated with it..

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At the same time, apparently, the enemy intends to bypass Bakhmut from the south through Kurdyumievka and Klishchievka and plans to move north of Bakhmut in the direction of Soledar.

This week, the situation on this sector of the front and in the Donbass looked like this:.