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Russian troops continue to attack in the Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Maryinka, and Zaporizhzhya sectors of the front, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Dec. 17.

An 81-year-old man walking down the street was killed when Russia shelled downtown Kherson around 10:20 a.m. on Dec. 17, the Regional Prosecutor's Office reported.

The news comes after the broad defeat of Kiev’s much-hyped 2023 counteroffensive which began in June of this year.

An 81-year-old man was killed in the latest Russian attack on the city of Kherson, regional authorities reported on Dec. 17.

Military skirmishes were reported near Russia’s Terebreno village on the border with Ukraine, Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence wrote on Dec. 17.

Russian forces attacked Kherson overnight, injuring three people, Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Dec. 16.

Ukraine is gathering resources for a new counteroffensive next year, and one of the points of offensive operations could be the bridgehead on the left bank of Kherson Oblast, Nico Lange, Senior Research Fellow at the Munich Security Conference and former head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's office in Ukraine said on Dec. 15.

Russian President Vladimir Putin took four hours on Dec. 14 to boast about Russia's alleged economic and military achievements. Among Putin's key messages was that the war would end when Russia achieved its goals, Western assistance to Ukraine would soon end, and Russia would be doing fine on the battlefield. Before the first wave of mobilization was announced in September 2022, Putin had also said that there was no need for mobilization.

There are around 450,000 Russian troops deployed in Ukraine, rather than over 600,000 as Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed, the spokesperson of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR), Yurii Yusov, said on Dec. 15.

A 78-year-old woman suffered explosive injuries and contusion, while a 63-year-old woman sustained fractures and bruises, the governor said.