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- The AFU took up positions on the Potemkin island and launched attacks on Golaya Pristan;
- Russian forces repelled three attacks near Serebryansky forestry;
- Russian forces expanded the zone of their control on the dominant heights near Klescheevka;
- Russian forces expanded the zone of their control south of Rabotino;
- Russian forces expanded the zone of their control on the north-eastern outskirts of Avdeevka;
- Russian forces raised their second flag on the western outskirts of Mariinka;
- On December 9, the AFU shelled the Donetsk city agglomeration 18 times. As a result, 7 civilians were wounded;
- Russian forces eliminated 30 servicemen, two motor vehicles, as well as one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system in Kupyansk area;
- Russian forces eliminated 50 servicemen and two motor vehicles in Krasny Liman area;
- Russian forces eliminated 300 servicemen, one armoured vehicle, three motor vehicles, two D-20 howitzers, one Akatsiya system, two D-30 howitzers in Donetsk area;
- Russian forces eliminated 80 servicemen, two motor vehicles, Akatsiya and Gvozdika artillery systems in South Donetsk area;
- Russian forces eliminated 50 servicemen, as well as one motor vehicle in Zaporozhye region;
- Russian forces eliminated 60 servicemen, two motor vehicles, one Gvozdika artillery system in Kherson region;
- Russian air defense systems shot down 20 Ukrainian drones over the past day;
- Russian air defense systems shot down six HIMARS MLRS projectiles over the past day.
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- Ukrainian sources claimed that Russian forces advanced about 2 kilometers deep on an 8-kilometer front south of Razdolovka and Veseloe;
- About 10 Ukrainian strongholds were reportedly captured and destroyed near Veseloe;
- According to preliminary reports, Russian forces entered Razdolovka. The AFU are preparing to defend their main stronghold in the village near the railway station.
