The enemy is advancing in Donetsk and mass attacking cities in the rear: the main news of the night.

The village of Kostiantynivka has been occupied in Donetsk Oblast, and the cities of Kherson and Kryvyi Rih have also been heavily shelled. 'Glavkom' summarizes the most important news of the night of December 20:

The situation at the front

According to the updated map of hostilities from DeepState, the village of Kostiantynivka in the Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region is currently under enemy control.

The occupiers have also approached the villages of Kruglenke, Zori, Zelenivka, and Novoolebivka.

Shahed attack

At night, the occupiers attacked Ukraine using hostile drones. As a result of the night attack by Russian drones on Kyiv, debris was recorded falling in the Desnianskyi district of the city.

The number of drones used by the Russian Federation and those shot down by air defense forces is currently unknown.

Mass shelling of Kherson

Russian terrorists heavily attacked the residents of Kherson in the morning.

Many hits were recorded in apartment buildings.

There are also casualties among the civilian population, but their number is currently unknown.

Missile attack on Kryvyi Rih

On the evening of December 19, the enemy launched a missile strike on Kryvyi Rih in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Destruction occurred in two-story houses, and a window was also broken in a high-rise building. Preliminary reports indicate that three people were injured. Rescuers pulled two individuals from the rubble: a 38-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl.

Massive cyber attack on state registries of Ukraine

On December 19, the largest external cyber attack on the state registries of Ukraine occurred in recent times.

This attack was carried out by Russians to disrupt the operation of the country's critically important infrastructure.

As a result of the targeted attack, the operations of the Unified and State registries, which are subordinate to the Ministry of Justice, were temporarily halted.

The initial recovery Time is expected to be about two weeks.