As all year, the Russians ignored Christmas time and continued harassing Ukrainian defence with further attacks. In most cases these attacks were stopped by Ukrainians before reaching the line of contact of troops, only utilizing drones and artillery. This results in [a failure comparable to other, ‘daily’ December days](https://defence24.pl/war-on-Ukraine-report-special-defence24/po-trupach-to-target-new-tactics-Russian-military-under-Pokrowski).