The Ukrainian monitoring group DeepState updated its interactive map showing Russian forces advancing in Gulyaipol, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, near Zeleny, Rodynsky, Krasnoy Liman, and Novoekonomicny over the past hour ending at 7:15 a.m. UTC on December 28, 2025. DeepState posted the update on its channel, noting users can report inaccuracies via the @newsdeepstatebot, with the map available at deepstatemap.live. In a separate development reported during the same period, a former Russian Wagner group member recounted how his unit murdered seven Ukrainian children during a school assault in Bahmutske village, Donetsk region, according to Ukraine's StratcomCentre. The same individual recalled the commander of Russia's 37th Motor Rifle Regiment ordering the murder of his own men and reporting them as missing in action. The advances near Krasnoy Liman relate to earlier reports from the Lyman area, where Donbas Operational stated the destruction of an enemy forward position in central Lyman between 3:45 a.m. and 4:45 a.m. UTC, while noting enemy positions fixed under fire in Zakitny and control of Yampil.
