Russian Armed Forces advanced into the northern residential areas of Gulyai-Pole in Zaporizhzhia region, taking control of new positions in the private sector and unfurling the Russian Federation flag, according to a Telegram post by Сливочный каприз citing t.me/voin_dv/18185 georeferenced at 47.674361, 36.223963 at 4:49 p.m. UTC on December 27. This development follows a Voindv Telegram channel claim between 5:16 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. UTC on December 27 that units of Russia's Vostok Troops Group, including the 57th and 60th motorized rifle brigades, had liberated the settlement after clearing over 7,100 buildings across 76 square kilometers and eliminating over a battalion of Ukrainian personnel. Over the past hour, Russian Radar ВРВ reported detections of 5 BPLAs in Alekseevsky district, Volgograd region; 4 UAVs in Verkhnedonsky district, Rostov region; 12 UAVs at the junction of Rostov and Voronezh regions toward Volgograd; and UAV danger in Krasnodar region. Ukrainian sources reported 3 unmanned aerial vehicles in the Hadyacha area of Poltavshchyna and one UAV over Langheron in Odesa, according to єРадар. An X post by DrnBmbr at 20:40 UTC on December 27 shared approximate flight routes of Ukrainian UAVs toward Russia, based on Russian sources.
