On December 27, the Moscow City Court read out the verdict of former member of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov and his father, ex-adviser of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Raul Arashukov. Both were sentenced to life imprisonment for organizing two murders, creating a criminal community and stealing gas.

On December 27, human rights activists from the North Caucasus branch of the Team Against Torture (CAT) spoke about the reaction their report “The Arithmetic of Torture,” which analyzed cases of violence by security forces, caused among the regional authorities. The parliament of Chechnya distinguished itself most of all - an anonymous answer with insults came from there.

The Russians shelled the maternity ward of a hospital in Kherson, no one was injured.
A Russian armored personnel carrier was blown up by a mine in the Kursk region.

Cities and towns in the Kharkov region were shelled. In the village Due to the shelling, one person was injured in Peschanoe. The main target of Russian shelling remains Kyiv.

Russia carried out 1 air strike and 5 missile strikes, and carried out more than 40 shellings from MLRS.
A Ukrainian drone again attacked the airfield in Engels. Three Russian soldiers were killed.

In Kherson, 10 people were killed and 55 were wounded as a result of shelling by Russian troops. The head of the National Police of Ukraine, Igor Klimenko, said that during the ten months of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, his department opened more than 51 thousand criminal cases regarding crimes committed by the Russian military and their accomplices.

The Russian army continues to attempt an offensive in the Liman, Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions. As a result of shelling in the Kherson region, 5 people were killed and 17 were injured. In the Donetsk region, the Kurakhovskaya thermal power plant was shelled. One person died. Power outages began in Donetsk.

Due to Russian shelling of the Donetsk region, 4 people were killed and 7 were injured.
In Crimea, Russian troops began the engineering arrangement of defensive positions along the Krasnoperekopsk-Dzhankoy highway.

During the day, Russian occupiers shelled the Kherson region more than 70 times.
In Donetsk, Dmitry Rogozin was wounded as a result of shelling at a cafe. Two people nearby died.

Fierce fighting continues in the area of Bakhmut and Avdeevka in the Donetsk region and constant shelling of these settlements by the Russian army. Vladimir Zelensky visited the frontline Bakhmut.