The BBC Russian Service and Mediazona, together with a team of volunteers, recorded the deaths of at least 10,002 Russian military personnel, 430 of them mobilized.

Heavy fighting for Bakhmut continues.

As a result of the Russian strike on the city of Kurakhovo in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, 8 people were killed.

On December 6, in Makhachkala, on the shore of Lake Ak-Gel, a stone was laid for the construction of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The solemn ceremony was attended by Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Yuri Chaika, the leadership of the republic, and the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church.

In the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, a Ukrainian drone struck near an airfield. The oil tank caught fire. There were no casualties. In the Bryansk region, drones attacked the Slava plant. They fell a few meters from the fuel tanks. The plant is located 80 kilometers from the border of Russia and Ukraine.

Ukrainian drones attacked airfields in the city of Engels, Saratov region, and Ryazan. Three Russian soldiers were killed and four were wounded. Two Tu-95 bombers were damaged.

Russian troops continue to attack Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk region. Ukrainian troops are slowly advancing in the Luhansk region on the Kremennaya-Svatovo front line.

The Project publication published data on the losses of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Since February 24, the fleet has lost 16% of all warships. These are 12 ships and boats, including the flagship missile cruiser Moskva.

On December 2, the toponymy commission of the Izyum city administration approved the renaming of 22 city streets. Among them is Turgenev Street, named after the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Dzhokhar Dudayev.

Ukraine returned 50 more defenders. This was the fourth exchange with Russia in two weeks.