““Ukrainian defenders repelled 12 enemy attacks in the Kursk direction, one combat clash is still ongoing””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the military, 176 combat clashes took place at the front during the day.
“On the Kharkiv direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our troops in the Vovchansk region five times. In the Kupian direction, the enemy carried out offensive actions near Petropavlivka, Lozova and Pishchany. Six combat engagements have been completed, with one enemy attack ongoing so far. The aggressor attacked Hlushkivka with anti-aircraft guns,” the Armed Forces said.
It is also known that “on the Lymanskyi direction, Russian invaders stormed the positions of the Defense Forces near the settlements of Zeleny Gai, Pershotravneve, Kopanky, Novoyegorivka, Novosadove, Novolyubivka, and Zarichne. Ukrainian defenders stopped eight enemy attacks, two more combat clashes are still ongoing. The enemy attacked Shiykivka and Borivska Andriivka with anti-aircraft guns.”
“In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked 10 times in the areas of Stupochky, Predtechny and Chasovoy Yar, all attempts of the invaders to advance were stopped by Ukrainian soldiers. The enemy dropped two anti-aircraft missiles at Markov,” the General Staff said in a summary.
According to the military, in the Pokrovsky direction since the beginning of the day, “the enemy attacked 84 times in the areas of Vodiane Druge, Zelene Pole, Malynivka, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Zvirove, Udachne, Novoandriivka, Elizavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Zelene, Shevchenko, Uspenivka, Slov Yanka, Andriivka, Dachne, Ulakly and Yantarne. Fourteen combat clashes are still ongoing.”
“Ukrainian defenders repelled 12 enemy attacks in the Kursk direction, one combat clash is still ongoing,” the report said.
The other day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in an interview with Polish media that the most difficult situation on the front is in the east of Ukraine, where there is currently a large concentration of Russian troops and equipment, and where the Ukrainian military is smaller. The President added that there is a lack of aid at the front and, above all, it is not a question of the number of people – currently there are brigades that are staffed with 60-70% weapons due to the delay in the delivery of aid from Ukraine’s partners.
According to the observations of the Institute for the Study of War on January 13, Russian troops are cutting roads to the east and west of Pokrovsk in an attempt to surround the city.
The DeepState project and the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that the Russian army in the first days of 2025 is actively capturing new territories to the south, southeast and east of Pokrovsk.
Viktor Tregubov, the spokesman of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group of troops, reported that Russian troops are trying to bypass the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region in order to break logistical chains and take the city into an operational encirclement.