More than half of the battles since the beginning of the day were recorded in the Pokrovsky direction – the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Since the beginning of this day, 103 combat clashes took place at the front. Most of the attacks of the Russian troops were recorded in the Pokrovsky direction, according to the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 22.

“In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians tried 55 times to break through our defense near the settlements of Zelene Pole, Myrolyubivka, Elizavetivka, Lysivka, Leontovichi, Zvirove, Pokrovsk, Novosergiivka, Kotlyne, Andriivka, Shevchenko, Dachne, Ulakla and in the directions of Yantarny, Promeny, Zeleny. So far, there have been seven clashes. In addition, the enemy carried out airstrikes with bombs and unguided missiles on the areas of the settlements of Sukhy Yar, Kostyantynivka, Zelene Pole, and Grodivka,” the post states.

“The defense forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an operation in the Kursk direction, where the enemy conducted 9 unsuccessful assaults on the positions of Ukrainian units during the day. The enemy carried out 15 airstrikes with 20 guided bombs and carried out 327 artillery strikes,” the Armed Forces say.

Russian troops also advanced in the Kupyan, Lyman, Kramatorsk, Novopavlovsk and Prydniprovsk directions. The enemy did not carry out offensive operations in the Kharkiv, Siver, Orihiv, and Gulyaipil directions.

“The Russian invaders launched two missile and 18 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, using four missiles and 29 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, the Russians brought in 852 kamikaze drones and fired more than 4,000 shots at the positions of our troops and populated areas,” the post says.

According to the Deep State project, on the night of January 22, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the positions of the Russian army near the village of Shevchenko and in Udachny on the southern flank of Pokrovsk.

The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted in its January 21 report that, based on geolocated images from January 20, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also managed to regain positions in Kotlyny, southwest of Pokrovsk.

Spokesman of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group of troops Victor Tregubov On January 20, he said that Russian troops were bypassing Pokrovsk from the west, trying to encircle it.

The next day, on January 21, during a telethon, the spokesperson said that the offensive of the Russian army is slowing down, and “we hope that it will eventually stop,” noted the Radio Liberty Donbass.Realii project.