General Staff: there were 104 combat clashes at the front since the beginning of the day

104 combat clashes took place at the front since the beginning of the day on January 2, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported as of 10:00 p.m.

According to the report, the most Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsk and Gulyaipil directions.

“During the day, in the Pokrovsky direction, the aggressor carried out 24 assaults and offensive actions in the areas of the settlements of Nove Shakhove, Chervyn Liman, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Molodetske, Udachne, Filia, Dachne, and in the direction of Novopavlivka. Currently, there is a battle in two locations… 20 combat clashes have been recorded in the Gulyaipol direction, the enemy is trying to advance in the Gulyaipol area and in the direction of Dobropill and Zeleny. Enemy aircraft struck the settlements of Zaliznychne, Varvarivka, Rizdvyanka, Dolinka, Verkhnya Tersa, and Gulyaipole,” the message reads.

According to the command, Russian attacks were also in the South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynovsk, Oleksandrivsk, Orikhov, Prydniprovsk directions.

According to the American Institute for the Study of War, Russian forces increased their average rate of advance in 2025 thanks to the new operational pattern, but did not achieve their priority objectives in the specified time frames.

On December 17, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that the enemy had increased the group to the number of about 710,000 soldiers in order to conduct a strategic offensive operation.

According to him, the Russian troops have been trying to capture Pokrovsk in Donetsk region for more than 17 months, but Ukrainian units are holding the defense and intercepting the initiative.