“Since the beginning of the day, 119 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, most of them in the Pokrovsky direction”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, since the beginning of this day, the enemy has attacked 42 times in the Pokrovsk direction in the areas of Pokrovsk, Myrnograd, Rodynske, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Filia and in the direction of Bilytske, Dorozhne, Shevchenko, Grishine, Ivanovka.
In the direction of Gulyaipol, the aggressor tried 14 times to advance on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the areas of Gulyaipol, Myrny and in the direction of Novy Zaporizhzhia, Dobropilly, Zeleny, Varvarivka, and Zaliznychny. Two clashes are still going on.
Fighting also continues in the South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Oleksandrivsk, Orihiv and Prydniprovsk directions.
On January 22, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, stated that the Defense Forces continue to restrain Russian troops in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd in Donetsk region, as small groups of the Russian Federation are trying to infiltrate the northern regions of both cities. He noted that as a result of the active assault actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, another attempt by the Russian invaders to seize these settlements was thwarted.
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The day before, the “East” military group reported that Ukrainian units continue active operations in the area of the Pokrovsk-Myrnograd agglomeration and control the northern parts of both cities.
On January 19, Syrskyi reported that a grueling confrontation is ongoing in the Pokrovsk-Myrnograd agglomeration area: the Russian army is pulling up reserves to Pokrovsk, looking for opportunities to break through Ukrainian defenses both through sporadic mass assaults and through the covert advance of small infantry groups.
Fighting in Pokrovsk has been going on since October 2025, when the Russian army managed to break through to the city after several months of fighting on its slopes. Almost immediately, Russian soldiers began to be recorded in Pokrovsk’s satellite city of Mirnograd. The Pokrovsky direction, according to the reports of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, constantly leads in terms of the number of Russian assaults.