“Almost half of the battles were recorded in three directions – Sloviansk and Pokrovsky in Donetsk region, Gulyaipilsky in Zaporizhzhia”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“According to detailed information, yesterday the invaders launched two missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine using 72 missiles, 38 air strikes, dropping 148 guided air bombs. In addition, 7,887 kamikaze drones were brought in to attack and 3,911 attacks were made on the positions of our troops and populated areas, including 46 from rocket salvo fire systems… Over the past day, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit one area of concentration of enemy personnel, nine means of enemy missile troops and artillery, one anti-aircraft vehicle and four control points,” the morning statement stated. summary
Almost half of the battles were recorded in three directions – Sloviansk and Pokrovsky in Donetsk region, Gulyaipilsky in Zaporizhzhia.
“On the Slavyansk direction, our defenders repelled 12 attempts by the occupiers to advance in the areas of Zakitny, Sviato-Pokrovsky, Platonivka, Rai-Olexandrivka and Dronivka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 35 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of Shakhove, Novy Donbas, Pokrovsk, Svitle, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novopavlivka, Myrnograd, Sofiivka and in the direction of Ivanivka, Hannivka, and Rodinsky.
In the Gulyaipil direction, the enemy tried 25 times to advance on the positions of our defenders, in the areas of Gulyaipol, Novy Pol, Zeleni, Sviatpetrivka, Dobropill, Staroukrainka, Zaliznychny, Pryluk, and in the direction of Myrny,” the message reads.
Battles also continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivsk, Oleksandrivsk, and Orihiv directions.
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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.
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.