“For the first time in a long time, Russian assaults intensified in Slobozhanshchyna”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The enemy made one missile strike, using one missile, 63 air strikes, dropped 159 guided air bombs. In addition, it used 4,523 kamikaze drones and carried out 2,912 attacks on populated areas and positions of our troops,” the summary reads as of 10:00 p.m.
For the first time in a long time, Russian assaults intensified in the Slobozhan region, especially in the border zone of the Sumy region of Ukraine and the Kursk region of Russia.
“In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 14 times and carried out 74 attacks on populated areas and positions of our units, three of which were from rocket salvo systems.
In the Yuzhno-Slobozhansk direction, the enemy stormed the positions of our units in the areas of the settlements of Staritsa, Prylipka, and in the direction of Obukhivka, Zeleny, Vovchanskyi Khutori, Kolodyazny, and Kutkivka. Ukrainian units repelled 13 attacks,” the message stated.
As before, a significant part of the fighting took place in the Pokrovsky direction in the Donetsk region.
“The enemy made 22 attacks in the Pokrovsky direction. The occupiers tried to advance near the settlements of Rodynske, Pokrovsk, Myrnograd, Kotlyne, Molodetske, Filia, Dachne,” the Ukrainian military informs.
Battles also continued in the Kupian, Lyman, Slovian, Kostyantyniv, Oleksandriv, Gulyaipil, 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.