“Since the beginning of the day on January 7, 140 combat clashes have been recorded at the front, most of them in the Pokrovsky and Gulyaipil directions, where Ukrainian forces are holding back intensive attacks by Russian troops, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Today, communities of border settlements, including Klyusy, Khrinivka, Arkhipivka of Chernihiv region, were affected by enemy artillery fire; Ulanov, Studenok, Bezsalivka, Ryzhivka of the Sumy region,” the summary reads as of 4:00 p.m.
More than half a hundred battles have already been recorded in the Pokrovsky direction in Donetsk region, and it is also hot in the Gulyaipil direction in Zaporizhzhia.
“In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian invaders made 52 attempts to dislodge our defenders from their occupied positions in the areas of Shakhove, Nikanorivka, Fedorivka, Dorozhne, Rodynske, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Udachne, Molodetske and in the direction of Novopavlivka and Filia. The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have already repelled 44 enemy attacks, six clashes are still ongoing.
In the Gulyaipil direction, 24 combat clashes took place in the areas of Dobropillya, Solodke, Varvarivka, Zelene, Gulyaipole and Biloghirya settlements. “Five combat clashes are ongoing,” the message stated.
Battles also continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynivsk, Oleksandrivsk, Orihiv and Dnieper 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.