“Most of the Russian attacks were in the Gulyaipil and Pokrovsky directions”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Gulyaipil direction, the Defense Forces repelled 48 attacks by Russians in the Gulyaipol area and in the direction of Dobropill, Varvarivka, Zeleny and Pryluk… In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 44 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Nikanorivka, Chervyn Liman, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne, Filia and towards the settlements of Kucheriv Yar, Nowe Shakhove, Hryshyne, Sukhetske,” the message reads.
In addition, according to the command of the Armed Forces, combat operations continued in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Kostiantynovsky, Oleksandrivsk, Prydniprovsk directions.
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The day before, the Radio Liberty Donbas.Realii project wrote that for the first time in a very long time, the Pokrovsky direction ceased to be the leader in terms of the number of Russian assaults per day – its place was taken by Gulyaipilskyi.
On the morning of January 5, the General Staff reported about 54 combat clashes around Mirnograd and Pokrovsk, and about 65 – around Gulyaipol.
Almost the entire city, according to the DeepState map, is in the “gray zone” – neither side fully controls it. However, the Russian army was able to drive a “wedge” into its center, as well as approach from the north to the route to Varvarivka, which feeds the Ukrainian group.
Analysts generally noted the great activity of the aggressor in the Zaporizhzhia region at the end of 2025 and at the beginning of 2026. According to their data, the Russian army is actively storming Biloghirya near Orikhov, as well as Stepnohirsk, which can open the way to the city of Zaporizhzhia for Russian troops.