““The operational situation here is difficult. In the past week alone, about 400 combat clashes took place in these directions… Our key task is to inflict maximum losses on the enemy, destroy his reserves and consistently reduce the offensive potential.””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“The operational situation here is difficult. In the past week alone, about 400 combat clashes took place in these areas… Our key task is to inflict maximum losses on the enemy, destroy his reserves and consistently reduce the offensive potential,” Syrskyi wrote on social media, adding that while working “directly on the ground” together with unit commanders, they analyze the course of hostilities in detail.
According to him, the Russian army continues to use the tactics of advancing in small infantry groups. “Their timely detection, deterrence and destruction require constant monitoring of the battlefield, clear coordination of units and flexible tactical decisions,” wrote Sirskyi.
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The Ukrainian military pays special attention to the strengthening of unmanned systems units, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces noted: “first of all, the use of strike drones to defeat the occupiers, as well as the development of logistics with the involvement of robotic systems.”
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.
Before that, 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.
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.