“In particular, according to the message, in the Pokrovsky direction, the invaders with the support of aviation “initiated clashes of varying intensity” 28 times”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
In particular, as stated in the report, the invaders with the support of aviation “initiated clashes of varying intensity” 28 times in the Pokrovsky direction.
“Our defenders repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Tarasivka, Vodyane Druge, Elizavetivka, Promin, Lysivka, Sukhy Yar, Zelene, Novy Trud and Pokrovsk settlements. “Five clashes are still ongoing,” the command noted.
The General Staff also declares that there are “fierce battles” in the Kurakhiv region: near Srybny, Andriyivka, Kurakhivka, and Dachny during the day, the Ukrainian military repelled 14 enemy attacks.
“In Kurshchyna, Ukrainian defenders repelled 27 attacks by invaders, in addition, the enemy carried out six airstrikes, downing 17 anti-aircraft missiles, and launched 146 artillery strikes, in particular, six from rocket salvo systems,” the message says.
Battles also continue in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Lyman, Siver, Kramatorsk, Toretsk, Vremiv and Dnieper directions.
Earlier today, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced a “high-precision strike” on the command post of the 810th Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Bila in Kurshchyna.
According to the report, this strike and a series of recent operations against Russian formations in the Kursk region “were coordinated with the Ukrainian Ground Forces, which are now launching new offensive actions against the Russian armed forces.”
On January 5, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had launched a new assault on Kurshchyna.
Foreign observers write that the offensive of the Armed Forces in the Kursk direction is an attempt by Kyiv to improve its position on the battlefield before January 20, when Donald Trump will come to power in the United States. In the election campaign, the newly elected US president promised to quickly put an end to the Russian war against Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the DeepState project and the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) report that the Russian army is actively capturing new territories to the south, southeast and east of Pokrovsk in the first days of 2025.
According to DeepState data, the aggressor is not going to storm the city head-on – but will focus on the roads leading to Pokrovsk.
ISW put forward the same hypothesis. According to the Institute’s analysts, the Russian Federation has concentrated its efforts on attempts to surround Pokrovsk – and this is why it is advancing in the Vozdvizhenka area 20 kilometers east of the city.