The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: since the beginning of the day, more than 80 combat clashes have taken place at the front

Since the beginning of the day, the total number of combat clashes along the entire front line has increased to 82. The Russian Federation troops continue to use aviation, in particular to drop anti-aircraft missiles, and carry out attacks, according to the message of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 23, as of 16:00.

“In the Pokrovsky direction, in the areas of Vodyane Druge, Myrolyubivka, Myrnograd, Promin, Lysivka, Novy Trud, Uspenivka, Andriivka, Shevchenko, Dachne, Ulakla and Yantarne, the enemy has attacked 45 times since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian defenders have already repelled 35 of them, fierce battles are taking place. Ulakli and Oleksiivka were hit by airstrikes,” the post states.

According to the headquarters, in the direction of Toretsk, the enemy attacked the positions of the Armed Forces eight times in the districts of Diliivka, Krymskyi and Toretsk, and hit Kostyantynivka and Nelipivka with anti-aircraft guns.

“In Kurshchyna, Ukrainian defenders repelled five attacks by invading troops, four clashes are ongoing, in addition, the enemy carried out 14 airstrikes, dropping 24 anti-aircraft missiles, and carried out 275 attacks on the positions of our troops and infrastructure facilities on the territory of Russia,” it says summary

Russian troops also attacked in the Kharkiv, Kupyan, Lyman, Siver, Kramatorsk and Novopavliv directions.

On January 23, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the Pokrovsky area, where the enemy is concentrating its main efforts and conducting active offensive actions. As stated in the message on Facebook, he listened to the brigade commanders regarding the specifics of conducting hostilities. Sirsky paid special attention to the 155th separate mechanized brigade and declared his approval of “necessary decisions to strengthen units with reserves and resources for more effective performance of tasks.”

Spokesman of the Khortytsia operational-strategic group of troops Victor Tregubov On January 20, he said that Russian troops were bypassing Pokrovsk from the west, trying to encircle it. The next day, January 21, Tregubov said on the air of the telethon that the offensive of the Russian army is slowing down, and “we hope that it will eventually stop.”