“In the Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 62 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched two missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using four missiles, as well as 74 airstrikes, dropping 116 anti-aircraft missiles, carrying out more than 5,200 attacks, of which 117 were from rocket salvo systems.
The largest number of Russian attacks were recorded in the Pokrovsky direction, where Ukrainian defenders stopped 62 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor near the settlements of Zelene Pole, Myrolyubivka, Elizavetivka, Lysivka, Leontovychi, Zvirove, Pokrovsk, Novosergiivka, Kotlyne, Andriivka, Shevchenko, Dachne, Ulakla and in the directions Amber, Ray, Green.
Russian forces also continue their attacks in the Kupyansk, Lymansk, Kramatorsk, and Novopavlovsk directions.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy launched 14 attacks in the Toretsk area.
The operation in the Kursk direction is ongoing, where the Ukrainian military repelled nine Russian attacks in the direction. The enemy launched 21 air strikes, dropping 34 anti-aircraft missiles.
The aggressor did not carry out offensive actions in the Kharkiv, Siversky, Orihiv, and Gulyaipil directions.
The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted in its January 21 report that, based on geolocated images from January 20, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also managed to regain positions in Kotlyny, southwest of Pokrovsk.
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, on January 21, during a telethon, the spokesman said that the offensive of the Russian army is slowing down, and “we hope that it will eventually stop,” the Radio Liberty Donbas project noted. Realities.