General Staff: 177 combat clashes took place at the front, of which 44 were in the Kursk direction

On Sunday, January 5, 177 combat clashes took place at the front, the Pokrovsky and Kursk directions remain the “hottest”, according to the operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the military, “The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct operations in the Kursk region, at this time we know about 44 combats, 35 of them have already been completed. The fighting continues.”

“On the Kharkiv direction, two enemy attacks are repulsed by Ukrainian soldiers near Vovchansk. In the direction of Kupyansk, the enemy tried to advance four times during the day near Nova Kruglyakivka, Lozova and Sinkivka. All enemy attacks have already been repelled,” the Armed Forces say.

It is also known that “in the Lyman direction, the invading army attacked 12 times in the Nadia, Tverdokhlibovo, Zarichny, Novosergiivka, and Pershotravnevo districts. Three attacks are still ongoing. In the Siversky direction, our troops repelled one enemy attack in the area of ​​Belogorivka.”

“In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy’s activity resulted in four combat clashes near Chasovoy Yar, Stupochky and Predechyny. At the moment, the battle is ongoing,” the Armed Forces said.

The General Staff says that “the enemy tried 50 times to penetrate our defenses in the Pokrovsky direction. Since the beginning of the day, the occupiers attacked in the areas of Elizavetivka, Vozdvizhenka, Myrolyubivka, Promin, Lysivka, Novy Trud, Pischane, Solone, Novovasylivka, Novoelizavetivka and Yasenove settlements. Thirty-one offensive actions of the enemy were stopped by the Defense Forces, 19 attacks continue until now.”