“The headquarters reports on 14 attempts by Russian troops to advance in several areas in the Toretsk direction”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
Russian troops, according to the headquarters, did not conduct active operations in the Kharkiv direction. Instead, eight skirmishes took place on Kupianskyi: the defense forces repelled attacks in the areas of Petropavlivka, Golubivka, Zagryzovy, and Pischany.
In the Lymansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped 13 attacks – the main efforts of the Russian army were concentrated in the areas of the settlements of Kopanky, Novosergiivka, Grekivka, Zeleniy Gai, Makiivka, Zelena Dolyna, Torske, Novoplatonivka, Terny, and Zarichne.
“On the Siverskyi direction, the enemy attacked five times last night in the areas of Bilogorivka, Verkhnyokamyansk and Ivano-Daryivka. “Seven attempts by the invaders to advance near Pryvill, Bila Hora, Hryhorivka and Chasovoy Yar were stopped by Ukrainian soldiers in the Kramatorsk direction,” the summary states.
The headquarters reports on 14 attempts by Russian troops to advance in the areas of Krymskyi, Leonidivka, Toretsk and Shcherbinivka in the Toretsk direction.
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“Our defenders repelled 53 attacks in the past day in the Pokrovsky direction. Enemy troops are most active near the settlements of Zelene Pole, Elizavetivka, Myrolyubivka, Vodiane Druge, Promin, Lysivka, Novy Trud, Pokrovsk, Shevchenko, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Uspenivka, Slovianka, Petropavlivka, Andriivka, Ulakli, Kurakhove, Dachne, and Yantarne. “, the command reports.
In addition, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the Russian offensive in the Novopavlovsk direction. Russian troops tried 11 times to break through the defenses near Constantinople, Velika Novosilka and Vremivka.
The command did not record the active actions of the Russian army in the Gulyaipil direction, it attacked Novodanilivka “unsuccessfully” in the Orihiv direction. Also, Russian troops unsuccessfully tried to seize the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnieper direction four times.
In the Kursk direction, the report says, the Russian army resorted to 20 assaults on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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In the Volyn and Poliske directions, the situation did not change significantly, on the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the Russian army “maintains a military presence, conducts reconnaissance activities and artillery fire.”
According to the observations of the Institute for the Study of War on January 13, Russian troops are cutting roads to the east and west of Pokrovsk in an attempt to surround the city.
The DeepState project and the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that the Russian army in the first days of 2025 is actively capturing new territories to the south, southeast and east of Pokrovsk.
Viktor Tregubov, the spokesman for the Khortytsia operational-strategic group of troops, reported that Russian troops are trying to bypass the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region in order to break logistical chains and take the city under operational encirclement.