“Most of the Russian attacks were in the Pokrovsky direction”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 46 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Myrnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyna, Udachne, Molodetske, Filia and in the direction of Ivanivka, Novopodgorodny, and Rodinsky,” the message reads.
In addition, according to the General Staff, 25 Russian attacks were in the Yuzhno-Slobozhansk direction, 19 in Gulyaipilsk, and 14 in Kostiantynivsk.
Fighting also continued in the Kupyan, Lyman, Slovyan, Oleksandriv, Orihiv, and Dnieper directions.
On January 22, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, stated that the Defense Forces continue to restrain Russian troops in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd in Donetsk region, as small groups of the Russian Federation are trying to infiltrate the northern regions of both cities. He noted that as a result of the active assault actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, another attempt by the Russian invaders to seize these settlements was thwarted.
Fighting in Pokrovsk has been going on since October 2025, when the Russian army managed to break through to the city after several months of fighting on its slopes. Almost immediately, Russian soldiers began to be recorded in Pokrovsk’s satellite city of Mirnograd.
The Pokrovsky direction, according to the reports of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, constantly leads in terms of the number of Russian assaults.
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