January 30, 2026
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General Staff: there were 87 attacks by Russian forces in the Pokrovsky direction during the day

In addition, according to the General Staff, 42 Russian attacks were in the Gulyaipil direction, 23 in the Oleksandrivsky direction, and 19 in the Kostiantyniv direction”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org

279 combat clashes were recorded at the front during the past 24 hours, most of them in the Pokrovsky direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning briefing on January 30.

“In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 87 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Toretske, Nikanorivka, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Rivne, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Novomykolaivka, and in the direction of the settlements of Chervyn Liman, Kucheriv Yar, Vilne, Bilytske, Novy Donbas, Grishine, Novopodgorodne, Muravka, Ivanivka, Branch”, the message reads.

In addition, according to the General Staff, 42 Russian attacks were in the Gulyaipil direction, 23 in the Oleksandrivsky direction, and 19 in the Kostiantyniv direction.

Fighting also took place in the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk, South-Slobozhansk, Kupyansk, Lymansk, Slavyansk, Orihiv, Dnieper directions.

“According to the updated information, yesterday the invaders carried out 41 airstrikes on the territory of Ukraine, dropping 123 guided aerial bombs. In addition, 5,583 kamikaze drones were brought in for destruction and 3,802 attacks were carried out on the positions of our troops and populated areas, including 144 from rocket salvo fire systems,” the message reads.

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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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