“Since the beginning of the day, 155 combat clashes took place at the front”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to the headquarters, on this section of the front, the enemy attacked 64 times in the areas of Zeleny Pol, Vodyanny Drugo, Elizavetivka, Promeny, Lysivka, Shevchenko, Zvirovo, Udachny, Uspenivka, Srybny, Dachny, Ulakli and Yantarny. Another 15 clashes continue so far.
In the Toretsk direction, 18 skirmishes took place today near Toretsk, Diliivka, Krymsky and Shcherbinivka. One battle is currently underway.
There were also Russian attacks in the Kharkiv direction – in the Vovchansk region, in the Kupyansk region – near Golubivka, Stepova Novoselivka and Kruglyakivka, in the Lymansky region – near Kopanok, Tverdokhlibovo, Makiivka and Terni, in the Siversky region – in the direction of Bilogorivka, in Novopavlivsky region – near Velika Novosilka , as well as in the Dnieper direction.
In Kurshchyna, the Defense Forces repulsed nine assaults by Russian troops, three clashes are still ongoing.
There are no significant changes in other directions.
The other day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in an interview with Polish media that the most difficult situation on the front is in the east of Ukraine, where there is currently a large concentration of Russian troops and equipment, and where the Ukrainian military is smaller. The President added that there is a lack of aid at the front and, above all, it is not a question of the number of people – currently there are brigades that are staffed with 60-70% weapons due to the delay in the delivery of aid from Ukraine’s partners.
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.