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Russians carried out more than 100 attacks per day - Ukrainian General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are waging fierce battles in the east and south of Ukraine. Russian troops are attacking mostly in the Pokrovsky direction. Fighting is taking place in the areas of 15 settlements.  Since the beginning of the current day, 107 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The situation remains difficult and tense, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00 on Saturday, January 4. Thus, in the Kharkov direction, Russian invaders have twice stormed the Staritsa area. One attack has already been repelled, another battle is ongoing. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy actively attacked three times in the area of the settlement of Zagryzovo. In the Liman direction, the Russians organized 11 assaults near Pervomayskoye, Nadezhda, Novosergeevka, Makeyevka, Novoegorovka, Yampolevka, Terny, Grigoryevka and in the Serebryansky forest. Four clashes are still ongoing. In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled seven attacks in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Belaya Gora, Kleshchyivka and Stupochki. One clash is still ongoing. In the Toretsk direction, the Russians tried to displace the Ukrainian Armed Forces units from their positions in the areas of Toretsk, Dilievka and Shcherbinovka. The defense forces repelled five Russian assaults, and two more clashes are currently ongoing. In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 30 assaults in the areas of Mirny, Timofeyevka, Baranovka, Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisovka, Zeleny, Novy Trud, Pokrovsk, Peschanoye, Shevchenko, Soleny, Novoolenovka, Kotlinoye and Novovasilovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 22 attacks. In the Kurakhovsky direction, fighting continues near Serebryanoye, Petrovpavlovka, Konstantinopol, Kurakhovoye and Dachnoye. Nine Russian attacks have been repelled, five are still ongoing. In the Vremovsky direction , the enemy made 11 attempts to advance near Dachnoye and Yantarny. Fighting continues in two locations. In the Orekhov direction, one attempt by the enemy to advance forward in the Novodanilovka area was successfully repelled. In Kursk region our troops repelled nine attacks, five combat clashes are still ongoing. In addition, the Russians carried out four air strikes with nine UABs and carried out 140 artillery shellings. Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on January 3, the Ukrainian Armed Forces "minus" more than 1,500 Russians . The total losses of the aggressor country Russia are approaching 800 thousand since the beginning of the war. Posted by: badanov 2025-01-05 |
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