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177 clashes on the front since the beginning of the day
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Korrespondent] The General Staff informed about the situation at the front. The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their operation in the Kursk region, at the moment 44 combat clashes are known, 35 of them have already been completed. The fighting continues. As of the evening of January 5, there had already been 177 combat clashes on the front. This was also noted in the General Staff report on Sunday.  A busy day.The enemy launched a missile attack with two missiles, 52 airstrikes (77 KAB), used 930 kamikaze drones to destroy them. It carried out more than 4,200 attacks on our troop positions and populated areas. In the Kharkov direction, Ukrainian soldiers are repelling two enemy attacks near Vovchansk. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attempted to advance four times during the day near Novaya Kruglyakovka, Lozovaya and Sinkovka. All enemy attacks have already been repelled. In the Liman direction, the invading army attacked 12 times in the areas of Nadiya, Tverdokhlebovoy, Zarechny, Novosergeevka and Pervomaysky. Three attacks are still ongoing. In the Seversky direction, our troops repelled one enemy attack in the Belogorovka area. In the Kramatorsk direction, enemy activity resulted in four combat clashes near Chasovy Yar, Stupochki and Predtechino. The battle is currently ongoing. In the Toretsk direction, seven combat clashes continue near Toretsk and Shcherbinovka; our defenders have stopped five enemy assaults in the areas of Toretsk and Krymsk. The enemy has tried to penetrate our defenses in the Pokrovsk direction 50 times. Since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have attacked in the areas of the settlements of Elizavetovka, Vozdvizhenka, Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisovka, Novy Trud, Peschanoye, Solenoye, Novovasilovka, Novozavetovka and Yasenovo. Thirty-one enemy offensive actions have been stopped by the Defense Forces, 19 attacks are still ongoing. According to preliminary information, today our soldiers neutralized 300 occupiers in this direction, 130 of them irretrievably. One tank, four infantry fighting vehicles, six vehicles of the occupiers, one artillery system and 10 UAVs were destroyed. Two artillery systems, a vehicle and an enemy tank were also damaged. In the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy attacked our positions near Slavyanka, Petrovpavlovka, Kurakhovo and Dachnoye. At present, Ukrainian soldiers have repelled 22 enemy attacks, and three more clashes are ongoing. In the Vremevsky direction, our troops repelled 13 enemy attacks near the settlements of Yantarnoye, Novy Komar, Novodarovka and in the direction of Constantinople, units of the Defense Forces repelled five of them, eight combat contacts are still ongoing. In the Dnieper direction, the Russian invaders attacked our positions once. They received a tough rebuff and suffered losses. The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their operation in the Kursk region, at the moment 44 combat clashes are known, 35 of them have already been completed. The fighting continues. While in other areas there were no significant changes. The General Staff noted the soldiers of the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush, the 14th Operational Brigade named after Ivan Bohun and the 425th separate assault battalion Skala for their effective and professional combat work, who effectively destroy the enemy and inflict damage on him and his equipment. Let us recall that from February 24, 2022 to January 5, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 796,490 people (+1,730 per day). Let us add that two Ukrainian servicemen from the assault group of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade captured 14 Russian soldiers. Posted by: badanov 2025-01-06 |
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