141 combat clashes take place on front during day, 53 of them on Pokrovsk axis
On January 16, 141 combat clashes took place on the front, the hottest axis was Pokrovsk, where 53 clashes took place during the day.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stated this in its operational update on Facebook, the Ukrainian News agency reports.
Over the past day, the enemy launched 3 missile and 35 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, in particular, dropped 60 guided bombs.
In addition, the enemy carried out about 5,000 attacks, 116 of them from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 2,670 kamikaze drones to strike.
On January 16, 141 combat clashes with the russian invaders took place on the front.
On the Kharkiv axis, the enemy did not conduct active operations.
On the Kupiansk axis, the Defense Forces repelled 8 attacks by the invaders on the areas of Petropavlivka, Holubivka, Zahryzove and Pishchane.
On the Lyman axis, Ukrainian troops stopped 13 enemy attacks. The invaders concentrated their main efforts on the areas of the settlements of Kopanky, Novoserhiivka, Hrekivka, Zelenyi Hai, Makiivka, Zelena Dolyna, Torske, Novoplatonivka, Terny and Zarichne.
On the Siversk axis, the enemy attacked five times on the areas of Bilohorivka, Verkhniokamianske and Ivano-Darivka.
On the Kramatorsk axis, Ukrainian soldiers stopped seven attempts by the invaders to advance near Pryvillia, Bila Hora, Hryhorivka and Chasiv Yar.
On the Toretsk axis, the enemy tried to advance 14 times on the areas of Krymske, Leonidivka, Toretsk and Shcherbynivka.
On the Pokrovsk axis, Ukrainian defenders repelled 53 attacks.
The enemy troops are most active near the settlements of Zelene Pole, Yelyzavetivka, Myroliubivka, Vodiane Druhe, Promin, Lysivka, Novyi Trud, Pokrovsk, Shevchenko, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Uspenivka, Slovianka, Petropavlivka, Andriivka, Ulakly, Kurakhove, Dachne and Yantarne.
The defense forces continue to restraon the occupiers on the Novopavlivka axis.
On the areas of the settlements of Kostiantynopil, Velyka Novosilka and Vremivka, the enemy tried to break through the Ukrainian defensive lines 11 times.
On the Huliaipole axis, the enemy did not conduct active operations on the past day.
On the Orikhiv axis, the Russians unsuccessfully attacked the settlement of Novodanylivka.
Four unsuccessful attempts to seize positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were made by the enemy on the Dnieper axis.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct operations on the Kursk axis, where the enemy last day conducted 20 assaults on the positions of Ukrainian units, launched nine air strikes, dropped 12 anti-aircraft missiles, and carried out 418 attacks on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, in particular, eight from multiple launch rocket systems.
Last day, the missile troops of the Defense Forces hit one area of concentration of personnel, two control points, as well as two air defense systems of the russian invaders.
In total, the losses of the russian invaders on January 16 amounted to 1,670 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on January 15, 124 combat clashes took place at the front, the largest number of which was on the Pokrovsk axis (56).