116 combat clashes take place on front during day, most - on Pokrovsk and Huliaipole axes
On January 2, 116 combat clashes took place on the front, the hottest axes were Pokrovsk (26 clashes) and Huliaipole (20).
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 one missile strike with two missiles and 57 air strikes using 153 guided bombs on the positions of Ukrainian troops and settlements.
6,358 strikes by kamikaze drones and cases of 3,223 enemy shelling were also recorded.
On January 2, 116 combat clashes with the russian occupiers were recorded on the front.
Thus, on the North-Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk axes, the enemy carried out three air strikes using four guided bombs and carried out 77 attacks, including one with MLRS.
On the South-Slobozhanshchyna axis, the russians tried six times to break through the defensive lines of the Ukrainian defenders, on the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Hrabovske, Starytsia, Prylipka and on the axis of Izbytske.
On the Kupiansk axis, there were two attacks by the invaders in the area of Petropavlivka and in the direction of Kurylivka.
On the Lyman axis, the enemy carried out nine attacks, trying to wedge into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Drobysheve, Lyman, Zarichne, Stavky, Torske, Yampil.
On the Sloviansk axis, the Ukrainian defenders stopped five attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of Siversk, Zakitne and Pereizne.
On the Kramatorsk axis, the enemy carried out one attack in the Minkivka area, which was repulsed.
On the Kostiantynivka axis, the enemy carried out 14 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Mykolaipillia, Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk axis, the Ukrainian defenders stopped 26 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Nove Shakhove, Chervonyi Lyman, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Molodetske, Udachne, Filiia, Dachne and towards Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka axis, the russians carried out 10 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Oleksandrohrad, Vyshneve, Zlahoda and Rybne.
On the Huliaipole axis, there were 20 attacks by the invaders in the Huliaipole area and in the directions of Dobropillia and Zelene.
On the Orikhiv axis, the invaders attacked the positions of Ukrainian units in the Plavni and Prymorske areas three times.
On the Dnieper axis, Ukrainian units repelled four enemy attacks.
Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck four areas of personnel concentration and two other important enemy objects.
In total, the losses of the russian occupiers on January 2 amounted to 750 people.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on January 1, 98 combat clashes took place at the front, with the enemy attacking most frequently on the Pokrovsk (23 clashes), Kostiantynivka (15) and Huliaipole (14) axes.