During the past day, the russian occupation forces conducted an offensive on six axes in the east and south of Ukraine. The most tense areas of the front remain in the areas of Lyman, Avdiyivka, and Mariyinka in the Donetsk Region.
This follows from the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
During the past day, 98 combat clashes took place. Twenty-nine airstrikes and four missile strikes by the occupiers were recorded. The russians shelled more than 120 settlements with mortars and artillery.
Occupiers also stormed the positions of the Ukrainian military on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka, Mariyinka, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson axes.
Kupiyansk Axis
The enemy did not conduct offensive operations on the Kupiyansk Axis.
Lyman Axis
On the Lyman Axis, the Defense Forces repelled 11 enemy attacks in Terny, Yampolivka, and Torske areas of the Donetsk Region.
Another 17 attacks were repelled by the Ukrainian military near Makiyivka, Bilohorivka, and in the territory of Serebrianske Forestry in the Luhansk Region, as well as north of Hryhorivka and Vesele, Donetsk Region.
Bakhmut Axis
On the Bakhmut Axis, the Defense Forces repelled nine attacks by the occupiers near Ivankivske, Klishchiyivka, and Andriyivka, Donetsk Region.
Avdiyivka Axis
On the Avdiyivka Axis, Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back the enemy, who does not stop trying to surround Avdiyivka.
The defense forces hold their ground, inflicting heavy losses on the invaders. So, last day, they managed to repulse 20 enemy attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, and Avdiyivka.
Another 15 russian attacks were repulsed near Pervomaiske and Nevelske in the Donetsk Region.
Mariyinka Axis
On the Mariyinka Axis, our defenders continue to hold back the enemy near Krasnohorivka, Heorhiyivka, Mariyinka, and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk Region. Seventeen attacks were repelled there during the day.
Shakhtarsk Axis
The occupiers did not conduct offensive (assault) operations on the Shakhtarsk Axis.
Zaporizhzhia Axis
On the Zaporizhzhia Axis, the Defense Forces repelled the enemy's attack west of Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia Region.
Kherson Axis
On the Kherson Axis, the Defense Forces will continue measures to expand the bridgehead.
Despite significant losses, the enemy does not stop trying to knock our units out of their positions.
Last day, the enemy carried out six unsuccessful assaults on the positions of our troops.
At the same time, Ukrainian soldiers continue to actively inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying troops, exhausting the enemy along the entire front line.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on January 16, British intelligence said that a slight advance in the Avdiyivka area cost the russian army significant losses.
The Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) explained why the russians would not be able to carry out amphibious operations similar to the landing of troops at the Antonov Airport on the first day of a full-scale invasion.
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