Russia is concentrating its main efforts on these two, as well as the Novopavlovsk and Limansk directions.
In the Kharkiv< /b> direction, the Defense Forces repelled 21 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kazachya Lopan, Volchansk and Staritsa. In Kupyansk, they repelled 57 attacks near Golubovka, Sinkovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka, Kucherivka, Petrovpavlovka, Peschanoye, Zagryzovoye and Lozovaya, General Staff spokesman Andrei Kovalev reported on air telethon.
On Limanskydirection repelled 135 enemy attacks. The Russians concentrated in the areas of the settlements Zarechnoye, Tverdokhlebovo, Grekovka, Zelenaya Roshcha, Novoyegorovka, Pervomayskoye, Makeyevka, Terny, Grigoryevka and in the direction of Serebryansky forest.
On Seversky they repelled 15 attacks near Belogorovka.
On Kramatorsk the defenders repelled 88 attacks. The Russians were most active in the areas of Belaya Gora, Predtechiny, Vremenny Yar and Stupochki.
On ToretskyThe Russians carried out 58 attacks near Shcherbinovka, Deliyevka and Toretskaya.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the defenders repelled 366 attacks by the occupiers. The main forces are concentrated in the areas of settlements Novopoltavka, Zelenivka, Tarasivka, Baranivka, Myrolyubivka, Elizavetivka, Promin, Lisivka, Myrnograd, Novyi Trud, Uspenivka, Udachne, Kotlina, Novooleksandrivka, Novovasylivka, Novoandriivka, Novoyelizavetivka, Slovyanka, Andriivka, Kurakhove, Dachnoye, Petropavlovka, Yasinovo, Yantarnoye.
On NovopavlovskyIn the direction of the Defense Forces, they are holding back the enemy in the area of Novovasilovka, Konstantinopol, Zelenovka, Razliv, Razdolnoye, Velikaya Novosyolka and Neskuchny, where the enemy tried to break through the defense 164 times.
At Vremivskom, they repelled 74 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Yantarnoye, Razliv, Konstantinopol, Vremovka.
At Orikhovskom, the occupiers attacked once in the direction of Novoandreyevka.
At Pridneprovskom, the Russians attacked 13 times.
In KurskayaUkrainian soldiers repelled 293 Russian attacks in the region.
- In January, the Defense Forces began a new offensive in the Kursk region. On the morning of January 5, the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation Kovalenko reported that Ukrainian units had attacked in the Kursk region in several directions. Russian resources reported a new offensive by Ukrainian forces. On the morning of January 6, General Staff representative Andrei Kovalev included the Kursk direction among those where the most intense clashes had occurred last week.
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The military of the 47th Magur Brigade, together with adjacent troops from the Special Operations Forces, repelled a massive assault by the Russians in the Kursk region. The enemy used a large number of vehicles and personnel to counter the Defense Forces. The first in the columns were tanks with mine-clearing equipment to clear the passages. The attacks were carried out in 6 waves.
- The Kursk operation has been ongoing since the beginning of August 2024. Then the Defense Forces unexpectedly launched an offensive on Russian territory. The goal was to create a buffer zone to protect the population of Ukraine in the border areas, as well as to weaken the enemy in other directions. The Defense Forces managed to capture a certain amount of territory, and Russia brought in North Korean troops to strengthen its positions. Russia managed to recapture part of the territory that the Ukrainians held under control, but the fighting in this direction is dynamic.
- In early January, the Ukrainian president called it a strong trump card in all negotiations.