In total, during the day the enemy launched 32 missile and 65 air strikes, and carried out 42 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
Russia's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine continues for six hundred and eighty-nine days. The enemy continues to ignore the laws and customs of war, uses terror tactics, strikes, and shells both military and civilian targets. The enemy is actively using aviation and FPV-type quadcopters, carrying out assault operations with the support of armored vehicles.
According to the General Staff, as of 18.00 on January 13, 2024, 49 military clashes took place. In total, the enemy carried out 32 missile and 65 air strikes per day, and carried out 42 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
Russian terrorist attacks have unfortunately resulted in civilian deaths and injuries. Private residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
In the Volyn and Polesie directions the operational situation is without significant changes. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups. Certain units of the armed forces of Belarus carry out tasks in the areas bordering Ukraine.
In the Seversky and Slobozhansky directionsthe enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and reconnaissance activities, shells populated areas from Russian territory, and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk and Veseloye, Kharkov region. Artillery and mortar attacksmore than 35 settlements were attacked by the enemy, among them Konstantinovka, Khotyn, Popovka, Volfin in the Sumy region; Gatishche, Pletenovka, Volchansk, Potikhonovo, Kharkov region.
In the Kupyansky direction The defense forces repelled 4 enemy attacks in the Sinkovka area, Kharkov region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Peschanoye and Ivanovka, Kharkov region. About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Ivanovka, Berestovo in the Kharkov region.
In the Liman directionour defenders repulsed 4 attacks in the areas of Makeyevka, Luhansk region and Ternov, Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical situation. The enemy carried out air strikes in the areas of Nevsky, Belogorovka, Serebryansky forestry in the Lugansk region and Seversk in the Donetsk region. From enemy artillery and mortar attacksabout 15 settlements were affected, including Belogorivka in the Luhansk region and Yampolevka, Torskoye, Serebryanka, Verkhnekamennoye, Spornoye, Razdolevka in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut direction Defense forces repulsed an enemy attack in the area Kleschiyivka, Donetsk region. The enemy carried out an air strike in the area of the village of Bogdanovka, Donetsk region. More than 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, in particular, Bogdanovka, Ivanovskoye, Kleshchievka, Andreevka in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdeevsky directionOur defenders repelled 5 attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka and another 10 attacks in the areas of Severny, Pervomaisky and Nevelsky of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical situation. The enemy also carried out an air strike near the village of Ocheretino, Donetsk region. Artillery and mortar shelling of the enemy came under more than 10 settlements, including Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoe, Avdeevka, Pervomaiskoe in the Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky directionThe defense forces continue to contain the enemy in the Krasnohorivka and Novomikhailovka areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried 16 times to break through the defenses of our troops. Under artillery and mortar fire the occupiers found such settlements of the Donetsk region as Krasnohorivka, Georgievka, Pobeda, Novomikhailovka, Paraskoveevka.
In the Shakhtarsky directionThe defense forces repelled 3 enemy attacks south of Prechistovka and west of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical situation. The enemy carried out an air strike in the area of the village of Vodyanoye, Donetsk region. Artillery and mortar shelling were subjected to more than 10 settlements, in particular, Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Prechistovka, Staromayorskoye, Donetsk region.
In the Zaporozhye directionOur defenders repelled 2 attacks in the Robotinoy area of the Zaporozhye region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position. The enemy carried out an air strike in the area of the settlement of Novoandreevka, Zaporozhye region. Artillery and mortar shelling were subjected to about 20 settlements, including Poltavka, Malinovka, Volshebnoye, Malaya Tokmachka, Robotino in the Zaporozhye region.
In the area of responsibility of the Odessa OSUS on Kherson direction artillery shellingThe enemy tested the regional center of the Kherson region and the areas of the settlements Mikhailovka, Sadovoe, Dneprovskoe, and Huge in the Kherson region. The enemy also carried out air strikes in the areas of the settlements of Krasny Mayak and Zmievka, Kherson region.
The occupiers do not abandon their intention to dislodge our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. > Yes, during the day the enemy carried out 4 unsuccessful assault operations on the positions of our troops, but our units continue to hold their positions and inflict significant losses on the enemy.
During the day Defense Forces aviation struck 11 areas where enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated. Also, the forces and means of the air defense of Ukraine destroyed 7 X-101/X-555/X-55 cruise missiles and one X-59 guided aircraft missile.
Units of the missile forces were defeated in 3 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 9 artillery weapons, 4 air defense systems, 1 ammunition train and 1 enemy electronic warfare station.
