Trying to fully control the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, the enemy is focusing its efforts in the direction of Bakhmut.
Russian troops are not abandoning plans to reach the administrative border of the Donetsk region. The main efforts of the enemy are focused on maintaining potential offensives and replenishing losses, especially at the expense of those mobilized, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report on January 3.
“The enemy, trying to fully control the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, is concentrating its efforts on conducting offensive operations in the direction of Bakhmut. It is making attempts to improve the tactical situation in the Limansky and Avdeevsky directions, reinforcement of groups in the Novopavlovsky direction due to deployed units from the Kherson direction,” the statement said. military
In the past day, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of settlements: Stelmakhivka, Makiivka, Ploschanka, Belogorovka, Luhansk region and Razdolivka, Soledar, Krasnaya Gora, Podgorodnoye, Bakhmut, Kleschievka, A Kurdy, Kleschievka, A Kurdy. , Maryinka, Donetsk region.
In the directions of Volynsky, Polessky, Seversky and Slobozhansky, the situation remains without significant changes, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, and no signs of the formation of offensive enemy groups were found.
In other directions, the enemy defends the previously occupied lines, focusing on preventing the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects along the entire line of confrontation.
“To put pressure on the leadership and population of our state, the enemy is conducting air and missile strikes, as well as shelling critical infrastructure and civilian residences,” the General Staff asserted.
Over the past day, the enemy launched six missiles and 52 air strikes, made 77 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems.
“The threat of enemy air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure remains throughout Ukraine,” the military leadership said.
On the day of January 2, the Ukrainian aviation carried out 13 strikes on the places of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons and military equipment, as well as five strikes on the positions of anti-aircraft missile systems.
A Russian Ka-52 helicopter and three reconnaissance UAVs of Orlan-10.
Missile troops and artillery units hit the area of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the invaders, as well as a radar station.
Remember, as of January 2, the Russian Federation lost 107,440 soldiers in Ukraine, as well as 3,031 tanks, 283 aircraft and 269 helicopters.
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Source: korrespondent

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