During the day, more than 100 clashes took place at the front, mainly in the direction of Avdeevsky – 36.
During the day, 114 military clashes took place at the front, Russian troops launched missile and 48 air strikes, and carried out 38 attacks from the MLRS. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced this in a report on the evening of Thursday, January 18.
The enemy actively uses aviation and FPV-type quadcopters and conducts attack operations with the support of armored vehicles.
During the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces aviation carried out strikes on five areas where the Russian occupiers had concentrated personnel, weapons and military equipment. The units of the missile forces inflicted a defeat on the enemy’s control point.
In the direction of Kupyansk, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 18 Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Tabaevka, Berestovo in the Kharkov region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses.
In the direction of Liman, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled 14 attacks of invaders in the areas of Ternov, Yampolevka, Donetsk region, and seven more attacks in the areas of Serebryansky forestry, Belogorovka, Lugansk region , which the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break. through defenses.
In the direction of Bakhmut, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled two enemy attacks in the Bogdanovka area of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with aviation support, unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical situation.
In the Avdeevsky direction, the Ukrainian defenders repelled 22 enemy attacks in the Novokalinovo, Novobakhmutovka, Avdeevka areas and another 14 attacks in the Pervomaiskoye and Nevelskoye areas of the Donetsk region, where the enemy, with aviation support, unsuccessfully tried to break through. the defense.
In the direction of the Maryinsky, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to suppress the Russians in the areas of Krasnohorivka, Marinka and Novomikhailovka of the Donetsk region, where the invaders tried 13 times to improve the tactical situation.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, the defense forces repelled four enemy attacks in the areas west of Staromayorsky and south of Urozhayny, Donetsk region. In the direction of Zaporozhye, Ukrainian defenders repulsed four Russian attacks in the areas west of Verbovoy and Rabotinoy, Zaporozhye region.
The enemy does not abandon his intention to expel the Ukrainian units from their bridges on the left bank of the Dnieper. So, during the day the enemy made 11 unsuccessful attacks on the positions of our troops.
We remind you that in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 780 invaders. Since the start of a full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia’s losses have amounted to more than 373 thousand military personnel.
Source: korrespondent
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