Battlefield sees 180 combat clashes: 46 Russian attacks repelled on Pokrovsk front – Ukraine's General Staff
A total of 180 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with Russian forces launching attacks on 13 fronts. Ukrainian forces repelled 46 Russian attacks on the Pokrovsk front and 30 on the Huliaipole front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 16 January
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna front and in the operational zone in Russia's Kursk Oblast, one combat clash occurred. The Russians launched 1 airstrike, dropping 2 guided bombs, and conducted 111 attacks, including 3 from multiple-launch rocket systems.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, Ukrainian forces repelled 11 Russian attacks near the settlements of Vovchansk, Prylipka, Tykhe, Starytsia and Vovchanski Khutory and towards Izbytske, Kruhle and Nesterne.
On the Kupiansk front, six Russian attacks occurred. Ukrainian defenders repelled Russian assaults towards the settlements of Pishchane, Kurylivka, Petropavlivka and Bohuslavka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians conducted 19 attacks, trying to break into Ukrainian defences near the settlements of Zarichne, Novoselivka and Torske and towards Lyman, Stavky, Druzheliubivka, Oleksandrivka, Dibrova and Drobysheve.
On the Sloviansk front, Ukrainian forces repelled five Russian attacks near the settlements of Siversk and Platonivka and towards Zakitne.
On the Kramatorsk front, Ukrainian forces repelled four Russian attacks near the settlements of Vasiukivka and Fedorivka and towards Pryvillia and Minkivka.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 21 attacks near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Shcherbynivka and Pleshchiivka and towards Novopavlivka, Stepanivka and Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian forces repelled 46 Russian assaults near the settlements of Nykanorivka, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Molodetske and Filiia and towards Vilne, Rodynske, Nove Shakhove and Sukhetske.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians conducted 10 attacks near the village of Vyshneve and towards the settlements of Ivanivka, Oleksandrohrad, Yehorivka, Rybne, Zlahoda, Andriivka-Klevtsove, Nove Zaporizhzhia and Sichneve.
On the Huliaipole front, Ukrainian forces repelled 30 Russian attacks near the settlements of Solodke and Huliaipole and towards Dobropillia, Olenokostiantynivka, Zelenyi Hai and Varvarivka.
On the Orikhiv front, five combat clashes were recorded near the settlements of Prymorske, Stepnohirsk, Stepove and Kamianske.
On the Prydniprovske front, the Russians conducted one unsuccessful attempt to advance near the Antonivka Bridge.
On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, there is no evidence of any offensive Russian groups being formed in the area.
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