Ukraine's Defence Forces repel invaders' attacks near more than 20 settlements – General Staff report
Ukraine’s Defence Forces repelled attacks by the invaders near more than 20 cities, towns and villages in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on 16 January.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 17 January
Quote: "Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has carried out two missile and seven air strikes and deployed multiple-launch rocket systems [MLRS] to conduct over 70 attacks on civilian infrastructure. Civilians were also killed and injured.
A threat of further Russian air and missile attacks on facilities all over Ukraine is high.
The enemy has not abandoned its intentions to capture the entire Donetsk Oblast, and it is conducting offensive actions on the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts.
Over the past day, units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces repelled Russian attacks near more than 20 settlements, including Bilohorivka (Luhansk Oblast) and Verkhniokamianske, Krasnopolivka, Spirne, Sil, Soledar, Bilohorivka, Bakhmut, Pivnichne, Kamianka, Vodiane, Nevelske, Marinka and Pobieda (Donetsk Oblast).
The enemy is trying to improve its tactical position on the Kupiansk, Lyman and Novopavlivka fronts and is on the defensive on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts."
Details: On the Volyn, Polissia, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, there were no significant changes in the situation; no signs of Russians forming offensive groups were detected. Nevertheless, areas in and around more than 15 settlements came under Russian tank, mortar and artillery fire. Among them are Krasne, Neskuchne, Vesele, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Nesterne, Zemlianky, Novomlynsk, Dvorichna and Kamianka in Kharkiv Oblast.
On the Kupiansk and Lyman fronts, Russian forces fired in and around 15 settlements, including Kyslivka, Kotliarivka and Vyshneve (Kharkiv Oblast) and Novoselivske, Andriivka, Makiivka, Kreminna, Dibrova, Terny and Yampolivka (Luhansk Oblast).
On the Bakhmut front, Vyimka, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Krasna Hora, Paraskoviivka, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, New-York and Vesele in Donetsk Oblast were attacked. Overall, more than 15 settlements were attacked.
On the Avdiivka front, Russian forces fired on Heorhiivka, Avdiivka, Pervomaiske, Marinka, Vodiane and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast.
On the Novopavlivka front, the occupiers hit Vuhledar, Mykilski Dachi and Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk Oblast.
On the Zaporizhzhia front, Russian forces struck more than 15 cities, towns and villages, including Vremivka and Novopil in Donetsk Oblast and Poltavka, Malynivka, Huliaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, Stepove, Kamianske and Plavni in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
On the Kherson front, the invaders continued terrorising civilians. Sablukivka, Kachkarivka, Olhivka, Tiahynka, Inhulets and Kherson came under Russian mortar and artillery fire.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported that the invaders have stopped broadcasting all Ukrainian TV channels and left only Russian TV in the temporarily occupied territories, including Zavodivka, Hornostaivka and Kairy in Kherson Oblast.
Ukraine’s Rocket Forces and Artillery units hit one command post, 11 clusters of manpower, a fuel storage point and an ammunition storage point belonging to the Russian invaders.
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