Ukraine’s Armed Forces strike clusters of Russian personnel more than 20 times – General Staff report

The Air Force and ground troops of Ukraine’s Armed Forces hit 24 clusters of Russians, as well as five positions of their anti-aircraft missile systems, command posts and other facilities.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 5 January

Details: Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Russian occupiers launched three missile strikes, 13 airstrikes and conducted 68 artillery attacks using multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS), in particular, on the civilian infrastructure of Bakhmut, Kostiantynivka and Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast; Nikopol (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) and Kherson.

There are seriously wounded and killed civilians.

The Russians continue to focus their efforts on conducting an offensive on the Bakhmut front.

Over the course of the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of Stelmakhivka and Ploshchanka in Luhansk Oblast; Bilohorivka, Soledar, Krasna Hora, Vyimka, Pidhorodne, Bakhmut, Kurdiumivka, Maiorsk, Pivnichne, Vodiane, Krasnohorivka, Vesele, Marinka and Pobieda in Donetsk Oblast.

On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, the Russians deployed tanks, mortars and artillery to fire on areas in and around Kamianska Sloboda in Chernihiv Oblast; Kustyne, Maiske and Pavlivka in Sumy Oblast; Krasne, Starytsia, Ohirtseve, Hatyshche, Vovchansk, Ustynivka and Fyholivka in Kharkiv Oblast.

On the Kupiansk and Lyman fronts, 20 settlements came under Russian fire, including Ivanivka, Kupiansk, Dvorichna, Vilshana, Kyslivka, Kotliarivka and Krokhmalne in Kharkiv Oblast; Makiivka, Ploshchanka and Dibrova in Luhansk Oblast.

On the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts, more than 40 settlements came under Russian fire, including Verkhnokamianske, Bilohorivka, Bakhmut, Bila Hora, Dyliivka, Avdiivka, Nevelske, Krasnohorivka, Marinka and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast.

On the Novopavlivka front, Russian attacks were recorded in the vicinities of Zolota Nyva, Vuhledar, Mykilski Dachi and Prechystivka in Donetsk Oblast.

On the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts, more than 45 settlements came under Russian fire. The invaders deployed tanks, mortars and artillery to fire on the civilian infrastructure of Poltavka, Huliaipilske, Mala Tokmachka, Stepove in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Kherson, Novosilka, Tiahynka, Sadove in Kherson Oblast.

Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Air Force carried out 18 airstrikes on clusters of Russian forces, as well as on five positions of anti-aircraft missile systems.

Over the past day, in the eastern direction, anti-aircraft units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft, a Ka-52 attack helicopter and an Orlan-10 tactical UAV

Fighters of the Rocket forces and Artillery of Ukraine’s Armed Forces targeted three command posts, four clusters of Russian military personnel and military equipment and two ammunition dumps.

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