The 312th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 01.01.2023.
During the day, Russian troops carried out 35 airstrikes, in particular, the Shahed-136 UAV, all of which were shot down by units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Russian troops also fired 16 rockets from multiple rocket launchers, in particular, at a children’s hospital in the city of Kherson.
The danger of air and missile strikes remains on the entire territory of Ukraine. Do not ignore air raid signals.
The Russian army, who lost 760 people killed just yesterday, continues to attempt offensive actions on Bakhmut and tries to improve the tactical position of units of its troops in the Kupyansk, Lyman and Avdiivka directions. The Russian army is defending in the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia directions, and is regrouping troops in the Kherson area.
- The situation is stable in the Volyn, Polissya, Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, and no signs of the formation of offensive groups of Russian troops have been detected.
- On the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the areas of Buchky and Yasna Polyana settlements of Chernihiv oblast were subjected to artillery shelling; Novovasylivka, Vyntorivka, Chernatske, Ulanov, Studenok, Khodyne, Iskriskivshchyna, Krasnopillya and Uhroyidy in Sumy oblast and Morokhovets, Zelene, Starytsa, Ohirtseve, Mala Vovcha, Mylove, Vovchansk, Dvorichna, Moskovka and Kamyanka in Kharkiv oblast.
- In the Kupyansk direction, the areas of Masyutivka, Orlyanske, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka and Krokhmalne settlements in Kharkiv oblast and Vilshany and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk oblast were shelled.
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- In the Lyman direction, Ploschanka, Nevske, Yampolivka, Torske and Dibrova of the Luhansk oblast were hit by fire.
- In the Bakhmut direction, more than 15 settlements were affected by the fire of various calibre artillery, among them – Spirne, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba, Mayorsk and Ozeryanivka of the Donetsk oblast.
- Vodyane, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk oblast were again shelled in the Avdiivka direction.
- In the direction of Novopavlivka, Russian military attacked Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Prechystivka, Vuhledar, and Mikilski in the Donetsk oblast.
- In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russian fire was recorded near more than 15 settlements. Among them are Vremivka, Zelene Pole and Novopil of the Donetsk oblast; Olhivske, Poltavka, Dorozhnyanka, Zaliznychne, Charivne and Novodanylivka in Zaporizhzhia and Novosilka in Kherson oblast.
- In the Kherson direction, the civilian infrastructure of the settlements of Havrylivka, Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Respublikanets, Beryslav, Lvove, Ivanivka, Ingulets, Inzhenerne, Antonivka and Kherson were damaged by Russian fire.
In order to destabilize the humanitarian situation in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson oblast and to force the local population to the so-called “voluntary evacuation”, Russian forces are firing mortars at Oleshky, Hola Prystan, Plavni, as well as country settlements between the mentioned settlements.
Mobilization measures continue in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea. Military commissariats have started checking lists of people who have not yet participated in a large-scale invasion of Ukraine and are subject to conscription for mobilization in 2023.
The Russian army continues to use civilian facilities for the treatment of armed Russian soldiers. Thus, in the city of Pervomaisk, Alchevsk district, Luhansk oblast, in the premises of a local school, Russian troops deployed a “field hospital” and are treating about 100 servicemen of their forces. In addition, more than 150 wounded mercenaries of the “Wagner” PMK are being treated in the premises of the local maternity hospital, equipped as a military hospital.
The Ukrainian aviation made 13 strikes on the areas of Russian troops, and Ukrainian units of missile forces and artillery hit 2 areas of concentration of Russian manpower and military equipment.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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