The 316th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 05.01.2023.
To maintain the offensive potential and replenish losses, the Russian army continues to carry out mobilization measures.
During the day, Russian military carried out 8 airstrikes and more than 10 MLRS attacks.
The threat of Russian air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure objects remains throughout the territory of Ukraine.
The main efforts of Russian troops are focused on attempts to completely capture the Donetsk oblast within the administrative border. They are conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut and Lyman directions.
The Russian army is unsuccessfully trying to improve the tactical position in the Kupyansk and Avdiivka directions. On Novopavlivskyi, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – it is being defended.
There are no significant changes on the Volyn, Polissya, Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions. There were no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups. At the same time, Russian soldiers are shelling the positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects along the entire contact line.
- In the direction of Slobozhanskyi, the districts of Starytsa, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Ustynivka, and Fiholivka of Kharkiv oblast were damaged by fire.
- In the Kupyansk direction, Dvorichna, Vilshana, Kupyansk, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Krokhmalne and Berestove in the Kharkiv oblast and Novoselivske and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk oblast came under the influence of fire.
- On the Lyman direction, Russian shelling was recorded in Makiivka, Ploshchanka, Kuzmyne and Dibrove, Luhansk oblast.
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- In the direction of Bakhmut, Russian troops shelled Spirne, Berestove, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Soledar, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Bila Hora, Kurdyumivka, Diliivka, Pivnichne, Mayorsk and New York in Donetsk oblast.
- Avdiivka, Nevelske, Maryinka and Novomykhailivka of the Donetsk oblast were damaged by fire in the Avdiivka oblast.
- In the direction of Novopavlivsk, Russian military shelled Mykilske, Vuhledar and Prechystivka in Donetsk oblast.
- In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the areas of Zelene Pole and Novopil settlements of the Donetsk oblast came under Russian artillery fire; Hulyaipole, Zaliznychne, Charivne, Shcherbaky and Stepove in Zaporizhzhia and Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast.
- In the Kherson direction, the Russian army does not stop terrorizing the civilian population. Civil infrastructure and civilians in Chornobayivka and Kherson were damaged by the artillery shelling.
The military-political leadership of the Russian Federation is taking measures to prevent the mass departure of men of conscription age abroad before the next wave of mobilization, which is expected in January of this year. A complete ban on crossing the state border for men of conscription age is not excluded.
Forced passporting of the population in the temporarily occupied and occupied territories of Luhansk oblast continues. Thus, banking institutions in the occupied region require passports of the Russian Federation to issue payment cards.
During the day, the Ukrainian aviation made 15 strikes on Russian concentration areas, as well as 3 strikes on the positions of its anti-aircraft missile systems.
At the same time, Ukrainian defenders shot down Russian Su-25 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter.
Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out fire damage to the area where Russian manpower and military equipment were concentrated.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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