General Staff Report: Russians are on Defensive on Three Fronts; Ukraine Eliminates 630 Russian Troops, Two Tanks, 26 Cruise Missiles in Past Day; Ukrainian Forces Strike Russian Positions 9 Times; UKR Military Strikes 2 Russian Control Centers, LIVE UPDATES and MORE

By admin On Jan 17, 2023

Russians are on defensive on three fronts – General Staff report

Russians are now on the defensive on the Novopavlivka, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson fronts. At the same time, they are conducting offensive actions on the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts, as well as trying to improve their tactical position on the Kupiansk and Lyman fronts.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 18:00 on 15 January

Quote: “Russians continue to focus their main efforts on attempts to occupy the full territory of Donetsk Oblast. Russians are conducting offensive actions on the Bakhmut and Avdiivka fronts, as well as trying to improve their tactical position on the Kupiansk and Lyman fronts. On the Novopavlivka, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson fronts, the Russians are on the defensive.”

Details: During the day, 15 January, Russians fired eight times, using multiple launch rocket systems.

On the Volyn, Polissia, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, there were no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups. Certain units of the Armed Forces of Belarus and Russia keep carrying out tasks in the districts that border Ukraine.

At the same time, areas in and around Sopych, Vovkivka and Kindrativka in Sumy Oblast and Starytsa, Huriv Kozachok, Budarky, Vovchansk, Strilecha, Ternova, Khatnie and Topoli in Kharkiv Oblast came under mortar and artillery attacks.

On the Kupiansk and Lyman fronts, Russian troops fired in and around 15 settlements, including Dvorichna, Kotliarivka, Krokhmalne, Berestove and Vilshana in Kharkiv Oblast, as well as Novoselivske, Stelmakhivka, Nevske, Kuzmyne and Chervonopopivka in Luhansk front. —>READ MORE HERE

Photo:General Staff of the UKR Armed Forces/Facebook

Ukraine eliminates 630 Russian troops, two tanks, 26 cruise missiles in past day:

Russian forces have lost 115,290 since the beginning of the full scale invasion – 630 of them in the past 24 hours alone, Ukraine’s General Staff reported during their morning update on Jan. 15 on Facebook.

Russia attacked Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2023. Jan. 15 marks the 326th day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Invading Russian forces initially tried to advance from the north, east and south, attacking peaceful cities and towns throughout Ukraine. Civilian targets across Ukrainian cities remain one of the main targets of Russian air strikes, while areas along the Russian border are regularly shelled. Since October, the enemy has also been hitting Ukrainian cities with Iranian-made suicide drones.

During this time, the Kremlin has changed the goals of its war in Ukraine several times.

Parts of Zaporizhzhya, Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mykolayiv, and Kharkiv oblasts are currently occupied by Russian terrorists.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched counter-offensives in the south and east of Ukraine, striking at Russian ammunition depots and military personnel concentrations. They managed to liberate almost the whole of Kharkiv Oblast. —>READ MORE HERE

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