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| Russia is attacking intensively in three directions - Ukrainian General Staff |
| 2026-01-20 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Korrespondent] The most active fighting is taking place in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian invaders have already organized 28 assaults. ![]() Since the beginning of the current day, 79 combat clashes have taken place on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary on Monday, January 19. Thus, in the South Slobozan direction, there were nine enemy attacks near Prylipka, Vovchanskiye Khutory, Kruhly, Nesterny, Degtyarny, and towards Izbitsky. Four clashes are still ongoing. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried three times to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​Stepovaya Novoselivka and towards the settlement of Holubivka. Two clashes are ongoing. In the Lymansky direction, the invaders carried out seven attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoselivka, Shandryholove, Kolodyazi, and Zarichne. In the Kramatorsk direction, our units repelled an attack towards Pryvillye. In the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 10 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Kleban-Byk, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar and towards Kostyantynivka and Novopavlivka. In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian invaders organized 28 attacks near the settlements of Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Horikhove, and towards Filia. In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy tried to break through in the areas of the settlements of Verbove, Yegorivka, and Krasnohirske. The defense forces repelled four assaults, and another clash is ongoing. In the Hulyaipil direction, our defenders repelled 16 attacks by the invaders, in the areas of Hulyaipil, Solodke, and towards Dobropil, Varvarivka, and Svyatopetrivka. No fighting has been recorded in the North-Slobozhansky, Kursk, Slavyansky, Orikhivsky and Prydniprovsky directions at this time. As a reminder, Russia lost over 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of January 18. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.3 million people. |
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