The Russian occupiers are making every effort to enter the administrative border of the Donetsk region.

This is stated in the evening summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for January 3.

During this day, the Russians carried out 8 airstrikes and carried out 18 attacks from rocket salvo systems.

The threat of enemy air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure remains throughout Ukraine.

The occupiers, trying to take full control of the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, are concentrating their efforts on conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction.

The situation in certain directions

The invaders are trying to improve the tactical position in the

and

directions, they are strengthening the groups in the Novopavli direction at the expense of units transferred from the Kherson direction.

The

situation remains unchanged on the

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The Russians maintain a military presence in the border regions of Belarus and the Russian Federation.

There were no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups.

The enemy fired from the entire range of artillery in the areas of the settlements of Strelecha, Krasne, Zelene, Ternova, Staritsa, Ohirtseve, Vovchansk, Karaichne, Okhrimivka, Ambarne of the Kharkiv region.

In other directions, the occupiers are defending previously occupied borders, trying to restrain the actions of Ukrainian units, and shelling the positions of our troops and civilian objects along the contact line.

On the

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directions, the areas of 14 settlements were shelled by mortars, barrel and jet artillery, in particular: Novomlynsk, Tavilzhanka, Dvorichna, Kupyansk, Kotlyarivka, Tabaivka, Pershotravneve of the Kharkiv region and Makiivka, Ploshanka, Dibrova of the Luhansk region.

On the

and

directions, the enemy fired at the positions of our troops from tanks and artillery of various types in the areas of more than 20 settlements, in particular: Spirne, Bilogorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Vodyane, and Maryinka of the Donetsk region.

In the

direction, the Russians fired tanks, mortars, barrel and jet artillery at the areas of Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Neskuchne, Vugledar, and Mykilske settlements in the Donetsk region.

In the

and

directions, the enemy shelled the positions of Ukrainian troops from tanks and the entire range of artillery in the areas of more than 25 settlements.

The terror of the occupiers of the right-bank Kherson region

Also, the Russians do not stop shelling the civilian infrastructure of cities and towns along the right bank of the Dnipro River.

The civil infrastructure of Kherson, as well as the settlements of Molodizhne, Antonivka, and Beryslav of the Kherson region, were damaged by artillery shelling.

Strike back

During the day, the Ukrainian aviation carried out

on areas where the enemy's personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated.

Units of missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine during this day carried out fire damage to

and

and military equipment of the occupiers.

We will remind that President Volodymyr Zelenskyi held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Staff.

Valery Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported at the meeting.

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