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| Ukrainian General Staff on what is happening at the front |
| 2024-02-01 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] Over the past 24 hours, more than 50 clashes took place at the front. Russian troops do not abandon their intention to dislodge Ukrainian units from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. During the day, 52 clashes occurred. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced this in an evening report on Wednesday, January 31. In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian defenders repulsed seven attacks near Sinkovka, Kharkov region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, tried to break through the defenses. In the Liman direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled nine attacks near Ternov, Yampolevka and Torskoye, Donetsk region, where the invaders, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses. In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled four attacks near Ivanovsky, Kleshchievka and Andreevka in the Donetsk region, where the Russians tried unsuccessfully to improve the tactical situation. In the Avdiivka direction, the defenders repulsed eight attacks in the Avdeevka area and six more attacks near Pervomaisky and Nevelskoye, Donetsk region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops. In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold the enemy in the Novomikhailovka area of ​​the Donetsk region. Here the invaders, with the support of aviation, tried unsuccessfully six times to improve the tactical situation. In the Shakhtarsky direction the enemy did not conduct offensive (assault) operations. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Defense Forces repelled four attacks by the Russians north of Priyutnoye and Rabotino, Zaporozhye region. The Russian troops do not abandon their intention to dislodge Ukrainian units from their bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnieper. Thus, within 24 hours, three unsuccessful attempts were made to storm the positions of Ukrainian troops. During the day, Defense Forces aircraft carried out strikes on 14 areas where personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, and on the Russian anti-aircraft missile system. Air defense forces destroyed a Kh-59 guided missile. Units of the missile forces carried out strikes on five enemy artillery weapons and four air defense systems. In turn, Russian troops launched seven missile and 65 air strikes, and carried out 59 attacks from multiple launch rocket systems on positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. Let us remind you that the total number of losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine is 385,230 military personnel. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,090 invaders. |
| Posted by:badanov |