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Current information on the situation on the front line: January 6 (updated)
2024-01-07
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 20:57 Captured Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman: “Abandoned us like meat"

“We came under fire in the morning. They shot. We still didn’t understand where they were shooting from. We looked ahead, but it turned out that we were passed from behind. We saw this and said, “We give up.” They came out, raised their hands up and surrendered,” said the captured serviceman.

18:45 Around 17.00 Moscow time suppressed attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using Neptune anti-ship missiles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

On-duty air defense systems detected and destroyed six Ukrainian missiles over the northwestern part of the Black Sea.

17:56 Razimenemy "Grad"

Crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS from the Dnepr group of troops struck a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel on the right bank of the Dnieper

As a result of the effective work of artillery spotters and rocket artillery crews of the Dnepr group of forces, the enemy lost three vehicles and up to 20 military personnel killed and wounded.

17:03 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forcesinflictedfire defeat of enemy strongholds in the areas of the settlements of Kislovka, Kotlyarovka, Tabaevka and Krakhmalnoye, Kharkov region.

15:48 Ivanovo paratroopers occupied AFU stronghold north-west of Artemovsk, improving its position along the front edge

During one of the battles, assault groups of Ivanovo paratroopers from different directions came close to an enemy stronghold and began to assault it.

The enemy offered resistance, but it was suppressed, thanks to the courage, bravery and fearlessness of the “winged infantry” warriors. The paratroopers carried out a diversionary maneuver, forcing the enemy to switch their attention to some of the attackers, while other attackers threw hand fragmentation grenades into the dugout in which Ukrainian militants were hiding and eliminated the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry, thereby completing the combat mission.

With bold and confident actions, Russian paratroopers occupied a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroying up to the enemy infantry squad there.

14:50 Front birdbroadcasts: Kherson direction 06.01 14:45

It is reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces aviation has just worked on identified enemy positions on the right bank.

UVAB-250 and UVAB-500 smashed enemy fortified positions to pieces.

13:47 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of January 6, 2024) | Main:

Russian air defense shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Tyaginka area of ​​the Kherson region;

– The Russian Armed Forces repulsed two counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, the enemy lost more than 190 people;

– The Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction defeated three enemy brigades, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 25 military personnel and a tank;

– The Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction defeated a brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Novomikhailovka area, the enemy lost more than 90 military personnel;

The Russian Armed Forces repelled four attacks in the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 80 military personnel;

– The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction per day amounted to up to 100 military personnel;

– The Russian Armed Forces used drones to hit the command post of the operational-tactical group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces “Donetsk” in the DPR;

– Russian air defense systems destroyed 29 Ukrainian drones in the LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions in one day;

– Four Ukrainian aircraft guided missiles were intercepted by Russian air defense systems in one day.

13:02 Situations in the Orekhovsky direction

In the Rabotino-Verbovoe sector, Russian soldiers, as a result of successful assault operations, took several strongholds of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

The goal remains the same - to cut off the bridgehead created by the enemy during the summer counteroffensive.

11:52 Front bird broadcasts: Sumy region 06.01 11:00

Local telegram channels report the sound of an explosion and a flash in the southern part of the region.

The air raid warning did not sound in the area.

10:08 January 6 around 00.30 Moscow time. Suppressed an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft guided missiles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Four Ukrainian missiles were intercepted and destroyed by duty air defense systems over the Crimean Peninsula.

09:06 Front bird broadcasts: Zaporozhye direction. Verbovoe. 06.01 08:35

This morning began with aerial reconnaissance and cannon artillery work.

Hit the enemy with heavy mortars.

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