[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.
Significant enemy activity is observed only in the Pokrovsky direction, where fighting continues in the areas of 16 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, 55 combat clashes have occurred on the front, more than half of which were in the Pokrovsk direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Tuesday, January 21.
Thus, in the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops stormed four times near Dvurechnaya, Petropavlovka, Lozovaya and Novaya Kruglyakovka.
In the Liman direction, the enemy is trying to advance in the areas of the settlements of Kopanki, Terny and Kolodtsy. There have already been four combat clashes, one of which is still ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the occupiers tried to advance in the direction of Ivano-Daryevka and were rebuffed.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling three assaults near the settlements of Chasov Yar and Fedorovka. The fighting is still ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked five times in the Toretsk region. Three combat clashes are still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy attacked 33 times near the settlements of Vodyanoye Vtoroye, Zelenoe Pole, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Mirnograd, Novy Trud, Pokrovsk, Zverevoye, Uspenovka, Slavyanka, Serebryanoye, Shevchenko, Andreyevka, Ulakly, Yantarnoye, Dachnoye. Nine combat clashes are still ongoing.
One enemy attack was recorded in the Novopavlovsk, Orekhov and Pridneprovsk directions. All of them were repelled.
In the Kursk direction, the Russians attacked our defenders twice.
It should be noted that on January 20 at 16:00 there were 64 combat clashes on the front, while in the previous days the number of battles reached 80-90. This means that the enemy troops have noticeably reduced their activity.
Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, Russian losses have reached 1,600 killed and wounded . The total losses of the aggressor country Russia since the beginning of the war are approaching 830,000 people.