Russia is conducting offensive actions in the Bakhmut, Avdiyivka and Lyman sectors and trying to improve its tactical position in the Kupyansk sector on the 319 day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff has said. Russian troops are focused on capturing the whole of Donetsk Region within its administrative borders, with no success.
During the day, they carried out one missile and 19 air strikes. They carried out more than 10 attacks from multiple rocket launchers, including on civilian infrastructure, the General Staff added.
There is a danger of Russian air and missile strikes on critical infrastructure throughout Ukraine. Be careful and do not ignore air raid warnings.
In Kherson Region, the Russians do not stop shelling the settlements along the right bank of Dnipro river. Once again Kherson came under fire of Russian multiple rocket launchers.
In order to maintain military discipline and prevent the spread of panic among the personnel of the occupying troops operating in the Zaporizhzhya sector, Russia used the units of the Russian Guard. It became known that on 5 January, near the settlement of Chystopillya, six people were shot who expressed their position on surrendering to the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
In order to discredit the Ukrainian military leadership, Russia is spreading disinformation that the Defence Forces are preparing to hit medical institutions of Luhansk Region, where the wounded Russian invaders are being treated.
Ukrainian aviation carried out 10 strikes on Russian clusters as well as two strikes on the positions of its anti-aircraft missile systems.
Also, Ukrainian troops shot down three Russian UAVs, probably of the Orlan type, and three helicopters: one Mi-24 and one Ka-52, and the type of another one is being specified.
In turn, units of the missile troops and artillery of the Ukrainian Defence Forces struck two clusters of manpower and a Russian warehouse with fuel and lubricants.