Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6.00 a.m., 19th January 2023

Day 330 of the russian aggression has begun.

Over the last day Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the vicinities of Bilohorivka (Luhansk oblast); Terny, Verkhn’okam’yans’ke, Soledar, Sil’, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Kurdyumivka, Vodyane, Mar’inka, Pobieda, and Paraskoviivka (Donetsk oblast).

At the same time, the enemy carried out 25x airstrikes and launched more than 85x MLRS attacks.

There is a threat of further air and missile strikes by the russian federation on civilian objects across Ukraine.

Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no significant changes. No offensive groupings of the enemy were detected in the areas bordering Ukraine. Certain units of the armed forces of the russian federation and the republic of belarus continue to perform assigned tasks. The enemy demonstrates its presence in the close proximity to the national border of Ukraine. russian forces conducted mortar and artillery attacks on the vicinities of Buchka (Chernihiv oblast); Popovka (Sumy oblast); Budarky, Zemlianka, Hatyshche, Zelene, Vovchansk, Ternove, Krasne, Kam’yanka, Chugunivka, Novomlynsk, and Dvorichna (Kharkiv oblast).

Kup’yansk axis: the enemy shelled the vicinities of Kurylivka, Petropavlivka, Kislivka, Ivanivka, Krokhmalne, Senkivka, Berestovo, and Tabaivka (Kharkiv oblast); and Stelmakhivka (Luhansk oblast).

Lyman axis: the enemy shelled positions of Ukrainian Defense Forces in the vicinities of Druzhelyubivka (Kharkiv oblast); and Novoyehorivka, Nevs’ke, Chervonpopivka, and Dibrova (Luhansk oblast).

Bakhmut axis: the vicinities of 22x settlements suffered enemy artillery fire, including, Verkhn’okam’yans’ke, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Mayorsk, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, and Druzhba (Donetsk oblast).

Avdiivka axis: Avdiivka, Vodyane, Nevels’ke, Pervomais’ke, Heorgiivka, Mar’inka and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast) came under enemy fire.

Novopavlivka axis: the enemy again shelled Velika Novosilka, Zolota Niva and Vuhledar (Donetsk oblast).

Zaporizhzhia axis: 24x settlements suffered artillery attacks, including, Vremivka and Novopil (Donetsk oblast); Poltavka, Malynivka, Hulyaipole, Shcherbaki, Stepove, Kam’yans’ke and Plavni (Zaporizhzhia oblast).

Kherson axis: the occupiers continue to terrorize civilian population. The vicinities of more than 20x settlements were shelled by MLRS and barrel artillery. Among them are Antonivka, Berehove, Vesele, Kachkarivka, Yantarne and the city of Kherson. The attacks caused casualties among civilian population.

During the past day, Ukrainian Air Force delivered 13x air strikes on enemy concentration areas and 3x air strikes on russian anti-aircraft missile systems.

1x russian Ka-52 attack helicopter and “Merlin-VR” UAV were shot down.

Ukrainian missile and artillery troops attacked 3x command posts, 5x concentrations of russian troops, 1x ammunition depot, and 2x other important enemy targets.

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