Situation update of General Staff of UAF regarding russian invasion as of 6 p.m., January 16, 2023

Day 327 of the russian full-scale invasion continues.

During the day of January 16, 2023, russian occupant forces launched 2x missile and 6x air strikes, and more than 20 MLRS attacks, including on the civilian infrastructure of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson oblasts. The attacks have killed and wounded civilians.

The threat of further russian air and missile attacks across Ukraine remains high.

Volyn, Polissya, Sivershchyna, and Slobozhanshchyna axes: no significant changes, no offensive groups of the adversary were found. At the same time, a joint flight and tactical training of air force units of the armed forces of the republic of belarus and russia, which are part of a regional grouping of troops that involves combat aircraft of both countries, began near the Ukrainian border on January 16. Thus, under the guise of joint training, the adversary has reinforced its combat aircraft group in belarus. Due to this, the threat of missile and air strikes from the airspace of belarus is growing. At the same time, the vicinities of more than 30x settlements were shelled with tanks, mortars, and artillery. Among the targets were Veterynarne, Zelene, Ternova, Starytsya, Vil’cha, Budarky, Topoli (Kharkiv oblast), Seredyna Buda, Popivka, Pavlivka, and Kindrativka (Sumy oblast).

Kup’yans’k and Lyman axes: the enemy shelled the vicinities of more than 10x settlements. Among them are Kotlyarivka, Krokhmal’ne, Berestove, Vil’shana (Kharkiv oblast), as well as Novoselivs’ke, Stel’makhivka, Makiivka, Nevs’ke, and Kreminna (Luhansk oblast).

Bakhmut axis: Rozdolivka, Krasnopolivka, Soledar, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Klishchiivka, Bila Hora, Kurdyumivka, Pivnichne, and Vesele (Donetsk oblast), were shelled among more than 15x settlements.

Avdiivka axis: Krasnohorivka, Berdychi, Kam’yanka, Avdiivka, Pervomais’ke, Nevel’s’ke, Heorhiivka, Mar’inka, and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast) came under enemy fire.

Novopavlivka axis: Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Mykil’s’ki Dachi, and Velyka Novosilka (Donetsk oblast) were shelled.

Zaporizhzhia axis: artillery hits reported in the vicinities of more than 15x settlements, including Zelene Pole, Ol’hivs’ke, Poltavka, Bilohir’ya, Novodanylivka, Orikhiv, Novoandriivka, Stepove, Hulyaipole, and Kam’yans’ke (Zaporizhzhia oblast).

Kherson axis: the occupants do not stop terrorizing civilians. In particular, Havrylivka, Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Zmiivka, Beryslav, L’vove, Novotyahynka, Sadove, Antonivka, Kizomys, and Kherson were shelled with mortars and artillery.

On the territory of russia, foreign citizens who are pending to become citizens of the russian federation are offered to voluntarily enlist in the enemy army and automatically obtain russian citizenship. Also, commercial structures in moscow are pressured into financial support of the enemy armed forces through the transfer of funds in the amount of 10 million rubles. At the same time, at the kadamovskiy training ground (rostov oblast, russia), units with the mobilized men are expected to arrive for training and further manning of detachments and units of the russian occupation troops participating in combat in Ukraine. The replenishment will primarily man the private military contractor wagner and bars units, which are permanently suffering casualties in Ukraine.

According to the available information, the enemy used an S-300 system in Novopskov (Starobilsk district, Luhansk oblast) on January 15. As a result, one missile fell on a residential building, killing two civilians.

In the settlements of the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, russian invaders are intensifying counterintelligence and security measures, conducting intensive checks of the local residents. Particular attention is paid to their mobile phones.

During the day of January 16, 2023, units of the missile troops and artillery of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit 1x command post, 8 concentrations of the occupant forces, 1x fuel and lubricants depot, and 1x ammunition depot of the enemy.

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