The Defense Forces have repelled 191 attacks by the invaders since the beginning of the day: which directions are the hottest?
фото: Reuters
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published operational information as of 10:00 p.m. on January 3, 2026 regarding the Russian invasion.
Since the beginning of the day , 191 combat clashes have taken place. According to updated information, the enemy launched one missile strike with one missile, 41 air strikes using 110 guided bombs on the positions of our troops and settlements. 3,440 strikes by kamikaze drones were recorded, and the enemy carried out 2,341 shelling attacks.
In the North Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, the enemy carried out 63 attacks on the positions of our troops and settlements, including two from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 16 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Starytsia, Prylipky and in the direction of Izbitsky. Two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our defenders 14 times in the areas of Synkivka, Novaya Kruglyakivka and in the direction of Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, Hlushkivka, Bohuslavka, Kucherivka and Kurylivka. Four clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy launched 22 attacks, trying to advance in the areas of Novoselivka, Myrne, Zarichny, Yampol and towards the settlements of Olhivka, Ozerne, Drobysheve, and Stavka. Two combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Slavyansk direction, our soldiers repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of Dronivka and towards Zakitne and Nikiforivka.
No enemy offensive actions were recorded in the Kramatorsk direction.
The enemy tried to penetrate our defenses 18 times in the Kostyantynivka direction in the areas of the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Shcherbynivka, Rusyn Yar, Sofiivka and towards Ivano-Pol, Berestok and Stepanivka.
During the day, in the Pokrovsky direction, the aggressor carried out 31 assault and offensive operations in the areas of the settlements of Rodynske, Myrnograd, Kotlyne, Udachne, Zatyshok, Filiya and towards Bilytsky. Currently, fighting is taking place in four locations.
According to preliminary estimates, in this direction, Ukrainian soldiers neutralized 33 occupiers, 19 of them irreversibly. 31 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed. In addition, our fighters hit one unit of enemy special equipment and 4 personnel shelters.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, our defenders stopped 17 enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Yalta, Vorone, Vyshneve, Solodke, Zlagoda, and Rybne and towards the settlements of Sosnivka and Andriivka-Klevtsove, two more clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Hulyaipol direction, 33 combat clashes were recorded, the enemy is trying to advance in the areas of Hulyaipol, Uspenivka, Dorozhnyanka and in the direction of Dobropillya and Zeleny. Enemy aviation struck the settlements of Zaliznychne, Vozdvizhivka, Svyatopetrivka, Staroukrainka, Hulyaipol, Varvarivka, Rizdvyanka, Bilogirya.
In the Orikhiv direction, the invader twice attacked the positions of our units in the Stepovoye and Novoandreyevka areas.
In the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian units repelled two enemy attacks.
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