War update: 152 combat clashes on frontline over past day

According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.

"Updated information indicates that yesterday the enemy launched three missile strikes (firing five missiles), 72 airstrikes, drped 111 guided aerial bombs, and deployed 2,653 kamikaze drones. Additionally, they conducted nearly 5,000 shelling attacks, including 91 using multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS)," the statement reads.

The Russian forces carried out airstrikes in the areas of Kozacha Lan, Novoyehorivka, Zelena Dyna, Drobysheve, Mykaivka, Stupochky, Kostiantynivka, Katerynivka, Pershe Travnia, Troianda, Pokrovsk, Kostiantynil, Novil, and Piatykhatky.

In the Kharkiv sector, three clashes occurred near Vovchansk.

In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy launched eight assaults. The Ukrainian forces repelled attacks near Petravlivka, Kisnykivka, Lozova, and Zahryzove.

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In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked 15 times, attempting to advance near Nada, Novoyehorivka, Makiivka, Kanky, Nevske, Terny, and toward Zarichne.

In the Siversk sector, one enemy assault targeted the Ukrainian positions near Verkhniokamianske.

In the Kramatorsk sector, nine clashes occurred in the areas of Chasiv Yar and toward Stupochky.

In the Toretsk sector, the enemy conducted 17 attacks near Toretsk, Krymske, Dyliivka, Shcherbynivka, and Ozarianivka.

In the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian defenders stped 73 Russian assaults and offensive erations near Vodiane Druhe, Myriubivka, Promin, Yelyzavetivka, Myrnohrad, Kotlyne, Nadiivka, Andriivka, Shevchenko, Dachne, Ulakly, and Yantarne.

In the Novavlivka sector, seven enemy assaults were thwarted in the areas of Kostiantynil, Rozlyv, Velyka Novosilka, and toward Pryvilne.

In the Prydniprovske sector, the Russian forces made four unsuccessful attempts to assault the Ukrainian positions in the island zones of the Dnipro Delta.

In the erational zone in Kursk region, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 11 Russian attacks over the past day. The enemy launched 30 airstrikes using 41 guided bombs and carried out 452 artillery shellings of Ukrainian positions and settlements.

In the Huliaipe and Orikhiv sectors, the enemy conducted no assaults over the past day.

In the Vyn and Pissia sectors, no signs of enemy group formation for offensive erations were detected.

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In the border areas of Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy actively used artillery and aviation from Russian territory to target Ukrainian settlements.

Over the past day, Ukrainian aviation, missile forces, and artillery struck 22 areas of concentrated enemy personnel and equipment, 11 command points, 10 artillery systems, four air defense systems, four military-technical storage facilities (ammunition, fuel, and lubricants), and nine other critical enemy targets.

As reported by Ukrinform, on January 20, Russian occupiers suffered losses of 1,600 personnel. Additionally, the Ukrainian forces destroyed 12 tanks, 23 armored fighting vehicles, 60 artillery systems, one air defense system, 130 erational-tactical UAVs, 194 vehicles, and four units of specialized enemy equipment.