General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: operational information regarding the Russian invasion (as of 06:00 06.01.2023)

For your attention — operational information from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces as of 06:00 06.01.2023 regarding the Russian invasion of our country.

General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces: operational information regarding the Russian invasion (as of 06:00 06.01.2023)

Note to your attention — operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 06.00 on January 6, 2023 regarding the Russian invasion of our country.

Glory to Ukraine! The three hundred and seventeenth day of the Russian large-scale invasion has begun.

During the past day, the enemy carried out 17 air strikes and conducted 59 artillery attacks with multiple rocket launchers, including on civilian infrastructure.

The danger of aerial and missile strikes by the enemy remains throughout the territory of Ukraine.

Main efforts of the enemy are concentrated in attempts to establish control over the Donetsk region, conducting offensive actions along the Bakhmut and Lyman axes. Attempts to improve tactical positions on the Kupyansk and Avdiivka axes have not been successful.

During the past day, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled attacks by occupiers in the areas of Stepanivka, Makieyevka, and Ploschanka in Luhansk region as well as Spirene, Sverdlovsk, Krasna Gora, Bakhmut, Klitschiivka, Kurdyumivka, Pereymaysk, Mariinka, and Victory in Donetsk.

On the Volynian, Polissian, Northern, and Slobozhanskyi axes, signs of enemy offensive group formations have not been detected.

In the Slobozhanskyi axis, artillery and mortar shelling was experienced in the areas of Strilecha, Starytsia, Higretseve, Gatishche, Vovchansk, Ustynivka, and Figolivka in Kharkiv region.

On the Kupyansk axis, enemy fire was recorded in the areas of Tavilzhanka, Dvorychina, Vilshana, Synkivka, Kupyansk, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka, Tabayivka, Khromalne, and Berestove in Kharkiv region as well as Kuzemivka, Novoselivske, and Stepanivka in Luhansk region.

On the Lyman axis, artillery fire affected Makieyevka, Ploschanka, Kuzmine, and Dibrova in Luhansk region.

On the Bakhmut axis, the enemy shelled Verkhnyokamyanske, Spirene, Berestove, Bilohorivka, Vesele, Yakovlivka, Sverdlovsk, Krasna Gora, Bakhmut, Klitschiivka, White Mountain, Kurdyumivka, Dilievka, Ozaryanivka, North, Mayor'skyi, and New York in Donetsk region.

On the Avdiivka axis, artillery fire hit Krasnogorivka, Avdiivka, Nevelske, Georgiyivka, Mariinka, and Novomikhailivka in Donetsk region.

On the Novopavlivka axis, occupiers shelled Mykilske, Vuhledar, and Prichystyvka in Donetsk region.

On the Zaporizhzhia axis, artillery fire affected Veremivka, Green Field, and Novopil in Donetsk region; Hulyaypole, Dorozhnyanka, Zaliznychne, Hulyaypol'ske, Charyvne, Novodanylivka, Shcherbaky, Stebeve, and Primorskoe in Zaporizhzhia region as well as Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region.

On the Kherson axis, civilian infrastructure in Kherson, Chernobaivka, and Tokarivka was affected by artillery fire.

In Kakhovka city of Kherson region, Russian occupiers are attempting to prohibit circulation of Ukrainian hryvnia, conduct raids on trading points, and threaten confiscation not only of cash but also goods in case of discovery of Ukrainian currency.

According to available information, from January 1st in the city of Donetsk, staff members of so-called military commissariats began collecting information about citizens born in 2006 for enlistment into the military registry.

In connection with the high effectiveness of fire weapons of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in Starobilsk city of Luhansk region, the enemy has strengthened administrative and counterintelligence regimes. Occupiers are checking mobile phones of local residents. Special attention is paid to individuals whose lists include numbers of Ukrainian telecommunication operators.

The aviation of the Ukrainian Defense Forces delivered 15 strikes on areas of enemy concentration as well as three strikes on positions of its air defense missile systems.

Also during the day, our defenders shot down an Su-25 aircraft and a Mi-8 helicopter.

Our units of rocket forces and artillery delivered fire strikes on two areas of enemy concentration of manpower and military equipment.

Support the Armed Forces of Ukraine! Together we will win! Glory to Ukraine!