All deadlines set by Russian forces for reaching operational space in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions were thwarted by Ukrainian defenders over the winter.
Ukrainian defense forces have struck a number of military targets in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
Crews of the Lasar's Group, a separate special purpose detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine, destroyed two Russian BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems in the Donetsk region.
The situation around Sviato-Pokrovske in the Donetsk region remains difficult; however, the village is under the control of Ukraine’s Defense Forces. Russian troops have made no advances and are being destroyed on the approaches.
In the Donetsk region, the counterintelligence service of the Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent who was directing enemy fire at the frontline town of Druzhkivka and its surroundings.
The situation with access to water in the temporarily occupied Donetsk is only getting worse, despite recent statements by representatives of the Russian “administration” about “increasing the number of water trucks.”
The Defense Forces have refuted reports circulating in some media outlets about the alleged complete occupation of Orikhovo-Vasylivka in the Donetsk region.
Over the past 10 days, Russian occupiers have dropped 768 guided and high-explosive aerial bombs on the territory of Donetsk region controlled by the Ukrainian authorities.
Ukrainian Defense Forces hit moving stock of fuel and lubricants at the Hvardiyske oil depot in occupied Crimea, as well as a Russian military repair unit in Hirne in temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.
On the night of January 6, special operations forces struck a logistics warehouse of the Russian Armed Forces brigade in Selydovo and an ammunition depot of the Russian army unit in Hirne in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region.
On Monday, January 5, operators from the 412th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade NEMESIS destroyed a Russian 9S32 radar station in the Donetsk region – a key component of the S-300V surface-to-air missile system.
On January 1, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Russian 50N6E radar station belonging to the S-350 Vitiaz anti-aircraft missile system in the Donetsk region.