As a result of the evening artillery shelling of the village of Rivne, Myrnohrad community, Donetsk region, two brothers aged 11 and 13 were killed. In addition, a 14-year-old boy was wounded.
A total of 106 children from 75 families are still residing in 17 settlements of Donetsk region, where mandatory evacuation is being enforced due to ongoing hostilities.
In the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region, the Russian military launched an attack on an excavator-loader of the State Emergency Service using an FPV drone. The attack injured a rescuer and significantly damaged the equipment.
Heat supply has been restored to 169 apartment buildings in Donetsk region, which were previously cut off as a result of Russian shelling and damage to energy infrastructure.
In Donetsk region, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) detained two agents of the Russian FSB who were directing strikes on the Ukrainian forces defending positions along the Kramatorsk and Novopavlivka fronts.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces’ strikes on Russian command posts in the Donetsk region are likely intended to complicate their command and control on the battlefield.
On January 12, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit a command post of Russia’s 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army in the temporarily occupied part of the Donetsk region.
On January 8, Ukraine’s Army hit a command post of Russia’s 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, located in the town of Khartsyzk, occupied part of Donetsk region.
Drone operators from the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine destroyed Russian vehicles and electronic warfare equipment in the Donetsk sector.