Soldiers of the 60th Separate Mechanized Inhulets Brigade, together with adjacent units, successfully repelled a mechanized assault by Russian invaders in the Lyman sector.
Since the beginning of the day, 132 battles have occurred on the frontlines, with the enemy forces being the most active in the Kurakhove and Lyman sectors.
Russian invasion troops opened fire on the town of Lyman in Donetsk region, hitting a five-storey apartment block and leaving at least one civilian injured, as per tentative reports.
Russian forces have attacked the settlements of Myrnohrad and Lyman in the Donetsk region with missiles, killing one person and injuring at least nine others.
On July 12, the Russian military dropped an aerial bomb on a residential neighborhood of Lyman in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. At least four civilians were injured.
Soldiers with the Khartia, Azov and Bureviy brigades of the National Guard of Ukraine hit 18 enemy dugouts and more than 28 FPV drones on the Lyman axis in the past week.
Some 85 combat engagements took place across the front lines in Ukraine on Tuesday, January 16, with Ukrainian forces repelling 54 attacks in the Avdiivka and Lyman sectors.
Having suffered significant losses, Russian troops are now regrouping in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, as well as redeploying the newly formed brigades and divisions from Russia.