Situation update as of 6 a.m., January 31, 2024
Glory to Ukraine! Day 707 of the russian full-scale military aggression against Ukraine has begun.
The russian federation continues to ignore the laws and customs of warfare, using the terror tactics, launching missile and air strikes, and firing multiple launch rocket systems not only at the military, but also at numerous civilian targets across Ukraine.
...During the day of January 30, there were 88x combat engagements. The enemy launched a total of 9x missile and 99x air strikes, 129x MLRS attacks at the positions of Ukrainian troops and various settlements. Unfortunately, the russian terrorist attacks have killed and wounded civilians. Private residential and apartment buildings, a school, and other civilian infrastructure facilities were destroyed or damaged.
At night, the russian occupiers launched yet another strike using 20x Shahed-136/131 UAVs. The Ukrainian Air Defense forces and means destroyed 14x enemy UAVs.
Air strikes hit Leonivka (Chernihiv oblast), Popivka (Sumy oblast), Ustynivka (Kharkiv oblast), Novojehorivka, Nevs’ke, Serebryans’ke forestry (Luhansk oblast), Terny, Kolodyazi, Klishchiivka, Kostyantynivka, Oleksandropil’, Ocheretyne, Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, Orlivka, Avdiivka, Tonen’ke, Heorhiivka, Novomykhailivka, Staromaiors’ke, Rivnopil’ (Donetsk oblast), Mala Tokmachka, Robotyne, Orikhiv (Zaporizhzhia oblast), Kachkarivka, Chervonyi Mayak, and Tyahynka (Kherson oblast).
More than 100x settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv oblasts came under artillery fire.
Pivnich operational-strategic group, Volyn and Polissya axes: no significant changes.
Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna axes: the adversary maintains its military presence in the areas of russia bordering Ukraine. The enemy troops conduct active subversive activities in order to prevent the deployment of Ukrainian troops to threatened axes. The adversary increases the density of minefields along the state border in Belgorod oblast (russia).
Khortytsia operational-strategic group, Kup’yans’k axis: Ukrainian defenders repelled 5x enemy attacks near Syn’kivka (Kharkiv oblast).
Lyman axis: the Ukrainian troops repelled 7x attacks of the occupiers in the vicinities of Terny and Yampolivka (Donetsk oblast).
Bakhmut axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 6x attacks of the adversary near Bohdanivka and Klishchiivka (Donetsk oblast).
Tavria operational-strategic group, Avdiivka axis: the Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back the enemy who keeps trying to encircle Avdiivka. The Ukrainian soldiers are standing their ground and inflicting major losses on the invaders. For instance, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 26x attacks in the vicinity of Avdiivka, and 11x more attacks near Pervomais’ke and Nevel’s’ke (Donetsk oblast) during the day of January 30.
Mar’inka axis: the Ukrainian troops continue to hold back the adversary near Heorhiivka, Pobjeda, and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk oblast). The Ukrainian defenders repelled 16x attacks in that area.
Shakhtars’ke and Zaporizhzhia axis: the enemy did not conduct any offensive (assault) operations.
Odesa operational-strategic group, Kherson axis: the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to stand their positions and repel the assaults of the occupation forces. Despite significant losses, the enemy does not abandon its attempts to dislodge Ukrainian troops from their positions. For instance, the adversary made 15x unsuccessful attempts to assault during the day of January 30.
At the same time, the Ukrainian soldiers conduct active operations to inflict losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation troops, and exhaust the enemy all along the front line.
During the day of January 30, Ukrainian Air Force launched air strikes on 11x concentrations of troops, weapons and military equipment, and 2x anti-aircraft missile systems of the adversary.
The Ukrainian missile troops hit 1x concentration of weapons and military equipment, 2x ammunition depots, 9x artillery systems, and 1x radar station of the russian invaders.
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Glory to Ukraine!