War update: 204 clashes on front lines over past day, heaviest fighting on Pokrovsk axis

According to Ukrinform, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said this in a situation update as of 08:00 on Saturday, January 31, published on Facebook.

Over the past 24 hours, the enemy carried out one missile strike using a single missile and 69 airstrikes, dropping 174 guided aerial bombs.

In addition, Russian forces employed 6,731 kamikaze drones and conducted 4,098 shelling attacks, including 114 from multiple launch rocket systems.

Russian aircraft struck areas near Prosiana, Havrylivka, and Novoselivka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Rizdvianka, Barvinivka, Kopani, Vozdvyzhivka, Zaliznychne, Verkhnia Tersa, Huliaipilskе, Dorozhnianka, Charivne, and Zarichne in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Aircraft, missile troops, and artillery units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit four UAV control points and two concentrations of Russian personnel.

In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, the enemy carried out one airstrike using three guided aerial bombs and conducted 104 shelling attacks, including eight from MLRS.

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the enemy attempted to breach Ukrainian defensive lines 25 times near Starytsia, Prylipky, Vovchanski Khutory, and Vovchansk, as well as toward Kruhle, Ternova, Hryhorivka, Fyholivka, and Petro-Ivanivka.

In the Kupiansk sector, there were six enemy attacks. Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near Kurylivka, Petropavlivka, and Novoosynove.

In the Lyman sector, Russian troops carried out nine attacks, attempting to break into Ukrainian defenses near Zarichne and Tverdokhlibove, and toward Druzheliubivka and Drobysheve.

In the Sloviansk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled seven attempts by the invaders to advance toward Zakitne and in the areas of Dronivka, Yampil, and Sviato-Pokrovske.

In the Kramatorsk sector, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations.

In the Kostiantynivka sector, Russian forces launched 14 attacks near Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, and Sofiivka, as well as toward Illinivka, Stepanivka, and Novopavlivka.

In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 46 Russian assaults in the areas of Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiia, and toward Ivanivka, Novopidhhorodnie, and Rodynske.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy carried out nine attacks near Rybne and Zlahoda, and toward Oleksandrohrad and Nove Zaporizhzhia.

In the Huliaipole sector, 19 Russian attacks were recorded in the area of Huliaipole and toward Zelene, Dobropillia, Huliaipilske, and Olenokostiantynivka.

In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled three enemy attacks near Stepnohirsk and toward Prymorske.

In the Dnipro River sector, the enemy carried out one unsuccessful offensive action.

No signs of Russian offensive groupings forming were detected in the Volyn and Polissia sectors.

Photo for illustration purposes: 22nd Mechanized Brigade