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28 January 2025
Since the beginning of the day, 130 combat engagements have been recorded along the front lines, with fighting still ongoing in seven sectors, most of them in the Pokrovsk and Siversk sectors.
The halt in Russian strikes with guided aerial bombs in the Kharkiv region can be attributed to the operations of the Defence Forces, including in the Kursk region, while the enemy uses alternative means.
Russian occupants have reduced the number of attacks in the area of responsibility of the Siversk operational and tactical group of troops, but continue to use all available weapons.
There are no grounds to claim that the Russian forces have captured the village of Dvorichna in Kupiansk district, as active fighting continues in the settlement.
Propagandists have altered news stories from Ukrainian regional media, adding false mentions of the military.
Over the past day, Ukraine’s Defense Forces successfully repelled Russian attacks in Vovchansk, preventing loss of positions in Kharkiv region. The fiercest battles continue in the Pokrovsk sector.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces of Ukraine have shot down 65 Russian Shahed-type one-way attack drones and other types of UAVs, while 28 decoy drones Russia launched to exhaust air defenses caused no damage on the ground.
Heavy fighting with Russian troops continues in the urban areas of Chasiv Yar and Toretsk, Donetsk region.
Two private houses in Chernihiv have been partially destroyed by debris from an enemy drone.
A fire broke out at a civilian enterprise in Kharkiv's Novobavarskyi district after a Russian drone hit it, covering an area of about 1,500 square meters.
27 January 2025
On January 27, the Ukrainian forces have been involved in 82 combat clashes with the Russian troops, with fighting still ongoing on six fronts. The most intense fighting is happening in the Pokrovsk sector.
On Monday afternoon, Russian troops fired on Kindrashivka, Kupiansk district, wounding a woman.
In the area of the Khortytsia operational and strategic group of forces, intense fighting continues. The enemy attempted to storm the Ukrainian positions in Vovchansk and tried to break through the defense lines in the Kramatorsk and Toretsk sectors.
The bodies of two women who died as a result of a Russian air strike on a residential building in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on January 26 were recovered from under the rubble.
The bodies of two women who died as a result of a Russian air strike on a residential building in Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on January 26 were recovered from under the rubble.
In Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, 13 private houses and a power line were damaged by Russian shelling.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down 57 Russian Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones, and another 39 enemy decoy drones disappeared from radar in the early hours of Monday.
Yesterday, January 26, Russian troops killed one person and injured four others in the Donetsk region.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to maintain a buffer zone on Russian territory to protect Sumy and Kharkiv from enemy attacks.
Fighting continues in Velyka Novosilka in the Novopavlivka sector, with Russian troops firing nearly 30 artillery rounds at Ukrainian positions in the village.
On January 26, the Ukrainian forces reported a total of 166 combat clashes, with 78 of them occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.
On Monday, January 27, Ukraine and the international community commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.
Ukrainian defenders successfully repelled an assault towards Vovchansk, neutralizing 42 Russian invaders and destroying four enemy infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs).
President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked all Ukrainian developers and manufacturers of long-range drones and missiles that reduce Russia's war potential.
26 January 2025
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to maintain a buffer zone on Russian territory to protect Sumy and Kharkiv from enemy attacks.
Russian forces on Sunday carried out a drone strike on a community in the Kharkiv region, damaging apartment buildings.
An elderly woman sustained injuries in a Russian bomb strike on Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on Sunday.
A total of 99 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invasion troops have been recorded on the frontlines since the beginning of the day. Ukrainian defenders repelled 30 attacks in the Pokrovsk direction.
Russian troops hit Kupiansk with guided bombs, damaging a number of residential buildings and power lines
National Guard Commander, Brigadier General Oleksandr Pivnenko visited brigades in the Kharkiv region, which are holding back the enemy, particularly in the Kupiansk sector, and examined the situation in the units' area of responsibility. He also presented awards to the soldiers.