Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 180 combat engagements in the past 24 hours, reporting 46 Russian assaults repelled near Pokrovsk and 30 near Huliaipole.
- The update cited two missile strikes, 97 airstrikes with 234 guided bombs, 6,968 kamikaze drones, and 3,338 artillery and mortar attacks across multiple fronts.
- A later situational report counted 98 clashes since morning, with 38 attempts to push Ukrainian lines in the Pokrovsk sector, 36 of which were repelled, and heightened activity near Huliaipole and Kostiantynivka.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed control of five settlements over the week of January 10–16 and reported heavy Ukrainian losses, figures that remain independently unverified.
- Recent analyses describe Ukraine’s layered fortifications and pervasive drone coverage creating controlled kill zones, while open-source reporting notes Russia testing ground robots and smaller fire-team assaults with limited success so far.