Rocket event in Donetsk, Pervomaiske area, Ukraine on Sat 6th January 2024

The Russian occupiers were most active on three fronts over the past 24 hours, conducting 17 attacks on the Avdiivka front, 15 attacks on the Marinka front and 13 attacks on the Kherson front, all of which were unsuccessful. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 6 January Details: Sixty-two combat engagements took place over the course of the day. In total, the Russians launched five missile strikes and 25 airstrikes and fired 32 times from multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. Russian terrorist attacks have resulted in civilians being killed and injured. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure facilities were destroyed and damaged. The Russian occupiers conducted another airstrike at night using two Shahed-136/131 UAVs. All Russian drones were destroyed. The settlements of Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast, Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Zmiivka and Chervonyi Mayak in Kherson Oblast came under air attacks by the Russians. More than 100 settlements in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts came under Russian artillery fire. Within the area of responsibility of the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group of Forces on the Kupiansk front, Ukrainian forces repelled seven Russian attacks near Synkivka (Kharkiv Oblast). On the Lyman front, the Russians did not conduct any assault operations. On the Bakhmut front, Ukrainian forces repelled three Russian attacks in the vicinity of Klishchiivka and Andriivka (Donetsk Oblast). Within the area of responsibility of the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group of Forces on the Avdiivka front, Ukrainian forces are continuing to repel Russian attempts to encircle Avdiivka. Ukrainian forces are holding the line and inflicting significant losses on the Russians. Over the course of the past day, Ukraine’s Defence Forces repelled four Russian attacks in the vicinity of Novobakhmutivka and Avdiivka, and another 17 assaults in the vicinity of Pervomaiske and Nevelske (Donetsk Oblast). On the Marinka front, Ukraine’s Defence Forces are continuing to hold the Russians back near Marinka, Pobieda and Novomykhailivka (Donetsk Oblast), where they repelled 15 Russian attacks. On the Shakhtarsk front, the Russians did not conduct any assault operations. On the Zaporizhzhia front, Ukraine’s Defence Forces repelled a Russian attack in the vicinity of Robotyne (Zaporizhzhia Oblast). Within the area of responsibility of the Odesa Operational Strategic Group of Forces on the Kherson front, Ukrainian forces are continuing to undertake operations to expand their foothold on the left (eastern) bank of the Dnipro River. Despite Russia’s significant losses in the area, its forces are continuing to try to drive the Ukrainian forces out of their positions. Over the course of the past day, the Russians undertook 13 unsuccessful assault operations. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Defence Forces are continuing to inflict losses on Russian personnel and military equipment, exhausting them along the entire line of contact. Over the course of the past day, Ukraine’s Air Force carried out five strikes on clusters of Russian military personnel and one more on a command post. Ukrainian Rocket Forces and Artillery units struck four clusters of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment, an ammunition storage point and an artillery system.