Russia prohibits teaching children under Ukrainian curriculum in Kakhovka area and threatens to take them to Russia - AFU General Staff

This is stated in the evening report of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on January 30.

"Local teachers refuse to teach children according to the Russian program, so the Russian occupiers threaten to forcibly take children for so-called "studying" deep into the temporarily occupied Kherson region, as well as to Russia and the occupied Crimea," the statement said.

In the village of Tavriiske, Kherson region, Russian forces have set up a "field hospital" in the premises of a kindergarten to treat Russian soldiers. The "hospital" is known to be overcrowded with seriously injured soldiers. 

Within 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine strike 4 times at Russian personnel concentrations and destroy 3 control points

Ukrainian aviation launched 4 strikes on Russian personnel concentrations during the day, and missile and artillery units hit 3 Russian control points, 4 manpower concentrations and 2 ammunition depots.

Russian troops launch 4 missile attacks and more than 10 MLRS attacks at Ochakiv, Mykolaiv region, during the day

Russian forces continue to conduct offensive operations at Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Vuhledar directions. In other areas, Russian troops are on the defensive.

The situation on the northern and northeastern border with Belarus and Russia remained unchanged, no enemy offensive groups were detected.

Training of Russian units continues at the training grounds of Belarus. Russian troops fired at 2 settlements in the Chernihiv region, 6 in the Sumy region and 9 more in the Kharkiv region.

The situation in other areas is as follows:

Kupiansk direction: 2 settlements in the Kharkiv region and 3 in the Luhansk region were hit by Russian fire.

Lyman direction: 4 settlements in the Luhansk region and 2 others in the Donetsk region were attacked.

Bakhmut direction: 12 settlements in the Donetsk region came under fire.

Avdiivka direction: 3 settlements came under Russian tank, mortar and artillery fire.

Vuhledar direction: Vuhledar and 3 other settlements in the Donetsk region were shelled.

Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions: Russian artillery fire hit over 40 settlements in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions. There are civilian casualties.

Colonel Yevhen Yerin, head of the Joint Press Center of the Tavria Defense Forces, said that no combat engagements or preparations for offensive actions have been observed in the Zaporizhzhia sector, with Russian troops focusing its main efforts on Donetsk and Luhansk regions.