Ukraine's Armed Forces repel Russian attacks on 10 settlements in Donetsk, Luhansk regions - General Staff
On January 21, Ukrainian defenders repelled Russian attacks on 10 settlements in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and Russia launched 1 missile and 27 airstrikes
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff reported this on Facebook.
Russia launched 1 missile strike and 27 airstrikes on Ukraine on January 21
During the day, the invading Russian forces launched a missile strike, 27 airstrikes, as well as 55 attacks with multiple launch rocket systems on Ukraine.
“The threat of launching strikes using ground- and air-launched missiles and 'kamikaze' drones remains throughout Ukraine,” the General Staff emphasized.
AFU repelled Russian attacks on 10 towns and villages in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions
The previous day, Ukraine's Armed Forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoselivske and Terny, Luhansk region, as well as Verkhniokamianske, Bilohorivka, Krasna Hora, Bakhmut, Pervomaiske, and Marinka, Donetsk region.
At that time, Ukrainian aviation launched 14 strikes on Russian military positions and 3 more on the positions of the anti-aircraft missile systems. The missile troops and artillery struck 2 areas where the invading forces were concentrated.
Shelling of Ukrainian regions
“The occupiers conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the Avdiivka and Lyman directions. They continue offensive attempts in the Bakhmut direction, increasing the intensity of the use of aviation. In other directions, they are defending themselves,” the General Staff reported.
On the border with Belarus, the situation hasn't changed significantly. In the northeastern Ukrainian border, areas of settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, and Kharkiv regions were hit by enemy mortar and artillery fire.
In the Kupiansk direction, 4 settlements in the Kharkiv region and 2 more in the Luhansk region came under fire.
In the Lyman direction, the Russian forces shelled 5 settlements in the Luhansk region.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces' positions in the areas of more than 15 settlements came under fire.
In the Avdiivka direction, 7 settlements in the Donetsk region were damaged by fire.
In the Vuhledar direction, 2 settlements in the Donetsk region were shelled.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Russian troops directed their artillery at the areas of more than 15 settlements.
In the Kherson direction, the invading forces again shelled 5 settlements, including Kherson itself, from the entire spectrum of artillery.
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On January 21, invading Russian forces launched 115 attacks on the border communities of the Sumy region: a 17-year-old boy was wounded by shrapnel, and residential buildings were damaged.
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