The Ukrainian Army and Air Force have attacked 26 Russian hot spots, the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff reported at a briefing on the morning of January 8.
General Staff did not specify where the concentration area was. A concentration area is generally where troops gather before conducting an offensive operation.
According to the General Staff, Russian troops have suffered heavy losses due to offensive operations nearby. Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Lyman of Donetsk are trying to improve their tactical position near Kupyansk, about 100 kilometers east of Kharkiv.
Despite Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s ‘Christmas truce’ PresentationRussia launched nine missile attacks and three airstrikes in the past day, carrying out 40 attacks from multiple rocket launchers, damaging civilian infrastructure and injuring civilians. , the General Staff said.
Ukrainian forces also repulsed Russian attacks near 16 settlements. Among them are Stelmakhivka, Makiivka and Bilohorivka in Luhansk and Rozdolivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Zalizne, Pervomaiske, Vodyane and Pobyeda in Donetsk.
On January 7, Russian propaganda claimed that Russian military and Kremlin-controlled private military contractor Wagner Group took control of Soleda, just north of Bakhmut. However, Ukrainian forces later said they still controlled the town.
