Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of February 6

Russian shelling

The enemy continues to wage its aggressive war. Despite significant losses, Russian troops do not give up their plans for the full occupation of Ukraine, ignore the laws and customs of war, use terror tactics, and strike and attack both military and civilian objects.

The enemy actively uses aviation and FPV quadrocopters and conducts assaults with the support of armored vehicles. The operational situation in the east and south of Ukraine remains difficult. During the day, 81 combat clashes took place.

The enemy also launched 4 missile and 17 air strikes and fired 45 times from multiple launch rocket systems at the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population. Residential private and apartment buildings and other civilian infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.

The situation on the fronts

In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. There were no signs of the formation of offensive groups. Certain units of the Armed Forces of Belarus perform tasks in the border areas with Ukraine.

In the Siversk and Slobozhanske directions, the enemy maintains a military presence in the border areas, conducts sabotage and intelligence activities, attacks populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation and increases the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border of Ukraine.

The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Veterynarne, Okhrymivka, and Mala Vovcha settlements of the Kharkiv region. More than 20 settlements, including Pokrovka, Shpyl, Golyshivske, and Kostyantynivka of the Sumy region, were hit by enemy artillery and mortar attacks; Kozacha Lopan, Starytsya, Vovchansk, Pletenivka, Mala Vovcha of the Kharkiv region.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions. They carried out an airstrike in the area of ​​Pishchane settlement of the Kharkiv region.

More than 15 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Synkivka, Petropavlivka, Kyslivka, and Kotlyarivka of the Kharkiv region.

In the Lyman direction, our soldiers repelled 14 attacks near Bilohorivka, the Luhansk region; Terniv, north of Hryhorivka, the Donetsk region, where the enemy unsuccessfully tried to break through the defense of our troops.

About 10 settlements were affected by artillery and mortar shelling, among them Bilohorivka of the Luhansk region and Torske, Yampolivka, Serebryanka, Fedorivka of the Donetsk region.

In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces repelled 8 attacks in the Bohdanivka and Klishchiivka districts of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to improve the tactical position.

About 10 settlements came under artillery and mortar fire, including Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka, and Andriivka of the Donetsk region.

In the Avdiivka direction, our defenders repelled 20 attacks near Novobakhmutivka, Avdiivka and another 8 attacks in the areas of Pervomaiskyi and Nevelske of the Donetsk region, where the enemy tried to break through the defenses of our troops. Also, the enemy carried out an airstrike in the area of ​​the settlement of Oleksandropol, the Donetsk region.

About 20 settlements, including Novokalynove, Novobakhmutivka, Berdychi, Avdiivka, and Pervomaiske of the Donetsk region, were hit by artillery and mortar shelling.

In the Maryinka direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy near Heorhiivka, Pobieda, and Novomykhailivka, the Donetsk region. Here, the occupiers tried to improve the tactical position 14 times.

Krasnohorivka, Heorhiivka, Pobieda, Novomykhailivka, Paraskoviivka came under artillery and mortar fire.

In the Shakhtarsk direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive actions. They carried out an aviation strike in the area of Staromaiorske, the Donetsk region. Approximately 10 populated areas, including Vuhledar, Prechystivka, and Zolota Nyva of the Donetsk region, came under artillery and mortar fire.

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Defense Forces repelled 4 attacks near Robotyne and to the west of Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia region, where the enemy, with the support of aviation, unsuccessfully tried to break through the defenses of our troops.

More than 20 settlements, including Poltavka, Malynyvka, Robotyne, Pyatikhatky, and Plavni of the Zaporizhzhia region, were hit by artillery and mortar fire.

In the area of responsibility of the Odesa operational-strategic group in the Kherson direction, Kherson, Novoberyslav, and Beryslav of the Kherson region were under artillery and mortar fire.

The enemy also fired multiple rocket launcher systems near the settlements of Ivanivka, Krynky, Novotyahynka, and Tokarivka in the Kherson region.

Advancement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The enemy persists in its intention to eliminate our units from the bridgeheads on the left bank of the Dnipro River.

Thus, during the day, 2 unsuccessful attempts to storm the positions of our troops were made.

Enemy losses

During the day, the aviation of the Defense Forces struck 13 personnel concentration areas and 2 anti-aircraft missile complexes of the enemy. One Kh-59 guided air missile was destroyed by the forces and means of air defense of Ukraine.

Units of the missile forces struck 1 command post, 1 personnel concentration area, 2 ammunition depots, and 3 enemy artillery pieces.

The total number of losses of the Russian forces since the beginning of the full-scale invasion is 390,580 soldiers.