Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of January 13
Illustrative photo: General Staff updates frontline data for the past 24 hours (GettyImages)
Over the past day, January 12, there were 159 combat clashes on the front line. Huliaipole direction was the most challenging, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 34 Russian attacks, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Yesterday, Russian troops launched one missile and 43 air strikes with 2 missiles, and dropped 105 guided aerial bombs.
In addition, Russia launched 7,919 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,587 shellings of Ukrainian troops' positions and populated areas, including 94 from multiple launch rocket systems.
The Russians also carried out air strikes on the settlements of Verkhnia Tersa, Barvinivka, Liubytske, Vozdvyzhivka, and Zaliznychne in the Zaporizhzhia region.
"Over the past day, the Air Force of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck ten areas of concentration of personnel and 2 Russian command posts," the report says.
Directios
In the North-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk directions, Russia carried out one air strike, dropping one aerial bomb, and carried out 101 shellings, including seven from multiple launch rocket systems.
In the South-Slobozhanskyi direction, Ukrainian troops stopped 6 Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kruhle, Ternova, Obukhivka, Dehtiarne, and in the direction of the settlements of Prylipka and Hrafske.
Yesterday, there were 6 Russian attacks in the Kupiansk direction. Ukrainian defenders repelled Russian assaults in the area of the settlement of Borivska Andriivka and in the direction of Petropavlivka and Kurylivka.
In the Lyman direction, Russia launched 16 attacks, attempting to break through Ukrainian defenses in the areas surrounding the settlements of Novoselivka, Ridkodub, Zarichne, Yampil, and in the vicinity of Lyman, Stavy, and Drobysheve.
In the Sloviansk direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 6 Russian attacks in the areas of the settlements of Sviato-Pokrovske, Platonivka, Pazeno, and in the direction of Zakytne and Riznykivka.
Russia did not conduct any offensive operations in the Kramatorsk direction.
In the Kostiantynivka direction, Russia carried out 19 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbinivka, Ivanopilya, Rusyn Yar, and in the direction of Stepanivka and Sofiivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian defenders stopped 26 Russian assaults in the areas of the settlements of Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Zapovidne, Rodynske, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Filiia, and in the direction of the settlement of Kucheri Yar.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, Russia carried out 13 attacks yesterday in the areas of the settlements of Zlahoda, Verbove, and in the direction of Nove Zaporizhzhia.
In the Huliaipole direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled 34 Russian attacks in the area of the settlement of Huliaipole and in the direction of Olenokostiantynivka and Varvarivka.
In the Orikhiv direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled a Russian attack in the Primorske area over the past day.
In the Prydniprovskyi direction, Ukrainian units repelled a Russian attack in the direction of the Antonivskyi Bridge.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups were detected.
Russia's losses in war against Ukraine
According to Ukraine's General Staff, Russia has lost approximately 1,220,950 military personnel since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
In particular, over the past day, Russian losses amounted to 950 troops.
Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed 3 Russian tanks, 7 armored combat vehicles, 51 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, 933 tactical-level unmanned aerial vehicles, and 145 vehicles.
