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The main events of the day in a video digest
Table of Contents
- The main events of the day in a video digest
- Where the fighting continues in the Kharkov region – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
- “It’s a very hard winter.” The situation with light and heat in Kharkov after the strike on January 5
- Special protective sections are being installed in Kharkov to protect pedestrians from falling ice and icicles.
- Fire in Kharkov: eight people were rescued from an office center
- Large-scale fire in the Belgorod region: self-propelled guns hit an oil depot – General Staff
- Missiles, UAVs and FPV drones hit the Kharkov region in a day – Sinegubov
- It’s more difficult in the north: where the enemy broke through in the Kharkov region – data from the General Staff
- The Russians announced the occupation of Peschany – is this true? ISW’s response
17:40
Where the fighting continues in the Kharkov region – General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In the Yuzhno-Slobozhansky direction, Ukrainian defenders repulsed six Russian attacks, four battles are currently underway, reports General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The occupiers stormed near the settlements of Volchanskie Khutora, Volchansk, Staritsa, Zelenoe, Tikhoe and towards the villages of Vilcha and Ternovaya.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russians stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders eight times near the villages of Stepnaya Novoselovka, Peschanoye, Borovskaya Andreevka and towards Novaya Kruglyakovka and Kupyansk, two battles are ongoing.
In the Liman direction, the invaders attacked the positions of Ukrainian units near the villages of Novoegorovka, Novovodyanoye, Derilovo, Kolodtsy, Zarechnoye, Mirnoye and Shandrigolovoye 12 times; three battles are still ongoing.
16:05
“It’s a very hard winter.” The situation with light and heat in Kharkov after the strike on January 5
“The energy topic is quite limited for communication for obvious reasons. What we can report is that another energy enterprise in Kharkov was indeed hit. Power equipment was seriously damaged. Now all our services are working to eliminate the consequences and begin restoration. Our task is to ensure that Kharkov residents receive both heat and electricity supplies on time. We understand the conditions we are in, since the entire energy sector, not only of the Kharkov region, but of the entire country, is under attack. The Kharkov region is also experiencing a shortage of electricity,” Oleg Sinegubov, head of the KhOVA, said on air of the national marathon.
About the situation with heat supply in the city, Sinegubov responded as follows:
“We are now going through the heating season in quite difficult conditions. This is a very difficult winter for us. However, our heat supply is going according to plan,” said the head of KHOV.
He also added that search and rescue operations were continuing in the city following the January 2 strikes. According to his estimates, specialists were able to clear 80% of the rubble.
Video: national telethon “The only news”
14:48
Special protective sections are being installed in Kharkov to protect pedestrians from falling ice and icicles.
As reported in the Kharkov City Council, such work was carried out in Kostyurinsky, Armyansky and Korolenko lanes, as well as on Rymarskaya and Poltavsky Shlyakh streets.
13:54
Fire in Kharkov: eight people were rescued from an office center
Rescuers received a message about a fire in a five-story building on Teatralny Lane today at 11:34, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said in the Kharkov region.
The fire broke out in one of the office spaces on the third floor.
“When the first units of the State Emergency Service arrived, the fire area was about 50 square meters. Due to heavy smoke, rescuers worked wearing respiratory protection devices. Under these conditions, they quickly carried out reconnaissance and rescued eight people,” the firefighters noted.
At 12:01 the fire was localized and at 12:50 it was completely extinguished. The cause of the fire is being established.
About 30 rescuers and seven units of State Emergency Service equipment worked at the scene of the incident.
Video: Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in the Kharkov region
12:37
Large-scale fire in the Belgorod region: self-propelled guns hit an oil depot – General Staff
On the night of January 7, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces defeated the Oskolneftesnab oil depot near the village of Kotel, Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this. Defenders note: this oil depot is involved in providing fuel to the occupying army.
“As a result of hits in the tanks, a large-scale fire was recorded at the facility,” the General Staff said.
Let us note that the Belgorod governor Gladkov reported about the attack on the oil depot at about 10:00 p.m.
In addition, the General Staff added, in order to disrupt the enemy’s logistics, the material and technical equipment of the unit of the 20th motorized rifle division of the invaders was damaged in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region. The extent of damage caused in both cases is being clarified.
08:39
Missiles, UAVs and FPV drones hit the Kharkov region in a day – Sinegubov
During the day, the Russians shelled three settlements in the Kharkov region, informed the head of the KhOVA Oleg Sinegubov.
There were no casualties due to the strikes, the head of the KhOVA noted.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russians released into the Kharkov region:
- rocket (type to be determined);
- UAV type “Geran-2”;
- two fpv drones.
As a result of shelling in the village of Novonikolaevka, a private house and electrical networks were damaged, and in the village of Borovskoye, a car was hit – all this destruction was recorded in the Kupyansky district. Meanwhile, in Chuguevskoye, strikes hit warehouses in the village of Bolshaya Babka.
08:16
It’s more difficult in the north: where the enemy broke through in the Kharkov region – data from the General Staff
According to information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, over the past 24 hours there were 22 battles in the Kharkov region.
More attacks by Russians were recorded in the Yuzhno-Slobozhansky direction. There the enemy advanced 15 in the area of Volchansk, Staritsa and Prilipka.
Whereas on Kupyansky, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled seven enemy attacks near Peschany, Petropavlovka and Kurilovka.
“In total, 221 military clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours. According to updated information, yesterday the invaders carried out two missile and 90 air strikes, used two missiles and dropped 236 guided bombs. In addition, we brought in 6,200 kamikaze drones to destroy them and carried out 3,288 attacks on the positions of our troops and populated areas, including 123 from multiple launch rocket systems,” writes the General Staff.
07:37
The Russians announced the occupation of Peschany – is this true? ISW’s response
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has dispelled yet another Russian fake news regarding the “successes” of the Russian Armed Forces in the Yuzhno-Slobozhansky and Kupyansky directions. So recently, a Russian blogger claimed that the invaders had captured new territories in Volchanskiye Khutory, Staritsa, and also advanced between Liman and Vilcha.
“Russian troops advanced northeast of the city near Volchansk, Volchanskiye Khutors, Liman, Staritsa and Prilipka on January 5 and 6. A Russian blogger said that Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Staritsa,” writes the Institute for the Study of War.
The enemy’s data about the occupation of Peschany, as well as about the alleged advance of the Russian army in Kurilovka and Kondrashovka – settlements located in the Kupyansky direction – also turned out to be untrue.
“On January 5 and 6, Russian troops attacked in the west of Kupyansk and towards it; north of Kupyansk near Dvurechansky and Petro-Ivanovka and in the direction of Kondrashovka and Kutkovka; northeast of Kupyansk near Otradny; east of Kupyansk in the direction of Petropavlovka; and southeast of Kupyansk in the direction of Kurilovka,” analysts report.
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