Friday, January 12, 2024

68 combat engagements

"A total of 68 combat engagements have occurred on the front over the past day. The operational situation is remaining challenging in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Ukraine’s
Air Force has launched strikes on 21 Russian personnel, ammunition and military equipment clusters, and four surface-to-air missile systems.
Ukrainian
missile units hit six enemy personnel, ammunition and military equipment clusters, one command post, one artillery system, two air defense systems, one ammunition depot, and one radar station.
Meanwhile,
Russian troops launched two missile strikes and 43 air strikes and opened fire with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) 25 times on Ukrainian positions and settlements.
Following
Russian terrorist attacks, casualties among civilians were reported, as well as the damage caused to residential houses and other civil infrastructure.
In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remained rather unchanged. No enemy offensive groupings were detected. Certain
Belarusian units continue completing tasks within the areas bordering with Ukraine.
In the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions,
Russian invaders are maintaining military presence within the border areas, conducting sabotage activities and shelling border settlements from Russia’s territory. Over 30 settlements were affected by Russian artillery and mortar strikes in the Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv regions." Ukrin

Putin won't stop at Ukraine, Zelensky says on Baltics tour amid wavering on aid

"Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed for badly needed air-defense systems at the start of a tour of Baltic states Wednesday, warning that Western hesitation on aid for Ukraine was emboldening Russia." France24

Yemen's Houthis Threaten 'High Price' for US, UK Massive Strikes

"The US and Britain have already launched 23 strikes on targets in four Yemeni provinces.
President Biden confirmed US and allied military strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, called them a response to a threat to freedom of navigation.
The United States and the United Kingdom will pay a "high price" for their airstrikes, Hussein al-Ezzi, the deputy foreign minister of the movement, said." Sp