Monday, January 29, 2024

74 combat clashes on front lines in past day

"In the past 24 hours, 74 combat clashes were reported on the front lines in Ukraine.
Krasnyi Khutir of the Chernihiv region; Rozhkovychi of the Sumy region came under enemy airstrikes.
More than 110 settlements in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions were subjected to
Russian artillery fire.
In the Volyn and Polissia sectors, the operational situation remains without significant changes.
In the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna sectors, the enemy keeps military presence in the border area, conducting active subversive activities in order to prevent the transfer of
Ukrainian troops to threatening directions and increasing the density of mine and explosive barriers along the state border in the Belgorod region.
In the Kupiansk sector,
Ukrainian defenders repelled four enemy attacks near Synkivka and east of Pishchane, Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman sector,
Ukrainian troops repelled six Russian attacks near Terny and Yampolivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Bakhmut sector, the
Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled four enemy attacks near Bohdanivka and Ivanivske in the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka sector, Ukrainian defenders continue to hold back enemy attempts to encircle Avdiivka. Ukrainian soldiers remain on the defensive, inflicting significant losses on the invaders. Over the past day, Ukrainian defense forces repelled 21 enemy attacks near Ocheretyne, Novobakhmutivka, Stepove, Avdiivka and 5 more attacks near Pervomaiske and Nevelske in the Donetsk region." 
Uktin

'Largest Ever' NATO Exercise To Rehearse Russian Attack On Europe

"A massive NATO military exercises slated to run all the way through the end of May has kicked off. Exercise Steadfast Defender 24 is being hailed as the largest NATO exercises
since the Cold War. Some 90,000 troops from all 31 members states will take part.
Also,
Sweden - which is on the cusp of formally entering the alliance after Turkish parliament belatedly signed off - is expected to sent troops and equipment. "The Alliance will demonstrate its ability to reinforce the Euro-Atlantic area via trans-Atlantic movement of forces from North America," a NATO statement said.
The focus of the exercises is to improve readiness for deploying
NATO assets on a rapid and large scale from North America and other parts in order to defend Europe from an invasion." ZH