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Russo-Ukraine War - 01 January 2023 - Day 312

A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While GlobalSecurity.org takes utmost care to accurately report this news story, we cannot independently verify the authenticity of all statements, photos and videos.

On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that during the day, Russian forces carried out 35 airstrikes, in particular, the Shahed-136 UAV, all of which were shot down by units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Russian occupiers also fired 16 rockets from multiple rocket launchers, in particular, at a children's hospital in the city of Kherson.

The danger of air and missile strikes remains on the entire territory of Ukraine. Do not ignore air raid signals.

Russian forces, who lost 760 people killed just yesterday, continue to attempt offensive actions on Bakhmut and tries to improve the tactical position of units of its troops in the Kupyansk, Lyman and Avdiivka directions. Russia is defending in the Novopavlivka and Zaporizhzhia directions, and is regrouping troops in the Kherson area.

The situation is stable in the Volyn, Polissya, Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, and no signs of the formation of Russian offensive groups have been detected.
On the Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi directions, the areas of Buchky and Yasna Polyana settlements of Chernihiv oblast were subjected to artillery shelling; Novovasylivka, Vyntorivka, Chernatske, Ulanov, Studenok, Khodyne, Iskriskivshchyna, Krasnopillya and Uhroyidy in Sumy oblast and Morokhovets, Zelene, Starytsa, Ohirtseve, Mala Vovcha, Mylove, Vovchansk, Dvorichna, Moskovka and Kamyanka in Kharkiv oblast.
In the Kupyansk direction, the areas of Masyutivka, Orlyanske, Kislivka, Kotlyarivka and Krokhmalne settlements in Kharkiv oblast and Vilshany and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk oblast were shelled.
In the Lyman direction, Ploschanka, Nevske, Yampolivka, Torske and Dibrova of the Luhansk oblast were hit by fire.
In the Bakhmut direction, more than 15 settlements were affected by the fire of various caliber artillery, among them - Spirne, Bilohorivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Ivanivske, Klishchiivka, Kurdyumivka, Druzhba, Mayorsk and Ozeryanivka of the Donetsk oblast.
Vodyane, Avdiivka, Krasnohorivka, Maryinka, and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk oblast were again shelled in the Avdiivka direction.
In the direction of Novopavlivka, Russian forces attacked Vremivka, Velyka Novosilka, Prechystivka, Vuhledar, and Mikilski in the Donetsk oblast.
In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Russian fire was recorded near more than 15 settlements. Among them are Vremivka, Zelene Pole and Novopil of the Donetsk oblast; Olhivske, Poltavka, Dorozhnyanka, Zaliznychne, Charivne and Novodanylivka in Zaporizhzhia and Novosilka in Kherson oblast.
In the Kherson direction, the civilian infrastructure of the settlements of Havrylivka, Dudchany, Kachkarivka, Respublikanets, Beryslav, Lvove, Ivanivka, Ingulets, Inzhenerne, Antonivka and Kherson were damaged by Russian fire.
In order to destabilize the humanitarian situation in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson oblast and to force the local population to the so-called "voluntary evacuation", the Russian occupying forces are firing mortars at Oleshky, Hola Prystan, Plavni, as well as country settlements between the mentioned settlements.

Mobilization measures continue in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea. Military commissariats have started checking lists of people who have not yet participated in a large-scale invasion of Ukraine and are subject to conscription for mobilization in 2023.

Russia continues to use civilian facilities for the treatment of armed russian occupiers. Thus, in the city of Pervomaisk, Alchevsk district, Luhansk oblast, in the premises of a local school, the Russian occupiers deployed a "field hospital" and are treating about 100 servicemen. In addition, more than 150 wounded mercenaries of the "wagner" PMK are being treated in the premises of the local maternity hospital, equipped as a military hospital.

The Ukrainian aviation made 13 strikes on the areas of the invaders, and Ukrainian units of missile forces and artillery hit 2 areas of concentration of the Russian forces' manpower and military equipment.

Statements of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The Russian Ministry of Defense in a daily briefing reported that on December 31, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a precision strike on the objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine involved in the manufacture of attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), storage parking lots and launch sites for attack UAVs were also hit. The goal of the strike was achieved: Kyiv's plans to carry out terrorist attacks against the Russian Federation were thwarted.

Affected units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansky, Limansky and Donetsk directions. Ukrainian troops lost about 300 servicemen killed and wounded, as well as 2 combat vehicles, an armored personnel carrier, 7 armored vehicles, 10 cars and pickup trucks.

In the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction in the area of ​​Dorozhnyanka (Zaporozhye region), the Armed Forces of Ukraine made unsuccessful attempts to counterattack, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armored combat vehicles and 3 vehicles were destroyed.

6 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Zaporozhye region.

Missile troops and artillery hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine's weapons and ammunition depot in the Zaporozhye region, 68 artillery units, manpower and military equipment in 102 districts. In the DPR, a mobile radar for monitoring the airspace of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a counter-battery radar manufactured by the USA AN / TPQ-50 were destroyed.

During the counter-battery fight in the DPR, 2 Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzers were destroyed. In the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), 2 Ukrainian D-20 howitzers were eliminated.

Fighter aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the DPR shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force. Air defense assets destroyed 15 UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and intercepted 7 HIMARS rockets.

DNR

During the day, Ukrainian troops opened fire on Donetsk, as well as the settlements of Yasinovataya, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Golmovsky. As a result of attacks in Yasinovataya, a civilian was killed and 2 more civilians were injured. At least 3 people were injured in Donetsk, where damage was also recorded to residential buildings, administrative buildings and civilian infrastructure.

Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that in the republic over the past 24 hours, many civilian objects have come under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also said that on January 1, thanks to the air defense system, many hits of shells fired by nationalists at the settlements of the DPR were prevented. Pushilin noted that the increase in shelling during the New Year holidays was expected, since this is standard practice for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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During the day, the settlements of Svatovo, Chmyrovka and Rubizhnoye fell under the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In all cases, the Ukrainian formations used the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.

In Pervomaisk, patients of the local hospital were evacuated after the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which occurred on December 31. According to media reports, hundreds of people were taken to medical facilities in neighboring cities.

The allied forces stopped several attempts to break through the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya on the evening of December 31, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene. It is noted that during one of the attacks, the enemy used over 80 personnel and about 7 armored vehicles.