Donetsk

The occupiers are encouraging migrants from Central Asia to move to the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk region. Russia is trying to change the demographic composition of the region by displacing the Ukrainian population.

There were 118 combat engagements in the frontline, including 41 assault attempts in the Pokrovsk sector. The occupants conducted 33 air strikes and used over 900 kamikaze drones.

In Kramatorsk, a Russian air strike injured 9 people, including 2 children. 18 houses, 3 educational institutions, an infrastructure facility and 18 cars were damaged.

In the Zhytomyr region, a forensic officer cut a gold wedding ring off the hand of a fallen defender of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and handed it over to a pawnshop for 3,900 UAH. The widow noticed the jewelry was missing after her husband's burial.

According to the State Border Guard Service, 443,000 Ukrainians who traveled abroad in 2024 did not return. This is a threefold increase compared to 2023, when 134,000 citizens did not return.

A Russian air strike on a multi-storey building in Kramatorsk wounded 8 civilians, including two children. Among the injured are six women, a 6-year-old girl and a 16-year-old schoolboy.

The Russians continue to use outdated tactics of mechanized assaults in the Liman sector. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are effectively countering the attacks and have an advantage in drones, but lack personnel.

Three people, including a 6-year-old girl, were wounded in the Russian shelling of Kramatorsk. Over the past day, the occupiers carried out 5 attacks on settlements in Donetsk region, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure.

The Russian occupation authorities have unveiled a plan to build recreational complexes in the destroyed Shyrokyne and Melekine. The project is to be financed by investors from the Kremlin.

In December, 105 civilians were killed and 514 injured in Ukraine, the lowest number since the beginning of the invasion. Most of the victims were recorded near the frontline in Kherson and Donetsk regions.

Russian forces are planning to cut off supply routes to Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad. According to ISW, this could force Ukrainian forces to leave these cities without heavy fighting.

On January 14, cloudy weather with clearings and no precipitation is expected in Ukraine. The air temperature will range from -2° to +2°C, with the warmest temperatures in the south of the country.

About 30 medical students from Yakutia have been sent to the occupied territory of Donetsk region due to a shortage of doctors. The local population has limited access to medical care, as priority is given to citizens of the terrorist country.

An artillery strike in Chasovyi Yar, Donetsk region, killed two women aged 60 and 66. The region continues to be shelled, with local authorities calling for evacuations.

12 children from the Khartsyzsk social shelter were taken to Moscow as part of a propaganda program. The children participate in excursions and live in Russian families for the purpose of forced assimilation.

Ukrainian troops attacked the command post of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army in Novohrodivka. The attack disrupted the logistics and command of Russian troops in the region.

On the night of January 13, explosions and drone activity were reported near Voronezh. Air defense and electronic warfare forces destroyed several UAVs, with no casualties or damage.

In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, Russians held an action in kindergartens on the occasion of the “International Day of Thanksgiving”. Children were forced to draw applications with gratitude to the Russian dictator.

In the temporarily occupied territories, Russians are forcing children to weave camouflage nets for their army through the “youth army”. In 2025, the occupiers plan to expand the network of military children's centers.

The distance from the front line to the borders of Dnipropetrovska oblast has been reduced to less than 7 km. The enemy can strike with guided aerial bombs and artillery at border communities from the territory of Donetsk region.

Russian soldiers in Toretsk are disguised in civilian clothes for reconnaissance and sabotage activities. They are given away by the same clothes, behavior and weapons, the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade reported.

Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a precision strike on the command post of the 2nd Guards Army of the Russian Federation in Novohrodivka. The operation is part of a series of attacks on occupants' command posts in the Donetsk sector.

One person was killed and seven wounded as a result of Russian shelling in Donetsk region. More than 50 buildings were damaged, including residential buildings and infrastructure facilities.

Enemy troops advanced in Toretsk, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Yasenove, Lysivka, Solone, Zelene, Velyka Novosilka, as well as near Vozdvyzhenka and Nadezhdinka.

Russian shelling in Donetsk region killed a 78-year-old man and wounded 5 people. Residential buildings, an administrative building and an infrastructure facility in several communities were damaged.

Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold their positions within the town of Kurakhove in Donetsk region, so it is impossible to say that the Russian occupation forces have completely taken the town, said Viktor Tregubov, spokesman for the Khortytsia military unit.

Over the last day, 213 combat engagements were registered in the frontline, most of them in the Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka sectors. The enemy lost 1,570 troops, 10 tanks and other equipment.

Russian troops occupied the town of Kurakhove in Pokrovsk district of Donetsk region. The enemy also advanced near Andriivka, Solone and Novosilka.

An air alert has been issued in Kyiv due to the detection of enemy UAVs in the Kyiv region. The alert spread to 12 regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, Zhytomyr and other regions.

An air strike on the town of Bilytske in Donetsk region damaged a fire and rescue unit and equipment. The personnel of the rescue unit were not injured.