❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦🎞 Rybar Daily Digest of the Special Military Operation: January 12, 2023

⚡️English Translation⚡️

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on January 12

▪️A Russian Forpost-RU reconnaissance drone fell at night in the village of Severny. No casualties.

According to preliminary information, there was a technical failure or operator error. The exact reasons for the crash remain unknown.

▪️In the Kupyansk sector, despite the stability of the front line, the AFU continues to fire at Russian positions.

At the same time, small adversary groups are trying to improve positions and advance in the so-called "gray zone".

▪️In Soledar, Wagner’s PMC units established full control of the city blocks and are clearing the salt mines and underground communications.

The enemy is trying to gain a foothold on the western outskirts and prevent a breakthrough into Blahodatne.

▪️At the same time, to the north, the Russian forces have pressed through the AFU defenses and are fighting for the Silj station.

The loss of the strategically important railway junction will put the entire Ukrainian grouping near Siversk at risk of a flank strike.

▪️Intense fighting is underway near the village of Krasna Hora, which is being stormed by Russian Airborne Forces units.

The AFU command forms strike groups in Paraskoviivka and tries to counterattack, aiming to break the encirclement ring near Soledar.

▪️After prolonged fighting, Wagner’s PMC units completely liberated Opytne, where the front line of the Ukrainian defense took place.

At the moment, the western outskirts of the locality are being cleared, the capture of which opens a direct path to Bakhmut southern quarters.

▪️Ukrainian units continue to launch cynical attacks on the Donetsk agglomeration cities and towns infrastructure.

In the DPR capital, the repair shop of a dairy plant in the Leninsky district was hit: one civilian was killed and another four were wounded.
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