A total of 192 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day. The most intense fighting has occurred on the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts, where 80 battles took place in total. Combat clashes also persist at the Kursk bridgehead held by the Armed Forces of Ukraine,

This represents nearly half of the skirmishes over the past day, as the military reported 218 clashes across the front.

Russian forces continue to make costly but consistent gains in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. They are steadily grinding down a pocket of resistance around the town of Kurakhove and are also fighting to envelop the larger nearby city of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian soldiers and officials said.

Kyiv troops attacked in at least three areas within the Kursk region, some using armoured vehicles, according to the Institute for the Study of War

Ukrainian and Russian forces have clashed 199 times in the war zone since the beginning of the day on 6 January, with most of the fighting taking place on the Kursk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook,

January 7, attacked a command post of Russian troops in the Kursk region. A precision strike was carried out, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "On January 7, 2025, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a precision strike on the command post of the 810th Separate Marine Brigade of the Armed