MOSCOW, January 2. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated nine communities in the Kharkov and Zaporozhye Regions and the Donetsk People’s Republic over the week of December 27 - January 2 in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported.
"Battlegroup West units completed the liberation of the settlements of Dibrova in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Boguslavka in the Kharkov Region through active operations. <…> During the week, Battlegroup Center units liberated the settlements of Dimitrov, Rodinskoye, Artyomovka and Volnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of active operations," the ministry said in a statement.
"Battlegroup East units continued advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlement of Gulyaipole in the Zaporozhye Region through decisive operations. <…> Battlegroup Dnepr units liberated the settlements of Stepnogorsk and Lukyanovskoye in the Zaporozhye Region through active operations," the ministry reported.
Russian forces delivered one massive and six combined strikes by precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic missiles on Ukrainian military-industrial and energy sites over the past week in response to Kiev’s attacks on civilian facilities, the ministry reported.
