A total of 144 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield since the start of 9 January, with most of the fighting taking place on the Pokrovsk, Kursk and Kurakhove fronts. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook,

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

In the city of Engels, the aggressor country of russia is introducing a state of emergency due to a fire that continues to rage at the Kombinat Kristal oil