Heavy fighting is taking place at Svatove-Kreminna and in the direction of Lysychansk — General Valerii Zaluzhnyi to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US General Mark Milley

The most difficult situation remains in the area of Soledar-Bakhmut-Maiorsk.

Ukrainian troops managed to hold their positions near Avdiivka and continue counter-offensive. They also managed to hold defensive positions in the Zaporizhzhia sector.

In addition, Zaluzhnyi said that from December 31 to the morning of January 3, the Russians had launched 14 cruise missile strikes and used 94 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. 

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