Ukrainian and Russian forces have clashed 161 times throughout the war zone over the past 24 hours, with Russian troops mounting 71 assaults on the Pokrovsk and Kurakhove fronts. Ukrainian defenders have repelled 24 Russian attacks on the Kursk front.

Russian forces have fully captured the city of Kurakhove in Ukraine’s east, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on January 6. Ukrainian officials have yet to confirm this claim.

Russia said on Monday its forces had made important gains in eastern Ukraine while continuing to fend off a new Ukrainian offensive inside the Kursk region of western Russia, where a second day of fierce fighting was under way.