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,

Ukraine's defence forces have struck the Kombinat Kristal oil storage facility in the city of Engels in Russia's Saratov Oblast. Source: Ukraine's General Staff Details: Numerous explosions were recorded in the target area and a large-scale fire broke out.

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