Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny held the first telephone conversation of the new year with General Mark Milley, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Zaluzhny noted that heavy fighting is taking place at the Svatovo-Kremennaya line, as well as in the direction of Lisichansk. The most difficult situation remains in the Soledar-Bakhmut-Mayorsk sector, where the enemy is actually trying to move forward over his corpses.

" We reliably hold defensive lines in the Zaporozhye direction and make efforts to protect Kherson from enemy shelling, primarily civilians and critical infrastructure of the city.

The situation on the border with the Republic of Belarus is completely under control,"

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The commander-in-chief noted that he discussed with the American general the needs of the defense forces.

As reported, Andrei Chernyak, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said that during a new offensive against Ukraine, which Russian troops are already preparing, the invaders can attack simultaneously from two directions - from the north and from the east..