The headquarters of the territorial defense of the Donetsk People's Republic announced the liberation of the village of Bakhmutskoye.

We are talking about a settlement located near Soledar.

“As of January 9, 2023, Bakhmutskoye was liberated on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic of the Russian Armed Forces,” reads a message posted on the headquarters’ Telegram channel.

The situation on the line of contact

Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued provocative shelling on the line of contact in the republic during the New Year holidays.

“If we take the line of contact, then the holidays were practically not noticeable there, because the enemy continued to carry out provocative shelling, tried to counterattack in certain sections of the front line,” he said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel.

Also on russian.rt.com Pushilin: Russian Armed Forces in the DPR are trying to move the line of contact away from major cities

The Russian military, according to Pushilin, "continued to hold positions somewhere, and somewhere to advance."

Shelling of the DNR and LNR

The representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of issues related to war crimes of Ukraine reported on January 9 that 30 facts of firing by the Armed Forces of Ukraine were recorded over the past day.

During shelling, the enemy used artillery of 122, 152 and 155 mm caliber.

At least two attacks were also recorded using the Tochka-U operational-tactical missile system.

According to the DPR, a total of 150 units of various ammunition were fired in the direction of the republic.

Such settlements as Donetsk, Golmovsky, Kashtanovoe, Yakovlevka, Mineralnoe, Aleksandrovka, Yelenovka, Novy Svet and Zugres were shelled.

Two civilians are reported dead.

Another civilian was wounded.

Nine houses and six civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.

In turn, the representative office of the LPR in the JCCC published data on the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of 2023.

According to the republic, six cases of firing on the territory of the LPR were recorded.

The settlements of Chmyrovka, Rubizhnoye, Svatovo and Kremennaya were under fire.

The enemy used HIMARS multiple rocket launchers (ten rockets), 155 mm artillery (seven shells) and 120 mm mortars (one mine) during shelling.

As a result of the shelling, one person was killed and two were injured, including a child.

Three houses and three civil infrastructure facilities were destroyed and damaged.

Armed Forces of Ukraine intensified shelling of Zaporozhye region

The chairman of the movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov announced the intensified shelling of the Zaporozhye region.

“Over the past day alone, artillery fire was opened by the enemy 89 times.

What it is - a disturbing fire or probing - will show in the near future, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Rogov suggested that no one would spend such a volume of weapons on shelling for so long.

“They obviously have a purpose,” he says.

Along with this, Rogov noted that there were no significant movements of Ukrainian military equipment on the line of contact, however, Kyiv pulled together a large number of American HIMARS MLRS, M777 howitzers and other types of artillery and heavy equipment.

In addition, Rogov said that Ukrainian troops are preparing to force the Dnieper.

“Recently, the Dnieper has sharply shallowed - and shallowed for a reason.

This indirectly confirms that the Ukrainian troops are preparing to force the Dnieper in the area of ​​the Kakhovka reservoir, ”the agency quotes Rogov as saying.

He believes that a decrease in the flow of water in the Dnieper is being done by Kyiv to gradually close the hydraulic gates of the hydroelectric power station on the dams of the Dnieper cascade in the upper reaches, including the Kremenchug and Dneproges.

According to him, Energodar and the Zaporozhye NPP can become one of the directions for the landing.