Russian occupiers have seized Novovasilivka in the Pokrovsk district of the Donetsk region and have advanced near several other settlements. This was reported by the analytical project
DeepState in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, January 23. "The enemy has occupied Novovasilivka and has also advanced in Velyka Novosilka, Novoandriivka, near Chasiv Yar, Yantarny, Petropavlivka, Yasenova, Kotlynogo, Vozdvizhenska, and Baranivka," the report states. There is no official confirmation of this information. On Wednesday evening, the General Staff reported that within a day,
two-thirds of combat encounters occurred in the Pokrovsk direction.
Encirclement of Novosilka. Consequences for the front