On the night of 8-9 January, analysts from the DeepState project reported that Russian forces have advanced in multiple settlements of Donetsk Oblast. Source: DeepState Quote: "Russia has advanced in Toretsk,

Russian troops have achieved successes in Toretsk, Kurakhove, Novovasylivka, Slovyanka, and near Neskuchne and Yantarne in Donetsk Oblast. In Kharkiv Oblast, the Russians advanced in Dvorichna. Read also: Three Ukrainian villages fall to Russian troops In Kursk Oblast,

Ukraine's Armed Forces have carried out a high-precision strike on a command post of Russia's 8th Guards Combined Arms Army, located in the city of Khartsyzk in Donetsk Oblast. Source: Ukraine's General Staff Quote: "Russian occupation forces had been using this building to coordinate attacks on Ukraine's Armed Forces and civilians,