Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan wannan nasarar, sojojin 'yan tawaye sun fara kai wa sojojin Ukraine hari a kan layin sarrafawa a cikin yankunan Donetsk da Luhansk. Musamman yaƙe-yaƙe masu zafi sun ɓarke tare da Kogin Siverskyi Donets, zuwa arewa maso yammacin birnin Luhansk. Sojojin 'yan tawaye sun kama wani wurin binciken Ukrainian a Krymske, sun kai hari kan wasu wuraren bincike a yankin, kuma sun harbe ƙauyukan da ke kusa da Shchastia. Sojojin 'yan tawaye ma sun fara kai hari
a kan garin Debaltseve da ke karkashin ikon gwamnati a arewa maso gabashin Donetsk Oblast, yana lalata shi da wutar bindiga. Bugu da kari, DPR ta kaddamar da hari kan Mariupol daga Shyrokyne a safiyar ranar 24 ga Janairu. Guguwar rokoki ta Grad ta kashe akalla mutane 30, kuma ta raunata wasu 83. An ci gaba da gwagwarmaya mai tsanani a Debaltseve a cikin mako mai zuwa, wanda ya haifar da asarar rayukan fararen hula da mayakan.