[Korrespondent] 21:54 The "Governor" of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, announced the second downed UAV. Meanwhile, in local public pages they write about a series of explosions in different parts of Crimea.
21:35 In two days, the number of downed Iranian drones over Ukraine exceeded 80, and this number may increase in the near future. There is information that Russia is planning a long-term attack with "Shaheds," Zelensky said in an evening video message: "Its stake may be on attrition. At the depletion of our people, our air defense, our energy."
20:56 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev reported on the work of air defense in the city, according to preliminary data, a UAV was shot down over the sea.
20:37 The mass death of Russian servicemen after Ukrainian strikes, in addition to the well-known case in Makiivka, also recently occurred in the occupied village of Chervonopopovka, Severodonetsk region and in Svatovo, Lugansk region, Russian propagandists write .
20:00 People's Deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had liberated Bolshoi Potemkinsky Island - an island between the left and right banks of the Dnieper near Kherson. There is no official confirmation, but Yermak, in his own style, wrote in Telegram "Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine." Meanwhile, a video with the Ukrainian flag raised over the island is being circulated on social networks.
19:42 NATO's highest military body - the Military Committee - will hold a meeting on January 18-19 in Brussels. Support for Ukraine was among the topics of the meeting, the press service of the alliance said.
19:38 The next Ukraine-EU summit will be held on February 3 in Kiev - preparations for it were discussed during today's conversation between Zelensky and von der Leyen, the presidential press service reported. Also during the conversation, the President of the EC noted the huge progress made by Ukraine in the implementation of the seven recommendations on the way to EU membership.
19:07 The Ukrainian Defense Forces were able to recapture a territory the size of the Netherlands or Switzerland from the invaders. More details - in the material Achievements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
18:25 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that on December 31, up to ten units of enemy military equipment of various types were destroyed and damaged in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bconcentration in Makeevka, Donetsk region, the losses of the personnel of the invaders are being specified.
17:34 Between Kiev and partners, the level of trust is growing, said Yegor Chernev, deputy head of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, head of the Permanent Delegation of Ukraine to the NATO PA: a high-tech system like the Patriot means we can count on any weapon we need in the near future."
17:28 Israel has resumed direct contacts with Russia at the highest level and intends to talk less about the "Ukrainian-Russian issue," the new foreign minister said: "On the Russia-Ukraine issue, we will do one thing for sure - talk less publicly." At the same time, Cohen declined to comment on Ukraine's request for defensive weapons from Israel, but noted that "significant humanitarian assistance" to Ukraine would continue.
17:06 The head of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Heusgen, said that no deals should be made with Putin, as he has clearly shown that he pursues imperial claims and does not compromise: “We will be able to live in a reasonable world with Russia only in the era after Putin. We Germans committed heinous crimes in Ukraine during World War II, and we have a moral duty to support this country. We must finally supply Leopard tanks."
16:17 Zaluzhny showed some of the results of 2022 in facts and figures.
15:34 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen: "Thanked for the unrelenting support from the EU. We are waiting for the first tranche of macrofinance in January, the first batch of energy-saving lamps, school buses, generators and modular homes. We coordinated steps on the EU-Ukraine summit.
15:31 In Makiivka, a base with Russian mobilized soldiers was destroyed, including artillerymen, signalmen and commandos. Details about what happened - in the material Hundreds of corpses .
15:15 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck with six HIMARS shells at the point of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Russian armed forces in the Makeyevka area, as a result of which 63 Russian servicemen allegedly died. At the same time, they allegedly managed to shoot down two of the six shells.
14:15 The SBU reported suspicions to the head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, who is introducing a "ruble zone" in the occupied regions of Ukraine.
13:47 Explosions thundered in the occupied Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region. The occupying "authorities" reported on the work of air defense and the "downed UAV". At the same time, local publics write that smoke after the explosions rises in the area of ​​Berdyansk airport, Russian helicopters are circling over it.
12:53 In the Kuban, a cemetery of Wagner PMC mercenaries was discovered, where the number of graves is increasing almost every day. The cemetery of the Wagnerites was hidden from prying eyes in the village of Baku. A characteristic difference between all the graves of the Wagnerites is the absence of photographs and a wreath with a yellow five-pointed star in the center.
12:15 As a result of the Russian night attack on the energy infrastructure, there is damage, the situation with electricity supply in Kiev and the central region has become more complicated, in connection with which emergency shutdowns are applied, Ukrenergo reported. In general, the situation in the power system is completely controllable.
12:04 Terrorist Girkin said that the "object" in Makiivka, which housed a unit consisting mainly of mobilized citizens of the Russian Federation, was almost completely destroyed as a result of the detonation of a BC stored in the same building. Almost all the military equipment that stood right next to the building without the slightest sign of disguise was also destroyed. According to him, there are no final figures on the number of victims yet, but it goes "by many hundreds."
Girkin added that this could happen again at any time, since this is not the only such (extremely dense) deployment of personnel and equipment in the HIMARS missile strike zone.
10:45 British intelligence reports that over the past five days, Russian and Ukrainian forces have been fighting for control of the P66 highway north of the occupied Kremennaya - this is a key supply route for the northern part of the Donbass front of Russia from the Belgorod region. The use of the route has been interrupted by Ukrainian artillery since October. But if Ukraine succeeds in securing the route, it is likely to further undermine the Russian defense of Kremennaya, analysts predict.
10:41 Russia has all types of nuclear weapons in its arsenal, and Ukraine's military intelligence is constantly monitoring its movement, Vadym Skibitsky, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said: "Firstly, we know all the storage locations. Secondly, we know the number and placement carriers of nuclear weapons of a tactical level. We constantly monitor all the movements of all carriers. We monitor the active measures that the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation can carry out or is carrying out. It is it that is responsible for the preparation and delivery of nuclear charges to weapons."
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has experience in monitoring and reconnaissance of strategic and other exercises specifically of nuclear forces, which have been held since 2014 and earlier. "That is, we know all the procedural issues. Therefore, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine constantly controls the nuclear component of the Russian armed forces," Skibitsky added.
10:33 The authorities of the Voronezh region said that at night, on the way to Voronezh, a reconnaissance drone launched from the territory of Ukraine was shot down, allegedly there were no casualties or damage.
10:29 Over the past day, the Russians fired at the territory of the Kherson region 71 times: one person died, four more were injured, the head of the OVA, Yaroslav Yanushevich, said. This morning, the Russians attacked the center of Berislav - they fired at the city market. Probably, the fire was fired from the tank from Kakhovka. At this moment, it is known about five wounded, three of them in serious condition.
09:47 One of the victims of the Russian attack on Kiev on December 31 died in the hospital, Klitschko said.
09:06 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy as of the morning of January 2. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky and Avdeevsky directions.
- personnel - about 107,440 (+720) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3031 (+0),
- armored combat vehicles - 6093 (+9),
- artillery systems - 2027 (+6),
- MLRS - 423 (+0),
- air defense systems - 213 (+0),
- aircraft - 283 (+0),
- helicopters - 269 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 1836 (+44),
- cruise missiles - 723 (+0),
- ships/boats - 16 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 4725 (+5),
- special equipment - 181 (+0).
08:58 The enemy continues to focus on conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . He is trying to improve the tactical position of his troops in the Kupyansky, Limansky and Avdeevsky directions. On the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, it is defending previously occupied lines. In Kherson - regroups troops, conducts defense and shelling of positions of Ukrainian troops and civilian objects along the line of collision.
Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Stelmakhovka and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region and Razdolivka, Belogorivka, Soledar, Krasnaya Gora, Bakhmut, Kleschievka, Ozeryanovka, Experienced and Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region.
08:43 Klitschko said, citing information from the air defense forces, that at night 40 kamikaze drones were heading for Kiev. Of these, 15 were destroyed over neighboring regions, three - in the Kiev region and 22 drones - over the capital.
08:39 In the Kiev region, as a result of enemy strikes, a critical infrastructure facility and private houses were damaged. There were no preliminary casualties, said OVA head Aleksey Kuleba.
08:36 On the night of January 2, the Russians launched a massive attack on Ukraine with Iranian-made kamikaze drones Shahed-131/136. All 39 strike UAVs were destroyed, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. In addition, two UAVs of the operational-tactical level Orlan-10 and a Kh-59 guided missile were destroyed.
08:15 In the Nikolaev area seven enemy Shahed-136 drones are destroyed at night, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported.
08:09 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, air defense forces destroyed all four enemy air targets that attacked the region at night. In particular, the Kh-59MK2 missile and three kamikaze drones that were aimed at the energy infrastructure were destroyed. The Russians fired on the Nikopol region from heavy artillery, there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
07:53 During the air raid over the capital, 22 air targets were shot down, the KGVA reported.
06:45 As a result of night shelling of the capital, energy infrastructure facilities have been damaged, emergency power outages have been applied in the city. There are also de-energized heating facilities, Klitschko said.
05:01 The authorities of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation said that allegedly a Ukrainian drone attacked the Klimovsky district, there were no victims, the power supply facility was damaged.
02:25 In Russian Voronezh, on the night of January 2, a powerful explosion thundered in the area of ​​​​the Baltimore airfield, where Su-34 bombers are based, local publics report and publish a video .
01:24 In Kiev, during an air raid, an explosion occurred in the Desnyansky district, Klitschko reported one victim.
00:26 The Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in the occupied Makiivka, Donetsk region, about 400 invaders were destroyed on New Year's Eve, and about 300 more were injured. The blow was inflicted on the accumulation of mobilized Russians, who were located in the building of vocational school No. 19. In Russian publics they write that the blow was delivered from Himars, and the school building was completely destroyed.