Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20.57 Russian military shelled populated areas of the Kherson region using artillery, mortars and drones. This was reported by the Kherson Regional Prosecutor's Office on Sunday, January 5.
16.27 The situation on the combat line remains tense. Ukrainian defenders continue to actively counteract the Russian aggressor, inflicting losses on it in manpower and equipment. In total, 106 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day. This was noted in the General Staff report on Sunday, January 5.
15.09 On January 5, Russian troops struck Kharkiv with a Molniya drone. There is no information about casualties yet. This was reported by Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov on Sunday, January 5.
14.10 The Russian Ministry of Defense has acknowledged the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, which began on the morning of January 5.
In the latest report, the Russians indicated that Ukrainian fighters "carried out a counterattack by an assault group consisting of two tanks, a roadblock vehicle, and twelve combat armored vehicles with troops in the direction of the Berdin farm."
13.13 In Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, a 43-year-old man was killed and a 40-year-old woman was injured as a result of shelling. Five-story buildings, garages and cars were damaged in the city.
12:56 Over the course of a week, Russian troops launched almost 50 missiles, about 740 guided aerial bombs and more than 630 kamikaze drones containing more than 50,000 sanctioned components at Ukrainian territory, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported.
Last night, Ukraine was attacked by 103 "shaheeds", which used 8,755 foreign-made components.
12:20 Air defense forces are operating in the Kiev region. The region is being attacked by Russian drones.
11.56 In December, the Ukrainian Defense Forces hit more than 54,000 enemy targets with drones. Almost half of this result – 49% – was achieved by kamikaze drones. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrsky.
11.35 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Russians in the Kursk region from several directions. This was reported by the head of the Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council, Andrey Kovalenko.
"The Russians in the Kursk region are very worried because they were attacked from several directions and this came as a surprise to them. The defense forces are working," he wrote on Telegram.
The head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak reported on the successes of Ukrainian forces on Russian territory. "Kursk region, good news, Russia is getting what it deserves," he noted.
11:22 In the Zaporizhia district of the Zaporizhia region, an enemy UAV hit an energy infrastructure facility. There were no casualties.
10:55 Ukrainian intelligence officers eliminated the chief of staff of the Storm.Ossetia battalion (an assault unit within the 429th motorized rifle regiment of the Russian Armed Forces) in the Zaporizhia region.
On the Vasilyevka-Tokmak highway in the Zaporizhzhya region, soldiers from the FPV crew of the active operations unit GUR Kraken were eliminated by Sergei Melnikov (call sign Kama) and his driver.
9:56 At night, the Russian army launched 103 UAVs at Ukraine. Air defense forces shot down 61 targets, another 42 were lost. Air defense operated in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytskyi regions. No hits were recorded.
9.38 ATESH partisans have reconnoitred a Russian arsenal with missiles and satellites in the Tambov region. An agent has penetrated the territory of the 28th arsenal of the Russian Aerospace Forces near the settlement of Znamenka-1 in the Tambov region and conducted reconnaissance of the said facility.
The unit carries out tasks related to the storage and maintenance of operating and dismantled space equipment.
8.55 Russian troops have advanced in Toretsk and five other settlements in Donetsk Oblast. This was reported by the analytical project DeepState.
"The enemy has advanced in Kurakhovo, Toretsk, Shevchenko, near Dalnoye, Vozdvizhenka and Baranovka," the report says.
8.29 Over the past 24 hours, 179 combat clashes have been recorded at the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The hottest yesterday was in the Pokrovsk direction - the defenders stopped 45 offensive actions of the Russians.
7.25 As of January 5, the total combat losses of Russian troops on Ukrainian territory amounted to approximately 796,490 people (1,730 per day).
05.30 Russian troops have recently been using less armored vehicles during assaults on active sections of the front. This is likely due to significant losses of equipment and the depletion of Soviet reserves. Now the occupiers are increasingly going on assaults on foot, or riding scooters, motorcycles and quad bikes. Such tactics could further slow down the occupiers' advance, according to a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
01:00 Russian Telegram channels report drone attacks on the Millerovo military airfield, as well as on Taganrog in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation. A large number of explosions are reported in both places.