[NewsFront] 19:12 Russianfighters spotted a T-72 in the Kursk region. Small but maneuverable drones literally surrounded the combat vehicle. The first, second, third hit - and the Ukrainian Armed Forces tank was left smoking on the road.
19:10 The Ministry of Defense published video of destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower in the Khar'kov region.
19:04 Kadyrov reported destruction by the Akhmat special forces of the enemy T-64 tank.
18:02 Rosgvardia showed frames of destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment during one of the offensives on the Kursk region.
17:55 Key points from the Russian Defense Ministry briefing on Kursk Oblast:
- the actions of the "North" group of troops prevented the Ukrainian Armed Forces from breaking through. The enemy forces were destroyed on the approaches to the Berdin farm;
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 150 servicemen, four tanks, and two infantry fighting vehicles during an attempt to break through;
– The Russian Armed Forces defeated formations of five mechanized Ukrainian Armed Forces;
– over the course of a day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 485 servicemen, ten tanks and seven infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed;
– four Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen surrendered.
16:35 Air defense forces destroyed two Ukrainian aircraft-type drones over the Kursk and Belgorod regions, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
15:39 The Ukrainian Armed Forces' attempt to break through in the Kursk direction has been thwarted, the enemy's main forces have been destroyed near Berdino - Russian Defense Ministry.
15:38 Two children wounded in the attack by a Ukrainian drone in the Khar'kov region have been urgently transported to Moscow. The woman and two other children are undergoing treatment in Belgorod, said the head of the Ukrainian State Administration, Ganchev.
14:13 The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
– On January 5, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack the Zaporizhzhya NPP using eight aircraft-type drones;
– losses in the area of ??responsibility of the “South” group, where the city of Kurakhovo was liberated, amounted to 265 soldiers and a Leopard tank per day;
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 550 soldiers in the area of ??responsibility of the West group of forces in one day;
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 150 soldiers in the area of ??responsibility of the “North” and “Dnepr” groups in one day;
– Russian air defense shot down a HAMMER bomb, 12 HIMARS rounds and 115 Ukrainian UAVs in one day;
– The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the infrastructure of military airfields and weapons depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
13:16 Russian military liberated the village of Dachenskoye in the DPR — Russian Defense Ministry.
12:24 A man was injured when a Ukrainian drone attacked a moving car in the Belgorod region, Governor Gladkov reported.
11:47 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to attack the territory of the Belgorod region using about 40 UAVs - Governor Gladkov.
11:45 The main points from the Russian Defense Ministry’s statements on the liberation of Kurakhovo:
- the Ukrainian Armed Forces command turned Kurakhovo into a powerful fortified area. More than 15 thousand soldiers were concentrated for defense;
– the liberation of Kurakhovo deprived the Kiev regime of the opportunity to shell the civilian population of Donetsk with artillery systems;
– the establishment of control over Kurakhovo significantly complicated the rear and technical support of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the Donetsk direction;
- after the capture of Kurakhovo, Russian troops entered operational space, which will allow them to increase the pace of liberation of the DPR territory;
– the servicemen of the 5th and 110th motorized rifle brigades particularly distinguished themselves during the liberation of the city of Kurakhovo.
10:15 During the liberation of Kurakhovo, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost 80% of their personnel (more than 12,000 people), about 3,000 units of various weapons and military equipment, including 40 tanks, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.
10:13 As a result of the attack of a Ukrainian drone on the village of Rzhevaka in the Shebekinsky district, two civilians were wounded - Gladkov.
09:39 After 00:00, an attack by a UAV was recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of: 03:20 – Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): dropping of explosives from a UAV.
09:37 UAV crews of the Caspian naval infantrymen as part of the North group of forces reveal targets, adjust air strikes and artillery fire in the border area of the Kursk region.
During the next flight, the UAV operator detected a rotation of enemy personnel, the coordinates were immediately transmitted to the command post. The enemy was destroyed by fire from a tank of one of the motorized rifle units of the "North" group of forces.
08:19 Air defense forces destroyed 12 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
08:17 Air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian missile over the territory of the Kursk region, the regional operational headquarters reported on its Telegram channel.
08:15 Our fighters finished off, an American armored vehicle International MaxxPro that was blown up by a mine, was captured with the help of FPV drones in the Kurakhovsky direction.