Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:45 During the operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation, the Russian army lost more than 38 thousand soldiers. This was reported by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"During the Kursk operation, the enemy has already lost more than 38 thousand of its soldiers - in this one direction alone, of which about 15 thousand were irretrievable," the head of state said.
21:15 President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and also heard a separate report from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky and the Chief of the General Staff Anatoliy Bargilevich.
"The first thing is to protect our front lines, Pokrovsk first of all. I am grateful to all the brigades, to each of our soldiers who are there now. We discussed issues of staffing the brigades, as well as rotation. The army needs more internal, systemic changes so that at all levels in the Defense Forces, human management becomes effective," he said.
20:56 In the village of Primorskoye near Mariupol, on the morning of January 6, an explosion thundered and a fire broke out at the base of Russian military personnel. This was reported by the mayor's adviser Petro Andryushenko.
According to him, the wounded occupiers were taken to a hospital in the Kalmius district. "They say that some were taken in parts. They are probably lying," he added.
20:15 The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, reported that there is a preliminary agreement with the Russian side that exchanges will be systematic in 2025.
"There is currently a preliminary agreement that exchanges in 2025 should become systematic, with priority given to the return of, first of all, the seriously ill and seriously wounded," the ombudsman said.
19:20 The Russian occupation authorities in the temporarily occupied Melitopol in the Zaporizhia region are calling on local residents to "Russify" their Ukrainian surnames when changing their passports to Russian ones.
19:00 Russian military shelled populated areas of the Kherson region using artillery, mortars and drones. Two people were killed and 11 others were injured.
18:03 Russian aggressors hit a minibus in Kherson with a drone. At least one person was killed, many were injured, said the head of the Kherson OVA Oleksandr Prokudin.
17:58 Heavy smoke is observed in the Russian city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region, where a chemical plant producing fuel for missiles and military warehouses are located, said Andrey Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council.
17.50 A pre-trial investigation has been launched into a criminal case on the fact of committing a war crime that resulted in the death of people. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General. It is noted that on January 3, 2024, during the assault on the positions of Ukrainian troops near the village of Vremovka, Volnovakha district, the occupiers captured two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The prisoners were taken out of the dugout at gunpoint and shot point-blank in the head. To be sure of their death, the enemy fired several more shots.
17.07 Since the beginning of the current day, 108 combat clashes have occurred on the front, more than half of which were in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details in a report as of 16.00.
16.41 The second largest commercial port in Russia, Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region, was attacked by SBU drones. To do this, they flew more than 900 km , sources in the special service reported.
16.20 Ukrainian military personnel have destroyed two Russian S-300 medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems over the past 24 hours. This was reported by the Operational Command South.
16:07 Law enforcement officers detained a serviceman of the Vinnitsa RTCK and SP security platoon for a bribe of 16 thousand dollars. He gave out signed and unfilled summons forms to those wishing to avoid mobilization.
15:45 Belarus' formal leader Alexander Lukashenko did not apologize to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a phone call that took place in the early days of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, his press secretary Natalya Eismont said .
15.31 One of the heads of the Russian prison where Ukrainian prisoners of war are tortured has received a suspicion in absentia. We are talking about the deputy head of "correctional colony No. 7", which is located in the Vladimir region of Russia - Alexey Khavetsky.
15.16 In Nikopol, as a result of Russian artillery shelling , one person was killed and another was injured. The occupiers attacked populated areas of the region with barrel artillery, kamikaze drones and dropped ammunition from a drone.
13.47 At least eight visits by Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drones were recorded in Belarus on the night of January 5-6. The Belarusian Air Force did not take off during the night. This was reported by the Belaruski Gayun monitoring project.
13:25 The silent unmanned complex D-21 was approved for use in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It can transport food, ammunition, military equipment, and evacuate the wounded. It operates in two modes - manual and automatic.
12:59 GUR intercepted a conversation between occupiers about the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner. Intelligence notes that the Russian army does not hesitate to resort to the most vile and base crimes, conducting them against Ukraine.
12:42 Ukraine has ordered ammunition for Gepard systems from Rheinmetall. The production will be financed by the German government. We are talking about a double-digit number in millions of euros.
12:15 Russian special services planned to commit a bloody terrorist attack among the military in the Kiev region. The enemy's intentions were thwarted. The SBU reported the details .
10:59 Ukrainian military destroyed two Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun systems in the Kherson region. This was reported by the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
9:21 Over the past 24 hours, there have been 184 combat clashes between units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops on the front. The most active battles are taking place in the Pokrovsk and Kursk directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 6.
8:48 The Russian army is conducting assault operations in the urban area of ​​Kurakhovo. Currently, activities to identify and destroy enemy assault groups are ongoing there. A similar situation is in the direction of Petrovpavlovka and Dachnoye. This was reported by the OSGV Khortytsya.
7:44 Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces have neutralized 1,550 Russian invaders, the total losses of the Russian invaders have reached 798,040 people.
7:28 Russian troops have intensified offensive operations to the east of Pokrovsk, with the aim of encircling the city from the northeast. This is evidenced by a report by analysts from the Institute for the Study of War.