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Current information on the situation on the front line on January 7 (updated)
2025-01-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 19:17 artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces was recorded in the direction of: 15:55 – Dyleevka settlement – Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): two 155mm rounds.

18:47 As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression in the settlement of the V.I. Lenin mine, a civilian resident of Gorlovka was wounded. This was reported by the city mayor Ivan Prikhodko.

17:32 Ramzan Kadyrov reported that as a result of the battle in the Sudzhan direction, 15 units of enemy equipment were destroyed and three Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were captured.

16:00 Sever group of forces fighters in the Kursk region defeated Ukrainian Armed Forces formations near Kazachya Loknya, Kubatkina, Lebedevka, Nikolskoye, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechny.

15:59 The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk direction in one day amounted to over 325 servicemen, ten tanks were destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

14:47 New briefing from the Russian Ministry of Defense:

– The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day in the special operation zone amounted to 1,635 servicemen.

– Units of the Southern Group took up more advantageous positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 245 servicemen.

– As a result of the actions of the “North” and “Dnepr” groups, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 145 fighters in one day.

– The “West” group repelled two enemy counterattacks in one day; the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 580 servicemen and a Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled gun.

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 510 servicemen and two Leopard tanks in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces.

14:40 Over the past 24 hours, air defense systems have shot down six HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 50 Ukrainian drones, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

13:40 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed the infrastructure of military airfields, weapons depots, and concentrations of equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces and mercenaries in 164 districts, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

13:39 Enemy drones are again active in the skies over Gorlovka in the DPR, the region’s monitoring resources report.

12:35 The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked six districts of the Belgorod Region over the past 24 hours, using 30 drones and firing a total of 95 rounds of ammunition, the region's governor Gladkov reported on his Telegram channel. He specified that a civilian was wounded as a result of the shelling.

11:57 A civilian died in the city of Oleshky in the Kherson region as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, reported Governor Vasilenko's press secretary.

11:55 The number of victims in the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Gorlovka has grown to seven, the head of the district Prikhodko clarified.

11:10 According to updated information, two more civilians from the city of Dzerzhinsk in the Gorlovka urban district were injured as a result of Ukrainian armed aggression, said Mayor Ivan Prikhodko.

10:15 Molniya drone crews of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces destroyed fortifications and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the fireproof plant in Chasovy Yar - Russian Defense Ministry.

09:32 Since the beginning of the day, Ukrainian troops have fired eight 155mm rounds at Gorlovka, including three cluster rounds, the Telegram channel Department for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine of the Administration of the Head and Government of the Donetsk People's Republic.

08:17 The air defense system shot down several air targets over Belgorod and the Belgorod region; there were no casualties, Gladkov reported.

08:13 Company commander with call sign Guryatold, how experienced fighters from the Southern Group of Forces unit drove Ukrainian Armed Forces militants out of apartment buildings in the city of Kurakhovo.

08:11 Infrastructure has been damaged in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine, reported the head of the regional administration, Serhiy Lysak.

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