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[Korrespondent] 21:46 During the current day - from 11:00 to 20:00 - the air defense forces worked on 30 Russian drones. The enemy launched new groups of drones. They are in the airspace of the Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions.
21:24 The Ukrainian side is preparing for a meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense in the Ramstein format next week. The main objective is new agreements on strengthening air defense, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address.
20.55 In the Sveskaya community of the Shostka district of the Sumy region, the number of victims as a result of the Russian strike has increased to 10 people. 15 apartments were completely destroyed and the glazing of about 700 windows was damaged. The issue of resettling the victims is currently being resolved.
20.30 Only two days later and in only one location in the Kursk region, Russia lost a battalion of DPRK troops and its own paratroopers. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video address.
19.51 A temporary ceasefire in Ukraine will allow Russia to regroup its forces for a new offensive. So it is important to make sure that Kiev has the capacity to deter further aggression from Moscow, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in an interview with The New York Times.
18.30 As a result of a bomb attack by Russian aggressors on a residential area of the Sveskaya community in Sumy Oblast, five people were injured, two of them children. One Russian bomb hit a five-story residential building, and the second hit a neighboring residential area.
17.15 Since the beginning of the current day, 107 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The situation remains difficult and tense, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00.
16.55 In Russia, as a result of an explosion, war criminal Konstantin Nagayko, involved in the murder of civilians in the village of Groza, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region, is in critical condition. This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate.
16.25 Russian aggressors dropped a bomb on a residential high-rise building in Sumy Oblast. Two children and one adult were preliminarily wounded.
16.00 At least one attack drone has penetrated Russian air defenses and attacked the important port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region of the Russian Federation. The "arrival" was captured on video.
15.40 In Chernigov, a rescue operation has been completed at the site of a missile strike carried out by Russian aggressors. One person has died, and the number of wounded has risen to seven.
15.20 Three residents of Nikopol were injured as a result of Russian artillery shelling. A 71-year-old man had to be hospitalized. He is in a moderate condition. Women aged 61 and 68 are undergoing outpatient treatment.
13:36 The occupiers carried out an ATV raid on the positions of the National Guard fighters. The assault of the occupiers was stopped before they reached the trenches. This was reported by the commander of the National Guard Oleksandr Pivnenko. According to him, after the destruction of the light vehicles, the operators of the strike drones of the 12th special forces brigade Azov began the systematic elimination of the enemy infantry, which had dispersed across the area.
13.12 On January 4, drones attacked Russia's largest sea trade port, Ust-Luga, considered the second largest after Novorossiysk. This was reported by the Telegram channel ASTRA.
12.53 Ukraine will receive three Mirage 2000-5F fighters from France in January. This was reported by the specialized publication Avions Legendaires. Some sources suggest that the Mirages are already in Ukraine, but are currently used for pilot training.
12.19 The Baltimore military airfield in Voronezh may have been attacked by drones on January 2. This was reported by Astra. It was also reported that on the night of January 4, the Voronezh region was again attacked by drones. Explosions in the region were reported online.
11:34 Marines destroyed enemy equipment and up to two infantry squads in the Kurakhovo area. This was reported by the Ukrainian Navy.
10.56 Five people were injured in the Sumy region over the past 24 hours due to enemy shelling. This was reported by the police of the Sumy region, who published footage of the aftermath. Six private houses, two cars, a business building, as well as a gas tank and the roof of a utility room were damaged in the region.
10:32 Russian troops destroyed some positions of the Defense Forces in eastern Ukraine. We are talking about positions in the area of Chasovy Yar and Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast. This is stated in the report of the Operational-Strategic Group of Forces Khortitsa.
8.54 Over the past 24 hours, 148 combat clashes have been recorded at the front . This was reported on January 4 by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over the past 24 hours, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the defense forces hit four areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, a command and observation post, as well as an air defense system of the Russian invaders.
8.40 Russian troops attacked Nikopol with a drone. The fire station was damaged . This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
7.45 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed 1,510 Russian occupiers in 24 hours. The enemy's total combat losses from 24.02.22 to 04.01.25 were approximately 794,760 people. This was reported by the General Staff.
7.23 In the Smolensk region of the Russian Federation, air defense forces were operating at night due to the detection of drones. Explosions were heard in the region. This was reported by the governor of the Smolensk region Vasily Anokhin. According to him, during this night, 5 drones were allegedly shot down, there were no damage or casualties. According to TG channels, the drone strike was on the city of Safonovo. Social networks suggest that the target could have been the enterprise AO Avangard, which is part of one of the major Russian rocket-building holdings AO MIC NPO Mashinostroeniya and AO Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are waging fierce battles in the east and south of Ukraine.
Russian troops are attacking mostly in the Pokrovsky direction. Fighting is taking place in the areas of 15 settlements.
Since the beginning of the current day, 107 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The situation remains difficult and tense, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report as of 16:00 on Saturday, January 4.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, Russian invaders have twice stormed the Staritsa area. One attack has already been repelled, another battle is ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy actively attacked three times in the area of the settlement of Zagryzovo.
In the Liman direction, the Russians organized 11 assaults near Pervomayskoye, Nadezhda, Novosergeevka, Makeyevka, Novoegorovka, Yampolevka, Terny, Grigoryevka and in the Serebryansky forest. Four clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled seven attacks in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Belaya Gora, Kleshchyivka and Stupochki. One clash is still ongoing.
In the Toretsk direction, the Russians tried to displace the Ukrainian Armed Forces units from their positions in the areas of Toretsk, Dilievka and Shcherbinovka. The defense forces repelled five Russian assaults, and two more clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy carried out 30 assaults in the areas of Mirny, Timofeyevka, Baranovka, Mirolyubovka, Luch, Lisovka, Zeleny, Novy Trud, Pokrovsk, Peschanoye, Shevchenko, Soleny, Novoolenovka, Kotlinoye and Novovasilovka. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 22 attacks.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, fighting continues near Serebryanoye, Petrovpavlovka, Konstantinopol, Kurakhovoye and Dachnoye. Nine Russian attacks have been repelled, five are still ongoing.
In the Vremovsky direction , the enemy made 11 attempts to advance near Dachnoye and Yantarny. Fighting continues in two locations.
In the Orekhov direction, one attempt by the enemy to advance forward in the Novodanilovka area was successfully repelled.
In Kursk region our troops repelled nine attacks, five combat clashes are still ongoing. In addition, the Russians carried out four air strikes with nine UABs and carried out 140 artillery shellings.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on January 3, the Ukrainian Armed Forces "minus" more than 1,500 Russians . The total losses of the aggressor country Russia are approaching 800 thousand since the beginning of the war.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the Kursk region.
We are talking about losses in just two days in the area of just one village, Makhnovka, the president noted.
In just two days and in just one location in the Kursk region, Russia lost a battalion of North Korean troops and its own paratroopers. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in a video address on Saturday, January 4.
He said that he heard a report from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrsky, on the situation in the Kursk region.
"In particular, in the battles today and yesterday in the area of just one village, Makhnovka, in the Kursk region, the Russian army lost a battalion of infantry of North Korean soldiers and Russian paratroopers. And this is noticeable," the president said.
He also noted the military who are destroying the occupiers.
"In general, I would like to note the professional and effective actions of our Special Operations Forces soldiers and the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade," Zelensky added.
Earlier, the President of Ukraine spoke about the unexpected effect of the Kursk operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine . We are talking about the reaction of the countries of the Global South.
It was also reported that Ukrainian troops occupied a village in the Kursk region , which was held by Russian and North Korean troops.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one mechanised brigade of the AFU, one special operations brigade, and one territorial defence brigade near Turovo, Perovskoye, and Sinelnikovo (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 50 troops, one tank, six motor vehicles, two 152mm D-20 guns, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
As a result of successful offensive actions, units of the Zapad Group of Forces liberated Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades, one assault brigade of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade near Dvurechnaya, Glushkovka, Ivanovka, Zagryzovo, Zeleny Gay (Kharkov region), Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry. One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 590 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, three pickup trucks, one 152mm D-20 gun, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, one Czech-made 122mm Striga MLRS combat vehicle, two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, two U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles, one U.S.-made 105mm M-101 gun, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar. One ammunition depot was wiped out.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on formations of one motorised infantry brigade, eight mechanised brigades, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade, and one infantry brigade of the AFU near Predtechino, Seversk, Andreyevka, Petrovskoye, Konstantinovka, Nikolayevka, Chasov Yar, Novomarkovo, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 250 troops, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, one 152mm D-20 gun, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun, and one ammunition depot.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of seven mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, one jaeger brigade, one airmobile brigade, two assault battalions of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, one territorial defence brigade, one national guard brigade, and one assault brigade of the National Police of Ukraine near Dzerzhinsk, Druzhba, Rozovka, Mirolyubovka, Slavyanka, Sribnoye, Udachnoye, Novosergeyevka, Katerinovka, and Krasnoarmeysk (Donetsk People's Republic). Twelve counter-attacks launched by AFU formations were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 440 troops, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, three armoured personnel carriers, including U.S.-made M-113 and M-1117 armoured personnel carriers, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, one French-made 155mm CAESAR self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm D-20 gun, and five 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the enemy's defences and inflicted losses on formations of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, one naval infantry brigade, and three territorial defence brigades near Zelenoye Pole, Neskuchnoye, Novopol, and Velikaya Novoselka (Donetsk People's Republic). One counter-attack launched by AFU units was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 170 troops, five motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system. One electronic warfare station was eliminated.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two infantry brigades, one coastal defence brigade of the AFU, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade near Malye Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatki, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), Zelenovka, and Yantarnoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 70 troops, three motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck infrastructure of military airfields, attack UAV workshop and depot, as well as engaged manpower and hardware clusters of the enemy in 132 areas.
Air defence units shot down eight U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles and 72 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 651 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 39,279 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,221 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,506 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,186 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,857 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the Office for Documentation of War Crimes of Ukraine from 00:00 04.01.2025 to 00:00 05.01.2025.
A total of 33 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
There were reports of one civilian being killed and 19 injured.
DAMAGED:
Residential buildings,
Five cars,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 33 armed attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 91 units of various ammunition were fired.
19:20 Kursk direction. Cherkasskaya Konopelka is completely under the control of the Airborne Forces, reports Archangel of Special Forces.
19:00 Drone operators of the "West" group of forces have claimed another enemy self-propelled gun. This time they managed to destroy the 155mm self-propelled artillery unit "Bogdana" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -VIDEO.
18:29 The distance from the front line to the central part of Kupyansk has been reduced to two km. ThisstatedHead of the occupation Kupyansk city military administration Andrei Besedin.
According to him, such a distance allows Russian troops to strike at the VS-45s using mortars and FPV drones.
17:30 A crew of the Lancet loitering munition from the Sever group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the border area of the Kursk region –VIDEO.
17:14 Spectacular video of the destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank by drone operators from the Veterans squad using an FPV drone is widely distributed on international Telegram channels.
16:47 Footage from the liberated Novoolenovka in the DPR, over which the Russian flag now proudly flies.
16:05 Liberation of Novoolenovki
The assault aircraft of the 80th Tank Regiment of the 90th Tank Division and the 30th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center Forces Group, operating in their areas of responsibility, carried out an assault on the populated area in small groups.
16:05 Advance of RF Armed Forces north of Rovnopol in the Velikonovoselkovsky sector.
15:58 Pokrovskoe direction. Lysovka. Our troops advanced in the eastern part of the village. Fighting is taking place in the area of ??the center.
15:48 Ministry of Defense:
On January 3, an attempt was made from the territory of Ukraine to launch a missile strike on the Belgorod region using American-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles.
During the anti-missile battle, combat crews of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system and the Pantsir-SM anti-aircraft missile and gun system shot down all ATACMS missiles.
These actions by the Kyiv regime, supported by Western curators, will be met with retaliatory measures.
14:39 RF Armed Forcesare expanding a bridgehead across the Oskol River in the Kupyansk direction.
14:34 120mm Self-propelled gun units 2S9 "Nona-S" of Tula paratroopers suppressed firing points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border areas of the Kursk region -Ministry of Defense.
During reconnaissance and search operations, the paratroopers discovered an enemy stronghold in a forest plantation. The command decided to storm the positions. Immediately before storming the stronghold, an artillery strike was launched against the militants' positions.
Having suppressed the exposed firing points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and disrupted the enemy's command and control system, the paratrooper artillerymen allowed the airborne assault groups to immediately enter the stronghold and conduct a cleanup.
14:13 The situation in the Krasnoarmeysky (Pokrovsky) direction from "Frontline bird»
Our motorized riflemen are actively developing an offensive in two directions at once.
In the area of the village of Kotlino, our troops have been actively advancing for several days. Our T-72B3 and T-80BVM tanks are hitting the enemy and simultaneously covering our attack aircraft.
Near Sukhoi Yar and Lisovka, a control center for a Ukrainian UAV was destroyed, as well as a field ammunition depot for NATO M777 howitzers.
14:02 "Gerani" are heading towards Sumy region and Kyiv region.
13:14 Ukrainian Armed Forces drones attacked a civilian vehicle in the Khar'kov region and prevented an ambulance from evacuating a seriously injured woman for an hour, the woman who was attacked told RIA Novosti.
13:01 In Ukraine was destroyed nationalist Yevgeny Kuznetsov, nicknamed "Privid" (ghost). He fought in the so-called "ATO" since 2014.
12:50 An infantry fighting vehicle with enemy personnel is caught in artillery fire while attempting to leave the Kursk region, and then blows up by a mine –VIDEO.
12:43 In Ukraine liquidated nationalist Dmitry Yakov, bodyguard of Oleg Tyagnibok.
12:23 Ministry of Defense:
From 8:20 to 11:30 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: three over the territory of the Leningrad Region, one over the territory of the Pskov Region, one over the territory of the Kursk Region, and five over the territory of the Voronezh Region.
11:30 Russian Aerospace Forces are striking targets in the Sumy region and the occupied part of the DPR with guided aerial bombs.
11:22 220mm BM-21 Hurricane from the "East" demolishes enemy defense in the area of Velikaya Novoselka
The cannonade of Uragan multiple launch rocket systems in the South Donetsk direction does not subside for a minute. Artillerymen of the Vostok group of forces are continuously working on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, weakening the enemy's defense with each shot.
Temporary deployment and command points, concentrations of manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are destroyed both in the settlement itself and in its environs. Rotations of enemy personnel are disrupted, and the delivery of ammunition, weapons and provisions becomes impossible.
MLRS crews immediately work on the identified objects. The enemy has no chance to survive - the artillerymen hit the target precisely, sparing no effort or rounds to support our assault groups.
10:35 The third UAV was destroyed in the area of Luzhskaya Bay in the Leningrad Region
The debris fell in a forest area, there were no casualties or damage, Governor Drozdenko reported.
8:10 Changes on the map for 01/03/2025
Overall results:
+ 5.9 km²
– 0 km²
Total: 5.9 km²
7:35 Changes on the map for the past 24 hours:
Advance in the Peschanoye area
Improved positions in the Volkovo area
Advance in the Green area
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[REGNUM] When Russian troops, liberating the LPR, approached Toshkovka at the end of May 2022, the village was literally packed with VSAS soldiers and Ukrainian fighters of all stripes. Snipers, mortarmen and machine gunners sat in trenches and dugouts, and well-trained barrier detachments stood behind them. At the same time, green foliage hid the VSAS soldiers, who were scanning the plain from drones.
The fighting was very heavy, the embittered Ukrainians did not spare anyone. The village was then squeezed between two heights: on one side - a mountain from the mine, on the other - five-story buildings on a hill. From these heights, local residents were fired at with Czech mortars.
They shot at houses, outbuildings, equipment, and car garages. They destroyed stores, the Community Center, the library, the school, the post office, and the village monument to Soviet soldiers.
"Shells were flying into houses and into cellars. My car was burned, my dacha was destroyed, here a house was destroyed," local resident Eduard told IA Regnum about the horrors of that summer.
During the shelling, 15 civilians were killed.
"They were buried in vegetable gardens, in courtyards. There was no opportunity to bury them in the cemetery under the shelling," Yulia Kozhevnikova, head of the headquarters of the Committee of Families of Warriors of the Fatherland (KSVO) of the LPR, tells IA Regnum about the terrible days for the village. She has been regularly visiting Toshkovka since the summer of 2024.
The capture of the village opened up operational space and allowed the Russian Armed Forces to approach the strategically important Lisichansk from the southeast.
After the liberation of Toshkovka, traces of the war crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were visible everywhere. Almost all the houses were damaged or destroyed, NATO shells were sticking out of the ground. Along the forest belt, burnt-out cars lay flattened by heavy equipment. Retreating, Ukrainian militants mined the settlement. In addition, the mine around which the life of the village was built was flooded.
But some locals refused or did not want to leave. They still remain: there are now just over a hundred people in Toshkovka. People survive without electricity and water, and they barely make it along the broken road to the nearest store in the neighboring town. But they do not despair, they support each other with all their might and sincerely hope that their native village will soon be restored.
A POPULOUS, WEALTHY VILLAGE
Toshkovka is an agglomeration of several settlements, where miners lived mainly with their families. In 1935, the Toshkovskaya mine began operating here, becoming one of the underground mines that brought the Donbass fame as an all-Union boiler room.
During the Great Patriotic War, the mine was flooded. Only after the liberation of Ukraine did the mining industry of Luhansk region gradually begin to revive. In 1950, Toshkovskaya resumed operations.
Year after year, the mine produced more and more coal, and Toshkovka grew nearby. The miners received decent wages, the settlement was populous - several thousand people, and quite prosperous. Toshkovka had a kindergarten, a hospital, several stores, and a club.
In 2014, after the creation of the LPR, the village found itself "on the other side" - under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to the 2019 census, 4,031 people lived in Toshkovka.
DESIRES AND DREAMS
Since the summer of 2022, the village has been living without water and electricity, heating, pharmacies and shops. Students do not go to the destroyed school, and the local hospital lies in ruins. Of the former population of Toshkovka, only a little more than a hundred people remain in the village, including 11 children. People are trying with all their might to establish their lives among the ruins.
Returning to normal life is not easy for the village, because even getting to Toshkovka is difficult: the road is very damaged, local resident Angela Bakitko tells IA Regnum. The road will most likely be repaired after the fighting is over, the woman believes.
“Our school is in Zolotoe (a city in the LPR. — Ed.), but the school bus doesn’t pick up our children because the road is very bad,” Angela sadly shares.
The villagers are very hopeful that their power supply system will be repaired, and that after the light comes back, there will be work in Toshkovka - at least at the restored substation. After all, the locals, many of whom are already elderly, simply have nothing to go to work in Pervomaysk, says Yulia Kozhevnikova.
The villagers' dream is that the Toshkovskaya mine will start working again. This will allow the locals to earn a decent living, as before.
"Due to the military actions, investors are afraid to come in. If the mine were opened, we would have a lot of jobs," Angela Bakitko is sure.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF WORK AHEAD
In any case, the locals do not lose their spirit and are glad that Russia has come to them.
“People were waiting for us, helping our soldiers when they came in and liberated Toshkovka, despite how much the village had suffered,” says Yulia Kozhevnikova.
The first request of the locals, she recalls, with which the villagers addressed the public, was to restore the monument to the soldier of the Great Patriotic War. They managed to quickly find patrons who made a new monument.
Volunteers are very helpful. From the first days after the liberation of the village, they have been bringing food and water, medicine, clothing and generators to local residents, which are essential, especially with the onset of cold weather.
“Of course, we try to support the locals, we bring doctors to the village,” Kozhevnikova continues her story. “We are constantly in touch with people.”
Yulia adds that now, in addition to other concerns about the villagers, she has a desire to make a memorial complex in Toshkovka to the soldiers who died a heroic death during the liberation of the settlement. At the same time, the main dream of the public, volunteers and the residents of the village themselves, of course, remains the opportunity to see Toshkovka flourishing and populous again.
"There are people here. There is a great desire to restore everything and not move anywhere. Because many were born here. Their children and grandchildren were born here. And here everything can be different," says the head of the Committee of Families of Warriors of the Fatherland, Yulia Belekhova, who also regularly visits the village.
However, it must be acknowledged that local residents, volunteers and regional authorities still have a lot to do to return the village to a full life.
"People want to come back," says Yulia Kozhevnikova. "Those who left during the evacuation are ready to return, but, unfortunately, today there are no conditions for normal life in the village."
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[Regnum] Two teenagers who planned to commit a terrorist attack in crowded places in Yekaterinburg have been charged, the Russian Investigative Committee reported on January 4.
“Charges have been brought against a group of people for preparing a terrorist act, illegally manufacturing and carrying explosives and explosive devices, committed by prior conspiracy,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement on its Telegram channel.
According to investigators, two minors independently manufactured an explosive device and an electric detonator. One of the accomplices carried them in his backpack until the moment of detention. It is also reported that one of the defendants was involved in the arson of a police service car on December 22, 2024 on Chapaeva Street.
At the moment, investigators are establishing the involvement of the accused in the crimes.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 4, the FSB reported the arrest of four teenagers born in 2007 and 2008 for preparing an explosion in a crowded place in Yekaterinburg. They were found to have components of a homemade explosive device and communications equipment containing instructions for making the device.
A criminal case was opened under Part 1 of Article 30, Part 2 of Article 205 (“Preparation for a terrorist act”), Part 3 of Article 222.1 (“Illegal storage of explosives or explosive devices”), Part 2 of Article 223.1 (“Illegal manufacture of explosives or explosive devices”) of the Criminal Code.
Yakut fighter who defeated Ukrainian in hand-to-hand combat calls for remaining human
[Regnum] Yakut fighter of the Russian Armed Forces Andrei Grigoriev, who defeated a Ukrainian soldier in hand-to-hand combat in the village of Trudovoye in the DPR, said that in any situation it is necessary to remain human and maintain humanity. His words are quoted by Channel Five.
“We are all people and in any situation we must be people, humanity comes first,” he noted.
Grigoriev specified that he fought to the last, because he clearly understood that only one person would emerge victorious from this fight. At the same time, he said that he won due to better combat training, despite the fact that the Ukrainian outweighed him.
More from regnum.ru New video of a fight between a Yakut fighter and a Ukrainian military man has emerged
A new video has appeared of hand-to-hand combat between a Russian Armed Forces attack aircraft from Yakutia, Andrey Grigoriev, and a Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman. The footage, taken from a drone, was published by the Telegram channel “Military Chronicle”.
The authors of the Telegram channel claim that the video was filmed from a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone. It is assumed that the drone operator was observing a fight between a fighter from Yakutia and a Ukrainian soldier.
According to the Russian fighter, the Ukrainian military used about 20 drones against him. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces sent reconnaissance groups to find out whether he had survived. One day, Tuta overheard a conversation between two women from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"They say: "Go check!" But no one dared to go in. And this woman says: "He definitely didn't survive without medical help. He somehow got there yesterday, we hit him with drones," the WarGonzo Telegram channel quotes the Yakut attacker as saying.
The conversation with Grigoriev is reported by the Telegram channel WarGonzo. The attack aircraft clarified that he was pursued by two Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, one of whom he destroyed. After that, Tutu was attacked by a kamikaze drone and the Russian soldier received a shrapnel wound.
Grigoriev tried to find shelter, but the second Ukrainian soldier continued to pursue him. He offered Tuta to surrender. In exchange, the Ukrainian soldier promised to treat and feed the wounded man.
“This is how he was buying time, waiting for the second kamikaze drone to arrive,” said the Russian serviceman.
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