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[Korrespondent] There have already been 72 clashes on the front.
Border settlements continue to suffer from shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation, including Bachevsk and Porozok in the Sumy region; Timofeevka in the Kharkiv region.
Russian invaders continue to storm the positions of Ukrainian defenders. In total, 72 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day. This was stated in the General Staff report on Thursday, January 2.
Border settlements continue to suffer from shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation, including Bachevsk and Porozok in the Sumy region; Timofeevka in the Kharkov region. The invaders carried out air strikes with UABs on the districts of Taratutino and Pokrovka in the Sumy region.
Today, Ukrainian soldiers repelled two attacks in the Vovchansk area in the Kharkov direction.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy carried out three assault actions near Zapadnoye, Dvuhrechnaya and Kruglyakovka. One combat clash ended, two more are ongoing. Peschanoye and Ivanovka received air strikes with UABs.
In the Liman direction, the invading army attacked ten times near Nadezhda, Makeyevka, Terny, Grigoryevka and in the Serebryansky forest. Seven enemy attacks were repelled, three combat clashes continue.
In the Seversky direction, enemy aircraft struck Dronovka, Pazeno and Seversky, using four UABs.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian defenders are repelling attempts by the occupiers to advance forward in the area of Chasovy Yar and in the direction of Stupochki.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked four times near the settlements of Toretsk and Shcherbinovka. Two battles ended without success for the occupiers, two more are ongoing. Konstantinovka suffered strikes with three guided air bombs.
In the Pokrovsk direction, since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have made 20 attempts to push our defenders from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Mirolyubovka, Lisovka, Novy Trud, Peschanoye, Shevchenko, Uspenovka, Solenoye and Novovasilovka. The defense forces are holding back the enemy's onslaught and have repelled 18 attacks, two clashes are still ongoing. Yablonovka suffered an air strike.
Today, in the Kurakhovsky direction, the enemy attacked 13 times near Kurakhovo and Shevchenko. 11 battles have been completed, two more are still ongoing.
In the Vremivsky direction, the occupiers unsuccessfully attacked our troops' positions near Yantarny and in the direction of Constantinople and Novosyolka 13 times. The enemy launched air strikes in the areas of Ulakly, Andreyevka and Novopol, dropping four UABs and using unguided air missiles.
In the Orekhov direction, the enemy continues to shell the positions of our troops and civilian infrastructure; the enemy launched airstrikes with unguided missiles at Malye Shcherbaki and Pyatikhatki.
In the Dnieper direction, Russian invaders twice unsuccessfully stormed the positions of our defenders. The situation is under control.
In the Kursk region, Ukrainian defenders repelled one attack by the invaders, and two more clashes are ongoing. The Russians also carried out five air strikes on Russian territory, dropping five UABs.
At the same time, in other areas of the front the situation did not undergo any significant changes.
Recall that intense urban fighting continues in Toretsk, Donetsk Oblast. Russians are trying to break through the village of Shcherbinovka and seize a fireproof plant.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kharkov direction, the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of a motorised infantry brigade of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades near Liptsy, Sosnovka, Pokalyanoye, and Vilcha (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 40 troops, one motor vehicle, and three 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The Zapad Group of Forces delivered strikes on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU, three territorial defence brigades, and one National Guard brigade close to Dvurechnaya, Zeleny Gai (Kharkov region), Terny, and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Six counter-attacks of AFU assault groups were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 460 troops, three infantry fighting vehicles, four pick-up trucks, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, one Polish-made 155mm Krab and one Bogdana self-propelled artillery systems. One Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station and one ammunition depot were destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defence and routed the units of two mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, and one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Dalneye, Chasov Yar, Seversk, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic). Four counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU sustained losses of up to 210 troops, one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured fighting vehicle, one pick-up truck, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun. One electronic warfare station was eliminated.
The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and launched strikes on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and two National Guard brigades close to Shcherbinovka, Dzerzhinsk, Zverevo, Andreyevka, Sribnoye, Tarasovka, Shevchenko, and Vozdvizhenka (Donetsk People's Republic). Thirteen counter-attacks launched by the AFU were repelled.
The enemy lost up to 240 troops, one infantry fighting vehicles, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one Turkish-made Kirpi and one Kozak AFVs, one motor vehicle, two 152mm D-20 guns and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and defeated the units of two mechanised brigades of the AFU and two territorial defence brigades close to Konstantinopol, Velikaya Novoselka, Vremevka, and Volnoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic). One counter-attack launched by an AFU assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to over 160 troops, four motor vehicles, one HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle and one 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system manufactured in the USA, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Dnepr Group of Forces hit manpower and hardware of one mechanised brigade and two territorial defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Novokamenka (Dnepropetrovsk region), Stepnoye, Antonovka (Kherson region) and Kherson.
The AFU lost up to 90 troops and three motor vehicles. Three electronic warfare stations and one ammunition depot were eliminated.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces struck power objects ensuring operation of Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, infrastructure of military airfields, as well as engaged manpower and hardware clusters of the enemy in 146 areas.
Russian air defence systems shot down one Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, six U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 97 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 651 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 39,144 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,137 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,504 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,134 field artillery guns and mortars, and 29,701 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
In the course of offensive operations, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one heavy mechanised brigade, seven mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, two territorial defence brigades of the AFU near Goncharovka, Daryino, Zamostye, Kurilovka, Leonidovo, Loknya, Malaya Loknya, Maryevka, Makhnovka, Nizhny Klin, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki, Staraya Sorochina, and Sudzha.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation and artillery inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware near Aleksandriya, Veselovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshenka, Lebedevka, Mirny, Mikhaylovka, Nikolsky, Russkoye Porechnoye, Sverdlikovo, as well as Belovody, Vodolagi, Zhuravka, and Pavlovka in Sumy region.
Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have sustained losses of more than 580 troops, one tank, one armoured personnel carrier, nine armoured fighting vehicles, two artillery guns, one anti-aircraft gun, and 36 motor vehicles.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 47,040 troops, 263 tanks, 204 infantry fighting vehicles, 144 armoured personnel carriers, 1,390 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,316 motor vehicles, 339 artillery guns, 42 MLRS launchers, including 11 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 14 anti-aircraft missile launchers, seven transport-loading vehicles, 83 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 28 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, seven armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 17:33 Calculation of Russian paratroopers' UAVs destroyed three Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks in the border areas of the Kursk region. 17:29 After the missile strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk village of Ivanovskoye, a minor rupture of one section of the gas pipe occurred, the acting governor clarified.
16:01 Air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian UAVs over the Kursk and Belgorod regions, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
15:59 Artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces was recorded in the direction of: 14:00 – Dyleevka settlement – Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): two 152mm shells.
14:30 Ukrainian losses in the Kursk direction in one day amounted to more than 580 soldiers, a tank, an armored personnel carrier, nine armored vehicles, two artillery pieces, and an anti-aircraft gun were destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
13:40 Operators of attack drones of the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Guards Army of the Russian Armed Force sfinished off American-made M-113 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:25 New briefing from the Russian Ministry of Defense:
– The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the actions of the “North” and “Dnepr” groups in one day amounted to 130 soldiers.
– The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one day in the zone of the “East” group amounted to more than 160 soldiers.
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 240 soldiers in the “Center” group zone in one day.
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 soldiers in one day in the “South” grouping zone.
– Russian air defense forces shot down six HIMARS projectiles and 97 Ukrainian drones in one day.
12:17 Unmanned aerial vehicle crews of the Marines of the North Forces Group reveal targets, adjust air strikes and artillery fire in the border area of the Kursk region.
11:53 Air defense systems shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force and six HIMARS multiple launch rockets, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
10:17 Army aviation crew on a Ka-52M helicopter as part of a mixed tactical group inflicted an air strike with missiles on personnel and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
10:15 Over the night, air defense destroyed 13 Ukrainian drones: one each over the territory of the Voronezh and Kaluga regions, three over the Belgorod region, four each over the Bryansk and Kursk regions, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
10:03 Russian FPV drone calculations destroyed two vehicles with Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen in the Khar'kov region.
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