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19 January 2025
Russia launched nearly 550 drones, almost 60 missiles, and more than 660 bombs over Ukraine this week alone, while Ukraine’s Defense Forces shot down 33 missiles, including ballistic ones, and 311 attack UAVs.
Russian troops keep using the tactics of small group assaults in Toretsk, where a significant area remains under constant fire pressure from the Ukrainian forces.
In the Novopavlivka sector, Russian occupants, taking advantage of difficult weather conditions, conducted offensive actions to block the village of Velyka Novosilka, actively using armored vehicles.
In the Kherson region, the village of Shlyakhove was shelled by Russian troops, and residential buildings were damaged.
In the village of Antonivka in the suburbs of Kherson, a man was seriously injured when he exploded on an unknown explosive object.
In Donetsk region, Russian troops killed a civilian in Mykolaivka yesterday.
On January 19, at 03:04, Russian troops fired on the village of Khotimlya, Chuhuiv district, Kharkiv region, a fire broke out and houses were damaged.
On January 18, as many as 199 combat engagements took place between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian invaders.
The Russian forces shelled 31 settlements in Kherson region over the past day. As a result, three civilians were killed and six others were wounded.
The total combat losses of the Russian forces in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to January 19, 2024, amount to approximately 818,740 personnel, with 1,580 of these casualties occurring in the past 24 hours.
At night, the Russian forces launched four attacks on Nikopol district, Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Russian forces targeted 13 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region with 351 strikes.
There are no Russian warships deployed in the Black Sea or the Sea of Azov.
Fighters of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS) have destroyed an anti-tank missile system and four vehicles belonging to Russian occupiers on the Kharkiv front.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius believes the German military could take part in ensuring the security of the demilitarized zone in Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire.
Soldiers of the Forpost brigade of the Kramatorsk border guard detachment repelled an assault in the Vovchansk direction, destroyed enemy equipment and captured six Russian invaders.
18 January 2025
In Zaporizhzhia, the fate of a 27-year-old man who disappeared as a result of a morning attack by Russian troops is still unknown.
Ukraine is working to increase the number of modern air defense systems that can shoot down ballistic missiles, as well as to ensure that the army can actively act against launchers on Russian territory.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, during a meeting with the heads and representatives of the foreign ministries of Southeastern Europe, called for joining the work of defense coalitions to provide Ukraine with everything it needs.
In the evening, Russian troops shelled the village of Komyshany, Kherson region, with artillery. A 65-year-old woman was injured.
On Saturday afternoon, the Russian military attacked communities in the Nikopol region almost two dozen times. A utility company, a religious institution and solar panels were damaged.
The use of hazardous chemicals by the Russian army has become systematic. Since February 2023, 5,389 cases of the use of such substances against the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been recorded.
The Russian military attacked the Kharkiv and Chuhuiv districts, the consequences of the shelling are being established.
In Zaporizhzhia, rescuers unblocked the body of a dead man from the rubble.
Eighty-nine combat engagements have been recorded on the front since the beginning of the day. In three directions, as well as in Russia’s Kursk region, fighting is currently in progress, with the Russian army attacking most actively in the Pokrovsk axis.
The Russian invaders operating in the Toretsk axis are employing a new tactic adopted from the notorious Wagner Group, which the military refers to as “kamikaze mules”.
Russian artillery shelled the village of Tomyna Balka in Kherson region where a 70-year-old woman was injured in her backyard.
A group of unidentified saboteurs set ablaze two communication towers near the city of Krasnodar, Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelensky showed the consequences of the morning enemy shelling of Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia and called on the world to join forces to increase pressure on Russia and its henchmen.
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, successfully struck at the Rosneft base in Lyudinovo, Kaluga region of the Russian Federation, on the night of January 18.