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31 December 2024
A total of 117 combat clashes have occurred on the front lines since the beginning of the day, with the Russian forces intensifying their attacks, particularly in the Pokrovsk sector.
Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR), anticipates significant positive developments in 2025, expressing a more optimistic outlook compared to the challenges of 2024.
The use of fiber-optic FPV drones by Russian forces presents a significant challenge that needs to be addressed in the coming year.
Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, and Tatiana Moskalkova, the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights, met in Belarus to discuss the conditions of the prisoners of war (POWs) released on December 30.
The Russian forces shelled a residential area in the village of Textylne in Dniprovskyi district of Kherson causing destruction.
Mayor of Shostka, Mykola Noha, states that today’s strike involving 13 missiles has been the largest attack on the town to date. The massive strike was carried out in two waves — at 3:00 and 8:00.
Since the beginning of their operation, more than 32,000 Ukrainians have applied to recruitment centers for consultations on joining the Ukrainian military, with 7,198 currently under consideration as candidates for the Defense Forces.
Ukraine's air defense forces have shot down one Russian Kinzhal missile, five Kh-69 guided air missiles, and 16 Shahed strike drones.
Russian forces have struck the city of Shostka in the Sumy region with 13 missiles, damaging three boiler rooms and leaving 43 apartment buildings in the city without heating.
Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SOF) have captured a settlement in Russia's Kursk region.
A missile fragment fell in the Darnytsia district of Kyiv, damaging three private buildings and two cars.
Russian troops shelled the border community of Semenivka in Chernihiv region at night, damaging the houses and cars of civilians.
Following a drone attack, Russia reported a fire at an oil depot in the Smolensk region and the closure of Vladikavkaz airport.
Over the past day, Russian troops fired 36 times from various types of weapons at the border of Chernihiv, part of Sumy and part of Kharkiv regions, resulting in a total of 106 explosions.
For the first time in history, soldiers of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter during a battle in the Black Sea using a Magura V5 maritime strike drone.
At night and in the morning of 31 December, the Russian army fired six times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region.
There is one enemy ship in the Black Sea, which is a carrier of Kalibr cruise missiles, but without missiles.
Russian invaders killed a resident of Kharkiv region on 30 December.
In Kyiv, the wreckage of a Russian missile fell in the Darnytsia district.
The Russian forces have launched a missile strike on the infrastructure of Shostka community in Sumy region.
Over the past day, a total of 168 combat clashes were recorded between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian troops along the frontlines, with the hottest area being the Pokrovsk sector.
The total combat losses of the Russian forces in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to December 31, 2024, amount to approximately 789,550 personnel, with 1,610 of these losses occurring over the past day.
Throughout the day, the Russian invaders launched 240 attacks on eight settlements in Zaporizhzhia region.
Communities in Kherson region have donated 200 tactical strike FPV drones to the marine corps, valued at over 2.6 million UAH.
Operators of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces have destroyed a Russian Buk-M1-2 air defense system in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.
The ships sunk in the Kerch Strait are to be raised in early summer.
An ATESH agent conducted reconnaissance at the Danilovo airfield near Yoshkar-Ola in the Mari El Republic, where the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) air group is based.
30 December 2024
On December 30, a total of 153 combat clashes occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian invaders at the front, with the hottest situation in the Pokrovsk, Kurakhove, Lyman, and Vremivka sectors.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced a simplified procedure for soldiers and sergeants with combat experience to obtain officer ranks.
Permanent representatives of NATO member countries met in Brussels today and agreed on measures to enhance the Alliance's presence in the Baltic Sea and protect critical undersea infrastructure following an incident involving damaged undersea cables.