Russian drone hits Kharkiv
Russian invasion troops attacked Kharkiv with a drone, possibly a Molniya type.
05 January 2025
Russian invasion troops attacked Kharkiv with a drone, possibly a Molniya type.
The Russian invasion forces pursue intensive assault operations in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions while the fiercest battles are ongoing in the Pokrovsk and Toretsk directions.
The Russian Federation has deployed more than 630 attack drones, around 740 guided aerial bombs, and nearly 50 missiles of various types against Ukraine over the past week.
In the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, aerial reconnaissance of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense eliminated the chief of staff of the battalion “Storm.Osetia” of the Russian Armed Forces and his driver with FPV drones.
A field agent working as part of the underground network set up by the pro-Ukrainian ATESH movement in Russia and occupied areas gathered personal data of Russian military service members from the 28th Aerospace Force Arsenal in Tambov region.
On the frontlines in the past 24 hours, January 4, a total of 179 combat engagements were recorded, with the most intense fighting taking place in the Pokrovsk axis.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to January 5, 2025, amount to about 796,490 people, including another 1,730 people over the past day.
There is one enemy ship in the Black Sea that carries Kalibr cruise missiles, but no missiles.
On January 3, 2025, an explosion occurred in the village of Shuia, Ivanovo region (RF), in the epicenter of which was the battery commander of the 112th Missile Brigade Division of the 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District of the RF Armed Forces (military unit 03333), Captain Nagayko, who was involved in the deaths of 59 people at the wake in the village of Hroza, Kharkiv region.
04 January 2025
Russian strikes on Chernihiv, Svesa, and Myropillia in Sumy region, as well as on Kharkiv region, confirm the invariability of Ukraine’s task, which is to strengthen its air defenses.
President Volodymyr Zelensky at the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Ramstein air base in Germany will talk to partners about protection from guided bombs and Russian air raids.
The leader of the European People's Party group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, has warned against a hasty agreement to end the war in Ukraine.
A rescue operation has been completed in Chernihiv at the site of a group missile attack on January 3.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine noted the role of drones in the ongoing war, stating that Ukraine will continue to expand efforts to ensure larges supplies of unmanned systems to the Armed Forces.
Over the past day, the Russian army struck the territory of Chernihiv region 32 times, employing artillery, mortars, UAVs, KAB glide bombs, as well as missiles.
A total of 148 combat engagements have been reported along the frontlines over the past day, with Russian assaults being most intense in the Pokrovsk direction and Kursk region.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have shot down 34 Russian Shahed attack drones and other types of drones, and another 47 imitator drones were lost locally.
The Russian military shelled Nikopol with heavy artillery and a drone at night and in the morning, and a fire station was damaged.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in manpower from February 24, 2022, to January 4, 2025, amounted to about 794,760 people, including 1,510 invaders killed in the last day.
There is one Russian missile carrier without “Kalibr” in the Black Sea, and no enemy ships in the Sea of Azov.
Soldiers of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine received 66 more FPV drones.
Soldiers of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed communication repeaters, electronic warfare equipment and Russian equipment with aircraft-type FPV drones - Darts.
03 January 2025
The Russians launched a massive missile strike on the outskirts of Chernihiv.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces shot down three Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles and 13 Russian drones, while another 19 veered off their intended course.
In the first three days of 2025 alone, the Russian invasion forces launched over 300 attack drones and about 20 missiles, including ballistic ones, at Ukraine.
In the sky over Dnipropetrovsk region this evening, Ukraine’s air defense forces destroyed three Russian missiles.
Ukrainian defense companies intend to manufacture nearly 3,000 cruise missiles and drone missiles, as well as at least 30,000 long-range drones.
Naval missile and unmanned systems units of the Ukrainian Navy carried out dozens of successful strikes on approximately 50 Russian military facilities in 2024, including those located in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Ukraine has informed its international partners that Russia is employing Chinese-made antennas in its Shahed-136 strike drones, with the aim of tracing the logistics supply chain and imposing sanctions to restrict the Kremlin's access to such technologies.
The Ukrainian Defence Forces have shot down 60 Russian Shahed and other types of attack drones, and another 26 imitator drones have been lost.