Russian shelling leaves two civilians killed, two wounded over past day in Kherson region
In the Kherson region, on January 2, two civilians were killed and two others sustained injuries as a result of Russian aggression.
03 January 2026
In the Kherson region, on January 2, two civilians were killed and two others sustained injuries as a result of Russian aggression.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 80 of the 95 drones launched by the Russians against Ukraine starting on the evening of January 2.
A total of 116 combat engagements were recorded between Ukrainian forces and Russian invaders along the front line on January 2.
In the Mykolaiv region, a Russian drone attack on critical infrastructure has left parts of settlements in the Mykolaiv district without electricity.
Sappers from the State Special Transport Service surveyed and cleared 45,259.48 hectares of territory of explosive hazards in 2025.
Russia suffered approximately 1,210,630 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and January 3, 2026, with 750 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
On the Kursk axis, the Askold reconnaissance unit, together with the reconnaissance border guard unit of the Steel Border Brigade, destroyed two Russian invaders' tanks using drones.
On the Kursk axis, the Askold reconnaissance unit, together with the reconnaissance border guard unit of the Steel Border Brigade, destroyed two Russian invaders' tanks using drones.
Leading U.S. Democratic Senator Chris Coons has urged President Donald Trump to extend the practice of seizing tankers carrying Venezuelan oil to vessels transporting oil from Russia.
Approximately 50,000 civilians currently remain in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, including about 4,800 children.
The death toll from a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv has risen after the body of a woman was found under the rubble of a destroyed building.
Archaeologists in Volyn are studying the so-called “Merchant's Treasure” found in Volodymyr in 2025, which contains, in particular, an unprecedented collection of ancient Russian glass bracelets - 573 intact jewelry items and a significant number of fragments.
Russia has acknowledged that the era of superprofits from the oil and gas sector has come to an end.
Russian athletes will not be able to represent their country at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, even if a peace agreement is reached with Ukraine.
The ATESH partisan movement conducted visual reconnaissance of a chemical plant in Bryansk, which is involved in producing components for Grad, Uragan, and Tornado multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS).
Russia is preparing for the further militarization of children and youth and is no longer even attempting to disguise military training as social or educational initiatives.
02 January 2026
There have been 104 combat engagements along the front line, with the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole sectors the most intense. Fighting is ongoing in most locations.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha rejected criticism by the Czech foreign minister directed at Ukraine's Ambassador Vasyl Zvarych over his response to statements by the Speaker of the lower house of the Czech parliament, Tomio Okamura, about Ukraine.
In the Odesa region, as a result of a Russian drone attack on Friday, January 2, a fire broke out in the Danube River delta and spread to the lands of the Vylkove Forestry of the Izmail Forestry District and to Ochakivskyi Island.
As a result of a Russian strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, a child was killed, later the body was found under the rubble.
Russian troops shelled and attacked the Synelnykove and Nikopol districts of Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery, UAVs, and FPV drones, injuring two people and damaging civilian facilities.
In Kharkiv's Kyivskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts, as of 19:00 on Friday, January 2, damage to at least 27 buildings was recorded as a result of a Russian ballistic missile attack.
The number of people injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kharkiv on January 2 has increased to 31.
The number of people injured as a result of Russian strikes on Kharkiv on January 2 has increased to 31.
Ukrainian diplomacy does not interfere in the internal affairs of the Czech Republic, but cannot fail to respond to the rude statements made by a representative of the Czech authorities.
As part of the forced evacuation from 44 frontline settlements in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, more than 3,000 children will be taken away with their parents.
Operators of the 1st Separate Center for Unmanned Systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a Russian fuel and lubricant storage facility in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region and a radar station in Crimea.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš promises to carefully consider the ammunition initiative for Ukraine and other projects of the Ministry of Defense and plans to comment on issues related to external security on his own in the future.
Over the first two days of the new year, more than 10 targeted strikes were launched against the Kherson Thermal Power Plant.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine (FISU) Oleh Ivashchenko will continue serving the country in a position within the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. The Office of the President clarified that Ivashchenko will lead the DIU.