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13 January 2025
Donald Trump's team, like Joe Biden's adminstration, is calling on Ukraine to lower the mobilization age to 18 in order to shift responsibility for the war onto Ukraine, believes Oleksandr Kraiev, an expert at the Ukrainian Prism Foreign Policy Council.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a female operative of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), who provided coordinates for a drone strike on state institutions in Kyiv on January 1, 2025.
Russian occupation forces are attempting to secure positions in villages near the town of Pokrovsk and advance further.
Rangers from the 6th Regiment of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled an assault by DPRK troops in Russia’s Kursk region and eliminated 18 North Korean soldiers.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine shot down 78 Russian Shahed attack UAVs and other types of drones, while another 31 decoy drones disappeared from the radar.
On January 12, 140 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontlines.
The outgoing administration, led by President Joe Biden, is making efforts to provide the strongest positions in foreign policymaking for incoming administration to be led by Donald Trump, including on Ukraine.
Russia's total military spending far exceeds its budget capabilities and could lead to the collapse of corporations and banks, thus affecting Moscow's negotiating positions.
12 January 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky has heard a detailed report by Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi on the actions of the Ukrainian military at the front.
Polish authorities refused to allow a plane carrying a Slovak parliamentary delegation to fly through their airspace on its way to Russia.
Since the beginning of the day, 75 clashes have taken place between the Ukrainian military and the Russian occupation army, most of them in the Pokrovsk sector.
Over the past week, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces and populated areas of Ukraine using almost 700 aerial bombs and more than 600 attack drones.
Over the past week, Russian invaders attacked the positions of the Defense Forces and populated areas of Ukraine using almost 700 aerial bombs and more than 600 attack drones.
The Russian army has reduced the number of attacks in the Kharkiv sector, focusing on other areas of the front.
Active urban battles are ongoing in Chasiv Yar. The Ukrainian defense forces are making progress, but the Russian troops are still advancing.
The Russian forces conducted 49 attacks on the border areas of Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions over the past day, resulting in a total of 156 explosions.
North Korean troops are engaging in large-scale assaults despite frequent strikes by Ukrainian drones, which is leading to high casualty rates among North Korean forces.
Over the past 24 hours, a total of 184 clashes occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the Russian troops. The enemy’s most intense offensive was in the Pokrovsk sector, while the battle is ongoing in Russia's Kursk region.
Artillerymen of the Gart Border Guard Brigade destroyed two UAV takeoff points, warehouses with ammunition and engineering equipment, mortar and grenade launcher positions, and Russian manpower in the Vovchansk direction.
Artillerymen of the Gart Border Guard Brigade destroyed two UAV takeoff points, warehouses with ammunition and engineering equipment, mortar and grenade launcher positions, and Russian manpower in the Vovchansk direction.
11 January 2025
Since the beginning of the day on January 11, there have been 157 combat clashes, with the enemy carrying out 11 airstrikes and one missile attack. They used 20 guided aerial bombs and one missile, deployed 751 kamikaze drones, and conducted nearly 4,000 artillery and mortar shellings of settlements and Ukrainian military positions.
Since the beginning of the day, 121 combat engagements have occurred along the frontlines. Battles are ongoing in five sectors and Russia’s Kursk region, with the Russian army attacking most actively in the Pokrovsk axis.
Ukraine's Defense Forces maintain control over positions within the town of Kurakhove in Donetsk region, particularly in the area around the Kurakhove Thermal Power Plant (TPP), according to Viktor Trehubov, Spokesperson for the Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group of Troops (OSGT).
In Ukraine, over 600 searches led to more than 60 criminal charges against organizers and participants of illegal schemes to smuggle military-age men across the border.
In the Kupiansk, Kramatorsk and Toretsk sectors, some positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces were destroyed as a result of Russian assaults and shelling attacks.
On January 10, 213 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded along the frontlines.
10 January 2025
On January 10, a total of 198 combat clashes took place between the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the Russian aggressors on the front line, with almost a third of them occurring in the Pokrovsk sector, where the enemy attempted to break through the Ukrainian defenses 61 times.
President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine aims to obtain clear security guarantees and fulfill this year's dream of ending the war.
NATO member states will not heed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's proposal to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, but may agree to increase the current figures.
Since the beginning of the day, 166 combat engagements with Russian troops have been recorded along the frontlines. The Ukrainian forces repelled 30 attacks in the Pokrovske sector, and 19 are still ongoing.