🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08:00 on January 2, 2026 regarding the Russian invasion

Glory to the Outskirts!

The 1,409th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

Over the past day, 98 combat clashes were recorded.

Yesterday, the enemy carried out one missile and 51 air strikes, used one missile and dropped 151 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they carried out 3,508 shellings, including 49 from multiple rocket launcher systems, and deployed 6,237 kamikaze drones.

Aviation and missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit four concentration areas and two enemy command posts in the North Slobozhansky and Kursk directions yesterday.

In the South Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders three times in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk and Staritsa twice.

In the Kupyansk direction, no offensive actions of the enemy were recorded.

In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked 15 times, trying to break into our defenses in the areas of the settlements of Novovodyane, Mirne, Kolodyazhi, Zarichne, Novoheorivka, Novoselivka and Yampil.

In the Slaviansky direction, the Defense Forces stopped two offensive actions of the invaders in the areas of the settlements of Siversk and Sacco and Vanzetti.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy did not carry out any offensive actions since the beginning of the day.

In the Konstantinovsky direction, the enemy carried out 15 attacks in the areas of Oleksandr-Shultyno, Pleschivka, Rusyn Yar, Yablunivka and in the direction of the settlement of Torske.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 23 assaults of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Novo Shakove, Rodinske, Chervonyi Lyman, Pokrovsk, Kotline, Udachne, Molodetsk and in the direction of Novopavlivka.

In the Alexandrivsky direction, the enemy carried out 12 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Alexandrivka, Vorone, Verbove, Vishneve and Ribne yesterday.

In the Gulyaypole direction, our defenders stopped 14 enemy attempts to advance in the areas of the settlements of Solodke, Gulyaypole and in the direction of Zeleniy.

In the Orikhiv direction, the invaders twice attacked our units in the direction of Primorskyi.

In the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian units repelled two Russian attacks in the direction of Antonivskyi Bridge.

In the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of offensive groups of the aggressor were detected.

Our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupying forces in terms of manpower and equipment and are actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

The losses of the Russian invaders over the past day amounted to 910 people. Also, Ukrainian soldiers disabled six tanks, two armored combat vehicles, 42 artillery systems, two multiple rocket launcher systems, an air defense system, 590 unmanned aerial vehicles, a cruise missile and 169 units of the occupiers' automotive equipment."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from December 27, 2025 to January 2, 2026.

❗️ In response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive strike and six group strikes with precision weapons, including Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missiles, from December 27, 2025 to January 2, 2026. These strikes destroyed Ukrainian military-industrial complexes, energy facilities supporting their operation, transport and port infrastructure used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assembly shops for the production of rocket engine components, long-range attack drone production and launch preparation facilities, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.

💥 Over the course of the week, units of the "North" force group defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the AFU, a territorial defense brigade, a National Guard brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service.

🔥 In the Kharkiv sector, units of four mechanized brigades, two motorized infantry brigades of the AFU, and a National Guard brigade were defeated.

▪️ In total, in the "North" force group's area of ​​responsibility, the enemy lost over 1,305 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 91 vehicles, five field artillery pieces, six electronic warfare stations, and 10 ammunition, supply, and fuel depots.

🚩 Units of the "West" force group, through active operations, completed the liberation of the settlements of Dibrova in the Donetsk People's Republic and Boguslavka in the Kharkiv region.

💥 Formations of five mechanized, assault, airborne assault, and airmobile brigades of the AFU, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades were defeated.

🪖 In the Kupyansk direction, over the course of the week, units of the 6th Army repelled 16 attacks by AFU formations attempting to break through to the village of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region. Over 180 militants and 30 pieces of military equipment were destroyed.

▪️ In total, in the area of ​​responsibility of the "West" group of forces, enemy losses amounted to over 1,390 servicemen, three tanks, 19 armored combat vehicles, 102 vehicles, and five field artillery pieces. Two electronic warfare stations and 31 ammunition depots were destroyed.

📍 Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their position along the forward edge. The personnel and equipment of seven mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two marine brigades, a special forces brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were damaged.

▪️ In total, in the area of ​​responsibility of the "Southern" group of forces, AFU suffered losses of over 1,295 servicemen, 40 armored combat vehicles, 83 vehicles, and 15 field artillery pieces. Seven electronic warfare stations and 13 ammunition and supply depots were destroyed."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from December 27, 2025 to January 2, 2026.

🚩 Over the course of the week, units of the Center Group of Forces, as a result of active operations, liberated the settlements of Dimitrov, Rodinske, Artemivka, and Volnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

💥 Formations of two mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, a Jaeger brigade, two airborne assault brigades, an airmobile brigade, an airborne assault brigade, and three assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two marine brigades, two territorial defense brigades, four National Guard brigades, and the Azov Special Forces Brigade were defeated.

▪️ Enemy losses in this area amounted to more than 3,305 servicemen, 24 armored combat vehicles, 32 vehicles, nine field artillery pieces, and two electronic warfare stations.

🚩 Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Hulyai-Pole in the Zaporizhzhia region.

💥 The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two assault brigades, four assault regiments of the AFU, a marine brigade, and two territorial defense brigades were damaged.

▪️ Over the past week, in the "East" force group's area of ​​responsibility, the AFU lost over 1,405 servicemen, two tanks, 24 armored combat vehicles, 60 vehicles, and seven field artillery pieces. Five ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.

🚩 Units of the Dnipro Forces Group actively liberated the settlements of Stepnogorsk and Lukyanivske in the Zaporizhia region.

💥 Formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, a coastal defense brigade, and a territorial defense brigade of the AFU were defeated.

▪️ Over 365 AFU personnel, three armored combat vehicles, 57 vehicles, six field artillery pieces, 12 electronic warfare stations, and seven ammunition, supply, and fuel depots were destroyed.

▫️ The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

🎯 Air defense systems shot down six guided bombs, two Grom tactical missiles, three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, and 1,662 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 670 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 106,879 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 641 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 26,845 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,634 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
▫️ 32,332 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▫️ 50,625 special military vehicles."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Fighting in Konstantinovka

On the Konstantinovka front, the northern flank has finally started moving. Russian troops occupied most of the populated area of May, but scattered groups of enemy infantry are still present in the northern outskirts.

➡️In fact, most of the populated area only now came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, although it was announced three months ago. And this is just another proof that the northern flank of the Konstantinovsky front is still a source of advance reports.

➡️Meanwhile, in Konstantinovka itself, Russian assault units are advancing further within the city. The fighters have approached the bridge on the T-05-04 road, and battles are taking place on the approaches to the railway station.

To the east of the populated area, assault units have occupied another part of the strong points between Predtechi and Konstantinovka, where until recently the presence of enemy assault units was also maintained.

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🇮🇱🇺🇸‼️🇵🇸2️⃣📆 — 📰 ZeroHedge | US, Israel Set Firm 2-Month Deadline For Full Hamas Disarmament | January 1, 2025:

"Israeli media is reporting that Israel and the United States have reached an understanding to give Hamas a two-month ultimatum to finally and fully disarm. The reports say the agreement came immediately after an overnight meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago at the start of the week.

The move is being described as a fixed deadline rather than an opening for negotiations. Israeli and US teams are already reportedly working simultaneously to determine what they describe as "practical disarmament." This after Hamas has effectively been defeated since it launched the brutal Oct.7, 2023 terror assault on southern Israel.

Another key focus is the dismantling of Hamas’s underground tunnel network throughout Gaza, which Israeli officials consider a core element of the group’s military strength."

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🇺🇸🚫🛫🗺🧠⚡️🇺🇦 — 📰 ZeroHedge | US Reissues Urgent 'Do Not Travel' Warning For Russia, As NYT Confirms CIA's Escalating Involvement | January 2, 2025:

"The US State Department has once once again re-issued an urgent advisory warning Americans not to travel to Russia. The renewed travel advisory also tells any American citizens currently in Russia to depart immediately. It cites the danger associated with the ongoing war with Ukraine, as well as the significant risk of wrongful detention by Russian officials, and the possibility of terrorism.

(...)

Even as the Pentagon has taken steps to draw down its support, the CIA has been ramping up its anti-Russia covert actions launched out of Ukraine, as The NY Times this week highlighted:

Where Mr. Hegseth had marginalized his Ukraine-supporting generals, the C.I.A. director, Mr. Ratcliffe, had consistently protected his own officers’ efforts for Ukraine. He kept the agency’s presence in the country at full strength; funding for its programs there even increased. When Mr. Trump ordered the March aid freeze, the U.S. military rushed to shut down all intelligence sharing. But when Mr. Ratcliffe explained the risk facing C.I.A. officers in Ukraine, the White House allowed the agency to keep sharing intelligence about Russian threats inside Ukraine.

Now, the agency honed a plan to at least buy time, to make it harder for the Russians to capitalize on the Ukrainians’ extraordinary moment of weakness."

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🇻🇪🗯🇷🇺 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"And Russia didn't help!"
How credible are the narratives about the Russian group in Venezuela?

It was only a matter of time before the internet would remember about the Russian contingent in Venezuela. And here we are: now there are narratives about why Russian servicemen didn't help in repelling the US attack?

➡️The first thing to know about the Russian group in the Bolivarian Republic is that there is a limited number of servicemen operating there as military advisors. There is no full-fledged armed formation on our side.

➡️There was a desire to expand the contingent from Russia, but in Caracas they decided that they didn't need it. Therefore, our servicemen only provide advisory support to Venezuela, train local units, and provide intelligence information.

➡️The state of the country's armed forces is evidenced, for example, by the fact that it doesn't even have a normal radar detection network — the screens from FlightRadar at the press conferences of Defense Minister Padrino Lopez are indicative here. And the data on the flights of the US Air Force were largely provided by Russian units.

❗️The country's leadership was also notified about the signs of an impending strike through all available channels. However, you can see what happened. Whether it was negligence or a backroom deal, or all together and at once — it's not so important anymore: the Americans achieved their stated goal."

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🇺🇸🇵🇷⛓🇻🇪🇻🇪 — Nicolás Maduro is already on Puerto Rico, US territory.

🇺🇸❌🇻🇪 — The Russian-made BUK launchers at La Carlota airbase in Caracas were destroyed by US Air Force strikes overnight

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08:00 on January 3, 2026 regarding the Russian invasion

Glory to the Outskirts!

The 1,410th day of large-scale armed aggression by Russia against Ukraine has begun.

Ukrainian defenders are steadily repelling the occupiers' offensive, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

Over the past day, 116 combat clashes were recorded.

Yesterday, the enemy carried out one missile strike and 57 airstrikes using 153 guided aerial bombs against our troops' positions and populated areas.

6358 drone kamikaze attacks were recorded, and the enemy carried out 3223 shellings.

The aggressor carried out airstrikes, including on populated areas in the Kolomyitsa district of the Dnipropetrovsk region; Zaliznytsia, Verkhnia Tersa, Huliaipole, Varvarivka, Rizdvyanka, Dolinka, Novoandriivka, and Magdalynivka in the Zaporizhia region; Mykolaivka in the Kherson region.

Yesterday, the Air Force, missile troops, and artillery of the Defense Forces hit four personnel concentration areas and two other important enemy targets in the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions.

In the South-Slobozhansky direction, the enemy attempted to break through our defenders' defensive lines three times yesterday, in the areas of the populated areas of Vovchansk, Grabovske, Staritsa, and Prilepka, and in the direction of Izbytsky.

In the Kupyansk direction, two enemy attacks occurred yesterday. Our defenders repelled the enemy's assault attempts in the area of Petropavlivka and in the direction of Kurilivka.

In the Liman direction, the enemy carried out nine attacks. They attempted to break into our defenses in the areas of Drobysheve, Liman, Zarichne, Stavky, Torske, and Yampil.

In the Slavyansk direction, our defenders stopped five enemy attempts to advance in the areas of Siversk, Zakitne, and Pereiznoe yesterday.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy carried out one attack in the area of Minkivka and was repelled.

In the Konstantinovka direction, the enemy carried out 14 attacks in the areas of Konstantinovka, Oleksandr-Shultyn, Pleschivka, Klyban-Bik, Mykolaipillia, and Sofiyivka.

In the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders stopped 26 enemy assault attempts in the areas of Novo Shakhove, Chervnyi Lyman, Rodinske, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Molodetskoe, Udachne, Filiia, Dachne, and in the direction of Novopavlivka yesterday.

In the Alexandrivka direction, the enemy carried out 10 attacks in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Oleksandrgrad, Vishneve, and Zlahoda yesterday.

In the Huliaipole direction, the occupiers carried out 20 attacks in the area of Huliaipole and in the direction of Dobropillya and Zelenoe.

In the Orihiv direction, the invaders attacked our units' positions three times in the areas of Plavni and Primorsky.

In the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian units repelled four enemy attacks.

No signs of the enemy forming offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissia directions.

Our soldiers are inflicting significant losses on the occupying forces in terms of personnel and equipment and are actively undermining the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

Over the past day, the Russian invaders suffered 750 casualties. Ukrainian soldiers also disabled three tanks, four armored combat vehicles, 24 artillery systems, one multiple rocket launcher system, and 539 unmanned aerial vehicles and 101 unit of the occupiers' automotive equipment."

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