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On January 1, the Russian Ministry of Defence published another daily briefing on the ongoing developments of the special military operation in Ukraine. The Russian military reported on the battles on the front lines in the Donbass as well as on the targets of the recent strikes throughout the war-torn country.
On December 31, air alert sounded throughout Ukraine. The authorities of several Ukrainian regions and cities confirmed the explosions. In particular, according to the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko, there were explosions in the capital in the Solomenskiy, Pechersk and Goloseevsky districts. The Khmelnitsky authorities reported a strike on a military facility. Explosions also thundered in the Nikolaev region. Other Ukrainian officials declared that air defence systems were activated in other regions. LINK
The Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched another massive attack with high-precision long-range air-based missiles.
The targets of the attack were the military industrial facilities of Ukraine involved in producing assault unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed for committing terrorist attacks against the Russian Federation. The parking ramps and launch sites of the assault UAVs have also been destroyed.
The goal of the attack was reached.
Kiev regime’s plans to commit terrorist attacks against the Russian Federation in the nearest future have been frustrated, – the report reads.
The briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defence also revealed that the Russian military inflicted heavy losses to the AFU on the Kupyansk front lines near the villages of Kotlyarovka, Ivanovka, Podoly, Pershotravnevoye of the Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People’s Republic. More than 40 Ukrainian servicemen were killed. Two armored combat vehicles and a pickup truck were destroyed.
In the Krasny Liman area, five company tactical groups of the 92nd mechanized, 95th airborne assault brigades of the AFU and the 111th brigade of the Territorial Defence were heavily shelled by Russian artillery near the villages of Rozovka and Stelmakhovka in the LPR, as well as in the Serebryansky forestry. Losses of the AFU in the area were estimated by the Russian military at over 150 servicemen killed and wounded. An armoured personnel carrier and two pickups were destroyed.
Russian forces also continue their offensive on the Donetsk front lines. On the outskirts of Donetsk, fire attacks and intensive action of Russian units have resulted in the elimination of over 110 Ukrainian personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, five armoured fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.
At the same time, Russian servicemen continue to repel Ukrainian counterattacks in the Zaporozhye region. Ukrainian units made unsuccessful attempts to launch a counterattack near Dorozhnyanka in the Zaporozhye region in an attempt to regain the lost positions. As a result of the failed operation, over 50 Ukrainian personnel, two armoured fighting vehicles, and three motor vehicles were destroyed.
Moreover, six Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups, that had operated in the area Novoandreyevka, Dorozhnyanka (Zaporozhye region), Nikolskoye, Neskuchnoye, and Novomikhaylovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), were eliminated.
