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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: January 5, 2024
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title [Korrespomdent] 21:51 In Kiev, sappers neutralized the warhead of the Kinzhal aeroballistic missile, reported to the State Emergency Service and showed a photo:  21:12 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the “interception” of five Ukrainian UAVs by air defense systems over the western part of the Black Sea. 21:06 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the most intense fighting is now taking place in the Avdeevsky, Maryinsky, Bakhmutsky, Limansky and Kupyansky directions. “The main priority of our state is to provide everything necessary to protect Ukraine and for our active actions. Ammunition. Drones. Equipment. Personnel. To withstand this year means to withstand this entire war. Important time. In many ways decisive,” the president emphasized. Zelensky also said that he had a “very meaningful” conversation with Erdogan - they discussed, in particular, security in the Black Sea and global food security. According to the Ukrainian president, since the start of the sea export corridor from Ukraine, more than 14 million tons of cargo have already been transported through it - that’s almost 500 ships. In addition, the parties discussed work regarding the Peace Formula, Turkey agreed to send its representative to the next meeting of advisers in Davos in January. Zelensky and Erdogan paid special attention to the return of all prisoners and deportees, including children. In turn, the office of the Turkish president reported that Erdogan offered Zelensky his mediation in peace negotiations with Russia. In addition, Erdogan stated the importance of resuming the work of the grain corridor and emphasized that “a ceasefire regime should be established in Ukraine as soon as possible.” 20:47 The Telegraph newspaper published an excerpt from a book by Time journalist Simon Schuster, which describes how Zelensky has changed during the year of war. The President and his team allowed Shuster to spend most of his time on Bankova during the first year of the full-scale invasion and oversee the work. Read more in the material Book about Zelensky . 19:55 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the Supreme Commander of NATO Armed Forces in Europe, Commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe, Christopher Cavoli: “He talked about the situation at the front. The operational-strategic situation remains complex, but controllable.” According to Zaluzhny, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue defense operations, concentrating on repelling enemy attacks and inflicting maximum losses on them. The parties discussed possible actions of the Russian Federation, which are expected in the coming weeks and months, and specifically focused on the issue of countering massive missile attacks and the need to strengthen Ukrainian air defense. 19:18 The Russians launched a missile attack on the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnepropetrovsk region, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. In addition, the enemy shelled the Nikopol region with artillery three times and sent four kamikaze drones there. In Nikopol, one private house was destroyed and five were damaged. A fire started in a country house in the Marganets community. 19:04 Putin issued an order according to which orphans and children left without parental care with Ukrainian citizenship can receive Russian citizenship by the personal decision of the President of the Russian Federation. Heads of Russian organizations where children are kept can submit an application. Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said that after the children are granted Russian citizenship, deported Ukrainian children “legally” will not remain in Russia. He called this a sign of the genocide of Ukrainians. 18:56 The Russian Army launched a missile attack on an agricultural enterprise in the village of Ingulets, Kherson region - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. 18:50 The most interesting thing among what Kiev received from Germany is the latest development of the Rheinmetall 2021 SKYNEX air defense system. Thus, Ukraine became the only operator of these weapons in the world. A special feature of the complex is that it is capable of fighting a whole “swarm” of drones, cruise missiles and aircraft. More details can be found in the material What kind of air defense system does Ukraine have ? 18:39 The Russian military began to storm Avdeevka in all directions, said the head of the city military administration, Vitaly Barabash: “Yesterday the enemy became more active in all directions of the Avdeevka section, they began to storm. About 20 directions. A very difficult situation.” At the same time, he believes that the Russians will not be able to take the city before the Russian presidential elections in March. Currently, 1,169 people remain in Avdeevka. 17:57 On January 4, the Ukrainian Armed Forces hit ammunition depots near the village. Pervomayskoe in Crimea, StratCom reported. 17:34 Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the city of Shebekino came under fire, according to preliminary information, there was one casualty. He also invited residents of Belgorod who are worried about their safety to go to temporary accommodation centers in other areas of the region. 17:02 British Defense Minister Grant Shapps threatened North Korea with consequences for supplying missiles to Moscow: “Together with our partners, we will force North Korea to pay a high price for supporting Russia.” 16:27 Russia produces up to three fighter-bombers a year - such as the Su-34, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat, commenting on the arson of the Su-34 at the Shagol airfield in Chelyabinsk. According to him, for the Russian Federation the loss of aircraft is very noticeable, because their production under sanctions is quite long and problematic. Su-34/35 are the most modern Russian aircraft. 15:51 Kadyrov suggested that the United States lift sanctions against his relatives in exchange for the release of 20 Ukrainian prisoners. 15:46 Russian troops fired at Kharkov with missiles, the manufacturing country of which was not the Russian Federation, said the head of the OBA Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, the remains of an Iskander-M with erased markings were found in Kharkov. “We are now carrying out all the necessary research in order to establish the country of origin. First, I will say that the markings have been erased from these missiles. However, what we can see, the country of origin is not the Russian Federation, let’s say so. When will there be more exact information from the General Staff, from our intelligence, we will report this immediately,” said Sinegubov. 15:25 The speaker of the Ground Forces, Vladimir Fityo, called The Telegraph’s material about the Russians preparing an offensive in the Kharkov direction “not worth attention.” According to him, the journalists “twisted everything” and there was “nothing new” in the material. Fityo emphasized that the publication refers to “some incomprehensible military intelligence units,” so the article “is not worth attention.” 14:44 Nepal stopped issuing work permits in Russia and Ukraine after several citizens of the country died as part of the Russian army, writes Reuters. At least ten Nepalese who fought on the side of the Russian Federation died, about 100 went missing, and in total several hundred people signed contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defense. 14:26 The head of the Kharkov OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, commenting on The Telegraph’s information about a possible repeated offensive of the invaders on Kharkov, noted that the concentration of enemy military units on the border has not yet been recorded. At the same time, he confirmed that the Russians are indeed carrying out unprecedented massive shelling of settlements near the border - Liptsy and neighboring villages. “In order to talk about any offensive or plans of the enemy, he must concentrate his military units in one direction or another. There is no such concentration yet. However, the situation can change every minute, and we, of course, are closely monitoring this. We understand that the enemy has not abandoned his intentions to recapture the territories that he lost in the fall of 2022, as well as to capture Kharkov,” explained Sinegubov. 13:47 The Russians are already hitting Ukraine with ballistic missiles received from North Korea. These could be KN-23, KN-24 or Scud, which are dangerous for air defense. The media write, citing American officials, that Pyongyang recently provided Moscow not only with several dozen ballistic missiles, but also launchers. Read more in the article Missiles from the DPRK . 13:18 As a result of the attack on military facilities in Crimea on January 4, not only the command post was hit, but also serious damage was caused to the defense system, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of the Southern Defense Forces. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also worked towards a new deployment of “martyrs” on the peninsula, she added. 13:02 The Russians shelled the Dnieper district of Kherson, four people were wounded. A warehouse containing humanitarian aid, residential buildings and vehicles were damaged, the OVA reported. 12:40 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed the Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missile over the northwestern part of the Black Sea. 12:28 Ukraine is preparing for the resumption of the offensive of Russian troops near Kharkov, as the enemy intensifies bombing of the city and region. The possible start date for the offensive is January 15, The Telegraph writes, citing a source close to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 12:16 At night and in the morning, air defense destroyed 21 of 29 Shahed-type attack UAVs , the Air Force command reported. The attack took place in two waves from the Primosko-Akhtarsk area and Cape Chauda. The drones were shot down within the Nikolaev, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Cherkassy, Kirovograd and Khmelnytsky regions. The enemy sent some of the drones to the frontline zone of the Kherson and Nikolaev regions. Most of the UAVs were destroyed by units of mobile fire groups of the Air Force and the Defense Forces of Ukraine. 11:27 The Kiev Defense Council instructed management companies to prevent heating systems from freezing in the event of an emergency caused by possible Russian shelling, since a sharp cold snap is expected in the capital in the coming days. The capital’s Defense Council also instructed to ensure the operation of all Indestructibility Points around the clock, to check the readiness to ensure the operation of health care institutions in case of a critical situation, to check attics, technical floors of residential buildings, etc. before frosts. 11:10 The Russians once again attacked the front-line thermal power plant, which had already been shelled more than ten times, DTEK reports. Initially, there were no casualties, but the equipment was seriously damaged. 10:53 In 2023, the Air Force shot down 70% of Russian missiles (938 out of 1335) and almost 84% of attack drones (2640 out of 3149). Russia fired the most air targets at Ukraine in December - 199 missiles and 623 drones (of which 128 and 508 were shot down, respectively). 10:18 The Air Force cannot yet confirm information about the use of ballistic missiles by the Russian army from North Korea, said Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to him, experts are studying rocket debris, but so far there is no such data. According to Ignat, one should not expect anything radically new from North Korean missiles, because Pyongyang uses technology transferred from the USSR. “It may differ from Iskander in some ways, but not too much,” he believes. 09:32 At night, the Russian army struck three Shahed-type drones in the Vysokoye Tyagin community of the Kherson region. The administrative building and the modular campus were damaged, seven people were injured, including a 14-year-old teenager, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the previous 24 hours, one person was killed and seven were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region. 09:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russia is stepping up efforts to obtain ballistic missiles from abroad because these missiles are more effective at bypassing Ukrainian air defense systems. 09:05 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 5:
08:39 In the Cherkasy region, air defense destroyed five enemy drones - no people were injured, but two cases of damage to power lines as a result of falling UAV debris were recorded. Now three settlements are without electricity, two more are partially without power, said the head of the Regional Public Administration Igor Taburets. 08:16 In the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, six Shahed drones were shot down at night. The debris fell on the territory of a non-operating enterprise, no people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak. 07:52 On the evening of January 4, in the Bashtansky district of the Nikolaev region, as a result of a hit by a UAV of the Shahed 131/136 type, a fire occurred in warehouses on the territory of an agricultural enterprise, which was promptly extinguished. A kindergarten, a rural cultural center and private houses were also damaged. No people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim. 07:18 Over the past 24 hours, 59 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 16 enemy attacks near Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and another 16 attacks in the Pervomaisky and Nevelsky areas of the Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, seven attacks were repulsed near Maryinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region. In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled four attacks near Sinkovka and east of Petropavlovka, Kharkov region; on Bakhmutsky - four attacks in the Bogdanovka, Kleshcheevka and Andreevka areas of the Donetsk region; in Zaporozhye - eight attacks in the Rabotino area and north-west of Verbovoy, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to expand the bridgehead; the enemy carried out six unsuccessful assault operations in one day. 03:20 Ukraine in 2024 will focus its efforts on the liberation of Crimea, while the front line on the mainland will remain almost unchanged, The Economist writes following an interview with Zelensky. 00:33 Ukrainian pilots who are undergoing training on F-16 fighters in the United States are expected to complete it before the end of 2024, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said. 00:14 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Russian air defense allegedly destroyed and intercepted 36 Ukrainian drones over Crimea and one over Kuban. Posted by: badanov 2024-01-06 |
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