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[Korrespondent] 22:53 The Russians launched two strikes on Kharkov, first with S-300 missiles. Hits were also recorded in the Volchansk community. There was no information about casualties, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
20:00 Since the beginning of a full-scale war, Ukraine has shot down 25 of 63 Kinzhal missiles, said Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat. He recalled that the first time a hypersonic missile was destroyed was on May 4, 2023, when Kyiv began using the Patriot air defense system.
19:04 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a meeting about plans for this year in relations with partners in the European Union and NATO: “Our priorities are clear: to fully implement the decision to open negotiations, to prepare our negotiating framework with the European Union, and to develop such a system relations and communication with members of the Alliance, so that every state, every leader fully feels that together with Ukraine NATO will become much stronger."
The president also said that today he met in Kyiv with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa. “One of our best international results is our relations with Japan,” he added.
18:19 A commission from Germany, which visited a repair center in Lithuania for German tanks, was unpleasantly surprised by the number of equipment that failed during operation in Ukraine due to internal defects, writes Spiegel. A German officer told the publication that German tanks quickly wear out in combat conditions. The Ukrainian military notes that the Leopard has fragile tracks - weakening their tension leads to breakdowns.
17:56 The prosecutor's office clarified that as a result of an enemy attack from the MLRS on the village. Nechvolodovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, one person was killed, one was injured. In addition, this afternoon the Russians fired at the village. Senkovo, Kupyansky district, a 17-year-old teenager was wounded.
17:27 The Russians attacked Nechvolodovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkov region, one person was killed, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
16:58 Ukraine has already begun joint defense activities with Turkey, Romania, Poland, the UK, and also has corresponding agreements with the Czech Republic, the USA and Germany, Zelensky said in his address to the participants of the annual Swedish national conference Society and Defense. The President expressed hope that Ukraine and Sweden will sooner or later also open the first joint production of weapons and equipment.
16:04 Japan is allocating $37 million for drone detection systems for Ukraine, the country’s Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said during a visit to Kiev.
14:32 In the Dniprovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, an X-59 guided aircraft missile was destroyed, the Air Command of Skhid reported.
13:06 The Russian army fired at a church in the village of Sadovoye, Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported.
11:57 In Germany, every week suspicious drones fly over military training grounds and Bundeswehr barracks, but they have not been able to catch any of them for more than a year, writes Bild. In particular, unknown drones are regularly spotted over the Klitz military training ground, where the Bundeswehr trains the Ukrainian military on Leopard 1 tanks. At other bases, sometimes several drones fly into the airspace at the same time, said Markus Faber, a member of the Bundestag from the Free Democratic Party and a member of the defense committee. In his opinion, this “clearly points to Russia.”
11:49 The Russians have been shelling Kherson since the morning, reports OVA. One person died in hospital after shelling in the central part of the city, another as a result of being hit in a residential building. At least two injuries are also known.
09:18 Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa will visit Ukraine today, the country's Foreign Ministry reported. She will hold a number of meetings in Kyiv, including with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmitry Kuleba. As part of the visit, Kamikawa will take part in a ceremony to hand over large-scale energy equipment for winter assistance. Kamikawa will also directly inform the Ukrainian side that Japan will “resolutely demonstrate its commitment to the restoration and reconstruction of Ukraine within the framework of a close public-private partnership,” the Foreign Ministry announced.
09:13 On Saturday, January 6, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a half-built railway bridge near the village with a targeted strike. Granitnoye across the Kalmius River, which the Russians built to provide direct railway connections with Mariupol, Volnovakha and Donetsk. In addition, fuel tanks and engineering vehicles in the area of the village were destroyed. Granitnoye, said Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol Pyotr Andryushchenko. According to him, now the issue of launching a direct railway from the Russian Federation is “closed for a long time.”
The partisans also managed to establish the location of new air defense batteries in the Mariupol region, the coordinates have already been transferred to the “relevant services,” Andryushchenko added.
08:46 On the evening of January 6, a Russian Shahed-type UAV struck a recreational area in the Nikolaevsky region, as a result of which a fire started at one of the mothballed recreation centers, which was promptly extinguished. No people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.
08:31 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of January 7:
- personnel - about 364,730 (+860) people,
- tanks - 6022 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 11,180 (+22),
- artillery systems - 8653 (+36),
- MLRS - 951 (+1),
- air defense systems - 637 (+4),
- aircraft - 329 (+0),
- helicopters - 324 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 6811 (+24),
- cruise missiles - 1786 (+0),
- ships/boats - 23 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 11,523 (+45),
- special equipment - 1327 (+10).
07:50 On the evening of January 6, the Russians attacked the Dnieper with drones - an educational institution and a dormitory attached to it, two multi-storey buildings and an administrative building were damaged, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak.
07:39 Air defense at night destroyed 21 of 28 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type , which Russia attacked from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk area. The enemy also used three S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the occupied territory of the Donetsk region. The main directions of impact are south and east. Air defense operated within the Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Vinnitsa and Cherkasy regions.
07:23 Over the past 24 hours, 45 military clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in its morning report . In the Avdeevsky direction, the Defense Forces repelled eight enemy attacks in the areas of Novobakhmutovka, Stepnoy, Avdeevka and another 16 attacks near Pervomaisky and Nevelsky, Donetsk region. In the Maryinsky direction, nine attacks were repulsed near Maryinka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
In the Kupyansk direction, Ukrainian forces repelled three enemy attacks in the areas of Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Ivanovka, Kharkov region; on Bakhmutskoye - two attacks near Orekhovo-Vasilevka and Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region; on Zaporozhye - five attacks west of Verbovoy, Rabotino and south of Novodarivka, Zaporozhye region. In the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to expand the bridgehead; the enemy carried out 18 unsuccessful assault operations.