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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22.53 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters on January 17, where the production of drones and the missile program were discussed. Zelensky announced this in his evening address.
21:52 A volunteer girl from Belarus, Maria Zaitseva, has died on the front in Ukraine. This was reported by Belarusian media. It is noted that the girl died in battles near Bakhmut, where she fought as part of the 2nd International Legion. She turned 24 on January 16, and she died on the morning of the 17th.
20.36 During the missile strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on December 30 on the Russian headquarters in the city of Lgov in the Kursk region, three lieutenant colonels of the 76th division of the Russian airborne troops were killed. This is reported by the Russian media.
18.45 Russia and Iran have signed a new bilateral cooperation agreement called the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty. The document was signed by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The agreement does not seem to provide for mutual defense in the event of an attack and does not mention specific countries or military blocs.
18.40 A lieutenant of the Russian FSB, who threatened with a weapon and raped two girls in the Kherson region, received a sentence in absentia - 12 years of imprisonment. This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
18.22 In Krivoy Rog, the number of victims as a result of the Russian ballistic missile strike has increased to nine people. The number of fatalities has not changed - four people. Emergency rescue operations have been completed. January 20 has been declared a day of mourning in Krivoy Rog.
18.19 A driver who tried to escape from the TCC after being stopped by police on the Kiev-Odesa highway has been detained. This was reported by the Patrol Police of the Odessa Region. The patrol officers drew up a number of administrative materials on the man and handed him over to the employees of the TCC and the SP.
18:09 Servicemen of the 79th separate airborne assault Tavricheskaya brigade stormed a Russian position in the Novopavlovsk direction and captured seven Russian servicemen. This was reported by the brigade's press service on Friday, January 17.
17.25 Russian troops have moved to a completely new level of attacks on the energy system this winter and are using all available weapons for this, which causes significantly greater damage and complicates the restoration of facilities. This was reported by Energy Minister German Galushchenko during the "hour of questions to the government" in the Verkhovna Rada.
16.39 Russian oil refineries last year cut oil processing to a 12-year low of about 267 million tonnes due to unscheduled maintenance after Ukrainian drone attacks and falling margins, Reuters reports .
16:32 President Volodymyr Zelensky posthumously awarded the title Hero of Ukraine to senior soldier Dmitry Maslovsky of the 71st separate ranger brigade of the Airborne Assault Troops. This was reported on the president's Telegram channel.
Also today, the President awarded orders to soldiers who managed to capture the first soldiers from North Korea in the Kursk direction. The Order of the 3rd degree - Bohdan Khmelnytsky and For Courage - was awarded to paratroopers of the 95th separate airborne assault brigade and soldiers of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine - the Separate Special Operations Center West named after Prince Izyaslav Mstislavich.
15.39 In the Zaporizhia direction, Russian troops used a drone to attack a car in which Ukrainian Witness journalist Margarita Potapova and cameraman Alexander Davydenko were located. This is stated in the team's report .
14.58 A man who had previously buried his wife in the then occupied Kherson lost his second wife to Russian war criminals on Friday, January 17. She was killed by debris in her own car.
14.49 Operators of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a group of Russians who executed captured TRO fighters. Three occupiers surrendered and are already giving testimony. This was reported by the press service of the SSO on Friday, January 17.
14:27 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky took part in an extraordinary meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council in a military format at the level of commanders-in-chief of the Armed Forces and presented the allies with Ukraine's strategy of action for 2025. The general reported this on Friday, January 17.
13:50 In Kryvyi Rih, the death toll from the Russian missile strike has risen to four. Another six people were injured. Two five-story buildings, an educational institution, and an unused building were damaged.
13:35 Law enforcement officers detained a Russian agent in Odessa who was adjusting Russian missile and drone strikes on local locations of the Defense Forces. For the sake of secrecy, the agent grew long hair and pretended to be a girl.
13:01 Russian aggressors attacked Krivoy Rog with ballistic missiles. At least three people were killed and there are wounded. According to the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, an educational institution and residential buildings were damaged in the city.
12:53 Basic combined arms training (BCT) for students of higher education institutions will begin in September 2025 and will include 300 academic hours. This was reported by Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Brigadier General of Justice Serhiy Melnyk.
12:13 A person injured in the shelling of the city on January 8 has died in a hospital in Zaporizhia. The death toll has risen to 14. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov on the air of a telethon on Friday, January 17.
11:44 Three Kyiv residents tried to flee to Transnistria , pretending to be military personnel. They were detained in the Odessa region. The violators were brought to administrative responsibility. The cases are already in court.
10:56 The Security Service exposed the chief accountant of one of the branches of Ukrzaliznytsia in the Poltava region as collaborating with the FSB. The agent's "liaison" turned out to be her husband, a militant of the Russian occupation groups fighting against Ukraine on the eastern front.
10:25 Law enforcement officers are conducting more than 200 searches in 19 regions of Ukraine as part of the investigation into cases of illegal border crossing by conscripts. According to the National Police, this concerns violations committed through fraud, document forgery, unauthorized interference in the operation of electronic registers and bribery of officials.
9:59 Ukrainian Defense Forces hit radar equipment of Russian troops. Soldiers struck targets in the Belgorod region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
9:46 Russia attacked Ukraine with drones and ballistic missiles on the night of January 17. One of the drones flew into Romania. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:58 Over the past 24 hours, January 16, the Russians exerted the most pressure in the Pokrovsk direction. In total, 141 battles took place on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8:47 Russian troops destroyed some positions of the Ukrainian forces in the Pokrovsk direction. The defense forces are taking measures to prevent the tactical situation from worsening. This was reported by the OSGV Khortytsya.
8:32 The Russians equipped the headquarters of the Russian Armed Forces in one of the civilian facilities in the temporarily occupied Crimea. The invaders also use civilian transport for movement. This was reported by the partisan movement Atesh.
7:59 On the night of January 17, Russian war criminals struck the Izmail district of the Odessa region during an air attack using drones. The target of the shelling was the local port infrastructure.
7:48 Over the past 24 hours from January 16 to 17, Russians have lost 1,670 soldiers at the front. This is evidenced by data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:28 The North Korean contingent of about 12,000 people fighting against Ukrainian defense forces in the Kursk region may be killed or destroyed in the next three months. This is the conclusion reached in a report by analysts from the American Institute for the Study of War.
5:29 Russian troops captured Peschanoye, Slavyanka, Yasenovo in Donbass, and also advanced near Novoandriivka, Dachnoye, Kotlinoe, Zverevoye, in Vremovka and Chasovy Yar, DeepState reported.
1:30 In one of the settlements of the Kyiv region, a child was injured due to falling debris from a downed UAV. Also, due to falling debris, a fire occurred in a cafe-shop and an attached boiler room on an area of about 200 square meters.
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[LB] Since the beginning of the day, 97 clashes have occurred at the front.
by Ivanna Kapustianska
The Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding back the Russian occupiers' offensive. Terrorists continue to kill Ukrainians and destroy Ukrainian cities and villages with rocket, air, and artillery strikes.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, during this time the number of combat clashes increased to 97.
Today, the communities of Tymonovychi, Leonivka, Mkhy, Dibrova, and Klyusy in Chernihiv region; and Ryasne and Tovstodubovo in Sumy region were affected by enemy artillery and mortar fire.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units near Vovchansk, and a battle is currently underway.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian occupiers carried out four attacks near Golubivka, Stepovaya Novoselivka, and Kruglyakivka, and two clashes are still ongoing.
In the Lyman direction, the invading army carried out 11 attacks on Ukrainian positions near Kopanky, Tverdokhlibovye, Makiivka, and Terni during the day. Five clashes are still ongoing.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy attacked in the direction of Belogorivka. The enemy was repulsed.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy is trying to advance in the area of Chasovy Yar and in the direction of Stupochok and Bila Hora. Eight out of 16 attacks were repelled by the Defense Forces units, and fighting continues.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy is trying to wedge into our defenses in the area of Toretsk, Diliivka, Krymske, and Shcherbinivka. Five attacks are ongoing, and our defenders have already repelled seven assaults by the invaders.
In the Pokrovsky direction, since the beginning of the day, Russian invaders have made 41 attempts to push our defenders from the occupied positions in the areas of Zeleny Pole, Vodyany Drugy, Elizavetivka, Promeny, Lysivka, Shevchenko, Zvirovye, Udachny, Uspenivka, Sribny, Dachny, Ulakly, and Yantarny. The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have repelled 27 enemy attacks, 14 clashes are still ongoing.
Also, once the enemy unsuccessfully attacked our defenders in the Dnieper direction.
Operation in Kursk region - Ukrainian soldiers have repelled six enemy attacks today, four more clashes are still ongoing.
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[EngMilRu] From 11 to 17 January 2025, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out eight group strikes by high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which hit Ukraine's crucial gas and energy infrastructure facilities that support the work of the Ukrainian defence industry. The strikes also engaged armament depots, a fuel base, and infrastructure of military airfields.
Moreover, the group strikes hit assembly facilities and storage areas for strike UAVs and uncrewed surface vehicles, as well as temporary deployment areas for Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries.
The Sever Group of Forces continued fighting against the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of Kursk region.
As a result of the active offensive operations, the settlements of Aleksandriya, Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye, and Kruglenkoye have been liberated.
In addition, aviation and drone strikes and artillery fire hit manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, four mechanised brigades, three air assault brigades, one naval infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades.
In Kharkov direction, Russian troops inflicted losses on units of one mechanised brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU, and two territorial defence brigades over the past week.
In the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces, the AFU losses amounted to over 2,225 troops, 10 tanks, and 71 armoured fighting vehicles. Seventy motor vehicles, 34 field artillery guns, including two manufactured by Western countries, were eliminated.
The Zapad Group of Forces has liberated Kalinovo (Kharkov region) and Terny (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Group inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of one tank brigade, three mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, one air mobile brigade, and one assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along with three territorial defence brigades and one National Guard brigade.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,300 troops, four tanks, 27 armoured fighting vehicles, including six U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, and one Turkish-made Kirpi armoured vehicle. Moreover, the enemy sustained losses of 72 motor vehicles, 44 field artillery guns, with eight of them manufactured by NATO countries, nine electronic warfare stations, and 15 ammunition depots.
As a result of decisive actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Yantarnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
They also hit six mechanised brigades, two motorised brigades, two assault brigades, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses in this direction during the week amounted to up to 1,655 troops, two tanks, 22 armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers and one French-made VAB APC, 31 motor vehicles, 20 field artillery guns, including two U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzers. Seven ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing into the depths of enemy defences and liberated Shevchenko, Peschanoye, Ukrainka, and Slavyanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Group inflicted losses on eight mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one naval infantry brigade, two territorial defence brigades, two National Guard brigades, and the Lyut Brigade of the National Police of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian armed formations sustained losses of more than 3,770 troops, six tanks, including three German-made Leopard tanks, 29 armoured fighting vehicles, including five M-113 APCs, one Bradley IFV, and two U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured vehicles, one French-made VAB APC, and one Turkish-made Cobra II armoured vehicle. Twenty-seven motor vehicles and 45 field artillery guns, including three manufactured by Western countries, were eliminated.
The Vostok Group of Forces liberated Neskuchnoye (Donetsk People's Republic) as a result of intensive operations.
The Group inflicted losses on formations of four mechanised brigades, one tank brigade, one air assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one naval infantry brigade, three territorial defence brigades, and one National Guard brigade.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 1,445 troops, four tanks, seven armoured fighting vehicles, including one HMMWV and one Stryker, 48 motor vehicles, and 18 field artillery guns, with five of them manufactured by NATO countries. Two ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, two coastal defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one National Guard brigade, and two territorial defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 550 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, 49 motor vehicles, 20 field artillery guns, four electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition depots.
On 16 January 2025, Ukraine once again attempted to launch a missile strike against facilities in Belgorod region by six U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles.
All the missiles were shot down by air defence systems. There were no casualties or destruction.
The Russian Defence Ministry will take measures to provide a retaliatory strike.
Over the past week, Russia's air defence system have shot down 12 U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, eight UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles, seven French-made Hammer aerial guided bombs, 48 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 747 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
Over the past week, 49 Ukrainian servicemen have surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,643 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,650 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,510 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,742 field artillery guns and mortars, and 30,433 units of support military vehicles of the enemy have been neutralised.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
?? Russian troops are in offensive in all directions. Despite the transfer of additional reserves, the enemy suffers heavy losses and retreats from the occupied areas.
A total of 63.2% (801 sq km) of the area originally occupied by the enemy (1,268 sq km) has been liberated in the Kursk region.
In two weeks of January, during the offensive operation, the Sever Group of Forces has liberated four settlements: Aleksandriya, Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye, and Kruglenkoye.
Servicemen of the 7th Guards Air Assault Division, the 76th Guards Air Assault Division, the 83rd Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade, the 155th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, the 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as 1427th Motorised Rifle Regiment distinguished themselves in actions when liberating the settlements.
In addition, a counter-attack launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Berdin was repelled. The enemy resorted to the counter-attack to stop the Russian offensive in Kursk direction and get out of the blocking area.
The Akhmat units of the 42nd Guards Motorised Rifle Division together with the 106th Air Assault Division of the Airborne Troops inflicted significant losses on the enemy, after which the enemy abandoned further actions in this direction and was driven back to initial positions.
In January in Kursk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine sustained losses of more than 5,600 troops and more than 570 units of military hardware, including 40 tanks, 213 infantry fighting vehicles and others, 91 artillery guns and mortars, and more than 210 motor vehicles.
Over 230 troops of the AFU have been neutralised in Kursk direction during the day. One tank, three armoured personnel carriers, to include two U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carriers, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, four artillery guns, and a mortar have been eliminated as well.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 52,450 troops, 304 tanks, 231 infantry fighting vehicles, 173 armoured personnel carriers, 1,562 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,493 motor vehicles, 371 artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 93 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 30 units of engineering and other materiel, including 13 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, eight armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 20:19 Soldiers of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th Army of the Russian Armed Forces successfully destroyed a command and observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kurakhovsky direction. This operation cleared the way for the assault units, ensuring their advancement and the fulfillment of combat missions.
The actions of the drone operators significantly weakened the enemy's positions and contributed to the successful offensive of our troops, -video. 19:20 Scouts from the Sever group have identified an enemy pickup truck in a wooded area of the Khar'kov region, transporting Ukrainian Armed Forces militants for rotation. Objective control means have recorded a direct hit on the target, –video.
18:40 Telegram channel «Colonelcassad»:
The Vostok group liberated the settlement of Vrem'evka.
- Assault units of the motorized rifle regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th army of the "Vostok" group have liberated the settlement of Vrem'evka!!! Our soldiers have installed the Russian flag on the building on Partizanskaya Street in front of the bridge over the Mokrye Yaly River. The Far Easterners are consolidating their positions.
– Over three days of fighting, about 600 buildings were cleared, more than 70 servicemen of the enemy’s 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade were destroyed, and up to a platoon of personnel from the same brigade voluntarily surrendered.
- As was said earlier, the capture of this settlement means the complete cutting off of the western road to Velikaya Novosyolka at the very "root". The encirclement of enemy troops took place because the remaining corridor through the forest belts on the northwestern outskirts is under fire control, and, due to the lack of normal roads, cannot be used for supply or large-scale withdrawal of troops.
17:16 Fighters of the "Southern" group of troops identified and destroyed personnel and an armored combat vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Yantarnoye in the DPR, –video.
16:20 UAV crews of the 150th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the "Southern" group of forces provide successful advance of assault groups, destroying fortifications and manpower in the Kurakhovsky direction.
The servicemen conduct constant surveillance. Having detected equipment or militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, they destroy the targets with attack UAVs or FPV drones or adjust artillery strikes.
14:15 Powerful missiles struck a Ukrainian Armed Forces facility in Krivoy Rog.
According to preliminary data, a non-functioning educational institution used by the military was hit.
13:10 Strike UAV crews of the Southern Group of Forces revealed and destroyed personnel and an armored combat vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the vicinity of the settlement of Yantarnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
12:20 Russian Defense Ministry report on the progress of repelling the attempted invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into the territory of the Russian Federation in the Kursk region
The offensive of Russian troopsis coming in all directions. The enemy suffers significant losses and retreats from the occupied territories, despite the transfer of additional reserves.
63.2% (801 sq. km) of the territory of the Kursk region originally occupied by the enemy (1268 sq. km) were liberated.
During two weeks of January, during offensive operations, units of the North group of forces liberated four settlements: Alexandria, Leonidovo, Russkoye Porechnoye and Kruglenkoye.
During their liberation, military units and subdivisions of the 7th Guards Airborne Assault Division of the Airborne Forces, the 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division of the Airborne Forces, the 83rd Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade of the Airborne Forces, the 155th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet, the 810th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet, as well as the 1427th Motorized Rifle Regiment distinguished themselves.
In addition, a counterattack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of the Berdin farmstead was repelled, which the enemy undertook with the aim of stopping the advance of Russian troops in the Kursk direction and breaking out of the blockade zone.
The joint actions of the Akhmat units of the 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division and the 106th Guards Airborne Division of the Airborne Forces inflicted significant losses on the enemy, after which he abandoned further action in this direction and was thrown back to his original positions.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk direction in January amounted to more than 5,600 people and over 570 units of military equipment, including 40 tanks, 213 infantry fighting vehicles and other armored vehicles, 91 artillery pieces and mortars, and more than 210 vehicles.
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 230 servicemen in the Kursk direction. A tank, three armored personnel carriers, including two US-made Stryker armored personnel carriers, two combat armored vehicles, seven cars, four artillery pieces and a mortar were destroyed.
12:00 Russian Aerospace Forces destroy concentrations of occupiers on the Kursk Front, –video.
Smuglyanka's detachment identified the location of Ukrainian militants in hangars and positions in the forests, after which they directed aircraft to the concentration of enemy forces in the Kursk border area.
The bombers quickly covered the occupiers with strikes from guided aerial bombs (FABs with UMPK).
On the right flank, in the area of the settlement of Tikhoye, Russian soldiers carried out successful assault operations in the southern part of the settlement.
The video shows the assault on Ukrainian positions and the clearing of the village's buildings. Our soldiers advanced into the enemy's defenses to a depth of 0.5 km, entering the southern part of Tikhyi.
11:00 Russian Ministry of Defense:
Calculation of the FPV drone of the Rubicon centerstrucka communications and observation tower with Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen stationed on it.
10:45 Information on strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours:
In Belgorod after the air defense systems repelled an air attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forcesdamaged2 cars.
In the Belgorod district, six munitions were fired at the villages of Novosadovy, Oktyabrsky, Razumnoye and the village of Belovskoye during one shelling, and two drones were shot down by the air defense system. In the village of Belovskoye, two people were wounded: one man was wounded during an air attack, he continues treatment in the regional clinical hospital. His condition is assessed as satisfactory.
The second man was injured as a result of a car blowing up on an explosive device. The victim with multiple shrapnel wounds in serious condition was also hospitalized in the regional clinical hospital. All necessary assistance is being provided. 29 private houses, four outbuildings, a gas pipe, a social facility and 15 cars were damaged.
An air defense system shot down a drone over the Valuysky municipal district. There were no consequences.
In the Volokonovsky district, nine munitions were fired and eight drone strikes were carried out in three attacks on the villages of Novoye and Tishanka, the hamlets of Plotvyanka, Stary and Shakhovka. Two private houses and a car were damaged.
In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, the villages of Bezymeno, Dronovka, Kozinka and Spodaryushino were subjected to four attacks with the use of 10 rounds of ammunition. No casualties or damage.
An air target was shot down over the Korocha district. Two private houses and four cars were damaged.
In the Krasnoyarsk district, the village of Prilesye, the villages of Grafovka, Demidovka, Kolotilovka, Popovka, Repyakhovka and Staroselye were subjected to six attacks, during which 34 munitions were fired, and attacks by 18 UAVs. Three private homes, an enterprise hangar, a car, a commercial facility, a communications infrastructure facility and a power line were damaged.
In the Shebekinsky municipal district, in the city of Shebekino, the settlement of Krasnoye, the villages of Arkhangelskoye, Murom, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Rzhevka and the farm of Pankov, two artillery rounds were fired during wo artillery attacks and 13 drones were attacked, 12 of which were shot down. 10 private houses, six outbuildings, a warehouse, two cars and a GAZelle were damaged.
9:48 During night observation was the movement of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier was detected. The combat vehicle was destroyed by fire from 12.7mm Kord and Utes heavy machine guns.
8:20 Rubicon drone drivers arranged night hunting. The FPV drone crew destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle.
8:12 Destroying communications repeaters and antennas installed by the enemy in the Kurakhovsky direction is one of the priority tasks of FPV drone operators in the units of the Russian Armed Forces and they cope with it superbly, –video.
8:10 Crew of TOS-1A "Solntsepek" of the NBC protection troops unit of the combined arms army of the "West" groupdestroyedplatoon stronghold and shelters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at night, which allowed the assault groups to advance in one of the directions.
8:08 The operator of the Lancet loitering munition deftly hit a Ukrainian tank at a closed firing position in the Kursk border area, –video.
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[REGNUM] The situation on the eastern flank of the Donetsk front has sharply worsened. Units of the "East" group of the Russian Armed Forces have gone on the offensive in the area of the settlement of Velikaya Novosyolka, dislodging the enemy from their positions.
A number of sources rushed to report the complete liberation of settlements adjacent to Velikaya Novosyolka and the beginning of fighting directly in the village. But it is too early to talk about this, notes a source of IA Regnum from the field - while fighting is still ongoing on the outskirts.
Over the past few days, Russian troops have completed the liberation and cleansing of the village of Neskuchnoye and continued their offensive in the direction of the village of Vremevka. Russian forces are also advancing west of the village, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are suffering heavy losses. The Russian Armed Forces are penetrating the enemy's defenses, trying to encircle the settlement.
The advance of the Russian army is confirmed, among other things, by the Ukrainian analytical resource DeepState.
“The enemy has occupied Peschanoye, Slavyanka, Yasenovoye and also advanced into Vrem'yevka and Chasovy Yar,” the authors of the resource write.
At the same time, fighting continues north of Velikaya Novosyolka, where units of the Russian army are expanding their bridgehead on the right bank of the Mokrye Yaly River.
The key task of the Russian Armed Forces remains the same: to disrupt the enemy’s communications in order to encircle the populated area and the Ukrainian Armed Forces group defending it.
"We will be able to talk about a strategic change in the situation after the enemy's supply is completely cut off. Now they have a route through the fields from Shevchenko to Vrem'evka, as well as across the Mokrye Yaly River. The supply is hanging by a thread, but it is still coming. The cauldron is almost ready, but the lid is not yet closed," a source at the scene told IA Regnum.
According to the latest information, fighters of the Vostok group have occupied part of the settlement of Vrem'evka: assault units are continuing the operation to completely liberate the settlement.
THE MOST IMPORTANT BRIDGEHEAD OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES
Throughout 2023 and part of 2024, Velyka Novosyolka remained an important hub of enemy defense on the line Ugledar - Novosyolka - Gulyaipole - Orekhov - Kamenka. At this line, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, using the terrain, were able to stop the advance of the Russian army in the Zaporizhzhya direction. Due to the predominantly flat landscape, control over large settlements located on dominant heights acquired strategic importance.
The Ukrainian command sought to use fortified positions along the front line to create a bridgehead for a counteroffensive. In the summer of 2023, it was from the area of Novosyolka, Orekhov and Gulyaipole that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to break through to the Sea of Azov during an unsuccessful "counteroffensive".
Despite the fact that the Russian army repelled all attacks, the threat of a new offensive by Ukrainian troops did not disappear. That is why in 2024 the decisive offensive on Ugledar began: after the city was threatened with encirclement, the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison retreated with heavy losses.
The liberation of Ugledar made it possible to establish fire control over the surrounding areas and begin an offensive to the west, in the direction of Velikaya Novosyolka.
The decisive success was the breakthrough to the village of Novy Komar, as a result of which the road leading to the Zaporozhye-Kurakhove-Donetsk highway was cut off, as well as to the north - to Pokrovsk. This led to the fragmentation of the enemy's defense.
Later, the forces of the Vostok group crossed the Mokrye Yaly River and seized control of the road between Velikaya Novosyolka and Gulyaipole, another line of enemy defense.
JUNCTION OF THE DPR, ZAPORIZHZHYA AND DNEPROPETROVSK REGIONS
The offensive of Russian troops in the Velikaya Novosyolka area continues simultaneously with the advance near Pokrovsk. The Russian Armed Forces are using the battle-tested tactics of powerful flanking maneuvers with simultaneous pinning attacks along the contact line. This approach allows them to repeatedly push the enemy out of large populated areas without protracted urban battles.
The threat of encirclement has already led to panic in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Velyka Novosyolka. The enemy forces in the Novosyolka direction are facing a shortage of forces, said Ivan Sekach, a representative of the 110th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"The enemy continues to put pressure on this area. In such agglomerations, when one settlement passes into another, a large number of infantry are needed for active defense. But, unfortunately, we do not have such resources," Sekach said.
Ukrainian Armed Forces officers also complain about bad weather, which makes aerial reconnaissance and the use of drones difficult. However, Kyiv is not yet ready to give the order to retreat - and this is easy to explain.
After leaving Velyka Novosyolka, Ukrainian troops will be forced to retreat several kilometers to the west - to the area of the settlements of Novosyolka and Zelenoye Pole. Here the borders of the DPR, Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk regions converge, which gives the Russian army the opportunity to advance to territories that have so far remained outside the SVO zone.
"Based on the experience of Ugledar, we can say that they hold out until the very end. Then, in an emergency mode, they retreat, suffering heavy losses. They retreat 3-4 kilometers to gain a foothold again. But there is nothing to cling to there - there are no large settlements in this area. So the enemy's defense can seriously sag," explains a source of IA Regnum.
"ELITE OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES" PERISHES IN KURSK REGION
It is quite possible that after the liberation of Velyka Novosyolka, Russian troops will begin an offensive in the direction of the city of Gulyaipole, the next major enemy defensive node on the front line in the Zaporizhia region.
At the same time, the advance of Russian troops could trigger a domino effect: the Ukrainian Armed Forces currently have no additional lines of defense in the region, which opens up opportunities for the Russian army to successfully attack the city of Zaporizhia. But in order to build on the success achieved, time will be needed to consolidate and fix the new front line.
In general, the development of events on the Zaporizhzhya Front will largely depend on the outcome of the battles for Velyka Novosyolka.
In turn, the enemy command is unable to turn the tide - the Ukrainian Armed Forces simply do not have enough trained reserves. The most combat-ready units of the Ukrainian troops, including the so-called "offensive guard", were previously transferred to the Kursk region, where the "elite of the Ukrainian Armed Forces" are suffering heavy losses.
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[Regnum] At a meeting with the leadership of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukrainian military spoke about the need to end the conflict in the first half of 2025, explaining that they lack resources and assistance from the West. This was stated by parliamentarian Anatoly Burmich on the air of the YouTube channel "News Live".
The deputy said that meetings with the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters are held weekly and at the last meeting with the speaker of the Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk they “hinted” at their unwillingness to fight for a long time.
"Whether we have enough resources or not, I would not like to voice this, but I can say briefly. At a meeting with the military, they told us that it would be desirable to end the war in the first half of the year. Why? Because it is connected with resources, weapons, help from partners, and so on. That's what they hinted at," Burmich admitted.
The MP also stated that the Kyiv authorities will have to compromise. According to him, "we need to look at things realistically" and end the war.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, according to the Ministry of Defense, Russian military personnel liberated eight settlements in the area of the special military operation over the past week.
The head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, is doing everything to prove to his partners that his regime can still conduct military operations. This was stated on January 16 at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine by the Permanent Representative of Russia to the international organization Vasily Nebenzya.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces brigade, trained and equipped by French forces, faced problems with desertion and disorganization in Ukraine.
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[Regnum] The heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov of the Russian Navy is a unique vessel that has no analogues in the West, analyst Caleb Larson said in his article for the publication 19FortyFive.
“The Kirov-class battlecruisers represent a unique class of warships with nuclear-guided missiles that have no exact analogues in Western navies,” he noted.
The expert noted the cruiser's great capabilities in the areas of defense and offense, as well as its ability to counter NATO formations, including the US Navy's carrier strike groups.
The heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov is a Soviet cruiser of Project 1144.2M Orlan. Its former name was Kalinin. It belongs to the ships of the 1st rank. It was assumed that the cruiser Admiral Nakhimov, after repairs and modernization at the Sevmash plant, would begin sea trials by the end of 2023, and its improvement was planned to be finally completed a year later.
The modernization of the missile cruiser involves equipping it with modern state-of-the-art equipment. The ship will receive 80 UKSK 3S14 launchers, which can launch missiles such as Kalibr, Oniks and Zircon, use Fort-M and Pantsir-M air defense systems, as well as Paket-NK and Otvet anti-submarine systems and other weapons.
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Nobody's mentioning the one Ukraine sank earlier in the war. Or the fact that Russian maintenance isn't the best in the world. It's nice not to underestimate your enemies, but it's also necessary to not OVERestimate their abilities.
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