[NewsFront] 16:48 During the offensive in the Dobropillya direction, the regiments of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division are actively destroying infantry, firing points and positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,video.
16:14 Orekhovskoye direction. Far Eastern troops are advancing south of Gulyaipole. The pocket near Dorozhnyanka is closed. MAP.
16:04 Artillery crews of the Giatsint-B missile system of the Vostok group of forces destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
14:57 The Russian army is advancing in the area of the Konstantinovka railway station and west of Ivanopol, MAP.
14:35 Su-34 crew inflicted an attack on a concentration of personnel and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the Southern group of forces.
13:59 In the period from 9:00 to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Moscow region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Belgorod region.
12:27 Summary ofMinistry 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 a week, units of the North group of forces defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, a Jaeger brigade, an airborne assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, a National Guard brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian Border Service.
In the Khar'kov direction, four mechanized brigades, two motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a National Guard brigade were defeated.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost over 1,305 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, 91 vehicles, five field artillery guns, six electronic warfare stations, 10 ammunition depots, material resources and fuel.
Units of the "West" group of forces have completed the liberation of the settlements of Dibrova in the Donetsk People's Republic and Boguslavka in the Khar'kov region through active operations.
Formations of five mechanized, assault, airborne assault, and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades were defeated.
Over the course of a week, units of the 6th Army repelled 16 attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces forces in the Kupyansk sector, attempting to break through to the town of Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region. Over 180 militants and 30 pieces of military equipment were destroyed.
In total, enemy losses in the "West" group's area of responsibility amounted to more than 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 have improved their position along the front line. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of seven mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, two naval infantry brigades, a special forces brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade.
In total, Ukrainian armed forces lost over 1,295 service members, 40 armored combat vehicles, 83 vehicles, and 15 field artillery pieces in the Southern Group's area of responsibility. Seven electronic warfare stations and 13 ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Over the course of a week, units of the Center group of forces, as a result of active operations, liberated the settlements of Dimitrov, Rodinske, Artemovka and Volnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The following units were defeated: two mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, a ranger brigade, two airborne assault brigades, an airmobile brigade, an airborne assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, two territorial defense brigades, four national guard brigades, and the Azov* special forces brigade.
The enemy's losses in this direction amounted to more than 3,305 military personnel, 24 combat armored vehicles, 32 cars, nine field artillery guns and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Gulyai-Pole in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two assault brigades, four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades were damaged.
Over the past week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost over 1,405 service members, two tanks, 24 armored combat vehicles, 60 vehicles, and seven field artillery pieces in the area of responsibility of the Eastern Group of Forces. Five ammunition and supply depots have been destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr military group actively liberated the settlements of Stepnogorsk and Lukyanovskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, a coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated.
More than 365 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, 57 cars, six field artillery guns, 12 electronic warfare stations, seven ammunition, material and fuel depots were destroyed.
A Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27.
12:14 In response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets on the territory of Russia by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from December 27, 2025 to January 2, 2026 inflicted a massive and six group strikes with high-precision weapons, including aeroballistic hypersonic missiles "Kinzhal", as a result of which enterprises of the military industry of Ukraine, including energy complex facilities that ensured their operation, transport and port infrastructure used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assembly shops for the production of components for rocket engines, places for the production of long-range strike unmanned aerial vehicles and their preparation for launch, ammunition and fuel depots, temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces, nationalists and foreign mercenaries.
12:05 In the Zaporizhzhia region, operators of reconnaissance UAVs of the unmanned systems troops of the "East" group of forces revealed movement of enemy vehicles.
As a result of their attacks, the enemy's supply and transport routes in the Gulyai-Polye region were disrupted.
10:57 Servicemen of the engineering unit of the Vostok group are clearing paths for the advancement of assault groups and armored vehicles using remote demining.
07:32 Changes on ma pover the past 24 hours:
Russian Armed Forces approached Zaliznichny.
Advance in the Volchansk farmsteads and in the forest near Liman
07:28 During the past night, from 23:00 Moscow time on January 1 to 7:00 Moscow time on January 2, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 64 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
20 – over the territory of the Samara region,
Eight – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Eight – over the territory of the Saratov region,
Seven – over the territory of the Moscow region,
Six – over the territory of the Ryazan region,
Six – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Three – over the territory of the Tula region,
Two – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One – over the territory of the Penza region,
One – over the territory of the Tambov region.