[NewsFront] 16:18 Posted first-person footage of a Russian mobile fire team in action.
16:11 Specialists from the repair platoon of the 244th Artillery Brigade of the 11th Army Corps of the North group of forces restored an artillery piece, video.
15:40 Published footage of the destruction of two Ukrainian self-propelled guns in the Khar'kov region.
Two Ukrainian self-propelled guns, a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya and a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika, were discovered near the Russian border in the Khar'kov region and destroyed by crews of the 245th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the North group of forces.
14:39 Coming information about the clearing of Khromovka and Bogdarnoye in the Slavyansk direction.
14:32 Posted a video compilation of footage of the destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles in the Severyan zone of responsibility.
14:09 Operators of the Kurier NRTK of the Center group's unmanned aerial vehicle systems unit continue to provide round-the-clock support to troops in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, video.
13:34 From 10:00 Moscow time to 13:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 11 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Eight over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two over the territory of the Kursk region,
One over the territory of the Ryazan region.
12:17 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of January 4, 2026:
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade were defeated near the villages of Kondratovka and Pisarevka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vovchanskie Khutora, Zolochiv, Zhukov Yar and Ryasnoye in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 140 servicemen, three vehicles, and a field artillery gun. Three supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" military group, as a result of active operations, took control of the village of Podoli in the Khar'kov region.
The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, assault, and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the National Guard brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Blagodatovka, Staroverovka, Grushevka, and Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region, and Lozove and Rubtsov in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 180 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, nine cars, a US-made 155mm M-198 howitzer and three ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Konstantinovka, Novopavlovka, Slavyansk, and Reznikovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 180 troops, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, seven armored fighting vehicles, and 14 vehicles. Two supply depots and a fuel depot were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, inflicting losses on the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, infantry, airborne assault, and airmobile brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, two territorial defense brigades, the Azov* special forces brigade, and two National Guard brigades in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Grishino, Dobropolye, Gulevo, Belitskoye, Toretskoye, Udachnoye, and Volnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlovka and Dibrova in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy's losses amounted to 410 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, four Cossack armored vehicles, seven pickup trucks, a 105mm M-119 gun, and a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Verkhnyaya Tersa, Zaliznichnoe, Tsvetkovoe, and Vozdvizhevka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 275 servicemen, nine armored combat vehicles and five cars.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region, Sadovoe in the Kherson region and the city of Kherson.
Up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, 11 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged workshops for the production and assembly of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage sites, ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 156 districts.
Air defense systems shot down a guided aerial bomb and 210 unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:10 Severyan drones destroyed electronic equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – video.
11:04 The Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes against the enemy in the Khar'kov and Dnipropetrovsk regions, video.
11:03 Drone operators of the Northern Forces Group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depot in the Khar'kov direction.
10:31 In the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk direction, units of the South group of forces are developing an offensive in the Vasyukovka-Bondarny area.
9:22 In the period from 7:00 Moscow time to 9:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 42 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
12 UAVs were flying over the Ryazan region,
11 UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
Six UAVs were flying over the Voronezh region,
Four UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
Four UAVs were flying over the Lipetsk region,
Two UAVs were flying over the Tula region,
One UAV was flying over the Oryol region,
One UAV was flying over the Kaluga region, and
One UAV was flying over the Tambov region.
8:44 To the servicemen of the 70th Motorized Rifle Division of the Southern Group of Forces who distinguished themselves in the performance of combat missions handed over state and departmental awards.
7:22 During the past night, in the period from 23:30 Moscow time on January 3 to 7:00 Moscow time on January 4, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 90 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
37 – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
22 – over the territory of the Kursk region,
11 – over the territory of the Kaluga region,
11 – over the territory of the Moscow region,
Four – over the territory of the Tula region,
Two – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One – over the territory of the Rostov region,
One – over the territory of the Oryol region.