[NewsFront] 16:47 In the period from 11:00 Moscow time to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
44 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Four UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region,
Two UAVs over the territory of the Lipetsk region.
16:04 Velykoburluk direction. Soldiers of the North Group of Forces have taken up a number of new positions near Dvurechanskoye. MAP.
15:32 Crews of barrel artillery of the 150th Guards Motorizerd Rifle Division of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed dugouts and infantry of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Konstantinovsky direction.
15:07 Destruction of the antitank missile system of the 56th Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using four FAB-500 with UMPK in the area of the settlement of Malinovka. Destruction of the antitank missile system of the 152nd Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using three FAB-500 with UMPK in the area of the settlement of Grishino, –video.
14:29 Kupyansk direction. As of now, the situation in the city has stabilized. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have significantly slowed the pace of their offensive due to depleted resources for assault operations. MAP.
13:52 UAV operators of the Center group of forces continue to burn the vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
FPV drone crews of the Northern Forces Groupliquidatedscattered groups of Ukrainian militants in the Khar'kov region.
Drone operators from the Western Group of Forces shot down a high-altitude Shchedryk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region.
Drone operators from the Vostok group of forces destroyed an enemy M119 artillery gun in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The operator of the FPV drone "Boomerang-10" of the "Dnipro" group of forces rammed the UAV "Jupiter-H1" and "Baba Yaga" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
12:29 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of January 5, 2026:
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the "North" military group, as a result of active operations, took control of the village of Grabovskoye in the Sumy region.
The formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Miropolye and Sadki in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vovchanskie Khutora and Grafskoye in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 290 servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles, and a field artillery gun. Three electronic warfare stations and six ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the mechanized and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the National Guard brigade near the settlements of Krasny Liman, Illichivka, Aleksandrovka, and Drobyshevo in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, Blagodatovka, and Staroverovka in the Khar'kov Oblast.
The enemy's losses amounted to over 180 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles, 15 cars and four ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line. Formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated near the settlements of Krivaya Luka, Malinovka, Vasyutynske, Stepanovka, Minkovka, Zakotne, and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 180 servicemen, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, four artillery pieces and 21 vehicles.
Units of the Center Group of Forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, an airborne assault brigade, and an airmobile brigade; two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; a naval infantry brigade; a territorial defense brigade; and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Grishino, Torskoye, Novooleksandrivka, Dobropillya, Belitskoye, and Toretskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic; and Novopavlivka and Novopidgorodnoye in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The enemy's losses amounted to over 350 military personnel, 12 armored combat vehicles and six pickup trucks.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of a mechanized and assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Tsvetkovoe, Zaliznichnoe, and Vozdvizhevka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Bratskoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, and two 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, Belogorye, Novoyakovlivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Antonivka in the Kherson region.
Up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two field artillery pieces, 10 vehicles, and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
11:22 Druzhkovskoye direction
Units of the Group of Forces "Center" are advancing in the direction of Dobropolye and are conducting fierce counter-battles in the direction of Druzhkovka;
Our assault groups entered Belitskoye and Novy Donbass;
“Swings” in the western part of Suvorovo and Sukhetskoye, the enemy continues to try to penetrate into Rodinskoye, where the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade is carrying out a cleanup;
Fighting is ongoing west and southwest of Rodinskoye. Our remote weapons are constantly identifying and destroying Ukrainian assault groups in the planted areas. Two farms along the road to Grishino have been firmly secured. There are encounters in the area of the 3rd farmstead;
Russian Armed Forces are driving the enemy out of Grishino. Northwest of Oktyabrskoye (Shakhovo), our units are fighting for refractory ore quarries and in the area of the ravine;
11:04 Servicemen of the 9th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group of forces told details of the liberation of the village of Rodinskoye in the DPR.
07:30 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in the area of Bondarny and Vasyukovka.
Russian Armed Forces approached Novoyakovlevka
07:26 During the past night from 23:00 4.01 to 7:00 5.01 by the air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Two over the Moscow region, including one flying to Moscow, and
One UAV was destroyed over the territory of the Ryazan region.