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[NewsFront] 17:07 122mm Self-propelled artillery units 2S1 "Gvozdika" of the 35th Army of the "Vostok" group destroyed assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
16:28 Servicemen of the 27th Guards Motor Rifle Division of the Center group accepted participation in the Christmas service in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
The celebratory prayer ritual was led by the regiment's priest, Father Alexander. He blessed the soldiers to strengthen their combat and spiritual balance and thanked them for their loyalty to the traditions of Russian military service and piety.
13:20 Kupyansk direction. Currently, the stronghold south of Novaya Kruglyakovka is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and they've been fighting for it for a long time. MAP.
13:06 Kupyansk direction. Changes in the LCS near Peschane Verkhniy. North of Tabayevka, the Russian Armed Forces have expanded their zone of control. It has been clarified that Peschane itself is largely reoccupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. MAP.
12:59 South Dnepropetrovsk direction. Assault units of the Central Guard have closed the pocket east of Novopavlovka. MAP.
12:16 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of January 7, 2026
Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. Formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade were defeated near the settlements of Kiyanitsa, Kondratovka, and Khrapovshchyna 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 Varvarovka, Vovchanskie Khutora, Pokalyanoye, Ryasnoye and Ternovaya in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 160 servicemen, 17 vehicles, a Swedish-made ARTHUR counter-battery radar station, an electronic warfare station, and an ammunition depot.
Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of two Ukrainian Armed Forces assault brigades and a National Guard brigade near the settlements of Blagodatovka, Grushevka, and Nechvolodovka in the Khar'kov region, and Pryshyb, Tatyanovka, and Yatskovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 190 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, 14 cars and five ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, a mountain assault brigade, and a naval infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Konstantinovka, Nikiforovka, Nikolaevka, Reznikovka, Slavyansk, and Stepanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 190 troops, seven armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, and four artillery pieces, including a German-made 155mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery unit. An electronic warfare station and three supply depots were destroyed.
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 three heavy mechanized brigades, two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airborne assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, the Azov* special forces brigade, and five National Guard brigades near the settlements of Belitske, Dobropillya, Novy Donbas, Toretskoye, Udachnoye, and Shilovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Gavrilovka, Leninske, and Novopavlovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 425 military personnel, a German-made Leopard tank, nine armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, two field artillery pieces, and a Buran multiple launch rocket system launcher.
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, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Verkhnyaya Tersa, Gorke, Zhovtneve, Zaliznichnoe, Zelenoye, and Rizdvyanka in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 270 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, four combat armored vehicles, 13 cars, an artillery piece, and a Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system launcher.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kirovo and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Lviv and Nikolskoye in the Kherson region.
Up to 45 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 11 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and two supply depots were destroyed.
10:04 In the period from 7:00 to 9:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
One – over the territory of the Chechen Republic,
One – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
07:31 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Adjustment of the control zone in favor of our forces in the Kondrashovka area
Russian Armed Forces entered Novoyakovlevka.
Advance in the Minkovka area, Novomarkovo liberated
Expansion of the control zone in Primorsky
Advance in the Maysky area
Enemy controls Maslyakovka
07:19 In the period from 23:00 Moscow time on 6.01 to 07:00 Moscow time on 7.01, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed nine Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Five – over the Black Sea,
Two – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
One – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
One – over the territory of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania.
In total, during the night from 20:00 Moscow time on January 6 to 07:00 Moscow time on January 7, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
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