Military actions in Donetsk region, 118 combat clashes, enemy shelling, attack on Russian marine brigade in Kursk region. How will the 1044th day of the full-scale war be remembered?
The greatest number of combat contacts occurred in Pokrovskydirection. Also, active military actions took place in the Kurakhovskoye and Vremevsky directions.
Ukrainian defenders continue to decisively repel the enemy's attempts to advance deep into our territory, inflicting effective fire damage on them, depleting them along the entire front line.
More details about the operational situation as of the evening of January 2 – in the news.
At about 13:30 on January 2, a strike was carried out on a village in the Rylsky district of the Kursk region, where fighters from the 810th Marine Brigade of the Russian Federation were based. This was reported by the spokesman for the Ukrainian Volunteer Army, Sergei Bratchuk.
This information was also confirmed by the head of the Center for Counteracting Disinformation (CCI) Andrei Kovalenko. The local governor says that a cultural building was hit by a missile strike. According to him, none of the local residents sought medical help.
At the same time, the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko claims that the awarding of servicemen of the Russian army could have taken place in the House of Culture. “According to some information, the awarding of the Russian fighters of the 810th brigade of the Russian Armed Forces took place in the House of Culture of the village of Ivanovskoye in Kurshchyna. “Good missiles came from the West.” The fact that the attack was not on a civilian object is eloquently indicated by the military UAZs and Urals,” Gerashchenko wrote.
Later, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the strike. “On January 2, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a high-precision strike on the command post of the Russian occupation army in the village of Maryino, Kursk region. All necessary measures were taken to minimize threats to the lives of local civilians,” the statement said.
The Main Inspectorate of the Ministry of Defense will conduct a comprehensive analysis of the Command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine >, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said.
According to him, the Ground Forces are the most numerous and strategically important branch of the Armed Forces, responsible for the mobilization, training, manning and effectiveness of combat units.
“Events in the Ground Forces have a direct impact on the situation at the front. That is why I support the need for the new commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major General Mykhailo Drapatiy, to have a complete picture of the situation,” the minister added.
More information in the news.
The European Commission stated that after the suspension of gas transit from Russia through Ukraine, there are no problems with the supply of blue fuel to Europe in 2025.
This issue was discussed on January 2 at an extraordinary meeting of the EU Coordination Group on Gas Issues, reports “European Pravda”. by taking gas from storage facilities.
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US President-elect Donald Trump can help Ukraine stop Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Vladimir Zelensky voiced this opinion during the telethon. “Trump can be decisive. I think the most important thing for us is that he has the qualities. He can be decisive in this war. He can really stop Putin or, to tell the truth, help us stop Putin. He can do it,” the head of state said. Details in the news. The most complete picture of today is on our website. We hope that tomorrow there will be more good news.
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