Military actions in Donetsk region, 149 combat clashes, air attack, enemy shelling, explosions in Russia. How will the 1046th day of full-scale war be remembered?
Liquidation of consequences of strike on multi-story building in Sumy region
On Saturday, January 4, the Russian army launched an air strike on a residential multi-story building in the Sveskaya community of the Shostka district of the Sumy region.
At present, rescuers have completed emergency rescue and other urgent work at the site of the impact, the State Emergency Service reports.
The State Emergency Service canine units were also involved in the search operations. No people were found under the rubble.
As a result of the attack, 15 apartments were destroyed in a five-story residential building, and 1 private residential building was also destroyed.
The blast wave damaged about 900 windows in 4 five-story residential buildings and 7 private residential buildings.
The impact injured 10 people, including 2 children.
A total of 46 rescuers and 12 units of SES equipment worked at the scene.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that as of 22:00 on January 4, 149 combat clashes have occurred.
The hottest situation on the front is in the Pokrovsky (40 attacks) and Kursky (30 attacks) directions.
More details about the operational situation as of the evening of January 4 – in the news.
On the night of January 4, drones, in addition to the sea trade port in Ust-Luga, attacked the Avangard plant in the Smolensk region of the Russian Federation.
Local authorities reported that 5 drones were allegedly shot down.
Russian Telegram channels report that the Avangard plant, where rocket engine bodies and transport and launch containers are manufactured, could have been the target of the drone attack.
As a result of the explosion, Russian commander Konstantin Nagayko, who was involved in the murder of civilians in the village of Groza, is in critical condition, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported.
“On January 3, 2025, in the village of Shuya in the Ivanovo region in Russia, an explosion occurred, at the epicenter of which was the battery commander of the division of the 112th missile brigade of the 1st tank army of the Western Military District with the Russian Federation (military unit 03333) Captain Konstantin Vladimirovich Nagayko. He was on duty in his military unit, and now he is dying,” the GUR reported.
The occupier has multiple debris lesions in almost all organs, in particular the brain.
According to Ukrainian intelligence, the invader was directly involved in a full-scale war against Ukraine. Nagayko was involved in Iskander ballistic missile strikes on civilian and military targets in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions. And his unit committed a war crime in the village of Groza in the Kupyansk district. Then, on October 5, 2023, the enemy launched a missile strike on a cafe during a wake, killing 59 Ukrainian civilians, including an eight-year-old boy.
Read more in the news.
< b>American blogger Lex Friedman recorded a 3-hour podcast with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Friedman reported this on the social network H. “I had a great conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky,” Friedman wrote, noting that the podcast episode, which lasts more than three hours, is scheduled to be released on Monday.
Friedman suggested that Zelensky record a podcast back in November. Almost immediately, the president agreed.
Note that after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Friedman said that he “considers Russians, Ukrainians, and Americans his people” and “popularizes their cultures without being pressured by either side.”
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