Overview
- Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said Russian forces are pressing attacks in virtually all directions, citing fighting around Konstantinovka and continued movement after taking Krasnoarmeysk and Dimitrov, advances in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and the near-completion of Kupyansk-Uzlovoy in Kharkiv.
- The Defense Ministry’s daily briefings reported claimed Ukrainian losses of more than 400 personnel in the 'Center' sector, over 185 in the 'South', up to 245 in the 'East', and up to 50 in the 'Dnepr', alongside destroyed armor, artillery and electronic warfare assets.
- Officials highlighted recent strikes with hypersonic Oreshnik missiles against Ukrainian critical infrastructure, described as retaliation for an attack on the Russian presidential residence, later specifying the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant was disabled.
- Russia’s Investigative Committee charged in absentia Ukrainian brigade commander Rostislav Karpusha over January 2 and 9 strikes on Belgorod, while Moscow investigators said four suspects were arrested in a remote-detonated car-bomb plot targeting an employee of the Polus defense research institute.
- Western analysts quoted in Russian media warned of Ukraine’s worsening manpower and battlefield position, and U.S. President Donald Trump told Reuters he believes Kyiv is delaying negotiations and that Moscow is prepared to make a deal.