Overview
- The General Staff says 116 engagements were recorded on January 2 across multiple fronts, with heavy fighting reported in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
- Ukrainian forces report halting 26 Russian assault attempts in the Pokrovsk direction, the highest concentration of attacks that day.
- Russia launched one rocket strike using two missiles and 57 airstrikes employing 153 guided bombs, alongside 6,358 kamikaze-drone strikes and 3,223 shellings, according to Ukraine.
- Kyiv estimates about 750 Russian personnel losses for the day, putting cumulative Russian losses at roughly 1,210,630 since February 2022, figures that cannot be independently verified.
- Ukraine lists extensive Russian equipment losses, including 11,497 tanks, 23,855 armored vehicles and 35,744 artillery systems, and reports striking four troop concentration areas and two other key targets.