Overview
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 211 combat engagements on January 3, with main efforts concentrated on the Pokrovsk, Huliaipole, Lyman, and Oleksandrivka sectors.
- Operational data for the day recorded one missile strike, 67 airstrikes with 174 guided bombs, 4,812 kamikaze drone strikes, and 2,702 attacks including 45 from multiple launch rocket systems.
- Ukrainian forces reported repelling 40 assault actions near Pokrovsk and 36 attempts to advance on the Huliaipole axis, with additional fighting across Kupiansk, Lyman, and other fronts.
- Kyiv’s latest tally places cumulative Russian personnel losses at about 1,211,530 since February 2022, and it reports 2025 as a record year for Russian equipment attrition with over 14,000 artillery systems and roughly 40,000 vehicles destroyed.
- Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed the capture of Bondarne in Donetsk and said it repelled Ukrainian attacks near Kupiansk, while a missile strike on a residential building in Kharkiv left four dead, according to state media.