Fighters from the KRAKEN company not only eliminated the chief of staff of the "Storm-Ossetia" battalion Sergey "Kama" Melnikov, but also took out several units of Russian transport.

The SBU is reportedly behind the January 4 attack on Russia's commercial port, Ust-Luga, using long-range drones. A gas condensate container was destroyed, disrupting operations at this key Baltic logistics hub for Russia's oil and gas "shadow fleet."

https://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2025/01/6/7492241/

Ukrainian drone attacks have left six settlements in the Belgorod region without electricity, according to Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. Affected areas: Borisovka, Novoe, Konovalovo, Davydkin, Plotovka, and Plotvyanka.

Russian military channels claim that in the Kursk direction, Russian forces reportedly recaptured Novosotnitskoye and stopped Ukrainian advances toward Berdin. Control was also reportedly established over Leonidove, with assault actions ongoing in Alexandria. Without proof, so far.

Military expert Ivan Stupak suggests that a potential new Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region could have dual objectives: 30% military and 70% political. On the military side, the goal would be to force Russia to relocate troops from areas like Pokrovsk and Kurakhove to Kursk, thereby creating a new pressure point. Politically, the offensive could aim to expose the weakness of Russian authorities and increase tension within Russian society.

It seems like Ukraine has launched naval drones during this attack capable of carrying FPV drones that hit air defense positions afterwards near Skadovsk. That is why Ukrainian Navy claimed the destruction of several air defense positions.

Reports suggest a missile strike in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov region, targeted military-technical storage facilities connected to the FKP "Kamensky Plant," previously hit by Storm Shadow missiles on 18.12.2024.

National Guard forces used precision drone strikes to brilliantly destroy a Russian "Buk-M1" air defense system.

Toretsk, once a flourishing city. Now wiped off the face of the earth.

A preliminary agreement suggests that prisoner exchanges in 2025 will become systematic, with a priority on returning critically ill and seriously wounded soldiers — Ombudsman Lubinets.

A Ukrainian Stryker AFV in the Kursk region is crushing Russian infantry

Zelensky's evening speech

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Today I held the Stavka meeting, and there was also a separate report by Commander-in-Chief Syrsky and Chief of the General Staff Bargylevych. The first is the protection of our front lines, Pokrovskaya first of all. I am grateful to all the brigades, to each of our soldiers who are there right now.

We discussed the issues of staffing the brigades, as well as rotation. The army needs more internal, systemic changes so that at all levels in the Defense Forces, people management becomes effective. There were also detailed reports today from responsible commanders on the formation and training of our brigades.

I held a meeting with internationalists today: planning our meetings, negotiations for January. We are accelerating the supply of weapons to Ukraine and working for new, longer-term relations with partners. We are preparing good diplomatic news for Ukraine.

Glory to Ukraine!

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: Ukraine's gains in Kursk are humiliating Putin as his grip weakens. With his military failures mounting and Western support for Kyiv holding strong, 2025 may mark the beginning of the end for Russia's dictator.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01/06/ukraine-is-humiliating-putin-at-the-worst-possible-moment/

Arrival of a Ukrainian strike drone from the 28th mechanized brigade right on a Russian assault group in the Toretsk direction.

"5 months into the Kursk operation, Russia has lost 38,000 soldiers on this front, with 15,000 irrecoverable losses. Key Russian units are tied down in Kursk, unable to reinforce Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, or Zaporizhzhia," Zelensky said.

The Russian MoD releases footage of a Russian 'construction and repair site' of homemade armored trucks and buggies for assault units by repairmen of the Center group in the Pokrovsk direction.

You read it right. Homemade armored trucks and buggies for assault units.

More footage of a Ukrainian Stryker AFV from the 95th Air Assault Brigade chasing Russian infantry in the Kursk region, that apparently ran out of ammo.