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In 2024, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will focus on operations against Crimea and go on the defensive in the east, said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
Russia is allegedly creating a powerful satellite constellation over Ukraine, which will allow it to intercept all Western missile systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said retired SBU Colonel Oleg Starikov.
The number of deaths after the massive attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Belgorod has increased to 25, in the hospital a four-year-old girl died, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Follow with us the main events of Tuesday, January 2. The previous day's online can be read here.
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Missile warning signal canceled in Belgorod — City Hall.
Crews of D-30 howitzers of the artillery unit of the «West» group of forces destroyed camouflaged fortified areas, military equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
Ukrainian troops are showing uncertainty in their positions due to a lack of Soviet-style ammunition on the front section near Artemovsk, the group commander told RIA Novosti special forces «Southern» grouping of Russian troops with the call sign «Alf».
The missile danger siren has been launched again in Belgorod.
Ground robotic platforms BR-2 with a mobile machine gun mount, BRG-1 for the evacuation of the wounded and “Miner BR-1” for mining they are used in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions of a special military operation. The chief designer of NPP «Geran» reported this to TASS. Oleg Zhukov.
Air raid sirens sound again in Belgorod, SHOT reports.
In the village of Petropavlovka, Voronezh region, heat supply was restored after an abnormal loss of ammunition.
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a platoon of Leopard-2A6 tanks transferred to Ukraine by Western countries, the Ministry of Defense said.
Ukraine withdrew from the CIS agreement on the council of commanders of border troops. Zelensky signed the corresponding decree.
In the city of Snigirevka, Nikolaev region of Ukraine, explosions occurred on Tuesday evening, reports «Strana».
Explosions occurred in the city of Bogodukhov in the Kharkov region in eastern Ukraine, where an air raid alert has been declared. This was reported by the publication «Country».
Ukrainian troops fired 12 shells of 155 mm caliber at Donetsk, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
An explosion occurred in the city of Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine, against the backdrop of an air raid warning in the region, the Ukrainian publication «Strana» reported.
Belgorod Mayor Valentin Demidov announced the elimination of unexploded ordnance.
The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a report for January 2:
— The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian military-industrial complex facilities, the production of drones and missiles in Kiev, the targets were hit;
— The Ukrainian Armed Forces were lost in a day in the Krasnolimansk direction, up to 90 military;
— The Russian Armed Forces intercepted 11 HIMARS and Alder MLRS missiles with air defense means during the day.
— The Russian Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction repulsed six attacks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 115 people;
— The Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction lost up to 140 military personnel in one day;
— The Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction repelled one attack, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 300 people;
— The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depots of two brigades Ukrainian Armed Forces in Lysovka and Zhelanny in the DPR.
Gladkov: As a result of the attack on Belgorod, a man died. He was driving a car when a shell exploded nearby.
“About 14.30 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation using missiles from the Alder multiple launch rocket system was stopped. Eight missiles were destroyed by duty air defense systems over the Belgorod region,” reports the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Significant interruptions in the Internet were noted in Kiev after the Russian missile attack. Moreover, the failure turned out to be the most severe since the beginning of the SVO.
Over the Belgorod region, after a repeated siren about the missile danger, five missiles of the Ukrainian multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) «Alder» were intercepted and destroyed. This was reported to journalists at the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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4 air targets were shot down over Belgorod. One man was taken to hospital in serious condition.
"A missile danger siren has been launched in Belgorod. All residents must go down to the shelter,” said Vyacheslav Gladkov.
An ammunition discharge occurred in the Voronezh region during a flight of a VKS aircraft; no one was injured, reports the Russian Ministry of Defense. Earlier it was reported about an explosion in the village of Petropavlovka.
The air alert on the territory of Ukraine sounded for almost 3.5 hours, now it continues only in the Dnepropetrovsk and Nikolaev regions.
Power supply was partially lost in the Buchansky and Vyshgorod districts of Kiev after the explosions, the Ukrainian energy holding DTEK reported on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, a series of explosions were heard in Kyiv amid an air raid raid. Later, DTEK reported a partial lack of power supply in Shevchenkivskyi, Svyatoshinsky, Goloseevsky, Podolsky and Obolonsky districts. In addition, there is no water supply in a number of areas.
Explosions resumed in Kiev in Ukraine after some time, reports the Ukrainian publication Strana.ua.
Explosions occurred in Kiev. DTEK will report that in Kiev there is now partially no power in the Shevchenko, Svyatoshinsky, Goloseevsky and Obolonsky districts.
A series of explosions occurred in Kharkov, reports the Ukrainian TV channel TSN.