Day: January 1, 2025

Over the past 24 hours, from December 31 to January 1, Russian forces lost 1,250 soldiers, 13 armored combat vehicles, and 4 artillery systems, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

The total combat Russian losses from February 24, 2022, to January 1, 2024, are estimated to be:

• personnel – about 790,800 (+1,250) Russian troops were eliminated;
• tanks – 9,672 (+4);
• troop-carrying AFVs – 20,043 (+13);
• artillery systems – 21,532 (+4) ;
• MLRS – 1,256;
• anti-aircraft warfare systems – 1,032;
• aircraft – 369;
• helicopters – 329;
• UAV operational-tactical level – 21,131 (+50);
• cruise missiles – 3,003;
• warships/boats – 28;
• submarines – 1;
• vehicles and fuel tanks – 32,675 (+49);
• special equipment – 3,672 (+1).

Frontline situation and Russian shelling

According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Ukraine’s Defense Forces have succeeded near Kreminna in the Luhansk region and the Kursk region. However, the Russians continue to press on five fronts.

On the night of December 31, the Ukrainian military shot down a Russian helicopter for the first time in history using a Magura V5 naval strike drone.

Head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, called the operation historic.

On the morning of January 1, explosions sounded in Kyiv. Ukraine’s air defense forces shot down Russian Shahed kamikaze drones.