Zelensky admits Ukraine’s inability to go on counteroffensive

 Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has admitted that his country's army is currently unable to launch a counteroffensive in the east, explaining this by a lack of necessary weapons, according to his interview with Japan's largest newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun.

Wagner warns Russia military chief of imminent Ukraine attack

The owner of the Russian mercenary Wagner Group has warned Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu that the Ukrainian army is planning an imminent offensive aimed at cutting off his forces from the main body of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.

Not more than 4 km to entrap Ukrainian forces in Artyomovsk – Ukrainian officer - TASS

 There are not more than four kilometers left to close in Ukraine’s troops in the city of Artyomovsk, a Ukrainian army unit commander said on Sunday.

Ukrainian forces lost up to 50 soldiers in a day in Kupyansk area

During the day, the Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 50 servicemen and a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer in the Kupyansk direction as a result of artillery fire from the Western group of Russian troops, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Saturday.

Control of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) to help Russian troops advance deep into Ukrainian defenses — Shoigu

 The seizure of Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine) will help Russian troops continue their advance deep into the Ukrainian army’s defenses during the special military operation in Ukraine, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said at a conference call with military commanders on Tuesday.

Ukraine war: Kyiv orders evacuation in Kupiansk, city it recaptured last year

Ukraine has told some residents to leave Kupiansk, as Russia seeks to re-take the city it left last year.

All roads in Artyomovsk area under Russia’s fire control, DPR official says

 All roads near the city of Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine) are under the fire control of Russia’s Armed Forces, Igor Kimakovsky, an advisor to the acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), told TASS on the sidelines of the AmurMediaForum 2023 event on Friday.

Dutch MFA summons Russian ambassador over MH17 case

The Dutch Foreign Ministry has summoned Russia’s ambassador Alexander Shulgin in connection with the emergence of new data concerning the investigation of the MH17 disaster over Ukraine in July 2014, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday, according to the Netherlands Broadcasting Corporation.

Putin cannot be prosecuted in MH17 crash case, Dutch prosecution says

 Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot be prosecuted in the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash case, Dutch prosecutor Digna van Boetzelaer said on Wednesday.

DPR says Ukrainian forces killed Polish mercenaries in Ugledar

Yan Gagin, a military analyst and an adviser to the interim head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, on Monday told TASS that Ukrainian forces shot and killed a group of mercenaries who were, tentatively, Polish nationals.

Ukraine war: Russians seen reinforcing east ahead of offensive

Tens of thousands of Russians are being sent to eastern Ukraine as part of an offensive planned after 15 February, according to the Ukrainian governor of Luhansk region.

Over 100 Ukrainian servicemen eliminated during offensive on Krasny Liman direction

Russian Armed Forces on the Krasny Liman direction continued their offensive action and eliminated over 100 Ukrainian servicemen, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov reported Saturday.

Kremlin On Dnipro Building Collapse: Russian Military Not Striking Civilian Infrastructure

 Russian military is not striking civilian building and infrastructure facilities in Ukraine and the cause of the collapse of a residential building in the city of Dnipro was Kiev's interceptor missile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Arestovich said that a rocket fell on a residential building in Dnipro due to UA air defense

 

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LPR analyst says elite Ukrainian troops failed to retake Soledar

Colonel Vitaly Kiselyov, a military analyst in the Lugansk People’s Republic, on Friday told TASS that Ukrainian battle-scarred elite units failed to retake Soledar from Russian forces.

Liberation of Soledar completed in January 12, over 700 Soldiers destroyed in Soledar in 72 Hours

 

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Wagner company takes entire city of Soledar under control

The city of Soledar, the scene of intense fighting in the past few days, has been taken under control by units of Russia’s Wagner private military company, the company’s chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was quoted as saying by his press service on Tuesday night.

Russian mercenary boss says wants Ukraine’s Bakhmut for its ‘underground cities’

The founder of Russia’s most high-profile Wagner Group said on Saturday he wanted his forces and the regular Russian army to capture the small city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine because it possessed “underground cities” that can hold troops and tanks.

Industrial facilities damaged by explosions in Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka — UA authorities

 Industrial facilities were damaged by explosions in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka in DPR territory under Kiev’s control, says head of the Kiev-controlled Donetsk Region military administration Pavel Kirilenko.

Putin instructed to introduce a ceasefire in Ukraine for Christmas

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to introduce a ceasefire along the entire line of contact between the parties in Ukraine from 12:00 Moscow time on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7.