As of the evening of January 3, 138 combat engagements occurred at the frontlines. The situation remains most intense in the Pokrovsk direction. Russian forces also increased their attacks in the Kursk region,

Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region of Kursk

Russia's attacks are heightening concerns over Ukraine's military management and countering assumptions that Moscow’s offensive would slow, analysts say.

Across hundreds of miles of the front, Ukrainian forces are waging dozens of pitched battles for patches of land no bigger than a few city blocks. The scope of Russian attacks continues to grow, despite staggering losses,

On January 2, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a precision strike on the command post of the Russian army in the settlement of Mariino, located in the Kursk region, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Ukrainians use drones for various tasks, including pairing micro-drones with armoured vehicle crews. While this concept remains futuristic in the West, Ukrainians are already testing it in combat conditions.

One of the drones flew back to Russia and another to Belarus. The drones were launched from Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, Bryansk and Orel oblasts, as well as from occupied Crimea. Earlier, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported thatat least four people had been injured in a Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian capital on the first day of the New Year.