The Russians attacked Ukraine with 38 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones on the night of 6-7 January. Ukraine's air defence systems shot down 28 drones, and another 10 Russian decoy drones disappeared from radar.

Russia launched two missiles and over 120 UAVs against Ukraine. Ukraine's air defense downed 81 enemy targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. During the attack, the enemy launched: ・Two Kh-59 guided air missiles from the southern direction;

Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing one civilian and injuring four others in the Kyiv region, the military and regional officials said.

Putin, unable to dislodge Ukrainian forces from Russian territory, loses face in the lead-up to Trump's inauguration.

Ukrainian forces started a surprising ground offense against Russia in August in the Kursk region but then began to lose ground after Russia deployed up to 12,000 North Korean troops in the region in its nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine.

Russian forces launched 103 drones from three directions towards Ukraine on the night of January 5. Air defense shot down more than half of them, according to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.