Ukraine takes another bite out of Russia as Moscow grinds on in Donetsk

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Published on: 09/01/2025 | 00:00:00

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Russian military bloggers say Ukrainian forces also held the settlements of Martynovka, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye and Mikhaylovka. Ukrainian forces were reported to have advanced in three waves using company-sized assaults backed by armoured vehicles, the Russian bloggers said. Ukraine has used long-range drones of its own build to attack Russian energy assets. A Ukrainian drone hit a terminal for gas condensate transshipment in the port of Ust-Luga, near Leningrad, on Saturday. Ukrainian officials have listed a number of reasons for the counterinvasion. Russian equipment destroyed in Kursk, including 104 tanks, 575 armoured combat vehicles, more than 1,000 other vehicles and 330 artillery systems. Russia has been able to replace soldiers, but its ability to replace equipment is less certain. Ukrainian Navy said it sank five ships and 458 smaller craft. Russian forces have focused much of their manpower and firepower on the twin settlements of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in Donetsk. On Tuesday, 41 combat clashes were in this area, out of 176 across the entire front line. At the closest point, Russian forces held positions just 1.5km (1 mile) from the south, where 7,300 civilians were still living and working. Ukrainian forces in Kurakhove say the Russians have switched to attacks by infantry in the past few weeks. Ukraine invests heavily in long-range and unmanned systems Ukraine has invested heavily in its own defence industry during the past year. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyal announced that Ukraine planned to build about 3,000 cruise missiles and drone missiles this year, and at least 30,000 long-range drones. The drone and missile programmes were part of a plan to increase Ukraine’s defence industrial capacity to about $30bn, from an estimated $7bn in 2024.

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