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Russo-Ukraine War - 11 January 2025 - Day 1053

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On 24 February 2022, Ukraine was suddenly and deliberately attacked by land, naval and air forces of Russia, igniting the largest European war since the Great Patriotic War. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" (SVO - spetsialnaya voennaya operatsiya) in Ukraine in response to the appeal of the leaders of the "Donbass republics" for help. That attack is a blatant violation of the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Putin stressed that Moscow's goal is the demilitarization and denazification of the country. The military buildup in preceeding months makes it obvious that the unprovoked and dastardly Russian attack was deliberately planned long in advance. During the intervening time, the Russian government had deliberately sought to deceive the world by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.

"To initiate a war of aggression... is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole." [Judgment of the International Military Tribunal]

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of the day, there have been 157 combat clashes, the Russian enemy launched 11 air strikes and one missile strike, used 20 KABs and one missile, launched 751 kamikaze drones to strike, launched about four thousand shells of settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops.

In the Kharkiv direction, Russian terrorists once unsuccessfully stormed the positions of Ukrainian units, tried to advance in the direction of the Cossack Lopana.

Sixteen times the Russian enemy has attacked Ukrainian fortifications in the Kupyans наkomu direction in the areas of Golubivka, Sinkivka, Stepova Novoselivka and Zagrizovoye, currently three fighting are being sharpened.
Nineteen Russian attacks were repelled by Ukrainian warriors near the Green Grove, Novoyegorivka, Makiyivka, Terniv, Zarichny, Grigorivka and in the Serebryansky Forest in the Lyman direction.
In the Sívers вкаkomu direction, Russian forces made one attempt to appease Ukrainian defenders from occupied positions in the area of the settlement of Bílogorivka.
In the Kramatorsky direction, the Russian invaders walked 22 times on the positions of Ukrainian units near the settlements of Chasiv Yar and Stupochka, fighting is still ongoing in several locations.
In the Toretsky direction, Russian forces today six times stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the areas of Toretsk and Diliyivka. So far, one confrontation is being sharpened.
With the support of bombarding aviation, the Russian opponent attacks the positions of Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsky direction. Throughout the day, Russian forces committed 63 offensive actions. The largest activity of the Russian occupiers is kept in the areas of settlements Baranivka, Elizavetyvka, Beam, Lisivka, Zelene, New Labor, Zvirove, Novoandriivka, Uspenivka, Slovyanka and Constantinopolsk. Ukrainian defenders bravely hold the border, repelled 52 Russian attacks, eleven clashes continue so far. The hits of kabama were hit by pokrovsk and novopavlívka.
According to preliminary calculations, today Ukrainian warriors eliminated 189 and wounded 188 Russian invaders. Destroyed one tank, two btri, three units of automotive equipment and antenna of the Russian bpla. Two vehicles were also damaged.
In the novopavlívs сіkomu direction, Russian forces attacked Ukrainians five times in the areas of novosilka and great novosilki.
In the Pridniprovsk direction, two Russian assaults were unsuccessful.
On the Kurs Наkomu direction today Ukrainian defenders fought off 17 Russian assaults. There's a battle going on.
In other directions, there have been no significant changes in the environment.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that in Kharkov direction, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on units one mechanised brigade and one mechanised infantry brigade close to Volchansk and Liptsy (Kharkov region).

The AFU losses were up to 35 troops, two motor vehicles, and four artillery guns.

Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation. Russian troops launched strikes at manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one territorial defence brigade, and one National Guard brigade close to Lozovaya, Zagoruykovka (Kharkov region), Ivanovka, and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were more than 365 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, six artillery guns, and one counter-battery radar station.

Two ammunition depots have been wiped out.

Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Russian troops inflicted fire damage on two mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, and one air assault brigade near Konstantinovka, Nikolayevka, Serebryanka, and Predtechino (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 210 troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, one Grad MLRS combat vehicle, three artillery guns, and one electronic warfare station.

Two ammunition depots have been wiped out.

Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic).

Russian troops hit manpower and hardware of three mechanised brigades and one National Guard brigade close to Sribnoye, Alekseyevka, Grishino, and Belitskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 535 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, four armoured fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, three motor vehicles, and five artillery guns.

Units of the Vostok Group of Forces continued advancing to the depth of the AFU defences.

Russian troops inflicted fire damage on formations of one mechanised brigade, one tank brigade of the AFU, and one National Guard brigade near Velikaya Novosyolka, Burlatskoye, and Volnoye Pole (Donetsk People's Republic).

The AFU losses were up to 185 troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, and four artillery guns.

One ammunition depot was wiped out.

Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces engaged manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades and one infantry brigade close to Blakitnoye, Primorskoye, and Novoyakovlevka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses were up to 70 troops, four motor vehicles, and five artillery guns.

Operational-Tactical Aviation, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces delivered strikes at infrastructure of military airfields, power objects ensuring operation of the Ukrainian defence industry as well as engaged clusters of manpower and military hardware in 146 areas.

Air defence facilities shot down five U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 181 fixed-wing U.S.-made UAVs.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 652 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 40,077 unmanned aerial vehicles, 590 anti-aircraft missile systems, 20,480 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,508 MLRS combat vehicles, 20,412 field artillery guns and mortars, and 30,156 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.

Units of the Sever Group of Forces engaged formations of one tank brigade, two mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, and two territorial defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Viktorovka, Kositsa, Kurilovka, Lebedevka, Malaya Loknya, Nikolayevka, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Novaya Sorochina, Pogrebki. Nine enemy counter-attacks were repelled.

Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, artillery inflicted losses on enemy manpower and hardware close to Bogdanovka, Bondarevka, Viktorovka, Goncharovka, Guyevo, Zaoleshinka, Kazachya Loknya, Kruglenkoye, Kubatkin, Lebedevka, Loknya, Martynovka, Makhnovka, Melovoy, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Nikolsky, Oleshnya, Rubanshchina, Sverdlikovo, Staraya Sorochina, Sudzha, Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Yuzhny as well as Basovka, Belovody, Zhuravka, Obody, and Yunakovka in Sumy region.

During the day, the enemy losses were up to 240 troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one artillery gun, four mortars, one electronic warfare station.

Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to more than 50,840 troops, 296 tanks, 224 infantry fighting vehicles, 161 armoured personnel carriers, 1,521 armoured fighting vehicles, 1,445 motor vehicles, 353 artillery guns, 44 MLRS launchers, including 13 of HIMARS and six of MLRS made by the USA, 16 anti-aircraft missile launchers, eight transport-loading vehicles, 91 EW stations, 13 counter-battery warfare radars, four air defence radars, 29 units of engineering and other materiel, including 15 counterobstacle vehicles, one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle, seven armoured recovery vehicles, and one command post vehicle.

The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.