Combat Operations
Ukraine
Russia
United States
NATO
United Nations
Foreign Reactions
News Reports

Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 05.01.23 Ukraine MOD 05 Jan 2023

Ukraine

• Ukraine Dismisses Putin's Call For A Cease-Fire Order During Orthodox Christmas As 'Hypocrisy' RFE/RL 05 Jan 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin's call for a 36-hour cease-fire to allow for the observance of Orthodox Christmas on the coming weekend, saying that Russia would only use the period to improve its position on the battlefield.
• The war will be over when Russian soldiers either leave or we drive them out - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 05 Jan 2023
• We must prevent a scenario when the aggressor will leave millions of Ukrainians without electricity - Andriy Yermak at the international constituent meeting to support the restoration of Ukraine's energy sector President of Ukraine 05 Jan 2023
• President of Ukraine had a phone conversation with President of Türkiye President of Ukraine 05 Jan 2023
• A meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief was held under the chairmanship of Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 05 Jan 2023
• Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine had a phone call with U.S. President's Advisor Jake Sullivan President of Ukraine 05 Jan 2023

Russia

• President's instructions to Russian Federation Armed Forces President of Russia 05 Jan 2023 -- "Upon consideration of the address from His Holiness Patriarch Kirill, I instruct the Defence Minister of the Russian Federation to introduce a ceasefire along the entire line of contact in Ukraine from 12.00 on January 6, 2023 to 24.00 on January 7, 2023."
• Putin Declares 36-Hour Cease-fire in Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas VOA 05 Jan 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered a 36-hour cease-fire in his war against Ukraine over the Orthodox Christmas holiday.
• Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Russia 05 Jan 2023 -- Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
• Putin says ready for talks, orders truce; Ukraine rejects both Press TV 05 Jan 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Russia is ready for a serious dialog with Ukraine aimed at ending the war if Kiev accepts the "new territorial realities."
• Putin Orders Orthodox Christmas Ceasefire Across Ukraine January 6-7 Sputnik 05 Jan 2023 -- Earlier in the day, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church called on "all parties involved in the internecine conflict" in Ukraine to agree to a Christmas truce, "so that Orthodox people can attend services on Christmas Eve and the day of Christ's birth."
• Russia's Medvedev describes US government. as Nazis who had reached limit of 'moral degradation' Press TV 06 Jan 2023 -- Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has lashed back at the United States describing US government officials as cynical "freaks" and "sons of b*****s" whom he likened to Nazis whose egregious behavior is symptomatic of their "moral degradation."

United States

• Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds an On-Camera Press Briefing DoD 05 Jan 2023
• Ukraine Troops to Get Bradley Fighting Vehicles DoD News 05 Jan 2023 -- DOD will be delivering Bradley fighting vehicles to Ukraine in the near future, White House officials said today.
• Joint Press Statement Following a Call between the President Joe Biden and the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz The White House 05 Jan 2023

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• US and allies to send armored vehicles to Ukraine for its war with Russia Press TV 05 Jan 2023 -- The United States and its allies have decided to supply armored military vehicles to Ukraine for its war with Russia.
• Ukraine's Western Allies To Provide Armored Vehicles As Kyiv Warns Of Looming Offensive RFE/RL 05 Jan 2023 -- With fighting raging in the partially Russian-occupied eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, Kyiv's Western allies appear to be moving toward providing advanced armored combat vehicles to the Ukrainian military.
• US, Germany Intend to Provide Ukraine With Infantry Fighting Vehicles - Joint Statement Sputnik 05 Jan 2023 -- The United States and Germany intend to supply Ukraine with infantry fighting vehicles and train Ukrainian troops to use them, US President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a joint statement following a call between the two leaders on Thursday.
• France, US to give Ukraine armored vehicles as Kiev presses NATO for tanks Press TV 05 Jan 2023 -- France and the United States will supply Ukraine with armored vehicles, as Kiev continues to press NATO for heavy tanks to fend off Russian troops.
• France to Deliver Light Armored Vehicles to Ukraine VOA 05 Jan 2023 -- France announced it will send light tanks to Ukraine, a French official said on Wednesday after a phone call between the two countries' leaders.
• Norway donates additional artillery ammunition to Ukraine Government of Norway 05 Jan 2023 -- Norway has delivered another 10,000 artillery shells to Ukraine.

News Reports

• Coming Apart At The Seams? For Russia's Ethnic Minorities, Ukraine War Is A Chance To Press For Independence From Moscow RFE/RL 05 Jan 2023 -- In October, Chechen native Rustam Azhiyev - known by the nom de guerre Abdul-Khakim Shishani - traveled to Ukraine and joined an all-Chechen unit fighting with Kyiv against the Russian invasion. Now 41, he has been waging war against Russia since he was 19, and he views the conflict in Ukraine as just a continuation of the cause he took up then.