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05 January 2025 - Ukraine Special Weapons News
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- Russia-Installed Officials Declare Oil-Spill Emergency In Occupied Sevastopol RFE/RL 05 Jan 2025 -- Russia-installed occupation officials in Crimea declared a regional emergency on January 4 as oil came ashore in the city of Sevastopol from a spill that has plagued the region since last month.
- Behind Closed Doors: How Russia Tried Its Opponents In Crimea In 2024 RFE/RL 05 Jan 2025 -- After over a decade under Russian occupation, Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula is a less free place - especially for those who dare to oppose the Kremlin.
- Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the drone attack in the DPR killing a Russian journalist and wounding his colleagues Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 05 Jan 2025
- Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (12:00 5 January 2025) Russia MoD 05 Jan 2025 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the operation to neutralise an enemy group, which broke into the territory of Kursk region.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 05 Jan 2025 -- Over the past night, air defence systems shot down 61 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles. 37 UAVs were destroyed over Rostov region, 20 over Bryansk region, two over Voronezh region, one over Belgorod region, and one over Orlov region.
- Russian Troops Repel Ukraine's Counterattack in Kursk Region Sputnik 05 Jan 2025 -- The Ukrainian armed forces launched a counterattack in the direction of the Berdin farm in Russia's Kursk Region at around 9:00 a.m. Moscow time [6:00 GMT] on Sunday, and Russian troops defeated the assault group and destroyed two tanks, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
- Russian Aerospace Forces Down Ukraine's MiG-29 Fighter Sputnik 05 Jan 2025 -- The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the progress of the special military operation and the key achievements of the Russian army in the last 24 hours.
- Russian Investigators Open Criminal Case Over Drone Attack on Russian Journalists in DPR Sputnik 05 Jan 2025 -- A criminal case has been opened into the death of Izvestia newspaper correspondent Alexander Martemyanov and the wounding of four other Russian journalists in a drone attack in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Investigative Committee told Sputnik on Sunday.
- Russian Military Says Ukraine's ATACMS Attack on Belgorod Region Will Not Go Unanswered Sputnik 05 Jan 2025 -- The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that it would respond to the attempt by the Ukrainian armed forces to strike Russia's Belgorod Region with ATACMS missiles.
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- Update 269 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 05 Jan 2025 -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) staff reported hearing loud blasts near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) today, coinciding with reports of a drone attack on the plant's training center, marking yet another threat to nuclear safety at Europe's largest NPP, according to Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.
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