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• Kyiv Presses On In Kursk As Russians Claim To Take Key Town In Ukraine RFE/RL 06 Jan 2025 -- Ukraine on January 6 pressed its new assault in Kursk amid claims by Kyiv of major Russian losses there, while Moscow said its forces had taken a key town in eastern Ukraine as both sides bid for strategic positions ahead of any potential cease-fire talks.
• Russia claims capture of town in Ukraine's Donetsk region VOA 06 Jan 2025 -- Russia's military said Monday its forces captured an important town in eastern Ukraine, while Ukrainian officials cited tens of thousands of Russian casualties in the fighting in Russia's Kursk region.

Ukraine

• We Maintain a Buffer Zone on Russian Territory, Actively Destroying Russian Military Potential There - Address by the President President of Ukraine 06 Jan 2025
• Zelenskiy Calls For U.S. Security Guarantees, Seeks Early Trump Meeting RFE/RL 06 Jan 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says any security guarantees for his country to end the war with Russia would only be meaningful if they were provided by the United States and that he hopes to meet with President-elect Donald Trump soon after his January 20 inauguration.

Russia

• Commentary by Foreign Ministry's Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on ongoing attacks by Kiev regime on Russian nuclear power infrastructure facilities Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 06 Jan 2025
• Russia MoD 06 Jan 2025 -- In the course of active offensive operations, the Yug Group of Forces' units completely liberated Kurakhovo - the largest settlement in the south-western part of Donbass.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 485 Soldiers in Kursk Region Over Past Day Sputnik 06 Jan 2025 -- Ukrainian forces lost up to 485 soldiers and 10 tanks in and around Russia's Kursk Region over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• Russia Foils Ukraine's Drone Attack on Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant Sputnik 06 Jan 2025 -- The Ukrainian military launched drones at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the city of Energodar on January 5, but the attack was thwarted, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
• Russian Army Liberates Settlement Of Dachenskoye In Donetsk People's Republic Sputnik 06 Jan 2025 -- Earlier the Russian Armed Forces took control of the city of Kurakhovo, dealing another serious blow to Ukrainian troops.
• Russian Armed Forces Liberate Key City of Kurakhovo in Donbass Sputnik 06 Jan 2025 -- The Ukrainian army lost 80% of its military personnel in the city of Kyrakhovo. The liberation of the city provides the Russian Armed Forces with the operational freedom that will boost its pace in liberating the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic.
• Russian Air Defense Downs 12 Ukrainian Drones Overnight Sputnik 06 Jan 2025 -- Russian air defense systems destroyed 12 Ukrainian drones over the Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk regions and Crimea on Monday night, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

United States

• Blinken: China, North Korea helping drive Russia's war in Ukraine VOA 06 Jan 2025 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that North Korea and China are the "biggest ongoing drivers" allowing Russia to carry out its war in Ukraine, and that security assurances will need to be a part of potential future negotiations ending the conflict.
• Blinken admits U.S. sent arms to Ukraine ahead of conflict People's Daily 06 Jan 2025 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted Saturday that the United States had "quietly sent a lot of weapons to Ukraine" five months ahead of the conflict.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

News Reports

• Moldovan Government, Energy Firm To Send Supplies To Some Transdniester Settlements RFE/RL 06 Jan 2025 -- The Moldovan government on January 6 said it will provide natural gas to 14 localities in the Moscow-backed Transdniester breakaway region as residents there suffer through the brutal winter after Russian supplies were cut off on New Year's Day.
• Brazilian Lab Sends Data From Doomed Flight's Recorders To Kazakh Investigators RFE/RL 06 Jan 2025 -- A lab run by Brazil's air force has sent data from the flight recorders recovered from the Brazilian-made Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed last month to the Kazakhstan authority investigating the crash.