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Engineering troops of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and engineering units of other branches (the Ground Forces, Unmanned Systems Forces, and Air Assault Forces) effectively carried out combat missions throughout December.

Statements by Russian military leaders about the encirclement of 15 Defense Forces battalions in the Kupiansk area are yet another myth of Russian propaganda.

A defender with the call sign “Luntik” is one of the first volunteers to sign an “18–24” contract with the 92nd Assault Brigade named after Kosh Ataman Ivan Sirko.

Over the past day, losses of the Russian army amounted to 1,020 personnel and 39 artillery systems.

On the night of January 19 (from 18:00 on January 18), the enemy attacked with 145 strike UAVs of the Shahed type, Gerbera drones, and other types of unmanned aerial vehicles from the directions of Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), Chauda (Autonomous Republic of Crimea), and Donetsk (temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine). About 90 of them were Shaheds.

Over the past day, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces grouping struck/destroyed 1,116 enemy targets.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted the work of combat units on various fronts, from Zaporizhzhia to Sumy region.

In the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Russia has launched total forced mobilization, increasingly resembling a targeted “disposal” of the local population.

Since 2014, when the war began, there have been many training grounds and combat deployments of the brigade, and throughout all this time Serhii has continued to perform his duties as a cook despite everything.

A multiple launch rocket system mounted on a UAZ van chassis was destroyed by drone operators of the 3rd Separate Heavy Mechanized Iron Brigade.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Oleksandr Syrskyi took part in a regular meeting of the commanders-in-chief of the armed forces of the member states of the “Coalition of the Willing,” held via videoconference.

The workshops of the Alter Ego battalion of unmanned ground systems of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade “Kholodnyi Yar” have effectively become a hub in Donetsk region for dozens of units.

Despite the relatively infrequent detection of enemy ground robotic systems (GRS) near the line of contact at present, countering these unmanned systems requires close attention, as Russia is capable of rapidly scaling the production of successful models.

The electronic warfare (EW) unit of the 3rd Separate Heavy Mechanized Iron Brigade demonstrates exceptionally high effectiveness. Over the past year, EW specialists of the Iron Brigade have suppressed more than 4,500 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles, including over 300 Molniya drones.

Fighters of the 429th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade “Achilles” of the Unmanned Systems Forces, while carrying out combat missions, spotted and rescued an owl that had become entangled in enemy anti-drone netting and fiber-optic cable.

Drone operators of the Defense Forces of Ukraine are adapting to enemy UAVs — both by destroying them and by adopting operational experience. In particular, on the Lyman axis, the Defense Forces are using analogues of the Russian “Molniya” UAV.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree enacting the decision of the National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions against three individuals and two legal entities.

In December, mine-explosive barriers installed by all engineering units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine destroyed 946 occupiers, 197 units of weapons and military equipment, and 74 other targets.

Operators of the “Dovbush Hornets” unmanned systems battalion of the 68th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Oleksa Dovbush demonstrated how they turn roads around Pokrovsk into a dump of enemy equipment.

The unmanned aerial systems unit Lazar’s Group of the National Guard of Ukraine is one of the most effective within the Defense Forces. The total value of Russian equipment destroyed by the unit since the start of the full-scale invasion exceeds $15 billion.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked all repair crews working around the clock to restore energy infrastructure after Russian strikes.

Over the past day, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces grouping hit or destroyed 987 enemy targets.