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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.
A specialist of the Apachi unmanned systems battalion of the 81st Airmobile Slobozhansky Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, call sign “Hamster”, demonstrated how he can work with his eyes closed.
Pilots of the “Sky Monsters” unit of the strike unmanned aerial systems company of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade used a ground robotic complex to rescue a strike UAV.
Operators of anti-aircraft drones from the 39th Coastal Defense Brigade destroyed Russian strike UAVs that attempted to fly over the Dnipro River deeper into Ukrainian territory.
As of the evening of January 17, fighters of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have hit 5,069 Russian personnel since the beginning of the month.
In the Kostiantynivka area, the enemy has focused on destroying the logistics of Ukrainian defenders using fiber-optic “loitering” UAVs and radio-controlled FPV kamikaze drones.
On the night of January 18 (from 18:30 on January 17), the enemy attacked with 201 strike UAVs of the Shahed type, “Gerbera,” and other types of drones from the directions of Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), Chauda (Autonomous Republic of Crimea), and Donetsk — temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. About 120 of them were Shaheds.
Over the past day, losses of the aggressor country’s army amounted to 830 personnel and 33 artillery systems.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine presented President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel with examples of modern Ukrainian unmanned systems.
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.
The aggressor state Russia is considering the option of attacking strategic objects of Ukraine’s energy system in order to force the signing of unacceptable capitulation demands to end the war.
Drone operators of the unmanned systems battalion “Hatylo” of the 3rd Separate Heavy Mechanized Iron Brigade struck a modified UAZ-452 “bukhanka”.
Today, a Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States, where negotiations on the details of a potential peace agreement are planned.
In the Lyman sector, the occupiers are trying to advance through fields and forest belts, but despite certain attempts at camouflage, the invaders are detected and destroyed by Defense Forces drone operators.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck enemy air defense facilities in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea.
Another batch turns into “200s.” And so it happens time and again. The number of bodies grows — results remain zero.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, the enemy’s main objective is to bypass the city from the flanks and cut off the Defense Forces’ logistics. However, Ukrainian defenders are successfully countering the Russian occupiers, thwarting their assault attempts.
Anastasiia, call sign “Asya”, is a UAV operator. She has been in the military since the age of 19 and has now signed her second contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In civilian life, Andrii worked the land, accustomed to planning his day according to the weather and caring for crops. He says that agriculture taught him patience, responsibility, and the ability to see things through to completion.
Defense of the settlement of Zakitne continues in the Sloviansk sector. The enemy conducts constant assault actions toward the settlement but has no success. Units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine are holding their designated lines.