After the peace negotiations, Russia once again showed that they do not intend to take them seriously. In Kyiv, four people were injured and one killed after the night’s attacks, which also caused a major fire and damage to several buildings. In Kharkiv, 19 people were injured, and the attacks there also resulted in destroyed buildings and fires.
Russian losses
- 930 KIA
- 4 Tanks
- 3 AFVs
- 31 Artillery systems
- 1 Air defense system
- 772 UAVs
- 88 Vehicles & fuel tanks
SLAVA UKRAINI
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“❗️🇷🇺Russian military personnel are filming the moment of the 🇺🇦Ukrainian drone strike on the area where Russian personnel, ammunition depot and equipment are located in temporarily occupied Selydove.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3md5q2z26bc2s
AFU reports:
“Ukrainian drones targeted several Russian regions overnight. Moscow claims 75 were downed over Rostov, Belgorod, Crimea, Kursk, Voronezh, and Bryansk.”
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3md5pwrzhl22w
“A Russian strike drone likely hit a residential complex in Kyiv during tonight’s overnight attack.”
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3md5przj6ms2w
“❗️During the night and morning, 🇺🇦Ukrainian forces shot down 15 out of 21 missiles and 357 out of 375 🇷🇺Russian UAVs:
▪️ 0/2 – Zircon anti-ship missiles
▪️ 9/12 – Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles
▪️ 5/6 – Iskander-M / S-300 ballistic missiles”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3md5pdccsss2s
Off-Topic, economy
As someone wrote here on the blog, Trump just believes he is doing what is best for the USA.
“This week, customers of the investment bank UBS have sought protection from Donald Trump and the weakened dollar by moving assets to China and especially the country’s tech sector. This was stated by Chief Investment Officer Mark Haefele in an interview with Reuters.
What attracts them is a combination of relatively low valuations, political support, and financial incentives.
– We particularly like Chinese tech because there are some successes there, says Haefele.”
https://omni.se/storbanken-ser-en-rotation-fran-usa-till-kinesisk-tech/a/Ar3z65
“❗️🇩🇪Diehl Defence has launched a new production facility in the town of Nonnweiler (Saarland) and plans to increase IRIS-T SAM production to ten systems already this year.
The company has also invested €1.5 billion to expand its production capacities and will soon reach a production rate of 2,000 IRIS-T missiles per year.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3md5rissnms2s
🇮🇷🇺🇸 A senior Iranian official told Reuters that Iran would treat any U.S. attack — whether limited or large — as “all-out war. Iran’s military is on high alert and preparing for a worst-case scenario.
▪️Lufthansa Group: Cancelled or restricted flights to Israel and nearby destinations.
▪️Air France has canceled two incoming flights to Dubai and Tel Aviv.
▪️British Airways has canceled its evening flight to Dubai.
▪️KLM has canceled flights to Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
▪️Air Canada & United Airlines: Paused flights to Tel Aviv.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3md5s4gp4mc2c
Friday binge drinking and up with the rooster 🐓
No rest no peace! 😄
Calmer today after yesterday’s offensive against Pokrovsk and Huliaipole. Continued pressure on these two front sections.
N Slobozhansky-Kursk 0↘️
S Slobozhansky 5↘️
Kupyansk 1
Lyman 12💥
Slovyansk 2↘️
Kramatorsk 3↘️
Kostjantynivka 20💥
Pokrovsk 41💥💥↘️
Oleksandrivskij 5↘️
Huliaipole 22💥↘️
Orikhivsk 1
Prydniprovskij/Dnipro 0
Sum sectors 112↘️↘️
Unlocalized 24
Total 136↘️↘️
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“The Soviet Union emerged in 1922 promising a bright future for mankind, but it ended seven decades later in a failure so massive that Western countries had to fly in emergency humanitarian assistance. By attempting to recreate it, Vladimir Putin’s regime is condemning Russia to a similar fate.”
https://open.substack.com/pub/projectsyndicate/p/understanding-russias-endgame
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“💔 More from Kyiv and Kharkiv…”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3md5tfyyq5k2w
One person was killed, and another four were reported injured in Kyiv as Russia launched a mass attack on the capital overnight on Jan. 24, officials reported.”
https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-heard-in-kyiv-as-russia-launches-mass-attack/
Full copy, Joakim von Braun, former KSI.
The year started very well for Ukraine
The new year has started well for our struggling friends in Ukraine. The last days of December and the first three weeks of the year have proven to be extremely successful for several of Ukraine’s military units and even more so for both the SBU and GUR. Another positive trend is that more direct military targets are now being successfully attacked, both thanks to special forces on the ground and to an increasing number of better drones in the air.
Another trend also seems to be that more purely Ukrainian military units, not affiliated with GUR or SBU, have started to show their capabilities. However, this is happening without SBU and GUR reducing their respective activities.
Putin’s Russia massacred in 2025
Last year was probably the most successful period during the war against the Russian war criminals. The fact is that Russia’s murderers are finding it increasingly difficult as long as the war continues, and that Russia is facing more challenges the longer the war lasts. Even though progress is slow, the war is increasingly looking like a lost cause for Moscow and Putin. There are hardly any sectors in Russia that are functioning as they should. Russia’s infrastructure and economy are completely ruined.
2025 has been a real loss for the Russians, and it is becoming increasingly clear that they are moving in the wrong direction. The number of dead and wounded soldiers is increasing, while the amount of destroyed military equipment is significantly rising. The costs are increasing month by month, and GRU and SVR are finding it increasingly difficult to import the high-tech components that the country desperately needs. Additionally, the costs for this are also rising rapidly. At the same time, the oil exports have further decreased due to Ukraine’s successful attacks, reducing Moscow’s export revenues.
Day by day
I try to follow the Ukrainian attacks day by day and note exactly what is happening in databases and records, including the specified sources. It is clear to me that the Russians are now facing more and more attacking units and that they are also becoming increasingly successful.
A few days before New Year’s Eve, GRU’s special forces unit 14 OBrSpN (в/ч 74854) was attacked, resulting in 51 dead and 74 injured. This was not the only time the unit was attacked last year. In early 2025, they lost 37 men, including a colonel at the top of the pyramid, but they have also suffered other losses. In addition to Russian special forces units, the Russians have also experienced significant losses among the country’s airborne units and the Russian Navy’s marine infantry. This is good news for us in Northern Europe because it reduces Russia’s ability to invade us across the Baltic Sea.
Of course, it is possible to rebuild these units, but there is a high risk that it will take between 5 and 10 years before the elite units are capable of more than just marching neatly on the 9th of May. It should not be forgotten that severe losses, especially when they occur while soldiers constantly hear about major successes, can be extremely traumatizing psychologically and may take a long time for a unit to recover from.
The group that attacked the Russian GRU unit is called “Birds of the Magyar” (”Птахи Мадяра”), which could probably be translated to “The Hungarian Birds” (I think).
Major Russian military hardware losses
Examining Ukraine’s media reports on Russia’s military losses provides a wealth of details about what is happening inside Russia. Often, this allows for verification of the reported information, and many times it is actually Russian sources confirming the Ukrainian reports. Mainly, verification comes from Russian authorities and Russian military bloggers, but also from Western media. Together, a relatively dense web of detailed information is obtained that is hardly possible to dismantle.
Destroyed missile systems
According to reports, the Russian military has lost more and more hardware over the past 12 months. Over 500 air defense systems of the following 10 different types were eliminated for the Russian military by the Ukrainian special unit Alfa (Альфа спецпідрозділ):
▪️ S-300, S-350, and S-400 missile systems
▪️ Buk-M1 and Buk-M2 air defense systems
▪️ Pantsir-S1 and Pantsir-S2 combined anti-aircraft missile and gun systems
▪️ Tor-M1, Tor-M2, and Tor-M3 anti-aircraft missile systems
Thousands of dead Russians
According to NATO Chief Mark Rutte, Russia is said to have lost at least 30,000 men in December 2025. This means that NATO considers the loss figures from Ukraine’s General Staff to largely correspond with their own estimates. I have reviewed Russia’s losses from 22/12 to 22/1 as obtained from Ukraine’s General Staff. According to them, the personnel losses during these 30 days amount to 32,950 individuals! So, Ukraine and NATO (as well as the British) have approximately the same loss figures.
During the same period, Putin has lost 158 tanks, 171 armored vehicles, as many self-propelled guns, and 48 artillery pieces. In addition, they have shot down 117 cruise missiles and a total of 20,115 drones. A lot of metal waiting for recycling! If anything, it shows how warfare has changed. Not very mobile warfare, with numerous drones in the air while the Russians send thousands of poorly protected soldiers.
Sabotage near Moscow
The Ukrainian partisan group Atesh has once again shown its capabilities. About 10 days ago, they sabotaged a communication tower belonging to the 5th Air Defense Division (в/ч 52096) in Moscow’s air defense. The division is equipped with Pantsir-S1, as well as both S-300 and S-400, presumably due to their proximity to Moscow. Atesh describes their success as follows:
“Our agents carried out a successful sabotage operation in the Moscow oblast, striking an element of the air defense system of the 5th Air Defense Division, part of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces.” (https://t.me/atesh_ua/9084)
Thanks to this destruction, the Ukrainian forces will have an easier mission in the future when attacking Moscow with drones. Finally, I think it is worth noting that Atesh is a partisan unit that originally started its operations in Crimea but is now present in dozens of locations, several of which are deep inside Russia. They have infiltrated at least 23 Russian military units, of which at least one-third belong to the airborne forces.
It is also pleasing to note that at least two new fighting organizations have emerged in Russia in 2025 that are on Ukraine’s side. I will write more about these as soon as I can.
Ukraine’s military elite
In addition to the Security Service SBU and the Military Intelligence Service GUR, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have the unit “1 Central Command for Unmanned Drone Systems,” which is their primary drone unit. The impression I get of Ukraine’s Armed Forces is that they have an extremely strong and competent core, especially with the intelligence services at the forefront, while also having a large number of units with a wide range of capabilities, all competent in fighting with drones and with fantastic fighting spirit. They will never, ever be defeated by Russia!!!
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes! Death to the enemies!
Interesting!👍
Greenland
“If the framework agreement between the US president and the NATO chief contains anything about Greenland’s minerals, then that agreement is just to be forgotten by Donald Trump. That’s the conclusion of Politico’s interview with Greenland’s Minister of Minerals Naaja Nathanielsen.
She says that Greenland does not accept that any outsider makes decisions about the island’s mineral extraction. At the same time, she is open to some form of deal. For example, there is an agreement with the US on mining rights from 2019 that can be updated.
– But we cannot start exchanging minerals for sovereignty.
According to reports to several media outlets, Greenland’s minerals were included in the framework agreement, but this has been denied by NATO chief Mark Rutte.”
https://omni.se/gronlands-mineralminister-usa-far-inte-vara-mineraler/a/9pEmWd