This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 1 January 2025 to the present day.
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January 2025
1 January
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A drone attack in Kyiv killed two people and injured at least six others, and also damaged the main building of the National Bank of Ukraine.[1]
Ukrainian commander General Oleksandr Syrskyi claimed that some 38,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in Kursk, while 700 others were captured and over 1,000 pieces of equipment destroyed.[2]
2 January
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike on Stepnohirsk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[3]
Geo-located footage confirmed Russia's control over the village of Vozdvyzhenka in Donetsk Oblast.[4]
A Ukrainian strike against Ivanovskoye in Kursk Oblast reportedly killed seven Russian servicemen.[5]
3 January
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kyiv Oblast.[6] One person was killed in a missile attack on Chernihiv.[7]
Russian captain Konstantin Nagayko was critically wounded in an explosion in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia according to the HUR. He was a battery commander in the 112th Missile Brigade, 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District of Russia, the unit accused of killing 59 civilians in the 2023 Hroza missile attack in Kharkiv Oblast.[8]
A Ukrainian military observer said that Russian forces captured the village of Shevchenko, west of Stari Terny, and the Kurakhove Power Station.[9] Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the town of Vovkove, south of Pokrovsk.[10]
4 January
A drone attack caused a two-hour suspension of operations at Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg.[11] The drones attacked the seaport at Ust-Luga damaging a window. Four drones were downed over Leningrad Oblast with "electronic warfare and firearms" according to the local governor.[12]
Alexander Martemyanov, a Russian freelance reporter, was killed by a Ukrainian drone while returning from reporting in Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast. Four other media workers were also injured according to RIA Novosti.[13][14]
The Russian defense ministry claimed to have shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles and 72 UAVs launched by Ukraine in Russian territory, with some drones being shot down in Leningrad and Kursk Oblasts.[15]
Russian forces claimed to have captured the town of Vodyane Druhe, east of Pokrovsk.[16]
5 January
Ukrainian forces launched a renewed offensive "in several directions" in Kursk Oblast. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces repulsed attacks in two of these directions. The Russian Defense ministry said that at 09:00 Moscow Time, Ukrainian forces started attacking from their bases in Sudzha towards the villages of Berdin and Bolshoye Soldatskoye consisting of two tanks, one counter-obstacle vehicle, and 12 armoured fighting vehicles.[17][18] Later Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces captured the towns of Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Martynovka, and Mikhaylovka.[19]
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces likely captured the towns of Svyrydonivka and Tymofiivka near Pokrovsk and the town of Petropavlivka near Stari Terny.[20]
The HUR issued a report claiming that the Ukrainian Kraken Unit killed the chief of staff of the Storm Ossetia Battalion, Sergei Melnikov, and his driver using drones along the Vasylivka-Tokmak highway in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[21][22][23]
Zelenskyy claimed 3,800 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded out of the original 12,000 sent to fight Ukrainian forces.[24]
6 January
Russian forces claimed to have taken Kurakhove.[25][26]
The SBU said it had discovered a Russian plot to bomb a military installation in Kyiv Oblast by hiring a 16-year old boy to deliver explosives, leading to the arrest of four suspects.[27]
See also
References
- ^ Gyori, Boldizsar (1 January 2025). "Russian drone attack kills 2, injures 6, damages central bank building in Kyiv". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Kateryna Hodunova (1 January 2025). "Russia has lost over 38,000 troops in Kursk Oblast, Syrskyi says". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ Gyori, Boldizsar (2 January 2025). "Russian strike kills civilian in Zaporizhzhia Oblast". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Russian Drone Attack Kills 1 in Kyiv Suburbs". The Moscow Times. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ Tim Zadorozhnyy (3 January 2025). "Russian missile attack on Chernihiv kills 1, injures 4". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO (4 January 2025). "Russian commander involved in deadly Kharkiv Oblast attack injured in Russia, Ukrainian intelligence reports". Ukrainian Pravda. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Drone Attack Halts Flights at St. Petersburg Airport". The Moscow Times. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ Kateryna Hodunova (4 January 2025). "Drones reportedly target one of Russia's largest sea trade ports in Leningrad Oblast". kyivindependent. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ Olena Goncharova (4 January 2025). "Drone kills Russian journalist in occupied Donetsk Oblast, wounds 5 others, Russian media reports". kyivindependent. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ Serohina, Kateryna (5 January 2025). "Russian Propagandist Killed in Drone Strike in Donetsk Region". RBC-Ukraine. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ Tanno, Sophie (4 January 2025). "Russia vows retaliation after saying it downed eight US-made long-range missiles". CNN. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ Kateryna Denisova (5 January 2025). "Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia's Kursk Oblast, mixed reports surface on outcome". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Ukraine launches new offensive in Russia's Kursk region". BBC. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Russian Storm Ossetia battalion chief of staff killed in Ukrainian drone attack, military intelligence claims". The Kyiv Independent. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "HUR eliminates chief of staff of Storm Ossetia battalion in Zaporizhzhya Oblast". New Voice. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ Zoria, Yuri (5 January 2025). "Ukrainian intelligence eliminates Russian battalion commander in southern Ukraine (video)". Euromaidan Press. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
- ^ "Some 3,800 North Korean soldiers killed or wounded in war with https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1038837-amp.html". Interfax Ukraine. 6 January 2025.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|title=|url=(help) - ^ "Russia Says Captured Key Eastern Ukrainian Town of Kurakhove". The Moscow Times. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Russia claims it has captured another town in eastern Ukraine but Kyiv doesn't confirm it". AP News. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ Kateryna Denisova (6 January 2025). "Russian agents plotted terror attack near Kyiv by blowing up 16-year-old co-conspirator, SBU claims". The Kyiv Independent. Retrieved 6 January 2025.