Russia – Ukraine war updates latest from the General Staff of Ukraine as of January 2, 2026.
Today is the 1,409th day of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine.
Update as of 08:00AM on Russian invasion of Ukraine
In total, 98 combat engagements were recorded over the past day.
Yesterday, the enemy carried out one missile strike and 51 air strikes, using one missile and dropping 151 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it conducted 3,508 shelling attacks, including 49 from multiple launch rocket systems, and employed 6,237 kamikaze drones for strikes.
Air strikes hit the settlements of Lisne in Kharkiv Oblast; Zaliznychne, Sviatopetrivka, Verkhnia Tersa, Huliaipole, Tsvitkove, Pryluky, and Varvarivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast; and Prydniprovske in Kherson Oblast.
Over the past day, aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck four areas of enemy concentrationand two enemy command posts.
Ukraine Front Lines updates by Directions
Northern-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk Direction
08:00 AM: the enemy carried out an air strike yesterday, dropping one guided aerial bomb, and conducted 77 shelling attacks on populated areas and the positions of our troops.
Southern-Slobozhanskyi Direction
08:00 AM: the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders three times in the areas of Vovchansk and Starytsia.
Kupiansk Direction
08:00 AM: no enemy offensive actions were recorded.
Lyman Direction
08:00 AM: the russian enemy attacked 15 times, attempting to penetrate our defenses near the settlements of Novovodiane, Myrne, Kolodiazi, Zarichne, Novoiehorivka, Novoselivka, and Yampil.
Sloviansk Direction
08:00 AM: the Defense Forces stopped two enemy offensive actions in the areas of Siversk and Sakko i Vantsetti.
Kramatorsk Direction
08:00 AM: the russian forces did not conduct offensive actions from the beginning of the day.
Kostyantinivka Direction
08:00 AM: the russian enemy carried out 15 attacks in the areas of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Yablunivka, Shcherbynivka, and toward the settlement of Torske.
Pokrovsk Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders stopped 23 assault actions by the aggressor in the areas of Nove Shakhove, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, and toward Novopavlivka.
Oleksandrivka Direction
08:00 AM: yesterday the russian enemy carried out 12 attacks in the areas of Zelenyi Hai, Oleksandrohrad, Vorone, Verbove, Vyshneve, and Rybne.
Orikhiv Direction
08:00 AM: the russian invader attacked the positions of our units twice toward Prymorske.
Huliaipole Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders stopped 14 enemy attempts to advance in the areas of Solodke, Huliaipole, and toward Zelenyi.
Prydniprovskyi Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian units repelled two Russian attacks toward the Antonivskyi Bridge.
Volyn and Polissia Directions
08:00 AM: no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groupings were detected.
Our warriors continue to inflict tangible losses on the occupying forces in manpower and equipment and actively undermine the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.
Over the past day, Russian invader losses amounted to 910 personnel. Ukrainian forces also destroyed six tanks, two armored combat vehicles, 42 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, one air defense asset, 590 unmanned aerial vehicles, one cruise missile, and 169 vehicles belonging to the occupiers.
