The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost up to 555 people in the area of operation of the Russian group of troops "West" in just one day, the head of the group's press center, Ivan Bigma, told TASS.
Within 24 hours, five counterattacks by assault groups were repelled, and five servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed Forces surrendered.
This night, Russia's air defense shot down 16 Ukrainian drones over various regions of the Russian Federation.
In the first three days of 2025 alone Russia has attacked Ukraine with over 300 drones and about 20 missiles, including ballistic ones, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his Telegram channel, quoted by Ukrinform and BTA.
“Our troops managed to shoot down or neutralize a significant part of them with electronic warfare means. But, unfortunately, there were also hits, there were wounded and dead. I express my condolences to the families and friends of the victims. In addition, strikes are carried out daily by Russian guided aerial bombs“, Zelensky noted.
In his words, “such Russian terror, which does not lose intensity, requires us and all partners not to slow down the pace in the development of our air shield, of all its system elements - from (systems) “Patriot“ to the mobile firing groups“.
“We must constantly replenish the stocks of anti-aircraft missile systems for air defense. We must constantly increase the capacity of mobile firing groups. I am grateful to all partners who help us“, added the Ukrainian president.