8 January, 2025 The moment of the explosion at the Russian strategic aviation oil storage facility in Engels. January 8, 2025. Photo: Monitor
Strike drones hit an oil storage facility in Engels, where jet fuel for Russian strategic aviation was store…
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed Hungary’s claims that Ukraine has caused economic difficulties for the European Union by stopping Russian gas transit, calling them manipulative and part of a politically motivated information campaign aimed at …
Almost 30,000 Ukrainians have been reported missing since the beginning of 2024, including both military personnel and civilians.
Source: Artur Dobroserdov, Commissioner for Persons Missing in Special Circumstances, in a comment for Ukrainska Pravda; U…
The Russians attacked Ukraine with 64 Shahed attack UAVs and various types of decoy drones on the night of 7-8 January. Air defence forces shot down 41 Russian drones.
Source: Air Force Command
Details: The drones were reportedly launched from Oryol, K…
Venezuela’s leader Nicolás Maduro announced on state television on 7 January the arrest of seven foreigners whom he accused of being “mercenaries”, allegedly trying to prevent him from taking the presidential oath.
Source: Radio Liberty
Details: Maduro…
Russian forces struck the border areas and settlements in Sumy Oblast seven times on the night and morning of 7-8 January, resulting in one person being injured in Shostka hromada. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, sever…
Norway will allocate NOK 164 million (about €14 million) in 2025 to support demining efforts in Ukraine, including the use of mine detection canines.
Source: a statement by the Norwegian government on 7 January, as reported by European Pravda
Details: …
A total of 176 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the highest number recorded on the Pokrovsk front (41 attacks) and operational zone in Russia’s Kursk Oblast (32 attacks).
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces …
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has departed for Germany to attend the 25th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group at the Ramstein Air Base, which is his last one before the end of the Biden administration. Austin has shared a video showing …
Russia has lost 1,660 soldiers killed and wounded and 4 tanks over the past day.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook
Details: The total combat losses of the Russian forces between 24 February 2022 and 8 January 2025 are est…