As per reports, Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov stated that Russian courts have sentenced more than 200 Ukrainian fighters to long prison terms since the beginning of the conflict.
Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko has claimed that Russia is targeting and hitting civilian buildings, after the recent bombardment on Ukrainian regions.
• In an intelligence briefing, the Minister of Defence stated that the average daily number of Russian casualties (killed and wounded) had risen by almost 300 a day compared with 2022.
• Ukraine’s military destroyed 21 out of 49 attack drones launched by Russia in its overnight airstrike, Kyiv’s air force stated on Sunday (31 December).
• Russia launched a new wave of drone and missile attacks across Ukraine, with at least 28 people injured after six missiles hit the northeastern city of Kharkiv in response to the shelling of Belgorod on Monday (01 January). The death toll from a Ukrainian rocket attack on the Russian city of Belgorod just north of Ukraine rose to 24.
• Ukraine’s air force announced that Russia launched a new overnight air attack, targeting Mykolaiv, Odesa and Dnipro regions on Monday (01 January).
• Ukraine’s Air Force stated that it had destroyed 21 of 49 Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia fired in its latest attack. Most were aimed at the front line and parts of the Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia regions.