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Kharkiv news highlights for January 4: shelling in Kupiansk region and retaliation for the Storm operation.

The key news of the day can be found in the MG "Obektiv" chronicle.
Kharkiv news highlights for January 4: shelling in Kupiansk region and retaliation for the Storm operation.

The main news of the day is in the chronicle of the MG "Obektiv".

19:13

The head of the regional National Police, Pyotr Tokar, showcased the defense efforts of law enforcement in the Liptsy area near Kharkiv

Police are evacuating people daily, delivering humanitarian aid, identifying collaborators, and combating crime, reports the regional National Police department.

Additionally, officers from the special police regiment are carrying out combat tasks to contain the armed aggression of the Russians. Tokar inspected the living and feeding conditions of the law enforcement personnel.

17:04

Russian military launched attacks twice in the northern Kharkiv region and three times in the Kupiansk direction since the start of the day

According to the report from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at 16:00, the occupiers assaulted defensive positions in the Starytsia area. Defenders repelled one attack, while another battle is ongoing. Furthermore, the enemy carried out airstrikes on Mali Prokhody, Volchansky Khutory, and Okhrimivka.

Areas of Tymofiyivka and Vidrodzhennya suffered from artillery shelling from Russian territory.

In the Kupiansk direction, the enemy is actively advancing on the positions of Ukrainian units in the Zahrizovo area.

16:39

Captain Konstantin Nagayko, involved in the Iskander missile strike on the village of Groza on October 5, 2023, is in critical condition due to an explosion — GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

Ukrainian intelligence reported that the commander of the battery of the 112th missile brigade of the 1st tank army of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces was caught in the explosion's epicenter in the city of Shuya, Ivanovo region, on January 3.

“He was on duty in his military unit and is now on the brink of death. Nagayko has multiple shrapnel wounds affecting almost all organs, including the brain — he underwent a craniotomy... There are disheartening rumors circulating in the Russian 112th missile brigade that the 29-year-old Russian killer has little chance of survival. His condition is critical... The GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reminds: for every war crime against the Ukrainian people, there will be just retribution!” — the publication states.

14:05

The regional prosecutor's office revealed photos from Kovsharivka, where a 74-year-old man died as a result of shelling

Damaged is a multi-apartment residential building.

A pre-trial investigation has been initiated regarding the military crime that led to the death of a person (part 2 of article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

12:59

The village of Kovsharivka in the Kupiansk district was hit by an enemy strike at 10:50

As reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleg Synegubov, a 74-year-old civilian man died from injuries.

11:02

In the northern Kharkiv region, the Russian Armed Forces suffered losses of 72 soldiers over the past day, including 24 killed and 48 wounded

According to reports from the "Kharkiv" territorial defense unit, the enemy also lost 67 units of weaponry and equipment destroyed or damaged, including three armored vehicles, six artillery systems, seven vehicles, five units of special equipment, and 46 drones.

The operational situation in the Kharkiv direction has not undergone significant changes and remains complicated. The enemy attempted to storm the Volchansk area twice, launched 60 strikes with kamikaze drones, and carried out 430 shellings of the defenders' positions.

09:37

Enemy drones were shot down in the Kharkiv region overnight

The Russians attacked Ukraine with 81 drones, including Shahed, reports the command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The air defense forces shot down 34 drones in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Mykolaiv regions.

The remaining 47 drones were lost locally — without negative consequences.

09:18

Over the past day, Russian forces launched two assaults in northern Kharkiv and seven in the Kupiansk direction

According to reports from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning summary, defenders repelled attacks in the Volchansk area, and in the Kupiansk direction — near Kucheriovka, Synkivka, and Zahrizovo.

08:50

On January 3, the Russians attacked Kharkiv with drones and tanks. Over the day — two injured from shelling

▪️At 6:45, a "Shahed" hit the roof of a hangar at an agricultural enterprise in Bohodukhiv. A fire broke out over an area of 300 square meters. It was promptly extinguished, with no casualties reported.

▪️The village of Kazachya Lopan in the Kharkiv district was subjected to tank shelling at 8:55. A 55-year-old civilian man was injured.

▪️The village of Zapadne in the Kupiansk district was attacked by an FPV drone at 10:45. A 56-year-old civilian man sustained explosive injuries and was hospitalized.

Based on materials from the regional National Police, State Emergency Service, and the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleg Synegubov.

07:42

On January 2 and 3, the Russians did not achieve any confirmed successes in the Volchansk area in northern Kharkiv or on January 3 along the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line — ISW

According to data from the American Institute for the Study of War, Russian troops attacked in the Volchansk area, north of Kupiansk near Zapadne and Dvurechna, southeast of Kupiansk near Zahrizovo and Lozova, and west of Svatove near Nadiya and Kruhlyakovka.


ISW Map

07:30

The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warned Kharkiv residents of danger twice overnight

At 22:39 — about missile danger.

At 01:51, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine informed about the threat of enemy drones for the Kharkiv region.