Our troops shelled military facilities in Belgorod and Bryansk. The Russian military admitted that part of the debris from the drones shot down by the Russian Air Defense Forces fell on Belgorod. 21 people died there, about 100 were injured. Ours admitted that this was a response to the shelling of Ukrainian cities on December 29, when 40 people had been killed. Belgorod is located 80 km from Kharkiv, which is regularly shelled by the Russians. On December 29 and 30, Russia struck Kharkiv with ballistic missiles. A block of flats and the best hotel in the city, "Kharkiv Palace", were destroyed.

 Massive shelling of the entire territory of Ukraine with missiles from TU-95MS aircraft at night and in the morning. Rockets and Shaheds were launched at Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipro. In Lviv, the missiles striked the critical infrastructure. There are victims, dead and wounded in all cities. The full list of attacked cities: Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Konotop. 158 aerial objects were involved in the attack:

Shahedi - 36 pieces,

Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles - 90 units,

X-22/X-32 cruise missiles - 8 units,

Ballistic missiles - 14 pcs.

Rockets "Kinzhal" - 5 pcs.

X-31P - 4 pcs.,

X-59 - 1 pc.

The Armed Forces managed to shoot down 27 drones and 87 cruise missiles. In addition to industrial and military facilities in Kyiv, Odesa and Lviv, residential buildings were damaged. There is a shopping center in Dnipro. Power outages began. Across the country, more than 30 people died, more than 160 were injured.

 Merry Christmas! The General Staff of Ukraine reported that ours shot down two SU-34 and SU-30 aircraft. The planes were shot down in the Donetsk region and over the Black Sea. Before that, on Friday, the Ukrainian military announced that they shot down three SU-34 jets in the south. The Russians did not officially comment on these losses. However, if all these reports are true, we managed to shoot down five Russian planes in less than a week.

 There were 4 air raids yesterday. The Russians launched missiles at Kyiv (Zhulyani) and the airfield in Starokonstantyniv, Khmelnytskyi region.

          The German newspaper "Bild" writes that the Russians are going to continue the war until 2026, because they count on a decrease in support for Ukraine from the West. "Bild" writes that Putin plans to completely seize Donetsk and Luhansk regions by the end of 2024, and reach the Oskol River in Kharkiv region. By 2026, reach the Dnipro River, seize part of the Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions, including the cities of Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Zaporizhia.

 A few days ago, Russian hackers attacked the Ukrainian mobile operator "Kyivstar" and this operator is still not working for yet. It was the best mobile operator. The most expensive, but their connection was better than that of other operators. TV news showed that in one store in Kyiv, people bought 70 starter packages of the "Lifecell" operator in one day. They have never had such a rush.

 After the gap, the Russians continue the bombing of Ukraine with strategic airplanes (TU-95MS). The missiles  19 X-101 and X-555 were launched. 14 missiles were shot down over Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions. The rockets were launched from the Saratov region. Also, the Russians launched 7 drones into the Dnipropetrovsk region, and several S-300 missiles into the Kharkiv region.

 The bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper cannot be expanded because there are neither enough weapons nor soldiers.

    Soldiers crossing to the bridgehead take everything with them - generators, fuel, food. Supply to the bridgehead was not planned and became the weakest link. The real situation on the bridgehead is kept silent.

      Undoubtedly, this bridgehead forced the Russians to redeploy part of their troops from other areas of the front, for example, from well-protected positions in the Zaporizhzhia region.

          Correspondents of the BBC managed to talk to several Russian military personnel who claim that they have lost many people and cannot knock out our military from the bridgehead. This means that both the Russians and our military are under heavy fire.

 The Russians shot two Ukrainian soldiers which surrendered near Avdiivka.