January 2, Russians conducted assault operations at the Kharkiv and Kupiansk directions. Some positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, according to the Khortytsia operational and strategic group of troops.

Ukrainian troops hold new line after avoiding encirclement in Donetsk Oblast, military says Over the past day, Russian occupiers carried out assault operations near Vovchansk in the Kharkiv sector, as well as in the areas of Zahryzove,

Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline as 2025 begins? - Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region

Across hundreds of miles of the front, Ukrainian forces are waging dozens of pitched battles for patches of land no bigger than a few city blocks. The scope of Russian attacks continues to grow, despite staggering losses,

Russia's attacks are heightening concerns over Ukraine's military management and countering assumptions that Moscow’s offensive would slow, analysts say.