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Russia has lost 830 soldiers, 22 armoured vehicles, 15 artillery systems, and 12 tanks in its most recent day of fighting Ukraine. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Details: The total combat losses of Russian troops between 24 February 2022 and 11 January 2024 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses - ed.

Russia targeted a total of nine Ukrainian oblasts — Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson. Casualties were reported in the latter four regions.

The attack reportedly took place at around 1:40 p.m. local time. The victim suffered injuries while in her house, which was damaged in the strike, the Kherson Oblast Prosecutor's Office said.

Russian forces have been engaged in large-scale offensives in Donetsk and Kharkiv oblasts for the past three months without making significant gains, German newspaper Bild reported on Jan. 9.

Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian defenders killed nearly 800 Russian soldiers and destroyed 2 tanks, 13 armoured combat vehicles, 12 artillery systems, 2 multiple-rocket launchers and 1 air defence system belonging to the Russians.

Russia has reiterated its calls for a large-scale offensive in Kharkiv Oblast to create a "buffer zone" with Russia's Belgorod Oblast. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Military analysts noted that this is being done despite the Russian military's likely inability to conduct an operation to seize significant territory in Kharkiv Oblast in the near future.

Russian troops targeted Nikopol with a kamikaze UAV on the evening of 9 January, using drones with night vision cameras in the area for the first time. Source: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration; Yevhen Yevtushenko, Head of Nikopol District Military Administration Quote: "Last night, the aggressor attacked Nikopol with a kamikaze drone.

Russian forces shelled eight communities near the Sumy Oblast border on Jan. 8, the regional military administration reported.

Russian forces have made confirmed advances in the vicinity of Donetsk and Verbove, with positional engagements continuing along the entire line of contact. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: The ISW reported that Russian forces made insignificant advances to the west of Donetsk.

A Ukrainian soldier said he was "ready for death" when he made death-defying escape from Azovstal steel plant taken over by Russia, per The Guardian.