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The new year dawns with the West being drawn in the direction that every diplomatic sinew has been straining to avoid – direct conflict with either Russia or Iran, or both. The relentless Russian air and missile attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine seem designed to demoralise its people just as the West is cooling in its support almost two years after the invasion.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has reported that positional fighting continues around Robotyne and between Novoprokopivka and Verbove (all in Zaporizhzhia Oblast). Source: the ISW Details: It is noted in the report that Russian forces continued to try to regain previously lost ground in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast on 29 December, but there were no confirmed changes to the front line in the area.

Ukraine shelled the Donetsk Peoples Republic (DPR) 81 times over the past day, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of issues related to Ukraines war crimes said in a statement.

Moscow sees no political will for peace either in Kiev or in the West, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told Sputnik.

Ukrainian Defence Forces have killed 750 Russian occupiers and destroyed 16 tanks and 20 armoured combat vehicles over the past 24 hours alone. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook Details: The total combat losses of Russian troops between 24 February 2022 and 30 December 2023 are estimated to be as follows [figures in parentheses represent the latest losses - ed.

Russia will likely need five to 10 years to rebuild a cohort of highly trained and experienced military units, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its intelligence update on Dec. 30.

Footage of drone attacks on tanks and troops comes in constantly, feeding a larger information war to shape public opinion.

In Mariupol, many of Ukraine's soldiers were killed, and those that survived the slaughter were often taken into brutal Russian captivity.

A Russian attack on Kherson killed a 59-year-old woman on Dec. 30, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.

Mortar shelling in Esman injured one woman, who was transferred to a hospital for treatment.