A total of 138 combat clashes have occurred on the battlefield over the past day, with the Russians conducting 89 assaults on the Pokrovsk, Kurakhove and Vremivka fronts. Ten battles have taken place in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

He emphasized that Ukraine’s military actions forced Russia to maintain a significant grouping of troops on its territory and to redeploy reserves from other directions. Additionally, Ukrainian forces significantly boosted the exchange fund by capturing over 700 enemy soldiers in Kursk Oblast,

Overall, the Russian forces have suffered over 775,000 personnel killed or wounded in over 1,000 days of fighting.

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On January 2, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a precision strike on the command post of the Russian army in the settlement of Mariino, located in the Kursk region, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have struck a command post of the Russian forces in the village of Maryino, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Quote: "On 2 January,