Among the mobilized, who died in the occupied Makeevka of the Donetsk region, there were military from the Samara region, said the governor of the region Dmitry Azarov. The “important stories” were confirmed by the relatives of the two mobilized, who were in the building of the vocational school, which fell under fire.

The Guardian publication issued a small report on how the New Year was celebrated by the fighters of the Ukrainian Teroborne, which were serving near the border with Russia in the Sumy region. Those who did not patrol the border on New Year's Eve celebrated the holiday in the trenches. Several kitchens are equipped with positions (here is a photo of one of them), where the fighters gathered. Often, military from different trenches invite each other for lunch.

On the night of January 2, the Russian army attacked Kyiv with Iranian kamikaze drones. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 39 Shahed drones, as well as two Russian Orlan-10 drones and one cruise missile. The mayor of Kiev, Vitaliy Klitschko , wrote that 40 drones were attacking the city at night. 22 of them were shot down over the capital, 3 over the Kyiv region, and the remaining 15 over neighboring regions.

Updated: The Russian Ministry of Defense reported 63 military personnel who died in Makeevka. According to the Russian military, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the location of mobilized Russians with six Himars system shells, four of them hit the target. The Governor of the Samara Region Dmitry Azarov said that among the dead and wounded there are mobilized from his region. On the night of January 1, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the building of vocational school No.