Overview
- Authorities in Kharkiv reported at least 31 injured and a child found dead after ballistic missiles destroyed a residential building and damaged at least 27 structures, with rescuers still searching the debris.
- Ukraine’s General Staff logged 104 engagements by late January 2, with the heaviest clashes on the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole axes and sustained assaults near Kostyantynivka and Lyman.
- Russian drone and missile waves over the New Year targeted energy assets, leaving significant outages in Volyn and Odesa and new blackouts in Chernihiv, while Ukrainian air defenses said they downed large numbers of drones.
- Ukrainian forces said they struck Russia’s Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai and hit multiple military sites in occupied Donetsk during overnight operations on January 1.
- Russian occupation authorities claimed 27 people were killed in an attack on a restaurant-hotel complex in occupied Horly, while Ukraine denied responsibility and said it targets only lawful military objectives.