Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (1 January 2025 – present)
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This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 1 January 2025 to the present day.
January 2025
1 January
A drone attack in Kyiv killed two people and injured at least six others, and also damaged the main building of the National Bank of Ukraine.[1]
Ukrainian commander General Oleksandr Syrskyi claimed that Russia has lost some 38,000 soldiers in Kursk, while 700 others were captured and over 1,000 pieces of equipment destroyed.[2]
2 January
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike on Stepnohirsk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[3]
Geo-located footage confirmed Russia's control over the village of Vozdvyzhenka in Donetsk Oblast.[4]
A Ukrainian strike against Ivanovskoye in Kursk Oblast reportedly killed seven Russian servicemen.[5]
Ukrainian authorities announced an investigation following reports that hundreds of soldiers had defected from the 155th Mechanized Brigade during training in France.[6]
3 January
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike in Kyiv Oblast.[7] One person was killed in a missile attack on Chernihiv.[8]
Russian captain Konstantin Nagayko was critically wounded in an explosion in Ivanovo Oblast, Russia according to the HUR. He was a battery commander in the 112th Missile Brigade, 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District of Russia, the unit accused of killing 59 civilians in the 2023 Hroza missile attack in Kharkiv Oblast.[9]
A Ukrainian military observer said that Russian forces captured the village of Shevchenko , west of Stari Terny, and the Kurakhove Power Station.[10] Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the town of Vovkove, south of Pokrovsk.[5]
4 January
A drone attack caused a two-hour suspension of operations at Pulkovo Airport in Saint Petersburg.[11] The drones attacked the seaport at Ust-Luga damaging a window. Four drones were downed over Leningrad Oblast with "electronic warfare and firearms" according to the local governor.[12]
Alexander Martemyanov, a Russian freelance reporter, was killed by a Ukrainian drone while returning from reporting in Horlivka, Donetsk Oblast. Four other media workers were also injured according to RIA Novosti.[13][14]
The Russian defense ministry claimed to have shot down eight US-made ATACMS missiles and 72 UAVs launched by Ukraine in Russian territory, with some drones being shot down in Leningrad and Kursk Oblasts.[15]
Russian forces claimed to have captured the town of Vodyane Druhe, east of Pokrovsk.[5]
The 155th Mechanized brigade was effectively disbanded, with remaining elements assigned to other brigades.[16]
5 January
Ukrainian forces launched a renewed offensive "in several directions" in Kursk Oblast. Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces repulsed attacks in two of these directions. The Russian Defense ministry said that at 09:00 Moscow Time, Ukrainian forces started attacking from their bases in Sudzha towards the villages of Berdin and Bolshoye Soldatskoye consisting of two tanks, one counter-obstacle vehicle, and 12 armoured fighting vehicles.[17][18] Later Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces captured the towns of Cherkasskoye Porechnoye, Martynovka, and Mikhaylovka.[19]
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces likely captured the towns of Svyrydonivka and Tymofiivka near Pokrovsk and the town of Petropavlivka near Stari Terny.[19]
The HUR issued a report claiming that the Ukrainian Kraken Unit killed the chief of staff of the Storm Ossetia Battalion, Sergei Melnikov, and his driver using drones along the Vasylivka-Tokmak highway in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[20][21][22]
Zelenskyy claimed 3,800 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded out of the original 12,000 sent to fight Ukrainian forces.[23]
6 January
One person was killed in a Russian drone strike on a bus in Kherson.[24]
Russian forces claimed to have taken Kurakhove.[25][26] Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces took the village of Russkoye Porechnoye in Kursk Oblast.[27]
Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged two Russian Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile systems and one OSA anti-aircraft vehicle using sea-launched aerial drones in occupied Kherson Oblast.[28]
The SBU said it had discovered a Russian plot to bomb a military installation in Kyiv Oblast by hiring a 16-year old boy to deliver explosives, leading to the arrest of four suspects.[29]
7 January
Ukrainian forces conducted a "precision strike" on the headquarters of the Russian 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade in Belaya, Kursk Oblast.[30]
In Kursk Oblast, Russian sources claimed that Russian forces recaptured the towns of Staraya Sorochina, Russkoye Porechnoye, Kositsa, and Makhnovka and cleared the towns of Berdin and Novosotnitskii from Ukrainian assaults.[31]
8 January
Thirteen people were killed in a Russian airstrike on an industrial facility in Zaporizhzhia.[32]
Ukrainian forces attacked the Kristal oil depot in Engels, Saratov Oblast,[33] supplying fuel to the Engels-2 air base and Russian strategic bombers based there.[34] Approximately 800,000 tons of jet fuel was reportedly destroyed by the fire.[35]
Ukrainian special forces destroyed various Russian equipment in Donetsk Oblast with drones, including a Pole-21 Electronic Warfare System, which is used to disrupt GPS signals.[36] Ukrainian forces also claimed to have bombed a command post of the Russian 8th Combined Arms Army in Khartsyzk.[37]
Two paratroopers from the Ukrainian 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade reportedly captured 14 Russian soldiers after throwing grenades at their dugout.[38]
9 January
Ukrainian officials confirmed that Russian forces had established a bridgehead across the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast near Dvorichna.[39]
In Kursk Oblast, geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the towns of Alexandriya and Leonidovo. Russian forces claimed to have captured the towns of Progrebski, Maryevka and Naidenov.[40]
At the Ramstein meeting, Norway pledged a military aid package of 2 billion euros for Ukraine over 2025. Canada pledged $330 million in military aid. While the US announced an aid package of $500 million. The UK announced it, and other allies, would send 30,000 fpv drones to Ukraine. Germany would deliver 6 IRIS-T launchers as well.[41][42][43]
Zelenskyy claimed North Korea lost 4,000 soldiers killed and wounded.[44]
10 January
Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk Oblast claimed that three people were killed in Ukrainian airstrikes in Donetsk city and Svitlodarsk.[45] The Ukrainian military claimed it had carried out a strike on a command post of the Russian 3rd Army Corps in Svitlodarsk.[46]
A Ukrainian drone and Neptune missile attack hit a Russian ammunition depot in the village of Chaltyr, Rostov Oblast, according to the HUR. Other drone attacks were reported in Leningrad Oblast,[47] with one strike causing a fire at an industrial area in Gatchina that burned 1,900 square meters.[48]
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence said that the Polish-trained Ukrainian Legion had received 1,300 applications from Ukrainians living abroad wanting to join, including women.[49]
Russian forces claimed to have captured the towns of Baranivka, east of Pokrovsk and Yasenove, southwest of Pokrovsk.[50]
11 January
Russian officials claimed that three people were injured after a drone crashed into an apartment in Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast.[51]
Zelenskyy claimed that the first two North Korean soldiers had been captured in Kursk Oblast.[52]
Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian port of Novorossiysk, causing a massive fire.[53]
An oil-processing plant in Tatarstan, Russia was struck by Ukrainian drones, prompting evacuations.[54]
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi ordered the transfer of additional Ukrainian Air Force personnel to ground infantry units, reportedly numbering 5,000 soldiers.[55]
A Ukrainian military observer claimed that Russian forces took the village of Hryhorivka, north of Chasiv Yar.[56] Russian forces captured the village of Neskuchne, south of Velyka Novosilka.[57][58]
12 January
Russian forces claimed to have taken the villages of Yantarne, ten kilometers southwest of Kurakhove, Kalinove along the Oskil River in Kharkiv Oblast,[59] and Zelene, south of Pokrovsk.[60]
Russian-installed authorities in Kherson Oblast claimed that one person was killed and three others were injured in Ukrainian drone strikes.[61]
A Russian source claimed that Russian forces crossed the international border into Sumy Oblast and advanced south of the village of Prokhody.[62]
13 January
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces had captured the town of Pishchane, south of Pokrovsk, and severed two highways leading east (to Kostiantynivka) and west (to Mezhova) out of Pokrovsk.[63]
Russia accused Ukraine of using drones to inflict minor damage on infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline near Gaikodzor, Krasnodar Krai.[64]
Ukraine received its first RCH 155 from Germany.[65]
South Korean intelligence claimed that 300 North Koreans had been killed and 2,700 wounded in Kursk Oblast.[66]
Lithuania announced 4,500 drones would be sent to Ukraine.[67]
Reuters, citing unnamed industry sources, reported that the Pokrovs'ke coal mine had halted production due to the approaching front line. The mine was Ukraine's sole coking coal-producing facility, from which 3.5 million tons of coke were produced in 2023.[68]
An unidentified North Korean surface to air missile system similar to the Russian Tor missile system was destroyed by a Russian drone in what appeared to be a friendly fire incident.[69]
14 January
Drones attacked the town of Aleksin in Tula Oblast. Ten explosions were heard. Other attacks occurred in Bryansk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast and Crimea.[70]
Ukrainian drones attacked the Kristal oil depot in Engels after a fire that burnt for five days was extinguished. However the regional governor said only that an "industrial facility" had been hit.[71]
Drones struck the Kazanorgsintez industrial facility in Kazan, Tatarstan, causing a fire.[72]
The Russian defense ministry claimed that Russian forces had captured Terny in Donetsk Oblast.[73]
Ukrainian drones struck a distillery in the village of Novaya Lyada, Tambov Oblast. Local officials claimed a drone hit a tree and exploded.[74]
15 January
Russia launched another missile attack on energy infrastructure across Ukraine, causing power grid shutdowns.[75] Two critical infrastructure facilities in Lviv Oblast were struck.[76]
Lukoil’s oil refinery in Volgograd caught fire. Local officials blamed the fire on “technical issues”. However locals reported an explosion before the fire and speculated "something fell onto the plant".[77]
Zelenskyy announced a prisoner exchange with Russia that resulted in the release of 25 Ukrainians for the same number of Russian POWs.[78][79]
The Liskinskaya oil depot in Liski, Voronezh Oblast caught fire after a drone attack, according to Alexander Gusev, the local governor.[80]
A Russian air defense captain was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for the shooting-down of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter that was mistaken for a Ukrainian drone over Crimea in October 2023 that killed three people.[81]
16 January
Russian media said that drones targeted a gunpowder factory in Kuz'mino-Gat village, Tambov Oblast. Air defence was activated and locals reported “aircraft-type UAVs”.[82] The Ukrainian military claimed it launched a drone strike on the Liskinskaya oil depot in Voronezh Oblast[83] and destroyed radar equipment belonging to an S-400 air defense system in Belgorod Oblast.[84]
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine received a 155-mm DITA self-propelled artillery howitzer from the Czech Republic.[85]
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer visited Kyiv and announced £4.5 billion (€5.34 billion) in aid, including 150 artillery barrels made in the UK and 15 additional Gravehawk air defence systems, which are ASRAAMs fitted to a SupaCat chassis.[86]
The United States declassified that it had provided substantial support for Ukraine's drone industry, beginning in late 2022 including $1.5 billion in support for drone production sent in September 2024.[87]
17 January
Four people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih.[88]
Russian forces captured the village of Vremivka, west of Velyka Novosilka, and were confirmed to have captured Yasenove , southwest of Pokrovsk.[89]
Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Lyudinovo, Kaluga Oblast, with falling debris causing a fire.[90]
According to the HUR, partisans burned down two communications towers in Krasnodar.[91]
18 January
A Russian missile strike on Kyiv damaged residential buildings, the Lukianivska metro station and the oldest McDonald’s outlet in Ukraine, killing three people.[92][93]
Ukrainian forces confirmed their withdrawal from the Chasivoyarsk Refractory Plant in Chasiv Yar, adding that they launched an airstrike against Russian forces inside the facility.[94]
Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot in Uzlovaya, Tula Oblast, according to the HUR and the local governor.[95]
The SBU arrested two people in Kyiv and Kharkiv on suspicion of leading a spy network for Russia. One of the suspects was an engineer of the Kyiv Metro.[96]
19 January
Zelenskyy signed a decree imposing sanctions on 18 Ukrainian individuals espousing pro-Russian views. Among those sanctioned were politicians Yuriy Boyko, Nestor Shufrych, and Yevhen Murayev.[97]
The Ukrainian military launched an investigation into its 156th Mechanized Brigade following "a number of significant shortcomings" that were raised over its leadership and performance during inspections.[98]
Ukrainian commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi claimed that Russian forces had suffered 434,000 casualties, including 150,000 killed, in 2024, which he said was "more than the previous two years of the war combined".[99]
20 January
The Liskinskaya oil depot was struck by drones again.[100]
The Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast claimed that two people were killed in a Ukrainian cluster munitions attack on a school near Bekhtery.[101]
A drone attack was reported in Kazan, causing a fire in the Aviastroitelny district and the closure of Kazan International Airport and Begishevo Airport in Nizhnekamsk.[102]
Two Ukrainian generals and a colonel were detained by the State Bureau of Investigation for alleged negligence that led to Russia seizing territory in northern Kharkiv Oblast in May 2024.[103] The SBI also detained the commander of the 155th Mechanized Brigade for failing to report desertions from the unit and other violations.[104]
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the town of Kotlyne near Pokrovsk.[105]
21 January
Ukrainian drones struck the Smolensk Aviation Plant. Seven explosions were reported and air defence was activated according to locals. The Ukrainian military also claimed an attack on a command post of the Russian 29th Combined Arms Army in Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast.[106][107]
Former television host Max Nazarov was arrested by Ukrainian authorities on suspicion of spreading pro-Russian propaganda on his YouTube channel.[108]
Geo-located footage showed that Russian forces captured the town of Nikolayevo-Darino in Kursk Oblast. Russian forces claimed to have captured the town of Zelenyi Hai in eastern Kharkiv Oblast.[109]
The SBU arrested the Ukrainian army's chief psychiatrist, identified by local media as Oleh Druz, on corruption charges linked to his involvement in a panel that determined “whether individuals were fit for military service.” Authorities found $152,000 (£124,000) and €34,000 in cash in his house as well as other assets valued at $1 million (£813,000).[110]
22 January
The SBU arrested a lawyer from Dnipro on suspicion of aiding a Russian airstrike on the city in December 2023 that killed six people.[111]
See also
- 2025 in Russia
- 2025 in Ukraine
- Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War
- List of wars involving Russia
- List of wars involving Ukraine
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