According to the Ukrainian military, at least 500 Russian personnel were killed or injured in two devastating strikes in Kherson.
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed responsibility for the devastating strike in Chulakivka, adding to the hundreds murdered in Makiivka, Donetsk area, on December 31.
Moscow has so far acknowledged 63 fatalities, but Russian reports estimate a greater number.
In a further attack, Ukraine is thought to have struck the Grand Prix pleasure center, which is utilized by Russian military invaders, including GRU special troops.
Ukraine is alleged to have struck the Russian military invaders’ Grand Prix recreational facility 
Uncertainty exists over the magnitude of any potential losses.
Russian pro-war channels have accused Petr Lozhkovoy, a Moscow volunteer, of publicly sharing images of the base, which they allege led to a Ukrainian HIMARS missile attack.
It is known that the 10th Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade of the Russian GRU resided here.
According to some reports, the incident at Chulakivka, where hundreds of victims are suspected, took place on a farm.
At Makiivka, the Russians are using DNA evidence to identify those murdered in the attack, which occurred at a vocational school serving as a barracks for mobilized soldiers at the same time Vladimir Putin’s New Year’s address was aired.
Russian military occupants, including GRU military intelligence special operations, utilized the location.
Russian pro-war networks have blamed Petr Lozhkovoy, a Moscow volunteer, of publicly sharing images of the base.
The Russian GRU’s 10th Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade is known to have resided here.
Human remains are still being extracted from the rubble following the bombing on December 31, and the official death toll is sure to grow.
According to Ukrainian authorities, there were 400 deaths of mobilized men.
The unofficial Russian death toll as of today was 312 deaths and 157 injuries.
Today, the WarGonzo channel reported that SOBR special forces from the National Guard were among the deceased.
It is now evident that the majority of victims were from the Samara region, not Saratov as indicated yesterday.
Tolyatti, Novokuibyshsk, and Syzran, along with the capital Samara, were among the cities in mourning.
Putin-appointed Governor of the Samara region, Dmitry Azarov, confirmed: ‘Our compatriots were under attack by enemy forces.
- “There are wounded, and sadly, there are also dead.”
This image from Planet Labs PBC’s satellite captures the scene at Makiivka on December 20 and January 2.
The information is currently being clarified.
A urgent garment collection campaign for survivors has begun.
Locals are requested to donate T-shirts, underwear, and socks for the wounded thought to be in a Rostov-on-Don hospital.
Approximately 130 sleeping bags were collected for survivors.
According to the president of Ukraine, Russia is prepared to intensify its attacks on Ukraine using exploding drones manufactured in Iran, as Moscow seeks to maintain pressure on Kyiv.
In his nightly video message, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated, “We have evidence that Russia is plotting a protracted attack using Shaheds” (exploding drones).
As a result of the hit, the ground is littered with rubble in the eastern Donbas region of Russian-occupied Makiivka. The missiles struck a vocational school that had been converted into Russian military barracks.
More than ten months after Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, he stated that the objective is to break Ukraine’s resistance by “exhausting our people, (our) air defense, and our energy.”
Vladimir Putin appears to be investigating ways to restore momentum in his faulty military campaign, which has been hampered in recent months by a Ukrainian counteroffensive supported by Western-supplied arms.
In some Russian quarters, this has prompted harsh criticism of the military’s performance.
Exploding Iranian drones are a low-cost weapon for the Russian military that generates panic among troops and civilians. The United States and its allies have engaged in a dispute with Iran over Tehran’s alleged role in supplying Russia with drones.
According to the Institute for the Study of War, Putin seeks to bolster support for his policy among influential Russian voices.
Monday night, a think tank reported that Russia’s air and missile campaign against Ukraine is unlikely to produce the expected information effects among Russian nationalists.
It continued, ‘Such major military failures will continue to challenge Putin’s efforts to placate the Russian pro-war group and maintain the prevailing narrative in the domestic information environment.
In the next weeks, Zelensky cautioned, “the nights may be pretty restless.”
During the first two days of the new year, which were marked by unrelenting nocturnal drone strikes on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure, more than 80 Iranian-made drones were shot down by Ukrainian forces, he continued.
In addition to attempting to weaken resistance to Russia’s invasion, the long-range bombardments have targeted the electrical grid, leaving residents at the mercy of frigid winter weather and widespread power outages.
“Every downed drone, every downed missile, every day with energy for our people and limited shutdown schedules are precisely such triumphs,” stated Zelensky.
In the most recent conflict, a Russian missile strike on the city of Druzhkivka in the partially held eastern Donetsk area injured two persons, according to the deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko.
According to officials, the attack destroyed the largest ice hockey and figure skating school in Ukraine.
Overnight, shelling was also reported in the regions of northeastern Kharkiv and southeast Dnipropetrovsk.
In freshly retaken districts of southern Kherson, Russian shelling on Monday killed two persons and injured nine others, according to the governor of Kherson, Yaroslav Yanushevich. Monday, he added, Russian forces fired 32 times against the city of Kherson