Yea….
Russia been going back and forth with the Ukraine for over 4 years….
Trump’s people just go grab the guy from the Venezuela capital …..
Russian forces adapting on the battlefield…..
Ukraine holding …
But won’t admit their number of troops can’t match the low technology Russia numbers , forcing them to grudgingly give up some gains….
Zelensky HAS staffing issues …..
And….
Though they won’t admit it?
Yes?
Some in the Ukraine ARE tired, something Putin IS betting on…..
And Trump isn’t happy with the realization that Putin is NOT serious about ending the war…..
This with the Russian economy NOT getting any better…..
-
Russia’s defence ministry claimed that Ukraine has targeted Moscow with drones every day of 2026 so far, in what would mark an escalation from earlier, more sporadic attacks on the Russian capital. By midnight on Sunday alone, Russian air defence systems had destroyed 57 drones over the Moscow region out of 437 downed over Russia, the ministry said. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine, but Kyiv has increasingly used long range drones to strike targets deep inside Russia. Ukraine says such attacks aim to disrupt military logistics and energy infrastructure, raise costs for Moscow’s war effort and respond to repeated Russian missile and drone attacks in the war that Russia launched nearly four years ago.
-
Three out of four of Moscow’s airports shut to air traffic on Sunday after Ukraine launched dozens of drones, authorities said. The attacks led to multiple flight delays, including at Moscow’s second-busiest airport of Vnukovo, Russian media reported. The disruption comes during Russia’s extended New Year and Orthodox Christmas break, when many Russians take vacations and travel domestically and abroad, making it one of the country’s busiest periods for transport and tourism.
-
Two people were killed in Ukrainian drone strikes in Russian border regions, local officials said on Sunday. Belgorod’s governor said one person died and two others, including a young child, were wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a car. Another person was killed in a drone strike on a village in the Kursk region, the region’s governor said.
-
In Ukraine, three people were wounded in the Kharkiv region in drone strikes overnight into Sunday, the country’s state emergency service said. Meanwhile, the death toll from a Russian missile attack on the city of Kharkiv on Friday increased to five when body parts were found under the rubble of a building, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
-
A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire in an industrial zone in the town of Yelets in Russia’s Lipetsk region, the regional governor said. There were no casualties reported. Yelets is home to the Energiya battery plant, a major producer of batteries and accumulators for Russia’s defence industry, which Ukraine said it has hit in the past….
…
ISW...Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 4, 2026
- Russian officials continue to respond to the US military operation in Venezuela, but the response from senior Kremlin decisionmakers remains relatively muted.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Ukrainian State Border Guard Service First Deputy Head Major General Valeriy Vavrynyuk as acting head of the State Border Guard Service on January 4.
- Ukrainian forces advanced near Pokrovsk. Russian forces recently advanced in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area.
Daily Kos grunt report for Today…..
Some Russian’s’admire’ Trump’s Hegseth Venezuela Madero snatch……
2/ ‘Donetsk Infantry’ is frankly envious: “Shoigu and Gerasimov, along with generals from the FSB, SVR, and GRU, are watching and asking, ‘Was that even possible?’ Some can do it, while others are left with sclerosis, constipation, and comic-book reports. Who studied what?”
3/ ‘Shakespeare’ laments that “they simply exterminated the political leadership of an independent and sovereign country. And this is against the backdrop of “our harsh response to Ukraine,” which we’re all expecting in the fourth year of the war,
4/ …and it’s not a given that we’ll get it. I have only one emotion now: shame. I’m ashamed, guys. Not for Venezuela. And certainly not for the USA. That’s all. It’s the holidays now. I went to see an old Soviet movie. I wish the same for you.”
5/ Many warbloggers express grudging admiration for the skill and professionalism of the American operation, perhaps none more grudgingly than ‘Southern Front’: “Even though the Yankees are faggots, I take my hat off to them, they carried out a brilliant operation. Faggots!”
6/ ‘DSHRG Rusych’ asks sarcastically: “Maybe it’s time we started hiring American generals and planners to serve Russia?”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.