Ukrainian air defence forces shot down 34 Russian UAVs on the night of 3-4 January, while another 47 drones disappeared from radar. Source: Ukraine’s Air Force Details: The Air Force noted that the Russians attacked Ukraine with 81 UAVs,

Russia's defence ministry said on Saturday that Russian forces had taken control of the village of Nadiya in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region and had shot down eight U.S.-made ATACMS missiles. Read more at straitstimes.

The ministry said its air defense systems had shot down 10 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory on Saturday morning, including three over the northern Leningrad region. St. Petersburg's Pulkovo airport temporarily halted flight arrivals and departures on Saturday morning.

Drones are changing the way war is waged in Ukraine, replacing traditional ground combat, reports the "Guardian". The war in Ukraine has taken on a new dimension with the use of drones, which are increasingly replacing traditional ground combat.

Zelenskyy noted that Russian forces continue to strike Ukraine daily with aerial bombs, causing civilian casualties and injuries. “This ongoing Russian terror, which hasn’t lost its intensity, demands that we—and all our partners—stay active in strengthening our air defense systems,

Russia lost 1,080 soldiers on the frontline in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army has lost more than 793,000 troops, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.