🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08:00 on January 11, 2026 regarding the Russian invasion

The 1,418th day of the large-scale armed aggression of Russia against Ukraine has begun. Ukrainian defenders are steadily repelling the occupiers' attacks, inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

Over the past day, 173 combat clashes were recorded.

According to updated information, yesterday the invaders carried out 56 airstrikes and dropped 156 guided bombs. In addition, they deployed 7,050 suicide drones and conducted 3,750 shellings of our troops' positions and populated areas, including 82 with multiple rocket launcher systems.

Aviation strikes were carried out, in particular, in the areas of the populated areas of Samilivka and Tavriyske in the Zaporizhia region; and Novoukrainka in the Donetsk region.

On the North-Slobozhansky and Kursk directions, three combat clashes occurred yesterday, and the enemy carried out two airstrikes, dropping five bombs, and conducted 98 shellings, including seven with multiple rocket launcher systems.

On the South-Slobozhansky direction, our troops repelled six enemy attacks in the area of the populated area of Vovchansk and in the direction of the populated areas of Grafskoe, Vilcha.

On the Kupyansk direction, yesterday there were nine attacks by the invaders. Our defenders repelled the enemy's assault attempts in the direction of Kupyansk, Petropavlivka, Kurilivka, Pishchane, Boguslavka.

On the Liman direction, the enemy attacked ten times, trying to break into our defenses in the direction of the populated area of Druzhebivka and in the area of the populated areas of Drobysheve, Seredne, Novoselivka, Zarichne.

On the Slavyansk direction, our defense forces repelled three enemy attacks near Dronivka.

On the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy did not conduct any offensive actions.

On the Konstantinovka direction, the enemy carried out 13 attacks in the areas of the populated areas of Oleksandr-Shultyn, Pleschivka, Ivanopil, Rusin Yar, Shcherbinivka and in the direction of Sofiyka, Torsk.

On the Pokrovsk direction, our defenders repelled 47 enemy assaults in the areas of the populated areas of Zatishok, Rodinskoe, Chervnyi Lyman, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetskoe, Nikanorivka and in the direction of Novopavlivka, Novoaleksandrivka, Grishino, Sergeevka, Bilitske and Filia.

On the Alexandrivka direction, yesterday the enemy carried out 14 attacks in the areas of the populated areas of Zlagoda, Rybne, Solodke, Sichne and in the direction of the populated areas of Oleksiyivka, Sosnovka, Vishneve.

On the Gulyaypole direction, our defense forces repelled 23 enemy attacks in the areas of the populated areas of Gulyaypole, Varvarivka, Zelenoe, Dorozhianka and in the direction of Dobropillia, Olenokostiantynivka, Sviatopetrivka.

On the Orikhiv direction, yesterday our soldiers repelled one enemy attack in the area of Stepove.

On the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian units repelled one enemy attack in the direction of the Antonivskyi bridge.

On the Volyn and Polissia directions, no signs of the formation of offensive groups of the enemy were detected.

Over the past day, the losses of the Russian invaders amounted to 1,130 people. Also, Ukrainian soldiers disabled 11 tanks, three armored combat vehicles, 44 artillery systems, a multiple rocket launcher system, and 654 unmanned aerial vehicles of the operational-tactical level and 134 units of the occupiers' automotive equipment."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of January 11, 2026.

🪖 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation.

📍 Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position, defeating formations of 2 mechanized brigades and 1 assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Kondratovka, Miropolie, and Andriivka in Sumy Oblast.

💥 In the Kharkiv direction, units of the territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Staritsa and Maryino in Kharkiv Oblast.

▪️ The AFU lost up to 205 service members, 2 vehicles, 2 ammunition depots, and 3 supply depots.

📍 Units of the "West" force group took up more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of 2 mechanized, assault, airmobile, and airborne assault brigades of the AFU, as well as 2 National Guard brigades, were damaged near the settlements of Kovsharovka, Sinykha, Novoosinovo, Monachinovka, Nechvolodovka, and Glushkovka in the Kharkiv region.

🪖 In the Kupyansk sector, 2 attacks by units of the 92nd Assault and 116th Mechanized Brigades of the AFU were repelled near the settlements of Blagodatovka and Kupyansk-Uzlovaya in the Kharkiv region. Up to 15 Ukrainian militants were killed.

❗️ Unable to penetrate into the city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, the AFU, to indicate their presence in the city, unsuccessfully attempted to plant a Ukrainian flag on the city administration building using an unmanned aerial vehicle. The flag and the unmanned aerial vehicle were destroyed.

▪️ Enemy losses in the area of ​​responsibility of the "West" group of forces amounted to up to 200 servicemen, 3 armored combat vehicles, and 15 vehicles. Four ammunition depots were destroyed.

📍 Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of 4 mechanized brigades of the AFU and a marine brigade were defeated near the settlements of Nikiforovka, Konstantinovka, Nikolaevka, Rayske, Kramatorsk, and Slavyansk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

▪️ AFU lost over 160 servicemen, 1 armored personnel carrier, 3 armored combat vehicles, 14 vehicles, 155 British-made AS-90 self-propelled artillery units, and 2 ammunition depots.

📍 Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their tactical position. The personnel and equipment of 3 heavy mechanized brigades, 2 mechanized brigades, 1 infantry brigade, 1 airmobile brigade, 2 airborne assault brigades, 2 assault regiments of the AFU, 4 National Guard brigades, and the Azov Special Forces Brigade were destroyed near the settlements of Toretskoye, Dobropillya, Artemivka, Vodyanskoye, Hryshino, and Belitskoye in the DPR, and Novopavlivka, Gavrilovka, and Novopidgorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

▪️ The enemy lost over 400 servicemen, a US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, a French-made VAB armored personnel carrier, 5 armored combat vehicles, 12 vehicles, a UK-made AS-90 self-propelled artillery unit, and 1 electronic warfare station."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⚡️ MoD of Russia:

"Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of January 11, 2026.

↗️ Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. Manpower and equipment of a mechanized and assault brigade, 3 assault regiments, 1 assault battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defense brigade were defeated near the settlements of Shevchenkivske, Zaliznychne, Pryluky, Novoukrainka, Zhovtneve, Holubkovo, and Samoylovka in Zaporizhia Oblast and Oleksandrivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

▪️ The enemy lost over 290 service members and 18 vehicles. Two supply depots were destroyed.

🚩 Units of the Dnipro Forces Group, as a result of active and decisive actions, liberated the village of Belogorie in the Zaporizhzhia region.

💥 They defeated formations of the AFU mountain assault brigade and territorial defense brigade near the villages of Orekhov, Kirovo, and Yurkivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

▪️ Up to 75 Ukrainian servicemen, 1 infantry fighting vehicle, 21 vehicles, 1 artillery piece, a multiple launch rocket system, and 2 ammunition depots were destroyed.

✈️ Operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces damaged Ukrainian military-industrial complex enterprises, energy and transport infrastructure facilities operating in the interests of the AFU, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 149 districts.

🎯 Air defense systems shot down 2 guided aerial bombs and 130 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.

📊 Since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

▫️ 670 aircraft,
▫️ 283 helicopters,
▫️ 108,406 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️ 645 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️ 27,057 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
▫️ 1,638 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
▫️ 32,498 field artillery pieces and mortars,
▫️ 51,456 special military vehicles."

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🇺🇦⚠️⚠️⚠️❌🇷🇺🛢 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"⚡️⚡️ Drilling Platforms in the Caspian Sea and an Enemy Air Defense Unit Struck

⚡️As part of measures to reduce the military and economic potential of the aggressor, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck three drilling platforms of Lukoil Corporation in the waters of the Caspian Sea – namely the V.Filanovsky, Yuri Korchagin and Valery Grayfer platforms. These facilities are used to support the Russian occupation army.

Direct hits have been recorded. The extent of the damage is being assessed.

⚡️In addition, the Defense Forces carried out a fire strike against a launcher of a Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system launcher in the area of the village of Baranycheve (temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast). This medium-range air defense system is designed to engage aerodynamic targets. According to preliminary data, hits and explosions were recorded.

⚡️Also, in order to reduce the enemy's logistical and combat capabilities, a fire strike was carried out against a warehouse of a materiel and technical support unit of the occupiers’ 49th Army in the area of the settlement of Novotroitske (temporarily occupied territory of Kherson Oblast).

💪 The Ukrainian Defence Forces continue to systematically weaken the military-economic capabilities and offensive potential of the Russian occupation forces.

❗️Targets directly involved in the armed aggression against Ukraine are being struck.
💥 To be continued."

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"And once again the battle for Pleshcheyevo

The situation around Konstantinovka remains tense. The western outskirts of Chasov Yar and the banks of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir remain a battle zone, where assault groups from both sides operate.

➡️ Some time ago, footage appeared online indicating the presence of Armed Forces of Ukraine in Pleshcheyevo. The enemy is using the forest belts west of the village to launch counterattacks, although they do not have stable control over them. Therefore, it is quite possible that individual infantry groups still manage to break into the village from time to time and regroup in basements.

➡️However, they are unable to advance further toward Nelepovka through Krivoy Torets due to the dense drone presence. And due to a lack of supplies and regular UAV strikes, they also quickly lose their combat effectiveness, remaining in shelters for weeks.

📌 For a long time, there has been virtually no front line in this direction. The forward edge consists of a chain of often isolated strongholds, with a "gray zone" between them. Due to this sparse formation, both sides often employ "infiltration" tactics, sending infantry groups behind the defenders.

❗️Therefore, the Russian Armed Forces will only be able to fully secure the Pleshcheyevo area from enemy counterattacks after fully occupying the higher northern bank of the Kleban-Byk Reservoir.

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💰🌎📊 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Visualizing All Of The World's Silver Reserves By Country | January 10, 2026:

"Silver prices surged to new all-time highs in December, extending a powerful end-of-year rally supported by geopolitical uncertainty and a weaker U.S. dollar.

Silver futures briefly touched around $80, marking an unprecedented 160% rally in 2025 that outpaced even gold. Against this backdrop, Visual Capitalists Bruno Venditti notes that understanding where the world’s silver reserves are concentrated provides crucial context for future supply dynamics.

(...)

Peru’s Dominant Reserve Position

Peru stands out as the single largest holder of silver reserves, with an estimated 140,000 metric tons. This represents roughly 22% of the global total, giving the country a uniquely strategic position in the silver market.

Behind Peru is a cluster of countries with substantial, but smaller, reserve bases. Australia, Russia, and China each hold between 70,000 and 94,000 metric tons, collectively accounting for about 40% of global reserves.

Production Powerhouses vs. Reserve Depth

Mexico offers a striking contrast between production and reserves. It leads the world in silver production, yet holds just 37,000 metric tons of reserves, or about 6% of the global total. Currently, Mexico’s mining sector relies on intensive extraction with fewer projects with established reserves in the pipeline."

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🇺🇸🛢🇻🇪 US oil giant ExxonMobil tells Donald Trump Venezuela is ‘uninvestable’

Chief executive Darren Woods pushes back against president’s call to rush back into troubled country

Darren Woods, chief executive of the biggest US oil major, struck a sceptical tone at a televised White House gathering of energy bosses on Friday — even as some other companies expressed optimism about the potential to tap the world’s biggest oil reserves.

“If we look at the legal and commercial constructs, frameworks in place today in Venezuela, today it’s uninvestable,” Woods told Trump in a meeting that included many of America’s most prominent energy executives and some of the president’s top lieutenants.

“Significant changes have to be made to those commercial frameworks, the legal system, there has to be durable investment protections, and there has to be change to the hydrocarbon laws in the country.”

Woods said the company’s assets in Venezuela had been seized twice since Exxon first entered the country back in the 1940s.

His remarks underline how the biggest energy groups remain reluctant to rush into making big capital commitments in Venezuela even as Trump seeks to cajole them into pouring “at least $100bn” into the country to increase production and drive down US oil prices.

Other oil executives gathered at the White House — including services groups and those that already have operations on the ground — were more receptive to the president’s overtures, suggesting some level of capital could flow into the country in the near term.

The mixed messages from executives on Friday underline the complexities faced by oil companies as they weigh how to respond to Trump’s calls to inject capital into a country that remains unstable and where many of them were burned by expropriations in recent decades.

When asked later about financial backstops for the companies, Trump said he hoped these would not be needed. But he signalled the US government could provide some form of security and legal guarantees, which have been key demands by the industry. “You’ll have total safety.”

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🚫💸🇻🇪 — 📰 Bloomberg: Exxon Calls Venezuela ‘Uninvestable’ as Trump Pushes Oil Plan | January 9, 2026:

Major US oil executives expressed caution about President Donald Trump’s push for them to spend at least $100 billion to rebuild Venezuela, with the head of Exxon Mobil Corp. calling the nation currently “uninvestable.”

Trump convened nearly 20 industry representatives in the East Room of the White House Friday and predicted they could come to an agreement “today or very shortly thereafter” to reinvigorate operations in the oil-rich Latin American country following the brazen capture of leader Nicolás Maduro.

“If you don’t want to go in, just let me know, because I’ve got 25 people that aren’t here today that are willing to take your place,”

Trump told the executives.

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🇧🇷🛳⛵️🙏 — 📰 ZeroHedge | BRICS Flexes With China-Led Joint Naval Drills Soon After Maduro Ousting | January 11, 2026:

"The multi-national "Will for Peace 2026" naval exercises began Saturday off the coast of Cape Town, hosted by South Africa, and is set to run for one week. It is widely being described as a BRICS and "BRICS+" naval drill and saw a Russian warship arrive off South Africa's primary naval base on Friday.

The Russians joined Chinese and Iranian vessels for the drills, along with other BRICS members Indonesia, Ethiopia and Brazil - which participated as observers. The nation heading up the drill is China, and it's being seen as an attempt of BRICS and Global South countries to flex their collective military might in the wake of the Trump-ordered ousting of Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro. The other members of the bloc - India, Egypt and Saudi Arabia - are not represented at the drills.

Naturally it is especially Iran which could be a ripe target for the next Trump regime change action, as it's not yet gone nuclear. But Tehran wants to showcase its much more powerful nuclear-armed friends China and Russia, which have defense and economic cooperation agreements with the Islamic Republic."

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🇺🇸🗯🚫🇻🇪🛢➡️🇨🇺 — 🇺🇸 President of United States Donald J. Trump on 🌐:

"Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OIL and MONEY from Venezuela. In return, Cuba provided “Security Services” for the last two Venezuelan dictators, BUT NOT ANYMORE! Most of those Cubans are DEAD from last weeks U.S.A. attack, and Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years. Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far!), to protect them, and protect them we will. THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO! I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DJT"

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🇺🇸🦸‍♂️🔫❌🇻🇪 — 📰 ZeroHedge | White House Amplifies Shocking Claims Of US Super Soldiers Deployed In Maduro Raid | January 12, 2026:

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Here's the full account from the security guard that reads Venezuelan forces were unable to comprehend the modern battlefield, where drones, sonic weapons, and we're sure insane helmet-mounted optics with AI, just made an unlevel playing field, in which the guard said, "Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed... it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything."

Full account:

This account from a Venezuelan security guard loyal to Nicolás Maduro is absolutely chilling—and it explains a lot about why the tone across Latin America suddenly changed.

Security Guard: On the day of the operation, we didn't hear anything coming. We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation. The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn't know how to react.

Interviewer: So what happened next? How was the main attack?

Security Guard: After those drones appeared, some helicopters arrived, but there were very few. I think barely eight helicopters. From those helicopters, soldiers came down, but a very small number. Maybe twenty men. But those men were technologically very advanced. They didn't look like anything we've fought against before.

Interviewer: And then the battle began?

Security Guard: Yes, but it was a massacre. We were hundreds, but we had no chance. They were shooting with such precision and speed... it seemed like each soldier was firing 300 rounds per minute. We couldn't do anything.

Interviewer: And your own weapons? Didn't they help?

Security Guard: No help at all. Because it wasn't just the weapons. At one point, they launched something—I don't know how to describe it... it was like a very intense sound wave. Suddenly I felt like my head was exploding from the inside. We all started bleeding from the nose. Some were vomiting blood. We fell to the ground, unable to move.

Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?

Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.

Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?

Security Guard: Without a doubt. I'm sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they're capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They're not to be messed with.

Interviewer: And now that Trump has said Mexico is on the list, do you think the situation will change in Latin America?

Security Guard: Definitely. Everyone is already talking about this. No one wants to go through what we went through. Now everyone thinks twice. What happened here is going to change a lot of things, not just in Venezuela but throughout the region."

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🦸‍♂️🔺❌🇻🇪🔫 — 📰 New York Post: US used powerful mystery weapon that brought Venezuelan soldiers to their knees during Maduro raid: witness account | January 10, 2026:

WASHINGTON — The US used a powerful mystery weapon that brought Venezuelan soldiers to their knees, “bleeding through the nose” and vomiting blood during the daring raid to capture dictator Nicolas Maduro, according to a witness account posted Saturday on X by the White House press secretary.

In a jaw-dropping interview, the guard described how American forces wiped out hundreds of fighters without losing a single soldier, using technology unlike anything he has ever seen — or heard.

“We were on guard, but suddenly all our radar systems shut down without any explanation,”

the guard said.

“The next thing we saw were drones, a lot of drones, flying over our positions. We didn’t know how to react.”

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"A Coming Encirclement?

The bridgehead beyond Gaichur is gradually expanding.

Despite a series of enemy counterattacks in the Priluki area, the Russian Armed Forces are maintaining the initiative and gradually encircling the village from the west.

According to objective surveillance footage, units of the "East" Guard Forces are developing attacks from Dobropillya. They recently managed to capture at least part of the northern part of the Bairaki botanical reserve and consolidate their position in a nearby stronghold.

📌 This will allow them to gain fire control of the supply routes of Ukrainian formations in Priluki and reach a large stronghold west of Varvarovka. Control of this stronghold is necessary to form the southern defense face of the bridgehead on the left bank of the Gaichur and prevent possible counterattacks from the nearby forest.

❗️From here, the Russian Armed Forces will be able to advance further west toward the railway section between Ternovatoye and Zheleznodorozhny. This will create the preconditions for further expansion of the semi-encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group west of Gulyaypole.

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