The department clarified that a precision strike was carried out in the area of ​​​​Maslyakovka and Kramatorsk in the DPR.

On January 2, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a strike with precision-guided weapons at the points of temporary deployment of the Foreign Legion units in the Kramatorsk region.

In addition, Russian military personnel continued their successful offensive in the Donetsk direction and took up new advantageous positions there.