"Such fire damage is an integral part of combat operations of Ukraine's Defense Forces units, which are engaged in combat operations on the territory of the Russian Federation," the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said.

This represents nearly half of the skirmishes over the past day, as the military reported 218 clashes across the front.

Aerial footage posted by the Ukrainian Armed Forces shows a drone strike targeting a Russian soldier entering a house in Makhnivka, a village in the Kursk Oblast.

Ukrainian defence forces have attacked the command post of the 810th Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces near the village of Belaya, Kursk Oblast. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Details: The General Staff said that on 7 January,