Today, EMPR.media sincerely congratulates Lieutenant General Kyrylo Oleksiyovych Budanov on his birthday! Your life path is an example of uncompromising service to Ukraine's interests and unwavering devotion to the military oath.
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Soldiers of the 43rd Mech Brigade overcome obstacle course in snow
Soldiers overcome an obstacle course in extremely harsh winter conditions. Every step through deep snow is a test of strength, endurance, and spirit. 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade #AFUtraining2026
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Ukrainian soldiers burn camouflaged Russian tank
❗️🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers from the 42nd Mechanized Brigade burned a camouflaged 🇷🇺Russian tank in the Novopavlsk direction pic.twitter.com/wPuP74WPi5
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 4 janvier 2026Ukrainian soldiers from the 42nd Mechanized Brigade burned a camouflaged Russian tank in the Novopavlsk direction
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Zelensky appoints acting head of State Border Guard
Zelensky appointed Valeriy Vavryniuk as acting head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.
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Ukraine: Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s Lessons — Survival in War
Ukraine’s former Armed Forces commander Valerii Zaluzhnyi distills the gritty experience of the Russia–Ukraine war into ten core lessons meant to serve as a survival manual. Key insights include: 1) The enemy’s goal is existential destruction, not simple conquest. 2) Ukraine’s
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Explosion in Kyiv residential courtyard injures
A car bomb wounded a Ukrainian serviceman in a Kyiv residential courtyard on 4 January, detonating as he opened the trunk. Ukraine's Security Service is investigating the blast as a terrorist attack.
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Santa describes a life of only war since age 20
Santa: “Since the age of 20, I have had only war. Nothing else. I don’t watch Christmas movies or TV shows. I don’t celebrate holidays. We live inside our own film — and we are the main characters.” 9X
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@mylovanov — 2026-01-04
During the war, Santa lost two FPV crews to Russian drones. In one case, a soldier was killed before the birth of his first child. In another, a 13-year-old child was left without a father. 7/
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He returned in 2022 as a sniper
He returned in 2022. First as a sniper. He built his own sniper team, “Surma,” and fought in the Serebriansky forest, in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. Later, he became the commander of an FPV drone crew.
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Ukrainian volunteer ‘Santa’ fought in Pisky despite spinal condition
“Santa” is the callsign of Vladyslav, a 31-year-old from Odesa. In 2014, he volunteered to fight in Pisky and near Donetsk airport. He had no military background and was exempt from conscription due to spinal problems. He went anyway. He wanted to be at the center of the