 British Ministry foresees half million Russian dead, notes weakened air superiority. The Ministry of Defence of the United Kingdom calculated over the weekend that Russian daily losses in the war jumped by 300 deaths, putting Moscow on a course to cross the 500,000 fatalities threshold in Ukraine this year. The British intelligence report also noted that after three Russian SU-34 combat jets were shot down by the Nipro River in December, Moscow has scaled back its air operations in the area and has relied on much diminished tactical airstrikes. This once again demonstrates that Russia's inability to establish air superiority in the war continues to undermine their daily operations, the report stated. The Institute for the Study of War noted that there were no changes in battle lines along the left bank of the Nipro on Sunday and that Ukrainian servicemen operating in the Khrinky area said that the Russians are now regularly attacking positions there with small infantry groups of up to 10 people. The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 365,170 Russian invaders in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to January 8, 2024. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a post on Facebook.