Medics from Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) conducted a life-saving operation on a floating platform in the open sea between 9:45 AM and 10:15 AM UTC on January 3, 2026, stabilizing a soldier suffering massive blood loss and hypothermia before evacuating him by boat, HUR reported via wartranslated. Edited footage released by HUR depicts the medics performing the rare open-sea rescue, as shared by wartranslated at https://x.com/wartranslated/status/2007390498168979937. The operation underscores HUR's special operations capabilities in maritime environments. Separately, Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko highlighted monuments across Ukraine commemorating Holodomor victims, including a Kyiv statue of a starving girl clutching wheat, in a post criticizing 'the warmth of collectivism,' via https://x.com/IAPonomarenko/status/2007390612115407179.
