[Korrespondent] 22.37 Units of the 46th separate airmobile Podil Brigade of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine thwarted the Russian assault in the Pokrov direction. The occupiers lost almost 60 soldiers, several tanks and armored vehicles.
21.55 On January 7, the delegations of Ukraine and the United States held their third meeting during their two-day stay in Paris, during which they discussed the prospects for ending the Russian-Ukrainian war and contacts at the leadership level. This was reported by the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov.
"We discussed in detail the key elements of the basic framework for ending the war. We focused separately on possible formats for further contacts at the level of leaders with the participation of Ukraine, European partners, and the United States. Based on the results of the day, we are preparing a detailed report to the President of Ukraine," he noted.
21.06 Eight people were injured in an attack by Russian occupiers in Kryvyi Rih. Two of them are in serious condition. This was reported by the head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul, on January 7. He also added that the water supply and pressure in the system have been fully restored.
20.21 Enterprises of JSC Ukrainian Defense Industry, according to the results of 2025, increased the production of weapons and military equipment by one and a half times compared to the previous year - from UAH 122 billion in 2024 to over UAH 180 billion in 2025. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense.
20.03 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico criticized the meeting of the Coalition of the Determined in Paris, but did not rule out the possibility of the country's participation in monitoring the peace agreement if it is concluded.
"I can imagine Slovakia's participation as a neighbor of Ukraine in monitoring a peace agreement or ceasefire, if the warring parties ever agree on this... And I fundamentally prefer bilateral, mutually beneficial cooperation with Ukraine based on joint negotiations between governments over the plans of the Coalition of the Resolute," Fico added.
18.50 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has for the first time allowed the participation of Spanish military personnel in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine as part of a potential peace agreement after the ceasefire. This is reported by EFE. After a meeting of the "coalition of the willing" in Paris, Sanchez said that starting next Monday he will begin a series of meetings with representatives of most parliamentary groups to discuss Spain's potential contribution to the peace process in Ukraine.
18.40 Russian aggressors attacked the seaports of Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi in the Odessa region. As of now, one person has been killed and eight injured. The attack resulted in oil containers catching fire, and an administrative building and infrastructure were damaged.
18.35 According to US President Donald Trump, if he had not intervened, Russia would have completely taken over all of Ukraine. He stated this on the Truth Social network. According to Trump, most NATO countries previously "didn't pay their bills" and spent only 2% of their GDP on defense until he became the American president. Now, the Alliance countries "pay 5% of their GDP" in the context of defense spending, the president added.
17.58 Russian troops massively attacked Kryvyi Rih on January 7. This was reported by the head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council, Oleksandr Vilkul. According to him, as of now, three people are known to have been injured. They were taken to the hospital, and they are in moderate condition.
17.24 The United States could conduct a military operation to capture the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in order to put pressure on Vladimir Putin to end the war. This was the opinion expressed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
17.30 Near Lyman in the Donetsk region, fighters of the 63rd Motorized Rifle Brigade captured a Russian serviceman of Ugandan origin. This was reported by the press service of the 63rd separate mechanized brigade. The man said that his name is Richard Akantoran, he was born in 1982. He has a wife and two daughters. According to the prisoner, he got into the Russian army through deception, and signed the contract at gunpoint.
16.58 There have been 140 combat clashes on the front since the beginning of the day. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on January 7. It is noted that today, communities of border settlements were affected by enemy artillery fire, in particular Klyusy, Khrinivka, Arkhipivka in Chernihiv region; Ulanov, Studenok, Bezsalivka, Ryzhivka in Sumy region.
16.44 Another Russian military intelligence agent has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for conducting air strikes on the Khmelnytskyi region. The SBU press service reports this.
The enemy's task was carried out by a 31-year-old local unemployed man. He came into the sights of the occupiers when he was looking for "easy money" in Telegram channels.
As the investigation established, the attacker was directing missile strikes on the aviation infrastructure of the western region. Among the enemy's priority "targets" were airfields with combat helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16.32 Prisoner exchanges have not taken place since October 2025, as Russia is slowing down this issue. Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated this during a conversation with journalists. According to him, the pauses in prisoner exchanges are due to the fact that for the Russian Federation they are pressure on Ukraine.
"Ukraine is putting its diplomatic pressure on Russia to end the war. Russia understands that prisoner exchange is an important and painful issue for us, and that is why it is slowing all this down," the president noted.
16.11 A man died in the Korabelny district of Kherson due to the detonation of an explosive. This was reported on January 7 by the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin. It is noted that a 73-year-old local resident found an unknown object on the street and brought it into the house. There it exploded, as a result of which the Kherson resident received fatal injuries.
15.52 Ukraine is discussing with Western partners security guarantees on land, in the sky and at sea. There is no talk of deploying a "nuclear umbrella" over our country. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a conversation with journalists, Ukrinform reports.
15.35 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has published data on 11 more Russian propagandists. These include, in particular, actor Sergei Bezrukov, singer Victoria Tsyganova, and director of the Safe Internet League Kateryna Mizulina. The GUR wrote about this on its Facebook page.
14.26 During a special operation in the Zaporizhia direction in December last year, a sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Bratstvo unit, which is part of the "Timur Special Unit" of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, carried out a deep raid into the enemy's rear in the area of ​​the Kakhovka reservoir.
During the combat sortie, military intelligence officers eliminated two Russian occupiers, wounded two, and captured two more.
As noted, after that, the fighters carried out a complex and lengthy escort of the prisoners - for a distance of about 27 kilometers - and brought them to the territory controlled by Ukraine.
13.57 Russia recruited South African gamers to participate in the war against Ukraine through the Discord app. Bloomberg reports.
Two men in their 20s left South Africa in July 2024 after communicating on a gaming app with a recruiter known as Dash. They regularly used Discord while playing the military simulator Arma 3.
After signing a military contract near St. Petersburg, one of them died in Ukraine, according to a medical certificate. The whereabouts of the second man are currently unknown.
13.42 A Pole who traveled to Russian-occupied territories in 2023 to personally verify the "authenticity" of the war in Ukraine appears to have died as a result of torture in the Russian city of Taganrog, Gazeta Wyborcza reports, citing the Russian human rights organization Memorial and eyewitness accounts.
13.27 The third session of negotiations with representatives of the US president will take place in France. Ukraine expects that the most difficult issues will be discussed, in particular the Zaporizhzhia NPP and territories, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.
13.10 As of this morning, new power outages have been recorded in some regions of Ukraine due to Russian shelling and bad weather. This was reported by Ukrenergo.
At the same time, the situation in some of the most energy-deficient regions is gradually improving. The number of power outages has decreased in most regions of Ukraine.
13.01 A new interceptor drone called Salyut was presented in Ukraine. This was reported by the Oboronka project, citing a press release sent by the Ukrainian developer.
12.45 On Wednesday night, Ukrainian military personnel struck the Oskolneftesnab oil depot in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation and a military equipment depot in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12.24 Law enforcement officers detained a 16-year-old girl in Kropyvnytskyi who was helping Russians prepare a missile strike on a local thermal power plant (TPP). The SBU reported this. The girl tried to install a GPS tracker on the territory of the thermal power plant. The Russians planned to use it to strike the energy facility.
11.49 Negotiations between Ukraine, the US and the countries of the "coalition of the willing" on security guarantees for Kyiv within the framework of the peace plan are underway in Paris. There are already concrete results, said the head of the President's Office, Kyrylo Budanov.
11.17 Ukraine has significantly increased the production of interceptor drones. In December-January 2025, the Armed Forces of Ukraine received more than 1,500 anti-shahid UAVs per day, the Ministry of Defense reported. This allowed significantly increasing the capabilities of units in countering air targets at various levels - from the front line to the protection of rear areas.
10.52 Law enforcement officers detained a Kyiv resident who tried to swindle $100,000 from the head of the department of the district territorial center for recruitment and social support (RTCC and SP) of one of the western regions. This was reported by the State Bureau of Investigation.
The fraudster tried to convince the serviceman that the State Bureau of Investigation was investigating criminal proceedings against him and his relatives.
9.59 Over the past 24 hours, 221 combat clashes with the enemy were recorded at the front. Of these, 48 were in the Hulyaipil direction, and another 44 were in the Pokrovsky direction. This was reported in the morning summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
9.49 Canada could potentially deploy its military in Ukraine if a peace agreement is reached, Prime Minister Mark Carney said at a press conference at the Canadian Embassy in Paris, CTV News reports.
9.28 Since the beginning of the year, the Russian occupiers have significantly intensified their efforts in the Serebryany Forest in the Luhansk region. Ukrainian troops are cutting off Russian logistics, destroying areas where transport and manpower are accumulated. This was reported by the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
8.59 Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M missile and 95 Shahed, Gerbera attack drones and other types of drones; the missile and 81 drones were neutralized. The Ukrainian Air Force reported this on Telegram.
8.22 Partisans carried out a successful sabotage, destroying a communications tower in Kursk. The Atesh guerrilla movement reported this on Telegram.
7.36 The Ukrainian Defense Forces have eliminated and neutralized 1,040 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
04.03 According to the DeepState project, Russian troops in the Donetsk region advanced near Rusyn Yar, Novy Shakhove, and in the Fedorivka area. At the same time, in the Zaporizhzhia region, the advance of the occupiers was noticed near the settlement of Dorozhnyanka.
02.34 As a result of another Russian attack on the Dnieper, including with the help of drones, at least seven people were injured, including two children. Significant damage was also recorded to residential buildings, a kindergarten and other educational institutions. This information was confirmed by the mayor of the city, Boris Filatov
01.29 The Ukrainian delegation, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky, held another meeting with US representatives Stephen Witkoff and Jared Kushner late on Tuesday evening, January 6. The discussion focused on diplomatic ways to end the war, the Ukrainian leader noted.
01.02 The discussions that took place on January 6 in France during a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing resulted in the signing of the Paris Declaration entitled "Reliable Security Guarantees for a Strong and Lasting Peace in Ukraine." The corresponding document was published by the Office of the President of Ukraine on Tuesday, January 6.