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| Latest information on the situation on the front line as of January 19 (updated) |
| 2026-01-20 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [NewsFront] 21:26 Ministry of Defense posted a selection of footage of the work of the UAV crews of the Rubicon Center. ![]() 20:33 Today's Iskander strike in the Shevchenko area in the west of the city of Dnepropetrovsk was directed against the installation of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system. The strike reportedly destroyed the command post, diesel generator, and AN/MPQ-65 search and tracking radar. 20:08 In the period from 16:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles: Three UAVs were flying over the territory of the Belgorod region, and 20:06 Russian troops are in the Khar'kov border area expanded security zone in the Degtyarny area. 19:50: The heating situation in Berdyansk remains challenging but is under control. Three of the city's 12 large boiler plants are out of service. Two more are in the process of being restarted and will soon reach low power. 19:10 A depot of Ukrainian Armed Forces attack UAVs was destroyed near the village of Kholmy in the Chernihiv region, video. 18:58 Part of the Zaporizhzhia region is temporarily remained without electricity supply. In the Pologovsky Municipal District, the villages of Semenovka, Grigorovka, and Konskiye Razdory were without power, while in the Melitopol Municipal District, the village of Astrakhanka was without power. The city of Primorsk and part of the Kuibyshevsky Municipal District were also without power. 18:01 FPV drone operators of the unmanned aerial systems forces of the Sever group destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction,video. 17:33 The village of Novopavlovka, which is located on the banks of the Poltavka River, they cleared out the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the units of the Center group of forces, opening the way to Torskoye and Pavlovka and expanding the zone of control west of Konstantinovka. 16:21 In the period from 12:00 Moscow time to 16:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles: 13 UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region, 15:27 A mobile fiber-optic combat laser system crew from the Nomad special forces unit demonstrated high efficiency in countering the kamikaze UAVs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region in the area of responsibility of the Northern group of forces. 14:30 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the positions of a Ukrainian UAV crew in the Kherson direction, video. 14:02 Special forces of the Russian National Guard identified and destroyed an enemy UAV launcher in the Sumy region, video. 13:31 UAV crew of the North group of forces burned a T-72 tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region. A Molniya-2 operator from the Zapad group hit a UAV control center and enemy personnel in the Kupyansk district of the Khar'kov region. Drone crews from the 5th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group shot down heavy copters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. Attack UAV operators from the Vostok group thwarted a Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattack in the Zaporizhzhia region, destroying an M1117 armored personnel carrier, a Kozak armored fighting vehicle, several Novator armored fighting vehicles, as well as enemy vehicles and personnel. Drone operators from the Northern Forces Group destroyed vehicles, a shelter housing personnel, a fuel and lubricants warehouse, electronic warfare stations, and electronic reconnaissance stations. 12:59 In the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 12:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed four Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles: Three UAVs were flying over the Kursk region, and 12:17 Ministry of Defense summary of the progress of the Special Military Operation as of January 19, 2026: Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. Formations of the mechanized, motorized infantry, and ranger brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Novaya Sich and Myropillya in Sumy Oblast. 11:40 Two civilians from the Kherson region suffered over the past 24 hours as a result of shelling by militants of the Kyiv regime A woman born in 1976 was injured in the village of Tavria, Skadovskoye. She was hospitalized at the Skadovsk Central Regional Hospital. A man born in 1994 was injured in a car attack in Vinogradovo, Aleshkinsky. He was taken to Skadovsk Hospital. In the village of Novochernomorye, Golopristanskoye, a private house caught fire due to shelling. 10:26 Frontline summary as of the morning of January 19, 26 Fighting continues in the Lukyanivske 10:10 Anti-aircraft gun crews of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Dnipro Forces Group shot down a heavy unmanned aerial vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region,video. 9:46 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours. In total, 26 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 AM on January 18 and 7:00 AM on January 19. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 33 times. Drones attacked our territory twice, dropping explosive devices. A UAV attack resulted in a building fire in the village of Bolshoye Soldatskoye in the Bolshesoldatsky District. 9:10 AFU continue attacks on civilian infrastructure in the left bank of the Kherson region Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 19 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation: Petrovpavlivka - 3; 8:49 In the Belgorod region, during the day from January 18 to 19, from attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces suffered 5 civilians, one woman died. 8:16 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 92 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were: 31 UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region, 8:00 Artillerymen of the Vostok group fire from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS covereda network of fortified enemy strongholds in the forest belts of the Zaporizhzhia region. Soldiers from the Southern Group of Forces fired Grad rockets at a concentration area of Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk People's Republic, hitting three vehicles, a field ammunition depot, and up to 20 servicemen. A crew of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS from the 61st Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, part of the Center group of forces, destroyed the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. |
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