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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of January 21 (updated)
2026-01-22
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[NewsFront] 21:51 Northerners are destroying the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region, video.

21:35 Crew of the 122mm D-30 gun of the Kostroma paratroopers of the Dnepr group of forcesdestroyedA temporary deployment point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces with personnel and a vehicle on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

20:45 In the period from 18:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 52 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:

36 – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Eight – over the waters of the Black Sea,
Four – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Four – over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory

20:40 FPV drone operators using fiber-optic control of the Sever grouptorn offrotation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

19:30 To military engineers of the West and Center troop groups on the occasion of the 325th anniversary of the formation of the engineering troops handed overstate and departmental awards.

19:18 Northern assault units entered Grafskoye, MAP.

18:50 In the period from 9.00 to 18.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

21 – over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
Four – over the Black Sea,
Two – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One – over the territory of Krasnodar Krai,
One – over the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan.

18:29 FPV drone crews as part of the special forces unit of the Center group worked out on heavy copters, manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Attack drone operators and Lancet loitering munition crews from the Vostok group burned an enemy tank in the Zaporizhzhia region. The enemy attempted to evacuate the equipment, but the arriving militant group was promptly detected and destroyed.

Drone operators from the 18th Combined Arms Army, part of the Dnipro group of forces, destroyed a UAV control center, a vehicle, and Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

FPV drone crews from the Northern Forces Group struck an ammunition depot, personnel shelters, and enemy repeater stations.

16:41 122mm D-30 howitzer of Kostroma paratroopers destroyed a group of Ukrainian infantry on the right bank of the Dnieper

Intelligence discovered that the enemy had begun rotating into a village on the right bank of the Kherson River, bringing up vehicles and personnel. The coordinates were relayed to the artillery, and a D-30 gun crew accurately targeted the target. A few shots, and the enemy's temporary deployment point was destroyed.

16:10 According to operational information in Primorskoye in the Zaporizhzhia direction ends up clearing the northeastern outskirts of the village.

Thus, our troops are gradually approaching the enemy’s key logistics hub – the Grigorovka-Veselyanka line.

16:04 In the Krasnopolsky district, in a forest belt near the village of Ryasnoye, a stronghold of the 119th Separate TRO Brigade was identified and destroyed by a strike from a FAB with an UMPK, –video.

15:50 Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of long-range aviation completed a scheduled flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan.

The flight duration was more than 11 hours.

Fighter escort was provided by crews of Su-35S and Su-30SM aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

14:50 Ten Baba Yaga-type attack drones were destroyed by Severyan crews, video.

14:08 Calculation of the Tor-MU complex of the Vostok grouptore off attack by enemy UAVs in the Zaporizhzhia region

Enemy drone activity was recorded in the area where the missions were being carried out, using them for attacks and reconnaissance of approach routes.

The drones were destroyed as they approached their positions, which thwarted the enemy's plan and prevented them from striking the front line.

12:20 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of January 21, 2026:

>Units of the "North" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the towns of Belopolye and Khoten in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Zybino, Zakharovka and Vovchanskie Khutora in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy lost up to 160 troops, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, 10 vehicles, a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, four field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station. Three supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" force grouping improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of an assault brigade, four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Osinovo, Kutkovka, Nechvolodovka, and Grushevka in the Khar'kov region, and Krasny Liman, Nikolaevka, Aleksandrovka, and Korovy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 200 troops, two armored combat vehicles, 15 vehicles, and two artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and four ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' airmobile and six mechanized brigades near the settlements of Ilyinovka, Druzhkovka, Berestok, Zakotne, Novoselivka, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 185 service members, two armored personnel carriers, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, nine armored fighting vehicles, nine motor vehicles, and three field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit. Two electronic warfare stations and two supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Center" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated formations of a Jaeger, an airmobile, two mechanized, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, three National Guard brigades, and the Azov* special forces brigade near the settlements of Belitske, Artemivka, Toretskoye, Novopavlivka, Grishino, and Udachne in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Fedorivske and Novopidgorodne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 395 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, 20 vehicles, seven artillery pieces, including two US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery units and two Grad multiple launch rocket systems.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the assault and artillery brigades, the unmanned systems brigade, three mechanized regiments, and five assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Dolinka, Komsomolske, Tersyanka, Blagovatnoye, Charivne, Gorke, Zalivnoye, Verkhnyaya Tersa, and Vozdvizhevka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Skotovatoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The enemy lost up to 260 servicemen, two tanks, an armored personnel carrier, 13 vehicles, a field artillery gun, and a Grad multiple launch rocket system.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mountain assault brigade and the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Novoyakovlivka, Magdalynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

More than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, nine vehicles, a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery unit, four electronic warfare stations, a P-18 radar station, and a supply depot were destroyed.

11:34 According to operational data, our fighters lead active assault on the Central District Hospital of Krasny Liman.

Three more are being developed in the southern part of Slobozhanskaya Street.

08:34 Russian Army completes the mop up of Novoye Shakhovo, attacks Toretskoye and Pavlovka, breaking the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

In the Druzhkovka direction, Russian troops are completing the rout of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Novoye Shakhovo, expanding the red zone in and around the village.

Russian troops had previously reversed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive and, after liberating Vladimirovka and Shakhovo, took control of Sofiyivka and Novopavlovka, attacking in the direction of Toretskoye and Pavlovka.

Prior to this, the forces of the Center group regained control over the Nikanorovka and Dorozhny districts, and began an assault on Ivanovka.

07:32 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Advance in the Dorozhnyanka area
Adjustment of the control zone in the Stepnogorsk area in favor of our
Advance west of Rodinsky

07:28 During the past night from 23:00 Moscow time on January 20 to 07:00 Moscow time on January 21, air defense systems on duty destroyed 75 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

45 – over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Nine – over the territory of the Oryol region,
Seven – over the Black Sea,
Three – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Three – over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two – over the territory of the Astrakhan region,
Two – over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Two – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
One – over the waters of the Sea of Azov.

06:32 TOS-1A "Solntsepek" crew of the 35th Army of the "East" group of forces destroyed a fortified Ukrainian Armed Forces post with recessed shelters and an extensive system of firing positions in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Posted by:badanov

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