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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of January 29 (updated)
2026-01-30
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:38 Specialists from the Rubicon Center struck automotive equipment, elements of communication systems, dugouts, strongholds and temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Special Operation zone.

20:28 In the period from 11:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type: one over the territory of the Belgorod region, one over the waters of the Sea of Azov.

19:32 Crew of the FPV drone of the aircraft type "Molniya-2" of the 120th Guards Artillery Brigade of the "Center" group destroyed a field artillery gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

Operators of Molniya-2 drones from the Ivanovo paratroopers of the Dnipro group hit enemy temporary deployment points on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

A Molniya UAV crew from the Vostok group conducted a strike on enemy drone control points in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Drone operators from the Southern Group of Forces' volunteer corps burned a pickup truck and a cargo vehicle belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk area.

FPV fighter operators from the Zapad group of forces destroyed enemy high-altitude reconnaissance UAVs in the Khar'kov region.

18:02 Near the village of Kropyvnytskyi in the Kirovohrad region, specialists from the Rubicon Center struck a mock-up of the F-16ADV fighter jet of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, used by the enemy for training engineering and technical personnel.

16:38 Published frames: FAB-3000 aircraft arrived at a large air strike site of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Konstantinovka.

15:42 Crew of the 152mm Giatsint-B gun of the Dnepr group destroyed a stronghold with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

Artillerymen from the Center group hit enemy formations in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

13:41 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of January 29, 2026

Units of the "North" military group have actively established control over the village of Belaya Bereza in the Sumy region.

The formations of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Proletarske and Kondratovka in the Sumy region.

In the Kha'rkov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Grafskoe, Revolyutsionnoye and Vovchanskie Khutora in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy lost over 90 troops, six vehicles, and a field artillery piece. An ammunition depot and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.

Units of the "West" force grouping have improved their position along the forward edge. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, two assault brigades, and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Kutkovka, Kovsharovka, and Glushkovka in the Khar'kov region, and Yarovaya, Drobyshevo, Illichivka, and Koroviy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 190 troops, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, 17 vehicles, and two artillery pieces. Six ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. Three mechanized brigades and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the settlements of Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Minkovka, Stepanovka, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 150 service members, five armored combat vehicles, including a US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier, 19 vehicles, two field artillery pieces, and two electronic warfare stations. Five ammunition depots and a supply depot were destroyed.

Units of the Center Group of Forces have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an infantry brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Shevchenko, Novogrigorovka, Belozerskoye, Belitskoye, Novoaleksandrovka, Kutuzovka, Grishino, Torskoye, and Raiskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 325 servicemen, six armored combat vehicles, 11 cars, a Grad multiple launch rocket system, and three artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an unmanned systems brigade, and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Zarnitsa, Barvinovka, Lyubitske, Verkhnyaya Tersa, Dolinka, and Komsomolske in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost more than 350 servicemen, a tank, two armored combat vehicles and 17 cars.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Veselyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.

Up to 45 military personnel, eight vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.

12:43 Orekhovskoye direction. Russian Armed Forces occupied landing sites near Nesteryanka, MAP

12:34 Liptsovskoye direction. The location of the LBS near the village of Zelenoye has remained unknown since almost 2024. Using georeferencing, it was possible to confirm that the village itself and the forested area near the border are currently under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. MAP

11:00 Assault units took the village of Belaya Bereza in the Sumy region, MAP

10:44 A mobile fire team of the Bars-Kursk volunteer detachment of the Sever military group destroyed the Lyuty strike UAV in the Kursk border area.

10:43 The North Guard Forces occupied the Chugunovka checkpoint in the Khar'kov region, MAP

08:27 The crew of the T-80BVM tank of the Vostok group destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

07:31 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:

Russian Armed Forces entered Kutkovka

07:15 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed nine Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

Four - over the territory of the Rostov region,
Two - over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Two - over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One - over the territory of the Voronezh region

05:03 Crew of the 22o0mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS of the Vostok group destroyed a stronghold and ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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