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[Korrespondent] 23.30 To date, 17 countries have provided Ukraine with energy equipment to support it in the extremely difficult electricity supply situation caused by Russian attacks. This information was reported by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga.
21.26 The Russian military has already prepared for a new massive strike. Ukrainian citizens need to pay attention to all air alerts. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"These days, we need to continue to be very attentive. Russia has prepared for a strike, a massive strike, and is waiting for the moment to deliver this strike. Please pay attention to all air alerts. And each region must be ready to respond as quickly as possible and support people," the head of state emphasized.
21.04 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy approved the appointment of a new deputy commander of the Air Force. He will be Pavlo Elizarov.
"The army knows him - Lazar, a special unit that works, works effectively. Together with the Minister of Defense of Ukraine and the military command, a new organization must be developed - and will be developed - for the entire component of precisely such sky protection," the president said.
Zelensky also announced a new approach to the use of air defense by the Air Force. "Regarding mobile fire groups, interceptor drones, and other means of "small" air defense. This system will be transformed," the head of state emphasized.
20:43 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard a report by the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Yevheniy Khmara.
"The Security Service of Ukraine, as always, is active in protecting our state and people. New combat operations have been approved. The internal transformation of the Service also continues - precisely in order to strengthen our state," Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
In addition, the president heard a report by the First Deputy Head of the SBU, Oleksandr Poklad.
"The very Russian who was guilty of the shooting of Ukrainian prisoners in October last year in Kursk was captured. Every Russian murderer must be held accountable for what he did. And so it will be. We will also counter Russian sabotage in the rear - thank the Security Service of Ukraine for protecting our citizens," Zelensky stressed.
The Head of State also heard a report by the former head of the special service, Vasyl Malyuk. "We continue to prepare our asymmetric operations against Russia. All the necessary resources of the Security Service of Ukraine and other state structures are fully provided. Glory to Ukraine!" the president declared.
20:36 The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a drone depot of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division in temporarily occupied Novokrasnyanka.
"As part of measures to reduce the offensive capabilities of the Russian aggressor, on the night of January 19, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a formation of unmanned aerial vehicles of a unit from the 144th Motorized Rifle Division (Novokrasnyanka, temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region)," the report noted.
A hit on target was recorded.
18.55 Drones destroyed a North Korean M-1991 multiple launch rocket system, enemy drone depots, and a number of other objects. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi.
18.33 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy heard a report by Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, based on which personnel decisions were agreed upon . The head of state reported this on Telegram.
18.25 The Register of Damages for Ukraine has received 100 thousand applications from individuals for compensation for damage, loss or harm to health caused by Russian aggression. This is reported on the official website of the Register. The applications relate to the following categories: death or harm to health, torture and sexual violence, forced displacement, damage or destruction of residential property, as well as other forms of material and non-material damage caused to individuals.
18.01 On Tuesday, electricity outage schedules will be in effect again in the regions of Ukraine. This was reported by Ukrenergo. Improvement of the outage schedules is possible in the absence of new massive shelling from Russia.
17.58 In Chuguiv, Kharkiv region, centralized electricity supply has been completely cut off due to numerous Russian shelling of critical infrastructure facilities. Currently, the city's heating and water supply systems are operating normally, and garbage collection is carried out according to the schedule.
17.49 A woman was killed and another man was injured as a result of Russian shelling of Sloviansk, the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Vadym Lyakh, reported .
"Another airstrike by four KABs on Sloviansk today, December 19, claimed the life of a person. A man was wounded in the shelling, which occurred around 11:00. One woman died," Lyakh noted.
17.35 The number of people injured in Kharkiv as a result of a strike by Russian guided aerial bombs (KAB) has increased to 10 people. This was reported by the head of the OVA Oleg Synegubov in Telegram. 30 private houses were damaged in the city, one was destroyed. The windows of about 10 high-rise buildings and seven cars were also damaged.
17.23 In the Rivne region, two anti-tank mines were discovered near railway tracks, which were dropped by Russian drones during the latest airstrikes.
At one of the railway stations in the region, a station employee noticed suspicious objects near the tracks while patrolling the area, after which explosives technicians arrived at the scene.
During the inspection, police identified the find - two PTM-3 anti-tank mines. Such ammunition is equipped with magnetic target sensors that respond to any change in the magnetic field, so it was dangerous to transport them.
The explosives experts decided to destroy the mines on site through a controlled explosion. According to preliminary data, the munitions were dropped by Russian Shahed suicide drones during an attack on the region.
16.31 Since the beginning of the current day, 79 combat clashes have taken place on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational update . The most active battles are taking place in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian invaders have already organized 28 assaults.
16.22 An FSB agent who tried to set fire to one of the key electrical substations in the Kirovohrad region and spied on Defense Forces locations was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The agent's tasks were carried out by a 21-year-old cashier at a local grocery store recruited by the enemy. He came to the attention of the Russians through pro-Kremlin comments in Telegram channels. After being recruited, the traitor began tracking the coordinates of electrical substations that supply power to strategically important objects in the region.
The traitor also monitored the locations of Ukrainian troops, against which the Russian Federation was preparing missile and drone attacks.
16.05 Russian aggressors attacked Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs (GAB). At least one person was killed and five others were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleg Synegubov.
15.41 Special envoy of Kremlin President Vladimir Putin Kirill Dmitriev will visit Davos, Switzerland, this week and hold meetings with members of the American delegation within the framework of the World Economic Forum, Reuters reported, citing two sources.
14.48 The Ukrainian military will transform the system for countering Russian strike drones against the backdrop of a difficult situation in the energy sector. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on Telegram.
14.30 The deputy commander of one of the training centers in the Odessa region was exposed for offering servicemen "assistance" in leaving their duty station for money. If they refused to pay, the official threatened to send the servicemen to the hottest spots on the front. The State Bureau of Investigation reported this on January 19.
14.05 Facts of complicity of the deputy commander of a division of the Russian Armed Forces in giving orders to strike at energy and gas infrastructure facilities using the Geran-2 UAV have been established. The Prosecutor General's Office reported this on January 19. According to the investigation, in 2023-2024, the suspect, while in the temporarily occupied territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, in complicity with the high military command of the Russian Armed Forces, gave orders to use Geran-2 strike unmanned aerial vehicles at predetermined coordinates.
13.44 Law enforcement officers have exposed eight more pro-Kremlin agitators in various regions of the country, including an official of the capital's court and a repeat offender who had been hiding for almost four years. This was reported by the SBU press service.
A linguistic examination initiated by the Security Service confirmed the facts of informational and subversive activities of agitators in favor of the Russian Federation.
Currently, supporters of racism have been charged with public calls for a violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order under Part 2 of Article 109, encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine under Part 2 of Article 110, collaboration activities under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 5 of Article 111-1, and justification of armed aggression by the Russian Federation under Article 436-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The perpetrators face up to ten years in prison with confiscation of property.
13.30 The Czech coalition party Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and Defense Minister Jaromir Zuna do not support the idea of selling L-159 combat aircraft to Ukraine. This was stated by the SPD leader and Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Tomio Okamura, CeskeNoviny reports. According to Okamura, the aircraft have a low residual value, but their combat value remains high. He emphasized that the purchase of a replacement would cost the Czech Republic much more than the possible sale of these machines.
12.48 The Americans have reportedly invited Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to the Peace Council, which will monitor the implementation of the peace agreement in the Gaza Strip. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in a comment to Russian propagandists.
12.37 The advance of Russian occupiers has been recorded within the city of Pokrovsk since the evening of Saturday, January 17. The invaders have also been advancing near the cities of Siversk and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region. However, there is no talk of capturing a specific settlement. This was reported by the OSINT project DeepState on its Telegram channel.
12.31 The advance of Russian occupiers has been recorded within the city of Pokrovsk since the evening of Saturday, January 17. The invaders have also been advancing near the cities of Siversk and Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region. However, there is no talk of capturing a specific settlement. This was reported by the OSINT project DeepState on its Telegram channel.
12.24 A number of violations have been identified in reserve battalions - units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that are engaged in the mobilization, training and rotation of personnel and the reinforcement of combat units. The State Bureau of Investigation reported this on January 19.
11.42 On Monday night, Russian aggressors damaged five energy facilities in the Chernihiv region. ChernihivOblenergo reported this. Currently, tens of thousands of consumers are without electricity.
11.15 On Monday morning, Russian invaders launched a missile strike on Kharkiv . This was reported by the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov. The enemy attacked a critical infrastructure facility in the Slobodsky district with four missiles. The damage is significant.
11.00 On Monday night, Russian aggressors attacked the energy infrastructure of several regions. New power outages were recorded , Ukrenergo reported. Emergency power outages are also ongoing in some regions. Previously published hourly power outage schedules by regional energy companies are not in effect there.
10.40 First Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal held a meeting with the board of NPC Ukrenergo. Key tasks for stabilizing the operation of the power system and reducing the duration of outages in the most problematic regions were discussed , an official reported on Telegram.
10.27 Special forces of the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine inflict significant losses on key elements of the Russian Federation's echeloned air defense system. The total cost of the enemy's air defense assets destroyed and disabled over the past year is estimated at approximately $4 billion. This is reported by the SBU.
9.59 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky reported that the operational situation in the Pokrovsk direction remains tense. A grueling confrontation continues in the Pokrovsk-Mirnograd agglomeration area, where about fifty combat clashes take place daily.
According to him, the enemy is increasing pressure, pulling reserves to Pokrovsk and trying to find weak points in the Ukrainian defense. Russian troops are using both sporadic massive assaults and covert advances by small infantry groups.
9.58 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has revealed the characteristics of a new Russian drone - the Geran-5 attack drone with a jet engine, which is capable of flying at speeds of up to 600 km/h. The GUR reported this on Telegram.
9.40 Another shipment of ammunition for the Russian Armed Forces' North Group arrived by train in the Mikhailovsky District of the Volgograd Region and was sent to intensify shelling of the Sumy and Kharkiv directions of the front. The partisan movement ATESH reported this on January 19.
9.15 Air defense forces neutralized 126 of the 145 drones used by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine. 13 strike UAVs were hit at 12 locations, as well as the fall of downed targets (fragments) at five locations. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on January 19.
8.59 Russian invaders continue to press along the entire front line. In total, 144 combat clashes took place over the past 24 hours, with the most difficult situation in the Pokrovsky and Hulyaipil directions. This is stated in a summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, published on Facebook.
7.57 The Ukrainian Defense Forces neutralized 1,020 Russian invaders over the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Facebook.
06.01 On the night of Monday, January 19, one person was injured in Zaporizhia due to an attack by Russian troops. At dawn, explosions were heard again in Zaporizhia - air defense was working. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov.
04.41 On the night of Monday, January 19, the Saratov region of the Russian Federation was attacked by unknown drones. Ukrainian OSINT channels reported a possible drone attack on the Saratov oil refinery. In addition to the regional center, residents of the neighboring city of Engels, where a strategic aviation airfield is located, also reported loud "claps" and sirens.
03.29 On the night of Monday, January 19, Russian occupation forces carried out a drone attack on Odessa. Local Telegram channels note that one of the drones hit a multi-story building. The impact blew away walls on two floors of the building. Official information about the extent of the destruction and possible casualties had not been made public at the time of writing.
01.32 On the night of Monday, January 19, the Russian army launched drone strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region, targeting energy infrastructure facilities. According to preliminary information from monitoring channels, all drones were flying towards the Yavornytske district near the Dnipro River.
01.04 A series of explosions caused by a drone attack thundered in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk region. According to preliminary information, the key target of the strikes was energy infrastructure facilities. As a result of the attacks, the Kirovsky and Kuybyshev districts of Donetsk were left without electricity.
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[Korrespondent] The most active fighting is taking place in the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian invaders have already organized 28 assaults.
Since the beginning of the current day, 79 combat clashes have taken place on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary on Monday, January 19.
Thus, in the South Slobozan direction, there were nine enemy attacks near Prylipka, Vovchanskiye Khutory, Kruhly, Nesterny, Degtyarny, and towards Izbitsky. Four clashes are still ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried three times to break through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Stepovaya Novoselivka and towards the settlement of Holubivka. Two clashes are ongoing.
In the Lymansky direction, the invaders carried out seven attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novoselivka, Shandryholove, Kolodyazi, and Zarichne.
In the Kramatorsk direction, our units repelled an attack towards Pryvillye.
In the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 10 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Kleban-Byk, Yablunivka, Rusyn Yar and towards Kostyantynivka and Novopavlivka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian invaders organized 28 attacks near the settlements of Nykanorivka, Rodynske, Myrnograd, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Horikhove, and towards Filia.
In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy tried to break through in the areas of the settlements of Verbove, Yegorivka, and Krasnohirske. The defense forces repelled four assaults, and another clash is ongoing.
In the Hulyaipil direction, our defenders repelled 16 attacks by the invaders, in the areas of Hulyaipil, Solodke, and towards Dobropil, Varvarivka, and Svyatopetrivka.
No fighting has been recorded in the North-Slobozhansky, Kursk, Slavyansky, Orikhivsky and Prydniprovsky directions at this time.
As a reminder, Russia lost over 1,000 soldiers killed and wounded in the 24 hours of January 18. The total number of Russian casualties is approaching 1.3 million people.
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[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
One UAV was flying over the territory of the Bryansk region.
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,
Three UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk 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
One UAV was flying over the Belgorod region.
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.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Okhrimovka, Vovchanskie Khutora and Neskuchnoye in the Khar'kov region.
The enemy lost over 170 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 16 vehicles, an electronic warfare station, and five ammunition and material depots.
Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the mechanized, assault, and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the territorial defense brigade and the National Guard brigade, near the settlements of Kovsharovka, Novoosinovo, Novoplatonovka, Boguslavka, and Blagodatovka in the Khar'kov region, and Sosnove, Yarovaya, and Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to over 200 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, 16 cars, two field artillery pieces and four ammunition depots.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. Formations of two mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated near the settlements of Kostiantynivka, Krasnotorka, Stepanivka, Reznikovka, and Berestok in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 225 service members, two armored combat vehicles, 13 vehicles, two artillery pieces, and a Grad multiple launch rocket system. An electronic warfare station, two ammunition depots, and fuel and lubricant depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Novopavlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, a Jaeger, an airmobile, an airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades were damaged in the areas of the populated areas of Dobropillya, Sergeyevka, Grishino, Novy Donbas, Belitskoye, Sukhetske of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novopidgorodnoye and Demurino of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 400 military personnel, four armored combat vehicles and five cars.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized unit, two assault brigades, and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Tsvetkovoe, Komsomolskoe, Vozdvizhevka, Verkhnyaya Tersa, and Ternovatoe in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The enemy lost over 270 troops, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, 21 vehicles, and three field artillery pieces. An ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr military group, as a result of active operations, liberated the village of Pavlovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Formations of the mechanized, mountain assault and coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Antonovka and Nikolskoye in the Kherson region, and Orekhov and Novoyakovlevka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, two electronic warfare stations and a warehouse of materiel were destroyed.
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
area—in Novoyakovlevka, Pavlovka, and Novoboikovsky. In the Orekhovsky direction, Russian forces have begun advancing east of Shcherbaki.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, Russian troops are expanding their zone of control in the Ternovatoye area, as well as further north, in the Bratskoye area.
Donetsk Front:
On the Krasnoarmeysk front, Russian troops are expanding their zone of control in the Grishino-Rodinskoye area. On the Dobropolsky front, Russian forces are advancing from Novoye Shakhovo to Novoye Donbas.
Fighting is reported on the southern outskirts of Novopavlovka, as well as near the village of Zatyshok (Suvorovo), where the enemy is amassing reserves.
In the Konstantinovskoye direction, clearing operations are underway on the northern shore of the Kleban-Bykskoye Reservoir.
Advances toward Ilyinovka are reported, with fighting ongoing in the area. Russian forces are expanding their zone of control in the Stupochki-Predtechino area.
Fierce fighting continues near Mayskoye, Markovo, and Verolyubovka.
There is also progress near Novomarkovo along the Seversky Donets-Donbas Canal.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the offensive on Krasny Liman from the northeast continues.
Fighting continues in Aleksandrovka. Russian forces are advancing toward the southern outskirts of Ozernoye, holding the eastern and northwestern parts of Zakotnoye. Fighting continues in Reznikovka, with the enemy stubbornly resisting.
North of Pazeno, Russian troops are taking up new positions.
Khar'kov Front.
In the Kupyansk direction, Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive on the left bank of the Oskol River.
In the Volchansk direction, according to sources, Russian troops have entered Grafskoye and Simonovka.
Sumy Front:
Russian troops are advancing in the Varachino and Yunakovka areas. There is some progress near Sadki.
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:
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,
29 UAVs were flying over the Saratov region,
25 UAVs were flying over the Voronezh region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Bryansk region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Tambov region, and
One UAV was flying over the Kursk 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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[Regnum] A Russian tank survived strikes by 43 Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) drones. This was reported on January 19 by a battalion commander with the call sign " Svat.
A soldier told KP.RU that a Russian tank had struck a mine and was unable to move due to a severed track. The crew evacuated the damaged vehicle, after which Ukrainian drones attempted to destroy it. A few days later, the tank was transported to the rear and repaired, after which it returned to the battle zone.
Swat attributed the combat vehicle's survivability to its additional armor. Such tanks are nicknamed "porcupines" on the front lines due to the large number of metal components installed on them, including reinforcement pins.
In late December, a Ukrainian army FPV drone attacked a T-72B3M in the SVO zone. Despite this, the tank's crew continued firing, demonstrating high resistance to enemy drones.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Hundreds of thousands of Russians were among Orthodox believers marking the baptism of Jesus Christ in the icy waters of the Jordan River by John the Baptist. The Russian tradition sees Bikini-clad women and topless men plunging in an ice pool to mark Orthodox Epiphany. Believers immerse themselves three times in a row to invoke the Holy Trinity.
Whatever floats their boat, I guess. So long as I don’t have to.
In Yekaterinburg, there was a scandal over women bathing in the -13C cold in swim wear seen as 'too revealing' for a religious occasion.
One report asked: 'Is this a church holiday or demonstrative erotica?'
Comments were 'outraged by the overly revealing swimsuits of the women who came to plunge into the ice hole on Epiphany', reported E1 news outlet.
It was seen as 'some kind of mockery of church tradition.'
'This is not the time when you need to 'show off' your naked bodies.' Some would rather watch bloody flagellation or crucifictions I suppose.
People plunged in temperatures as low as minus 33C in Novosibirsk.
In Moscow, over 60,000 people took part in Epiphany, bathing at the city's organised sites.
Meanwhile in Voronezh, 9,000 people had immersed themselves in the cold when a Ukrainian drone alert meant the authorities closed ice pools amid dangers of explosions.
Russian president Vladimir Putin failed to show at the event for the fifth year in a row.
He was last seen performing the religious ritual in 2021, and when he first stopped appearing, there was speculation over his medical condition.
However, the Kremlin said Putin took part in the ritual 'as he does every year', according to Russian news agency TASS.
His press secretary Dmitry Peskov said: 'Vladimir Putin took an icy plunge, as he does every year.'
'Naturally, Epiphany is a great holiday for him, as for all Orthodox believers who work in the Kremlin.'
'This is a tradition and many honor it,' Peskov noted. 'However, some don't do this. This is a personal matter.'
Meanwhile, 71-year-old Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko - Putin's closest ally - was seen braving the cold and manoeuvring himself into the chilly waters in an air temperature of minus 15C.
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[Regnum] Kalashnikov Concern designed and launched the AK-12K assault rifle in just six months. This was announced on January 19 by the company's CEO and member of the Russian Union of Mechanical Engineers, Alan Lushnikov.
"We recently presented to the customer and received a positive decision to begin production and supply of a compact version of the AK-12 assault rifle, the so-called AK-12K. This is an assault rifle," he said in an interview with TASS.
Lushnikov noted that an effective, compact product is needed to operate in dense urban areas.
"And we produced such an assault rifle in the shortest possible time—in six months—and delivered a large batch to the troops. So this is an example of how, based on feedback from service members in the SVO zone, we created a practically new and effective product," he added.
On December 24, Kalashnikov Concern announced that it had fully manufactured and shipped shortened AK-15K assault rifles in the "Multicam" pattern to a customer. This pattern was introduced in small arms production in 2025 to maximize the camouflage of soldiers and their weapons in various combat situations.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.