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[Korrespondent] 22.55 Russia is using missiles "from the assembly line" to strike Ukraine, which indicates that it does not have stocks of these weapons. This was stated by the presidential commissioner for sanctions policy, Vladyslav Vlasyuk, on the air of the United News.
22.25 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump had a conversation, in particular, about the war in Ukraine. This is according to a message on the British government's website.
21:42 Kyiv police explosives technicians have neutralized the warhead of an Iskander-M missile that failed to detonate after the Russians' night attack on the capital. The National Police of Ukraine reported this on its Facebook page.
19.36 One of the topics of the trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi (UAE) was the parameters of the end of the war. The military also identified a list of issues for further meetings. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky following the results of the trilateral meeting of Ukraine, the United States and Russia in the United Arab Emirates.
18.59 Direct bilateral talks between the Ukrainian and Russian sides took place on Saturday, January 24, in Abu Dhabi, in parallel with a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the United States, and the Russian Federation. This was reported by the Axios publication, citing Ukrainian officials.
18.44 Russia has no more than 3-4 Oreshnik missiles in its arsenal. However, in 2026, the Russian Federation plans to launch them into mass production to produce five or more units per year. This was stated by the First Deputy Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Oleg Lugovsky, in an interview with Ukrinform.
17.59 Ukrainian servicemen from the 147th separate artillery brigade stopped a group of Russian occupiers in an industrial zone in the north-west of Pokrovsk. This is according to a message from the 7th Corps of the Assault Raid Troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Telegram.
15.23 Ukrainian government officials held a meeting of the "energy Ramstein" in the G7+ format. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister for Recovery - Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine Oleksiy Kuleba on Telegram.
The partners confirmed their readiness to continue supporting Ukraine with new humanitarian assistance packages worth over $500 million.
14.55 In Kyiv, as a result of the Russian attack on Saturday night, power was cut off to water infrastructure facilities. This was reported by Kyivvodokanal. Water supply is completely absent in Pechersk, Shevchenkivsk, Dnipro and Darnytsia districts.
14.19 As a result of a massive attack by "shaheeds" on Kharkiv, more than 30 people were injured. This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office. In the Industrial and Nemyshlyansky districts of the city, apartment buildings and private houses, a dormitory, and two medical facilities were damaged.
13.51 In the closed city of Severomorsk, where the main naval base of the Russian Northern Fleet is located, electricity was cut off due to the collapse of five power transmission towers on the Rosset lines. Warships were transferred to emergency generators.
12.44 The second day of negotiations between delegations from Ukraine, the United States, and Russia has begun in Abu Dhabi, Sky News reports. According to the channel, the meetings are taking place in various formats.
During the negotiations, Kyiv is allegedly under increasing pressure from Washington to conclude a peace agreement, while Moscow insists on the transfer of the entire eastern industrial zone of Donbas to it as a condition for the cessation of hostilities.
12.12 The missiles of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, which attacked Ukraine last night, struck not only the Ukrainian people, but also the negotiating table in Abu Dhabi. This was written by the head of the Foreign Ministry Andriy Sybiga on the social network X.
11.51 In the Luhansk region, the temporarily occupied Alchevsk was left without electricity. This was reported by the head of the Luhansk OVA, Oleksiy Kharchenko. The power grid failure occurred due to excessive load on the system caused by the lack of centralized heating.
11.25 The main target of Russia's night attack was again energy. That is why we cannot delay the delivery of air defense systems. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this in Telegram. We cannot turn a blind eye to Russian strikes, but must respond with force, he noted.
10.31 Emergency power outages have been introduced in several regions of Ukraine due to a massive Russian attack. This was reported by Ukrenergo. Previously published power outage schedules in the regions where emergency power outages have been applied are currently not in effect.
10.01 A confectionery factory in Kyiv was damaged by Russian shelling. Most likely, it is a Roshen company enterprise. This was reported by the State Emergency Service and People's Deputy Oleksiy Honcharenko.
09.46 On Saturday night, Russian aggressors launched 21 missiles and 375 drones of various types into Ukraine. Air defense and electronic warfare units intercepted/suppressed most of the enemy targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
The main direction of the strike was the Kyiv region. Its peculiarity was the involvement of strategic aviation aircraft with Kh-22/Kh-32 missiles to strike the capital of Ukraine.
09.25 Due to the massive attack by Russian invaders in Kyiv, almost 6 thousand houses were left without heating. This was reported by Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko. Most of the houses are those that have already been connected to the heat supply twice or tried to be connected after the shelling on January 9 and 20.
09.07 Due to a massive Russian attack, almost all of Chernihiv has been without power. The city council reported this. According to the regional energy authority, the Russians damaged an important energy facility in the Nizhyn district. Hundreds of thousands of consumers have been left without power.
08.42 Over the past 24 hours, 136 combat clashes between the Ukrainian army and the Russian occupiers have been recorded on the front line. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational update. The most active fighting continued in the Pokrovsky direction, where more than 40 assaults were stopped in the areas of 14 settlements.
08.26 In America, a federal court sentenced 49-year-old Sergei Nechaev, who had dual Russian and US citizenship, to 41 months in prison and three years of post-release supervision, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia reported.
Serhiy Nechayev pleaded guilty to attempting to illegally export aircraft without a license, smuggling, and providing false information in documentation.
From 2008 to 2021, Nechayev worked as a pilot for the Russian company East Union, which specializes in VIP charters and aircraft and yacht rental. He flew at least 40 times on flights for billionaire Leonid Mikhelson and his family, including on a Gulfstream business jet (N650GL) associated with the Novatek holding company. Other passengers on Nechayev's flights included former Novatek deputy chairman and current deputy prime minister Alexander Novak and former deputy minister of natural resources Denis Khramov.
08.01 At least 19 people were injured in a massive attack by Russian "shaheeds" in Kharkiv. This was reported by the city's mayor, Igor Terekhov.
134 rescuers, 34 pieces of equipment, as well as police, medics, volunteers, and city utilities are involved in eliminating the consequences of the Russian attack.
07.39 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has lost 930 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational briefing. The Ukrainian military has destroyed almost 900 units of Russian equipment, including one air defense system and 31 artillery systems.
07.25 Due to a massive Russian attack in Kyiv, trains on the "green" and "red" lines of the metro are temporarily running with changes. The Kyiv City State Administration reported the details.
06.04 The Russian Foreign Ministry has named one of the key conditions for resolving the war in Ukraine. According to the ministry, in negotiations with the United States, the Russian side will continue to focus on the so-called "oppression" of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) and the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine.
03.41 On the night of Saturday, January 24, Russian forces launched massive strikes on Kyiv and the region, using missiles and strike drones. According to the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko, the shelling resulted in the death of one person and there are injuries. Hits were recorded in several areas of the capital.
02.58 On the night of Saturday, January 24, Kharkiv was attacked by Russian strike drones of the Shahed type. According to local authorities, the explosions occurred in the Industrial and Nemyshlyansky districts of the city. At least three residential buildings were hit. A dormitory with displaced people, a hospital, and a maternity hospital were also damaged. 11 people are known to have been injured, including a 12-year-old boy.
02.26 In Vinnytsia, the National Police and the Security Service of Ukraine exposed a criminal group that organized a fake "volunteer battalion" and helped conscripts avoid mobilization for money. According to law enforcement officers, five members of the group registered men as members of a pseudo-organization that operated under the guise of a volunteer battalion. This scheme worked not only in Vinnytsia, but also had branches in the Zakarpattia, Lviv, Chernivtsi, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
01.05 The start of the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi was described by the White House as productive, Sky News reported, citing comments from an unnamed White House official.
00.27 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz positively assessed the initial stage of the trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US and Russia, noting the high degree of coordination between Kyiv, Washington and European partners. At the same time, the deputy spokesman for the German government, Stefan Mayer, noted that Berlin is cautiously assessing the prospects of the trilateral talks on ending the war, which are currently underway in Abu Dhabi. The German government generally welcomes the very fact of holding such meetings, but serious doubts remain about Russia's readiness to abandon its maximalist demands.
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[NewsFront] 21:31 Druzhkovskoyed irection
Units of the Group of Forces "Center" continue to push back the enemy at the so-called Dobropolsky salient.
Our units have dug in at Novopavlovka and are engaged in fierce counter-attacks toward Pavlovka. The section of road approaching Pavlovka from the south is open and controlled by the enemy.
21:28 FPV drone operators of the Zapad group of forces destroyed ground robotic complex, equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Khar'kov region.
Drone operators from the special forces unit of the Center group of forces overtook armored vehicles, passenger vehicles with troops, and enemy infantry in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
UAV crews from the Vostok group disrupted the delivery of ammunition to Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the Zaporizhzhia region.
20:45 Crews of the 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzers of the Vostok group of forces destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Artillerymen from the "North" force group used Krasnopol precision-guided munitions to strike enemy UAV temporary deployment points and control centers in the Sumy region.
20:18 From 08:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were:
Five over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Four over the territory of the Kursk region.
20:07 Khar'kov direction. Volchansky section
Troops of the North Group of Forces continue to expand the "security zone" in the Khar'kov region near Vovchansk through head-on combat.
The enemy is constantly counterattacking on the southeastern outskirts of Volchansk, trying to infiltrate the city in small groups.
Russian Armed Forces continue to push back the enemy along the road to Bely Kolodez. The latter is a key defensive node for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy uses it to defend and counterattack in the direction of Vovchansk, Vilcha, and Vovchanskiye Khutory.
18:31 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov direction, –MAP.
17:44 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk direction, –MAP.
17:39 Tank crews of the Southern group of forces destroyed Camouflaged dugouts and an observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Konstantinovsky direction.
15:20 Russian Armed Forces FPV drone crews continue to systematically destroy enemy vehicles and robotic systems along supply routes and parking areas.
15:13 Russian artillerymen are working in various areas of the Air Defense Forces, video.
14:10 New footage of the successful work of the Rubicon unmanned systems center has been released, video.
13:13 Marked advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Dobropolsky direction.
12:16 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of January 24, 2026:
Last night, in response to Ukraine's terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike using long-range precision-guided ground- and air-based weapons and attack drones against a plant producing long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as energy facilities used by Ukraine's military-industrial complex. The strike's objectives were achieved. All designated targets were hit.
As a result of decisive actions by units of the North group of forces, the liberation of the village of Staritsa in the Khar'kov region has been completed.
Units of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vovchanskie Khutora and Okhrimovka in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, the manpower and equipment of a mechanized brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Kislaya Dubina, Ivolzhanskoye, Sadki, and Khoten in the Sumy region.
The enemy lost up to 145 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight cars and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "West" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an airborne assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Vasilevka, Berezovka, Nechvolodovka, Kovalivka, and Kutkovka in the Khar'kov region, and Yarovaya, Krasny Liman, Aleksandrovka, and Illichivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 180 troops, four armored combat vehicles, 16 vehicles, and an artillery piece. Five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Lipovka, Nikiforovka, Kaleniki, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Minkovka, Stepanovka, and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 140 servicemen, seven vehicles, five field artillery pieces, including two US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery units, an electronic warfare station, and two ammunition depots.
Units of the "Center" force group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades, two airmobile brigades, an infantry brigade, an airborne assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, and three National Guard brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Veseloye, Rodynskoye, Grishino, Svetloye, Toretskoye, Artemovka, and Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Fedorivskoye, Novopavlivka, and Novopidgorodnoye in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian armed forces lost over 445 servicemen, seven armored combat vehicles, including a Stryker armored personnel carrier and a US-made HMMWV armored car, 14 vehicles, and an artillery piece.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two assault brigades, two unmanned aerial vehicle brigades, and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Novoskelevatoe and Volne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Vozdvyzhevka, Ternovatoe, Petrovka, Novoye Pole, Staroukrainka, and Rizdvyanka in Zaporizhia Oblast.
The enemy lost up to 355 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 15 vehicles and three field artillery pieces.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Novoyakovlevka and Veselyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, four vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces struck storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and training sites for unmanned aerial vehicle operators, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries in 157 districts.
Air defense systems shot down four US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets and 137 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
11:45 Attack aircraft of the 68th Guards Army Corps of the Center group of forces are undergoing combat training courses to carry out missions in the Krasnoarmeysk direction,video.
11:43 As a result of prolonged and fierce fighting, the Severyan assault groups knocked out units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and completely captured the village of Staritsa in the Khar'kov region.
11:02 On rare footage of objective control captured the destruction of two Ukrainian Armed Forces helicopters at once – a Mi-24 and a Mi-8 – at a helipad in the Kirovograd region.
10:56 Recorded advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Novopavlovsk direction.
10:40 Ukrainian Armed Forces military hit on a service bus in the Belgorod region.
Five people were injured: two men and two women suffered multiple shrapnel wounds and were hospitalized. One of the victims is in serious condition.
9:50 Drones of the Northern Force Group destroyed dugouts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Sukhodol.
9:00 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.
In total, 14 enemy drones of various types were shot down over our region between 9:00 AM on January 23 and 7:00 AM on January 24. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled evacuated areas 49 times with artillery. Three times, drones attacked our territory by dropping explosive devices.
8:36 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 75 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles:
46 UAVs were flying over the Rostov region,
22 UAVs were flying over the Belgorod region,
Three UAVs were flying over the Republic of Crimea,
Two UAVs were flying over the Kursk region,
One UAV was flying over the Voronezh region, and
One UAV was flying over the Bryansk region.
8:00 Crews of the 203mm 2S7 Malka self-propelled howitzer of the North group of forces destroyed shelters, equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Khar'kov region.
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[Regnum] Belgorod has been subjected to the heaviest shelling in recent memory, according to regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
"There is damage to energy facilities. We are currently gathering information," the governor noted on Telegram.
As Gladkov noted, the shelling was presumably carried out by a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. The hits set a building ablaze, and falling debris ignited a fire in one of the city's courtyards. Emergency Ministry personnel quickly extinguished the fires.
Also in the village of Tavrovo in the Belgorod district, the roofs of two private homes were damaged as a result of falling debris.
On January 24, Russian air defense systems shot down four HIMARS missiles and 137 Ukrainian drones.
Over the past week, Russian air defense forces shot down 1,468 Ukrainian drones, 47 HIMARS missiles, 35 guided aerial bombs, and seven long-range Neptune missiles. In just one day, on January 21, nine guided aerial bombs, 224 UAVs, and four HIMARS missiles were destroyed.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] 1. The second day of negotiations between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine concluded in Abu Dhabi. The UAE government provided the venue. The Emiratis are ready to continue, as they have outscored the Turks in this area.
2. By agreement of the parties, the content of the negotiations was not disclosed to the press and no press conferences were held following the talks. Although various leaks have been published, they have not been verified.
3. Following the negotiations in Abu Dhabi on January 23-24, 2026, the parties agreed to meet next week and continue. Everything is classic - they agreed to negotiate further.
4. An agreement on the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Donbas is clearly absent at the moment; without it, there will be no peace. Russia has repeatedly stated that without the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from Donbas, the war will continue until the end.
5. The courts have also failed to reach an agreement on the "Energy Ceasefire," which Ukraine is begging for. Russian military strikes against Ukraine's energy system continue. And judging by events in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and several other cities, they are particularly effective this year.
[ERR] The 2026 European Fencing Championships, which had originally been scheduled to take place in Tallinn this June, have been moved to France, after the sport's governing body demanded Russian and Belarusian athletes be able to compete under a neutral flag.
According to a report at the end of last year by Estonian media outlet Delfi, the International Fencing Federation (FIE) stated that if Estonia wishes to host an international competition, its government must provide a written confirmation, bearing signatures and seals, stating that no one wishing to participate in the tournament will be discriminated against and that they will be allowed to cross the border regardless of nationality or military rank.
"The Estonian state cannot provide a confirmation letter guaranteeing that everyone wishing to take part in the European Fencing Championships will be allowed to cross the border," said Raido Mitt, the ministry's deputy secretary general for sport at the time.
"The government's position has been clear: Visas will not be issued to athletes from aggressor states. Zero tolerance applies, and no exceptions will be made," Mitt added.
Tallinn was awarded hosting rights after winning 24 votes out of 42 at last fall's EFC congress to decide the location of the 2026 championships.
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