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On the Kostiantynivka axis, the enemy has scaled up strikes on Defense Forces logistics, alongside mechanized and infantry attacks.
The latest version of the Ukrainian Octopus interceptor drone was demonstrated to a British delegation led by UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy.
On the night of January 20 (from 7:00 p.m. on January 19), the enemy carried out a combined strike against Ukraine’s critical infrastructure using attack UAVs, ballistic and cruise missiles.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the enemy’s targets included Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and other regions.
Fighters of the 426th Unmanned Systems Regiment of the 30th Marine Corps demonstrated a strike on a military airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Today, January 20, Ukraine honors the memory of the defenders of Donetsk Airport — warriors who became a symbol of modern Ukrainian courage and determination.
Over the past day, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces grouping hit or destroyed 1,069 enemy targets.
Air defense troops of the 80th Galician Air Assault Brigade of the 8th Air Assault Corps demonstrated how to turn an expensive and scarce Russian reconnaissance UAV into a pile of scrap metal.
Over the past day, losses of the aggressor state’s army amounted to 1,130 soldiers and 6 tanks.
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov has signed an order appointing Pavlo Yelizarov as Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, responsible for the development of short-range air defense.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the results of strikes on the Tuapse oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai and a Russian oil depot in Belgorod Oblast.
Over the past week, Russian occupation forces conducted assault operations within the defense zone of the border brigade “Hart”. During this time, Ukrainian defenders eliminated 131 occupiers and wounded another 111.
Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, Mykhailo Fedorov, held talks with UK Secretary of State for Defence John Healey.
Between January 17 and 19, the Unmanned Systems Forces carried out effective strikes against enemy military targets and logistics elements, including UAV depots, MLRS, air defense systems, and more.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has integrated the command of the 1st Corps of the National Guard of Ukraine “Azov” into the digital logistics management system (LMS) for ground weapons systems.
During attempted assault actions in the Lyman direction, Russian infantrymen, due to negligence or shortsightedness, neglected winter camouflage. This made it easy to detect their silhouettes, which stood out starkly black against white snow, during aerial reconnaissance.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov have approved personnel decisions aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s defense, including the candidate for a new Deputy Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine responsible for the short-range air defense system.
In Chasiv Yar, the enemy continues attempts to seize the city, trying to seep into the rear of the Defense Forces and continue assaults. To achieve its goals, the enemy uses multiple-launch rocket systems, artillery, and aviation.
In the Sumy region, within the area of responsibility of the Joint Forces Grouping, border fighting continues. The enemy is “trying to palpate” Ukrainian defenses along the entire line.
The war for Demian, callsign “Atoshnyk”, began back in 2014 with his forced departure from his native Horlivka. Today, he is an aerial reconnaissance operator in the “Khyzhak” Brigade, a consolidated rifle brigade of the Patrol Police of Ukraine, carrying out combat missions in the Kostiantynivka direction and continuing the fight for the land the enemy tried to take from him twice.
In Pokrovsk, the Defense Forces are containing the enemy, who is attempting to infiltrate the northern part of the city above the railway line in small groups and establish a foothold there.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has presented the main approaches to improving the activities of support services in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.