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On the Huliaipole axis, Russian forces continue attempts to seize the city of Huliaipole itself. The enemy is attacking the outskirts of the city and wiping out nearby villages with airstrikes.
FPV drone pilots of the 15th Operational Assignment Brigade “Kara-Dag” of the National Guard struck a significant amount of Russian equipment and manpower in the Kupiansk direction.
A deputy battalion commander of the Russian Armed Forces has been notified of suspicion for issuing orders to strike Ukraine’s energy and gas transportation infrastructure.
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov reported to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the volumes of interceptor drone supplies and the real situation regarding the downing of Russian drones.
Over the past day, Russian troops shelled de-occupied settlements in Kherson Oblast using artillery, mortars, multiple launch rocket systems, and various types of UAVs. As a result, two people were wounded, and medical and educational facilities were damaged.
Combat medic of the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade, Mykyta with the call sign “Hound”, recounted an unusual incident during the fighting in the Kursk region.
Soldiers of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Mstyslav the Brave demonstrated combat work by drone operators of the first mechanized battalion “Kassta” in destroying a group of Russian invaders.
In the Pokrovsk direction, within the area of responsibility of the 25th Brigade, the situation is very difficult. The enemy constantly attempts to advance, pushing forward until their regiments are “wiped out to zero”.
A new training course, “Cyber Hygiene 2.0”, has been launched in the Army+ application, dedicated to basic yet critically important cybersecurity rules for daily service in the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
In the Lyman direction, an unmanned systems operator of the Signum Battalion of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Volodymyr Monomakh demonstrated high-precision combat work while engaging enemy manpower in difficult forest conditions.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine struck enemy air defense assets in temporarily occupied Crimea. Ukrainian forces destroyed a Nebo-U radar station near Yevpatoria and a Pantsir-S1 missile-gun system.
The first photos and basic details of the UAV were disclosed by military intelligence last week. The drone resembles the Iranian Karrar, most of its modules are identical to those used in other Alabuga-produced Gerans, and the enemy is considering launching the drone from a Su-25 attack aircraft.
In the Vovchansk direction, enemy assaults are constant. Pressure from the Russian army does not decrease, and enemy tactics are constantly changing.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Serhii Boiev and Speaker of the Latvian Parliament Daiga Mieriņa discussed Latvia’s military assistance in 2026 and cooperation in the defense industry.
Units of the Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine carried out systematic strikes against Russia’s layered air defense system throughout 2025. As a result of long-range special operations, the total value of destroyed and disabled enemy air defense assets is estimated at approximately $4 billion.
In 2025, Russia intensified the use of the temporarily occupied Mariupol seaport, presenting it as “restoration”. In reality, this is illegal appropriation of Ukrainian infrastructure and its integration into the logistics system of the aggressor state.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, paid a working visit to military command bodies that continue the operation and hold the defense of the Pokrovsk–Myrnohrad agglomeration.
Engineering troops of the Support Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and engineering units of other branches (the Ground Forces, Unmanned Systems Forces, and Air Assault Forces) effectively carried out combat missions throughout December.
Statements by Russian military leaders about the encirclement of 15 Defense Forces battalions in the Kupiansk area are yet another myth of Russian propaganda.
A defender with the call sign “Luntik” is one of the first volunteers to sign an “18–24” contract with the 92nd Assault Brigade named after Kosh Ataman Ivan Sirko.
Over the past day, losses of the Russian army amounted to 1,020 personnel and 39 artillery systems.
On the night of January 19 (from 18:00 on January 18), the enemy attacked with 145 strike UAVs of the Shahed type, Gerbera drones, and other types of unmanned aerial vehicles from the directions of Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), Chauda (Autonomous Republic of Crimea), and Donetsk (temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine). About 90 of them were Shaheds.