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The intensity of unmanned aerial vehicle use in modern warfare continues to grow. The ability to detect, classify, and neutralize them is currently critically important during combat operations and will remain decisive in the future.

Russian ‘loaf’ vans, unmanned ground vehicles, and any heavy equipment are all destroyed on approach by pilots of the 28th Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign.

Twenty eliminated occupiers during the repulsion of a single assault is not the limit — at the beginning of January this year, Podillia air assault troops destroyed as many as 60 invaders at once.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine published data confirming that Russia is scaling its criminal practice of recruiting foreign nationals and labor migrants into its armed forces through deception or coercion.

On the night of January 26, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck the infrastructure of the Slavyansk-Eco oil refinery (Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation).

The Ares artillery reconnaissance unit of the 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade named after Kostiantyn Hordiienko demonstrates versatility on the battlefield: in addition to striking the enemy from the air, fighters directly engage in small-arms combat with enemy assault groups.

Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Serhii Boiev spoke at the OFDEF conference dedicated to coordinating defense support for Ukraine by partner states. In his speech, he outlined the current security situation, Russia’s plans for 2026, and Ukraine’s key defense priorities.

Despite the inability to realize their plans, Russian command sends new and new groups every day, whose task is at least to reach a designated point and attempt to entrench themselves.

General Oleksandr Syrskyi continued his work on the Pokrovsk and Ocheretyne axes, where the enemy is concentrating its main efforts.

For several months, the enemy on the Lyman axis has been attempting to enter Lyman in order to continue implementing its main plan — the occupation of the Sloviansk–Kramatorsk agglomeration. Attempts to advance toward the Oskil River are also ongoing.

A special operations group of the 8th SOF Regiment carried out successful special actions in Kupiansk.

A pilot of the 24th Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo, call sign “Sheva”, is originally from Kharkiv. He was a student when the full-scale war began and decided to join the military.

Over the course of one day, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out effective strikes on the positions of Russian occupation forces, hitting and destroying 1,206 enemy targets.

Operators of the “Perun” Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 42nd Mechanized Brigade named after Hero of Ukraine Valerii Hudzi compiled footage of destroyed enemy equipment and infantry in the Novopavlivka area.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Gitanas Nausėda, and Karol Nawrocki agreed that the three countries must be effective in their cooperation to protect their sovereignty and their peoples, and that all countries — both in the region and across Europe — should act in the same way.

On the night of January 26 (from 18:00 on January 25), the enemy attacked with 138 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera types and drones of other types from the directions of Kursk, Oryol, Bryansk, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk — Russian Federation; temporarily occupied Donetsk. About 90 of them were Shaheds.

Over the past day, Russian invaders lost 1,020 military personnel killed and wounded.

In the area of Chasiv Yar, Russians periodically attempt assaults not only on foot but also using vehicles as transport to rapidly deliver assault troops to the forward edge.

Serhii, call sign “Ispanets”, is a sapper with the interceptor drone crew of the “Simargl” unit of the Separate Presidential Brigade named after Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi. He is responsible for preparing drones for combat missions and ensuring the safety of the entire crew.

Aerial reconnaissance units of the 155th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Anna of Kyiv detected a Russian occupier in Pokrovsk who learned firsthand what karma means.

Trying to infiltrate unnoticed into the near rear of the Defense Forces in the Southern Slobozhanskyi direction, Russians move in small groups of up to four infantrymen.

The “Steel Border” Brigade reported on the results of its drone operators’ work in the Kursk and Southern Slobozhanskyi directions.