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Operators of the 120th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated another enemy infantryman wearing a highly unusual camouflage suit.

The 30th Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozkyi reported that information claiming the settlement of Orikhovo-Vasylivka in Donetsk Oblast is under full enemy control does not correspond to reality.

The Hostri Kartuzy unit once again demonstrated the high skill of its pilots and the effectiveness of the FootCrusher munition during a recent combat mission in Donetsk Oblast.

On the Pokrovsk axis, in the area of responsibility of the 46th Brigade, the enemy continues daily attacks. Taking advantage of severe weather conditions, it has intensified pressure on Defense Forces positions, increasing the number of attacks to 40–45 per week.

UAV operators of the 81st Separate Slobozhansky Airmobile Brigade are methodically destroying enemy shelters, equipment, and manpower using heavy hexacopters.

On the South Slobozhansky axis, the enemy is attempting to break through the positions of the “Hart” Brigade on the state border. To this end, large infantry forces are involved, supported by artillery, drones, and aviation.

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.