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Thursday, 12 February 2026, 06:04
Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha has named key mechanisms for putting pressure on Russia – blocking the so-called “shadow fleet” and adopting a strong 20th sanctions package that would include restrictions against Russia’s defense industry and oil and gas sector.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, together with SpaceX, is already working to resolve the issue of Starlink being used on Russian unmanned aerial vehicles.
Clear parallels can be seen in the actions and words of Vladimir Putin with what Adolf Hitler said and did during World War II.
The European Commission has announced the allocation of €153 million in emergency assistance for Ukraine and Moldova, which is hosting Ukrainian refugees.
Ukraine has received the first batch of energy equipment from Germany as part of a winter emergency support package.
The European Commission, together with the European Investment Bank, has today provided an additional €50 million to Naftogaz of Ukraine.
It will take months to restore Kyiv's own electricity generation capacity, so power cuts will continue in the city for the foreseeable future.
The National Bank of Ukraine has lowered its key policy rate from 15.5% to 15%.
President Volodymyr Zelensky honored the memory of the fallen Heroes of Kruty and the current soldiers of the war at Askold's Grave.
As of the morning of January 29, 531 settlements in seven regions are without power due to bad weather. Shelling has caused new power outages in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Ukrainian troops stopped an enemy attempt to land on Kruhlyk Island in the Prydniprovske sector.
As part of repatriation efforts, 1,000 bodies (remains) of the deceased have been returned to Ukraine, which, according to the Russian side, belong to Ukrainian defenders.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Russian 1L119 Nebo-SVU radar station, several enemy UAV control points, and an ammunition depot.
The danger to civilian transport and volunteer crews on the Pavlohrad-Pokrovsk-Dmytrivka route has increased significantly.
FPV drone operators from the 79th Separate Air Assault Tavria Brigade destroyed a car carrying Russian invaders who were trying to break through to the center of Myrnohrad in Donetsk region to reinforce the capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces.
As of the morning of January 29, 613 high-rise buildings in Kyiv remain without heating.
Snow, ice, and sharp temperature fluctuations reduce the drone efficiency on the front line.
Over the past day, Russian troops shelled communications, energy, and transport facilities, as well as critical infrastructure enterprises in four districts of the Chernihiv region.
Russian warships and submarines have not been spotted in the sea for over a week.
In the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian units are clearing settlements and capturing invaders after unsuccessful attempts to advance.
Russian troops launched nearly 10 strikes on seven settlements in five communities in the Sumy region over the past 24 hours.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 84 out of 105 drones used by Russians to attack Ukraine since the evening of January 28.
In Odesa, the victim toll of the Russian drone attack on January 27 has increased to four.
On Wednesday, January 28, Ukrainian forces engaged in 117 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the front line.
On January 28, Russian forces carried out 841 strikes on 34 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region. Three people were killed and another 16 were injured as a result of enemy attacks on Zaporizhzhia and the Zaporizhzhia district.
Total combat losses of Russian troops in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to January 29, 2026 are estimated at about 1,237,400 personnel, including 830 killed or wounded over the past day.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian strike overnight left three people dead and one person injured. One private house was destroyed and seven others were damaged.
More than 200 children currently remain in Mykolaivka, Donetsk region.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the most difficult issue in negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine remains Russia's territorial claims to the Donetsk region.