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19 January 2026
The newly appointed Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Pavlo Yelizarov (call sign “Lazar”), will be responsible for the development of small-scale air defense.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia is preparing for a new massive strike against Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky received a report from the acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), Yevhenii Khmara, and approved new combat operations.
The Defense Forces captured a Russian who was responsible for the execution of Ukrainian prisoners in October last year in the Kursk region.
Throughout the day, Russian forces struck the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk region. Seven people were injured, and civilian facilities were damaged.
In the Kharkiv region, in the city of Kupiansk, the Russian grouping has been reduced to several dozen troops concentrated in a single neighborhood, while the enemy's attempts to shrink the bridgehead on the left bank of the Oskil River remain unsuccessful.
Russian troops have stepped up attempts to outflank Vovchansk and the Ukrainian units holding positions in the southern part of the city, using their proximity to the border to continuously replenish their forces.
Russian forces are attempting to envelop Lyman in a semicircle from various directions, concentrating significant forces on this axis, while the Siverskyi Donets River remains a defensive line for Ukrainian forces.
Two local residents were injured in Zaporizhzhia as a result of a Russian attack.
Russian forces have stepped up their activity along the border line in the area of responsibility of the Joint Forces Task Force, trying to identify weak points in Ukrainian defenses and intensifying air strikes.
In the northwest, in the industrial zone of Pokrovsk, the Defense Forces are conducting countermeasures that prevent the Russians from gathering forces for open direct assaults on Hryshyne, one of their priority targets in the Pokrovsk agglomeration.
Updated figures show that one person has been killed and five people have been injured in a Russian airstrike on Kharkiv.
Over the past week, Russian troops have slightly reduced the number of assaults in the south, but have significantly increased the use of aviation and FPV drones, suffering significant losses in manpower and equipment.
Russian troops struck Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs.
Russian forces are unable to gain a foothold in Huliaipole and are therefore trying to isolate the city through active assaults, massive air strikes, and extensive mining, including the use of drones.
The increase in air strikes and the use of guided bombs in the south are linked to the enemy's tactics of high-altitude strikes, preparing the terrain for assault operations.
Russian forces attacked Kharkiv for the second time since the beginning of the day, striking with unmanned aerial vehicles.
The search-and-strike unit Khartiia controls the central part of the city of Kupiansk in Kharkiv region and the city council building; stabilization measures are ongoing.
The National Guard is strengthening protection and security at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the exclusion zone, and deepening cooperation with the Defense Forces to ensure security.
In the city of Snovsk, Chernihiv region, on the afternoon of January 18, a Russian strike drone attacked a cultural center, injuring a resident.
Russian forces carried out a KAB airstrike on Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast in the morning, injuring a woman and damaging houses.
On the night of January 19, Russians attacked the energy infrastructure of the Odesa region, leaving 30,800 customers without power.
The Russian army struck critical infrastructure in the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv.
On the morning of January 19, the Russian army struck the Slobidskyi district of Kharkiv.
Russian troops are trying to quickly replace air defense systems in the temporarily occupied Crimea, which were destroyed by the Defense Forces.
Russian troops have attacked Zaporizhzhia; there may be disruptions in water and electricity supply.
On the night and morning of Monday, January 19, Russian troops attacked Sumy and Shostka communities with drones, damaging residential and civilian infrastructure.
The operational situation in the Pokrovsk sector remains difficult, with about 50 combat clashes occurring there each day, but the Ukrainian troops are holding their ground.
Over the past day, January 18, there were 144 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders on the front line.
Five settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian attack yesterday.