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19 January 2026
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.
Ukraine's air defense forces have neutralized 126 out of the 145 drones launched by Russian invaders to attack Ukraine since Sunday evening.
Russian invading forces carried out 684 strikes on 34 settlements across the Zaporizhzhia region on January 18, leaving three people injured.
In Odesa, residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were damaged as a result of an overnight Russian attack.
Russia suffered approximately 1,227,440 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and January 19, 2026, with 1,020 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
On the Kharkiv front, the Shkval unit of the 7th Carpathian Border Detachment is systematically reducing the combat capabilities of Russian forces by using unmanned systems to destroy equipment, bridges, communications assets, and enemy personnel.
One person has been injured in a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia, with the consequences of the strike being assessed.
Russian troops are abandoning their comrades and leaving combat positions.
Russia plans to form at least 11 divisions this year and conscript 409,000 personnel.
Agents of the ATESH partisan movement struck Russian military logistics by damaging a key electrical substation in Russia’s Bryansk region.
18 January 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recognized the military units defending positions across various sectors of the front in Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Ukrainian forces reported 126 combat engagements on the front, with Russian forces carrying out 39 attacks on Defense Forces positions in the Pokrovsk direction.
Russian invaders carried out strikes throughout the week on facilities of the company Naftogaz in various regions of Ukraine, including yesterday targeting gas production.
Ukraine will carry out offensive operations to maintain operational initiative.
On January 18, Russian forces attacked a critical energy facility in the Koriukivka district of the Chernihiv region.
Russia plans to significantly increase production in order to deploy up to 1,000 drones per day against Ukraine.
On January 18, Russian forces attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times using artillery and FPV drones.
In Kherson, law enforcement officers have recorded new cases of remote mining of the city's territory by the Russian army.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Russian invaders attempted to exploit their numerical superiority and break through defenses in Vovchansk, as well as toward Hrafske, Vovchanski Khutory, and Zybyne.
Over the past day, January 17, Russian forces shelled the territory of Sumy region more than 100 times, with civilians among the injured.
Yesterday in the Donetsk region, seven settlements came under Russian shelling, as a result of which two people were wounded.
Minkivka, in the Sloviansk sector of the front, remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Soldiers of the 132nd Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces conducted a clearance operation, removing Russian invaders from a section approximately 900 meters long on the Pokrovsk front as part of improving their tactical position.
Over the past week, Russia has launched over 1,300 attack drones, about 1,050 guided aerial bombs, and 29 missiles of various types against Ukraine.
Over the past day, January 17, Russian forces shelled the city of Kharkiv and 12 settlements in the Kharkiv region, killing three people and injuring 11.
Russian forces attacked the Vasylkivka community in the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, injuring six people and causing fires.
On January 17, 133 clashes were recorded between Ukrainian and Russian forces, as the enemy concentrated their main efforts on the Pokrovsk sector and stepped up attacks in the Huliaipole and Kostiantynivka sectors.
Russian troops have once again attacked energy infrastructure in the Odesa region, damaging a production facility.