Retro car museum mauled in Russian drone attack
A museum of retro cars sustained damage from the downed Russian drone debris as air defense forces were repelling an air raid in Kyiv region.
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28 January 2025
Fierce urban battles underway in Chasiv Yar and Toretsk
Heavy fighting with Russian troops continues in the urban areas of Chasiv Yar and Toretsk, Donetsk region.
Two civilians killed in enemy shelling of Donetsk region yesterday
Over the past day, Russian aggressors killed two residents of the Donetsk region.
Two killed, two injured in enemy strikes on Kherson region in past day
On January 27, two people were killed and two others were wounded in the Kherson region as a result of Russian aggression.
Russian army loses another 1,380 troops in Ukraine over past day
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to January 28, 2025 amount to nearly 833,000 invaders, including another 1,380 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
Four people injured as Russians shell Zaporizhzhia region 362 times in past day
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers shelled eight settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region 362 times. In the Vasylivka district, four people were injured in Russian attacks.
Enemy drone debris partially destroys two private houses in Chernihiv
Two private houses in Chernihiv have been partially destroyed by debris from an enemy drone.
Shahed UAV attack: Enterprise in Kharkiv on fire after gas pipeline damage
A fire broke out at a civilian enterprise in Kharkiv's Novobavarskyi district after a Russian drone hit it, covering an area of about 1,500 square meters.
ISW explains why Russia paying high amount of fanfare to claimed seizure of Velyka Novosilka
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) is focusing a lot of attention to the claimed Russian seizure of Velyka Novosilka, very likely as part of informational efforts to shape Western perceptions of the battlefield situation in Ukraine and degrade international support for Ukraine.
Ukraine’s 5th Assault Brigade fighters repel Russian assault on Kramatorsk front
On the Kramatorsk front, units of the 5th Separate Kyiv Assault Brigade successfully repelled an attempted motorcycle assault by the Russian forces.
Partisans: Russians move military equipment in Crimea after Ukrainian drone attacks
Agents of the ATESH guerrilla movement near Feodosia in the temporarily occupied Crimea have discovered a new location for military equipment that Russians moved after Ukrainian drone attacks.
27 January 2025
Ryazan Refinery suspends work after drone attack - media
The Ryazan Oil Refinery in Russia has suspended operations after Ukrainian drone attack late last week.
Zelensky on demobilization: If half of Army quits tomorrow, Putin “will kill us all”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky says only a strong Army is able to protect the country, and if half of the Army returns home tomorrow, then Ukraine will have to surrender immediately.
Zelensky: Giving up nuclear arms in exchange for Budapest Memorandum “stupid”, “irresponsible”
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that giving up nuclear weapons in exchange for the signing of the Budapest Memorandum was "absolutely stupid, illogical, and very irresponsible".
Peacekeepers should not just record violations, but counter Russian provocations - Shamshur
Even those European countries that support the idea of deploying a peacekeeping mission on the contact line as part of the plan to end the war fail to realize that peacekeepers should not be simply recording ceasefire violations, but counteracting Kremlin provocations and Russian attempts to advance.
Khortytsia group of forces does not confirm full capture of Velyka Novosilka, fighting continues on outskirts
Fighting continues in Velyka Novosilka in the Donetsk region, with Ukrainian troops holding positions within the settlement.
Kherson: Russian drone attack targets tractor, man killed
The Russian troops attacked a tractor in Kherson with an UAV, killing a 44-year-old man.
Russian glide bomb destroys residential building in Stepnohirsk
As a result of a massive airstrike on Stepnohirsk, a nine-story residential building was destroyed.
War update: 82 clashes along frontlines since day-start, fighting continues in six sectors
On January 27, the Ukrainian forces have been involved in 82 combat clashes with the Russian troops, with fighting still ongoing on six fronts. The most intense fighting is happening in the Pokrovsk sector.
Crimean guerrillas scouted enemy “Pantsir” schedules
In the temporarily occupied Crimea and Sevastopol, guerrillas scouted the schedules of enemy Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile systems.
Ukrainian troops withdraw from Velyka Novosilka to avoid encirclement – military
To prevent the encirclement of the Ukrainian forces in the southern part of Velyka Novosilka, units of the Defense Forces have been withdrawn from the area.
Russian attack on Kindrashivka, Kharkiv: one wounded
On Monday afternoon, Russian troops fired on Kindrashivka, Kupiansk district, wounding a woman.
DIU denies media reports on Budanov’s closed council remarks
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has stated that the information spread in the media about the alleged statements of the head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, at a closed session of the Verkhovna Rada is not true.
Ukrainian Envoy to UK: Delay in providing Ukraine with necessary weapons has changed situation on battlefield
The decision to attack Ukraine in 2022 will be as fatal for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin as the attack on the USSR was for Nazi Germany's leader Adolf Hitler.
Four injured as Russians drop glide bombs on Stepnohirsk
Russian troops attacked Stepnohirsk, Zaporizhzhia region, with guided aerial bombs, injuring four people.
Russians trying to enter, encircle Pokrovsk from west, operating in small groups
In the Pokrovsk axis, the intensity of hostilities has not decreased as the enemy is attacking in small groups and trying to push Ukraine’s Defense Forces out of town.
Enemy attempting to break through defense lines in Kramatorsk, Toretsk sectors – military spox
In the area of the Khortytsia operational and strategic group of forces, intense fighting continues. The enemy attempted to storm the Ukrainian positions in Vovchansk and tried to break through the defense lines in the Kramatorsk and Toretsk sectors.
Ukrainian border guards repel enemy assault near Vovchansk
Near Vovchansk, soldiers from the Forpost brigade of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, together with the Defense Forces, repelled an assault by the Russian army.
Woman injured in Russia’s Jan 8 airstrike on Zaporizhzhia dies in hospital
A woman who was injured in a Russian airstrike on January 8 died in hospital in Zaporizhzhia.
Since beginning of full-scale war, 147 artists and 95 journalists killed in Ukraine
As many as 147 artists and 95 media workers have been killed in Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression.