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30 January 2026
The police are investigating reports of mining of facilities in Zaporizhzhia. Ninety-eight reports have been received. In Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region, reports of mining were also received, including at educational institutions and the city council.
Russian forces will attempt to increase pressure on the front in February, both in eastern Ukraine and in other directions.
The United States Department of War has signed a contract for the maintenance of F-16 fighter jets, including those transferred to Ukraine.
Over the past day, Russian invaders carried out dozens of strikes on logistics along the Bohuslav–Petropavlivka section of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
A temporary moratorium on long-range strikes could be beneficial for Russia if both Russia and Ukraine take part in it.
Four settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian attack during the day, leaving one person dead and two wounded.
Russian troops killed a civilian and wounded another person in the Donetsk region yesterday.
Over the past 24 hours, on January 29, 279 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line.
Russian troops attacked with drones and shelled the Synelnykove, Nikopol, and Pavlohrad districts of Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery, damaging enterprises and a cultural institution, leaving one person injured.
Operators of the Furia strike drone company hit a ground-based robotic complex and vehicles belonging to Russian invaders in the northern part of the Kharkiv region.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in manpower from February 24, 2022, to January 30, 2026, reached about 1,238,710 people, of which 1,310 were eliminated in the last 24 hours.
Operators of the Iron Falcons unmanned systems battalion of the 67th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stopped the advance of Russian troops on horseback in the Oleksiivka area in the Oleksandrivka-Novopavlivka direction.
In the Kyiv region, divers and sappers found an explosive device containing about 1.5 kg of explosives in a lake.
In the North Slobozhanskyi direction, operators of the Prime strike unmanned aerial vehicle company of the 5th border guard detachment detected and destroyed a 120-mm mortar and a 130-mm M-46 howitzer belonging to Russian invaders.
Russia has organized a screening of the propaganda film "Blockade Diary" in Equatorial Guinea in an effort to create an emotional backdrop for recruiting into its army.
29 January 2026
On January 29, there were 268 clashes between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders, with the most active fighting – 83 attacks – occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.
A fire broke out in Zaporizhzhia as a result of a Russian strike on an industrial infrastructure facility.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to hold their positions in key sectors of the front – Huliaipole, Pokrovsk, and Kharkiv.
Russian forces are attempting to break into Ukrainian territory in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions using small infantry groups, but they are suffering heavy losses and have achieved no success.
President Volodymyr Zelensky heard a report from Oleksandr Poklad, First Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), on the details of efforts to neutralize threats posed by Russia.
Lviv has introduced an emergency preparedness regime due to the possibility of a Russian attack amid severe frosts.
As of now, 454 residential buildings in Kyiv remain without heating.
In Kryvyi Rih, a Russian attack hit a private residential area, injuring three people and killing an elderly woman.
In Kryvyi Rih, drone attacks caused multiple fires.
Since the start of the day, there have already been 180 combat clashes between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, with the heaviest attacks continuing in the Pokrovsk sector. Increased enemy activity has also been observed in the Huliaipole and Oleksandrivka sectors.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense, together with SpaceX, is already working to resolve the issue of Starlink being used on Russian unmanned aerial vehicles.
Ukrainian troops stopped an enemy attempt to land on Kruhlyk Island in the Prydniprovske sector.
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.