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19 January 2026
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.
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.