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30 January 2026
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi held a working meeting with commanders of military units directly engaged in combat missions on the front line.
A total of 157 combat engagements were recorded along the front line as of 22:00 on January 31, with Russian forces launching 38 attacks on Ukrainian positions in the Pokrovsk sector and losing about 80 personnel.
Head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate Oleh Ivashchenko briefed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Russia's current military plans and preparations, with Russia preparing to continue assaults at the current level.
As many as 253 apartment buildings remain without heat supply in Kyiv.
Poland has significant experience and capabilities to keep Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets at a high level of combat readiness, including aircraft transferred by Warsaw to Kyiv.
The incoming Dutch government, formed by a coalition led by the liberal D66 party, intends to allocate more than EUR 3 billion in military assistance to Ukraine in 2027-2029.
During the night on Friday, there were almost no enemy strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, except in the Donetsk region.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have carried out seven drone strikes on Ukraine’s railway facilities.
Russian forces attacked the Synelnykove and Nikopol districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with FPV drones and artillery, leaving two people wounded.
Russian claims of the alleged capture of the settlement of Ternuvate and the village of Richne are not true, as both localities remain under the control of Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
Reports claiming that the settlement of Zlahoda on the border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions has allegedly come under Russian control are not true.
Fighters of the 151st Reconnaissance Battalion have thwarted an attempt by Russian forces to break through toward Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in the Kharkiv region.
Russian troops plan to recruit more than 1,300 people from special contingents, including former prisoners and people with hepatitis C, to staff assault units in the southern direction.
Russian forces have attacked the Zaporizhzhia district, injuring three people.
As a result of the Russian attack last night, part of the Philip Morris tobacco company's factory in Kharkiv was damaged.
Russian invading forces have not achieved significant progress in the area of the village of Hrabovske in the Sumy region, despite attempts by some groups to infiltrate, Ukrainian military officials report.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has tasked the Minister of Defense and the Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force with developing drone defense along the line between Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
The number of Russian soldiers killed in action in the war against Ukraine has risen sharply over the past several weeks due to Ukrainian drone operations.
In Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, a Russian unit found itself isolated in one of the residential neighborhoods, unable to receive reinforcements or evacuate.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that there were no strikes on energy facilities last night, but there is now a shift by the Russian army toward strikes on logistics.
Russian troops have intensified combat operations in the Vovchansk sector, leveraging their numerical superiority and favorable terrain. The situation in the Vovchansk and Vovchanski Khutory areas remains difficult.
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.