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Over the past day, Russian invading forces carried out 749 attacks on 34 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, leaving four people killed and six others wounded.
Fighters of the 429th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade “Achilles” tracked down and carried out a series of strikes against a rare Russian Borisoglebsk-2 electronic warfare (EW) system near Vovchansk.
Part of temporarily occupied Crimea was left without power on the morning of January 20 due to an accident.
20 January 2026
Kyiv has fully restored water supply, and late in the evening authorities plan to begin heating the boilers so that heat can start returning to homes in the morning.
Ukrainian Defiance Minister Mykhailo Fedorov plans to find a replacement for Mavic and other Chinese-made drones and to establish drone-assault units within the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
In the temporarily occupied city of Debaltseve in the Donetsk region, strikes have been recorded on an ammunition depot belonging to Russian invaders.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is dissatisfied with the performance of air defense forces against enemy UAVs during Russia's latest aerial attack and promised that conclusions will be drawn.
During Russia's latest massive air attack, Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 14 of 18 ballistic missiles, which is a very high efficiency rate.
Russian troops struck the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region during the day, damaging civilian facilities.
A person in a car was killed in Zaporizhzhia as a result of a Russian attack.
Since the beginning of the day, a total of 61 combat clashes have been recorded on the front line. Fighting continues in five sectors, with the Russian army exerting the most pressure on Pokrovsk and increased activity in the Huliaipole and Kostiantynivka sectors.
The most difficult situation with electricity persists in the city of Kyiv and the regions of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Odesa, and Poltava.
Four thousand high-rise buildings in the capital remain without heating after the Russian attack.
All units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are currently engaged in combat missions, and Ukrainian troops will not participate in training abroad, including in Greenland.
Within the Defense Forces, units are being formed that will focus on tracking Russian drone operators.
Today's Russian attack cost Ukraine EUR 80 million in missiles for air defense systems alone.
There are two stages in building an effective system capable of stopping the enemy in the air and on the ground. The first is restructuring effective management in the defense sector, and the second is eliminating 50,000 Russian troops on the battlefield every month.
In the Kyiv region, 15 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged as a result of the overnight Russian attack.
The Russian army launched an air strike with guided bombs on the village of Kushuhum in the Zaporizhzhia district.
Russians are remotely mining Kherson - anti-personnel mines were found near the bus station.
Soldiers from the 426th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment of the 30th Marine Corps showed how they struck the control tower of the Russian military airfield in Dzhankoy in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had received a report from the Ukrainian Air Force commander on the first evidence of the enemy's updated tactics and had instructed that partners be informed accordingly.
On the night of January 20, air defense units hit 342 enemy targets. In particular, 14 Iskander-M/S-300 ballistic missiles, 13 Kh-101 cruise missiles, and 315 enemy UAVs.
On January 20, Air Defense Forces struck a significant number of Russian targets, as Ukraine had received the necessary missiles a day before the attack.
More than 10,000 users in the Rivne region have been left without power following a morning strike by the Russian Federation, which damaged critical infrastructure, smashed windows in several residential buildings, and damaged cars.
Russian troops have struck an industrial facility in the Poltava region.
In the Odesa region, Russian invaders attacked civilian infrastructure in the morning of January 20.
During a Russian attack on the night of January 20, a strike on critical infrastructure occurred in the Vinnytsia region.
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