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Total combat losses of Russian troops in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to January 29, 2026 are estimated at about 1,237,400 personnel, including 830 killed or wounded over the past day.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian strike overnight left three people dead and one person injured. One private house was destroyed and seven others were damaged.
More than 200 children currently remain in Mykolaivka, Donetsk region.
A Russian drone attack on the Zaporizhzhia district has left three people dead and one person injured.
In Udmurtia, agents of the ATESH partisan movement partially cut off power to the Bummash metallurgical plant. This company supplies blanks and special alloys for the production of weapons and heavy tactical vehicles for the Russian Armed Forces.
28 January 2026
In the Kharkiv region, fragments of six bodies were discovered at the site of the Russian strike on the passenger train Barvinkove – Lviv – Chop, and forensic examinations are ongoing.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that intelligence indicates Russia is preparing another large-scale attack.
Acting Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) Yevhenii Khmara briefed President Volodymyr Zelensky on special operations conducted on the front ine and on the territory of the aggressor state.
As of the evening of January 28, 639 apartment buildings in Kyiv remain without heat supply.
On Wednesday, January 28, Russian forces shelled and carried out strike drone attacks on the Kamianske, Nikopol, Pavlohrad, Kryvyi Rih, and Synelnykove districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Residential buildings, a business, and infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Russia is increasingly launching drones that use Starlink satellite communications and alternative navigation systems to bypass Ukrainian electronic warfare. Belarus is also actively assisting in coordinating Russian drone operations.
There are currently no plans to install anti-drone nets on a large scale in Zaporizhzhia, as more effective methods of countering strike drones are available.
At the IBU Open European Championships in Sjusjøen (Norway), Ukrainian Anastasiia Merkushyna won the second event, the women's individual race.
Since the start of the day, 46 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders have been recorded on the front line.
In Chernihiv, the hot water supply will be temporarily suspended starting January 30 in order to preserve heat in residential buildings.
In the Kharkiv region, while identifying a Russian explosive device that suddenly detonated, a rescuer from the Blyzniuky community – Captain of the Civil Protection Service, 35-year-old Ivan Sieryi – was killed.
Statements by the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, claiming alleged "street fighting" and "clearing operations" in the village of Kutkivka, Kharkiv region, do not correspond to reality.
In Kryvyi Rih, 243 buildings were left without heating following an overnight attack. There are also consequences for the energy sector in the Synelnykove and Kamianske districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector of the front, border guards, together with a neighboring unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroyed the Russian electronic warfare system Tirada-2, designed to disable communication satellites.
China is helping Russia expand the production of Oreshnik ballistic missiles by supplying specialized equipment and machine tools.
In Odesa, a building of the Holy Dormition Monastery was damaged as a result of a Russian drone attack overnight into January 28, according to an Ukrinform correspondent.
On the eastern axis, Russian forces are actively attempting to infiltrate with assault groups, including by disguising themselves as civilians. At the same time, Ukraine’s Defense Forces are systematically disrupting these attempts and carrying out countermeasures.
Russian forces shelled Zaporizhzhia this morning using Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS). This type of weapon has allowed them to strike the regional center throughout all four years of the full-scale war. There is currently no threat of shelling with tube artillery.
The enemy launched two MLRS strikes on a residential district of Zaporizhzhia in the morning. The number of injured has risen to six. Most of them will receive treatment at home.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck the Khokholskaya oil depot in Russia's Voronezh Region, as well as a Russian drone warehouse and a UAV control point.
In the Semenivka community in the Chernihiv region, at around 5 a.m. on January 28, Russian Geran UAVs hit an energy facility, leaving several settlements without power.
Explosions were heard in Feodosiia and Sevastopol in temporarily occupied Crimea.
On the railway in the Barvinkove community of the Kharkiv region, after a Russian attack, the bodies of four victims and body parts were found. The exact number of victims is still being determined.
In the Sloviansk sector, the Russian army is increasing pressure around the village of Dronivka. Ukrainian defenders are fighting to protect the settlement, inflicting losses on the enemy in terms of manpower and equipment.