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30 January 2026
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 propagandists fabricated a message from the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office and a video from an international organization
Seven villages in the Starosaltivska community in the Kharkiv region have announced the forced evacuation of families with children.
Russian forces have attacked the Zaporizhzhia district, injuring three people.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi confirmed at an extraordinary meeting of the organization that Russia's systematic attacks on Ukraine's energy sector pose a direct nuclear threat.
Ukraine has called for the suspension of Russia's membership on the IAEA Board of Governors and proposed amendments to the IAEA Statute to limit the rights of the aggressor state.
Russia has intensified its information manipulation around the topic of Ukraine's losses, using the exchange of bodies of the dead as a tool to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine and exaggerate Ukrainian losses. In total, more than 350 manipulative publications were recorded in foreign media.
Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to set up a bilateral investment working group to attract Emirati capital to infrastructure, energy, and technology projects in Ukraine.
The Cabinet of Ministers has excluded lithium-ion batteries from the list of goods requiring an import and export license: these are batteries used in electricity storage systems.
Germany's Federal Council (Bundesrat), which represents the federal states, condemned Russia's war against Ukraine and called on Moscow to immediately cease all attacks and fully withdraw its troops from all parts of Ukraine.
The next meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in the Ramstein format will take place on February 12 at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Ukraine's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal, during his visit to an energy facility in Kyiv damaged by Russian attacks, discussed with energy workers their urgent needs for carrying out repair works.
As a result of the Russian attack last night, part of the Philip Morris tobacco company's factory in Kharkiv was damaged.
The High Anti-Corruption Court (HAAC) has set a preventive measure in the form of UAH 10 million bail for the former head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS).
Former Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko believes that Russia does not need a so-called energy truce. However, under the current circumstances, Putin needs something to make sure that Trump gives all his attention to what the Russians are doing and tells him that Russia is on the offensive.
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 National Police are recording a wave of mass bomb threat reports, with more than 2,000 such messages already received.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claims that US President Donald Trump asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to refrain from strikes on Kyiv until February 1, and that Putin allegedly agreed.
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov discussed strengthening air defense, developing drones, and the transfer of MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
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.
Over the past day, Russian invaders carried out dozens of strikes on logistics along the Bohuslav–Petropavlivka section of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
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.