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26 January 2026
Politicians with an imperialist vision have joined the PACE Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces, while oppressed peoples are represented only formally.
The criminal case against Yuliia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction, is considered straightforward, and the investigation will take less than five months, provided there are no delays in conducting expert examinations. The court proceedings will take about a year.
After a special conference call, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the situation in Kyiv remains extremely difficult, with more than 1,200 apartment buildings without heating. The situation is particularly difficult on the left bank of the city.
On Monday, during its winter plenary session in Strasbourg, the PACE elected a new president. Austrian MP Petra Bayr will head the Assembly for the following year.
On the southern axis, Russian forces have not changed their combat tactics and continue to use small assault groups, infiltration, and massive kamikaze drone strikes.
The facilities of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve were damaged as a result of a Russian attack on the night of January 24.
Kyiv has received 130 generators of various capacities from Poland.
Yuriy Ignat, Head of Communications for the Ukrainian Air Force Command, said that there was no massive strike with 16 ballistic missiles over Kyiv on January 13.
Oleksandr Klymenko, Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), announced a new development in the “Midas” case, which concerns corruption in the energy sector.
Electricity consumption in Ukraine is trending upward; due to Russian shelling, emergency power cuts are in effect in some regions.
Russian troops have abandoned their positions on Oleksiivskyi Island in the Kherson region due to active actions by Ukraine’s Defense Forces and low morale.
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court began considering appeals from both the defense team of MP Yulia Tymoshenko and the prosecution against the bail preventive measure of over UAH 33 million imposed earlier on Tymoshenko.
In the Prydniprovske sector, Russian forces are carrying out fewer assault operations, but are not reducing the intensity of kamikaze drone and artillery strikes, particularly against Kherson and nearby communities.
Starting today, the Kyiv region is switching from network restrictions to an hourly power-cut schedule.
German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul has welcomed signs of movement toward direct talks between Ukraine and Russia with U.S. mediation, stressing that Europe must be represented at the negotiating table.
Yuliia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction, came under the scrutiny of law enforcement agencies in November last year, when information emerged about attempts in the Verkhovna Rada to bribe members of parliament to leave the Servant of the People faction.
EU countries have officially approved regulations to phase out imports of Russian pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2027.
The first criminal case against a member of parliament for receiving so-called “envelope payments” in exchange for voting in parliament was initiated by then Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova shortly before her dismissal in July 2022.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the hit on the infrastructure of the Slavyansk Eco oil refinery in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation.
Russian forces are intensifying pressure and deploying reserves to the Pokrovsk and Ocheretyne sectors of the front.
A 36-year-old rescuer from the State Emergency Service, Oleksandr Zibrov, who was hit by a second Russian strike on January 9 in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, died in hospital from his injuries.
Soldiers of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated two Russian servicemen in Kupiansk and captured two others.
Over the previous day, January 25, Russian forces shelled Chernihiv region 42 times, with 56 explosions recorded. Among the targets were communications facilities.
In the Lithuanian capital, the first bilateral meeting took place between President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
On the northern outskirts of temporarily occupied Luhansk, in an area where a major energy facility is located, a fire has been observed.
From the evening of January 25 through the night of January 26, Russian forces attacked the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk Region with a drone and shelled it with artillery, injuring a man.
Ukraine's air defense forces neutralized 110 out of 138 drones used by Russia to attack Ukraine starting from the evening of January 25.
Russian forces carried out strikes on 36 settlements in the Sumy region over the previous day, leaving seven people wounded, including two children.
An attack on an oil refinery took place in Russia's Krasnodar Krai.
Over the previous day, January 25, 138 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line.