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09 January 2026
Politicians and government officials in European countries are reacting to Russia's massive bombardment of Ukraine on the night of January 9, with the probable use of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile.
Russia's January 9 attack has left 417,000 consumers in four districts of the Ukrainian capital without electricity.
Russia's January 9 attack has left 417,000 consumers in four districts of the Ukrainian capital without electricity.
Russia's January 9 attack has left 417,000 consumers in four districts of the Ukrainian capital without electricity.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the world, and above all the US, must respond decisively to Russia's large-scale night strike on Ukraine, during which they used a medium-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik. The Qatar Embassy building in the capital was damaged.
As a result of the Russian attack on the night of January 9, 40 objects were damaged in Kyiv, including 20 residential buildings.
As of the morning of January 9, approximately 280,000 users in the Kyiv region were left without power due to adverse weather conditions, and an additional 90,000 were left without power due to a massive Russian attack.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that on the night of January 9, a strike was carried out on Ukrainian territory, including with a medium-range Oreshnik ballistic missile.
Water infrastructure facilities in Kyiv were left without power as a result of a massive Russian attack on the night of January 9.
Ukraine will initiate an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council, as well as a response within the EU, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE regarding Russia's use of a medium-range ballistic missile against the Lviv region.
Five people were injured, and houses were damaged in the Kyiv region as a result of a combined attack by Russian troops.
Air Defense Forces destroyed 226 Russian drones, eight Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, and 10 Kalibr cruise missiles.
The city of Barvinkove in the Kharkiv region was hit by Russian strikes yesterday, January 8. The railway infrastructure was damaged.
On January 8, a total of 161 combat engagements took place between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders, with the enemy putting the most pressure on the Pokrovsk sector. Increased activity was also observed in the Huliaipole and Kostiantynivka sectors.
In Kyiv and two districts of the Kyiv region, emergency electricity outages have been introduced by order of the NEC Ukrenergo.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in personnel from February 24, 2022, to January 9, 2026, have reached approximately 1,216,930, of which 1,030 were eliminated in the past 24 hours.
In Kyiv, the number of people injured following the Russian attack on the night of January 9 has risen to 24, while four people were killed.
Soldiers of the 71st Separate Airmobile Brigade of the 8th Corps of the Air Assault Forces, in coordination with adjacent units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, repelled a massive and combined assault by Russian invaders in the Sumy region on the night of January 7.
In the Brovary district of Kyiv region, three adults and a five-year-old child were rescued from the basement of a private house following a fire caused by an enemy attack.
In the Kursk sector of the front, drone operators of the Stalevyi Kordon (Steel Border) Border Guard Brigade destroyed a quad bike, a communications antenna, and four shelters belonging to Russian invaders.
As a result of a combined Russian attack on Kyiv, damage was recorded in four districts of the city. Four people were killed and 19 others were injured.
Russia may have carried out a strike on Ukraine’s Lviv region from the Kapustin Yar test range in Russia’s Astrakhan region, where, according to preliminary information, the Oreshnik missile system is based.
Leaving the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region has become harder for local residents.
A large-scale collapse of public utilities is unfolding in Russia, caused by years of infrastructure decay and the redirection of state funds to the war against Ukraine.
The seventh group of Ukrainian Legion volunteers consisting of Ukrainian citizens living abroad will sign contracts with the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Polish city of Lublin on January 23.
In the Donetsk region, 33,600 civilians currently remain in areas of active hostilities, including 248 children.
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, more than 12,000 residential buildings, 373 educational institutions, 85 medical facilities, and 36 churches have been destroyed or damaged in the Dnipropetrovsk region as of January 1, 2026.
Losses from economic crimes in Russia in January–November 2025 amounted to about $4 billion, breaking previous "records" and reducing Russia's investment attractiveness even for so-called "friendly" countries.
08 January 2026
As many as 142 combat engagements have been recorded between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders since the beginning of the day.
In the Kyiv region, more than 142,000 consumers remain without electricity as a result of deteriorating weather conditions.