War update: 103 clashes on frontline over past day, 33 attacks repelled in Pokrovsk sector
Over the past day, there were 103 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the Pokrovsk sector being the hottest spot.
27 January 2026
Over the past day, there were 103 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the Pokrovsk sector being the hottest spot.
Total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to January 27, 2026, amount to approximately 1,235,880 personnel, including 820 over the past day.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, specialists of the Cybersecurity Department of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have neutralized more than 14,000 large-scale cyberattacks and cyber incidents targeting the resources of central government bodies and Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
In the Kyiv region, a man threatened people and law enforcement officers with a grenade. During his detention, he was wounded by a policeman with a service firearm.
The American human rights organization HRANA has confirmed the deaths of 5,848 people during protests in Iran, of whom 5,520 were protesters, 77 were minors, 209 were security forces personnel, and 42 were bystanders.
Russia is ramping up an information operation around the energy situation in Ukraine, using bot networks, pseudo-regional channels, and humanitarian blackmail to exert political pressure on the Ukrainian authorities.
26 January 2026
As a result of a combined enemy attack on Kharkiv, two people were injured, and schools and energy infrastructure were damaged.
A total of 93 combat clashes were recorded along the front line, nearly 30 of them in the Pokrovsk sector, where Russian forces lost more than 70 occupiers.
The task of Ukraine's Defense Forces is to ensure a level of losses for the occupying army that it will be unable to replenish; optimally, this is 50,000 per month.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that currently more than 80% of enemy targets are destroyed by drones. In particular, over the past year drones struck 819,737 targets.
A total of 174 brigades are working to eliminate the consequences of Russian strikes in Kyiv, with additional teams from other cities ready to help.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a new meeting of the teams of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia could take place as early as Sunday, February 1.
Ukrzaliznytsia has deployed a network of mobile resilience hubs in 12 regions of Ukraine, currently consisting of 54 railway wagons.
Former Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2006–2010) and France (2014–2020) Oleh Shamshur believes that the absence of information about the final format of U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine is not accidental, as the proposed arrangements lack real force and are incapable of deterring Russia.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 48 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops, with the invaders remaining the most active in the Pokrovsk sector.
Over the past four years, seven individuals involved in cases investigated by anti-corruption agencies have been extradited from abroad to Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian negotiating team is preparing for the next round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US, and Russia this week.
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.
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.
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.
Over the previous day, January 25, 138 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded on the front line.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to January 26, 2026, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,235,060 people, including 1,020 people over the past day.
Operators of the Raid regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces struck a Russian “turtle tank” with drones on one of the hot spots of the front line.
The enemy has again attacked the Zaporizhzhia region with drones, causing a fire in Vilniansk and damaging high-rise buildings.
In the Zakarpattia region, due to icy conditions, a Mercedes Sprinter minibus carrying children from Kyiv on vacation suddenly veered off the road and overturned on its side.
25 January 2026
A total of 129 combat clashes took place on the frontline as of 22:00 on Sunday, with the hottest situation on the Pokrovsk axis, where the enemy lost nearly 90 troops.
Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska held a meeting in Vilnius with First Ladies Diana Nausediene of Lithuania and Marta Nawrocka of Poland.