Ukrainian troops capture four Russian soldiers on Lyman front
On January 8, fighters of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade neutralized 65 Russian servicemen and took four prisoners in the Lyman sector.
10 January 2026
On January 8, fighters of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade neutralized 65 Russian servicemen and took four prisoners in the Lyman sector.
In 2025, Ukrainian metallurgists increased pig iron production by 11.2%, reaching 7.88 million tonnes.
09 January 2026
Since the beginning of the day, 165 combat engagements have taken place between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops, with 39 attacks recorded in the Pokrovsk sector alone.
Russian forces attacked the Samarivskyi and Nikopol districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones and artillery throughout the day, killing a man.
The enemy's use of the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile is a challenge not only for Ukraine, but also for other European countries.
Russian attack drones hit two civilian vessels near ports in the Odesa region, killing one person and injuring several others.
Since the beginning of the day, 97 combat engagements have taken place between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops. In particular, 27 attacks were recorded on the Pokrovsk axis.
Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka commented on the Czech Republic's continued participation in the ammunition initiative.
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine have complicated the provision of medical care during the winter period and called for the protection of Ukrainian medical institutions, patients, and healthcare workers.
Ukraine's Minister of Defense Denys Shmyhal and the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence John Healey on Friday, January 9, signed in Kyiv a roadmap for the development of the centennial partnership in the defense sphere.
In Kyiv, the number of victims of the Russian combined attack has increased to 26, with four people killed.
Nearly 6,000 apartment buildings in Kyiv have been left without heating as a result of damage to the city's critical infrastructure caused by a massive Russian attack.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha showed the damage to the Qatar Embassy in Kyiv and called on Gulf states to respond to Russia's attack.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
There are currently no signs of improvement, and the scale of the "red zone" in Kherson depends on the intensity of shelling from the left bank of the region.