German FM Wadephul: We assist Ukraine to block Putin’s plan to break resistance
Germany will continue to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, and the Kremlin's plans to break the resistance of Ukrainians must not succeed.
20 January 2026
Germany will continue to support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, and the Kremlin's plans to break the resistance of Ukrainians must not succeed.
Ukraine has received an invitation from the United States to join the "Board of Peace," and diplomats are working on it, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Russians are remotely mining Kherson - anti-personnel mines were found near the bus station.
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Russia is deliberately targeting the energy sector in an attempt to break Ukrainians in winter, but Ukraine will stand firm.
As a result of the overnight attack, 5,635 buildings in Kyiv have been left without heating – about 46% of the city's housing stock. Sixty additional repair teams have been deployed to speed up restoration work.
Soldiers from the 426th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment of the 30th Marine Corps showed how they struck the control tower of the Russian military airfield in Dzhankoy in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Soldiers from the 426th Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment of the 30th Marine Corps showed how they struck the control tower of the Russian military airfield in Dzhankoy in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had received a report from the Ukrainian Air Force commander on the first evidence of the enemy's updated tactics and had instructed that partners be informed accordingly.
As of the morning of January 20, due to a new massive attack on the energy infrastructure in Kyiv and six other regions, customers are without power.
On the night of January 20, air defense units hit 342 enemy targets. In particular, 14 Iskander-M/S-300 ballistic missiles, 13 Kh-101 cruise missiles, and 315 enemy UAVs.
On January 20, Air Defense Forces struck a significant number of Russian targets, as Ukraine had received the necessary missiles a day before the attack.
More than 10,000 users in the Rivne region have been left without power following a morning strike by the Russian Federation, which damaged critical infrastructure, smashed windows in several residential buildings, and damaged cars.
On January 20, Ukraine marks the Day of Remembrance for the Defenders of Donetsk Airport.
Russian troops have struck an industrial facility in the Poltava region.
In the Odesa region, Russian invaders attacked civilian infrastructure in the morning of January 20.
During a Russian attack on the night of January 20, a strike on critical infrastructure occurred in the Vinnytsia region.
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On January 19, 165 combat engagements were recorded between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Russian occupiers.
On January 20, one person in Kyiv was hospitalized following a Russian attack.
In Kyiv, as a result of the Russian attack on January 20, 5,635 multi-story residential buildings are without heating.
In the Bucha District of Kyiv region, a 50-year-old man died following a Russian mass attack.
In the Kherson region, four people sustained injuries over the course of the day as a result of Russian aggression.
In Dnipro, two women were injured and damage was caused by a nighttime Russian attack.
In 2025, the Center of Special Operations “A” of the Security Service of Ukraine destroyed and disabled key elements of the Russian Federation's echeloned air defense system worth approximately $4 billion.
In the Kupiansk sector, units of the 77th Separate Airmobile Dnipro Brigade eliminated enemy personnel, destroyed shelters, and also disrupted the command and communications system of the Russian invaders.
The total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to January 20, 2026, amount to approximately 1,225,590 personnel, including 1,130 over the past day.
Over the course of the day, the occupiers carried out 789 strikes on 39 settlements in Zaporizhzhia Region. Three people were injured as a result of enemy attacks on Zaporizhzhia city and Zaporizhzhia district.
In the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, emergency power outages have become the norm and are turning into a humanitarian catastrophe.
In Kherson, police explosive ordnance disposal technicians destroyed dangerous "petal" mines with which Russian forces had remotely mined the territory of a medical facility in the city center. Residents are warned that such mines may react unpredictably to temperature fluctuations, and snow further increases the danger.