Russians shell five settlements in Kharkiv region, damaging infrastructure
Five settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian attack yesterday.
19 January 2026
Five settlements in the Kharkiv region were under Russian attack yesterday.
On the Kharkiv front, the Shkval unit of the 7th Carpathian Border Detachment is systematically reducing the combat capabilities of Russian forces by using unmanned systems to destroy equipment, bridges, communications assets, and enemy personnel.
Russia suffered approximately 1,227,440 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and January 19, 2026, with 1,020 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
On the Kharkiv front, the Shkval unit of the 7th Carpathian Border Detachment is systematically reducing the combat capabilities of Russian forces by using unmanned systems to destroy equipment, bridges, communications assets, and enemy personnel.
18 January 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recognized the military units defending positions across various sectors of the front in Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Nearly 58,000 people are working around the clock in repair teams on power grids and generation facilities.
On January 18, in the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv, the body of a woman who died from injuries before the ambulance arrived was found.
Yesterday in the Donetsk region, seven settlements came under Russian shelling, as a result of which two people were wounded.
Over the past week, Russia has launched over 1,300 attack drones, about 1,050 guided aerial bombs, and 29 missiles of various types against Ukraine.
Over the past day, January 17, Russian forces shelled the city of Kharkiv and 12 settlements in the Kharkiv region, killing three people and injuring 11.
Operators of the Furia strike drone unit of the Hart border brigade demonstrated how drones are used to destroy small Russian assault groups attempting to breach the state border in the Kharkiv region.
More than a hundred anti-drone tunnels have already been built on major roads in frontline communities in the Zaporizhzhia region. Enemy drones, including attack drones, fall into these traps without reaching their targets.
A woman was killed and another person was injured as a result of a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv.
Operators of the Furia strike drone unit of the Hart border brigade demonstrated how drones are used to destroy small Russian assault groups attempting to breach the state border in the Kharkiv region.
17 January 2026
A local resident was killed in a Russian drone strike on the village of Sofiivka in the Kherson region.
Strikes by Russian Molniya-type unmanned aerial vehicles have been recorded in Kharkiv’s Slobidskyi district.
On January 17, the Russian army struck the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
On Saturday, January 17, Russian troops struck Kharkiv and two districts of the Kharkiv region, killing one person and injuring seven others.
In the Kharkiv region, emergency rescue operations have been completed at the postal terminal that Russia attacked on January 13, killing four people and injuring six others.
The number of people injured in Kharkiv as a result of the Russian strike on the city's Industrialnyi district has increased to three.
The Ukrainian authorities are accelerating all processes related to the import of additional energy equipment as much as possible
On January 17 in the daytime, Russian forces launched a strike on the Industrialnyi district of Kharkiv, injuring civilians.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held an energy coordination call, during which he discussed the elimination of the consequences of Russian strikes and ways to strengthen the resilience of cities. The most difficult situation is in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and their surrounding regions.
As a result of the explosion in a multi-storey residential building in Kharkiv, fatalities and casualties were reported.
Exterior lighting has been dimmed at railway stations in Lviv, Dnipro, Odesa, Kyiv, and Kharkiv to save electricity.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, approximately 130,000 railway infrastructure facilities, including tracks, stations, and depots, have been damaged or destroyed.
16 January 2026
Since the beginning of the day, a total of 98 combat engagements have been recorded on the front, with fighting ongoing in six sectors. Russian forces continue to put the most pressure on the Pokrovsk sector, while also demonstrating increased activity in the Huliaipole and Kostiantynivka sectors.
Kyiv will soon receive additional power sources to provide heat and electricity to critical locations.
As of the morning of January 16, electricity consumption in Ukraine is 1.2% lower than the previous day, but still remains high.
Russian invaders struck a checkpoint near Kupiansk with a guided aerial bomb, wounding two soldiers and two police officers.