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UKRAINE NEWS
January 26, 2026
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Kyiv situational update for January 26

Around 800,000 people still had no electricity in their homes last night, while the luckier residents only saw electricity for several hours in a day, and no electricity means no heating or hot water. Desniansky district is a heavily populated residential area without heating, because…

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January 26, 2026
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Tragic accident involving Orest Salamakha

People’s Deputy of the “Servants of the People” party, Orest Salamakha, died after being involved in a traffic accident near Lviv, according to reports from Lviv City Council Deputy Igor Zinkevich. According to the report, Orest Salamakha was driving a utility vehicle which veered into…

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UKRAINE NEWS
January 26, 2026
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Kharkiv situational update for January 25

Russia attacked the districts of Kyiv, Nemishlyansky, Industrial, Sobidsky, and Kholodnogorsky districts of Kharkiv with drones, reported City Mayor Igor Terekhov, while the Prosecutor’s Office noted damage to a private house in the Nemishlyansky district and multi-story buildings in the Kyiv district were targeted by…

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UKRAINE NEWS
January 26, 2026
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Dnipropetrovsk situational update for January 25

FPV drones and heavy artillery were used by Russian forces to attack the Nikopol district, causing damage to a fire station, an agricultural enterprise, a sports club and a car wash, while also destroying six private houses and a garage. An unmanned vehicle was sent…

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January 26, 2026
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Mykolaiv situational update for January 26

Russia used MLRS and FPV drones to attack the Mykolaiv region over the previous 24 hours, injuring five people which included four children and an energy service employee, reported the Mykolaiv Regional Emergency Services. Energy infrastructure was damaged by the attack, while a 68-year-old energy…

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January 26, 2026
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Sumy situational update on January 26

Three Russian drones attacked a school in one of the villages of the Putivl community last night, according to the local authorities. “A fire broke out, the school was destroyed, and windows were damaged on nearby residential buildings,” wrote the Head of the Community Konstantin…

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UKRAINE NEWS
January 26, 2026
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Chernihiv situational update for January 26

Russian troops attacked the border communities of Novgorod-Siverska, Semenivska and Snovsk, as a total of 11 settlements came under fire, reported the spokeswoman of the Chernihiv Border Guard Unit Halyna Shekhovtsova. Three explosions were recorded as FPV drones in Krasny Khutor, as well as another…

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UKRAINE NEWS
January 25, 2026
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Vinnytsia situational update for January 25

Russia attacked the Vinnytsia region with Geran 2 drones, with strikes recorded by OSINTers at the Ladyzyn Thermal Power Plant in the city of Ladyzhyn, and at the Vinyytska 750kV electrical substation to the southeast of Vinnytsia City, as videos published showed strikes on the…

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January 25, 2026
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Sumy situational update for January 25

Fires broke out in two non-residential buildings as a result of Russian drone attacks on the Stretskivka district, reported the State Emergency Services, noting that containing the blaze was made difficult by the threats of repeated attacks. Two more drones attacked Stretskivka later in the…

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January 25, 2026
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Donetsk situational update for January 25

Russia attacked the energy infrastructure in the city of Kramatorsk last night with Geran-2 drones. Several strikes were carried out at the Kramatorsk-City 110kV substation, and the Ondytsioner 110kV substation, resulting in large fires breaking out and emergency power outages implemented for large parts of…