It has been the 1417 th day of the Ukrainian resistance to the russian military aggression.
What happened in Ukraine today:
Here is operational information of the General Staff as of 8 am:
On 10 January, the total number of combat engagements stood at 68.
The communities of several settlements were affected by enemy artillery and mortar fire, including Ryzhivka, Iskryskivshchyna, Rohizne, and Volfyne in Sumy oblast, as well as Karpovychi in Chernihiv oblast.
Towards Sloboda and Kursk, there were two combat engagements. The enemy launched two airstrikes, dropped five guided aerial bombs (GABs), and conducted 61 shelling attacks, including seven from multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
Towards Southern Sloboda, the Defense Forces repelled five enemy attacks near the settlement of Vovchansk and towards the settlements of Grafske and Vilcha.
Towards Kupiansk, the enemy was attempting to advance towards Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, Kurylivka, and Pishchane—three attacks were repelled, while three combat engagements are currently ongoing.
Towards Lyman, the invading army carried out three attacks on Ukrainian positions near the settlements of Drobysheve, Serednie, and Novoselivka; combat engagements continue.
Towards Sloviansk, russians attempted twice to advance on Ukrainian troops’ positions near Dronivka.
Towards Kramatorsk, the enemy conducted no offensive actions.
Towards Konstiantynivka, the enemy attempted to breach Ukrainian defenses nine times near Oleksandro-Shultyne, Pleshchiivka, Ivanopillia, Rusyn Yar, and towards Sofiivka and Torske.
Towards Pokrovsk, russian occupiers made 23 attempts to dislodge Ukrainian warriors from their occupied positions in the vicinity of Zatyshok, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, and Molodetske, as well as towards Novopavlivka, Novooleksandrivka, Bilytske, and Filiia. The Defense Forces are holding back the pressure and repelled 22 attacks.
Towards Oleksandrivka, Ukrainian defenders repelled six assault actions by enemy troops. The enemy is trying to advance in the vicinity of Zlahoda, Rybne, and Solodke, as well as towards Oleksiivka; two combat engagements are ongoing.
Towards Huliaipole, there were 11 combat engagements in the vicinity of Huliaipole, Varvarivka, and Zelene, and towards Dobropillia, Olenokostiantynivka, and Sviatopetrivka. Two combat engagements are currently ongoing. The settlements of Novoukrainka and Shevchenko were hit by guided aerial bombs (GABs).
Towards Orikhiv, there were no offensive actions.
Towards Kherson, there was one unsuccessful attempt by russians to improve their position.
Recent war events in the east of Ukraine
Kharkiv oblast
There were 171 combat engagements.
Towards Southern Sloboda, the enemy attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 10 times in the vicinity of the settlements of Prylipka, Starytsia, Vovchansk, and Zelene.
Towards Kupiansk, the enemy made 7 offensive attempts in the vicinity of Stepova Novoselivka and towards Bohuslavka and Nova Kruhliakivka.
Mayor Serhii Zelenskyi reports that there were eight explosions in Lozova community. According to him, russian strikes continue, with damage to critical infrastructure and the private sector.
Kharkiv city and 5 settlements in Kharkiv oblast came under enemy strikes.
As a result of shelling in the village of Kivsharivka, Kupiansk community, a 56-year-old woman was injured.
The enemy actively used various types of weaponry across Kharkiv oblast:
▪️1 missile (type being established);
▪️11 Geran-2 type UAVs;
▪️1 UAV (type being established).
Civilian infrastructure objects were damaged or destroyed:
▪️In Kharkiv city: window glazing of 11 apartment buildings, a garage cooperative, and a car were damaged;
▪️In Kupiansk region: an apartment building (Kivsharivka village) and a private house (Velykyi Burluk village) were damaged;
▪️In Kharkiv region: a non-residential building (Bezliudivka village) was damaged;
▪️In Lozova region: a workshop of a civilian enterprise, a car, and 2 warehouse buildings of a farm (Lozova city) were damaged.
Andrii Kanashevych, Head of the Regional Military AdministrationA woman who was wounded as a result of a russian attack in Kindrashivka in late December was hospitalized in one of Kharkiv’s hospitals on 9 January. According to his data, a 59-year-old man was killed in the same attack.
The transit evacuation point in Lozova received 36 people over the past 24 hours. A total of 16,384 people have been registered at the Point since it began operating.
Donetsk oblast
Serhii Khominskyi, press officer of the 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade, says that on the front near Konstiantynivka in Donetsk oblast, it started snowing again on the morning of 10 January. Since the beginning of the year, the weather in this direction has changed several times, which affects the course of battles, as fighters camouflage their positions and themselves with nets and suits that match the colors of the locations.
The Unmanned Systems Forces of the AFU struck three electrical substations in the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk oblast. According to the Commander of the USF, Robert Brovdi (“Madyar”), the strikes hit the “Zorya” (330/110 kV), “Volnovakha-tyahova,” and “Pivdenna” (330 kV) substations. These facilities provided power to the military and logistical infrastructure of the russian occupation forces.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a number of command posts and concentration areas of russian troops in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk oblast. According to the General Staff of the AFU, units of the 76th Airborne Assault Division in Kurakhivka, the command and observation post of its tank battalion, and the control point of a unit of the 41st Army in Hirnyk came under fire. Ukrainian military also struck a russian UAV control point in the vicinity of Pokrovsk.
After midnight, russian troops struck Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, and Sloviansk. At least 4 private houses were damaged. No information regarding casualties has been received so far.
At least five people were wounded due to a russian airstrike on Sloviansk in Donetsk oblast. russian troops dropped a 250 kg guided aerial bomb (GAB) on the city, which hit a private yard. Five men aged 37 to 58 and two women aged 34 and 70 were wounded.
Head of the City Military Administration, Honcharenko, says that Kramatorsk was shelled at night around 00:30; the city was attacked, in particular, by a missile from the Tornado-S MLRS. On the outskirts of Konstiantynivka, the russian army attacked a civilian man riding a bicycle with an FPV drone. The man was wounded, reported Head of the City Military Administration, Horbunov. In the city, nine private houses were damaged; the consequences of the strike are still being established.
During 9 January, there were 1,387 enemy strikes along the front line and the residential sector. Six settlements were under fire: the cities of Dobropillia and Konstiantynivka, the villages of Komyshuvakha and Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, and the villages of Zelene and Kindrativka. Sixteen civilian objects were destroyed, including 11 residential buildings.
russians attacked Zelene of Oleksandrivka community with two Geran-3 UAVs—one person was killed and one was wounded; 6 private houses were damaged. Rescuers recovered the body of a deceased woman born in 1958 from under the rubble. According to the State Emergency Service of Donetsk oblast, half a ton of destroyed structures had to be cleared to reach the body.
In Kindrativka, a civilian was injured as a result of an FPV drone strike, and a moped was damaged. russia dropped 2 GAB-250 bombs on Dobropillia—three buildings on the territory of an enterprise were damaged. In Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, 5 private houses were damaged. In Komyshuvakha, an enemy FPV drone damaged a non-residential structure.
In the village of Pryvillia in Donetsk oblast, about 40 km from the front line, 950 people live—locals and displaced persons. The village is nearing the combat zone for the second time: in 2022, battles were fought just a few kilometers away, and now the front is approaching again. Since November 2025, Pryvillia has been left without a railway connection—commuter trains that people used to get to hospitals, pharmacies, and work are no longer running. There is only a social bus once a week and expensive private trips. in 2022, russians destroyed the village school, which is now unusable. Despite the constant danger, people remain: without a pharmacy and with limited transport, but with electricity, gas, and working shops—waiting and hoping that the front will not come any closer.
In Druzhkivka, the water supply to high-rise buildings has been temporarily suspended due to “low inflow volume.” The City Military Administration stated that water supply will be restored after repairs. An outpatient clinic relocated from the Selydove community has opened in Dnipropetrovsk oblast. It already serves over 10,000 patients, according to the Head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration, Vadym Filashkin.
Luhansk oblast
Towards Lyman, russians carried out 14 assault actions, attempting to break through the defenses of the Defense Forces near five settlements. In Luhansk oblast, occupiers attacked from the direction of Novovodyane and in the vicinity of Novoiehorivka, utilizing FPV drones.
The settlements of Hrekivka and Nadiia were hit nine times by mortar fire. In the vicinity of Hrekivka, russians also conducted nine drops from UAVs and used tube artillery, while in the vicinity of Nadiia, they struck with automatic grenade launchers.
In occupied Luhansk, more than 2,000 children and young people aged 14 to 35 completed training at the “Voin” (Warrior) military center established by russians. They are taught to assemble and use UAVs, work with simulators and real drones—with the aim that by the time they receive a summons, the youth will be fully prepared to participate in the war.
In the occupied Lutuhyne region, russian passports are being checked at the entrances to medical facilities. In its absence, people are denied even primary medical care, as evidenced by notices on the doors of hospitals and first-aid stations.
What is happening now in the north of Ukraine
Kyiv oblast
Director of the Energy Research Centre Oleksandr Kharchenko reported that the massive russian strike on the night of 9 January was directed at the Kyiv energy hub. It was concentrated mainly on the left bank and key heat and power supply facilities in the city. The russian forces attacked all thermal power plants and a large number of substations in the city.
By the evening of 9 January, rescuers had completed the liquidation of the consequences of the russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv. According to the State Emergency Service, as of 17:00, four people had been killed, 25 injured and 32 rescued as a result of the russian attack. Psychologists from the State Emergency Service of Kyiv provided assistance to about 80 people.
More than 1,200 resilience centres have been set up in Kyiv, where people can warm up, get hot drinks and food, and charge their phones, power banks and other gadgets.
Kyivteploenergo has deployed mobile boiler rooms to heat Kyiv hospitals. The company’s specialists quickly delivered and connected 18 mobile boiler rooms. Currently, these installations, together with the necessary fuel reserves, are operating in 13 medical facilities in six districts of the capital.
On 10 January, DTEK reported that power had been restored to 588,000 families in Kyiv who had been left without electricity after a massive russian attack on the night of 9 January. About 60,000 families on the left bank of the capital remain without power. On the left bank of Kyiv, in the Holosiivskyi and Pecherskyi districts, emergency power cuts continue. The rest of the districts are returning to their power cut schedules.
In Kyiv, heating has been restored to about 4,000 residential buildings. According to Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine and Minister of Community and Territorial Development Oleksii Kuleba, on 9 January, approximately 6,000 buildings remained without heating. The gradual restoration of heat supply is currently underway after Russia’s massive attack on the capital. Heat supply to hospitals, schools and other social facilities has been partially restored.
The RMA reported that in Kyiv oblast, energy workers are continuing emergency restoration work following severe weather and enemy attacks. As a result of enemy attacks and damage to energy infrastructure in the Boryspil and Brovary communities, a separate electricity supply schedule is currently in effect.
Over the past day, energy workers have managed to restore electricity supply to almost 140,000 subscribers in Kyiv oblast. During the night, 40 power lines were connected. As of the morning of 10 January, almost 98,000 families in 212 large and small settlements are without electricity. To support the residents of Kyiv oblast, 438 resilience centres have been set up, equipped with everything necessary.
On 9 January, British Defence Secretary John Healey visited the capital. He visited one of the places that was hit by a russian missile attack during the night. The minister himself posted photos from the scene of the tragedy on his social media accounts. Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal and British Defence Minister John Healey signed a roadmap in Kyiv for the development of a century-long partnership in the defence sector.
Zhytomyr oblast
Police bomb disposal experts defused the warhead of an X-101 cruise missile that fell in Zhytomyr oblast. The ammunition posed a serious danger to local residents – it was found near a residential area and could have been triggered by an accidental movement.
On 9 January, the mobile team of the Zhytomyr Regional Blood Centre carried out its first blood and blood component collection of 2026. They worked in the Korosten city community. 116 donors volunteered to donate blood at collection points in the community. In four hours of work, they collected over 50 litres of blood. According to the regional blood centre, as of 9 January, there is an acute shortage of all blood types at the regional blood centre.
Sumy oblast
Over the course of the day, from the morning of 9 January to the morning of 10 January, russian forces carried out nearly 30 shelling attacks on 12 settlements across nine territorial communities in the oblast. The highest number of attacks was recorded in Sumy and Shostka regions. The enemy used artillery, FPV drones, UAVs and guided aerial bombs. Over the day, the air raid alert in the oblast lasted for 8 hours and 50 minutes.
Civilian infrastructure was damaged or destroyed over the day:
- In Druzhbivka community, private households were damaged;
- In Seredyno-Buda community, households were damaged and non-residential premises were destroyed;
- In Esman community, private residential houses and non-residential premises were destroyed;
- In Znob-Novhorodske community, a shop building was damaged.
Over the course of the day, local authorities, together with units of the State Emergency Service, the National Police and public organisations, evacuated 29 people from border communities.
Chernihiv oblast
Oleksandr Seliverstov, Head of Novhorod-Siverskyi Regional Military Administration reported that on 10 January, russian forces attacked a civilian passenger car in Semenivka. According to him, the vehicle was damaged in the attack and the driver sustained injuries, including blast-related trauma.
Viacheslav Chaus, Head of the Regional Military Administration, said that from the morning of 10 January, enemy Heran UAVs struck a farming enterprise in Chernihiv region. As a result of the attack, a hangar where potatoes were stored caught fire. The destruction was significant. Agricultural machinery was also damaged.
Chernihiv Border Guard Detachment informed that over the course of 9 January, russian forces attacked three border communities in Chernihiv oblast: Semenivka, Snovsk and Horodnia. The enemy carried out mortar shelling (seven explosions) and strikes by FPV drones (20 explosions). Seven settlements came under enemy fire.
Recent events in the central regions of Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Mykola Lukashuk, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council, reported that due to a UAV attack, fires broke out in Dnipro. A 34-year-old man was injured.
Infrastructure was damaged; eight garages caught fire, two were destroyed and another 27 were damaged. As a result of a UAV attack in Pishchanka community, a private house was damaged. The occupiers again struck the regional centre and communities of the region by UAVs. Fires broke out. A 58-year-old woman and a 44-year-old man were injured. Infrastructure was damaged, and there was destruction on the premises of a farming enterprise. The enemy attacked the district centre, as well as Marhanets and Pokrovske communities, by drones.
Throughout the day, the enemy attacked the region by drones and artillery, targeting the regional centre and Myrove, Marhanets, Pokrovske and Chervonohryhorivka communities. A 68-year-old man was killed. Doctors attempted to save him, but the injuries were severe. A 79-year-old man, an 87-year-old woman and another 86-year-old man were injured. Fires broke out. Fifteen private houses, a garage, vehicles, an agricultural enterprise, utility and outbuildings, a power line and a gas pipeline were damaged. The occupiers struck the Zelenodolsk community by FPV drones, damaging infrastructure. The enemy army attacked Petropavlivka and Slovianske communities by UAVs. Fires broke out and vehicles were damaged.
Poltava oblast
Seven-year-old Svitlana Rublova from Poltava oblast, together with her mother, has delivered around 20,000 protective charms to the front line. She has been making yellow-and-blue thread angels since 2022. The young volunteer is expected to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to receive the “Future of Ukraine” distinction.
Cherkasy oblast
Cherkasy paid tribute to fallen defender Bohdan Patlan, who was killed in Donetsk oblast. He had been considered missing in action for more than a year and a half.
Latest news from the front of the southern regions of Ukraine
Zaporizhzhia oblast
Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, reported that a 56-year-old man was injured as a result of a russian attack on Yurkivka village. The strikes were carried out by russian guided aerial bombs.
Ivan Fedorov, Head of the RMA, stated that a 51-year-old woman was injured in an attack by KABs on Novoukrainka village in Zaporizhzhia oblast. A residential house was damaged.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on 9 January, the Defence Forces of Ukraine repelled 28 russian attacks on Huliaipole and Orikhiv regions. In particular, russian forces attempted to advance near the settlements of Solodke, Huliaipole, Varvarivka, Zelene and Stepove.
Ivan Fedorov, Head of the RMA, reported that during the day on 9 January, russian troops carried out 743 strikes on 31 settlements in Zaporizhzhia oblast. In particular, 426 UAVs of various types, predominantly FPV drones, attacked Zaporizhzhia, Vilniansk, Kushuhum, Novomykolaivka, Bilenke, Rozivka, Samiilivka, Stepnohirsk, Prymorske, Stepove, Mali Shcherbaky, Huliaipole, Zaliznychne, Shcherbaky, Novodanylivka, Novoandriivka, Mala Tokmachka, Charivne, Bilohiria, Dorozhnianka, Zelene, Varvarivka and Solodke.
according to the State Emergency Service in the oblast, on January, 4 fires caused by russian shelling occurred in Zaporizhzhia oblast. There were no casualties or injuries reported.
Mykolaiv oblast
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in the morning, UAVs were detected in the airspace over the southern part of Mykolaiv oblast, moving northwest.
Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration informed that there were no shelling recorded in Mykolaiv oblast over the past day
Odesa oblast
According to the Regional Military Administration, in the morning, russian forces struck industrial infrastructure in Odesa oblast. As a result of the attack on the territory of a port enterprise, an empty storage tank was damaged and insulation materials caught fire. There were no casualties or injuries reported so far.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the morning, UAVs were detected in the airspace over the Black Sea, moving toward Odesa region, Ovidiopol and Chornomorsk.
Kherson oblast
The RMA informed that at approximately 4pm, russian occupying forces shelled the Tsentral district of Kherson. A 43-year-old man who was outside at the time was injured. He sustained a concussion, a shrapnel wound to the leg, blast injuries and a closed craniocerebral injury. A 51-year-old man also sustained blast injuries and a shrapnel wound to the arm.
The russian forces shelled the territory of one of Kherson’s municipal enterprises, damaging municipal transport.
Latest news for today in the western regions of Ukraine
Volyn oblast
During periods of adverse weather, rescuers from Volyn State Emergency Service continue to work at the Invincibility Points to provide assistance to citizens around the clock. Over the past 24 hours, 22 residents have contacted these mobile points.
Zakarpattia oblast
Nine evacuated families from Zaporizhzhia oblast arrived in Mukachevo by train. 35 residents of the frontline oblast, including 20 children, were met at the platform by a large team of specialists. Immediately after arrival, the families went to a new, cozy home in Khust, which was equipped by the Proliska humanitarian mission.
Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
4 robotic complexes (ground drones) were sent to the National Guard thanks to Ivano-Frankivsk city budget.
Lviv oblast
In Sokal oblast, during an event organized by the Holy Trinity Church, over UAH 13,000 were raised in support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Students, parents, and teachers of the Taras Horodetskyi Lyceum in Sheptytsk raised almost UAH 30,000 to purchase drones for the Kholodnyi Yar unit of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade.
The Foundation for Development and Strategic Change NGO received 2 multi-touch panels from the University of the Highlands and Islands organization. One screen was sent to air defense soldiers.
Rivne oblast
The RMA held a meeting of headquarters to prepare housing and communal services facilities and the fuel and energy complex for the autumn-winter period of 2025/26 and ensure its sustainable operation during martial law. They discussed readiness of the Invincibility Points, the operation of distributed generation facilities and sources of thermal energy of enterprises.
Ternopil oblast
18 defenders will receive a one-time grant of UAH 15,000 for treatment and rehabilitation. In 2025, 545 Ternopil soldiers received funds.
Khmelnytskyi oblast
Viktor Lyashko, Minister of Health of Ukraine, and Mykhailo Radutskyi, Chairman of the Relevant Committee of the Verkhovna Rada, visited Khmelnytskyi on a working visit. They got acquainted with the implementation of key medical projects and the state of renovation of the infrastructure of healthcare institutions in the region.
Chernivtsi oblast
Over the past year, Chernivtsi oblast has already allocated UAH 310m for the needs of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine. Of the total amount, the regional budget funds account for UAH 72.7m (25%).
International support of Ukraine in the russian-Ukrainian war (russia’s invasion of Ukraine)
Sweden will reduce aid to five countries and redirect funds to support Ukraine. Over the next few years, Sweden will gradually stop programmatic aid to Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Liberia and Bolivia. In 2026, aid to Ukraine will increase to at least $1.06bn. Over 2bn kronor is planned to be redirected to Ukrainian needs in the next two years to the restoration of energy infrastructure.
Materials compiled by Tetyana Pidgorna, Olena Reka, Yana Hushchyna, Tamara Moshkovska, Sofia Ratynska, Ioanna Kryvenko, Helena Albahachiieva, Kristina Maknynia
Translated by Tetyana Pidgorna, Yana Hushchyna, Alla Litrovnyk, Liudmyla Stadnykova, Ilona Korolevska, Tetiana Moiseienko, Marharyta Koval, Tetiana Kurbatova
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