Overview
- Regional officials in Rostov-on-Don reported one death and four injuries, including a four-year-old, after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack that also sparked fires in residential and industrial buildings.
- The Rostov governor said air defenses engaged drones across 10 cities and districts, and authorities reported an attempted strike on an industrial zone in Nevinnomyssk with air defenses active and emergency crews on scene.
- Russia’s Defense Ministry maintains that its January 9 mass strike included the use of the ‘Oreshnik’ hypersonic system, which it says disabled the Lviv State Aircraft Repair Plant by hitting workshops, drone depots and airfield infrastructure.
- Independent reporting from Die Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Kyiv officials describes worsening electricity and heating shortages in the capital, with limited daily power supply, halted trolleybus and tram service in some areas and hundreds of apartment buildings without heat.
- Russian security sources claim Ukrainian units are abandoning mined positions in Kharkiv region and say a planned rotation of the Ukrainian ‘Arey’ regiment in Sumy region was disrupted, while a Russian envoy estimates about 130 civilians have been injured by Ukrainian drones since the start of 2026.