Overview
- Russia’s defense ministry says the Oreshnik strike put the Lviv aviation repair plant out of service, describing the facility as servicing F‑16s and MiG‑29s and producing long‑ and medium‑range strike drones.
- The ministry adds that the January 9 mass attack also used Iskander and Kalibr missiles to hit two Kyiv enterprises assembling drones and energy sites supporting Ukraine’s defense industry.
- Air defense updates for January 12 report 13 drones downed overnight across several regions, six more over Rostov in the morning, and 19 intercepted between 08:00 and 16:00 MSK over Crimea, Krasnodar, Kursk, Belgorod and the Azov Sea.
- The U.N. Security Council is meeting at Kyiv’s request to address the Oreshnik strike, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte criticized the attack and reaffirmed allied support for Ukraine.
- Russia’s defense ministry reports seizing Novoboykovskoe in Zaporizhzhia and says its ‘Center’ grouping killed more than 400 Ukrainian troops and destroyed Western‑made armored vehicles.