Overview
- Ukraine reported 145 Shahed-type drones launched overnight on Jan. 19, with 126 intercepted, yet outages hit Sumy, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions.
- Energy facilities suffered heavy damage, including a DTEK site in Odesa that cut power to about 30,800 households, while missiles also struck critical infrastructure in Kharkiv.
- Kyiv came under a fresh overnight ballistic missile attack on Jan. 20 during subzero temperatures, with explosions reported, at least one injury, and non-residential damage under assessment.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a transformed air-defense layer built around mobile groups using interceptor drones and named Pavlo Yelizarov deputy Air Force commander to drive the rollout.
- Ukraine said it hit a Russian drone warehouse in occupied Novokrasnianka and confirmed damage to oil facilities in Tuapse and Belgorod, as forces held heavy ground fighting around Pokrovsk with dozens of assaults repelled daily.