Overview
- The General Staff logged 164 combat engagements on January 16 with the heaviest fighting on the Pokrovsk axis, where 49 assaults were repelled, and on the Huliaipole direction with 31 attacks, alongside extensive Russian airstrikes and mass drone use.
- Ukrainian units report Russian efforts to mass near Mirnograd to cut logistics routes, with local search-and-strike actions underway to disrupt staging areas.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said electricity demand reached about 18 GW while available capacity was roughly 11 GW, naming Kyiv region, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia as the most strained.
- Emergency measures include flexible curfew rules for round-the-clock access to resilience points, appeals to limit use of power-hungry appliances, and reduced exterior lighting at major rail stations.
- The EU is exporting power to Ukraine at maximum capacity and partners are sending aid, with Germany pledging an additional €60 million and the UK announcing £20 million for winter energy support.