Overview
- The General Staff logged 154 clashes on January 21 with the heaviest fighting near Pokrovsk and Huliaipole, citing 84 airstrikes, 197 guided bombs, over 6,100 kamikaze drones and 3,552 artillery attacks used by Russian forces.
- By 16:00 on January 22, Ukraine reported 123 engagements for the day, including 56 in the Pokrovsk sector, as contact battles continued across multiple fronts.
- Ukrenergo said Russian attacks overnight damaged energy facilities and triggered emergency disconnections across many regions, with outages reported in Odesa, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk.
- Ukraine’s military said it struck Russia’s Tamannneftegaz oil terminal in Krasnodar Krai and multiple air-defense radars in occupied Crimea, reporting explosions and a fire at the terminal.
- U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said talks with Ukrainian officials made “significant progress” and that he would fly to Moscow and then Abu Dhabi for next steps, as President Trump publicly urged a near‑term deal.