Overview
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched nearly 1,100 attack drones, over 890 guided aerial bombs and more than 50 missiles over the past week, striking energy sites and homes during freezing weather.
- The General Staff reported 173 combat engagements in the past day, with Russia pressing hardest on the Pokrovsk and Huliaipole axes while Ukrainian forces carried out targeted strikes in response.
- Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko reported 44 attacks on energy and critical infrastructure this week and said power conditions in Kyiv are expected to improve by Thursday, January 15.
- Energy officials said about 30,000 families in Kyiv region remain without electricity as repairs continue, while overnight strikes caused temporary blackouts in Dnipropetrovsk region and left more than 13,000 without power in Zaporizhzhia.
- Ukrzaliznytsia said a Russian strike wounded a locomotive driver and assistant and led to delays for more than 60 trains, while rights monitors reported at least 116 people killed during Iran’s protest crackdown as the EU, the United States and Ukraine voiced public condemnation.