Russia is ramping up an information operation around the energy situation in Ukraine, using bot networks, pseudo-regional channels, and humanitarian blackmail to exert political pressure on the Ukrainian authorities.
At a meeting of the Headquarters for Eliminating the Consequences of the Emergency in Kyiv's and Kyiv Region's power systems, concrete steps were developed to replace the generation of damaged CHP plants with distributed energy sources.
A total of 93 combat clashes were recorded along the front line, nearly 30 of them in the Pokrovsk sector, where Russian forces lost more than 70 occupiers.
The task of Ukraine's Defense Forces is to ensure a level of losses for the occupying army that it will be unable to replenish; optimally, this is 50,000 per month.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that currently more than 80% of enemy targets are destroyed by drones. In particular, over the past year drones struck 819,737 targets.
In the Kharkiv region, as a result of another strike by Russian forces on critical infrastructure facilities, several settlements, including Chuhuiv, were left without electricity.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a new meeting of the teams of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia could take place as early as Sunday, February 1.
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has partially changed the preventive measure imposed on Member of Parliament Yuliia Tymoshenko, allowing her to communicate with 66 MPs and to travel outside the Kyiv region.
Hourly power outage schedules will be in effect for household consumers across all regions of Ukraine on Tuesday, January 27, while industrial consumers will face power usage restrictions.
Former Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2006–2010) and France (2014–2020) Oleh Shamshur believes that the absence of information about the final format of U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine is not accidental, as the proposed arrangements lack real force and are incapable of deterring Russia.