Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko have approved new support programs for citizens and territorial communities to help them cope with electricity shortages.
Fighters of the State Border Guard Service’s Hart border brigade have thwarted an attempt by Russian invaders to break through the state border in the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, destroying five vehicles and three communications antennas with drones.
Polish volunteers have delivered 15 industrial generators to Kyiv, which utility companies will install to ensure electricity supply for residential buildings and heating points.
Ukrainian Defense Forces are holding the line and inflicting significant losses on Russian troops in the Kramatorsk sector of the front, while the situation remains difficult in the Orikhovo-Vasylivka area.
Russian forces attacked the Synelnykove, Nikopol, Dnipro, and Kryvyi Rih districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day with missiles, drones, and artillery, leaving three people injured.
In January, 48 fire missions using DeepStrike were carried out against Russia’s oil and gas sector, resulting in an overall 19% reduction in oil refining in Russia.
In February, the Executive Director of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will visit Ukraine to discuss with the Ombudsman new approaches to ensuring ICRC access to Ukrainian prisoners of war and unlawfully detained civilians in Russia.
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office of Germany has brought charges against Ukrainian citizen Yevhen B., who is suspected of espionage and sabotage activities on behalf of Russian intelligence services.
Since the beginning of the day, 74 clashes have occurred between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the heaviest pressure from the enemy on the Pokrovsk sector.
Fighting has been ongoing for a long time in the area of the settlement of Dehtiarnе in the Kharkiv region, as Russian forces are attempting to infiltrate and establish control over the border area.
Reports by the Russian side claiming the alleged capture of the village of Prydorozhnie in the Zaporizhzhia region do not correspond to reality. The settlement remains under the control of Ukrainian defenders.
The most difficult energy situation remains in Kyiv: More than 1,400 buildings in the capital are still without heat, and the government is initiating an increase in the Warmth Packages program.
Units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named after Prince Roman the Great of the 10th Army Corps, in cooperation with forces of the 30th Separate Mechanized Brigade, named after Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozky, thwarted an enemy attempt to break through defenses in the Kupiansk sector.