Russia – Ukraine war updates latest from the General Staff of Ukraine as of January 26, 2026.
The 1,433rd day of Russia’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.
Update as of 08:00 AM on Russian invasion of Ukraine
Overall, during the past day, 138 combat engagements were recorded.
According to updated information, yesterday the enemy carried out 89 air strikes, dropping 237 guided aerial bombs. In addition, the enemy conducted 3,681 shelling attacks, including 63 attacks using multiple launch rocket systems, and employed 7,789 kamikaze drones.
The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka in Donetsk region; Havrylivka in Dnipropetrovsk region; and Zelene, Rizdvianka, Nove Pole, Zirnytsia, Yurkivka, and Pavlivkain Zaporizhzhia region.
Over the past day, aviation, missile troops, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck four areas of enemy manpower concentration and four other important targets of the Russian invaders.
Ukraine Front Lines updates by Directions
Northern-Slobozhanskyi and Kursk Direction
08:00 AM: over the past day our troops repelled one russian attack. The enemy carried out one air strike, using three guided aerial bombs, and conducted 80 shelling attacks.
Southern-Slobozhanskyi Direction
08:00 AM: the Russians attempted nine times to break through the defensive lines of our defenders in the areas of the settlements of Zelene, Vovchansk, Prylipka, Starytsia, and toward Izbytske.
Kupiansk Direction
08:00 AM: seven russian attacks took place yesterday. Our defenders repelled the enemy’s assault actions toward Pishchane and Petropavlivka.
Lyman Direction
08:00 AM: the enemy carried out 12 attacks, attempting to penetrate our defenses in the areas of the settlements of Serhiivka, Drobysheve, Kolodiazi, Novoselivka, and Zarichne.
Sloviansk Direction
08:00 AM: during the past day our defenders stopped two attempts by the occupiers to advance in the area of Platonivka and toward Yampil.
Kramatorsk Direction
08:00 AM: two combat engagements were recorded in the area of Orikhovo-Vasylivka and toward Bondarne.
Kostyantinivka Direction
08:00 AM: the russian forces carried out nine attacks near the settlements of Pleshchiivka, Kleban-Byk, Shcherbynivka, and toward Kostiantynivka and Sofiivka.
Pokrovsk Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders stopped 41 assault actions by the aggressor near the settlements of Shakhove, Dorozhnie, Rodynske, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, and toward Filiia and Novopavlivka.
Oleksandrivka Direction
08:00 AM: over the past day the russian enemy carried out seven attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zelenyi Hai, Sichneve, Verbove, Krasnohirske, and toward Nove Zaporizhzhia.
Orikhiv Direction
08:00 AM: Ukrainian defenders repelled two enemy attacks in the areas of Plavni and Stepove.
Huliaipole Direction
08:00 AM: 14 russian attacks took place in the areas of Solodke, Huliaipole, Dorozhnianka, and toward Varvarivka, Zelene, and Pryluky.
Prydniprovskyi Direction
08:00 AM: the Defense Forces repelled one russian attack toward the Antonivskyi Bridge.
Volyn and Polissia Directions
08:00 AM: no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groupings were detected.
Ukrainian warriors continue to inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying forces and actively undermine the enemy’s offensive potential in the rear.
Overall, during the past day, Russian invaders lost 1,020 personnel. Ukrainian forces also neutralized three tanks, one armored combat vehicle, 32 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, 917 unmanned aerial vehicles, 147 units of automotive equipment, and one unit of special equipment of the occupiers.
