Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 19 January 2026

  • South Korea deploys a super-powerful missile against North Korea's bunkers
  • FT: Europeans in Davos plan to talk to Trump about Greenland instead of Ukraine
  • The Russian Federation shelled 5 important energy facilities in Chernihiv Oblast: tens of thousands of people without electricity
  • Ukraine stopped ordering German Helsing drones due to problems during testing
  • The Russians advanced to Pokrovsk and near two other towns
  • The Kremlin said that Putin was invited to Trump's Peace Council
  • Intelligence of Ukraine: The new Russian Geran-5 drone can fly 950 km
  • The Russians hit a critical infrastructure facility in Kharkiv with four missiles
  • After the meeting with Trump, the Prime Minister of Slovakia declared a deep crisis in the EU
  • The occupiers attacked Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk region - damaged infrastructure and housing
  • The Russians attacked Zaporizhzhia - a man was injured
  • Air defense of Ukraine neutralized 126 out of 145 Russian drones at night
  • 18 January 2026

  • Armed Forces: The losses of the Russian Federation per day - more than a thousand occupiers and about a thousand units of weapons and equipment
  • Armed Forces: There were 144 skirmishes at the front during the day, more than a third of them in the Pokrovsky direction
  • The head of the European Council convenes an extraordinary summit of EU leaders due to the US encroachment on Greenland
  • Trump accused Denmark of not being able to remove the Russian threat from Greenland: Now it will be done
  • Trump explained his desire to get Greenland: the US is showing strength
  • Rutte discussed the Greenland situation with Trump
  • FT: EU prepares €93bn tariffs against US in response to Trump blackmail over Greenland
  • The President of the Czech Republic rejected the criticism of the Foreign Minister regarding the supply of small aircraft to Ukraine
  • The Russians attacked an energy facility in Chernihiv Oblast
  • Syrskyi: Ukraine is preparing offensive operations, mobilization has improved, losses have decreased
  • Syrskyi: Russia plans to use up to 1,000 strike drones a day against Ukraine
  • Media: Trump complains to aides about Canada's vulnerability to the Russian Federation and China in the Arctic
  • In Sumy, water will be supplied according to the schedule for several hours a day
  • Eight NATO countries issued a statement regarding Trump's customs threats
  • Maloney: Italy was invited to join the Peace Council for Gaza
  • The Armed Forces denied the information about the occupation of Minskivka
  • Spain: If Trump invades Greenland, it will be a sky-high happiness for Putin
  • A fire broke out in Khmelnytskyi due to a Russian attack
  • The Russians attacked the energy industry of Odesa
  • The Russians hit a house in Kharkiv with a drone - a woman was killed and others were injured
  • In Zaporizhzhia, due to the strike of the Russian Federation, Vilniansk was cut off - 15,000 subscribers were without electricity
  • The Russian Federation launched 201 drones, 30 of them hit 15 locations in Ukraine
  • 17 January 2026

  • Armed Forces: Over the past day, Russia has lost another 830 soldiers in the war against Ukraine
  • Tens of thousands of people in Greenland and Denmark demonstrated against the US
  • Trump invited Orbán to join his Peace Council
  • Trump proposed creating a Peace Council instead of the United Nations
  • FT: Brussels proposes to remove Chinese equipment from critical EU infrastructure
  • The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Moldova condemned Russia for the incident with the discovered drone
  • The first Swedish Archer artillery installations will be deployed in Latvia already this year
  • In Kharkiv Oblast, one person was killed and 7 others were injured due to shelling by the Russian Federation
  • Russians attacked Semenivka in Chernihiv Oblast - a woman and three policemen were injured
  • The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine called on the IAEA and the world to force Russia to abandon strikes on NPP substations
  • The Russians hit Kharkiv, the mayor reported very significant damage
  • Germany has allocated 60 million euros for Ukraine's energy sector
  • There is a blackout and interruptions with heating in Mariupol
  • The Russian Federation has once again hit Odesa on energy
  • The Russian Federation attacked Zaporizhzhia in the morning, there was a fire in the city
  • Almost 30 settlements were attacked by the Russian Federation in the Zaporizhzhia region, 3 people were injured
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