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Russian forces performed a large-scale drone assault on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the evening of 9-10 January, inflicting fires and injuring three folks.

Supply: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Navy Administration, on Telegram

Particulars: Ukraine's defence forces downed 27 drones.

Nevertheless, Hanzha stated that the aftermath had nonetheless been recorded at a number of places.

Quote: "Fires broke out in Kryvyi Rih and its district. Infrastructure has been broken and energy outages have occurred.

Two folks have been injured: a 44-year-old man and a 58-year-old lady."

Particulars: Infrastructure was additionally broken within the metropolis of Dnipro. There are energy provide disruptions in Dnipro and the Dnipro district.

As well as, a fireplace broke out at a storage cooperative. Two garages had been destroyed and 27 broken.

A 34-year-old man has been injured.

Quote: "Energy engineers will start restoration work as quickly because the safety state of affairs permits."

Particulars: Hanzha added {that a} home had been broken within the Samar district.

The Nikopol district was additionally hit. Russian forces used FPV drones to assault town of Nikopol in addition to the Marhanets and Pokrovske hromadas. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

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Ukraine is conducting more and more profitable airstrikes on targets inside Russia, and Ukrainian drone and missile assaults are prone to proceed inflicting progressively higher harm as stress on Russia's air defence techniques grows.

Supply: Ants Kiviselg, Head of the Estonian Defence Forces Intelligence Centre, as reported by European Pravda, citing Estonian public broadcaster ERR

Quote: "The continuously rising depth and increasing geographical scope of Ukraine's drone and missile assaults, together with the rising variety of assault weapons and wider ranges of these weapons, is actually prone to pose increasingly more severe issues for the Russian Federation within the close to future."

Particulars: As examples from the previous week, Kiviselg pointed to Ukrainian strikes on a missile and artillery ammunition depot in Russia's Kostroma Oblast and on a defence plant in Lipetsk Oblast.

Quote: "The Russian Federation has acknowledged in publicly accessible sources that Ukraine has attacked targets in Moscow Oblast each day up to now this 12 months."

Particulars: Kiviselg stated that given the variety of high-value targets and their huge distribution throughout Russia, in addition to the quantity of air defence munitions expended by the Russian armed forces throughout the struggle and the variety of air defence techniques which were destroyed, "it may be estimated that in 2026, the exercise in addition to accuracy of Ukraine's long-range strikes will rise, and harm to the Russian armed forces and financial system will enhance even additional".

Quote: "This, in flip, reduces Russia's capability to each proceed the struggle and develop the Russian narrative that it has inexhaustible sources and subsequently the flexibility to wage struggle for so long as obligatory. In different phrases, we are able to see that each the Russian Federation's defence capabilities and its resilience to some of these assaults towards Ukraine are prone to decline in 2026."

Background:

• In December, Kiviselg predicted that Ukraine must interact in heavy defensive battles within the months forward except peace talks advance.
• In October, Estonian intelligence warned that Russia would intensify strikes on Ukraine's important power infrastructure throughout the upcoming winter, searching for to inflict most harm on the civilian inhabitants.

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Electrical energy and warmth provide have been restored within the metropolis of Kryvyi Rih in addition to in settlements in Kyiv Oblast after Russian strikes. In Kyiv, the scenario stays essentially the most troublesome.

Supply: Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko

Particulars: "At the moment, most forces have been concerned to revive the operation of the vitality system after one other cynical Russian strike," she wrote on Telegram.

"Since yesterday night, vitality services within the metropolis of Kryvyi Rih, Kyiv Oblast and the town of Kyiv have sustained important injury. These had been advanced strikes – involving ballistic missiles," the assertion says.

Because of the related work carried out, as of now, electrical energy and warmth provide have been restored within the metropolis of Kryvyi Rih in addition to in settlements in Kyiv Oblast.

"Concerning the town of Kyiv, the scenario stays essentially the most troublesome. Electrical energy provide has now been restored to the overwhelming majority of the correct financial institution of the capital – deliberate outage schedules are in impact. Emergency outages are being utilized in sure areas the place the restore course of is ongoing," Svyrydenko stated.

"On many of the left financial institution, emergency outages are being utilized and the restore course of on electrical energy provide is on the ultimate stage. By the tip of immediately, a transition to deliberate schedules is deliberate," she famous.

On warmth provide: repairs are ongoing, however a major a part of the capital at the moment stays with out warmth. Related companies are working and can proceed to work constantly to deliver warmth provide again to folks as shortly as doable.

"The federal government is offering all obligatory help to finish the restore course of as shortly as doable. On the identical time, we count on lively actions from native authorities because the proprietor of the broken mixed warmth and energy vegetation," the prime minister famous.

Given the variety of folks at the moment with out warmth and electrical energy, the prime minister instructed all related companies to make sure uninterrupted operation of invincibility centres [heated premises stocked with food and power banks to assist residents facing hardships due to power cuts – ed.] and to deploy extra ones as broadly as doable.

"This process considerations not solely the capital but in addition different settlements within the nation. The federal government may also moreover contain sources of enormous state-owned firms and banks to make sure help for Ukrainians," Svyrydenko wrote.

"I additionally instructed all related ministries and oblast army administrations to make sure correct and common communication in regards to the present scenario. All state our bodies and companies are working in an intensified mode to beat the extreme aftermath of hostile assaults", she added.

Background:

• Vitality employees introduced again energy to nearly 153,000 properties within the capital after the strikes.
• It was beforehand reported that an emergency restore course of is ongoing in Kyiv after in a single day large-scale Russian assault. Water provide within the capital has been absolutely restored.
• Half of Kyiv's condominium buildings – nearly 6,000 – are at the moment with out heating after vital infrastructure within the capital was broken in a large-scale Russian assault.
• Utility employees have linked important services – particularly hospitals and maternity hospitals – to cell boiler homes.
• Klitschko urged residents to go away the town if they’ve the choice.
• Kyiv Metropolis Army Administration stated that draining water is a normal technical measure in sub-zero temperatures and doesn’t indicate an prolonged interval with no heating.

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Latvia's International Minister Baiba Braže has mentioned her nation intends to request an emergency assembly of the UN Safety Council in reference to Russia's "barbaric assault" on Ukraine and using a medium-range ballistic missile close to EU and NATO borders.

Supply: Braže on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Quote: "Latvia will request a unprecedented assembly of the UN Safety Council in response to Russia's barbaric assault towards Ukraine, together with utilizing an intermediate vary ballistic missile near the EU and NATO border."

Particulars: Latvia is a non-permanent member of the UN Safety Council this yr.

Background:

• Zelenskyy mentioned {that a} clear response from the world is required, significantly from the USA, after Russia's large-scale strike on 8-9 January by which the Oreshnik ballistic missile was deployed.
• Following the assault, International Minister Andrii Sybiha known as on Ukraine's companions to take rapid steps to extend stress on Moscow.
• Sybiha additionally introduced that Ukraine is convening pressing conferences of the UN Safety Council and the NATO-Ukraine Council and taking related measures throughout the EU, the Council of Europe and the Organisation for Safety and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
• Kaja Kallas, EU Excessive Consultant for International Affairs and Safety Coverage, views Russia's second use of the Oreshnik missile as an escalation towards Ukraine and a warning to Europe.

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The Iraqi authorities is making a particular fee to analyze and cease the recruitment of Iraqi youth to participate within the battle in opposition to Ukraine.

Supply: Tarek Kazem, Iraq's Chargé d'Affaires in Ukraine; Khochu Zhyt ("I Wish to Reside"), a venture of the Coordination Headquarters for the Remedy of Prisoners of Struggle

Particulars: At a gathering with Dmytro Usov, secretary of the Coordination Headquarters, Kazem, amongst different issues, harassed that official Baghdad is "involved" about Iraqi residents being drawn into the ranks of the Russian army.

The Iraqi authorities hopes that making a fee that may function in coordination with Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council will forestall recruitment.

The chargé d'affaires added that official Baghdad is worried about younger Iraqis being drawn into the ranks of the Russian Armed Forces. The creation of a fee that may function in coordination with Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council is meant to handle this drawback.

Quote: "The Iraqi aspect additionally famous that underneath the nation's Legal Code, mercenarism carries extreme legal responsibility as much as life imprisonment.

Iraqi diplomats additionally confirmed the state's agency place on neutrality and non-interference within the inner affairs of every other nation, in accordance with the Structure of the Republic of Iraq."

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Rescue employees have accomplished operations to take care of the aftermath of the Russian assault on Kyiv on the night time of 8-9 January, which killed 4 folks.

Supply: press service of the Kyiv State Emergency Service

Particulars: As of 17:00, 25 folks have been reported injured because of the Russian assault, together with 5 rescue employees. Thirty-two folks have been rescued. 4 folks had been killed.

Rescue employees have been working since final night time in a number of districts of Kyiv. Psychologists from the Kyiv State Emergency Service offered help to round 80 folks.

Background:

• The Russian assault on residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv and different cities on the night time of 8-9 January went on for nearly 5 hours. Greater than 240 drones and 36 missiles had been deployed. Within the capital, 4 folks had been killed and 25 injured. Our honest condolences exit to the households.
• The injury performed to substations, energy strains and era services have brought about disruptions to electrical energy and water provides in some districts of Kyiv. Work is ongoing to revive energy to greater than 500,000 customers. Emergency and rolling outages are being utilized, sophisticated by the latest plunge in temperatures.
• On this event the Russians intentionally focused district boiler homes.

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The tanker Marinera, previously generally known as Bella 1 and detained by the US Coast Guard on 7 January, is claimed to have ties to fugitive Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor and a former Ukrainian MP from Odesa.

Supply: investigation by Present Time, a Russian-language TV channel arrange by Radio Liberty and VOA, and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: The journalists have established that the tanker is linked to "pals of the Kremlin" – Ilan Shor and Viktor Baranskyi, a former member of Odesa Metropolis Council from the Opposition Platform – For Life social gathering, which is banned in Ukraine.

The tanker modified possession throughout weeks of pursuit, transferring from a Turkish firm to Russia's Burevestmarin agency and acquiring permission to fly the Russian flag.

The investigation says that Ilya Bugai, from Chita and listed as Burevestnik's CEO, additionally heads the Moscow-based firm Rusneftekhimtorg, which provides gas, together with for tankers. A number of overseas consumers are listed among the many agency's prospects. A standard characteristic is that the businesses are registered within the names of ladies residing in Moldova.

Not less than two of the ladies beforehand appeared in an investigation by Verstka, an impartial Russian information outlet working in exile, right into a shadow tanker fleet reportedly linked to Viktor Baranskyi. In 2021, organisations related to him have been blacklisted underneath US sanctions for transporting Venezuelan oil.

The journalists additionally say that Rusneftekhimtorg used a tanker thought-about to be linked to Baranskyi and traded with an organization near Baranskyi's casual holding firm.

The investigation has additionally established that Rusneftekhimtorg had taken out a mortgage from Russia's Nefteprombank, which later misplaced its licence and went bankrupt. In settling the debt, Rusneftekhimtorg transferred claims towards a 3rd firm, Diamand Property, to the lender. Since 2022, Diamand Property has owned two TV channels in Moldova and has been linked to individuals near Shor. Shor has additionally been suspected of siphoning funds from Nefteprombank, however the case ended with none authorized penalties for him.

The journalists mentioned that Shor has been primarily based in Moscow in recent times and, with Russian backing, has sought to convey political forces he controls in Moldova to energy. Funds to members of his community are channelled by way of Russia's Promsvyazbank.

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Baranskyi grew to become a suspect in felony circumstances regarding treason, help for Russian forces and the misappropriation of barges owned by a delivery firm. He was later stripped of Ukrainian citizenship and his seat on town council. He fled to Russia, the place he joined a brand new venture led by Viktor Medvedchuk, a former Ukrainian businessman and pro-Russian politician to whose daughter Putin is godfather.

Background:

• On 7 January, the US army took management of two tankers, together with a Russian-flagged vessel it had pursued for greater than two weeks. The vessels have been accused of breaching sanctions. The crews might face trial within the US.
• Vice President JD Vance mentioned that the tanker Bella 1, later re-registered in Russia as Marinera, merely posed as Russian as a way to circumvent sanctions and keep away from accountability.
• Russia's International Ministry mentioned that US President Donald Trump had determined to launch two Russians from the detained tanker. Studies have recommended that lots of the crew are Ukrainian residents. Kyiv is checking the stories.

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Ukraine has chosen a consortium led by TechMet, an power firm co-owned by a US authorities funding company established throughout Donald Trump's first time period, because the winner of a young for a production-sharing settlement protecting a lithium web site in Kirovohrad Oblast in central Ukraine.

Supply: The New York Occasions, citing two members of a Ukrainian authorities fee that made the choice

Particulars: The location, generally known as the Dobra lithium subject, is one among Ukraine's largest reserves of lithium, which is a key part in applied sciences reminiscent of electrical batteries.

Quote: "Whereas [the decision] requires formal approval from Ukraine's cupboard of ministers [Ukrainian government – ed.], the officers stated the deal was primarily sealed."

Extra particulars: The successful consortium reportedly has shut hyperlinks to US President Donald Trump's administration. Its members embody Ronald S. Lauder, inheritor to cosmetics firm Estée Lauder. The New York Occasions states that Lauder is a pal of Trump's, having recognized one another since their school days. The newspaper additionally describes him as a donor to the Republican Occasion.

TechMet's largest shareholder is the US Worldwide Improvement Finance Company (DFC), a US authorities company.

Tender phrases require a minimal funding of US$179 million, however a fee member who took half within the vote on 8 January says the consortium's supply is considerably greater.

Background:

• On 30 April 2025, Ukraine and the US signed a minerals deal envisaging the institution of a joint Ukrainian-American funding fund to handle Ukraine's assets.
• In September 2025, delegates from the US have been proven the primary deposits in Ukraine that might turn out to be starter initiatives for the Ukraine Reconstruction Funding Fund. On the time, the DFC representatives visited Kirovohrad Oblast.

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The newly appointed Czech International Minister Petr Macinka has arrived in Ukraine on Friday 9 January, though his practice to Kyiv was delayed as a result of Russian assault on the evening of 8-9 January.

Supply: European Pravda, citing Czech public broadcaster ČT24

Particulars: Macinka introduced his intention to go to Ukraine on Tuesday 6 January following a cellphone name along with his Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha.

Due to Russia's in a single day assault on Ukraine, the practice carrying Macinka arrived in Kyiv with a delay.

The minister is accompanied on the journey by controversial MP Filip Turek of the Motorists for Themselves occasion, who had been thought-about for the submit of international minister however was in the end handed over in favour of Macinka.

Background:

• On Tuesday, after a cellphone dialog with Macinka, Ukrainian International Minister Andrii Sybiha stated the 2 international locations had agreed to "flip the web page" following the scandal involving Tomio Okamura, Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies.
• Macinka stated he thought-about the difficulty of Okamura's controversial remarks closed.
• "Mutual communication will proceed via normal diplomatic channels and, if essential, additionally on the private stage," the Czech diplomat stated.
• Macinka additionally stated that Ukraine is all in favour of cooperation with Czechia within the defence sector, in addition to in Czech participation in Ukraine's reconstruction.
• It’s also price noting that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš attended the latest assembly of the Coalition of the Keen in Paris on 6 January, after which he stated that sustaining the Czech ammunition initiative was potential, though he had beforehand dominated it out.

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A Russian drone broken a constructing of the Embassy of Qatar in Kyiv throughout a large-scale assault on the town on the night time of 8-9 January.

Supply: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on X (Twitter)

Quote: "Along with our civilian infrastructure and vitality services, a constructing of the Embassy of Qatar was broken final night time by a Russian drone – Qatar, a state that does a lot to mediate with Russia to be able to safe the discharge of prisoners of conflict and civilians held in Russian prisons.

A transparent response from the world is required. Above all from the USA, whose alerts Russia really pays consideration to. Russia should obtain alerts that it’s its obligation to deal with diplomacy, and should really feel penalties each time it once more focuses on killings and the destruction of infrastructure."

Particulars: Zelenskyy careworn that the newest Russian strike is a loud reminder to worldwide companions that assist for Ukraine's air defence is a continuing precedence.

Background:

• On the night time of 8-9 January, Russia launched a large-scale mixed assault on Ukraine. The principle targets have been Kyiv Oblast and the capital. As of Friday morning, 4 persons are reported to have been killed within the capital alone. Amongst them is an ambulance employee. Dozens of individuals have been injured.
• Russia additionally used a medium-range Oreshnik ballistic missile to strike a essential infrastructure facility in Lviv Oblast.

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