Newsletter 09/01/2026
Russia announces strike on Ukraine with Oreshnik missile in response to “attack on Putin’s residence”. SSU shows fragments of Oreshnik used by Russia to attack Lviv region.
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Russia announces strike on Ukraine with Oreshnik missile in response to “attack on Putin’s residence”
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that on the night of January 9, a strike was carried out on Ukrainian territory, including with a medium-range Oreshnik ballistic missile.
The Russian Defense Ministry called the strike on Ukraine a response to an alleged attack on Putin’s residence in Valday on the night of December 29, 2025.
It is claimed that the Russian Armed Forces allegedly attacked “facilities producing unmanned aerial vehicles used in the terrorist attack, as well as energy infrastructure supporting the operation of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex.”
Earlier, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, Head of the Communications Department of the Ukrainian Air Force Command, said that Russia could strike the Lviv region from the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region, where, according to preliminary information, the Oreshnik complex is based.
SSU shows fragments of Oreshnik used by Russia to attack Lviv region
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has established the location of fragments of a ballistic missile used by the Russian army to strike the Lviv region on the night of January 9.
Ukraine initiates urgent UN Security Council meeting over Russia’s strike on Lviv region with Oreshnik missile
Ukraine will initiate an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council, as well as a response within the EU, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE regarding Russia’s use of a medium-range ballistic missile against the Lviv region.
Starmer, Macron, Merz condemn Russia’s Oreshnik strike on Ukraine
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned Russia’s use of a medium-range ballistic missile, the Oreshnik, against Ukraine during a phone call on Friday.
Air Defense Forces destroy 226 Russian drones, eight ballistic missiles, and 10 Kalibr missiles
In total, the Air Force’s radio-technical troops detected and tracked 278 air attack vehicles, including 36 missiles and 242 UAVs of various types.
242 Shahed and Gerbera UCAVs (other types of drones) from the following directions: Kursk, Orel, Millerovo, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), Chauda, Hvardiiske (temporarily occupied Crimea), and temporarily occupied Donetsk. About 150 of them were Shahed drones.
13 Iskander-M / S-400 ballistic missiles (launch areas – Bryansk region);
22 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the Black Sea);
One medium-range ballistic missile (from the Kapustin Yar test site, Astrakhan region).
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems units, and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
According to preliminary data, as of 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 9, Air Defense Forces shot down/jammed 244 air targets:
226 drones;
eight Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles;
10 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Hits by 18 missiles and 16 UCAVs were recorded at 19 locations.
Russian massive attack: In Kyiv four districts in Kyiv left without power , victim toll climbs to 26, with four fatalities
Russia's January 9 attack has left 417,000 consumers in four districts of the Ukrainian capital without electricity.
Kyiv City Military Administration chief Tymur Tkachenko reported on Telegram, following a meeting of the commission on technological and environmental safety and emergency situations, that damage had been recorded at 29 locations. Among the affected sites are about 50 buildings, four educational institutions, and 18 vehicles.
40 objects damaged in Kyiv due to Russian attack — Klymenko
As a result of the Russian attack on the night of January 9, 40 objects were damaged in Kyiv, including 20 residential buildings.
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko stressed that in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, the enemy launched a second strike on a high-rise building while rescuers and medics were working there.
A medical worker was killed, and five State Emergency Service rescuers, four medical workers, and a police officer were wounded. “This is a deliberate attack on emergency services. A deliberate attack by Russia on humanity,” the minister stressed.
He reported that at another location in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, the bodies of three victims were found after an enemy drone strike. Two have already been identified, and the identity of the third is being established. Another person is considered missing.
Almost all districts in the Kyiv region were under enemy attack. Fires broke out in residential buildings and farm buildings in the Brovary, Obukhiv, and Boryspil districts. A family was rescued in the Brovary district, including a mother, father, grandmother, and five-year-old child. All of them received medical assistance.
Qatar responds to damage to its embassy in Ukraine during Russian attack
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar has responded to damage sustained by its embassy building in Kyiv during a massive Russian strike on the night of January 9.
Strike on Kyiv targets crucial heat supply facilities, says Kharchenko
The Russian attack targeted all of Kyiv’s thermal power plants and a significant number of substations. Kyivteploenergo is working to restore the heat supply.
In Kryvyi Rih, 36 high-rise buildings damaged due to Iskander missile strike
In Kryvyi Rih, 36 apartment buildings were damaged, and one was almost destroyed as a result of a ballistic missile strike on January 8.
"According to updated information, as a result of yesterday's latest despicable and cynical strike by ‘high-precision’ bastards with two ballistic missiles on a residential area, 36 apartment buildings were damaged, 10 of them very seriously, and one of them was practically destroyed. Windows were broken in apartments and stairwells. The roofs of nine buildings were also damaged. Enterprises and more than 20 cars were also damaged," reported on Telegram Oleksandr Vilkul, the Head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council
War
DIU intercepts Russian orders to kill Ukrainian POWs
Evidence of preparations for another war crime by Russian forces in Ukraine has been recorded by the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) through radio interception.
Ukrainian paratroopers repel massive Russian assault in Sumy region
Soldiers of the 71st Separate Airmobile Brigade of the 8th Corps of the Air Assault Forces, in coordination with adjacent units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, repelled a massive and combined assault by Russian invaders in the Sumy region on the night of January 7.
Ukraine’s border guards smash Russian communications antenna, shelters in Kursk sector
In the Kursk sector of the front, drone operators of the Stalevyi Kordon (Steel Border) Border Guard Brigade destroyed a quad bike, a communications antenna, and four shelters belonging to Russian invaders.
Escape from occupied Kherson region becomes increasingly difficult – Prokudin
Leaving the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region has become harder for local residents.
War update: almost 100 clashes on front line since morning, Defense Forces repel 26 attacks in Pokrovsk region
Since the beginning of the day, 97 combat engagements have taken place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops. In particular, 27 attacks were recorded on the Pokrovsk axis.
Shellings
WHO calls for protection of Ukraine’s healthcare facilities amid Russian attacks
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that attacks on healthcare facilities in Ukraine have complicated the provision of medical care during the winter period and called for the protection of Ukrainian medical institutions, patients, and healthcare workers.
Russian shelling of Kherson wounds municipal worker, elderly woman
Russians shell hospital in Kherson: Three nurses wounded, intensive care unit damaged
Defense
Ammunition initiative is more valuable than any financial contribution — Czech FM
Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka commented on the Czech Republic’s continued participation in the ammunition initiative.
Politics
Zelensky says Paris Declaration first step toward real security guarantees
President Volodymyr Zelensky, ahead of talks with UK Secretary of State for Defence John Healey, who arrived in Kyiv, said that the declaration signed in Paris is the first step toward obtaining real security guarantees from Europe.
Sybiha: Ukraine ready to deepen cooperation with Czech Republic
Ukraine is ready to develop mutually beneficial cooperation with the Czech Republic based on dignity and mutual respect, while any discord only benefits Moscow.
Macron presents plan to parliamentary forces on deploying French troops to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron held closed-door consultations at the Elysee Palace with representatives of parliamentary parties regarding the possible deployment of several thousand French troops to Ukraine after a peace agreement is reached.
Geopolotics
US detains another Russian shadow fleet tanker in Caribbean Sea
The United States has detained another oil tanker, Olina, belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet near the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean Sea.
Trump says he doesn’t need international law
US President Donald Trump said that his powers as commander-in-chief are limited only by his “own morality” and that he doesn’t need international law.
Society
Chernov’s ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ makes BAFTA longlist
The film ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ by Ukrainian director Mstyslav Chernov has been included in the longlist of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards in the Best Documentary category.